Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 32: Silver Helmet Knight Captain
Mages rely on their own strength to call upon the elements of the world to use magic, warlocks tap into the power hidden in their blood, druids, rangers, and shamans can draw on the power of the earth and nature, and priests use the power of the gods they believe in to use divine arts.
Like many magics, a considerable portion of divine arts can be made into scrolls, sealed into magical instruments such as badges and rings, or even made into bottled potions, etc., for use by other people who have not truly mastered them. The two in front of Levi are like this.
After chatting for a few more sentences, Levi also learned that the other party would rest in this village temporarily, and then they would send a signal to the nearby Sigma Sect to call for reinforcements, and then return together.
And it shouldn't take long, because the territories of humans and high elves are next to each other.
But this is not far for them. For Levi, the nearest Sigma Sect is more than ten miles away. Could it be that as two level 2 troops, he has to cross mountains and rivers to go to a strange area that he is completely unfamiliar with?
From this perspective, the two Level 2 recruitment spots are not that attractive for the time being.
Moreover, he felt that things might not end so simply. Although he didn't know how many Gnolls there were in Stoney Highlands, if even a Tier 2 Gnoll Barbarian could be found to have some kind of berserk skill, then what about the more powerful Gnoll Warlord, or even Hogg himself?
The answer is almost beyond doubt!
The more he learned about this game, the more he felt how cunning these natives were. Even the seemingly stupid ogres could set deadly traps for themselves. Surely the other natives couldn't be any dumber than them?
Just when Levi was planning to go to the tavern to recruit some subordinates and then explore the Rocky Highlands, several well-equipped high elves happened to appear. Accompanying them was the smiling old man who had received him, the village chief of Maple Leaf Village.
The first thing they noticed was the body of the werewolf being dragged by the two swordsmen.
A handsome high elf with a cloak on his back, who looked very high-ranking, took a quick look at the priest and immediately asked, "Are you humans from the Church of Sigmar? Why are you dragging the corpse of this stinking beast?"
Priest Sigmar thought about it and finally chose to be honest: "Sir, our scholars speculate that the gnolls in the Stoney Highlands may have contacted the Wild Wolf Brotherhood. We need to bring back a body for further examination."
The high elf showed obvious surprise, and then he reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist: "Even you humans have realized this? It seems that we can't let the beast named Hogg live any longer."
Priest Sigma and Levi who was not far away were all stunned, because the high elf used the word "also", which meant that they also noticed the abnormality, and possibly even earlier!
After taking a look at Levi, the high elf waved to Pastor Sigmar and said, "The gnolls in the Stoney Highlands are the responsibility of us high elves. We are considering issuing a large-scale wanted order, so there is no need for you to keep this stinking corpse."
Anyone could see that he was very disgusted with the corpse of the gnoll, not only because of the stench on it, but also because it appeared in a village belonging to the high elves.
Although he had heard a lot of information, Reverend Sigma finally decided to stick to his own opinion: "I am very sorry to cause you trouble, but this is the last wish of a scholar, and I think it can better show the situation to other people in our sect."
"A last wish ? Hmph, whatever. It's up to you then."
The high elf did not insist this time, but he immediately changed the subject: " But I think you may not have to be so anxious, because we high elves will be the first to solve this small problem!"
After nodding slightly to Levi, the high elf fluttered his cloak, turned around and left, obviously having no intention of talking to Levi.
Priest Sigmar didn't care much. He seemed to have anticipated the attitude of the high elves. This attitude was even considered very polite among the high elves.
Levi shrugged, and he didn't care at all. At least the other person nodded to him before leaving, right?
I just don't know whether it's because we are both high elves, or because I'm a wizard.
But at least there are other people here who can ask questions.
"Village Chief, do you still remember me?"
The white-bearded village chief smiled and said, "Of course I remember, Lord Levi. The village tavern has been built. If you have time, you can go and select some suitable mercenaries. I don't know why, but suddenly a lot of alien adventurers have flocked here recently."
Levi was really surprised this time. He thought that the other party was a mediocre and incompetent person, but now it seems that it might just be a disguise. How could a guy with such a good memory be a complete waste?
In other words, if he was really mediocre, given the arrogance currently displayed by the high elves, they would not let him be the village chief even to avoid losing face in front of humans, right?
"Haha, okay, I will. What about that high elf just now..."
"He is the captain of the Silver Helm Knights from Ashridge Town, Lord Reiner Caledor. All the Lords of the Silver Helm Knights are Tier 4 soldiers."
As if afraid that Levi might not understand the meaning of the other party's identity, the old village chief gave him a reminder.
"Calledor?"
Compared with the 4th-level troops, Levi was more concerned about this surname. He still remembered that the land under his feet was an overseas colony of the Kingdom of Caledor among the high elves.
The village chief nodded in a somewhat secretive manner: "Yes, Lord Reiner is a real big shot. His family holds a pivotal position in our Asur's hometown, the island of Ulthuan."
Asur is the name the High Elves call themselves, and Ulthuan is a huge, magical island with ten kingdoms of the High Elves distributed on it. Some people on the forum speculate that it may be based on the lost continent of Atlantis.
But up to now, no God-chosen hero has been able to successfully land on the island, because they were all born in overseas colonies of various kingdoms, and they only speculated its existence from various materials.
"Then he comes here..."
Through the two village chiefs of Green Blade Village and Maple Leaf Village, as well as many things he saw and heard in the tavern, Levi has roughly understood that usually the high elves basically adopt a laissez-faire approach to the villages below.
Apart from sending some elite garrisons and tax collectors to collect taxes every winter, they basically don't interfere much at other times.
Even the half-elves' village, Greenblade Village, did not have a single high elf guard, and seemed to be completely left to fend for itself.
In this situation, a group of high elves who sounded extraordinary came here and mentioned the matters of the gnolls in the Stoney Highlands. This really made Levi think more!
After a slight hesitation, the old village chief finally chose to confess: "Yes, we are here for the gnolls in the Stoney Highlands. Just like what Lord Reiner said just now, maybe we will issue a large-scale encirclement and suppression order soon. In fact, Maple Leaf Village is not the first village Lord Reiner visited."
"I see. Thank you very much this time."
Although he still had some doubts, Levi had already figured out the general situation. It was obvious that the high elf natives were also preparing to make a big news.
The old village chief nodded with a smile, then left with his crutches, but this time Levi didn't dare to look down on him as before.
He felt the charm of this game more and more. These special indigenous people sometimes seemed like real life with wisdom of their own!
