Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 204 Night Attack and Advancement
"Enemy attack!"
Following a slightly shrill scream, the lights in the village that had been turned off began to light up again. Then, the horse thieves who were on guard at the entrance of the village were very surprised to find that a large group of undead people emitting a foul smell were right in front of them.
And they are not just ordinary skeletons, zombies, ghouls and the like, there are even more tall and strong tomb demons mixed in!
"Oh my god, it's the army of the undead!"
“There are also in the South!”
Although they were already alert, it was a little too late. The zombies that served as the vanguard had already roared and launched their attacks with leaps and leaps. They waved their filthy claws, and the air was instantly filled with the smell of blood.
At the same time, a series of crackling sounds of bones colliding were heard in the south. White skeleton soldiers all over the mountains were marching towards the village at a constant speed. Under the moonlight, they looked even more eerie and terrifying.
Because the incident happened suddenly and they had an absolute advantage in numbers, the defense at the entrance of the village was breached in the blink of an eye. A large number of undead poured into the village, leaving only dozens of scarred corpses on the spot.
At this time, the other defenders in the village also reacted. They roared and launched a counterattack. In addition to ordinary humans and elves, there were occasionally a few celestial creatures covered with white hair, which looked so dazzling even at night.
However, although they were strong, they were outnumbered and were quickly beaten back, forcing themselves to struggle in corners.
But soon the temple in the distance responded, and many priests and some night elves joined the battlefield.
Then Levi came out of the tavern with a book in his left hand and a staff in his right hand. He first summoned a few wild beasts, and then used a series of magic missiles to kill several skeleton soldiers, barely opening a gap.
Then dozens of archers appeared, and after a round of arrow rain, they killed several of the fastest zombies, which was considered to have saved some face.
After seeing these scenes, in the darkness a few hundred meters away, a pale-faced middle-aged vampire wearing gorgeous clothes and a red cloak behind his back finally smiled and nodded slowly.
That's about it. This is basically consistent with his previous reconnaissance and the information he bought from a bluegill merman chosen hero. It should be the opponent's entire strength.
"For a village, this is indeed very good, to have so many subordinates from different races and forces. But for a true Night Elf noble, such a garrison is not worth mentioning at all."
At this point, he waved his cloak and said, "Follow me, my proud descendants, and drink the blood of our enemies!"
In the darkness behind him, at least two hundred creatures dressed similarly to him drew their swords and joined the battlefield with brisk steps.
As they moved forward, they cast spells. As the magic light shone, groups of disgusting creatures such as zombie wolves, ferocious bats, ferocious rats, etc. emerged and joined the battlefield.
Their average strength is extremely low, but their advantage is that there are enough of them. Even if they can't hurt anything, they can still play a significant role in blocking knives and arrows.
Moreover, the vampires generally possess level 3 strength, and their combat power is not comparable to that of skeleton zombies, so the intensity of the battle is instantly raised to a higher level.
They could not even hold out for two minutes before the survivors fought and retreated, soon losing most of their territory. They were forced to struggle in the last less than one-third of the area.
At the same time, Levi, who was pretending to be serious, soon noticed the vampire who looked very arrogant and had walked to the center of the village under the protection of many younger brothers.
He immediately knew that the time was definitely ripe. If he didn't take action, not only would the other party discover his intentions, but he would also be at a disadvantage if the vampires got interested and captured a few villagers to suck their blood.
The living villagers cannot be compared to these buildings that can be built with some wood and a little money.
While secretly sending signals to Xiao Qi and Supervisory Yakong who had been lurking there for a long time, he looked at them with some anger.
"Damn undead, I have no hatred against you, why did you launch this sneak attack on me?"
It would have been better if he didn't say anything. After he asked this question, the vampire suddenly became angry: "No hatred? If it weren't for you, how could I have lost my Silent Manor? You made the proud Viscount Tames von Carstein lose his original territory!"
Levi was stunned: "Is that your territory? But I heard that its original owner was just a level 4 vampire?"
Having said this, he pointed at the two hundred or so vampires, intending to ask, after all, how could an ordinary 4th level vampire control so many descendants?
As a race that generally practices dual cultivation with monsters, although vampires have extremely obvious weaknesses, their strength should not be underestimated in a battlefield that suits them. These vampire swordsmen in front of them are all level 3, and some elite units are even level 4.
Add to that at least two thousand cannon fodder skeletons, zombies, as well as stronger ghouls and grave devils, this vampire really takes himself very seriously.
But even though he was pretending to be stupid on the surface, his alertness in his heart actually soared again.
Von Carstein is not an ordinary surname. It has a very long history and is one of the oldest vampire families.
What is best known to everyone is that Vlad, the ancestor of his family, once occupied the Sylvania province in the east of the Sigmar Empire as the earl's son-in-law, and launched a large-scale war called the "Vampire War", which spread the flames of war between the living and the dead throughout the eastern region of the empire, and even attempted to seize the throne of the empire.
In the process, he demonstrated extraordinary military strategy and bravery, and he also possessed a mysterious ring that could allow him to be resurrected repeatedly.
You have to know that vampires have no souls. They cannot be resurrected very easily like humans, elves and other living beings as long as the gods agree.
When an ordinary vampire dies, he is basically completely wiped out. Only the most top-level vampires have the possibility of resurrection.
Moreover, the resurrection of each vampire requires a large amount of precious materials, special rituals, and even blood sacrifices.
But Vlad did this with just one ring, which makes people think deeply.
Although his ring was stolen by someone unknown and he lost the ability to resurrect, he still killed many powerful enemies with his extraordinary fighting power before dying together with a great chanter of the Sigmar sect.
You have to know that according to the hierarchy of the Sigmar sect, apart from the leader, the high priest, there are basically only two great chanters, both of whom are legendary heroes. You can imagine the strength of this Vlad.
Even though he has been dead for hundreds of years, his family still possesses enormous power until now, and Sylvania is still occupied by the undead.
Even in recent times when all races have been harassed by demons, devils, beastmen, and other messy evil forces, the undead area has become one of the least affected places.
On the one hand, to demons and the like, the undead are just rotten corpses and not of much value. On the other hand, it also shows that their fighting power is indeed good in Sylvania.
The vampire in front of me actually has the same surname. If it is not a coincidence, then there is too much information contained in it. After all, Sylvania is really not close to the Plain of Bones.
Upon hearing this, the vampire suddenly became proud. He slowly adjusted his clothes and then replied: "That was just a disguise. I have already become a hero. I just wanted to complete a plan. For this, I even successfully lurked for decades."
Then his voice turned stern: "But this plan was ruined by you at the last minute, and now you have to pay the price for it!"
After shouting angrily, his eyes quickly swept over the faces of Levi, Donna, Cindy and others, and he said greedily: "Forget about the magician, I haven't met such high-quality virgins for a long time. When I think of the hot blood, I can't wait."
Levi raised his eyebrows. What about a mage? It's fine, but what about a virgin? How dare you say that!
There was no need to look back. Just by listening to the breathing that suddenly became much heavier, he knew that there must be two women behind him who were angry and had red faces.
Well, one of them should still be considered a girl, no, both of them should be considered girls, just one is slightly older and the other is slightly smaller.
If they were teased like this under normal circumstances, they would not have to think too much and would have smashed each other's heads with their arrows and hammers at the first moment. However, for Levi's plan, they all chose to endure.
While feeling moved, Levi couldn't help but secretly make up his mind again that he must really create something big, otherwise he would be sorry for the two of them!
"What exactly do you mean by plan?"
Although the war seemed very unfavorable to him, Levi at this moment was like a curious baby, only concerned with finding out the truth.
But he was not a professional actor after all. Facing such a dangerous situation, there was not much panic on his face, which immediately made the Vampire Viscount a little alert.
He quickly scanned the area several times, and although he did not find any special hidden enemies, he soon discovered that something was wrong.
Because although the battle between the two sides seemed extremely fierce, except for a lot of guards who died at the gate at the beginning, after entering the village, there were probably no more than 20 bodies of the living on the ground, and the rest were all large pieces of bones and rotten corpses.
If we look at the battle results purely, it is impossible for the other side to have only those few casualties when they were at such a huge disadvantage, so the biggest possibility is that the enemy was deliberately showing weakness!
After realizing this, he quickly glanced around and his expression changed drastically.
He didn't even respond to Levi's words again, nor did he say hello to his descendants. Instead, he turned around and wanted to escape.
A black and red light flickered on his body, and a circle of strange mist spread out. In an instant, his figure disappeared. Then, accompanied by the sound of flapping wings, a large group of densely packed little bats with scarlet eyes appeared in his original position.
And they did not flee immediately, but flew towards the direction of the ordinary bats that had been summoned by other vampires before.
Obviously, when he realized that something was wrong, he took the most cautious approach. In order to increase his chances of escape, he even tried to blend in with those ordinary little bats, so that the enemy would not be able to focus all their attention on him.
Levi sighed immediately, knowing that he might not be able to get more information from the other party. This guy was too careful and cautious. He chose to run away after discovering just a little clue.
Then we can only kill the other party first, and then continue to look for relevant information from other aspects.
Thinking of this , he once again gave orders to Xiao Qi, Supervisor Yakong and many other summoned creatures through telepathy.
Then, in the team that was originally retreating, five or six special high elves suddenly stood up . They waved their staffs at the same time, and visible blue magic quickly enveloped the sky.
Then the shops and houses on both sides opened their windows one after another. First, at least dozens or hundreds of bottles of holy water were smashed out, and some were thrown directly into the magic place in the air.
Then, a large number of gorgeous silver plates with purifying runes engraved on them were released, shining with silver light. With the injection of energy, illusory magic circles quickly emerged, covering a large area of undead.
Now, no matter whether it was vampires or ghouls, they could not help but howl miserably. Their strength was weakened to a considerable extent. Among them, the weaker skeletons and zombies had their magic links directly cut off, and turned back into corpses on the ground.
The flock of bats that had just taken off were instantly turned into a ball of blood mist. Then, with a series of hissing sounds, the holy water that had also turned into mist purified the blood mist on the spot.
Following a very shrill cry, the vampire, covered in scars and with torn clothes, reappeared in the same place. Large areas of his body and face had been burned by the holy water, and his expression was full of panic.
Transforming into a bat is certainly a life-saving skill for vampires, but once targeted, like now, he might die even faster!
On the contrary, Levi had a smile on his face. After receiving reinforcements from Lisadilan, he never doubted whether he could defeat the opponent. He was only worried that the opponent would escape.
But now, he doesn't have to worry too much about this problem. These guys are really capable, and the pure silver magic circle supported by Lilith's priests is also really useful!
Almost at the same time, several points of light suddenly flashed at the entrance of the village, and then four burly tree men with a height of five meters and a waist circumference of almost five meters rose from the ground, blocking the retreat of the other vampires who had just realized it.
Just looking at their huge fists with a diameter of more than one meter, even the vampires who have become undead and do not need to breathe could not help but gasp.
Then in the next second, they used their innate strength to condense huge rocks with a diameter of more than one meter. With the whistling wind, they smashed into the undead like cannonballs.
The various low-level undead that were hit were smashed into pieces on the spot, and even the relatively strong vampires were seriously injured.
Because this big guy can be used as both a type of soldier and a war machine. Although their attack speed is very slow, the power of each move is more powerful than Levi's single micrometeor!
Then there were noisy footsteps coming from outside the village. When the vampires heard the noise, they knew that there were at least a thousand or eight hundred enemies waiting for them outside.
Looking at Levi, who was smiling and continuously summoning a group of celestial creatures that he hated, and then looking at the many guards who suddenly showed their power, as well as the defenders who continued to pour out from the taverns, cellars and various houses, the Vampire Viscount immediately understood everything. This was a trap from the beginning to the end!
Even though he was filled with anger, he had to admit that the other party was indeed a very powerful enemy.
With such feeling, he did not make any other attempts. Since the enemy had already anticipated his arrival and arranged so many ambushes, how could they give him the chance to escape easily?
Moreover, he had heard a lot of heavy and powerful flapping sounds, and several vague figures immediately appeared in his mind. They were the giant eagles and griffins of the high elves.
Under normal circumstances, unless their number exceeded single digits, they would not pose much threat to him. Even if he could not defeat them, he was confident that he could escape.
But now with so many priests and wind mages here, the problem becomes different. It seems we have to fight!
Thinking of this, he drew his bloody sword from his waist and asked, "Is there any brave high elf who dares to fight against the noble Viscount of the von Carstein family?"
While speaking, his eyes looked straight at Levi, and the provocation contained in them was self-evident.
But Levi completely ignored his meaning. From the perspective of other races, the titles within the vampire clan were ridiculous except that they could explain their identity and status within the clan to a certain extent.
Except for a few places like Sylvania, most vampires are like rats in the gutter, beaten by everyone. How can they have the face to call themselves noble?
Besides, your territory is so small. Do you dare to call yourself a viscount just because you occupy a village?
He simply raised his hand and fired a series of magic missiles, interrupting the opponent's left hand, which was behind his cloak and was doing some tricks.
The vampire viscount groaned suddenly. His secret spellcasting was interrupted. He cursed angrily: "Damn elf, you really pissed me off!"
Levi immediately responded: "Humph, the body should lie in the grave honestly, instead of walking around everywhere!"
Since he couldn't get any information out of them, there was no need for him to indulge the other party anymore. Now was the time to help Donna and Cindy wash away that little bit of hatred.
If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for telling the truth!
The vampire viscount was suddenly furious and no longer cared about his noble demeanor. He directly took out a black gem and crushed it with force.
As the blood-red light flashed, seven or eight iron cavalry demons appeared in the open space in front of him.
If it were normal, Levi might have been a little apprehensive if the enemy could summon such a powerful tier 4 troop so easily and quickly, but this time he smiled with satisfaction instead.
That's right, some demons with undead characteristics are willing to obey the orders of vampires, so the evidence becomes more sufficient.
Moreover, he was 100% sure that the relationship between vampires and demons must be similar to the relationship between himself and the Gaiding clan. It was not just a pure summoning, but also involved a contract!
While smiling, the spider web technique was already cast, and several wind mages used sky turbulence again to prevent the opponent from rising into the air.
At the same time, Zhou Miyin, followed by Leonidas and others also entered the scene, targeting the Iron Cavalry Demons.
During the last battle, the opponent left a very deep impression on them.
But the situation has changed now. Having lost the ability to fly and appearing in the middle of a densely populated battlefield, with no room to maneuver, let alone launch a charge, how much harm can these level 4 Iron Cavalry Demons cause?
At this time, Risadilan, riding a griffin, had also arrived. He noticed these demons at the first time and was immediately surprised. Like Levi, he did not think that the other party was a threat at all. On the contrary, he regarded them as merits and the most direct and important evidence of the collusion between vampires and demons!
There is nothing much to say about the following battle. Although the vampire fought desperately and was always looking for opportunities to escape, facing Levi who had already set up a heavy trap for his subordinates, the opponent had no choice but to die in the end.
The vampire viscount was first pierced through the heart by three consecutive arrows from Donna, and then his head was smashed cleanly by Cindy's psychic hammer.
Many of the big Lolita's skills have additional enhancements for the evil camp, especially after she released Sigma's Comet at the vampire out of shame and anger, the power of all subsequent magic attacks will be enhanced.
Unfortunately, the psychic hammer is also regarded as a magic attack, and the vampire has no way to survive.
Although he claimed to be a hero, it was proved that heroes could be divided into different levels. With the fighting power he had just demonstrated, even if he had not been besieged, he would probably not have survived long under Donna's arrows.
But the word the other party shouted before his death made Levi, Lisa Dilan and others feel a little depressed, because the word the other party shouted was the God of Vampires!
As we all know, as a special kind of undead creature without soul but with intelligence, vampires cannot use conventional resurrection techniques and can only be resurrected through extremely complicated blood sacrifice rituals.
They have no faith, nor any gods willing to protect them, so unlike most other races, they basically turn into ashes directly after death, and have no chance of going to hell or ascending to the kingdom of the gods.
But now the other party has shouted the word "Vampire God". Has some god secretly decided to protect them, or are they trying to create a god of their own?
Soon the Iron Cavalry Demons fell under the spears, halberds and rain of arrows. Levi immediately ordered a counterattack, starting with micro meteors and a fierce bombardment, forcibly splitting the enemy into several parts.
Then Levi did not continue to command the battle in the village, but handed it over to Donna, Lisadiran and others. He directly took many celestial creatures and water sub-airs to the narrowest and flattest part of the river, several miles away from the simple dock.
Mud Wall + Turn Fossils into Mud + Advanced Stone Shaping = a stone sluice that can completely block the river in a short period of time. Even though this magic cannot last too long under the impact of the flowing water, it is almost enough.
Levi then summoned a large water element and sent it and the water sub-airs into the river to conduct reconnaissance.
Then, as expected, he discovered that there were at least two hundred zombies transformed from Sahuagin and Nagas. The vampire was too cunning and he still had a backup plan in this situation.
However, without command, a few low-level zombies were not a problem. Coincidentally, the Lightforged who had been staying in the village across the river also led a large army to the scene. With the combined efforts of both sides, they strangled thousands of undead in less than half an hour. This time the undead siege ended in complete failure.
It even made the Lightforged a little unsatisfied. They had been waiting for a long time, but in the end, each of them had only killed one or two enemies before all of them were dead?
But no matter what, except for the tragic deaths of those Red Brotherhood members who served as bait, the subsequent battles were relatively smooth. At the same time, after gaining the experience points of the Vampire Viscount, Cindy successfully advanced to become the first Level 5 elite in the team.
Although she was not the first to join, with her extraordinary talent, her own hard work, and a little bit of luck, she has become the third person after Levi and Donna.
Moreover, her advancement this time is also extraordinary. In addition to the substantial improvement of various attributes and the acquisition of 3 new abilities at one time, even her psychic hammer has been strengthened and has new effects.
Attributes: Strength 13, Agility 11, Constitution 12, Intelligence 9, Perception 15, Charisma 7
Strengthen Psionic Weapon - Hammer. For every 4 levels you increase or every 2 levels you increase, the maximum number of Psionic Hammers that can exist at the same time will increase by 1, currently 2.
Over the years, Cindy has smashed countless enemies' heads with her psychic hammer, and now she is enjoying double the happiness.
However, Levi felt that unless she could be promoted to a hero, this skill would not be likely to be further strengthened in a short period of time, because the experience points required to upgrade from level 5 to level 6 were already much more than what he needed for the current upgrade.
New skill 1, Eternal Sleep, active skill, consumes 50 magic points, casts a purification ritual on a dead creature, preventing its spirit from returning to the body. Anyone with a lower strength than you cannot cast resurrection, skeleton resurrection or other similar magic on it, and the value of the target being sacrificed is greatly reduced;
The effect of this skill is beyond words, but unfortunately the consumption is too high, and it is a single-target skill. It seems that when fighting against the devil's sacrifice ritual, Levi still has to use the stupid method he talked about with Lotus before.
New skill 2, Secondary Alien Alliance, is an active skill that consumes 50 magic points. You can pray to the god you believe in and call for allies from another world. The type and strength of the allies depend on their level and the attitude of the god.
If the gods notice your prayers and agree to your request, when the alien allies arrive, you will need to sign a temporary or permanent contract with them again. This contract requires the other party's consent, and no matter what requests you make, the other party will require you to pay a price including but not limited to gold coins, elemental crystals, gems, etc.
If your camp, faction, and behavior are recognized by them, they may halve your reward or even provide free services;
Levi originally thought that it was a good thing for priests to have the support of gods, but now this skill has slightly changed his mind. What is the difference between this and buying lottery tickets?
New skill 3, Barrier of Faith, is an active skill that consumes 25 magic points and transforms firm faith into a shield, randomly increasing one's own magic resistance and physical defense for a short period of time. The effect is based on one's own perception.
Levi originally thought that this was another skill for buying lottery tickets, but after trying it several times, he found that this skill was still very good. Under normal circumstances, it could increase Cindy's defense and magic resistance by about 5 points. If she were to give her some magic such as mage armor and stone skin, the big loli could also transform into an adult chariot.
It's a pity that she can only use it on herself, otherwise the value of this skill would be greatly improved.
Levi saved the secondary alien alliance for use when he had free time. He did not rush to ask the villagers to repair the mess on the ground. Instead, he prioritized confirming the spoils with Lisadilan.
Because while the battle was going on here, the High Elf Navy at the estuary was also exchanging fire. It was said that some bloodthirsty Shahuagin pirates were wandering around a small island. If nothing unexpected happened, they were supposed to be preparing to pick up the vampires. After sorting out the things here, Risadilan would be busy giving orders.
Although there were many enemies, most of them were cannon fodder. The truly valuable spoils basically came from the many vampires, so Levi's work was carried out relatively quickly.
The Vampire Viscount dropped a few warrior skill books, which were of no use to Levi, so he threw them to the Lightforger and others, letting them divide them among themselves. Although they did not make any great efforts this time, they chose to stay because of their own request, and they could not really give the spoils completely according to their contributions;
Levi was not very interested in the dozen or so books on summoning wolves, bats, mice, and some low-level magic such as dark arrows and bloody arrows, but it was not a waste of time to learn them. Moreover, the more magic he knew, the more it would help him master the two specialties of spell identification and counterspells in the future.
He threw a dark cloak that added 5 points of dark attribute magic resistance and a magic resistance necklace that added 2 points of magic resistance to the big loli. She was used to close combat and needed it more than Donna. Besides, this kind of gadget was not valuable in the first place, so no one would take it too seriously.
A water-soaked letter and a demon head badge. Even without looking at the attributes, Levi knew that they were definitely mission items. He threw them all to Lisadilan. This way, it would be easier for him to report back.
Finally, there was an elite token and two fragments of the Hero's Spirit. Before Levi could speak, the Lightforger said very sensibly that they would give up voluntarily. So the token belonged to Levi, and he and Lisadiran each took a fragment.
Levi had no control over what Risadilan did with the fragments, and he was not interested in it either. However, he knew that, excluding the one that Donna had used to resurrect her good friend, he now had three more fragments, and could synthesize the second heroic spirit that could completely change the fate of ordinary soldiers.
After killing the vampire, things here are almost over. The next related matters will be handed over to Lisadilan to continue to monitor. He should continue to move eastward to Ashridge Town, and even to Black Castle to participate in the battle.
Moreover, Chen Zui of the Last Days has successfully sneaked into the hands of the legendary black dragon Blake, and according to the previous agreement, he issued a warning to him.
A revenge and assassination team has set out from the Underdark. Based on some special magic, they have the ability to sense Levi's location, and judging from the distance they have traveled, they will probably be able to find him within two days.
You have to know that this team is made up of the descendants of evil dragons and dragon warriors. They are not just those skeletons. If a fight really breaks out in Bitao Village, it will not be solved by losing dozens of units of wood and stone.
Therefore, even if it was just to avoid involving Bitao Village, he really needed to prepare to leave. He wanted to move the battlefield to the wild, or simply to Ashridge Town.
At this time, the appearance of this heroic spirit will surely make up for the shortcomings of Bitao Village!