After his subordinates left, Levi found a quiet place, sorted out his thoughts, and waited for Khalida to deliver the materials.
He didn't have to wait long. In just five minutes, he received the agreed materials and several architectural drawings.
After taking a quick look, Levi was very satisfied.
Pegasus, as the name suggests, is a war horse with wings.
It is only level 3, and can only do one hoof attack, plus a detection camp. Its combat power is very poor. It is basically the same as the last in its level, if not the worst.
If it is a head-on battle, any Jade Brave Halberd Soldier or Silver Light Guard can defeat it in minutes.
But if it is equipped with an excellent knight, it will be completely different. Do you understand the value of flying cavalry?
In addition, they are also very outstanding in appearance and can understand a lot of common languages. They are considered to be a relatively intelligent species, so they are very popular with the indigenous people and the chosen heroes.
It is basically not available in stores and only appears in auction houses. Basically, each Pegasus egg starts at 10 gold coins.
Of course, they also have certain requirements for their masters. They will only be loyal if the other party is at least in the neutral or good camp.
If they are from the evil camp, even if they are under pressure from the other side, they will surrender temporarily, but once they seize the opportunity, they will start to run away as soon as possible. They still have this wisdom.
As for the Silver Pegasus, it is one of its advanced varieties. In addition to the improvement of various attributes, they also have a special skill - the nemesis of the caster.
If an enemy unit within a certain distance wants to cast magic, the magic value consumed will be +2.
Although it may seem inconspicuous, this is a passive aura-type ability. A level 4 Silver Pegasus can cover up to 4 enemy units within a 16-meter radius whose strength is not greater than its own.
Well, it's really of no use. If they can successfully break into the enemy's French forces at such a close distance, the battle is basically over.
But in addition to that, they also have increased magic resistance and a purification skill, which is quite powerful.
Of course, while their strength has been significantly improved, their prices have also become more expensive, basically doubling.
With these drawings combined, Levi can recruit more than 30 heads every week.
Although recruiting them requires special light-attribute magic crystals and gold coins, which is a high cost, overall, if he is willing to sell them to others, it would be easy for him to earn hundreds of gold coins every week.
However, compared to the Hippogryph, these two types of Pegasus are much inferior.
This kind of flying creature has antlers on its forehead and its hindquarters are more like a deer. It has huge wings and is all level 5. It is said that they even dare to fight bravely with dragons.
Regardless of the final outcome of the fight, their courage alone surpasses that of most intelligent creatures.
The Hippogryph itself does not have many special abilities. Its biggest feature is that it is as swift as the wind and has an extremely fast flying speed. The next feature is its wild power, which can increase its attack power and armor-piercing ability.
Just looking at their appearance, you can tell that both their sharp claws and eagle-like beaks are enough to easily penetrate ordinary armor.
But their own defenses are relatively weak, and they don't have any magical abilities, so engaging in close combat with the enemy is not a particularly smart approach.
What is really suitable for them is to be mounts for archers or spellcasters.
That's what the night elves did, and that's what Levi planned to do too.
He had already asked Luna to pick some girls and try to use the Winged Leopards sent by the Moon Bow Goddess as mounts.
They performed very well and always served as guards for Donna and Sky Slasher.
Now is the perfect time for them to switch to better horned hippogryphs after having received sufficient training.
Although the number of hippogryphs is much less than that of Pegasus, they are still extremely valuable.
What Khalida gave him was not just architectural drawings, but a mountain of gold. She is indeed a famous rich woman.
Unfortunately, they are just blueprints at present. Even if he will use the magic of Lahmia City later to send the things to Thorn Town and other places as soon as possible, it will still take some time to truly transform them into actual combat power.
Not only did he think of Zhendan's Fairy Palace again, he also thought that if he could carry that thing around with him, he could use any drawings he got directly!
But despite this, he was very satisfied.
After putting away a few blueprints, he began to make the Death Guards that Khalida needed.
Although Khalida said that any kind would be fine, it was the first transaction between the two parties. In order to show his sincerity and to increase his appeal to her, he naturally gave her a little of each, and also wanted to make the best Death Guards possible.
I don’t know if it’s because he’s been making it more times, but Levi feels he’s become more skilled, and he only took a shorter time to complete the scheduled task.
While taking this opportunity, he created a few more magic flying carpets.
Although Sally and Alyssa already have it, with the continuous battles, the strength of other blood elf mages has gradually increased, and they will need it in the future.
And even if he doesn't need it temporarily, he can sell it for money or exchange it for some important materials.
After doing all this, Levi's attention gradually shifted to another object.
Should I try to transform the special long sword from the Zhendan caravan into a flying prop?
It turns out that Levi is very talented in making magical items.
Even though it was the first time he made a flying prop of this shape, he still achieved great success.
But he felt that he might have been deceived by the caravan leader, or the other party might have been deceived by someone else.
Because apart from the different shape of this flying sword and the magic flying carpet, the effects are basically the same, and it is far from being as powerful as the other party boasts.
The only special thing is that when a spellcaster rides on a flying sword, if he casts magic, there is a 35% chance of consuming an additional 60 points of magic each time, thereby adding an effect of exorcising evil spirits for all friendly forces within a diameter of 30 meters.
(Exorcise evil spirits, recover from fear instantly, and increase resistance to fear effects)
The range is not small, and it does not limit the level of magic. If necessary, Levi can continuously cast the lowest-level 0 magic just to give his own troops this BUFF.
In addition, it also has the function of magnification and can accommodate multiple people at the same time.
As for other functions such as wind protection and fixation, they are also basic functions.
Of course, the most important thing is that it looks really handsome.
So when Levi took off in the city on the flying sword early the next morning, the natives might be fine, but the other chosen heroes of God who witnessed this scene were all excited.
There were even many people who asked the price on the spot and wanted to buy it.
There are not only magic units among them, but also some warriors who come to join in the fun. Obviously, it appeals to them all equally.
In fact, Levi doesn't mind selling it if the price is right.
Although this thing looks cool, except for that additional feature, it is far inferior to the griffin in terms of speed, flexibility, or comfort.
Moreover, in critical moments, the griffin can still fight, but the flying sword cannot do that.
It's a pity that these guys couldn't produce anything valuable at the moment. Levi could make those guards of the gods himself, so why did he need them?
But at least he achieved his goal. If there are good things in the future, I believe many people will think of him first.
Moreover, he felt that what they valued might not be the attributes of the flying sword itself, but simply its very oriental shape.
Then he could just find some other Aurora-style swords and sell them specifically to them. This is also a way to make money.
Similarly, some smart people thought of this and cleverly chose to make a reservation with Levi.
There are even a few impatient ones who want to pay a part of the deposit right away.
But Levi hadn't even decided on the price yet, so it was impossible for him to collect the money first. He just made a promise to them that if he was interested in selling, he would contact them as soon as possible.
After everyone added each other as friends, the commotion was quickly quelled.
Because Khalida has begun commanding the army, preparing to march north to conquer the Silver Blood Army entrenched in the mountains.
If it is a mortal army, it may take a little time to recruit them.
But for those guys who have been dead for who knows how many years, the meaning of their existence, apart from revenge on Nagash who they don’t know if he will be resurrected again, is only loyalty to the Tomb Kings.
First of all, there are thousands of skeleton soldiers, but unlike the regular undead skeleton soldiers, these guys not only have spears, swords and shields, but also at least thousands of them are holding bows and arrows.
The Tomb Kings are so-called kings, but the time of their death may differ by thousands of years.
The conventional combat methods popular in different eras are different, or it may be simply because of different preferences, so almost every Tomb King has a different combat style and military configuration.
Chariots, magic, constructs, and so much more.
As for the warrior queen, Khalida is best at and loves the way of archery.
Next came a large number of tomb guards. Most of them had rotten flesh on their bodies that had not been completely weathered away, so they were more resistant to attacks and slightly stronger. There were about two thousand of them.
Then there are Khalida’s favorite graveyard knights, also numbering nearly a thousand.
Although these level 5 troops, nicknamed "Snakes" by the chosen heroes, are very weak among their peers, they are almost at the bottom.
But they are level 5 soldiers after all, and their basic attributes are there. The fact that so many of them can be taken out at one time is enough to show how strong Khalida's foundation is.
In addition to using halberds, more than half of them are also equipped with fire-breathing dragon staffs from Zhendan and venom staffs modified from the city of Lahmia.
In this way, whether they are fighting against the undead or other living beings, they will have stronger combat power.
Then there are the jackal-type gods guards that are common to almost all tomb raider factions, and there are probably more than three hundred of them.
Half of them were also holding giant bows, and the arrows they used were basically equivalent to the short spears used by humans. It was obvious at a glance that the lethality was definitely not low.
Then there is a new variety that Khalida has never shown to the public before.
There were three giants, each over ten meters tall, in the form of bloated, super-giant skeletons, and they also used bows and arrows as weapons.
Their arrows are even larger, thicker than an ordinary person's arm, which can be considered as siege weapons.
Levi felt that if they could hold a greatsword in one hand and a shield in the other, and cooperate with the tomb guards, they would be able to display extraordinary combat effectiveness in the plains battle.
But Kalida still let them use bows and arrows and didn't even give them a spare weapon. It can only be said that she really likes bows and arrows. Maybe Donna will have a lot in common with her.
When seeing them appear, not only Levi was very surprised, but also the local God-chosen heroes.
Because they had never received any relevant information before, they could only say that Khalida was hiding too deeply.
In addition, there are about dozens of God-chosen heroes, each with hundreds of troops, and their troop deployments are varied.
Because except for the constructs, most of the Tomb Kings' soldiers are relatively weak and have weaknesses to fire, so they often try to make up for this.
Recruiting dwarves, humans, and even lizardmen and elves is a very common choice.
Although there will be a certain penalty to morale when the living and mummies stay together, there will be no problem as long as they are led by different heroes.
And this is not a problem at all for the God-chosen heroes at this stage. Who doesn’t have a few heroes under his command?
So Levi soon discovered that Khalida had easily gathered an army of more than 30,000.
Although most of them are tomb guards and skeleton soldiers who serve as cannon fodder, their number is indeed not low. It is also the first time that Levi has participated in a war where his side has such a great advantage.
Because in the many battles he had participated in before in Black Castle and other places, the number of high elves was pitifully small, and they were crushed by the enemy almost every time...
This is the fundamental difference between races. Because the Tomb Kings worship funeral cults, the number of their dead is far greater than the living.
Under the protection of their gods, the dead can now become part of the army.
This is something that cannot be compared to elves, dwarves, humans, etc.
However, Levi felt that although the number of Khalida's army was large and its overall strength was undoubtedly strong, it still had weaknesses.
That is, there is no real cavalry unit with strong impact force, and no decent air force.
The skeleton cavalry and skeleton chariots under the command of those God-chosen heroes, as well as some carrion vultures, gargoyles and the like, are ultimately unable to support any big scenes.
The Silver Blood Army is a vampire force. All vampires will fly, okay?
But at this juncture, he certainly wouldn't make things difficult for himself and bring about this bad luck.
After Khalida gave the order to formally attack and the army rushed out of the city at full speed, he waited for a moment before approaching and handing over the Death Guard that he had promised to the other party.
Khalida also nodded politely.
Levi immediately smiled and praised the opponent's efficiency and the neat formation of the army. He said that his side would be able to defeat the Silver Blood Army smoothly next.
Even if those skeleton soldiers are really useless, at least they are used to find the enemy's traces, or when encountering the enemy, they can issue warnings at the cost of their lives. That is also a contribution.
However, Khalida was not affected by his flattery. She had been in command of these troops for so many years, how could she not know their true combat effectiveness?
The loyalty of those skeleton soldiers is sufficient, but their strength is too weak.
Apart from slave rats, goblins and kobolds, or the skeletons and zombies resurrected by the Silver Blood Army with evil magic, they can basically defeat any other enemies.
Every time pirates appear on the eastern coastline, in addition to the navy, we still have to rely on the tomb guards and cemetery knights.
She simply explained to Levi: "These were the bone giants that served as guards in the temple of the Serpent God. Later, he died, and these bone giants came into my hands."
"It took a lot of effort for the technicians to successfully repair them. This is their first time to officially enter the battlefield."
"Oh? I wonder how strong they are?"
"Since they are only being repaired and not in their prime, they are only level 6. But in addition to archery, they also have certain melee capabilities."
Levi nodded secretly. Ordinary giants were only level 6. It sounded like these bone giants were quite powerful when they were in their prime.
Then Kalida changed the subject: "But, by comparison, Levi, you have hidden more things."
"This Zhendan-style flying sword, and the Sphinx..."
Levi smiled slightly. He knew that once Khalida heard the news, she would definitely come to ask him, but he didn't expect that she would be so impatient.
"In addition to a large amount of regular materials and a hero's spirit, the most important thing is that they require high-level soul crystals to make them. Only when you kill enemies of level 6 and above can you collect fragments of this special material."
"And when it comes to souls, I can't always take action, or succeed every time."
Khalida frowned when she heard this. "So, you have to kill at least a few evil level 6 enemies before you can create a Sphinx?"
Level 5 is a threshold. Once you cross it, the number of monsters in the wild, soldiers in the army, and God-given buildings will drop sharply.
This time when she attacks the Silver Blood Army, she can easily send out a thousand Level 5 Graveyard Knights. However, if we don't count those commanders at all levels in the army, the Level 6 troops are actually only these few skull giants.
In this case, the production of Sphinx is destined to be extremely limited.
But she was soon relieved. After all, the Sphinx was a 7th-level soldier. If it could be easily manufactured, then what was the point of the other soldiers to exist?
"Okay, I understand. Give me a list and I will have my subordinates do their best to collect relevant materials, including soul crystals."
"For every three materials I provide, you only need to give me one Sphinx. How about that?"
Hearing this, Levi suddenly came to his senses.
Perhaps it was not that Khalida was impatient, but that for her, compared to getting a sphinx, nothing else was that important.
Even if she might be able to raise the price, her savings of thousands of years were enough for her to ignore that.
But for myself, there is no harm in this either.
When using the Ninth Volume of Nagash to create Death Guards, although the operation was very fool-proof, once he lost it, he would not be able to create it again.
But there is one thing that is extremely perfect, and that is the success rate is almost 100%.
Once Khalida gathers the materials, he'll get double her reward!
So he nodded very straightforwardly: "Okay, deal!"
"Oh, by the way," Khalida said as if she suddenly remembered something, "I have expelled those God-chosen heroes who offended you. At least within my territory, you will never see them again."
In fact, if she had only offended Levi, she wouldn't have been so angry.
But they really shouldn't have sold out her information, and secretly colluded with other Tomb Kings.
Levi didn't take it too seriously. Those guys were just giving them experience and equipment.
Yesterday when they were fighting with the Viper Queen and others, Luna reached another level outside, all thanks to the other party.
He wished there were more enemies like this.
What he was more concerned about was which Tomb King wanted to deal with Khalida?
"It's Prince Apophis, the Lord of the Cursed Scarab."
Li Wei suddenly realized: "So it was him, no wonder."
Prince Apophis, also known as the Beetle Prince, is a well-known "filial son" among the Tomb Kings.
He was jealous by nature. Since he was not the first in line of succession but still coveted the throne, he simply killed all of his family members, including the royal family.
Generally speaking, if there is a fight for the throne within the family, the worst that can be done is to kill the father or the elder brother.
But this guy didn't even spare his mother, sisters, and even his infant children.
Such brutal behavior would naturally not have any good ending.
Although he sat on the throne for a few days, generals from all over the country soon rebelled and advanced with unprecedented efficiency, completely defeating him in a decisive battle.
There are many churches of neutral and kind gods who help him secretly. He is truly a person without support because of his unjust cause.
Then he was sentenced to the most cruel and vicious punishment of being bitten by insects.
He was buried alive in a sarcophagus filled with flesh-eating scarab beetles.
And that was not all. When he was eaten alive while wailing and only his hardest skull was left, a powerful curse was cast upon him, aiming to make him never be reborn.
But, things always take a turn.
Although his brutal behavior made him hostile and hated by many people, some evil gods were quite fond of him.
No one knows who did it, but he was later resurrected.
It was not a simple resurrection from the dead. Except for the original skull, the rest of his body was made up of a swarm of wriggling scarab beetles.
As long as one scarab survives, he will not perish and is very difficult to kill.
In addition, he had once suffered a magical curse, which caused him to become more vicious after his resurrection. He also became an extremely special undead creature and mastered a lot of evil magic.
Not only did he carry out extremely cruel revenge by killing all his former enemies, but he also began to hunt the souls of the living everywhere.
If Khalida is the Tomb King most friendly to the living, then he is the Tomb King who hates the living the most.
At the same time, he did not forget to achieve his goals during his lifetime and even expanded them further.
He has a strong hostility towards all other Tomb Kings and wants to overthrow them all.
Although the surrounding Tomb Kings attacked him several times after he was resurrected and took over a city, and did defeat him, they were unable to kill him.
Since the Tomb Kings and their troops are also special undead blessed by the gods, their bodies can be killed but their souls are often not captured or destroyed by them, so the Beetle Prince does not get much benefit.
So gradually, he began to fight less frequently with the surrounding Tomb Kings and began to use other means, such as a series of conspiracies and intrigues.
So in this situation, it's not surprising at all that he would do some small tricks.
Unfortunately, he is quite similar to Nagash in this respect. They both think their plans are good, but when it comes to execution, they are full of holes.
None of the so-called conspiracies he had prepared before had ever succeeded, and in the eyes of other Tomb Kings, they were simply jokes.
There are even a few people with a bad taste who would deliberately play this kind of game with him.
For example, Settra, the undisputed leader among the Tomb Kings, the Immortal Emperor with hundreds of titles, has done this before, and more than once.
He almost completely destroyed the opponent and thus earned a new title - the Purifier of Scarabs.
This beetle prince had only just recovered in recent years, but he was already acting naughty again.
But in this situation, those few God-chosen heroes who surrendered to him would probably not have a good ending.
Because after being expelled by Kalida, they also lost their greatest value. With the Beetle Prince's character, what good results can they expect?
But for Levi, if he fights with the other party, he might get some extra spoils...
So he restrained his smile and looked at Khalida very seriously: "If you need me in any way, please feel free to ask."
Kalida shook her head slightly. "It's okay. His territory is far away from here. He can only use this little trick."
In her view, the Scarab Prince was indiscriminate, applying similar plans to all Tomb Kings, and if any one showed progress, he would focus on that area.
If he encounters setbacks in a certain area, he will temporarily give up there.
In the past thousands of years, she has been harassed by the other party more than once. As long as the danger is eliminated in the bud, the other party will naturally calm down in a short time.
However, in the past, he had never been able to bribe some people so easily by just using some useless gold coins like this time.
These God-chosen heroes are simply not reliable enough.
Well, except for Levi, I always feel that he is very different from other God-chosen heroes.
It's not just about strength, social circle, or attitude towards her, but also about some things that she can't say yet, but they do exist...
Seeing that the other party didn't care, Levi continued, "No, I mean, if he kills people to take souls, then after we defeat him...
Khalida's eyes suddenly lit up. Almost all living people, regardless of race, gender, age or strength, were within the beetle's hunting range.
Even if the souls of those who worship goodness or have gods behind them cannot be moved, the souls of those evil people can entirely be used to create the Sphinx!
When she thought of this, she suddenly became more motivated: "Okay, I understand."
Then she changed the subject: "But even if you kill the Silver Blood Army, you probably won't have much energy left in the short term, right? The sea in the east has been restless recently."
Although her primary target is the vampire queen - Neferata, followed by other vampires and undead creatures, it does not mean that she really does not care about other forces. After all, she is also a tomb queen.
Recently, the Queen of the Sea and other furious gods have been fighting with many gods in the elven pantheon, which has also indirectly affected her and Kuja.
Because those pirates from the Serpent People, Inda and Nibon could have plundered the overseas archipelagos and even the coastal areas of the High Elves and Dark Elves.
But now that the gods are fighting, they don't have the courage at all, so they can only cross a longer distance to attack her and the lizard people's territory.
Levi nodded: "This is indeed a problem. I wonder what plans you have after this, Khalida?"
"Of course..."
Kalida subconsciously wanted to say that she would take the opportunity to cause trouble for Neferata. She had already found out that the other party had been developing in Silver Peak for many years.
But when she thought about the long journey and the complicated forces along the way, even she couldn't help but have a headache.
Unless she could defeat all the forces along the way, she would never be able to get there.
Not to mention the greenskins and ratmen, even the dwarves won't let her go.
Seeing that she was stunned, Levi was also a little surprised. Oh my god, is she really planning to go straight to cause trouble for the Vampire Queen?
That won't do, it might affect Lilith and Lucia's plans.
Lucia was planning to take over Dracula's position and use his power to take revenge on him.
Lilith wants to better manage the vampires in the main world and take revenge on the vampire queen.
In the past, the other party had kidnapped many young knights from the Kingdom of Batto. They were all loyal followers of Lilith's alias - the Lady of the Lake. Of course, she would be resentful about this.
At this time, we can't let Kalida cause trouble, we'd better find something for her to do.
So after a brief pause, Levi continued, "If you can't go, why don't you help me fight against the evil forces such as the dark elves and the Shahua fishmen, and then we high elves will deal with the vampire queen, how about that?"
He wasn't just saying this casually; this plan is actually very feasible.
Although most of the Tomb Kings live in the desert, some of them actually have considerable attainments in shipbuilding and naval warfare.
In the past, there was even more than one Tomb King who personally went out to sea and traveled thousands of miles to retrieve his lost items because his burial objects were stolen.
Of course, their warships are no match for the dark elves' mobile sea cities - the Black Ark.
But it is not a problem to deal with ordinary murlocs, Shahua murlocs, and even the pirates under the Queen of the Sea. After all, they are regular troops.
Khalida was also somewhat tempted when she heard this, because she did have a navy under her command. Moreover, since the east coast had to frequently fight against pirates, her navy was actually more elite than the navies of other Tomb Kings.
Those guys’ navies might not go out to sea once in a hundred years.
Some navy soldiers may even never actually see the sea in their entire lives. Who makes them live in the desert?
But she did not make a decision immediately, because if she joined the war, her territory would never be safe from then on.
Perhaps there will be more than one race coming to harass us.
Levi naturally understood. Anyway, he was just planning to find something for Kalida to do. As long as she didn't get involved in the affairs of Silver Peak for the time being, it would be fine.