Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 386 Aurora Caravan
Since the troops had suffered losses in many previous battles, and the tree stumps and celestial creatures had left one after another this time, the size of Levi's troops now seemed to be much smaller than before.
In addition , Donna and the others were still flying high in the sky, while Luna brought a large number of female hunters and tree spirits, who were elusive and hid in various shadows or blind spots of sight.
At first glance, this made Levi's troops seem to be composed of only a few hundred Silver Guards, a small number of priests and druids, as well as heroic units such as Cindy and Elegy.
But there are also benefits to this.
That is, the various enemies on the road will no longer run away easily as before when they see them. Instead, they even dare to take the initiative to attack.
Although Mala suffered a setback in the Filth Pit, the call he initiated still seemed to be affecting the beastmen in a considerable area.
Even though the battle there has ended, there still seems to be a large number of beastmen moving towards that direction.
Therefore, you will frequently encounter them, other indigenous people, or God's chosen heroes.
Every time this happened, Levi didn't let Donna take action, because he wanted to see the power of the Death Guards through actual combat.
Similarly, Alyssa, Sefa, and even Maltis all wanted to try out their new equipment.
The difference is that the first two wanted to try out the flying magic carpet, while the latter wanted to try out the lance.
She was not polite at all about Levi's gift and just accepted it directly. She also soon demonstrated her superb spear skills on the battlefield.
Levi even nodded repeatedly. Not only did Maltis know how to use this weapon, he even felt that she was no worse than Reiner.
As for the flying magic carpet, there is no need to say more. Its flexibility and maneuverability are far beyond the reach of ordinary mounts.
After several battles, Levi gradually figured out the general characteristics of these Death Guards.
Not only are they very useful, but enemies tend to notice them first and tend to attack them first.
Regardless of their strength, at least their size is there, and the enemy will subconsciously think they are extremely threatening.
It can be said that they can perfectly attract the enemy's hatred and are the best cannon fodder.
At the same time, he also roughly figured out that soul crystals of different qualities would indeed have a slight impact on the combat effectiveness of the Death Guards.
This is specifically reflected in their fighting enthusiasm, the frequency of dodging and parrying, etc.
But the amplitude is actually very small. If it is a one-on-one fight, it is not enough for one party to gain too much advantage.
But they are quite difficult to collect.
Along the way, they killed at least 1,300 to 1,400 low- and mid-level beastmen, but Levi only harvested less than 30 soul crystals in total.
I don’t know if the strength of these beastmen is too low, or the requirements of the Ninth Volume of Nagash are too high. It completely looks down on any beastman below level 3.
Level 3-4 beastmen can only collect soul fragments, and they have to collect multiple pieces to piece them together into a complete crystal, which is still a primary one.
Only a level 5 Tauren could possibly contribute mid-level fragments.
According to this principle, if you want to obtain high-level soul crystals and create a level 7 Sphinx, you probably have to kill multiple level 6 and level 7 enemies first, right?
Even if you have a treasure like the Nine Scrolls of Nagash, you can't take a shortcut that smoothly...
However, he had some doubts. Did Nagash really only know these few types of Death Guards, and were they all recorded in this volume by coincidence?
This is much less than the types of God Guards created by the Tomb Kings.
Although according to Lilith, Nagash seemed to have little emotional intelligence, his wisdom and magical talent were unquestionable.
If he were in Nagash's shoes, Levi felt that with Nagash's even somewhat arrogant pride, he would either not copy, or if he did, he would have to copy a set that was more complete and stronger than the original to prove his strength.
But this is just his speculation. He will have to wait until he gets other volumes to know the details. He hopes Nagash will not let him down.
As he was thinking, Luna suddenly sent a message saying that there was a battle ahead and some beastmen were attacking humans.
In fact, they have encountered similar battles on the road more than once or twice, including those against indigenous people and heroes chosen by God, so Luna is no longer surprised.
But this time it was a little different, because judging from the other party's attire, they seemed to be the same Zhendan troops as Zhou Miyin, and they also carried a lot of ox carts, horse carts and the like.
It is already very obvious that this is most likely not an ordinary troop, but a caravan from Zhendan.
Speaking of which, these guys are really powerful. From the Zhendan Empire to here, it is more than a thousand miles away.
Now that you have encountered it, let’s help.
The subordinates naturally had no objections, and Sonia and Sefa were also very interested because the Zhendan Dynasty was truly famous.
Like the Tomb Raiders, he is from an ancient dynasty that was established very, very long ago and has a splendid culture, advanced technology, and powerful military force.
Unlike the kings fighting for supremacy in the Tomb of the Ancient Kings, the Zhendan Dynasty almost always maintained its unity, constantly conquering the east and the west, and oppressing many surrounding countries to the point of suffocation.
After what Nagash did during his lifetime, the power of the Egyptian gods and the Tomb Kings plummeted, and now the number of undead is far greater than that of the living.
Since then, the Zhendan Dynasty has naturally become the recognized strongest and oldest human kingdom.
Although it is a human country, other races and forces basically have the same attitude towards them as they do towards the entire high elves.
For Sefa and the others, almost every Zhendan caravan carries some special goods from the East, as well as some magical items that are very novel to them, so they don't want to miss this opportunity.
Since Luna had conducted preliminary reconnaissance, there were less than a thousand beastmen attacking the caravan.
Although there are some minotaurs and two giants among them, there are no flying units. The threat to them is very low, and there is no need for Donna to take action.
Levi asked Luna to lead the huntresses and the tree spirits to attack first, and then he and Cindy, Elegy, and Sally rushed to provide support.
Some of them have flying mounts, and some have magic carpets, and they are all very fast.
The follow-up troops were temporarily commanded by Alduin and Alyssa. Although one of them was a combat hero and the other was not a hero at all, Levi still issued such a task.
There's no way, it's because their presence has been getting weaker and weaker recently.
He is trying hard to tap their potential in other areas, otherwise they will become increasingly marginalized in the future.
Alduin was still a little unwilling. As a bronze dragonborn + paladin, he really only liked to fight against evil. It would be fine for him to bring some dragon guards with him, but commanding the troops would be too troublesome.
But Alyssa was overjoyed, because from Lord Levi's recent attitude, she could see that he was constantly giving her new opportunities!
Levi didn't pay much attention to their expressions behind him, because he had already released a big palm to protect his body and rushed straight to the battlefield with the women.
When they were still some distance away, Sally and Sefa had both cast fireballs, and Sonia began to throw down some fire glue to help with the combustion.
Levi and Cindy both cast summoning magic, and then began to use various restrictive magic, such as Holy Glacier, Spider Web, Black Tentacles, etc., to create chaos among the beastmen and restrict the stronger ones among them.
The others are fine, but there are three giants among them, and they should all be level 6 soldiers.
The weapons in their hands seemed to be small trees pulled up from the roadside. Often, with one blow from the stick, at least three or five Yu Yong would fly into the sky.
Those who vomit blood while flying are considered relatively lucky. Those who are even more unfortunate will become motionless while still in mid-air because they are killed instantly!
Several giant shadow elements disguised themselves as ordinary medium-sized elements, quietly wandering around the edge of the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
For beastmen of this size, even if there are no heroic units such as Beastmaster or Shaman, there must be other leaders.
Their mission is to find each other and then assassinate them.
Although their sizes became ordinary after using their special abilities, their various abilities were hardly affected at all and remained at level 6.
Once they find their target, lower-level hero units may not be able to withstand their fierce attack.
At Levi's instruction, Sally, Sefa and the others followed him and began to fly towards the central area, wanting to prioritize the lives of important people in the caravan.
When they got closer, they saw that either this caravan had not hired many guards or had encountered several battles on the way, so there were less than two hundred people in total.
If they had arrived a quarter of an hour later, they would have only seen some cold corpses.
Almost at the same time, Luna also brought her little sisters out from the nearby woods and attacked the beastman from behind.
This group of beastmen may not be the first time to rob humans, so they actually have some inferior horned beasts that use bows and arrows as weapons. To them, they are somewhat threatening and are enemies that need to be eliminated as a top priority.
The besieged Zhendan caravan was overjoyed when they saw this sudden reinforcement.
A bearded fellow dressed as a military officer immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Elf sir over there, we are a caravan from Zhendan. Thank you very much for your help. After we repel these damn beasts, we will reward you handsomely!"
Levi nodded slightly. It was very pleasing to hear these words.
In that case, I'll just spend a little more.
A flash of light appeared, and dozens of bear-headed gods led by Bill appeared at the same time, starting with a series of monster-immobilizing spells.
Bill himself threw out a Sinful Retribution, and luckily caused a minotaur to fall into an internal conflict, so he turned around and swung an axe at the giant next to him.
Although the giant was a little surprised, he was not someone to be trifled with. He responded with a heavy punch, and soon the two of them started fighting each other. This made the caravan guards in that direction feel a little relieved.
With their troops being mostly level 3, with a few level 4s in the mix, it was too difficult for them to fight against the giants.
Seeing this, Levi also came to join in the fun. He no longer cared about ordinary low-level beastmen, and he had no experience in killing them, so he would rather leave them to his subordinates.
But giants are different.
For a moment, arrows of holy power flew down like rain. This magic was specifically designed to target evil creatures. Even if there were some accidental injuries occasionally, it was not a big problem. It was suitable for this kind of chaotic battlefield.
Now the stupidity of the giant was apparent. Even though there were enemies constantly attacking it overhead and the minotaur had clearly recovered from the effects of the magic very quickly, it still insisted on fighting with the other side.
So after being hit by several heavy punches in succession and suffering serious injuries, the minotaurs also became angry, and they started to fight to the death, completely ignoring the attacks from overhead.
This scene almost made Levi laugh. Perhaps only someone as stupid as a beastman could maximize the effect of this magic?
But no matter what, this did greatly facilitate his battle, and it didn't take long for him to defeat both of them.
This even made him feel a little emotional. With his continuous improvement in strength, even the giants could be killed so easily by him?
When the giant's huge and heavy body fell backwards, even crushing five or six low-level beastmen to death, the surrounding caravan guards were stunned at first, and then there was a burst of cheers, because they finally saw the hope of survival!
