Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 245 Dark Region
That’s right, what appeared in their sight was a descendant of the evil dragon that had turned into a vampire.
The original descendants of the evil dragon were transformed into monsters under the influence of evil forces. No one could have imagined that they could mutate again.
While Levi was amazed by this, he also seemed to understand why the fly demon was so proud before.
Before the Battle of Black Castle, the undead entrenched in the colonies seemed to have always been acting as the devil's lackeys and cannon fodder. Who would have thought that it would be able to cooperate with the undead in the Underdark?
And there is more than a 90% chance that it occupies a weak position. Apart from anything else, it is almost impossible for them to resist this vampire-like descendant of the evil dragon, not to mention that there is a high possibility that there is more than one!
Even though he was thinking about these things, he did not hesitate at all and threw the spider web directly. However, the target was not the spawn of the evil dragon that had already fought with Alduin, but a large group of giant ferocious bats behind it, the number of which was unknown at several thousand.
This made him even more certain that there must be a large group of vampires behind this, because among all the races, they were the only ones who liked to control bats the most.
Xiaotian took off first with the Yakongs, trying to intercept these enemies. Donna and other long-range troops also showed their power, with various magic arrows flying continuously.
Often, one arrow can kill these big bats instantly. Although they look ferocious, they are actually not very strong. Their health and defense are probably not much different from those of level 0 militiamen.
But we cannot underestimate their existence because their biggest advantage is that they can fly. Once hundreds of big bats break through their fire blockade, the impact on their own mages and ranged units will be too great.
But their own value is extremely low. Even if dozens of them are killed or injured, as long as they can successfully interfere with a wizard, it is considered a profit. This is a tactic commonly used by many native undead heroes, that is, a sea of cannon fodder.
Among the undead, the most common skeleton soldiers and zombies are usually not included in the cannon fodder because their strength is too low and they are often unable to break the enemy's defense.
However, stronger zombies with poisonous attacks, as well as special air forces such as big bats, are often classified as cannon fodder tactics.
The druids also showed their power. Their attacks were enough to kill these fragile big bats in seconds. This time Levi handed them all over to Janet for command.
In his team, the elite subordinates with names and surnames, except for Elegy, a special existence who specializes in combat heroes and has no intention of commanding any troops, and Bayoru, who has always served as Levi's personal guard, all the others now have certain command experience, and now is the time to train her.
As the size of his army continued to expand and the number of his subordinates increased, he also needed more confidants who could stand on their own.
Levi temporarily handed over the tree spirits and female hunters to the most advanced female hunter. Although their attack methods were quite different, their attack distances were much shorter than bows and arrows, so they had some similarities.
Levi didn't have too many requirements for them. He just wanted them to kill as many enemies as possible while ensuring their own safety.
Cindy also used her strengthened Divine Burning Hammer. The hammer with a circle of flames was undoubtedly much more conspicuous than before, and its power was also greatly increased. With a crackling sound of hammering, the big bats turned into meat paste one after another. Her efficiency was even higher than Donna's.
Levi was originally a little worried that this might cause it to lose its concealment and be unfavorable for sneak attacks, but then he thought, with Cindy's current strength, there was no need to sneak attack against ordinary enemies. If she encountered a powerful enemy, even a sneak attack might not be of much use. This was not a big problem.
Cindy seemed to have considered a similar problem. The next moment, Levi saw the flame on one of the war hammers disappear directly. He immediately understood that she could freely control whether they appeared or not, which relieved him of his previous worries.
But as time went on, Levi was somewhat surprised to find that the ones with the highest killing efficiency on the battlefield at this moment were the female hunters who he had not particularly valued before.
With Levi's support, their attack power was almost enough to kill the giant bats in seconds. And because they had the catapulting skill, when dozens of female hunters launched an attack together, the air was filled with flying moon blades. In terms of killing speed alone, they completely surpassed other types of soldiers present.
Especially the advanced female hunters, who can hurt up to 3 big bats with one attack. Even the weakened attack is enough to seriously injure these low-level soldiers. To some extent, they are the most suitable for bullying.
Moreover, there is a certain degree of coordination between them, and not too much output is wasted. After looking at the leading female hunter a few times, Levi felt that at least 30% of this was due to her command. Although she was not even an elite, she showed great potential.
Perhaps, after this battle is over, I can give her an elite token. If she really has enough potential, it is not impossible for her to become a heroic unit in the future.
While the Moonbow Goddess is actively spreading her faith to the night elves, a night elf hero appears in her team. I believe both she and the night elves will be very happy to see this situation.
As for Levi himself, he began to summon numerous celestial creatures. He knew that these big bats were just the beginning, and more undead must be coming.
And to be honest, their current position had a great impact on his battle, because he was only four or five meters away from the stone wall above his head. In this situation, he could not cast Thunder Cloud or Ice Storm, two large-scale magics...
Similarly, micrometeors are not very convenient to use. After all, this is the Dark Zone, and many places are not particularly stable. No one knows whether there is solid rock or a hollow cave under their feet. What's more, the noise made by micrometeors after landing is quite loud. If a road collapses, it will be a bad ending.
Fortunately, the enemy was weak after all, so he cast some auxiliary magic on Alduin and sent several priests to take care of him. After letting him fight with the descendants of the evil dragon first, he began to use two small first-level magics, magic missiles and holy rays, to clear out those big bats.
As his strength continues to increase, the effects and power of these two kinds of magic have also been enhanced. With one move, there are five rays or five missiles, which still looks very cool and handsome.
After several experiments, he also discovered that of the two level 1 magics, the latter one, which could kill the enemy with just a glare, was not only more handsome, but also caused significantly more damage.
In other words, these big bats have most likely been transformed into undead creatures, because the holy rays will only cause additional damage when used against undead creatures.
This made him feel a little weird. Ordinary bats were pure cannon fodder. Even vampires didn't need to transform them into undead right? There must be something weird about this.
So while he was killing his enemies, he kept rotating various small magic spells and experimenting with these big bats.
Except for Holy Rays and Fire Magic, which have significantly higher damage, the power of Water Magic is a little bit low. As for magic like Shark Bite and Dark Arrow, the damage is less than half of the usual.
It seems that they have a certain resistance to most magics, and it is very likely that they were specially trained by the vampires here to fight against wizard units.
Seeing Alduin and the spawn of the evil dragon fighting on the other side, and quickly gaining the upper hand with their superior strength, the originally dense swarm of bats quickly became sparse due to the efforts of his subordinates, and the threat to his own troops was sharply reduced, but Levi did not relax his vigilance at all.
Not to mention that the vampires haven't actually appeared yet. According to Alduin, the original lizardmen tribe had at least four or five descendants of the evil dragon, but there was only one in front of him.
He didn't believe that the vampires would generously let go of the other descendants of the evil dragon. Judging from the current situation, it was likely that the entire War Lizard People had been wiped out by the vampires.
At this moment, Nar suddenly exclaimed: "Levi, be careful of the cliff in the east!"
Levi immediately turned his head and saw a large group of human-shaped shadows emerging and rushing towards them.
Originally, they were almost transparent ghosts, but because there were too many of them and they were densely packed together, from a distance they looked like a white and blue phantom. At a rough glance, there were at least four or five hundred of them.
Levi immediately understood why the undead in Silent Manor had been able to hide so deeply.
In addition to the river, there is probably an entrance to the Underdark nearby. Could it be that the Undead have hidden their main forces here?
This is a bit tricky. In addition to having a certain resistance to physical attacks, the ghosts' biggest advantage is that they can fly at low altitude and directly ignore the melee troops in the front row!
"Melee troops use the Enchanted Weapon Scroll, and ranged troops use the Burning Arrow Scroll to prepare to fight against the ghosts."
After Levi learned how to make scrolls, he specially distributed some scrolls to Zhou Miyin, Bayoru and others to prevent this situation from happening.
"Naer, you will command the priests. Form a group of three and cast illusions to the east every few seconds. Each time, the distance between them will be a certain one. It's up to you to decide. Others who don't have magic attacks, continue to kill those giant bats!"
"Ice element and frost element, responsible for defending the ranged troops."
Compared to humans and other races, elemental creatures are generally less intelligent, but once their strength reaches level 3 or 4, they have no problem understanding human language.
However, with the attack power of the big bats, even if they stand still, they cannot bite through the armor of the Silver Guards, so there is no need for their help. It is better to focus on taking care of the units in the distance.
Under Levi's command, all his subordinates moved quickly. Under the influence of this emotion, even Nar subconsciously chose to obey Levi's command.
In fact, Levi had no choice. The priest corps under his command had been established for a very short time and had not yet produced any outstanding talents.
Although Cindy is a priest in name, there is still a big difference between a combat priest and an ordinary priest...
Fortunately, Nar was very cooperative. She knew the situation was urgent, so she immediately gave several orders in a sweet voice.
Although she had never known that there were so many undead hidden here when she was fighting against the Lizardmen, as one of the public enemies of the living, she was not unfamiliar with them.
Under her command, the priests from the Moonbow Temple also displayed their best skills, and soon some illusions began to appear in the east.
Now the stupidity of ghosts, undead creatures that only knew how to hate the living, became apparent, and they pounced directly at the nearest illusion.
Even when their claws were waving, they could not touch anything. On the contrary, because of the interference of the undead energy on their bodies, even the illusion showed some fluctuations and began to distort and deform. But they were still unaware of it and just launched attacks with gritted teeth.
These illusions, which could be easily seen through under normal circumstances, had unexpectedly powerful effects in this situation, buying Levi and his team a lot of time.
The long-range shooters also started shooting, but except for the magic arrows used by Donna, Avalon and others, the damage that other shooters could cause was pitiful. These ghosts had extremely strong resistance to physical attacks.
At the same time, there was no need for Levi to speak, Cindy had already adjusted the direction of attack tacitly, commanding three flaming hammers to smash over.
She never stopped using Sigma's Comet and Spear of Pure Good, and each move could kill ghosts instantly, but it consumed a lot of magic, forcing her to drink magic potions constantly.
Based on the price of magic potions, it is entirely possible to assume that what she drank was a potion brewed from silver coins.
At the beginning, Levi thought that the consumption in this area was affordable, but as the strength and wealth of the chosen heroes continued to increase, their demand in this area also increased day by day. By now, the price of magic potions has increased by nearly 40% compared to the beginning.
And it is foreseeable that unless the chosen heroes learn to make them themselves, this price may not be the real end point.
Even Levi began to consider that if he couldn't find a suitable mage subordinate, he should just let Diva take on a part-time job and learn the expertise of making potions.
The two guardian angels summoned by Cindy also raised their swords emitting light energy and flew over.
Although it was just a simple employment relationship at the beginning, whether out of love for Cindy or hatred for evil creatures, the two of them were surprisingly enthusiastic in the battle.
And because they are a 5th-level army, their multiple attributes are very balanced, so their strength is also quite good.
If we have to point out any shortcomings, it may be that their abilities in all aspects are too balanced, resulting in them not standing out in any aspect, and they also have no range attack skills. If they want to kill the enemy, they can only hack and chop mechanically.
Seeing that the ghosts were so stupid, Levi was slightly relieved. Otherwise, if the other side really rushed over, there would definitely be casualties on his side.
Now not only do the opponents appear in such dense numbers, but they also behave so stupidly. Aren't they just the targets of my magic!
So he started with a series of fireballs, directly killing the ghosts in a small area. The undead creatures' weakness to fire resistance was almost unavoidable.
But despite this, the number of ghosts was still too large, and some of them rushed in front of the melee troops, which was when they truly demonstrated their power.
Because even if they use magic weapons, the damage caused to them by ordinary troops is basically in single digits. These ghosts have extremely strong physical resistance.
From Levi's point of view, it's probably close to 30 points, which is a bit outrageous.
They are obviously at most level 2 soldiers, but they possess physical defense capabilities that ordinary level 4 soldiers don't have. This is definitely not normal.
If all the ghosts of the Undead had such strong physical resistance, then races like the Greenskins that generally use purely physical attacks would have been slaughtered long ago, wouldn't they?
The Undead's God-chosen hero would have taken off long ago, and they wouldn't be crying on the forum all day long about their poor diplomacy, enemies on all sides, and their troops being restrained in various ways.
Taking another look at the group of bats on the other side that had not yet died, Levi immediately knew that no matter whether the vampires here had any connection with the Silent Manor, they must be preparing to make big news.
Unfortunately, they never expected that first the war lizardmen led by the fly demon failed, and then were caught by their own group who followed suit.
No matter what kind of conspiracy they are hiding, when Levi stands here, it means that the conspiracy is about to be shattered!
Although the enemy was aggressive, its weaknesses and strengths were equally obvious, so after the initial surprise, many subordinates quickly cooperated tacitly and gradually eliminated the enemy.
As long as you can cause harm to the other party, killing him is just a matter of time.
Moreover, the health values of all ghost-like creatures are definitely at the bottom among the same-level troops. While they have strong physical resistance, they naturally pay a corresponding price for it.
As the battle continued, most of the ghosts were attracted by the illusion, and then killed by magic units and ranged troops. The rest were intercepted in front of the melee troops. They seemed to have no idea how to use their advantage of flying at low altitude. Nar no longer needed to command the priests, but went to support Alduin.
Although they had fought side by side for quite some time, she knew that the other party had thick skin and could recover quickly without treatment even if he got injured occasionally. But as a friend, it was natural for them to fight side by side.
Noticing her movements, the ghosts and bats in front of them had indeed lost their threat, and all that was left was the cleanup work. Levi thought about it and followed her.
Then he discovered another characteristic of Alduin, which was his extremely strong self-healing ability.
It was obvious that when he was fighting with the descendant of the evil dragon, both sides had scales flying and flesh was bloody, but it wouldn't take long for his wounds to heal themselves.
Since the two sides are currently in a temporary team state, he can also see the green numbers floating above the opponent's head from time to time, representing treatment and recovery numbers.
Although the amount is not too high, basically only 3 points each time, but the frequency is quite high, and when accumulated, it is quite exaggerated.
But the fighting power of the evil dragon's descendant was indeed strong, and almost every attack could cause sixty to seventy points of damage to Alduin.
You have to know that in addition to heavy armor, Alduin now also has a layer of dragon scales and many auxiliary magics on his body. You can imagine how strong his attack power is. If he hits the Silver Guards, I am afraid that one blow will seriously injure them.
If Alduin was not a paladin who could perform holy healing in addition to his own healing abilities, he would probably have found it difficult to fight the opponent for so long.
It also tried to grab Alduin more than once. For a monster with a vampire template, the purpose of this action was obvious. It wanted to restore its own health by sucking blood.
But Alduin is also a veteran of many battles, and of course he will not give the opponent this opportunity. Not only will he use the evil slash to force the opponent back in the first place, but he will also seize the opportunity to inflict new wounds on the opponent.
Moreover, no one knew what the vampires had done to this descendant of the evil dragon, or whether it was just born to be so stubborn. Even though the attack had failed for a long time, it had no intention of changing its target, which made the other troops seem much safer.
So according to Levi, even if they didn't help, it would only be a matter of time for Alduin to defeat the opponent.
After getting their help, Alduin became even more powerful, and he quickly killed the opponent with shield strikes and sword slashes.
As the enemy's bodies fell, Levi also received a system prompt saying that they had won a great victory. It seemed that the system also believed that the enemy was not particularly weak. In addition, they did not suffer any casualties, so they were worthy of reward.
Before Levi could check the specific properties of the ghost and the big bat, he heard Alduin roaring to the sky. His body swelled even more, and raging lightning could be vaguely seen between his ferocious mouth. It was obvious that he had awakened the lightning ability unique to the bronze dragonborns, and he became stronger because of it.
Na, who was more familiar with him, was immediately delighted: "Auduin, you have upgraded?"
"Yeah, Nar, I'm level 10."
Having said that, when Alduin turned around, no one could see any expression on his face, except for anger, there was also a hint of worry.
Without waiting for them to ask, Alduin sighed and spoke up, "I don't know what the evil dragon spawn did to those vampires. I can sense that it seems to have some restraint and great hatred towards dragon descendants like me and real dragons. They may be planning some conspiracy against the dragon clan."
Nar remained silent. There was too little information now, and even she didn't know how to respond.
But Levi next to him suddenly realized, that's why, no wonder the other party was fighting only with Alduin and didn't even look at other people. It is very likely that the vampires added some special magic when making it.
Then he smiled and said, "Don't worry too much, Alduin. The vampires do have a conspiracy, but their target may not be you metal dragons."
Seeing Levi's confident look, Oduin suddenly became alert: "Levi, do you know something?"
Levi deliberately pretended to be embarrassed: "I do know, but this matter also concerns Princess Belinda and others in Black Castle. I need to keep it a secret."
If it was just Alduin, then it wouldn't really matter. Although they had only been together for less than half a day, he had already roughly figured out the other person's character. But Nar had n't really expressed her feelings yet, so Levi naturally couldn't tell him about the old black dragon easily.
Nar seemed to have noticed this, so she planned to talk to Alduin first, but Alduin couldn't wait and said, "No matter what the secret is, I will keep it secret. Please tell me. I am willing to pay the price and swear in the name of my god Bahamut!"
Na immediately sighed, knowing that her friend was completely hopeless.
Swearing by the god he believed in was the strictest oath in the world. If he was a paladin, it would be even more impossible for him to break it.
But with the wisdom shown by Levi, once he tells Alduin the secret, can he really pay enough?
She didn't want to suffer the same fate, so before Levi could speak, she hurriedly said, "Levi, you two can talk first. I'm going to check the bodies of those bats. I feel something is strange."
Levi was also a little surprised by Nar's sharpness, but he just smiled and didn't take it seriously.
Unless you don't want Alduin as a friend, where can you go once you can fool him?
