Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 384: Li Wei's Scheme

Facing Hathaway's questioning, Li Wei said nothing. He simply started the vehicle and turned around to head back.

Arriving at the Great Bridge, he saw that the giant tortoise was actually still alive. However, it was firmly drawn in by the Three-Star Magic Well, as if it had entered a confusing labyrinth. In at most three days, all the Magical Power in its body would be fully extracted, yielding at least two units of Magical Power.

"Qin Yu, draw ten units of Magical Power for Hathaway."

With a single instruction, Li Wei sent away a belly-aching Hathaway.

Sometimes, explaining was meaningless, and retreating was even more impossible.

The only choice was to persist and keep walking forward.

Facing questioning, facing misunderstandings, facing difficulties, and facing challenges—he had to withstand them all and carry on!

"Respected Lord, during this flood peak's passage, we siphoned a total of twelve units of Magical Power. Following this, we should be able to extract another two units from this giant tortoise. However, the ten units drawn for Hathaway just now, plus the three units consumed to resist the flood peak, leaves a net gain of exactly one unit. We currently have fifty-two units remaining."

"But I must remind you, the enemy's attack against us utilizing the torrential rain's flood peak this time was quite effective. Similar attacks will emerge endlessly; please be sure to make preparations."

This time, even Qin Yu spoke up to give a warning.Li Wei nodded, still saying nothing. Life over the following days seemed to return to normal. Qin Yu had already crafted a Sequence 3 Magic Crest for him, and was currently focusing entirely on preparing for the construction of the Mage Tower.

For several consecutive days, the weather was clear and sunny. Pouring the main structure of the Black Mountain Fortress across the Great Bridge officially began as well.

Javier, Seth, Paul, Jocelyn, and the others continued their cavalry training.

Second Aunt had already sent over several portions of Three-Star Magic Potions, upgrading all the Two-Star Warhorses to Three-Star.

Three-Star quality warhorses could already shrug off the wear and tear brought about by daily training.

Their bones were as tough and tenacious as steel, not easily snapping. They could carry heavily armored cavalrymen weighing hundreds of pounds, galloping five to six hundred kilometers a day, and still remain brimming with stamina.

Some cavalrymen were already beginning to grind out ordinary cavalry cards. And whenever this happened, Li Wei would silently present a Black Iron Token, upgrading their primary profession to Four-Star so they could smoothly bind the cavalry card.

Having a cavalry card versus not having one were two completely different concepts.

Because once obtained, they would have the three great innate talents: Riding Maneuverability +30%, Mount Speed and Agility +30%, and Damage when using any melee weapon on horseback +30%. Just these three points alone were enough to form a massive advantage.

As for Li Wei and Thomas, they were like a pair of brothers in distress. They became extremely silent every day, sleeping only two or three hours. The rest of their time was spent reinforcing, consolidating, and repairing river dikes.

It wasn't just the two of them; there were also two hundred able-bodied freemen laborers. Of course, they only needed to work twelve hours a day.

In the blink of an eye, over ten days passed. It rained a few more times during this period, but none formed a torrential downpour pattern.

However, there was one piece of good news: Li Yue had returned. Not only did she bring back that red-robed Witch, Anna, but she also brought back a full three hundred freemen.

They were all freemen originally from Ron's territory.

This was undeniably a massive victory.

But before Li Wei had time to inquire with Li Yue about everything regarding this trip, a new round of torrential downpours formed from the direction of the western snow mountains. Blankets of thick rain clouds drifted over densely, bringing a massive rainbelt. Another flood peak was coming.

However, Li Wei was very calm about this.

He called Hathaway over directly, and right in front of Li Yue and Anna, said straight up: "I hope you can invite Anna to become a staff officer in your territory, letting her take charge of your Magic Well."

"Li Wei, what kind of joke are you playing? Even if I am your vassal, you cannot dictate the internal management of my territory. Who is she? I don't know her at all, and you want her to be my staff officer? Do you know what a staff officer represents? What if she has to go participate in a Cross-Border Mission in two years? My whole life will be ruined!"

Hathaway furrowed her brows. She had been tolerating Li Wei for a very long time, but this was going too far. Even though she admired Li Wei most of the time, this time it absolutely wouldn't fly. She had no intention of participating in a Cross-Border Mission for the next ten years; she wasn't ready yet.

"Anna, how long until you have to participate in a Cross-Border Mission?"

At this time, Li Wei asked.

"To be precise, one year and six months left." The red-robed Witch Anna answered with a beaming smile, her large eyes continuously discharging sparks at Li Wei. Her impression of Li Wei was unusually good. In fact, the reason Li Yue was able to successfully form a connection with her this time and successfully escape amidst the chaos while Ron was being controlled, was entirely because of the good impression Li Wei had left entirely functioning.

Over the past month or so, the two of them had led the hundreds of freemen, hiding and dodging pursuit within the northern mountain ranges, repelling pursuing troops several times.

During this period, she obeyed Li Yue's advice completely, coordinating tacitly. Even Li Yue felt it was wondrous and believed she was truly not simple.

Yet they didn't know the root cause of all this lay entirely with Li Wei.

Sometimes, a fluttering heart only takes a single instant, having nothing to do with deep romantic love.

She just felt that Li Wei's action of crossing three thousand kilometers that day to seek Hathaway out was incredibly cool and beautiful. That was enough.

"Anna, if I ask you to voluntarily detach from Hathaway's territory six months from now, at which time I will provide you with sufficient compensation, are you willing?"

"Of course, I am more than happy to do so. Being able to cooperate with you makes me feel very happy." The red-robed Witch smiled incomparably brightly, her gaze scalding, as if no one else was present.

It was only because Li Wei's skin was thick enough that he could withstand it.

At this time, he looked at Hathaway again. "Can you rest assured this time? Moreover, I can guarantee you that if any problems arise, I will resolve everything."

Hearing these words, Hathaway cast a somewhat complex look at the calmly-expressioned Li Yue, then glanced at the dull-eyed Qin Yu who found all of this incredibly boring. Finally, she glared at Anna, who looked like she couldn't wait to swallow Li Wei whole. Damn it, how could this kid's luck with women be this exceptionally good?

"Fine. Although I strongly disagree with many of your methods, and sometimes even want to beat you up, there is one point that will never change: Li Wei, I will always trust you. I hope you won't betray my trust in you. Anna, is it? I formally invite you to join my Baron Territory and take charge of the Magic Well operations. Next, please sit in your station at the Baron Territory to protect its security."

"Respected Lord, as you wish. Your will is my guiding light."

Anna beamed with smiles as she completed the procedural handover with Hathaway, then swiftly left, heading towards Hathaway's territory to take command.

Next up was the dangerous moment the flood peak passed through. Hathaway's Ice Magic was exceedingly effective at restraining the flood outburst, but her territory would thus be left unguarded.

The previous time was fine, but this time they absolutely could not afford any mishaps.

In case Neanderthal assassins seized the opportunity to slip in.

"However, Li Wei, this time you have to prepare to expend at least twenty units of Magical Power. I have a premonition that this flood peak will be unprecedented, and this is the true ultimate move! I don't even have much confidence myself."

Hathaway sighed. She felt she had been thoroughly bewitched; how could she allow Li Wei to command her like this? It was far too passive.

The exact next second, Li Wei took out a Magic Scroll. This was what Second Aunt finally found time to appraise over the past few days. Speaking of which, Second Aunt had also been happily busy.

She previously wasn't a spellcaster, but rather a Five-Star Doctor + Five-Star Chef, leaning more heavily toward dispensing magic potions and cooking food. It was only one year ago that she grinned out a Scholar card during Li Wei's mission and became a Spellcasting Witch.

Therefore, the magic potions she contrived were of excellent quality, and she only lagged far behind in the spellcaster aspect.

Because of this, even knowing she wasn't very adept at it, Li Wei still sought out all sorts of methods to help her grind experience and grind Destiny Grids.

Simply because she was one of their own.

"What is this?"

Hathaway took it naturally, but her expression flickered slightly in the following second.

This was a buff Magic Scroll. Its specific effect was to increase the power of all released magic by 50% for 72 hours after use. This could definitely be considered an extremely precious magic item.

"I don't quite understand. I don't actually think it will necessarily be used."

Hathaway grew somewhat reluctant to part with it.

"It doesn't matter, this is a gift for you as compensation for resisting the flood peak. If you can rely on your own efforts and suppress this flood peak using only twenty units of Magical Power, then I'll just consider this Magic Scroll a gift to you. How about it?" Li Wei smiled faintly, but lacked the ease he had in the past. One could even see that his entire body had slimmed down a rung.

Purely from exhaustion.

He had completely treated himself like a beast of burden.

Seeing this made Hathaway's heart ache slightly. Damn it, competing against Thomas—that stone golem—to be the Workaholic King, isn't that just finding trouble for yourself?

"Never mind then. You and I are grasshoppers tied to the same string now. Although I don't know what kind of treacherous schemes hide within your colorful intestines, me dragging my feet is absolutely impossible. During this flood peak, I will do my absolute best."

Li Wei nodded, finally turning his gaze toward Li Yue again.

"Aunt Yue, you've worked hard traveling far this time. I originally intended for you to rest longer, but the situation doesn't permit it. During this flood peak, Hathaway and Adai will be responsible for unleashing Ice Magic from the sky to resist the flood, while you supervise the overall situation from the ground. Stability is paramount."

"Alright, leave everything to me."

Li Yue smiled. On this solo expedition westward, setting out in early June and only returning today, the journey lasted 45 days and involved over thirty battles of varying sizes. She had finally preliminarily regained her original feeling.

As for exactly what Li Wei was planning to do—if he didn't say, she wouldn't ask.

Following that, Li Wei gave Qin Yu a round of instructions before departing on his own.

Yes, at the very moment this unprecedented, terrifying flood peak arrived, he departed instead. Right on the eve of the spring wheat being harvested in just over twenty days, he left.

Departing with him were Javier, Seth, Paul, Jocelyn, and forty other cavalrymen. The group headed straight east, galloping along the highway. Upon arriving at the Small City Base, they rendezvoused with Zhao Xuanxuan, Benjamin, Santiago, Xavier, Grant, and forty-two other cavalrymen.

Yes, this was the cavalry force Li Wei had begun training on a massive scale since April. It was also the disciplined, fully-formed cavalry unit he had painstakingly waited for by swallowing his pride, staying exceedingly low-key, and showing endless patience until this very moment.

Currently, forty-two individuals had already activated and bound Cavalry Cards, simultaneously advancing to Four-Star. And their mounts had all taken Second Aunt's prepared magic potions and been upgraded to Four-Star.

Even their armor, weapons, and horse armor were fully equipped and fully complete.

Yes, over the past month and a half, this was exactly what Zhao Xuanxuan had been busy with, leading those dozens of Three-Star Artisans and over a dozen Three-Star Blacksmiths.

The man and the horse were entirely covered in heavy armor, wielding long spears, broadswords, or maces.

As for the remaining forty men—excluding the new cavalry recruits who had just started training a dozen days ago—the other twenty were estimated to be able to grind out Cavalry Cards within ten days.

They currently all rode Three-Star warhorses and had no heavy armor, only light armor.

This was something that couldn't be helped.

However, with forty-two heavy cavalrymen leading the charge in the front, these light cavalrymen could simply sweep up leisurely behind them. Whether grinding experience or Destiny Grids, it was all very good.

That's right; after managing operations for so long, Li Wei could finally lead troops out of his territory to grind experience outside!

Did the Frost Duke really think he could use a flood peak to weaken him and create all sorts of difficulties for him?

He could only say that the Frost Duke had guessed wrong.

The territory main base had Second Aunt!

Riverside Fortress had Qin Yu!

Hathaway's Baron Territory had Anna!

Hathaway and Li Yue, plus Adai and Thomas—these four could roam and resist the flood peak. Not to mention they could also mobilize over a thousand able-bodied laborers and dozens of large trucks here. Conducting a vigorous flood prevention and emergency rescue was absolutely no problem.

At this moment, Li Wei summoned his own Four-Star warhorse. With a single command, he took the lead and set off along the highway from Base 349, cutting through the northern mountain ranges and heading straight north.

And Paladin Mark was currently waiting there to receive them alongside thirty soldiers.

This trip was purely for training troops.

Twenty days later, Li Wei would return. But at that time, he would have at least sixty-two Four-Star cavalrymen under his command.

What is a pleasant surprise? This is a pleasant surprise.

(End of this chapter)