Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 322: Encounter at Black Castle
After this little episode, Levi and Lucia were in a good mood and they started to move on.
As he walked, Levi looked at the surrounding scenery and he felt that Michaela and the others were acting very quickly.
It was obvious that during the previous demonic riot, more than one village was destroyed, many lands were corroded by the demonic power, and the wilderness was dead silent.
But now the village has been rebuilt and the land has been purified. Except for the fact that various plants and animals in the wild have become a little scarce, nothing else can be seen.
I don’t know how many priests, mages, druids and the like they mobilized to complete these tasks so quickly.
Or maybe Teclis also took action?
Judging from the powerful ability he displayed that day, he might be even stronger than hundreds of ordinary magicians combined.
After spending some more time, they successfully arrived at the Black Castle.
Before entering the city, they found that the Black Castle seemed to be more prosperous than before. The most obvious thing was that many new military camps had been built outside the city, which seemed to be prepared for those foreign chosen heroes.
Because when he looked around, Levi saw no less than ten races that tended to be neutral or kind, lining up to enter the camp.
Only troops led by the heroes chosen by the high elves will be allowed to enter the city in large numbers and rest in the military camps within the city.
It seems that with the influx of more and more alien races, Princess Belinda and her companions have gradually become more vigilant, which is a way of preventing danger before it happens.
Since Levi's military rank was high enough, even though there were many foreigners in his team, the guards took the initiative to let them pass because they were far away.
After temporarily arranging the large troops in the military camp, as soon as Levi went out, he found that he saw a figure he had not seen for many days.
"Lightforger, why are you here too?"
"Haha, Levi, you're here too. What a coincidence. I've heard about your recent deeds. You're really strong!"
As he spoke, the Lightforger gave Levi a thumbs up, while his eyes quickly swept over the people following Levi.
He couldn't help but sigh more and more, this was another group of elite soldiers and generals.
Although there is almost no difference in appearance between the chosen heroes of God and the indigenous people, as a man with rich experience, he can tell from many details that those who follow Levi are all powerful indigenous people.
Really, I thought I had made great progress after this period of development, but now it seems that the gap between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger...
After chatting for a while, Levi learned that since repelling Cai Jin and the others that day, the Lightforged did not immediately go to join the battle in the town, but instead fought with the ratmen.
Calculating the time, it was almost the time that Shudun said, when the other party began to retreat towards Zhendan.
After many battles, the opponent left a very deep impression on him.
According to him, those humanoid rats looked very wretched and on the surface seemed to be no different from ordinary goblins, gnolls and the like, but in fact they were very different.
Ordinary slave rats would be fine, as they are purely cannon fodder relying on numbers. They are always hunched over and look about the same as dwarves, just over one meter tall. Their weight is probably less than one-third of that of dwarves, and they will fall over if the wind blows.
But the clan rats, who are the main force of the regular army, are obviously superior to the dwarves and more elite. The storm rats, who often serve as vanguards and guards, are level 4 infantry.
Not only are they half a head taller than ordinary humans when standing upright, they also have extremely strong muscles and heavy armor, so they are very resistant to attacks.
Of course, this is relative to other ordinary rat people.
In the absence of any bonus on either side, it is not easy for them to defeat the level 3 Silver Guards with the martial bonus.
At the same time, because the opponent is Clan Eshin, the most famous assassin clan among the ratmen, they are very good at lurking, assassinating, using smoke bombs and the like.
Due to the numerical advantage of the ratmen themselves, and one of their talents is that they have strength in numbers, when they are in groups they can sacrifice some of their movement speed to increase a little defense, which makes them still very durable on the frontal battlefield.
When the battle is going badly, the rats' second talent - running away in panic - comes into play. By sacrificing defense in exchange for movement speed, they can often escape successfully.
But the difference between the goblins and the kobolds is that the ratmen's escape is not a complete rout.
After escaping a certain distance and feeling temporarily safe, they often try to reorganize their troops and look for opportunities to turn defeat into victory.
Among them, those soldiers who use slings and other long-range attacks will even release their kites to harass or delay time.
In addition to other ratmen clans, some have developed some war machines, some can control giant rats, and even transform them into ferocious beasts like wild wolves. The Lightforged believe that the Skaven race may be the most underestimated race among all the races at present.
Unfortunately, because the ratmen are too ugly in appearance, and the diplomatic environment and initial troops are also very poor, there are only a handful of truly God-chosen heroes who have chosen and persisted to the present, and there is no more information about the Lightforged for the time being.
Levi nodded to show his understanding. This information has been of great use to him.
But he was not too worried about the threat posed by the other party, because this was a world with gods.
The god of the rat people is Squark, a man of weak power. Because he has a bunch of thorny horns on his head, he is also nicknamed "Big Horned Rat".
Because the behavior of it and its followers is too despicable, and the Horned Rat has done many bad things in the past, it is basically hated by all the gods, including many other beastman gods.
Under such circumstances, no god would be willing to see it and the ratmen under its command become stronger.
The specific evidence is that, although he is the god of rat-men, his duties do not include rat-men or rats, only stealing, disguising and hiding.
It is said that this is because it was once beaten up by other gods. Gods of multiple races worked together to destroy two of its priesthoods, and now no god has obtained those two priesthoods.
So no matter how many creative ideas the rat people have or how hard they work, the upper limit has actually been set.
Even though they have successfully developed a variety of war machines that use dimensional stone as energy, if any god is willing to take action, they can easily set their technology back hundreds of years.
There is no way. The reason for this encounter is that the habits of the rat people are similar to those of rats, but even more despicable.
They love to steal, so like other thief gods, they are generally viewed with vigilance and hostility.
The rat people themselves are not very good at farming to obtain food. They basically make a living by stealing and robbing. The corpses of both aliens and their own people are important sources of food.
And because of their weaker average strength, they prefer to bully minors of other races, which is enough to incur the hatred of almost all gods.
Unless they are like the four elemental gods who don't care about their believers, or gods like the Mother of Magic and Corellon who are almost at the top of the gods, most gods, including evil gods, value their believers very much because they are the source of their power.
Younger believers are more valuable than older believers because they represent higher potential and plasticity.
However, apart from the chaotic good camp's bear god, Balado, there are not many gods who really target it.
Not only because most gods think it is too weak now and hides in rat holes all day, it is not worth the trouble to deal with it.
More importantly, this overconfident fellow had recently begun trying to meddle in the priesthood of lies and deception, and had come into fundamental conflict with the Prince of Lies, Xirik, who was only one step away from powerful divine power.
It just so happens that Xirik is also famous for having many enemies everywhere, which makes him even more hated than it, so many gods are happy to watch a dog-eat-dog farce.
Some gods would even take the opportunity to beat up Xirik's followers when they were in a weak position, in order to achieve some kind of delicate balance and disguised help.
In short, in this extremely special situation, Levi believes that the Horned Rat and its rat people will never be able to turn over in this life because there are too many gods watching them.
After chatting for a while, Levi learned that the Lightforged came this time to recruit troops, exchange items, and prepare for the next march into Broken Bay.
After that, he wanted to try to get a few boats and go to the coastal areas to fight the Shahua people and the like.
Now, Sekola, the god of the Shahua fishmen, is at war with the sea dreamers led by the god of the sea elves. If he can perform outstandingly in the war, it is obviously possible for him to win the favor of multiple gods at once.
In fact, the chosen heroes of other guilds, big and small, all have similar ideas. The naval strength of the High Elves is one of the best among all races, and there is no disadvantage in developing in this direction.
Another group of people planned to go to the West to cause trouble for the Snake Cult, which coincided with Levi's idea.
Some of them went to the Underdark from the underground passages near Swineherd Town to cause trouble for the War Lizardmen, Grimlocks, Mind Flayers, and even the Drow .
Although the largest drow city nearby has been captured by Levi, the Underdark is very large. I can't say how many there are, but there must be at least a hundred or eighty towns and cities in the entire main world. They have plenty of opportunities.
As for those who really want to advance to the north or northeast, they are the minority.
Because whether it is against Chaos Dwarves or Ogres, even if victory is achieved in the end, the casualty rate will definitely not be suppressed.
The former is because they have various powerful war machines and can harness the power of demons.
The latter is because their ability to break the formation is too strong, and any ogre war group of a certain size will have level 6 crushers in it.
When those ogres rushed over riding on giant woolly rhinos weighing more than ten tons, it was really difficult for ordinary Silver Guards to hold on, and they would often plow through the entire battle formation.
In addition, some heroic ogres may be able to control a more powerful seventh-level monster - the Stonehorn.
Those fierce creatures were covered in muscles, and their appearance was roughly similar to a combination of some super giant gorilla, lion and mammoth. The diameter of their four hooves alone was less than two meters, and they had a pair of giant horns that were seven or eight meters long growing horizontally. When they were still, they looked like a small mountain.
Ordinary dwarves may not be able to reach their knees even if they jump, so you can imagine how big they are.
It is even said that in the Mercenary Kingdom, someone once saw them collide head-on with a steam tank and easily knock it off the ground.
Yes, they flew instead of flipping over. Obviously, they are much stronger than ordinary bulldozers.
Levi was a little curious about this. There were also Crusher in the Blood Fist Tribe, but he had never really fought with them. At that time, the opponent was held back by the Dragon Princes led by Reiner.
Now it seems that their strength is indeed recognized as strong. Not to mention anything else, their weight alone is comparable to that of an ordinary small bus. Moreover, the bus is hollow, but they are solid.
How powerful can the stronger stonehorn beast be?
