Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 170 Defending the City
By the tenth day of the month, there was no work to do at the camp.

Li Wei also felt that he had finally gotten used to it and could fully adapt to the first level of power awakening.

It's worth mentioning that he has finally gained another 100 reconnaissance experience points, bringing his total to 300.

He had four free attribute points left, and after weighing the options, he decided to put them all into the Agility attribute.

With the title of "Dog Slayer" and the +1 Agility from those boots, his Agility attribute has reached 23 points.

Having learned from past experiences with awakening his power, Li Wei prepared enough dried meat in advance, just in case something went wrong.

But nothing happened.

It was as if water had naturally flowed into a channel, and a melon had ripened and fallen from the vine; there were no physical reactions, no hunger, no feelings whatsoever.

Oh, actually they're not quite the same.

As Li Wei, fully armed, jumped off the city wall and began to slowly accelerate along the familiar mountain route, the awkward cumbersome feeling brought by the three-star war bow on his back finally diminished to a minimum.

It's not that there's no impact, but rather that his own stability and flexibility, along with his more precise and perfect feedback to the surrounding environment, offset the effects of this burden.

In particular, his woodcutter destiny, his hunter destiny, and the scout route he is currently taking are all like a buffer for him in advance.

After his power awakened previously, it took him nine days to fully master it, but now that his agility has awakened, he can instantly become a combatant.

That evening, Li Wei began to take out the three-star war bow for his daily training. This war bow was too powerful; he had to wear the Bear Hunter title and raise his strength to 21 points before he could barely draw the full moon.

However, under normal circumstances, he doesn't need to draw it to its full extent. The power of this three-star war bow is enough to deter any target within 100 meters. It is definitely a powerful weapon for defending the city!
If he had enough arrows, sufficient logistics, and the cover of friendly forces, allowing him to rest after every two or three arrows, he felt he could defend a city.

Of course, without actual combat experience, these might all be illusions.

On the eleventh day, Hathaway returned with four-star hunter John, but soon set off again, this time taking with her the on-duty blacksmith Pania and four-star craftsman Cled.

Suddenly, only four people remained in the family camp: Li Wei, two three-star mercenaries, and four-star chef Fila.

They had no idea what was happening outside, or what was happening in the town of Vido.

But the battle doesn't seem to have started yet, otherwise Hathaway wouldn't have left Fila behind.

Li Wei was also slightly anxious, but in the end he chose to carry out Hathaway's plan: to lie low and not run around.

To relieve his anxiety, Li Wei started logging in the forest, which was also Fila's suggestion. They had run out of firewood, charcoal, and even stored iron ore, which was also an excuse for the blacksmith on duty to leave his post.

In addition, although there was plenty of grain at home, there was no meat, and vegetables and wild fruits were very scarce.

Fila is only responsible for cooking and baking bread every day; the mushroom soup has been discontinued for many days.

A group of people felt that the final battle was about to begin and would end within a month, so they had no idea about long-term development.

Moreover, this version of Fila will never leave the camp. Apart from cooking and resting, she spends all her time patrolling. She is very vigilant.

Two mercenaries were also patrolling. The city wall was so big that one person couldn't manage it alone, plus they had to keep watch at night.

Oh, and before Hathaway left, she instructed Fila to take care of all the household affairs, big and small.

So, on Fira's advice, Li Wei shouldered an axe, took off his armor, and set off with only a recurve bow, a bloodthirsty spear, and two daggers.

He's good at logging.

However, he only cuts down one tree each day, and spends the rest of his time gathering wild vegetables and mushrooms, occasionally shooting a few prey. If he's lucky, hunting a two-star sika deer is a piece of cake.

Life was going so smoothly that Li Wei felt like she was on vacation, not like the final battle at all.

How could it become like this?
Forget about it, Li Wei actually enjoyed it. The fates of the woodcutter and the hunter complemented and influenced each other.

The trees in the forest were like individual life fields, proclaiming to him the rhythm of life, a rhythm that, though silent, was more powerful than words.

Especially under a clear blue sky, the vibrant energy of the forest under the bright sunlight is frenzied and exuberant. It generously displays large swaths of dark green, splashing and smearing it here and there, unrestrained and free-spirited, without any rules and needing no rules. At this time, the forest is an ocean of life, where everything can frolic and leap freely.

Being there, you can feel the abundant life force.

At this moment, Li Wei felt as if he had become brothers and sisters with every tree. With just a glance, he could tell which one was sick, which one was still young, which one had gone astray, and which one was destined to become a useful tree.

Or, around a patch of dead trees, it would be suitable to plant a small tree.

He asks for nothing in return, only to complete this piece of life's puzzle. But more often than not, he would cut down those crooked, sick, useless trees that were just taking up space without doing anything useful—these trees were too hard even to burn.

This way, trees with better potential will have more opportunities to grow. However, by the time they reach one-star quality, Li Wei should have already left.

But it doesn't matter, money can't buy me a good mood.

Time passed day after day, and Fira was extremely anxious. Every day she climbed the city wall to look out, but to no avail.

And then it happened to be a rainy day.

It rained for two days and two nights, sometimes heavy and sometimes light. The mountains and forests were shrouded in thick fog, and even the sky was a white blur. If you could see 300 meters, you were considered to have good eyesight.

Fila was so worried her hair was practically turning white. Several times she wanted to corner Li Wei and ask him for a conspiracy card, but she ultimately held back. A four-star player, she still had that much self-control.

Li Wei, on the contrary, truly let go; with a single thought, a gentle breeze arose, and she drifted into the deep forest with the rain.

He didn't go logging or carry a bow and arrows. He just wore a raincoat, carried a basket on his back, and walked leisurely in the depths of the forest. On such a rainy day, the forest had a unique charm.

The rain pattered softly, its gentle, delicate sound falling on the leaves without a trace of harshness or aggression.

At this time, the forest is introverted and dormant, with life sealed away somewhere like a totem. Dense fog spreads out, blocking the sky and the earth. Sometimes it is so thick that you can't see your hand in front of your face and can't tell which way is which.

Li Wei would stand quietly in the mist, as if he had become a tree. He was learning from the trees to restrain the breath and rhythm of life. At this time, the Woodcutter Card, the Hunter Card, and even the Farmer Card would swirl out from between his eyebrows, as if he could resonate with the forest.

Then, the woodcutter's fate will subtly jump a little.

Occasionally, even the hunter's fate will jump up a little.

Yes, these days are so leisurely!
Four or five days have passed in the blink of an eye, and half of the month has already gone by, but the so-called final battle has not yet arrived.

Hathaway didn't return either, and Fila was so anxious she looked like she was burning her bread.

“George, I’m very worried. We need to understand the situation in Vidor. This can’t go on.”

That evening after dinner, Fila stopped Li Wei, who wanted to go patrol the city walls and practice attacking and defending the city as usual.

"Oh? Mom, I think the situation is alright. We should trust Hathaway."

Li Wei looked sincere. He was also curious. Wouldn't someone as powerful as Hathaway choose her subordinates carefully? This Fila was too impatient. She wasn't even in a hurry.

It would have been better if he hadn't said anything, because once he did, Fila got really anxious and threw out a three-star conspiracy card.

"George, don't play dumb with me. Don't you know what's going on? I'm worried we're becoming bait!"

"Mom, you're overthinking it." Li Wei remained serious, as if she hadn't seen the gray mist spreading from the three-star conspiracy card. Hathaway had said that in the final battle, the gods' gaze would be cast down more often, and only the four-star conspiracy card was reliable.

"Go to hell! I'm not your mother, so don't pretend with me!"

Fila was a little angry, but she immediately felt guilty as soon as she finished speaking. She waited quietly for a long time and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that she hadn't messed up.

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure. I'm not Hathaway's subordinate; I'm just a casual player in their temporary group. I... although I'm a four-star player, my strength isn't actually enough. I'm better at logistics and supplies. I'm genuinely worried. Hathaway promised to protect me, but now she's just leaving me here."

"You're just a newbie with two mercenaries. You don't care if I live or die! You have no idea how high the cost of death is in the final battle. I worked my butt off to get to four-star chef. Do you know how hard that was for me?"

Li Wei remained silent, simply observing Fila. She seemed somewhat familiar, or perhaps most of them were like that.

In the end, Fila ended her plot. She didn't want to seek help from Li Wei, nor did she want to find a solution. She just needed someone to listen to her. Compared to the two incompetent mercenaries she called Fila, Li Wei, this newbie, at least seemed reliable.

"Mom, get some rest early tonight, everything will be fine."

Li Wei added that these days, Fila patrols the city walls during the day and at night, and it's getting worse; she seems to be suffering from insomnia.

On the contrary, the two mercenaries she looked down on were very calm and relaxed, taking turns patrolling and resting, quite content.

Li Wei didn't have a four-star conspiracy card, nor did he need to conspire or communicate with them. They didn't exchange a single word for several days, but they actually had a very good understanding with each other.

These days, Li Wei goes out to chop wood, gather resources, and hunt during the day, and goes out to practice after sleeping at night. He can leap and bound across the city wall fully armed, occasionally flipping up and down. He is proficient in all kinds of defensive equipment on the city wall, and he has memorized every detail of the city wall. At the same time, he maintains a daily routine of shooting twenty times with the three-star war bow and one hundred times with the recurve bow.

This not only requires marking out various firing ranges outside the city, but also simulates the situation when the enemy attacks the city.

Although his mind wasn't that sharp or abnormal, he believed that with enough practice, he could achieve a qualitative leap from quantitative change.

In all matters, big and small, skill comes first!
(End of this chapter)