Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 165: Building a Village
As the troops continued to advance inward, more and more forks in the road began to appear. As a last resort, the Sun Knights and others had to split their troops into several routes and launch the attack at the same time.
Levi immediately became alert. According to his understanding of those three guys, especially the vampire hero chosen by God, he would definitely take the opportunity to do something, such as a counterattack or something.
But unexpectedly, they advanced a long way until they arrived at the most central area of the entire manor, a building that covered an area of about two to three hundred square meters and looked extremely gorgeous, without any emergencies happening.
This unexpected situation not only made Levi alert, but even the Sun Knights and Lightcasters were particularly surprised, so they did not rush to attack the enemy's last stronghold, but began to prepare for war on the plain.
In any case, they have already captured more than 90% of the area here. As long as they can deal with the enemies in front, they can completely occupy this large manor.
At the same time, some priests, druids, and bards also began to use various buffs, but without any BUFFs, the difference in combat effectiveness was really huge.
However, before they could prepare fully, the enemies inside seemed to realize this, so with a loud bang, the entire door flew out, and then a large group of undead poured out.
After taking a few casual glances, Levi, the Sun Knight and others all frowned at the same time, because they knew that although the number of enemies in front of them was not large, only about a hundred in total, they were a rare elite force.
The most obvious thing is that there aren't even any skeletons or zombies among them. The weakest ones are ghouls and grave guards, and there are also several new types of soldiers.
The first is a giant muscular monster that is over two meters tall and has a strange purple-blue color all over its body. Although it has no weapons, the bone spurs all over its body and a pair of severely mutated giant claws that emit purple-black light have already shown how dangerous they are.
They are the advanced type of ghouls, the Crypt Grim Reapers. It is said that the conditions for their advancement are very special. Not only do they need to accumulate enough experience points, but they must also personally drink the blood of real vampires, or eat the flesh of vampires, in order to successfully advance.
Although the conditions are extremely harsh, their level 4 strength is worthy of these difficulties. Their attacks can penetrate armor and are poisonous, and they have a certain self-healing ability. If it is a one-on-one fight, a level 4 Horned Demon Warlord will be easily defeated by them.
If we have to mention their weaknesses, it would be that apart from the common weaknesses of the undead, their own defense is relatively weak. When they are attacked from a distance, they can easily fall to the ground, and fire will completely render their self-healing abilities ineffective.
Next came some melee infantrymen wearing black armor and holding two-handed giant swords. If ordinary grave guards looked like professional soldiers, then these looked like elite warriors.
They are the dark warriors of the undead race, corresponding to the greatswordsmen of the Sigmar Empire. They are all level 4 and are very good at slaughtering fragile unarmored or low-armored infantry.
Finally, there were some people holding rapiers, with pale faces, wearing extremely gorgeous pointed ears, and some sharp canine teeth were faintly revealed between their mouths. They were all vampires.
This is a bit troublesome, because vampires are a race that practices both magic and martial arts. It is difficult to accurately judge the opponent's strength before fighting in person.
There was no intention of communicating at all. As soon as they appeared, the ghouls and grave wraiths roared and charged, their eyes full of desire for flesh and blood and killing.
The graveyard guards also marched slowly forward in neat formation with the black warriors. Although they had not yet really gotten close, many of them seemed to have felt the opponent's icy sword.
But faster than them were the vampires. With the sound of spells, dozens of magic circles soon glowed, and then large groups of wild wolves and bats emerged from them. Judging from their appearance, they were all undead creatures.
They are also the guys that vampires like to summon the most. Although their strength is very poor, their numbers are quite large, and they may have miraculous effects in melee.
Then these vampires retreated instead of advancing, each one grinning strangely and keeping their distance, continuing to cast magic, seemingly wanting to fight a war of attrition.
Fortunately, this was not the first time that everyone had encountered a similar situation along the way. Levi directly released all the wind elements. They had small-range group attack skills, which would be extra advantageous when fighting against enemies such as swarms of bats and wolves, which were large in number but extremely weak.
Then he began to summon Yakong and the Gaidin tribe, and went around from the side, trying to entangle these vampires who did not pose much threat but were very good at causing trouble for people.
The enemy is so powerful that he doesn't need to hold back. Besides, they are all from the same guild. Even if they know part of his strength, it doesn't really matter.
Then arrows rained down, magic and divine arts flew everywhere, and the battle became extremely fierce as soon as it began.
As for the other mages, they began to prepare fire magic. Enemies with self-healing abilities like trolls and tomb ghouls can basically be suppressed by fire. Not to mention that most undead are born with weaknesses to fire. Using fire to deal with them is really a sure-win business.
Soon, enemies such as Tomb Demons and Black Warriors also crashed into the melee troops. At this time, the strength gap between the two sides became apparent. Even though they had a lot of magic enhancements and had an advantage in numbers, troops continued to die in battle.
But fortunately, their troops are large enough this time. The Sun Knight said before the war that if one layer of gun formation cannot stop the enemy, then just put up a few more layers. Anyway, they have more people now!
The only exception is probably Zhou Miyin and others.
They are already quite powerful, with many magic enhancement spells, the protection of soldier bees, Guang Yakong's anti-evil magic ring, etc. Even when facing a level 4 enemy, they are only slightly at a disadvantage.
Moreover, those tomb evil spirits are definitely not having an easy time either. Many of the skills of the Jade Brave Halberd Soldiers were originally designed to fight against charging cavalry or large monsters.
But their performance is still not as good as that of the two little girls, Cindy and Julia. There is nothing they can do about it; this is the result of specialization.
However, as the battle went on and the number of enemies decreased rapidly, Levi felt that something was not right. Why was there no sign of any of the three undead gods' chosen heroes?
If they don't launch a counterattack now, they will really have no chance!
But even though Levi was full of doubts and confusion, as the battle continued, the undead present were killed very smoothly, and no unexpected situations occurred during the period.
Several vampires wanted to transform into bats and escape, but the Mastiff Chief Yakong and the Wolf Patrols did not let them go. They pulled them down and beat them to death.
Then the Sun Knight and others broke into the enemy's last building. No matter whether there were remaining enemies inside or the wealth accumulated by the undead, they needed to find out.
Then after a careful search, they all knew where those guys had gone, because in addition to a small vault inside the building, there was actually a back door. Those guys probably ran away when they saw that the situation was not good!
Although it was a small regret that they were not able to take revenge personally, but after spending a long time and sending out more than a dozen thieves and wanderers in turn to open the door of the vault and see the many spoils hidden inside, both the Lightforged and the wealthy Sun Knights were all smiling. It was worth it for them to mobilize so much manpower and resources, and the rewards were indeed amazing!
First of all, there are a large number of silver and gold coins, crystals of various elements, and precious items such as pearls and agates.
Levi made a rough calculation and estimated that it was worth at least one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty gold coins. Even if a portion of it was set aside as guild assets, plus what was gained from the Dwarf Hills dungeon, it could be said that every participant today would take off directly on the spot.
Next came dozens of sets of standard battle armor, which looked the ones worn by the warriors in the wasteland.
Although I had gotten quite a few items after killing them before, how could those individual parts compare to this set of brand new items? The feeling was different.
Then there were several large piles of arrows. One could tell from their specifications that they were not prepared for ordinary archers, but were equipped for crossbows. Levi had already assumed that they belonged to him, as giving them to others would not be of any use to him anyway.
That is, he may need to recruit some professionals to control the crossbows, or teach some of his subordinates relevant skills so that they can better control them in battle.
Moreover, the daily transportation of the crossbow is also a big problem. A Reaper crossbow takes up a full 10 grids of space. After installing two, plus the space occupied by other supplies, there are not many grids left.
He even began to consider whether to buy a new space ring or move the two crossbows to another place, for example, to buy two carriages specifically to carry them?
Next came five or six parchment scrolls. When Levi saw them, he immediately took the initiative to walk forward and wanted to see what they were, because he knew that in this treasure house, they might be the most valuable.
After seeing the attributes, he was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help laughing. He was really sleepy and touched the pillow. These things were just suitable for the War Heaven Guild at this moment.
The Sun Knight and the Lightforger couldn't help but burst out laughing on the spot, because these parchments were actually some architectural drawings!
Houses, watchtowers, taverns, fences, blacksmith shops, except for a tomb that summons ghost soldiers that they cannot use for the time being, plus the heart of the village they already have, a brand new village is already before their eyes. How can they not be happy?
The Sun Knight directly took out a spherical object, which vaguely contained a miniature village, which was the heart of the village.
"Just now the system prompted me that I have killed all the defenders, occupied the key points, and the owner of this place is gone, so we have officially conquered this place. How about I build a village now?"
The owner is not here?
Levi frowned slightly. Although he killed a considerable number of undead, he failed to kill the final vampire boss, which was somewhat of a hidden danger.
However, at this critical moment, he certainly would not lose face for the other party. He nodded immediately and said, "I agree. It is better to build a village sooner rather than later. Besides, the undead have left us so many buildings. It is a good opportunity to make use of them."
The Lightforged and others nearby also nodded, so the Sun Knight laughed and pressed the Heart of the Village to the ground. When it just touched the ground, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, but within half a second, he continued his action.
There was a faint flash of light, and although there was no change in appearance, Levi subconsciously felt that everything here was familiar to him.
Then he found that there was a new page in his attribute panel, which was the guild headquarters, a village called Silent Manor.
Since it was newly built, except for the luxurious mansion where they live, which is the central area of the entire village, all other buildings are in a dilapidated state and are basically equivalent to non-existence for the time being.
At the same time, he also understood why the Sun Knight hesitated halfway.
Because this place has been occupied by the undead for many years, the evil power has already penetrated into the earth, forming a special undead corruption, whose effect is somewhat similar to the corruption of demons. Ordinary plants can hardly survive here, and the attractiveness to the indigenous people has been greatly reduced. Taxation will also be affected to a certain extent.
In addition, there will be special undead disturbances occurring regularly. Every midnight, in the open space outside the manor, resurrected skeletons, zombies, and even ghost-like enemies may appear and invade.
If it is not dealt with in time, the morale of ordinary indigenous people who witness this scene will drop significantly in the next few days. If the same indigenous people are affected multiple times in a short period of time, they may take the initiative to move to other villages.
In addition to the need to eliminate the undead in a timely manner, if one wants to completely change the situation, one must either build a temple to suppress them, or send out priests to purify them on a regular basis every day until the land returns to normal.
And even if this is done, it will take at least ten days or half a month to slowly restore it. And if you want to cultivate the land again, it will take even longer because the undead have poisoned this place too deeply.
But correspondingly, this place is not entirely without disadvantages.
The first is the luxurious mansion where they are currently located. In addition to attributes such as defense and health, which are far superior to the meeting hall of an ordinary novice village, there are also two negative energy magic arrays under the mansion.
Originally, the vampire boss here used them to maintain the normal operation of the undead army. At the same time, the magic circle would automatically produce a certain amount of negative energy crystals every day.
For others, they are things to exchange for money, but for Sun Knight, who is committed to becoming a dark guard, this is a pure surprise.
Secondly, the vampire boss was probably studying how to recruit skeleton knights and black knights. Although he had never seen these two types of soldiers before, probably because he had not really succeeded yet, he also quietly encouraged the creation of a special building - the cursed stable.
It only takes a very small amount of negative energy crystals to regularly recruit a certain number of bone horses and corpse horses from them.
Although according to the attribute description, their combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning at all, and they are undead, riding them will slightly affect the morale of the living, but Levi does not think this will be a disadvantage, or at least not completely.
Because for the God-chosen heroes, sometimes a cool appearance is more important than strength.
Think about it, when others are riding donkeys, you are riding a bone horse. This immediately widens the gap. Even Levi began to consider whether he should suggest that the Sun Knights sell it in limited quantities. Some things, the fewer the quantity, the more precious they appear.
What's more crucial is that when they are used as mounts, they are just like ordinary donkeys and do not require any riding skills, which makes their value even higher.
Finally, there is a special building - the Dark Clay Mine. Compared with ordinary clay, it has a slight dark attribute, so its value is slightly higher, but compared with the previous ones, it is just a bonus.
In addition, because of Levi's previous bombing, a large number of dilapidated buildings were left here. Whether they were directly dismantled into materials or repaired on their basis, it would save money and effort.
There are also some low-level military buildings in the manor that can summon skeletons and zombies. For the guild members, who are basically lawful, neutral and kind except for the Sun Knight, they are not useful for the time being, but even if they are dismantled into materials, they can still make a small profit.
Although theoretically only if the Undead God's chosen hero builds a village here can their interests be maximized, but for the Sun Knight, Levi and others, this place is definitely much better than building a village at random on the plains. Even if they only sell bone horses, corpse horses and negative energy crystals to the outside world, they can definitely make a fortune.
So the Sun Knight finally decided to build a village here. As for these shortcomings that are almost unbearable for the natives, they may be a good thing for the God-chosen heroes, because it means that they can kill monsters without leaving their homes!
As for the impact on taxation, although it's a bit of a pity, the tax revenue of an ordinary villager in a year is probably not as valuable as the gains of a god-chosen hero killing monsters for half a day, right?
During this half month, they could just treat this place as a pure guild base, releasing the undead to the newcomers for training. After the priests had purified them, they could then introduce a large number of indigenous people and continue construction in full time.
After laughing, the Sun Knight signaled the Lightforged to begin distributing the spoils of this battle. Then he turned to look at Levi and said, "Do you think those beemen will be willing to come here now?"
Levi glanced at Janet, and after seeing her shaking her head in embarrassment, he responded, "It's a bit difficult. Beemen and humans have different diets. They need to eat nectar regularly, and there don't seem to be any large flower fields nearby."
The Sun Knight couldn't help but sigh. "If it really doesn't work, I will hire some farmers to cultivate flower fields on normal land a few miles away, and then send people to defend it. Then, after half a month, I will let the bees officially migrate here."
Levi nodded, he didn't have any thoughts on this. Apart from the reconnaissance ability, what he valued about the bee people was actually the guarding skills of the soldier bees. Apart from that, the bee people didn't have many obvious advantages.
As his strength gradually grew and with the arrival of Sam's fellow tribesmen, the two uses of the soldier bees became less important.
If it weren't for Janet's existence and the recent demon outbreak , which had caused a shortage of soldiers in nearby villages, he might have considered finding a time to kick them out and recruit other, stronger soldiers.
But now, that time may not be too far away, because according to Reiner, reinforcements from the high elves will arrive soon.
Seeing the heated discussion among the Sun Knights, Lightforgers and others, Levi suddenly spoke up: "Do you remember Lotus Iris of the Red Brotherhood?"
"She said at the beginning that as long as we put a red flag upside down behind the tavern, she would send people as soon as possible. How about cooperating with her and recruiting some troops, garrisons, and even villagers?"
The Sun Knight was overjoyed when he heard this. Indeed, ordinary natives might be afraid of undead creatures like skeletons, but the Red Brothers dared to fight the demon army head-on, so how could they be afraid?
As long as the money is in place, these should not be a problem at all!
After thinking for a while, Levi continued, "As for the businessman, I can also try to contact him. I happen to know a guy who is not afraid of death, but you may have to give him a discount."
He was talking about the traveling merchant Tros, a loser in his own right, who had been robbed by the Snake Cult once, so he now had no money to hire a guard. But he still dared to run around from village to village in such a situation just to make a little profit from the price difference. It could be said that he was so bold that he risked his life.
As long as the benefits are big enough, it would not be difficult to invite him to open a store in the village and make use of his connections. He would definitely understand that having someone to protect him here is definitely much better than working alone.
And it will also be of great benefit to him. Whether it is weapon enchantment or the hunting shackles he is going to make next, they all require a stable channel. He can't always do everything by himself, right?
The Sun Knight was immediately moved. He patted his chest and promised, "Levi, don't worry. As long as he is willing to come, I will never treat him unfairly. Of course, I will never treat you unfairly."
"Even if it's just because of your hard work, I will definitely build our War Paradise into the number one guild!"
