Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 273 Recruitment and Exchange
The next day, in the magic library of Black Castle, Levi stretched his body vigorously: "Ah, it's finally done..."
After all, he did not go north yesterday to join the battle of the Sun Knights.
This was mainly because after capturing and looting several villages, the greenskin natives and nearby God-chosen heroes had reacted and started to launch targeted counterattacks.
Since the other side also had a large number of people, there would inevitably be some casualties in the fight, so they retreated one after another.
Anyway, the greenskins are threatened by demons behind them, so it is impossible for them to maintain so many troops all the time. Unfortunately, the Swineherd Town has been captured, and most of the remaining territory of the Red Cloud Tribe is almost undefended for the elves.
They can be fully prepared next time, gather more troops, and launch a new attack at a different time or from a different angle. There is no need to rush.
So Levi thought about it and chose the backup plan. He took his troops back to Black Castle, intending to learn some magic and skills first, and also complete this week's dungeon.
At the same time, he began to send messages to BloodGlory, asking Alduin and Nar to come over and fight alongside him to complete a dungeon together.
Although he wanted to recruit these two heroes, relationships are mutual. If he just gives without asking for anything in return, the other party will inevitably feel awkward over time, which may lead to various conflicts.
But this time Levi asked them for help, which meant that he still needed them, and their feelings were completely different.
As expected, the other party agreed very readily and decided to follow the path discovered by the sword dancers from the Moon Singer and rush to the Black Castle as quickly as possible.
After spending several hours, Levi finally finished copying his magic. However, this simple copying would not allow him to master it immediately. He still had to learn slowly.
The two magic spells he copied were both very sophisticated. He had specifically consulted Michaela and chosen them based on his own needs and abilities.
Among them, the 4th-level magic is called Aifa Black Tentacles, which summons a large number of energy tentacles. Once they appear, they will immediately strangle the enemy like a snake. It can not only cause certain damage, but also is a large-scale control magic.
As the enemy's strength increases, the control effect of the spider web technique becomes worse and worse, and it also has a fire weakness, so it is difficult to be effective when fighting against demons.
But it’s different with Aifa’s black tentacles. They are pure energy bodies without attributes and will not be affected by any special magic restraints. Ordinary physical attacks are almost completely ineffective.
The 5th-level magic is called the Flaming Skull, which is one of Michaela's specialties.
Once used, the huge head, which is more than two meters in diameter and made entirely of flames, will charge forward like a galloping bull.
Even if it hits an object, it will not dissipate on the spot, but will knock it away. It is a large-scale magic with great destructive power, and is especially good at destroying the enemy's formation.
As for other magic, to be honest, there are some very good ones, but unfortunately most of them have requirements on attributes, camps, expertise, etc. Some magic even requires strength and physique, which really makes it difficult for him.
These two magics are his best choices at the moment.
Unfortunately, the copied magic cannot be learned immediately. With his current ability, it will probably take several days before he can actually use it.
After leaving the library, Levi went to meet up with his subordinates. While he was busy, many people did not rest either.
Levi used up his remaining military merits to complete the basic leadership skills and basic military skills for all the heroic units to improve their ability to lead troops. There were only a few campaign skills that could be exchanged at the quartermaster, but these two were both very basic and practical.
In addition, there are some weapon specializations and riding skills. Levi's ultimate goal is to make all his subordinates either ride on the Sky Slasher or transform into cavalry, which can greatly speed up their marching speed.
He himself specialized in the common elements of earth, fire, water, wind, light, darkness, and electricity, and mastered them all at once. As he mastered more and more types of magic, he needed them more and more.
Now the subordinates are all in the training ground of Black Castle, practicing relevant skills in order to further master them thoroughly.
However, the one who worked really hard was probably the blood elf Sally, because in addition to the Arcane Conductor obtained from killing enemies before, Levi gave her five new magics in one go.
The first is a magic missile without attributes, a must-have for low-level mages, followed by a three-piece set of mage armor, invisibility and protective arrows for her to use for self-defense.
As for the last one, it is the summoning element.
Levi himself, as well as Cindy and Janet, all know how to cast summoning magic, and they all perform quite well in actual combat. We can't let Sally, a magic unit, stand out from the crowd, right?
Unfortunately, there are currently no magical pets suitable for her at the quartermaster's office, because they have basically been snatched away by other chosen heroes.
As the strength of many God-chosen heroes continues to improve, the gap between various professions has quickly emerged, and the mage has become the undisputed number one.
Therefore, among those newly arrived God-chosen heroes, the proportion of mages has increased rapidly, and the prices of related equipment, skills, magic, and many other aspects have increased to varying degrees.
Magic pets are the first to be affected, because they often accompany the wizard for a very long time.
There was no other way, Levi could only ask the Sun Knight to continue helping with the acquisition while seeing if he could encounter a suitable target in the subsequent battles.
When he arrived at the training ground, his subordinates were still working hard. At the same time, he unexpectedly found several familiar faces. Donna and Elegy were chattering with them.
That’s right, they are the Amazon heroes from the continent of Lustria, the three sisters: Anaconda, Bird and Piranha.
Even though they had only not seen each other for a few days, it should not be a big deal for the indigenous people who lived at a slow pace, but Levi could see that there was a clear change in their aura.
It's not that their strength has improved much, but more like the whole person has experienced blood and fire, so their temperament has changed from the inside out. They have become more introverted and calm.
Seeing Levi coming, they greeted him with a smile. Then he learned that the reason they behaved like this was mainly because they had to participate in battles frequently recently.
The elves were busy fighting the demons, and the slightly stronger God-chosen heroes had all gone north to fight the greenskins. So they, as well as some foreign heroes who had defected to the elves, would be needed to encircle and suppress the enemies in the wild near the Black Castle.
Other things are fine, but recently the number of beastmen is a little too much. In addition to the ordinary inferior horns, horned beasts and big horned beasts, there are also harpies and centaurs, which really brings them a lot of pressure.
The Amazons have quite a number of mounted archers, but no matter how agile they are, they cannot compare to the natural cavalry like the Centaurs.
Fortunately, the beastmen have only appeared more frequently recently, and the number of each group is not large, which gives them the opportunity to defeat them. The fighting for many consecutive days has allowed every Amazon who survived to this day to get sufficient training.
After chatting for a few more words, he also asked about the recent war in Black Castle.
In general, everything went smoothly. Because the elves' spatial magic restricted the locations and directions of the demons, they would be slaughtered on a large scale every time they appeared, so gradually, the frequency and number of their appearances began to decrease.
Although the demons in the Abyss are almost endless, even the demons do not want such meaningless death, as it would make them look stupid.
It is foreseeable that sooner or later the demons will give up completely. If the elves are free at that time, the Amazons will not be able to move to another place and continue to accept employment from others.
They gradually became bored of just killing beastmen all day long.
Of course, they did not forget the agreement they had made with Levi before. If they really had to leave, they would go to Bitao Village and establish a permanent place for their sisters to stay.
Levi felt a little annoyed. He had originally thought of letting the witch Tiva and Leonidas lead their teams separately to come to the Black Castle to complete the dungeon in order to improve their combat effectiveness.
Although he often communicated with the other party and learned that everything was going well, they were able to beat the murlocs and the almost endless low-level undead in the east every day, and their levels had also improved to a certain extent, but after all, it was not as fast as the dungeon.
But now it seems that the road is still a little unsafe.
It is not safe to take the sea route, transfer in Ashridge, and then go to Blackburg, because the Shahua people have been making more and more noises recently.
If things don't take a turn for the better, it's only a matter of time before a large-scale war breaks out between the sea elves and the Sahuagin.
Although it is a little regrettable, there is nothing we can do about it. Life cannot always go as planned, so let them wait a little longer.
After thinking for a while, he extended an invitation to the other party: "If possible, after the battle here is over, why don't you accept my employment and go to the north to participate in a new battle together, how about it?"
Although the drow, old black dragons, undead, and Shahuagin are all enemies , the main enemy at hand is still the greenskins. If we call Anaconda and the others, maybe we can capture a greenskin town together.
Levi also felt that after killing the greenskins, he could continue to employ them. There were still a large number of villages and towns of ogres and chaos dwarves to the north and east of the Red Cloud Tribe. Especially the Ogre Kingdom, which covered an extremely large area, so there was absolutely no need to worry about having no enemies.
Anaconda and the other three sisters looked at each other and nodded in agreement. They had heard a lot of stories about Levi during their days in Black Castle.
Especially yesterday, he was actually able to get in touch with real gods. This was something they could never even imagine. If they could hang out with him, it would surely be very exciting, right?
After confirming these, Levi was very satisfied, so he went to the temple of the two goddesses to replenish his own combat effectiveness.
Since his reputation level has reached Respected, there is no limit on the number of troops he can recruit from level 0 to 3. As long as there are surplus troops in the temple and he has enough money, he can keep recruiting. He added some priest units and night elf huntresses here.
He was somewhat disdainful of the huntresses at first, but with the appearance of Luna, he discovered the true value of these huntresses. Now he just had to wait for Luna to advance again until her potential was exhausted, and then he would assign her a heroic spirit.
Even a career was prepared for her. The Moon Knight that the Moon Bow Goddess had rewarded her with was just right for her.
There are also 5 vacancies for the 4th-level troops every week. He recruited 5 Storm Druids in the Moonbow Temple. Except for their low health points, their abilities in all aspects are excellent. They are also a relatively rare magic profession and are very trustworthy.
However, in the temple of Lilith, he was a little troubled.
Because Lilith's unique troop, the Shadow Mist Servant, is only a level 3 melee troop with almost zero defense. Its attack method is similar to that of a thief or assassin, and it cannot be well integrated with his existing troop lineup.
Fortunately, Lilith's temple had a very good relationship with the military system, allowing him to use this quota to successfully recruit five Avalon girls.
These girls from the Kingdom of Avalon, armed with magic bows and arrows, can demonstrate quite good combat effectiveness when targeting various enemies.
Although there are no relevant skills in the system's markings, based on Levi's current observations in actual combat, their shooting accuracy is obviously better than that of ordinary archers.
After the hiring was completed, he chose to believe in the two goddesses at the temple. It was just a simple process and he donated a few silver coins as a token of his appreciation.
Then he gained two more titles of shallow believers which had no bonus at all.
He also learned that, in fact, his subordinates basically all had their own beliefs.
For example, Donna and Elegy believe in Diana, Cindy believes in Sigma, not to mention Zhou Miyin believes in the Dragon God of Zhendan, Lisadilan believes in the God of Hunting, and Luna and other night elves undoubtedly believe in the Moonbow Goddess, etc.
However, if their profession is not a priest or a paladin, and their faith is not particularly devout, this will not bring them much benefit.
All beings are free to choose their own beliefs, but God will in turn examine believers.
In addition to ability, it often takes a lot of time, or conquering the sect's hostile forces, to gradually increase the level of piety.
But for Levi himself, he doesn't have the time and energy for the time being, and there is not much necessity for it.
He then turned to the quartermaster's office.
Michaela reminded him yesterday that in order to improve the Giant Eagle's combat effectiveness, he could learn the Giant Eagle Commander skills.
In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Silver Guards and Archers, can he also learn relevant commander skills?
The answer is of course yes, but unfortunately the merits required for these skills are extremely high, even higher than ordinary battle skills, and the divisions are extremely detailed.
For example, spearmen, sea guards, and silver guards, these three types of soldiers all use spears and shields as weapons, but they all have their own special commander skills.
Only the Silver Guard and its advanced Silver Guard can share the same skill.
Then Levi discovered with great regret that after he had just emptied his savings and exchanged so many abilities for his subordinates, his merits were only enough for him to choose one.
After a little consideration, he finally chose the Sky Eagle Archer Commander.
The biggest feature of his current troops is that their long-range output is strong enough, so naturally he needs to continue to strengthen this aspect.
Sky Eagle Commander, special skills, as the campaign level increases, will improve Sky Eagle Archers and their advanced unit, Sky Eagle Sharpshooters. The effects of the same skills cannot be stacked on each other.
At level 3, attack power +3, defense power +1, health +6;
At level 6, attack power +6, defense power +2, health +9, maximum range +3%;
At level 9, attack power +9, defense power +3, health +12, maximum range +6%, arrow capacity +5.
Levi immediately exclaimed, "Wow!" Although the price is extremely expensive, the bonus is really strong!
If you take into account the bonuses of military rank, it's even more outrageous. Isn't this much stronger than the three simple military formations of the greenskins? No wonder Mikaela said this skill can save the giant eagle!
He has decided that next time he must redeem the skills of the Silver Guard, and the next time it will be the Giant Eagle's turn.
He had been planning to visit the tavern to see if there were any special soldiers worth recruiting, but then he saw an army with flying bird flags entering the city quickly, with many giant eagles among them.
He immediately understood that the reinforcements from the Kingdom of Iris had arrived ahead of schedule.
After thinking about it, he followed Michaela's previous suggestion and hired 15 level 4 giant eagles to serve as the escort for the Sky Slayer airship.
Probably because of his reputation and legendary status, the quartermaster took the initiative to inform him that once he trained the giant eagles into elite units, or advanced them, they could all be used as flying mounts.
At that time, only intermediate riding skills will be required to ride, and with excellent archers, you can immediately become a flying archer. There are many such people in the armies of the Kingdom of Yvresse and the Wood Elves.
Although Michaela had already told him this yesterday, Levi still nodded and thanked her. He did not go to the conference room to find Princess Belinda. Even if the other party made an exception and allowed him to learn the skills of the Giant Eagle Commander in advance, he would not be able to get any merit at all.
At this moment, he also happened to receive a message saying that Alduin and Nar had arrived near the Black Castle.
Naturally, he went to greet them first, and then he found that in addition to the two of them, there were actually some uninvited guests around them.
It was a mixed team composed of humans, dwarves, elves, etc., with a very complex member composition and occupational distribution.
There is even a centaur holding a staff, a drow with black skin and white hair, and a guy with butterfly wings on his back who looks like an enlarged version of a flower fairy.
Levi immediately knew that they must be from the Harper Alliance and were the reinforcements called by Nar, because among the forces of all sizes that he was familiar with, only the Harper were so fraternal.
Sure enough, Nar quickly and happily introduced to him that they were the reinforcements she had invited, and they happened to arrive here today and just happened to meet Levi.
Next, they will go to the Underdark and join forces with the Moon Singer in their own way to fight against the many evil forces in the Underdark. They will also try to establish new branches in the Underdark.
If possible, they will also investigate relevant information about vampires and the old black dragon and share it with Levi.
At this point, Nar couldn't help but laugh and said, "Levi, I gave up my position as captain in order to repay your kindness~"
Levi couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he was a little moved.
Although she is the captain, if Nar can really make some achievements in the Underdark, she might become the leader of the Harpers here in the future. In this way, she has indeed paid a lot.
He couldn't help but smiled and said, "Okay, Na'er, I'll keep it in mind. I will definitely not let you down."
After saying hello to Levi, the Harpist team turned around and left under the leadership of the Sword Dancer.
The task on their shoulders is still very heavy, because the entire main world has been too chaotic recently, and they must make good use of every day.
As soon as they left, Alduin couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Levi, I heard that we are going to fight a dungeon today. I wonder what kind of enemies they will be?"
The natives also knew about copies. Generally speaking, it was about crossing some kind of space channel and going to a past time segment to fight.
However, in most cases, copies are one-time. It is very rare to find a copy as stable as the Black Castle that can be accessed by countless people every day, so even he couldn't help but feel curious.
Levi laughed and said, "You'll know later. Anyway, I won't let you down."
There will definitely be no shortage of enemies in the dungeon, which will definitely be enough for Alduin to have a good time.
As soon as they entered the Black Castle, Alduin and Nar looked at everything around them with great curiosity. Nar was a little more restrained, but Alduin couldn't help but marvel at it as he walked.
Because everywhere you look, there are so many God-chosen heroes from different races.
Not to mention the more common ones such as humans, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, etc., he also saw several elemental and mechanical creatures, and even mermaids, a race that usually lives in water.
Now they have all gathered in the Black Castle without any prior arrangement. With the addition of the dozens or even hundreds of troops behind them, the whole Black Castle seems to be very lively.
Levi knew very well that their arrival was entirely due to one reason, and that was the copy here.
Of course, he had just experienced a great victory in Pigherd Town and had extremely rich gains, so in his opinion, apart from the experience points, the gains from clearing a dungeon were not much, but for other God-chosen heroes, they were still very attractive.
Since the copy has a maximum number of people limit, after a little thought, Levi divided the troops into three.
Donna brought Nar, Zhou Miyin and Lisadilan, and added some priests and druids to form the most stable combination of melee, archers, cavalry and nurses.
In this way, no matter what kind of enemy you face, you will have a good way to deal with it.
Nar can serve as an all-rounder and backup means. She can exert her strength in attack, defense and treatment. If there is an emergency, she can even summon ancient guardians to help.
Cindy, Elegy, Julia, Xiaotian, Simon, Bayoru and others form the second team. Their contribution to the troops is relatively weak, but their individual combat effectiveness is good and the troop configuration is also perfect.
Especially the two girls, Cindy and Elegy, have the potential to change the situation of a small-scale battle.
Both teams were fully scheduled , and as for the last group, it was Luna, Sally and Alduin led by Levi.
Compared with the previous two teams, the strength of their troops is much more mediocre, and the strength of their elite subordinates is not very strong.
However, with the presence of Levi, who has advanced to a paragon-level wizard, and Alduin, who can temporarily transform into a half-dragon, the overall combat effectiveness is still outstanding.
As for the difficulty, he decided to be on the safe side and let everyone choose the normal difficulty.
Last time, Mikaela said that when she was playing on the difficult difficulty, the opponent's leader was a level 14 Undead Death Knight riding a bone dragon.
If they were to meet head-on on the battlefield outside, with his current strength, it would be entirely possible for him to defeat the opponent.
But in the copy, only 200 people can enter at a time, and the difficulty is increased many times.
Even if he forced himself to fight the other party, he didn't know how much he would lose in the end.
More importantly, after reading the data given to him by Michaela, which recorded the past battles of Black Castle, he found that the Death Knight sounded very powerful, but in so many battles, his strength might not even rank in the top 30.
Black Castle has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, so there are not too many forces interested in it.
What Levi paid special attention to was that because this place was occupied by the Undead for the longest time before the High Elves, the number of Necromancers and Liches that appeared in past battle records was also the largest.
Although most of the Undead's troops are relatively weak and rely on a limited number of troops such as Terror Knights and Vampires to hold the fort, they have been besieged by the lawful and good races for so many years and have not been completely wiped out. Obviously, there are some special reasons for this.
On the one hand, they have the support of some evil gods behind them, and it is easy to replenish troops. On the other hand, it is also because their heroes and magic units are very powerful, especially their amazing lethality to the living.
If he is unlucky enough to encounter a super-powerful lich, it is possible that his army will be wiped out. It is better to be safe.
And according to past experience, the net profit of a normal difficulty copy will fluctuate to a certain extent depending on the enemy's race, but basically you can get 30-40 gold coins.
There are three teams and a total of nine times. If they can all pass it successfully, roughly speaking, they can get at least 300 gold coins in loot, and a large number of subordinates will be advanced or upgraded as a result, which is already very good.
Last time, Zhoujiazhai said that if Zhou Miyin could be promoted to a heroic unit, they might increase their investment in their own side. After getting the money, they would surely be able to recruit a lot of troops.
Originally, the Jade Warriors had performed well in many battles thanks to their natural skills, but now, with the gradual improvement of Li Wei's military rank and other bonuses, the Silver Guards have become increasingly tough, and they are somewhat dwarfed.
After all, the Jade Brave Halberd Soldiers are only a level 3 troop type, and they can no longer keep up with the increasing intensity of battles. It is time to upgrade them.
After the teams were divided, everyone had no objection, and Levi gave some further instructions on the details.
If you are really unlucky and a strong enemy appears among the enemies, there is no need to fight hard. You can take the initiative to admit defeat and give up to avoid heavy losses of the troops, and then wait for his new arrangements at the entrance of the copy.
After everything was ready, Levi was the first to enter the copy, and then he successfully cleared it twice in a row.
His troops were already much stronger than last time, and with the information provided by Michaela, they were even more powerful.
Similarly, the progress of the other two teams was also very smooth, because Levi could see through the system panel that the strength of many of his subordinates had improved to a certain extent.
Just when Levi thought everything was going well, when he entered the dungeon for the third time, before he could see clearly who his allies and enemies were this time, the system popped up a new prompt that he had never encountered before.
"Due to the instability and uncertainty of space, a team from the Abyss has entered the battlefield and chosen to join the camp of your enemy. Killing them will give you a chance to get extra rewards."
As soon as he saw this prompt, Levi's expression suddenly became a little serious.
He still remembered that the system had prompted him at the beginning that the space rift at the Black Castle was bidirectional, and the demons or God's chosen heroes on the other side of the Abyss could also enter.
There is also a very low chance that enemies will suddenly break in, but no one has ever mentioned related information before, so he hasn't considered it for the time being. But he didn't expect to run into it this time!
