Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 390: True·Pulling Up Seedlings to Help Them Grow

"Halt! Rest in place for two hours!"

On an open wilderness field, Li Wei shouted loudly. The over eighty cavalrymen immediately spread out and came to a stop at an even pace.

The terrain here was open, with lush water and grass, making it highly suitable for a rest.

This was necessary. Maintaining the stamina of the warhorses anytime and anywhere, while ensuring every cavalryman's stamina remained above the safety line, was essential to cope with sudden emergencies that could occur at any time.

This was already the third day.

Li Wei had led the team running around this region for nearly seven hundred and fifty kilometers. Wandering in circles, engaging in battles of wits and courage with Neanderthal scouts and small Centaur Cavalry squads in a game of hide-and-seek.

The battle results weren't great, but it was extremely disgusting.

Li Wei felt the opposing party probably wanted to set an ambush for them somewhere.

To tell the truth, he wasn't the kind of person who liked taking risks.

But looking at the various clues present, the Neanderthals and the Frost Duke had been planning a layout in this region for at least several months in advance.Over the past two days, he had discovered survivor camps more than once, but they were all completely empty. The further west and north they went, the more this was the case.

"Therefore, there should be a relatively large camp to the west or north. The survivors in this region have all been abducted. But it's also possible they were all sent to the foot of the snow mountains—it seems the Frost Duke and the Neanderthals are holding back a massive ultimate move!"

"If we simply allow them to continue scouring the north for populations, allowing the opponent to develop infinitely, then the consequences will probably be very terrible as well."

Li Wei sighed, dispelling the final trace of hesitation in his heart. Sometimes, there truly was no other choice.

Immediately, he activated the dropped Purple Card he had picked up three days ago. Since he was going to put his life on the line, naturally, he had to arm himself with all his might.

Not bad!

Although he wasn't the one who personally struck down that Neanderthal, he probably still slightly enjoyed the effect of the "Wolf Traveling A Thousand Miles" title.

[You opened a dropped Purple Card. You obtained 15,000 Barbarian Gold Coins.]

[You obtained one Five-Star Artisan Card, accompanied by a 62 Artisan Destiny Grid.]

[You obtained one Five-Star Hunter Card, accompanied by a 51 Hunter Destiny Grid.]

[You obtained one set of damaged Five-Star Enchanted Heavy Armor, including helmet, full-body armor, greaves, and combat boots.]

[You obtained one Five-Star Enchanted Lance.]

[You obtained one set of Five-Star Enchanted Horse Armor.]

[You obtained one Four-Star Pet Card, containing a Four-Star Quality Warhorse.]

[You obtained two Three-Star Resource Cards, with various resources stored inside.]

At this moment, Li Wei first put away the two Five-Star Cards. No one had a use for them temporarily. Currently, he had accumulated another four Five-Star Cards. Among them, that Five-Star Butcher Card was already reserved for Thomas. The remaining three could only be dealt with by finding Night Owl, or wait until whenever the mission was completed and return to Weir City to sell them.

As for that set of Five-Star Enchanted Heavy Armor, it had currently become plain heavy armor. The enchanting durability on it, including the Magic Crests, had all been blasted apart.

But even so, it still possessed a +60 base Defense. As expected of heavy armor. Of course, the Cumbersomeness level was also as high as 18, meaning 9 points of Agility had to be deducted.

Li Wei hesitated for a moment and ultimately decided to put it on. It didn't matter if the enchanting durability was gone, and the damage didn't matter either; roughly two or three Four-Star Universal Gold Cards could restore it.

The key point was the reduction in Agility caused by the Cumbersomeness level. For a scout-oriented Ranger like him, this made him quite sluggish.

However, he also had to consider the current situation. He couldn't act separately from Zhao Xuanxuan and the others; he couldn't fight alone.

Over the past three days, without him leading the way at the front, Zhao Xuanxuan's cavalry unit would have suffered at least twelve ambushes and nearly five hundred traps.

There were at least three Neanderthals secretly causing trouble on the opposing side.

Without him, this cavalry unit would find it difficult to move even a single inch, or they would rapidly become corpses and vanish without a trace.

Wearing this set of Five-Star heavy armor, especially putting on the heavy helmet, made Li Wei truly feel exceedingly uncomfortable. It was as if he were carrying a portable prison cell with him. His original 65 points of Agility directly dropped to 60 points—

Well, that was still a very exaggerated number.

However, his comprehensive Defense went from his previous 69 points to 111 points.

The kind that even a heavy machine gun couldn't penetrate.

"Wow, Li Wei, after putting on this set of heavy armor, you suddenly became handsome!"

Zhao Xuanxuan, who had come over to help Li Wei don the heavy armor, teased him. Following that, she also helped Li Wei equip his warhorse with the Five-Star Enchanted Horse Armor. This set of horse armor itself weighed 100 kilograms, with a base Defense of +80. It completely didn't fear ordinary swords and spears chopping and hacking at it. Previously, if Zhao Xuanxuan hadn't smashed its head into dust with a single hammer strike, it simply wouldn't have been killed.

"The Neanderthal Centurion we killed earlier seems to have been quite formidable. Look at the texture on this heavy armor, look at the patterns on this horse armor! Ah, Li Wei, how about we trade? I'll give you my Four-Star Enchanted Heavy Scale Armor, how about that?"

"Stop joking around!"

Li Wei jumped a few times in place, gradually adapting to it. The set of heavy armor on him weighed nearly 75 kilograms in total; he had to adapt to it as quickly as possible.

Following that, he also stored that Five-Star Enchanted Lance into his personal Resource Card to be used as a standard-issue weapon. This was a fine steel lance reaching two meters and fifty centimeters long. It wasn't too comfortable for him to use, but he had no choice. For combat on horseback, this kind of long-lance weapon held a massive advantage.

It was just that... this time around, when charging on the battlefield, his speed would probably end up sitting at the same table as those twenty new recruits.

Next, Li Wei mounted his warhorse. Under the gazes of everyone, he ran a few laps around the area. He attempted rapid lance thrusting charges, tried drawing a bow for rapid fire, and also tried hurling combat spears, as well as hacking and chopping with a heavy sword.

There was some impact, but not a large one. Mostly, because his Defense had now increased, he could also ignore certain details regarding evasion, shifting from pursuing the extremes of agility in offense and killing, towards brutal, unyielding steamrolling.

Perhaps because his attributes were very high and his foundations weren't poor either, after training for over half an hour, he finally overcame all his discomforts and finally found a suitable rhythm.

When Li Wei dismounted again, a lightly armored cavalryman abruptly shouted out with agitation at this moment: "Lord, I ground out a Cavalry Card! Just now, witnessing the way Your Lordship switched weapons while training on horseback, somehow it was as if a light turned on in my brain, instantly filling in my lacking comprehensions."

The soldier held out a faintly glowing One-Star Cavalry Card to Li Wei.

"Oh, you did a good job!"

Li Wei smiled faintly, not stingy with his praise. This was also a very normal occurrence.

At this time, upon receiving this Cavalry Card, several phantoms naturally surfaced upon it.

Within these phantoms were the scenarios of this soldier's training over the past three months. From initially even having difficulty mounting the horse, to falling off the galloping warhorse time and time again.

Battered heads, bleeding profusely, broken bones and snapped tendons—even several of his teeth had been knocked out.

If there hadn't been the Secret Life Potion contrived by Second Aunt, he would already be a one-eyed dragon by now.

"A period of three months. Effective riding distance: 13,500 kilometers. Initiated effective attack training on horseback thirty thousand times. Proficiently mastered long spear piercing thrusts, proficiently mastered long saber chops and hacks. Accumulatively executed effective attacks against enemies in combat 125 times, delivering fatal strikes to enemies twenty-six times."

"Not bad, this data is solidly keeping to the rules."

As these stats flashed through Li Wei's mind, he also felt a bit of regret.

Up until now, no one had managed to grind out a Rare Cavalry Card.

Yes, including outstanding individuals like Javier, Benjamin, Santiago, and Grant.

It was very easy for them to grind out ordinary Cavalry Cards—one month at the fastest, three months if slower, and perhaps four months if even slower. But without exception, no one had been able to grind one out.

The gold-content value of Rare Profession Cards had always been rising.

Next, Li Wei took out a Black Iron Token, allowing this soldier to upgrade his primary profession to Four-Star. The gold coins required for the upgrade would be automatically deducted from Li Wei's treasury.

As for the required experience, the large group would chip in and pool together. It definitely wouldn't be enough, but if seventy or eighty people helped chip in, it would actually become very easy.

Of course, if a guy's primary profession from the very beginning was a Farmer, it would have been impossible to recruit him as a soldier to begin with; that would be too much of a scam.

In short, these cavalrymen were all walking the accelerated crash-course route.

"Xuanxuan, gather Benjamin, Javier, and the others over here. We're going to hold a meeting."

Li Wei spoke again at this time.

"A meeting? Li Wei, if you have something you want done, just issue a single command; there's no need to hold a meeting. Whoever refuses to obey, I'll help you smash their head open. Furthermore, given your prestige, everyone will be thoroughly convinced and accept it." Zhao Xuanxuan shook her head. What a joke! This is exactly the bad thing about you as a kid.

"Is that so? Actually, my idea is that... for the sake of better guerrilla warfare, I want those of you with a lot of cavalry experience to trade away your excess cavalry experience. Doing so can grind out several Cavalry Cards, filling the gap for those who don't have Cavalry Cards yet. Like this, although it carries the suspicion of 'pulling up seedlings to help them grow,' it is the best choice for rapidly elevating our strength in a short amount of time!"

"What!"

Upon hearing these words, Zhao Xuanxuan jumped three feet into the air!

"Li Wei, this is an unorthodox, heretical method! You must absolutely not stray onto the wrong path! Cavalry Cards are different from other Profession Cards. Other cards can rely on this kind of shortcut mode, but this one truly cannot."

"As an example: a person chopping trees for a month can very easily grind out a One-Star Woodcutter Card. But the technical essence of a cavalryman exceeds that of ten Woodcutter Cards, do you understand? Without personal training, and without personally feeling out comprehensions and insights amidst combat, it will form a massive impact on their futures."

"Moreover, do you know how difficult it is to grind out cavalry experience? Motherfucker, it's ten times harder to grind than other Profession Cards! Li Wei, I advise you to change your mind."

Fuck!

Li Wei looked at Zhao Xuanxuan in speechlessness. In truth, how could he not know this? This kind of matter carried massive negative side effects. Back then, he purchased a portion of farmer experience from Liang Yuzhi just to upgrade to Four-Star Farmer. It went smoothly back then, but for a very long period afterward, his Farmer Destiny Grid didn't increase; it was very stagnant.

It wasn't until this year when he planted nine hundred acres of land in a single breath that it seemed to return to normal.

This kind of matter was profoundly mysterious. It wouldn't reflect in the data, but it would truly affect future potential.

However, Li Wei was a bit worried about the upcoming battlefield situation. Mainly because they were currently an isolated force venturing deep into enemy lines. The terrain was unfamiliar, Adai wasn't here, and the other Hunting Pets couldn't be relied upon. This was very hurting.

Therefore, under the premise of not wanting to retreat and being unable to retreat, elevating everyone's cavalry level to at least grant them stronger mobility was better than anything else.

"Execute the command!"