Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 41 Penny's Ambition

After breakfast, Li Wei began reinforcing the wall. He had wasted most of his time trying to drive away birds and beasts, and now that there were only seven days left in the month, he needed to complete the main quest as soon as possible.

Of course, he had already collected enough trees to cut down. All he needed to do now was to take a shovel, dig holes along the outer perimeter of the wall, put the logs in the holes, fill them with soil, and tamp it down.

Next, they peeled off the bark and twisted it into rope, or cut vines to replace it, and used a cross-shaped knot to fix the original wall to these logs.

Speaking of which, I learned this cross-shaped knot from Penny; it's very convenient and efficient.

Of course, the downside is that it is easily cut by a knife, and it will quickly weather and break when exposed to wind, sun and rain, often needing to be replaced every few months.

But that's for the future. The current reinforcement of the fence is to prepare for the winter and prevent large wild animals from raiding our home.

It can also help guard against bandits and robbers, if they really exist.

The day's work was uneventful, and the sound of forging iron in the camp had been ringing all day. Even Fira had come to help today, along with Missy and Leon, making it a very busy day. They were almost ready to collect enough iron nails to expand the house.

And it seems Penny is planning something big next.

"Could it be that they're going to make steel?"

Li Wei seemed to be deep in thought.

When Li Wei returned to the camp courtyard, he saw Penny, Missy, and even Leon discussing something, with Fila listening in as well.

Judging from the looks of it, it seems that a practical plan has already been put forward.

They really are going to make steel, huh? Penny's ambitions have always been this big.

However, after discussing it for a long time, nothing came of it.

This isn't hard to guess, because there's no benefit for the head of the household to use rudimentary steelmaking methods now. But if they wait until next month when Penny is re-elected as the head of the household, then using rudimentary steelmaking methods will be the most cost-effective option.

Li Wei even realized that Penny, Missy, and Leon might form an alliance, especially if Missy was also quite accomplished in this area and had a lot of knowledge, since tailors could also make armor.

In addition, he couldn't help but suspect that Lyon's primary profession might also be that of a craftsman.

But none of that matters. Even if Penny comes up with a crude method for steelmaking, no matter how great the contribution or how much more benefit she brings, Li Wei will still receive marginal benefits.

With the family having developed to this point, even if Penny were unwise, she wouldn't kill off other family members for no reason when she had such a significant advantage.

Putting aside other things, in the future, won't logging, charcoal making, farming, hunting, mining, and carrying ore all require manpower?

Even if a family becomes wealthy, it may attract the covetous eyes of bandits and robbers. Shouldn't we take precautions in advance and work together to fight against them?

In short, he doesn't cause any trouble, he just holds onto his core base and watches them show off.

As Li Wei had predicted, the rudimentary steelmaking method stalled, and Penny even gave up on making saws, since a saw made of wrought iron was no better than an axe.

Penny, Missy, and Leon formed a fighting team and began to expand the house extensively, which was equivalent to Missy and Leon helping Penny complete the main mission.

Even Fila was always all smiles, and was served the best food and drink.

For several days in a row, the expansion of the house progressed rapidly. When the wall around Li Wei's house was almost reinforced, the expansion of the house was also basically coming to an end.

With three days left in the month, the entire family completed the monthly family main quest ahead of schedule. Although there are still three days before the head of the family for the next month is chosen, it means that everyone can initiate a plot-driven kill during these three days.

Overall, apart from Lyon suffering a significant loss, everyone else made a huge profit this month.

Li Wei quietly observed his gains. First, he earned 15 points from the monthly main quest, and 6 points from the six units of one-star quality seeds he harvested from the farm. In addition, he donated the pheasants and rabbits he hunted this month to his family, earning him 5 points. With a surplus of 52 points from last month, his total family contribution for this month has reached 78 points.

This is a really safe number. Although I haven't caught up with Penny, I should be close to catching up with Fila, because she didn't make a single one-star dish this month, which is no easy feat. Also, she didn't donate any of her personal assets.

Secondly, his farming experience successfully broke through 300 points, which brought a huge profit after the wheat harvest, which is very good.

My hunting experience has reached 200 points. Although shooting a pheasant only gives 5 experience points, it adds up over time.

Finally, his logging experience also broke through to 300 points, because he had chopped down the most trees this month. His axe alone had to be re-tempered and polished by Penny more than ten times due to wear and tear.

However, he did not obtain a one-star lumberjack card and seems to want to activate the binding of a third profession, but the conditions are a bit harsh.

Or perhaps, given his current situation, he can only have a maximum of two professions?
Just as Li Wei was thinking this, a message about a plot-driven death suddenly flashed before his eyes.

[A professional chef is plotting a death, hoping his youngest son, Leon, will be stung by poisonous bees within 24 hours. Do you agree?]

Goodness, Fira is teaching Leon a lesson. She may not necessarily want to eliminate him, but she definitely wants to tell him what the core of this game is: don't think you can trust anyone. It's normal for people to be on good terms one moment and then turn on each other the next.

Incidentally, this also amounts to a betrayal of the soon-to-be-formed Penny Group.

Since Leon hasn't experienced any plot-driven deaths since he arrived, he needs to be wary of Penny.

Well, that's how Li Wei understands it anyway.

Then I casually clicked "abstain," meaning I neither opposed nor supported the vote, whatever.

As expected, Missy immediately agreed. She didn't mind killing a competitor; it wouldn't do her any harm anyway.

However, Penny immediately objected.

With Lyon's opposition, the vote ended up being one abstention, two votes in favor, and two votes against.

Plot-driven deaths are ineffective.

No near misses.

However, it was visibly that Leon's face had turned pale and he was sweating profusely, which was a small but dramatic shock.

The next second, Penny casually conjured up a new plot device, hoping that Missy would eat something bad, get dysentery, and die of dehydration within 24 hours.

Li Wei decisively agreed, and then Lyon also agreed fiercely.

Fila then agreed, while only Missy objected.

The plot-driven death was confirmed, but Missy didn't care at all; she simply used 3 points of family contribution to avoid the incident.

This gave Leon, who had assumed that Missy, the wicked woman, was bound to be eliminated, a slight shock.

Because he also had no experience with family contribution metrics.

Yes, for the first twenty days of this month, Fila took him fishing. Because it was during Fila's mission period, he only gained fishing experience and was not eligible to donate. Later, he helped Penny complete the main quest in a great way, but he could only gain experience. Where was he supposed to get family contribution points?

This month is Lyon's time to be taken advantage of for free.

(End of this chapter)