Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 183: The Journey East
After saying goodbye to the Sun Knight, Levi and his companions officially began to march eastward. Due to the long journey and not knowing what kind of enemies they would encounter, to be on the safe side, Levi learned from the experience of other pioneers and tried to advance along the rivers and coasts.
Because it is said that most demons have fire attributes, they hate this kind of environment. If given a choice, they will often attack targets near water sources last.
Unfortunately, Maple Leaf Village and other villages are relatively small, and there are only a few small boats occasionally used for fishing. Otherwise, they might have tried to go to the town by boat.
It was not known whether the rumors were true or they were just lucky, but after walking about ten miles, they had not encountered any attacks from demons.
But this does not mean that they really have nothing to do along the way, because in addition to some low-level monsters that are blind and brainless, they also encountered some new enemies from the ocean one after another.
Then Levi discovered that his combat system of infantry holding the line and bows and arrows killing the enemy seemed to have met its nemesis.
Because the body surface of many marine soldiers is covered with disgusting mucus, it can reduce the damage caused by bows and arrows to a certain extent. When you first encounter those 0-2 level fishmen, this situation is not very obvious, because the strength gap between the two sides is large. Even with this special skill, after a round of volleys, there are often only a few enemies left.
However, as the enemy's strength continued to increase, this situation became more obvious.
And there is one very disgusting thing: marine enemies with a little bit of brains will often try to dive back into the water when they are seriously injured.
It would be fine if we could successfully kill them while they are escaping halfway, but if they really dive into the water, not only will the power of long-range attacks such as arrows and most magic be greatly reduced due to the barrier of water, but even if we kill them, it will be difficult to obtain spoils, after all, most of Levi's subordinates cannot dive.
What's worse, they will never come back, which means that all the previous battles fought by Levi and his men were in vain.
Given all these factors, it is no wonder that the chosen heroes of most races all look disgusted when mentioning the enemies of the ocean.
It’s not that the other party is really strong, but that the other party is really disgusting.
However, Levi did not immediately choose to change the marching route, because he also needed to accumulate more experience in fighting different enemies. He could not choose to avoid all battles. It was better to have experience now than to learn it all over again in times of crisis.
In order to pick up the spoils more smoothly, Levi even specially summoned a few water elements. You know, he used to look down on these guys who were good at nothing, but now he has developed a new use for them, which is to dive into the water to pick up things.
Although water elementals do not have five fingers on each hand like , fortunately these fishmen will not drop any money. Their spoils are either simple weapons made of bones and corals, or valuable items such as pearls, agates, and primary water elemental crystals. Water elements can complete their tasks perfectly.
And soon he really made some great gains. The most obvious one was that he found that the effects of his specialties such as Grease Magic and Spider Web Magic were greatly reduced on the fish people, because they were already covered in sticky substances. And probably because of their different breathing methods and living environments, they were not too afraid of Stink Cloud Magic.
However, the witch Tiva's earth magic and his ice magic ring are quite effective, and the real power increase belongs to the many fire magics including micro meteors.
After several actual combats, Levi gradually figured out that his new ignition expertise could not only cause extra damage to the murlocs, but could also temporarily disperse the mucus on the murlocs' surface, making other people's attacks smoother.
In addition, I don’t know if it’s because of the natural incompatibility of the races, but when the big cats fight with the fish people, they can always exert stronger combat power, and the probability of a critical hit is at least increased by 20%. Maybe this is some kind of hidden talent, and big cats should eat more fish?
At the same time, Xiao Qi's rainbow jet also had a very good effect when dealing with these fishmen, and he also discovered another weakness of the fishmen.
Xiao Qi can now emit 5 rays at a time, with 5 different properties. Except for the strong resistance to toxins, the fishman has no resistance to other fire, acid, lightning and ice damage. In particular, the damage caused by lightning is even higher than that of fire.
And when the fishmen dive into the water, the damage caused by the lightning rays will be further increased.
Unfortunately, lightning magic is relatively rare and expensive because of its high attack power and fast attack speed, and the ability to cause additional damage to many evil creatures such as the undead. Levi has not been able to purchase it for the time being.
After killing another wave of fishmen, Levi ordered the troops to rest in place. At the same time, he once again thanked the Sun Knight for preparing several space rings for him, otherwise the supplies might not be enough.
After all, judging from the frequency with which they are encountering the enemy and the fact that their marching progress has been greatly affected as a result, if they continue to march along the coastline, it will probably take two or three days to reach the town, right?
Because after each battle, they need to rest for a while, recover their strength, treat their injuries, clean up the spoils, etc. It is impossible for them to set off again immediately after the battle.
However, we have accumulated enough experience in fighting against the murlocs, so we should slightly adjust the marching route later. Although these murlocs are not poor, they are really disgusting to fight.
Moreover, they made the reconnaissance troops, including Julia and Sam, useless, and now they all took out their crossbows to join the battle.
But the worse off were the Elion cavalry led by Simon. The beach was fine, but if they encountered gravel, they couldn't charge at all. This even made Simon doubt his life. Could it be that the natives nearby were so strong? Did they need to be attacked by this kind of enemy all year round?
In fact, he was not the only one who had such doubts. Donna and Cindy also felt that something was wrong. If there were so many fishmen wreaking havoc in the coastal areas, why didn't they seem to have heard of any attacks on the nearby villages?
Is it because they are actually unable to leave the water too far, or is it because something unexpected happened to them, so their numbers have suddenly increased sharply in the past few days and become a threat?
Faced with Cindy's question, Levi thought about it carefully but did not give a clear answer, not only because he felt that both situations were possible, but also because he associated it with more things.
"Perhaps this is one of the side effects of the High Elves pulling troops from those small islands?"
He had not thought of this before, but now it seems that those garrisons may not only be used to deal with the dark elves, but can also be used to regularly clear out these murlocs. After all, this colony of the high elves still has a fairly long coastline.
Later, he also got confirmation from other places that although the warships of the high elves were carved from large trees, they had multiple layers magical protection. Therefore, they were not only light and fast, but also had a defense power beyond ordinary people's imagination. It was still very easy to complete this task.
Moreover, what Levi had seen before were only the lowest-level warships of the high elves. The highest-level warships were not only much larger in size, but also had super-powerful troops such as dragons and phoenixes on them.
Therefore, although its actual combat capability is not the best in the world, the only ones that can truly match or contend with it in this world are probably the Black Ark of the Dark Elves and the Sea Dragon Fleet of the Zhendan Dynasty.
The former is because it is a moving island with a large number of buildings and arms, as well as sea monsters such as the Hydra and the Abyss Kraken. As for the latter, it is called the Sea Dragon Fleet. How can there not be a few real dragons and more sea monsters in it?
The big loli nodded as if she understood, then ran over with a smile to share the information with Janet.
She felt that since she started following Levi, she learned a lot of new things every day. Although they had only been together for less than half a month, what she had learned was almost the same as what she had gained in the past ten years.
After a while, seeing that his subordinates had rested enough, Levi planned to have everyone change their route and not go so close to the coastline.
Although the number of the demons' flying troops, the Quasers, has increased, which is sometimes a bit disgusting for a unit like theirs that mainly outputs bows and arrows, they are still much easier to deal with than these fishmen.
However, just as the troops were about to set off, Donna suddenly reminded them, "Levi, look over there, it seems that some unusual enemies are approaching!"
Levi glanced from a distance, but found that it was still blurry. Similarly, Cindy and others who heard the sound and looked over also looked confused.
Donna immediately came to her senses. Yes, she was wearing the Sky Watcher bracelet, which gave her a certain advantage in terms of maximum vision. Everyone else was a little worse than her.
"I found some dorsal fins like sails sticking out of the water, and there were some guys that looked like half-man, half-sharks following behind!"
"Half man, half shark ? A sahuagin?"
Levi immediately understood that the newcomers obviously had bad intentions. He ordered everyone to continue to retreat and set up their formation farther away from the water so as not to let these enemies, who were much stronger than ordinary fishmen, take advantage of the terrain. At the same time, he shared the information he knew with everyone.
Generally speaking, ordinary murlocs have some similarities with carp, while sahuagin have many characteristics in common with sharks. They are both swift and powerful, and have large dorsal fins and wide, serrated mouths.
Moreover, they are often more ferocious than real sharks. This is not only because they have sharp teeth and can use weapons, but also because sharks hunt only for survival, while they kill to satisfy their bloodthirsty desires or simply for fun.
Moreover, because their average strength is not bad, most adult Shahua people can reach level 2, and they are accustomed to raising many kinds of sharks, so many races call them demons of the sea.
They are also a completely chaotic evil camp. For the high elves, there is no need for any communication after meeting each other, just kill each other directly.
More importantly, because all members of this race are extremely bloodthirsty, they can easily establish connections with other equally bloodthirsty races, and even fight side by side, such as - vampires from the undead race!
Levi felt that everything suddenly became clear to him. No wonder the Sun Knight had tried his best but failed to find the original owner of Silent Manor, and the surrounding villages had not reported any relevant information.
That vampire that killed many God-chosen heroes, whether it was just a coincidence or it received the news, it is very likely that it had already fled to a small island overseas by water!
