Early in the morning, alarm bells rang in the town, and thousands of indigenous troops were mobilized and began to march in the direction of Black Fort.
At the same time, there was more than one quartermaster waiting there early to issue missions to all the God-chosen heroes. Levi and the Lightcasters also accepted the missions.
As expected by Li Wei, the name of the mission is to recapture the Black Castle, but it is not accomplished overnight. This mission is roughly divided into two stages. The first stage is to capture all the surrounding villages first, and the second stage is to encircle the four sides and attack together.
Black Castle.
And unlike before, the first phase this time is actually dominated by the God-chosen heroes, who can freely choose the direction and village to attack.
After it is determined, if there are still unallocated villages, or if the troops in a certain direction are weak and unable to defeat the demons entrenched there, the indigenous people will send reinforcements to join the battle.
Of course, if the indigenous people take action, the rewards will definitely be reduced a lot.
After reading the mission description, everyone was very excited. Although they had a great time following the aboriginals and rarely failed, most of them could only drink soup behind the aboriginals.
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But it's different now. As long as they are strong enough, both the meat and the soup belong to them!
"Levi, which one should we choose? Do you want to choose two at a time?"
"Oh? Do you think we can eat two at the same time?"
The Lightcaster chuckled: "We have attacked nearly 10 villages in the past few days, and we have some idea of the strength of the defenders there. We were not sure at first, but if you join, we can fool other guilds.
People, it may not be impossible to win two at once."
Levi thought for a while, and finally shook his head and refused: "No, I think it is safer. The high elves asked us to contribute this time. It seems to have given us the opportunity to establish meritorious deeds. But on the other hand, if we think about it, this time
Could it be that they are fishing?”
Although there are many heroes among the high elves, he does not believe that there are no heroes among the demons in Black Castle. Otherwise, based on ordinary soldiers, even if the demons are more numerous and stronger, the war will not drag on for so many days.
Not much progress yet.
Now at a rough look, the aboriginals have at least five to six thousand troops out of the city. Add in the hundreds of God-chosen heroes. Even if each God-chosen hero only brings a hundred subordinates, this is already tens of thousands.
With the strength of the army, it is impossible for the demons to have no reaction at all when such a large army is dispatched.
The lightcaster was stunned for a moment. When he thought about it carefully, he realized that this was really the case. He had indeed been dazzled by joy just now.
But then he changed his mind and frowned: "But if so many of us only attack one village and have to compete with others, if we average it out, there won't be much reward or anything. And Li Wei, you
Since he is so strong, wouldn’t it be a waste of combat power?”
Although his words were a bit tactful, Li Wei was not a fool. Of course he knew what the other party meant. The reward was not much in the first place, and he still wanted to snatch away a big prize. I am afraid that the others could only drink some soup like before.
This is because the two of them have a good relationship, so they can say this. If it were someone else, it would probably be misunderstood that they have an opinion against Li Wei.
So Li Wei laughed directly: "That's why I won't join you. I plan to choose a remote, far away village that is disliked by everyone."
Such a village will definitely be disliked by other God-chosen heroes, and will have a greater chance of getting help from the indigenous people.
Moreover, Li Wei had roughly guessed that the aboriginal people would come to support him, so all that was left was to take a chance.
The Lightcaster immediately followed suit and said, "Okay, that's it. Let's choose a more remote one."
Facts have proved that, at least until now, Li Wei has made no mistakes in all his decisions.
The Lightcasters quickly left with the other guild members, and Levi also took the troops, preparing to officially set off. With their current strength, no matter which village they went to, they would definitely gain something.
But when he looked up, he saw that Risa Dilan seemed to be in a daze. He couldn't help but sigh softly: "Let's go, Risa Dilan. Although you have experienced this setback, I believe that with your strength, you will always be able to return to the top."
, and even the possibility of going further.”
This is not to deceive the other party, because he has already confirmed from Michaela that as long as the military merit points are enough and the race and camp are consistent, even his subordinates may hold military positions.
Humans such as Cindy and Simon, as well as half-elf archers, can all become low-level officers. As for pure-blooded high elves like Lisa Dilan, the military positions they can be promoted to are even higher.
Unfortunately, Donna is an Amazon and cannot hold any military position for the time being, but it is only temporary. Michaela also told him that if his military position is really high enough, he can even grant it himself after spending a certain amount of money.
The subordinates have military duties.
By then, let alone Amazons, even dwarves or lizardmen, if he wanted, he could let them hold military positions.
Of course, that is still far away from the current Li Wei. If you want to do this, you must at least wait until he is promoted to general.
Lisa Dilan was immediately embarrassed, but he immediately changed the subject: "I know, Levi"
After a slight hesitation, he continued to grit his teeth and said, "Sir."
It was obvious that he was very unaccustomed to changing his words to his teammates who were fighting side by side a few days ago.
Fortunately, Levi didn't care about this. He just waved his hand casually: "You should call me Levi, the title doesn't matter. Michaela is here, do you want to say hello to her? Or avoid it?"
Risa Dilan shook his head: "No, let's forget it. She and I have neither friendship nor grudges. Now I am just one of the cavalry captains under your command, Li Wei. I will pretend that I don't know her."
Levi didn't force himself, he just greeted Michaela with a smile, not only because of the kindness shown to him since the first meeting, but also because the other party took out a few small coins from the space ring while riding forward.
The gadget must be a tool for detecting the undead.
Sure enough, a total of 4 strange objects called survey compasses can detect relatively dense undead energy gathering places within a diameter of 500 meters, or a large number of undead. As long as they are placed on the body, they will continue to take effect.
Now they all belong to Levi. As for whether he will give them to others, Michaela doesn't care. Anyway, as long as the hidden undead are discovered or defeated, the town will give a lot of rewards.
Then Michaela also told Levi that she had already told Princess Belinda about the legendary black dragon and the satyr who was suspected of being a demon, and the princess would make arrangements.
Moreover, Belinda publicly stated that she did not need to worry too much. As long as they were in Ash Ridge Town, no matter what level of demon the other party was, they would never cause too much commotion.
As soon as he said these words, Levi immediately understood that the guy covered in green flames yesterday must be a powerful reinforcement.
In addition, because of Levi's previous activeness in fighting against evil, he discovered the undead conspiracy this time, and he also owns his own village, so the kingdom will soon canonize him as a formal noble.
In addition to the improvement in status and slight attribute bonuses, after becoming a noble, if there is no special reason, his initial reputation level among all the towns and villages in the ten kingdoms of high elves and their colonies will be the same.
All will be directly upgraded to Friendly, and it will be slightly more convenient for him to walk out in the future.
After saying this, Michaela glanced at Risa Dilan in the crowd, but in the end she didn't say anything, she just turned around and left: "Haha, Levi, be careful, don't die~"
Lisa Dilan, who had been paying attention to her, suddenly frowned. What did this mean? Does it mean that following Li Wei would bring disaster to him?
But Levi smiled instead, because he knew that his speculation was successful again.
Princess Belinda is indeed fishing, but this time the bait is a bit too delicious. It turns out to be hundreds of God-chosen heroes and the troops they lead. I wonder when the demons will take the bait?
Looking at Lisa Dilan, who was frowning and wondering what he was thinking about, Levi couldn't help but laugh more and more. He patted the other person's shoulder hard: "What are you thinking about? This is not like you."
"Don't worry too much. All you need to do now is to take the Elion Marauders to detect intelligence and eliminate more demons!"
This guy really wasn't bragging, but in just one night, he brought back a small team of each type of Elion, which can be regarded as a slight supplement to his own combat effectiveness.
Levi made some adjustments and left the night elf huntresses in the temple of the Moonbow Goddess. Their attack range was too short, and they would probably suffer heavy casualties when facing the demons. After all, even songs with short ranges would cause heavy casualties.
The fireballs of Ge and Magog are also much stronger than the range of their moon blades.
Lisa Dilan suddenly realized, yes, the top priority now is to deal with the devil. As long as his contribution is great enough, that hateful noble will not be able to permanently ban him from joining the army again!
Thinking of this, he first apologized to Levi, and then happily led the Elion Marauders to the front to clear the way.
Similarly, Julia and Simon also followed, with the former temporarily leading the Amazon Moa cavalry, and the latter leading the Arion cavalry.
Seeing their high spirits, Li Wei couldn't bear it anymore, and he didn't know how many soldiers they would have left after this battle.
Soon Li Wei and the others followed the large army out of the city and marched forward without encountering any enemies at all. Whether they were brainless beasts, stupid goblins, or kobolds, they did not dare to show their faces at this time.
This allowed Li Wei and others to enjoy a rare and peaceful journey.
After advancing for dozens of miles in this way, when he gradually entered the sphere of influence of the Black Castle, Levi found that the surrounding environment began to look a lot different.
The most intuitive thing is that large areas of land have turned purple-black or purple-red. This is corrupted by the power of the devil, and all the plants have been reduced to ashes. As for the obvious increase in temperature, it is insignificant in comparison.
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At this time, the troops also began to gradually split up. The main force of the regular army was still marching towards the Black Castle, while many of the God-chosen heroes began to march towards the villages they had previously chosen.
Since Li Wei chose the farthest one, they had to walk dozens of miles further than others. At first glance, it seemed to be more dangerous, because they needed to go around a small half circle and go behind the Black Castle to launch an attack.
But the good thing is that he has very few competitors. Apart from him, there are only three God-chosen heroes in total. They all seem to be the kind of lone warriors who are not very strong. It is estimated that once they really fight against the demons, the three of them plus
It would be nice to get up and grab one or two successes.
Moreover, with the army of high elves pressing down on the situation, even if the demons notice them, it is almost impossible to send reinforcements from the Black Castle. They are actually not as dangerous as others think.
Soon after, he also received a system prompt saying that there were still indigenous people who were assisting him.
Levi also took it a little seriously, and began to continuously release summoning magic, causing the supervisors and the like to fly away. Strictly speaking, this place was already considered the territory of the demons.
Less than half a quarter of an hour later, Supervisor Ya Kong reported that he found several hundred Amazons chasing after them.
After sharing this information, Donna next to her was a little surprised, but Levi smiled instead.
Sure enough, the high elves asked these mercenaries to provide support, and they did not expect that they would be very lucky this time, with a one-third chance of choosing these Amazons.
Moreover, three Amazon heroes were dispatched at once. If it were an ordinary small village, they would probably be able to kill each other without having to take action themselves, right?
However, this time the target is located behind the Black Castle. It is likely that it has not been raided by the high elves several times before, and the defensive force may be stronger. Probably because of this, the elves sent all the Amazons over.
After actually arriving in front of her, the Amazons were also a little surprised, and then they all smiled at Donna: "Sisters, it seems that we are quite destined."
Donna responded to the other party with a smile and tried to find out where the other party came from.
However, several Amazons had clearly done their homework before. They just smiled and chatted, but almost never responded to Donna's questions, which made her feel helpless.
But despite this, it also made several other God-chosen heroes very envious. In addition, they also saw the strength of Levi's troops, so they took the initiative to get closer and tried to become familiar with each other.
Li Wei was self-sufficient. Although he did not intend to count on the other party's fighting power at the beginning, after all, their target was the same village. When a battle broke out, the other party could share some of their firepower.
This leisurely state did not last long, because small groups of demons began to appear one after another.
Before Li Wei could speak, several Amazons showed a fervent desire to fight and were very excited to take the initiative.
Since there are a considerable number of cavalry and archer troops among them, they move quickly and are not bad in strength, so by the time Li Wei and his main force arrive, the battle is basically over.
And whether it's experience points or loot, they want them all.
Levi didn't care much about this, but Rissa Dilan and Julia, who went first, were a little unhappy because this was originally their mission.
However, Amazon has a large number of people, so even if they want to grab it, they won’t be able to grab it.
But this trivial matter is irrelevant, because as they continue to advance, the frequency of encountering demons and the strength of the opponents are constantly expanding.
At first, it was just a small group of level 2 ape demons and slayer demons, occasionally mixed with a few level 3 hellhounds, but later, there were dozens of hellhounds and two to three hundred demons charging together.
At the same time, there are often hundreds of Quasai Demons accompanying them in the air. Although these little guys are extremely weak, they are super fast, very agile, and not afraid of death. When they encounter enemies, they often swarm them, even with the use of
At the cost of your own life, you must hold back the enemy.
The Amazons probably had never encountered this kind of enemy before, so they were caught off guard. Even though there were three hero units, they still suffered a small loss on the spot.
After all, the largest number of units in their team are mounted archers or shooters. The pure infantry is less than one-fifth, and the beasts are all land-based. What they are most afraid of is the air force that can ride on the face at high speeds.
But fortunately, this was the enemy's territory after all. They were still very vigilant, so they did not keep too far away from Li Wei and the others. When the main force caught up, Donna led several waves of arrows.
After that, their little dilemma was solved smoothly.
Donna's combat attributes were originally focused on offense, and after learning basic archery, she became even more powerful.
Therefore, under the rain of arrows, all living beings are equal. No matter it is a level 1, level 2 or level 3 demon, there is only one way to die.
At this time, several Amazon heroes who were still smiling all stopped their smiles because they all realized this problem. This fellow from Paradise Island is more powerful than any of them!
So Li Wei was very satisfied to find that after this battle, the Amazons' attitude towards him had obviously changed a lot.
Although they initially seemed to have a good attitude on the surface, it was more like wearing a mask called a smile, but after seeing Donna's true power, they respected her from the bottom of their hearts.
From this point of view, in a sense, they are quite similar to the Spartans. They all fear the strong. Should it be said that they believe in the same gods?
But their attitude made Donna feel a little uncomfortable, because she really planned to make friends with each other at the beginning. After all, after leaving her hometown, this was the first time she saw the same race, even from Luschi.
Ya's mysterious kin, but now her expectations have been completely disappointed.
Although these members of the same race are similar to me in appearance and strength, their overly fanatical admiration and respect for the strong are not something that the Amazons on Paradise Island have.
Moreover, you just showed off your archery skills and you became like this. So what will your attitude be when you see Levi's magic later?
Although she didn't want to think so, she really felt that these people of her own race were too ignorant.
After learning this lesson, the Amazons have obviously restrained themselves a lot. They no longer act alone, but follow Li Wei's main force.
After fighting in more than a dozen small encounters, the lost soul also advanced to another level and successfully recalled the magic he had mastered during his lifetime - Wind Whisper.
Levi took a look and found that this thing was somewhat similar to the information technology used to monitor the Archons. The effect was to send a sentence to the destination through the power of the wind, but the distance was a little farther, so it was not very useful, but it was okay.
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At the same time, after experiencing many battles, Levi also roughly understood the fighting methods of these Amazons and the strength they possess.
They basically focus on long-range combat and try to avoid melee combat. If they are forced to fall into melee combat, they will give priority to their mounts and the beasts around them as the main force, while they themselves provide assistance, or try to distance themselves from the enemy. In short, everything is based on
Save your life first, then kill the enemy.
This point is highly recognized by Li Wei. Experience points and equipment are important, but the more important thing is to survive, otherwise everything is empty talk.
As for the combat effectiveness of those Amazon heroes, at least in his opinion, it is not that good. They should all be less than level 5, and the battle level will be lower, but their combat awareness is relatively good, and they have
The equipment is also pretty good.
Li Wei secretly speculated that they probably lacked the opportunity to fight in real bloody battles before, and now being released as mercenaries would probably allow them to gain some experience and knowledge, but he didn't know whether the person behind the scenes was their leader, queen, or someone else.
A true god.
In addition, Li Wei also discovered the war flag of the bird and the horn hanging on the waist of the piranha. They should be battle treasures, but they didn't know whether it was due to the large usage restrictions or the long cooling time, so they
Never used it before.
But by analogy, the eldest of the three, Anaconda, probably also has a battle treasure.
But Li Wei was not in a hurry. They were useless now. They probably thought it was not necessary, but when they got to the village they were going to attack, they probably wouldn't be able to hide their clumsiness anymore.
Although the biggest impression given by demons is that they are warlike and have no brains, my group of people killed at least one or two thousand demons along the way, and the march route is so obvious. As long as there is a thinking demon in that village
If it exists, it will definitely be ready for war!
After two more smaller encounters, they finally crossed a distance of more than ten miles and arrived at their destination.
This time, the Amazons did not compete to be the first, but rather humbly came to ask Li Wei how to launch an attack.
Li Wei was a little surprised at first, but when he saw the state of the village, he immediately understood the reason.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s far away from Ash Ridge Town, and there’s a black castle in front of it, and it hasn’t suffered any attacks before, so this village has been well built by the demons.
At a glance, the entire village was emitting red light, and the fences and horses seemed to be emitting flames. Half a ditch was even dug outside the village, but there was no water stored in it.
It is a shallow layer of reddish magma.
It is conceivable that once they are really completed, the magma alone will give most melee troops a headache.
And they seemed to have noticed something was wrong in advance. Now in their sight, there were at least hundreds or thousands of demons waiting in formation at the entrance of the village.
Although most of them were level 2 ape demons and slaying demons, there were also level 3 horned demons, hellhounds, and even level 4 beings such as flame-breathing hellhounds and horned demon warlords. Li Wei even saw several level 1 horned demons.
The two-story boar-headed demon is a fifth-level soul-killing demon.
As for how many demons there are in the village, who the leader is, and what his strength is, it is not clear yet, because the same kind of demons seem to be basically carved out of the same mold.
But the most eye-catching thing should be the seven or eight sentry towers that are about ten meters high standing in the corner of the village. There are densely packed with a bunch of long-range demons such as Magog and Gog on them. No wonder the Amazons don't
Go ahead and take credit.
Compared with ordinary villages, the defense force here is much stronger. It is indeed a demon that can directly connect to the bottomless abyss. In terms of military strength, ordinary races cannot compare with it.
Levi looked around: "What do you think?"
The Amazon Anaconda was the first to laugh and said: "Just listen to you. We Amazons are not good at attacking cities, and we were originally assigned to assist you."
This is really not her modesty. If it were an encounter on the plains, she would not be afraid of the other party, but now when she saw the other party's sentry tower and wall, she just felt a headache.
Although there are some wild beasts around them, most of them are weak. If nothing else, a 6-meter-tall Soul Seizing Demon can easily kill them all.
Several other God-chosen heroes also nodded, indicating that they did the same.
If they didn't understand Li Wei very well at the beginning, but along the way, they were convinced, and they didn't have to express any opinions. They just followed behind to make soy sauce.
Levi looked at the heavily defended villages in the distance, then calculated the distance between them, and he suddenly laughed.
Indeed, if we want to attack by force, we really don’t know how many troops will be killed or injured.
But the demons have a fatal weakness, that is, the attack power of Magog and Gog, the only two long-range troops in the village, is not very far away. Even if they stand on the sentry tower, it is actually just like that.
It just so happens that he also has the magic range-increasing specialty and the powerful micro-meteor. The range of this magic seems to be slightly further than the opponent's.
Moreover, when using projectiles, long-range units such as Donna can almost reach the opponent. In this case, of course, we must give full play to it!
Although the demons' attention should be focused on the main force of the aborigines, the night is long and the dream is long, so it is better to resolve the battle as soon as possible and try to draw the opponent out.
When he turned around, he saw Donna looking at him with a smile on her face. It was obvious that she already knew what to do.
Although when using projectiles, the hit rate will decrease to a certain extent, but the demons are so densely packed, she doesn't need to consider this aspect at all.
He smiled and nodded at the other party, and then took out the Reaper ballista that had not been used for a long time: "Which of you can operate this thing?"
"Me, me, I have primary ballistics among my battle skills!"
A God-chosen hero ran over with his hands raised, and he quickly became able to control himself in a decent manner.
This made Li Wei even more satisfied. The ballista's attack power was not low, and it had siege skills, so it still posed a great threat to the sentry tower.
"Okay, pass my order. The melee troops will form a defensive formation. Donna is preparing to eject. All other long-range units will aim at the entrance of the village to see if we can force them out!"