Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 33: Tavern News
Early the next morning, Levi sold some of the useless spoils, replenished his supplies and arrows, and then took Donna, Sam and Zhou Miyin to the tavern. As elites, they should enjoy more privileges.
On the way, he also had a brief chat with the halfling thief . He planned to take a break, deal with the problems of the little flower fairies, and after replenishing his troops, he would go with him to find out the ownership of the goose eggs. Even if he couldn't find them back, at least he had to make Sam give up completely.
In fact, at this point, Sam's true thoughts have become very clear. He actually has plans to continue following Levi.
This news made Levi somewhat happy. Maybe the enemy's frontal combat capability was very weak, but they still had some unique features in reconnaissance and detection.
Moreover, he has gradually realized that as an elite soldier, Sam's future potential is incomparable to that of ordinary soldiers.
When Levi was still dozens of meters away, he heard bursts of noisy sounds coming from this large three-story building, as if there were many people inside.
Sure enough, when he pushed the door open, he found that there were at least twenty or thirty tables in the spacious hall, and there was almost no vacant space next to each table.
A large number of guys with different clothes, styles, occupations and even races were gathered around the table, bragging and drinking. The smell of alcohol and sweat was overwhelming. The business of this pub was unexpectedly good, with so many people coming here to drink early in the morning.
This reminded Levi of the Green Blade Village of the half-elves. Although it was also a tavern, the difference was huge.
Or maybe this is also a special care given by the system to the Novice Village, so that the God-chosen heroes born here can have enough manpower?
At this time, a few guys dressed as militiamen happened to pay the bill and leave. Levi took Donna and the others to sit over there and asked them to order whatever they wanted from the menu on the wall. Anyway, based on the prices written on it, it wouldn't cost much even if they ordered everything once.
As for himself, he once again observed the many drinkers in the tavern.
Most of them were humans and half-elves, but there were also a few dwarves, halflings, and even two satyrs with goat hooves and horns, and a murloc covered in scales.
There were two humanoid creatures that seemed to be carved out of stone sitting near the window. There was no food or wine on their table, but instead some things that looked like motor oil or lubricant.
Levi felt that the opponent should be a mechanical soldier, but whether it was an ordinary construct or a golem with magic resistance could only be judged after specific contact.
But overall, Levi had little interest in them.
Not only because of the differences in camps and races, which might affect the morale of other subordinates, but also because their movement and attack speeds are very slow, they can basically only be used as pure meat shields.
And most importantly, it is almost impossible for them to gradually become stronger by killing enemies like other living creatures.
Excluding the extremely rare special cases like the God-chosen heroes, the many beings in the large category of constructs can basically only be made stronger in one way, and that is to replace them with more powerful parts. Moreover, most people cannot do this job and must master the relevant skills and knowledge.
In addition, their daily maintenance is different from that of ordinary soldiers. If they are injured, they cannot recover naturally by eating, resting or over time. They need to find professionals to use professional materials to repair them. Therefore, although the game has not been started for a long time, they have already been disliked by most of the chosen heroes except the mechanical department.
Even though their strength is considered to be relatively strong among the same-level troops in the early stage, most of the God-chosen heroes still think that it is okay to recruit them occasionally for fun, but forget about using them as the main force.
Of course, the mechanical department's chosen heroes are a separate matter.
Levi glanced around twice again. Generally speaking, the soldiers in the tavern basically belonged to the lawful or neutral camp, but he didn't see any real high elves.
There were also a few guys who were obviously God's Chosen Heroes who were making loud noises in the tavern, trying to recruit subordinates and bargain. At least one-third of the noise in the tavern was caused by them. Several God's Chosen Heroes swarmed around a table in the corner, seemingly competing for something.
Amazon Donna, who had just ordered barbecue, was very curious: "Is there a strong guy over there?"
Levi chuckled and shook his head: "I don't know if she's strong or not, but she's really beautiful."
Through the gaps in the crowd, he saw a beautiful girl about one meter tall, wearing a water-colored dress and with a pair of butterfly wings on her back. She was obviously not a human being, but probably a creature like a natural flower fairy.
However, ordinary flower fairies are just ordinary soldiers of level 0, and the advanced level 1 flower fairy archers are not much better and are even more fragile than militiamen. Apart from their good agility and ability to fly, the only thing left is their good looks. But is their good looks enough to make them worth fighting for by several God-chosen heroes?
Moreover, this guy is more than twice as tall as an ordinary flower fairy. Maybe he is a special soldier who has been upgraded again?
Donna lost interest immediately after hearing this: "What's the use of being pretty? Strength is the most important thing."
Levi did not comment. Perhaps Amazon thought so, but Amazon was obviously not the controller of the world. They could not push their ideas to the whole world. For normal men, beauty was still very important.
Of course, it would be even better if you can have both strength and performance.
But it's okay for others to say it, but Donna's words are really a bit of an exaggeration. Just looking at her facial features, you can tell that if she could wash off the oil paint on her face, she would definitely be a rare beauty. Unfortunately, she seems to have no intention of doing so.
As they were talking, the arrival of Levi and his companions also caused a slight commotion.
Halflings are fine, but the Amazon with such a muscular figure is still very eye-catching in this novice village, which is true for both the natives and the chosen heroes.
Levi and Donna didn't care. One of them continued to glance back and forth at the situation in the tavern, while the other began to enjoy the food in front of her. In fact, they had already become accustomed to such gazes. Whether in Green Blade Village or in the wild, there were basically few people who did not stare at Donna.
After scanning twice, Levi still didn't find any other special targets, so he simply knocked on the table: "I am Levi, a level 3 mage. As you can see, I am recruiting reliable subordinates. Archers and other ranged units are preferred, and those with strong strength are preferred. The price is negotiable."
The reason why he seemed so generous was, on the one hand, because he had a little money, and on the other hand, because he knew that there wouldn't be any high-level soldiers in the tavern in this novice village . Even if there were, they would probably have been recruited by other God-chosen heroes long ago...
As soon as these words came out, many of the natives became visibly agitated, and the God-chosen Hero, who was originally somewhat dissatisfied with him for coming to snatch people, barely suppressed his temper.
Although you only need to kill 10 enemies yourself, or have your subordinates kill 20 enemies, to upgrade from level 0 to level 1, the experience required for each subsequent upgrade is doubled compared to the previous level, and the same is true for the campaign level.
Considering that it is impossible for the God-chosen heroes to get every last kill, at the current stage when they are upgraded to Level 3, they may have killed hundreds of Level 0 enemies with their troops.
Add to that the halfling rogue sitting at the table, the spearman dressed in oriental style, and the woman with grease-painted face who looks very tough, a total of three special subordinates. This man is obviously a master!
The natives were not completely fools. When they heard his self-introduction and his long pointed ears that were obviously those of a high elf, many of them came over and couldn't wait to introduce themselves. They opened their attribute panels, showed him their abilities, and gave their corresponding quotations.
Levi took a rough look and found that their recruitment prices were basically more expensive than the soldiers in the village barracks, but their attributes were not necessarily higher than those in the barracks.
However, there are some advantages. That is, there are many types of them, and most of them have had more than one combat experience. Their experience value is not 0%. If they are cultivated carefully, they will definitely be able to advance faster.
He quickly selected several half-elf hunters with relatively better attributes or more combat experience and added them to his team.
The last one is a level 2 half-elf longbowman. His asking price is higher, but it is nothing to Levi.
In addition to higher attributes, he has an additional passive longbow skill compared to ordinary half-elf hunters, which can increase its maximum range.
