Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 232: Encounter with Cai Jin
A quarter of an hour later, Levi and his team once again successfully killed all the resisters and arrived at the central area of this small gathering place.
Since the leader of this gathering place was not a shaman, but a big green-skinned guy with a more violent and warlike personality, almost as soon as Risadilan showed up, the other side rushed out with a large army, roaring.
Since he was probably an elite unit, he knew some combat skills. He jumped more than ten meters away with a leap, which almost caught Lisadilan off guard.
However, he still resisted the urge to draw his bow and arrow to shoot the other person to death. Instead, he pretended to be fearful and tried to further lead the other person away.
This time the big green-skinned guy fell into the trap. He led his large army and ran for several miles in one breath. Then he was cut off from behind by the cavalry troops. At least one-fifth of the enemies were killed in one charge.
Especially when the Tier 5 tanks were fighting against these pure infantry, the scene was extremely bloody and violent.
There is no way, because all greenskins are extremely fond of heavy weapons such as maces, battle axes or machetes. Even the magic shaman mentioned above carries an axe as a backup.
There is absolutely no ordinary greenskin army that uses spears as weapons, which makes them appear relatively powerless when fighting against cavalry units of the same level.
The goblins were very fond of spears, but due to their small stature and weak attributes, even if the chariot ran over their faces head-on, it would not suffer much damage.
The full name of the chariot is Ithilmar Silver Chariot. The body of the chariot is made of extremely strong magical wood produced in the island of Ulthuan. The body of the chariot is also coated with a layer of magical metal called Ithilmar Silver and is also equipped with magical protection. It is not something that ordinary goblins can deal with.
After Simon and his men launched the final charge and defeated the enemy, this gathering place had almost no decent defensive force. Many goblins fled on the spot. This time, Levi and his men took even less time to capture the place.
After the previous experience, Levi found the largest tent again with ease, and asked Simon and others to continue looking for the other party's warehouse.
Two minutes later, he came out again.
The harvest this time was quite good. In addition to some gold coins, the big green-skinned guy probably participated in the looting of the high elf village, so there were some armor, helmets, shields, etc. used by the Silver Helmet Knights in his tent. He could probably put together two sets, which were worth a little money.
However, Levi did not intend to sell it, but decided to give it to Simon. After putting it on, as long as he did not take off his helmet, he would look no different from other silver-helmeted knights.
With his experience from last time, Simon completed his task quickly. He did not touch the rather suspicious dried meat, but found other things instead.
Levi walked over and took a look. Wow, there were some eggs again. It seemed that these greenskins, in addition to enslaving hobgoblins and goblins, also liked to raise various animals.
But the specific types were slightly different this time; they were some snake and lizard eggs.
Needless to say, Levi put it away. He even began to consider whether he should go to the tavern in Ashridge Town, or say hello to Lotus of the Red Brotherhood, and try to recruit one or two animal trainers.
Otherwise, it might be a bit difficult to take care of the level 2 guy in Bitao Village alone...
At this moment, Xiaotian flew back in a hurry: "Sir, our brothers have discovered that there are a large number of greenskins marching in the north. The number is more than 1,500. I'm afraid they will reach us in less than a quarter of an hour!"
Levi's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly. This number was slightly beyond their capabilities. Even if the opponents were all level 2 soldiers, they would have to pay a heavy price to win the battle.
More importantly, he had already identified the Greenskins' weakness and had successively broken through two small Greenskin gathering places. He had already exceeded the predetermined goals and there was no need to fight the other side head-on.
But before he could open his mouth, Inspector Yakong also sent a message, and this time it was good news.
An Inspector Yakon found the Lightforged, and just as Levi had previously speculated, they were also continuing to move north.
Unfortunately, although the team was led by a Lightforged, he was obviously more conservative. He left a considerable number of troops to garrison in the village he had previously captured, so this time he only had about a thousand troops behind him.
Together with Levi's cavalry unit, they could only meet the incoming greenskin troops head-on, and did not have much advantage in numbers.
This made Levi feel a little weird.
According to the intelligence collected by Master, there are more than 200 God-chosen heroes in the Blood of Beasts. Even though their strength varies, the total strength is approximately between 35,000 and 40,000. This is definitely not a small number for the current Lightforgers, Master, or the High Elves.
The greenskin natives are similar, but because they have to be scattered across many towns and villages, the number of troops they can actually use to fight may not be as high as the blood of the beasts.
In addition, the greenskins are now most likely firmly restrained by demons or other enemies, so Levi estimates that the enemy will have even fewer troops to fight against them.
But despite this, it was obvious that our side had already defeated the greenskins once before, and had captured several villages in succession. It was obvious that they were coming in with great momentum and had a large number of troops. Under such circumstances, the greenskins still only sent out more than a thousand troops. Isn't this really underestimating us?
Levi couldn't help but think seriously about this. Was it that the average strength of their troops was so strong that they could easily defeat the elves that were several times their number, or was it that they actually didn't have many troops left?
After thinking it over carefully, Levi did not act rashly. He immediately asked Inspector Yakong to notify the Lightforged to prepare for an ambush. As long as they fought, they would be able to tell whether the opponent was really fierce or just a paper tiger.
The Lightforged naturally would not reject Levi's proposal, so he quickly sent back a message that they were immediately ready to ambush, but they were currently marching on the plains, and were still some distance away from another forest suitable for an ambush, so Levi had to delay them.
Of course Levi would not refuse. Since he was the one who made the proposal, he naturally needed to bear certain responsibilities and obligations.
Leaving behind a few fire elements to finish the job, and seeing that everyone's condition had almost recovered, Levi led his troops to set out again, heading straight north. He wanted to confront the enemy head-on to see how strong they were first.
As the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, Levi, who was standing high above, was soon able to see the general appearance of the other side's army.
Levi was just about to give orders to Xiaotian and other Yakong, but at this moment, the other party seemed to have discovered them.
Accompanied by a slightly shrill scream, a large black group of creatures with bird wings and sharp claws but ugly human female faces rose into the sky and flew straight towards them. They were harpies, and there were more than two hundred of them!
Levi was speechless. There were so many harpies, but they had been acting as chickens in the infantry unit before? Was there something wrong with them?
After waving his hand to summon several large wind elements to delay time, he began to retreat with the Yakongs.
Although he now has mastered more than 50 kinds of magic after taking into account various summons of celestial creatures, if we really want to say which one is particularly effective against the enemy air force, maybe Stinking Cloud and Ice Storm combined can barely be considered as one, and the other magics are far from enough.
The enemy has so many air forces. If they can entangle our side for a while, the greenskins below will launch a few waves of arrows and we will suffer heavy losses. It is better to run away first, find a way to separate these harpies from the enemy's main force, and then try to kill them.
However, it seems that after dealing with the greenskins, I really should try my best to recruit some mage subordinates. Otherwise, if I rely on myself alone, I will inevitably be passive in many cases.
The mages of the God-chosen heroes have the advantage of having a wide range of options, but they are inevitably inferior to most indigenous mages in terms of specialization.
A few seconds later, a slightly excited female voice came from the distance: "Hey, hey, hey, little brother, don't run away, come and fight with me!"
Levi looked back and found that among the many harpies, there was a guy with colorful feathers and wearing a lot of magical equipment. He immediately knew that the other party should be a hero chosen by God.
Compared to the ugly and hideous faces of most harpies, her appearance has obviously been specially optimized and can be considered a beauty.
Well, their bodies seemed to have undergone very obvious adjustments. Ordinary harpies were almost like washboards. In pursuit of speed and flexibility, their bodies tended to be thin and light.
In comparison, she stood out so much, just like Elegy's body couldn't handle using a bow and arrow, she wasn't a particularly qualified harpy.
But despite this, Levi still couldn't imagine what purpose the other party had in choosing such a race of sparrows. Could it be that they just wanted to be able to fly?
Although he had some doubts in his heart, his hands did not delay at all. With a point of the staff, a series of fireballs were launched. As the saying goes: too much fur weakens fire, and feathers are still fur!
Seeing the fireballs flying towards them rapidly, most of the harpies scattered at once, as if trying to avoid the continuous fireballs. However, they didn't know that even though the fireballs had already escaped from their hands, Levi still maintained a certain control over them.
Then the chain of fireballs drew a small arc and continued to fly towards the leading harpy.
At the critical moment, the opponent stopped running away and let out a delicate cry, flapping its wings violently. Then dozens of harpies around also made the same move. In an instant, dozens of large and small green wind blades appeared out of thin air and hit several fireballs with a crackling sound.
Although a series of small explosions were inevitably produced, seriously injuring the nearest harpies on the spot, they did succeed in breaking Levi's magic.
This inevitably made him a little surprised: "Is this the special advancement of the Harpy - Wind Witch?"
As we all know, Harpies are just some Tier 1 cannon fodder. They are useless except for being able to fly at low altitudes, and their attributes are terrible.
Regardless of which faction they are in, the status of the Harpies is very low, basically the same as the Quassam among demons, they are cannon fodder that use their lives to harass or delay the enemy, and may even be slightly inferior to them, after all, their combat effectiveness is not as strong as that of the Quassam.
Even after they advance to Tier 2, the situation will not change much. On the contrary, the increase in maintenance costs and daily supply consumption will annoy the God-Chosen Heroes who recruited them, so many God-Chosen Heroes will choose not to advance them.
But once they overcome numerous hardships and reach level 3, their status will rise substantially, because then they will comprehend the power of elements and may learn to cast small magic, the most common of which are lightning arrows and wind blades. They are therefore called lightning wizards and wind wizards.
It would be fine if she was recruited, but if she brought them all here personally, then this harpy girl can be considered to have some strength.
Having said that, he had no intention of showing any sympathy to the woman or trying to approach her to start a conversation, because she was chasing him now!
At this time, many harpies also reorganized their formation and continued to chase after them. While chasing, the leading God's Chosen Hero also said with a smile: "Little brother, don't run away. I finally met an air force enemy like you. Let's have a fight, okay?"
Li Wei responded casually: "If you don't chase me, I won't run away."
"If you don't run, I won't chase you!"
Levi ignored the other party. Only a fool would believe what you said. Although the harpies' close combat capability was not that good, their numbers were there. He could not take any risks.
While running, he began to cast spells and gave orders to Xiao Qi through the mental link.
Judging from the current situation, if he doesn't kill this woman and let her chase him, it seems that his plan to lure the enemy will be difficult to succeed. If by any chance they discover the Lightforged that is being prepared, the ambush plan will be aborted directly, and that is not what he wants to see.
Half a minute later, he finally found an opportunity. The griffin glided beautifully and turned a big corner, allowing Levi to look directly at the opponent.
The harpy was immediately delighted: "Hey, little brother, you should be Levi who is very famous among the high elves recently, right? Let me introduce myself, I am Cai Jin from the Beast Blood Boiling Guild."
Levi narrowed his eyes immediately. He was not completely unfamiliar with this name because it had been mentioned in Master's intelligence.
The other party was one of the vice presidents of Beast Blood Boiling, and also one of the only two female vice presidents. All of her subordinates were female God-chosen heroes. However, he never expected that the other party would be like this.
Moreover, this name, coupled with her colorful feathers, seemed even more out of place. It was hard not to remind him of the golden pheasant...
But it doesn’t matter. No matter what, the other party is the enemy he wants to kill!
"Ice storm!"
At the same time, Xiao Qi, who had been prepared for a long time, also released the spider web technique he had stored in advance, and not just one, but three in a row. Since he wanted to kill the opponent, he naturally went all out!
In an instant, at least eighty or ninety harpies were entangled in spider webs, and then attacked by the ice storm. Now their greatest weakness, that is, the fragility of their health, was revealed. As many as forty or fifty harpies were killed instantly on the spot, and their corpses fell down in large numbers.
Then Xiaotian and Yakong turned around and rushed directly towards Caijin. Since they were destined to fight, they naturally had to capture the leader first!
At the critical moment, Cai Jin screamed, and the magic illusion was shattered. Seven or eight war eagles with a wingspan of two meters and flames all over their bodies appeared beside her.
Just by flapping their wings twice, they easily ignited the spider webs wrapped around their bodies, and in the process saved Cai Jin from the bondage of magic.
But despite this, they are not immune to Levi's attacks. In fact, because of the restraint of their attributes, the ice storm can obviously cause more damage to them.
Levi snorted immediately. Fortunately, he was not careless and did not stop as he was told. Otherwise, these level 3 and level 4 Red Flame War Eagles could really pose a threat to him when he was caught off guard. They were much more aggressive than the Flame War Geese he had obtained before.
Although they cannot always maintain this special state, as they are eagles, they are superior to ordinary Legion Sub-Sky in terms of sprint speed and flexibility.
Seeing that Levi started to cast a spell again, Cai Jin snorted coldly and changed his expression: "Levi, right? I'll remember you. We are not finished this time. Don't think that we have so few troops. The boss of Beast Blood Boiling has sent ten heroes chosen by God and two thousand troops to the front line!"
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Levi's response, she whistled, and a giant bird that was several times larger and extremely strong came out from the harpy and held her steadily on its back.
That is the 4th-tier flying soldier - Dapeng. It does not have any special abilities. Its greatest feature is that its basic attributes are extremely solid without any obvious weaknesses. It is also one of the more durable ones among many 4th-tier soldiers.
Then, without saying a word, she left dozens of harpies behind to cover their retreat, and forcibly withdrew from the battle with the remaining subordinates.
Seeing that the other party was so decisive, Levi did not order his troops to continue pursuing. At the same time, he felt that his previous ambush plan might not succeed.
The fight has come to this point. If I keep a distance that's neither too far nor too close, with Cai Jin's wisdom, she will definitely be able to see that there's something fishy going on.
Moreover, more importantly, the last words she said surprised him, but also gave him a vague sense of déjà vu. Cai Jin herself was definitely not a fool, so why did she do this...
After thinking about it carefully, he finally realized that this was exactly the same words that the two jackals, whose names he had forgotten, had said when they were trying to betray Chen Zhui, the last man in the Stoney Highlands.
Does this mean that the boiling blood of the beast itself is not a monolithic entity?