Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 406 One-Star Mage Tower
In the afternoon, Li Wei and Li Yue teamed up to train the other soldiers, two against twenty, or being chased by twenty cavalrymen until they were terrified, running away in panic, crying for their parents.

As night fell, he and Li Yue continued their duel, this time purely on foot. They donned their equipment, Li Wei wielding an enchanted heavy sword and Li Yue a five-star enchanted longsword. They exchanged blows, their attacks and defenses shifting, the swords flashing and clanging.

Neither of them held back, and they both seemed to be fighting desperately, especially Li Yue.

In pure foot combat, Li Wei could win ten out of ten battles, and a hundred out of a hundred battles, leaving Li Yue speechless. His +8 perception was no joke.

However, if Li Yue were to mount a horse, without A'Dai's assistance, he would inevitably lose in both foot and mounted combat, losing every single battle.

The Darkmoon Knight's buff is far too brutal.

The horses were like dragons in flight, the spears like shooting stars, and Li Wei was drenched in sweat from the fighting—and that moment was just like this moment.

So during the foot combat sparring, Li Wei showed no mercy, killing Li Yue until she was drenched in sweat and nearly broke down several times...

But the effect of this sparring was really good. Li Wei could clearly sense that Li Yue's confidence, which had been lost because of her previous death, was being restored and rebuilt. Until one day in early September, she suddenly activated her hidden attribute, Breaking Illusion, and caught Li Wei off guard.

"Break—break through delusion?"

"Yes, the second hidden attribute."

"How could it be so fast?"

Li Wei was taken aback.

"This is the benefit of not having a destiny card. Once you have a destiny card, it becomes ten times, a hundred times harder, to unlock the second hidden attribute."

"It's normal that players without a specific character card are more likely to unlock a second hidden attribute. You can't have all the benefits; do you think you're the chosen one of the current meta?"

Li Yue loudly mocked and ridiculed, her head covered in sweat, her hair soaked, yet she was exceptionally radiant with confidence and swagger—a truly rare sight.

It seems that Li Wei's methods have worked.

Over the past ten days, Li Wei has defeated her hundreds of times in foot combat mode, so after losing to her for a while, he's gotten used to it!

Just as Li Wei was about to shout, "Monster, let's fight again!", a wave of announcements flooded the entire region without warning!
[Nationwide Announcement]

Pioneer Zhao Kewu, number 1, led his army to find and breach the hidden camp of the barbarian cross-borderers on this planet. With the assistance of the king's envoy, he killed one barbarian chiliarch and two barbarian centurions, for which he earned 1000 battle points and two Duke's Medals of Honor.

[Riding on this great victory, the King's envoy held the first friendly talks with Duke Frost. The negotiations were fruitful, and both sides agreed that a peace treaty would be signed fifteen days later, once all agreed-upon conditions were met. Duke Frost would officially become a great duke of the Kingdom of Locke, and the entire planet, except for its legal territories and existing occupied areas, would belong to the Frost Province.]

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[Nationwide Announcement]

[After his meeting with the King's envoy, Duke Frost was attacked by barbarian assassins on his way back and was seriously wounded!]

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噫！
Alas?
After reading these two announcements from across the territory, Li Wei's eyes widened, and his first thought was of Duke Will, "Please, you must stay calm!"

"It wasn't Duke Will who did it."

Seemingly guessing what Li Wei was thinking, Li Yue suddenly spoke up, "The fact that Thorn Pass is going to be upgraded to Thorn Province is not a weakening for Duke Will. He should also have some interests in it. Moreover, as a member of the Alliance of Lords of the Heavens, he can subtly hinder them, but to carry out such a high-profile assassination is suicidal. So there must be a problem somewhere. After all, the cunning, treachery, and unpredictable methods of the barbarians are no joke."

"So now I'm starting to suspect that the barbarians are behind this. Just watch, something new is about to happen."

At this point, Li Yue glanced at Li Weiyi and asked, "Shall we continue?"

"continue."

Li Wei nodded, composed himself, and completely disregarded the two announcements from the entire realm. He charged forward with his enchanted greatsword, and the two sides were locked in battle once again. A few minutes later, Li Yue was sent flying by Li Wei's sword, so hard that she vomited blood and lay on the ground, only managing to get up after a long while.

This medicine is quite potent, but it really works.

Confront your fear, confront your death!
It's either an explosion or a collapse.

Li Yue undoubtedly belongs to the former category.

"Damn it! Again!"

Like a mad tiger, Li Yue pounced again, only to be knocked away once more, and the cycle repeated itself.

An hour later, Li Wei carried the barely alive Li Yue back home.

The battle was fierce, but only the most hardened could survive. Three days later, Li Wei was having lunch with Li Yue, who looked like a pig's head, when he suddenly received news that the Mage Tower had been completed.

It was four days later than scheduled, but it was a success.

A one-star mage tower has been successfully built in your territory, making your territory even more powerful.

[Note: A one-star mage tower requires a caster of at least tier two to be present and oversee it. The specific effects are as follows.]

【One: It can double the radiation range of the magic mine, allowing it to radiate to an area with a radius of forty kilometers. It can also absorb chaotic magic particles within this area and orderly control the distribution of magic within the territory, such as allowing only one-star quality crops to be produced in farmland.】

[Second: A one-star mage tower can now store more standard mana, up to a maximum of 2000 units.]

[Three: The one-star mage tower now has more attack methods than the three-star magic mine, increasing from three to five: Large Fireball (maximum range 40 kilometers, suitable for attacking large enemy armies and slow-moving heavy units); Dense Fireball (launches 300 small fireballs at once, maximum range 5 kilometers, suitable for attacking fast-moving enemy units); Large Fire Arrow (maximum range 40 kilometers, can adjust its direction mid-flight up to 29 times, suitable for attacking important enemy targets); Dense Fire Arrow (maximum range 10 kilometers, can adjust its direction mid-flight up to 3 times, suitable for attacking fast-moving clustered enemy targets); and the Frozen Trio (Gale, Blizzard, Ice Spikes), suitable for use in cold seasons, area-of-effect magic, affecting an area of ​​up to 100 kilometers.]

[Four: The one-star mage tower is now compatible with the enchanting blacksmith workshop and the potion-making workshop, increasing the work efficiency and product quality of enchanting blacksmiths and potion-making doctors by 30%]

[Five: The one-star mage tower can now research Sequence 3 magic. Sequence 3 magic items can be crafted within the tower with fewer materials and higher effects. It can also mass-produce three-star and lower-level item cards.]

[Six: The one-star mage tower can now research equipment enhancement, weapon enhancement, and pet enhancement, increasing the enhancement success rate by at least 5% and at most 10%.]

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"Did it work?"

Seeing the smile spreading uncontrollably across Li Wei's face, Li Yue immediately asked.

"It's done! A one-star mage tower! Haha!"

Li Wei couldn't help but burst into laughter. This was a mage tower of strategic significance. With this, his territory was finally stabilized, and he was able to barely escape the curse of going bankrupt within a hundred years!

Li Yue on the other side was also smiling. This was a mage tower. It was worth the heavy bet. This was really not easy.

"Next, you should hurry back to the main city of your territory and see if you can speed up the construction of the level 4 city wall. On the other hand, you need to prepare for war."

"That's right, the current situation is indeed a bit strange."

Li Wei nodded and quickly calmed down. "I think it's necessary for us to immediately apply for the construction of two magic portals. We need to establish faster communication and support channels between the main city of the territory and the riverside fortress."

"I think it's feasible! We need to act quickly; I have a feeling it should happen this month—"

Before Li Yue could finish speaking, her expression suddenly changed slightly, while Li Wei had already darted out ahead of her and rang the warning bell above the riverside fortress the next second.

"Clang clang clang!"

The urgent tolling of the bells echoed through the fields. Soldiers who were patrolling, farmers who were harvesting corn in the fields, wild vegetables and grasses in the wilderness, and free people who were fishing in the river all dropped everything and ran back like madmen upon hearing the bells.

In this short period of time, an indescribable and eerie pressure is slowly emerging. It is invisible and intangible, but it makes people feel a rush of blood pressure, seeing stars, and dizziness. Some people even experience auditory and visual hallucinations.

In an instant, many people were screaming, children were crying, and even the warhorses were kicking their hooves in unease.

"Open the basement door and enter the basement!"

Li Wei roared in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

Because he didn't know what had happened, he had a feeling that a great disaster was about to befall him.

Fortunately, Li Yue rushed out at this moment and grabbed Li Wei, who was still ringing the bell.

"Don't panic, stay calm, it's not a big problem. It's probably because some ancient magical artifact was activated somewhere, causing a powerful radiation storm!"

"But this radiation storm won't reach us for at least twelve or thirty-six hours! Hurry up and harvest all the crops in the fields!"

After Li Yue finished speaking, Li Wei felt that the feeling of impending doom had faded considerably and disappeared within a few seconds, as if nothing had happened.

"My lord! My lord!"

At this moment, Javier galloped over on horseback and shouted anxiously, "My lord, I suspect this could be a new round of apocalyptic attacks. Sixteen years ago, just sixteen years ago, a similar situation occurred three days before the actual apocalypse. Then a terrifying radiation storm appeared, which lasted for sixty days. That radiation storm alone caused countless deaths!"

I see. No wonder Li Yue is so experienced.

Li Wei looked at Li Yue, who quickly shook her head. "There's no time to build the magic portal. However, the riverside fortress has a three-star magic mine. As long as Isabel is there, it shouldn't be a big problem. The most important thing right now isn't even the construction of the level 4 city wall, but Hathaway's barony. Her one-star magic mine can't withstand this radiation storm. Either we have to abandon the barony, or we have to upgrade her magic mine to three stars."

(End of this chapter)