Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 409: Great Generals Have No Illustrious Feats

In the first-floor lobby of the ruined hotel, a campfire was currently lit. Beside it were two roasting racks and two iron pots with boiling food inside. The fragrance permeated the air, extremely alluring and enticing.

When Li Wei stepped inside, he saw Hathaway, Li Yue, Thomas, and that bald blacksmith leisurely sitting around the campfire chatting, completely lacking the tension before a grand battle's arrival.

"You all received the messages, right? What are your views?"

Li Wei sat down next to Hathaway by the campfire and asked casually.

"I don't have any views, because back when I was undergoing Pioneering Missions, I never fought my way to such a height." Li Yue didn't even raise her head, currently knitting something. Even at her peak, she had only been a minor Baron, a Three-Star Lord, with a Three-Star Territory, and a Five-Star Professional. These were several completely different concepts.

A Baron was an identity within the Locke Kingdom. A Three-Star Lord was a player identity registered within the All-Heavens Lord Alliance. A Five-Star Professional meant her first Profession Card had upgraded to Five-Star.

She had definitely fought battles far more vicious and perilous than this, but she had never experienced this. The Horn Alley of Weir City also didn't sell information regarding this aspect. Besides, even if it were sold, she wouldn't have bought it; it had nothing to do with her.

Therefore, among the five people present at this moment, it was instead only Hathaway who had the most right to speak. After all, she was single-handedly cultivated by Night Owl.

"Let me explain it to you."

Hathaway smiled enchantingly, feeding half a golden-roasted Three-Star fish to Li Wei, before finally speaking:"First of all, it's already confirmed that our side isn't the main battlefield. As long as the Level 4 City Wall is constructed well, the City Building mission is completed, and the Substantive Viscount identity is obtained, it can basically be concluded perfectly and satisfactorily. The only thing worth worrying about is whether those Barbarians actually view you, Li Wei, as a thorn in their eye and a nail in their flesh? Will they take advantage of the chaos to dispatch an elite squad to finish you off?"

"Secondly, our side should be able to seamlessly connect into Chaotic Killing Missions. This kind of mission can be issued once every three months. Specifically, you or I directly take out 10,000 to 50,000 gold coins to recruit 20 to 50 Lord players or Mercenary players, letting them garrison our territory, responsible for defending our city or going out to hunt in the wild. If they score kills, they won't be able to see the Universal Gold Cards that drop; those will be directly obtained by the territory."

"In short, finally giving rewards based on their performance on the battlefield—ranging from Mud to Rotten Wood, and then to Stubborn Stone, Bronze, Black Iron, and Silver. Anyhow, it's highly profitable. These kinds of missions can basically just be handed over to the Stewards and Temple Priests in the territory. The captains of each squad and the group leaders of each department can also serve as NPCs to issue them all sorts of side quests."

"Anyhow, it's exactly like in a game. Ultimately, after deducting the mission operating costs and the costs of resurrecting these players, the total profit can reach 50%, roughly. Quite excellent."

"But if luck is bad, falling upon Barbarians setting up ambushes outside the territory and camping the resurrection points, there is a possibility of losing everything, straight to the bottom!"

"And at this time, we will have to mobilize our NPC regular army, going out to massacre a wave. If we don't consider those damned Cross-Border Missions, don't consider whatever King's Tax and Duke's Tax, this lifetime is actually quite blithe and unfettered."

Having finished speaking, Hathaway began feeding Li Wei fish again. She also took out a bottle of alcohol, you take a sip, I take a sip, drinking as they pleased. The air instantly became romantic, enchanting, and vividly flirtatious.

Yet the others didn't feel any awkwardness whatsoever.

Li Yue minded her own business, knitting on the other side of the campfire. She possessed a Five-Star Tailor Card. The two Enchanted Sewing Needles in her hands moved truly like floating clouds and flowing water. Furthermore, the materials she was knitting weren't any ordinary yarn, but magic materials of Two-Star Quality and above.

As for Thomas, his Dulling talent was sufficient to turn him into a stone man.

As well as the bald blacksmith, who had long begun emitting fine and faint snoring sounds.

No one cared about what Hathaway had just said, nor did anyone care about what Li Wei had asked. As for those two making eyes at each other and displaying lingering affections over there, what exactly did that have to do with them?!

Truly a beautiful night, ah.

Time flowed away silently. Up until midnight, not a single message or All-Territory Announcement arrived.

Hathaway squeezed her way out from Li Wei's embrace. With sleepy, blurry eyes, she looked at the sky above, then at Li Wei, revealing an understanding expression.

They both understood.

It seemed Zhao Kewu's mind was firmly set on being held hostage. And that King's Special Envoy's mind was also firmly set on coercing the heavily injured Frost Duke into surrender.

But this actually didn't have any particularly massive relationship with Li Wei and the others.

Who told him to originate from the Royal Capital region and have the King's special permission? It was clearly the final stage boss of the Weir Province, yet it absolutely had to be coerced into surrender by your King. Meaning your Royal Capital region doesn't have a final stage boss?

Or is it saying that the final stage boss of your Royal Capital region was silently and motionlessly planted onto a bridgehead by the Neanderthals...

One wanted to laugh at the fact that a bridgehead was actually successfully established right under their noses by the Neanderthals. That was actually a wilderness camp in the very beginning...

Looking back at this matter, back when Li Wei discovered and eliminated that Neanderthal Level 4 wilderness camp, he had actually already established the foundation for victory. His subsequent continuous strikes against the Neanderthals, his suppression against the Frost Duke, especially receiving Hathaway and bringing her back, all the way to resisting the flood peak, Li Wei leading troops north to take down the other northern fortress of the Frost Duke and the Neanderthals, Temple Knight Mark displaying divine might... all of these inherently were bonus items leading down the path of victory.

So, actually, at this very moment, they had practically locked in the victory.

Now it was just guarding against the Neanderthals flying into a rage from shame and running over to cook up some sense of presence. At most, a few special bosses would appear; anything else was no longer a problem.

If a perfect score for this City Building Pioneering Mission was 100 points, Li Wei had already smashed the score to 300 points.

Under this kind of situation, if there could still be any unexpected situations that made Li Wei suffer a huge loss and swallow a bitter pill, hehe, then where would that place the other Pioneers?

Those Pioneers from the Royal Capital region, the Pioneers from Juniper Province, the Pioneers from Cadel Province were all still striving and fighting with massive effort; please be a human.

Therefore, Hathaway was very relaxed and content, and Li Yue was also very relaxed. Li Wei even permitted Second Aunt to bluster and act as a Grand General, a Grand Marshal, directing with certainty and composure, devising strategies from within a command tent, and determining victory from a thousand li away.

Signifying what?

Damn it, invincible during the current stage.

Aside from knitting his brows into a bitter frown when scamming Qin Yu and intimidating Anna, at other times there was truly no need.

Yes, Qin Yu was intimidated into running away by Hathaway and Second Aunt joining hands.

For this kind of matter, Li Wei didn't even require evidence, didn't even need to ask; simply pretending not to see or know was fine.

Did Li Wei not know exactly how many little calculating thoughts Hathaway possessed?

Although Second Aunt was slightly inferior, she was still an existence who had once shared equal fame with Night Owl; pfft!

Qin Yu was still far too tender and inexperienced.

Therefore, arriving at this very moment, it truly possessed a bit of the flavor of "great generals possessing no illustrious feats."

Suddenly, Li Wei, Li Yue, and Hathaway simultaneously looked up at the originally clear, sparse-starred night sky. Although they couldn't see anything, they all sensed a bizarre and bizarre power fluctuation.

While Casters like Hathaway, Second Aunt, and even little Isabel would sense it even more clearly.

"The Magic Net has been withdrawn. It's coming. Li Wei, look! A meteor shower, hey! Quick, make a wish!"

Hathaway skipped and hopped with joy exactly like a little girl, truly exceptionally happy.

Li Wei was speechless. Taking out his Enchanted Long Bow, he submerged himself into the pitch-black night.

Yet Li Yue at this moment took out the things she had just been knitting and sewing. They were semi-finished products of Magic Crests, only the size of a palm, knitted and sewn using Three-Star wild beast leather, exquisitely beautiful spider silk threads, or other similar silk threads.

"Big Sister Yue, with such excellent items, if used solely to craft Sequence 2 Magic Crests, wouldn't it be a bit too much of a pity?"

Hathaway sighed in admiration. This thing was far too exquisitely beautiful. Not only the practically perfect sewn stitches, but also that kind of unique craftsmanship carrying an extraordinary lingering charm. Even if not used to inject Sequence 2 defensive magic, this could be hailed as a work of art.

"What's a pity about it? I am a Five-Star Tailor. Aside from being able to sew some minor playthings, what else can I do? Furthermore, the materials were all provided by you." Li Yue faintly smiled, continuing to weave the needle and lead the thread, sewing such semi-finished Magic Crests.

Because if magic power was sufficient, she had to sew one hundred pieces. Among them, eighty pieces were custom-ordered by Night Owl, ten pieces were retained by Hathaway for herself, and the remaining ten pieces were her processing fees.

And Li Wei didn't know about any of this. Or even if he guessed it, he pretended not to know.

In the face of interests, there are no eternal enemies.

Even the shutting down of the Magic Net enveloping this planet this time was also a link within the plan.

Sigh, this master and disciple pair has far too many calculating thoughts.

Who knew if Li Wei could handle it?

Just like this, for roughly a dozen consecutive days next, violent gales kicked up, and Radiation Storms wreaked havoc. The entire planet seemed to have entered the Doomsday era once again.

But Li Wei's territory truly didn't have a single unforeseen event transpire, without even the shadow of a single Neanderthal seen.

Within the Territory Main City, Zhao Xuanxuan wielded a heavy hammer, forging Three-Star Enchanted Equipment and Enchanted Weapons day and night. And these Enchanted Equipments would also be very rapidly distributed into the hands of the soldiers.

Within Hathaway's barony territory, Li Yue could knit and sew twenty semi-finished Magic Crests every day. And these would be injected with magic power by Hathaway using exquisite and ingenious manipulation methods, crafting them into Sequence 2 Magic Crests capable of maximally withstanding 800 points of aggregate damage, or continuously withstanding 4 instances of 200 points of damage.

For soldiers engaging in bitter and fierce battles on the frontline, this was an exceptionally excellent military supply item.

Li Wei turned a blind eye to this.

Because the materials were all provided by Hathaway, and the magic power was also extracted by her own Magic Well. Li Yue only contributed tailoring handiwork, so what could he say?

He also couldn't say anything. Moreover, this was only the beginning. Subsequently forging military supply equipment for the frontline was also an exceptionally excellent profit point.

Just like this, time passed day by day. The anticipated grand battle never appeared, not a single crisis occurring.

Until a day in late September, the Level 4 City Wall was thus successfully constructed just like this.

At this moment, All-Territory Announcements flooded the screen once again!

[All-Territory Announcement]

[Pioneer No. 11, Li Wei, has successfully completed the construction of the Level 4 City Wall. He has already satisfied all conditions for upgrading to a Level 5 Territory. His territory officially upgrades to Level 5. Simultaneously, this also means his City Building Mission has been thoroughly and completely successful; his territory officially upgrades to a Level 1 City! According to the rules, he shall receive an additional 100 square kilometers of legal territory as a reward, simultaneously obtaining no less than 800 square kilometers of illegal territory. The current total area of legal territory is 190 square kilometers.]

[He has already bound the title of Flame Viscount to the current city. According to the rules of the All-Heavens Lord Alliance, he shall officially become a Four-Star Lord, simultaneously also becoming a Substantive Viscount subordinate to the Weir Province of the Locke Kingdom. From now on, he will only need to pay 25% of the King's Tax and 5% of the Duke's Tax annually.]

[Simultaneously, he shall possess the authority to confer Baronies and Knight Territories. However, the Baronies he confers cannot exceed six, and Knight Territories cannot exceed twenty, and all the conferred territories cannot exceed the 800 square kilometer upper limit of illegal territory. Explanation: A Vassal Barony also belongs to a type of conferred territory.]

[Without any special plotline changes occurring, he shall continue to wait in this Task World for one year and seven months before concluding the City Building Pioneering Mission. However, if a Kingdom's order is issued, or other emergency situations arise, his territory City Building Pioneering Mission shall enter Task Settlement within the specified time.]

(End of this chapter)