Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 446: Kingdom Hegemony Competition (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader 6/10)

Over the following days, Li Wei on one hand ordered the Royal Guard Soldiers to dig a massive Great Pit out of the entire hill. On the other hand, he personally went to the former Gale Fortress, prying apart the remaining City Walls piece by piece and transporting them back to be used for constructing a Subterranean Fortress.

Yes, the situation was very wrong! That His Majesty the King of the Locke Kingdom, the great Six-Star Lord, was perhaps creating some huge event. Li Wei thought he had secretly taken advantage, but never expected that this massive war juggernaut had already brought him into an unpredictable situation.

This was the helplessness of a minor character.

"My Lord, shouldn't we immediately transfer to Gale Fortress or Windbreath City? The defensive structures over there are still considered intact. Moreover, it's said that beneath Windbreath City there is a massive underground area..."

Chris and the others were very puzzled. Li Wei actually also had such thoughts, but in the end still chose to act cautiously.

These were his subjects; this was the Royal Guard he had personally trained. Running to Windbreath City to do what? Did he know what the situation was over there?

Busy in one breath for nearly a month, they finally managed to construct a Subterranean Fortress capable of accommodating five hundred people to live.

Like this, even if he couldn't take the Royal Guard away, they could also live here. Li Wei also left behind all the Two-Star and Three-Star Wheat, just in case.

Having completed all preparations in this manner, only then did Li Wei prepare for Task Settlement on a certain night accompanied by lightning and rain.

He had checked over the past few months. Ever since helping this bunch of refugees survive the winter, the Settlement Card had constantly been in a blue activatable state. If it weren't for those ten mu of Winter Wheat, he wouldn't have delayed for so long.To tell the truth, at this very moment, there was only one month and three days left since he entered the Cross-Border Mission.

He had to leave.

However, just after he took out a Six-Star Settlement Card, Li Wei was dumbfounded. He saw that red light unexpectedly began flashing on it! It wasn't the stable red light from before, but a flickering, extremely chaotic red light. What was the situation?

"Rumble!"

A terrifying thunderclap streaked across the sky outside. The rain poured like a deluge. It generally felt that things weren't quite right.

Li Wei steadied his mind and put the Six-Star Settlement Card away, preparing to go outside and take a look. However, before he had time to set off, suddenly without any warning, the entire sky was pierced and illuminated by a ray of light! In the next second, the earth shook and the mountains swayed. At this moment, everyone felt their hot blood surging to their heads, as if their entire Souls were about to leave their bodies!

It felt like... like a massive centrifugal force, an inexplicable feeling of being pushed from behind.

Completely incomprehensible!

Li Wei's vision even went black, fully dizzy for several seconds before recovering. The others simply fainted on the spot.

Holy crap, a new era meteor impact mega-explosion?

Are we dinosaurs?

Li Wei was extremely terrified. The state of the earth shaking and mountains swaying was still continuing. Fortunately, it didn't cause the Subterranean Fortress to collapse. In fact, it quickly stabilized; only that bizarre impact force was still continuing.

Just at the moment when he almost thought he was about to be destroyed by the apocalypse, lines of bright red messages suddenly emerged and exploded in front of his eyes!

Every single word was like a bomb, blasting him until his skull was about to burst! And just to receive these messages, his Spiritual Power was being consumed at a rate of two points per second. This was absolutely not an ordinary message notification, nor was it a Locke Kingdom message notification.

This feeling was like ordinarily using 220-volt voltage, only to one day have high voltage rammed right to your door! Fortunately, Li Wei's foundation was considered quite strong. After the initial discomfort, he rapidly stabilized and successfully received all the messages.

[Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords Nine-Star Council Cross-Planar Main Channel Information Notification]

[Description: Because you are currently located within the current plane's main channel broadcast area, and concurrently your Comprehensive Strength has already met the requirements, therefore you have obtained the qualification to receive cross-planar main channel information notifications.]

[Antecedent Description: The Multiverse Lord ranked fifty-fourth in the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords, the owner of the Rock Magic Continent, and the ruler of the Locke Kingdom—William I—recently conquered three important Mountain Pass Strongpoints of the Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Tribe. To save the battle situation, the High Priest of the Giant Crocodile Tribe deployed a large-yield Tactical Magic Bullet onto the battlefield where both sides were fiercely fighting.]

[This special weapon developed by Ancient Mages twisted and linked the dimensional space where the Neanderthal tribe was located with the current war space, and converted the energy within two stars into Magic Particles. This is equivalent to indirectly dimensionally ascending this area, specifically including twelve planets as well as a Magical Continent Fragment with an area of thirty million square kilometers!]

[This action concurrently triggered even more severe consequences: the Ruins of an ancient Magic Empire that had long been annihilated in the depths of time and planes has appeared!]

[Presently, William I of the Locke Kingdom claims that he is a descendant of the Orson Empire, and has already formally submitted the 'Rise of the Empire Quest'—which is a Seven-Star Territory Task—to the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords Nine-Star Council!]

[But at the same time, the ruler of the Rylinbas Kingdom adjacent to the Locke Kingdom—Henry I—similarly claims that he is the legal successor of the Orson Empire, and has already formally submitted the 'Rise of the Empire Quest' (Seven-Star Territory Task) to the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords Nine-Star Council.]

[Similarly, on the other end, the ruler of the Salion Kingdom—Harris I—who has been ceaselessly at war with the Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Tribe, has also made the same choice.]

[From this point forward, three kingdoms and one Neanderthal tribe will vie for the title of the final king within a massive Dimension-Ascension Battlefield. Because the ancestors of the Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Tribe were precisely the servants of the Orson Empire. They similarly believe that they possess the qualifications to inherit the Orson Empire.]

[Based on the rules of the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords, the Nine-Star Council has decided to formally take charge of this matter, and initiate the Kingdom Hegemony Competition and Lord Hegemony Competition tasks. The duration of this task is one hundred years. During this period, the actions and deeds of the three major kingdoms and the Lords under their rule will all be evaluated and scored by the Nine-Star Council. Specific task rules will be revealed one by one after the task commences.]

[Friendly Tip: There are currently six months remaining until the Kingdom Hegemony Competition and Lord Hegemony Competition officially commence. During this period, all missions of the three major kingdoms, regardless of what type of mission, will be unconditionally terminated. All Lords or Mercenaries currently in missions will undergo unconditional Task Settlement, and will not need to pay any Taxes, and will reasonably obtain corresponding compensation. All rights of interpretation for this belong to the Nine-Star Council. All departments of the three major kingdoms will temporarily cease work. All personnel must remain on standby in their respective territories or primary cities.]

[Now, esteemed Multiverse Lord His Excellency Li Wei, please make preparations within thirty minutes. A Mission Settlement Officer from the All-Heavens Alliance Nine-Star Council will arrive before you.]

Ah!

So that's how it is!

Li Wei let out a long sigh of relief. He had previously felt that His Majesty the King seemed to be orchestrating some major event. He didn't expect that this matter orchestrated was truly this huge! An ancient Magic Empire?

Three-Kingdom Hegemony Competition, Lord Hegemony Competition... it sounded so thrilling! Moreover, this task's starting duration was directly one hundred years, holy crap!

No wonder there was no one in Windbreath City! No wonder everyone was migrated away! It seemed His Majesty the King had already plotted everything out well over half a year ago—no, even decades ago! Furthermore, His Elder might have very likely discovered the Ruins of the Orson Empire during an exploration mission. Tsk tsk, everything matched up!

As Li Wei was thinking this in his heart, the people who had fainted earlier also gradually woke up, yet completely unaware of what had happened.

At this time, Li Wei hurriedly ordered everyone to assemble. Concurrently, he also packed up his things, putting all valuable items into Resource Cards, not even letting off those Three-Star Quality Stone Blocks.

This Subterranean Fortress should still be dismantled. Because very obviously, the Nine-Star Council would formally clear the venue next. Just like before the college entrance exams, the examiners had to thoroughly clean all examination venues. Therefore, it was impossible to allow his Royal Guard to remain behind.

That didn't conform to Humanistic Care, did it?

And the torrential rain outside stopped at some unknown time. Everyone left the Subterranean Fortress; only Li Wei was still laboriously dismantling Stone Blocks.

Suddenly, a mild voice sounded behind him.

"That's about enough, His Excellency Li Wei. You've already taken enough advantage. If you continue dismantling, your boss William might fly into a rage out of humiliation."

Li Wei felt slight astonishment in his heart. Slowly turning around, he saw a Grey-Robed Elder who had appeared within the Subterranean Fortress at some unknown time, currently looking over with a smiling face.

At this moment, he immediately realized that all of his schemes were mere child's play in front of the other party.

"Hm, His Excellency Li Wei, there's no need to unduly belittle yourself. Five hundred years ago, I definitely couldn't cause as much of a stir as you. To tell the truth, even I have to envy your luck. A great upheaval unseen in a millennium like this... being able to encounter it is itself a tremendous sort of luck."

"Greetings, Senior. Are you the Mission Settlement Officer?" Li Wei asked cautiously.

"Yes. You don't need to worry about anything. Since your boss William orchestrated this set of 'Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Sea' tricks, then what does it matter if you, an underling, orchestrate a similar 'Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Sea'? It's very normal. You also haven't violated the most Basic Humanistic Care. In fact, you even saved many people. Both in terms of sentiment and reason, you deserve this benefit."

"In short, I am not an examiner. I won't have any intersection with you in the future, let alone leak your affairs out. So, can we begin Task Settlement now?"

"We can. Sorry to trouble you, Senior," Li Wei still carefully complimented.

And that Grey-Robed Elder also didn't mind. With a casual wave of his hand, a Magic Arbitrary Door appeared in front of Li Wei.

"Task Settlement is complete. Take your people and leave."

"Ah? It's that simple!"

"Haha, little brother, how complicated did you want it to be? Even if I am just an odd-job worker for the Nine-Star Council, it's still not worth wasting spit to calculate that bit of profit of yours. Go, go. Wishing you a good result in this Lord Hegemony Competition mission!"

After that Grey-Robed Elder finished speaking, he disappeared.

And a 300-second countdown appeared on that Magic Arbitrary Door, scaring Li Wei into hurriedly summoning his people. If they couldn't leave before the countdown ended, then there would be huge trouble!

In a brief moment, when everyone had entered the Arbitrary Door, Li Wei raised his head and glanced at this world, and also immediately dashed inside.

Almost at the exact moment he entered, the Arbitrary Door also disappeared. And terrifying massive waves surged over from afar. A single wave crest completely submerged this area...

"This kid, truly gutsy. He should just thank the most Basic Humanistic Care. If it weren't for the Nine-Star Council insisting that we inspect one more time to ensure no personnel remained, heh heh, what awaited him would be crushed bones and shattered body..."

The Grey-Robed Elder's voice transmitted from some unknown location. Very quickly, another voice bantered: "Heh heh, you can't say it like that. If our Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords didn't have this most Basic Humanistic Care, then what difference would there be from other organizations? Besides, if Li Wei hadn't been entangled with these refugees, he could have left eight months ago. Everything has its karma. You can't blame him just because he adhered to the most Basic Humanistic Care. Hm, you also don't want to see again—"

"Don't fucking say it. I indeed don't want to. I won't want to for this entire lifetime."

"Hahaha!"

(End of Chapter)