Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 21: Thieves' Thousand Thieves
After chatting for a while, he saw that the village chief seemed to have plans to send the guests away, so he stopped talking nonsense and asked directly: "By the way, are there any new criminals or prisoners in the prison in our village these days?"
"There are no prisoners with serious crimes for now. Because this morning, a famous elven spearman from the neighboring village wanted to advance to a Lothern Ocean Guard, so all the captives were lent to him. They should have been killed by now."
"As for ordinary prisoners, the village has just captured some human thieves, bandits, and robbers. I wonder if you are interested?"
These soldiers are not good people. They are basically neutral and evil. But for the Green Blade Village, although they are wrong, their crimes do not deserve the death penalty.
Moreover, they are humans who have a good relationship with the high elves, not goblins, ogres and the like. It is not realistic to execute them directly, so if Levi wants to take over, the village chief will be very happy.
Levi grinned immediately, feeling a little regretful, but more of understanding. Sure enough, the indigenous people would indeed do this.
His original plan was to save up some money first, and then, while the other chosen heroes were still unaware of the situation, visit the prisons in the nearby novice villages. He didn't ask for all of them to have the same powerful combat power as Amazon Donna, but as long as each village could recruit one elite unit, it would be worth his time.
But now it seems that it is somewhat impracticable. It might be a waste of effort to go. If I delay any longer, other people might find out, which makes it even more meaningless.
Then he burst out laughing. He was too greedy. Although he had previously inquired and found that in addition to a city and two towns, there were dozens of villages of various sizes nearby among the high elves, but how many of them could truly compare to the Amazon?
However, Levi declined the village chief's suggestion.
Compared with the regular army, these types of troops are slightly lower in both attributes and morale.
Although their maintenance costs are slightly lower, and they even have some skills such as stealing and looting, which can make a little money besides fighting, but overall, the cost-effectiveness is still not high.
Levi has always believed that there is no perfect military force. It is more common to be miscellaneous but not specialized, especially for low-level military forces like this.
Just then, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and then someone started cursing.
Levi ran straight over, because judging from the familiar Three Character Classic, the person coming was most likely a God-chosen hero like himself.
Sure enough, a shirtless human hero with two daggers hanging from his waist, who looked like a thief, was standing at the door and cursing. He was all alone, without any subordinates around him.
After listening to a few words, he knew that the enemy was completely wiped out in the previous battle, and he only escaped with his life, and even his initial equipment was exploded.
Moreover, he received a punishment after his death, which was a level 1 soul weakness state. In addition to a temporary 20% reduction in all attributes, the experience point acquisition rate was also reduced by 20% within one day. In addition, his equipment was lost and his money was spent. Now he probably has no better choice than to delete his account.
Levi also frowned. This punishment was a bit severe. Picking would be enough to be a punishment in other games, but why are they stacked here?
And if level 1 is soul weakness, then are there level 2, level 3, or even more serious ones?
Seeing that the village chief had also come out, Levi simply stepped forward to ask. He had no other intentions, he just wanted to find out how the other party died so easily?
After seeing that Levi's posture was obviously different from that of other indigenous people, the voice of the chosen hero of mankind became noticeably smaller. When he saw the village chief a few meters behind him, his attitude changed even more. After all, there were obvious differences between ordinary villagers and the village chief, both in demeanor and appearance.
After a brief greeting, Levi learned that the other party was from a human village. His name was Qian Thief. He had originally planned to venture out to explore in order to distance himself from the others. After all, there were nearly forty God-chosen heroes descending on his village. If he didn't do something, it would be difficult for him to compete with so many people.
Everything was going well for him at first, until he met a group of murlocs.
"Damn it! These fishmen had no moral principles. They actually launched a sneak attack on me and even cast a net, dragging my strongest subordinate into the water and killing him on the spot. Just at that moment, a crocodile swam over and took away half of my blood in one bite. Then it gave me a death roll."
While speaking, Qian Ce was about to cry. He considered himself a master, but he didn't expect that he would be punished by the wild monsters outside the Novice Village after switching to a new game?
He wanted to cry even more, especially when he saw the system prompt that after he died in battle, his subordinates either fought the fishmen to death or ran away on the spot, completely abandoning him.
Levi could only pat the other's shoulder to comfort him, and at the same time he was secretly glad that he did not cause trouble for the fishman. Otherwise, with his small body, he would probably have died if he was hit by the crocodile's death roll.
By this time, the village chief had heard almost everything. "My Lord, the chosen hero, our village is in urgent need of manpower to help with guarding and patrolling. If you can help, we may have some militiamen free tomorrow who can help you."
Levi and Qianchi understood as soon as they heard it. This was the village chief giving them a task. Although the words "maybe" and "some" were quite vague, it was at least a possibility, right?
It’s no wonder that this village chief is quite smart. The system didn’t arrange a god-chosen hero for their village, but he himself is trying very hard to seize the opportunity.
This is indeed the right path. After all, whether the God-chosen heroes are recruiting subordinates or providing various supplies, they can make the village's economy active. Not to mention that they are most keen on killing monsters, which is also very beneficial to the safety of the villagers.
Qian Qie thought about it for a moment, and although he was a little reluctant, he finally nodded and agreed.
After deleting the account in this crappy game , there is a 24-hour cool-off period before you can create a new account. He is penniless now, so if he doesn't want to delete his account, this is the only way.
This village looks quite deserted. Does it represent an opportunity?
He just didn't believe it. With his skills and the thief profession that he was best at, he couldn't form a new team within 24 hours?
Levi smiled and patted the other's shoulder: "Brother, it's a wise choice. Have you noticed that compared to the novice village where you were born, this village is missing something?"
Since the other party has decided to stay here, and the village chief seems to be very interested in Qian Ce, he is happy to do him a favor. Even if he doesn't say anything, the other party will definitely notice the abnormality here in less than a quarter of an hour.
Moreover, he remembered that he had heard of Qian Ce's name. He should be a master, not too small, especially good at stealing, and his reputation seemed to be quite good, which was rare.
It never hurts to make more friends who are trustworthy and capable.
Unfortunately, he had originally thought that he would have the village to himself for a few days, but now it seemed that the adventurous spirit of the other God-chosen heroes was much stronger than he had imagined.
If everyone was like Qian Qian, who could be resurrected in the nearest village after an accidental death in battle, then perhaps after tonight, there would be many more God-chosen heroes in the village.
Hearing him say that, Qian Ce glanced around quickly a few times, and then his eyes became brighter.
"Dude, there aren't a few God-chosen heroes in this village?"
He was just guessing just now, but now he is almost certain. Apart from the high elf in front of him, he has not seen anyone similar to the God-chosen Hero!
Levi smiled and nodded: "Yeah, so you still have some advantages, you have to seize them."
Qian Qian immediately clasped his fists towards him and said, "Thanks, buddy. Just for what you said today, if you have any problems in the future, just call me directly!"
Although he is a thief, his personality is very much like that of a warrior.
After chatting for a few more sentences and exchanging some information, Qian Ce's eyes inadvertently fell on the little pig following behind Levi, and then Levi found that the other's eyes lit up instantly.
"Dude, where did you get that wild boar?"
Levi glanced at the little wild boar that followed him and hummed from time to time: "Why, are you interested in it?"
To be honest, he still hasn't figured out what to do with it.
If it were stronger, it might be able to serve as a war beast. If it had higher potential or possessed special skills, it might be able to be sold to other wizards as a pet.
But now, apart from being chubby and having a decent appearance, it has no other advantages.
But it's no wonder. After all, it was rescued from the kobolds' lair, so it's understandable that it wouldn't be particularly precious.
Qian Qian chuckled: "To be honest, I have only eaten pork but never seen a pig run. I have always wanted to raise a piglet. I wonder if you are willing to give it up?"
"Haha, that's nothing, but the price..."
Levi rubbed his fingers but did not mention the price, because the other party was already in such a miserable situation, and he was not sure what price the other party would offer.
Qian Qian laughed out loud, patting his chest and saying, "Don't underestimate me, brother. I'm a thief. I may not be good at direct combat, but opening treasure chests is a piece of cake for me!"
Without further ado, Qian Qian took out two small scrolls from his space bag and said, "Brother, take a look at the goods. These two things should be enough to buy you a pig!"
Holy Light Ray (Scroll - Consumable): After consuming 5 magic points to activate, it can trigger the 0th-level magic of the same name. Each eye will emit a holy light ray, randomly causing 1-5 damage to the enemy. If the target is an evil creature such as undead/demon/devils, the damage will be doubled.
(Note: This scroll can only be used by magicians such as wizards/warlocks/shamans)
Spirit Armor (Scroll - Consumable): Consumes 5 magic points to activate, triggers the 0th-level magic of the same name, increases defense by 4 when resisting attacks from incorporeal creatures such as ghosts, and lasts for 3 minutes.
(Note: This scroll can only be used by magicians such as wizards/warlocks/shamans)
After reading the notes, Levi knew why the other party was so generous. As a thief, he couldn't use it and could only sell it for money or exchange it for other things. Did he sneak into some wizard's house?
But for Levi, exchanging a useless pig for two magic scrolls is also a good deal.
So he agreed to the deal very readily and added the other party as friends. He had good character and personality, and had such skills. Even if he was in trouble for a while, there was definitely a possibility of turning things around in the future!
