Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 279: Mounts

Soon, under Michaela's order, the large army began to officially march north.
Reiner led the cavalry to conduct reconnaissance first. A dozen Sky Slasher airships were hanging high in the sky, carrying hundreds of archers, priests and wizards. Five to six hundred elves with double wings on their backs and forty to fifty giant eagles were accompanying them as guards.
Originally there were more Sky Slashers, but some of them were urgently transferred back to Ashridge Town. It seemed that special situations had occurred in other places.
Three Heavenly Lion Knights and a team from Gavin's Knights made great contributions in the Battle of Swineherd Town and are now serving as Michaela's guards.
On the ground were more than a thousand infantrymen of various types, and finally a very small number of war beasts such as the White Lions of Chrace and the Spirit Wolves of Ulthuan.
Levi also brought his subordinates along, but after comparing, he felt that his troops seemed to be more elite than Michaela's.
Her main infantry is usually only level 2-3, including shield spearmen, sea guards, rangers, plus a small number of silver guards and Caledor sentinels, etc.
Only some of the Chrace warriors armed with axes and shields and wearing white lion fur, as well as the silver-helmeted giantswordsmen are tier 4 troops and are considered the elite among them.
In comparison, in Levi's own troops, the tier 3 Jade Brave Halberd Soldiers were at the bottom, and there was not even a single tier 2 soldier.
Now there is still a huge gap between his personal strength and many powerful indigenous people, but the gap in the average strength of the troops is shrinking rapidly. With his current strength, it is easy for him to capture a few small villages.
As the team continued to advance, more and more God-chosen heroes came from both sides to join.
Their previous large-scale Northern Expedition resulted in the capture of many small greenskin villages and gathering places, which eventually became their territory. Usually, they would use their respective villages as strongholds and launch attacks to the north from time to time.
Now that they have caught up with Michaela's action, they naturally do not want to miss the opportunity, and some even simply withdraw all the defenders of the village. Anyway, under such special circumstances, the greenskins probably do not have any extra troops to attack their village.
Donna and others had originally been a little critical of the special status of the celestial creatures in the village, but now it seems that the celestial creatures are still very powerful.
They sent equal amounts of troops to all the villages under Levi's command. As Levi's power grew stronger, their investment would also increase. Each village would have a hundred or so almost free garrisons. Where could they find such a good thing?
With the joining of the chosen heroes, they gradually noticed the iron-eating crocodiles that served as mounts in Levi's troops. They couldn't help but come closer one by one and try to find out some relevant information.
Levi didn't hide much. Although only he and Michaela obtained recruitment permission yesterday, the crocodile people had already begun to build various God-given buildings, and it was only a matter of time before they were open to others.
Similarly, he was also very interested in the various strange mounts and arms in their team.
Animals like cows, horses, and wild boars are too common. Giant turtles, chocobos, etc. are not particularly rare either.
The few guys riding ogres were somewhat interesting, but what really caught his attention were a female elf priest riding a unicorn and a guy riding a pure metal mechanical war scorpion.
As a rare species of natural troops, unicorns have always been the symbol of purity. It is said that they only accept innocent girls as their masters and will not consider anyone else. They are really perverts.
When they saw each other, including Donna, Elegy and Cindy, they all looked very interested. Of course, they had heard of the legend. Who wouldn't want to prove that they were the innocent girl?
So Levi simply went over to ask. Unicorns basically would not live alone in the wild, that would be simply seeking death. Since the other party could own a unicorn as a mount, there was a high probability that he would have relevant information.
As it turned out, Levi had a certain degree of fame in the surrounding area, and after he explained his purpose, the other party didn't waste any words.
"I do have information. If it were you, Levi, I would be willing to give it to you, but I spent a lot of effort to get it..."
Having said that, the pretty female elf deliberately paused. Although she didn't say anything, Levi certainly understood what she meant. She just wanted money, which was easy to say.
He quickly glanced at the other team and was somewhat surprised.
There are relatively few women in various games. Since this game requires commanding subordinates to attack, arranging strategies, etc., the threshold is relatively high, so the number of female God-chosen heroes is even smaller, and most of them are not very strong.
Unexpectedly, the girl in front of me is quite powerful, and she should have a good relationship with the tree people and wood elves. There are several types of enemy soldiers in her team.
Although they are both elves and their appearances are almost exactly the same, the equipment of the high elves is both gorgeous and majestic, while the wood elves are dressed in green environmentally friendly clothes. The difference is still very obvious.
She even has three heroes under her command. You have to know that if you don't count the rich man like Sun Knight, the presidents and vice presidents like Master and Lightforger only have about this number of heroes under their command.
Being able to do this, this girl can be considered very good in terms of both strength and luck.
Maybe she invested most of her resources into recruiting troops, so the equipment of these heroes is pitiful, and they don’t even have a complete set of green...
So he directly took out a few pieces of equipment that matched the other party's profession: "Are these enough?"
The female elf waved her hands hurriedly: "Enough, enough, in fact, you don't need so much, it's just a piece of information... "
As she spoke, she shared some map information with Levi. Levi noticed that there was a special place on it, marked with a unicorn mark. That should be it.
I don’t know if she was moved by Levi’s generosity, so she acted very proactively and began to introduce it in detail.
"There is a valley at this location. There are about fifty or sixty unicorns living in it. They call it the Forest Holy Land. I suspect it may be a building bestowed by God."
"The strength of the unicorns ranges from level 4 to level 6. In addition to gold coins, recruiting them requires a certain amount of small light-attribute elemental crystals, and then there is that factor."
At this point, the female elf blushed a little. Although she didn't know how the other party judged it, the fact was that as a single person, she was successfully recruited, but her two best friends who had boyfriends all failed.
Hearing this, Levi couldn't help but twitch his mouth. Although the other party didn't say it directly, how could he not know?
So after expressing his gratitude, he added the other party as his friend. He had no other intentions, he just wanted to have more friends in the future. Such a female hero who is both beautiful and powerful is really rare.
After saying goodbye to the female elf priest named Star-Moon Light, Levi walked towards the guy with the metal war scorpion.
The other party looked quite rough in appearance, with many beast-type soldiers in the team. There was also a four or five meter long black bear following him, which made it very easy for him to guess the other party's profession. He must be a druid.
Having just experienced this, he directly handed over two green equipment this time: "Brother, I see your subordinates seem to be in need of these two pieces?"
The druid grinned and tapped his mount with his hand: "Dude, you came here for this thing, right? Then you may be disappointed."
Having said that, he still took the two pieces of equipment quickly. Judging from his proficiency, it was obviously not the first time he encountered such a situation.
Levi didn't care. This little thing was not worth mentioning to him.
"Oh, what do you mean?"
"Because I bought it from the Zhendan caravan. They rarely stay in one place for a long time. It is said that the caravan is heading to the capital of the Sigma Empire - Altdorf. No one knows when they will return."
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He seemed to understand why the other party took it so quickly. With just this little information, it was not worth two green equipment!
Without even looking, the other party knew that Levi would definitely be dissatisfied, so he continued quickly: "But if you are interested, Levi, I still have some mechanical war horses for sale. For the sake of these two pieces of equipment, I will give you a 10% discount."
Levi then became interested: "Did you make it yourself?"
"Hey, I don't have that ability. I bought them from the Zhendan caravan last time. I just want to act as a middleman."
As he said this, the other party also handed over a piece of paper with clear information about the mechanical warhorse written on it.
Quickly scanning the series of information, Levi found that this thing was indeed very attractive.
Compared with ordinary war horses, the defense and life limit of mechanical war horses have been greatly improved. They are even better than ordinary tier 4 soldiers and are absolutely qualified as mounts.
It also has some speed advantages, some basic magic resistance, can increase the power of the charge, provides a collision skill, etc.
Because it is forged from metal, once it charges, even if it does nothing and directly hits the enemy, it can still cause certain damage.
But it is not without weaknesses. First of all, it has weak resistance to lightning attacks. Second, like most mechanical creations, it cannot be repaired through ordinary healing techniques.
Apart from finding a specialized craftsman, you can only buy some repair oil, which is more expensive than ordinary life potions.
But it is not rare, because many types of mechanical soldiers can use this thing.
In comparison, it does not require ordinary supplies, but instead consumes a certain amount of magic crystals every day, so it is not a problem.
But overall, Levi thinks it is still quite cost-effective, especially for cavalry units like Simon, they will be an excellent choice, and the price is completely within Levi's acceptable range.
So after thinking about it for a while, he directly said to the Elf Warrior named Iron Guard: "Then give me 20. You just said that it would be a 10% discount, right?"
In addition to replacing Simon's mount, Donna, Elegy, Cindy, Zhou Miyin and others can also change their mounts. Well, all the heroes who stayed in various villages can also get a share.
The remaining ones can be given one each to Michaela and Reiner. Although this thing should not be a big deal to them, it at least represents one's thoughts.
"ah?"
The Iron Guard was a little confused. The reason why he said 10% off was because he had calculated it. Adding the two green equipment, he would not lose money if he sold two or three.
But now Levi wants 20 at once, so he will earn a lot less, and he doesn’t have that much!
Seeing the other party in a daze, Levi raised his eyebrows: "Brother, you won't regret it so soon, right?"
The Iron Guard gritted his teeth, but finally did not regret it: "No, it's just that I only have 13 left. I'll give them all to you. If you need more, you may need to wait a few more days."
Levi chuckled and said, "Of course, I'll buy everything in front of me first. But you just said that you can't make them. Are you going to change your mind so soon?"
As if seeing Levi's confusion, the Iron Guard immediately said: "Dude, I really can't make this thing myself, but I have a few friends who are with the Chaos Dwarves."
"If I can get in touch with them, maybe I can get a stable supply of goods, and by then there might be more than just mechanical warhorses."
For the natives, it is absolutely impossible for the High Elves to make deals with the Chaos Dwarves, but for the God-chosen heroes, it doesn't matter.
Levi then nodded. If it was a Chaos Dwarf, then he could indeed look forward to it.
As a subspecies of dwarves, they are naturally proficient in mining and forging, and can forcibly drive demons, so it is natural for them to create various special types of soldiers.
Levi still remembers that a group of evil-minded dwarfs once transformed the devil into a war machine - the Devil's Butt. Just by listening to the name, you can tell how evil it is.
However, the Iron Guard said that he bought these things from the Zhendan Caravan. Could it be that the caravan also made a deal with the Chaos Dwarves?
After the transaction was completed and they added each other as friends, Levi naturally sent out all the mechanical warhorses as soon as possible and told the girls the information about the unicorns.
As expected, they were all very excited, and even Donna said that if she couldn't find a suitable pet in a short period of time, she would not rule out getting a unicorn.
Unicorns can not only serve as mounts, but also possess certain combat capabilities.
But Levi just listened to it. After all, the unicorn was not a special war beast. If it was a PK between the same level, he didn't think the opponent could beat Donna's big cat.
After the two episodes ended, Levi also saw that many other God-chosen heroes also started to move and communicate with each other.
At least thirty to fifty people came over and asked him for information about the various arms under his command.
Levi also selectively revealed a part of it. Although everyone is a competitor in the long run, at least they are allies now.
Moreover, many of his troops cannot be recruited simply by intelligence, so it doesn’t matter if you tell them.
After traveling for dozens of miles, they had successfully gathered an army of tens of thousands, and no wild monsters along the way dared to provoke them.
Even if they occasionally encountered some small greenskin reconnaissance teams, they would either be killed on the spot by a hail of arrows, or they would see the situation was not good and run away early.
The greenskins are indeed very warlike, but they enjoy the fun of fighting more. They will not do something purely to commit suicide like what they are doing now.
Master soon joined in with his troops. They had developed quite well recently and had captured two small villages one after another. Although the greenskin village was extremely poor, it was still a base after all. Unfortunately, the problem with their constructs had not been solved yet.
In fact, the more they understood the issues related to constructs and souls, the more they felt the difficulty of this matter.
It is almost impossible for them to create it on their own. Lack of strength is one reason, and controlling souls will offend the gods is another reason.
Joining the Tomb King is a feasible plan, but firstly, the journey is too far, and secondly, if the Tomb King's troops team up with the elves, their morale will be greatly affected.
So they now decided to choose the last direction, which is to go to the Zhendan Dynasty, and they actually found a more feasible plan.
That is to follow the Zhendan caravan and follow the Longfang Road to Zhendan. When passing through the Ogre Kingdom, do not fight with the ogres but pay tolls. This way, it will be much safer.
The main problem now is that the caravan is not so easy to find. Even if you find one, people will not take them with you easily, as the caravan is afraid that they will rob you.
The second issue is the toll issue.
Although no other God-chosen hero has succeeded so far, according to the existing intelligence, there are not just one or two ogre tribes in that area, but hundreds of them, and each of them will collect tolls.
Even if the Zhendan caravan is more experienced and can choose the shortest route and spend the least money, they still need to pay a lot.
In addition, since the elves have gone to the human kingdom and are unfamiliar with the place, they must bring enough money as a backup, so the most important thing for them at the moment is to make money and save money.
Although this process will seem very difficult, since you have chosen to enter this world, you should at least set some ambitious goals, right?
Of course, the reason why he said so much to Levi was not because he wanted to borrow money from him, but because a considerable number of people in their guild did not want to go to Zhendan, but planned to gradually change the composition of their troops.
But Master himself was planning to go, so he hoped that Levi could take care of the members who stayed here, or let them simply switch to War Paradise.
They were originally brought together because of common interests, and even if there are disagreements now, he will not force others.
Of course Levi would not refuse, as he was in need of capable personnel right now.
After roughly confirming this matter, Master also called the dozen or so mages over to meet Levi one by one. From then on, they were Levi's subordinates. All they had to do was go through a simple transfer procedure when they returned to the town.
The mages were no longer dissatisfied. After this period of contact, they all had a certain understanding of Levi's strength and character, and they would not suffer any harm by hanging out with him.
Levi chatted with them briefly and got to know their approximate strength to facilitate future joint operations.
In general, their strength is pretty good, with an average combat level of 6-7. Each person masters more than ten or twenty different types of magic, mainly restrictive magic, supplemented by lethal magic, and finally auxiliary magic.
The battle level is generally slightly lower, probably around level 3-4, and the troops are almost always a combination of golems, spearmen, sea guards, and archers.
During the battle, they are highly dependent on the mages' many magic spells and archers, but their offensive power is not very strong.
They generally have 1 or 2 indigenous heroes under their command, but most of them are not particularly outstanding and are just humanoid pendants used to enhance leadership.
There is only one guy named Suifeng, who has a priest and a mage hero under his command. They can both play a significant role in the battle and he is considered the best among them.
Levi also had some impression of him, because when he just went north, the other side once told the greenskin shaman that their greenskin god was the one-eyed god, which also played a certain role in the victory of that battle.
But overall, there is a huge gap between them and Levi. Even if it is a head-on battle, even though they have more people, Levi is confident that he can easily defeat them or even kill them all.
There is no way. Levi frequently participates in various large-scale battles and almost always returns with a full load. He has already surpassed the ordinary God-chosen heroes.
Apart from anything else, just the few Sky-Slayer airships hanging high in the sky would be difficult for them to deal with.
It is foreseeable that as time goes by, the gap will become larger and larger. Levi has participated in the affairs between the gods more than once, but they are still worrying about how to create a golem.
In addition, Master had another matter concerning the two small villages he had already occupied.
It took the efforts of all of them to capture the village in the first place. If he takes some people to Zhendan and the rest follow Levi, the ownership of the village will become a big problem.
It would not be good to give it to anyone, so the best option is to sell it for money and split it equally among everyone.
Levi thought about it and felt that this problem was very easy to solve because he had the rich Sun Knight.
Since he arrived north late, he has not been able to capture any village yet. Just throw those two small villages to him, and he will surely satisfy everyone.
As for Suifeng and others who decided to follow Levi, whether they went to the Underdark to develop or took advantage of today's battle to capture a few new villages, both were solutions.
Master chuckled and was not surprised by this. It was obvious that he had already thought of this idea before.
After chatting for a while and confirming some specific details, the Sun Knight also approached the main force with some of his subordinates.
It was just that because his troops were too evil, the natives warned him from a distance.
In the end, it was an indigenous hero under Michaela's command who personally confirmed that the Sun Knight had a military rank and title before allowing him to come closer.
Master immediately couldn't wait to talk about this matter with the depressed Sun Knight. Then within two minutes, the Sun Knight waved his hand and gave an answer that satisfied everyone.
As a person with the ability to make money, many problems that can be solved with money are not problems in his eyes!
So everyone was happy for a while.
Levi also took the opportunity to talk to the Sun Knight about the Qin people. He was indeed a little interested and felt that he could indeed use the free Qin people to recruit new guild members.
At the same time, he became more and more interested in the Underdark. Levi had gained a lot of benefits from there. Qian Thief and others in the guild had also occupied several small villages.
However, he, the nominal president of the guild, is still running around all day and has no stable place to stay.
Especially what happened just now made him feel very depressed.
Although he has been trying hard to change his image in the minds of the indigenous people, so far there has been little success. It seems that changing places would be a good choice.
Hearing this, Levi immediately chuckled and asked, "Have you ever thought about where we should continue to develop after solving the Red Cloud Tribe?"
"Should we continue to go north to fight against Chaos Dwarves and Skaven, or should we attack Ogres like Master and his men? Or should we go overseas to develop?"
The Sun Knight was stunned by the question. To be honest, he had never thought about such a far-reaching issue. He had been thinking about attacking and occupying several small villages these days.
Unfortunately, he arrived too late. There were no heroes left for him within a hundred miles of the Pigherd Town. He couldn't just attack other elven chosen heroes, right?
He was already under warning because of his profession and faction, and if he really did this, he was afraid that he would be expelled from the elf clan.
But whether it is Chaos Dwarves or Ogres, they are both very difficult to deal with.
The dwarves were well-equipped with cannons and other weapons, and were generally considered difficult to deal with.
Chaos Dwarves can control demons, master some magic, demonize various war machines, and drive servant races such as goblins and greenskins. It is said that the black orcs among the greenskins were transformed by them. It can be said that they are more difficult to deal with than ordinary dwarves.
As for the ratmen, according to previous intelligence, their troops are not difficult to deal with, but the difficulty lies in the fact that they are a race living in underground caves and city ruins. They are very good at sneak attacks and guerrilla warfare, and it is difficult to get a chance to engage in head-on combat with them.
But recently, as people have come into contact with them more and more often, they have gradually realized that the rats have always been showing weakness to the enemy, and they actually already have many powerful weapons of war.
Guns, flamethrowers, gas grenadiers...
Although the energy they use is radioactive dimensional stone, which often comes from the bottomless abyss, the lair of demons, or the nine layers of Baator where the devils live, they are rarely found in the main world, resulting in a small number of these weapons.
But since these weapons gradually appeared in almost all clans, this could only mean one thing, that is, the ratmen really mastered how to make them.
The only consolation is that the ratmen next to the Red Cloud Tribe belong to the Aisin Clan, a clan that is said to have gone to Zhendan and Nipeng for further studies on a large scale.
They specialize in assassination and are relatively easier to deal with on a large-scale battlefield.
Ogres are also not easy to deal with. Their ogre warriors start at level 3, and each of them is powerful and strong. In addition, their racial talent is the ogre charge which can enhance the power of charge and the effects of knockback and knockback, making them best at breaking formations.
At the same time, they also like to enslave alien races including saber-toothed tigers, mammoths and giants to fight. With his current strength, if he encounters a slightly stronger ogre war group, he is afraid that he will not even be able to survive a single encounter and will be directly defeated.
Overseas is even more impossible, although he has more or less heard recently that the elves are preparing for a large-scale war with the Shahuamin, but that is basically a matter of the high elf fleet and the sea elves, and has nothing to do with him.
As for other directions, they are either dwarves in the mountains or some humans. Their camps are basically lawful neutral or lawful good. The natives will definitely not take the initiative to declare war on the other side, and they can't fight a favorable battle like they did this time against the greenskins.
If a war really breaks out, even if he uses the power of the entire guild to fight against it, he probably won't have much chance of winning.
Master next to him couldn't help but concentrate. In fact, he also had similar confusions. Combined with his own factors, he resolutely decided to go to the Zhendan Dynasty.
After thinking about it for a while, the Sun Knight also understood Levi's subtext: "So, you mean, we can go to the Underdark?"
Levi smiled and nodded: "That's right. Apart from the dwarves, shield dwarves, Tan people and the drow elves who believe in Eilistraee, it can be said that everywhere you look, there are enemies that can be killed."
Shield dwarves are a subspecies of dwarves, special dwarves from the Underdark. Compared to ordinary dwarves, they are more conservative, their favorability and reputation are more difficult to gain, and they are not so easily angered. Of course, that is only relative to other dwarves.
They are also better at seeing in the dark and are the mortal enemies of the drow elves.
If Levi plans to participate in the battle against Dracula and the old black dragon next, it will be difficult to bypass the drow elves, and the shield dwarves will be a very important potential ally.
Levi said so much, and if the Sun Knight still didn't understand what he meant, then he would be a real fool.
It was obvious that for some unspeakable reason, Levi wanted him to go to the Underdark to develop.
After thinking about it for a while, he simply nodded in agreement. Levi wouldn't cheat him anyway, so this was indeed a very good choice.
As for the two villages we just got from Master, they are not a problem at all. We can just leave them to my brothers to take care of. In case any war breaks out nearby in the future, they will serve as a reliable stronghold.
In this way, chatting all the way, they soon advanced hundreds of miles, gradually leaving the area controlled by their own side. The land ahead became increasingly barren, with large tracts of desert everywhere.
Seeing this, Levi couldn't help but sigh a little. No wonder the greenskins are always so poor, so warlike, and want to launch attacks on other races.
The environment they are living in now is really too bad. They can only change the status quo by launching wars abroad and seizing more fertile lands.
Otherwise, the gap between them and other races in wealth accumulation and war potential will become larger as time goes by. Even if the elves are not interested in their barren land, the greenskins themselves and the gods behind them will definitely not accept this situation.
Gradually, Levi also saw harpies appearing frequently in the distant sky. They should be scouts sent by the greenskins. It was impossible for the greenskins not to notice their army of tens of thousands.
But the harpies were still too weak. They didn't even have to make a move before the winged elves quickly shot out gusts of arrows and killed them all.
Compared to the high elves, the arrows of the winged elves are thinner, sharper and shorter, so their attack power is slightly lower. It is said that this is to reduce their burden.
But no matter how low it is, this is an arrow from the elves, which is totally beyond the ability of a mere harpy to resist.
As they continued to advance, the number and frequency of harpies' appearances increased rapidly, and small teams of scouts also appeared on land.
Although their side was able to basically kill them all successfully, Mikaela quickly gave new instructions, which was to divide the troops and let the many chosen heroes attack the surrounding greenskin villages in several directions.
Many of the God-chosen heroes had some objections, because everyone knew that only by following the attack on the haunted town could they gain the greatest benefit, as the ordinary villages of the greenskins were too poor.
But there was no way, they could not refuse Michaela's order, and could only leave quickly one after another.
Anyway, if we can really capture the village, it won't be a loss, we just might earn less.
If we can resolve the battle as quickly as possible, we might be able to catch up with the battle in the haunted town.
The Sun Knight originally wanted to continue communicating with Levi and learn more about the Underdark, but he was the first one to be assigned a mission, which made him lament repeatedly.
No matter how hard he tried, the natives were still worried about him and wanted him to leave as soon as possible.
However, this in turn further strengthened his determination. Since he couldn't develop here, he would go all out in the Underdark.
What Levi just said was very reasonable, but what moved him most was about the drow.
The high elves were certainly wary of him, but if it were the Moon Singers, the kind-hearted drow who had always longed for the surface world and hoped that the high elves would accept them again, would they still have the same attitude towards him?

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