Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 202: See You Again Lotus
A few minutes later, Levi greeted Lotus from the Red Brotherhood at the entrance of the village.
What's more, even when demons were rampant, she was still able to bring her subordinates here so quickly, and it seemed that she had never experienced any battle at all. Both her efficiency and luck were quite good.
As soon as he saw the number of the enemy, Levi immediately knew that he had enough bait. Although he was going to fish, he was reluctant to let the elite high elves bear the losses. These cheap and easy-to-replenish members of the Red Brotherhood were the best choice.
After quickly scanning the area a few times, Lotus couldn't help but sigh in amazement: "Levi, you have a good method. You got your own village so quickly. Should I call you Lieutenant Officer Levi?"
Li Wei smiled slightly: "You're welcome, just call me Li Wei."
He didn't care about the other party's teasing. What was a title? What he really cared about was the powerful attributes attached to this military position.
Lieutenant, Health +50, Magic +50, Leadership +300, All high elves under your command have Health +35, Attack +5, Defense +5, Half-elves have Health +20.
With this military position, plus equipment and magic, his health points as a mage could easily exceed 100 points, and his leadership ability skyrocketed instantly. Coupled with the skills of selecting troops and leadership, he was finally able to truly command a small-scale army.
In comparison, the dozens of people before were nothing, they were just playing around.
The defense of the high elf troops under his command, such as the Silver Guards, will also be strengthened to an exaggerated level.
Lieutenant +5, Broken Demon Shield +2, Martial Arts +6, plus their own armor and shields, the attacks of ordinary tier 3 soldiers are just a tickle on them. If Levi gives them some mage armor and stone skin for protection, etc., there will probably be few non-legal soldiers of the same tier that can break through their defense.
It was precisely because of the powerful bonus of this official position that Levi made up his mind that in addition to special elite units like Cindy and Zhou Miyin, he would try his best to only bring pure-blooded high elf troops.
He even wanted to transform all the half-elves under Donna into real high elves.
However, after asking Lisadilan about it, he gave up temporarily because the blood purification ceremony not only requires a lot of precious and expensive magic materials, but also requires a magician of at least level 10 or tier 5 to preside over it.
However, it was only a temporary giving up. Although his strength was not enough, he could start preparing materials. He was not far from level 8 now, the gap was not too big, and maybe he could get help from other people.
After the Spartans, Silent Manor and the old wizard wrote back to congratulate him on becoming a lieutenant and obtaining his own village, the attitude of the old witch of the Bee Tribe changed significantly, and she hinted that she would move from Silent Manor again because the bees were very uncomfortable with the aura of the undead there.
Levi used to look down on her, but now, as he learned more and more information, he gradually began to change his mind.
The drow elves were undoubtedly the dominant race in the Underdark. Even though they took advantage of the chaos of the war, she was able to lead some useless beemen and crawl out of the Underdark. Perhaps it was not as simple as it seemed...
At the same time, thanks to the blessing of Goddess Lilith, his intelligence also reached 15 points, and he had the opportunity to choose new magic specialties.
This time, his options also include three, namely, brewing potions, pet pockets, and counter spells.
The first one gave up immediately. Just enchanting a weapon was enough to keep him busy, and he didn't have the energy to do it in the short term.
The second pet pocket is an extra pocket that can be created on the wizard's robe for some small pets, such as spiders, toads, frogs or snakes to rest. When they are in it, the recovery speed of health and magic points will be enhanced to a certain extent.
But Xiao Qi doesn't like to get into the pocket. When there is no fighting, it prefers to stand on Levi's shoulder, listen to everyone chatting, learn how to speak, and occasionally interject a few words to make everyone laugh, so Levi gave up directly.
Therefore, the only option that is truly worth choosing is the third one, and in his opinion, it is actually the one with the highest value.
Counterspell: You are familiar with the secrets of magic and can counter the target's magic quite effectively. If you recognize a certain magic that the target is using and you also know this magic, you can try to counter the target's magic and make it invalid by consuming 150% of your magic points.
The success rate of the counterattack is based on the intelligence and level of both parties. If the counterattack is successful, the target will still consume magic points normally. If the counterattack fails, you will be randomly returned 5%-50% of the magic points.
It is obvious at first glance that this magic is used by mages in single combat, but in large-scale battlefields, the chances of this magic appearing are hard to say.
This is mainly because the mages are usually protected in the back, with many people in between, and if the distance between the two sides is hundreds of meters, it is really difficult to identify the magic used by the other party without the help of magic.
But no matter what, this can be regarded as a very good expertise. There may not be many occasions when it can be used, but for a mage, it is absolutely indispensable.
At the same time, with the improvement of his level and intelligence attributes, the power of magic such as micrometeors also increased. Coupled with the many summons and the improvement of Donna's strength, although they suffered heavy losses in that night battle, their overall combat effectiveness has quickly recovered. Even within ten miles of the village, their overall combat effectiveness is far better than before.
For example, in a head-on battle, he is absolutely sure that he can kill the hundreds of Red Brotherhood members except Lotus, and it may even be enough with only two or three rounds of attacks.
Thinking of this, he suddenly had a special feeling. This time he was closer, and his strength was much stronger than last time, so he noticed the special feature of the lotus earrings. It was as if there was a layer of faint magical light that was invisible to the naked eye but actually existed, emanating from it and then covering her face.
It seems that Donna and Julia might have been right. This face with some fat lines and scars is not Lotus's real appearance.
Lotus obviously noticed where his gaze fell, and she immediately became alert, while also secretly gritting her teeth. Didn't that damn traveling merchant say that the magic on this earring was very powerful and that no magician below level 10 or with 20 intelligence points could possibly see through it?
How come I was noticed by that Amazon last time and was seen by Levi again this time?
Could it be that they were all just coincidences? Could this be a fake?
When she thought of this, her mood suddenly became even worse. Ever since her mother passed down the name to her, she had never suffered such an injustice. She must confirm it carefully when she returns.
If that guy really dared to lie to her, there might be more things in the river!
But on the surface, she remained calm and immediately changed the subject: "Levi, you probably don't know the disadvantages here yet, right? I heard that there was a war in the south, and now there are still undeads wreaking havoc. I don't know if it's true or not."
Levi chuckled and nodded: "It is true, but for me, this will only make it easier to train soldiers."
After saying this, Lotus looked at Levi with a different look in her eyes. Daring to use the undead to train troops, this was really not something an ordinary elf could do. No wonder the other party's strength expanded so rapidly. It seemed that they had to strengthen their cooperation.
"Well, now that you know, I won't waste my words. I have brought the troops and the things, and there are some unexpected gains. Take a look."
As she said this, she handed over four or five magic scrolls. Levi took a look and found that in addition to the mud wall technique and turning mud into stone that he had mentioned when he sent a message to the other party, there was also an advanced stone shaping technique that could further strengthen the solidity of the stone wall. Now his plan became more secure.
Multiple channels have shown that the vampire is very vigilant and will flee far away at the slightest sign of trouble. If he wants to completely kill the opponent, he must be prepared in all aspects.
Although he knew that the Red Brotherhood would never do anything without benefits, Lotus was really considerate this time. He didn't even pay her a penny, but she still led her troops so far away and brought these things to him.
"Okay, the stuff is fine. I also need some magic like resurrection of skeletons, manipulation of corpses, awakening skeletons, etc. The more the better, and the cheaper the better."
Lotus was a little surprised: "The cheaper the better? The lowest level skeleton resurrection can only revive level 0 skeletons. Ordinary militiamen can fight two at a time. Why do you want that thing? And don't you high elves hate the evil undead magic the most?"
"To fight them, of course."
Levi pointed at the huge abyss cracks in the distant sky.
Ever since that night when many evil kings sacrificed a large number of horned demons and the demon hero Names created even more and stronger demons, he has been racking his brains, trying to find a way to fight against them.
What's more, he soon got some information from a handful of Demon God's Chosen heroes on the forum, and the process was much simpler than he had imagined.
Generally speaking, demons and devils, or other similar sacrificial rituals, mostly require overflowing blood, the smell of death, tormented souls, and intact corpses.
Blood and death are difficult to avoid. The soul is mostly invisible and intangible, except for necromancers or some priests who specialize in this area. Ordinary mages are not good at this either. However, an intact corpse is the easiest to destroy.
The simplest method is to resurrect the undead skeletons. After summoning the skeletons from the corpses, there should only be a pile of minced meat and internal organs left in the original place.
Even though it looks a bit evil, and it is indeed evil undead magic, Levi has no pressure at all when using it on demons.
Although this trick cannot completely offset the effect, it is still easy to reduce the effect of the sacrifice by more than half by sprinkling a layer of holy water on the ground or using some enchanted silver purification instruments.
And there is no need to worry about skeletons or ghosts rising again after the war. The priests in the Temple of Lilith have been busy with this these days to prevent similar things from happening again.
Levi also reserved some by the way. He estimated that this would be much easier the next time he went to war with the devil.
At the same time, he also ordered a set of equipment for the Sun Knight to use against the undead. It was not for the purpose of making any profit from the price difference, but just to help him get rid of the undead aura in Silent Manor as soon as possible.
Lotus suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."
But then she couldn't help but ask again: "Levi, you are not still going to fight them?"
Levi smiled without saying anything. Although he was now the chief of Bitao Village, it would be too naive to think that a mere village could restrain him.
To him, the village was just a reliable rear base and a tool to make money.
This is not a pure farming game. If he wants to become stronger, he must constantly take the initiative to defeat more and stronger enemies, gain experience points and military merits, so as to improve his level and military rank, thus achieving the goal of rapid snowballing.
He also couldn't really expect the undead in the south to become stronger quickly so that he could kill monsters and level up.
If he really wants to talk about farming, he must at least obtain a large number of construction blueprints, be able to recruit high-level or even top-level troops in the territory, and also reserve a large amount of resources.
Seeing her like this, Lianhua couldn't help but shake her head: "Forget it, I'll keep an eye on it, and it shouldn't be a big problem. Others will have some stock in their hands."
"Thank you very much. I will give you the money right away. I am more well-off this time, so I will give you a larger deposit. In addition, I would like to recruit some of the soldiers you brought with you."
Although in his opinion, the combat effectiveness of several types of troops of the Red Brotherhood could no longer keep up, it was still good to use them as cannon fodder, especially those horse thieves. Even if they could not be used up in this fishing operation, it would be good to use them to cover the actions of the night elf huntresses at other times.
Lotus stretched out her hand to stop him: "No, don't worry, I also have something to ask for."
"To be frank, if it's something I can do, I'll try my best."
I am not afraid of the other party having demands, I am just afraid that the other party wants nothing. The debt of favor is often the hardest to repay.
"Well, I communicated with other contacts. Now, apart from Silent Manor and a settlement of green-skinned orcs, this is the only place with the most potential among all the territories of humans and high elves' chosen heroes nearby."
"So I want to set up a base here. What do you think about me helping you manage the tavern?"
In fact, there certainly couldn't be only one similar stronghold. She was originally considering it, because every time the Red Brotherhood established a stronghold, it would take a lot of manpower and resources to keep it running, and they definitely didn't want to ruin the reputation of the Red Brotherhood.
But she heard a very incredible legend about Levi.
So after receiving his message, she temporarily put down everything else in her hands and came in person.
Then she saw those patrol teams in groups at the door, which clearly had the characteristics of celestial creatures. She immediately made up her mind to choose this place!
"Of course. In fact, I would love to have them. But since you consider me a friend, I won't hide it from you. In addition to the threat from the undead in the south, this place may experience a major war in the next two days. It may be very dangerous. That's why I need them."
Levi raised the magic scroll in his hand.
The river a few miles away is not particularly regular, but winding like a snake, especially in the narrowest area, which is only a few meters wide. So at the critical moment, if you are prepared, these magic scrolls will definitely bring extraordinary surprises to the enemy.
After listening to this, Lianhua's expression was a little complicated: "Actually, you don't have to say this. When the enemy arrives, we will do our best to maintain the reputation of our Red Brotherhood."
Levi wasn't the only God-chosen hero she dealt with, but he was definitely the one she favored the most.
Because the other God-chosen heroes all fawn over her when they can use her, but run away faster than anyone when they don't benefit from her, and most of them dislike her current appearance.
There were even two guys who tried to trick her, but they underestimated her strength and were easily killed by her. She then put them on a wanted list in the name of the entire Red Brotherhood.
Levi smiled again: "Because what I want is friends, not cannon fodder that can be used or discarded at will."
Even though the Red Brotherhood's direct combat capability is really not that good at the moment, their intelligence system is very good, and they are also related to the goddess of wealth Woking. As long as the money is in place, it is possible to get some valuable items, even contraband items.
It's not that he can't offend them at all. As a lieutenant of the high elves, he has the confidence that even if he offends them, they dare not cause trouble openly.
But since there is a possibility of becoming friends, why do we have to become enemies?
Lotus was touched when she heard this. This time she didn't say anything more, but just nodded slightly: "It's the same for our Red Brotherhood."
"But I still have some doubts. You Red Brotherhood members shouldn't do petty thefts, right? I have to ensure the safety of the village."
"Besides me, there is also the temple of the goddess Sehani Moonbow in the village. And those celestial beings are also very hateful of evil. Although they are not as good as the paladins, they can't stand this either."
Although he didn't mind the appearance of creatures from other camps in his village, he could even accept ordinary gnolls, but he didn't want it to become a paradise for thieves and robbers. That would be detrimental to his development. So if the other party couldn't abide by the rules, no matter how tempted he was, he would not allow the other party to reach out.
And he really did exaggerate a lot. Anyone who likes to steal will basically be despised or even hostile by the indigenous people. Even the gods of thieves in various pantheons are no exception. They basically have many enemies and can only live with their tails between their legs.
The celestial beings also find this kind of behavior very unacceptable, and because their views on good and evil are too clear, they are often more easily angered by these behaviors.
Of course, it would be easier for a God-chosen hero like Levi who has been constantly fighting against evil to gain their favor.
Lotus suddenly laughed: "It seems that you still don't understand our Red Brotherhood well enough, Levi. For us, why bother to take things that can be bought with money? Our goddess of wealth does not like the god of thieves."
The goddess of wealth, Woking, and the god of thieves, Mask, are completely opposite in nature. After all, the former makes money by relying on her own abilities, while the latter prefers and only likes to get something for nothing.
Many thieves also like to target believers of the Goddess of Wealth because they are the richest, so over time, the two sides have already formed a mortal feud.
Levi nodded: "That's good, sorry, I was rude."
In fact, he was not unaware of this, but the clothes worn by the Red Brotherhood were too tattered, which did not fit the style of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth at all. Moreover, there were no priests who used divine magic in her team, which made it difficult for him not to be suspicious.
Are they followers of the goddess of wealth, or did they buy the title? He did not doubt that the other party was making it up, because in a world where true gods exist, an organization like the Red Brotherhood cannot bear the wrath of gods.
"Haha, I can guarantee that if any of my people take these actions, you can execute them directly. Just notify me afterwards."
"At the same time, I will help you keep all suspicious people and suspicious information in your tavern. When we encounter a battle, we will also take action. However, you cannot let us work for nothing, otherwise it will not conform to the teachings of the goddess."
Then she blinked her eyes and said, "Of course, the most important thing is that my special products will also be provided to you first."
Commodities, guys?
Levi immediately realized that the other party must be talking about slaves. The other party mentioned it last time when he was sniping the demon at the bridge.
He immediately asked with great interest: "How many do you have now? What factions and races are they from? How strong are they?"
Although he had largely restored his military strength through various means, he certainly wanted to have more in order to face the upcoming battle .
"Of course it depends on what race you need. We even have high elves~"
Levi's eyes widened instantly, and then he immediately reacted: "You have people with the greenskins too?"
This time it was Lotus' turn to smile and remain silent, but Levi had already got the answer. No wonder Lotus just said that the only one who could rival her was a green-skinned village.
It is estimated that there is a high probability that they are the greenskins who had a brief contact with him before, but retreated immediately when they saw the situation was not good.
According to the intelligence from the Sun Knights, they should belong to the same guild. While the High Elves were fighting against the Demons, Greenskins, etc. at the same time, they captured and plundered several villages in one fell swoop.
Although most of the High Elves' energy was focused on fighting for the Black Castle, even if they only devoted one tenth of their energy to counterattack, their current situation would be very uncomfortable. Now there is only one village left.
However, he couldn't help but sigh that the Red Brotherhood actually had more people among the greenskins.
Now he somewhat believed that the other party was really a believer of the Goddess of Wealth. Regardless of race, good or evil, money was the first priority?
Well, no, at least for now, Lotus is not a particularly qualified believer in the Goddess of Wealth.
He nodded vigorously immediately: "Okay, as long as they are high elf troops, I will take as many as you have. Unless other races are extremely rare, try not to take chaotic or evil ones."
"If I don't have enough money, I can always barter, borrow money, or just write an IOU."
"By the way, are you interested in the Tier 2 mount - the Dire Ostrich?"
Lotus' eyes lit up immediately. "Of course I'm interested. You God-chosen heroes like this kind of unique mount. Besides, it's a ferocious animal with high combat power. I'm sure it can be sold for at least 2.5 or even 3 gold coins."
A mount that needs protection and a mount that can personally participate in combat are completely different concepts.
And according to the information she has collected so far, not all of the God-chosen heroes are powerful or improve quickly. Some of them may not be able to beat a ferocious ostrich now, but they will soon like these guys very much.
Moreover, it seems that a new God-chosen hero appears every once in a while, so there is absolutely no need to worry about sales.
"Okay, I'll give you priority. I can't say for more, but I can definitely guarantee more than 10 per week."
Although their weekly output is 18, he also has to take the guild into consideration. In addition, there is no guarantee that there will be accidental deaths in battle, so don't be too confident.
"Only 10? That's a bit too few."
Lotus was a little disappointed. Although the value of this thing was not low, if the quantity was too small, the money she could earn would definitely be reduced.
Because she certainly couldn't overcharge a regular customer like Levi who had great potential. In order to stabilize the other party and ensure that the transaction between the two parties could be maintained stably in the long term, she might even occasionally give him a little bit of money.
"The village has just gotten on track, and everything is not perfect yet. But give me some time, I am confident that I can come up with some other popular beasts."
With so many free sparring partners in the south, as well as the witch Tiwa and the animal trainer who would soon rejoin his team, he felt that this would not be a problem.
"Okay, I believe you."
Then she gradually shifted her gaze to those majestic celestial beings and asked tentatively: "Levi, I wonder if they are willing..."
Although she didn't finish her words, Levi could fully understand what she meant , because in addition to doing some black market business, buying and selling slaves and prisoners, the Red Brotherhood also served as part-time war mercenaries. Some of them were their own people, and some were other soldiers recruited from all over the place. Now she had her eyes on Guang Yakong and the others.
But this time, Levi could only shake his head and refuse the other party: "Their conditions are very harsh. Forget about recruiting you for the time being. If you have a lawful neutral or lawful good mage under your command, I can try to help you connect and see if we can sign a temporary summoning contract."
Of course, it was just an attempt. Unless the lotus could really bring him huge benefits, so huge that he couldn't even pay it back all at once, he would not consider repaying the favor in this way.
But Lotus didn't know what he was thinking for the time being. She nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, it's settled. I'll do it right away. Tomorrow at the latest, I will let you see your high elf captives with your own eyes!"
