Soon under Mikaela's order, the large army began to officially march north.
Reiner led the cavalry troops to conduct reconnaissance first. A dozen Skyslayer airships hung high in the sky, carrying hundreds of archers, priests and mage units, five to six hundred winged elves, and forty or fifty giant eagles.
Accompanying him as a bodyguard.
Originally, there were more Sky Slayers, but some of them were urgently transferred back to Ash Ridge Town. It seemed that special circumstances had arisen in other places.
Three Tianshi knights and a team from the Gavin Knights made great contributions in the Battle of Pigherd Town, and are now serving as Michaela's escort.
On the ground were more than a thousand infantrymen of various types, and finally a very small number of war beasts such as the White Lion of Charis and the Spirit Wolves of Ulthuan.
Levi also took his subordinates with him, but after a comparison, he felt that his troops seemed to be more elite than Michaela's.
Her main infantry is generally only level 2-3, including shield spearmen, sea guards, rangers, plus a small number of silver guards and Caledor sentries, etc.
Only some of the Charis warriors holding axes and shields and wearing white lion furs, as well as the silver-helmeted giant swordsmen are level 4 troops and can be considered the elite among them.
In comparison, among Li Wei's own troops, the level 3 Jade Halberdiers were at the bottom, and there was not even a single level 2 Jade Halberdier.
There is still a huge gap between his personal strength and many powerful aborigines, but the gap between the average strength of the troops is rapidly shrinking. With his current military strength, it is already easy to conquer a few small villages.
thing.
As the team continues to advance, heroes chosen by Gods are coming from both sides to join them.
Their previous large-scale Northern Expedition resulted in the capture of many small greenskin villages and gathering places, which eventually became their territory. Usually, they would use their respective villages as strongholds and launch attacks northward from time to time.
Now that they have caught up with Michaela's actions, they naturally don't want to miss the opportunity. Some even call out all the village's defenders. Anyway, in this special situation, the greenskins probably don't have any extra troops.
Attacked their village.
Donna and others were originally a little bit dissatisfied with the special status of the celestial beings in the village, but now it seems that the celestial beings are still very powerful.
They sent equal forces to all the villages under Li Wei's command without discrimination. As Li Wei became more and more powerful in the future, their investment would also become larger and larger. Each village had a hundred or so soldiers who were almost free of charge.
Where can the garrison find such a good thing?
As the chosen heroes joined, they gradually noticed the iron-eating crocodiles serving as mounts in Levi's army. They couldn't help but get closer one by one, trying to get some relevant information.
Levi didn't hide much. Although only he and Michaela obtained the recruitment permission yesterday, the crocodiles have already begun to build various god-given buildings, and it will only be a matter of time before they are opened to others.
Similarly, he was also very interested in the various strange mounts and soldiers in their team.
Cows, horses, wild boars, etc. are all too common. Giant turtles, chocobos, etc. are not particularly unusual either.
The ones riding ogres were somewhat interesting, but what really caught his attention was a female elf priest riding a unicorn, and a guy sitting on a pure metal mechanical war scorpion.
As a rare species of natural type, unicorns have always been a symbol of purity. It is said that they only accept innocent girls as their masters, and ignore others. They are also a bit old-fashioned.
When they saw each other, everyone including Donna, Elegy and Cindy looked very interested. Of course they had heard of the legend. Who didn't want to prove that they were that innocent girl?
So Levi simply went over and asked. Unicorns basically don't live alone in the wild. That is simply seeking death. Since the other party can have a unicorn as a mount, there is a high chance that they will also have relevant information.
Facts have proved that Levi has a certain reputation in the nearby area, and after explaining his purpose, the other party did not talk nonsense.
"I do have information. If it were you, Li Wei, I would be willing to give it to you, but I spent a lot of effort to get it."
Speaking of this, the good-looking female elf paused deliberately. Although she didn't say anything, Li Wei certainly didn't understand what she meant. It was just asking for money. It was easy to say.
He quickly glanced at the opponent's team, and he was somewhat surprised.
In various games, there are relatively few women. Since this game requires commanding subordinates to attack, arrange strategies, etc., the threshold is relatively high, so the number of female God-chosen heroes is even smaller, and most of them are not very good.
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I didn't expect that the girl in front of me was quite strong, and she should have a good relationship with the tree people and wood elves. There were several types of each other's troops in her team.
Although they are both elves, their appearance is almost identical, but the equipment of the high elves is both gorgeous and powerful, while the wood elves are dressed in green environmentally friendly clothing, and the difference is still very obvious.
She even has 3 heroes under her command. You must know that excluding the Sun Knight, the banker, Master and Light Forger, who are the president and vice president level, there are almost only this number of heroes under her command now.
It's just a unit.
Being able to do this, this girl should be considered very good in terms of strength and luck.
It's possible that she invested most of her resources in recruiting troops, so the equipment of these heroes was pitiful, and they didn't even have a green suit.
So he directly took out a few pieces of equipment that fit the opponent's profession: "Are these enough?"
The female elf waved her hands hurriedly: "That's enough, that's enough. It's not really useful, it's just a piece of information."
While talking, she shared the map information with Li Wei. Li Wei noticed that there was a special place on it with a single-horned mark, which should be there.
She didn't know if Li Wei's generosity moved her, so she took the initiative and began to introduce it in detail.
"There is a valley at this location, and there are about fifty or sixty unicorns living in it. They call it the Holy Land in the Forest. I suspect that there may be a god-given building."
"The strength of unicorns ranges from level 4 to level 6. In addition to gold coins, recruiting them requires a certain amount of small light element crystals, and then there is that factor."
Speaking of this, the female elf blushed somewhat. Although she didn't know how the other party judged it, the fact was that as a single, she succeeded in recruiting, but her two best friends with boyfriends all failed.
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Hearing this, Levi couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Although the other party didn't say it directly, how could he not know?
So after expressing his gratitude, he took the opportunity to add the other party as a friend. He had no other intention, just thinking that he would have more friends in the future. This kind of female God-selected hero with both good looks and strength is really rare.
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After saying goodbye to the female elf priest named Star and Moon Light, Levi walked towards the guy with the metal war scorpion.
The opponent looked quite ruggedly dressed, and there were many beast-type soldiers in the team. There was a big black bear four to five meters long beside him, so he could easily guess the opponent's profession, which must be a druid.
After the previous experience, he directly handed over two pieces of green equipment this time: "Brother, I think your subordinates seem to be short of these two pieces?"
The druid grinned and reached out to knock on his mount: "Brother, are you here for this thing? That guy may be disappointed."
Even so, he still took over the two pieces of equipment quickly. Judging from his proficiency, it was obvious that this was not the first time he had encountered such a situation.
Li Wei didn't take it seriously either. This little gadget was not worth mentioning to him.
"Oh, what do you say?"
"Because I bought this from the Cathay caravan. They rarely stay in one place for a long time. It is said that the caravan is heading to Altdorf, the capital of the Sigma Empire. No one knows when they will come back.
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Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He seemed to understand why the other party took it so quickly. With this little information, it was not worth two pieces of green equipment!
There was no need to look at it. The other party also knew that Li Wei would definitely be dissatisfied, so he continued to speak quickly: "But if you are interested, Li Wei, I still have some mechanical war horses for sale. Look at these two pieces."
For the sake of equipment, I’ll give you a 10% discount.”
Only then did Levi become more interested: "Did you make it yourself?"
"Hey, I don't have that ability. I bought them from the Sinian Caravan last time. I just want to act as a second-rate dealer."
Saying this, the other party also handed over a piece of paper, with information about the mechanical war horse clearly written on it.
Quickly scanning the series of information, Levi found that this thing was indeed very attractive.
Compared with ordinary war horses, the mechanical war horse's defense power and maximum life limit have been greatly improved, and it is even better than ordinary Tier 4 troops. As a mount, it is definitely very qualified.
It also has some advantages in speed, has some basic magic resistance, can increase the power of charge, provides a collision skill, etc.
Because it is made of metal, once it charges, even if it does nothing and hits the enemy directly, it can still cause a certain amount of damage.
But it is not without its weaknesses. First of all, it is weak in resistance to lightning attacks. Then, like most mechanical creations, it cannot be repaired through ordinary healing techniques.
In addition to going to a specialized craftsman, you can only buy some repair oil, which is more expensive than ordinary life potions.
But it's not considered rare, because it's common to many arms of the mechanical department.
In contrast, it does not require ordinary supplies. Instead, it consumes a certain amount of magic crystals every day, so it is not a problem.
But overall, Li Wei thinks it is quite cost-effective, especially for cavalry units such as Simon, they will be a very good choice, and the price is completely within Li Wei's acceptance range.
So after thinking about it for a while, he directly said to the elf warrior named Iron Guard: "Then give me 20. You just agreed to give them a 10% discount, right?"
In addition to changing the mounts for Simon, Donna, Elegy, Cindy and Zhou Miyin can also be replaced. Well, all the heroes staying in various villages can also participate.
The rest can be given to Michaela and Reiner each. Although this thing may not mean anything to them, it also represents my own feelings to some extent.
"ah?"
Iron Guard was suddenly confused. The reason why he said 10% off just now was entirely because he had calculated it. In addition to the two pieces of green equipment, he couldn't lose money by selling two or three.
But now that Li Wei wants 20 at a time, he will make a lot less, and he doesn’t have that much!
Seeing the other party in a daze, Levi raised his eyebrows: "Brother, you won't regret it so soon, will you?"
The Iron Guard gritted his teeth, but in the end he did not regret it: "No, I only have 13 left in total, and I will give them all to you. If you still need them, you may need to wait a few more days."
Li Wei chuckled, of course he bought everything in front of him first, but you just said you didn't know how to make it, are you going to change your tune so soon?
Seemingly seeing Levi's doubts, the Iron Guard then said: "Brother, I really don't know how to make this thing myself, but I have a few friends hanging out with the Chaos Dwarves."
"If I can get in touch with them, I might be able to get a stable supply of goods, and there might even be more than just mechanical war horses."
For the natives, it is absolutely impossible for the high elves to make a deal with the chaos dwarves, but it does not matter to the chosen heroes.
Li Wei nodded. If he was a Chaos Dwarf, he could really look forward to it.
As the same subspecies of dwarves, they are naturally proficient in mining and forging, and can forcibly drive demons, so it is logical to create various special arms.
Levi still remembers that those evil-minded dwarves once transformed the devil into a war weapon - the devil's butt. Just by hearing the name, you can tell how evil it is.
However, Iron Guard said that he bought these things from the Cathay caravan. Could that caravan have also made a deal with the Chaos Dwarves?
After the transaction was completed and they added each other as friends, Levi naturally sent the mechanical war horses immediately and told the girls about the unicorn information.
Not surprisingly, they jumped for joy, and even Donna said that if she couldn't find a suitable pet within a short period of time, she wouldn't object to finding a unicorn.
Unicorns can not only serve as mounts, but also have certain combat capabilities.
But Li Wei just listened. After all, unicorns are not specialized fighting beasts. If it were a PK at the same level, he didn't think the opponent could beat Donna's big cat.
After the two interludes ended, Levi also saw many other God-chosen heroes moving and starting to communicate with each other.
At least thirty or fifty people even came over to ask about relevant information about the various arms under his command.
Li Wei also selectively revealed part of it. Although in the long run, everyone will be competitors, at least they are still allies now.
Moreover, many of his troops can be recruited with more than just information. It doesn't matter if you tell them.
After traveling for dozens of miles, they had successfully gathered an army of tens of thousands, and no monsters in the wild dared to provoke them along the way.
Even if they occasionally encounter some small groups of green-skinned reconnaissance teams, they will either be killed on the spot by a hail of arrows, or they will run away early when the opportunity is bad.
Although the greenskins are extremely warlike, they enjoy the fun of fighting more. They will not do the pure act of sending death like this.
Master soon joined in with his troops. They have developed quite well recently and have successively captured two small villages. Although the green-skinned villages are poor, they are still a base. Unfortunately, their constructs
The problem has not been solved yet.
Even as they learn more about issues related to constructs and souls, they feel more and more difficult about this matter.
It is almost impossible for them to create it themselves. Insufficient strength is one reason, and controlling the soul will offend the gods is another reason.
Taking refuge with the Tomb King is a feasible option, but the journey is too far, and if the Tomb King's troops team up with the elves, morale will be greatly affected.
So they now decided to choose the last direction, which was to go to the Cathay Dynasty, and they really found a more feasible plan.
That is to follow the Cathay caravan and go to Cathay along the Tusk Road. When passing through the ogre kingdom, you will not fight the ogres, but pay the toll. In this way, you will be much safer.
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The main problem now is that caravans are not easy to find. Even if they are found, people will not take them easily. The caravan is afraid that they will take advantage of them.
The second is the issue of tolls.
Although no other God-chosen hero has succeeded so far, according to the existing intelligence, there are not just one or two ogre tribes in that area, but thousands of them, and each of them will collect tolls.
Even if the Cathay Caravan is more experienced and can choose the shortest route and spend the least money, it still requires a lot of effort.
In addition, since their elves went to a human country and were unfamiliar with the place, they must bring enough money to spare, so the most important thing for them right now is to make and save money.
Although this process will seem very difficult, since you choose to invest in this world, you must set some ambitious goals, right?
Of course, the reason why he said anything to Li Wei was not to borrow money from him, but because a considerable number of people in their guild did not want to go to Cathay, but planned to gradually change the composition of their troops.
But Master himself planned to go, so he hoped that Levi could take care of the members who stayed here, or let them simply switch to War Paradise.
They originally came together because of common interests, and now even if there are differences, he will not force others.
Of course Li Wei will not refuse, he is also short of capable manpower now.
After roughly confirming the matter, Master also called the dozen or so mages over and met with Li Wei one by one. From then on, they were Li Wei's subordinates. As long as they returned to the town,
Just go through a simple transfer procedure and you're done.
The mages are no longer dissatisfied. After this period of contact, they all have a certain understanding of Li Wei's strength and character, and they can't suffer any disadvantages by messing with him.
Li Wei had a little chat with them and got to know their general strength, so as to facilitate future joint operations.
Generally speaking, their strength is pretty good, with an average combat level of 6-7. Each of them masters more than a dozen or twenty different kinds of magic, mainly restricted magic, supplemented by destructive magic.
, and finally the auxiliary magic.
The battle level is generally slightly lower, probably level 3-4, and the troops are almost a combination of golems, spearmen, sea guards, and archers.
During the battle, they relied heavily on the magic of mages and archers, but they were not very offensive.
They basically have 1 or 2 aboriginal heroes under their command, but most of them are not particularly outstanding, they are just humanoid pendants used to improve leadership.
There is only one guy named Sui Feng, who has a priest and a mage hero under his command. He can play a big role in the battle, and he is considered the best among them.
Li Wei also had some impressions of him, because when he first went north, the opponent once told the green-skinned shaman that their main green-skinned god was one-eyed, which also played a certain role in the victory of that battle.
But overall, there is a huge gap between them and Li Wei. Even if it is a head-on battle, Li Wei is sure to defeat or even kill them all, regardless of their larger number.
There is no way around it, Levi frequently participates in various large-scale battles, and almost every time he comes back with a full result, he has already surpassed the ordinary God-chosen heroes by a lot.
Apart from anything else, it would be very difficult for them to deal with the few Sky Slayer airships hanging high in the sky.
It can be expected that as time goes by, this gap will become wider and wider in the future. Li Wei has participated in things among the gods more than once, but they are still worrying about how to make the golem.
In addition, Master has another matter, which is related to the two small villages he has occupied.
They had all worked hard to capture it in the first place. If he took some of his people to Cathay and the rest followed Li Wei, the ownership of the village would be a big problem.
It’s not a good idea to give it to anyone, so the best option is to sell it for money and share it equally with everyone.
Levi thought for a while and felt that this problem was very easy to solve because the wealthy Sun Knight was here.
Because he went north late, he has not yet been able to capture any villages. Just leave those two small villages to him. He will definitely be able to satisfy everyone.
As for Sui Feng and others who decided to follow Li Wei, whether they go to the Dark Area to develop, or take advantage of today's battle to capture a few new villages, they can all be considered solutions.
Master chuckled, not surprised by this, obviously he had already made this idea before.
After chatting for a while and confirming some specific details, the Sun Knight also approached the main force with some of his younger brothers.
But because his troops were too evil and still far away, the aboriginals sent him a warning.
In the end, it was a certain aboriginal hero under Michaela who personally confirmed that the Sun Knight had a military position and title before letting him come closer.
Master immediately talked about this matter with the depressed Sun Knight, and within two minutes, the Sun Knight waved his hand and gave an answer that satisfied everyone.
As a person with money ability, many problems that can be solved with money are not problems in his opinion!
So everyone was happy for a while.
Levi also took the opportunity to talk to Sun Knight about the Tan people. He was indeed a little interested and felt that free Tan people could indeed be used to recruit new guild members.
At the same time, he also became more and more interested in the Underdark Region. Li Wei successively gained a lot of benefits from there. Qian Thief and others from the previous guild also occupied several small villages.
On the contrary, he, the nominal guild leader, was running around all day long without a stable place to stay.
Especially what happened just now made him feel very depressed.
Although he has been trying hard to change his image in the minds of the indigenous people, so far, little success has been achieved. Changing a place seems to be a good choice.
Hearing this, Levi suddenly laughed, and he immediately asked: "Have you ever thought about where we should continue to develop after the Red Cloud tribe is solved?"
"Should we continue going north to fight the Chaos Dwarves and Skaven, or attack the Ogres like Master and the others? Or go overseas for development?"
The Sun Knight was immediately stopped by the question. To be honest, he had never thought about that far-reaching issue. He had been thinking about attacking and occupying several small villages in the past few days.
It's a pity that he came too late. There was nothing left for him within a hundred miles of Pigherd Town. He couldn't attack other elves' chosen heroes, right?
He was already on the alert because of his profession and alignment. If he really wanted to do this, he was afraid that he would be expelled from the elf ranks.
But both Chaos Dwarves and Ogres are very difficult to mess with.
Originally, the dwarves were well-equipped with cannons and other war equipment, and were generally considered difficult to deal with.
Chaos dwarves can control demons, master some magic, demonize various war instruments, and drive servant races such as goblins and green skins. It is said that the black orcs in the green skins were transformed by them. It can be said that it is more difficult than ordinary dwarves.
deal with.
As for the Ratmen, according to previous intelligence, their troops are not difficult to deal with. However, the difficulty is that they are a race that lives in underground caves and urban ruins. They are very good at sneak attacks and guerrillas, and it is difficult to get the opportunity to fight them head-on.
But recently, as everyone has more and more contact with them, they have gradually learned that the rat people have always been showing weakness to their enemies, and they actually already possess many powerful war weapons.
Carrying gun, flamethrower, gas grenade
Although the energy they use is radiated dimensional stone, which often comes from the bottomless abyss where the demons live, or the nine-level Baator hell where the demons live, which is rarely found in the main world, resulting in the use of these weapons.
The number of miles is also very small.
But because these weapons have gradually appeared in almost all clans, this can only mean one thing, that is, the rat people have really mastered their manufacturing methods.
The only good thing is that the rat people next to the Red Cloud tribe belong to the Essin clan. This is a clan that is said to have gone to Cathay and Nibon to study on a large scale.
They specialize in assassination, and are relatively easy to deal with on large-scale battlefields.
The ogres are also difficult to mess with. Their ogre warriors start at level 3 and are very powerful. In addition, their racial talents can enhance the power of the charge and knock back, knock back and other ogre effects.
Demonic Charge makes them the best at breaking formations.
At the same time, they also like to enslave foreign races including saber-toothed tigers, mammoths and giants to fight. With his current strength, if he encounters a slightly stronger ogre battle group, he is afraid that he will be defeated directly if he cannot survive even a confrontation.
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It is even more impossible overseas. Although he has heard more or less recently that the elves are preparing for a large-scale war with the sahuagin, but that is basically a matter of the high elf fleet and sea elves, and has nothing to do with him.
relation.
As for other directions, they are either dwarves in the mountains or some humans. The camp is basically lawful neutral or lawful good. The natives will definitely not take the initiative to declare war on each other, and they have no way to fight against the greenskins like this time.
Fight with the wind.
If he really starts a fight, even if he fights it with the swiftness of the entire guild, he probably has little chance of winning.
Master next to him couldn't help but concentrate. In fact, he had similar confusions, and combined with his own factors, he decided to go to Cathay.
After thinking for a moment, Sun Knight also understood Levi's subtext: "So, you mean, we can go to the Dark Area?"
Levi smiled and nodded: "That's right, except for the dwarves, shield dwarves, Tan and the virtuous drow who believe in Eilistraee, it can be said that everywhere you look, there are killable enemies."
Shield dwarves are a subspecies of dwarves, special dwarves from the Underdark. Compared with ordinary dwarves, their personalities are more conservative, their favorability and reputation are more difficult to earn, and they are not so easily angered. Of course, that's
Just compared to other dwarves.
At the same time, they are better at seeing in the dark, and are also the mortal enemies of the drow.
If Levi plans to participate in the battle against Dracula and the old black dragon next, it will be difficult to bypass the drow, and the shield dwarf is a very important potential ally.
Levi said so much, if the Sun Knight still doesn't understand what he means, then he is really a fool.
Obviously, for some temporarily unspeakable reason, Levi wanted him to go to the Dark Territory for development.
After thinking about it for a while, he simply nodded in agreement. Levi wouldn't cheat him anyway. This was indeed a very good choice.
As for the two villages just obtained from Master, they are not a problem. They can just be left to the younger brothers to take care of them. If there is any war nearby in the future, they can be regarded as a reliable base.
In this way, chatting all the way, they quickly moved forward for hundreds of miles, gradually leaving the area controlled by their own side. The land ahead became increasingly barren, and large tracts of desert could be seen everywhere.
Seeing this, Levi couldn't help but sigh a little, no wonder the greenskins are always so poor, so warlike, and want to launch attacks on other races.
The environment they are living in now is really too bad. They can only change the status quo by launching a war abroad and seizing more fertile land.
Otherwise, the gap in wealth accumulation and war potential between them and other races will become wider as time goes by. Even if the elves are not interested in their barren land, the greenskins themselves and the gods behind them will definitely
I can't accept this situation.
Gradually, Levi also saw that in the distant sky, harpies began to appear frequently. They should be the scouts sent by the green skins. With their army of tens of thousands, the green skins had no idea whether they would notice it or not.
possible.
But the harpy was still too weak, so they didn't even need to take action. The wing elves quickly shot out a shower of arrows, killing them all.
Compared with high elves, the arrows of wing elves are thinner, pointed, and shorter, so their attack power will be slightly lower. It is said that this is to reduce their load.
But no matter how low it is, this is an arrow from the elves, and it is not something that a mere harpy can resist.
As they continued to advance, the number and frequency of the harpies' appearances also increased rapidly, and at the same time, small groups of scouts also appeared on land.
Although basically our own side was able to kill them all smoothly, Michaela quickly gave a new step of instructions, which was to divide the troops and let the many God-chosen heroes divide their forces to attack the surrounding green-skinned villages.
Many of the chosen heroes have some objections, because everyone knows that only those who follow them to attack the haunted town can gain the greatest benefits. The ordinary villages of the greenskins are really too poor.
But there was no way, they couldn't refuse Mikaela's order, so they could only leave quickly one by one.
Anyway, if you can really capture the village, it won't be a loss, but you may earn less.
If the battle can be resolved as soon as possible, maybe we can catch up with the battle in the haunted town.
Sun Knight originally wanted to continue communicating with Levi and learn more about the Underdark Region, but he was the first to be assigned a mission, which made him lament over and over again.
No matter how hard he tried, the aborigines were still worried about him and wanted him to leave as soon as possible.
But this in turn further strengthened his determination. Since he couldn't develop here, he should go all out in the Underdark.
What Li Wei just said was very reasonable, and the one that moved him the most was about the drow.
The high elves are certainly wary of him, but if it were the Moonsingers who had been yearning for the surface world and hoped that the high elves could re-accept them, would they still have the same attitude towards him?
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