Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 492: Foothold

Fieldsvae listed a long string of place names. Seeing Li Wei listening in astonishment, he explained, "These place names were all named by Various Factions in recent months. For example, the Locke Mountains were named by Lord Duke Will, who spent 50 points of World Reputation, as well as the Ness River, Gumodo Basin, and so on. Even the name Korndorf Fortress was named by Kahndorf, consuming 20 points of World Reputation."

"So even if we conquer it, unless we are willing to consume 40 points of World Reputation to rename it, this fortress will forever be called Kahndorf Fortress, unless the world undergoes a massive change."

"In short, as I see it, this war might be delayed due to the attention of Various Factions, but in two or three months, or within half a year, a larger-scale war will definitely break out. Neither Duke Will nor Duke Kaidel will give up Kahndorf Fortress."

"If it were before today, I would advise you not to make futile efforts. But after today, I must say a fair word for you. Li Wei, many people have underestimated you. To me, Poison Scorpion used to be Just a nobody on the roadside, but now, I actually really wish I had such an icy beauty under my command—capable on the battlefield, capable in the kitchen, and most importantly, exceedingly loyal. Ha, no offense intended. I have also heard of your fine reputation as General Wheel, and now I can only say I'm Green with Envy."

Speaking up to here, Fieldsvae hesitated for a moment. "Li Wei, to repay your life-saving grace, and also for our Faction, I am willing to request Lord Archmage Parker to help you build a Magic Power Mine. Of course, you have to offer sufficient benefits. What do you think?"

"Thank you, but I think we can still wait a bit longer. As you know, I also have a genius Spellcaster under my command, who is of course also my woman. Her name is Hathaway. In 45 days, she will return via Resurrection, and I believe she can solve this problem."

Li Wei somewhat arrogantly rejected the other party's good intentions.

He certainly couldn't say that he already had a Three-Star Mana Mine and was currently building a second one.

"Alright, that is your freedom."

Fieldsvae sighed. "But I still have to repay your life-saving grace. For the next month, I will stay here to recuperate. Until my injuries are fully healed, I won't leave. Therefore, I will help you defend the city, or if you have any other requests, as long as I can fulfill them, I will do my best to satisfy you.""That sounds wonderful. In the southern part of my territory, a Medium Fortress has already been built. If Your Excellency doesn't mind, please go there to recuperate."

Li Wei was very happy and didn't expose him.

Actually, Fieldsvae spoke lightly, but in reality, he was cowardly and terrified. He absolutely didn't dare to leave this place; otherwise, without his Sequence Five Magic Emblem, going out would mean death.

As for helping to defend the city, that was even more for his own consideration.

Even though Li Wei's place had the deterrence of Li Yue's Blazing Legion, the number of people was small after all. Once a hostile faction seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, subsequently destroying Li Wei's foundation, whether it forced him to flee or compelled him to seek refuge at Kahndorf Fortress, it would trigger a chain reaction.

Perhaps Kahndorf's army would immediately charge over.

In short, this was a result where everyone benefited.

"Your Excellency Fieldsvae, there's something I'm quite curious about. You were once a Bloodshadow Count. Your starting territory location should be very far from here, right? Why have you always stayed at Kahndorf Fortress? Aren't you worried about the affairs in the rear?"

Li Wei asked an extra question at this time. Actually, the subtext was that he wanted to understand the situation on Duke Will's side.

"About this, actually it doesn't matter. I am currently equivalent to leading an army on an expedition, and the Marshal is Mountain Eagle Parker. As for my starting location, I joined Duke Will's Faction right from the beginning. The starting location was directly within a thousand-li radius of Duke Will's starting location. That area has already been occupied by us. I wouldn't dare say it's managed exceptionally well, but it's still somewhat difficult for other factions to fight their way in, so there's no need to worry about the affairs over there."

"In the future, Li Wei, if you choose to join Duke Will's Faction, you can entirely select a few hundred li of land in that area to be your territory. Perhaps Duke Will will enfeoff you with more and better Magic Territories. In short, I think highly of you. I believe we should fight side by side in the future."

Fieldsvae spoke very sincerely, but Li Wei just listened to it. Since this place had become an important strategic location, how could they easily extricate themselves.

Next, Li Wei went to the three fortresses in the north and began deploying Composite Traps there. The standard remained five hundred 3-Star Magic Traps paired with ten thousand ordinary Traps.

This time, he didn't conceal his figure, nor could he. In broad daylight, how could it be so easy to rapidly deploy Traps?

So on this day, he felt the gaze of at least five dangerous stares. The killing intent of three of those gazes was exceptionally intense, and someone even attempted to lock onto him with Perception, preparing to snipe Li Wei from a distance.

This was indeed very dangerous. Just like how Li Wei had instantly killed the Fourth-Tier Mage and the Fourth-Tier Light Ranger in the past, his current defense also couldn't withstand the bombardment of a fully charged arrow from the opponent.

However, there was a prerequisite for this.

That is, one had to seize the initiative.

During the Battle of Dawn that day, the reason Li Wei could kill that Fourth-Tier Mage was because he had seized the initiative and locked onto the opponent Without a Trace, giving the opponent absolutely no space to utilize their abilities, killing them in one blow.

Including that Fourth-Tier Light Ranger, it was also because he was tightly entangled by Li Yue and the others, completely losing the initiative, and couldn't even unleash Shadow Evasion and Gale Step—the two most important evasion skills of the Ranger Class. Only then was he killed by Li Wei.

It absolutely wasn't a matter of shooting an arrow and instantly killing them as soon as they showed their heads.

So at this moment, Li Wei's +19 Perception basically ensured that the opposing Rangers couldn't preemptively lock onto him.

Moreover, he could reversely suppress them, meaning as long as the opponent glanced at him, as long as the opponent harbored killing intent, he could clearly perceive it.

Under these circumstances, the opponent thinking they had locked onto him and gained the initiative was actually an illusion.

Li Wei could entirely complete his evasion in the instant the opponent drew their bow and nocked an arrow. It wasn't that his speed could exceed two or three times the speed of sound, but rather he dodged in the instant before the opponent even opened their bow.

The subtleties within this could only be grasped by high-end Rangers.

If he was willing, he could even reversely lock on in this instant, completing an instant-kill shot on the target.

But Li Wei didn't do this. He merely pretended to know nothing, pretending to bet that they didn't dare to strike.

Because right now, Scouts from at least six Factions were gathered outside. No one knew exactly how many Hunters were hiding in this Mountain Forest, and no one knew what the other parties' objectives were.

Whoever struck first would very likely cause the situation to evolve into The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, the Oriole is Behind.

In this kind of chaotic battle between top-tier Scouts, even a 4th-tier Dawn Ranger like Fieldsvae was terrified and didn't dare leave Li Wei's protection. Who would be willing to get injured?

They weren't Fieldsvae. If they found things amiss, they didn't have two places to stay—fleeing south to Kahndorf Fortress or fleeing north into Li Wei's territory. This advantage was unresolvable.

Once injured, there would definitely be others coveting their full set of Gear and Profession Cards, especially since these Scouts also included Neanderthal Scouts and Samsara Travelers.

So on this day, Li Wei swaggered about deploying Traps for a whole day, and surprisingly, no one dared to make a move. When night fell, he directly stayed at the Northern Fortress. The situation became increasingly treacherous, and he had to hold down the fort here.

As a result, nothing happened that night; it was terrifyingly quiet outside.

Early the next morning, Mountain Eagle Parker sent two more messengers over, but they were directly killed thirty li away from the Southern Fortress. No one knew who the killer was.

Finally, Mountain Eagle Parker was forced to dispatch a Druid under his command to transform into an eagle and fly over. But even so, when this brother landed, his face was pale with fright.

"I was locked onto. Li Wei, your temporary encampment is no longer safe. Marshal Parker believes you should immediately gather your troops and head to Kahndorf Fortress to temporarily avoid their sharp edge—"

Before this Druid could finish his words, he looked at the Central City whose main structure had already been successfully poured and possessed primary defensive effects, as well as the Medium Fortresses system on both the north and south sides. Most importantly, he saw the blue brilliance of the activated Magic Power Mine.

Yes, Li Wei also didn't dare to be overconfident. After deep thought, he decided to activate one Magic Power Mine for long-range support, and also to facilitate the construction of the second Magic Power Mine.

"Alright, Brother Li Wei, you have indeed surprised me. I want to check on Fieldsvae's injuries, excuse me."

Watching the figure of this Druid hurriedly leave, Li Wei smiled slightly, and went to the depths of the eastern Valley on his own, beginning to deploy the third massive array of Composite Traps.

In this way, Traps would be deployed in the south, north, and east directions. The inventory he had accumulated over the past few years was almost entirely consumed, but the effect was also excellent. At the very least, no one should even think about approaching quietly from the ground.

You can rely on your high Perception to silently dismantle my Composite Traps, but you better not get caught by me.

And this was highly probable, because the three Trap Zones were too close together. Li Wei only needed to transform into a Level 4 eagle and take a stroll when he had nothing else to do, and everything would be in plain sight.

As for existences with higher Perception than Li Wei, they were naturally awesome. Being able to suppress Li Wei's Perception theoretically meant they could also infiltrate Without a Trace, but that was all in the past tense.

When Li Wei directly activated a Three-Star Mana Mine here, this possibility had already dropped to near negligible.

A Three-Star Mana Mine came with built-in Arcane Reconnaissance. It didn't work too well at long distances; the closer the distance, the better the reconnaissance effect.

Otherwise, that day when Mountain Eagle Parker led his army to besiege Kahndorf Fortress, why would he bother going through the trouble of a massive army siege? Wouldn't it be fine to just invite a top-tier Radiant Ranger with +20 or higher Perception to infiltrate and shoot the Fourth-Tier Mage dead with one arrow?

It didn't exist.

Without a Magic Power Mine, one could indeed give it a try. But with a Magic Power Mine, unless one obtained an IFF identification and could get close to the Magic Power Mine for sabotage, otherwise, facing this all-weather, omnidirectional Arcane Reconnaissance, it wouldn't work no matter who came.

Especially the most crucial point: the Arcane Reconnaissance mode of the Magic Power Mine could also establish an Arcane Interlink with the Magic Traps Li Wei deployed in the east, south, and north directions. This was the true great killing weapon.

Of course, this would also be an extremely Mana-consuming operation.

Back then, even such wealthy masters as the Neanderthals couldn't bear to use this mode.

But the problem was, this was a Mid-Magic Map right now. Would he mention that a Magic Power Mine could absorb fifty units of Mana in a single day and night?

In short, arriving at this moment, Li Wei and his Subordinates finally, barely, and passingly possessed their first qualified Foothold on this Ascension Continent.

Hmm, now he could finally free his hands to study that Samsara Traveler Infiltrator. Now this gentleman no longer had the opportunity to escape!