Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 277 Four-Star Hunter Card

Mornings in Ville are always beautiful, especially in this bountiful September.

Maid Xiao Ning arrived at No. 53 Feng Residence early today because the corn in the lord's small garden was ready for harvest, and she would also help plant winter wheat next.

Alas, that lord has gone on a mission and won't be back for three years. By the time he returns, this house will be reclaimed, which is quite a pity.

So Xiao Ning has always been very diligent in helping to manage the fields, and she is thrifty and hardworking, trying to earn more income for that lord, otherwise it would be too much of a loss for him.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a knock on the door. Xiao Ning was slightly surprised. This was Fengzhai District, where there were hardly any neighbors. Why would someone be knocking on the door?
Even so, she quickly stepped forward to open the door; there was no need to worry about safety in Ver City.

However, when Xiao Ning pushed open the door, she was stunned. Standing outside was a tall woman with a full head of black hair, wearing fine black leather armor. She was very beautiful and noble, but her expression was cold and aloof.

The other person might not know Xiao Ning, but Xiao Ning does.

The Chief Interior Officer of the Ministry of the Interior, codenamed Night Owl, is a big shot whom you would never normally see. How could he be here?

Could it be that you are dreaming?

Although her heart was pounding, Xiao Ning had already habitually bowed and asked in the most standard tone possible, "Your Excellency, is there anything I can do to help you?"

These are all etiquette lessons we learned in school.

"Your name is Xiao Ning?" Night Owl asked quietly, but her mood was far from calm.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Minister of the Interior."

"Don't be nervous. Has Li Wei harvested his winter wheat? The corn should be harvested today too, right? You can go to the Ministry of the Interior later and send these supplies to him. It's a human touch that every player shows," Night Owl said with a smile, handing over a resource card.

"And this can also be placed among these supplies. There's no rush; we can get it done before this evening."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Xiao Ning respectfully accepted it, and when she looked up again, the Minister of the Interior had already left. At this moment, she dared not delay and hurriedly went to harvest the corn. She said there was no rush, and that the Minister of the Interior could handle it personally.
She is a maid, that doesn't mean she's all looks and no brains.

"Hey!"

In the distance, Night Owl boarded the carriage, closing her eyes wearily. She hadn't expected that a mere exploration mission would escalate to this extent—

Okay, I can't quite suppress my smile anymore.

Pretending is exhausting.

Night Owl opened her eyes again, looking at the scenery outside, feeling carefree. Ever since she received the card battle report that was delayed by one day this morning, she had been in a great mood.

That position should be secure, right?

This Li Wei, I really didn't expect him to be able to handle Scorpion and Widow so well. He's got some skills.

However, we now need to guard against a base raid. I should have sent Lu Ziming over there. After this battle, Scarface Ge Lan, who is ranked sixth, would be furious.

Of course, Chu Wushuang there is a very steady five-star cross-border player, and she should be able to persuade him to stop. Since Li Wei, Poison Scorpion and Widow were able to kill Duke Flame when they joined forces, they can definitely crush Chu Wushuang when they join forces. Moreover, it would be unwise to launch a surprise attack across 500 miles on the eve of the radiation storm.

But next spring, Scarface Glen will definitely come after Li Wei and fight him to the death.

By then, even if you give Scorpion and Widow a five-star stay card, they can only stay for a maximum of three months.

However, at that time, the Ministry of the Interior really didn't have any five-star cross-border players to send over, since it was just a pioneering mission.

Should we deal with other more important things and tasks?
"From what I can see, Li Wei should be fine. Scarface Glen's base-stealing strategy only has a 40% success rate." After thinking for a long time, Night Owl finally gave a relatively good evaluation.

However, what the Ministry of Commerce thinks and how it operates is entirely up to them.

If Li Wei can fight Scarface Glen to a draw, she won't lose out, as long as Hathaway stays calm.

In fact, at this moment, other departments would probably want to see this scene, and might even try to make it happen.

The proverb "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits" is a timeless tale.

"And next month, Li Wei can even fill six more spots." Night Owl couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this. He Yuying, a four-star mountain dweller, is a pretty good four-star player. What a great opportunity! Instead of seizing the chance to strengthen herself, she thought of being a slacker and dragging others down. Now she's dumbfounded. She will definitely be eliminated by the plot at the end of the month.

She returned to the Ministry of the Interior in a cheerful mood, but as soon as she entered her office, her assistant brought her some less pleasant news: "Sir, the Logistics Department, Commerce Department, Tactics Department, and Resources Department have used this month's designated quota to transfer four players to Li Wei's pioneering side quest."

"What? So fast!"

Night Owl was surprised. Each month, one designated spot is available for each of the five departments to skip the line. Li Wei's current camp is a level 5 scavenging camp, which means that at the very least, a four-star profession is required to get in. Three-star professions are no longer allowed. This is not a newbie mission; there are requirements.

Is this because they're afraid Li Wei's camp won't be able to develop?

And does this even make sense?
Desperate for a cure, this is just a stupid and irrational thing to do!

Or do you really hope that Li Wei can beat Scarface Ge Lan to a pulp?

It seems like it's not so bad to have one less top seed to compete with.

Night Owl suddenly paused, then casually waved her hand, causing ripples to spread through the office, and two figures appeared in front of her.

One of them was the chief tactical officer of the tactical department, and the other was an elderly man with gray hair. If Li Wei were here, he would recognize him at a glance as Old John, a four-star player who came with Hathaway and Ron in the newbie world.

At that moment, the night owl understood.

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"Would you like to use a Black Iron quality pass token to upgrade your three-star hunter card? You have already met the requirements of 15000 hunting experience points and 150 standard gold coins."

On the rooftop of the camp building, Li Wei calmly used the black iron token.

The next moment, a bright light flashed from between his eyebrows, and the three-star hunter card flew out. After fusing with the black iron token, it returned to between his eyebrows and formed a destiny matrix with the other three class cards.

The whole process is as simple, convenient, and quick as shopping.

There wasn't even the mysterious illusion of the past; it was all too ordinary.

But Li Wei himself understood what was going on. The higher one's destiny, the less trouble there would be in the upgrade process. On the contrary, the lower one's destiny, well, you'd have to watch the cutscenes and understand what kind of great power was blessing you.

Therefore, one's destiny is very important, and improving one's destiny is basic practice. The next second, lines of information silently appeared.

[You have already bound a four-star hunter card]

You have been promoted to a four-star hunter and have gained 5 free attribute points.

The Hunter's Fate stat has increased to 53.

[Your hunter class talent has been enhanced. Your shooting accuracy with most ranged weapons and bows/crossbows has been passively increased by 60%. You can now train two hunting pets at once and bind two pet cards without any cost. You can now leverage the hunter's advantages in most environments. You already have a significant advantage in game processing, tanning hides, and gathering mountain products.]

[Additional information: As a hunter with a Fate level of 53, your Perception has been slightly enhanced. When your hunter Fate level reaches 60 and your lumberjack Fate level also reaches 60, your Perception may increase by 1.]

[Friendly Reminder: This is your second job card. Its upgrade requirements are slightly higher than the first job card. It cannot be upgraded until the first job card reaches five stars. Upgrading a five-star hunter card requires 30000 hunting experience points + 300 units of standard world resources/150 standard gold coins + one silver-quality completion token.]

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not bad!
Li Wei wasn't too surprised, and then casually used a free attribute point to increase his stamina from 340 to 350.

In this way, as long as he switches to the rare title of Flame Baron, his health becomes 260, his stamina becomes 400, his agility becomes 36, his strength becomes 32, his defense becomes 23, his mental strength becomes 18, and his perception increases by 1.
It's incredibly powerful. It will also passively activate the third talent of the Scout Card—Weapon Mastery, reducing burden by 8, and simultaneously activate the fourth talent—Mounted Archery Mastery.

Pretty good.

This rare title could even replace the titles of Bear Hunter and Dog Slayer.

The titles of Tracker and Rat Exterminator cannot be substituted for each other.

In addition, it seems that titles can be merged to form more powerful codes, and there are also destiny titles among them. In short, there is still a lot to explore.

Next, after a moment's thought, Li Wei made a decision: he would add all four remaining free attribute points to the Perception attribute, increasing it from +1 to +3.
In this way, the Tracker title can be replaced in most scenarios, unless you encounter a troublesome or elusive target, in which case you can wear the Tracker title and get +5 Perception.

Otherwise, you can simply switch between the titles of Flame Baron and Rat Exterminator.

This can save a lot of physical and mental energy.

Of course, at this moment, Li Wei actually only consumed two free attributes to increase his perception to 2. This is all a lesson from the past. Improving important attributes too quickly can have very strong side effects.

I'm a little sleepy!

After adding the points, Li Wei immediately felt dizzy and sleepy. In just half a minute, he saw his mental energy being consumed rapidly.

It dropped from 18 PM to 15 PM, then to 9 PM, and finally stopped at 8 PM. Goodness, just by increasing his perception to 2, it consumed 10 points of his mental energy.

If he had slipped just now, wouldn't he have been unconscious for another ten days or so?
Still feeling scared!

Next, Li Wei changed into his casual clothes, looked at the sky. It was around seven o'clock in the morning, the sun was shining brightly, and there were no clouds in the sky. It was a good day, but he couldn't wait any longer. The wheat field on the 4th had to be harvested.

After picking up a few bags and pushing a handcart, Li Wei went directly to Field No. 4, where Benjamin and his second patrol team were on guard. A flock of mutated birds was circling in the sky, and on the ground, two middle-aged female cooks were cleaning up the mutated birds that had been killed, while two patrol members were processing the feathers. These were birds that had been shot since dawn.

Typically, they can shoot down hundreds of mutated birds in a single day.

"My lord! Everything is normal at the camp. Farm No. 4 has not been damaged by the mutated birds."

Benjamin quickly put down his siege crossbow and greeted Li Wei.

"Great job, you're a good shot!"

Li Weizan said that these mutated birds are very cunning and fierce. They must be shot from a hundred meters away, otherwise they can stir up a strong wind and blow away the wheat ears as soon as they get close.

Fortunately, Li Yue had shot down all the mutated vultures that sprayed corrosive acid mist a while ago, otherwise it would have been even more troublesome.

Even so, Benjamin and his patrol team always had three sniper rifles ready. If any mutated vultures appeared, they had to be killed from 300 meters away, and they absolutely could not be allowed to get close.

"Thank you for the compliment, sir. I'm just average."

Benjamin gave a good-natured smile, and Li Wei didn't say much. He then looked at Mark, the natural person not far away, who seemed very quiet. "How about this kid?"

"Reporting to you, sir, he doesn't seem to be mentally challenged. He can eat and sleep. We brought him with us today, and so far, he hasn't shown any unusual behavior."

“Mark, Mark…”

At this moment, the man suddenly shouted a couple of words and looked at Li Wei, as if he had something to say.
In addition, he seems to be in pretty good shape today.

"Mark, is there something you need?" Li Wei asked.

“Mark, Mark…”

The man seemed anxious, gesturing with one hand and even attempting to write. A patrolman handed him a stick, but after gesturing on the ground for a long time, he couldn't write anything. It was as if his memories and certain understandings were blocked; he clearly wanted to convey something, but—

“My lord, I think he probably wants to thank you,” a patrolman nearby said with a smile.

"Really?" Li Wei glanced at him in surprise, thinking he was spouting nonsense.

To everyone's surprise, Mark actually nodded frantically.

Goodness! You're so anxious just to thank me. Anyone who didn't know better would think you had some important information to report.

"Okay, Mark, you don't need to thank me. Eat well, take care of yourself, and work hard. The world is already like this, but we can start over!"

Li Wei laughed and patted Mark on the shoulder.

“Mark, Mark…”

Mark kept repeating those two sentences, clearly excited but unsure how to express it. He looked around for a moment, then suddenly ran over and picked up a sandbag that had been used for flood control with one hand, still calling out "Mark, Mark."

"My lord, he means that he will work hard. Although he has lost an arm, he has plenty of strength! Thank you, my lord, for giving him a chance to start anew."

The patrolman named Carter quickly translated.

Wow! Your translation skills are really high. You can translate so much from just four words. Wow, you're amazing at translating words.

However, Mark's power is indeed quite strong. Since he hasn't activated and bound a professional card, Li Wei can't see his specific attributes. Should we try binding and activating a professional card?

(End of this chapter)