Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 165: Five-Star Retention Card (Bonus: for Alliance Chief lanruoruo)

At this time Hathaway seemed to have guessed Li Wei's thoughts, and immediately explained swiftly:

"The Final Battle is an extraordinary period. Even the gazes of the gods of this world will occasionally sweep over. Not using a Four-Star Conspiracy Card, that's no different from streaking naked."

"Right now, I want to solemnly thank you. In the future if you clear the task, you can come report to my team. My team will leave a position for you. In the future we'll go to the Chaotic Killing Battlefield together and coordinate. I think highly of you. Aiya, don't look at me with that kind of untrusting gaze; it's not like you suffered a loss! Don't be so petty-minded, what enmity and resentment could there be ah!"

"This is merely a Rookie Mission. We are all of the same faction, usually seeing each other looking up or looking down. Only when you go to the Chaotic Killing Battlefield in the future and encounter players of other factions—that is truly 'brother don't run, bare blades will not show mercy'!"

"Of course, if you have developed a psychological shadow regarding me, I won't force you either. In the future as you please; we'll simply meet again in the jianghu."

This Hathaway came up and immediately delivered a bout of hearty opening remarks, rendering Li Wei completely speechless listening to it. Time is pressing ah big sister, what about the Five-Star Retention Card you promised me?

"You found me just to say these things?"

"Nonsense. If it was merely to give thanks, or to gift you that Five-Star Retention Card, I wouldn't have gone as far as utilizing a Four-Star Conspiracy Card either. I sought you out for the sake of assessing the enemy as leniently as possible to the greatest extent. You and I both know now: Mad Baron Mark and Great Witch Luna, they are blood siblings."

"During the previous times, under the constraint of the Level 2 Priest Joseph, Great Witch Luna was forced to flee taking her two daughters. And your plot-wise father Anson also had no choice but to wander taking his pair of children. We all don't know what happened in that segment of the plot, or perhaps we have to rescue the Level 2 Priest Joseph first."

"But no matter what, we must all take precautions against the situation of Great Witch Luna and Mad Baron Mark uniting together. Moreover, this might not necessarily be a low-probability event. Many people think this is a final decisive battle, but for me to say, this is only just beginning.""George, if I were you, at this time I wouldn't hop horizontally between me and Ron. We have already divided our respective missions. It's impossible that at the time of this kind of final decisive battle we would still stab each other in the back. On this point you can save your effort."

"Furthermore, if I were you, I would either immediately settle, holding the second place ranking on the Rookie List, taking the benefits and staying far away from the whirlpool. Or, I would similarly immediately settle, but I would not leave this world. This is also the intention behind me wanting to give you the Five-Star Retention Card."

"Truly, regardless of whether it's me or Ron, our two sides' strength is roughly equal. Only by throwing off your burden as the Head of Household, and as an ordinary family member transforming all the resources you can mobilize into combat power, is it possible for you to obtain the Rookie King."

"Of course, this isn't saying I won't assist you in taking down the Rookie King according to the agreement. As long as I have this ability, as long as timing permits, I will definitely abide by the agreement. However, if once a situation occurs where Great Witch Luna and Mad Baron Mark unite—three Final Bosses gathered together, over twenty fallen Three-Star Garrison Knights, dozens of Two-Star fallen soldiers, and over a hundred fallen bandit outlaws all f*cking gathered together—do you know what concept this is?"

"I know! This is just like gathering Arthas, Illidan, and Deathwing those three together, and all the instance mobs flocking together. Whoever comes gets annihilated."

Li Wei said in a deep voice. He also knew that what Hathaway said were absolutely not empty words; they even had a very high probability of occurring.

"Correct ah, little brother. Do you think at that time, when I confirm I'm already unable to snatch Kakh City, unable to complete the Four-Star Lord task, I would care about your life or death?"

"Believe me, I will flee at the very first moment! I swear even if you are a scout, you also can't outrun me. My Four-Star Lord task has already failed twice. I don't mind doing it once more, although I would consequently drop to become a Three-Star Lord."

"And you? You will certainly die, the most miserable kind. Because you are playing the role of George. Those two Witches will chase you like crazy. You can imagine, when they discover you are not the real George, what will happen?"

"George, you also wouldn't want to end up with a fate of senile dementia, right? And then having to wait until the one second before death descends to finally remember all this. I don't know if at that time you would regret today's decision?"

"People, ah, cannot be too greedy. You, a rookie, having such a massive achievement and still not being satisfied, absolutely insisting on climbing a bit higher, thinking 'I just might be able to pull it off'. Little brother, don't let this kind of illusion deceive yourself!"

"Also, I think you definitely have never used a Settlement Card, right? This kind of Settlement Card is different from the Month-End Summary. The latter is extremely safe. The former requires you to at least pull open a safe distance of fifty li from the enemy before it can be used. As long as within this range there are still enemies firmly locking onto you, you cannot escape."

"Oh, you can imagine for a bit: if you and I flee simultaneously, who will the Black-Robed Witch's large crows stare at? Even if you ran to the Royal Capital, ran to the end of this world, you wouldn't be able to break away from combat; you wouldn't be able to use the Settlement Card at all."

"Of what I said above, if there is a single word of falsehood, then let me be unable to complete the Four-Star Lord task for this entire lifetime!"

What Hathaway said was already extremely serious. The reality was indeed even crueler than Li Wei imagined.

A Four-Star difficulty battlefield was no joke.

However, Li Wei also wasn't completely bluffed and intimidated by Hathaway's bout of words.

After thinking about it, he then asked:

"I want to ask one sentence: what role are the gods of this world playing in this contest? Which side will they lean toward?"

Hearing these words, Hathaway didn't immediately reply, but instead earnestly and seriously observed the look in Li Wei's eyes. Only after a long while did she involuntarily burst out laughing.

"The younger generation is formidable, yao!"

"Thinking back to those years, I was precisely hoodwinked and intimidated by a bout of words from someone like this, and so chose a safe and reliable settlement and withdrawal, giving up the competition for Rookie King. And guess who the person who hoodwinked me was?"

"Night Owl?"

"Correct! It was her!"

Hathaway seemed as if she had a belly full of grievances but nowhere to pour them out. She could only sigh, and began to answer Li Wei's previous question.

"They will not lean toward any side. Because of certain reasons we cannot speak of, the gods of this world are only too anxious for Great Witch Luna, Black-Robed Witch Mixi, and Mad Baron Mark to all die off. But similarly they would also secretly hope we can Perish Together, both sides suffering losses! And then we would have no choice but to restart anew. This is a kind of high-level game where our echelon is insufficient and also unable to touch upon. In short, we don't need to bother about it. Of course, some petty actions will not cease, you understand."

"Therefore George, I don't hope you hold any flukes of luck. It's best to carry out settlement within five days, and then immediately activate this Five-Star Retention Card! If you really are that eager to obtain the Rookie King Title—mentioning it in passing, this is the kind that can retain for three months. Value: 1000 Gold Coins. It's no different from the value of that piece of Four-Star heavy armor."

Having said that, Hathaway casually tossed Li Wei an Item Card bearing a gentle silver radiance.

[Family Member Hathaway has gifted you a Five-Star Retention Card. This item can be used in coordination with a Settlement Card. It allows you to still reside in the current task world after completing a round of settlement. Maximum retention time cannot exceed three months.]

Eh?

1000 Gold, holy f*ck, this big sister truly had money.

For a moment, Li Wei almost couldn't resist kneeling on the ground and singing "Conquer". What was the point of struggling so hard? Wouldn't hugging such a thick thigh be sweet?

Of course, this was only just a thought. Li Wei's level had elevated nowadays after all; there were pursuits to be had!

"Many thanks!"

"No need for thanks, you earned it yourself. Moreover, I'm also not afraid of telling you plainly: me gifting you this Retention Item Card is exactly hoping you hurry up and scram down from the Head of Household position. Because if the Great Witch and the Mad Baron advance along two routes, attacking separately, then that would only count as us drawing the grand prize, comparable to playing an epic-tier game instance."

"But if they merge their forces in one place, then all that's left is a single 'holy f*ck'. If it goes poorly, the Final Battle might be delayed until next month. Compared to a greenhorn recruit like you, I'm more worried about Ron, this old geezer."

Having said that, Hathaway waved her hand and left directly.

And Li Wei pondered deeply in the Warehouse for a long time. Eventually he still approved of what Hathaway said. Correct, the matter was laid bare. If everything went smoothly with her Four-Star Lord task, then naturally she wouldn't be stingy about gifting him a Rookie King. But just in case it wasn't smooth, whether the task could be completed or not was secondary; prioritizing preserving life was the most important ah!

However, if he wanted to settle, he also had to wait for Ron and Creed to finish upgrading that Imitation Han Military Composite Bow for him, as well as the on-duty Blacksmith forging that Bloodthirsty Spear for him first.

Otherwise, rashly settling—this kind of thing easily produced bugs. I'm not afraid of ten thousand; I just fear the 'one in ten thousand' just in case ah!

And those Chinese Ash poles; none of them were One-Star Quality, but as long as they were carved out, reaching One-Star Quality would still be no problem. Otherwise, once settled, they wouldn't be considered his anymore. They would be settled for him into Standard Copper Coins using a very low price.

Next, Li Wei left the Warehouse, found those Chinese Ash poles, and went straight to the second floor of the Tavern. The double room here had always belonged to him and Hathaway.

Of course, he came here not to reminisce about the passed-away old love, but because a One-Star Tavern could accelerate Stamina recovery speed.

Thinking back to remote memories five months ago: his first time staying at the Mare Inn in Kakh City, he had experienced that falling asleep there was extremely comfortable. Only later did he know, this was a characteristic of One-Star Taverns.

Subsequently, Li Wei also fetched some clean water and grabbed a package of salted meat.

The usage of materials belonging to the family would consume Contribution, but repairing the road last month, a rather essential part of that Two-Star Wolf King's meat was intentionally crafted into One-Star Quality high-grade salted meat jerky by Liu Zhongyuan!

Mm, this chef of his was too unqualified!

However, it was still passable. There was a full fifty catties in total. Repairing the road had eaten up twenty catties. Before this Month-End Summary, he had specifically taken out ten catties from among it, and distributed two catties each to Liu Zhongyuan, Clyde, Collas, Charles, and Pang Wu.

Although last month they were all executing their inherent duties, they still witnessed the unblocking of a trade route at any rate. Especially during the opening process, they truly did not hold him back. This was enough. He was also currently considered to be practicing the most basic Humanistic Care, haha!

(End of this chapter)