Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 22: Lively Green Blade Village
The next day, as soon as Levi came out of the tavern, he found that Green Blade Village was much more lively than yesterday. He saw several guys running around the village, chasing the natives and asking if they could help in any way. They were obviously some heroes chosen by God.
After asking around a bit, he discovered that, just as he had guessed, these God-chosen heroes all came from other nearby villages. Some were killed in the traps of the ogres, some were snared by the nets of the murlocs, and some were torn to pieces by the violent beasts while walking at night.
The vision of races such as humans and dwarves will be greatly affected at night. Even with the help of moonlight or holding a torch, the visual range is actually just that.
But wild wolves and the like not only have a certain degree of night vision, but also seem to have . There are also some more dangerous beasts that only appear at night, so fighting at night is usually several times more dangerous than fighting during the day.
Of course, this is the case for most races. For many races that are accustomed to living in the underground world, such as drow elves, cave dwellers, and gray dwarves, fighting in the dark is almost their instinct.
However, they don't seem to be as unlucky as Qian Thief yesterday. Some of their subordinates are rather timid. After the death of the God-chosen Hero, there is still a chance that they will choose to run away and eventually reunite with them, but the probability is a little low.
However, after listening for a long time, Levi found that none of these people seemed to have been killed by the undead.
Come to think of it, the initial troops of the Undead are zombies and skeletons, they move very slowly, and there are no ranged soldiers. Even if they really can't win, they can run away at any time.
But that doesn't mean they are easy targets, especially for teams whose main output is bows and arrows.
Zombies themselves have thick skin and flesh and are very resistant to blows, and their claws are tainted with corpse poison. Skeletons are just skeletons and have no weaknesses at all. Arrows attacking them are likely to pass directly through the gaps between their ribs, which is not very efficient at all.
After finding out some information, he didn't see Qian Ce, and he didn't know if the village chief had assigned him any task. Levi didn't worry about it. He used the money he earned yesterday to hire a few new subordinates, replenish his arrows, and buy supplies. Then he inspected his team.
In addition to the Amazon Donna whose strength is unknown, the level 1 elite thief Sam and the newly joined level 1 elite spearman Zhou Miyin, he currently has 7 level 1 half-elf hunters, 4 level 1 half-elf soldiers, and 6 level 0 militiamen who are just there to make up the numbers.
Although he was badly trapped by the despicable traps of the ogres in the beginning, but things went smoothly afterwards. In just one day, his main force had become a level 1 force, not to mention Donna and others. Among all the God-chosen heroes, how many can catch up with him?
Once he saves more money, levels up, and improves his leadership, he will be able to quickly replace those militiamen with half-elf soldiers, making the team's combat effectiveness even stronger.
Well, there’s no rush to kick them all out. The militiaman who has been following me seems to have some potential, and he has accumulated a lot of experience points, so I’ll just keep him for now.
After leaving the village, Levi's purpose was very clear, which was to continue to cause trouble for the gnolls and hobgoblins. He wanted to find out what had happened to them, but Donna soon discovered that he was much more cautious than yesterday.
Being straightforward, he simply asked directly if there was any rumor.
Levi nodded: "Yes, there has been unrest everywhere recently, so it's always better to be careful."
He didn't want to say too much, not because he was intentionally hiding something, but because he couldn't explain the specific source of the information, because he got the information on the forum after logging off yesterday.
On the first day of the game, at a glance, apart from the praise for the game's super high simulation, the rest of the forum was full of complaints and even curses, mainly because the beginning of the game was really a bit difficult.
The God-chosen hero's initial troops are weak, there are rarely lone enemies in the wild, and there are casualties in almost every battle.
What's even more outrageous is that the natives of the Novice Village of various races are not completely friendly to the God-chosen heroes.
Lawful races such as dwarves, elves and humans are okay, maybe a little cold, but definitely not malicious, but evil races such as orcs and dark elves are a bit bad.
More than one person has been killed by the natives in the novice village. According to one of the orc natives, they had no other intentions but to have some fun and see if the God-chosen hero can withstand more attacks than other orcs.
There were also a few dark elves and their subordinates who were tricked into going into the mines to mine. On the surface, they were provided with food and free training in mining techniques, but in reality they were just slaves.
Even worse are some of the God-chosen heroes who chose the devil.
There was no safe area in their Novice Village, but demons were a notoriously chaotic race, and would fight over trivial matters anytime and anywhere. Even the chief of the Novice Village would get involved, which directly led to many God-chosen heroes being affected and wiped out.
The devils, who also belong to the destruction department, are not much better. Their novice village does have a safe zone, but unfortunately, it is only safe in name only.
The devils seemed polite on the surface, and were initially courteous to the mysteriously appearing God's chosen heroes, but it wasn't long before they bared their fangs.
A few unlucky guys were tricked into being sacrificed. In addition to the death of all their subordinates and the loss of some of their equipment and money, they also suffered from Soul Weakness (Level 4), which reduced their experience point acquisition rate by 50% and lasted for 5 days. Most importantly, all their attributes were permanently reduced by 1.
There was such a serious DEBUFF on the first day of entering the game, and I fell behind others for an unknown period of time. As a result, several of the sacrificed guys chose to delete their accounts and start over without exception.
In addition, there are all kinds of tragic situations, too numerous to mention. Even if the chosen heroes could be resurrected, many of them simply chose to delete their accounts and start over, because some experiences are really more unbearable for them than death.
Of course, there are still very few people who actually choose to quit the game. Although this game is difficult to play, there is one thing that most games on the market cannot compare to, and that is that it is realistic enough. In addition to the gamification, many aspects are like traveling to a real Western fantasy world!
There are even bored players who discovered that the writing and language of each race are completely different, and they still follow certain specific rules. The history books, ballads, etc. in the village library are all rich and wonderful, and there are many masterpieces by masters.
Even if we only look at it from this perspective, the game officials have really invested a lot of money.
In addition to this information, the two things that Levi was most concerned about were also answered.
One is the death penalty. When the chosen heroes die in battle multiple times, their weakened state and time will be accumulated.
Level 1 is a 20% reduction in all attributes and experience gain rate for 1 day, and each subsequent level is more serious than the previous one. It is not clear yet whether it will reach level 5, which is more serious than being sacrificed, because there are currently no unlucky people who would die so many times in a short period of time. I guess there might be some bored guy who will try it tonight.
This restriction means that the chosen heroes will definitely be very careful about their lives, and Levi has every reason to suspect that this is definitely not the most serious. Being sacrificed is level 4, so if they are killed by some powerful person using special magic, will it cause similar or even stronger effects?
The second is that the initial soldiers of many races are not from their own race.
In addition to the high elves, the wood elves, dark elves, etc. are in a similar situation. The lawful races are either half-bloods, servants, or simply non-combat professions, such as militia, miners, lumberjacks, etc., while the evil races directly use slaves.
On the contrary, humans, goblins, ratmen, beastmen, etc. have no restrictions and can directly recruit soldiers of their own race. Even the Knight Kingdom and the Zhendan Dynasty in the Far East have cavalry at the first level.
Even though he was an old farmer riding a skinny horse, he was still a cavalry at least. He had strategic significance and was a high-speed unit that could charge and conduct reconnaissance.
After comparing them back and forth, it is easy to draw the conclusion that the former is likely to have stronger soldiers from its own tribe. For the sake of balance, it deliberately did not hire soldiers from its own tribe at the beginning to avoid poor balance.
As for the goblins and the like, they are weak, so there is naturally no need to impose any restrictions on them.
Moreover, Levi spent some time sorting out the information and found that this was indeed the case. Even though they were both Tier 1 troops, the strength and physique of the dwarf troops completely crushed humans, ratmen and the like.
Of course, as a price to pay, their recruitment and maintenance costs may be slightly higher, which can be considered a balancing act.
Amazon nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Of course she knew how dangerous this world was, otherwise she wouldn't have ended up in her current situation. You know, she didn't come out of the tribe alone.
After resolving Donna's little doubt, they continued to clear out the enemies they encountered along the way. Occasionally, they were approached by other God-chosen heroes. After all, it was obvious that their team was not the initial militia of level 0. Levi dealt with them, but did not have any in-depth exchanges because he only wanted to make money.
In addition to continuing to recruit subordinates, someone also said on the forum yesterday that after leaving the Novice Village, there are already places selling magic scrolls, magic books, magic crystals and other wizard supplies in the town, and there are even places dedicated to learning magic - the Magic Academy and the Magic Tower.
It's just that the price is a bit high. The lowest level 0 magic is priced in gold coins, and the more advanced magic books are tens or even hundreds of gold coins. It is really not something that the God-chosen heroes at this stage can afford. He needs to hurry up and make money!
