Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 144: Saber-toothed Tiger Laxiri
As it turned out, Donna was not bragging. Five minutes later, a big cat that looked very majestic but also very docile appeared under her feet. It was the saber-toothed tiger Laxili whom they had missed for many days.
First, the Tiger Master communicated smoothly and raised the other party's attitude to neutral. Then Janet started by Soothing Animals and Charming Animals. Coupled with Donna's Beast Friend expertise and Beast Affinity Scroll, Laxiri's favorability was almost raised to the peak in an instant.
There was no need for Donna to use the violent animal taming method that she was best at and most accustomed to. Laxili quickly agreed to her request, established a permanent bond with her, and became her animal partner.
This immediately made Donna smile from ear to ear, because apart from her and Levi, Laxili was the strongest in their current team!
Name: Laxili - Donna Drake's animal companion
Race: Sabre-toothed tiger (mutated)
Alignment: Neutral
Faction: None
Tier: Tier 4 (Elite)
Attributes: Strength 16, Agility 13, Constitution 14, Intelligence 3, Perception 8, Charisma 5
Life: 232 (14X10X1.2+64)
Equipment: None
Natural Defense: 5+5
Skill:
1. Mercedes-Benz;
2. Pounce, additionally increase attack power, critical hit rate and critical hit damage rate when charging;
3. Fang Thrust: When attacking with fangs, the attack power is reduced by 25%-45%, but it will be counted as two attacks;
4. Armor Break: Break the enemy's armor when attacking, reducing defense by 3-10 points for 3-10 seconds, and there is a chance of causing bleeding.
5. Terrain adaptation;
6. Heart of Winterspring, Winterspring grants it additional blessings, magic resistance +5, ice/fire resistance +5 more;
7, thick skin, natural defense +5, magic resistance +5;
8. Rake. When the front claws attack the target, you can try to add one or two additional attacks with the rear claws. The attack power will be reduced by 35-55%. The success rate is based on the strength and agility of both parties.
9, Elite, Strength +1, Agility +1, Health +64.
Animal Companion Abilities:
1. Enemies: dinosaurs, wolf-humans;
2. Preferred terrain: forest, desert.
(A mutant saber-toothed tiger from Winterspring, blessed by Winterspring, but it may not have yet tapped into its full potential)
If Levi wanted to let Julia and Bayoru show off their skills to see their actual combat effectiveness, but when facing Laxili, Levi simply skipped this process, because even after just looking at the attribute panel once, he knew that the opponent would be ridiculously strong, even a nightmare for low-level mages.
As an animal companion, if it is a one-on-one fight, it can easily beat the big white lion.
But this does not mean we can completely deny the role of the great white lion. Its roar is still very suppressive to low-level troops. Levi originally planned to let Donna arrange it to form a small group with the Wolf Patrol and the Mastiff-Headed Yakong, specializing in quickly slaughtering low-level troops.
Of course, now with the existence of Laxili, this combination will become even more terrifying.
With the addition of two new subordinates, Xiao Qi, and a series of expertise exchanged by Levi, their overall combat effectiveness has been further improved.
Unfortunately, no one knows whether it is because the Tiger Envoy summoned this time has a special personality, or because he is at level 4 and does not think highly of Levi's strength for the time being, or because he feels that he was sold out by the Wolf Envoy for some fresh meat, so he is holding a grudge in his heart.
In short, even though Levi treated him very warmly and planned to use some fresh meat and gold coins as compensation and reward, the other party had no intention of accepting it at all.
He didn't even allow Levi to obtain the corresponding summoning magic. After completing his task, he simply chose to leave.
Levi was not disappointed. He had already connected with the Gaiding Clan. There were tens of thousands of tigers living there. Even if the guy who came this time had a special personality, wouldn't it be enough to change him next time? There was no need to rush.
Donna was of course very happy, and Cindy also loved this majestic tiger, but Janet was completely envious.
Because after the promotion, she can also have her own companions, and as a druid, her companions will be more capable of development.
"Okay, stop being envious. I haven't forgotten you. Janet, have you decided what kind of animal you want to find?"
Janet nodded immediately: "Yes, we have discussed it. I originally wanted to learn from Sister Donna and find a beautiful big cat, but then she suggested that I should find a partner with the ability to fly, so that I can fight side by side."
This answer did not surprise Levi, in fact he thought so too.
"No problem. The quartermaster has blue falcons, giant eagles, pop birds, Pidgeots, etc. Which one do you like?"
The High Elves have ten kingdoms, each with its own characteristics. Among them, the Kingdom of Yvresse is very good at taming birds and flying creatures, and is also famous for its flying cavalry.
And because the high elves help each other, even though this is an overseas colony of the Kingdom of Caledor, there are a large number of soldiers from other kingdoms, the most well-known of which are the Lothern Marine Guards, and the same is true for the Arion Cavalry on the other side.
Janet said cautiously: "Uh, sir, I actually want a griffin more..."
Although this was an idea secretly given to her by her sister Donna, she still felt that her request was a little too much .
"Oh, you are quite ambitious. I agree, but you may have to wait a little longer. I am still short of military merit points, and your strength is not yet sufficient. Perhaps I can only find you an underage griffin first."
The griffin is a flying war beast that combines the majesty and characteristics of an eagle and a lion, with a proud and ferocious temperament.
Generally speaking, adult griffins are all level 4, and after special training, they can also be used as flying mounts, so this greatly increases their value and beats the Royal War Geese in all aspects.
Therefore, not only do they require a lot of points, but with Janet's current strength, it is almost impossible to tame each other.
But an underage griffin is much cheaper, and Janet's chances of taming it will be greatly improved. It will also allow her to fight alongside it and continue to grow together.
Of course, this cheapness is only relative. Everyone knows that once it is upgraded, its value will immediately double.
Janet immediately smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, sir!"
Xiao Qi next to him also said at the right time: "Thank you, thank you!"
Levi smiled again, then ordered the troops to turn around and prepare to head to the Rocky Highlands. Although the difficulty of obtaining military merit points had increased many times, they could just regard it as a way to train the team, as they would never have enough experience points.
However, before they could go far, they saw a group of defeated soldiers fleeing towards them in a very embarrassed manner. Behind them were more than a hundred pursuers. But what surprised and shocked everyone was not how strong they were, but because there were not only gnolls among them, but also abyss ghouls!
Levi immediately knew that there must have been major changes in the Stoney Highlands, otherwise these guys would never have appeared so blatantly!
At this time, the leading God-chosen hero seemed to recognize Levi, and he cried out for help from a distance.
Levi took a look and found that the other party looked familiar. He estimated that it was the person who had performed enchantment on him before, so he did not hesitate and directly formed a formation to meet the enemy head-on.
However, when Donna and other long-range troops were showing their power, he did not cast summoning magic according to the old rules, but instead recited a slightly lengthy spell.
After more than four seconds, he finally completed the magic. The sky seemed to have some small holes, and six fist-sized meteors, which did not look particularly eye-catching, fell rapidly with a streak of fire, and finally stopped beside him, slowly circling around him.
This was the first time that Levi cast this magic. It was really miniature, and the casting speed was quite slow. It probably took nearly 6 seconds from beginning to end.
If I were to fight one-on-one with an enemy of the same strength as other professions, not to mention whether I could successfully release this magic, in just these 6 seconds, I would probably be killed several times by the enemy, right?
Next we have to see whether its power can cover up these drawbacks!
With a slight wave of the staff, two meteors flew out instantly. Their speed was so fast that even Levi was a little surprised. Although it was slightly slower than Donna's arrows, it was definitely faster than ordinary half-elf archers. In other words, it was almost impossible for low-level troops to dodge!
“Boom! Boom!”
With two loud bangs, the fist-sized micro meteor made a noise far beyond its own size, followed by a large number of densely packed numbers representing damage. The gnolls in the center of the micro meteor's landing point were instantly turned into unrecognizable corpses, and the gnolls in the surrounding areas that were affected also generally suffered dozens of points of fire damage.
Not only were the God-chosen heroes who were desperately fleeing and the jackals who were chasing them startled, even Levi himself was a little surprised.
Is this the power of the Burning Staff, the Flame Thrower Bracelet, specialties, and the High Elf racial talent of magic penetration, all combined together?
As long as two micro meteors hit head-on, the fragile level 2 soldiers would be killed instantly, and he now has four such micro meteors left!
Although the casting time is indeed very long, it is undeniable that the power of this magic is really strong!
After the initial excitement, he blasted the remaining micro meteors one by one. Then, with a rough estimate, he found that the six meteors had caused hundreds of points of damage. Compared with the magic points consumed, the cost performance was very good.
Moreover, the sound and light effects of this magic are also very good, especially for these brainless and knowledgeable werewolves, it seems to have caused them some fright.
This caused their pursuit speed to slow down a bit. Although it was not too serious, it also gave the long-range troops the opportunity to make extra shots.
But Levi no longer paid special attention to them. He just asked Xiao Qi to cast the summoning magic, taking the opportunity to earn some experience points, and then looked at the God-chosen hero who took the opportunity to escape.
"What's going on? Why are there so many gnolls outside the Stoney Highlands, and there are also ghouls among them?"
The other party just came back to his senses from the powerful magic he had just seen: "Oh, don't mention it, Boss Levi, although I lost part of the army, I am still lucky. What is more unfortunate is those guys who have been killed."
"Those gnolls have all gone crazy. They keep pouring out from the central area. There are at least thousands of them. They seem to be preparing for a full-scale counterattack. I also saw two guys who look like the gnolls' chosen heroes. They shouted that they would destroy all the nearby villages!"
The Gnolls strike back? How dare they?
In the game, there are quite a large number of different dimensional planes. It is said that no one or demon has ever been able to count the exact number of the Demon's Abyss alone.
But in the main world, humans and high elves are the undisputed overlords.
The former has many powerful empires and kingdoms, while the latter not only has an independent, super-giant island called Ulthuan that belongs entirely to the High Elves, but also has a world-class navy, and therefore has a large number of overseas colonies.
Their troops are also far more elite than humans. The only thing they lack is probably their total number and fertility rate, which are not as good as humans.
After all, it only takes about 20 years to train a human infantryman from scratch, but for the High Elves, it would be embarrassing to let them leave Ulthuan without training them for 30 to 50 years. The only exception is probably the High Elves' God-chosen heroes.
Then it is the turn of many races such as dwarves, dark elves, wood elves and orcs.
The only exception is probably the cold-blooded lizardmen led by the magic toad. They call themselves the guardians of the world and almost never communicate or interact with the outside world, so no one knows their true strength.
And basically, the lawful camp is generally stronger, regardless of whether it is good or evil. On the one hand, it is because of the existence of the lawful gods and the greater unity. On the other hand, it is also because of the racial order, so there will naturally be layers of officials, ruling classes, nobles, kings, etc. It is easy for them to gather their strength together, fight against the enemy together, gain benefits, and thus achieve the goal of snowballing.
As for the chaotic camp, whether it is gods or mortals, they are relatively free and self-centered. They may temporarily unite together because of interests or powerful enemies, but they may change their minds at any time for other reasons, or simply turn against their allies and stab them in the back.
Over time, the gap between the two sides became wider and wider.
Although races such as demons and angels are powerful, the main world suppresses these extradimensional creatures, making it difficult for them to come over, and their strength will also be affected. The territory occupied by demons is very small, and the angels have simply given up.
That is why the lawful high elves can successfully stand out among many races.
As for small tribes like the gnolls, they don't even have a fixed main city. Although the average strength of each individual is stronger than that of the kobolds and goblins, in fact, in the eyes of powerful races such as elves and humans, there is almost no difference between them in essence!
But only half a minute after the rescued God-chosen hero left, Levi found that the situation was becoming more and more serious.
At the beginning, they were somewhat delighted that the enemy came to them on their own initiative, but soon they all felt something was wrong. Not only was it because the enemy reinforcements were coming faster and faster and the number of jackals was increasing, but also because real demons were gradually appearing among the enemies!
Upon seeing this situation, Levi made a prompt decision. He directly bombarded with Ma Youfu's micrometeor, and used summoned creatures to cover the retreat, and evacuated at full speed with the large army.
Because he felt that if they continued, even with his and others' strength, they might not be able to resist. Moreover, the appearance of so many demons at the same time meant that the demons in the Stoney Highlands were no longer concealing themselves. This was obviously not something he could deal with on his own!
Traveling quickly all the way back to the village, Levi found that he didn't need to report the emergency to the old village chief, because there were many God-chosen heroes in the village running around like headless flies, making a lot of noise and chanting the Three Character Classic.
Looking at the cats and dogs around them, Levi could understand why they were so angry.
The death of the God-chosen heroes in battle was not a particularly serious matter in itself, but what was more serious was that their death basically meant that the troops under their command were also basically wiped out, and the consequences were too serious.
For the God-chosen heroes at this stage, even if they have a large amount of savings in advance, it is difficult for them to form a strong team again in a short period of time, because there is a serious shortage of qualified soldiers in the Novice Village, and other God-chosen heroes are their strongest competitors.
Not to mention them, even for Levi now, if his team was really wiped out, it would be difficult for him to make a comeback.
Although all the major temples possess the ability to resurrect the dead, and can revive ordinary or elite soldiers, and even heroic units like Donna, it is said that resurrection is a high-level divine art of the 5th level.
Even if some priests believe in gods with portfolios such as life or death, the cost of using this spell can be reduced, but it is at least equivalent to a 4th-tier spell. It is difficult for the current God-chosen heroes to pay that price, so it is better to recruit a substitute.
This also explains why these God-chosen heroes appear so irritable.
In contrast, the cost of death for ordinary God-chosen heroes is just a period of weakness, and they will automatically be resurrected in the tavern of the village they were previously bound to, which makes countless natives who know the truth very envious.
As soon as he saw Levi, the old village chief immediately felt like he had found his backbone and ran over quickly: "Master Levi, how is your mission going?"
Levi sighed: "We were besieged by a large number of enemies on the periphery. We had no chance to rescue them. And you probably already know that our enemies are not only gnolls, but also abyssal ghouls and real demons."
He guessed roughly how things would develop and reminded the natives in time, but things did not improve at all and demons still poured out in large numbers.
The old village chief panicked: "Ah? What should I do?"
"Don't panic. The danger is imminent. If things go as expected, the gnolls will soon spread to the village. We need to be prepared for a defensive battle!"
