Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 456: Tyrant William

Truly Great Joy for All!

At this moment, Li Wei's mood was joyful, laughing heartily. He had almost completely guessed all of that His Majesty the King's intentions.

Speaking of which, His Majesty the King played this hand well! First offering a carrot—what four major provinces, four major Dukes, making people dizzy looking at it—and with a backhand, a big stick plus a Decree of Extending Grace!

Yes, later allowing Freemen to undergo Status Renunciation in the name of the Kingdom, to become Pioneer Mercenary Groups, to return to being Ordinary People—this was the otherworldly version of the Decree of Extending Grace.

Li Wei treated Nelson, Linus, and these families quite well, almost cultivating them as trusted Direct Lineage, yet the result was still that they turned into White-Eyed Wolves. What about the subordinates of other Lords? How many people must have run away?

And this move was also almost equivalent to all Lords breaking ties with the King.

Yes, that was why there was the intervention of the Nine-Star Council. Without the Nine-Star Council, Li Wei felt all the Lords would probably Raise the Banners of Rebellion immediately and revolt against the motherfucker.

But there was no helping it, this was an Open Scheme. Li Wei had said so: the various chaotic phenomena within the Kingdom previously felt like the rhythm of Causing Trouble. As a result, the King himself flipped the Lords' tables!

People like Li Wei who had guessed it in advance were very calm, but there would truly be many people who couldn't stay calm.

"Isabel! Cao Nima! Your old lady painstakingly cultivated you into a Second-Tier Caster, and you fucking repay your old lady like this?! Where on your body, which lump of stinking meat from top to bottom looks like a Witch? You stinking bitch, giving you face but you don't want it! And your whole family! Nelson, don't think that just because your son Santiago and your son-in-law Xavier are both Five-Star Professionals you can make rapid advancements in your career! Cao Nima, your old lady will wait to see your corpses exposed in The Wilds!"Second Aunt was truly infuriated, her face turning pale with anger. What was the situation?! For the past six months she had been busy until the sky was dark and the earth was dim, doing various Magic Potion businesses that took off flying. She originally thought she would welcome a happy old age. The result, motherfucker, was first that dog-ass William I convulsing and seeking death, not even wanting his basic foundation, right? Cao Nima, wait until entering the Ascension Continent, believe it or not he'll be ganged up on and beaten to death by all the Lords!

What was even more despicable was that those guys in the Territory also wanted to leave!

This breath of anger failing to come up, she was almost infuriated to death!

In fact, the one infuriated wasn't just Second Aunt; Zhao Xuanxuan was also so angry her eyes turned blue!

"Xavier, Santiago, Benjamin, I Cao Nima! Have you forgotten how you grew up? What the dick is left of you after leaving the Territory?! Without the bonus of the Riverside Knight Title, how much is left of the combat power you are now proud of? Without the Armor, Warhorses, and Weapons provided by the Territory, you are not even as good as mountain bandits!

What are you thinking?!"

"Are you worthy of your own conscience? Are you worthy of your comrades-in-arms? Are you worthy of the oaths you once swore?! Playing house here!"

"Your old lady is making an oath right here today: those who betray trust and abandon righteousness will die a horrible death!"

But no matter how Second Aunt and Zhao Xuanxuan jumped around, how they hopped and cursed, those who were bound to leave would still leave.

Their Status Renunciation procedures were handled swiftly. Very clearly, this was not accidental. They usually came into contact with a lot of relevant information; regarding Status Renunciation, regarding wanting to be Mercenaries, who knows how much time they had daydreamed about it.

Li Yue had issued a similar warning a few months ago.

They would only feel that a beautiful new life was waiting for them.

Moreover, self-reliance, starting from scratch, grabbing a piece of territory and being able to become a Lord?

Nelson, Linus, and even Benjamin, Santiago and the others had personally witnessed how Li Wei occupied an abandoned building back then, and then conquered the entire Blazing Territory.

Yes, they even personally experienced it! It could be said they truly gave a lot for the construction of the Blazing Territory. So they would feel: if I went up, I could do it too!

Really, it was very simple!

It was just that they still had to hand over all their Armor and Weapons, even the Magic Crests had to be left behind—Sequence Three Magic Crests, ah!

"Rest assured. If you form your own Pioneer Mercenary Group, you belong to the sixth tier, the lowest difficulty! It is 30% of the fifth-tier Baron level difficulty! Moreover, the Kingdom will provide Three-Star plain Plate Armor and Three-Star plain Weapons, as well as three One-Star Resource Cards per person, and a starting fund of 500 Standard Gold Coins."

"There are definitely risks, but the risk of this Empire Reconstruction Quest exists no matter which tier you are in. This point I can guarantee."

That Kingdom Legal Department official was extremely patient, truly like a spring breeze!

"Alright, it seems this is how it is for now. Thomas, Javier, Seth, Jocelyn, Duan Bowen, you guys take a squadron over and bring back the Weapons and Equipment they unloaded for me."

"Xuanxuan, you take a squadron over and guard the Territory's material warehouse well for me. Some warehouse manager work handovers need to be done well."

"Second Aunt, sorry to trouble you. Now take Chekhov and those four, and hurry up to produce some more Resource Cards. These are consumables, they will be useful."

"Hathaway, there's still a day left. Go to your own Mage Tower and produce some more Item Cards. Speaking of which, what are your plans this time? Are you staying behind to guard the home or following me?"

Hathaway was still considered calm at present, but in reality she had also been struck quite heavily. With her IQ, logically she shouldn't have been, but she had truly been too busy these past six months. She was blinded by the false prosperity brought by Night Owl, and only at this moment did she awaken as if from a dream.

"I want to be the Queen!"

"What?"

"Nothing. The rest of my life is dead, if there's anything burn paper. Rather than striving hard myself, it's better to be Longing for Husband's Success."

"What kind of crazy are you spouting?"

"Nothing, I'll follow you."

Hathaway muttered, also thoroughly giving up on the ambition of wanting to be the captain. Fuck, this world changes too fast, purely bullying people!

Li Wei couldn't be bothered to mind her. He looked towards Li Yue, who had been calm all along, only occasionally letting her gaze fall on him. She seemed unsurprised as well, because from that conversation between them that day, she had also realized it. Furthermore, she also really liked reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and very much approved of the cheat-like good advice of "First swear brotherhood, second form a Matrimonial Alliance"!

Hm, she especially approved of Matrimonial Alliance.

On this point, Li Wei had done very well, extremely fantastic!

"I'll go stabilize the military morale. Without these troublemakers and Slick Soldiers, the Blazing Legion now has over four hundred people left, which actually makes them easier to command."

Li Yue spoke calmly. At this very moment, absolute Loyalty + absolute Military Authority were the most important!

This was her value in Li Wei's Faction.

Li Wei nodded. There was no need for many words. After poking through that layer of paper, although Li Yue's Loyalty Level towards him couldn't be represented by numerical values, she was already undoubtedly in the first tier.

Hm, Thomas was truly a Master.

In just a short hour, everyone who should leave had left. The Blazing Territory swiftly returned to normal. There were an extra one hundred and eight Four-Star Warhorses, as well as two hundred and thirty-eight sets of Five-Star Enchanted Heavy Armor, along with a full set of Weapons, and two hundred and thirty-eight Sequence Three and Sequence Two Magic Crests!

It could be said that Li Wei's investment in the Blazing Legion these past few years was truly generous! The profits Li Wei earned from the Neanderthals, the profits Hathaway, Second Aunt, Li Yue, Zhao Xuanxuan, and Thomas earned from working crazily and engaging in trade, had mostly been smashed into it. Yet the result was still motherfucking turning into White-Eyed Wolves!

"Li Wei, do you think we need to take everyone and move?"

At this time, Zhao Xuanxuan seemed to have realized something with hindsight, running over anxiously and hastily. "What if that dog-ass Old Geezer William cuts off our retreat?"

"Calm down, he won't. Because that Old Geezer will also enter the Ascension Continent with us next, understand? If he can't get the Legacy of the Orson Empire and can't conquer a piece of the nation, he will be killed by us Lords, big and small, or killed by other competitors. Now, it is the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords' Nine-Star Council taking over all this. If you don't believe me, ask that guy. He's actually not from the Royal Capital; he's from another place in the Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords."

Li Wei spoke calmly, pointing at the Kingdom Legal Department official who was situated in the golden light, currently leisurely and unoccupied, continuing to wait.

And that guy seemed to sense it; even separated by hundreds of meters, he turned his head and nodded politely at Li Wei.

"Fuck! Isn't that even worse? The Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords betrayed us?"

"It's fine. The most Basic Humanistic Care will always be there. Just understand it as currently transitioning from a feudal fiefdom system to a unified feudal social structure. As for what you said about moving everyone and taking them away, there's actually no need for that."

"According to the rule description just now, as long as the Lord goes to the Ascension Continent, his Territory will be preserved, and can provide Logistics support once every half a year. But if any Lord doesn't want to go to the Ascension Continent, then he will be mandatorily demoted to a Mercenary, his Territory confiscated, and forced to enter the Royal Capital training camp."

"So, of course we need to leave a portion of people behind for Logistics. With such a large family business like the Blazing Territory, we can't just toss it aside."

Li Wei was very calm. Because the matter was obvious: if everyone went in, wouldn't that become the allusion of Break the Cauldron and Sink the Boat? That wasn't scientific, and that would be even more of a massacre! What talk would there be of an Imperial Restoration? So for the Logistics side, the Nine-Star Council would absolutely provide the highest intensity of protection.

In fact, just as Li Wei's words fell, the golden light ahead, as well as the official bluffing about Status Renunciation, teleported away. Teleported away together with him were those Freemen who had undergone Status Renunciation.

A moment later, a new global notice came, but it wasn't a National Notice.

[Global Notice]

[The Alliance of Myriad Heavens Lords' Nine-Star Council officially intervenes in the Orson Empire Reconstruction Mission (also known as the Three Kingdoms Hegemony Competition and Lord Hegemony Competition), and locks all data of the entire Locke Kingdom. All Lords signing up to participate in this mission, or the commanders of Pioneer Mercenary Groups (must be Five-Star Professionals), will receive a Troubled Times Pioneering Card.]

[Explanation: The Troubled Times Pioneering Card initially comes with relevant levels. It is bearer-only and unbound, but can be merged. Please explore the specific information yourself!]

[Narrative Interpretation! Global Notice: All Class Holders, all Lords, all Freemen will receive this message. The King of the Locke Kingdom, William I, extorted exorbitant taxes and levies, acted recklessly and arbitrarily, was muddle-headed and brutal, fooled the commoners, and spread rumors, causing the Kingdom's people to have no means of livelihood. Under the rebellion of the three major Dukes, he was forced to flee to the Ascension Continent with his fifty-thousand-strong Legion and the plundered wealth and provisions!]

[Explanation: The series of information issued by King William not long ago had some lies mixed in, and he wantonly plundered the properties of the Lords, causing the loss of property for all Kingdom Lords and the disintegration of the subordinates they painstakingly cultivated. This is one of his crimes. (Nine-Star Council Note: This is Narrative Interpretation, not a BUG!)]

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