Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 159 Sam's Companions and the New Race
Early the next morning, Levi began to prepare necessary daily supplies and consumables such as arrows, bandages and food.
Throughout yesterday's whole day, the information about demons on the forum gradually increased. In addition to a large amount of information about the many types of troops of the demon faction, he also learned that the Black Castle of the High Elves was not the only town that was captured.
Because the less than ten abyss rifts he saw with his naked eyes were far from all of them. There were also many more unfortunate victims in more remote areas.
High elves, humans, dwarves, greenskins, wood elves, lizardmen, dark elves, lizardmen, ogres, tomb kings, skaven, murlocs, undead...
Regardless of justice or evil, regardless of camp or faction, at least nearly twenty different races were affected, even the fish people under the water were no exception.
Although most demons are of fire attribute, there are some exceptions. However, the territories of many water races and some islands are indeed much less vulnerable to attacks.
But despite this, their losses were still very heavy, because in some places the last regional mission had not yet been completed, and they were attacked by demons again. Under the double attack, there were quite a few God's chosen heroes killed and villages destroyed.
Although the name of this mission is Orcus' Little Trick, its coverage is not small. According to preliminary statistics, at least hundreds of temples from different gods have been mobilized. They all regard Orcus's actions as a provocation and decide to join together to fight against the devil.
Furthermore, there is clear news that the High Elves' true homeland, the island of Ulthuan, will also send reinforcements.
Although what was conquered was only the overseas colonies of the Kingdom of Caledor, one of the ten great kingdoms, it was a humiliation for all the high elves. To deal with such humiliation, the high elves usually only chose to wash it away in one way, that is, the blood and death of the enemy.
Of course, even if Orcus knew this, he probably wouldn't care. On the one hand, as one of the three giants of the Abyss, he doesn't need to fear the gods at all. On the other hand, he has long been at odds with the gods.
At the same time, Levi also learned that the undead were also attacked by the demons indiscriminately. It was said that many vampires and servants were killed in the Silver Peak, one of their bases, which made the beautiful female head of the Lahmia family who controlled the family very angry.
Levi was a little surprised at first, because according to his speculation, the undead were likely to be the beneficiaries of this incident. After all, Orcus was known as the Immortal Emperor.
But he soon realized that what Orcus was good at was creating, transforming and controlling the undead. For the low-level undead, it was natural to accept his control.
However, as vampires possessing independent intelligence and certain strength, they may not willingly submit to him. No one wants to have another boss over their head, so it is only natural that they will be attacked by the devil.
However, having said that, Levi feels that the pace of this game is a bit too fast. It has only been ten days, and the nearby areas have been involved in the black dragon, the abyss demon and the gods who are trying to become gods. However, other regions and races are far from being so exaggerated. I don’t know how much of it is because of him.
Or is it that there are so many demons and gods in this world and he just happened to encounter one?
But no matter what, Levi decided to speed up his action, otherwise after the powerful natives of many temples entered the scene, he would have fewer opportunities left.
After finishing the tasks at hand, Levi discovered that the village was attacked again, but this time the scale of the enemy was far less exaggerated than yesterday. There were only about two or three hundred low-level demons.
Since many God-chosen heroes had already come to greet them excitedly, he did not pay too much attention to them and directly led his troops to the east.
Last night, he met a Lightforged. Currently, he is working with the Sun Knight and others to recruit guild members, prepare supplies, choose a suitable location for building a village, etc. Then he handed Levi a pair of carrier pigeons.
This thing is a special little animal. It has no class at all, but it can communicate within a certain range.
Of course, it also has many weaknesses. First, its speed is far slower than magic communication. Second, if the carrier pigeon encounters an eagle or other enemy on the way, it may be killed directly.
But anyway, it's of some use.
Levi also revealed some information about the bee tribes. After all, he was the vice president of the guild and it wasn't like he didn't care about the guild at all.
The Lightforged were naturally overjoyed; the advantages of the flying army were still very obvious, and even if their strength could not keep up with the pace in the future, it would still be good to use them to attract new recruits.
In addition, he also shared the latest information with Levi.
Since the demons indiscriminately launched attacks on almost all races and forces around them, the ogre camp, which had attracted much attention due to the appearance of the dragon warriors, was naturally included.
This was normal, but after many kobolds were killed, the camp seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, so they launched a large-scale counterattack under the leadership of the kobold hero, Doug Bone Eater, and wiped out hundreds of invading demons in one fell swoop, including mid-level demons such as hellhounds and horned demons. This also allowed some interested people to witness the hidden strength of the kobold camp.
The actual number of dragon people and poisonous lizardmen is more than ten times what they have shown before!
However, despite having such powerful combat capability, they have been staying there honestly. Apart from cutting down trees to reinforce their camp, they have also sent out some small patrols for hunting. They have no intention of expanding outward at all. Their true intentions are very worth pondering.
So Levi, who originally wanted to kill some dragon warriors and gain some spoils, gave up this plan. It was not entirely because he was afraid of the opponent's strength, but also to avoid alerting the enemy.
Since the black dragon intends to endure, let it continue to hide for now. Anyway, he is confident that the speed at which the gods' chosen heroes will become stronger will definitely exceed everyone's imagination. He will cause trouble for it after they become stronger.
So his target was placed on the Undead in the East. They were the only force that was almost unaffected by the demon riot yesterday. This was too obvious. What other reason could there be except that they had become the demon's lackeys?
Before they officially started their journey, Sam, whose presence had been decreasing recently, suddenly became happy. A few seconds later, they saw five or six halflings riding on geese, running towards them happily.
Sam was the first one to rush over, and then Levi also received a system prompt saying that after several days of difficult journey, the reinforcements Sam called for finally arrived, and these Halfling Royal War Goose Knights were waiting for his formal recruitment.
Fortunately, they are currently in the mountains somewhere in the west, participating in a war between dwarves, green-skinned orcs and Skaven ratmen, which is not very far from here. Otherwise, if they really want to rush here from their halfling hometown, the province of Moot, it is possible that it will take ten times longer because the journey is difficult and dangerous and there are enemies everywhere in the wild.
Levi certainly didn't hesitate, he chose to pay directly, and then he found that the attributes of these halfling knights and their mounts were listed separately, and the attributes of the Royal War Goose were slightly stronger than the knights on its back...
This made him a little speechless, but no matter what, Sam had taken a lot of effort to call over the other party, and they were at least level 2 flying soldiers. In addition to conducting reconnaissance work, their small crossbows could also cause some damage, so they were still somewhat useful.
So Levi appointed Sam as the captain of these knights, intending to let them continue to serve as scouts . Now with Janet's bee people, Sam's halflings, and the horse thieves led by Julia, it would be almost impossible for Levi and his men to be ambushed on the wild plains.
After taking care of this little matter, they headed eastward. They soon discovered that the environment in the east had also changed a little. It was obvious that even though they had not really conquered Maple Leaf Village, many demons had chosen to bypass it and go on to invade other villages behind.
Suddenly, Levi remembered something. He stopped and wrote quickly, and handed it to a carrier pigeon to deliver it to the Sun Knight immediately.
Donna, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but be curious. Levi immediately explained, "I'm a little worried about the situation in Green Blade Village. Although their location is relatively safe, there are no high elf troops stationed there."
As a village composed purely of half-elves, Green Blade Village is the only exception nearby. Facing the invasion of demons, their situation may be particularly unfavorable, so Levi immediately thought of asking the Sun Knight and others to go and help.
It is not only for the sake of saving Green Blade Village, but also for the development of the guild.
Although he originally just wanted to put his name on the list, it was better to leave this kind of thing that he didn't have the energy to do for the time being to them than to let outsiders take advantage of it. Moreover, the character of the Sun Knight was destined. No matter how much he paid, he would try to pay it back double, because the rich didn't want to owe others, and he didn't have to worry about working for nothing.
Similarly, it is also of great benefit to Green Blade Village, as it is a timely help.
"Green Blade Village, those guys are pretty good, and the village chief there seems to have some ambitions. Unfortunately, his strength is a bit lackluster."
Donna also sighed when she heard this. She had also stayed there for a while after she fell into trouble. Although she couldn't say that they had a very deep relationship, she was more or less grateful for the other party's taking her in. Moreover, if it weren't for the other party, she would never have met Levi later.
Just then, another regional announcement came late.
"The demon army from the Abyss has opened a crack leading to the abyss, and a large number of demons have swarmed out. The number of demons in the area near all the abyssal rifts has increased significantly. The probability of rare and elite demons appearing has increased, and there is a very low chance that heroic units will appear."
"Affected by this, the space near the Abyss Rift has experienced drastic fluctuations. Some strange things from other planes may appear, including but not limited to magic ponds, magic wells, mysterious huts, plane merchants, resource points, random treasures, special enemies, etc."
"At the same time, a new batch of God's Chosen Heroes are about to arrive. The descendants of heaven, demons, devils, the last descendants of evil dragons (five-color evil dragons), dragon people (including five-color evil dragons and five kinds of metal dragons), descendants of Zhendan dragons and more sub-races will appear as the initial optional races and employable soldiers. After a special ceremony, some existing races will have the possibility of permanently changing their own bloodline."
More races and chosen heroes? After several expansions, the number of chosen heroes in the game has become more and more.
It's just that because the map is too big and there are too many different planes, he is still hanging around the High Elf Novice Village at this stage and has not really come into contact with many alien God-chosen heroes.
Instead, many new races attracted his attention more. Dragon people and the like sounded much stronger than ordinary humans and halflings. Wouldn't this be unfair to other existing God-chosen heroes?
Or are there likely to be some restrictions in other areas?
Moreover, Levi is very interested in the descendants of the Zhendan dragons, because as everyone knows, the prototype of the Zhendan dragon gods is the ancient oriental totem - the dragon!
The system's prompt sound had just ended, and Levi had not had time to share this information with Donna and others. Then he watched with his own eyes as a gleaming door appeared out of thin air in everyone's sight, accompanied by a faint light.
He immediately sighed: "It seems that we are lucky today."
Donna next to him also became slightly excited because she also recognized the target: "Levi, it's the Random Treasure House!"
Levi also nodded. To put it simply, this thing is a copy that can produce resources. It is not the first time it has appeared. A few days ago, a similar copy called the Shipwreck was exposed by several ocean-related God-chosen heroes.
Once entering, everyone will be immediately transferred to an independent space where there will be some enemies. Depending on the difficulty of the copy, certain requirements need to be met before passing the level.
Basically, you have to kill all the enemies or hold out under the enemy's fierce attack for a certain period of time, and then you can withdraw freely, and you will get some gold coins, soldiers, equipment, experience points and other things as rewards.
Or if all the troops you brought in are killed, you can exit early.
However, not only are the rewards of this thing random, but the difficulty is also not fixed. It seems to be divided into multiple different levels.
For example, the lowest level shipwreck copy will have some drowned water ghosts or murlocs, the intermediate level will have stronger monsters like Naga and Shark Man, and the high-level shipwreck may have super powerful enemies like Hydra and Leviathan. But in general, the reward and risk are proportional, the stronger the enemy, the higher the reward.
According to statistics on the forum, there are probably many different dungeons that have appeared, including the Shipwreck, Desecrated Cemetery, Dwarf Hills, Elf Tree, Imperial Barracks, Naga Lair, Griffin Ridge, and Dragon Kingdom.
The environments and enemies within these dungeons are all different, but they are basically consistent with the factions to which the names belong. The Kingdom of Dragons is undoubtedly the strongest among them, and the Desecrated Cemetery is very likely the weakest. The others are difficult to rank for the time being, not only because the difficulty of the dungeons is not fixed, but also because almost no one can successfully pass them, and there is too little data available.
Levi immediately walked forward and touched the glowing door with his hand, and the system immediately popped up a series of prompts.
The copy in front of you is called Dwarf Hills (Basic). The enemies inside are mainly dwarves. If you want to enter it, you must have a hero unit leader. Troops that exceed the leadership cannot enter. When there are other hero units inside, outsiders will not be able to enter, and everyone can only enter once, after which this Dwarf Hills (Basic) will not be open to them.
Of course, if you discover a new Dwarf Hill somewhere else, you can still enter it. Each copy is completely independent.
Next, based on the spatial fluctuations here, this copy may be closed in 5-6 hours.
After reading it, Levi felt that he had already won the battle, because based on the currently known situation, the enemies in the primary dwarf hills should include dwarf miners, dwarf slingers, dwarf warriors, dwarf crossbowmen, dwarf rangers and other types of soldiers, and the leaders might be a team or half of dwarf butchers, dwarf warriors or thunder gunners.
As dwarves, almost all of their troops except the butcher are considered to have strong defense, and their attack power and health are also quite good. However, at the same time, they also have a biggest disadvantage, which is their low agility. Their attack speed and movement speed are relatively slow.
Even the butcher and ranger who are known to be the fastest are only faster among the dwarves.
What's even more interesting is that, except for the crossbowmen, the range of the other long-range soldiers is very short, at least far less than that of the half-elves who use bows and arrows as weapons.
As long as they kill all the crossbowmen in the first round of concentrated fire, even if they don't have the ability to move and shoot, they can completely use their speed advantage to kite the opponent, because the area of the copy space is not small, which is enough for them to carry out such actions!
Thinking of this, Levi immediately shared the relevant information with Donna, and discussed whether they could divide the troops, with two people leading different teams and each taking a reward.
Donna certainly wouldn't have any objection, so they quickly made a decision to let Donna mainly lead Julia and other long-range troops, plus two big cats, Janet, wind elements and Guang Yakong for assistance, mainly to kite the opponent.
Levi led the remaining melee troops to prepare for the second wave. After all, it was just an initial Dwarf Hill, and the number of enemy troops inside was traceable, basically between 50 and 150. Although the number was not small, because of the low average strength, even if they didn't fly kites, they would almost certainly win in a head-on fight.
At the same time, he began to write to the Sun Knights again, telling them the information about the copy here. If they were quick enough, not only could they make a small profit, but they might also be able to take the opportunity to collect tips from other uninformed people.
Those who spend money will not lose out either. After all, this light gate will only last for a few hours and will not wait for anyone after the time is up. If no one tells them, they will not know there is a copy here at all. As long as they can successfully pass it, even if they pay some ticket money, it is definitely better than wandering around in the wild.
Of course, Levi himself didn't want to do this kind of thing. Not only was he more careful about his reputation, but more importantly, he didn't want to waste too much time here. He wanted to open up the road to the town as soon as possible!
