Volume 4 Chapter 503: Accumulating Strength
Yuan Huan's fleet stayed for a day, and finally left with gold coins, dinosaurs, constructs, and Levi's promise.
After all, his fleet was not small in size and consumed a lot every day, so it was impossible for him to stay in Fear Rock for long.
Moreover, he was only the temporary leader of this caravan, but the caravan itself did not belong to him.
What's more, this time he went out to sea not just to do business with Levi himself, he also had to turn around and visit the Dragon Prince's colony, Kalida's Lahmia City and other places.
Although the size and weight of various dinosaurs are not low, they are still far less than the carrying capacity of the fleet.
After the caravan left, Levi also ordered the demon hunters and elegant spirits in the Twin Moon World to hunt as many beast spirits as possible to prepare soul fragments for him.
He will then prepare for war with all his strength, try to transform all the resources in his hands into actual combat power, and then participate in the battle in the badlands as soon as possible to obtain the Nine Volumes of Nagash in the Eight Peaks Mountain.
But before he could take any action, Sonia came running over happily.
Behind her were a dozen humans holding whips, rapiers, crossbows and muskets, with a series of small bags hanging around their waists. One could tell without thinking that they contained all kinds of small props.
They are Sonya's people, having come from the Sigma Empire from afar.
Levi felt at that time that things must be complicated.
Because Sonia's family has been fighting against vampires for a very long time, and in the process, even modern whippers have died in more than one battle.
Sonia is only special in the modern world, but she died once and the whip was teleported back to her hometown by magic. In theory, she has become a truly free person.
Why did her family go to so much trouble to find her?
At least judging from Sonia's appearance, she shouldn't be called back to her hometown, right?
Levi didn't need to guess, Sonia soon told him excitedly: "Lord Levi, the family wants to build a new base on Fear Rock and seek your protection."
"In wartime, they can assist in defense. In peacetime, they can provide two special job transfers."
Hearing this, Levi was somewhat surprised: "Two, one of them is a vampire killer? Then what is the other one?"
"It's the Demon Slayer!"
Levi raised his eyebrows, and seeing Sonia becoming more and more agitated, he didn't feel like pouring cold water on her.
Vampires are only powerful in the main world. Compared with other alien beings such as demons, devils and angels, their weaknesses are too many and too obvious.
But despite this, Sonia's family couldn't even deal with the vampires in Sylvania, and now they want to deal with the demons? It's really crazy.
And with Illidan's Demon Hunter as an example, he was not particularly optimistic about the opponent.
However, even for Sonia's sake, he would give her this opportunity. It was rare to see her so actively wanting to participate in something.
Moreover, he had always wanted to establish a good relationship with Sigma, but Sonia's family had believed in Sigma for generations. Just based on this point, he had actually decided to agree.
Soon, as Sonia told his story, Levi discovered that this special profession was not entirely useless.
In addition to having targeted restraint on demons like the Vampire Slayer, the Demon Slayer is also a hybrid soldier that is proficient in both melee and ranged weapons and can use a variety of props.
In addition, its biggest feature is that the conditions for changing jobs are very relaxed.
Basically, as long as they have the strength of level 3 and are a good non-legal warrior, thief or ranger, they can be transferred to a demon slayer after offering a symbolic sacrifice to Sigma.
And there are no restrictions on race or belief. Whether you are human, elf or dwarf, whether you believe in Sigmar or not, as long as you are willing and meet other requirements, you can change your job.
As she spoke, Sonia waved to her fellow tribesmen, signaling them to show off their strength a little.
That’s right, all those who came this time are demon killers.
So Levi watched them perform some slightly fancy swordplay and such, but he wasn't excited at all.
Before one's strength reaches a certain level, this kind of swordsmanship involving certain feints is of little use.
Because many low- and mid-level demons don't care about these things at all. They are not afraid of death and don't have any brains. They will only rely on their own strength and agility to kill the enemy in the simplest and most direct way.
This kind of swordsmanship is only useful against intelligent races that have brains and are afraid of death and injury, such as humans.
Levi felt that this profession was probably not created by Sigma, as it did not suit his style.
Those who hold a sledgehammer like the Punisher and can smash a large area with one blow are the warriors that Sigma admires and values the most.
Or at worst, you have to be a combat priest like Cindy.
However, it doesn’t matter. Even if his subordinates are not interested in this, Levi can still publicize it to attract indigenous people or heroes chosen by God.
With the recent wars in many parts of the main world, the power of the Four Chaos Gods has gradually recovered, and various demons have appeared more and more frequently, which has really brought many disasters to the indigenous people.
Nowadays, there are definitely quite a few people who hate the devil.
After changing to a demon killer, the overall strength may not be greatly improved, but the lethality against low and mid-level demons will indeed be improved.
So Levi agreed directly, but he still asked casually whether there was any special movement in Sylvania recently.
He wanted to use this to judge whether the other party's arrival was due to the perception of some crisis, a secret instruction from Sigma, or just a simple coincidence?
Hearing this, several demon killers couldn't help but look at each other . One of them, who seemed to be the leader, smiled bitterly and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, sir."
Sonia realized it belatedly: "What's going on, John? Did you not tell me something?"
John said weakly, "Because you didn't ask, Miss..."
Sonia was speechless for a moment, but she did not ask any further questions. She just glared at the other party fiercely, indicating that they would talk about this matter later and solve Levi's doubts first.
As the ratmen and greenskins continued to wreak havoc, many provinces of the Sigmar Empire suffered heavy losses.
Except for the good camp that advocated war from the beginning, almost all the gods who tend to be neutral have issued oracles one after another, asking their respective churches to assist the imperial army and jointly resist the ratmen.
The main reason is that if too many people die, many believers whose faith is not strong enough will begin to doubt and waver, because at the critical moment, the gods they believe in did not save them.
In addition, as the population declines, the number of potential believers continues to decrease, so many gods can no longer sit still.
Even some evil gods who had initially been delighted by the endless death and chaos, gradually realized that something was wrong.
Because the situation is even worse than they expected, if it continues, due to fear and anxiety, etc., these evil gods will certainly gain a large amount of faith in a short period of time. At the same time, due to the frequent deaths of believers, the number of petitioners in the Kingdom of God will also increase dramatically.
But the rats did not simply rob and run away. Instead, wherever they went, they slaughtered all non-rat people in the area.
The corpses and all other resources were packed up and taken away, and then in the town that was already in ruins, the ratmen would leave behind a large amount of plague, dimensional stone bombs, etc.
In this way, even if other humans come to the ruins and want to rebuild the town , they often have to first suffer a wave of bombs and plagues, then clean up the ruins, and finally slowly recuperate.
But who knows how many years it will take to restore the country to its former prosperity.
This is no ordinary war, this is genocide.
The ambition of the rat people's god, the Horned Rat, is much higher than they had previously expected, and this has disturbed the cheese of all the relevant gods.
Originally, many evil gods would take advantage of the situation to attack the churches of hostile gods, and then disguise themselves as ratmen.
Now, except for the goddess of poison and disease, Talona, who benefited the most, and the increasingly crazy prince of lies, Cyric, most of the other evil gods have stopped this action and started to work together to deal with the ratmen.
Unfortunately, they woke up a little too late. In addition to the rats who benefited from it, the vampires of Sylvania also benefited indirectly and began to make moves.
Compared to the ratmen, they are undoubtedly much smarter, because they did not directly participate in the massacre of humans, but followed the attacks of many ratmen and took the opportunity to snatch a large number of corpses and souls.
Whether it's ratmen, humans, or the corpses and souls of other races, they are all materials and sources of manpower for them.
They also launched an unprecedented financial offensive to purchase corpses.
Where there is a huge reward, there will always be brave men. Many corrupt nobles, evil mercenaries, etc., all want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, which makes the vampires' plans more and more successful.
So when the war broke out, Sylvania's reserve forces underwent a huge change in a very short period of time.
The head of Sonia's family keenly sensed that something was wrong, so he took the initiative to attack several times.
But he overestimated the strength of his family and underestimated the power of vampires.
Over the countless years, they have achieved many victories, killed many high-level vampires, and even approached the ruling center of Sylvania - Dunkenhof Castle several times.
But this time, they couldn't even get across the border before they were forced back, not to mention finding the other side's boss - Manfred.
It was for this reason that they decided to send some people to look for Sonia.
The demon killer's job change is secondary. The real purpose of the head of the family is that if the situation develops in the most unfavorable direction for them, with Sonia and them around, at least a spark of fire can be left.
After Sonia heard this, her face was filled with astonishment.
She was just too happy before because almost all the visitors this time were young people of the same generation as her, including a few young sisters with whom she got along very well.
But she never expected that there was such a hidden story behind it.
One can imagine how bad the situation is that could make the head of the family make such a decision.
Levi nodded slightly, indicating that he understood, but in fact, in his opinion, the development trend of this matter was actually very easy to judge.
Because there are many God-chosen heroes on the vampire side of Sylvania!
Although not as popular as the Aurora and high elves, vampires are definitely among the top five in terms of popularity.
Many people believe that vampires represent darkness and mystery. They are handsome in appearance, can fly and cast magic, and look quite cool.
Although many weaknesses are very obvious and easy to target, after all, not everyone plays games just to become the strongest.
As the most powerful vampire force in the main world, Sylvania has attracted a large number of God-chosen heroes.
He didn't even need to ask about the unusual movements of the vampires that the other party had just mentioned, he knew that they must be related to those God-chosen heroes.
"Okay, in that case, I hope you will not disappoint your master's expectations. In addition to what I just said, I also allow you to recruit people who share the same ideals as you."
The demon slayers immediately expressed their gratitude and then turned to look at Sonia.
Sonia then managed a forced smile: "My lord, I forgot to tell you just now that the head of the family has put me in charge of this team."
Levi immediately understood that this was the best case scenario. It was entirely possible for him to turn them into his own people.
So he reminded Sonia of some details, and then asked her to go directly to Alyssa to grant them a piece of land in the city, and to get some money, weapons, daily supplies, etc.
Since he needs to change jobs and undergo daily training in two professions, these things are definitely indispensable. I will just consider them as his financial aid.
At the same time, he also comforted the other party that things might not be that bad. After all, the Horned Rat could not stand alone, and the vampires had no gods to support them.
Well, at least that's what it looks like so far.
But given Dracula's cunning, if he knew that Sylvania had undergone such a big change, would he try to form an alliance with the other party to help him become a god? The answer is beyond doubt.
For Levi, this was really not a good thing, because even if we don't consider Dracula, there was still a volume of the Ninth Volume of Nagash, which was in the hands of Sylvania's boss, Manfred von Carstein.
Sonia then regained her spirits, and soon she was full of energy. If she developed smoothly here, she might be able to support the family in return.
Who can predict what will happen in the future?
After dealing with some trivial matters, Levi turned to making constructs.
So this production took several days, and there were seven or eight hundred more Death Guards of various models in his space ring.
The number of recruits that Fairy Palace could recruit each week was indeed astonishing, but in reality, both the strength and quantity were far inferior to what he could produce personally.
Moreover, after many experiences, he became more and more proficient in the technique of creating snake girls, so next time he saw Kalida, he would be able to have some suitable gifts.
At the same time, during this process, Crystal Vanguard also gave him some unexpected help.
It started out as an accident. Levi originally wanted to throw it to Harpros and ask him to help play with it temporarily.
But one time when Levi had finished making the Scorpion Guards, a prompt he had never seen before popped up, saying that due to the influence of an unknown existence, the strength of the Scorpion Guards made this time would be stronger than their peers.
He was completely confused at first, until he found a crystal clear little creature behind the table, dancing happily.
It seemed to be congratulating him on his successful manufacturing, or it seemed to be asking for credit and reward from him. No one knew when it sneaked in.
While feeling surprised, a thought once again arose in his heart.
He had felt that there were many things wrong before. The Crystal Vanguard was clearly a male priest in his lifetime, but its series of behaviors made it more like a little girl.
How can a grown man dance at every turn?
Moreover, he was certain that, apart from the skill of repairing inscriptions, the other party did not have any skills related to the manufacture of constructs.
It doesn't have any divinity or blessing from gods, but it is still producing such an impact without the team realizing it beforehand.
That only means that it has some ability to block the system's detection!
However, he remained calm on the surface at the time and just took out some ice crystals as snacks and small gifts for the other party.
Under the care of Harpros, he has successfully discovered that although it was born in the desert, it is quite fond of ice elements.
I have to say, this is quite strange.
But Levi didn't ask, because he knew that even if he asked now, he would never get any real answer. He just created the poisonous scorpion guards and the giant tomb scorpion again.
Then he discovered, not surprisingly, that when the Crystal Vanguard was present, there was about a 20% to 30% chance that these two constructs would gain additional reinforcement.
The degree of enhancement is approximately between 10% and 15%, which is far from enough for them to defeat powerful enemies across levels, but they can barely be considered elite units.
If it were any other construct, the chance of being strengthened would be 0. This is actually very obvious and almost explicit.
But despite this, for the sake of his own overall combat effectiveness, Levi did not create all the Scorpion Guards.
They have the ability to burrow underground, making them the best suited for dealing with ratmen, but I will have to deal with the greenskins next.
In the next few days, every time Levi was manufacturing something, the Crystal Pioneer would watch from the side and then get some elemental crystals to eat.
When you are happy, dance or something.
Whenever he saw this picture, Levi couldn't help but doubt his own judgment. Such a silly and cute look...
But looking at the self-amusing look of the Crystal Vanguard, Levi was too lazy to think about it anymore. Anyway, it seemed that everything was in his favor at the moment.
Who knows when this accident will turn into a surprise.
It is a pity that since not many high-level enemies were killed, Levi can’t even put together a small team to fight the Sphinx on the Fear Rock. He feels that he still needs to work harder.
After finishing these things, Levi patrolled the city a few more times, mainly visiting a few taverns, wanting to see if there were any outstanding talents.
Although the members of the Red Brotherhood will help him keep an eye on it 24 hours a day, their eyesight is limited based on their strength, and they might miss something at any time.
So if possible, Levi would ask Wange and others, or he would check it out himself.
Speaking of the current Fear Rock, it is becoming more and more prosperous with the continuous influx of multiple races.
It's just that after Levi walked around, I always felt that there were more females than males, just like his heroic subordinates, most of them were females...
Although it looks comfortable, if you really encounter a life-and-death crisis, it would be a bit of a waste to let a group of girls serve as cannon fodder.
After spending several hours, Levi walked out of the last tavern with a dozen new subordinates following him.
The ones that caught his eye were either rare or elite, and among them was a human hero who specialized in hunter.
Although the current strength is generally low, there is still potential.
Anyway, there is no shortage of enemies on Fear Rock, whether they are beastmen in the forest or murlocs on the seashore, they can all be used for training.
As long as they kill enough enemies, they will soon be able to show their true potential.
After arranging them a little, Levi heard a series of horse hooves and the collision of armor.
Turning around, I saw a team of cavalrymen wearing heavy blue armor entering the city one after another.
When they were still some distance away, the leading cavalry leader shouted excitedly: "Sir, I have the latest intelligence to report!"
Seeing the other party, Li Wei also smiled: "Oh, Zhou Miyin, what's the important matter?"
It has been a while since they separated. Since Zhou Miyin was unable to participate in the subsequent series of battles, there is a huge gap between his personal strength and that of Donna, Elegy or Cindy.
But in terms of commanding troops, Zhou Miyin has made considerable progress.
Moreover, as Li Wei's power and reputation continued to expand, Zhou Miyin, who was originally from Zhoujiazhai, also placed higher and higher stakes.
For example, none of the Jade Brave Lancers following Zhou Miyin were trained by him personally. They were all sent to him by the other side as guards.
At the same time, somewhere in the city, there were two teams of dozens of people.
A team led by the Zhendan Five Elements Taoist Priest, with Ogre Hercules and Tiger Swordsman as the main members, plus some Terracotta Warriors as cannon fodder, mainly serving as meat shields to absorb damage.
The other team is composed of Iron Hail Gunners and Crane Gunners, who are good at long-range output.
They will also accompany him.
If the world had not changed so much recently, the scale of various wars would easily involve thousands or tens of thousands of people.
With these three teams alone, Zhou Miyin is able to maintain daily law and order in ordinary villages and towns.
Li Wei sighed at the time and thought that Zhoujiazhai still had some potential to be tapped.
So Levi decided that when the Immortal Palace was activated, he would send Zhou Miyin as the defender, and he would not have to worry about Zhoujiazhai not increasing its investment.
Zhou Miyin dismounted and trotted to Levi: "It's Alduin, he's here with his people!"
