Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 345 Li Yue Returns
A gentle evening breeze blows, soft and gentle, just like the season that is about to begin.

Li Wei's territory was brightly lit and bustling with people, seemingly softening the boundless night.

At this moment, south of the territory building, outside the magic mine, a cloud of gray mist slowly spread out in the night, and a figure emerged from the mist.

This was a woman dressed in black, tall and slender, who looked no more than twenty years old, but she carried a stern air of someone who had weathered many storms, with a world-weary gaze and a serious demeanor.

She carried a small package on her back, as if she were returning from a long journey, feeling apprehensive as she approached home, so much so that there was a hint of dazedness in her stern gaze.

"Dudududu!"

Several sharp whistles rang out, followed by a stern shout.

"Who goes there? Halt! This is the Flame Baron's Territory. You must state your name and be examined by the spellcaster before you can pass!"

At the same time, several huge searchlights were turned on within a few hundred meters, two of which locked onto the woman in black, while the rest searched around her.

Further away, an electric truck started up, and a team of fully armed soldiers rushed over in the truck. From another direction, the sound of hooves thundered, and in the blink of an eye, five knights were already galloping towards them.

The first person was clad in heavy armor and wielding a tiger-headed broadsword; it was Zhao Xuanxuan, exuding a murderous aura.

However, she made a hand signal halfway through her charge, and a few seconds later, the tense situation vanished, because she recognized who the newcomer was.

The alerted soldiers and sentries withdrew in an orderly manner, but Zhao Xuanxuan did not slow down her horse. She rode until she was about ten meters away from Li Yue before reining in her horse.

"Xilulu!"

The warhorse neighed and reared up. Zhao Xuanxuan controlled the horse with her legs and held a knife in one hand. She was like a demon god. Her sharp eyes did not weaken in the slightest. She stared at Li Yue like a blade. The series of battles in the past month had made her killing intent seem tangible.

Li Yue looked over calmly, and after a long while, she chuckled, "Xuanxuan, you're amazing! You've grown to this extent in just five months. Apart from your mount being a bit weak, you're doing great in every other aspect."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuanxuan leaped off her horse, removed her helmet, and revealed a cheerful smile. "Sister Xiaoyue, welcome back! I knew you would come back."

"Don't call me sister, I'm an old woman in my eighties."

"I don't care about any of that. We're not ordinary people, why should we worry about those things? Money can't buy my happiness!"

Zhao Xuanxuan said casually.

Li Yue didn't dwell on it; as a dignified scorpion, she naturally wouldn't care about such things.

"It's almost nine o'clock, why aren't you resting yet?"

“We usually rest early every day, but today is a special day, so I’m leading the team to stay on duty a little longer. My second aunt said a couple of days ago that there’s a formidable enemy scout who’s been secretly watching us. Ah Dai has the same feeling, so we can’t let our guard down,” Zhao Xuanxuan said seriously.

"Where is Li Wei?" Li Yue asked, her gaze fixed on the south. She had just arrived and did indeed have a vague feeling of being spied on, but it was indistinct and she couldn't quite pinpoint it, which showed that the other party's perception was superior to hers.

It should be at least +5.

Even a +6 perception.

"Li Wei is at the Riverside Fortress, which is over there with Scarface. He has cultivated 400 acres of farmland there and is currently working on his farmer destiny."

"He still has the mind to manipulate fate? Didn't Widow Yang tell him about this?"

"We told them, but Li Wei said it didn't matter. They can spy all they want. We just need to be careful and keep our area of ​​activity to ourselves. They can't cause any trouble."

"Ha! Li Wei is quite domineering now." Li Yue smiled slightly and walked side by side with Zhao Xuanxuan toward the territory building.

"Xuanxuan, your head looks like it's gotten longer again."

"Eat a lot, sleep soundly, carefree, it's like a second growth spurt!" Zhao Xuanxuan didn't care at all. Now her confidence has returned, but she is no longer the gambling dog Zhao, but the tiger Zhao who likes to play horse-riding games.

The heavy cavalry charged into the enemy lines, their swords flashing and falling. The three-star warhorse, with its top speed of seventy kilometers per hour, combined with her fifty-pound tiger-headed broadsword, was incredibly exhilarating.

In just over forty days, her cavalry destiny has already skyrocketed to 18.

A fast horse with immense strength has no weaknesses; as long as one doesn't dismount, they simply don't exist.

Killing level four ability users is like child's play.

Li Yue smiled but didn't say anything. It wasn't convenient to discourage this little girl. Standing in front of her was a second-tier Dark Knight. It was fortunate that she came; otherwise, with Zhao Xuanxuan's unbridled arrogance, she might have been defeated by a real expert one day.

As we entered the city gate, we saw that the city was bustling with activity. Many children were still awake and running around wildly. People were chatting in groups of three or five. The taverns were packed, but we didn't see any workers. It was after get off work hours, and apart from those on their daily shifts, no one was rolling around.

Of course, this is also because the rules and regulations are well-established. Everyone is in charge of which department, what they are doing, and how much their monthly salary is. All of this has been clearly and explicitly explained.

Anyone who wants to be a soldier and go out to fight will receive a basic salary plus double the extra pay, which is equivalent to one person working for the salary of three people. There are also attribute cards, level-clearing tokens, and year-end bonuses.

If you don't want to be a soldier or take risks, you can just be a peaceful civilian in the territory, and it'll be just as good. The territory is rich in resources now, and you can often find rare starred food or flawed magic potions in the market. Although there's still a limit of one drink per person per day in the tavern, the price isn't expensive. Anyway, if you work hard every day, you can eat the communal meals in the main canteen for free, or go to the small canteen if you want something better.

Or you can simply go home and do it yourself.

Single men are happy, while those with families are starting to save money. Although they may not eat well, they have something to look forward to in the future.

In just a few months, Li Yue already felt a little unfamiliar with the place.

Along the way, free people kept coming up to greet them. Nelson, Lenos, and others were even more excited to go forward and inquire. In their view, it was difficult for anyone who disappeared from this territory to return. However, the young lord's sister had returned, which inevitably made them think even more.

Once inside the camp building, it immediately became much quieter. As we passed the second floor, we could hear some babies crying; the place was practically a maternity ward.

The third floor was brightly lit, and seven or eight women dressed in matching outfits were busy at work because a pregnant woman was about to give birth.

Isabelle's mother, Lisa, is now an authority in this field, and has even established an independent department outside of the medical department, with Liang Yuzhi giving up her operating room.

"The small canteen on the fourth floor has now been moved to Section C on the first floor. This area has become the dormitory for my second aunt, me, Isabel, Lisa, Allen, Jenny, and others. Men are not allowed to enter."

"The fifth floor is Second Aunt's potion storeroom and potion experiment area, while the rooftop has become Ah-Dai and his little brothers' hideout."

"Sister Xiaoyue, you don't know, Ah Dai now has more than a hundred followers, including mutated crows, mutated magpies, mutated owls, and mutated vultures. These followers cover an area of ​​three or four hundred miles, from the riverside fortress to the 349 base, and even the ruins of that small county town to the north are included."

"Ah Dai's role is becoming more and more important. Currently, there are more than 30 of them that have been tamed as hunting pets. When we go out on patrol, we release a few of our own hunting pets, and we basically don't have to worry about being ambushed."

As Zhao Xuanxuan walked, she introduced things to Li Yue.

They quickly arrived at the fifth floor, where Liang Yuzhi was indeed busy, so busy that she didn't even have time to greet Li Yue, or if rolling her eyes counted.

"Over the past month, we hunted down some superhumans and some mutated creatures. Since we couldn't get the universal gold card, we could only collect as many magical materials as possible, so we've accumulated a huge pile. As a result, my second aunt is doing experiments almost every day to prepare magical potions. Little Isabel is being driven to the brink of collapse. Haha, let her experience the nightmare difficulty of her senior year of high school."

Li Yue and Zhao Xuanxuan waited outside, while Liang Yuzhi, along with Isabel and two other girls around fourteen or fifteen years old, busied themselves, occasionally letting out a merciless roar, like a mother tyrant.

The three women, including Isabel, were so frightened that they trembled like quails, walking on thin ice.

Having finally completed the preparation of this potion, Liang Yuzhi walked out as if she had moved away from the eye of the storm.

Even Zhao Xuanxuan felt a little scared subconsciously.

Where is your enchanted greatsword?

As a result, Liang Yuzhi asked very rudely when she opened her mouth.

Li Yue rolled her eyes. "Sell it!"

"You spendthrift old woman! You might as well go and sell yourself! Maybe you can even snag a top spot!"

Liang Yuzhi cursed, but quickly plucked a white hair from Li Yue's hair and threw her a resource card. "Li Wei left this for you: an enchanted cavalry shield, an enchanted two-handed longsword, and an enchanted spear. What's the situation outside?"

"What else could it be? Nothing will change." Li Yue said coldly, putting away the resource card, but casually tossing ten pet cards to Zhao Xuanxuan.

"Here are ten two-star warhorses. Find some qualified soldiers to distribute them. A cavalry force needs to be large enough to be effective."

"Oh."

Zhao Xuanxuan blinked and quickly slipped away. These two used to get along quite well when there were NGs, so why do they seem so awkward together now?

Wow, ten two-star warhorses! Holy crap, that's exciting!

Sister Xiaoyue is awesome!
"I want to find that spying scout and kill him."

At this moment, Li Yue slowly spoke again.

“No, you’re no match for me,” Liang Yuzhi replied directly.

"Damn it! If I'm not your match, who are you?"

"This time there are at least ten five-star barbarian cross-borderers. Do you want to die? Then you might as well die sooner and be reincarnated sooner!"

"How can there be so many? Are you sure?"

"Xiao Wei saw it with his own eyes, and he even killed two of them, hehe! He even helped someone destroy a level 4 wilderness camp."

"Level 4? Holy crap!" Li Yue stood up abruptly. She and Liang Yuzhi understood what this meant even better than Li Wei. Duke Will was in big trouble.

No, since it's already destroyed, it's not a big deal. Otherwise, once it reaches level 5, small barbarian armies could easily advance.

(End of this chapter)