Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 262: The Egg-plant Demon and the Hero
Instead of attacking them immediately, these newly appeared guys turned around and started to eat the corpses of the trolls. As they ate, their bodies grew at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.
At the same time, similar sounds were heard in the village, and occasionally mixed with some greenskin roars, as if to indicate that the indigenous people in the village had not all died out.
The Sun Knight next to him also felt his scalp tingling. He asked his subordinates to form a battle array immediately and turned to look at Levi: "Levi, do you know what is going on? Is this a conspiracy of the greenskins?"
Although he didn't want to admit it, based on his past glorious achievements, if he had a choice, he would indeed prioritize consulting Levi's advice.
Levi shook his head: "I don't know either. I just know that they are probably all demons."
As he said this, he had already started to cast the ice storm. No matter what the other party was or how they appeared here, he only knew that they were not good people and it would be absolutely right to kill them all!
At this time, Xiaotian, who was flying in the air, gave the answer: "My lord, I recognize them. They are egg-planting demons, an extremely evil parasitic demon. They can lay hundreds of eggs in an hour and can lay eggs six hours after birth. They are also highly adaptable to the environment!"
Upon hearing this, Levi immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
If they were allowed to successfully leave this place, no matter which village they arrived at, I'm afraid that within a few minutes all the villagers would be killed?
If we let the snowball continue to roll, no matter whether we can kill them all in the end, the losses on our side will definitely be huge.
"Ice storm!"
After one move, Levi unexpectedly discovered that the ice magic, which was usually very effective against other demons, did not cause much damage to these newly born egg-plant demons. Although they were all injured, not a single egg-plant demon died.
"Xiaotian, what rank of troops are the egg-planting demons?"
"The lowest level is 2, and they can reach 3rd level after they reach adulthood. Elites and leaders may reach 4th level, but it is basically difficult for stronger egg-plant demons to appear."
"It's just that they have a certain resistance to the four types of magic: fire, ice, electricity, and acid. In addition, they have the ability of 'crazy attitude'. Anyone who sees them needs to undergo a skill check."
"But the most hateful thing is their ability to lay eggs!"
Xiaotian spoke at a rapid speed, spouting out all the information he knew.
After listening, Levi breathed a sigh of relief. Although these things were resistant to some of his best magic, they were not 100% perfect. Their strength was fixed and did not change according to the strength of the host. This was already a very good result.
He immediately gave orders to his subordinates: "Xiaotian, you take the Legion's sub-continents to block the battlefield. Don't let them leave this place!"
"Janet, you command the druids to attack with wind magic. Cindy, hold on to the Beacon of Courage and move freely. Everyone else listen to Donna."
"Keep yourself safe, avoid being implanted with insect eggs, kill all demons, and destroy all corpses!"
The subordinates responded one after another and immediately began to act.
Cindy was especially active, not only because of her strong strength, but also because she got a pair of crocodile leather boots from the big crocodile Sobek last time, which made it very convenient for her to move on the swamp terrain as if she were walking on flat ground even without riding a mount, and even her shoes would not be stained with any mud.
Levi and Xiao Qi took off at the same time and began to summon wind elements. Since the enemy was a flying type, it would naturally depend on them.
The Sun Knight who was not assigned a task also wanted to ask questions, but when he saw Levi had already flown up, he could only stop talking awkwardly, and then ordered his subordinates to act as meat shields in the front row.
There is no way, because his troops do not have many long-range attack methods.
Furthermore, the enemies are both spawning and fearful, as if the undead are not afraid of either of these things, and are their nemesis.
Almost at the same time as several wind elements appeared, howling and the sound of flesh exploding could be heard one after another inside the village. It was obvious that more egg-plant demons were hatched.
Just as Cindy summoned out two guardian angels, the egg-plant demons had almost finished eating, and their bodies expanded to more than one meter again. The original corpses almost turned into jagged white bones.
They turned their attention to Levi, Donna and others, and their purpose was self-evident.
But Levi didn't even look at them. He flew directly into the village with a few wind elements. No matter whether it was the greenskins' fault at the beginning or the demons' conspiracy, he now had only one goal, which was to kill all the egg-plant demons.
They came from the south, and now this direction was handed over to Donna and the others. He had to make sure that the egg-plant demon would not escape from the other three directions!
And he was almost certain that there were stronger enemies behind the Egg Demon.
Because even the most common ordinary trolls have the strength of level 3 when they reach adulthood, and stone trolls are even level 4 troops. How could it be possible that so many of them were knocked down silently by the egg-plant demons?
The griffin flew so fast that Levi arrived above the village in almost the blink of an eye, and then he saw a battle taking place inside.
One of the parties was a coalition of greenskins and trolls, and the target of the mission mentioned by the Sun Knight before, a river troll witch who was particularly fat and ugly, was also among them.
On the other side were egg-plant demons and some half-scorpion, half-human beings. The evil aura they exuded showed that even if they were not demons, they were definitely demon worshippers.
But they are slightly different from Centaurs. They look like a human being cut in half and then roughly inserted into the back of a giant scorpion.
Their lower body is a complete and huge scorpion, with a pair of huge front claws and a long tail with a black stinger at the end. Coupled with the rough battle axes, spears, machetes, etc. in their hands, they look extremely aggressive.
At this moment, four or five half-scorpion men were joining forces with dozens of more than one-meter-long, adult-looking egg-plant demons, as well as dozens or hundreds of times more newly hatched egg-plant demons, to besiege fifty or sixty greenskins and trolls.
A black orc holding a long-handled battle axe was fighting side by side with a wyvern. To be more precise, he was protecting his mount, because the wyvern was huge but not agile enough and was being besieged by dozens or even hundreds of egg-demon at the same time.
The advantages of the wyvern are its flight, sharp claws, and the ability to spit venom, etc., but defense is not its strong point. At least for now, it seems that it cannot completely ignore the attacks of the egg-plant demon.
As soon as he saw the number of egg-plant demons, Levi knew that there were probably only a few dozen survivors left in this greenskin village.
However, the greenskin leader seemed to have greatly strengthened his troops, because Levi saw with his own eyes that a big greenskin guy used an axe to chop a newly born egg-plant demon into two pieces, and the river troll's big wooden stick could directly smash them into minced meat.
The adult egg-plant demon is not much better. If it is hit once, it will be seriously injured, and if it is hit twice, it will definitely die.
Perhaps it is because of this that these greenskins have survived to this day.
The only ones who deserve vigilance are the Half-Scorpions. They are fighting with several Black Orcs. You have to know that the Black Orcs are the top-level infantry of the Greenskins, a level 5 unit. You can imagine the strength of these Half-Scorpions.
After a quick scan, Levi had already grasped the general situation at the scene, and at the same time his magic was about to be released, this time still an ice storm.
Although the Egg Demon has strong resistance to it, it is undeniable that it is indeed very effective when dealing with large-scale enemy forces.
In particular, the deceleration effect it comes with will greatly affect the opponent, making it easier for subsequent friendly forces to encircle and suppress the opponent.
What's more important is that he flew high enough, so he has not been discovered by the enemy yet. This magic will surely be able to exert even more powerful power.
But just when he was about to complete the magic, the green-skinned leader accidentally saw him and immediately shouted: "It's the pointy-eared elf!"
As soon as the words came out, the half-scorpion people and many egg-plant demons subconsciously turned their heads to look in the direction of Levi, which showed that they all possessed a certain degree of intelligence.
Levi immediately cursed inwardly for being an idiot. He clearly came here to destroy the demons, but that greenskin actually came to sabotage him at this time.
Fortunately, he had already cast the magic. With a light snort, he swung his staff directly, and countless palm-sized magic ice flakes smashed down on his head.
In an instant, no one knew how many egg-plant demons were injured. Their painful screams went straight into the sky, even making Levi's ears hurt.
Then at least hundreds of egg-plant demons soared into the sky and headed straight for him. Even though a considerable number of them still had a layer of ice hanging on their bodies, their speed was significantly reduced, but the desire to kill in their eyes was unprecedentedly high.
But Levi was not afraid at all. Not to mention that the griffin was faster than these egg-plant demons, he was not alone!
He continued to cast magic on the spot, and the wind elements were distributed around him, guarding him perfectly. Wind blades flew out one after another, and almost every attack could kill an enemy quickly and cleanly. They had no resistance to wind magic.
Even if a few faster-flying or luckier egg-plant demons occasionally managed to break through their wind blade blockade, they were still no match for their translucent fists.
There was no suspense at all, and Levi successfully cast the ice storm again.
This time the effect is much more obvious. All the egg-plant demons that have suffered two attacks, no matter what level they are, are basically doomed. Even if they have magic resistance, they are still fragile after all.
At the same time, five or six greenskins were killed by him. After all, offensive magic can hardly distinguish between friend and foe, and Levi has no intention of distinguishing. Anyway, they originally planned to kill all the trolls and greenskins here.
The two-legged dragon that looked a bit like an enlarged duck also let out a painful wail. The enemies that had been surrounding it were indeed killed, but because of its larger size, it also suffered more magical attacks.
The greenskin leader was also affected a little, but his equipment was good and he did not suffer too much damage. He just glared at Levi fiercely, then roared, swung his battle axe directly, and rushed towards the half-scorpion man.
He was not stupid. If he didn't kill the enemy in front of him first, even if he could ride a wyvern into the air, he would still be attacked from both sides.
Now the egg-plant demons were caught in a dilemma. If they continued to attack the greenskins, they would have to endure the magic and the attacks of the greenskins at the same time. But if they attacked the elves in the air, they would not be able to get through at all!
So just when they were hesitating, Levi successfully released an ice storm again. At this time, he couldn't help but smile. The enemies seemed to be fierce and numerous, but in fact they were vulnerable.
So the egg-plant demons were in this situation where they had to endure Levi's magic again and again, which made Levi feel a little funny.
If they were really idiots, they would have run away long ago, or the entire army would have rushed up to fight me at once, then I might have to retreat temporarily.
If they really possessed wisdom, they would never fall into the situation of being beaten for nothing.
It is precisely these intelligent but low-wisdom fellows who put themselves in such a dangerous situation.
After several waves of magic, only a few dozen egg-plant demons were finally killed. The greenskins and trolls were also reduced to less than ten figures due to the fighting among themselves and the influence of Levi's magic. Even two half-scorpions who looked very powerful were killed.
At this point, the egg-plant demons seemed to finally feel fear, and they flew in all directions, trying to escape.
But Levi certainly would not give them this opportunity. He used the spider web technique directly and the wind elements also took the initiative to attack. At the same time, Xiaotian and Janet, who had been lurking on the periphery, also brought their subordinates to intercept them.
Levi killed nearly a thousand egg-plant demons by himself. They had more people on their side and fewer enemies, so how could they be slower than Levi?
The reason why they did not show up at the first time was to avoid alerting the enemy. They wanted to annihilate all the enemies here!
Because they cooperated very well with each other and had greater strength, all the egg-plant demons were completely eliminated here, and none of them could escape successfully.
After killing them, Levi also saw an inverted pentagram formation in the middle of a collapsed courtyard in the village.
That is a special magic circle that represents evil, demons, and even the bottomless abyss. Looking at the river troll witch, the only magic unit present, the commotion in front of us is probably mostly caused by it, right?
I don't know whether it simply wanted to use the devil as its minions or wanted to use it for evil, but it was obvious that it messed things up.
No wonder in the previous battle, although it was a magic unit, it was just like other ordinary trolls, just smashing around with a big stick. After summoning so many demons, it probably had exhausted all its magic.
Seeing that although the demons suffered heavy casualties, the elves were increasing in number, the greenskin leader, who had been a little happy just now, suddenly became gloomy.
"Damn elves, you will pay the price for invading this place!"
However, the river troll witch a few meters behind him seemed to have noticed something, and began to try to slip away into the corner, but she didn't know that in the eyes of Levi who was looking down from above, her huge and ugly body was so eye-catching.
Levi raised his eyebrows. It was me who saved you from the devil, but you turned around and bit me?
In that case, there's no need to waste any more words. Do you really think you can completely ignore us with all your magic equipment?
"Donna, Cindy!"
The rain of arrows fell at the right time , instantly killing all the ordinary greenskins, trolls, several half-scorpion men, and the wyvern.
As the number and strength of the archers steadily increased, the power of their volleys became stronger and stronger because they had the best leader.
The greenskin leader, who was also attacked, couldn't help but let out an angry howl again, but he was unable to speak for a moment because he was busy saving his own life.
At the same time, several war hammers burning with white-hot flames, together with two guardian angels, attacked the river troll witch.
However, after two rounds, the river troll witch, who was already exhausted and covered with wounds, let out a wail and was killed on the spot.
After doing all this, Levi looked at the dying greenskin leader, who was riddled with arrows, and said, "So, now, do you have anything else to say?"
The greenskin leader still glared at him fiercely, as if he wanted to say something harsh, but before he could reply, Levi had already raised his hand and threw a string of fireballs at him: "Oh, sorry, I suddenly don't want to hear your last words."
If possible, he would certainly like to obtain intelligence from the enemy, but when he saw the other party's stubborn and stubborn appearance, he knew that this was almost impossible.
So what he wants to do most now is to kill the other party first, and then get what he wants from the other party's body!
Although he had great strength and equipment, and struggled hard, the greenskin leader could not even hold out for 10 breaths under the siege of the crowd. He fell to the ground helplessly and turned into a corpse.
Levi was also slightly surprised to find that he had received the evaluation of a resounding victory. Although his side had almost no casualties in this battle, the system's evaluation of the enemy was definitely very high.
Of course, the two heroic units, the Greenskin Chieftain and the River Troll Witch, as well as the level 6 wyvern, also played a certain role in the game.
They provided a total of 3 fragments of the hero's spirit, so Levi now has one more hero-level subordinate. This time, this spot should undoubtedly be given to Zhou Miyin.
The bard reached another level and obtained a low-level magic, Grease, which was better than nothing. However, Levi didn't care much because he had already given the right to use the magic to Janet. Even if he was annoyed, it was Janet's turn to be annoyed.
Levi also successfully learned that those half-scorpion people were called evil scorpion demons, a type of level 5 demon.
Like the egg-plant demons, they are special insect-like demons. As the name suggests, they are demons with insect-like characteristics in appearance.
This couldn't help but make Levi think a little bit. Was their appearance here really just a coincidence?
According to the information he currently has, insect demons are ancient demons that have been abandoned by the times. They are distributed in extremely limited areas, and it seems that most of them are commanded by a certain demon lord. What is that guy's name?
Before he could start to recall, the system prompt popped up again.
"You have successfully thwarted a major demonic conspiracy. Your regional legend level is +2."
"You have disrupted a part of the plan of the Lord of the 633rd Layer of the Abyss - the Abyss Demon - the Zerg Prince - Obox Obo. Your hostile behavior has attracted its attention. Your reputation level with all Zerg Demons has dropped to hatred. Your reputation level with the 633rd Layer of the Abyss has dropped to hatred."
Well, this time Levi finally knew the other party's name. No wonder that river troll witch could make such a big noise. Presumably, while it was performing summoning magic, this so-called Zerg Prince was also cooperating with it in another direction.
However, he has already offended more than one such powerful enemy, so it doesn't matter if there is one more. He will naturally not worry about having too many debts.
Don’t be fooled by their resounding titles. They can only dominate in their own nests. Even if Levi offends them, will they still dare to come to the main world?
Levi didn't need to take any action at all. Even for the safety of his believers, hundreds of gods could beat them to death with just a flick of their fingers.
At this time, the Sun Knight on the other side also shouted: "Oh my god, Levi, my mission is completed, but how did I offend some Zerg prince?"
Hearing him say this, Levi immediately found it a little funny. It seemed that this Zerg prince was really stingy and even hated the Sun Knight who was just a bystander. But it could also be seen that he really took this matter very seriously.
Unfortunately, it had bad luck and happened to run into me, which nipped its conspiracy in the bud.
He signaled Janet to take Xiaotian to continue searching the vicinity to prevent any fish from slipping through the net, and asked other subordinates to start cleaning up the battlefield.
The Sun Knight very proactively proposed that he did not want any spoils this time. The mission reward was enough. He basically did not put in any effort and just won without doing anything. He was too embarrassed to ask for anything else.
Levi nodded and didn't say much. They had known each other for so long and they already knew each other's personalities.
He called Zhou Miyin over and threw him a hero's spirit.
Even though he had gone through countless battles with Levi, Zhou Miyin was still trembling a little at this moment. But no one around laughed at him because everyone understood him, and even more people envied him for having this opportunity.
The light flickered, and Zhou Miyin began to close his eyes to grasp the new knowledge that appeared in his mind. Levi looked at his subordinates who were full of envy, and then he turned to look at Donna.
"Donna, besides the Hero's Spirit, are there any other ways to advance to become a hero?"
“Of course, some people are born heroes, which comes from their powerful or noble bloodline, such as some sons of God;
Some people will receive trials from God. Once they pass, they may be promoted to heroes. Almost all of them are high-level believers of their respective gods.
Finally, you can constantly hone your abilities. After killing a stronger enemy than yourself, you may suddenly become a hero. This is also the path with the greatest hope for ordinary people. This is what both Elegy and I did."
Elegy, who was wiping the greatsword nearby, also nodded to indicate that it was indeed the case.
Levi raised his eyebrows. It seemed that there were many choices, but for most of his subordinates, the Hero's Spirit was more reliable.
Well, in fact, he had guessed about this a long time ago, otherwise the number of heroes would not be so small. Many indigenous people rushed to join their God-chosen heroes, didn't they also want to borrow their strength?
"I feel like many people aren't very willing to use the Hero's Spirit?"
Judging from the Black Castle's strength, it is entirely possible for them to directly produce dozens or even hundreds of Hero Spirits. However, in previous battles against demons, they would rather hire heroes from other races who traveled here in the tavern rather than promote them among the elves.
Donna organized her words a little: "Well, in addition to the possibility of affecting potential, each fragment of the hero's spirit represents a hero who has passed away. When it comes to the soul, the races of the lawful and good camps do have some taboos about this."
"But for many evil forces, such as the undead or demons, they don't mind it at all."
Although he had similar guesses a long time ago, Donna's words now somewhat resolved one of his doubts.
At this moment, Zhou Miyin suddenly groaned and opened his eyes again. Although his appearance had not changed at all, everyone could feel very intuitively that he must have become stronger.
Levi naturally opened the opponent's attribute panel as soon as possible, and then he found that even without any god protecting him, Zhou Miyin's level and attributes were slightly stronger than Leonidas that day.
Moreover, he has 1 extra battle attribute, which makes him look like a veteran in battles, and he has been growing to the limit of his potential, which is a great benefit.
Zhou Miyin
Occupation: Heavenly Dragon Guard (Hero - Green - Excellent)
Level: Combat Level 4 / Campaign Level 3
Attributes: Strength 13, Agility 8, Constitution 12, Intelligence 4, Perception 4, Charisma 4
Health = Constitution X10 X1.0 (professional adjustment) X2 (hero) + 4 X5 (level and professional adjustment) = 260
Mana = Intelligence x 10 x 0.4 (professional adjustment) x 2 (hero) + 4 x 2 (level and professional adjustment) = 40
Campaign attributes: Attack 1, Defense 2, Leadership 1, Knowledge 0
Leadership: 10 (initial) + 4x10 (battle level) + 1x20 (leadership) + 3x20 (campaign level) = 130
In terms of skills, his original commander (pseudo) skill disappeared directly, which made Levi a little regretful, but several of his original talents and skills were strengthened.
The original effect of Tranquility is that when he fights together with allies of the Lawful Good or Lawful Neutral camp, there will be no morale penalty even if their factions and races are different.
After he becomes a hero, the scope is expanded to all lawful good or lawful neutral troops under his command, and the effect becomes a reduction of morale penalty by 1 level.
Although this description is vague, because morale is a hidden attribute and cannot be seen on the system panel, there are so many God-chosen heroes who choose Zhendan, and Levi already knows its actual effect.
Simply put, if they are all in the lawful good camp, for example, when humans and dwarves or elves fight side by side, the morale penalty is 1. With this skill, it becomes 0, and the applicability becomes countless times stronger.
The effect of Yin and Yang Harmony - Yang has also been strengthened. After entering the battlefield, his defense will be additionally increased according to his level.
His Hold skill evolved into an active campaign skill - Hold Your Ground. When released, all friendly forces within the range will benefit from it.
Now, not only can he effectively resist the pushback of large monsters and the charge of cavalry units, all the troops under his command can fight against such enemies more effectively. He has grown into the most solid shield of his side.
Cindy and others naturally rushed over to congratulate Zhou Miyin as soon as possible. Even the Sun Knight joined in the fun and took the initiative to hand Levi some small equipment to improve his leadership, because he knew that this type of equipment should not be too versatile.
Levi didn't bother to be polite with him. He took it with a smile and gave it to Zhou Miyin together with some small equipment he had accumulated before to further strengthen his abilities.
He will then go back and acquire some general warrior expertise, and then use his military merits to exchange for some skills. Although Zhou Miyin's personal strength will decline in the short term, his and the melee troops' overall combat effectiveness will soon improve.
By this time, the other subordinates had almost finished cleaning up the battlefield. I don't know if it was because the insect demons and greenskins had already fought a battle first, but overall, there were not many valuable spoils this time.
The evil scorpions gave two green poisonous spears, and the wyverns gave some dragon skins and dragon fangs. Levi took a look and thought that in addition to selling them for money, these dragon fangs could also be used to make dragon fang soldiers, which he could give cheaply to the Sun Knights later.
The greenskin leader gave several small pieces of equipment to improve defense and magic resistance, as well as a campaign treasure - the anti-magic chain.
Anti-Magic Chain (Campaign Treasure - Green - Excellent): The hero and all troops he leads gain +3 magic resistance.
Levi threw it to Donna. The shooters had low health and various resistances, and needed to strengthen their abilities in this area slightly.
The river troll witch was particularly generous, but Levi could not use most of the equipment it dropped.
The first is a tattered pocket filled with miscellaneous animal livers, insect corpses and other things, which are probably the materials it needs to cast spells.
A skill book called Acid Vomiting, which increases the power .
Some trolls have the ability to spit out their stomach acid and undigested food together, causing both physical and mental damage to the enemy, but it is meaningless to Levi.
Then he performed the magic ritual to summon the Egg Demon, but the corpses at the scene had not been refreshed yet. Levi would be crazy to use such an evil ritual.
A green treasure - the Gambler's Card, the effect is its own hidden attribute luck +1 or -1, which changes every hour, but there will not be any system prompts, and you don't know whether it is positive or negative now. It is a gamble on luck, no wonder it has such a name.
The last one is a bottle of lucky potion. Its effect is very simple, which is to increase your luck by 2 within 5 minutes after use. Levi thinks that he can try it next time before the BOSS dies, or when he encounters other things involving probability.
After thinking about it, Levi put the remaining junk, along with the fancy gadgets he had obtained in the Underdark before, into a space ring and threw it to the Sun Knight.
Anyway, he has just promised to help me buy more magic, so these little gadgets and the previous dragon tooth soldiers can all be considered as advance payments!
