Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 60: What We Saw
After a quick scan, Levi found that most of the chosen heroes were cursing and in a bad mood, probably because they had suffered a defeat.
But those God-chosen heroes who were smiling and obviously victorious also reaped a great reward, because many of them were already standing next to guys who looked exactly like the guards outside the village gate. They were the high elves' tier 2 soldiers - shield-bearing spearmen!
In particular, at a table on the east side, there was a guy dressed as a priest, who was eating big chunks of meat, drinking heavily, and making loud noises with three shield-wielding spearmen, as if he was afraid that others would not notice them.
And he does have reason to be so proud.
At this stage, the village has not directly opened up their recruitment rights. If this guy obtained it by rescuing prisoners like himself, or completing similar tasks, then it would be fine. But if he exchanged it for military merit points from killing, then it would be really amazing.
After just one day out, he already had three level 2 soldiers, so it wouldn't be long before his entire team was replaced with level 2 soldiers, because as the team's overall strength increased, the speed at which he would gain military merit points would only get faster and faster.
However, there were several God-chosen heroes surrounding the other party, and everyone was obviously curious about this, so Levi did not go over, but just found a God-chosen hero that he liked and walked over.
"Hey buddy, do you mind sharing a table?"
The elf dressed as a ranger glanced at him and said, "It's okay. I'm alone too."
Seeing this, Levi sat down and chatted with the other party casually.
Soon he learned that the other party's name was Witt, an elf ranger. Like most of the God's chosen heroes, he was heading to the Stoney Highlands today.
Then they were educated.
Not counting cannon fodder like hyenas and coyotes, ordinary gnolls start at the lowest level 1. There will also be a few level 2 soldiers mixed in the small patrols. If it is a slightly larger slave-hunting group, the strength will be extremely powerful, and the number of level 2 soldiers will increase significantly. People have even seen level 3 gnoll warlords more than once.
Moreover, the rules for obtaining military merit points are different from those for killing ordinary monsters. You must completely defeat an entire team to obtain full points. If you only kill two gnolls and then run away immediately, your points will be greatly reduced.
But the chosen heroes were smart, and they were numerous, so they quickly decided to fight together.
The strength of a single God-chosen hero is indeed not strong, but once 3 or 5 God-chosen heroes unite, they are enough to easily defeat an ordinary team of werewolves.
The biggest problem now is that the military merit points go to the person who gets the final kill. If you don't get the kill, although you still get experience points, the gains will be much less in comparison.
Military merit points are so precious. Although killing 0-level soldiers gives almost no points, 1-level gnolls are worth 1 point each, and 2-level gnolls are worth 2 points. So, as long as you kill 80 1-level gnolls, you can recruit a 2-level high elf shield-spear soldier in the village.
As a result, various internal conflicts soon broke out among the many God-chosen heroes who formed temporary teams. There were also people whose armies were completely wiped out, and they could only return to the village to cry to the village chief and see if they could find some tasks so that they could quickly make a comeback.
But if you are strong enough, smart enough, and ruthless enough, the rewards will definitely be worth it.
For example, the fellow named Holy Light of Glory over there seemed to have recruited three Tier 2 soldiers so quickly by repeatedly harming his teammates and stealing military merit points.
His name sounds sunny and positive, but his actions are really dark.
However, this is not the right way after all, and the system does not seem to encourage infighting within the good camp, so if you attack each other because of this kind of thing, the consequences will be serious, that is, you will lose reputation.
Not only will the reputation of the village closest to the incident drop, but the reputation of the race itself will also drop, which is a bit uncomfortable.
So although there were many small conflicts among the many God-chosen heroes at the beginning today, after learning the consequences, everyone quickly became well-behaved and began to maintain a certain degree of restraint.
If their reputation is greatly reduced due to killing other God-chosen heroes of the same camp and race, and if they are seen by the natives, the consequences will be even more serious, and they may even be wanted by the village. Then what is the point of them stealing those monsters?
Even if they get points, they can't spend them, because in order to redeem rewards, the prerequisite is that the reputation level of the high elves must be friendly or above!
Of course, if you really want to bypass this, it is not completely impossible. The easiest way is to kill all your troops and leave only yourself without being discovered by the natives.
Although there will be certain penalties, they are not too high. At this stage, the combat effectiveness of the chosen heroes is very low. If they walk alone in the wild, it will be difficult for them to reach the village alive.
If you are even more ruthless, you can just attract a group of wild monsters and kill them with their help, and naturally you won't be responsible.
After listening to this, Levi gained a lot of knowledge. At the same time, he realized that the ranger in front of him was quite smart, so he and the other party added each other as friends.
After finding out the news, Levi started to do his business, which was to take out a few green equipment that he had enchanted to test the reactions of other God-chosen heroes.
If it is feasible, he has found a shortcut. If no one is interested, he will have to work harder to save money so that he can spend it to upgrade this skill.
Fortunately, things went smoothly. Seeing him fiddling with the three green weapons and publicly displaying their properties, Ranger Witt soon couldn't help but say, "Dude, did you get any special skills? Your name is written on them!"
Levi laughed: "Yes, by consuming a certain amount of materials, I can permanently increase the attack power of the weapon, but for now I can only increase it by 1 point."
There is nothing to hide about this. Anyone who is not a fool can make a rough guess. Moreover, the enchanted weapon itself is only a level 1 magic, which is far from unattainable for the God-chosen heroes. It is not impossible for every mage to have one in a few days.
"1 is better than nothing. After all, this is green equipment. Can you help me enchant it?"
"Or do you want to sell these weapons? As long as they are not too expensive, the price is negotiable!"
Looking at the other party's slightly anxious look, Levi immediately realized that he had overlooked something.
Although the attack power was only increased by 1 point, these enchanted weapons still had all the radiance that a green weapon should have.
This is enough for the God-chosen heroes at this stage, because there are no green-quality equipment to buy in the village blacksmith shop, and they may just use it to show off!
So for a moment, the smile on his face became even wider: "It's really not expensive. Since we just had such a happy chat, I'll just charge you the cost price!"
