After giving some instructions to Zhou Miyin, Bayoru and others, Levi set out directly with the cavalry. In addition to the cavalry, he also brought Cindy and Janet. Both of them were good at riding, and the team also needed some treatment and assistance.
While hurrying on the road, he asked the griffin not to fly too high because he still had to communicate with the two dragon prince captains.
Somewhat similar to Zhou Miyin's (fake) general, they all have similar titles. Even if there are no heroes, they can lead the team alone, and because they still have military positions, they can also enhance their companions to a certain extent.
Of course, they also said that this increase was far less than Reiner's, because in addition to battle attributes and battle treasures, Reiner had also mastered a very important special skill - Cavalry Commander, which could more comprehensively enhance their charge speed and charge power, etc.
Because the cavalry was fast, Levi and his men quickly ran dozens of miles and quickly approached the original border between the two sides.
During this process, the Inspectorate and other air forces were also constantly conducting reconnaissance. As a result, apart from small groups of wild monsters, they did not find any regular greenskin army at all, as if they had suddenly disappeared without a trace.
This further confirmed Levi's speculation that the greenskins were really in some trouble.
After sharing this information with everyone, their morale became even higher, because everyone knew that the enemy's trouble was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them!
Without hesitation, he led his troops across the former border. After walking for a few minutes, Levi felt that the surrounding environment had undergone extremely obvious changes.
Originally, the territory of the high elves was lush and green, full of life, but the territory of the greenskins was extremely barren, with swamps, deserts, hills...
The proportion of truly vibrant jungles and grasslands suddenly dropped drastically.
Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that the greenskins are thinking about fighting outside all day long, because their own territory is too poor.
However, for the chosen heroes, this should not be a big problem. After all, they have never relied on farming for a living. Just killing monsters, the harvest in a day can be more than what an ordinary farmer earns in a year.
After advancing for another thousand meters, the monitor Yakong suddenly sent a message saying that the enemy was spotted ahead. There were two greenskin patrols numbering hundreds, both composed of two types of soldiers: Earth Wolf Cavalry and Green Boar Boys.
The rest of the surveillance archons were trying to scout further away to see if there were similar patrols in other places.
Levi immediately understood that this was most likely a patrol team organized by the indigenous people of the Red Cloud Tribe. Not to mention whether the ordinary God-chosen heroes had enough manpower to send so many soldiers out for patrol, it was unlikely that they would have such a simple combination of troops.
According to the reports of the Inspectors, the two patrol teams were only 5 miles apart, which could be said to be very close.
If there are similar patrols in other places, they must quickly resolve the situation once a fight breaks out. Otherwise, the enemies may become more and more numerous. After all, this is already the territory of the greenskins.
Thinking of this, Levi started casting spells with Cindy and others, and assigned tasks to everyone at a very fast speed.
"Lisadiran, Julia, you lead the cavalry and archery troops to lure the enemy, and the others will ambush with me near the woods."
This is a very simple tactic, but Levi can guarantee that it will be absolutely effective against the greenskins, because once they encounter the enemy, they will not consider whether there are traps ahead, they will only think about fighting.
Especially if the enemy being lured is the High Elves whom they hate so much, the success rate will increase exponentially.
Lisa Dilan responded excitedly and immediately took action.
In fact, in this team, apart from Levi, he is probably the one who most hopes to kill more greenskins, because if it were not for the influence of the greenskins, he might still be an official now. It is even possible that he could take advantage of the war between the demons and the greenskins and cling to Reiner's thigh to make further progress.
Unfortunately, because his love rival was indirectly killed by him by coincidence, he was also deprived of all his honors and military positions by General Ilan Dil, which made him extremely corrupt for a time and he even hated the general.
But now, it's not bad. He can still command a large number of subordinates, and even the frequency and number of battles with the enemy have increased many times. The whole day is either marching or fighting. His life is much more exciting than before.
And he gradually realized that he shouldn't hate General Ilan Dil.
Because if it were him, he would probably not just expel the other party. In fact, General Ilan Dil had been tolerant enough towards him.
Of course, even if I convinced myself in this way, it would be absolutely impossible to say that I had no opinion at all about General Ilan Dil.
He just adjusted his mindset slightly. He wanted to transform all negative emotions into motivation to fight. He wanted to fight his way back to his original position, or even higher!
A few minutes later, after Levi summoned many celestial creatures, there was a slight vibration on the ground and a cloud of dust rose not far away. The group led by Lisadilan had returned, and behind them were some howling greenskins.
Just as Levi had guessed, the other party didn't care about traps at all. After seeing them, they immediately charged forward with howls.
Moreover, Lisadilan would occasionally command the troops to turn around and shoot one or two arrows, which made the greenskins even more angry.
Unfortunately, the advantages of those big wild boars are weight-bearing and collision, but speed is not their strong point, resulting in that no matter how hard the greenskins beat them, they can't catch up with them.
As for the earth wolf cavalry, they are even worse. Their mounts are not even as good as wild boars.
A head of iron, bones of steel, and a waist of tofu are the common weaknesses of wolf-like creatures. After becoming mounts, they have even more weaknesses, such as weight-bearing, endurance, and even the bumps that are unbearable for ordinary people.
In fact, apart from hobgoblins and goblins, there is probably no other intelligent race that would use wolves as mounts in large numbers.
So Levi soon saw that even the night elf hunters who had a closer attack distance could occasionally get close to take advantage. In just a few miles, before they even reached the ambush site, the size of the greenskin reconnaissance team was reduced by almost one-fifth.
Levi believed that even if there was no ambush force on his side, if he gave Risadilan a quarter of an hour, he would probably be able to kill the enemy fairly easily.
Because Lisadilan was not a new recruit. Before he chose to follow him, he had been promoted to lieutenant based on his military merits, and he also had extremely rich combat experience.
However, as they got closer to the woods, Lisadilan deliberately slowed down a little.
The greenskins were overjoyed when they saw the situation. The leader, whose skin was so green that it looked a little black, howled wildly and ordered the remaining greenskins to form a roughly triangular formation, and then launched a charge.
Levi in ​​the forest frowned slightly. This was another new formation. Now he was sure that it was definitely related to the greenskinned god of war, Inav.
Moreover, if even a patrol team of a hundred men can use this kind of military formation, the popularity of these military formations is even higher than he imagined.
Although he sighed in his heart, the enemy had already entered the range of the magic. Levi waved his staff without hesitation: "Ice Storm!"
Countless palm-sized ice knives smashed down on the greenskins' bodies, and suddenly some white frost appeared on the bodies of many greenskins. Then Simon, the captain of the Dragon Prince, and the celestial creatures, who had already received the order, also attacked. Xiaotian even led the Yakongs to soar into the sky and cut off the opponent's retreat.
If we don’t want to fight, then there’s nothing to worry about. But if we have to fight, then of course we must kill the enemy completely!
Lisadilan and others suddenly sped up, distanced themselves from the greenskins, and also tried to go around to the rear of the greenskins, leaving the front battlefield to the Dragon Prince Cavalry and the Silver Helmet Knights.
Although they realized that this was a long-planned ambush, the greenskins did not choose to retreat, but insisted on launching the attack while howling.
Then in less than two minutes, all of them were killed in the battle, not a single one escaped, and even all of their mounts were executed on the spot.
Although Janet was also in the team, theoretically it was possible to persuade those mounts to surrender, but Levi did not have enough time, so he directly chose to kill them all.
At the same time, he once again witnessed the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Prince's cavalry. The cavalry units, with them as the vanguard, completely broke through the opponent's formation in one wave. It can only be said that they are completely worthy of the 5th-level troops and are indeed very strong.
Since the greenskins have always been poor, the things dropped were not much, and they could be seen at a glance, so cleaning up the battlefield did not take them much time.
In order to save time, Levi even ordered them to discard the lowest-level gray-quality equipment and only choose those with higher value, that is, items shining with magical light, so it took less than half a minute for them to clean up the battlefield.
Apart from animal skins and rags, the most valuable thing on ordinary greenskins is their weapons. However, those are usually extremely primitive and rough machetes, axes and other heavy cold weapons. In Levi's opinion, they are not worth much except for being recycled.
Only elite units and squad leader-level units have the potential to drop more valuable items, at least for these greenskins who are generally no more than level 3.
Janet and Cindy took the time to treat the cavalry units.
Although they were attacking the weak with the strong, the strength of their own cavalry was also uneven, especially those lightly armored Arion cavalry, who might not be able to defeat the green-skinned boar boys in a head-on fight, so some of them were still injured.
Fortunately, thanks to Levi's excellent command and everyone's cooperation, there were no casualties in this battle .
Levi took a look and found that his subordinates had almost rested, so he asked Risadilan to lure the enemy again. Although a frontal attack could successfully defeat the opponent, there was no need to take the risk, right?
So after the first experience, the second mission in Risadilan was completed more smoothly, and they once again easily wiped out the enemy.
After doing all this, Inspector Yakong also sent back a message saying that no other patrol teams had been found yet, but six or seven miles to the northeast, they found a gathering place of greenskins.
What else is there to consider? Levi led his troops to advance at full speed, and asked Captain Dragon Prince and others to temporarily separate from them. It would be best to adopt the previous strategy again to lure out the enemy and eliminate them. This way, the difficulty and casualties would be far lower than attacking the village by force.
At the same time, if the greenskins' defense there was as lax as before, then he could completely confirm his guess that the greenskins must be in great trouble!
With the cavalry galloping at full speed, the distance of several miles passed in a flash. After seeing the opponent's situation clearly, Levi realized why the inspector Yakong just mentioned the gathering place instead of the village.
Because just like the Spartan villages, these greenskins did not build any defensive facilities such as chevaux de frise or watchtowers. They only had a few walls that were more decorative than practical. Moreover, compared to the wooden houses built by the half-elves, the greenskins' houses were more like some simple shacks and tents.
There are two quite tall totem poles and statues in the middle of the settlement, which should represent their belief in the green-skinned gods.
I just don’t know what materials the greenskins used, but these statues look quite strange.
But just a few seconds later, seeing the two greenskins walking to the bottom of the statue with their arms around each other, taking off their pants and squatting down, Levi suddenly felt a little disgusted. He now really knew what materials those statues were made of...
Then he also confirmed the owner of those statues, it must be Gao Mao Erge.
Because apart from them, if other green-skinned gods were treated like this, they would definitely be furious and send down thunder to kill these blasphemers on the spot.
Only Brother Gomao would be so tolerant of the greenskins, because according to the legend, they don't care about things like faith or glory, happiness is all that matters.
This is also the reason why, even though the Gomao brothers have not promoted their beliefs at all, there are still many greenskins who spontaneously worship them, because they do conform to the values ​​of many greenskins.
At this time, the greenskins also discovered that they were approaching quickly, and they quickly sounded the alarm. Almost everyone in them was a soldier, and at least three to five hundred greenskins immediately came out from each tent.
Although there are female greenskins, in Levi's opinion, these green-skinned people with square faces and protruding fangs are basically carved from the same mold. You can't even tell by looking at their chests because their pectoral muscles are so well developed.
However, simply by looking at their height and body shape, one can almost distinguish their class and combat effectiveness.
The largest ones, over two meters tall, are green-skinned guys, and the greener their skin, the stronger they are. If their entire body is green to the point of turning black, they will become even stronger black orcs.
In this small settlement, they are the least numerous, perhaps only a dozen in total.
Next came the greenskin warriors who were about 1.9 meters tall, followed by the even shorter greenskin boys. But even though their height was similar to that of humans, the greenskin boys were obviously much sturdier than normal humans, with muscles all over their bodies, and looked very fierce.
Then, on the east side of the gathering place, a large group of goblins came out from a tent where the environment was even worse. It seemed that even among the greenskins, the hierarchy was very obvious.
From this rough look, the enemy has at least eight or nine hundred combat-capable soldiers.
Compared to ordinary half-elf villages in the colony, the population of small settlements like the Greenskins is much smaller, but their defenses are obviously stronger. Perhaps this is also due to the serious differences in their races and camps.
But despite this, Levi had no intention of slowing down. He just waved his hand, signaling Lisadiran, Julia and others to attack according to the previous plan. He himself quickly took off into the air, ready to cast magic.
At first, the greenskins tried to attack him with bows and arrows, but they were not good at this after all. The griffin flapped its wings casually and blew away the weak arrows, and soon carried Levi and quickly got out of their maximum range.
A few seconds later, the ice storm came again, and the roars and curses of the greenskins within hundreds of square meters suddenly rose to a higher level. At this time, a rain of arrows followed . Although the scale of the rain of arrows was obviously much smaller because Donna and others did not accompany them, the provocation was extremely obvious.
Seeing that they couldn't hit Levi who was flying in the sky, many impulsive greenskins wanted to rush out through the gap and attack the enemies outside first.
But at this moment, accompanied by an even louder roar, a guy holding a staff in one hand and a battle axe in the other, wearing a necklace of skulls, who looked like a shaman of this small greenskin tribe, came out from nowhere.
As soon as they saw him, the greenskins who were originally roaring in anxiety seemed to have found their backbone all of a sudden, and they all looked at him very eagerly.
Levi was immediately alert, but before he could launch an attack, the green-skinned shaman had already glared at Levi in ​​mid-air: "Blast your head!"
Levi suddenly felt an extremely slight stinging pain in his brain, as if he was bitten by a mosquito. Just when he was ready for action, he found that nothing happened afterwards.
Since this was a kind of magic he had never seen before, to be on the safe side and to avoid any other subsequent hidden effects, he temporarily drove the griffin to continue climbing upwards, trying to keep the distance between him and the opponent.
Anyway, judging from the battle situation, although our side is smaller in number, we still have the advantage and initiative, so there is no need to take risks.
It was not until a few seconds later, when the system prompt sounded, that he discovered with a mixture of laughter and tears that the magic had actually already ended completely.
Because of the difference in intelligence and level between the two sides, although the opponent's magic was effective, it did not cause any damage at all. He was completely scaring himself.
After such a small misunderstanding, Levi was a little annoyed. He cast the ice storm again and deliberately included the opponent in it. It would be rude not to reciprocate!
He thought the other party would defend himself or dodge, but he didn't expect that the other party would not dodge or avoid. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed: "Brother Mao's gaze!"
Several dark green magic missiles flew out from the end of his staff, but because the distance was too far, they dispersed on their own before they could hit Levi.
Levi immediately knew that this was probably something similar to a magic missile, but unfortunately the greenskin shaman overestimated his own abilities.
Even if it is the same magic, using it from a high position and using it from a low position to strike high will have completely different effects!
At this time, his ice storm struck again, causing the greenskins below to howl in agony again. However, because of two consecutive failures, the greenskins' original trust in the shaman disappeared without a trace. A considerable number of greenskins ignored the shaman's obstruction and howled as they charged towards the mounted archers who were firing non-stop outside the gathering place.
At Levi's instruction, Risadilan turned around and ran away. The greenskins became even more excited. They thought the enemy was scared!
So more greenskins began to leave the village on their own initiative, but Levi did not rush to leave. Instead, he raised his hand and released a series of fireballs.
From the ice storm just now, how come he felt that the magic resistance of this greenskin shaman was no different from that of ordinary greenskins? And he didn't even have a protective magic!
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Following a series of explosions and the release of two consecutive fireballs, Levi found that his target had turned into a pile of charcoal, which made him speechless.
He just regarded the other party as an opponent, was cautious and alert, and took the initiative to keep a distance, but this is the result?
Seeing that with the death of the shaman, the greenskins in the gathering place became more and more excited, Levi turned around and left, come on, let’s see if you dare to catch up this time?
Then, after just a few seconds, he discovered that these greenskins were really brave. Even though he possessed such powerful magic and was flying high in the sky, and with the residual power of the greenskin shaman he had just killed in an instant, they still dared to chase him out!
What else is there to say? Levi directly retreated with Lisadilan, and at the same time gave orders to Captain Dragon Prince through Inspector Yakong.
So in just a quarter of an hour, they attacked from the front and back at a valley several miles away from the gathering place, and successfully killed more than 70% of the greenskins' forces.
As for the rest, they are either the old, weak, sick and disabled, or some timid goblins.
Levi used magic to sweep the ground, and then many cavalrymen charged and directly captured the gathering place.
As for the remaining fleeing goblins, he told his subordinates not to pursue them too much, but just to drive them away a little and make sure they really ran away.
The goblins are not only weak in strength, but also have low morale. They can only fight in favorable battles. Once they encounter a tough battle, they will start to slack off.
If the war goes badly and there is no governor, they may even flee, so leaving them behind is not entirely a bad idea.
In comparison, it is more important to deal with the gathering place in front of us.
It was another resounding victory. Many Elion cavalrymen advanced on the spot, which made Levi feel slightly relieved.
In many previous battles, due to the excessive strength of the long-range troops led by Donna, most infantry and cavalry units had few opportunities to perform. But this time, all of Levi's troops were cavalry , which gave them some opportunities to show themselves.
After letting some of the cavalry continue to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance and others to rest on the spot, replenish supplies and receive treatment, Levi asked Simon and others to disperse and search for possible spoils, while he himself found the largest and most conspicuous place in the camp.
According to the Greenskins' nature of the survival of the fittest and winner takes all, the Greenskins who once lived there must have had the highest strength and status, and it is also the place most likely to contain valuable spoils of war.
Sure enough, after rummaging through boxes and drawers, he successfully obtained more than a dozen gold coins.
Ordinary greenskins still adopt the primitive trading method of barter. They don’t need money, so in the end they all belong to their leader.
Next came some miscellaneous animal bones, skulls, rotten hearts, shriveled poisonous snakes and other items. According to the system's description, they were all materials for the greenskin shamans to cast spells, but they were completely useless to Levi. He didn't know where to sell them, so he just threw them on the ground.
But in the end, he found a skill book under a piece of animal skin.
Beast Ghost - Wolf (Level 2), active skill, consumes 30 magic points, summons 2 Level 2 ghost wolves to fight for you, the duration is based on your intelligence and level.
Learning requirements: Intelligence 8, any magic unit.
Although this was a summoning skill that he liked very much, he did not use it directly because he already had enough summoning skills.
Before each battle, it would take a lot of time just to summon the celestial creatures, and it was foreseeable that as his reputation among the celestial creatures continued to increase, he would likely gain more summoning privileges. He already looked down upon this ordinary tier 2 magic.
He didn't even throw it to Janet, who could also learn this magic, because a mere level 2 Ghost Wolf was of no use to Janet.
However, this thing has a very low learning requirement and is highly versatile. If it is sold to those God-chosen heroes who have just created their characters, it should be able to sell for a good price.
So all in all, it should be more valuable than the drops of the Greenskin Shaman itself. That guy might just be an ordinary tier 4 magic unit, so he only dropped a green garbage staff, which really disappointed Levi.
Then he tried to find the central control area of ​​the gathering place, but unfortunately he found nothing after two turns, which made him really puzzled.
It was the captain Dragon Prince next to him who seemed to understand what he meant, and he immediately took the initiative to tell him that there are still some differences between greenskins and elves.
Because the greenskins are too poor and their magic is extremely underdeveloped, many small settlements may not even have a village heart, and naturally they cannot use the fastest way of plundering. How much loot they can find depends entirely on their eyes.
Levi was speechless for a moment. He had thought that the greenskins were so poor, so he could probably get some wood, stone and the like by plundering a little. He didn't expect that he couldn't even get that. These greenskins were really so poor.
However, this also relieved his doubts a little, because in many previous battles, he had captured the village and carried out plundering before the system's battle evaluation came, but this time it came a little earlier. So this was the reason.
Fortunately, Simon brought him good news at this time. He found the greenskins' warehouse, which contained some dried meat and dozens of eggs.
Levi took a look and told him to throw away the dried meat. You know, the greenskins have a very wide range of diets, and they are not averse to tasting human flesh. Who knows if the former owners of the dried meat were villagers in some occupied areas...
As for those dozens of ugly green eggs, they were not anything good. They were just eggs of jungle spiders and squiggles.
Levi thought about it and decided to keep it for now. He could exchange it with other people, or give it to the trainer when he returned to Bitao Village, train it and then sell it at a high price.
There should be dozens of ostriches and crocodiles in the village now. I wonder if the trainers will be able to handle more of them...
Seeing that there was nothing valuable left, Levi asked his subordinates to regroup outside the gathering place and prepare to set off, while he himself came to the statue in the central area of ​​the gathering place.
A few seconds later, when he smelled the stench drifting in the wind and saw the excrement that was exactly the same material as the statue, he quickly covered his nose and retreated. This time it was completely confirmed.
With a wave of his hand, he summoned several fire elementals and ordered them to start setting fire to the tents one by one.
Since you won't let me plunder, I can only burn it all in one go.
As for those extremely special statues, he did not move at all.
After all, there are true Gods in this world. It might be okay for the greenskins to treat Brother Gomao like that, but for a high elf who just killed hundreds of their believers, if he did something to the statue and was exploited by the other side, he would be too unlucky.
It is said that the two gods of the Chaos Camp are from the Chaos Camp, and among the many gods in the Chaos Camp, they are also the most unpredictable. He does not want to challenge the other party's level of chaos.
Without waiting for the fire elements to finish their work, Levi set off directly. Anyway, they would dissipate on their own after the time was up.
Besides, the previous battle was fine, but the flames that would follow might attract some unexpected enemies.
The most important thing for them now is to continue their advance, attack other greenskin gathering places, kill as many greenskins as possible in the shortest time, plunder more spoils, and then pass on the information that the greenskins are indeed empty inside.
Since the surveillance officers were busy, they found another target not long after they walked away. The opponent's defense was also relatively weak.
What else is there to say? Levi simply repeated his old trick. He and long-range troops such as Lisadilan lured the enemy first, and then other cavalrymen attacked from behind.
However, before they got close to the gathering place, Levi unexpectedly received another battle evaluation - a miserable failure!
Except for a setback at the hands of a gnoll when he was just starting out in the Novice Village a long time ago, he basically had the upper hand in subsequent battles, and even won resounding victories and epic victories more than once or twice. This was the first time he received such a combat evaluation.
His heart suddenly tightened. Could it be that something unexpected happened to Donna? But that shouldn't be the case. His speculation should be foolproof, right?
After quickly browsing the battle records, he felt relieved. It turned out that the fire elements that stayed behind and set fire to the greenskin gathering place were killed.
However, since they were all large-scale fire elements of level 4, possessing multiple attack skills such as throwing fireballs, and benefited from many bonuses such as his expertise and equipment, even if they were all killed in the end, they still took the lives of a dozen enemies before they died.
But after looking at the list of the enemy's dead, Levi felt a little troubled, because the enemy's military composition was very complicated. A total of more than ten people died, including six different types of soldiers, including a bear goblin.
You know, there are no bear goblins in the army of ordinary green-skinned natives. Reiner has confirmed this again and again, so this is almost telling him that the opponent must be a hero chosen by God with boiling beast blood.
Then the next choice made by oneself and others will become crucial, because if you are not careful, you may be caught up and surrounded by the other party.
But after finally coming out, he had to flee in disgrace just to capture a gathering place? This was not what he wanted.
"Xiaotian, you and the Archons don't have to participate in the battle this time. Spread out in all directions and be mainly responsible for scouting the enemy situation. As for the surveillance Archons, all of you go west and search for the traces of the Lightforged. If the enemy has reinforcements, so do we."
They are a cavalry unit, so they travel light and march very quickly, but the Lightforged and others may not be much slower, because they have more people and can eliminate the enemy more easily.
Precisely because they have more people, they often need to defeat more enemies and capture more villages before they can get relatively satisfactory rewards. So Levi can be sure that they will definitely not be satisfied with just capturing one or two villages!