About half a quarter of an hour later, Levi received these special drow elves in the meeting hall.
As for the dwarf Hans, he was temporarily sent away to wander around the village with Stump, so that his hot temper would not affect the subsequent talks.
In addition to Donna, Elegy, a new hero named Rowan who will be responsible for defending the city, Cindy and other trusted subordinates, Alduin and Nar were also allowed to participate, because they might need to deal with each other in the future.
Soon, under the vigilant gazes of many celestial creatures, a small group of elegant female drow elves stepped in.
Unlike the high elves, they generally have red eyes, black skin and long silver hair, and they dress very coolly with most of their skin exposed. At first glance, they are a type of soldier that emphasizes agility.
And when they looked at the high elves including Levi, there was no hatred in their eyes that ordinary drow would have, but instead they were full of excitement and enthusiasm.
Levi stood up with a smile: "Welcome, the darlings of the Dark Girl."
The Dark Maiden Eilistraee, also known as the Silver-Haired Lady or the Dancing Lady, is the only one of the good gods among the drow gods. She is also the daughter of the current High Elves' God-King Corellon and Spider Queen Lolth, and the sister of the Moonbow Goddess.
It is said that during the rebellion launched by the Spider Queen Lolth, the Dark Maiden was influenced by Lolth's tricks and her arrows almost killed Corellon. Although she was forgiven by Corellon and other elven gods after the rebellion was quelled, she did not forgive herself and voluntarily went into exile with Lolth and others.
But she is still an ally of the elven gods, and she is determined to guide all drow elves back onto the right path, committed to promoting harmonious relations between the drow and the surface races, so that they can one day gain the right to survive on the surface world in a fair and just manner, and later gradually expand to welcome people of all races to live happily and freely.
This earned her the friendship of many kind and lawful human goddesses, nature goddesses, and even dwarf gods.
At the same time, as the only heretic among the drow gods and one of the few kind gods in the Underdark, she was naturally hated by other evil gods .
Not to mention the gods of the drow elves, gods of many other races, such as beholders, mind flayers, bottom-dwelling devils, kuo-toa, troglodytes, etc., all hold hostility and even hatred towards her.
Although some of these gods, like the previous gnoll god Yeenoghu, claim to be gods, they may actually be demon lords or even ancient evil creatures, rather than orthodox gods who are deified by the power of faith.
Or there is also the God of War Lizardmen - Laogz. This demigod is as stupid as a beast, who only knows how to eat to make up the numbers, but their overall strength is still extremely powerful. Even though they have many enemies and each has their own enemies, it still brings her a lot of pressure.
So it is only natural that she and her followers would actively seek out possible allies.
Especially since Levi had just killed a lot of Lizardmen, and he was also a member of the High Elves, it was completely understandable that they acted so quickly.
The leader, a woman dressed as a priest holding a war hammer and a shield, was slightly stunned, then became more excited: "Welcome, my former comrades."
Levi burst out laughing. When he said welcome, he meant welcoming the other party to the Glory of Blood, but the welcome the other party was talking about was welcoming them to the Underdark. Now things are getting more and more interesting.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Levi also knew the other party's general purpose. The other party was named Pamela, and she was from a large organization called Moon Singers. In fact, almost all of Eilistraee's priests, priests, and crusaders were members of this organization.
The purpose, as Levi expected, was to form an alliance to jointly fight against the many evil forces in the Underdark, including but not limited to other evil drow elves and so on.
Levi would naturally not refuse such an ally. In fact, if he wanted to participate in the next battle against Dracula and the black dragon Blake, the evil drow elves under the Spider Queen Rose would definitely be one of the powerful enemies that he could not avoid.
Although the drow elves are also against the old black dragon, it is not realistic to expect that both sides will suffer losses and then be picked off by their side. The drow elves can become the overlords of the Underdark not only by relying on their strength, but also because of their cunning.
Even if it was the order of Spider Queen Rose, they would not help Dracula at the cost of serious harm to themselves, not to mention that the selfish Rose would not necessarily give such a stupid order.
Now that the Moon Singer has taken the initiative to contact Levi, it will be easier for them to deal with those evil forces next time.
While the two sides were exchanging information and negotiating, Donna, Elegy and Cindy, as well as Janet and Luna, were watching and listening attentively.
By now, they all know that Levi intends to train them so that each of them can eventually stand on their own. They will naturally not let Levi down, and they will also seize every opportunity to enrich their knowledge and strength.
Alduin next to him was also listening with great interest. Although he had many dealings with the war lizards, he was not very clear about the other enemies in the Underdark. Now he had gained more knowledge.
Nar's expression kept changing. The members of the Harpers were distributed over a very wide area, including humans, elves, dwarves, halflings, etc. They could be found in almost all areas where intelligent races were active.
However, the Underdark has always been a blank, because no matter how much ordinary people disguise themselves, it is impossible for them to perfectly integrate here. But if they can cooperate with the Moon Singers, can this situation be changed?
But she certainly understood etiquette and priorities, so even though she had a lot of thoughts in her mind, she just watched quietly. Moreover, she also needed to confirm with the harpist, as she could not make the decision on such a big matter.
Unfortunately, after a brief exchange of relevant information and communication of some details, Levi learned with some regret that even if they cooperated in depth in the future, it would be almost impossible for the Moon Singers to send any decent reinforcements, and they might even need Levi to help them in return.
Because under the joint suppression of many evil gods, Eilistraee's believers have already suffered heavy casualties, and now the Moon Singer has become riddled with holes.
In the Underdark, most of them can only hide in city ruins or hidden caves to avoid attacks from other enemies.
It’s not that they don’t have the ability to capture any village, but once they do so, they may immediately attract encirclement and suppression from hostile forces, which will be detrimental to their actions.
It is precisely because they are in such a dire situation that these survivors will try to seize every opportunity that may change the situation, such as visiting Levi this time.
But Pamela also said they can help in two ways.
First of all, they can provide a special magic job transfer, that is, the exclusive priest of Eilistraee - Sword Dancer. As long as their camp is good, their gender is female, and they are willing to believe in the dark girl Eilistraee, even if they are not dark elves, they can also make this special job transfer if they meet the conditions.
But Levi just listened to it. Not to mention that apart from the druid, he currently had no suitable magic subordinates who could change their jobs. Even if he really had to choose to believe in gods, he would give priority to Moon Bow and Lilith, who he was more familiar with.
Pamela is nominally providing help, but isn't she actually recruiting loyal and powerful believers for her goddess in disguise?
Pamela was not surprised at all to see that Levi was not interested, nor was she discouraged. As special drow elves, they would always suffer one treatment or another when they preached in the Underdark.
People like Levi are still good. Their fellow tribesmen who are driven by evil will shout and kill as soon as they meet. They have long been tempered.
Then she said that if they did not meet the requirements temporarily, they could also keep a few high-level sword dancers as martial arts teachers to publicly teach their usual sword skills.
If necessary, they can also teach some tips on survival in the Underdark. They are level 5 elites and can teach a lot.
Levi could accept this. It was always good to learn more skills. Since he was named Sword Dancer and was the exclusive priest of the goddess, he would not only be taught the basic longsword specialization, right? That would be too embarrassing for the Moon Singer.
Secondly, because they need to avoid enemy tracking and attacks all year round, and they also yearn to return to the surface world to survive, so they have done a lot of detailed investigations and are very familiar with many exits leading to the surface world.
There may not be many paths suitable for large numbers of troops to enter and exit, and most of them are occupied by other forces, but they are still very confident if it is a small path that can accommodate several people.
Levi felt that this was very useful. Apart from anything else, if he could find the exit leading directly to Silent Manor or Bitao Village, then it would be truly foolproof for him.
As for the last part, they scouted a lot of terrain in the process of hiding, escaping and counterattacking. Therefore, in addition to providing detailed maps of the Underdark, they also know the locations of many resource points and even God-given buildings.
But she couldn't guarantee whether she could successfully capture and occupy them, because most of them were owned by others.
The Underdark is said to be vast and boundless, even wider than the surface world, but after so many years, the places within it that are more suitable for intelligent races to live in, as well as these valuable things, have already been occupied.
Despite this, Levi was already very satisfied. No matter whether those exits or resource points had owners now or not, as long as the original owners were killed, they would naturally become theirs.
He may not be able to challenge those who are strong at the moment, but can he easily deal with weaklings like the Grimmbarbarians and the Sons of Darkness?
But he was afraid that he didn't have enough energy for the time being, and he was not confident in handing it over to Thousand Thief or Stump. Alduin and Nar were obviously not suitable for this job, so after thinking it over, the most suitable person was the Sun Knight?
His ability, prestige and wisdom are all sufficient for this job, but he is still thinking about proving himself to the high elves by defeating the greenskins, and I don't know if he is willing to come.
But that is a matter for the future. Now the Sun Knight has arrived near the Beastmaster Castle and has had several conflicts with the greenskins. After I finish dealing with things here, I will go and ask in person.
In addition, Pamela said that they could also conduct some simple transactions, such as the information he needed, some herbs, minerals or beast claws unique to the Underdark, or the special potions they used for hair dyeing, etc.
At first, Levi thought that these drow elves were born with better hair quality, unlike the dry, broken gray or light yellow hair of ordinary drow elves. Unexpectedly, they used some potions made from special leaves and berries to dye their hair.
This couldn't help but arouse his interest. This special potion did not contain any magic. If he could find other similar potions that could dye the skin black, and then find a way to conceal the eye color and change the equipment, then could a high elf like himself disguise himself as a drow elf and do something in the next battle?
However, considering the character of the drow elves, Levi felt that it would be very difficult to implement this matter.
The drow elves, who grew up in killing and conspiracy, can kill even their own family members at will. With just this disguise, I'm afraid they can't even get close to the enemy.
If it could work, the indigenous people would have tried it long ago, so why would it be his turn?
But this hair dye should have good sales. If nothing else, he can sell it to other God-chosen heroes. This thing has no usage requirements and anyone can use it, or even give it to his pet.
After confirming some details, Levi was very satisfied to see that the reputation level had been directly turned into a friendly one in one step.
If one wants to develop in the Underdark for a long time, such local tyrants are indispensable. Coupled with the dwarves and one's own guild members, things are becoming more and more stable.
So when he was happy, he gave the other party some magic scrolls. The things were not valuable, but they also represented his thoughts.
Pamela was immediately happier. She had originally thought that the God-chosen hero would be difficult to approach, but now it seemed that he was much friendlier than an ordinary elf.
Then, as if she remembered something, her face suddenly became much more serious. "We have another important piece of information. Yesterday, some members felt a violent and bloody aura in a certain lizard tribe in the northwest. When they quietly arrived, the scene was littered with broken limbs and arms. There were no survivors in the entire tribe."
Levi suddenly became energetic, violent and bloody? Could this be related to the crazy, dreaded demigod of the bugbears?
No wonder the high elves have never found any trace of the other party. Did they also run to the Underdark?
"Are there any other clues? Or do you have any suspects?"
Pamela frowned and nodded, then shook her head. "This isn't the first time this has happened. The demigod worshipped by the troglodytes, Laogzde, only knows how to kill and devour. It doesn't discriminate between troglodytes, so almost every time it's summoned, it devours the entire troglodyte tribe."
"But this time is different from the past. We did not find any energy aura unique to Laogzde at the scene. We only know that the perpetrator is extremely powerful, probably more powerful than an ordinary legend."
"Is that so? Thanks for the reminder, we will be more careful."
Looking at Levi's undisguised excitement, Pamela was surprised and knew that there must be something hidden. But since Levi didn't say anything now, she certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to ask. Although the meeting between the two parties today went very smoothly and they both had many common interests, they were not yet that familiar.
But there is no need to rush. They have been investigating the matter. Once they have specific clues, they will discuss it with Levi.
After leaving behind three level 5 elite sword dancers, Pamela quickly said goodbye and left. Levi asked the hero Rowan to arrange accommodation for them and also introduce them to other beings in the village, especially the celestial creatures.
These girls who believe in Eilistraee are all on the good side. Don't let them get into unnecessary conflicts due to misunderstandings.
And excluding Alduin and Nar, Rowan is the nominal boss of Blood and Glory.
Even if he doesn't expect him to accomplish any great deeds after he leaves, he should at least show his face more often so that everyone in the village knows who he is.
Otherwise, if we encounter foreign invasion and our own people don’t know who is the boss, it would be funny.
Donna and the others dispersed, preparing to take a short break before launching their next attack to prepare for the dwarves to take over the village.
Alduin also expressed excitedly that he wanted to find an opportunity to exchange skills with those sword dancers, and then without waiting for Levi to respond, he ran out excitedly.
Levi's eyes suddenly became a little weird. He just discovered that when he was communicating with Pamela, Alduin's eyes were always on those sword dancers. It didn't seem like he was only interested in their sword skills.
Although the skin of the drow elves is a bit dark, they are still elves after all, with beautiful faces and figures. In addition, they wear relatively cool clothes. Although Alduin is a bronze dragonborn, he is still a man, or a male, after all, so it is inevitable that he will have some thoughts...
You have to know that whether it is Dragonborn or Drow, their private lives are very chaotic.
In addition to being greedy for money, the biggest characteristic of dragons is lust. Almost anyone who can survive may be their target, and there seems to be no reproductive isolation. Therefore, there are many subspecies of dragons, and dragonborn must have inherited this characteristic of theirs.
The drow elves fought among themselves every day in the city, and no one knew how many of them had killed each other, but their population and power had increased instead of decreased, and it was obvious that their reproductive capacity was not low.
These sword dancers who believe in Eilistraee are not much better. During rituals, they even run naked in the dark. It is said that they learned this from their goddess.
So if something happened between them, Levi would not be surprised at all, and he did not intend to care. If Alduin could really succeed, wouldn't he be even more determined to stay in the Underdark in the future?
And looking at Nar's calm expression, it was obvious that she had expected this.
So she didn't mention Alduin at all, but just said that she wanted to try to get the Harpers and the Moon Singer to work together, and out of courtesy, she wanted to ask Levi's opinion, after all, the Moon Singer had originally come to him.
Levi would certainly not have any objection. Their cooperation would not have any impact on him. Maybe it could even indirectly promote the relationship between him and the Moon Singer.
Nar was also happy when she heard this. It would be great if Levi didn't mind.
At the beginning, she thought Levi was just an excellent, God-chosen hero with great potential, but the more she got to know him, the higher her opinion of Levi became.
It was not until today, when a dozen God-chosen heroes came with thousands of troops to support him and obeyed his orders, that she finally realized that Levi's potential was much greater than she had expected.
After a short rest, Levi, his subordinates and the dwarves launched an attack on the small village occupied by the Sons of Darkness.
Because the dwarves moved slowly, when they arrived, the enemy had already been waiting for a long time and did not give them a chance to launch a surprise attack.
But it doesn’t really matter. Levi directly ordered the long-range troops to attack the enemy with rain of arrows and magic.
Stump was not to be outdone. Two helicopters began spraying high-temperature steam downwards, and the dwarves' specially made heavy crossbows and muskets also opened fire.
The dwarf Hans' special rune magic was once again used. He seemed to want to show his strength to Levi, so he began to demonstrate the several types of rune magic he knew one by one.
In addition to the Forge Fire that he can bestow upon his allies, he can also cast the Destruction Rune, which enhances his armor-piercing attacks, the Speed ​​Rune, which increases his speed, and the Rage and Destruction Rune, which causes the earth to crack and spew forth flames.
And probably thanks to his magic furnace and his own strength, all of his enhancement magic can be released to multiple friendly forces at the same time, which makes him much stronger than ordinary wizards.
This series of moves really opened Levi's eyes. Runes can buff friendly forces in a large area, which must save a lot of magic.
Although the killing efficiency of that kind of helicopter is very low, if it only relies on steam, it may not be able to break through the defense of demons with higher fire resistance, but their defense is really high, and it seems to attract the enemy's attention.
Even though many of the Sons of Darkness did not have long-range weapons, they leaped and tried to fight back with the daggers and knives in their hands.
If a certain number of them were gathered, they would be extremely effective in executing fishing tactics.
Of course, every advantage has its disadvantages. In addition to the small number of types, all of his rune magic has a long cooling time, and it cannot be released unless the magic points are sufficient. If he only uses them to fight the mage head-on, he will undoubtedly be abused from beginning to end.
As if he was afraid that Levi would look down on him, after doing all this, Hans specially explained to Levi that it was actually because he was not strong enough that he could only use these few methods.
In fact, powerful rune blacksmiths can use more different moves, and they can create more types of runes. In addition to attack, defense, enhancement, etc., there are many more runes with incredible power.
Of course Levi would not look at the other person because of this, because he knew the truth of what the other person said. Apart from anything else, he now had a luck rune on his body that could increase his luck by +1. This thing alone was enough for him to pay attention to.
Although Hans' rune magic was not perfect enough, it was enough to deal with the enemies in this small village. Under their joint attack, even though they had been prepared in advance, these dark sons who were wearing black coats and roughly human-like still suffered heavy losses and had no choice but to take the initiative to attack.
There is nothing much to say about the next process. All the enemies are squishy like thieves and assassins. Occasionally there are a few who can shoot throwing knives, but their range is not as good as that of the huntresses.
When Levi summoned a large number of holy light sub-kongs, dispelled the darkness and shadows, and forced the opponent to engage in head-on combat, their defeat was doomed.
The only thing worth noting is that some of the advanced soldiers, after being killed, their entire bodies will explode into a large ball of dark energy, which can block the vision while causing some damage to nearby enemies.
Unfortunately, this kind of attack could hardly even break through the defenses of the Silver Light Guards, so it didn't take long for Levi and his men to successfully kill all the enemies in the village and once again successfully captured the small village.
After the battle, Levi didn't even look at it, but directly signaled the dwarf Hans to go to the council hall and take over the small village. This was his first gift to the dwarves.
This time Hans finally trusted Levi completely. He laughed and gave Levi a thumbs up: "Levi, even though you are an elf, I have to admit that you do treat us as friends!"
Levi naturally smiled and said, "It has always been my wish to make friends with dwarves."
The High Elves are good in every way except for two things: one is gunpowder weapons, and the other is war machines such as catapults and cannons.
The natives don't care about this because they have extremely powerful magic and various war beasts such as dragons and phoenixes. But for the chosen heroes, they are not as powerful as the natives for the time being, so these two aspects are their shortcomings.
It just so happens that dwarves are extremely good at these two points. If there are dwarves fighting side by side in the team, they will be able to make up for these two points perfectly.
Dwarf Hans laughed again, and then he took over without saying anything else.
The tree stump next to him also gestured to Levi, indicating that everything was going well.
With the complete confirmation of Hans, the rune blacksmith, the dwarves would never betray unless Levi turned around and attacked the dwarves personally.
Levi knew that what the other party said was true, because along with the other party's words just now, the system prompted that his reputation in the Helhain clan had reached the friendly level.
From now on, he can freely hire a certain number of low-level troops in the opponent's Gray Mountain. From this point of view, the dwarves are indeed very generous.
The other dwarves also began to take over the village one by one and search for any remaining enemies. Then within two minutes, Hans also walked out of the meeting hall, spitting and cursing the poor guy as he walked.
Levi immediately laughed. Although the Sons of Darkness have human form, they are essentially magical creatures from the shadow plane. They may not even need food, let alone gold coins.
In addition, the village itself is relatively small, so their warehouses probably contain at most some wood, stone and other materials, as well as some trophies from the unfortunate creatures they had killed.
So just now he had no hesitation in giving up the village, he knew it would be like this.
Hans cursed, but when he looked at Levi, his face instantly turned into a smile. After thanking Levi again, Hans also took out a few small gadgets: "Levi, I found these in the warehouse, maybe they can be of some use to you as a mage?"
Levi took it and took a look. It turned out that although Hans was not a wizard, he had a good vision. They were indeed of some use to him. These sons of darkness were not completely poor as Hans had just said.
A small bag is a space-type prop, filled with dark element crystals, including micro, small and medium-sized ones. The total value is at least 80 gold coins if not 100 gold coins. It can be said that this kind alone has far exceeded Levi's expectations.
He didn't believe that the dwarves, who were almost born with the ability to mine, would not be unaware of their value. Hans did not choose to keep them secretly, but instead returned the favor and gave them to him as soon as possible. No wonder so many people like to make friends with dwarves, they are really nice.
The second one is a green quality item - Dark Burst Gem, which can store 3 second-level magic - Dark Burst every day, causing a little damage to enemies around you and releasing black mist that can definitely block your vision.
In Levi's opinion, it is basically the trick used by the sons of darkness before they die. It has become a special trick for escaping here. Levi thinks it can be given to Elegy to use . Her fighting ability is indeed very strong, but there is never too much of this kind of life-saving thing.
Finally, there are two books of tier 2 magic - Dark Arrows, which summon arrows made of dark power to attack the enemy, half of which are dark and half are ice.
It wasn't of much use, except that it could slightly expand Levi's magic column, so he just learned it.
After receiving the things, Levi naturally expressed his gratitude to Hans. This is the loyalty of the dwarves. If it were any other race, even if they could give out some spoils, they would definitely not be so generous.
Hans naturally laughed again, saying that they, the dwarves, would never let their friends down, so both sides were very satisfied for a moment.
Then Hans got busy. The defense facilities of this village were too simple. He had to improve them as soon as possible before more reinforcements arrived, and demolish the crappy buildings for recruiting the Sons of Darkness to avoid affecting everyone's morale.
Seeing that Hans was so opinionated, Levi didn't waste any words. Now he felt that everything was almost arranged, and all that was left was to wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Seeing that everything was going well, Tree Stump was also very happy: "Brother Levi, don't worry, leave this to me. I will definitely help you guard the village. But when will you come back? If there is a chance, I also want to go with you to fight the greenskins."
Levi pondered for a moment, he couldn't really say the exact time, because the war against the greenskins was not something he could decide. His strength was unrivaled among the chosen heroes of God, but he was still a little weak for the Red Cloud Tribe.
According to his previous plan, he also needs to see how the elven gods communicate with the big crocodile Sobek.
If Sobek could really switch jobs, or was willing to send out a large number of crocodile-type troops to capture Swineherd Town, then the High Elves would be able to almost easily defeat the Greenskins who were in the midst of internal and external turmoil.
But if Sobek refused to cooperate, with a large piece of rotten land like Swineherd's Town blocking the way, it would be difficult for the High Elves to advance smoothly from this direction.
At that time, they might only be able to defend near the Beastmaster Castle, and then try to advance to the Broken Bay by sea to stab the enemy in the back.
But in that case, it might take a long time due to many factors such as logistics and supplies.
But no matter what, the day of the arrival of the legendary wizard Teclis is getting closer and closer, and he will definitely join the battle against the old black dragon when the other party arrives.
"A week at most, but why do you want to fight the greenskins? You won't get any merit from that, right?"
The reason why everyone is so keen on attacking the greenskins is that experience points are partly gained, and the captured villages can be claimed by them as part of it, but merit is definitely an indispensable part as well. After all, that thing is too versatile.
Tree Stump chuckled and said, "I accepted a recruitment mission. The other party asked me to kill a specified class and number of greenskins or ogres. Recently, the greenskins have stopped harassing us, so I can only take the initiative to attack."
Somewhat similar to the dwarves, the greenskins originally also had the ability to fight in the Underdark, but they did not take it so seriously. They were more focused on fighting elves, ogres and the like in the surface world.
Recently, due to attacks from many forces including demons , they have been unable to maintain multiple fronts at the same time. After the last stronghold in the Underdark was ambushed by the ratmen a few days ago, they have not sent out new troops, which forced Stump to take the initiative.
Levi nodded. This was not a problem. Although the high elves did not like the dwarves, if Shudun brought his own dry food, did not ask for anything in return, and only wanted to fight the greenskins, the natives would certainly not refuse.
He wanted to say something else, but suddenly his heart moved. He received news from Inspector Yakong. Unfortunately, this time it was not entirely good news.
The reinforcements he expected had arrived, and their number was greater than originally expected, but they were attacked by some hostile forces along the way.
The opponents were some dark God-chosen heroes, about a dozen in total. Their races included but were not limited to drow, gray dwarves, troggs, harpies, etc. It seemed that they might belong to the same guild.
But they currently don't have any specific information in this regard, because neither Lucia nor Pamela have the habit of collecting information about the chosen heroes.
Levi snorted and said, "Let's talk about this later. My reinforcements have been attacked. I will go and deal with them first."
The stump immediately became excited: "Then I'll go too!"
Levi smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, the enemy is not strong enough to require our entire army to go out, you should continue to protect the village."
Those guys had a good timing for their sneak attack, but they made a fatal mistake, which was choosing the wrong target!