Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 93 Mud, Rotten Wood, Stubborn Rock (Eighth Update)

You can take the title of Skinner, but you cannot obtain the codename Skinner Fira.

[Your family contribution last month was 279 points, and you can settle 21 points this month, for a total of 30 standard gold coins. You also received settlements for other family assets. After deducting the corresponding taxes and operating costs, you received 3 standard gold coins. You cannot take any equipment or supplies from this world.]

[Based on all your actions, your plunder score in this world has reached 5.2. You served as the head of a household twice, and you received a total of 8% bonus to your completion rating. Your final plunder score is 5.616, and you have obtained a Wood-quality completion token.]

[Friendly reminder: During your vacation, you can participate in daily resource raiding side quests as a casual player (like the former player Missy). These quests usually only last three to six months. After completing them, you will receive Fragmented Rotten Wood Tokens. Collect ten Fragmented Rotten Wood Tokens to obtain a complete Rotten Wood Token. Combining the two will give you a Stone-quality Token.]

[Friendly reminder: You can also obtain more valuable resources by participating in war missions to strengthen your completion token.]

Welcome, future lord!

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In the blink of an eye, Fila was utterly astonished. Her evaluation was so low—rotten wood?

If she had known this would happen, she would have done more work instead of slacking off and taking advantage of others. She always thought that doing more work meant being taken advantage of...

"I...I refuse to accept this! I request a recalculation. There must be something wrong here. This shouldn't be happening. I...I've poured my heart and soul into this family. I've worked so hard to build it up. My husband left me such a huge inheritance. Your Excellency, please give me justice..."

Before Fila could finish speaking, she turned into a cloud of gray mist and disappeared from the world.

The Interior Minister, Night Owl, completely ignored her.

Penny and Leon were both dumbfounded. Fila's evaluation was so low, so was it really a good time to settle the mission now?
"Anyone else want to settle accounts? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Penny, you're better off than Fila. The Logistics Department is offering you an extra 10% completion rating. Do you want to settle it? Also, as long as you join the Logistics Department, you'll get a standard gold coin salary every month, even on vacation! To be honest, you won't get very good ratings in this newbie village mission anymore."

The female interior officer actually started trying to persuade Penny.

Is this really fair?
“Alright! I’ll settle the mission!” Penny pondered for a moment and finally made her decision. She was indeed very confident in herself. A craftsman who could make a two-star composite bow would surely be treated better than Fila.

Moreover, in this world, with the mission storyline having progressed to this point, the next thing that will likely be a conflict with the city of Kah. If a few more veteran players like Thomas were to appear, how would we possibly win?
The key issue is that she urgently needs to find a better organization, and that logistics department is quite good. She is still very worried about the threats Thomas made before.

"very good!"

The female interior officer, Night Owl, nodded and waved her hand in return.

In the blink of an eye, scenes from Penny's past experiences began to appear on the giant light screen formed from the gray mist. Eventually, all of this was frozen on the screen as lines of information.

You can take the title of Bow Maker, but you cannot obtain the codename of Bow Maker Penny.

[Your family contribution last month was 198 points, and this month you will receive 30 points, for a total of 21.8 standard gold coins. You also received settlements for other family assets. After deducting the corresponding taxes and operating costs, you received 3 standard gold coins. You cannot take any equipment or supplies from this world.]

[Based on all your actions, your plunder score in this world has reached 9.2. You served as the head of a household twice, earning a total of 9% bonus to your completion rating. With the additional 10%, your final plunder score is 10.948, and you have obtained a Stone-quality completion token.]

[Friendly reminder: During your vacation, you can participate in daily resource raiding missions as a solo player, or accept hired missions (like the former player Margaret). These missions usually last only three to six months. Upon completion, you will receive Fragmented Rotten Wood Tokens. Collect ten Fragmented Rotten Wood Tokens to obtain a complete Rotten Wood Token. Combining two Fragmented Rotten Wood Tokens will grant you a Stone-quality Token. Two Stone Tokens will grant you a Bronze Token.]

[Friendly reminder: You can also obtain more valuable resources by participating in war missions to strengthen your completion token.]

Welcome, future lord!

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Huh?
Even Penny can't collect a single bronze-quality pass token?
Li Wei frowned slightly, somewhat surprised, because Penny was much more diligent and capable of causing trouble than Fila. If she was like this, then what about herself?

At this moment, Penny was clearly quite surprised, but she quickly came to terms with it. She glanced back at Li Weiyi, smiled, and soon disappeared into the gray mist.

At this point, only Li Wei and Lyon remained.

The female interior officer first smiled and glanced at the silent Li Wei, then looked at Lyon, "Lyon, although it's regrettable to say this, you have to leave." "Why? I don't want to leave. I haven't made enough contributions yet."

Lyon spoke with conviction. Only now did he realize that he had made too many mistakes in the past few months, and had even been misled by that bitch Fira. He should have learned from George.

Why be so calculating? Why think that not letting others gain any advantage is a victory? Why can't we consider the bigger picture? Why forget that since it's a family, the first priority is to maintain the family. Competition is normal. Even brothers need to keep clear accounts, and sisters fight too, but that doesn't mean you can incite outsiders to harm your own siblings...

If he were given a fresh start—no, starting next month—he could work fully with George. George is the boss; he'd listen to whatever George says…

"Oh, I'm sorry, my dear. Fila and Penny were able to leave with dignity because other departments were willing to take them in. But you, since you haven't even had the chance to be the head of a household in the past nine months, you can be forced to settle your mission. Don't struggle anymore. You'll also have a six-month leave, and then you'll be thrown into the war instance as a lowly soldier. Of course, you still have the freedom to choose to return to the real world. Are you sure?"

"Will I, I, I... will I actually die in the war instance?"

Lyon was stuttering.

The female internal affairs officer looked at him with amusement, but did not answer. The next second, the settlement screen opened, and soon the settlement information appeared.

You have no title to take with you.

[Your family contribution last month was 128 points, and you can settle 30 points this month, for a total of 15.8 standard gold coins. You also received settlements for other family assets. After deducting the corresponding taxes and operating costs, you received 3 standard gold coins. You cannot take any equipment or supplies from this world.]

[Based on all your actions, your plunder score in this world is 3.2. You did not serve as the head of a household, you did not receive any additional completion rating, your final plunder score is 3.2, and you have obtained a mud-quality completion token.]

[Friendly reminder: During your vacation, you can participate in daily resource raiding missions as a casual player. These missions usually last only three to six months. After completing them, you will receive Fragmented Mud Tokens. Collect ten Fragmented Mud Tokens to obtain a complete Mud Token. Combining two Mud Tokens will give you a Rotten Wood Token. Two Rotten Wood Tokens can be exchanged for a Stubborn Stone Token.]

[Friendly reminder: You can also obtain more valuable resources by participating in war missions to strengthen your completion token.]

Welcome, future mercenary!

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"What? Mud? Even worse than rotten wood! Why the hell am I a mercenary...?"

"I refuse to accept this! I haven't been slacking off. For the past nine months, I've worked every single day, every single month. I've worked harder than an ox or a horse. I've been cheated and scammed. I may not have contributed anything to this family, but I've certainly put in the hard work! I refuse to accept this! Why should I be the one to suffer?"

Lyon roared in fury!

In fact, Li Wei was also very curious as to why.

At this moment, the internal affairs officer, Night Owl, glanced at Li Weiyi and, seeing his curious expression, finally explained, "In the past nine months, you had two opportunities to rise to prominence. One was when Penny led a team on a trading trip, and you stayed home for six days, resulting in the collapse of the small blast furnace. What did you do then? It seems you did nothing. You could have at least rebuilt the small blast furnace."

"For the next month, Penny was injured, and there was no craftsman on duty at home. What did you do then?"

"Oh, so you're making the most of your time fishing, right? You should have taken the initiative and snatched the job from the on-duty craftsman. George didn't discourage you then; he even asked you what you wanted to do. But you chose fishing. Don't you know your primary profession is craftsmanship?"

"You can build a small blast furnace yourself now, and the materials are readily available. If you finish building the small blast furnace that month, can't you rely on it to develop your own career throughout the winter? Why bother quarrying stones with Thomas?"

"Without your help, Thomas's title quest would have failed. After this month, he won't have enough stones, and his time will be up. What good are all the item cards then? What a pity!"

"But what about you? You place too much hope on family contributions and experience points. These are important, but they are not the most important. You try to take advantage of others by selling fish bladders to George, thinking you are making a good profit. You even tried to extort him. You didn't even realize that he would be the head of the family for several months. You only had resentment in your heart and completely failed to seize this opportunity to cooperate with George."

"Look, you've given up so many opportunities. You find it unbelievable, right? That's the truth. Whether it's a small family or a large territory, it's not about brute force or hard work. It's not about being lazy, cheating, or scheming. You need to have a big picture perspective and the ability to lead your family onto a stable path of development."

These words stunned Lyon; he truly hadn't considered such a possibility.

He wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing. The next second, he was taken away by the gray mist.

(End of this chapter)