Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 130 Strong Enemy
The Lightforger immediately realized that he had misunderstood and was judging others by his own standards.
Although he felt somewhat guilty, he finally let it go and quickly told everyone he knew.
After the two exchanged information about the gnolls and demons, they soon realized that if this operation was successful, they might get an unprecedented generous reward, so they immediately went to the destination, vowing to wipe out the Howling Scavengers, kill Yeenoghu Fang, and bring the key evidence back to the village.
In this process, in pursuit of efficiency and speed, they all tried their best, and after easily defeating a hunting team of more than fifty gnolls, the Lightforged could not help but admire once again.
"Levi, you're getting stronger and stronger, not just with your troops, but even with your own magic."
He knew that the fragile and miserable mage in the early stage would definitely be stronger than ordinary professions in the later stage, but he never expected that Levi had already revealed his sharp fangs.
Two consecutive spider web spells directly covered most of the enemies, and highlighted special enemies such as the Werewolf Overlord who were the strongest and therefore unaffected.
After a wave of concentrated fire took away the enemy, those low-level werewolves were still not free from the magic effect. After two more waves of arrow rain, all the enemies present turned into corpses on the ground.
This efficiency was really beyond his imagination. He knew that the other party was strong, but he never expected him to be so strong!
"Haha, it's just luck."
While being modest, Levi was actually a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was the way he released magic that had changed unconsciously, thus affecting the actual effect.
At the beginning, all the magic was directly instilled into his brain. He only had to read from the book, follow the guidance of the system, use gestures and spells in a certain order, and consume a certain amount of magic points to successfully use the magic he wanted.
It's just like when he first started using a bow and arrow, the system would mark out a virtual target and tell him to shoot there, and he would just have to do as he was told.
But in fact, he knew nothing about the background knowledge, principles and structure of these magics. He knew that he could use magic by doing so, but he didn't know why.
But gradually, after repeating it countless times, some magic, such as summoning elements, have almost become his instinct. He even feels that even without systematic guidance, he can still recite those spells and release them smoothly.
As he continued to learn new magic from the magic book over the past few days, he began to truly understand the composition and principles of these magics. Although the magic consumption did not decrease, and the magic power did not increase, he felt that he could release it more smoothly.
Thinking about it carefully, perhaps it was since I was promoted to a formal mage that this change suddenly became much more obvious. This is probably a hidden benefit of being a formal mage, right?
Coupled with his new Arcane Conductor expertise, he no longer had to be extra careful about saving magic, which resulted in his combat power seemingly increasing by leaps and bounds.
Seeing that Levi didn't say much, the Lightforger didn't ask any more questions. Although the two of them became closer after resolving that little misunderstanding and sharing information about the demon, everyone had his own secrets, and he already had some guesses.
"Levi, you should be a formal mage now. As long as you can complete this mission, I can also be promoted. When the time comes, if we team up again, I won't hold you back too much."
Seeing the Lightforger's expression, Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Oh, you are very confident, has your strength improved a lot?"
"Of course, I'm still not as good as you, but it's not bad. The rewards mainly come from the gods I believe in."
"By killing evil creatures, completing quests, making donations, and many other methods, we can accumulate special piety points in the church. The effect is similar to the current military merit points. We can exchange them for equipment skills, recruit soldiers, and so on."
"It is said that when piety becomes higher, it may even increase the power of our divine arts. I chose Asuryan, the creator god of our high elves and the supreme god."
Each race has its own gods, and the divine powers, priesthoods, and even churches all have very obvious differences.
The most obvious ones are some gods who mainly sing, dance, wander, etc., whose strength is more than one level lower than that of the God of War, the God of Storms, the God of the Sea, etc.
As for Asuryan, although he himself is like a dragon in the clouds, with only the tail seen but not the head, and there are very few churches and temples, but there is no doubt that he is the strongest god among the high elves, and even among all the elves, so he is the right choice.
However, even if they are not priests, God's chosen heroes of other professions can also obtain certain privileges by completing tasks. For example, Levi himself has now opened the reputation of several churches in succession.
As they walked and chatted, Levi would look at the magic book from time to time and regularly study the magic recorded in it.
This way of learning magic is good in every way: it saves money, is convenient, and is relatively fast. However, it has one minor drawback, which is that he needs to learn it again every hour. Once he is interrupted, all his previous efforts will be wasted and he will need to start from scratch. There is no systematic timer reminder, so he needs to write it down himself.
Of course, even so, the indigenous people are already envious to death.
Levi had also given a magic book to Donna and Janet before, wanting them to learn the summoning poison vine recorded in the book, which was a common first-level magic that could be learned by mages, druids, and rangers.
Unfortunately, the two of them stared at each other for at least half an hour. It's not that there was no progress at all, but it was also very pitiful. It was obviously a level 1 magic, and Donna estimated that it would take at least three to five days to study it before she could make any progress, and Janet would be even slower.
Unlike Levi, after only two or three days of copying, he had already learned three magics to enhance his survivability: false life, tolerance of elemental damage, and secondary bear's toughness. He is currently learning another very useful second-level magic - protective arrows.
Perhaps this is a special benefit for the chosen heroes of God. Unfortunately, Levi does not have any mage subordinates for the time being, and he cannot verify whether they learn faster.
Soon they approached their destination, and in order to avoid being noticed by the other party, they took the initiative to slow down their movement speed.
Then Sam came forward to report that they had found something special up ahead, several corpses emitting an extremely terrible smell of decay. Just by getting a little closer, some bee people were slightly poisoned.
The Lightforged raised his hand to detoxify the bee man, and then his face became a little serious: "Levi, it seems that these jackals have become stronger. Generally speaking, they will not casually abandon the corpses that they regard as food."
"And their sphere of influence seems to have expanded a lot. When I accepted the mission, the natives told me that the exact address was not here. I also personally scouted it and it should be several miles away from here."
"Is that so?"
Levi narrowed his eyes immediately: "I think this may not be a simple abandonment or waste of food, but more like a warning to the jackals here."
As he spoke, Levi waved his hand to summon several summoned creatures, and then began to enchant the ranged troops, while giving orders: "Donna, Cindy, Zhou Miyin, Janet, let's get ready for battle."
If it is an ordinary corpse, it will be refreshed by the system soon after the battle. Only corpses that have been processed by certain special skills or magic, such as the stored corpses of the undead, the desecrated corpses, the gluttonous meat of the ogres, or the corpses located in special areas such as mass graves, will continue to exist.
Now it seems that these corpses that can poison the bees are most likely from the hands of the jackals!
The Lightforged One was suddenly awe-inspiring. Indeed, what Levi said made sense!
Before Levi's words had completely fallen, a slightly shrill howl was heard in the distance, one after another, from near to far, obviously conveying some signal. Then, in the distance, a series of howls echoed as if in response, directly confirming what Levi said.
After listening to a few of them, Donna said, "There are at least 230 to 250 of them!"
Levi smiled. He knew it was not that simple. They killed more than a thousand demons in that underground cave. Similarly, Yeenoghu Fang, who was carrying out similar actions, would definitely not be killed so easily.
But for me, the more gnolls there are, the greater the rewards will be!
"It looks like this is a really big fish. Everyone, shrink your formation and prepare for battle. We are on a hillside, so we have a certain geographical advantage!"
There are many factors that affect combat effectiveness, including attributes, equipment, expertise, skills, magic, morale, physical strength, etc., and with the continuous battles, Levi discovered that terrain factors are also a relatively important part.
The most obvious example is that when you shoot arrows from a high position, the power will be improved. Even when the bees use blowguns downwards in mid-air, the power is actually improved. However, because the basic attack power is too low, the effect is extremely not obvious.
Next are cavalry, beast-type creatures, or jackals, etc. Their power will be weakened when they charge from bottom to top.
Although the curvature of this small hill is not large and its height is only a dozen meters, it can still be of some use.
In addition, with the addition of many brave warriors, the strength of his melee troops is much greater than before, so he is still very confident.
The Lightforged One next to him also hurriedly urged his subordinates to come down. It was not because he couldn't calm down, but the number of enemies this time was really not small.
Generally speaking, unless they have just experienced a great war, the number of coyotes, hyenas and the like in a gnoll team will be greater than that of gnolls, but the overall ratio remains fixed.
If what the Amazon named Donna said was true, then they would most likely face at least 120-150 gnolls next. Even if most of the gnolls were level 1 cannon fodder, this would definitely not be an ordinary battle!
It turned out that Donna's ears were still very sharp. Just a few minutes later, when they had just formed their formation and were ready for battle, hundreds of gnolls appeared in front of everyone, along with more than two hundred canines that served as part-time hunting assistants and reserve food.
Gnoll Warlord, Gnoll Hunting Master, Gnoll Claw Warrior, Gnoll Poacher...
Almost all the gnolls that have appeared before can be found among the enemies this time.
However, the only thing missing was the Yeenoghu fangs, which were extremely special claws that the Lightforged had mentioned.
But at the same time, some unexpected new enemies appeared in the enemy's ranks. When Levi saw them, his expression gradually became serious.
First, there were dozens of lizardmen with blue-green skin and holding bows and arrows. They looked somewhat similar to the poisonous lizardmen they had killed before, but their bodies were slightly thinner, and the proportions of their arms were not quite coordinated with their bodies. It was obvious that they specialized in bows and arrows.
Then there were fifty or sixty giant dragonflies flying in the air. They were more than one meter long, had sharp teeth and fangs, and even had spikes and poisonous needles on their tails.
At first glance, these super-giant dragonflies look very small and not much different from insects in the swamp, but in fact they are magical creatures, and there are several species with different strengths and effects, but none of them are particularly easy to deal with.
Tier 1 troops - poisonous dragonflies. As the name suggests, the spikes and fangs on their tails are equipped with poison attacks.
The upgraded version, level 2 Poison Fire Dragonfly, has additional poison fire damage at its attacks, and has a chance to expel the enemy 's buff magic.
Although the probability is not high, this is their innate skill and does not consume any energy. Moreover, they are agile flying soldiers with extremely fast attack and movement speeds, which can play a huge role in many cases.
If they were among the enemies in the evil cave yesterday, Levi would never have dared to guarantee that he would not have any casualties. The reason why the Jade Brave Halberd Soldiers were as tenacious as boulders in the sea was not only because of their own strength, but also because of their full body enhancement status.
But even more difficult to deal with are the level 3 Dragon Fire Dragonflies. In addition to inheriting the previous advantages, they can also add a weakening poison when attacking, randomly reducing the opponent's strength attribute by 1-3 points for 5-15 seconds.
Similarly, this is also their talent. Although the probability is still low, it has the advantage of not having any consumption, which is very annoying.
Because they make noisy flapping sounds like flies and are as annoying as flies to their enemies, they are also called dragon flies.
There were nearly twenty such dragon flies in the jackal group.
Although Levi also has the bee people led by Janet as his air force, Levi feels that if they fight head-on, Janet will probably be at an absolute disadvantage because the number of bee people is too small. In a pure air combat, they will have no advantage at all.
The only shortcoming of the dragon fly, which is also the common weakness of the three large dragonflies, is that it has thin skin and little blood. A level 3 dragon fly does not have as much health as a level 0 militia.
But they are level 3 soldiers after all, and they are magical creatures, so their attack and defense capabilities are not particularly bad. If the right method is used, a dragon fly may be able to kill dozens of militiamen in a row without any harm itself.
But now, Levi did not doubt whether the other side could exert their true strength, because in addition to these ordinary or special soldiers, in the middle of the many jackals, there were more than a dozen special jackals carrying javelins, and some obviously enlarged versions of jackals serving as guards for the two special jackals.
One of them was holding a long whip and dressed as a tamer. The equipment on his body was obviously much more luxurious than that of an ordinary werewolf. The other one who took the initiative was even more special because she had extremely obvious feminine features!
