Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 216: Counterattacks
Along with a slight vibration of the ground, more than 200 golems moved and guarded at the forefront of all the troops.
At the same time, many spearmen also started moving, but their task was not to kill the enemy, but only to serve as a reserve team, fill the gaps between the golems, and protect the many mages.
Then the wizards cast their magic spells, summoning the four elements of earth, fire, water and wind, as well as some roaring monsters.
The more Levi watched, the more familiar he felt. How similar was this fighting style to his own? It was just that his summoned creatures were more diverse and more powerful.
Then they all cast auxiliary magic, and mage armor, tolerance to elemental damage, etc. appeared one after another. It seemed that after such a long time, they all understood that the mage is not a pure turret-type profession.
Levi also began to cast spells continuously, first covering the melee troops with an anti-camp magic circle, and then soon large elementals and many celestial creatures appeared at the forefront, attracting gazes of admiration or surprise from Master and others.
Because they are all mages, they know what kind of harsh conditions are needed to achieve these things. This means that Levi is more than 10% higher than them in terms of level, intelligence attributes, equipment and expertise.
After noticing this, Levi was very satisfied. He didn't mean to show off, he just wanted to flex his muscles so that it would be more convenient for everyone to cooperate in the future.
Soon, cavalry archery units such as Anaconda, Bird and Risadilan took the lead in confronting the enemy head-on. After a hail of arrows, while causing heavy casualties, they also attracted the attention of a considerable number of enemy troops.
Then they didn't rush to attack, but just rode away from both sides of the battlefield. They didn't come here to kill the enemy.
But this time they slightly misjudged the enemy. Although a large number of demons were led away, the undead creatures did not move at all. Although they also suffered certain casualties, they still insisted on maintaining their formation and marched straight towards the direction of Levi and others.
After several failed attempts, the enemy remained indifferent, and finally Risadilan had no choice but to give up.
Low- and middle-level undead basically have no brains. It all depends on the flexibility of the commands of the necromancers or vampires who control them. Otherwise, they will only obey the last order in most cases.
This is their weakness in most cases, but now this stubbornness has become their advantage.
Soon, the Abyss Ghouls, which appeared first and were not slow at all, rushed up first and entered the range of the ranged units.
However, despite their extremely ferocious appearance, their actual combat capability was not worth mentioning. Donna killed dozens of them with a hail of arrows.
At the same time, the Amazons led by the piranha also began to show their power. Their bows and arrows had a longer range and their spears were more powerful. She also learned from Donald and asked her subordinates to concentrate their shooting, so they soon made a lot of gains.
In addition, many of them were led away by Anaconda and others, so the few remaining Abyss Ghouls were quickly wiped out.
At this time, the black knights also rode over. They formed a triangle formation and seemed to want to charge forward and break through their own formation.
Although they were confident in their respective melee troops, Levi and Master did not give their opponents any chance.
They all used various restrictive magics at the same time: Grease, Mist, Ink Cloud, Earthbind Claws, Flame Trap, and the spider web spell from Levi, which had the largest coverage area and was the most conspicuous.
In just a few seconds, the black knights, who had been coming with such great momentum, were almost unable to move forward.
The Black Knights themselves have the strength of Level 4 and are relatively tough enemies, but the mounts they ride are just ordinary bone horses. Even with the bonus of the power of the undead, they are simply not immune to so many magical effects.
After doing all this, the mages changed their tactics and began to use their own offensive magic. For a moment, earth, fire, water, wind, and all kinds of magic flashed continuously.
However, except for a few higher-level mages such as Master, the actual damage caused by others is somewhat pitiful.
The Black Knights were at least Tier 4 soldiers . Not only were they wearing thick armor, they were also surrounded by a misty layer of undead power. They were no longer low-level cannon fodder with almost no resistance to magic.
Fortunately, Levi finished casting the spell soon after. As several waves of micrometeors fell from the sky one after another, the black knights in the central area of the landing point were killed instantly, and those guys affected around were almost all seriously injured, and their bodies were set on fire.
Although they are of level 4, they seem so fragile when facing such powerful fire magic. After all, fire magic has too severe a restraint on the undead.
The mages exclaimed in surprise again, because this magic was not only powerful, but also had a rather large area. The sum of the damage caused by several times was probably much greater than the powerful fireball spell in the third-level magic, right?
But Master had become somewhat numb. In fact, after seeing so many different kinds of celestial creatures, he knew that the information he had collected on the forum was already outdated.
But then he became excited. Although they were both mages, Levi was so powerful that he even felt a little inferior to himself. But when everyone had a common enemy, it was a huge benefit!
Soon, a large number of Infernal Gnolls and the graveyard guards arranged in neat formations overcame numerous magical obstacles and crashed into the position formed by the golems.
This is when the golems' excellence is revealed, not only are they excellent in both offense and defense, but as special constructs, their magic resistance is not low, and they are also extremely resistant to some attribute attacks of demons, as well as special effects such as fear and bleeding.
On the contrary, the golems' attacks would seem particularly heavy when they landed on their opponents, especially the two most powerful granite golems, which displayed extremely powerful strength in every move they made.
Levi had killed this kind of enemy before, and he had to say that after becoming friendly forces, they were really extremely reliable.
Even if a golem is seriously injured and about to die, Master will immediately try to withdraw the opponent to the rear. Then several wizards will nervously take out some special materials and use special magic to carry out emergency repairs on the golems.
While possessing powerful combat capabilities, golems also require more resources in terms of recruitment, maintenance, and repair. It can be said that each golem is extremely precious, and they cannot help but be nervous.
At this time, the celestial creatures also attacked together with several big cats, launching an attack on the enemies at the edge of the battlefield.
Having fought side by side many times, they had already formed a very tacit understanding of cooperation, and at the same time they were quite strong, so their results in battle were also very good. Every time they charged together, they could launch a saturation attack and kill multiple enemies in one fell swoop.
Then they didn't give the other side any chance to react, they just turned around and ran, preparing to launch a second wave of attack, because most of them had charge skills, and fighting on the spot like ordinary infantry could not bring out their full combat effectiveness.
Even after many battles, the first few Mastiff-headed Yakongs and Wolf Patrols who responded to Levi's call had already advanced one after another. They also took the initiative to tell Levi that they wanted to formally pledge allegiance to him, but were politely rejected by Levi.
It's not that he disliked the opponent's fighting ability, but he felt that it was not convenient for him to command or manage a few scattered celestial creatures. Moreover, after they were transformed from summoned creatures into formal subordinates, they would lose some bonuses, and their strength might be even worse than before, so he chose to refuse.
But this does not damage the relationship between the two sides. After all, after so much time, Levi has already proved his attitude towards evil.
Soon the battle entered the rhythm that Levi was familiar with. The large number of demons were only concerned with fighting the enemies in front of them and didn't care about anything else.
The undead tried to break through several times, but after the Black Knights were wiped out first, the ordinary grave guards were completely insufficient to break through the defense line formed by the golems.
At the same time, there was a continuous rain of arrows and magic from behind. Almost every second, demons and undead fell forever, and their numbers were constantly being reduced.
There seemed to be thousands of powerful enemies, but in fact they could not hold out for even a quarter of an hour.
When all the enemies on the front battlefield were wiped out, Master and others were surprised to find that their losses this time were minimal. Only a dozen of the weakest clay golems were blown up.
After a brief moment of astonishment, they all figured out the key point of the matter. It was not that the enemy was too weak, but that with the addition of Levi, the output capacity of those archer troops was really too high.
They can kill the enemy as quickly as possible, so their own melee troops will naturally not suffer too many attacks and will naturally survive to the end.
It seems that perhaps the cooperation between me and Levi will be unexpectedly smooth.
At this time, Levi also sent a message through the bard and the inspector Akong, asking the cavalry archers such as Anaconda and Lisadilan to return.
Then he soon discovered that he didn't know how far the Anaconda and his companions had just run. In short, in addition to the demons that were originally led away by them, this time they were actually followed by some ghost knights with translucent bodies, including both people and horses.
Compared with ordinary black knights, their speed is undoubtedly much faster, because they can almost ignore the obstacles of the terrain. Whether it is grass, sand, gravel or shallow pits, they are almost non-existent to them.
They appear to be running on the ground, but in fact they are just floating close to the ground.
And when they launch an attack, their equally translucent energy lances can ignore the protection of ordinary armor.
So almost every time they launched a charge, several Amazons who fell behind were killed.
In comparison, the Amazons' counterattacks seemed so weak. Even if they risked being caught up by the enemy and launched their shots, their arrows would often penetrate the enemy's bodies directly, not to mention causing any damage.
Ordinary physical attacks are unlikely to be effective against these ghost knights who have almost no physical form.
This made the anaconda feel particularly angry. Amazons have never been afraid of death. In fact, since leaving Lustria, they have all been prepared to die in a foreign country. However, this way of dying where they can only be beaten but cannot fight back is really too depressing!
Only the magic arrows of Risadilan and a few Avalonians could cause some damage to the opponent.
However, while running at such a high speed, they did not dare to fire frequently because the enemy's average strength was very strong. If they were caught up by accident, Risadilan himself might be able to escape successfully, but several Avalons would inevitably be in danger, which was not what he wanted to see.
But fortunately, these ghost knights were not numerous, only two and a half teams in total, and their attack power did not seem to be too strong, so the Amazons' losses were not great.
More importantly, the Amazons are not fighting alone, they have more than twenty mages as reinforcements.
So when the Ghost Knights came into range, many magic spells were cast first, then Donna shot the Arrow of the Scorching Sun, Cindy cast the Spear of Pure Goodness, and even Janet used the Burning Hands.
The many ghost knights melted away quickly like spring snow under the sun. Except for a few trophies falling to the ground occasionally, it was as if they had never existed.
In the end, only two of them were able to successfully reach the melee troops.
All incorporeal and spiritual creatures, including ghosts, certainly have great resistance to physical attacks, but their health and resistance to lightning, fire, light, etc. are their greatest weaknesses.
Before the remaining two Ghost Riders could continue to do evil, Cindy raised her hand and fired two Ghost Breaking Elegies, forcibly transforming them into semi-solid forms.
She had learned this skill a long time ago, but it was not until today that she really got the chance to use it.
Then the surrounding golems rushed forward and smashed them into nothingness in an instant. Even though they could only cause half the damage to the Ghost Knights in this state, it was enough.
After killing them, the anaconda, which had been chased in a panic, immediately turned its horse's head and used its stone slab again. At the same time, the birds also waved their battle flags. Although the piranha was a little confused for a moment, she still blew the horn.
Soon the strength of all Amazons was increased to a certain extent, and they launched a full-scale counterattack against the remaining enemies, seemingly wanting to avenge their previous humiliation.
Unfortunately, neither Levi nor Master gave them too many opportunities.
Now that the battle is about to come to an end, how can they give away the reward they have obtained?
Less than half a quarter of an hour later, the war came to an end, and the ground was littered with the corpses of demons and the rotten bones of the undead.
Signaling Zhou Miyin and the others to clean up the battlefield with the people from the Temple of Offa, Levi looked at Lisadilan: "What's going on? How did you provoke these ghost knights?"
He was not blaming them, because he knew that the characteristics of the cavalry archers meant that they would need to run a long distance. He just wanted to make sure whether the enemy were only these ghost knights.
But Anaconda was not clear about this for the time being. When she saw Levi asking the question, she immediately took the initiative to answer it: "Levi, don't blame him. It was us sisters who accidentally stepped on a grave and collapsed it, which led to these hateful enemies."
As soon as he saw her gritting her teeth, Levi knew that she was obviously still holding a grudge, because if it weren't for these ghost knights, with so many golems holding the line in the front, they, the Amazons, might not have suffered any losses in this battle.
Levi confirmed again: "Are they all here?"
"Yes, that's all."
"Okay, I get it. Thank you for your hard work. Take a break first, and then prepare to meet up with the main force. Today's battle may be more complicated than you imagined..."
As he said this, Levi turned his head and looked in the direction of the Black Castle. At this moment, there were still dark clouds there, and the dark sky was still expanding outwards.
Judging from this, the demons don't just want to repel the high elves, they want to fight back...
Master next to him also sighed: "The demons are planning something big."
Levi turned around and found that the other party was looking at him with a smile on his face. At the same time, the other members of the Temple of Arcane also looked at him with kindness. It was obvious that after the battle just now, he had conquered the other party with his strength.
"However, this is also an opportunity for us. If there were no such war and we only relied on killing wild monsters, we don't know how long it would take us to catch up with the natives."
"Yes, that's right, but at present the power of the indigenous people is still countless times stronger than ours."
Master stared at him seriously. "So, Levi, let's form a real alliance, not only to fight against the greenskins, but also to fight against all future enemies. As long as we join forces, we will surely make the mage profession the best among all."
Levi wanted to complain, but in fact, even without us, the status of mages among the indigenous people was very, very high. After all, now anyone who is not a fool can see how powerful the mages are.
But at this critical moment, he certainly would not spoil the fun. He just smiled and responded: "Oh? I thought we were already allies."
Master burst into laughter: "Haha, okay, Levi, don't worry, I will never let you regret making this decision."
After confirming some details, Master and his younger brothers started discussing something, while Levi stayed where he was, waiting for his subordinates to clean up the battlefield. Half a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Miyin and others were finally done. The time taken for this process was slightly beyond Levi's expectations.
This is mainly because the enemies left behind a lot of loot. The demons were fine, as they basically left behind materials such as sulfur and gadgets for money, but the undead left behind a considerable number of weapons and armor, followed by general warrior skill books such as charge, heavy attack, and sweep, as well as some weapon specialization skills.
The most valuable one should be a blue quality ghost lance that is more than four meters long. Its effect is to convert ordinary physical attacks into magic attacks, ignoring the enemy's physical defense and only focusing on magic resistance.
Since Master and his crew were all mages and had no need for this, they just took the money, and Levi distributed the skill books to his subordinates.
The Ghost Lance conflicts with Simon's fire attack, so it was finally given to Risadiran. Although he acts as a mounted archer most of the time, he is not completely incapable of close combat, so it is just right to be used as a secondary weapon.
As for other equipment, some of it was distributed to the anaconda and other Amazons. They didn't need them, but they liked the process of collecting and selling spoils, and Levi just happened to satisfy them.
After doing all this, they set off again.
As he moved forward, Levi looked up at the sky. There were no more black spots emerging from the Black Castle, but they did not attack him either. So where were they flying to?
After thinking about it, Levi felt that in addition to attacking the large army, there were probably a considerable number of enemies who were going to attack Ashridge Town and even other surrounding high elf villages.
These demons are not just fools, they can also attack Wei to save Zhao...
With such an exclamation, Levi and his men soon joined the indigenous army, and then he found that the battle here was almost over.
Everywhere you look, there are corpses of demons and undead, there are probably tens of thousands of them.
Many of them were species that Levi had never seen before, but after taking a few looks, he discovered something very special, that is, among the species he knew, none of the enemies in front of him were higher than level 4.
In this way, he might have roughly guessed the demons' intentions.
They are most likely sending these troops out as consumables. It would be great if they win, but even if they lose or all die, they can use them as sacrifices.
But they might have miscalculated this time, because at this moment a large number of priests were waving white light to purify the corpses on the ground. Looking at their clothes and various patterns, it was known that they were from several different temples in Ashridge Town, and almost all of them were dispatched.
The most eye-catching ones are Lilith and the priests of Moonbow Temple. It's not because of how powerful they are, but because they have prepared a large number of specially made silver magic arrays. After the stimulation of magic and divine arts, they can often purify all the corpses of dozens or hundreds of square meters at one time, which is much more efficient than other priests.
These two priests of the weak gods, for once, got a lot of attention.
In addition, a large number of infantrymen generously threw holy water onto the ground. When they were poured on the corpses of demons or undead, they often made a series of "hissing" sounds.
Then, accompanied by a large amount of steam, the bones completely disappeared in just a few seconds. The corpses that had been treated in this way could probably not be used by the demons for sacrificial rituals.
It is obvious that the indigenous people came well prepared this time.
The Amazons went to report their mission to the High Elves, while Levi, Master and others went to meet the Lightforgers. It was clear from the situation that there would be more battles today, so they should try to stick together.
Although the entire battlefield stretched for more than ten miles, thanks to the presence of the Inspector Akong, Levi was able to find the location of the Lightforged very easily. At the same time, in the process of advancing towards the enemy, Levi also noticed that many troops of the Chosen Heroes had been weakened to a considerable extent.
When they first set out, their total strength was several times that of the native high elves, but now after experiencing the attack on the village and the ambush of the demons, their numbers are obviously much smaller, probably less than half of their peak strength.
It wasn't just that he was killed by the enemy, but also because along the way he saw many of the God-chosen heroes begin to retreat on their own initiative, as if they were planning to give up this activity.
Some of them did suffer heavy troop losses, but some people may have thought the risk was too great and wanted to preserve their strength.
Although Master was a little disappointed, Levi could only sigh that everyone has different aspirations, and there was no right or wrong in thinking this way. After all, the natives did not force the other side to join the war.
It's just that they think that their efforts and sacrifices may not bring enough rewards, so when they finally break through the Black Castle, they should not regret or complain.
After arriving at the place, Levi discovered that the Lightforged's journey did not seem to be going smoothly. The troops were obviously reduced by several percent, and even several younger brothers were missing from the team.
"What happened? Is that village well defended? Or were you ambushed?"
The Lightforged was obviously a little surprised that Levi, Master and others appeared at the same time, but he still answered Levi's questions truthfully.
"We captured the village easily, but when we were collecting spoils, we were attacked from behind by that guy Hogg."
"If it weren't for the Halfling Fighting Cock Group that happened to pass by and saved us, our losses would have been even greater."
Now everyone became interested, because you know, the original goal of the regional mission was to kill Hogg and put an end to the riots of the gnolls in Stoney Highlands.
But until the regional mission was completely over, no one had actually seen what Hogg looked like. It could be said that the guy was really cautious enough.
Failure to find and kill the other party was the biggest regret for many of the nearby God-chosen heroes. Even the indigenous people kept remembering this incident.
The most obvious thing is that the wanted list for Hogg is still retained in many bounty missions in village taverns and military missions.
I didn't expect that from what the Lightforger said, that guy seems to be doing quite well after joining the devil?
"I don't know what its original strength was, but now it is confirmed to be a heroic unit, and it is more than five meters tall. It has a large number of level 3 Infernal Gnolls and a small number of level 4 Infernal Gnoll Warlords under its command. It also has several Yeenoghu Venom Fangs as its adjutants. The overall combat power of the troops is quite strong."
"More importantly, that guy is too despicable and too afraid of death. There are actually more than a dozen black-robed soldiers following him. I don't know what kind of soldiers they are, but I can only be sure that they are magic soldiers."
"When the fight started, its entire body was in a state of buff, and the black robe kept healing it. We just felt sick."
"We finally used up some of our precious consumables and severely injured it with concentrated fire. We were thinking of taking its life, but it just ran away!"
At this point, the Lightforged had a gloomy look on their faces. If they failed to kill the enemy, it would mean that all their consumables would be wasted.
Master obviously understood this, so he looked sympathetic.
Levi also nodded. He was not afraid of a strong enemy, but of a cowardly enemy. For the heroes chosen by God, it was normal to run away when they couldn't win.
But if the indigenous enemies are played in this way, wouldn’t they be just like the fishmen outside the novice village who always dive into the water, disgusting scum?
As for those black robes, they should be fly demons if nothing unexpected happens. They have been in cahoots with the gnolls before. I just don't know if there are any heroic fly demons among them this time.
After a few words of comfort, he claimed that next time everyone must work together to kill Hogg with a concentrated firepower and not give it a chance to escape. Levi also introduced them to each other and explained that he wanted everyone to work together.
The Lightforged One certainly would not have any objection. In fact, when he first arrived at Ashridge Town with his brothers , he had already heard of Master and the others, but there had never been a suitable opportunity. Now was a good opportunity to make friends with them.
Then, within a few minutes, they successfully reached a preliminary consensus and decided to establish a formal alliance. Although the final nod from the president, the Sun Knight, was still needed, everyone knew that it was just a formality.
After all, they now need to face a common enemy, that is, the demons entrenched in the Black Castle and the greenskins who have occupied many villages.
After discussing the details and sharing relevant information, they heard a prompt from the system at the right time, saying that the high elves had completed purifying the enemy's corpses.
From now on, the battle will officially enter the second stage. All the natives and the chosen heroes will march towards the Black Castle together. Once the Black Castle is successfully conquered, all participants will receive huge rewards according to their contributions in the battle.
Everyone started to move, and the large army of tens of thousands of people marched towards the Black Castle in a mighty manner, looking quite imposing for a time.
This time they didn't encounter any enemies at the beginning, but soon as they continued to move forward, Levi felt that the temperature around him had risen significantly.
By the time he could vaguely see the blurry shadow of the Black Castle in the distance, the temperature had risen to a point that made him feel uncomfortable. With every breath he took, he felt a dull pain from his nose to his throat, which made him feel something was not right.
At this moment, a black and red light suddenly flashed in the direction of the Black Castle, and then instantly spread to where they were. Levi immediately received a system prompt saying that the demons in the Black Castle had activated a large magic circle - the Blazing Field.
From now on, except for special beings such as golems and elemental creatures, all other living units will fall into a special negative state - the Burning Curse. They will continue to lose physical strength. If their magic resistance is low, or if they are water creatures, they may also lose additional health points.
Levi's expression suddenly became serious.
Stamina is a hidden attribute that is not very obvious at ordinary times, but it becomes more important during long marches or fierce battles.
After a serious loss of physical strength, the warriors' attack speed and attack power, the mages' spellcasting speed and spellcasting success rate, etc. will be affected to a certain extent.
This move of the demons seems to have almost no effect for the time being, but it is like a chronic poison, the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be to their side!
