Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 161: Donna is ambushed
"Where are Donna and the others?"
After successfully completing the dungeon, Levi, who had just come out, had no time to share his joy with everyone, but found that Donna had disappeared, and even Janet and the bees were nowhere to be found.
A Jade Crane gunner standing by immediately replied, "Sir, Lady Donna just spotted a black cheetah, so she chased after it, apparently wanting to give it to Lady Janet as an animal companion."
Levi suddenly realized: "Could it be Shadow Claw?"
He had previously made a deal with a wanderer named Three Hands, and the other party gave him an extra piece of information, saying that there was a level 3 elite nearby that could use the Curse of Weakness and whose claws inflicted dark damage. Unexpectedly, Donna discovered it by chance.
Although with Donna's current strength, plus her two big cats, Levi had no doubts that she could deal with Shadow Claw, but just waiting was not a solution, so he quickly led his troops into a forest.
However, as soon as he entered, Levi shuddered involuntarily. It was not because he really felt cold, but because he sensed the gloomy and thin dark magic power, which seemed to be full of death and murderous intent. Since he was promoted to a formal wizard, he has become more sensitive to magic.
He subconsciously looked up at the sky, and as expected, he did not see any sunlight. The dense branches and leaves blocked their heads, and even their maximum visual range was affected.
This immediately made him feel a little uneasy, but according to intelligence, this place was not yet the territory of the undead. Could it be that because of the appearance of demons and abyssal rifts, those guys had rapidly expanded their territory in such a short period of time?
Moreover, this special terrain is obviously disadvantageous for archers like Donna, as well as mages like me...
As he was thinking, there was a sudden scream from the front, followed by the sound of an arrow breaking through the air. Levi thought to himself, if he really wanted to tame Shadow Claw as Janet's animal companion, it would be almost impossible for Donna to attack it. Now they must have encountered other enemies!
He immediately ordered his troops to speed up their pace, and at the same time he cast magic to summon the Mastiff-Headed Yakong and the Wolf Patrol. In this special terrain, their movements would not be hindered.
As the light of magic flashed, in addition to the two guys that Levi was very familiar with, he found that there was an uninvited guest this time.
The other party was probably less than two feet tall, with slender limbs, and looked like a combination of a ferret, a rabbit, and a squirrel. He did not have any weapons in his hands, and was covered with white fur like a Wolf Patrol Master. He looked quite cute, and what attracted the most attention was his extremely lively eyes.
Anyone who sees these eyes will subconsciously assume that their owner is a alert and cunning little creature.
Before he could see the surroundings clearly, the Wolf Patrol laughed out loud: "Lord Levi, I'd like to introduce you to a new companion, a Swift Rat Patrolman from the Gaidin Clan who is famous for his speed and agility!"
Upon hearing this, Levi quickly opened the attribute panel, and as expected, he found the other party in the summoned creature column. At the same time, another system prompt popped up, saying that he had officially obtained the authority to summon the other party. The other party's attitude was much better than the previous Tiger Envoy.
This little fellow named Ratmaster is a Tier 2 soldier. Apart from his excellent agility and acceptable intelligence, his other strength and physique are totally unworthy of mention. He may not even be more resistant than a Tier 0 militiaman, but his skills are very good.
In addition to flexible movement that can increase movement speed and dodge chance, he also possesses two abilities that Levi is very interested in: he can use invisibility once a day and can use the first-level magic - magic missiles without limit. These two magics are not even mastered by Levi yet.
In short, he is not a combat type, but he will be an excellent scout and has certain life-saving abilities.
Levi immediately expressed his gratitude to the Wolf Patrol and welcomed the Rat Patrol. He then immediately made a request to the other party: "Donna has encountered an enemy in front, most likely the Undead. Please go over and provide reinforcements!"
"Yes, sir!"
“Haha, no problem!”
The wolf and the dog agreed, and then ran forward using their hands and feet.
The newly arrived Rat Master seemed a little shy and timid, so he just nodded slightly to Levi, then jumped and chased after him. Although he started later, he quickly surpassed his two companions. He was indeed a species known for its speed.
And although its name contains the word "rat", it surprisingly does not have the slightest sense of being a rat. It is worthy of being a member of the Gaiding Celestial Clan. It is indeed extraordinary.
Although he felt a little emotional in his heart, Levi's movements were not delayed at all. Almost every few meters he moved forward, he would gain a new buff. After obtaining riding casting and moving casting, coupled with his previous focus casting expertise, he could use magic very smoothly even if the glazed jade lion under his crotch was moving all the time.
In less than two minutes, Levi led his troops through the dark woods and came to a rather large open space. Although they were helping Janet capture Shadow Claw, this was a dangerous wilderness after all, and Donna and the others did not seem to have left too far.
When Levi arrived, before he could see the situation clearly, he heard a very rampant curse: "You stinky woman, you dare to snatch our pets!"
"That's right, I will kill you today!"
"Haha, these girls look pretty good. It seems a bit of a waste to turn them into zombies."
"What a pity, this game can't be erotic..."
Hearing these words, he couldn't help but frown. With such a foul mouth, he must be a hero chosen by God.
Even if the natives cursed, their words were basically mean, shameless or disgraceful, which actually had very low lethality. However, the mouths of some God-chosen heroes were much more foul.
At the same time, he suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the Lightforged had always said that the Undead here were very difficult to deal with. Many God-chosen heroes who claimed to be smart or powerful went here, but ultimately still failed. It turned out that the other side also had God-chosen heroes playing tricks in secret!
But the bully actually targeted Donna. I really don’t know how to write the word “death”!
"They are the undead. Zhou Miyin, Cindy, you know what to do!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Of course I know, Brother Levi!"
The people who heard the curses also rushed out. While running, Zhou Miyin and others took out the holy water they carried with them and poured it on their weapons.
They had received similar instructions before. Some mid- and high-level undead often have certain damage reduction capabilities or self-healing abilities. These abilities will only be temporarily ineffective when they are attacked by specific attributes. Not to mention that there may be ghost-like enemies among the enemies that almost completely ignore ordinary physical attacks. Now is the time for these holy waters to come in handy.
Cindy directly summoned her own psychic hammer. Although the attack power of the psychic hammer seemed very low, as her strength continued to increase, its attack speed became faster and faster, far exceeding the speed at which she could wield the hammer herself. The reason why she could advance continuously so quickly was at least 60 to 70 percent due to its existence.
Subordinates such as Bayoru and Simon, who are not known for their speed, continued to guard Levi. At the same time, Levi once again summoned Guang Yakong, who was best at dealing with evil. They only needed to protect themselves.
As Cindy and others rushed forward, the undead in the forest were obviously startled. With a series of shouts and curses, they began to try to fight back. While Levi cast protective and auxiliary magic on Cindy and others, he quickly searched for the traces of Donna and others.
After seeing the situation clearly, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because at this moment Donna and the others were standing in a circle, leaning against a big tree for defense. Their lives were not in danger for the time being, and it seemed that they were not even injured at all.
A cheetah with a pitch-black body and shiny fur was lying a few meters behind Donna, with its eyes closed, and it was unclear whether it was dead or knocked unconscious by Donna's violent taming method.
Around them were at least hundreds of skeletons, zombies, ghouls, ghosts, rotten dogs, and more than thirty undead creatures wearing black armor, holding spears or swords, and looking extremely brave.
They are the backbone of the Undead, possessing a Tier 3 troop type - the Grave Guards - that has combat power far exceeding that of ordinary mortals. It is precisely because of their existence that the Wolf Patrol and Mastiff-Headed Yakong dare not be careless.
If it is a one-on-one fight, they can all win, and even a one-on-two fight has a great chance of winning, and a one-on-three fight may not be completely impossible.
But now the number of the enemy is too large, coupled with the assistance of many skeleton spearmen, which makes their situation extremely embarrassing. Once they rush forward, they will be stabbed into bleeding sieves.
Even Janet's bees are in a bit of a bad situation, as there's a swarm of giant, rotting bats, evil crows, and even harpies hovering in the air.
Although the Undead's ranged troops are extremely inferior and are at the bottom of the list of all races, their troops are extremely diverse. After all, except for special creatures such as demons, devils and angels, theoretically most living races can be transformed into Undead after death.
Even Levi couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect these guys to have such powerful fighting power. No wonder the ordinary God-chosen heroes died one by one. Even now, the truth has not been fully figured out.
The three undead chosen heroes protected in the middle have the appearance of a skeleton, a ghost, and a vampire respectively. It seems that the dirty words just now came from their mouths.
However, although these undead are extremely powerful, they chose the wrong enemy. They should never provoke Donna and should not offend me!
Faced with the sudden attack by Cindy, Zhou Miyin and others, several Undead God-chosen heroes were suddenly shocked. They had never expected that the battle in front of them had not yet ended, and new enemies appeared from behind.
Especially when they saw a group of Jade Warriors' weapons flashing with light, and they killed their skeleton soldiers and zombies as easily as cutting wheat, and their ghosts were killed one after another , they all knew that they had met a tough opponent who was well prepared.
Especially the ghost hero who was chosen by God, he hid directly behind some zombies. After all, everyone knows that the priest has too much restraint on ghosts.
"Hey, hey, hey, new guy over there, this is a conflict between us and that bitch, don't interfere!"
"That's right, as long as you stop now, we won't care about the few subordinates you killed!"
A skeleton and a ghost sang in unison, and it sounded like they were quite generous.
But Levi ignored them. The undead were always hated by everyone. Although their status and situation in the main world were better than those of the demons, they were still very limited.
What's more, you guys have already attacked my subordinates first, and you want me to not intervene? You are such idiots!
At this time, the last vampire seemed to have noticed something: "Why are you still wasting time talking to him? I was just curious why a hero would come out with such a small number of soldiers. This woman is probably in cahoots with these high elves!"
"I see!"
"Fuck him, guys, fuck him!"
The two Undead God-chosen heroes suddenly realized what was going on, and immediately launched a counterattack. The Skeleton waved the saber in his hand, and the attack speed of all the skeleton soldiers under his command suddenly increased by a level.
The vampire muttered something, then raised his hand and a large group of rotten insects flew out from his palm, not only causing some damage to the Yu Yongs, but also inflicting a little negative status on them. At first glance, this magic looks a bit like Janet's Swarm Disturbance, but in fact the principle and effect are completely different.
Then he shook his robe and released a small cloud of black mist, temporarily hiding the area where he was. This black mist summoned by magic was difficult to see through even for races with dark vision.
The ghost seemed to be a wizard as well. He first cast several curse spells, then suddenly opened his mouth and sucked towards Levi. This was his signature ability that always worked, and it was particularly effective against wizards who were casting spells.
The next moment, Levi immediately received a system prompt saying that he was suffering from the enemy's magic absorption, but because of the gap in strength between the two sides and his expertise in focused casting, the opponent's magic ended in failure this time.
Before the ghost had time to be surprised, Levi had already snorted and successfully released Ma Youfu's micrometeors, and directly guided them towards the direction where the ghost was.
As we all know, the undead have many weaknesses such as fire, lightning and light, and ghosts are the race with the most serious weaknesses!
The ghost's eyes widened instantly, and he didn't even have time to curse. He turned around and floated backwards.
Others may not know how powerful these two little fireballs are, but he happened to have read relevant information and knew that the actual power of this thing is far, far stronger than it looks!
But no matter how fast he is, how can he be faster than a micro meteor?
With two loud bangs, the fragile Ghost God's Chosen Hero was killed instantly.
Levi was not surprised at all. He had the advantage in level, equipment, attributes, and many magical expertise. The opponent was a ghost-like enemy that was severely restrained by fire and of course had no ability to fight back.
So he just calmly commanded the remaining micro meteors to blast towards the black fog. Even if it can block the vision, can you still ignore my magic?
Of course it was impossible, and they both knew it.
So almost as the micro meteor flew out, a slightly shrill scream came out from the black fog, followed by a series of flapping wings sounds, and four little bats flew out and pounced in different directions.
This is a life-saving skill unique to some vampires. They can transform into bats in emergencies. Although their attack and defense capabilities will be greatly reduced during this period, as long as any little bat survives, they can successfully survive. The more little bats that survive, the more health they have left.
It can be seen that among these three God-chosen heroes, he is probably the smartest one because he is decisive enough at critical moments.
Unfortunately, Levi wasn't the only one present.
Donna, who had already accumulated too much anger because of being besieged, immediately let out a delicate cry and shot out a series of arrows.
Then Julia, who was following behind Levi, also took action directly. As a witch hunter who was best at fighting against one of the undead races, although she had never really fought with vampires before, she knew some of their characteristics.
Even though the little bats noticed their movements and obviously tried to dodge, it was too late. With a few light noises, all four little bats were shot to pieces on the spot. The vampire hero was killed without even a grunt.
His cleverness backfired, otherwise, with the vampire's natural high agility and blood-sucking ability, he would not have been so easily eliminated.
At this time, two miniature meteors continued to fall, and with two loud bangs, the black fog was blown away in an instant, leaving only a pile of broken bones and rotten corpses. The low-level undead had no power to resist this magic.
Seeing his two companions being killed instantly one after another, and Levi's finger pointing at himself, the last remaining Skeleton God's Chosen Hero was suddenly frightened. He didn't even bother to say a word of harm. He turned around and ran back.
Although it seems likely that he would be killed by the enemy if he left his troops alone, at the same time, if he, as the chosen hero of God, was killed instantly first, then there would be no way that his undead subordinates would survive!
Levi knew that in such a special environment, it was impossible for him to stop the opponent by himself, so he simply stretched out his hand and pointed the remaining micro meteor at the graveyard guards who were still surrounding Donna and others.
Compared to the zombies and skeletons just now, the graveyard guards were obviously much more resilient. Although they were generally seriously injured, none of them were actually killed.
However, the impact of the explosion was still unavoidable. The formation that was originally like an iron barrel was directly opened up with several gaps. Moreover, since there was no God-chosen hero on the scene to serve as the commander, these graveyard guards would not take the initiative to plug the gaps.
Although their strength is quite good, they are still the driven dead and do not have enough intelligence except the fighting instinct.
Levi didn't even need to speak, Donna had already stretched out her hand and pointed, and the two big cats immediately roared and rushed out of the gap. Then the Wolf Patrols, who were also full of anger, followed with low growls. It was obvious that they had only one target, and that was the escaped skeleton.
However, the one who was one step ahead of them was the Rat Master. With his smaller stature, he was most suitable for this kind of tracking task.
The equally angry Mastiff-headed Archons hesitated for a moment, but finally stayed where they were and continued to protect Donna. As special Archons related to dogs, they were often more willing to protect their allies than to kill the enemy.
After killing two important enemies with one move and scaring away another enemy, Levi was no longer in a hurry to use Ma Youfu's Micro Meteor.
He first summoned a few monsters to help Donna, and then summoned a few fire elements that were good at dealing with the undead to help. Then he asked the long-range troops to deal with the air force enemies around Janet. At the same time, Donna also shot arrows continuously, sniping the strongest enemies present one by one.
At the same time, because the two God-chosen heroes had been killed one after another, the undead under their command gradually showed some abnormalities.
Their movements became noticeably slower. Some zombies even had enemies less than a meter in front of them, well within their reach, but they did not rush to attack. Instead, they stood still, as if trying to activate their long-rotten brains and recall their past lives, until their heads were chopped off by the Yu Yong.
The lower-level skeleton soldiers even had their bones rapidly dimming, and in the blink of an eye they became like rotten bones that had been attacked by wind and sand for years. As low-level undead creatures awakened by undead magic, once they lost the master who provided them with magic power, they would soon return to dust even if they were not attacked by the enemy.
The only exceptions are probably the grave guards and ghouls.
The former is stronger and can last longer, and because he is covered in heavy armor, he will not show much abnormality in a short period of time.
The latter are not pure undead creatures and are always full of desire for flesh and blood, so even if they do not receive any orders, they will subconsciously attack the living in front of them.
And because their claws carry corpse poison, they are somewhat troublesome, but compared to the abyss ghouls that Levi encountered on the rocky highlands before, their strength is still slightly weaker, and their appearance is much uglier.
Most of the abyss ghouls have taut muscles and stiff skin like old trees, and there is no peculiar smell all over their bodies. However, these ordinary ghouls in front of them are rotten all over, and the stench spreads far away, which makes people feel nauseous just looking at them.
But it was only a little disgusting and not a threat at all, so later on, Levi simply let the elephant man Bayoru and Simon and others go up to participate in the battle together. If they just served as guards, they would not get any experience points.
Less than two minutes later, a scream was heard in the distance, and then Levi noticed that the movements of some of the undead had become noticeably slower. He immediately knew that the escaping little skeleton must have been dead. It took only five minutes from beginning to end, and the three undead chosen heroes who dared to attack Donna all died here.
After losing their command, the following battles were lackluster. As time went on, at first only the low-level undead became weaker, but later the ghouls and grave guards also showed obvious signs of weakness, so the speed at which they were killed became several percent faster.
By the time the battle was completely over and his subordinates began to clean up the battlefield, Levi had almost figured it out. The entire battle took less than a quarter of an hour, and even though some bee people died in the battle, he still received a slightly superior evaluation and gained considerable experience points.
Especially since the levels of those two God-chosen heroes are not low, the experience points gained from killing them are at least equivalent to dozens of low-level soldiers.
Even Laxili, who killed the Skeleton God's Chosen Hero, saw his experience points jump a lot because of this. You know, it is already level 4, and the experience points required for advancement are quite high.
Similarly, Julia, who participated in killing vampires, also gained a lot. In addition, her other skills were also extremely restraining against the undead, so her contribution in this battle undoubtedly crushed most people, second only to Levi, Donna and Cindy.
In addition, this battle also yielded a lot of spoils. Ordinary skeletons and zombies are certainly poor, but according to the background setting, the graveyard guards are all extremely elite warriors. Both their weapons and armor are superior to those of ordinary human empire soldiers, so the spears, swords, armor and the like they dropped can be considered high-quality products.
But in terms of preciousness, they are still not as valuable as the things from the three chosen heroes.
First of all, there are several small bottles of vampire essence (primary). Their effect is that if humans, elves, dwarves and other humanoid races voluntarily and undergo certain magic rituals, they can be directly transformed into vampires, and their attributes, racial talents and other special skills will undergo complete changes.
Unfortunately, due to their purity, they are only effective against rank 0-3 soldiers.
Levi has no use for them, but he should be able to make a small profit if he sells them.
Because when the living and the undead are in the same team, their morale will drop significantly, so even if the normal undead see soldiers of other races that they like, it is almost impossible for them to recruit them.
Because even if they are recruited, it is possible that within half an hour, the other side will run away due to low morale, or simply turn against them and stab them in the back. But now with this thing, we can change the current situation a little.
Next was a green-quality longsword, named Vampire Fang. Its effect was that when attacking the living, it had a chance to restore a few points of its own health. Levi threw it to Julia casually. As a witch hunter, she could use both a crossbow and a longsword at the same time, so it was just right as a secondary weapon.
Julia did not refuse. Although the weapon was a bit evil, she just wanted to use it for the right purpose. She was very flexible in this regard.
As for the skeleton that was scared away, although he was not very courageous, he was quite rich. The Rat Master finally found a bone ring that could slightly enhance the attack power of his skeleton soldiers, as well as several large pieces of negative energy crystals from his broken bones.
The former is fine, but the latter is of higher value.
In addition to humans, elves, and dwarves who use gold coins as trading currency, many races have their own special currency systems. In addition to gold coins, the undead also use negative energy crystals when recruiting various types of troops. After all, skeletons and zombies do not need to spend gold coins to eat, they want negative energy.
For Levi, these negative energy crystals are basically equivalent to a special kind of precious gems. Whether he sells them to other undead chosen heroes or some natives who specialize in dark or necromancy magic, he can make a lot of money. Even if the losses of the troops are not taken into account, the skeleton did suffer a heavy loss this time.
As for the ghost that was killed instantly by Levi first, at first glance he seemed to be the poorest of the three enemies because he only dropped one trophy. But after a closer look, Levi thought that its value might be the highest because it was a blue quality rare item - the Soul Summoning Bell.
According to the property description of this thing, it temporarily lowers the magic limit by 50 points at the cost of placing a ghost-like creature of no more than level 4 in it. During this period, the recovery speed of its life and magic will be greatly improved, and it can also be summoned to fight for a period of time when needed.
And even if it is killed, this ghost-like creature will not die immediately, but will enter a special resurrection reading state. The speed of resurrection will vary depending on the strength of the ghost and the holder of the summoning bell.
From this point of view, it is equivalent to adding a special ghost-type pet to the holder, and there is no occupational restriction, only attribute requirements, but they are also very low, only 8 points of intelligence.
Although the maximum strength is limited and the weaknesses of ghost-type soldiers are too obvious, Levi still decided to keep it. Maybe it will play an unexpected role someday.
However, Levi is not really interested in these things, because they are only of some value at this stage. What he is really interested in are those with growth potential, such as the black cheetah that Janet is trying to tame!
As if noticing Levi's gaze, Donna turned her head involuntarily, then she gritted her teeth and said, "I'm sorry, Levi, I was reckless this time and caused Janet to lose some of her subordinates. I should have waited for you..."
Before she could finish, Levi waved his hand and said, "Donna, there is no need for this between you and me. You should understand that I am really worried about you and Janet. Even if an accident really happens, there is still a chance to save it, but I can hardly afford it in a short period of time."
In this world with hero altars, resurrection techniques, wishing techniques, and even gods and demons, death is certainly not the eternal end, but the price of resurrection is not low at all.
Moreover, Levi knew that this matter could not be entirely blamed on Donna's carelessness, but it was just that those three guys were too insidious.
He didn't notice it at first, but after the battle, he discovered that there were many human-shaped holes in the woods and on the open space.
It was obvious that the other side must have set a trap in advance, hiding the troops in the mud, and then sitting back and waiting for the unlucky guy to come.
No matter how sharp and cautious one is, many low-level undead, or even pure corpses that have not been awakened by magic, are difficult to detect when they are buried in the ground. Only a wizard like Levi or a priest like Cindy will be more sensitive to this.
However, they never expected that this time they would encounter Donna and themselves, who would kill them all directly.
Donna took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, I remember it. I will be more careful next time."
Because she had won many battles recently and her strength had increased rapidly, she was inevitably a little proud. She didn't expect that she would fall into an irreparable situation after accidentally being so presumptuous. She didn't want to end up like one of her best friends and become a heroic spirit waiting to be summoned...
Levi wanted to say something, but Janet cheered: "Sister Donna, Lord Levi, I succeeded!"
As they gradually got to know each other better, Janet began to follow Cindy's example and called Donna "sister". Now only Julia has not changed her mind yet, and it is foreseeable that it will be difficult for her to change her mind, after all, they have different personalities.
As the light flickered, Shadow Claw, who had been unconscious, slowly stood up. Although it was still a little confused, out of some instinct, it licked Janet's palm at the first moment, because it had understood the special relationship between them.
Levi took a look at the status bar and found that Shadow Claw was a level 3 elite. In addition to the common skills that ordinary large cats have, it also has two special skills, Weakness and Dark Claws, and its basic attributes are also quite good.
Compared to the tier 3 elite Rahago's Pride Lion, its strength and physique are slightly inferior, but its agility, intelligence, and perception are stronger. It is not particularly good at head-on combat, but it performs well in sneak attacks and assists.
All in all, although it's not a perfect match for Janet's fighting style, it is undoubtedly a very good animal companion.
With the addition of Donna's tiger and lion, as well as the Wolf Patrol Master, Mastiff Chief Yakong, and the equally new Rat Master, the team is becoming more and more lively.
After nodding with great satisfaction, seeing that his men had almost rested, Levi immediately gave the order: "Move out, target Silent Manor. We just killed three of the Undead God's Chosen Heroes, and the opponent's strength must have been weakened to a considerable extent. We can take advantage of the situation to defeat them in one fell swoop!"
