Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 182 Farewell
After looking back at Maple Leaf Village again, Levi immediately ordered: "Let's go to Silent Manor and meet up with Witch Diva first."
Donna also sighed: "Levi, it will take at least half a month to come back next time."
Levi nodded slightly: "That's right."
Yesterday, he finally dealt with all the chores here, handed in the tasks, sold the useless loot, and talked with the old wizard about the future again, and mentioned the greenskins he had killed.
As expected, the old wizard still rejected his recruitment, and this time he also stated the underlying reason. Just as Levi had guessed before, he had a certain blood relationship with several half-elves in Maple Leaf Village, and some of them were his descendants.
Although his strength has declined a lot compared to before, he is still capable of making magic scrolls and magic potions, and he also has many years of experience and knowledge, so he wants to use this to exert some of his power in the critical moment of the demon invasion.
What he meant was that it was not completely impossible for him to agree to Levi's recruitment, but he would not leave the village unless the threat posed by the demon army to the village was completely eliminated.
Levi did not insist. Although the other party was very useful, the recruitment conditions were a bit harsh. According to his inference, the large-scale invasion of demons would not undergo a fundamental change until the arrival of the legendary wizard Teclis.
Before this, even if the high elves had gained a certain advantage on other battlefields, the battle would not end as long as they did not completely close the abyss rifts that were still hanging high in the sky.
But there is still nearly half a month left, and during this time, Levi will definitely continue to develop. After half a month, the importance of this old wizard may not be as high as it is now.
Failure to successfully recruit the other party is certainly Levi's loss, but it is also the other party's loss.
But his work was not in vain. After the old wizard asked in detail about the types and numbers of the greenskins killed by Levi, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought that was probably more than 30% of the small tribe's military strength. Together with the greenskins killed by Levi before, the small tribe was basically completely wiped out. Levi no longer had to worry about any greenskins deliberately causing trouble for him because of the Duet Ring.
But Levi didn't particularly agree. Not only did he not receive any system prompts, but he also thought that as long as the green-skinned shaman didn't die, this matter would not be so easy to end.
However, he did not directly argue with the other party because it was meaningless. If the greenskins came for revenge again next time, they would go directly for him. When he could get the shaman's head, it would be more convincing than a hundred words.
Then, whether out of guilt or other reasons, the old wizard gave Levi a special scroll as a gift, which recorded the wizard's expertise - making magic scrolls.
As the name suggests, after mastering this expertise, you can, after spending a certain amount of materials and magic, turn a certain magic you have already mastered into a consumable magic scroll for future use.
Moreover, as the level of expertise increases, the types and quantities of scrolls that can be produced will gradually increase.
When he first mastered it, he could only create 0th and 1st level magic, but later on, even powerful magic like Ma Youfu's Micro Meteor could actually be created into scrolls.
Of course, the higher , the more materials and magic points it consumes, and it may even consume a certain amount of extra money and experience points, etc., and not all magic can be made into scrolls, so the more advanced this expertise is, the more difficult it will be to upgrade.
But at the same time, the returns are also extremely amazing. It is not uncommon for rare high-level magic scrolls to be sold for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of gold coins.
Upon hearing this, Levi was immediately tempted. If it could really be sold at such a high price, wouldn’t it be possible for him to buy a flying castle?
However, he soon calmed down and did not choose to use it himself. In addition to the fact that this feat required a prerequisite feat - copying scrolls, and was extremely difficult to upgrade, it was also because his energy was limited, and enchanting weapons alone was enough to keep him busy.
Moreover, the witch Tiwa said before that she was trying to learn about this aspect. If I could recruit her, I would just give her this expertise to use!
After taking on some missions related to conquering demons, Levi used his non-commissioned officer position to take on a special military mission - training new recruits.
How to say it, the cost-effectiveness of this task is actually not high, it can even be said to be very low. Not only is it extremely difficult for the recruits to advance, but if a recruit dies accidentally in battle, he will also suffer certain punishments.
At the same time, during the training process, Levi needs to pay for all aspects of the new recruits' daily living, diet, weapons and armor in advance. Only after the mission is successful, the village will pay part of it. Yes, only part of it.
If he had the energy, he could definitely train his own troops.
Besides that, the reward after success is just a small amount of military merit points. Although it is useful, there are more than one way to obtain military merit points. There is no need for him to choose such a thankless task.
But after careful inquiry, Levi changed his mind and still took the task.
The first reason is that these trained recruits do not need to cost him any leadership. Although they will not receive any bonus from his campaign attributes, his military rank bonus will still be effective, and the combat effectiveness of these recruits will not be particularly low.
The second reason is that the task of training new recruits takes at most half a month. Unless he completes the task in advance, these new recruits will not leave immediately after they advance. In addition to experience points, all their combat gains will belong to him.
This gave him a chance to take advantage of the enemy's combat power for free, because apart from daily expenses, he didn't have to pay the salaries of these recruits!
It just so happened that reinforcements from the high elves had arrived every day recently, and the village's military strength had gradually become surplus, so Levi directly filled up the training quota at one time according to his current military rank, that is, 30 level 2 archers, and asked them to obey Donna's command in battle.
Now with the addition of the Sky Eagle Archers and Half-elves, Levi's long-range archer units have just exceeded 100, and the melee troops are nearly 70 people. It can be said that the scale is not small. This does not include the Halflings and Horse Thieves who act as scouts, and his daily summons, etc.
This gave Levi full confidence in the upcoming adventure. Although the number of the demon army was extremely large, according to current intelligence, the demons and high elves were basically fighting around three important locations: the fallen Black Castle, the town of Ashridge where Reiner was located, and the military fortress Vorag, as well as many other small villages nearby.
With their current military strength, as long as they are not extremely unlucky, most of the journey should be relatively safe.
While chatting with Donna, Cindy and others and hurrying on their way, they kept encountering small groups of enemies. However, what surprised everyone was that this time there were not only demons, but also some roaring green-skinned orcs.
Although most of them are only three or four teams, and their average strength is very poor, with not many even at level 2, the frequency of encounters is not low.
After killing another group of greenskins, Levi couldn't help but frown, because when cleaning the battlefield, in addition to the greenskins' junk, Zhou Miyin also found a helmet used exclusively by high elves. Now the situation is very clear.
Donna also noticed this situation: "Levi, it seems that the battle between you high elves and demons is not going well."
Levi sighed softly: "Yes, such a large-scale invasion of greenskins means that in order to fight against the demons, the high elves may have withdrawn a large number of troops originally used to defend against the greenskins."
Apart from this reason, he could not think of any other explanation. It seemed that the acting lord had indeed failed to successfully reach a ceasefire with the greenskins, and she might even have been tricked by them.
As the most typical chaotic neutral camp, the greenskin orcs are very dismissive of many aspects such as covenants, rules or systems. Most greenskins have only two words echoing in their minds all day long, and that is "fight"!
With the demon army pressing in from the front, the greenskins and skaven constantly harassing from the back, and the undead lurking in the dark with unknown plots and intrigues, the high elves here are really facing constant troubles both internally and externally...
They quickly traveled all the way and soon successfully arrived at the Silent Manor. They also saw the witch Tiva with a small group of werewolves, and the Sun Knight beside her who was wearing black armor and holding a two-handed sword.
If it wasn't obvious just from his appearance, but with the two hooded vampires with pale faces and bared fangs standing behind him, it was already very obvious that he had successfully switched jobs to become a dark guard of the evil camp.
Well, that is, only in Silent Manor, he is a hero chosen by God. Otherwise, if other villages saw this scene, not to mention starting a war immediately, they would definitely have strong hostility towards him.
However, since he decided to embark on the path of the Dark Guard, the Sun Knight has probably made relevant psychological preparations. Even if he needs to develop the guild, he probably won't stay in the territory of the High Elves forever, right?
When the witch Tiva saw Levi, she was delighted and she quickly took the initiative to come forward.
To be honest, although she had established initial trust with Levi, she didn't want to stay in the village last night. But Levi kept persuading her, and she wavered. Then she saw several patrol teams from different races at the entrance of the village, including not only humans and half-elves, but even undead and gnolls.
For a moment she even doubted her own eyes. After all, this was the territory of the high elves, and they were very hostile to the evil aliens.
But soon her trust increased greatly, she could even tolerate the undead, and even included the gnolls in the patrol team. Maybe she could really enter this village.
After all, if there is a house to live in and a bed to sleep in, who would be willing to lie on the cold ground in the wild?
But she soon regretted it, because she also saw various other races in the village, including but not limited to high elves, humans, dwarves and other races that tended to be just and kind, and even the high elves' mortal enemies - the dark elves. Although they seemed to be slaves, they also made her feel very outrageous.
Regardless of which race they came from, they were not friendly to her, a gnoll...
But it was too late for her to regret, because since she entered the village, the village gate had been closed directly, as if they were afraid that she would run away, so she did not sleep very well that night and was a little worried the whole time.
She didn't even know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that there was some heavy breathing sounds near the house where she was staying. It sounded a lot like those ogres who didn't care what race the ogres were from as long as they had meat to eat!
It was not until she saw Levi again that she felt for the first time that compared to other God-chosen heroes, Levi was much more reliable!
When Levi saw the witch Tiva's excitement, even with tears in her eyes, he was really surprised.
He was also afraid that she would be killed by a sudden attack of demons in the wild. After all, there were only a few soldiers left around her. Yesterday, Chen Zhui resolutely decided to go to the Underdark to look for an opportunity, which made her situation even more dangerous.
The reason why she was asked to camp out in Silent Manor was because this was the territory of the chosen heroes of God. Everyone's subordinates came from various races, and it would not seem particularly abrupt for a werewolf like her to stay here. She also specially asked the Sun Knight to help look after it.
But now looking at her, why does she seem to be very frightened?
Then, turning around, Levi saw the Sun Knight with a smirk on his face. It was obvious that he was the mastermind behind the scenes.
Levi suddenly found it a little funny. This guy was really thoughtful, and from what he could see so far, the effect was indeed very good.
After welcoming the witch Tiva into the team, Levi chatted with the Sun Knight for a few more words and found that everything was going well. The kobold's lair and the dark mine had been successfully built and started production. All Levi had to do next was wait to collect the money.
The summoning element (large) that they wanted to purchase before has also been preliminarily traded and is expected to be received today or tomorrow. If Levi makes a short stop in a town or village next, he can send him a magic communication and he will deliver it to him by magic express.
In addition, although he is temporarily unable to go to the East because he is busy with guild affairs and the construction of Silent Manor, as long as the first few days are over, he will send people to follow Levi's footsteps to act as thugs and younger brothers.
Levi naturally agreed with this. Although there were demons to fight nearby and reinforcements to recruit, there were still many resources in the town that could not be matched by ordinary villages.
Although he thought that the other party was just a person with money at the beginning, after a few days of contact, he found that the other party was definitely not an ordinary brainless upstart, but a well-educated guy with mature thinking.
The reason why he behaved like that in the beginning was probably because he thought it was a simple game, so he didn't need to show too much strength and could just enjoy the fun of it.
But after establishing the guild and even occupying this place as its base, he immediately found that the other party was obviously much more serious. Even the Lightforged, who originally had a hint of contempt for the other party, quickly adjusted his attitude, because he also found that he had indeed misjudged the Sun Knight. He was not a fat pig that could be slaughtered at will.
Similarly, Hans, the originally somewhat unruly indigenous hero under the opponent's command, was somehow completely bought over by him and now became very obedient.
But for Levi, this is a very good thing, because he has invested a lot in the guild and Silent Manor. The stronger the Sun Knight, the boss, is, the more benefits he will get in the future!
It was precisely because of this that he handed over all the architectural drawings to the other party without hesitation, even including the building given to him by Chen Zhui at the end of the world to recruit the ferocious ostrich, because only in this way could he maximize his own interests.
Although he wanted to build an independent village, he was not sure when it would be possible. Or he could not rely on promotion in military rank and then being granted a village by the indigenous people. This was not realistic in a short period of time. This blank time would cause him considerable losses.
The Sun Knight immediately reciprocated the favor, claiming that he would do his best to help purchase everything the wizard used, including but not limited to magic, expertise, and equipment, etc., so everyone was happy for a while.
And when he learned that Levi decided to go to the town, he also offered to help purchase some space rings, which was considered a small favor.
Of course Levi would not refuse. In fact, he was already prepared to do so. The distance between Silent Manor and the town was hundreds of miles. Due to the invasion of demons, they did not know whether there would be enough places to stay in the middle, so it was natural to prepare more supplies.
Then he discovered that the Sun Knight not only purchased four space rings at one time, but also filled them with arrows, supplies and other supplies. At that time, he felt more and more that this person was capable.
He is neither arrogant nor impatient, yet generous enough. In a sense, the Lightforger really chose the right person.
After chatting for a few more sentences, the Sun Knight reminded Levi that intelligence showed that a large number of green-skinned God-chosen heroes were crossing the border and gathering in the territory of the high elves. The total force was likely to be more than two thousand, or even more. They were definitely preparing for something big.
Levi immediately remembered the two greenskins who retreated inexplicably during the previous battle against the group of golems. Could it be that they were also involved in this plan?
So what is their purpose?
After thinking about it, Levi felt that they might want to take advantage of the demon invasion to try to capture the villages or even towns belonging to the high elves, because only they were worth such a large-scale mobilization.
In this case, he really needs to be careful. After all, since they can carry out such a large-scale operation, it is obvious that these greenskins are all in the same group. He has already fallen out with two of them, so he must also be prepared to fight more greenskins!
