A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

The buyer swallowed hard and said, "You want to cause trouble?!"

Li Wei laughed and said, "If you don't want your eyes, I can gouge them out for you and donate them to those who need them. If you really want me to cause trouble, I can smash your head in before the guards arrive."

Looking at Li Weina's mocking expression, the buyer felt a little uneasy. He often maliciously lowered the purchase price to make a profit, but his success in lowering the price was based on the premise that the other party was easy to bully.

Kaku Village, as one of the kingdom's "starter villages," holds a rather special status. The kingdom has stationed three squads of soldiers there, and ordinary novice adventurers are simply easy prey when they encounter these guards, so they dare not cause trouble in the village. In addition, he pays tribute to the squad leaders of the three squads every month, and the two sides have formed an alliance of interests. The guards turn a blind eye to his malicious undercutting, which is why he dares to do such things without restraint.

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But now, the buyer knows he's met a tough opponent. Li Wei's equipment is quite sophisticated, and he doesn't look like a novice adventurer. He's probably rich and powerful.

The buyer quickly put on a smiling face and said, "Let's talk this out, let's talk this out. I'll check the goods right away."

The buyer quickly spread out the spoils that Li Wei had placed on the table and began to examine them carefully.

While the Shield Hero's weapon severely lacks active offensive skills, it possesses a support ability that the other three weapons do not have. The Shield Hero's shield can improve the quality of loot to a certain extent. Whether it is materials dropped by monsters, ores mined, or plant materials collected, they can all be upgraded by two to three levels from the original level.

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The buyer carefully examined the materials, becoming increasingly surprised. The spoils that Li Wei had brought out for sale were of far superior quality to those of the novices, both in terms of appearance and completeness.

"I really misjudged this time. I'll buy as many of these things as you have," the buyer said.

After meticulously categorizing the spoils, the buyer quickly calculated on papyrus. After a while, he looked up and said, "All of this adds up to a total of 4 copper coins."

Li Wei nodded. Although the materials he collected were of quite high quality, that was about all the monsters that could drop from beginners; there weren't any particularly valuable materials.

Even if the shield's special ability can improve the quality of the materials, a stone, no matter how much it is improved, is still just a stone and will not turn into gold.

The price offered by the buyers is already quite good. Li Wei's original expectation was that he would be lucky to get ten silver coins.

"You know your stuff." Li Wei took the small money pouch from the buyer, weighed it in his hand, and said with satisfaction.

Chapter 1. The Gap

After leaving the merchant's shop, the three headed out of the village. At this time, a large number of adventurers were heading out of the village.

This world is similar to games in many ways. Even if an adventurer is not talented, as long as they keep hunting monsters and gaining experience, they can become stronger by improving their physical attributes and magical abilities through leveling up.

Lisia said to Liwei, "At your current leveling speed, Brave One, we'll only be here for two days at most. Once you reach around level 10, you'll start getting an experience penalty when you kill the monsters here."

Raphtalia asked curiously from the side, "What is the experience penalty?"

Lishia explained, "After adventurers level up, they need to constantly challenge stronger monsters to continue leveling up. The experience gained from crushing weaker monsters is very small; even hunting a large number of low-level monsters doesn't yield as much experience as defeating a monster of similar level. Therefore, adventurers in Kaku Village leave after reaching a certain level to challenge stronger monsters elsewhere."

“I see, I’ve learned something new,” Raphtalia said.

Through Levi's connection, Raphtalia learned about her level and abilities. Ordinary adventurers would need to access the Dragon Hourglass to see their level, attributes, skills, and status. However, the hero's companions could see their status directly from the hero's "game perspective."

Raphtalia has now reached level 10 and gained a spell-like ability called "Backstab". When attacking from behind, she can ignore the target's armor to a certain extent and deal damage several times the damage of a normal attack.

Raphtalia's agility is already greater than that of humans, making this ability very suitable for her.

After walking for about ten minutes, the pedestrians arrived at the place where they had previously leveled up. When the three of them arrived, they could already see many adventurers on the plain.

Although the monsters on the plains are the weakest of all monsters, their sheer number still poses a considerable danger to novice adventurers. Therefore, apart from a few who are absolutely confident in their abilities, most people choose to team up.

Even a temporary team, lacking sufficient understanding and trust among members, is better than an individual fighting alone.

In just one morning, Li Wei raised his level to level 1, and Raphtalia also raised her level to level 2. This area no longer held much value for Li Wei.

Li Wei's senses expanded outwards, allowing him to perceive the current state of the three hero teams. His level was now higher than the other three heroes. Furthermore, unlike Naofumi Iwatani in the original story, his team didn't lack offensive capabilities. Unlike Iwatani, who had to endure a series of setbacks and harbor hatred for this world to unleash his full power.

When Li Weibei left, he encountered the Spear Warrior, Xingren, who was resting.

"Oh, it's a shield! How's the upgrade efficiency... What's going on? Why is your level higher than mine?!" Kitamura Motoyasu looked incredulous.

Li Wei said calmly, "Just keep killing monsters, isn't that a simple thing?"

“Uh…” Kitamura Motoyasu didn’t know what to say. Logically speaking, the weapon that Li Wei possessed was one of the worst, and in his opinion, it would be difficult for him to stand out. However, Li Wei had now surpassed him, which was why he was so surprised.

Li Wei glanced at Kitamura Motoyasu's companions, all of whom were women. It has to be said that the title of Spear Hero is quite effective, but this is also related to the fact that he has toned down his charm.

If Li Wei hadn't suppressed his charm, the situation would be quite different now.

Li Wei said, "What's going on? With so many nannies, your level is only 4?"

Upon hearing Li Wei's words, Kitamura Motoyasu looked embarrassed, while McGrady, out of his teammate's sight, wore a mocking expression.

Maddie originally planned to stay by Levi's side and remain calm, but at Levi's suggestion, she went to Kitamura Motoyasu's side. She then discovered that, just as Levi had said, Kitamura Motoyasu was an easily controlled idiot, and the other companions were blindly obedient to him. Although they had only spent a few days together, Maddie was already confident that she could firmly control this spear-wielding hero...

Kitamura Motoyasu said, "The monsters here are much smarter than I imagined. They are completely different from the stupid AI in the game. Once they realize that they can't beat them, these monsters will run away. So, it took me a lot of time just to chase after them."

Li Wei said, "The weapon in your hand is enough to guarantee your offensive capabilities. At the very least, it's stronger than my shield, right?"

Kitamura Motoyasu frowned and said, "Shouldn't I be the one asking this question? Why are you leveling up so fast? The level difference between us has widened to 4 levels."

Li Wei glanced around and spotted a group of monsters clustered together.

Li Wei pointed his shield at the area densely packed with monsters, and the simple little shield instantly transformed into a magnificent golden giant shield. The front of the shield shone brightly, and dozens of golden, gleaming giant bulls charged out from the front of the shield, rushing wildly towards the monster horde.

The two sides were separated by hundreds of meters, but the giant bull was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it had reached the target area. Then, a violent explosion of 4 ohms rang out, a mushroom cloud rose slowly, and all the monsters at the epicenter were reduced to ashes.

Li Wei said calmly, "Although this shield lacks the ability to launch an offensive attack, it is still quite capable of clearing maps in PvE."

Kitamura Motoyasu swallowed hard, cold sweat trickling down his forehead. This kind of physical output ability was actually called a lack of proactive offensive ability. He felt that he must not have woken up yet, to the point that he was hallucinating.

Raphtalia and Lisia were already used to it. Although Levi usually wielded a hammer and smashed monsters, his damage output was nowhere near that of the legendary Shield Hero. Levi's damage output was equivalent to that of a small team on his own.

Chapter 1. Impotent Rage

The loud explosion drew the attention of other adventurers in the distance, but the scale of the explosion suggested it was caused by a high-level mage, so the novice adventurers dared not approach rashly.

Kitamura Motoyasu's smile almost crumbled, and he said with a distorted expression, "This is a joke, right? This must be my hallucination, no doubt about it, this must be a hallucination!"

Kitamura Motoyasu was incredibly proud. As the wielder of the Four Sacred Weapons, he felt he was the chosen one, the only one who deserved to possess the weapon. But now, the shield of the defeated was being used against him, a stark contrast that he couldn't accept.

Kitamura Motoyasu looked at the explosion marks in the distance. At the epicenter of the explosion, a huge crater had appeared, its inner walls made of a glassy substance fired at high temperatures, demonstrating just how terrifying the temperature of the explosion had been.

Kitamura Motoyasu said with a serious expression, "Are you really the Shield Hero? Can a shield really do something so exaggerated?"

Behind Kitamura Motoyasu, Maddie, from an angle unseen by others, revealed a mocking expression. Through spending the past few days together, she had grasped the characteristics of Kitamura Motoyasu's personality. Kitamura Motoyasu was an easy person to fool, and also someone who liked to fantasize and didn't want to accept reality.

Moreover, Kitamura Motoyasu has a rather poor ability to adapt. If a plan is made but something goes wrong, he will be at a loss and the whole team will be in trouble. Now she is playing the role of the strategist.

Maddie knew it was time for her to speak up. Arrogant people like Kitamura Motoyasu often offended people unintentionally with their words, and she didn't want Li Wei to mistakenly think she was in cahoots with Kitamura Motoyasu.

McGrady gently tugged at Kitamura Motoyasu's arm, signaling him to remain silent for the moment.

McGrady smiled and said, "Shield Hero, if you have other important matters to attend to, we won't disturb you any longer. After all, now is the time to focus on leveling up. There's still half a month until the next wave of invasion. We hope that Shield Hero can continue to show his prowess during the wave."

Kitamura Motoyasu was somewhat unconvinced, but McGrady held his wrist tightly. McGrady's level was much higher than his now, and Kitamura Motoyasu was not at an advantage in strength. He really couldn't break free from McGrady's restraint for a while.

Li Wei nodded and said, "I hope you can also achieve good results with Inspur. I look forward to your performance."

Li Wei ignored Kitamura Motoyasu's incompetent rage. Compared to Amaki Ren and Kawasumi Itsuki, Kitamura Motoyasu was truly useless, and this uselessness was reflected in many aspects.

According to Li Wei, an individual's abilities consist of multiple components: subconsciousness, metacognition, deep learning ability, associative thinking ability, self-control, focus, learning ability, action ability, emotional intelligence, and awareness. While these psychological branches may seem trivial to an observer, they can explain an individual's current state and abilities in great detail. In Li Wei's view, Kitamura Motoyasu has obvious deficiencies in all these aspects.

First, there's the subconscious aspect. Kitamura Motoyasu subconsciously treats this world as a game, often reacting only after the fact. This causes him to unconsciously lag behind when facing other heroes. Furthermore, his subconscious abilities are flawed. In the original storyline, Kitamura Motoyasu exhibited numerous sleepwalking-like actions, enough to leave viewers completely bewildered. Moreover, Kitamura Motoyasu lacks deep learning abilities; the Four Sacred Weapons' spears, in his hands, never unleashed their true power.

Leaving aside his ability to make connections between ideas, in the original storyline, Kitamura Motoyasu was toyed with by McGrady like a dog, which shows that his ability to make connections between ideas was quite limited.

Then there's self-control, focus, learning ability, and action. Kitamura Motoyasu is also very poor in these areas. His self-control is almost negative, and he lacks focus and learning ability. He's also someone who doesn't learn from his mistakes. He knows his problems but can't correct them, and he can be said to have no action.

Furthermore, Kitamura Motoyasu has extremely poor control over his emotions. Just now, Li Wei only showed a small part of his skills, but Kitamura saw the gap between them and became resentful. Moreover, he couldn't control his emotions; if McGrady hadn't held him back, he would have dared to argue with Li Wei.

As for awareness, Kitamura Motoyasu was completely unaware of his own mission, spending his days in a daze. Compared to Li Wei and the other two heroes, he was still at the bottom in terms of awareness.

The more Li Wei observed Kitamura Motoyasu, the more unbelievable it seemed. What kind of thing was the Four Sacred Weapons Book that he had brought over? In the original story, Kitamura Motoyasu played a crucial role in the Three Heroes Cult's attempt to eliminate the three heroes of this generation. The higher-ups of the Three Heroes Cult realized that there was no point in having much hope for someone as mentally challenged as Kitamura Motoyasu.

Getting rid of the defective Three Heroes of this generation and summoning a brand new set of Three Heroes was arguably the only thing the Three Heroes Cult could do at the time. In this respect, Li Wei could understand the Pope of the Three Heroes Cult. If he were in that position, he would have made the same choice as the Pope.

Just after Li Wei left, Kitamura Motoyasu broke free from McGrady's grasp and shouted, "McGrady! What are you doing? Why are you stopping me? It's just a mere shield!"

Maddie wore an apologetic expression, but inwardly wanted to complain. She said, "I'm very sorry, Lord Motoyasu. In that situation, I had no choice but to stop you. After all, even we couldn't contend with the power wielded by the Shield Hero. If a conflict broke out, we would be the ones who would suffer in the end."

Kitamura Motoyasu looked incredulous. In his view, McGrady was a master who was about to reach the level of advancement, but it was illogical that such a high-level being would be afraid of Li Wei, a defensive class that was only at level 1.

Kitamura Motoyasu's expression twisted as he exclaimed, "How is this possible?! How could a mere loser class that uses a shield possess such power?!"

Maddie inwardly despised Kitamura Motoyasu. Kitamura had been summoned relatively late and hadn't witnessed Levi's massive star fleet, hence his ignorance was bliss. The other adventurers present were also unaware of the situation at the time.

The sheer size of the fleet had a profound psychological impact on her and everyone present. The king had also issued a gag order, declaring that anyone who dared to leak the information would be executed if discovered.

Chapter 1. Disappointment

Kitamura Motoyasu grew angrier and angrier, and with that rage, he raised his hand and slapped McGrady across the face. McGrady was extremely agile, being a near-level expert, and in terms of pure agility, he was far superior to Kitamura Motoyasu.

As a result, Kitamura Motoyasu's slap missed its mark, and because he used too much force, he lost his balance, tripped over his left foot with his right foot, and fell heavily to the ground, his face hitting a stone.

With a dull thud, Kitamura Motoyasu's face was cut by a sharp rock, and the other members around him were stunned by the sight.

"Ahhh! My face!" Kitamura Motoyasu scrambled to his feet, his left cheek bearing a huge gash with flesh torn open and blood gushing out.

The others around them snapped out of their daze and rushed over to help.

“Lord Motoyasu, please don’t move. We will heal the wounds on your face and make sure there are no scars.” A female spellcaster knelt down next to Kitamura Motoyasu.

However, Kitamura Motoyasu was in a state of rage and completely ignored the spellcaster's good intentions. Disregarding that the other party was a woman, he pushed her to the ground and thrust the spear in his hand toward Maddie.

"McGrady! Don't move!" Kitamura Motoyasu thrust his spear toward McGrady's arm.

Maddie frowned slightly, her disgust for Kitamura Motoyasu intensifying. She had done something terribly wrong; she had helped Kitamura resolve the crisis, but Kitamura had inexplicably attacked her.

The spear of the Four Saints is no ordinary weapon. Being hit by such a weapon, even a slight scratch, is unpleasant. Yet Kitamura Motoyasu repays kindness with enmity, not only trying to slap her but also attempting to stab her arm.

Maddie was also annoyed. She had originally wanted to use Kitamura Motoyasu to achieve her own interests, but she didn't expect that Kitamura Motoyasu, who was a hopeless case, would start causing trouble now.