Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 189 Rehabilitation Training
For the next two weeks, Li Wei was truly relaxed and carefree.

During the day, you can sit on the bench next to the small garden and bask in the sun, or take a stroll around the residential area and move your body a little to feel the whole process of your body from injury to healing and recovery.

He's not picky about meals; he's happy with a free white bread, but it's impossible for him to add any extra dishes.

His maid, Xiao Ning, would give him a proper massage and health treatment after dinner.

Because she has to go home after 8 p.m.

After all, they are maids trained by the Will Academy, which is a profession, so they can't be too low-class.

Anyway, I'm very content every day, with a sense of "nothing is more beautiful than the sunset glow," and a feeling of being content and at ease in life.

This three-story building was actually a one-star building, providing 1% health recovery, 1% mental recovery, and 5% physical recovery every day. Li Wei felt that his injuries were recovering much faster since he moved in.

"My lord, your health has been recovering very quickly recently. Would you like to do some rehabilitation training? Of course, the kind that is gradual. You still need to avoid sudden outbursts."

"Sure, I think it's feasible."

Although Li Wei felt that he could already exert 80% of his strength, or even 90% without causing his old injuries to relapse, the phrase "gradual progress" truly resonated with him.

The sidewalk in front of the house is a good training ground, because apart from a few maids with children hurrying by in the morning, noon and evening, you rarely see any other neighbors.

Everyone seems very busy.

That morning, the sun was still shining brightly, but the temperature had dropped slightly to around ten degrees Celsius. Li Wei took out the heavy wooden sword he used for training from the supplies he had brought back.

It's worth mentioning that although this was for training purposes, it was actually only one-star quality, which is why it was brought back.

Meanwhile, the maid Xiao Ning took out a one-handed sword and a one-handed shield from her one-star resource card.

"Xiao Ning, what do your parents do?"

"Reporting to my lord, my father is a three-star mercenary and is currently on a mission. My mother is a three-star tavern maid. Neither she nor I need to go to the battlefield. I also have a younger brother who is in the first year of high school at Will Academy, in the lord class. He says he wants to be a lord in the future."

Xiao Ning answered quickly, her voice clear and bright, as if she were surrounded by a halo of happiness.

Li Wei thought that these professionally trained second-generation players should not be matched with the same type of newbie story missions. According to Tuk, a native in the story world, the barbarians in the northern part of the province of Ver are very unruly. Perhaps there is another family's history of rise there.
Thinking this, he held the heavy wooden sword with both hands and slowly swung it a few times. Fortunately, his right arm felt no discomfort.

"Sir, are you skilled with two-handed swords?"

Meanwhile, the maid Xiao Ning on the other side was also ready to attack.

"I wouldn't call myself an expert; I just learned a bit from two mercenaries."

As Li Wei spoke, he moved forward and delivered a simple and decisive diagonal slash to the one-handed shield that Xiao Ning was holding.

He only used 40% of his strength, partly because he was afraid of injuring himself from the recoil, and partly because he was afraid that Xiao Ning wouldn't be able to withstand it.

As a result, the maid Xiao Ning swung her shield repeatedly the instant he completed the light strike. While blocking, she actually delivered a standard shield bash. Then, taking advantage of the moment when Li Wei's heavy wooden sword was knocked away, she twisted her waist, leaped lightly, and delivered a standard thrust to Li Wei's throat with her one-handed sword.

very perfect.

However, at the same instant, Li Wei also moved backward, subtly avoiding Xiao Ning's thrust. At the same time, he swung his two-handed sword in the air in a half-spin, deflecting Xiao Ning's one-handed sword, and then silently thrust it forward. The tip of the heavy wooden sword was already pressed against Xiao Ning's throat.

All of this happened in less than a second. Li Wei didn't do anything intentionally. Even though he didn't wear the Tracker title or have developed any sensory attributes, his senses were still terrifyingly sharp.

On that day, when facing the black-robed witch's terrifying swordsmanship, Li Wei was able to firmly lock onto her throat, forcing her to retreat repeatedly with a posture of mutual destruction. How much more so for this maid, Xiao Ning.

In fact, Xiao Ning was still in a daze at the moment. She thought she had performed a pretty perfect combo.

First, a shield parry, then a leaping charge, followed by a one-handed sword thrust—what a standard procedure! Even at Weir Academy, it would draw cheers from teachers and students alike.

But why?

She didn't even realize how her one-handed sword had been knocked away, or how she had become a victim of the sword.
Your two-handed swords were clearly deflected by my shield counterattack, so how come you're here? This doesn't make sense!

With a blink, Xiao Ning retreated and reorganized her offensive. Li Wei also retreated in sync. But no matter from which direction Xiao Ning attacked, whether it was a counterattack or a simple defense, the final result was that within two or three seconds, the heavy wooden sword firmly locked onto her throat, and her position never changed.

After several attempts, the maid Xiao Ning was on the verge of a breakdown and even began to question the meaning of life.

"Sir, how come your two-handed sword is more agile than my one-handed sword? How do you do that?"

"Huh? What's the difference between the two?"

As Li Wei spoke, he handed the heavy wooden sword to his left hand and casually twirled it twice, perfectly flawless!
Xiao Ning, who was on the other side, was dumbfounded. It turned out that this lord was left-handed.

Even so, it was enough to shock her, because when she was cleaning the room, she weighed the heavy wooden sword in her hand, and it must have weighed at least ten pounds...

"My lord, you must be incredibly powerful." Xiao Ning was convinced; she had no choice but to admit it.

"No, I'm just above average." Li Wei told the truth. This wasn't modesty; he was thinking of the black-robed witch Missy, the great witch Luna, and Hathaway, who could fight Luna to a draw. Compared to them, he was actually incredibly weak.

"Then, sir, shall I find you a sparring partner? I'm afraid I won't be able to satisfy you."

"No need, this is fine. I'm just doing rehabilitation training. You said it should be done gradually. The training just now was good. Come on, let's do it again."

Li Wei encouraged her, saying that he had learned a lot from the little maid's sword and shield attacks and defenses, and that was good enough.

It's just rehabilitation training, why bother finding a training partner? Does that mean the master's gold coins aren't gold coins anymore?
Xiao Ning was devastated and tried her best, but Li Weizhen wasn't deliberately torturing her. He had only used 40% of his strength, what more did he want?

By the end of the day, Xiao Ning was limping home, but she must have benefited a lot. Li Wei could sense it because Xiao Ning's initial attacks were somewhat artificial, flashy but not substantial. Later, when she got really into it, they became more fierce.

Li Wei, however, gained even more, though he was certainly not a master swordsman.

What does he know?

He simply has more acute senses; he can guess what his opponent will do next just by the slightest change in their muscles.

In addition, his high responsiveness to the surrounding environment, as well as his physical flexibility, suppleness, and balance, while not top-notch, should be above average.

Both of them combined would be a breeze against someone like Xiao Ning. Back in the mission world, he only ever sparred with Li Zhengxing, who also wielded a two-handed sword.

This is the first time I've encountered an opponent with a sword and shield.

So while undergoing rehabilitation training, he was already able to figure out what to do if his heavy wooden sword encountered a stronger sword and shield opponent than Xiao Ning, such as someone like Clyde.

This involves not only optimizing the coordination of movements, but also adjusting the shape of weapons.

For example, the heavy wooden sword is actually not a very good weapon...

After Xiao Ning left, Li Wei stood outside the door pondering. He even thought about immediately cutting out a new heavy wooden sword—no, he should forge one.

Li Wei instinctively reached for his waist, then fell silent. He had to go and bring back his equipment; he'd go now.

About an hour later, a carriage stopped at No. 53 Fengzhai, and Li Wei calmly returned carrying a large box.

Upon swiping the residential card to enter, the magic lamp in the room automatically turned on, emitting a not-too-bright, warm orange-yellow light.

Li Wei steadied himself at this moment, stared at the card reader on the box for a second, and three cards flashed and disappeared between his eyebrows.

With a "click," the box opened, revealing his six rewards.

A bronze-quality pass token, a two-star pet card, and a five-star stay card all disappeared on their own after touching Li Wei's palm. Li Wei guessed that these things were like some kind of serial number or password, which could be stored invisibly within the professional cards.

[You have obtained a two-star pet card. Do you wish to activate it immediately? Friendly reminder: after activation, this pet card will be automatically bound to your Hunter Card. However, since this is the second pet card you have bound and activated, this process will place a certain burden on your Hunter Card. Theoretically, the more pet cards you have, the greater the burden. Currently, it requires 5 Hunter Fate Points to complete the binding.]

[Friendly reminder: Two-star pet cards can accommodate some larger hunting pets or mounts, but there will be a time limit after summoning such a hunting pet or mount, usually 3 times your own stamina. For example, if your current stamina is 250 points, then the summoned hunting pet will exist for 750 seconds, with a cooldown time of 24 hours.]

[Friendly reminder: Unless it's a magical item-like hunting pet, if it's a living hunting pet, you need to provide it with food, water, hay, etc. every day, otherwise it will die.]

[Friendly reminder: If this pet card is bound to a one-star cavalry card, it can be transferred to the cavalry card without any cost, assuming the pet is a mount.]

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There are quite a few restrictions.

At this moment, the first thing that came to Li Wei's mind was the scene of Little John riding a white horse and wielding a silver spear outside the city of Kah, shooting arrows with both hands. He was as dashing as a shooting star, so incredibly handsome!

However, a horse is quite valuable, so let's think about it some more.

Li Wei carefully restrained his thoughts. The Hunter's Fate was hard to come by, and to consume 5 points at once, and he couldn't quickly match and improve his combat power, would be a huge loss.

For example, if you bind a pet card, do you need to buy a horse, prepare hay and water, and prepare a saddle, stirrups, and even a riding bow?
To draw his three-star war bow on horseback, he'd have to stand up and stand in the stirrups to shoot...

These all require a lot of gold coins, and what would he do with ordinary nags? Wouldn't he need a good warhorse instead?

For now, this is a bottomless pit.

Next, Li Wei took out the noble heraldic armor from the box. After holding it, he felt that it was about five kilograms heavier. This was because some fine steel plates had been added to the surface of the leather armor in key positions and the previously damaged areas. There were not many plates, only about 200.

No wonder the burden increased from +2 to +6; it's like the 3 points of agility were negated when he wore this noble heraldic armor.

But its defensive capabilities are truly impressive!
With a three-star quality rating, it has +18 torso defense and +30 vital point defense. Combined with its own 14 defense, it is not afraid of ordinary armor-piercing arrows.

Even being hit by a crossbow can mitigate a large portion of the damage.

In addition, the characteristics of this noble heraldic armor have been integrated and optimized.

【Feature 1: Provides good concealment when moving through mountains and forests and at night】

【Characteristic 2: Trade +8, no unscrupulous merchant will dare to extort a noble lord (ineffective against players, but effective against descendants of players who have never been to the battlefield)】

[Trait 3: Absolute Defense. The temple reputation you couldn't take from the previous quest was used to reforge this noble emblem, transforming it into a magical item. Your reputation in Kah and Vidor was added to it, effectively granting you three magical charges. Absolute Defense will be triggered when your heart area is hit by an enemy with a highly lethal skill or weapon.]

[Feature Description: The Noble Crest is not only a symbol of your status, but also your guardian. After Absolute Defense is activated three times, the Noble Crest will temporarily become ineffective. You will need to inject at least 500 points of any reputation to recharge it once, or find a mage and pay a hefty price to recharge it (100 gold coins per recharge)].

[Currently charged three times, 3/3]

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Good guy!
It seems very powerful, but the price is really high.

Li Wei was very satisfied and sincerely thanked the farmers of Kahe City and Vido Town. However, he also had to thank Hathaway and the mysterious armor maker who repaired his noble crest armor.

Even Hathaway herself probably didn't expect that.

Ah, I must thank you when we meet again someday.

Then Li Wei took out the pair of leather boots, which were not as extravagant, but better than nothing.

Leg defense +6, agility +2.

【Features: These are boots touched by a master craftsman; their superior quality ensures ample comfort, and reduces stamina consumption by 1% during long-distance runs】

Finally, there was the dagger.

Three-star quality, +60 to normal damage.

【Feature 1: Armor Penetration. When the wielder's Strength exceeds 20 points, they will ignore the defense of all three-star basic chainmail, chainmail, and leather armor, or ignore overall defense values ​​below 30 points. Note: Successful armor penetration may cause some damage to the weapon itself.】

【Characteristic 2: Bleeding. If the target has no effective means to stop the bleeding, they will passively gain a bleeding effect of 15-30 points per second until they die completely.】

【Characteristic 3: Cripple - If it hits a vital point or joint, it will inflict a crippling effect, reducing the opponent's mobility by 90% for ten seconds】

[Characteristic 4: Critical Hit. If three consecutive effective attacks are launched at the target, the fourth attack will trigger a 300% critical hit damage. Explanation: If this still doesn't kill me, should I die first?]

(End of this chapter)