Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 455: Lord Run Fast (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader 9/10)

In the spring of Li Wei's ninth year as a Class Holder Player, the Orson Empire Reconstruction Mission—and the King's Seven-Star Territory Task—that had been awaited for six whole months finally began.

And after a full six months of chaotic battles, attacks, mutual beatings, and choosing sides, it seemed all the Lords and all the Mercenaries within the kingdom had made their preparations.

Then, the related information was finally revealed.

[National Notice!]

[The great His Majesty the King, the great Six-Star Lord Sir, solemnly declares here: The Orson Empire Reconstruction Mission and Seven-Star Territory Task will begin in twenty-four hours. We now promulgate the related mission rules and the wartime laws and regulations during the mission period.]

[One: This time, the Kingdom is expected to add four new major provinces, respectively being Thorns Province, Blaze Province, Frost Province, and Gale Province. At the same time, four new major Dukes will be added. Meanwhile, the original Weir Province, Cadel Province, and Juniper Province will be Upgraded into Grand Duchies, and the three Dukes will be promoted to Princes. Besides this, it is proposed to add twelve Marquises, twenty-four Counts, seventy-two Viscounts, and three hundred Barons.]

[Special Note: These are all the original Duke and province names of the Kingdom of Gurock. We are equivalently playing a realistic cosplay. What we need are the Titles of these nobles, not that we truly become high and mighty nobles. The bottom line of the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords will never change! We will also forever adhere to this bottom line without wavering, which is to respect the most Basic Humanistic Care.]

[Right now, many nobles seem to have already forgotten this point, so it needs to be reiterated. Basic Humanistic Care includes: One, Transcendents will not wantonly bully, humiliate, or massacre Ordinary People for no reason. Two, those Fallen in Battle will have hospice care. Three, if you want to withdraw, you can withdraw.]

[Two: This Imperial Restoration mission will be conducted on an Ascension Continent surging with Mana and filled with Mana. Because the Ruins of the Orson Empire are there. Only by further excavating the Ruins of the Orson Empire and finding more ancient noble Titles can one obtain more power and master more Ancient Arcane Knowledge. But it must be stated that because during the process of excavating the Orson Empire Ruins, we accidentally triggered a Tactical Magic Bullet, this has resulted in the current Ascension Continent being entirely a patch of unknown.]

[Special Note: This is equivalent to a completely blank, massive unknown map. We can only start from one corner and continuously explore the entire map. During this process, we might encounter the ferocious Neanderthal Barbarians, and we might also encounter other kingdoms coveting the Orson Empire Ruins. In short, this mission is dangerous, but at the same time, the rewards are also rich.][Three: Regarding the specific rules of this mission, they will be set according to the five ranks of Duke, Marquis, Count, Viscount, and Baron. But even if you are a Mercenary, you can also participate and receive your Baron missions. The overall process is more like a survival Pioneering Mission. You need to explore within the unknown map, find a suitable Territory, and occupy it.]

[Explanation: The first tier of this mission is the Duke level. His Majesty the King and the three Dukes will each lead an army of fifty thousand to move in advance into four already-discovered Orson Empire Ruins Fortresses. These will serve as the four Central Cities, providing help to other Lords and establishing Logistics bases and trade points.]

[The second tier is the Marquis level. The team leader must be a Marquis, and the Legion led cannot be less than five thousand people (Auxiliaries cannot be counted, no upper limit). Marquis-level participants also similarly need to find, pioneer, and construct new Territories on the Ascension Continent. Remember not to advance rashly; it is recommended to Fortifying Every Step.]

[The third tier is the Count level. The team leader must be a Count, and the Legion led cannot be less than one thousand people. Rules are the same as above.]

[The fourth tier is the Viscount level. The team leader must be a Viscount, and the Legion led cannot be less than five hundred people. Rules are the same as above.]

[The fifth tier is the Baron level. The team leader must be a Baron, and the Legion led cannot be less than one hundred people. Rules are the same as above.]

[The sixth tier is the Pioneer Mercenary Group. The team leader must be a Mercenary of at least a Five-Star Professional, and the total number of people cannot be less than twenty. When they establish a camp and block the enemy's attacks, the Mercenary leader will be promoted to Baron.]

[Explanation: In the above six tiers of missions, except for the first tier, the other five tiers can act independently or can team up. For example, a Marquis can lead ten Barons or five Viscounts. As long as they are in a teamed-up state, they can quickly contact each other through special Item Cards.]

[Friendly Reminder: During this Empire Reconstruction Quest, you can call for support from the rear every half a year. The Kingdom Internal Affairs Department will transport population and supplies for you free of charge. But all those who step onto the Ascension Continent cannot proactively leave before the Empire Reconstruction Quest is finished, unless Fallen in Battle. And because of the special nature of the Ascension Continent, once Fallen in Battle, the number of Resurrections will drop drastically, so please be sure to act with caution.]

[Four: This Empire Reconstruction Quest is a matter of great importance. It concerns the rise and fall of the Kingdom and the future of everyone. Therefore, although personnel heading to the Ascension Continent this time are not mandatory, if Lords or Mercenaries or Central City Freemen do not want to go, they will all automatically be converted to wartime Logistics personnel. Regardless of noble or lowly, high or low Nobility Status, they will be uniformly dispatched and commanded by the Kingdom Logistics Department.]

[Five: During the Empire Reconstruction Quest period, the Kingdom halts all other related missions. The interior of the Kingdom implements a wartime system: everything for the front lines, and everything of the front lines! The daily working hours will be increased from the current six hours to thirteen hours, and half of the wages will be mandatorily donated to support the front lines.]

[Six: When all Lords or pioneer groups participating in the Empire Reconstruction Quest are teleported to the Ascension Continent, they will be taken over by the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords' Nine-Star Council. That is, the Nine-Star Council will issue an Ascension Pioneer Card. For the sake of fairness, future Ascension Pioneering Missions will be supervised by the Nine-Star Council and rewards will be distributed on their behalf.]

[Seven: Because the Nine-Star Council will also act for the safe progression of the mission, they might make some adjustments to the mission rules, but overall there won't be major changes.]

[Eight: Special Note. All Freemen in Territories can have three choices. First, go to war with the army, participate in the Empire Reconstruction Quest, and always follow your Lord. Second, Renunciation of Citizenship, convert to Tavern Mercenaries, and you can join a free roadside pioneer group to gamble on whether you can become a Baron. Third, witnessed by the Nine-Star Council, migrate to a planet without Mana pollution to be an Ordinary Person.]

[Nine: All nobles must fully solicit the opinions of these Freemen, and must not carry out intimidation or threats.]

[Long live the Kingdom! For the Empire! Advance!]

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At this moment, inside the third-floor conference room of the Blazing Main City's Territory Building, Li Wei, Second Aunt, Li Yue, Hathaway, Zhao Xuanxuan, Thomas, and others were currently alongside Nelson, Linus, Zhao Qingshan, Mark, Javier, Benjamin, Grant, Santiago, Seth, Paul, Jocelyn, Chekhov, and over sixty other Knights, Sirs, and mid-level managers of the Blazing Territory, watching this National Notice.

Yes, everyone was treated equally.

The shackles that once bound Freemen were gone. As long as the Freemen were willing, they were truly free! Three paths—the power of choice was very large.

This was truly Remove Firewood from Under the Cauldron!

In one fell swoop, the retreat route for all the Kingdom's noble Lords was cut off.

That is to say, every Lord who wanted to enter the Ascension Continent would definitely take away all the Freemen and Soldiers they could take away. Otherwise, if they delayed, things might change.

But what if they stayed behind? They would face the wartime system! Even their Nobility Status couldn't be retained, and they would become a Logistics personnel for the Kingdom Logistics Department.

As expected, this was a PUBG competition targeting the Kingdom's Lords! It could also be called the Lord Run Fast competition.

At this time, a ray of golden light shone down from above the ceiling. This was the Kingdom Legal Department's warning golden light, used to urge and supervise whether the Lords acted according to the rules.

Even before Li Wei could speak, a person from the Kingdom Legal Department walked out of this golden light. He directly snatched away Li Wei's Prestige Card, then used the Prestige Card to send a message to all the Territory's Freemen—which were those three choices. Those willing to follow the Lord, stand on the left. Those willing to venture out themselves and form pioneer groups themselves, stand on the right.

If they were tired and didn't want to love anymore, then go to a planet without Mana pollution and be an Ordinary Person. Even the specific appearance of this planet was displayed: it was a beautiful blue planet...

The good news was that the Prestige Stone remained motionless and steadfast at this moment. It seemed Li Wei's three hundred Royal Guard, including their families, hadn't even received the Kingdom's message! The Prestige Stone seemed incompatible with the current Kingdom system.

"May I ask, My Lord, can I form a pioneer group based on my family?"

At this time Nelson asked excitedly. The opportunity for their Nelson family had finally come! They would no longer be ruled by dog Lords! We also want to be Lords!

"Yes, you can!"

That person smiled and said, "You only need to first process the Renunciation of Citizenship application, and return the Weapons, Armor, and Warhorses the Lord issued to you. The Knight title cannot be taken away either, oh."

"Many thanks, My Lord, we understand." At this moment, Nelson couldn't wait any longer. However, he still bowed to Li Wei. "My Lord, thank you for rescuing us from the deep waters and scorching fire of the doomsday era back then, and for carefully cultivating us. But our contributions to the Blazing Territory, working like oxen and horses for you for so many years, is also enough to repay your kindness! Now, our family is going to construct and pioneer our own Territory ourselves. Goodbye."

The next moment, starting from Nelson, his son Santiago, daughter Isabel, son-in-law Xavier, along with his several wives, other children, in-laws, and some other familiar Freeman high-level executives... a total of 54 people all chose Renunciation of Citizenship right then and there!

These were all mid-to-high level personnel of the Blazing Territory.

Closely following, Linus also took his son Benjamin and chose Renunciation of Citizenship. How could being oxen and horses for others be better than being Lords themselves?

In the blink of an eye, the Blazing Territory lost nearly three hundred core members to renunciation, which included one hundred and five Heavy Cavalry!

Even if their Weapons, Armor, and Warhorses had to be left behind, they still firmly wanted to withdraw! Because they all firmly believed that with their strength, starting from scratch would be the same!

Then, there were also over fifty Heavy Cavalry transformed from centaurs, and over sixty Heavy Armored Infantry transformed from half-pigmen and Half-Minotaurs, who chose to become Ordinary People. They had suffered deeply from the harm of Magic, and no longer wanted to return to The Battlefield. It would be better to go to the Ordinary People's world to act tyrannically and enjoy themselves.

Of course, they probably also didn't know that based on the most Basic Humanistic Care, they would all have their relevant memories wiped, and their individual strength weakened as much as possible to a state close to Ordinary People—that is, exceptionally healthy bodies, but not exceeding the standards.

In short, after a bout of tossing and turning, the Blazing Legion's main force under Li Wei directly lost over two hundred people!

He had absolutely no way to deal with this. Because at this moment, it wasn't just him encountering this. The entire Kingdom, all the self-righteous noble Lords, were all being weakened like this!

Yes, that's right. At this moment, all Lords could see a table. On it was the list of Lords participating in the mission, as well as the list of pioneer groups. Just in these short few minutes, the number of Pioneer Mercenary Groups directly explosively increased from just over one thousand at the beginning to over ten thousand!

All Lords were being held by the neck by the King and bled!

And after these pioneer groups suffered setbacks, they would inevitably be absorbed by the King and the three major Dukes!

The Lord PUBG competition officially begins!

(End of Chapter)