Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 318: Dividing the Spoils
After handing over the task of demolishing the Temple of Rose to the other party, Levi decided to check out the spoils of war.
After several hours, all the spoils, including those from the previous encounter, have been gathered together. Looking around, the magical brilliance of various equipment shines brightly against each other, and both the elves and dwarves who were summoned are dazzled for a moment.
However, after scanning back and forth a few times, Levi was somewhat surprised to find that they had looted the entire city but only obtained less than 10,000 gold coins. Instead, they found various brand-new, drow-specific weapons, standard equipment, etc., totaling thousands of sets.
In addition, there are a large number of life potions, magic potions, consumable scrolls, various poisons, as well as thousands of various stones, woods, metals, elemental crystals, many types of gems, crystals, mercury, mithril, refined gold, and various animal eggs such as giant spiders and lizards, etc., stacked up like small mountains.
Although there is no detailed valuation yet, a casual glance will reveal that this is definitely a fortune in the tens of thousands.
Levi looked back and forth a few times, but he felt more and more that something was wrong: "What's going on? These drow seem to be preparing for battle with all their strength?"
Hans laughed. "I think so. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why they spent all the gold coins."
As one of the strongest forces in the vicinity, the drow have accumulated a huge fortune through frequent external plundering and internal exploitation of slaves. Now they have exchanged all their money for various supplies.
Levi frowned a little: "There shouldn't be any demons or devils around here, right? Then who were they originally on guard against?"
Dussel gestured a few times, and Hans immediately helped him translate: "He said, could it be the old black dragon, or Dracula?"
This is not completely impossible, but judging from this battle, except for the giant bug that has been sealed for who knows how many years, the drow side has more than twenty heroes and many core forces, but there seems to be no strong one who can rival the legend.
In this situation, if the drow rashly go to war with the other side, they will not gain any advantage, but may even destroy their originally good relationship with the other side.
If they were to deal with Pamela and the others from the Moon Singer, it seemed unnecessary to mobilize such a large force.
After thinking it over and over again and eliminating most of the impossibilities, Levi could only believe that the strange behavior of these drow was most likely a hint from the god they believed in - Spider Queen Rose.
But now it is just his pure guess and doesn't make much sense.
So he chuckled and nodded, skipping over this detail, and decided to let Pamela and the others work together to carefully gather relevant intelligence later. Now was the time to divide the spoils.
According to their respective contributions in the battle statistics, Levi began to distribute the spoils.
In theory, everything is distributed, but slight adjustments will also be made based on the other party's requirements.
For example, dwarves tend to want materials such as mithril and adamantium, followed by various gems. They want these materials to forge weapons and equipment.
The Sun Knights want various magic items, skill books, magic books, elite orders and other special items. They mainly want to enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops.
Pamela and her friends prefer various potions because of the deep impressions they had during past encirclements. At critical moments, a bottle of potion can often save their lives or even change the entire situation of the battle.
Cai Jin and her friends prefer gold coins and eggs of various beasts, because the harpies, who had always been their main force and cannon fodder, are almost completely wiped out after today's battle.
Now the only ones left are the relatively more valuable electric wizards and wind wizards, etc. They can no longer be used as pure cannon fodder, and they are reluctant to give them up.
So now they have to change their battle strategy and the structure of their troops. These eggs can be used to hatch various wild beasts, and the gold coins can be used for recruitment. They have already reserved a part of the drow and grimlocks from Levi in advance.
Levi didn't care, because as the planner of this battle, the organizer and commander of the coalition forces, and the person who made the greatest contribution in the battle, he would get the most.
Except for the city of Ostarch itself, everything else would be his after they had taken what they were entitled to.
He actually only made two moves, mainly because there was something in there that was particularly suitable for Donna, an egg with blood-colored markings.
It was clearly just an egg, but its rating was blue, which was unique among all the eggs on the scene, so he naturally wouldn't miss it.
After taking a look at it, Donna immediately liked it because this egg can also hatch a big cat!
So while the others were busy dividing the spoils, a cheetah more than half a meter long with blood-red stripes burning like a cloud of fire appeared under Donna's feet.
Its name is the Blood Flame Demon Leopard. Although it is small and cute, it is also a level 2 elite soldier. In addition to having both strength and agility, it is a bit like Janet's Shadow Claw and can use two very special powers.
Blood Flame Claws, when attacking, deals 3-5 points of fire damage, and has a chance to put the target in a torn and burning state, which can be stacked up to 3 times.
Blood-Drinking Roar: If the target has been affected by the Blood Flame Claws, you can use this roar to clear the opponent's tearing and burning states and restore a certain amount of health for yourself.
It can be said that although it is only at level 2 at present, both Levi and Donna have already seen its extremely high potential.
Once it grows up, it will definitely be a little prince who can fight alone. It is not easy to find a beast-type pet that can restore its life.
The second time was some kind of consumable scroll that could repair special equipment by consuming a large amount of materials and gold coins. Levi immediately thought of the broken Demon Shield on his body.
So after spending about 200 gold coins worth of stuff, a brand new Demon Shield came out.
Mad Demon Shield (Campaign Treasure - Blue - Rare): Defense of the hero and all troops he leads +5.
Treasure curse: The hostility of demons such as the Slaughterer, Horned Demon, and Berserker towards you will increase significantly. If you appear on the battlefield at the same time, the opponent will attack you first. If you are defeated by the opponent, this treasure will definitely be taken away by the opponent.
The original Mad Demon Shield had +2 defense, but now it has more than doubled. In comparison, the curse attached to it is insignificant. The demons are his mortal enemies anyway, and he doesn't think he will be defeated by these low- and middle-level demons.
After playing with the little leopard for a while, the others had almost finished taking their own spoils, and the various supplies on the scene were obviously much less, but a casual look showed that the remaining ones were still worth tens of thousands.
But whether it was the Sun Knight or Cai Jin and others, they only felt envy without any jealousy, because this was what Levi deserved.
If they are able to form such a coalition and capture a town, they will naturally be able to obtain such rewards. Everything depends on their strength.
Levi first collected the gold coins and activated the special skills that required gold coins. Then he took out an extra portion as a reward and compensation based on everyone's performance and combat damage.
The system's evaluation of combat contribution is certainly very accurate and fair, but in many cases, we cannot just look at this.
For example, Qian Thief's reconnaissance operations, and their capture of important locations such as the armory in the first place, although they hardly killed any enemies in the process, their contribution was very low in the eyes of the system, but in Levi's opinion, the role they played was really high.
For example, the cannon fodder such as the skeletons, zombies and ghouls of the Sun Knight are basically destined to be beaten, and their evaluation is also very low.
But if they were not used as cannon fodder, it might be our elite troops that would be lost.
Similarly, the shield dwarf Dusser and his men took out two new types of war machines in this battle and made great efforts to defeat the enemy and break through the city walls. They should definitely be given some extra rewards, right?
There are many more examples like this.
Moreover, most of them have a good relationship with Levi, and this is not a one-time deal. There will be plenty of opportunities for cooperation in the future.
For example, Levi was very interested in the various models of helicopters of dwarves like Hans.
Levi also likes the mining carts driven by Dussel and his men. Today's actual combat has proved their potential. When combined with magic such as turning fossils into mud, they are simply powerful weapons specially used in siege warfare.
Although most of them declined at first, when they saw Levi's strong attitude and his claim that they would continue to cooperate if there was a chance in the future, even the more stubborn dwarves accepted it. Everyone was happy for a while, because no one doesn't like money.
After the spoils were divided, Levi distributed the consumables to his many heroic subordinates, and also equipped Sally and Lily with space rings, and all kinds of equipment were also updated.
In addition to the mithril chain mail, mithril vest, etc. that they had seen before, this time there were also some fine gold products.
Compared to mithril products, adamantium is heavier and stronger.
The armor made from them is significantly superior to other products in terms of weight and defensive power, so Levi gave them to warriors such as Alduin and Elegy.
Weapons forged from them may have additional armor-piercing effects and cause additional damage to rocks, buildings, and the like.
If the equipment is of poor quality, it may even be destroyed after being attacked by several platinum weapons.
Since the drow mainly use war hammers, whips, long swords and short swords as weapons, basically Levi's main subordinates can get at least one as a backup weapon.
The drow also provide a large number of equipment such as poison attack, poison resistance and darkness resistance, so that they can have better effects when fighting against enemies with similar abilities in the future.
In terms of skill books, they mainly focus on weapon specializations such as swordsmanship and whip, as well as some mid-to-high-level riding skills.
Those big lizards are okay, but it is not so easy to control the big spiders to charge and fight, so the riding skills of many drow cavalry are not low.
Now, Elegy and the others can basically ride flying mounts such as griffins and giant eagles, which will greatly improve their mobility in future battles.
For magic units such as Levi, Janet, Nar, Sally and Lily, they also gained some low-level magic.
Most of the drow tend to use spells related to darkness, evil or poison, but after all, the base number is there. After having killed hundreds of magic units, they have more or less enriched some neutral magic.
For example, hypnosis, jumping, invisibility, summoning mounts, bear's tenacity and other auxiliary magics.
Levi also figured out why the magical pets of the drow wizards seemed to have strong combat capabilities and were even comparable to the animal companions of low-level rangers. It was entirely because they were temporarily strengthened by magic.
Enhance Magic Pet (Level 2), which increases the Magic Pet's Strength, Agility or Constitution by +2. It can be used multiple times to improve each of the three attributes.
Improve Magic Familiar (Level 3), which increases the attack, defense or magic resistance of the Magic Familiar by +5. This skill can be used multiple times to improve each of the three abilities.
Strengthen the magic pet (4th level), increase the size of the magic pet by 1 level, increase the upper limit of health by 50, and increase the attack by 5.
Once these three special magics are used, even the most ordinary little spider will immediately possess relatively good combat effectiveness, and can at least be used as temporary cannon fodder.
However, Levi was not very interested in this, because these magics could not be effective at the same time as other auxiliary magics such as Bear's Toughness. What's more, he really didn't need his magical pet to engage in close combat with the enemy.
Xiaoqi's level has now been raised, and it can cast up to 4th-level magic. If it launches an ice storm in the area where enemies are most concentrated, how many times will an ordinary magic pet have to tickle the enemy to match the damage of this magic?
He just increased his vigilance a little. In the future, when facing other wizard enemies, he must not underestimate the opponent's magical pet.
Previously, the drow wizards mostly used spiders and lizards. If a cat or dog, which is good at fighting, came, it might be even stronger.
And no one can guarantee that these few magics are the only ones that can enhance the combat effectiveness of magical pets. There might be some special magic that can directly turn a kitten into a big tiger. It is better to be more careful.
In the world of magic, everything is possible.
Apart from this, there are only two kinds of magic that really interest Levi.
One is the human immobilization technique.
This thing is in the same series as Hold Undead, and is also a tier-3 magic. But just like Hold Monster can hold more than just monsters, this magic can also hold more than just humans. It can also work on many humanoid creatures such as dwarves, elves, kobolds, goblins, etc.
Since there is more than one book of this magic, Levi asked all the qualified magic troops, including himself, to learn it.
He even felt that if he encountered some weaker humanoid enemies in the future, the opponents would probably be unable to move from beginning to end.
The other one was found by Qian Thief in the treasure house of the First Family. It was because of this magic that Levi realized that his summoning magic was not omnipotent, and even in some special circumstances, it might be used by the enemy.
Distorted Summoning (Level 4): All summons of enemy forces in the specified range may turn into evil versions of the original creatures, or evil creatures of equal strength to the original creatures, and these evil creatures will attack their summoners. The success rate is based on the level and intelligence of both parties.
If he summoned a Wolf Patrol or something like that and the other party cast a spell like this, the one who came out of the magic circle might become a demon full of hatred for him. If he was caught off guard, it would be easy to reverse the situation.
However, it is not without its shortcomings. One is that the maximum range of magic is much inferior to that of ordinary magic, and the other is the success rate.
What's even more regrettable is that this thing is exclusive to the evil camp, and Levi can't learn it for the time being. In the end, he gave it to the Sun Knight. He was preparing to train an evil magician who might be qualified to use it.
But Levi was not too disappointed. Since there was such magic, there was a high probability that there was also a corresponding magic that could change the summoned creature from evil to good, right? Maybe he would have another chance in the future.
After finishing all these, Levi asked his subordinates to store all the remaining things in the armory and warehouse, and then began to let the troops defend while urgently cleaning up the ruins in the city, repairing damaged buildings, etc.
At least we have to build the city wall first, otherwise it will be a bit of a hassle.
At this time, Suifeng and his golem army, as well as the undead under the Sun Knight, showed their advantages.
They are very strong and tireless and can work continuously.
Hans, Dusser and others also volunteered and expressed their willingness to help. They, the dwarves, are not only good at mining and forging, but also at repair and construction.
Levi also took the opportunity to discuss with them the sales of various supplies, weapons, equipment and other items obtained from this operation.
Quite a few of them are of no use to him for the time being. Mithril, refined gold and the like are certainly good things, but does he have anyone under his command who can make use of them?
It is best to get rid of it as soon as possible in exchange for stronger combat power.
Both groups of dwarves were very interested in this, but when Levi mentioned that he wanted to exchange for the dwarves' rune equipment, helicopters and other war equipment, they said that they could not make the full decision for the time being.
The main reason is that Levi wants a large quantity, and they need to go back and discuss with other people in the tribe. After all, these are specialties that the dwarves are proud of, and they also have to consider the attitudes of other people in the tribe.
However, they also said that based on their friendship with Levi, they would do their best to make this happen. They couldn't guarantee more, but they would definitely not let Levi go empty-handed.
But as for the thousands of sets of drow-specific equipment, they said they had no other options, because their best option was to melt them down and recast them, but in that case, their value would often be reduced to only one tenth, which would be a huge loss.
So Levi could only turn to discuss with Pamela. The reason why he didn't consider the other party at the first time was mainly because these drow elves who worshipped kindness were too poor...
They are chased and beaten by those who believe in Spider Queen Rose all day long. They can't even save their lives. Where can they make money?
Sure enough, just as Levi had guessed, although Pamela was very interested in it, they really couldn't afford it.
So Levi had to change his approach and barter with them, using the Sword of Song and hair dye as exchange items, and then he would resell them for gold coins or something.
In general, because of the unknown emergency preparations of the drow, even if Levi captured the city, he would not have too much gold coins on hand for the time being...
After sending someone to deliver a message to Blood Glory and Lisadilan, Levi decided to go to the prison in person.
The Sun Knights had already checked the black market and several taverns.
They all agreed that there was basically nothing interesting in there for Levi, and all the soldiers there were from the evil camp, which was also not suitable for Levi.
We can only wait for the passage of time. When they hear that this place has changed hands, the natives in the Underdark who tend to be neutral or good will come here.
So if there is any place where surprises could possibly exist, perhaps the only place left is prison.
Donna didn't know if she recalled the past in the village, so she offered to go together.
Levi rescued her from a prison in a small village. What kind of person is waiting for them to rescue her in the prison in Ostak City now?
