Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 127: The Undead's Movement
The old wizard packed up and left in a hurry. Looking at his back, Levi asked with some interest, "Do you think he was really drunk just now?"
If the other party had not been helping him just now, it would not have been so easy for him to obtain this powerful magic. Although the other party also asked the old wizard for help, he stood by his side without hesitation just now, so Levi's favorability towards the other party was greatly improved.
The businessman Tros smiled, first took the initiative to fill Levi's glass, and then replied: "No matter whether he is drunk or not, at least he has absolutely no ill will towards you, sir. That is an extremely rare micro-meteor of Ma Youfu..."
From his point of view, this old wizard who had a little reputation in the neighborhood was really generous today . Just this one magic was even more valuable than all the things he sold today combined.
If you go to a big town for an auction, and come across some really rich and interested powerful wizards, it might not be impossible to get a few hundred gold coins.
But apart from a rare ruby, the total value of the remaining things Levi paid was estimated to be less than 10 gold coins, which was definitely a great bargain.
Levi smiled. The merchant Tros didn't know about the previous transaction between him and the old wizard, so he said that. But Levi had no intention of explaining it to him again, so let it be.
But this guy in front of me has been running for several days. What has he been busy with?
Hearing Levi's question, the merchant Tros quickly replied: "I mainly serve the God-chosen heroes in several nearby villages. As you said, Lord Levi, the God-chosen heroes are very generous, so I have made a small profit in the past few days."
"Also, the powerful bows and arrows you asked me to buy have also been sold. There is a Level 3 hunter in Fengsha Village who is willing to sell them, but the price is a bit high, so we haven't reached an agreement yet. But I'm afraid he won't be able to sell them in a short time, so as long as I delay a little bit, I still have a great hope of success. After all, he is in urgent need of money now."
Levi raised his eyebrows. For the natives, one or two days didn't matter, but for himself as a hero chosen by God, it made a huge difference. If he delayed it for a few more days, he might not even look down on the slightly inferior blue quality equipment.
Moreover, other God-chosen heroes are becoming more and more wealthy. It would be a pity if others really got ahead of them.
"That weapon is indeed quite good?"
"Yes, it's a blue quality Hurricane Bow. Not only does it have an extremely fast attack speed, but it also has wind elemental attacks. It's said that our ancestors once had a rank 5 archer, and this skill has been passed down from generation to generation."
"How much higher exactly?"
"The other party asked for a very high price, about seven or eight gold coins more than the normal market price, so I couldn't sell it in their village."
If an ordinary civilian just wanted to fill his stomach, he wouldn't spend half a gold coin in a month, so he was still very confident.
But Levi waved his hand and said, "I'll buy it. I'm willing to pay the extra money."
Donna had complained to him more than once that her bow was not working properly, and as the enemies became stronger and stronger, Levi knew that it was time to buy her a better bow.
Although similar effects can be achieved by replacing stronger arrows, arrows are consumables after all. A set of arrows with permanent enchantments costs gold coins per unit.
The businessman Tros nodded immediately. Since the client said so, he naturally didn't need to waste any more effort.
"Okay, then I will set out tomorrow. I will definitely bring the bow back in two days."
Li Wei frowned when he heard this: "Two days? How far is the Fengsha Village you mentioned from here?"
Two days later, the regional missions had already been completed, and the surrounding situation had been changing rapidly recently. Perhaps in a few days, I would go straight into the Underdark along the passage below the Gnoll camp. Of course, it would be better to update my equipment as soon as possible.
Merchant Tros was a little embarrassed when he heard this. "Well, the straight-line distance is not too far, but I have to go to a few surrounding villages. I promised them that I would bring some goods. Besides, the undead over there have been a bit rampant recently, and the mercenaries dare not travel at night."
"Undead? In the east?"
The sea is not far to the south of Maple Leaf Village. The navies of the High Elves and the Dark Elves are fighting endlessly there. At the same time, there are some annoying murlocs along the coast. They are not strong, but very disgusting.
To the north lies the land of the dwarves, who spend their days underground battling evil races such as burrowing beastmen, night goblins, and skaven.
The dwarf Stump, whom Levi had met before, would occasionally share with him some information through letters, which was a little outdated but still useful.
That's right, it's letters. Although this game has a friend system, it does not allow instant messaging. Every message you send or receive will only be received in the form of a letter 24 hours later.
If you want to communicate faster, you either have to send someone to deliver the letter in person, or use some carrier pigeons or magic to communicate, but this is still not safe because they may be intercepted, the carrier pigeons may be shot by hunters on the way, and the messengers may be ambushed by robbers.
Perhaps for the confidentiality of personal information, friends cannot see whether you are online or your current level and other related information. Everyone can selectively disclose their personal information to certain friends.
For example, Levi, the information he has released now is still combat level 3, and it is unknown how long this old information has been outdated, so even if he is added as a friend, the effect is actually very limited.
The truly reliable ones are actually forums or offline communication.
To the west are the kobolds and the nameless swamp, to the northwest is the rocky highlands that Levi has been visiting frequently recently, and to the southwest is the human territory.
Levi has been to almost all these places, but the only place he has not been to is the east. It is said that after crossing that area and walking for dozens or hundreds of miles, there are several towns of the high elves.
Black Castle , Vorag Fortress, and the town of Ashridge where Captain Reiner of the Silver Helmets was born.
Because he had promised the Lightforger that they could challenge a vampire boss together if they had the chance, Levi also deliberately collected some relevant information.
It is said that except for the Black Castle which was built by the high elves themselves, the other two towns were snatched from the undead, purified and transformed. Even the vast plain under their feet is named the Plain of Bones.
From all these things, we can roughly see that the undead race, which is now extremely weak, once had a glorious time on this land.
Unfortunately, the undead have too many weaknesses. What they are best at is to use their numbers to defeat the few and to bully the weak. Then, with their special ability to awaken the army from the corpses, they can expand rapidly like a snowball.
But if they encounter some tough nuts to crack, and the low-level undead keep dying out without being replenished, they will only become weaker and weaker. Then a powerful enemy will find a suitable opportunity to break in and kill the leading lich or necromancer who controls the undead army, and it is very likely that they will be defeated in one battle.
After all, there are relatively few undead with brains. Most of the low-level zombies and skeletons awakened by undead magic can only obey orders and even lack instincts. Without receiving orders, they will mostly wander around unconsciously and attack the living nearby.
Even if there were no necromancers using magic to maintain their existence, they would slowly become weak on their own. If they were exposed to some sunlight or something, even if they were not beaten by anyone, there was a great possibility that they would turn back into rotten and decaying corpses.
But now more than one person has said that the undead have become a bit difficult to deal with. Are they going to make a comeback?
Levi felt that the surrounding novice villages were having a hard time. There were powerful enemies everywhere. Even though many villages had some high elves as guards, their numbers were too small and their strength was not that strong. Once a war broke out, these villages would probably be flattened...
Merchant Tros said with some worry, "Yes, the Undead have become more active recently. The most obvious thing is that the dark clouds covering the sky above their area have started to grow larger and larger, and have even begun to invade the territories of other villages."
The undead will be weakened or even harmed in the sunlight, so they mostly act at night or on rainy days when there is no sunlight.
In addition, some powerful or wealthy undead can also complete similar actions through magic or special buildings, the most famous of which is the Dark Sky.
Unfortunately, the joys and sorrows of the indigenous people and the heroes chosen by God are not exactly the same. These disturbances may be disasters for the indigenous people, but for Levi, they are opportunities!
After chatting some more and learning a lot of information about the surrounding area, Levi looked at the time and felt that he should do some serious work. For example, today's enchantment has not been completed yet, but he can deal with the spoils first. Although he just spent some money from the old wizard, he didn't use it all.
Seeing that Levi seemed to be determined to leave, the merchant Tros immediately took out a red staff and a spear: "I found this specially for Lord Levi. I hope you like it."
Fiery Staff (Blue - Rare): Attack 3-6.
Effect 1, Fire magic attack +3;
Effect 2: If you hit a target with fire magic, it will weaken the target's fire resistance by 3-5 points for 5-10 seconds.
Requirements: Intelligence 10, Elemental Focus - Fire.
Limited professions: Mage, Warlock.
(Those attacked will feel the full heat of the flames)
Levi felt very satisfied. Although the overall quality was not as good as the staff he had just obtained, it was better in terms of its specialized effects. If it was combined with Ma Youfu's micro meteor, wouldn't it take off on the spot?
As for the spear, it is just an ordinary item. It is called Veteran Spear and is of green quality. It has decent attack power, but it only has a sturdy property. It is the kind of thing that is useful but not very useful.
Just like soldiers have hidden attributes such as morale and physical strength, equipment also has hidden durability attributes. It will leave marks when being cut by a knife, and it may be directly broken when being chopped by an axe, but this problem has not been obvious before.
Because Levi and his men updated their equipment very quickly, and starting with the green-quality equipment, they also had a certain degree of self-repair ability. For example, in the previous battle, the halberds of the Jade Brave Halberd Soldiers were all blunted, but by the time they returned to the village, they were almost as smooth as new.
As for those low-level soldiers who were still using blank equipment, Levi was too lazy to care about them. Anyway, whether their weapons were damaged or not had almost no impact on the current battle.
But despite this, Levi decided to keep the spear as a backup weapon for Zhou Miyin.
"It looks like you've got a good harvest this time."
"It's also good luck. As the undead are becoming more rampant, it's not just the old hunter who wants to sell his equipment and move."
The businessman Tros was quite emotional. The rampage of the undead was a disaster for many people, but for a businessman like him, it was an opportunity to profit.
After chatting for a few more sentences, Levi handed most of his spoils to the merchant. On the one hand, he used them to exchange for the two pieces of equipment. On the other hand, although many of them were not worthy of his attention, they were more or less useful to other God-chosen heroes, especially newcomers, and he could sell them at a high price if he gave them to the other party.
The merchant Tros was also very happy. It was not so easy to receive goods from the natives. He was not familiar with most of the other God-chosen heroes. Moreover, the quality of the goods provided by them was obviously not as good as that of Lord Levi. Moreover, they liked to haggle over every penny, unlike the other party who was so straightforward and hardly bargained.
Of course, in order to ensure the long-term business, he will never drain the pond to fish out the fish. Small profits will lead to quick turnover. He will also ensure that the other party has sufficient profit. A win-win situation is the real win.
After thinking for a while, Levi asked, "As I continue to fight against evil, my reputation and status have been improved to a certain extent, so I will enjoy a 5% discount on shopping in the village. I wonder if there is any safer and more reliable way to make a fortune?"
The merchant Tros' eyes lit up when he heard this: "Of course, arrows, bandages, supplies and other consumables will never have trouble selling. We can buy them all and completely control these aspects of the village."
Li Wei shook his head: "No, they can go to other villages to buy, but it's only a few miles away. Unless you can find similar people in other villages, you can achieve a monopoly. But the village is not stupid. If I really do this, they will react immediately."
"How about this, you make a rough list first, I'll buy some, and we'll try it out."
Now perhaps he is the only one whose reputation has reached the level of respect here, so it is not a big problem. But if other people gradually improve their reputation and have similar thoughts, will the entire village be completely controlled by these God-chosen heroes?
Maybe he could make a little profit at the beginning, but of course it wouldn't last long. He felt that the village would definitely impose restrictions, and the most effective way was to control the quantity purchased.
And based on his current understanding of the game, if he really did that, he would probably have to bear certain consequences, such as a significant drop in reputation.
Because they are not brainless, low-level AIs that only serve the chosen heroes, they also have their own wisdom.
Even if Levi went too far, his own camp might shift, and his subordinates might have objections.
The businessman Tros calmed down immediately and realized that he had made a stupid mistake because he was just overwhelmed by joy.
Although this was a half-elf village, they were as proud as the elves in many ways and would not give such a concession to a human merchant like him.
He immediately apologized to Levi and said that he would never make such a mistake again. He didn't want to lose a client with great potential because of his poor performance today.
Levi didn't take it too seriously. In most cases, as long as it didn't harm his own interests, he wouldn't mind what the other party had thought. What he cared more about was how the other party should do it.
Another half a quarter of an hour passed, and Levi discussed the details with the other party. They decided to try it on a small scale tomorrow. Then he almost emptied his space ring and exchanged it for about 10 gold coins.
The main reason is that the value of the staff is not low. Any equipment related to mages is not only rare, but also often very expensive.
But he didn't waste any words. He knew that the other party would definitely make some money. But as long as the other party could continuously provide him with various powerful equipment, what would a few gold coins matter?
He also knew that the other party was a smart person and would definitely not let him suffer any loss, otherwise this deal would not last long.
After parting with the merchant Tros, Levi looked at the moonlight outside the window and felt that he would most likely have to stay up all night today because he had wasted too much time. He didn't buy any supplies or perform any enchantments. He even hadn't taken Donna to see the special white lion that the old wizard had mentioned.
But think about it, tomorrow is the last day of the regional mission, so just be a little harder, since it will probably only be this time anyway!
