Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 433: Sheriff George

At the time when Gale Fortress was effortlessly captured by several hundred Neanderthal elites Coordinating Inside And Outside, far away in a Neanderthal Bridgehead several thousand li away, an Elite Legion from Will Province was also launching a comprehensive attack.

At the same time, in the Windbreath Central City, 12 recently resurrected Holy Gale Knights walked out of the Divine Temple with resolute gazes. They had been resurrected, and then changed into full sets of Four-Star Enchanted Heavy Armor and mounted Four-Star Warhorses draped in Enchanted Horse Armor. This was a complete overhaul of equipment; all of these came from the support of the Royal Capital.

Not far away, Grand Commander Teren of the Holy Gale Knights was wearing Five-Star Enchanted Heavy Armor. Together with another 23 Holy Gale Knights and a full five hundred heavy cavalrymen, they were preparing to plunge into the battlefield. Among them, four hundred of the heavy cavalrymen came from Juniper Province and Kaidel Province.

Following an order, these five hundred and thirty-six heavy armored cavalrymen passed through an Arbitrary Door, suddenly descending upon a fiercely fought battlefield a thousand li away.

The Neanderthals had assembled heavy troops here and had already been furiously attacking continuously for more than a few days. The City Walls had changed hands over a dozen times. Both sides had seemingly opened a bloody meat grinder here. In just a short few days, both sides had suffered tens of thousands of casualties—all of whom were Three-Star, Four-Star, or even Five-Star Class-holders.

Gale Fortress was merely a tiny interlude.

It couldn't even be considered an exchange of pieces...

This was only a corner of the entire war, a meaningless corner.

Because, His Majesty the King of the Locke Kingdom had finally persuaded the three great Dukes. By showing weakness in the early stages and adding stakes layer by layer, they enticed the Neanderthal Barbarians to continuously pour in troops, making them think they had launched the decisive battle. As a result, the true decisive battle was only just beginning...

Li Wei didn't know this. Even if he was a top-tier Scout, it was impossible for him to clearly understand the strategic decision changes of the kingdom's higher-ups.What he could see and come into contact with was merely a corner of the battlefield. That was why it looked so bizarre and motley. Such a large fortress—they just gave it away like that.

He completely didn't know that, strategically speaking, the significance of Gale Fortress's existence was purely to mobilize the Neanderthal elites.

When Li Wei crawled out from the ruins, cutting an incredibly sorry figure, the Neanderthal Legion had already charged up. The entire fortress was still burning, resembling hell.

There were almost no survivors.

Within five hundred meters around the Magic Power Mine had all turned into a Great Pit. The surrounding buildings had also collapsed in swaths, and even a section of the outer level-four City Wall had collapsed.

A dozen or so garrison troops who had been knocked dizzy by the shockwave and luckily escaped with their lives tremblingly still wanted to hold their Weapons to resist. They were completely dumbfounded. As a result, a row of Javelins was thrown over, turning them into a ground full of hedgehogs.

So what the heck was this?

Li Wei felt this was too funny, especially himself. Quick and Decisive, he took off that no-longer-glamorous Heavy Armor, and he also turned around and ran. Of course, he couldn't activate the Six-Star Settlement Card at this time; he had to break combat first.

Moreover, he still didn't plan on leaving. At this moment, he instead felt that everything was starting to become interesting. He faintly sensed some kind of change.

Where did Teren take the main force?

Ryder's weirdness, that look in his eyes right before his death, that fervor in his gaze—that was the fervor of a martyr. So he knew about this, didn't he?

Attract a portion of the Neanderthal main force, and then launch the true decisive battle in some decisive battleground?

This wasn't a counterattack; this was Causing Trouble!

And he had merely happened to be there at the right time. He thought he was very impressive, but in reality, on the chessboard of the King and the Dukes, he couldn't even be considered a pawn that had crossed the river; he was merely an unregistered little piece of cannon fodder.

He thought he had prepared very sufficiently, but in reality, it was of no f*cking use.

These thoughts rapidly flashed through Li Wei's mind, and simultaneously he also ran incredibly fast. Borrowing the smoke of the burning city and the pervasive night, he ran out of the destroyed Gale Fortress in a single breath, crossed over the Rear Mountain, entered the Mountain Forest, and ran for over a hundred li without stopping. Only then did he stop and break combat.

He casually took out a Six-Star Settlement Card. There was a faint blue light dancing upon it, which indicated that it could be used. As long as he used it, he could settle and leave.

After all, it was an expensive Item Card costing ten thousand Gold Coins per card!

Its priority was still extremely high.

Li Wei held this item and quietly gazed at it for a long while. Following that, he smiled, put away this Six-Star Settlement Card, and then took out a command Document—the one Ryder had written for him. The Garrison seal crest of Gale Fortress upon it was clearly visible. This was a very official, legal appointment.

Specifically translated, it read: Hereby appointing: George the Ranger as the Sheriff of Gale Fortress, responsible for investigating the matter of an Infiltrator entering the city!

Hehe!

Li Wei bared his teeth in a smile. This appointment naturally possessed legality.

Well then, let's go back. If he expected correctly, that elite Neanderthal Legion should realize right about now that they had been fooled.

And so, Li Wei truly turned back.

Sure enough, as he expected, Gale Fortress was still burning, yet the Neanderthal Legion had truly withdrawn. They left very hastily, not even having time to pursue and kill those fleeing garrison troops and villagers.

To prevent any deceit, Li Wei even specifically released his twelve Saber-wielding Guards. At the same time, he also changed into his Five-Star Enchanted Heavy Armor, summoned his Five-Star Warhorse, and ran around the area surrounding the fortress for half the night. If those Samsara Travelers really stayed behind to ambush, they definitely would have attacked. Even if it was Neanderthal Scouts, they wouldn't have let go of such a target like him.

As a result, absolutely nothing happened.

When the next day grew bright, and the first ray of sunlight pierced through the thin clouds and mist to shine upon this early winter Mountain Forest, Li Wei encountered a few Soldiers who attempted to flee but were frightened back by the sound of hoofbeats.

Mhm, this was also the main thing he was doing last night. Gale Fortress needed to be rebuilt!

Grand Commander Teren was gone, Lord Spellcaster was gone, all the Holy Gale Knights were entirely killed in action... Li Wei, this Sheriff, was the highest-ranking official!

Therefore, last night, he herded back a total of thirty-four deserters and over a hundred refugees attempting to flee from disaster.

"I am Sheriff George of Gale Fortress. Under Lord Count's orders, I am to take in and reorganize all Routed Soldiers and pacify the Freemen. Now, all of you get back! The enemy has already retreated. Where can you flee to? This is your homeland! Winter is fast approaching; do you want to freeze and starve to death?!"

"Go back!"

Li Wei roared loudly. His identity as Sheriff, plus that majestic Warhorse beneath his crotch, and a set of Five-Star Enchanted Heavy Armor that, although filthy, was actually still very dazzling—this was simply too persuasive.

Not to mention many Soldiers recognized him, among them a few personally taught Scout disciples.

When they saw Li Wei, it was truly as if they had seen their savior.

Li Wei didn't stand on ceremony either, directly promoting these few new Scout recruits on the front lines, making them squad leaders. He integrated all the Routed Soldiers into six squads and first led the old and weak Freemen back to the mountain bay of Gale Fortress's Rear Mountain.

This was precisely the place where the Freeman Commoners lived. It was a pity that during the massive magical explosion last night, almost all the houses had been toppled by the shock. Up until now, there were still several hundred people buried inside, their life or death unknown.

Fortunately, the fire didn't spread over here.

Li Wei immediately ordered people to be saved. He took the lead himself, the first to charge to the front. With his current strength, he was an expert at saving people. Of course, in order not to be too exaggerated, he eventually tired himself out to the point of being covered in muddy water...

The effect was superb.

What was a pity was that there were quite a few victims—all poor souls who were struck in the head or heart vitals by massive rocks in the very first moments.

They couldn't be saved no matter what. But there was still a massive number of wounded who had their legs, feet, arms, and even lumbar vertebrae broken.

Li Wei still had ways to deal with these wounded.

"Chris, fetch a large cauldron and fill it with water!"

Li Wei called out, then took out a portion of 3-Star Quality Life Potion and directly poured it into the large cauldron. After stirring a few times, a large cauldron of diluted one-star Life Potion was produced.

Feed one bowl for light injuries, three bowls for heavy injuries. If one cauldron isn't enough, then make another.

Anyway, the effect was very miraculous. On this point, one could always believe in the power of Magic.

And the decadent military morale and popular sentiment were also salvaged.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Wei had gathered a total of 34 Soldiers and harvested 358 Freemen. As for the rest, they were all dead.

Li Wei led the people to bury the dead again, then led them to start tidying up a place to live. Actually, up until this moment, he still hadn't thought about what to do in the future. Mainly, he didn't know what strategy the King and Dukes were carrying out, or how big the commotion was. But no matter what, he had propped Gale Fortress back up again; this Meritorious Service wasn't small, right?

Although he didn't lack this bit of Gold Coins, what he lacked was opportunity! What if this was a moment of great change unprecedented in several hundred years, right?

Or even if it wasn't, so what? He was idle anyway.

Sigh, it's all just for play.

At this time, the massive fire within Gale Fortress had already been extinguished, but there was still billowing black smoke. After walking inside, one still felt an unbearable roasting heat.

In many places, especially inside the stone buildings, a rather dense amount of Mana remained.

The self-detonation of a Three-Star Mana Mine was truly To Joke around.

And those Neanderthals seemingly only picked up some dropped Gold Cards and Purple Cards; they didn't deal with the rest.

"If only I were a Spellcaster. The Mana residue inside here must still have at least a dozen or so units left."

Li Wei walked a lap around the fortress ruins that had been scorched pitch-black, ultimately not daring to enter. This was because occasionally there would be an explosion with sparks and lightning, and who knew what kind of magical reaction that was.

So he might as well rebuild the mountain bay village.

The Stone Blocks and raw log segments here were all ready-made. They didn't even lack reserved food, dried vegetables, and various meats; he could just dig them out straight from the ruins.

Once again, it was Li Wei personally taking the lead, rapidly constructing several dozen small wooden cabins on the empty ground beside the village.

Make do and live here for now; leave future matters for the future.

And after being busy for a whole day, Li Wei still hadn't received even a tiny sliver of information. Perhaps one day in the future when he met Windbreath Count, he would say in an ambiguous tone: "I heard you were doing good deeds in my village? Those Mud-legs won't thank you, and I certainly won't thank you..."

Tsk tsk!

Of course, despite saying this, Li Wei was only making fun of himself. Everyone else had fallen asleep, but he still had to stroll around. Patrolling and standing guard was one aspect; the other aspect was pondering how to let these Freemen and Soldiers survive the winter. This was a very severe problem. Of course, he could also send them back to Windbreath Central City.

But wouldn't he have busied himself for nothing then?

"Forget it, I'll just act as the Sheriff for a period of time. Beat the Grass to Startle the Rabbit; don't think too much about it."

(End of Chapter)