Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 162: Humanistic Care (Bonus: for Alliance Chief lanruoruo)

"Crackle!"

The firewood burning in the fireplace suddenly burst forth a speck of sparks. It was as if it was some kind of medium, and also like a magical aura drawn in by some kind of ritual, precisely leaping into everyone's line of sight at this moment.

Subsequently, it transformed into huge, gorgeous fireworks slowly falling from the high sky, just like a grand curtain isolating an independent alternate space.

Inside the castle's main hall, the Mercenaries were clearly still walking about and busy, even right nearby, yet they unavoidably became a background wall.

From an unknown place, melodious lute sounds rang out like moonlight. Following that were six beautiful dancers appearing like elves treading on the moonlight. Their graceful and lithe dance postures were like heavenly demons with a hundred transformations; it was truly far too extravagant.

But even these could only turn into the background. The true protagonists were still the family crowd sitting before the dining table. This also seemed like some kind of metaphor: only by being sufficiently powerful could one always remain at the dining table to eat elegantly, rather than being eaten and reduced to the background.

It was also at this time that the narration rang out.

"Another month has ended. The family has obtained massive enhancements in all aspects."

"First is the family Camp smoothly upgrading to Level 5. This is an important turning point."

"Secondly, the family's Blacksmith successfully forged a piece of Royal Heavy Scale Armor. This is excellent heavy armor that only the Royal Capital Imperial Guard can equip.""And the trade route opened up by the Head of Household George is like a major artery injecting fresh blood into the family, establishing the foundation for the next hundred years in one fell swoop. In the future, the family Camp might have the opportunity to become a second Kakh City."

"Although family member Hathaway violated the orders of the Head of Household and went out privately, her process of lurking and assassinating was also extremely brilliant, pleasing the gods. She had faults, but her merits were extremely great. Because if the assassination of the Ice and Snow Witch Hathaway was not completed during the midsummer season when temperatures are highest, waiting until winter arrives would become an ending of inevitable defeat. Speaking from a long-term strategic perspective, it is very important."

"But the most dazzling is still the Head of Household George. His broad-mindedness and unordinary view of the big picture successfully assisted his younger brother Leon in completing the Title Task. Although to a certain extent this affected the family's work, it also successfully laid a solid foundation for the growth of the family Camp."

"He recognizes people and uses them well. Arranging Ron to serve as the on-duty Blacksmith indirectly facilitated the successful forging of the Four-Star Royal Heavy Scale Armor."

"He could lead Mercenaries to endure great hardships in pioneer work to open up a trade route, and exterminate a Two-Star wolf pack. This proved his ability."

"This month was a month where he shone with dazzling brilliance. He therefore obtained 15% extra Clearance Evaluation. Superimposed with the task plot difficulty bonus, he obtained a total of 20% extra Clearance Evaluation. The current total extra Clearance Evaluation is 72%! This is an astonishing number. Although the task plot is not yet completed, in reality he has already locked in the second place position on the Rookie List in advance!"

When this voice fell, Li Wei suddenly discovered that the grand curtain transformed from the magnificent fireworks was lifted open. Two people walked in. One was the Four-Star Internal Affairs Officer he already knew, Night Owl, and another was an unfamiliar middle-aged man.

Good heavens, it seems the specifications of this non-mandatory settlement were quite high.

At this time, seeing these two people walking in, Hathaway immediately released Li Wei's arm, stepped forward to bow in salute to the two, and said somewhat surprisedly, "Lord Night Owl, Lord Black Wolf. I truly didn't expect it would actually be you two coming to preside over our Task Settlement. We are truly too honored."

"Hathaway, congratulations on getting your codename!"

Night Owl smiled faintly, and reached out her hand to gesture at that man named Black Wolf. The latter sat down very naturally before the dining table; even Ron very honoredly pulled out a chair for him.

Wow, these two have quite a high status ah.

Li Wei watched impassively. And Fila and Penny on the side were somewhat sluggish, not knowing what to do. They should know what identities these two were, but at this moment they didn't even have the qualifications to step forward and greet them; they could only willingly act as little transparents.

In fact, whether it was Night Owl or Black Wolf, after coming in they didn't even look at them a single extra glance. Their gazes all fell upon Li Wei's body.

"All of you, sit down. Don't be constrained. This mission is about to end. It's also rare for us to come over and relax a bit. Today's evening time is still very long. Everyone chatting together is quite nice."

Black Wolf smiled and spoke. Night Owl sat opposite him, but Ron and Hathaway wouldn't sit no matter what was said. One stood behind Black Wolf, and one stood behind Night Owl; looking just like trusted aides.

Only until this time did Fila and Penny belatedly stand up.

And Night Owl merely smiled indifferently.

"Fila, go ahead and settle. Penny, stay."

"Thank you, My Lord." Fila was like receiving a general amnesty. Originally she had still been thinking of fishing for some more benefits. Motherf*cker, small figures have no human rights ah. She clearly still had a month before expiring.

In the blink of an eye, gray fog swallowed Fila. She should have entered an independent settlement space.

Only Penny had a face of utter confusion, standing to the side not knowing what to do.

At this moment, there were only three people sitting at this dining table. Li Wei finally realized at this time that him sitting continuously like this seemed not too appropriate. The opposite side were department big bosses at any rate; we can't be too arrogant ah.

But standing up again at this time seemed even more inappropriate.

So he could only smile at the two big bosses.

"George, do you want to settle?"

Night Owl suddenly spoke.

"Uh, Lord, can I ask some questions first?"

"Sure. Our time is very abundant this time. However, what I'm more curious about is: I remember five months ago, you seemed to have said you had no questions."

Night Owl smiled a bit. Very gentle, but just slightly petty-minded.

"Replying to the Lord, previously I didn't want to ask questions because my questions were far too many. Furthermore, they were absolutely all very childish, very low-level questions. And you are obviously a major figure; I didn't want to waste that kind of questioning opportunity. But now I feel I already have a certain understanding of the All-Heavens Lord Alliance. Therefore I boldly wish to understand: the organization I serve, what kind of existence is it?"

"Of course, I don't care about good and evil, because the butt decides the head. I merely want to know: how should I go about avoiding violating the rules, as well as going about better utilizing these rules."

"If this speech of mine gave offense, I express my willingness to accept punishment."

Li Wei very carefully weighed his choice of words as he spoke.

"Hehe, somewhat interesting. Fine. Night Owl, I will answer for you," Black Wolf began to laugh.

"First of all, in the All-Heavens Lord Alliance, these words you asked will not be subjected to punishment. Moreover, this is not considered anything too profound or too taboo. However, that you would rather give up asking about the task plot or methods to make yourself stronger, and still ask this kind of basic rules question—that truly makes me somewhat surprised."

"And regarding the question you spoke of, you only need to understand two concepts."

"This first concept is to learn to revere and hold in awe. To know how, after obtaining the most basic Humanistic Care yourself, to achieve the most basic Humanistic Care toward other people. You must remember: maintaining order and peace is more rarely commendable than creating chaotic killing. Destroying is thrilling for a moment, but it won't be thrilling forever. The Heavenly Dao has reincarnations; retribution will come knocking at the door sooner or later."

When speaking up to here, Li Wei distinctly saw this guy's mouth corners hold a strand of a bizarre smile, as if he thought of some matter worth schadenfreude.

So what was the 'retribution' he referred to?

Listening to his tone, it seemed the reason the All-Heavens Lord Alliance stressed Humanistic Care, the reason they pursued the operating philosophy of order and peace, was because they had once suffered a massive loss, being strung up and whipped by certain existences...

Just like a saying from his hometown: "It's not that they were born kind-hearted, but that some people have visited before."

At this time, this Black Wolf intentionally paused for a while, ensuring Li Wei earnestly pondered it and earnestly engraved it in memory, before speaking the second concept.

"The second concept is to believe that only with effort given will there be returns, but having obtained benefits, do not forget to be grateful."

"Forgive me for not being able to explain too much to you regarding the first concept. But as for the second concept, you can treat the territory organization we are in as a company. The company recruiting you, training you, is definitely not because they are full and bursting with nothing better to do. It is needing to reap larger and greater profits. Do you approve of this point?"

"I approve!" Li Wei nodded. Only this was correct, and also reasonable.

"Very good. Then based on this concept, how do you understand Rookie Missions?" Black Wolf continued to guide patiently and systematically, as if deeply afraid Li Wei would have some misunderstanding.

"It's like the training for new employees. Only when qualified can one become a formalized active-duty employee, and then sign contracts or whatever?" Li Wei spoke while weighing his words.

"Correct, but you only understood half. This Rookie Mission is not merely used for training and selecting outstanding new players. At the same time it is used to cultivate mid-term players, as well as grind resources for high-level players. The so-called 'eating one fish three ways' and making the best use of everything. Can you understand this?"

"That is to say, you cannot unilaterally and one-sidedly believe that this Rookie Mission is prepared solely for yourself. After all, this world is a genuinely existing world. It is not an internet virtuality, nor is it some parallel world that can be infinitely copied. The difficulty of initiating Rookie Missions here is extremely high, and the cost very large. It couldn't possibly be wasted at will."

"Putting it this way, can you understand?"

"I can understand." Li Wei nodded. The other party spoke too meticulously.

"Very good. So you should understand: rookie players are the newly recruited employees of the company. Players joining midway are the senior employees of the company. Players joining in the late stages are the backbone employees of the company. It is because they have established many meritorious deeds in the Chaotic Killing Battlefield that they are then matched according to rankings into suitable Rookie Mission worlds that produce richer outputs. For them, rather than a challenge, it's better described as a welfare benefit. This kind of welfare, you will also be able to enjoy in the future."

"Or I'll give you another example. Currently you have three Titles in total: Bear Hunter, Dog Butcher, Tracker. If these three Titles could be fused together, they could become a powerful codename. However, to acquire such a codename, you are unable to complete it in Rookie Missions. You absolutely must join midway or in late stages into a task world that happens to be perfectly suitable. Perhaps you even have to continuously trial and error a few times before getting it done. This is also a welfare benefit for you."

"In short, this is the basic operational core of the All-Heavens Lord Alliance. And can these above answers of mine solve your problem?"

"Many thanks, Lord. I understand. For example, if according to this statement, the Final Bosses appearing in the task plot are the welfare prepared for backbone players. And as a rookie, should I then quit while I'm ahead?"

Li Wei asked again.

Hearing these words, Night Owl lightly coughed once and took up the conversation:

"George, no one wants you to give up. Black Wolf is merely illustrating the operational model of our organization with examples. Right now you are only ranked at the second place position on the Rookie List. If we were to persuade you to give up, wouldn't the setup of the Rookie List be slapping our own faces?"

"Apologies, Lord, it was me who misconstrued the meaning. Then I have no more questions." Li Wei hurriedly apologized. Actually, he was genuinely somewhat worried things would develop like this.

Black Wolf nodded faintly, not caring too much, and then looked at Hathaway.

"So, little girl, you don't plan to settle?"

"Replying to the Lord, I still want to try. After all this is my only chance." Hathaway's tone was resolute.

Black Wolf nodded again, and asked Ron again: "Then what about you?"

"Replying to the Lord, I also want to try." Ron said very decisively.

"Hehe. Three people left in total, and two both don't want to settle. It seems they are bound to win. George, what about you? Night Owl asked you just now, what are your thoughts? Or do you have any other questions you want to ask? I can still answer for you one more time."

Black Wolf looked at Li Wei again.

"Many thanks, Lord. I want to know: will Hathaway's and Ron's missions affect my competing for the Rookie King position? Or, could I know what the missions of those two are?" Li Wei asked without thinking; you were the one who let me ask, after all.

Black Wolf wasn't surprised either. He stared at Li Wei, "Actually, with the task plot having developed up to this moment, essentially everything has already been laid bare. You should be able to guess it. Correct, it is exactly the answer in your heart. That is Kakh City. Hathaway is pregnant with your child, equating to possessing inheritance rights. Following this, Ron will fall in love at first sight with Penny. Because she is the eldest daughter, using her name, theoretically she similarly possesses inheritance rights."

"Both of them want to compete for the position of Kakh City's City Lord. Whoever snatches it, that becomes whose territory. Because what they are undertaking is precisely the Four-Star Lord task."

"As for you, you are not even a Three-Star Lord; of course you don't constitute a threat to the two of them. No matter how awesome you are, even if you became a Rookie King rarely seen in a hundred years, becoming a Three-Star Lord, you also don't have the qualifications to occupy Kakh City as your own. Everything naturally has rules in place. When the Final Bosses are all killed off, or as long as you kill a single Final Boss, you will immediately clear the task. The plot's George will then die, because the real George truly had already died long ago."

"However, because your performance has been overly outstanding, it also means that whoever you choose to support, whoever is certain to win."

"Therefore, this is also the reason why tonight we would utilize such a grand display to come meet you a bit."

"I'll even just say it plainly: Ron is my man; I am the Chief Logistics Officer of the Logistics Department. And Hathaway is Night Owl's person; Night Owl is the Chief Internal Affairs Officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although we also have friendship in ordinary days, toward this kind of matter involving major interests, we definitely also have to contend a bit. Of course, it's the kind of contention that won't tear faces."

"Set your heart at rest. We will not violate the rules. Merely borrowing this non-mandatory settlement opportunity to come over and give you a greeting. Who let the two of them be too uselessly incompetent? Four-Star Lords ah! Existences that command the winds and clouds in the chaotic killing worlds. The result is unexpectedly getting strung up and whipped by a rookie in a Rookie Mission. Losing face and bringing disgrace!"

"It serves them right!"

"But our two department bosses personally coming to find you, and explaining so much to you, is also hoping you can sell us some face. We will not interfere in who exactly you are going to support. Even if you support no one, and just want to try whether you can snatch Kakh City, that's also fine. Young people after all, possessing vigor, possessing drive. It's fine. And you don't need to worry we will take revenge after the fact. The most basic Humanistic Care is precisely the bottom line of the All-Heavens Lord Alliance."

"In short, decide for yourself. Or if your mood is good, just see whose bidding price between the two of them is higher."

"Oh, one more thing. Twenty-four hours later, there will be eight Four-Star players joining the game. Among them, four are Ron's subordinates and friends, and four are Hathaway's subordinates and friends. Weigh and consider it yourself."

(End of this chapter)