Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 324: Lawbreaker
Half a day later, Levi and the others walked out of the magic library.
Compared to Levi who was still refreshed, Janet and Alyssa had a blank look in their eyes, almost like circles. It was obvious that their minds must be blank.
There was no way. Their intelligence attributes were low, and their levels or classes were not high either. Each of them could only copy three or five spells.
Sally's performance was outstanding. Blood elves have a certain talent in magic, and she is an elite among elites. She reaped a lot this time, copying more magic than Janet and Alyssa combined.
It can even be said that if she could truly master all the magic this time, Levi would not have to worry too much about her survival in the battle.
But the one who truly gained the most, of course, could only be Levi himself. The chosen heroes of God have more advantages than the natives in many aspects.
Through this study and copying, he truly understood that even among low-level magic, there would be more interesting or practical magic.
For example, if you have learned the magic tricks of level 0, you can basically go to some remote villages and perform magic for a living.
Once the second-level generous gift is hit, if the enemy has consumables such as magic scrolls and potions, or weapons such as swords and arrows, they may hand them over to the caster on the spot.
When dealing with an enemy with a small difference in strength, the opponent may wake up in less than 0.1 seconds, and at that time his hand may have just been extended less than one foot.
The mechanized mind can make the recipient's mind as hard as steel, greatly increasing resistance to mental magic.
The mirror technique can create up to 8 mirror images that will disappear immediately when attacked, which should be very effective in saving lives.
Levi asked Sally and others to focus on learning these two magics to further enhance their survivability.
There are more interesting things in the 3rd-level magic, such as the Blessing of the Four-Armed Ape, which allows a pair of arms to grow directly under the ribs. Although they probably won't be able to use their physical attacks, they can be used to use magic items or drink potions.
This magic doesn't sound that great, and it doesn't look that good, but it can be quite useful in battle.
He was also very curious, if he gave it to Donna's big cats, would they grow human arms or become big cats with six claws?
What would happen if it was used on Alyssa's horned viper?
As a snake-like creature, can it really perfectly control its extra arms or claws?
There are many similar magics, such as Teeth in the Palm, which can grow teeth from the palm of your hand to bite people.
Levi felt that it might be very suitable to release it on professions such as monks, first give the opponent a punch, and then take a bite. This can be said to be extremely unethical.
Many spells use up a lot of mana and may not be very practical, but the varied effects are certainly interesting.
There are also many other practical offensive magics. Levi selected some with obvious attributes, such as Ice Spear, Lightning Beam, Spear of Sound, etc.
In this way, next time he encounters an enemy that is more resistant , he can also change the type of magic in a timely and targeted manner.
Another more practical one should be Phantom Steed, which can summon a magic mount. As the caster's level increases, its abilities in all aspects can be continuously improved.
With Levi's current strength, he already has the ability to walk on swamps, deserts, and water as if it were flat ground, and even fly in the air. Just thinking about it, you know it must be very cool.
Not only can he ride it himself, he can also designate others to ride it, and no riding skills are required, because it looks like a horse, but it is essentially made of magic.
This would be much more convenient if he encountered a situation in the future where he needed to save the indigenous people and run away urgently.
In addition to these magic spells that he planned to focus on learning next, Levi also copied down more than a dozen more common magic spells .
It's not that he wants to use them all, but he already has the expertise to counter spells, but he has hardly ever used it in actual combat. This is entirely because he doesn't know enough types of magic. If he learns more, maybe he can use it next time.
Unfortunately, magic like Micro Meteor is relatively rare and is not used in the library.
He had no right to view the higher 4th-order magic for the time being, so either the Dragon Prince or Princess Belinda would open a special channel for him, or he would have to wait until he made further progress in his military career.
As soon as he entered the tavern where they were staying, Levi saw that in addition to Simon, there was another figure he hadn't seen for many days, and that was Zhou Miyin.
After seeing Levi, he immediately stepped forward and saluted.
Levi looked him up and down and couldn't help but admire him: "Not bad, it seems that although you were there for a short time, you gained a lot."
Zhou Miyin was originally just a level 1 peasant long-handled spearman. Although he was an elite unit, he had probably always stayed in the relatively safe Zhoujiazhai since he was a child and seldom went out, so he did not have much experience.
Even though he followed me later, fighting and conquering all the way until he grew up to be a hero, he still had a slight inferiority complex probably because of his humble background.
But after returning from this short absence, he seemed to have matured and become more confident.
Levi could roughly understand the reason. After all, he was always paying attention to the opponent's status bar, fearing that he would die accidentally one day, so he could quickly grasp the changes in the opponent's attributes and skills.
In addition to a small level increase, the most important thing for him was that he gained a special skill and a title.
Jade Warrior Commander, special skills, as the campaign level increases, will bring benefits to a series of arms such as Jade Warrior Spearmen and Jade Warrior Halberdmen. The effects of the same skills cannot be stacked on each other.
It is basically similar to Levi's Silver Commander, and even the effects are very similar, except that it targets different types of troops.
Jingwu Warrior, title, normal skill consumption -3, strength +1, life +30.
Overall, after this training, his and Yu Yong's strength has been enhanced to a certain extent. No wonder he has become much more confident.
In addition, Zhoujiazhai gave him some recruitment quotas, and now he has more than 80 Yuyong men under his command.
Unfortunately, this expression didn't last long. After being praised by Levi, he couldn't help but giggle again.
Then, without waiting for Levi to ask any questions, he took the initiative to tell him everything that had happened to him recently.
They first took the initiative to attack and wiped out two gangs of nearby bandits. Then the leader of Zhoujiazhai personally took him on two business trips, killing five waves of robbers on the way. He taught him a lot of knowledge on the battlefield and also broadened his horizons.
According to Levi, asking him for help was fake; the real purpose was to support his junior and to build a relationship with Levi.
If this is the case, then perhaps my city of Ostak can also engage in some trade with them.
After all, Zhoujiazhai’s main function is actually merchants, not a formal army. The reason why they often fight with robbers on the road and even kill all the opponents is that they are forced to fight back out of helplessness.
Through Zhou Miyin's description, Levi also learned that the small human city-states in the West are currently fighting fiercely.
After the death of Old Black Dragon, the truth about the Snake Cult had almost been made public. However, apart from a few believers of kind-hearted gods, not many people bothered them. Instead, they started fighting with each other.
Moreover, the people of Zhoujiazhai said that they believed that these evil divine forces were not attacking randomly; they seemed chaotic, but in fact their purpose was very clear.
The most direct manifestation is that after many days of fighting, the followers of Bane, the god of tyranny, strife and fear, and Cyric, the god of murder and prince of lies, have gained a great advantage respectively, and they have basically controlled a city-state each.
There is a great hatred between these two evil gods, because Bane once died in battle, and before he was resurrected, Cyric kidnapped many believers from him, so even if this incident had not happened, they would still be mortal enemies.
The second is the goddess of wealth and trade, Woking, whom Lotus and the Red Brotherhood once worshipped at the dock.
This absolutely neutral goddess only cares about doing business. In theory, she will sell goods to anyone who pays her, except the believers of the God of Thieves. She doesn't care whether the other party is evil or kind. So she took the opportunity to make a fortune from the war and expanded her influence a lot.
However, although she appears to be absolutely neutral on the surface, this goddess is still somewhat biased.
The followers of Sigmar, the Noble Goddess, and the Unicorn Queen Lurue are currently staying in the third city with her followers, and are more or less protected.
Next is the God of Thieves - Mask. The followers of this god all like to get something for nothing, while the followers of the Goddess of Wealth are also famous for their wealth throughout the main world.
So basically, wherever the believers of the Goddess of Wealth go, they follow. In their eyes, the other party is just a mobile treasury.
In addition, the chaotic situation also facilitated their efforts to fish in troubled waters, so the believers of the God of Thieves also made considerable progress.
The Snake Cult has influence in many places because they are a fairly large organization. Their leadership members come from nobles in various towns and may have other identities on the surface.
As for the many other small evil forces, they fought each other until they completely lost their power in the towns and cities, and often even their temples were uprooted.
Only a few who are luckier or stronger can hide in the surrounding villages and survive.
This left many onlookers somewhat puzzled, not to mention the parties involved.
But this is probably only temporary. The fight between the gods for faith is no less intense than the conflicts between many mortal races. Especially between hostile temples or evil gods, extermination-style massacres will be carried out.
However, the undead that Levi has been paying attention to have no intention of showing up for the time being. But after each battle, the corpses on the battlefield will be quickly cleaned up, and their whereabouts are mostly related to the undead.
According to the speculation of the people in Zhoujiazhai, the other party is most likely hiding in the dark area below the town, or hiding in some small villages.
But they didn't know the details, and they didn't think about taking the initiative to find out, because when they were doing business, they only took the widest and safest roads, and would not take the initiative to provoke the enemy unless necessary.
In addition, it is said that outside the wilderness, some undead and beastmen have gradually come here, seemingly attracted by the death and blood there.
And there are rumors that the beastmen are preparing some kind of sacrificial ceremony.
Hearing this, Levi immediately paid more attention.
If nothing unexpected happens, those undead should have escaped from the Underdark, but no one knows which force they belong to.
Those beastmen are also called beastmen. In theory, all humanoid creatures with beast characteristics can be classified as this type.
But in fact, they have more than one original source. Some are born with that appearance. Like elves and dwarves, they are all intelligent races. The most obvious examples are the guardian magic toads and lizardmen.
Some were originally humans or beasts, but were later corrupted and infected by demonic power, received special curses, or were simply transformed by some evil wizards and became beastmen.
After countless years of development, many beastmen with strength or wisdom have become independent, and even gave birth to their own gods and established their own towns, such as bear men, rat men, monkey men, tiger men, panda men, etc.
However, those who are not very smart or strong, or whose classification is not so clear, still wander in the wilderness like wild beasts, and have great worship for powerful evil creatures such as demons.
These beastmen are often the most susceptible to temptation or exploitation by demons, and are even called the "Imperial Army" by many people on the forum.
Now those beastmen have started to offer sacrifices. Are they planning to summon demons again?
But then Levi became a little excited again. His strength now was no longer what it used to be. Even if the opponent opened a rift in the abyss, he was confident that he could block the opponent at the door and kill him!
After handing over the battle treasure that he had specially left for the opponent - the Centaur Axe, as well as some mithril and refined gold equipment to Zhou Miyin, Levi gave him some gold coins and asked him to arrange for the Yuyong men to rest in the barracks first, and then officially join the main force tomorrow to fight side by side.
Xiaotian and Jianbing also came to report that he had successfully purchased a number of carriages, enough to carry all of his infantry and archer units.
Due to the expansion of the troop size, the Sky Slasher was no longer sufficient to carry all the troops, so Levi gave this task to the two of them, and it seemed that they had done a good job.
The tree stump next to him also signaled to him. As a dwarf with short legs, his troops would march slower than the elves. So in order to keep everyone in step, Levi also lent him some gold coins so that the dwarves could also get on the carriage.
Then, turning around, Levi saw the three Amazon sisters, Anaconda, Piranha, and Donna, Elegy and the others, walking in, talking and laughing.
Behind them, there were less than twenty elves who looked dusty but had bright eyes.
The moment he saw them, Levi almost immediately understood their identities.
It was not only because Sally, who was not far behind him, suddenly started breathing rapidly, but also because the whole body of these elves, whether it was their wizard robes or armor, was a fiery red.
Normally, there is not much difference in appearance between the three types of elves: high elves, dark elves, and blood elves. The only difference may be the main hair color in each ethnic group.
High elves tend to prefer gold, dark elves prefer black, and blood elves prefer gold or red.
But this is not absolute, so usually, as long as they change clothes, they can hardly be told from their appearance, so the former two will often send spies to each other.
Wood elves are a little different because they live in the primeval forest and have formed a close alliance with the tree people. The tree people believe that eating vegetables will harm the interests of plants, so the staple food of wood elves is usually meat, followed by fruit.
Due to long-term picky eating habits, their hair color is basically dull, mainly brown and gray, which is very different from other elves.
Now that these guys are all dressed like this, it can only be that they are deliberately telling other elves: I am a blood elf!
It seems similar to the rumors. Although the blood elves are poor and survive in the cracks, their pride is no less than that of other elves, and may even be higher.
But I hope you have the strength to match your arrogance, otherwise you are just ignorant and arrogant fools.
Signaling Sally to receive them first, Levi took the lead in greeting the three Amazon sisters.
Since the Amazons were all very cheerful, Levi understood the general situation after just a few words.
Their employment relationship with Blackburg has ended, and they are free to choose their next actions.
Originally, Black Castle had invited them to attack Broken Bay. After the attack, they would be sent to patrol the colony, clear out monsters in the wild, etc.
But they are not fools. Things have developed to this point. The High Elves have legendary heroes with dragons, phoenixes, etc. It is impossible for the Broken Bay to have any resistance.
It can be said that as long as the high elves launch an attack, the Red Cloud Tribe will be destroyed immediately.
Then there would be no point for them to stay here.
They left Lustria not to earn the hiring fees, but to broaden their horizons and fight with more other races in order to accumulate experience and improve their strength.
So they readily accepted Levi's invitation, first went to Bitao Village to establish an outpost, and then marched westward with him to deal with the Snake Cult.
And they are also very confident that they can definitely help.
During these days, although some of their sisters died in battle or were recruited by other God-chosen heroes, the remaining Amazons all had rich combat experience, and many of them were able to advance.
She now has 50 Cold Lizard Cavalry, 120 Moa Mounted Archers, and other Lustrian Wildcats and Amazon Forest Warriors are also quite powerful.
Looking at their confident faces, Donna and Elegy looked at each other and saw the smile in each other's eyes.
Although these sisters were born in different places from me , they still have the pride of Amazon. But if they only have this much strength, they may not be able to withstand two rounds of arrow rain from me...
Levi certainly knew this, but from the very beginning he did not simply rely on the opponent's fighting power. He just wanted to establish a relationship with the opponent's hometown, the Amazon tribes settled in the Lustria rainforest, and even the gods behind them.
However, Tree Stump, who had been following Levi, showed some interest in this. The weakest point of the dwarves is their mobility. If he could recruit some mounted archers and wild cats , it would definitely be a great improvement to his troop lineup.
But soon he thought of the money he had borrowed from his elder brother Levi to buy a carriage, so he could only sigh and give up helplessly.
But it's not a big problem. Anyway, from what they are saying now, they should fight side by side for a period of time. Doesn't that mean he can take advantage of the other party's combat power for free? There is no need for him to recruit them at all!
After quickly deciding on the departure time for tomorrow, the three Amazon sisters left with laughter. They wanted to notify other members of the same tribe to pack up.
Levi turned to look at Sally who was still reminiscing about the past with her fellow tribesmen. To be honest, the blood elves' troops were quite messy. There were less than 20 people in total, but there were four types of troops.
Swordsman, archer, and mage, the last type of soldiers has a somewhat special outfit.
They held shields more than half a person's height in their left hands, and the weapons in their right hands were a bit like two long swords connected together at the handles. For a moment, Levi was a little confused about how they should attack.
As far as he knew, only the 7th-order soldiers of the Zhendan Dynasty, known as the "Gundam", the Terracotta Warriors, used similar weapons.
But they are often more than ten meters tall. Even if you simply spin the weapon in your hand, it can form a violent whirlwind. How are you supposed to use this strange weapon?
He didn't have to wait long. As he finished talking with the three sisters, Sally immediately led her fellow tribesmen to pay them a visit.
I don’t know if it’s because Sally has already made a statement with them, or because Levi’s current legendary status is high enough, but these guys didn’t show any arrogance when facing him. Instead, their eyes were full of respect.
Several swordsmen and archers are all level 3, but in Levi's opinion they are very ordinary. He values the five mages among them more.
Four of them were level 3 and one was level 4. Without exception, they were all fire mages, and their spell lists were exactly the same as Sally's, all focused on offense.
This certainly makes their survivability very weak, but if they are truly trained, their output will definitely not be low.
Finally, there were five blood elf spellbreakers armed with strange weapons, who brought Levi a little unexpected surprise.
As the name suggests, they are special warriors who specialize in fighting magic.
In addition to physical defense and magic resistance being on par with ordinary level 3 Silver Guards, they also have three special skills.
1. Spell Stealing, an active skill, steals the enemy's beneficial magic to yourself or your allies, or transfers the harmful magic effects on your allies to nearby enemy units. The success rate is based on the intelligence and level of both parties.
This skill is basically a more powerful version of Purification.
2. Magic Feedback, an active skill, attaches special magic power to the weapon. During the duration, it can burn the opponent's mana after hitting the target and cause the same amount of damage. Since they are currently all level 4 soldiers, this value is 4 points.
You should know that except for special creatures like the Magic Swordsman, the magic limit of most melee soldiers is very low.
As a heroic unit, Zhou Miyin's magic limit is only around 40 without considering the bonus from equipment. If they cut it down by 10 or 8 times, he will basically not be able to use any active skills.
3. Blade of Wisdom, an active skill, can throw out energy blades for medium-range attacks. If the speed is fast enough, as warriors they can also try to kite the enemy.
At the same time, according to them, if their strength can be further improved, they may be able to combine the effects of the Blade of Wisdom and Magic Feedback together, which will give them additional advantages regardless of whether they are dealing with mages or warriors.
However, they are not without shortcomings. First of all, their attack power and health points are obviously weaker than those of the same level troops. As a rare troop, their maintenance cost is more than twice that of the same level troops.
But Levi didn't care about these. He didn't plan to let the opponent deal damage. Donna's shooter and himself were enough.
All in all, Levi was very satisfied with them. If he could gather thirty or fifty spell breakers and launch a volley of fire at a certain wizard, even if he couldn't kill the opponent, he would at least make sure that the opponent had no magic points left.
I just don't know whether the mage armor and other protective magic have the ability to resist their magic feedback effects, and how much they can resist.
Levi decided to arrange the lawbreakers to the front line first and let the priests take care of them. No matter how good the data on paper is, it is necessary to see the actual combat results.
As for the other blood elves, they are temporarily handed over to Sally to serve as her personal guards. She is now a level 5 elite unit and should not be far from being promoted to a hero. It is time to practice her command ability!
