Li Wei's tone was righteous and awe-inspiring. At this moment, he was like the protagonist in a model opera, giving people a sense of greatness and righteousness.

Mirelia breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Li Wei's words. Her earlier statement was actually directed at Li Wei; she wanted to know his specific attitude. After all, the enemy's strength was formidable, and she wasn't sure if Li Wei had any way to defeat them. That's why she had probed him like this.

Li Wei noticed Mirelia's unease. If Melty hadn't been there, the two of them wouldn't have been so formal in their conversations, and they could have said anything without the current restraint.

Li Wei said, "I made a promise with you that I will definitely solve the problem of the Tide. I also made a promise with that child Raphtalia to help her rebuild her homeland. If the Tide is not solved, even if her homeland is rebuilt, there is a possibility that it will be destroyed by the Tide again. So, I will definitely solve the problem of the Tide. You can rest assured about that."

Mirelia nodded. Levi had made his stance clear, and she was quite satisfied with the answer.

Melty glanced at her mother, then at Levi. She sensed that the relationship between the two was not so simple. Standing together, they inexplicably gave off a feeling of being a perfect match.

Melty felt something was off; she sensed her mother's attitude towards Levi was a little too intimate. But the kingdom needed the hero's power to save it, so she had to ignore any problems for now.

Li Wei said, "I have to rush back to the Demi-human Autonomous Territory. I promised to help them rebuild their homes, and I always keep my word. The people there are still waiting for me, so please allow me to take my leave."

Mirelia smiled gently and said, "I know you have a lot to do. If there's anything I can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask."

Li Wei laughed and said, "If such a time comes, I won't be polite."

Levi's figure vanished from their sight. This teleportation ability, which allowed them to completely avoid any magical fluctuations, left Melty with a shocked expression.

After a long while, Melty, having regained her senses, looked at her mother and said, "He's a truly mysterious man, but for now, we can only place our hopes on him."

Chapter 1. Reconstruction Work

Li Wei used divine communication to notify Licia and the others, who were still inside the palace and had not left. Li Wei's conversation with the Queen didn't take much time, mainly because Melty was present. If Melty hadn't been there, he would have had a more in-depth conversation with Mirelia before heading to the Demi-human Autonomous Territory the next day. However, plans were subject to change; with Melty as a third wheel, his time alone with Mirelia was ruined. Therefore, it was better to go directly to the Demi-human Autonomous Territory and complete his tasks as quickly as possible.

Li Wei waited for them in the room. The two birds returned in no time. They had been in the palace for a while and were familiar with it. Although they were not as familiar as the palace ladies and maids, they did not get lost, which is why they were able to return so quickly.

Lishia noticed Levi's somewhat strange expression and asked, "My lord, has the conversation with Her Majesty the Queen ended?"

Li Wei said, "Well, there's not much to say. I'm planning to return to the Demi-human Autonomous Territory now."

Just then, a faint fluorescent light suddenly emanated from Philo's body. The light grew brighter and brighter until it enveloped the entire room.

"Pee-yo! Yo!...-Waaaaa!!!"

The original bird calls were replaced by the lively and clear voice of a girl.

When the light faded, a lovely girl with long golden hair and a pair of small white wings on her back appeared before the three of them.

The little girl was completely naked, and her bewildered expression gave her a naturally naive and innocent look.

Li Wei snapped his fingers, and a well-fitting outfit was slipped onto her body.

"What's wrong with me? Huh? Me?" Philo looked at her hands, a puzzled expression on her face.

Not only her, but also Lysia and Raphtalia beside her had expressions of surprise as if they were looking at a peep show.

Li Wei remained calm and said, "The transformation speed is much faster than I expected, and the Holy Shield's effect on bloodline purification is higher than I anticipated."

"Filo?" Raphtalia said in disbelief, carefully placing her hands on Filo's shoulders.

Philo looked puzzled and said, "How did I become human? And I can speak human language?"

Filo also reached out and pinched Raphtalia's cheek. The two little girls, who looked to be about the same age, huddled together, as if they were playing around.

Lisia was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time. The Filo bird had actually transformed into human form. This was the first time she had ever seen such a thing.

Some of the high-level, powerful monsters, or even the legendary monsters of later times, are special beings who can transform themselves into human form and blend into human society.

But that's something only exceptionally powerful monsters can do. Although Philo is quite strong now, and her raw strength has surpassed what's expected of her level, her level is far from the target for change. That's why she was so surprised.

Li Wei said, "The nobles of the Philo bird are able to transform into human form ahead of time. After all, there are still many secrets of this race that have not been discovered by humans. Ordinary people just use the Philo bird as a tool, but they don't know that this special magical creature, if properly nurtured, can have considerable strength in each individual."

The Philo bird is an existence with extremely high and low limits, so Li Wei wouldn't be surprised by anything that might happen.

Li Wei looked at Lisia and said, "From now on, I'll have to ask you to take some time to teach Philo about the human world. Now that she has a human form, she deserves the respect due to an individual. I don't plan to have Philo pull the carriage anymore."

"Huh?! Why can't we pull a horse-drawn carriage?!" Philo looked shocked.

“Because you’re a person now, and pulling a horse-drawn carriage is not a respectable job for a girl,” Li Wei said with a smile.

The nobles of this world would have a perverse sense of humor by making their slaves pull carts, and they would even deliberately add weight to the carts to make it more difficult for the slaves to pull them. Li Wei did not have such a perverse sense of humor, which is why he said that.

Philo's transformation into human form was just a minor incident for Li Wei. After making preparations for his departure, Li Wei greeted the palace ladies outside the room and then used teleportation to leave the palace with the three girls.

After returning to the demi-human autonomous territory, Li Wei, as if playing a simulation management game, directed the numerous demi-humans to gradually rebuild Lafheim.

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The village used to be quite chaotic because it lacked a unified plan. Now, Li Wei had a design in his mind. He used magic to transfer the plan onto paper and gave it to the village's construction workers so they could take a look.

The construction workers were all local villagers. They had no objections to the city-like planning map that Li Wei had made. After all, most of the houses had been destroyed, and the place where construction was to begin was just a wasteland. There was no issue of demolition. After confirming that there were no problems with the blueprints, the construction began.

The issue of raw materials was resolved by Li Wei, who established a brick factory and a timber processing plant outside the village, allowing him to source raw materials locally and saving time wasted on transportation.

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With Li Wei's overall command and coordination, and the provision of some small assistance to the construction workers, Lafheim was rebuilt in just half a month. All the villagers received a beautiful house. At the same time, taking advantage of this opportunity, the villagers also built a windbreak wall on the seaward side of the village to prevent the fierce sea wind from causing the temperature on this side of the village to drop too much.

The windbreak wall was built in preparation for winter. Due to the high latitude, the coastline of this part of the kingdom is warm all year round, except for a few areas near the equator. The further north you go, the more extreme the temperature becomes.

That is why the villagers took this opportunity to build various windbreak facilities.

Li Wei stood on the hillside, looking down at the village that had been completed, and nodded in satisfaction.

Beside Li Wei was Ohm, the acting village chief. The reconstruction work was going very smoothly, and Ohm played an important role in it. His coordination and overall planning skills ensured that the instructions Li Wei gave were well executed. It was precisely because of this that he gained the approval of all the villagers. In two days, after the handover ceremony, he would be able to officially become the village chief.

Ohm said excitedly, "Sir, your skill in architecture is truly remarkable. Everyone is very satisfied with the rebuilt house. Now, only the interior furniture and decorations are missing, but we will find a way to solve these problems ourselves."

Chapter 1. Six Months Have Passed

After the reconstruction of the village was completed, Li Wei sent Heda, the lord of the autonomous territory, to inspect it.

Heda brought a group of local officials to conduct a day-long inspection. Then, they acted like local villagers, shouting and yelling from time to time.

However, this is quite normal, because the village that Li Wei rebuilt has far surpassed the urban areas of other regions within the autonomous territory in terms of both practicality and aesthetic appeal. After reconstruction, or rather, after expansion, the originally simple village has been transformed into a livable town.

After proving his capabilities in architecture and planning, the local officials believed that it was far better to have Levi, the Shield Hero, take charge of the reconstruction work than for them, a bunch of roughnecks, to roll up their sleeves and get to work themselves.

Thus, Livy's reconstruction work throughout the entire autonomous domain began to unfold gradually.

Interestingly, after its reconstruction, Lafheim became a famous tourist attraction within the dominion, drawing visitors from other regions to this beautiful town full of life.

While Li Wei was busy rebuilding the demi-human autonomous territory, Mirelia was also extremely busy. Knowing that Li Wei might leave soon, she felt that she didn't have enough time, so she dragged the people around her into a state of overtime hell, working hard all day long on the industrialization of the kingdom.

However, with Li Wei's behind-the-scenes support, the industrialization of the kingdom has been relatively smooth. Several factories built outside the capital have become new profit centers for the royal family, and the nobles who invested in them have also made a fortune.

As a result, nobles in various regions began to feel envious. Factories could not only provide job opportunities for ordinary people in the area, but also bring sufficient profits to the nobles themselves. It could be said that a factory could revitalize the economy of a region.

As it turned out, factories were far more profitable than traditional plantations. The power of example is immense. As a result, the nobles, who were originally strongly opposed to industrialization, completely changed their attitude and became staunch supporters of industrialization.

As time went on, an industrialization boom swept through the kingdom, and nobles, lured by profits, began building factories on their own territories.

However, what these nobles didn't know was that Mirelia had already dug a trap in front of them. Because Mirelia had Levi, she had an absolute advantage in both raw materials and technology.

In a market competition, the goods produced by the factories of the nobility would be completely uncompetitive and would be destined to be eliminated by competition from the moment they left the factory.

Mirelia, however, would not kindly remind those nobles that the market is risky and investment should be approached with caution. Once those nobles have spent seven-tenths of their wealth, waiting for the products to bring them high profits, Mirelia will use various means to crush the competitors' factories, thus bankrupting those nobles.

When those nobles go bankrupt, they will inevitably be in debt, and that will be Mirelia's opportunity. She will have the Shadow Organization members use various identities to seize the land held by the nobles.

Of course, this is a long-term endeavor, and you won't see much progress in a short time, so Mirelia is now personally teaching Melty how to scam people.

Mirelia knew that Melty's weakness was her soft heart, so she was deliberately training Melty. To become a queen, one often had to learn to be hard-hearted.

Time passed day by day, and half a year flew by. On Li Wei's side, in addition to his daily work, he would spend a certain amount of time every day infiltrating the stronghold of those elf-like beings, using his divine sense to erase the divine sense imprint left by the Flame Demon God inside the bell. This was a task that required patience and could not be rushed.

But Li Wei had already seen the light of success. Give him some more time, and he would be able to completely take possession of that clock.

Through the information provided by the system and his own in-depth exploration of the bell, he gradually understood how to use this magical artifact. This bell is extremely powerful; once it is rung, it can influence the fundamental constants of the universe to a certain extent, creating a home field that is absolutely advantageous to him.

This is just the most basic method of using the Great Bell. By striking the Great Bell in different ways, one can grant various buffs to oneself while inflicting various debuffs on enemies...

What surprised Li Wei the most was that the bell was somewhat like a man-eating plant. Activating the bell could trap enemies inside and then "digest" them. The power gained from digestion would then be fed back to the holder of the magical artifact.

It can be said that this is a magical artifact that combines offense and defense. Although its abilities overlap to some extent with the golden armor that Li Wei already possesses, this special artifact, which has the ability to control the field, buff and debuff, and can directly devour the opponent, is icing on the cake for Li Wei.

No one would complain about having too many powerful magical artifacts. Li Wei himself used the golden armor made from "essence of gold," which had an almost insane defensive capability, but its function was relatively simple. The arrival of this magical artifact can be seen as making up for Li Wei's lack of offensive magical artifacts.

Although Li Wei possessed numerous supernatural abilities, it wasn't easy for these abilities to be effective against opponents of similar levels, or even in battles against opponents of higher levels. However, magical artifacts like the Great Bell could compensate for his weakness in "magical power."

Because he couldn't acquire the magical artifact for a long time, Mirelia had more time to teach Melty. Now, aside from matters related to Mirelia, Levi no longer cared about worldly affairs; even how to torment the Spear Hero Kitamura Motoyasu and cause Melty's mental breakdown were no longer on his mind.

After all, compared to the tangible purple-grade magic weapon in front of them, extracting points from the two people was no longer important. The top priority for Li Wei was to acquire the magic weapon as soon as possible.

Over the course of six months, Melty had matured and her political skills had become more refined, while Mirelia began to retreat into the background. Although Mirelia hadn't officially abdicated, Melty had gradually taken over the decision-making role. Mirelia would only offer limited guidance from behind the scenes, while also being vigilant to prevent any untoward mischief from Melty's side. Mirelia was now prepared to leave with Levi.

Chapter 1. Acquiring the Magical Treasure

Inside the Queen's bedroom in the royal palace, Li Wei and the Queen enjoyed a tender moment of solitude together.

Mirelia nestled in Li Wei's arms, her face still flushed with a lingering blush.

Mirelia's voice sounded a little nasal at this moment as she said, "I've made all the preparations. Melty is ready to succeed me. I can finally retire."

As the Queen, she holds the power of life and death over all the people in the country. Although it feels good to have such great power, it comes at a price, and that price is her own emotions. As the Queen, she must prioritize the interests of the country, so her personal interests must sometimes be sacrificed.

But now that she can step down as queen, it means she has regained relative freedom and has more options in certain matters concerning herself.

“Melty is quite talented; she has grown to what she is now in just six months,” Levi said, putting his arm around Mirelia.

Mirelia sighed and said, "My only worry is about McGrady. I don't want to see the two of them kill each other, but I also don't want to kill McGrady directly, after all, they are both my daughters."

This situation put Mirelia in a difficult position. After all, both sides were her flesh and blood, and helping either side would hurt the other. Perhaps Melty was not the perfect heir to the throne, but even if she were to hand over the throne to her cousin's child, she would not hand it over to Maddie, because Maddie was truly unsuitable to be a ruler.

Mirelia discovered this when McGrady was very young: McGrady was quite narrow-minded and held grudges.

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