Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 259 Zehir and the Heavenly Dragon Guards
Everything went very smoothly afterwards. No enemies came to block their way. Even if there were some monsters, they fled after seeing such a large-scale army.
After Levi returned to Blood and Glory, settled them down, and assigned their respective tasks, everything was on track.
Levi did not take all the reinforcements away . Yu Yong still belonged to Zhou Miyin. There was nothing to say about this. Then he just supplemented the elves' troops. In this way, the overall size of his troops had exceeded 500 people.
As for the Bee People, the Red Brotherhood and the like, he stayed in the village.
However, he took away two of the Moon Singer Sword Dancers. They could join the army and teach sword skills and other knowledge about the Underdark.
Moreover, Levi felt that if he wanted to contact the Moon Singer and Pamela as soon as possible when needed, it would be better to take them with him.
After instructing Nar and Alduin on some details and asking Qianthief and Stump to help look after the situation, he led his troops to try to return to the surface world from another direction.
After killing the Lizardmen tribe, Nar did not seal the passage, because the threat never came from the passage, but from the Lizardmen, so now Levi and his team can still use it as usual.
On the way, Cindy also gave him the good news. After hard work, she became more and more proficient in the field of strength. She mastered the new magic of Bull's Brute Force.
Levi was also very happy. Among the low- and medium-level magics, this magic has almost unmatched ability to assist warriors. 4 points of strength is not a small number.
And it can be expected that as Cindy continues to learn, even if she cannot become a hero unit for the time being, she can at least learn 3 new skills. He is really looking forward to it.
As they moved forward and passed by the abandoned cave of the War Lizardmen, Inspector Yakong unexpectedly discovered that there were signs of activities of other creatures there.
Levi didn't care too much at first, thinking that some wild monsters had occupied the place, but soon he felt something was wrong, because the newcomers were not wild monsters, but some snake people!
As soon as Levi saw their ugly appearance, which looked like giant pythons with limbs, he immediately confirmed that they must be the guys who had appeared in the Blood-Boiling Beasts Army before, the snake people from the heart of Horris.
After all, it is related to snakes, and it is relatively rare to see one that is this ugly. There are many beautiful women like Medusa and the six-armed snake demon, and their upper bodies may even be better than those of ordinary human women. Only snake people can be so ugly.
Levi also immediately understood why no trace of them had ever been found before, but they suddenly appeared on the battlefield later.
The Heart of Horus is on the surface world, very far away from here, and overseas voyages require a long detour, but if you pass through the Underdark, it is completely understandable that they appear here.
But Levi was still a little confused. Why did these guys come all the way here?
But no matter what, it's always a good idea to kill these guys first when you see them.
He immediately began to prepare for war. Since Zhou Miyin and others had been deep into this nest before, they had a rough idea of the area inside. Even if it was now full of snakemen, their number and strength were still limited, and they would definitely not be their opponents, so Levi directly ordered the troops to launch a general attack.
As the arrows rained down, even though the snake people's scales naturally had a certain resistance to such attacks, with such a huge gap in strength, they were still harvested in large numbers like wheat in a field.
However, these snake people were still very brave. Even if they were attacked, they did not panic like the goblins. Instead, they roared and launched counterattacks.
And their number is not small. As they roar, new snake people begin to emerge from the caves and join the battlefield.
At this time, Levi also noticed that unlike the ordinary snakemen warriors and snakemen warriors they had killed before, the troops of this group of snakemen were more diverse.
There are snake-maniacs wielding giant swords, snake-man pioneers who are fast and can charge, snake-man assassins with thin stature, snake-man sharp-eyed people wielding longbows, and even more than one magic profession among them.
The snake-man curser can use magic to poison the weapons of friendly forces, which is an alternative version of enchanted weapons. He can also throw small venom balls as an aid.
Snake-man sorcerers place more emphasis on aggressiveness. Their venom may not seem very powerful at first glance, but their advantage is that the duration and effect can be stacked. Once stacked to the highest 5 layers, more than 10 health points will be lost per second.
Even a heroic unit like Elegy, which is known for its longevity, can't hold out for too long, let alone the other subordinates.
But fortunately, Levi was well prepared. He had already reminded Donna, Janet and others in advance, so the rain of arrows came almost as soon as the other party appeared, leaving them no chance to perform.
Even if some subordinates were unfortunately poisoned occasionally, the priests would perform purification immediately, so everything went smoothly. Although the corpses of the snake people increased, the threat they posed to Levi and his men was always minimal.
But Levi was not completely relieved, because he had already seen that snake people of this size were most likely a tribe that migrated from other places. Even if there were no heroic units among them, there would definitely be a few elites.
As if to prove his guess, soon accompanied by a roar, two guys who were much larger than the other snakemen crawled out from the depths of the cave.
One of them is an enlarged version of the snake man holding a staff, and the other one has a completely different body shape from the snake man. It is much more sturdy and ferocious.
It is covered with black scales, holding a giant trident, and has several umbrella-like objects growing around its neck. It is a Tier 4 soldier - the Naga Thug.
However, the Nagas who travel with the snake people are either bewitched and corrupted, or they are some heretics with dark attributes.
Because the snake-people's gods and the Naga goddesses are in a state of long-term hostility, the relationship between them is similar to that between the dwarves and the greenskins. It is not serious enough to require them to deliberately seek out each other and go to war, but once they encounter each other in the wild, basically only one side can survive.
When Levi saw that they were shining with several kinds of magical light, he knew that they must have been prepared for battle before they came out.
"Shield of Zehir!"
Following the shout, the giant elite snakeman also waved his staff vigorously, twisting his body as if dancing. Then, with a wave of the staff, a green, thin energy that seemed to have a fishy smell enveloped the snakemen in the front row.
It was almost visible to the naked eye that the damage caused to them by the Silver Guards and archers was reduced a little bit, really just a little bit, and it might have increased their defense by two or three points.
But after doing all this, the elite snake man seemed extremely happy, as if it had been encouraged by something. Then it cast magic again, as if it wanted to launch a counterattack.
Since the other party has intelligence, there is a possibility of communication. Levi waved at Donna, signaling her not to kill the other party directly. He wanted to try to obtain some information.
"Hey, you snake people over there, where did you migrate from? How dare you run wild in our territory?"
As soon as he said this, even the cold-blooded snake people were furious.
I finally found an abandoned cave with a good geographical location. Just when I was about to settle down, I was attacked by you. Now I am the one who is running wild?
"Damned elves, you are the ones declaring war on us snakemen. May Zehir's poison corrode your body!"
Shouting and cursing like this, the elite snake man waved his staff and threw out a green energy sphere with a diameter of more than half a meter. It suddenly exploded in the position of the silver light guards and dyed their bodies with the same color.
But Levi didn't even look at them. With so many priests and druids there, their lives would not be in any danger at all.
He just quickly searched for the name Zehir in his mind, especially the gods related to snakes, snake people, etc., but in the end he found nothing.
So he tried, "Oh? Zehir? But I've never heard of this name."
The elite snakeman was immediately furious: "How dare you, pagan, call out the name of my god!"
Then it pointed at Levi viciously: "Look, this is the power given by my God, the Distortion of Zehir!"
No energy flew out, but Levi felt as if his spirit was gently touched. Then a system prompt popped up, saying that the other party had launched some kind of mental or spiritual attack , but because of the difference in intelligence and level between the two sides, it failed to cause any harm to him.
But despite this, Levi has already been able to confirm that the Zehir the other party was talking about is most likely a real god, because the key word is divine arts, not magic.
Usually only true gods can grant divine arts to their loyal believers. Even if this divine art is very weak in the hands of the opponent, it is still a divine art after all.
Seeing that Levi didn't seem to be affected at all, the elite snake man was stunned: "Why you... No, my god is invincible!"
Roaring like this, the elite snake man once again released large amounts of venom and protective magic. Although the effect was minimal, it was clear that it was indeed trying.
At this time, the Dark Naga thug also roared and rushed towards the melee troops, but unfortunately, it chose the wrong target.
Although its body was huge and full of muscles, and it looked very powerful, it still could not easily shake Zhou Miyin who was well prepared. Once the skill of holding on was activated, it could not repel him at all.
Cindy, who was standing next to him, used the Giant Transformation Technique and Bull's Brute Force on Zhou Miyin, and now it was Zhou Miyin who was beating the opponent up.
Although his advancement speed is not as fast as Cindy's, participating in battles so frequently has also honed his combat skills and experience. To some extent, this is no worse than 1 or 2 points of attributes.
Levi tried several times to continue to obtain information from the elite snake man, but the other party only talked about its Zexier over and over again, and didn't say anything else valuable, so he could only wave his hand and signal Donna that she could kill the other party.
He is not sure what this name means for the time being, but he can hand over the information to Michaela, the Moonbow Temple, etc.
However, is there any connection between the Snake Cult and the Snake People? Could these Snake People be bewitched by the old black dragon from the heart of Horus?
But after thinking about it, Levi felt that it was unlikely.
Not to mention that the old black dragon has not yet been officially deified, so it is almost impossible for him to have the ability to grant the snake people divine powers. The members of the Snake Cult under him seem to be unable to obtain any useful abilities from him except for gold coins and poison.
More importantly, the snake people in the heart of Horus actually have their own gods, that is the snake god Mershok, who has many arrogant titles such as "Universe Serpent", "Great Serpent" and "Hissing Teeth".
Although snake people generally have low intelligence, and therefore the power of faith they can contribute is far inferior to that of humans, and many snake kingdoms frequently fight each other, resulting in a small number of snakes.
However, this snake god still almost monopolizes the faith of all snake people in the heartland of Horus, and is a god of medium power.
With the abilities and wisdom that the old black dragon has currently demonstrated, does it really have the courage to compete with the other party for faith?
The difficulty of this is completely different from corrupting some human nobles and then secretly developing a sect.
Therefore, the biggest possibility is that this Zehir is probably a vest of a certain god, deliberately fabricated in order to compete for faith.
This has happened more than once or twice in history. The faith that can be provided by the many intelligent creatures in the main world is of vital importance to the vast majority of gods. In order to gain more power of faith and more believers, various conflicts and struggles are inevitable.
But sometimes the opponent is too powerful. In order to avoid being caught on the spot, the gods will create some vests, so that even if they are really discovered by the opponent, they can directly shirk responsibility or run away before the opponent finds out.
In Li Wei's view, this is basically equivalent to: Lu Xun is secretly competing with you for believers, what does this have to do with me, Zhou Shuren?
Well, if we look at it from another angle, is it possible that this snake god has changed his disguise and wants to take the initiative to attack?
After all, to the north of the heartland of Horus is the Zhendan Dynasty, where there are many lawful or kind races such as monkey people, tiger people, and panda people. They are natural enemies of the chaotic evil camp of snake people.
The Indian Dynasty and the island nation of Nibon, which were across the sea from each other, performed poorly when facing the Chinese Empire, but they both had a large number of people.
One of them claims to be the country of a thousand Buddhas, and the other claims to have eight million gods. They are not something that the snake people can easily mess with.
It seems that the upper limit of their development has actually been locked. It is not incomprehensible if the Serpent God changes direction and tries to advance into the Underdark.
After all, snake people don’t rely entirely on their eyes to see, and their fighting ability is hardly affected in the dark.
While she was thinking, Donna had already solved the problem with a chuckle. No matter whether it was level 4 or level 5, it made no difference in front of her arrows. It was killed instantly before it could even let out a dying wail.
Cindy and Elegy were also killing a lot in the snakemen camp, and the new night elves were working especially hard. This was their first battle after joining Levi, so naturally they had to do their best to show themselves.
Although the remaining snakes were still fighting hard, it was meaningless and only delayed their death.
The reinforcements from the deep cave were no longer as continuous as at the beginning. It could be seen that their combat troops were decreasing rapidly. If nothing unexpected happened, they would be completely defeated within a quarter of an hour.
After a quick glance around, Levi felt very satisfied to see that Zhou Miyin had quickly suppressed his opponent by relying on his control over large creatures, as well as his equipment, enhanced status and combat experience.
I don’t know if it was because he received guidance from his tribesmen when he went to Zhoujiazhai. Although there were no changes in his attributes and skills, his actual combat ability was obviously improved slightly.
Taking another look at his experience panel, Levi knew that if this battle went well and he killed a dozen or twenty more snakemen, he would be able to advance enough.
So he issued two orders, asking the shooters not to compete with him for kills, and asking the priests to take special care of him.
Zhou Miyin did not disappoint Levi's expectations and quickly succeeded in killing his opponent.
Once the two strongest members died, the remaining magic units were also wiped out. No matter how cruel and warlike the snakemen were, their morale finally showed a significant decline. Many weaker snakemen had already begun to slip away into the darkness.
Levi didn't care at all. Luna had already been on guard with the female hunters. This time, she was given so many little sisters at once. Coupled with the excellent qualities she had always shown, it was no problem for her to kill these deserters.
He simply summoned the Angels of Courage and let them act together with the Legion of Archons led by Xiaotian.
In order to kill the enemy, these guys inevitably appear too reckless, even disregarding their own safety. It is better for them to follow others.
As for himself, he did not use large-scale magic. The strength of these snake people was still a bit low. He no longer valued their experience points, so he decided to provide them to his subordinates.
However, despite not using their full strength, the snake people on the front battlefield were completely defeated in less than half a quarter of an hour.
The remaining snakemen either hid in the darkness and tried to slip away, and were then surrounded and killed by Luna and the huntresses, or they retreated back into the cave.
Levi sighed softly. Really, he had to waste his time here. Wouldn’t it be better for him to just wait and die?
After thinking about it, he summoned several fire elements and asked them to cooperate with Zhou Miyin and the celestial creatures to enter the cave again, encircle and eliminate the remaining snake people, and pay attention to all information about Zexier.
Elemental creatures are not afraid of ordinary venoms, and can also provide lighting for Zhou Miyin and others, which is just right for this situation.
Fortunately, the remaining people in the cave were probably the old, weak and sick, so he didn't have to wait too long this time. After Luna reported that all the snake people who tried to escape were successfully killed, Zhou Miyin and others ran out again with excitement on their faces within a few minutes.
Levi also received the battle evaluation indicating the complete end of the battle, as well as the expected news that Zhou Miyin was about to advance.
Zhou Miyin also knew this at the first moment, and the smile on his face suddenly became brighter.
"Sir, we found many corpses of bugbears inside, as well as some gold coins, a construction blueprint for recruiting a Tier 2 soldier - the Snake Tongue Maniac, and a manufacturing blueprint for a poisonous giant sword."
Levi raised his eyebrows immediately. He was not particularly concerned about that little gain. It was valuable, but the value was really not high, not worth a few gold coins.
What he really noticed was that these snakemen appeared in the blood-boiling army at the same time as the bear goblins, but in private they were actually in a competitive and hostile relationship?
Unfortunately, there is still too little intelligence at the moment, and the reasonable inferences that can be made are very limited. I can only exchange relevant information with others.
And what is happening now is no small matter.
"Zhou Miyin, you are now able to advance. What do you think this time?"
Just like last time, Zhou Miyin still has three advancement directions this time, and each has different characteristics.
If it was an ordinary subordinate, Levi would naturally help make the decision, but this time it was Zhou Miyin, he decided to give the other party the right to choose independently as usual, even though he had already seen the best option at a glance.
Branch 1, Zhendan Yulin Guard, is a special type of soldier responsible for guarding the emperor or the palace. It is a heavy armored unit that is good at attacking and has good defensive capabilities. It can use Guandao or Longqiang as weapons. It requires 2.2 gold coins.
Branch 2, Changyuan Xiaoqi, a high-level cavalry unit that uses exotic spears as weapons. It is extremely powerful when charging and its attacks have an armor-breaking effect. It requires 2 gold coins;
Branch 3, Heavenly Dragon Guards. Only the most elite warriors can get the chance to join the legions under the command of the Dragon Gods and become their loyal guards. They use halberds and shields as weapons, which requires 3.5 gold coins.
"Of course it's the Heavenly Dragon Guards!" Zhou Miyin said without hesitation.
So after a few seconds, Zhou Miyin's appearance changed drastically. There was a thick shield with a diameter of more than one foot in his left hand, and a halberd several meters long, flashing with cold light, in his right hand.
When a type of soldier advances, if the equipment they are wearing was given for free during the last advancement, that equipment will be directly replaced by the system. If they equip themselves, the system will not care and will give them a set as usual.
According to Levi's understanding, most of the gold coins spent on advancement are actually used to buy equipment.
Levi had not studied the relevant information carefully, so he was not sure whether it was an ordinary crescent halberd or the legendary Fang Tian Huaji, but this did not hinder his admiration at all. Now Zhou Miyin, with a shield in his left hand and a halberd in his right hand, did look quite heroic and handsome.
For a long time, the most imperfect thing about the Jade Warriors' Halberd Soldiers, besides their relatively slow speed, was that they had no shields. When they were attacked by long-range attacks from the enemy, they would suffer heavy casualties. But now the Heavenly Dragon Guards have made up for this perfectly.
Moreover, looking at all races, among the disclosed 0-5 level troops, how many are there that can use halberds as weapons while carrying shields?
As far as Levi knows, there are only three types of guardian lizardmen temple guards, the heavenly dragon guards of the Zhendan Dynasty, and the tomb guards of the Tomb Kings. They can be counted on one hand.
The first two are rare Tier 5 troops, and are definitely not too common . The latter is a bit lame, being only a Tier 3 troop, and a relatively weak troop among the same level.
But anyway, this can slightly reflect their rarity.
After advancing, Zhou Miyin gained two new skills, wielding a two-handed weapon - halberd and shield specialization.
Then, in addition to improvements in attributes and other aspects, his original skills were also strengthened.
His expertise in spearmanship was transformed into expertise in halberdmanship, which was effective on both spear and halberd. The effects of skills such as resisting charges, countering large forces, and penetrating armor were also enhanced.
In this way, even if we don't look at the actual combat results, just looking at the surface data, he has suddenly become much stronger than before.
Unfortunately, Levi’s happiness did not last long, as the system reminded him that Zhou Miyin’s potential had been exhausted and he could no longer advance.
It seems that he needs to prepare a heroic spirit for the opponent as soon as possible so that he can truly command Yu Yong and other melee troops!
