Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 241 Bronze Dragonborn
After one night, through the hard work of many indigenous people, the entire village had changed drastically. Almost all the houses were demolished and replaced by densely packed military barracks, blacksmith shops and other buildings specifically designed for war.
The periphery is surrounded by high walls and rows of arrow towers. Although the area is not too large, it has completely different significance from the original village. Now it has become a real military fortress.
Michaela even gave it a new name - Beastmaster Castle, which means a bridgehead against the green-skinned orcs.
Yesterday evening and night, reinforcements arrived from other temples, including a considerable number of earth mages, which was specifically requested by Michaela and Reiner.
Among the earth magic, there are many kinds of magic such as turning mud into stone, stone shaping, stone transformation, etc. With them here, even if the greenskins use war machines such as catapults, this place will not be so easy to conquer.
Also because of the mission Reiner issued yesterday, many God-chosen heroes have marched northward, attacking everywhere, capturing many greenskin gathering places and small villages, etc., which really dispersed a lot of the greenskins' strength.
Therefore, the dilemma here has actually disappeared temporarily, and the role they played is even greater than Levi and Reiner had previously speculated.
This also shows that the situation of the greenskins must be more critical than they imagined.
Levi was not in a hurry to capture the village, because even if he did, he did not have suitable troops to defend it.
Donna, Elegy and others do have the ability to fight independently, but he is reluctant to let them go. It would be better to recruit two new heroes, or promote one or two more from his subordinates, so that it would be convenient to send them to guard the village.
What's more, his real target is actually Zhuguan Town!
But for him, there was really no need to stay here all the time, so after discussing some details with Master and others from the Temple of Arcane, and getting the space ring that Michaela specially prepared for him, he decisively said goodbye and left.
Following the instructions on the map, Levi and his companions moved forward all the way. Occasionally, they could see other God-chosen heroes or indigenous people coming to reinforce, but they hardly encountered any enemies. Apparently, as the large number of troops continued to move north, even the nearby monsters were killed.
They kept moving northwest, and even with the guidance of the map, it took them quite a while before they finally saw the secret valley that Reiner had mentioned.
You know what, this place is indeed quite secretive. No wonder no other God-chosen heroes have discovered it yet. If we continue to advance for a few dozen miles, we will probably reach the territory of the dwarves, right?
Levi checked the ring that Michaela gave him again, organized his words, and planned to let the more attractive Cindy go to say hello to the other party.
I don't know if there is a hidden attribute bonus, but Cindy seems to be very popular with other indigenous people. Not to mention Donna and others in the team, even Michaela and the Imperial God of War Sigma look at her differently. I believe that the effect will be better than if I ask for it myself.
Then, turning around, he found Cindy and Janet huddled together, pointing at a tree on the side of the road, their faces filled with excitement.
Looking over there, Levi saw a fat little chick on the branch. He didn't know if it was fat or its feathers were puffed up, but it looked like a small ball with a tri-color tail. At the moment, it was tilting its head and looking at him, making Cindy call it adorable.
At the beginning, when he just entered the game, Levi once thought that the 0th level troops were the lowest, but in fact there are weaker ones.
That means they have no class at all, such as ordinary villagers, ants, or ornamental animals.
Their strength is close to zero, and there is no experience value after killing them. They will only drop some very basic materials with a very low chance, but because their value is so low, even newcomers who have just entered the game on the first day basically look down on them.
For example, if you kill this little bird in front of you, probably only a tiny piece of bird meat will drop off.
What made Levi a little strange was that even all kinds of ferocious beasts had to retreat all the way, but this little fat bird seemed to have no fear at all. Was it because of its low intelligence, or...
Seeing that the valley was quiet with only half-human-high weeds, it looked deserted. After thinking for a while, he simply ordered the army to stop and signaled Cindy that she could take the initiative to find the little bird to play with.
Cindy immediately ran over, took out some snacks she had bought in Ashridge Town from her space ring, and placed them on her palm.
The little fat bird was not afraid of her. It flapped its wings and flew down to take a couple of bites. But when she tried to touch it, it turned around flexibly and flew back to the branch, continuing to look at them with its head tilted.
Now, let alone Cindy, even Donna, who noticed this, became slightly interested. She just exchanged a glance with Elegy beside her, and they both felt something was not right...
But Cindy didn't notice it. Instead, she became even more excited. She turned around and blinked her big eyes at Levi: "Brother Levi, can I keep it?"
Levi immediately smiled and nodded, looking at Donna who was also tilting her head and looking at the other person with interest. He shook his head slightly and asked Janet to step forward. It was easy for the druid to deal with such small animals.
But if it were Donna, who was accustomed to using violence to tame animals, no matter how well she controlled her strength, she would probably kill the other person with a single slap.
Of course, the premise is that the other party is really just an ordinary little fat chick...
I don't know if it felt Levi's malicious speculation or was frightened by something else, but the little fat bird suddenly shuddered and flapped its wings and flew away, leaving Janet, who hadn't gotten close yet, with a look of confusion on her face.
Cindy was also a little disappointed. It was the first time she liked a small animal so much.
Levi laughed and became more certain of his guess. How could an ordinary bird be afraid of a druid?
So he comforted Cindy and told her that there was a flower and bird market in Ashridge Town. If she really liked it, she could just pick any one she wanted, or finding two magic pets would not be a problem at all.
But Cindy shook her head and refused. It was okay if they just happened to meet on the road, but her father's revenge had not yet been avenged, and she was not so extravagant as to go out of her way to buy a pet.
Levi could only comfort her again and she didn't have to wait too long.
After the chaos caused by the greenskins and demons here is over, the next one will be the turn of the old black dragon Blake. After killing it, the Snake Cult will be like rootless duckweed. At that time, even if our side does not take action, there will be many people who will cause trouble for the other side.
The Snake Cult and the human nobles colluded with each other and did a lot of things that violated the law and justice. Do you really think that all the natives are unaware of it? That would be too much to underestimate them.
Either they didn't notice the conspiracy behind the scenes before, or they were playing the long game to catch a bigger fish, but no matter what, everything will change as long as the legendary wizard Teclis arrives.
After this little episode, Levi simply took Cindy to the valley.
Almost as soon as they stepped into the valley, the ground began to tremble. Along with the rolling of the soil, a large amount of weeds were forcibly arched up, and dozens of tall and strong humans holding weapons, who looked somewhat similar to the Spartans in clothing, crawled out from underneath.
Cindy immediately clenched her warhammer and summoned the guardian angel at the first opportunity. Even though the opponents looked like human soldiers, there was no light in their eyes. They were like puppets. Their skin was pale and bloodless, just like white bones.
Coupled with their bizarre appearance, she immediately thought of them as undead creatures.
Although it was a bit strange that she did not sense any disgusting undead aura from the other party, this made her even more alert, because it was very likely that the other party's strength was extremely powerful, so powerful that it was beyond her perception.
But Levi laughed instead. He didn't look at these seemingly hostile soldiers, but just looked at the woods next to him: "Isn't this necessary? You should have figured out our camp, right?"
Cindy was a little surprised for a moment, and then she saw the little fat bird again, squatting on the tree branch and looking at him with its head tilted.
No matter how naive she was, she noticed something was wrong. Her cheeks puffed up instantly and she felt she had been deceived.
No wonder it didn't let itself be touched, no wonder it was afraid of Janet, because it was not an ordinary bird at all, it was most likely a druid in transformation!
After a few seconds, the little fat boy finally couldn't resist Cindy's slightly angry look. With a sigh, the little fat boy fell in front of many warriors and turned into an elf-like woman on the spot.
She was wearing a tri-color hat on her head, just the same color as the little fat chick's feathers.
"I'm sorry, this is a serious matter and I have to treat it with caution."
As soon as he heard the other party's tone, Levi knew that the other party must have initially recognized him, and Cindy's friendly behavior just now played a very important role in this.
Combined with the information Reiner had provided before, he immediately guessed a lot of things.
A bronze dragonborn warrior from the lawful good camp and a powerful druid, plus dozens of strange warriors, this strength is not weak.
They were willing to stay in this deserted valley, probably to fight against some evil forces or some seal or something like that.
So he immediately said with a little respect: "I understand, so this time we not only brought gifts, but also want to completely solve the problem here and not let you continue to work so hard."
Without waiting for the other party to respond, he waved his hand and took out several large boxes that were nearly 10 meters long. A slightly salty and fishy smell immediately wafted out.
There were some very fresh corpses of giant sharks and even a few Shahua mermen, which were the results of the battle by the sea elves who had just arrived to provide assistance last night.
The Shahua fishmen are similar to sharks in appearance and personality, and are more brutal and bloodthirsty. However, to an organized army that is equally adept at water battles, they are nothing more than prey.
Ordinary bronze dragons occasionally like to kill or eat some Sahuagin, and the bronze dragonborn here would surely not refuse.
If it weren't for the long distance, inconvenient transportation, and the inability to carry living creatures in the space ring, Levi felt that it would be entirely possible for the sea elves to capture some alive.
The druid was about to say something but was stunned. Then she said helplessly, "It seems that you are really well prepared. But it's okay. After so much delay, maybe it's time to deal with them."
Then her expression turned serious: "I am the druid Nar, a follower of Aisha, the mother of all things, and also a member of the Harpists."
"As you can see, they are Dragon Fang Soldiers. As for the real owner of this place, he is a Bronze Dragonborn Paladin."
Levi then suddenly realized that they were the Dragon Tooth Soldiers. It was said that they used dragon teeth as seeds, and then used magic and divine arts to grow powerful warriors like potatoes from the ground. No wonder they looked so pale.
Although they are all transformed from similar substances, they are fundamentally different from the undead.
It is said that originally the gods, especially the dragon gods, had thought of using them as their own army, but later they discovered many more useful celestial creatures, so they gave up.
However, this technology has been preserved and is loved by many dragon-born creatures. Due to the loyalty and bravery of the Dragon Tooth Soldiers, they are often used as personal soldiers and guards.
As for the real dragons, they don't think highly of the strength of the Dragon Tooth Soldiers. This is another important reason why the Dragon Tooth Soldiers were abandoned by the gods.
To put it bluntly, the soldiers grown by Dragon Fang are just high-level cannon fodder. Judging from their strength, they should be at level 3 to 4, and it is difficult for them to be promoted.
There was just a slight mistake in Reiner's information. How could a warrior and a paladin be the same?
But for our side, this is a good thing. As long as we can successfully resolve the other party's concerns, the chance that the other party will agree to take action is almost 100%.
No matter whether it is demons, undead or greenskins, they are all mortal enemies that the paladins must kill.
As for the Harpers, their full name should be the Harper Alliance. They are a very secretive organization belonging to the good camp, dedicated to fighting against evil and strangling it in the cradle.
What they admire most is "to leave after the work is done, hiding the merit and fame", which means to truly do good deeds without leaving a name.
Therefore, until now, its leader is unknown, and its members are complex, possibly coming from different professions of various races. Unless they say it themselves, everything is a mystery.
However, thanks to the existence of the God-chosen Heroes and the forum, Levi still understood a little bit.
It is said that in addition to having strict requirements for the camp, they also place great emphasis on secrecy. Superiors and subordinates often have only one-way communication, and newcomers are not immediately trusted and often have to start out as spies and intelligence agents.
This is probably the reason why they can always detect the conspiracy of evil forces in advance and destroy it.
"Alduin!"
Following the shout of Druid Nar, a man with a determined look on his face, holding a sword and shield and with a javelin behind his back, walked out quickly from the valley.
At first glance, he looked no different from an ordinary human male, but his bronze skin showed that he was no ordinary being.
Donna, who had better eyesight, also noticed that the other person's skin was slightly different from that of ordinary people, especially the arm holding the weapon. As he exerted force, some special keratin skin faintly condensed on it, just like scales.
It seems that even without armor, the opponent's defense would not be too low.
As soon as Levi saw the other person walking towards him and couldn't help but twitch his nose, he knew that what Michaela prepared was indeed very useful.
He immediately smiled and greeted the other party: "Hello, I am Levi Goethe, and I am here on behalf of the friendship between Black Castle and the High Elves."
This time he was not just trying to make a big deal out of nothing. Michaela really entrusted him with all the relevant matters.
The paladin sheathed his sword and saluted with a fist: "Paladin, may my god Bahamut bless you."
Bahamut, the God of Good Dragons, is said to be one of the most compassionate beings in the entire multiverse. Unfortunately, in such a war-torn world, excessive compassion often brings him all kinds of troubles.
But as allies, he and his followers are very reliable.
Bronze Dragonborn, Paladin, and Follower of Bahamut, these three buffs stacked together made Levi more confident in this operation.
After a few polite words, Levi directly stated the purpose of his visit and expressed his sincere need for the other party's help.
Alduin did not refuse. He just frowned and thought, and kept looking at the troops behind Levi. Finally, as if he had confirmed something, he turned his head again and looked at Druinar who was standing next to him.
After seeing the other party nodding at him with a smile, he finally spoke: "Okay, in that case, I will agree to your request, but we need to completely eliminate the enemies below the valley first."
While speaking, he still couldn't help but sniffed hard a few times again. Obviously, because of his race, he really couldn't resist the smell from the shark.
Levi did not laugh at him. He just asked with a little seriousness: "To fight against evil, we must do our best. I would like to trouble you to explain the detailed information of the enemy to us."
"The enemy is a group of lizardmen living in the Underdark. Their average strength is not particularly strong, but there are a lot of them. They are very good at fighting in the dark. With our strength and Nar's natural magic and array, we can only barely block the exit, but we can't completely eliminate this hidden danger."
It's actually a lizard man?
Levi was a little surprised. He originally thought it would be a demon or a devil, but he was not completely unfamiliar with this race.
Just as the elves have many subspecies, the Lizardmen also have many branches, among which the Troglodytes are a savage race accustomed to living underground.
Compared with other branches, they are much more barbaric. They look like upright human-sized lizards. What they are most famous for is the unbearable stench surrounding their bodies. After all, they eat fur and blood all year round and almost never take a bath in their entire lives.
Over the years, this stench has even turned into some kind of supernatural power. All creatures that approach them will be affected by it, just like the berserkers that Levi and his team had killed before.
In addition to this, they also like to prey or sacrifice other intelligent species, so they never take any prisoners, which makes them notorious in the good camp.
There is another reason why they are only said to be in the good camp. That is, when they encounter an irresistible and more powerful evil enemy, they will have a higher probability of choosing to surrender and serve it.
For example, other more powerful lizardmen, drow elves, gray dwarves, naga, Medusa, etc. are typical races that bully the weak and fear the strong.
In fact, this is also a common characteristic of many weaker evil forces, because when facing stronger and more ruthless enemies, if they do not surrender, they will most likely be exterminated in the next moment.
In comparison, the situation of many races in the good camp is much better, because they can call on their friends and implement group fighting tactics. For example, the high elves this time have asked for help from countless large and small forces in succession.
As for the greenskins, they would probably find it difficult to find any other reinforcements, except for the ogres who might become their unstable allies because of the rewards.
"Why didn't you tell us this before? I'm sure we wouldn't just sit there and watch."
Alduin was suddenly embarrassed. He glanced at the druid next to him again. When he saw the druid nod, he whispered, "Because those troglodytes serve some corrupted dragon beasts."
Levi immediately understood that this was the self-esteem brought by the dragon bloodline at work.
As both were Dragonborn, even though their intelligence, strength, and appearance were completely different, he regarded this as a family matter and did not want outsiders to know about it.
He would rather sacrifice himself and not go to his favorite beach to eat sharks, but just endure the hardship here. This guy is obviously not stupid, but he is a little too persistent.
But this seems to be a good thing, at least it shows that the opponent should not be particularly strong.
But Alduin didn't finish his words. He added: "And some descendants of evil dragons."
Levi's eyes widened instantly.
The Underdark, the descendants of the evil dragon, it's really hard for him not to connect it to another existence. Could this be a branch base opened by the old black dragon?
If this is true, then it's a good thing that he came this time, otherwise even if the legendary wizard Teclis took action after many days, some accidents might happen.
So he made a prompt decision: "Okay, I understand. We will go all out to defeat these lizardmen. Now please enjoy the delicious food we specially prepared!"
As he spoke, he took out some fruits and other food. Although his main goal before was the Bronze Dragonborn, it would be even better if he could get a Harpist as a gift.
Staying in this secret valley with Alduin, fighting with the smelly lizardmen all day long, she probably didn't have much good food to eat, and she even refused the snacks that Cindy had fed her before.
Druinar seemed a little embarrassed, but seeing that Levi's attitude was very sincere, she still took the food after thanking him.
In comparison, Alduin was much more straightforward, not only because he knew that this was the reward brought by the other party, but also because that was just his personality.
With a low growl, his appearance changed dramatically. Bronze scales appeared on his skin, and his entire head turned into a majestic and ferocious lizard head. Then he started to eat with relish.
The whole mouth can even open more than 180 degrees, and one bite can usually take out at least five or six pounds of meat, causing blood to splatter everywhere. The scene is extremely brutal.
It can be seen that this is his fighting posture now, and maybe when he really faces the enemy, he may undergo further changes.
During the whole process, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers just stood there staring at them blankly, not knowing whether they were greedy or not.
Although they were grown from dragon teeth, they are still living beings that need to breathe and eat.
Judging from their attire, their fighting style was probably similar to that of the Spartans, except that their weapons were replaced with bone products.
After taking a quick look, Levi stopped looking and turned to Druinar, who had finished eating in a few bites, wanting to learn more about the enemy.
If after what had just happened he couldn't tell who was the dominant one between the two, he would be a fool.
Naturally, there was no need for Nar to hide anything, and Levi quickly confirmed that the information about the War Lizardmen was exactly the same as what he had previously learned.
Ordinary Troglodytes are cannon fodder of levels 1-2. Level 3 Troglodyte Hammerers use inferior warhammers or giant clubs, and level 3 Troglodyte Piercers use stone or bone javelins.
Finally, there are the occasional 4th-level Lizard Warriors and Lizard Chanters. The former are well-equipped fighters, and the latter can use some simple poison or dark magic. They are also the leaders among the Lizardmen.
Then there is the common stench of the lizardmen, which can slightly reduce the hit rate and critical strike rate of their own melee units. All lizardmen will also use teeth and claws to attack, and they are slightly poisonous, but overall, these are just annoying and will not become a threat.
This was also the important reason why even though the enemy numbered in the thousands, they were firmly blocked by their small number of people.
The real threat actually comes from those furious fallen dragon beasts and the few new descendants of evil dragons that have appeared recently.
Their strength is much stronger, and it is precisely because of their existence that Alduin and Nar decided to agree to Levi so easily. Because with the appearance of the last descendants of the evil dragon, the dragon tooth soldiers began to be consumed rapidly, and they already felt that they were unable to cope with it.
Even if Levi and his team were not there this time, they had planned to ask for help from the Harpers or other organizations.
It can only be said that Levi came at the right time. If it was earlier and they did not feel the threat from the enemy, they would not easily accept him. If it was later and other reinforcements arrived, they would not need Levi either.
What else can Levi say? He is just lucky.
After thinking it over, he finally decided not to reveal anything about the old black dragon. Now that he was sure that the elves would deal with it, there was no need to involve the Harpist, whom he was not familiar with.
Although the Harpist has always had an excellent reputation, when it comes to the old black dragon who aspires to become a god, who knows if he will be tempted?
They quickly reached a preliminary agreement that as long as they could deal with the Lizardmen tribe below, Alduin and Nar would go to the Beast Hold to fight against the greenskin invasion together.
Levi also learned about their approximate strength.
Nar is a level 8 druid, and Alduin is a level 9 paladin. Their levels are lower than Levi expected, and it seems that the number of lizardmen who actually died at their hands may not be too many.
But soon Nar seemed to see through his thoughts, and she took the initiative to correct him, saying that the reason why Alduin's level was lower was entirely because of his bloodline.
Dragons, phoenixes, high-level angels, etc., because of their extremely powerful talents, the growth process is often more difficult, which is manifested in that they have a certain experience value penalty.
Although Alduin looks not much different from a human, the dragon blood in his body is extremely strong, which makes it take a long time for him to become stronger each time.
Of course, once he truly grows up, his strength will definitely be stronger than that of ordinary races. As both are level 10 hero units, there will be a huge gap in combat effectiveness between goblins and dragonmen.
Levi nodded. He was not surprised at all about this. The weaker the creature, the faster it improves in strength. He was almost level 10 in just over ten days, but it was also very normal that those gods could not reach level 1 in a hundred years.
He had just asked something about the Dragon Tooth Soldiers, such as whether he could recruit them, or how to make them, when he suddenly felt a slight tremor coming from the soles of his feet.
The Dragon Tooth Soldiers who had been standing there like statues instantly became alert. Without waiting for anyone to speak, they ran directly into the valley.
Alduin, whose face was covered in blood and who had eaten at least several hundred kilograms of shark meat, threw away the half-eaten shark fin in his hand and drew the long sword at his waist.
Nar, who had originally looked calm, also became a little nervous: "Levi, it must be the war lizards attacking the magic circle I set up. Now I need your strength!"
Levi laughed out loud. After wasting half a day, he finally got to the point: "Okay, we have already prepared for the battle!"
