Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 411 Mission Settlement
"Because I've been constantly hunted, and also because I wanted to make a perfect start, the Frozen Province that King Locke promised me was the best offer for me. But unfortunately, I never expected that the Neanderthals would be so powerful. They planted spies among my men, which severely damaged my peace treaty with the King's envoy!"

"Since then, I have been constantly being betrayed or killed by my subordinates. Alas, I am the one who harmed them. Whenever I get close to them, their bodies become extremely unstable, forcing me to stay away. Then comes the long, nearly two-month-long chase."

“During this time, the king’s envoy kept trying to get me out, but the Neanderthals’ pursuit was relentless. I dared not stay for even half a day. One after another, my ice crows died. In the end, I could not contact him. Now, Zhao Kewu’s territory has been destroyed, and the king’s envoy has unfortunately died. I am completely isolated and helpless, and I can only come to you for refuge.”

“Li Wei, I know you are a subject of His Majesty the King. Please, you must help me this once. I am willing to offer my sincerity. I know you also have an Ice Raven, but it is not strong enough. This is the knowledge I found in the ancient mage tower about training and strengthening Ice Ravens—”

As Duke Frost finished speaking, several lines of information flashed before Li Wei's eyes.

[Special Story Mission! Issued by the New King's Envoy, and Guaranteed by Duke Weil]

[Mission Details: Please take in the down-on-his-luck Duke of Ice and protect him from being killed by the barbarian invaders until the arrival of the new king's envoy.]

[Task deadline: 24 hours]

[Note: Duke Frost is already severely injured and unable to fight. Please do not expect him to participate in the battle.]

[Note: Duke Frost is not currently a member of the Alliance of Lords of the Heavens. He is not bound to a class card, so he cannot enjoy the benefits of direct rescue. He can only wait for the arrival of the new king's envoy within your or your vassal baron's territory. Similarly, if he wants to join the Alliance of Lords of the Heavens, he must go through legal procedures. It is not something that can be done simply by saying that he wants to be recruited.]

[Mission Rewards: 2000 Campaign Points, 100,000 Standard Gold Coins, Five One-Star Temple Priests, One Sequence 3 Magic Emblem, One Frost Hunter Enhancement Scroll, and a 5% Tax-Free Policy]

Please make your choice quickly!

噫！
This reward—well, considering the Negro's reputation, it's not unacceptable. Li Wei is really eager to fight the Negro right now.

"agree!"

The instant Li Wei made his choice, a golden light descended from the sky, enveloping Duke Frost. He seemed to relax for a moment, glanced gratefully at Li Wei, and then collapsed unconscious.

However, before he could even land, Li Wei had already galloped over on horseback, scooped him up in one swift motion, and then rode back the next moment.

Less than a minute later, from a more distant direction, five Nepalese crossers appeared on a mountain more than 20 miles away.

Then, from another direction, a total of ten Nepalese cross-borderers appeared.

Wow!

Li Wei turned around and gave a peace sign!
At least three centurions and two hundredmen

Huge explosion!
Li Wei sped back to Baron Hathaway's territory almost at breakneck speed. At the same time, he transmitted orders through his prestige card, indicating that he was ready for a major battle.

However, to his utter surprise, Ah Dai soon brought back the latest intelligence: the Nepalese cross-borderers had withdrawn.

They weren't hidden deep in the hills; instead, they all used a special item card that flashed blue light and disappeared from the world with a whoosh.

"Damn? No way, these nuns are such cowards! Don't they have any sense of martial ethics?!"

Li Wei almost flew into a rage. "Three centurions and two corps commanders, what are you thinking? Why don't you just charge up and have a good fight together?"

Damn it, at Black Mountain Fortress, Javier and Benjamin are already leading seventy heavily armored cavalrymen on standby.

Even in the main city of the territory, Zhao Xuanxuan, Grant, and Mark led their soldiers to set off.

"Li Wei, it's you who lacks martial ethics. You sent a mere fifteen barbarian cross-borderers to attack my baronial territory with a three-star magic mine. You have the nerve to say that? They're not stupid. Let's just end it like this. It's fine."

Hathaway stood beside the unconscious Duke of Frost, clicking her tongue as if she were looking at something extraordinary. Based on what she knew, he was undoubtedly a magical genius, one in a million.

Unfortunately, he was eventually recruited by the royal family.

Li Wei quickly accepted these harsh realities.

The elite Neanderthal squad no longer dared to attack him, and with the Ice Duke being recruited, his expansion and city-building tasks were nearing completion.

In total, it's equivalent to him getting two months' worth of magic power for free.

Three three-star magic mines can extract 150 units of magic per day, which is 9000 units in sixty days.

It's an astronomical figure, but in reality, it's not that much if you use it for enchanting.

In the past sixty days, Zhao Xuanxuan has crafted a total of three hundred sets of three-star enchanted equipment. Each set includes a helmet, half-body armor, greaves, boots, a shield, and a greatsword or spear. She has also crafted two hundred sets of three-star enchanted vests.

These consumed a total of 500 units of magic power; all I can say is that regular troops are really cheap...

In addition, the Heavy Weapons Division under the engineering team crafted fifty enchanted giant crossbows and thirty enchanted catapults, consuming a total of eighty units of magic power, which was quite economical. However, Second Aunt prepared fifty portions of four-star magic potions and three hundred portions of three-star magic potions, which alone consumed a full two thousand units…

It breaks my heart to hear that.

Fortunately, my second aunt has stopped messing around. I guess she herself realized it was too crazy. So now the reserves of the mage tower and magic mine in the main city of the territory have reached 2300 units.

It's worth mentioning that over the past two months, the magic extracted from the three-star magic mine in the Riverside Fortress has been transferred to the main city or the Baron's territory in Hathaway as soon as possible.

Because Hathaway's little business with Night Owl is also a major drain on magic.

All the extra magic was thrown into this hole.

But this matter can't be mentioned, it can't be recorded. How Night Owl records it and how she handles the capital's tax affairs is her business.

In short, to put it simply, Night Owl borrowed one of Hathaway's magic mines, plus one of Li Wei's magic mines, and extracted three thousand units of magic for her over the course of two months.

Anyway, at that moment, shortly after the Neanderthal squad withdrew, the radiation storm suddenly stopped, and the magic network on the planet returned to normal.

This naturally means that the war on another planet was at least under control.

Everything is back on track.

Li Wei did not see the new king's envoy. The sleeping Ice Duke was directly enveloped in a cloud of gray mist. The next second, when the gray mist dissipated, he was gone.

[You have successfully completed this special story mission! You protected the Ice Duke who was being hunted down, and you deserve the reward.]

You have gained 2000 battle points, and currently have 2900 battle points remaining.

[You have received 10 standard gold coins, five one-star temple priests, a tier-three magic emblem, an enhancement scroll for an ice pet, and a 5% tax-free policy.]

[Your expansion and city-building mission has ended. Please proceed to your territory's main city within 24 hours to prepare for mission settlement. Failure to arrive on time will be considered as a voluntary abandonment of the mission settlement.]

A few lines of information suddenly appeared in front of Li Wei. Was the mission completed just like that?
Haha, the whole thing took less than ten minutes!
Li Wei sighed, then spoke to Hathaway and Li Yue before mounting his horse and heading straight for the main city of his territory. The Expansion Card bound to him needed to be retrieved in the main city and transformed into a large magical shield to cover the entire territory.

He sped along at breakneck speed, arriving at the main city before evening. However, he didn't even have time to enter the main city or exchange a few words with his second aunt in the mage tower. He was still riding his horse about twenty miles away from the main city when he suddenly plunged into an alternate dimension.

At this moment, the setting sun is like fire, and in front of you are waves of the sea. Looking up, you find yourself in a magnificent golden palace.

The palace was of unknown height, but it exuded an aura of immense majesty at first glance.

Looking around, one sees four planets floating in the palace. This scene is absurd, yet strangely reasonable.

Even though those four planets were only a few dozen meters in radius, Li Wei had a feeling that they were real planets and that his territory was on one of them.

So where is this?
Is this the capital city?

Wait, what is that? Li Wei suddenly looked up and saw nine huge chairs arranged around him under countless golden lights, with nine figures on the chairs looking down at him.

However, it wasn't just these nine gazes. Li Wei could also sense that in the uppermost, most dazzling places, there were other gazes observing him, and he could even sense that one of them was very familiar.

Is it a night owl?
Wait, there's another gaze... it looks familiar. Holy crap, could it be that scruffy, burly man?

No doubt about it, interesting. This guy is qualified to be seated here? He's even able to sit in the same row as Night Owl.

This is so interesting.

Li Wei looked around again and immediately spotted Black Wolf from the Logistics Department among the nine seats on the bottom floor. So this represented the nine departments of the Province of Ver?
The CEO of the upper four and lower five parts?
Because Night Owl was promoted, her position would be one level higher.

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly heard a resounding bell ring out from the top floor of the Golden Hall, followed by a majestic voice.

"Pioneer Li Wei, I am the King's special envoy. I am here on the King's orders to deliver the following decree to you! And to certify and award the first phase of your mission settlement."

"Because of your outstanding performance in this city-building mission, and your effective thwarting of the barbarian invaders' plans, while also providing strong support for the frontline battle, now, at the recommendation of Duke Will and with the certification of Marquis Night Owl, the garrison commander of Thorn Pass, you are hereby conferred the title of Viscount Blaze. From this day forward, you will be a nobleman of the Kingdom of Locke, and you will possess your rightful territory. Now, please join me in swearing an oath!"

"You will be forever loyal to the Kingdom of Locke! Loyal to the King and his rightful heir, you will defend the King's power to the death! And fight for the great cause of the kingdom!"

Upon hearing this, Li Wei quickly cleared his mind of all distractions and joined in the oath. At this moment, one shouldn't overthink things; just follow along.

(End of this chapter)