Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 459 The Starting Ground
After an emergency meeting, the personnel to travel to the Ascended Continent were basically finalized.

Li Wei led the group, which included Li Yue, Hathaway, Zhao Xuanxuan, and Thomas. These four were considered generals. Although they were barons, they could not be considered a separate force, so they could not obtain the Chaotic World Development Card.

The total number of people is 920.

This number is not against the rules because the task rules only limit the minimum number of people, not the maximum number.

In theory, they are like the end of a kingdom, with war raging everywhere, thirty-six rebel kings and seventy-two clouds of dust. They have the biggest stage, the strongest enemies, and can fully display their talents. As long as they can keep winning, the ultimate unified emperor will be theirs.

"The Flame Legion currently has two hundred heavy cavalry and three hundred heavy infantry. Each cavalryman carries three resource cards and each infantryman carries two resource cards, which can ensure a month's food supply."

Li Yue then reported this to Li Wei.

Next was Zhao Qingshan.

"The supply battalion carried a total of 500 one-star resource cards, 300 two-star resource cards, 30 three-star resource cards, and 10 four-star resource cards. Among them, the four-star resource cards are large-scale material cards, containing two enchanted catapults, eight enchanted giant crossbows, one million units of three-star stone blocks, one million units of two-star logs, 500,000 units of lime binder, and 500,000 units of one-star enchanted steel. If needed, we can build four small fortresses, two medium fortresses, or one large fortress within three months."

Next up is Zhao Xuanxuan.

"We currently have 1,200 sets of heavy and medium armor, plus various weapons, enough to immediately arm 1,200 people. However, Li Wei, your guards can prioritize upgrading to five-star or four-star enchanted heavy armor."

Finally, it was Second Aunt. She carefully placed a full thousand two-star resource cards in Li Wei's hand, and then said earnestly, "Although we can receive logistical support once every six months, it's always good to be prepared for a difficult journey. When you're out and about, you should prepare plenty of food. The food here is from the harvest of the Blazing Flame Territory over the past few years, enough for a thousand of you to eat for five years. Don't worry about home, I'll take care of everything. But when you're out there, you must be careful, stay united, and don't cause any trouble."

"And also, Javier, Zhao Qingshan, you've seen it now, Nelson, Lenos, Benjamin, Santiago, those ingrates. They haven't even entered the Ascended Continent yet, and I bet they're already crying their eyes out. What good are three-star basic armor and three-star basic weapons in a world that might be cultish?"

"Don't have any ulterior motives. Be united, loyal, and uphold the bottom line, the foundation of being human, and the conscience of being human. Our Alliance of Lords of the Heavens is a neutral, lawful, and benevolent faction. You have betrayed your former vows, which is self-exile and self-imposed exile. Of course, your choice this time is very good, very good. You will thank yourselves for your choice today in the future."

"But Li Wei, are you sure you don't want to bring Paladin Mark? That guy is very strong, and even in the Ascended Continent, the faith in the gods cannot be broken."

"Not for now, Auntie, don't worry."

Li Wei smiled and said that his second aunt was really the best mouth-speaker. First she cursed loudly, and now she gave him a heartfelt piece of advice. The effect was not bad, because the Chaotic World Development Card finally successfully displayed the loyalty of all those who were about to set off.

The loyalty of those five hundred Flame Legion soldiers was just 51 points, barely passing the passing mark. They were counted as a whole, and their loyalty was closely related to their commander, Li Yue.

Li Yue's loyalty to Li Wei is now 100%. When the commander is loyal, the soldiers will follow suit.

The loyalty of the 500 soldiers of the Flame Legion to Li Yue is 70, which is a very high number.

Javier, Sith, Jocelyn, and Duan Bowen were all promoted and appointed by Li Wei. In addition, they had been stationed at the Riverbank Fortress and were not on good terms with Nelson and Lenos's group. Regardless of their previous choices not to leave the fold, they still gave Li Wei 50 loyalty points at this moment.

It seems that loyalty levels below 50 cannot be displayed.

Zhao Qingshan is much more straightforward. He currently has a loyalty rating of 70, but that's probably all he'll get. It's hard to lower or increase it. Incidentally, his team of engineers has a loyalty rating of 55 for Li Wei and 80 for Zhao Qingshan. Perhaps this is the natural rationality of a science-oriented profession.

Zhao Xuanxuan's loyalty to Li Wei is also 100%, while the blacksmiths under her command have a loyalty of 52 to Li Wei, but their loyalty to Zhao Xuanxuan is 90.

Thomas's loyalty to Li Wei is also 100%.
As for Hathaway, her loyalty to Li Wei is 98, while Chekhov and Liu Huan's loyalty to Li Wei is 56.

This is what will be displayed for all those who are included in the Chaotic World Exploration Card and are preparing to set off.

I don't know what formula or data led to the result, but it doesn't matter anymore.

Because everyone's loyalty level is above 50, Li Wei expects that as long as they set up camp, they will get the 'unity and friendship' buff, which is pretty good.

As for Mark, since he represents the gods, he cannot appear at this time to divert Li Wei's loyalty.

Because loyalty can fluctuate.

Once it's confirmed that Li Wei is the only leader, those who don't follow or obey will be eliminated, and even those with ulterior motives will appear very loyal.

However, if Mark exists, and people turn to him as a paladin when they are lost, then loyalty will naturally be divided. Which chaotic army would be so foolish as to establish two factions at the very beginning of its operation?
Everything is now ready; all that's left is to wait.

Even Ah Dai was included in the five-star pet card. It is worth mentioning that Benjamin, Javier, Santiago and others previously had a four-star hunting pet. However, after being removed from the system, their pet cards were taken back and their hunting pets were forcibly separated from their binding relationship. Some of the soldiers who were removed from the system cried on the spot, and some even rolled on the ground and made a scene. Unfortunately, being removed from the system was only the first step. They had been prepared for this and were forcibly teleported away.

And so, as time passed, the moment of departure arrived. A golden light suddenly shone down from the sky, guiding Jiang Xinran's chaotic world expansion card, which was being used by the treacherous minister.

No operation or selection is required; just click "follow".

The golden light shone on the Chaotic World Exploration Card in Li Wei's hand. The next second, a pale blue light screen enveloped all 920 people waiting to depart, like a rolling sea. Then, mysterious magic teleportation arrays appeared under their feet, and several magicians from the Nine Star Council could be seen busily casting spells.

"call out"

The pale blue light curtain disappeared, and the adventurer legion of 920 traitors, including Li Wei, vanished completely, entering the Ascended Continent.

As for Li Wei himself, and the other four, including Li Yue, Hathaway, Zhao Xuanxuan, and Thomas, this kind of teleportation was imperceptible; they had experienced it many times before.

There's nothing unusual about it, and the Alliance of Lords of the Heavens has a fairly comprehensive reserve of magical technology in this area.

In just one second, the dimensional leap and the jump across the starry sky were completed.

No one felt uncomfortable; there was only anticipation and novelty.

However, after landing, the blue light curtain of the Chaotic World Pioneer Card did not immediately dissipate, but continued to exist like a protective shield.

At the same time, a 24-hour countdown also appeared on the blue light screen.

Clearly, this is like a beginner's safe zone.

At this moment, Li Wei took a general look and found that the area occupied by the 922 people was quite large, a full 1,000 square meters. Judging from the surface, it was a plain in early spring with a very flat terrain.

As for the outside, there was an even larger, flat wasteland. Judging from the blue mountains that could be vaguely seen in the distance, it would take at least two or three hundred miles to enter the mountainous area.

However, the vegetation outside is quite lush. Although there aren't dense forests, you can see scattered large trees growing alone, various brightly colored flowers, and at least—

"This is a typical medium-magic world. In such medium-magic worlds, plains like this usually have large settlements of intelligent creatures. In addition, this place is more like a hybrid monster. I have already discovered forty-two kinds of wild grass and six kinds of trees. I have seen no less than fifty one-star medicinal herbs. I really should have brought the widow here."

Li Yue spoke quickly at this moment. She had a rare five-star mountain dweller card. Mountain dwellers were the best at things like gathering.

Even Li Wei is far behind.

Yes, the gathering ability and advantages of the woodcutter profession are only one-third of those of the mountain dweller profession. The same applies to the hunter; it means that his hunter cards plus woodcutter cards can only reach two-thirds of the mountain dweller cards.

Moreover, Li Yue also has a rare five-star woodcutter card.

"This world is very difficult. In the Middle Magic Realm, it is possible to encounter ancient magical artifacts with an eight-star difficulty level. Of course, it is too early to talk about this now. Li Wei, first take a look at the positions of the other friendly forces in our chaotic camp, especially to determine the positions of the four tyrants, fifteen treacherous ministers, and thirty-six traitors."

"And I plan to go out with Javier, Sith, Jocelyn, and four other heavily armored knights, each leading a small squad, to explore the surrounding area."

"However, we might also alert the powerful magical monsters or other magical intelligent creatures in this area. Therefore, I suggest that Duan Bowen lead the remaining Flame Legion to prepare for support. Of course, Hathaway, your spellcaster squad should be on alert at all times and avoid taking action if possible, because the magical impact you release may attract even more powerful magical creatures."

"That's all I wanted to say. This kind of environment with medium magic is exactly the same as the Neanderthal barbarians' homeland."

"Agreed, let's do it this way. Do we need to take out the enchanted giant crossbow?"

Li Wei completely agreed with Li Yue's suggestion, because among everyone present, only Li Yue had participated in many cross-border missions and was the only one who knew this environment inside and out.

If we don't listen to her, who else can we listen to?
Hathaway would have no objection to this, fully remembering her role as a back-row spellcaster.

(End of this chapter)