Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 270: Battle of Zhuguan Town
Early in the morning, as soon as it was light, Levi was already ready, because today, the operation they had been planning for a long time would officially begin, which was to attack the Pigherd Town!
Mikaela, Reiner and other indigenous people have also been preparing for a long time. For this battle, they directly mobilized thousands of troops, most of which were archers, mages and priests, plus a small number of flying soldiers.
After seeing Levi and the others, both sides didn't waste any words. After nodding to each other, they tacitly boarded the Sky Slasher airship that was already ready nearby.
This time, Levi selected 6 models that can accommodate 50 people, so that his most important archer troops can join the battlefield as soon as possible.
Cindy, Elegy and others were naturally among them. Most of the druids also transformed into Storm Crows or Storm Eagles, clinging to the raised edges of the airship.
Although they can fly, the distance from the Beastmaster Castle to the Pigherd Town is not short, and they will most likely face a big battle next, so it is always good to save some energy.
After the transformation, they are smaller in size and lighter in weight, and will not cause much impact on the airship.
But Levi's griffin, the legion of Yakon led by Xiaotian, and Donna and her friends' usual mounts, did not have this honor.
The first two could only follow the airship and fly over by themselves, and the latter was left behind directly, after all, their size and weight were there.
As for the majority of the remaining infantry and cavalry units, under the leadership of Zhou Miyin, Lisadiran, Julia, Simon and Luna, they marched on the ground together with Reiner, the Sun Knight, Master and others, trying to detour to the northernmost side of the Pigherd Town.
Although the Swineherd Town is surrounded by a vast swamp, it does not mean that there are absolutely no roads there.
There is actually a small path on the north side of Pigherd Town. The greenskins usually march in that direction, and they don’t want to wade through the mud every time they go in and out.
However, under normal circumstances, if you want to conquer that place, you will need at least five to ten times the number of troops, and you must always be vigilant against possible attacks from behind, so Michaela and the others completely gave up this idea from the very beginning.
Because even if you can barely get the final victory, the risk is too high and the cost will definitely be huge.
But now it is different. The Sun Knight and Master are not going to capture Swineherd Town, but to guard the only passage, cooperate with Michaela and others, prevent the defenders of Swineherd Town from fleeing, be alert to possible reinforcements, and then assist in the occupation of Swineherd Town.
Of course, if the war goes well, they, who are located in the northernmost part, can continue to move northward at the fastest speed and sweep across other greenskin villages in the north.
When the subordinates boarded the airship, at a command, the drivers drove the horses pulling the carriages straight into the sky.
Accompanied by low exclamations from the subordinates, the Sky Slasher airship flew to a height of hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, which made them feel extremely wonderful.
Levi also found it a bit interesting. This was completely different from the feeling of riding a griffin as usual. Moreover, these airships were obviously powered by magic. Otherwise, the few level 4 giant eagles pulling the carts would not be enough to tow these airships that were more than ten meters long. They were more like guiding the direction of the airships.
The newly joined blood elf Sally also sighed sincerely: "Lord Levi, if I hadn't joined your army, I'm afraid I would never have such an opportunity."
After being subject to multiple blockades including military, economic and magical ones, the blood elves not only lost their magical heritage, but were also unable to produce decent armor or weapons. It was not because they did not have the technology, but simply because they had no channels to obtain the ore as materials.
As for things like crossbows and catapults, don't even think about them, let alone more powerful tools of war.
Levi smiled and said, "Oh, is that your only goal? I think you can broaden your horizons, like the fire element scholar over there."
Following his line of sight, Sally also saw Michaela riding a sub-adult phoenix, escorted by some giant eagle and griffin knights.
She was originally wearing a set of high-end fiery red equipment, and against the backdrop of the phoenix, she looked even more heroic, especially the mount under her butt, which was the most eye-catching one in the entire sky.
Sally was stunned: "Fire Element Scholar..."
As a blood elf who is most proficient in fire magic, she certainly knows the meaning of this word. It can basically be considered the ultimate pursuit of their entire race.
Unfortunately, she hasn’t heard of any member of her tribe being able to change his job into this one for at least a hundred years, right?
Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but smile bitterly: “Lord Levi, you really think highly of me.”
Levi was noncommittal: "At least, you need to set a lofty goal first, and then you will have the motivation to move forward, right?"
Most of the natives just have a higher starting point, but compared to the chosen heroes who have to go through more than one battle every day, their lives are still too comfortable, so they can never become stronger as fast as the chosen heroes.
But since she has chosen to follow Levi, Sally will never be as comfortable as before. She will have to participate in more than one battle almost every day!
Sally was stunned again, then she nodded vigorously: "Yes, I understand, Lord Levi!"
Although she chose to follow Levi in the beginning in order to repay the life-saving grace and because she had nowhere else to go, but now it seems that the lord she is loyal to seems to have huge ambitions that she cannot imagine!
She was expressing such feelings in her heart, but she had not yet truly realized what the future would be like for her.
As they were talking, the Sky Slasher airship had already covered a distance of several miles. Its speed was not only far beyond that of an ordinary galloping horse, but it was also not much slower than the flying speed of the giant eagles themselves.
This made Levi more certain of his guess that this thing was definitely powered by magic.
Before long, the Pigherd Town in the distance came into sight. Levi took out the token that Sobek had given him before and held it tightly in his hand.
Although they came with great force and launched an air force raid this time, Sobek's reinforcements were also a very crucial point in this battle. Otherwise, they could only raid and plunder at most, not occupy.
As they got closer, they could gradually see some moving green dots in Zhuguan Town. They were early rising greenskins.
Donna and others also grasped their weapons and prepared to fight. Levi and Cindy began to cast summoning and auxiliary magic.
After moving forward for a distance, suddenly, a small group of harpies rose into the sky. It was not known whether it was a pure coincidence or a routine reconnaissance, but they soon discovered their own air force.
A shrill cry suddenly rang out: "Enemy attack!"
But both Michaela and Levi smiled, because the distance was close enough now, and it didn't matter even if they were discovered by the enemy!
Levi activated Sobek's token immediately. With a low roar, Sobek's shadow appeared in the air. He grinned at Levi, and then the phantom disappeared.
Then there was a flash of light, and suddenly the mud somewhere in the swamp below began to boil, and then exploded with a loud bang, and a mud vortex with a diameter of nearly 100 meters appeared at the spot.
Hundreds of large crocodiles with scaly scales and sturdy bodies emerged from it. They paused for a moment, as if they were confirming the direction and target of attack, or perhaps they were receiving orders from Sobek. Then they launched a mad charge towards the Pigherd Town.
Among them are not only the ferocious crocodiles and crocodile warriors that Levi had known or recruited before, but also some more powerful crocodile warriors, as well as many kinds of extremely large crocodile war monsters.
The most eye-catching one is a giant crocodile with extremely bulging muscles, at least two meters tall and more than ten meters long. Its head alone is larger than that of an ordinary person.
Probably because it was summoned indirectly by Levi, he was able to see its general information. Its name is Emperor Crocodile, and it is a 6th-level soldier.
After that, there was the Thorn Crocodile with sharp bone spurs all over its body, the Iron Crocodile with gray-black scales shining like metal, and the Spider Crocodile with four pairs of slender claws...
There are many such types, at least twenty or thirty.
More importantly, each type of crocodile seems to have a corresponding crocodile man. When the leading crocodile man stands upright, his height is taller than ordinary ogres or minotaurs. One of his arms is thicker than Levi's waist, and it seems that he was transformed from the Deinosuchus.
In addition, there are some guys with simple marks or totems on their bodies, some processed crocodile teeth, Sobek's emblem carvings, etc., who look like some magic units.
The reason why I say they look like them is because their body shapes and the weapons in their hands are no different from those crocodile warriors. If I have to say, they might be similar to combat priests like Cindy.
But no matter what their professions and strengths are, this swamp that has troubled the elves for a long time is like a flat land to them.
Almost in the blink of an eye, before the greenskins in Pigherd Town had time to react, they had already approached quickly.
At the same time, Sobek didn't know if he had listened to Levi's previous words. The crocodiles were fine, but quite a number of the crocodile people were holding glowing magic weapons in their hands, and some even carried some magic props.
According to Levi's inference, Sobek may have temporarily opened his treasure house just to win today's battle fairly.
Levi was also surprised by the abilities of those crocodile priests. Due to the short time, they only displayed two spells after they appeared, one of which could suddenly increase the speed of crocodiles or crocodile men.
Another kind can actually turn the rotten wood everywhere in the swamp into big crocodiles, and Levi can be sure that it is definitely not an ordinary illusion.
Seeing how hard they worked, how could Levi and his men be willing to fall behind? After all, these big crocodiles were just reinforcements, and they were the real main force in this battle!
Following Michaela's cry, all the Sky Slasher airships continued to fly towards the Pigherd Town. When they were still far away, a large number of arrows had already been shot towards them from below.
Everyone, including Donna, had to admit one thing: this kind of shooting from a high vantage point had a much better field of view and accuracy than at ordinary times.
At this time, the greenskins in the town became more and more confused. They seemed to have never expected to face such an attack, but they still put up some resistance.
The most direct thing was that small groups of greenskins began to gather and started to fight against the crocodile people rushing over from the swamp. More harpies also took off quickly, as if they wanted to launch a surprise attack on Levi and his Sky Slashers.
But before Michaela could order the giant eagle or the knight to attack, Levi had already taken action.
As he cast the spell, a large purple thundercloud formed, just covering more than 90% of the harpies.
This not only affected their vision to a certain extent, but also with a crisp sound, a bolt of lightning flew out from the thundercloud and directly penetrated several harpies.
Then, as if in response, more lightning began to strike the harpies below, and for a moment the lightning was like rain.
Although the attack power of these lightning bolts was not too high, at least none of the harpies were killed instantly, but they seemed to have paralyzed their wings, and fell straight down one by one.
Considering the height and their fragile bodies, once they really fall to the ground, it will be difficult for them to survive the falling damage alone.
This is the 4th-level magic that Levi has mastered, Thundercloud Magic, which is specifically designed to target flying creatures. Previously, he mostly operated in the Underdark and it was never his turn to use it, but now it has truly demonstrated its power.
Seeing this scene, Michaela in the front couldn't help but smile. She didn't order the flying troops to take action, but only asked some wind mages to do it.
As a result, several green whirlpools with a diameter of more than ten meters were formed. Even if the remaining harpies managed to escape Levi's thundercloud technique, their flying ability was soon seriously affected by these whirlpools.
Countless tiny wind blades flew out from the vortex, cutting their bodies and wings. Even if some of them were lucky enough to escape, they would be easily killed by magic.
At the same time as they killed these harpies, the crocodile people also rushed forward with many crocodiles and started fighting with the greenskins' hastily assembled defense forces.
Although the greenskins had never thought of being attacked from this direction, Pigherd Town was a town after all, the most important stronghold of the Red Cloud Tribe, perhaps even the only one, so they still built a large number of fortifications here.
They are not simple wooden structures, but solid stone buildings.
Although it is obviously inferior to the magnificent defense facilities of Ashridge Town, it is still very powerful. Even if there are level 6 soldiers among the reinforcements sent by Sobek, it will not be broken in the blink of an eye.
Of course, they were destroying buildings very quickly. If there had been no interference from the greenskins, they would have been able to smash out a passage in just a few minutes.
But Levi still felt it was not fast enough, so he began to cast ice storm to assist the crocodile people.
Donna commanded the archer troops to carry out targeted sniping. Once there were greenskins gathering in a certain direction, or someone who looked like a commander appeared, she would immediately cover them with a rain of arrows to stop the enemy.
The battle had just begun. Although it was still early for the battle to end and the system had not yet made a detailed statistics, based on her experience, she had killed at least three warrior-type God-chosen heroes or heroes in such a short period of time.
There is no other reason, simply because the equipment they wear is more conspicuous and more resistant to attack.
The same was true for the long-range units led by Michaela. It was obvious that although Black Castle and Ashridge Town were unable to send more troops for support, they were very supportive of her action.
There were at least five or six new faces on her airship. Judging from the magical equipment they were wearing, they should be hero units. Their appearance would boost the archer troops.
So now many greenskins die almost every second. According to the current situation, even if the crocodiles cannot break through the defense, they will be able to kill all the enemy troops below if they fight for a few more quarters of an hour.
As for Mikaela herself, after casting a few large spells to defeat the gathered greenskins, she began to concentrate on casting high-level magic.
As the Dragon Prince's trusted mage, she could be considered a veteran of many battles, so she certainly knew that in many battles, killing all the enemies was the most direct and thorough method, but it was not necessarily the most efficient one.
If we can deliver a thunderous blow, quickly and efficiently defeat all resistance from the greenskins, and even make them feel fear, it would be a more time-saving and labor-saving approach.
Especially now, when Swineherd Town is about to be handed over to Sobek, the shorter the battle lasts and the more intact the many buildings in the town are preserved, the more it proves the power of the elves.
So she decided to use her ultimate move!
In comparison, Cindy, Elegy and the others were a bit bored because they could only watch the battle now. Levi would not let them go down until the number of greenskins was reduced to a certain level because it was too dangerous.
At this moment, with several roars, five or six two-legged dragons that looked like enlarged ducks took off into the air.
On the back of one of them was a green-skinned man sitting upright. He was the indigenous hero who stayed behind in the Swineherd Town, Mogro the Demon Eater, who had met Levi and his men in the wild before and had a conflict with them.
Upon seeing their faces, Mogro was visibly angry: "Damn elves, you actually dared to sneak attack our Pigherd Town, you are really courting death!"
But even though he was shouting like that, he had no intention of launching a charge. Instead, he retreated slightly and just drove the rest of the wyverns to attack Michaela, who was obviously preparing magic.
Levi couldn't help but smile when he saw this. Should he say that he was indeed the green-skinned hero who won the title of "Demon Eater" in the war against demons?
Leaving aside his strength, his intelligence is indeed completely different from that of ordinary greenskins.
Unfortunately, no matter how different he is, he is just a greenskin after all. Since Michaela dared to do this, how could she not be on guard at all?
"For Charis, for Asur!"
"Gavin Knights, attack!"
Following two loud shouts, three Heavenly Lion Knights from the Kingdom of Chrace broke through the clouds first and rushed straight towards the wyverns.
The celestial lions under their crotch looked roughly similar to the big white lion that had become Donna's animal companion, except that they were obviously two sizes larger and had a pair of white wings on their backs, which gave them the ability to fly.
The mounts on their backs were all holding long-handled axes and wearing pure white armor, looking majestic.
In terms of strength, they are all level 6 flying cavalry. Although their number is small, they should not be underestimated.
As for the Knights of Gavin that followed closely behind, they were a team from the Kingdom of Iris that included many Giant Eagle Knights and Griffin Knights.
Their strength was relatively lower, but they were also at level 5. Plus, there were a whole team of 12 people, more in number, and their coordination was extremely tacit. They intercepted all the wyverns in almost the blink of an eye.
Moreover, after just a few moves, everyone present could clearly see that the bonus that Michaela brought to them was definitely far greater than the bonus that the demon eater brought to the wyvern.
Because even though they are all 6th-level soldiers, the Celestial Lion Knights can overpower and beat up the Wyverns in a one-on-one duel. Plus with the cooperation of the Gavin Knights next to them, the Wyverns were already covered in wounds within 10 seconds of the battle starting.
Even though he had a large square face of vegetable green, the edible demon's expression had changed greatly.
As a green-skinned hero who had fought the elves countless times, even if he didn't know the exact strength of the enemy, he could roughly guess it. Simply put, it was simply not something that the current air force of Pigherd Town could handle!
He immediately wanted to retreat. From the current point of view, these hateful pointy-eared guys were obviously well prepared. With the appearance of such a rare crocodile man, the Pigherd Town might not be able to be saved. It is better to save his life first.
As soon as he saw that the other party was hesitant and thought about the last time they met, Levi knew that this guy might be going to run away.
With our current strength, it is really difficult to stop him.
He immediately snorted and rode on the griffin that had been waiting for a long time: "Xiaotian, go all out and entangle that guy, Cindy!"
"Okay, Brother Levi, here I come~"
The big Lolita jumped off the Sky Slayer airship excitedly. Many elves nearby who were unaware of the situation let out low cries, suspecting that she was committing suicide because she did not cast flying magic and did not have wings.
But soon, Cindy showed them with her actions that she was not taking any risks at all.
The angel cloak behind her fluttered in the wind. Under the effect of magic, she flew directly to Levi's side with her guardian angel and battle angel guards, ready to cooperate with him in battle at any time.
Xiaotian even directly arranged the Legion's sub-kongs into a neat square formation, and then rushed towards the demon eaters.
At present, his strength is not particularly good among the many heroes under Levi, and his wisdom is not high either. I am afraid that he is only better than Rowan, who was left by Levi to do odd jobs in Blood Glory, and Leonidas, who is still beating fishmen in Bitao Village all day long.
But he also has his strengths, which are his absolute loyalty and strict compliance with all of Levi's orders.
Since Levi has given the order, he will try his best to complete the mission even if he dies here in battle!
The Demon Ogre, who was originally thinking about how to retreat, became furious upon seeing this. What he feared was the Heavenly Lion Knight, not some mere level 3 trash Sub-Kong!
And what about that elf wizard? Why is he looking at me like that? Is he laughing at me?
So he did not retreat but advanced, actively rushing towards the groups of enemies. Even if he had to retreat in the end, he had to kill enough enemies first!
At the same time, the minions of the wyvern and his battle axe swung together, and many legion sub-kongs were killed. They were only level 3, and even with Xiaotian's battle attribute bonus, they were still too fragile.
Fortunately, Cindy quickly rushed up with several angels, distracting most of his attention. He could ignore the attacks of the Legion's Yakon, but he could not ignore the long sword of the battle angel or Cindy's hammer.
Levi also continued to cast summoning magic, allowing more celestial creatures to restrain the opponent, and at the same time asked Xiao Qi to be ready to work with him to release magic.
Unfortunately, the level of the spider web technique is still too low. In the air, the enemy is so powerful, I am afraid it may not have much effect...
Thinking of this, before he could do anything else, Michaela on the other side had already completed her magic.
Without a doubt, it is the most powerful magic she currently possesses - Sun·Flame·Explosion!
Flames burst out and the earth trembled. All the greenskins at the point where the magic landed were directly cleared out, and the remaining force was inexhaustible, destroying those buildings that were already in a dilapidated state but still troubled the crocodile people. Naturally, the greenskins on them were all killed on the spot.
Faced with such power, the entire battlefield fell silent for a moment, and even the crocodile people were frightened.
Levi was no exception. Even though it was not the first time he had seen this powerful magic, he couldn't help but be shocked every time he saw it.
However, after a brief silence, the crocodiles were the first to let out a loud howl like a whistle, and then rushed in through the broken gap.
Many Sky Slasher airships also lowered their altitude, ready to completely occupy Zhuguan Town at any time.
The demon ogre, who originally wanted to kill enough, was also shocked when he saw the scene below.
He had heard about the power of the other party's magic before, but what he heard and what he saw with his own eyes were completely different!
In addition, the battle was already in an extremely unfavorable situation, so he had no intention of fighting anymore. He simply drove the two-legged dragon under his crotch to forcibly knock away the groups of celestial creatures and tried to evacuate from the battlefield.
But how could Levi just sit back and watch this happen? The reason why he asked Xiaotian to stop the other party at all costs was to kill this ogre who was not as warlike as ordinary greenskins!
He and Xiao Qi both used their spider web skills to cover the demon ogre.
But whether it was a simple coincidence or he had encountered similar magic before, the ogre suddenly accelerated and dived downward, dodging the move cleanly and neatly.
Levi groaned suddenly and felt a little uncomfortable, but fortunately Cindy and the guardian angels had been following the demon ogre closely and prevented him from escaping so easily.
Their straight-line flying speed might be slightly inferior to that of a wyvern, but when it comes to ascending, descending, or making small-scale maneuvers, they are much better than their opponents.
Levi also drove the griffin under his crotch and chased after them with Xiaotian and others. He was also thinking in his mind what kind of magic to use, but after thinking it over, he had no idea.
After all, although he now possesses a lot of magic, they are either auxiliary or large-scale attack magic. For strong individual enemies with more agile skills, he has basically no efficient way except to pile up summons.
But fortunately, he was not alone. After saying hello to Donna and Janet, a large number of arrows, wind blades and other magic spells fell from the sky, directly injuring the ogre and his mount.
Cindy, Xiaotian and others immediately accelerated their dive, and relying on their advantage in numbers, they finally managed to block the demon eaters.
This time the Demon Ogre seemed to have realized the ending he was about to face. In addition, Levi deliberately provoked him and gave him the illusion that he could kill him. The Demon Ogre finally stopped running away. He started the real battle again and killed dozens of celestial creatures in succession.
Among them are not only the Legion Yakong under Xiaotian, but also the Pengyu Messenger and the Angel of Courage summoned by Levi.
The greenskins may have many shortcomings, but one thing cannot be denied: their close combat capability is indeed very strong.
But his good days did not last long. Michaela soon cast fire magic frequently and, together with other flying troops, killed all the wyverns to prevent them from causing harm to the Sky Slasher airship. Then she took them to join the battlefield.
This momentarily reversed the entire battle situation.
Under their joint attack, the Demon Ogre had no power to fight back at all. With more and more wounds on his body, he no longer cared about his face and directly tried to escape.
Unfortunately it's too late.
When he was still forty or fifty meters away from the ground, the two-legged dragon under his crotch was killed first, causing him to fall from a high altitude.
Under normal circumstances, this height would not be a big problem for him, but he was already seriously injured and was helpless at this moment.
After getting up from the ground again, the Demon Ogre looked at the crocodile people who had invaded the Pigherd Town in the distance and were slaughtering people wantonly. He also looked at the greenskins who were retreating step by step and even had some deserters. He felt sad and angry. He already knew his own ending.
After glaring at Levi fiercely again, he roared unwillingly: "Damn pointy-eared people, don't think this is the end, our Red Cloud Tribe will definitely take revenge!"
Levi laughed and said, "Let's wait until you survive the devil's clutches. Unfortunately, you won't be able to see that scene!"
