Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 158 Military Promotion
On the way back, Levi also visited the bee tribe, otherwise Janet would always be worried. Then they unexpectedly discovered that the beehive was not attacked by demons, not knowing whether it was because the location was too remote or hidden, or because they were lucky enough.
However, despite this, when they arrived, the entire hive remained in a state of high alert. After all, even if they had not yet been attacked, the previous movements and the remaining abyss rifts hanging in the sky were not fake.
After just a few glances, Levi knew that they had made good progress in the past few days. Now the garrison outside already had more than thirty soldier bees and fifty to sixty drones, and there were even more worker bees and giant bees inside.
In addition to the favorable terrain here, even if the old witch of unknown strength did not take action personally, an ordinary werewolf slave-hunting group would not be able to capture this place.
But now their enemies have become real demons. Although the flying castles have gone to attack the high elves, those abyss rifts are still there. After their energy is restored, more demons will inevitably pour out of them. Once they notice this place, there will be only one ending waiting for the bees, and that is death and destruction.
The old witch was obviously aware of this problem, so when Janet requested a meeting, she, who had been smiling before, now looked worried.
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. In this case, maybe he had a good suggestion...
Janet inquired about the situation and finally felt relieved after discovering that the beehive had not been attacked recently and was actually developing better and better.
But the old witch was worried. After a slight hesitation, she finally asked, "Lord Levi, how long do you think it will take for this commotion from the devil to end?"
Unfortunately, Levi couldn't answer this question because he had no idea. It depended on the actions of the high elves and the nearby temples. Otherwise, if he only relied on their God-chosen heroes, it would take an unknown amount of time. At least in the short term, they had no way to take those flying castles.
So he answered the other party truthfully.
“Is that so …”
Not getting the expected answer, the old witch frowned even deeper. Although she successfully escaped from the Underdark and got rid of her disgusting and even hateful fellows, she did not expect that the surface world was just as dangerous.
"I know what you're worried about. I can tell you for sure that even if the demons hadn't changed, it would have been difficult for you to stay safely in the Stoney Highlands, because the power of the chosen heroes is constantly growing. Sooner or later, they will notice you. Not everyone is as easy to talk to as me."
He was not completely threatening the other party, because for many God's Chosen Heroes, especially those in the evil camp, they could not give themselves mission rewards, nor could they use them for themselves. That was the movement experience points that could be killed.
As soon as the words came out, not only did the old witch frown even more, even Janet next to her became a little anxious. Although she has now followed Levi, she still has deep feelings for the Bee Tribe.
But the old witch was not a fool. She reacted quickly. Since Levi said so, she still smiled, which obviously meant that there was some solution.
"Then I wonder if Lord Levi has any solution? I hope that considering Janet's cooperation with us, you can lend a hand. The Bee Tribe and I will definitely repay you afterwards."
Levi smiled, knowing that the fish had been hooked: "Of course there is a way. You know that the surrounding towns and villages, whether they are humans or high elves, will not accept you. But if you are a hero chosen by God, it is another matter."
The old witch suddenly realized something and felt as if she had guessed something: "Lord Levi, are you planning to build your own village?"
Levi shook his head: "No, it's not just me, but an organization composed of many elite God-chosen heroes. We are preparing to build a village. If you can cooperate with us, your safety will be protected by all of us, but at the same time, you also know that you will definitely need to give something, just like now."
This answer was a little beyond the old witch's expectations, but it actually sounded better. As for paying something, she didn't have much aversion to it, as it was just what she should do.
"So it's just providing recruitable subordinates?"
"Yes, but if you can do more, we will certainly welcome you even more. Then we can sign a long-term contract under the supervision of the gods. Even if you and the Bee Tribe want to leave the village for other reasons in the future, we can discuss it."
For Levi himself, although the bees are flying soldiers, they are only useful in the early stages. With the rapid development of their strength, most of the bees will soon be eliminated. After all, their foundation is too weak.
But if the old witch could bring the bees to join the guild, it would definitely be of great benefit to others. This could be considered as a contribution I, as the vice president, could make to the guild. Anyway, instead of giving benefits to others, it would be better to give benefits to my acquaintances.
Furthermore, if he could recruit the old wizard Tess, the old witch Greta, and the werewolf witch Tiva, three powerful native magicians, wouldn't he be able to take off immediately?
The old witch was immediately tempted: "Thank you, Lord Levi, but I need to discuss it with the other bee people and the new queen first."
Having said that, everyone knows that this is just a polite remark, and she is still the actual controller of the Bee Tribe.
Levi didn't take it too seriously. He nodded casually: "Of course, we also have to choose the most suitable place to build a village."
A few minutes later, Levi, who had been replenished with a few soldier bees, left the hive. At the same time, there was a communication token in his backpack, which was from the old witch.
After consuming a certain amount of magic, they can communicate with each other in the form of messages, but the maximum range is only one hundred miles, and there is also the possibility of being affected by powerful magic or wizards, which may lead to the risk of the communication being eavesdropped or simply failing.
But despite this, it's still a pretty nice little gadget.
After walking two or three miles, Levi flipped through the magic book again and successfully learned the Secondary Owl's Insight. Now, among the many magic spells he had copied, only two first-level magics, Summon Poison Ivy and Magic Missile, were left unlearned.
At this time, the old wizard who had just been watching quietly without saying a word finally sighed: "Lord Levi, although I already know the special features of the God-chosen heroes, you have exceeded my expectations time and time again."
"Gnolls, beemen, and even so many different types of soldiers from different races in the team, how many secrets do you have?"
This was the first time he called Levi "Sir". Before this, even though Levi rescued him, out of his pride as a wizard, he was only willing to call each other "Master".
Levi smiled. Since the other party had not formally surrendered to him, he certainly would not tell him all his secrets.
However, the old wizard just sighed and had no intention of really asking questions, but in fact, both of them knew that he was becoming more and more shaken.
After a slight hesitation, the old wizard finally sighed and said, "Lord Levi, I should apologize to you, because the duet ring we traded may cause you some trouble."
"Oh, is it the green-skinned shaman?"
The old wizard was shocked when he heard this: "What? You already know?"
Levi shrugged: "Haha, those green-skinned orcs don't seem to have any other spellcasting professions."
Each race has different talents and specializes in different professions. For example, it is almost impossible for murlocs to have fire mages. Similarly, orcs don't have real mages. They either rely on the power of nature, the earth and their ancestors, or they rely on the mysterious power of WAAAGH to cast spells.
The old wizard gritted his teeth and said, "Since you have already guessed it, I will not hide it from you. I did snatch the ring from a greenskin shaman. He is the leader of a small tribe. Those greenskins came to seek revenge on me. You may also be attacked by them because of this."
Levi had already guessed this: "How strong are they?"
"Since it is just a small tribe, its strength is not very strong. The most elite are some green-skinned big guys and war pig boys. There may be stronger ones, but at least I haven't found any."
Levi nodded: "How strong is the shaman?"
Most of the greenskins are brainless guys who only know how to show off their bravery. When they meet the enemy, they rush forward in a swarm. Ambushes and luring the enemy are almost impossible to happen to them. Therefore, as long as you can survive their first wave of attacks, the advantage will basically gradually and rapidly tilt to the other side.
But if there are special greenskins like Shaman, it will be more troublesome, not only because of their spells, but also because of their brains.
"A 4th level elite, proficient in summoning. But after losing his ring, his strength has been greatly reduced. It shouldn't take much effort for you to deal with him."
If the opponent was really strong, he wouldn't be able to succeed so easily.
Li Wei immediately laughed: "I see, I see. It doesn't matter if they don't come. If they really dare to come, I will let them know how powerful I am."
Things are different now than in the past. As long as you are not attacked while fighting with others, the threat of these low-level greenskins is not that high.
The old wizard nodded and said no more. Now he had finally untied a knot in his heart. And to be honest, although he had concealed this point, no matter how you looked at it, he definitely did not treat Levi unfairly in the original transaction.
Compared to the time they went there, they did not encounter many enemy attacks on the way back. It seemed that with the departure of the demon's flying castle, the jackals and demons here also disappeared without a trace.
However, when they returned to the village, they found that there were about dozens of low-level demons attacking, and there were almost the same number of corpses on the ground around them.
Looking at the many buildings that seemed even more dilapidated than when he left, Levi knew that the village had not been stable during this period.
Since there were many God-chosen heroes leading the defense in the village, the few demons were killed almost in the blink of an eye. However, the old wizard groaned repeatedly, appearing to be extremely regretful.
Levi suddenly felt a little weird. Logically speaking, this is the territory of the high elves and half-elves. You were just invited by the old village chief to help. Why do you have such an expression?
But he soon thought of another key point. Since he was a half-elf, he must have both elven and human blood. If this old wizard had some blood relationship with the half-elves in the village, it didn't seem to be something that was completely incomprehensible...
It happened that the old village chief was also leading a team to organize defense, so Levi went directly to hand in a task. When he saw that Levi had returned successfully, the old village chief was overjoyed. Although their number was much smaller than when they set out, after all, someone had returned alive from the hands of the devil.
Ignoring the interaction between the two old men, Levi was just very satisfied to see that he had earned a large amount of reputation, military merit points and experience points. This time the reward was battle experience. As long as he worked hard for another day or two, his battle level would be almost up.
But this is not over yet. After arranging for the old wizard and other captives to rest, the old village chief quickly forced a smile and said, "Congratulations, Lord Levi. The magical communication from Ashridge Town is a reward and encouragement for you."
Levi suddenly perked up, knowing that this matter must be related to Reiner. Could it be that the town knew about the series of things he had done before the demon invasion?
The next moment, as the old village chief spoke, Levi's system prompt popped up.
"Through the power of magic, the many efforts you made before the demons officially invaded, including but not limited to killing the Chaos Dwarves and Fly Demons' heroic units, wiping out Yeenoghu's Fangs, destroying the Flame Furnace and the Evil Lair, have been known to many high elves."
"Although it is too late now, the proud Asur never fails a true hero. The Lord personally rewards you as follows."
"Your regional legend degree +1. Your regional legend degree has accumulated to 5 points, which will be converted into 1 legendary point. From now on, as time goes by, more and more beings will notice your rise, and your glorious deeds will continue to spread among the people. As a result, you will gain an additional hidden advantage when recruiting all the natives."
"Your rank has been promoted to sergeant, and the merit points required to be promoted to non-commissioned officer have been reduced by 60%."
Sergeant, Health +15, Magic +15, Leadership +30, Health +10 for all high elves under your command, and +5 for half-elves.
"You have started a new military mission - patrol and vigilance. When you destroy monsters around the high elves' towns or villages, you will gain additional experience points and military merit points based on their number and strength."
"You have gained the feats - Casting While Riding, Casting While Moving."
Mounted Spellcasting – You can cast spells while mounted (except while on a flying mount).
Moving Casting – You can cast spells while moving.
"You have completed the mission entrusted by Reiner Caledo. The Arion Cavalry will be ready to obey your orders at any time. You can recruit them as your official subordinates, or continue to let them serve as guards."
"In order to resist the invasion of demons, a small army of high elves will arrive in two days by warship. If your rank is high enough, you may be able to get some convenience when recruiting. - Reiner Caledor."
With this series of system prompts, Levi's mood became better and better. Indeed, this is a world with many strange magics. As long as you meet a wise leader, your efforts will not be in vain. Now it seems that both Reiner and the female acting lord above his head are definitely not lacking in wisdom and generosity.
He had originally wanted to exchange for those two specialties. A mage who could only cast spells while standing still would be very dangerous once he was targeted by the enemy. However, with these two specialties, his spellcasting flexibility was greatly improved. This acting lord, whom he had never met before, really understood his intentions very well.
Moreover, he had completely understood the usefulness of the legendary level. Before, he had only slightly guessed it from the performance of the old village chief, the quartermaster and others, but now he could finally be completely sure.
Then he took another look at his military merit points and found that after the discount, he could barely be promoted to non-commissioned officer. However, this meant that he would have to postpone exchanging Donna's leadership-enhancing battle skills, his own expertise in making magic items, and the preparation of a little griffin for Janet.
But Reiner's hint was obviously not something he would say casually, which really made him feel a little embarrassed...
However, after a brief consideration, he decided to listen to the other party's advice and go to the quartermaster's office to further improve his military rank. After all, this guy always seemed to be very reliable.
"Your rank has been promoted to non-commissioned officer."
Sergeant, HP +30, Magic +30, Leadership +100, HP +20, Attack +3, Defense +3 for all high elves under his command, HP +10 for half-elf
"You have opened a new military position. During the war, if the town or village has sufficient garrison troops or you have obtained the approval of relevant personnel, you can temporarily mobilize no more than one squadron of high elves. Military merit points will be consumed during the mobilization. If any garrison troops suffer casualties as a result, you will need to make corresponding compensation."
"You have opened a new military mission - training new soldiers. You can take new soldiers from some towns or villages out for training. If their ranks are promoted within the specified time, you will be rewarded with certain military merit points. If a new soldier dies in battle unexpectedly, you will suffer certain penalties."
"You have opened a new military mission - garrisoning troops. You can station part of your troops in towns or villages. The troops stationed during this period will not consume your leadership, and the stationed areas will provide your troops with necessary supplies such as food. Depending on the strength of the stationed troops, you will receive a certain amount of military merit points as a reward every day.
If a town or village is attacked during this period, your troops will join the battle. Depending on the outcome of the battle, your troops may suffer casualties, but they may also receive additional rewards. "
Levi suddenly became more interested. He knew that as his military rank continued to rise, the attribute bonuses would become more and more exaggerated, but he did not expect that the bonuses for non-commissioned officers would be so great.
In addition, the high elves have a martial nature as a racial talent, so even a tier 2 spearman's defense will become extremely exaggerated. If they fight against an ordinary tier 3 soldier like a horned demon, they will probably not be at a disadvantage in a short period of time.
He was also very interested in the two new military duties.
At first glance, training new recruits is not an easy task. It is better to train one's own real subordinates than to train outsiders, and it is also necessary to ensure that there are no casualties among the new recruits. But what if he is not aiming to complete the task from the beginning, but wants to take advantage of their combat effectiveness for free?
It is just that it is not clear what the strength of these new recruits is. If they are all level 0 or level 1 half-elf soldiers, then forget it. But if they are high-level elves, even the lowest level starts at level 2, then they can be used.
The second task is more suitable for Levi now. He has always been troubled by the fact that his leadership cannot keep up with the rapidly expanding troops, but now he has found a suitable place for the weaker ones among them.
There is no need for them to go out to fight. They can just stay in the village and serve as guards. Their salaries will be paid as usual and they can just consider it as exchanging money for military merit points!
