Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 9: Twists and turns
Standing up, he found that all the militiamen had returned with their spoils and were sharing the supplies.
There was a small pile of golden minerals on the ground. It was eight units of kobold gold ore. In addition, there were some glass shards and shiny armor fragments. I don’t know which idiot brought them back. Did he really think he was as stupid as the kobolds and liked shiny things?
However, maybe these ogres really have dragon blood and just like shiny little things. Unfortunately, according to the system evaluation, they are worthless.
He walked straight over and put the kobold gold mine in his pocket. Fortunately, he had an initial space backpack with ten slots, and items of the same material could be stacked. A dozen pieces of gold ore only took up one slot, and they had no weight, otherwise he wouldn't know how to take them back.
After all, these militiamen are already very useless, and it is not realistic to expect them to hold the ore in one hand and chop people with the other.
Glancing around again, he discovered that while he was casting the spell, these militiamen had almost finished eating, and as they ate, their health and morale seemed to have recovered slightly. Unfortunately, it was food rather than life potions, so almost everyone was still seriously injured.
"Let's go. Since we are lucky enough to survive, let's go back to the village and prepare for the next adventure!"
Although Levi initially thought about returning to the Novice Village where he was born, he soon had to change his mind because just a hundred meters away from the ogre's lair, they encountered a group of wild dogs.
Without any hesitation, as soon as he saw the number of the enemy and the long string of hideous bone spurs growing along the spine, he simply chose to let the small earth element stay where it was to fight the enemy, while he ran away with the militia.
There are as many as twenty of them, and they look so ferocious. Even if they cannot break through the defense of the small earth element, if they can just split one third of them, it will be enough to kill him and all the militiamen within a minute!
Then, it was as if he had used up all his luck. He kept encountering all kinds of enemies, and was even forced to change his direction.
Although he had already put his life and death aside and planned to delete his account if he failed, now that he had obtained the Green Tree Frog, he felt that he still needed to fight for it.
So in a panic, he saw five groups of colorful poisonous snakes, three groups of wild dogs covered with thorns, and two groups of ferocious ostriches with fangs.
Even when passing by a mass grave, he saw groups of wandering zombies and skeletons.
Although the old village chief said that there were traces of undead activities in the east of the village, he did not say that the undead only existed there!
In short, there are all kinds of vicious enemies on the road, and even if they try to choose roads where people pass by, they cannot change the situation.
And it seemed that just like he would bring militiamen as guards when he went out, these guys would often gather in groups of 10 or 20 , and there were almost no single ones.
The reason why I said almost is that in the end, they saw a lone big cat with fangs protruding and looked very ferocious by the river, a big tiger with blue and white skin, green stripes and green eyes.
Fortunately, the tiger seemed to be full and was basking in the sun. Otherwise, with its body over five meters long and its paws as big as a basin, even if they were tied together, they might not be enough to feed it. He didn't even have the mind to resist, because the gap in strength between them was too big, and struggling would be in vain.
But thanks to this big tiger, several lionesses that were chasing them were temporarily scared away.
After waving to the big tiger from a distance and expressing his gratitude, Levi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Really? It's supposed to be a strategy game, but I turned it into a parkour game?"
"However, this big tiger is really handsome. It looks like a saber-toothed tiger..."
Just then, a militiaman whispered, "Sir, after crossing that bridge, the village should be ahead."
Levi glanced at him. He had some impression of this militiaman. Not only was he smarter , but also because the other party was also very brave in the previous battle.
The most obvious thing is that his experience value is nearly 4 percentage points higher than the average of others, which is enough to explain everything.
Perhaps, it is worth cultivating them, but of course, they have to survive today first.
Following the militia's instructions, they quickly crossed a bridge, and soon a village with smoke rising from chimneys came into view.
From a distance, he saw some patrolling guards and two arrow towers at the entrance of the village.
He was delighted at the time because this village was larger and had more guards, which meant that this village was likely to be stronger than Maple Leaf Village and it was possible to hire stronger subordinates.
No wonder we didn’t encounter any monsters after crossing the bridge. I wonder if they were all killed by them?
But soon his joy turned into sorrow. A militiaman suddenly shouted, and when Levi turned his head, he only vaguely saw something white flying by. Then the unfortunate militiaman was knocked down by a large black shadow and dragged into the grass.
Faintly, he could see dozens of pale green, hairy limbs.
The militiaman was still screaming at first, but after a few breaths, the screams disappeared, replaced by a series of horrifying chewing and bone-breaking sounds.
Everyone knew that he had only one outcome now.
The remaining militiamen were suddenly at a loss. Some retreated out of fear, while others looked at Levi, as if waiting for his orders.
Only the militiaman who was valued by Levi before tried to hide in the bushes without receiving any orders, as if he wanted to save his companions.
But soon he screamed and took a few steps back, because seven or eight furry reptiles with eight thick limbs and bodies as fat as small tables had emerged. They were actually some giant spiders!
But at this moment, Levi's spell had been completed, and he had even started to act when the chewing sound came, and now it came in handy!
"Elemental summons!"
Following this spell, the surrounding air suddenly rose noticeably, and a ball of hot flame roughly in the shape of a human emerged from the magic circle. This time it was a small fire element.
Levi took a quick look and found that its strength, agility and physique were all average, not outstanding, but there were no obvious shortcomings. It also had a special skill, which was an ignition effect in normal attacks, which could cause 5 points of fire damage within 3 seconds, which was pretty good.
He immediately ordered it to launch an attack, while he himself and the militia began to retreat towards the village. It would be too worthless to die at this time.
Upon seeing his action, the giant spiders that had been retreating slightly suddenly became agitated, and several of them directly sprayed out giant white webs, covering the small fire elementals and militiamen.
The former was fine, as the flames on its body directly ignited the giant net, making it completely ineffective. However, the latter was unlucky and was directly tied to the spot. Then, a dozen big claws grabbed him together, and the unlucky militiaman died on the spot without even a groan.
At the same time, the guards of the village in the distance also saw the fighting here. They were a little agitated at first, as if someone was discussing something, but when the element with flames all over its body appeared, they seemed to reach a consensus.
But despite this, they did not mobilize all their forces. Only a thief about one meter tall, who looked like a halfling or a dwarf, came to support with two spearmen and two guys dressed as hunters.
There was still some distance away when three arrows, two long and one short, flew over and instantly killed a giant spider that was chasing Levi.
This made him feel a little relieved, but listening to the noise behind him, he gritted his teeth and continued to run forward, feeling somewhat aggrieved. Isn't this game too discouraging?
But at the same time, there was also an inexplicable emotion at work. If I was discouraged by some monsters in the Novice Village, wouldn't it make me look terrible?
Damn it, sooner or later I will kill all the monsters on the grassland nearby , well, just leave that big white cat.
