Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 445: The Empty Windbreath City

"Ranged, melee, assassination! This can be considered as gathering all three essential elements."

At this moment, Li Wei smiled slightly, exceedingly satisfied.

Although this Ranger Card seemingly didn't bring new Innate Talents and Skills—putting them all into integration and optimization, with the four Innate Talents and four Skills being ones he already had.

But this kind of optimization and integration was precisely the most formidable! It was equivalent to helping Li Wei solidly ram his foundation completely anew, making up for weaknesses, and then sorting and managing merits and strong points, lowering internal friction to the greatest extent and elevating combat efficiency and combat output.

One must know that Li Wei's greatest drawback and weak point all along was Upgrading too quickly. He didn't have enough time to accumulate and polish himself. His entire person was like a bubble, swelling up through Bluffing. Of course he had his most conspicuous and trump-card aspects, but he wasn't comprehensive enough, wasn't steady enough.

Therefore, he never dared to fight headwind battles, fearing overturning the cart.

Because he didn't have that kind of heaven-defying combat power that transcended the battle situation and could pull back the tide (Turning the Tide) when the situation worsened to an irremediable degree.

It was only up until now that he could be considered to have barely stood firm. He was very confident that even in a headwind battle, he could challenge it a bit.

Of course, that was how it was said, but whenever there was no necessity, it was still better not to charge into a headwind battle. Wasn't Smooth Sailing development good?

From this point forward, the four Professions, the four Destiny Grids, as well as their respective Innate Talents would just wave flags and shout battle cries from the side, or help out as assistants, supporting Logistics and the like. The combat aspect would belong to the Dawn Ranger Card.Smiling slightly, Li Wei stood up, picked up a wooden stick, and went on his own to train his Royal Guard.

Currently, these Royal Guard Soldiers had no way to obtain more Profession Cards and Clearance Tokens. Therefore, they undoubtedly had the greatest disadvantage in terms of attributes.

But Professional Fates and combat skills would not be affected.

After forging the Dawn Ranger Card and solidly ramming his own foundation, Li Wei's understanding of these was absolutely Master-level. So he also understood even more that the accumulation at this very moment was of crucial importance.

Just like this, during the day, the Royal Guard farmed the land, worked, chopped trees, fished, and hunted. At night, they were given special tutoring by Li Wei—or to speak more accurately, they were beaten up.

Get beaten more during peacetime, lose fewer lives during wartime.

Li Wei wouldn't bully the weak with his strength either. Instead, based on the characteristics and weaknesses of every Royal Guard Soldier, he beat them targetedly. If these Soldiers could strike out a Flash of Inspiration, a super-level attack, he would also honestly take the beating and absolutely wouldn't act shamelessly. Whatever level was set at the beginning, that was the level it would be. This was to avoid their morale being severely damaged and their enthusiasm suppressed—although in actuality, the pressure-resisting ability of this bunch of Royal Guard Soldiers was extremely strong.

Just like this, in the blink of an eye, March, April, and May passed. Li Wei's ten mu of Winter Wheat finally reached the moment when it was about to be harvested.

At this time, he no longer needed to pull the Royal Guard Soldiers to practice. Just the Mutated Creatures attracted every day by the aroma of the wheat were enough for the Royal Guard Soldiers to engage in actual combat.

A few days ago, it even attracted a herd of Three-Star mutated wild bulls. The Royal Guard fought a massive battle and smoothly achieved total annihilation over them.

Li Wei just watched from the side. Nowadays, his lingering obsession for that Five-Star Wheat wasn't that huge anymore. Alright, the main reason was that his Heaven-Veiling Cards were used up, so what could he do?

The good news was that the Chaotic Magic Particles in this world had simply increased exponentially over the past three months.

Three months ago, he had to consume hundreds of Neanderthal Gold Coins to farm out a Five-Star big fish. But now, Three-Star Mutated Creatures could already be seen everywhere in the wild!

But they wouldn't drop Universal Gold Cards and Clearance Tokens. These two things could only be formed by Pioneering Cards or similar magical structures. It was just like without brine, one could never curdle tofu.

However, none of it mattered anymore. Li Wei was already prepared to activate the Six-Star Settlement Card at any time, and then synchronously apply for a Legion Mission. Like this, he could bring this Royal Guard back to his Blazing Territory, and then immediately fully arm them. Even if he was sent to the front lines next, he would accept it.

A person couldn't take advantage of things limitlessly, right? He was also a good Kingdom Lord who understood the need to bear responsibilities. His respect and Loyalty towards His Majesty the King was not ordinary—

"Lord My Lord, time to eat! We have roast steak tonight!"

A Royal Guard Soldier shouted clamorously. Their changes were truly too massive! Hm, benefiting from the increase in Mutated Creatures and benefiting from unrestricted eating of star-level food, although the levels of their Profession Cards hadn't increased, the attributes added through food nourishment were also quite considerable.

Moreover, for their individual combat power now, randomly picking one out and throwing them into the Vale Academy Graduation Examination Site would allow them to score 90+. Among them, at least 150 people could score 95+, and there would definitely be 45 people capable of getting a full score.

But this was only individual combat power. Their true advantage was formation combat! Over the past month or so, Li Wei grouped them twenty people to a group and had them scurry everywhere within a three-hundred-li radius of the camp, wantonly hunting Mutated Creatures. That effect was outstanding.

Beside the Winter Wheat field, Li Wei personally acted, roasting over a hundred jin of various star-level meats for this bunch of guys. Now, the moment he acted it was Three-Star roast meat; his mastery over the fire heat had long since reached Peak Mastery.

"Lord My Lord, Chris and the others have returned."

Someone shouted at this time. However, Li Wei already knew. Those five Scouts led by Chris were currently quite good. Their Hunter Fate, Woodcutter Fate, and Mountain Dweller Fate were all 50+. They had long awakened their Perception Talents. In theory, as long as they didn't encounter Neanderthal Scouts, there would absolutely be no problems.

And this time, Li Wei had sent them out to go take a look at what the situation was in the Windbreath City.

This was a decision he made after Deep Deliberation.

Because since entering winter last year until now, it had been roughly eight months, right? Not only had he not encountered a single Neanderthal Scout, he hadn't encountered a single friendly army Scout either.

This shouldn't be. It was one thing during winter, but ever since the bright spring of March, the Royal Guard had been running wild and active everywhere. It was impossible not to be discovered.

It didn't make sense.

He could confirm that the front lines were still in a state of war, but what exactly it looked like, he truly knew nothing about.

If it weren't for him being reluctant to part with his Winter Wheat and Royal Guard, he would have long been unable to restrain himself from going to reconnoiter a bit.

Because his current Royal Guard, just like the Winter Wheat, was very fragile. A single Neanderthal Scout sneaking over could result in Total Annihilation.

"My Lord, the situation is very bizarre."

Chris came in front of Li Wei, his face also carrying incomprehension. "We went to Gale Fortress on this trip; no suspicious traces were discovered there. Then we went all the way to Windbreath City. As a result, many villages and small towns over there were entirely empty. Not the slaughtered kind, but rather it looked like an organized migration."

"When we approached Windbreath City, we discovered that the originally bustling Windbreath City had also been abandoned for a long time, just like a deserted city. However, we strictly followed Your Lordship's teachings. Seeing such a bizarre matter, we didn't dare act rashly. We just observed from afar for half a day. After confirming there were truly no human traces, we immediately retreated to report back."

"Eh? They all migrated? No traces of an attack?"

Li Wei was also greatly startled. Too bizarre! He was just wondering why it had been so quiet over the past half year. So the people of Windbreath City had all been migrated away?

But where did they go?

It didn't make sense! Any place on this planet could not possibly compare to Windbreath City. Furthermore, the Earl of Wind-Rest still had sons, grandsons, a whole bunch of them! He didn't believe the Locke Kingdom wouldn't even give the most Basic Humanistic Care, directly killing off the Earl of Wind-Rest's whole family along with his subjects! That was a population of over a hundred thousand!

So it must have been a migration to other places. No, other planets, or other territories.

It was even possible they migrated onto the Magical Continent Fragments where His Majesty the King was located. This was highly possible.

Moreover, Li Wei was very curious. How did the King's Special Envoy convince him back then?

What were the conditions given?

Perhaps the migration of the Wind-Rest Territory's population was related to the conditions promised by that Special Envoy of the King back then.

Of course, the Earl of Wind-Rest himself didn't necessarily want to die. But Weapons Have No Eyes on the battlefield; with a bit worse luck, dying was also normal. So His Majesty the King promised to migrate the descendants of the Earl of Wind-Rest. This was equivalent to a territory dimensional ascension. Or directly going to the Royal Capital to be a wealthy patriarch, given a large Manor, and living a life of Dissolute Luxury from then on—that was also not impossible.

In summary, because he had continuously used Heaven-Veiling Cards prior to this, he was forgotten by both the enemy and his own sides!

Additionally, the battle lines of both sides were definitely no longer on this planet now.

So had he exploited this BUG a bit too far?

Li Wei was slightly flustered, but ultimately still steadied his heart. No matter what, he still had to wait until the Winter Wheat matured and was harvested before talking further.

For the following time, he didn't take a single step away from the Wheat Field. The Royal Guard was also the same, ceaselessly slaying Mutated Creatures day and night. On the last day of the end of May, three Four-Star Mutated Creatures even appeared! The chaotic Magical Radiation had even already begun to take shape.

Fortunately, Li Wei carried a large amount of Anti-Blood Plague Potions with him. Aside from himself, everyone got one portion a day, relying on this to temporarily resist.

At the same time, the Royal Guard Soldiers also began digging underground tunnels. This was the best choice for avoiding Radiated Blood Plague.

Amidst such entanglement, time entered June. The Winter Wheat began to automatically absorb the free Magic Particles in the surroundings, and they also began to change.

Of course, this was a good change, because the Winter Wheat had already set its shape, unless there was even more formidable, higher-concentration Magical Radiation.

But Li Wei was unwilling to wait any longer, immediately beginning the harvest.

Ten mu of Winter Wheat, the yield per mu was astonishing, even almost reaching one thousand five hundred jin! And the three hundred Fire Crystals buried underground had unexpectedly vanished without a trace.

Among this, the absolute worst was Two-Star quality, roughly one thousand jin per mu. Three-Star Wheat was roughly three hundred jin per mu, and Four-Star Wheat was roughly two hundred jin per mu.

As for the Five-Star Wheat, very regrettably, because it wasn't mature enough, the harvesting time was too early, and conditions also didn't permit it anymore, only about two jin was harvested per mu.

Ten mu of land only yielded a harvest of twenty-one jin!

Not to mention the Four-Star Wheat, just speaking of this Five-Star Wheat: its entirety was as bright red as fire. The instant it fell into his hands, it felt as if it was going to catch fire. Li Wei didn't even dare to look closely, depositing it into the highest-quality Four-Star Resource Card in his hands at the very first moment.

This thing couldn't be processed by him; that would be a waste.

Alright, his wish was fulfilled. He could leave.

Hm, he still had to make two-handed preparations. Just in case the Royal Guard couldn't be taken away, he also had to think of a compromise method.

(End of Chapter)