Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 316 A Tiger in My Heart (Bonus Chapter 610 for Alliance Mainstream)

[Nationwide Announcement!]

Pioneer Zhao Kewu, number 1, successfully killed the Earth Duke and obtained the rare title of Earth Baron.

He successfully eliminated Trail Blazers player John Jr., number 14!

His expansion card has been upgraded. If he can successfully complete the expansion tasks in the coming period, he will gain a territory with a total area of ​​10 square kilometers.

His level 5 scavenging camp has now been upgraded to level 1 territory.

He unlocked special buildings: a three-star tavern and a one-star magic mine.

From now on, the headquarters will no longer send lord-type players to his territory, but he can hire mercenary-type players from the entire province of Ver through the three-star tavern. Players currently on a mission can continue to stay for three months by using a five-star stay card, while other players will remain as normal.

He will be given the opportunity to relocate his territory.

His ranking on the leaderboard will be fixed at second place unless he can kill the number one ranked Baron Li Wei.

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[Nationwide Announcement]

Socrates, the pioneer number 2, killed the Duke of Vale and obtained the title of Baron of Vale.

He successfully defeated Pioneer Masao Iwate, number 16!

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In just two days, two nationwide announcements were issued, and others are also making their moves, and they are coming on strong, probably all spurred on by Li Wei.

The entire expansion mission is now officially entering the Warring States period.

Li Wei couldn't help but wonder which powerful person would have designs on Duke Frost.
"So I really can't leave the territory even for a moment from now on, otherwise my base might be raided."

Several days later, after resting and recovering, Zhao Xuanxuan chose to upgrade to a four-star craftsman.

Because she had already saved everything she needed, even the most important Black Iron Token was readily available.

From this point on, she will officially join the ranks of four-star players.

I used to think about being down-to-earth, but now that I'm tied to Li Wei, and Li Wei is tied to Liang Yuzhi, I have no choice but to frantically improve my strength within five years.

"I want to keep that tiger-headed broadsword for myself."

"Actually, I originally wanted to give it to you, but now that I think about it, what I really wanted to give you back then was the tiger in my heart. I've always been a tomboy since I was little, and I never admit defeat in anything I do. I may lack ability, but my ambitions are higher than the sky."

"But strangely, the moment I finished forging it, many of my obsessions seemed to vanish like smoke, and even the fierce tiger in my heart seemed to run outside and merge with this sword. I will forge it into a long-handled weapon and take it into battle to kill the enemy."

"Also, could you give me that royal heavy scale armor you sent me before?"

"You're really not being polite. I was originally planning to use it myself," Li Wei said with a smile.

"You're just a scout, going for agility. Why would you need heavy scale armor? Don't you find it cumbersome? Besides, you're already quite cumbersome; just looking at you makes me tired. It's settled then. And while you're at it, could you also provide me with a warhorse, my dear George? Please."

Zhao Xuanxuan made a face and went off to get busy. She still had a lot to deal with. The two little blacksmiths she had trained before were not qualified at all. If she was lucky, it would be another five years before she could get involved in enchanting blacksmithing.

"From now on, the Enchanting Blacksmith Workshop will be upgraded to a three-star protected area of ​​the territory. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. The patrol team will need to pay close attention to the Enchanting Blacksmith Workshop every day. The steward and the engineering team will need to renovate and upgrade the layout of the Enchanting Blacksmith Workshop within a certain period of time."

Once the information is published through the Prestige Card system, Li Wei doesn't need to worry about it anymore. He only needs to wait for Zhao Xuanxuan to accept it before he does so. The income and rewards for the related work will also be collected by the Prestige Card system.

Having solved Zhao Xuanxuan's problem and found a way to enchant, Li Wei retrieved the enchanted equipment he had previously obtained from Scarface.

Among these, the royal heavy half-body scale armor was given to Zhao Xuanxuan. Now they are all in the same boat, they are one of us, and we will be going to do cross-border missions together in the future, so it is reasonable to strengthen the weaknesses.

As for the broken enchanted horse-slaying sword, Li Wei planned to give it to Mark. This guy has superhuman strength, and after being upgraded to three stars, his arm was restored by Liang Yuzhi. Now he has 350 stamina and 35 strength. It would be a waste not to equip him with heavy armor and heavy weapons.

It's worth mentioning that Li Wei initially wanted Mark to be a shield warrior, but after a period of combined attack training, he found that Mark was more suited to a wide-ranging, aggressive charge.

Both pieces of equipment were handed over to Zhao Xuanxuan and put in a queue for repair.

As for the remaining equipment, the damaged hair tie, deerskin boots, and deerskin gloves were kept by Li Wei himself.

However, this requires re-enchanting them to restore the enchantment durability. Simply enchanting them is a waste and not worthwhile.

So, while training the free soldiers, Li Wei placed two hundred one-star and ten two-star quality logs around the magic mine. He also added these three pieces of equipment, and had Thomas and Leon bring over their respective enchanted equipment. He even added one enchanted piece of equipment from Zhao Guozhu's hands. In addition, he added his own Bloodthirsty Spear, Noble Emblem Armor, Enchanted Greatsword, Enchanted Dagger, and Enchanted Bow. This was the most cost-effective way to repair enchanted durability.

In this way, after four extractions, consuming four units of magic, the enchantment durability of all enchanted equipment is restored, and the logs are upgraded to three-star and four-star respectively.

Overall, it's still a good deal. The upgraded four-star quality wood is quite hard and even has a faint sandalwood-like scent. It can last for thousands of years without decaying.

Therefore, Li Wei specifically instructed that these ten four-star logs be placed in warehouse number three to continue drying in the shade for later use, as they were all good materials for making weapons.

The remaining three-star logs were given to Nelson to use when building the tavern.

As for the three enchanted equipment pieces, they have been basically repaired.

[A hairband woven from magical substances, a four-star enchanted equipment item, a headdress, with an enchantment durability of 12/12 and an effect of +4 Spirit.]

[Perfect deerskin boots, four-star enchanted equipment, enchantment durability 18/18, effect: leg defense +10, agility +4, trait: swift movement, never slips, stamina consumption -5% during long-distance runs]

[Perfectly crafted enchanted deerskin gloves, 4-star quality, enchantment durability 12/12, hand defense +12, trait: -80% ice damage, -100% poison damage, -100% lightning damage, -30% fire damage]

Very good. Li Wei changed it on the spot; it was just a change of a pair of boots.

The original boots offered +5 leg defense and +2 agility, which was clearly a tier below.
Now, his mental strength has become 19, and after switching to the title of Flame Baron, it has become 24.

The base agility is 39, which increases to 43 after equipping the gear, and then to 48 after switching titles.
至于手防，腿防这块，则需要另外计算，即基础防御29+身防18=躯干防御47，基础防御29+身防18+心脏要害防御30=77，基础防御29+手防12=手部防御41，基础防御29+腿防10=腿部39。

This overall defense is already very good; there's really no need for that heavy scale armor.

After repairing his equipment, Li Wei was ready to fight the raiders with all his might.

Because Liang Yuzhi had sent a message to Ah Dai these past few days, asking him to be on guard. Now all the forces are probably bloodthirsty, and if things go wrong, a five-star cross-border expert might travel thousands of miles to raid him and take him down.

Several days later, Nelson approached Li Wei; they had encountered a thorny problem.

That is, they still can't decide on the location of the tavern.

"My lord, our camp is now fully utilized. The building itself occupies about 1,000 square meters, and the first wall has now been transformed into an extension platform for the building. Together with the first floor, the total usable area is 4500 square meters, divided into five zones: A, B, C, D, and E. Zone A is the warehouse, Zones B and E are the dormitories, and Zones C and D are the large kitchen and dining hall."

"Then there is the area between the second city wall and the first city wall, which is about 10,000 square meters. Farmland No. 4 takes up part of it, and the enchanted blacksmith workshop and its furnace and warehouse take up about a quarter of it. Next, we will need to demolish the brick kiln and charcoal kiln to the north and build residential buildings. It will be really difficult to place a tavern there."

"Then we'll backfill up field number four and build a tavern in that spot."

That's simple. Farmland within the territory will be gradually filled in and abandoned. At this stage, priority will be given to planting crops in distant places, such as the port camp where Liang Yuzhi is located. She said she plans to plant 100 acres of land next year.

She will return to her territory to garrison, while Li Wei can garrison the port camp. In any case, they should take advantage of the current opportunity to build high walls, store up grain, and delay declaring themselves king.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days have passed, and the weather is gradually turning colder, with the lowest nighttime temperature reaching minus fifteen or sixteen degrees Celsius.

Fortunately, there was no snowfall and no unexpected incidents occurred.

Ah-Dai flies around the port camp where Liang Yu-Zhi is located every day. This is partly to communicate information between the two places, and partly to patrol the area to ensure that no burglars get close.

However, recently Ah Dai's size has been increasing, and it has also recruited five underlings at the port camp, five mutated crows.

However, these mutated crows couldn't keep up with Ah-Dai's flying speed, so they all stayed there and were trained and raised by Liang Yu-Zhi. The witch also needed crows to scout.

At this moment, Li Wei is reading the letter sent by Liang Yuzhi. Ah Dai has now become a messenger. Every few days, Li Wei will tell Liang Yuzhi about the situation here, and Liang Yuzhi will do the same.

But today's letter contained only a few hastily written words.

"Xiaowei, there's something going on. Last night, a sorceress with strength comparable to mine tried to storm the bastion, but I repelled her by using the terrain and inflicted some damage on her. She might go to your place next, because she knows she can't gain any advantage here. Your place is the breakthrough point, so be very careful."

"Furthermore, spellcasters of this level have already found ways to evade Ah Dai's detection, so you can't rely on Ah Dai too much. She's the most troublesome opponent, and she can even change the weather to some extent."

"Remember, remember, never leave the territory! Only inside a building or an enchanted vehicle is there a high chance of being immune to her attack magic. If you're in an open wilderness, she can use a combo to control you until you die!"

"Unless your perception can be increased to 5 or higher, it is impossible to break free."

"Also, she might be eyeing your magic mine."

(End of this chapter)