Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 440 The Formation of the Imperial Guard

At this moment, Li Wei picked up two more five-star professional cards from his cloak: a five-star hunter card and a five-star fisherman card.

I'm so disappointed I didn't get a Ranger card.

Next up is a set of five-star enchanted light armor, not too damaged, which is good.

These items alone would already fetch over 200,000 gold on the market, but that's not all. This Neanderthal archer is clearly a wealthy individual, after all, the fact that he forced Li Wei to use a five-star enchanted tower shield to block a fatal arrow is enough to prove his strength.

This guy isn't weak; he just had bad luck running into Li Wei.

"Good heavens, 45000 barbarian gold coins, that's a real treasure."

Li Wei whistled happily. The biggest difference between barbarian gold coins and standard gold coins is that barbarian gold coins contain a wisp of pure magic power. 45000 barbarian gold coins can extract about 450 units of pure magic power, which can even be used to build mage towers.

This is also the main reason why Li Wei wants to unlock the purple card.

Deposit these barbarian gold coins into the resource card one by one. Well, it can only be done manually because there is no tax department to pay taxes, so personal accounts cannot be used. It is impossible for these barbarian gold coins to turn into golden light and disappear with a single thought.

Finally, Li Wei obtained five five-star Heaven-Covering Cards and two four-star resource cards. The former's usefulness is self-evident; in a magical setting, everyone who uses it will praise it.

As for resource cards, most of them contain semi-finished components for making traps, or traps that are already assembled and ready to be deployed. Neanderthals love traps the most.

Li Wei also likes it.

However, he was always quite curious. To be honest, the overall combat strength of the Neanderthals was not weaker than that of the people here. Why did they like to carry so many traps with them? And whenever they set up camp or defended, they would lay traps all around them, as if they had some kind of persecution complex.

Is it because the fragments of the magical continent on the Neanderthal side are too dangerous?
The thought that crossed Li Wei's mind caused her to develop a slight paranoia.

Ok……

Looking at the other resource card, it contains a considerable amount of supplies: Life Potions, Stamina Potions, Spirit Potions, Life Magic Bandages, 20 tons of clean water, 50 one-star Rock Cakes, 30 Neanderthal Wines?, 10 frozen two-star quality large fish, 50 frozen shrimp, 500 kilograms of some kind of beast meat? Or maybe Tyrannosaurus Rex hind leg meat?, various unfamiliar one-star vegetables, strange mushrooms, unfamiliar insects, insect eggs, pupae, and a giant goose egg?
The days were quite fulfilling.

The food problem can be temporarily solved.

This includes Li Wei's own food.

Because high-quality food keeps you full longer.

For example, a bowl of one-star quality meat porridge will keep you full all day as long as you're not working.

Li Wei didn't need these refugees to do anything next; with the mountains blocked by heavy snow, what was the point?

So, a meal of one-star meat porridge a day is enough to get through it.

It is worth mentioning that the Neanderthals' rock-shaped flatbread held an important place, much like the large loaves of bread, steamed buns, and dumplings of Homo sapiens.

Li Wei had obtained rock-shaped flatbreads from the Necromancer's purple card more than once. Each one was as big as an eight-immortal table, incredibly hard, and he had no idea how they were baked. But if you smashed them with a hammer and soaked them in meat broth, wow, they were indeed delicious.

That's why Homo sapiens and Neanderthals are said to be related; their eating habits are so similar.

In addition, Homo sapiens have aged soups that can be passed down for generations, and Neanderthals have rock cakes that can also be passed down for generations.

These are all recorded in the book "Three Thousand Questions of Neanderthals," which Li Wei bought for 500 gold coins.

In short, the food crisis has been resolved.

The only remaining problem is the heating crisis. If all else fails, we might as well burn the one-star and two-star logs in our resource cards as firewood.

Li Wei grinned and said, "Fine, if all else fails, we'll just put one fire crystal in each wooden hut."

Next, he called out Chris and his five men. Although he didn't want to admit it, they were indeed the best of the worst, the most outstanding so far.

Especially since they've all become his staunch supporters, he can't just ignore them.

In the dead of winter, while other things can't be done, training can't be relaxed.

"Sir, we also want to participate in the training."

As Chris and his group of five were called out, a dozen soldiers followed them out of the cabin. They were all soldiers who had been stationed at Gale Fortress, belonging to the third-line troops. They had been selected once or twice and spent their lives wandering around in the three-star base, with no worries about food or clothing and no pressure. They were quite carefree and content.

But now, perhaps influenced by the buff of unity, or perhaps by the change brought about by the +1 sanity, everyone has suddenly become more positive and optimistic.

Li Wei couldn't help but laugh. In reality, there aren't that many geniuses. It's just about being stricter with yourself, being ruthless with yourself, having great perseverance and determination, not being afraid of hardship and fatigue, accumulating knowledge and experience, and eventually succeeding.

That's what a genius needs.

"Okay! Anyone else want to train together?"

Li Wei shouted, and suddenly over two hundred people poured out. Almost all the men who were still in their prime, over ten years old, came out, along with many strong women, and even some old men. This scene startled Li Wei himself. "No way," he thought, "is this some kind of powerful 'united as one's own' buff?"

Is the +1 sanity effect really that good?

At this moment, Li Wei felt as if he were back in his hometown, surrounded by the atmosphere of "A young man who does not study hard will regret it when he is old," "A skill in hand ensures a comfortable life," "A young man who does not work hard will regret it when he is old," and "One is never too old to learn."

Being stupid is not a problem; what's a problem is not keeping up with the cognitive level.

Li Wei wanted to persuade some of the people to go back, since food was already scarce and training required sufficient food replenishment.

But looking into those eyes, they were all his die-hard fans. Even though he looked down on them, they were still his die-hard fans. Sigh!
"Don't rush, there are too many people to train together. From now on, you will be divided into four groups, and each group will train once every four days. Um, remember which group you are in..."

Li Wei shouted and persuaded some of the more than 300 people who had run out to leave. Those who were too young were not allowed, and those who were too old were not unacceptable, but the cost-effectiveness had to be considered. In the end, it was decided that they should be between 15 and 45 years old. Sigh, at worst, we can just open two more purple cards.

There's no need to refuse. Besides, we don't expect them all to be soldiers. They can do other things too, like studying. You're never too old to learn!

Ultimately, 280 people were selected, who were the most able-bodied among the refugees. Most of them were men, but there were also some women. They were treated equally without any preferential treatment.

The first day of training involved 70 people, but Li Wei didn't rush into training. Instead, he set up a large pot, took out a rock-shaped flatbread, a frozen fish, some green vegetables, mushrooms, and some wriggling insects that looked like shrimp. This stuff looked disgusting, but tasted incredibly delicious.

Li Wei didn't lift a finger himself, but called over a few aunties who were usually in charge of cooking and directed them to make it. Before, during the forced march, there was no way to do it because there was no time or resources. Now that there was time and resources, of course he had to learn. It didn't matter if he couldn't cook it well. No matter how well he cooked the two-star or one-star ingredients, it would only turn out to be one-star meat porridge.

After the food was cooked, Li Wei treated all seventy people who participated in the training to a big meal.

Training requires proper nutrition.

After they had eaten and rested for half an hour, Li Wei distributed two-meter-long wooden sticks to each of them, then took out the training manual from the Wells Academy and started with the most basic movements. One word: practice.

After practicing long spearmanship, move on to melee sword and shield coordination, and after that, practice dual-wielding.

The goal is not to master a certain number of weapons, but to master the body as much as possible, to become proficient in it, to exert force accurately, to know how to exert force, and ultimately to ensure that one can apply the knowledge to any weapon.

It sounds like a high requirement, and yes, it is a high requirement for ordinary people, but for professionals who start with three or two stars, this is just basic operation.

Of course, Chris and the other four needed to have a special training course, which they had to practice every day. That course was to set up traps outside the camp. Li Wei took out a thousand one-star and two-star traps and asked the five of them to figure out how to set them up. They were all at least forty years old and they were already at least hunters. How could they not be able to handle this?
And after a day of training, dinner is still a hearty meal of meat porridge.

All are happy.

Days passed by like this. Li Wei taught very seriously, and everyone who participated in the training was also extremely serious. They really cherished this opportunity. If they hadn't been strictly forbidden from doing so, they probably would have practiced every day.

Unfortunately, the practice wasn't very effective; the foundation was too weak, and aside from being hardworking and diligent, it was difficult to find any positive qualities to praise.

However, half a month later, Li Wei quietly opened another purple card because he felt that he had underestimated these people.

Although he explicitly ordered training every four days, their attitude was extraordinary.

How to put it? They're the kind of people who, even if you don't let them study, will still crawl into bed with a flashlight and study. They've started to play guerrilla warfare with you; it's pretty crazy.

So what reason does Li Wei have to refuse?
Let's officially begin training! We'll switch from training once every four days to training all day long.

Next, he regrouped the 280 men, removing Chris and five others, and first gathered fifty of the strongest men in all aspects, with the best height and arm length, to form the archer team.

Daily training involves archery, using dual-wielding weapons.

Then select another 150 men to form three heavy infantry units.

The last seventy-five men were assigned to the spearmen unit.

This grouping makes it more formal, but it also means there will be more training and learning involved.

It's not just about individual combat skills, but also about teamwork.

This is a completely new topic, and Li Wei doesn't really know much about it either, so he's taking this opportunity to explore it.

In addition, he is now actually looking forward to it.

If these 280 loyal followers can be trained, the significance will be far greater.

Putting everything else aside, in the Blazing Territory, apart from the nine River Knights, could the other soldiers' loyalty to him reach an average of 50?
The fundamental driving force behind the heavy cavalry and fortress garrison's obedience to command and their valiant fighting on the battlefield was, at least 80 percent, to protect their homeland.

This must be acknowledged!
Because this is logical and consistent with common sense.

On the contrary, his current unwavering loyalty is the most precious, rarest, and most irreplaceable!

(End of this chapter)