Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 38 Kobold Patrol
At this time, Zhou Miyin suddenly lowered his voice to warn: "Sir, be careful, there seems to be movement in the camp!"
He basically knew nothing about what Levi and Donna had just talked about, so he focused his attention on other things. Unexpectedly, he actually gained something.
Levi immediately fell silent. Although there was cover from the woods and bushes, it was still better to be careful.
Sure enough, after a burst of barking from the kobold wizard, there was a commotion and about eighty or ninety kobolds stood up. They were finally divided into four teams. In addition to the kobolds, kobold miners and kobold slingers that they had dealt with before, each team had two new types of soldiers.
The first type is the exceptionally strong ogres who were carrying the stone slabs before. They look like warriors, holding a long sword in one hand and a round shield in the other. Of course, for the ogres it is a long sword, but for Levi and the others it is a short sword.
The second type of kobolds look thinner than ordinary kobolds, but their strength may be stronger because the weapons in their hands are two short swords. They should be the thieves among the kobolds and will definitely be more cunning than ordinary kobolds.
However, considering their two small daggers that look not much different from chopsticks to Levi, they are probably at most level 1 soldiers.
The four teams of kobolds moved in four directions respectively, seemingly wanting to investigate the situation nearby. The kobolds in the camp were not idle either. They were busy moving those special stone slabs, probably to use them to build new buildings or strengthen the defense of the camp.
Levi's heart moved. All these phenomena showed that these kobolds had a unified command and their intelligence was definitely not low. If the kobold wizard could do all this, then it was probably more than just an ordinary small BOSS.
"Let's go find a patrol team to follow them and test their fighting power."
Naturally, the others had no objections, and soon they followed a patrol of ogres for two miles.
Levi also carefully observed the team along the way, and the more he looked, the weirder it seemed to him. This patrol team was definitely not just out for patrolling.
Apart from occasionally killing some small animals for food, they seemed to be looking for something. Unfortunately, because the communication between them was similar to the sound of dog barking, no one could understand them.
But there is one thing Levi is completely sure of. Although the average strength of these gnolls is much weaker than that of the gnolls, if left alone, the trouble they may cause in the future may not be less than that of the gnolls!
Seeing that the gnolls had made a round tour and found nothing of note, and seemed to want to return, Levi immediately ordered an attack. Although he still had many doubts, it would always be a good idea to kill this small team first and weaken the overall strength of the gnolls.
Donna, who had been impatient for a long time, raised her hand and shot three arrows in succession, instantly killing a kobold warrior before all the kobolds could react. Before the other kobolds could even shout, the half-elves' arrows arrived again, killing all the kobolds holding daggers on the spot.
Among the ogres that Levi paid special attention to, only one ogrell warrior managed to save half his life with the protection of the shield in his hand, but it was only .
Zhou Miyin, the volunteers and the half-elf soldiers rushed forward and quickly killed them to pieces. After all, the ogres were just a weak race at the bottom.
Soon Levi received a system prompt, and he received another mediocre combat evaluation.
Levi had already gotten used to this. Even though they had no casualties, the gap in strength between the two sides was too big, and the system's evaluation criteria was also very strange. Even other people on the forum had started to make trouble.
"Although you have achieved a rare victory and slaughtered dozens of enemies, you have consumed nearly a hundred arrows. Is it really worth it?"
“The settlement of this battle:
Our team killed 3 Kobold Warriors (Level 1), 2 Kobold Sneaks (Level 1), 8 Kobolds (Level 0), 6 Kobold Miners (Level 0), and 11 Kobold Slingers, with no casualties. "
As for the one with the most outstanding combat performance, it is undoubtedly Donna. Unfortunately, she is still in a special employment stage and Levi cannot view her detailed information.
But there is no need to rush. According to the current situation, it won’t be long before she truly becomes one of them.
As an elite, Zhou Miyin performed well, and the contribution of the advanced volunteer was also not low, at least 30% more than that of ordinary half-elf soldiers.
Levi could certainly understand the former, after all, he was an elite and seemed to be quite smart. But it was obvious that the Volunteers were not stronger than the half-elf soldiers in terms of attributes, yet they could barely keep up with Zhou Miyin?
So, in addition to the enhancement of attributes, his combat wisdom and skills are likely to be enhanced. However, there are too few examples now, and Levi cannot be sure whether this is a simple coincidence or his true strength, so Levi just secretly noted this point and will look into it slowly later.
If it is really as he guessed, then these subordinates who have advanced through fighting should be protected more.
In addition to the gold mines and candles of the kobolds, they also harvested some scattered copper coins and the broken weapons used by the kobolds, but they were of low value. Only a shield was barely worth a look.
Kobold Round Shield (White - Normal): After successfully blocking a melee attack, there is a 50% chance to reduce 1-2 points of damage. After successfully blocking a ranged projectile attack, there is a 70% chance to reduce 1-4 points of damage. The effects of other damage blocking items do not stack with each other.
(The shield used by the Kobold warriors has additional resistance to long-range projectile weapons such as bows and arrows, but for humans it may just be a small shield)
After thinking about it, Levi threw the shield to the volunteers. Now he had a rough understanding that even the lowest-level level 0 troops could actually further enhance their combat effectiveness by replacing their weapons and equipment.
But most people won't do that, firstly because the cost outweighs the gain, and they can use the spare money to hire stronger troops.
Secondly, many pieces of equipment have various usage requirements. Troops with too low strength may not be able to use more sophisticated equipment at all, let alone precious magic items such as bracelets and rings.
Suddenly, Levi had an idea. After his subordinates cleaned up the battlefield, he took out a few things from his space bag and threw them on the ground.
After seeing the things clearly, Donna next to her was suddenly puzzled, because those worn-out military weapons were actually obtained from the earth elves.
Noticing her gaze, Levi smiled and explained: "Don't worry too much, Donna, I'm just taking a small gamble."
Hobgoblins are a race with a strict military system, and according to Donna, although their intelligence is not as good as that of humans or high elves, it is not much different, and they are by no means stupid. They do things with a strong purpose, very much like the evil hobgoblin version of Sparta, and they will never let go of any grudge.
The fact that the ogres were able to build such a camp here and assign tasks to patrol and so on clearly shows that they have a certain level of intelligence.
Since there is wisdom, there must be many emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, and hatred.
It doesn't matter if we can't beat the Kobolds right now. If we can find a way to make the Kobolds and the Earth Goblins fight each other...
As for whether it would delay the affairs of the Jackals in Stoney Highlands, Levi felt that there was no need to worry too much for the time being, because the Jackals still posed a certain threat to the Chosen Heroes who had just arrived. What's more, they had a total of seven days to deal with it, so there was no need to be too anxious!
