Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 20: Aurora's Intelligence
After talking with the other party, Levi quickly realized that the straight-line distance from this place to the Zhendan Empire was actually not as far as he had imagined, but the danger on the road was indeed quite high.
If they go out to sea by ship, they may encounter many pirates including dark elves, undead, Norse barbarians, and the island nation of Nibon.
If they were traveling by land, their best option would be to take a trade route called the "Long Fang Road" and then reach Zhendan.
Hmm, it sounds like this is based on the "Silk Road".
And this process is also full of dangers, because you have to pass through the territories of Chaos Dwarves, Hobgoblin tribes, and many Ogre kingdoms.
But spearman Zhou Miyin was not clear about more specific things.
Firstly, he was too young, having just reached adulthood. It was his ancestors who had walked that road, and he had only heard about it from stories.
Secondly, due to the limitations of his current strength, his elders probably wouldn't tell him too much, because even if he knew it, it would be of no use.
Let’s not talk about these for now. For now, spearman Zhou Miyin is an elite soldier with his own name and unique background, which means he has higher potential and is worth training!
Moreover, the village of these immigrants is only about ten miles away from here. If I have time , I might be able to go there to recruit some special soldiers of Zhendan!
He went to the tavern to sell the previous spoils and left some money for Amazon, letting her and other subordinates take a rest and have a drink. Levi himself went directly to find the village chief.
Halfway through the journey, he began to think that once he had more money, he would need to buy a larger space backpack, or simply buy one for Amazon. This way, he could save a lot of effort in the future and wouldn't have to sell junk himself every time.
When Levi found the other person, he happened to have nothing to do. When he heard that a werewolf named Hogg was organizing a large-scale hunt and that the earth elves were still at war with the kobolds, the village chief, who had finally had some free time, frowned and sighed.
"It looks like the evil forces are stirring up trouble again. I don't know how long it will last this time. Unfortunately, the village does not have the energy to intervene at the moment."
Levi immediately became interested. This was not the first time he had heard something like this: "What exactly happened? Can the village chief tell me in detail?"
The village chief, who looked to be in his forties, nodded and said, "If it is the God-chosen hero you want to know, then of course there is no problem."
"Except for the two lawful races, dwarves and humans, the evil forces nearby are very powerful. There are dark elves occupying several islands on the seashore. Even if they are competing with the lizardmen for territory, they still have plenty of spare power to invade."
"Every day, many clans of green-skinned orcs in the wasteland wield axes against different orcs or their own kind, just for the fun of fighting, or simply to pass the time."
"The ratmen in the underground world and town ruins are becoming more and more rampant. Fortunately, there are still dwarves who are constantly fighting against them."
"As for the various evil alien races in the wilderness, they are too numerous to count and they can never be killed. I'm afraid that the Lord and the nobles are temporarily unable to take care of the trivial matters here."
Levi nodded. He had learned some things in the tavern before, but not as comprehensively as the village chief. However, after hearing what he said, he obviously had some knowledge, unlike the old man in the village before, who just laughed.
For someone who is obviously in trouble, he doesn't mind helping the other person when he can. In the gaming world, giving often means reward.
So he suggested: "But you still have to report it, otherwise if something goes wrong, the lord will probably think that you are not doing your best. Or when other elven villages around you report to the lord's mansion, will it be the turn of your half-elf village?"
At this point, he suddenly realized a problem. Whether at the entrance of the village or inside, he didn't seem to see any pointy-eared high elves at all. Apart from obvious visitors such as humans, there were only half-elves here.
This means that the high elves must be very disgusted with this village. As a high elf myself, is it possible for me to intervene here in the future after I become strong enough?
After all, it was said during the game promotion that in addition to lone wolves and tourists, lords who own territories will also be a very good choice for the chosen heroes, because the chosen heroes are born with battle attributes and can strengthen friendly units on a large scale.
However, that was still too far away for him. Apart from anything else, from what he saw, there were at least several hundred half-elf infantrymen, half-elf hunters and the like in this village. As a village, its strength was not weak at all.
The village chief suddenly realized what was going on. He bowed to Li Wei very solemnly and said, "Thank you, sir. I will send someone to report it immediately."
Levi didn't care. He just continued to ask the other party about Hogg.
"Hogg is a rare gnoll. He originally roamed the Plains of Bones. He didn't stay in any particular area, but robbed everywhere. In addition to his own tribe, dwarves and humans also put a bounty on him and wanted him."
"But recently I heard that he stopped near the Stoney Highlands, and besides some gnolls waiting for his orders, he also has other kinds of werewolves. He is obviously not ordinary."
Seeing that Levi seemed a little confused, he couldn't help but continue to explain: "Just like humans are divided into many countries due to their different regions, customs, habits, cultures and races, werewolves also have many subspecies."
"There are werewolves who tend to be dark and often cooperate with the undead, despicable bandits and jackals who are hated in the wild, and werewolves in the wilderness who are closest to wild beasts. There are also werewolves who are cursed and infected with lycanthropy and forced to transform. In addition, there are fallen werewolves contaminated by demons, and so on. There are many types."
"And even if they are just ordinary werewolves, there are many different species such as gray wolves, red wolves, coyotes, jackals, maned wolves and dire wolves."
"They are not subordinate to each other. If they meet in the wild, it would be great if they don't fight."
"But now they are all loyal to the gnoll Hogg regardless of their species. This is obviously abnormal. They don't seem to be the kind of people who obey easily. Almost all werewolves are of the chaotic evil camp."
Levi couldn't help but nod when he heard this. Now thinking back, in the previous battle with the werewolves, it seemed that some of the enemies did look different. Now it seems very likely that they were not werewolves, but other subspecies.
"So, what you mean, Village Chief, is that either Hogg has enough benefits to make them obey, or it is strong enough to suppress all rebels?"
The village chief nodded heavily: "Yes, that's what I guessed too."
"I understand. Next time I meet them, I will be more careful. But you also have to make an effort, village chief, instead of crying miserably or anything like that."
He now almost understood that the village also had a relatively complete recruitment mechanism. If the pressure from external enemies was too great, the number of troops that the village could provide to the chosen heroes would naturally be reduced accordingly.
But if the village chief succeeds in crying miserably and the local lord can send out a hundred or eighty elite elven soldiers to help, the village’s own troops will be more sufficient, which will be a disguised benefit to themselves.
The village chief could only smile bitterly and nod, but in fact he did not hold out much hope for this, because most high elves had always been very discriminatory against these half-bloods, believing that they tarnished the elven bloodline. Only the biological parents of the half-elves had a slightly better attitude.
But he couldn't say it here.
Even though the other party seems to be very friendly to him and always seems to be very concerned about the village, he is, after all, a true pure-blooded high elf!
