Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 336: The Garden of Thorns and Those Left Behind
About an hour later, when the system prompted them that they had won another resounding victory, Levi finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the title of Mayor of Thorn Town added to his status bar.
Perhaps it was because the Church of Cyric and the Mask Order had already joined forces to clean up other large and small forces in the area and destroyed many buildings when they occupied Thorn Town, so their encirclement and suppression operation was much easier this time.
The power of the Church of Cyric was simply unable to withstand their attacks. Most of the thieves and assassins of the Church of Mask who were good at escaping were quickly killed because they did not have many places to hide. The rest slipped away through several sewers.
All in all, the battle actually lasted much less time than the time they spent waiting in the forest.
As a price, Cyric's reputation turned into mortal enemy, and Mask's reputation was reduced to hatred. From now on, not only should we be careful of them in the wild, but also be careful of those thieves and assassins in the city.
It’s a bit regrettable that this time his title of mayor only brought him 1 point of legend, but no more leadership bonus.
Just like before, he could only choose one of the deputy mayor of Swineherd Town, the lord of Ostak City, and the mayor of Thorn Town to give him a leadership bonus at the same time.
The title of deputy mayor of Swineherd Town was given to him by Sobek, and he had no way to exercise it, but the other two territories were his own, so he could grant the title to others.
After thinking about it for a while, Levi gave the title of Mayor of Thorn Town to Donna. In the combat system of the high elves, archers can be said to be present from beginning to end and occupy a very important position.
This increased her leadership by 500 points at once, allowing her to command more than a hundred more subordinates.
In addition, probably due to the influence of frequent wars in the past, the various buildings in Thorn Town are somewhat inferior to those in Ostak City.
Excluding the conventional taverns, blacksmiths, markets and other basic buildings, there are six main God-given buildings, namely Swordsman, Archer, Spearman, Halberdman, Blackhearted Rifleman (Level 3) and Ruthless Greatswordsman (Level 4).
The first few are not of high value, they are just common cannon fodder. The last two have names that sound unusual, but in fact their attributes are not much different from similar types of troops, and their output is not high either.
Fortunately, it is still practical and can be used to defend the city.
Next is a secret camp that can produce a certain number of thieves, spies and assassins every week. Levi thinks this may have been built by the Mask Church, but now it is a bargain for him.
Although their frontal combat effectiveness is very weak and the strongest assassin is just a level 3 crispy hero, they are actually very practical.
Recently, Levi has been using the Inspector Sub-Air as the main force and the Huntress and other cavalry as the auxiliary to carry out related reconnaissance tasks.
The success rate of their missions is very high, but one is a flying soldier and the other is a cavalryman. When they encounter enemies with higher perception and better eyesight, they are inevitably easily detected by the enemy in advance.
If it is a special terrain such as a forest or a secret room, the role they can play will be greatly reduced.
But now with the addition of these walking spies, this relatively weak link will be filled.
In terms of resources, Thorn Town has one small elemental channel (earth)/(water). Although the daily output is only 5 units, it is worth a little money because of its decent quality.
Then comes the origin of the name of Thorn City, the Thorn Garden that can produce those two special thorns.
Levi also roughly figured out why their production was so large.
Because the cycle is different from other ordinary God-given buildings. They are not based on weeks, but have output every day, and the output is not fixed.
If they could use special water sources and soil that contained magical energy, such as those of the two elemental crystals, to cultivate them, it would not be impossible for them to produce hundreds every day. There was even a very low chance of mutant soldiers appearing above level 3.
If there is no one to take care of them or there is no water source, they may not even produce anything. This is the first time Levi has encountered such a God-given building.
At the same time, there is a special requirement, that is, whether it is daily care, recruitment, fighting, or special training, a certain number of druids are needed.
Otherwise, they would be like before, when they were almost trampled to pieces by the warring troops, but they only used their hard thorns to slightly prick their feet, and did not show any activity or aggressiveness at all.
All in all, this is a special building with relatively large input and output, and it should be mainly used by the lords of various towns and villages rather than ordinary adventurers.
In addition to the temples of the two evil gods, Cyric and Mask, which Levi ordered to be demolished, they also found a small temple in the city.
Levi was a little surprised at first, mistakenly thinking that the other party was able to survive because of Xirik's help.
Because all the other temples in the city, whether good or evil, have been basically cleared out by the Xirik Church, and the Xirik Church will not care about other people's face.
But he soon realized that he was wrong. It was not that the Church of Xirik took care of the other party, but that they could not afford to offend the other party at all. That was a temple belonging to the disaster girl - Benshaba!
Even though Xirik has many enemies, he would never dare to provoke Lady Lucky and Lady Disaster, a pair of sisters who love and hate each other.
Similarly, other powerful evil gods, such as the Black Lord Bane, the Storm God Talos, etc., are absolutely unwilling to provoke them, and even constantly try to please them.
Because things related to luck are very mysterious, even the gods cannot fully control them.
If you really anger the Maiden of Doom, she will reduce your luck to the extreme. A legendary wizard may also die from the backlash of magic when releasing a level 1 magic. Beating up a kobold on the side of the road may attract a dragon to launch a crazy attack on you.
If you offend the Lucky Girl, her threat will be relatively smaller. She will mainly madly enhance your enemy's luck and make his every move a critical hit.
Because of this, although the churches of these two goddesses are small in number and chaotic, their power is extremely strong.
You may not believe in them, but you must have heard of them and would never want to offend them.
Levi felt that he needed to visit the other party later. He didn't dare to say more, but as long as he could recruit a mid- to high-level priest, the believers of Xirik and Mask would be very cautious if they wanted to cause trouble for them in the future, because they would also be very afraid of hurting the priest in battle.
As for the warehouses and armories, they only had the most basic materials such as wood and stone, as well as equipment such as spears, swords, bows and arrows or armor of green quality at best.
In Levi's current opinion, they can only be regarded as strategic materials rather than valuable equipment.
The total amount of gold coins is less than 3,000, and as for other magic items, magic potions and other consumables, they are even pitifully few.
It seems that the Church of Xirik may have completely exhausted all the reserves here in preparation for this war.
However, those members of the Xirik Church who participated in the war contributed some spoils of war to a greater or lesser extent, including dozens of blue-quality equipment, which allowed their subordinates to have a small update.
What satisfied Levi the most were the two pieces of equipment contributed by the priest Hatum.
One is a protection bracelet, which comes with a 4th-level magic - secondary spell nullification barrier three times a day, and each replenishment requires 150 magic points.
It looks like a very practical blue equipment, but unfortunately the usage requirements are too high, 10 levels + 15 points of intelligence, which means that it can only be used by Levi himself.
Next is a health amulet. For people with a constitution no higher than 10, it can provide 2 points of constitution and 40 health points, otherwise it is halved.
After a little consideration, Levi handed it to Donna. Apart from himself, it could only achieve the greatest effect in her hands.
Then Levi looked at his subordinates' combat performance.
There is no need to mention Cindy and Donna, each one is stronger than the other. As for the others, Xiaotian, Jianbing and others, they have also gradually mastered the essentials of commanding troops, and the power they exert on the battlefield is also stronger than before.
He focused mainly on his new subordinates.
It's no wonder that the blood elves also performed very well. Several of their mages knew small-range fire magic, so they could deal a lot of damage in this kind of battle.
Since the Spellbreakers can perform mid-range attacks with a longer range than the Huntresses, they also gain a lot.
But what surprised him the most was Yaling Qiufeng. Although he was slightly inferior to ordinary blood elf mages, for a dabbler who knew a little bit of everything, he was already very good.
So he asked a little bit about how he did it specifically.
Then he found out that in addition to using bows and arrows, the weapon the other party used most was charm.
Coupled with Yaling's racial talent - charming existence, he is almost invincible when dealing with the enemy's ordinary low-level defenders. He can often allow the enemy to counterattack and cause small-scale chaos among the enemy group, thus creating opportunities for his own side, so the system also has a high evaluation of him.
Levi felt that Qiu Feng could continue with this battle strategy, because they would definitely continue to have conflicts with the Xirik Church and others, and there were quite a few low-level cannon fodders in it.
Those guys from the Sigma Church also worked very hard. They had been bullied by the other side more than once before, and today was a good opportunity for revenge.
Unfortunately, most of them were not very strong. Even though they were clearly at an advantage in this battle, they still suffered casualties. Only the Priest Guards performed well.
Then he looked down and paused on a name. Levi thought for a few seconds, then collected some equipment to improve intelligence, and then gave the economical duet - the Summoner's Ring, to Bayoru.
As a Hole elephant man, Bayoru's movement speed is not fast and his attacks are extremely frequent. Unless it is a defensive battle, he usually does not gain much experience points.
What he did most was throwing axes, which were powerful but had a short range.
But in this battle, relying on his skill of summoning celestial companions and the ability to chain summon creatures, he summoned a total of 2 Holley elephant men and 1 Asura, instantly increasing his overall combat effectiveness several times.
So Levi decided to lend him a helping hand. Anyway, with the flag of the Secondary Heavenly Legion in his hand, the help of this ring was far less important to him than before.
And referring to the reasons why he originally signed the contract with the Gaiding Celestial Clan and the Yakongs, if Bayoru could establish a good relationship with his celestial partners, there would definitely be greater benefits in the future.
Many of his subordinates were also upgraded or advanced in this battle, and Alduin also successfully mastered the unique skills of a combat hero - the personal guard.
Guards, command an elite squad, increase their attack +5, defense +5, and health +30.
Note: Subordinates assigned to the SS do not consume any leadership, the maximum number that can be commanded at the same time is twice the combat level, the SS cannot be a hero unit, and the rank cannot exceed 1/2 of the combat level.
Although this enhancement is fixed and there is still a certain gap between it and the orthodox campaign heroes, no matter what, Alduin can truly command the troops to fight.
At his current level, he can command no more than 20 subordinates who are no higher than level 6. If he can really gather so many level 6 troops, he will be an extremely sharp knife on the battlefield.
Moreover, Levi felt that this skill of his had other uses. He could completely give all the subordinates who consumed the most leadership to him for command.
What Levi was more interested in was that Elegy did not upgrade in this battle, but she mastered the spinning slash skill on her own during the battle.
Either she is extremely talented, or her profession has some hidden advantages, or maybe it's both, but no matter what, this is a great thing for our side.
After closing the battle report with great satisfaction, he waved his hand and generously gave the three Amazon sisters and the stump extremely generous rewards according to three times their battle contribution.
And they can freely choose the equipment they are interested in from the remaining spoils, as well as enter the armory for supplies, etc.
He has already taken the most valuable loot, Thorn Town, so the other gold coins and supplies are not worth mentioning.
He has always adhered to a principle: he eats big chunks of meat, but he also has to at least give some soup to those friends who help him.
After they have thoroughly cleaned up and rebuilt Thorn Town, he can also provide Anaconda and the others with some places to settle down.
Since the Amazons are planning to travel and adventure on this continent, they certainly can't just have a small outpost in Bitao Village, right?
Everyone was overjoyed at once, and Anaconda kept saying that it was the first time they had ever had such an exciting and rewarding battle.
Next, unless Levi drives them away, they will always follow Levi and fight side by side with him!
But Levi certainly couldn't do that, because from the very beginning, he was not only fighting for the opponent's fighting power, but also for the gods behind the opponent.
Even though the Greek pantheon was very insignificant, even the unknown shepherd god Pan was a demigod. How could other gods be more insignificant than him?
Larue is also a demigod, but she gave Donna some benefits and made her a silver girl.
Even for demigods, there is still an insurmountable gap between . This is the essential difference in life.
Originally, he wanted to get in touch with the God of Light - Apollo through Donna. After all, she had been taught a skill by him.
Unfortunately, the plan did not change quickly enough. There were no temples or churches of the Greek pantheon nearby, so he couldn't establish any connections. It just so happened that he met Larui again yesterday. Considering that the sooner he changed his job, the more beneficial it would be for Donna, he agreed with Larui's opinion.
But this does not mean that he gave up the opportunity to build a relationship with the Greek pantheon. In other words, after Donna successfully changed her job, the importance of Anaconda and the others increased. Naturally, he had more reason to be nicer to them.
Shudun was also very happy. In this battle, he actually took some risks at the very beginning, and after that he basically just followed the others.
But Brother Levi is still so generous and treats him so well. It seems that I can only sell my sister to him in return!
After distributing the spoils, Levi and his men did not rest. Perhaps they might face even more powerful enemies next and could not rest now.
So Levi quickly issued a series of orders:
The first thing he naturally did was to build temples for the two goddesses, Yuegong and Lilith. While they were developing their faith, he would use their power. However, he didn't know how effective the elf god's missionary work would be among humans.
Then, a portal was built for the celestial creatures, and a message was sent to Lotus, asking the Red Brotherhood to send people over to further strengthen the defenses of this place.
Michaela also sent a message, but it is not yet possible to predict whether she will come.
Then, he asked the three Amazon sisters to help guard the area around Thorn Town, and jointly monitor the Sub-Sky to keep a close eye on the direction of Silver Town.
They had been fighting here for such a long time, but the main force of the Xirik Church did not return. This meant that their plan had failed and they had suffered a great defeat.
Or do they decide to go all out and try to capture Silver Town and Deadwater Town?
Two completely different situations will determine how and what attitude they will have towards the Church of Xirik in the future.
Stump led the dwarves and the local residents who had surrendered to repair the damaged city walls and arrow towers.
They fought very well during the siege, but repairing it now is not particularly difficult, as most dwarves are skilled in mining, forging, and construction.
Donna commanded the archers and skyslashers to deploy defenses. Now there was no watchtower left and there was a big hole in the city wall. They would have to trouble them for the time being.
Luna continued to carefully search the hidden corners of Thorn Town, paying special attention to sewers and similar places.
Because Mask's followers had escaped from such a place before, in order to prevent them from coming back and causing trouble again, Luna would have to work a little harder to carefully check all hidden dangers.
Levi even thought that it might be possible to establish a special team in the future to be vigilant against enemies who might cause trouble through similar means.
You have to know that those who are good at drilling through sewers are not only thieves, but also Skaven and others.
It is said that in some human kingdoms, the Skaven underground can even support small tribes simply by stealing and picking up garbage.
Then, one day when they have eaten and drunk enough and accumulated enough strength, or when simply picking up garbage is no longer enough to meet their needs, they may take the initiative to attack the children and the weak in the town, or even launch a full-scale attack.
Throughout history, there have been more than one or two towns and villages occupied and destroyed because of this. Even now, this kind of thing has a special name - the underground threat of the Skaven.
Although there are no traces of ratmen here for the time being, Levi feels it is necessary to prepare for a rainy day, because if such a thing really happens, even if they finally succeed in killing them all, there will definitely be certain losses.
After everyone completed their respective tasks, Levi called Janet and Zhou Miyin over because he wanted to give them a very important task.
In fact, even if he didn't say anything, as Levi's old subordinates, they looked at each other and roughly understood what he was going to say.
Because everyone else was assigned various tasks, only the two of them were temporarily free.
It’s just that the former is slightly excited, while the latter is more unwilling.
After a quick glance, Levi could see the moods of the two people, but he did not intend to change his mind because this was the most reasonable arrangement for him at the moment.
"It seems like you all know what I mean. I want you to stay and be responsible for the defense of Thorn Town temporarily. If you have any ideas, feel free to tell me."
Janet was the first to respond: "My lord, I have no objection. I will definitely take good care of those thorns and that garden!"
Levi could naturally understand why she was so active and excited.
Druids all like to deal with plants and animals, and bee people themselves are not a warlike race.
Janet has always followed him to various places, at first because she obeyed orders, later because she wanted to repay a favor, and because she also fell in love with the time fighting side by side with Donna, Cindy and others.
But from the beginning to the end, it was not that she really liked fighting and killing.
It just so happened that Thorn Town needed people to garrison here, and also needed druids to take care of the Thorn Garden and the like, which perfectly met her wish.
After encouraging Janet a few words and hesitating for a moment, Levi spoke again: "Janet, I won't let you take on such a difficult task alone. I will leave most of the druids behind."
"And if possible, I will try to gather all the nearby believers of Goddess Larue."
He had talked with the followers of Larui in the small garden before. There were not only a few of them around. There were dozens of them wandering around in the forest, trying to interact with other intelligent creatures and recruit more followers for their goddess. Of course, the unicorns were also among their targets.
Although Larue herself was a bit sluggish, her followers worked very hard. However, due to their small number and weak strength, the effect was very limited.
But now that Levi has occupied Thorn Town, it makes sense for him to help take care of the Thorn Garden in exchange for allowing them to preach freely, right?
If the enemy attacks again next time, it would be reasonable for them to help fight in order to protect their right to preach, right?
Similarly, this also applies to the Temple of Sigmar. They are all in the good camp and are just right to resist the Church of Cyric.
Well, I hope they won’t be so stubborn and take advantage of the chaos in Baiyin Town to escape from there first. After all, only by being alive can there be a future.
Thinking of this, Levi sent another message to an inspector named Yakong, asking Simon to lead the cavalry troops to march towards the direction of Silver Town. If the other party could really escape, they should be picked up as soon as possible.
Then Zhou Miyin said with a resolute expression: "Sir, I will also protect Thorn Town."
Li Wei patted him on the shoulder. He knew that the other party must be very unwilling, but there was nothing he could do. Now the position of Yu Yong in the team was really becoming more and more embarrassing.
Even if Zhou Miyin went out and gained new strength from Zhoujiazhai, it was still not enough to make up for the gap. In addition to Levi's bonus to the high elves, the two types of troops were actually fundamentally different.
The Silver Guards are shield-wielding spearmen with magic resistance, a rare type of soldier. The Jade Warriors, on the other hand, have neither shields nor magic resistance, and are a common type of soldier that can be found almost everywhere in the Cathay Dynasty.
Before, when facing ordinary enemies, you might not be able to see much difference, but when the Demon Rebellion broke out, facing the demons that generally have fire attacks, this difference was instantly highlighted.
Now the enemies they encounter include more ranged troops such as archers, musketeers, and magic troops such as mages, priests or shamans, and the gap is even greater.
However, Zhou Miyin himself is different. He was able to go from a level 1 elite spearman to where he is now step by step. Of course, part of this was due to Levi's intentional care, but it was also undoubtedly a fact that he himself was very outstanding.
So Levi did not say anything definite, but just said that he would temporarily give this task to him. If they recruited other heroes who were more suitable for defending the city while he was in charge of the defense, he would welcome him back to the team.
Only then did Zhou Miyin feel completely relieved, and happily went to patrol and be on guard according to Levi's assignment.
As long as there is hope, he will try his best to work towards his goal!
