When Li Wei and the others arrived, they found that the many phantoms in the valley that Zhang San mentioned before had disappeared, replaced by a huge bloody portal with a radius of nearly ten meters.
At this moment, there are at least hundreds of human-like red-skinned monsters holding long swords, wearing iron-clad armor, and having sharp teeth in their mouths. They are neatly arranged in front of the portal, forming three square formations, and more companions are filing in from them. And out.
They are the famous cannon fodder in Baator Hell, with an almost endless number of legion demons.
In terms of individual combat power alone, as lower-level devils, their basic level is only level 2 and they basically have no combat skills at all. They seem to be very weak.
But in actual battles, they can often defeat stronger enemies.
Because when enough legion demons come together, their attack, defense, resistance against psychic magic, etc. will be slightly improved.
What really makes them regarded as reliable cannon fodder by all high-level devils is not only their number, but also their unique talent - legion strength.
All legion demons within a diameter of 30 meters can temporarily conclude a special life contract. This contract can accommodate up to 100 legion demons at the same time, allowing all legion demons to share a health pool.
Therefore, when they are attacked, they will never die individually. They will only die collectively after consuming all the health points of 100 legion demons.
Even if one legion demon only has a few dozen health points, 100 legion demons add up to thousands.
For ordinary low- and mid-level enemies, once they are surrounded, unless they can escape quickly through flying or magic, there is almost no solution.
At this stage, there are only a handful of demon-chosen heroes in the true sense. They all fight with legion demons as the main force, which often allows them to defeat powerful enemies more easily.
It is precisely because of this characteristic of legion demons that they are often able to survive on the battlefield more easily than other low-level demons and gain opportunities to advance.
Therefore, on top of ordinary legion demons, legion demon elite soldiers, veterans, sergeants, etc. often appear more frequently, and they can even be upgraded to the highest level 4th level legion demon hell guard.
Although their attributes and skills are only slightly enhanced after each advancement due to their weak talents, they can also inherit the two most important characteristics of Legion Demons.
This therefore makes them more difficult to deal with than regular Legionnaires.
For example, humans who are currently being besieged by two other phalanxes of legion demons basically have little ability to fight back.
Because their attacks are not enough to kill 100 legion demons at once, the legion demons can show the craziest and most daring posture to attack them.
At the same time, there are some barb demons holding machetes and small hook-shaped haloes on their feet, as well as some little devils who are half a meter tall but holding one-meter steel forks, with wings on their backs and an arrow tail behind their buttocks. Let's attack them together.
The two of them are level 3 soldiers. In the class classification within the devil, they are already considered to be mid-level devils, so they have more or less special abilities.
The Barb Demon's machete has a high probability of bleeding, and its unique skill, Barb Aura, can cause a small amount of magic damage to all enemies within the range every few seconds. If you add up, you can create a high output.
The little devils are better because they are flexible and can fly. The steel prongs and tails in their hands are poisonous, and if necessary, they can also perform illusions - disappear.
This can basically be considered the monkey version of invisibility. It lasts very short and is very easy to detect, but on such a chaotic battlefield, it can often play a great role.
The three kinds of devils worked together to block less than a hundred humans in a corner of the valley and beat them up. In just a few seconds, Levi could see that they were constantly losing numbers.
It can be said that if they had not appeared, they would all be dead within 3 or 5 minutes.
Although I haven't seen clearly what camp the other party belongs to, I can roughly tell that they are some humans, and since they are enemies of the devil, we can tentatively think that they can become our temporary comrades-in-arms.
So Li Wei immediately commanded his troops to attack the devils to distract the opponent's pressure.
But he was not careless. There were already more than 700 devils present. Although the highest level was only level 3, who would believe that there was no leader among them?
The large army gradually approached, and Donna and others fired arrows from a high position, slightly relieving the pressure on the besieged.
Seeing the arrival of their reinforcements, the morale of the besieged was slightly improved, and their voices calling for battle were obviously a little different from before, because they finally saw a glimmer of hope.
But the devils still didn't make any commotion or react at all. They were like some robots, completely ignoring the new enemies and just continuing to besiege those unlucky ghosts.
Li Wei couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew the devil's orders and prohibitions, but the current situation was really weird.
However, he did not issue any orders, and just asked the troops to continue moving forward. No matter what the other party's plot was, they would show up as long as they rescued those who were besieged.
At this moment, a parrot suddenly flew out of the crowd, and a loud voice obviously strengthened by magic also rang out: "Levi, be careful, there is a devil using group invisibility, just east of the entrance to the valley
There is an ambush in the shadows over there, you must."
Before it finished speaking, a black fireball flew through the air, killing the heroic little guy instantly.
Levi immediately snorted and threw a fireball in the direction of the source of the black fireball. He knew something was strange!
However, the other party actually knew his name. Could it be some divinely chosen hero who knew him on the forum, or some aborigines who had heard his legend?
As his legend, status and strength continued to increase, he began to have a certain reputation among the aborigines, and his stories began to spread in many nearby areas, so even people who had never seen him before,
Maybe you're starting to get to know him.
As the fireball exploded, a large number of devil figures appeared at the entrance of the valley.
In addition to two more square formations of legion demons, there are also some demons that are obviously stronger.
Some chain demons are wrapped in countless iron chains as their clothes, armor and weapons.
Dozens of cavalrymen riding flaming horses and holding spears - Nightmare Riders.
Some are three meters long and appear to be translucent ghosts, but are actually entities and can be damaged by physical attacks - super-large cats - Hellcats.
These three types of devils are all 4th-level arms, and each has one or two special skills. They are not particularly easy to deal with among arms of the same level.
But what attracted Li Wei's attention the most was the guy in the middle whose body was burning with black flames, making it difficult to see his specific appearance.
Based on its central location and the many items on its body that sparkle with magic, even if it is not the leader of these demons, it must still be a high-ranking heroic unit.
Levi shouted immediately: "Cindy, Lucia!"
At the same time, he immediately started chanting magic. Since the opponent has appeared, let's capture the thief first and capture the king first!
The two girls also instantly understood what Li Wei meant. Cindy let out a scream, released the sacred glacier, and summoned holy ice spears on top.
The priest's divine spells may not be as powerful and diverse as magic, but in terms of the speed of release, they are obviously superior.
Although Lucia remained silent, a bloody light flashed on her hand, and then she kept firing "bang bang", and she didn't know how many shots she fired in one breath.
However, in the face of their attack, the demon hero remained silent because countless legions of demons had already taken the initiative to stand in front of it and bear the damage for it.
Based on their special abilities, although Cindy and Lucia's attacks were very powerful, they were unable to really knock down any enemy.
Even if Lucia occasionally used special skills to hit the devil hero twice, all she could see was the flash of magic light, and the special magic barrier that was originally invisible to the naked eye appeared. Lucia's attacks also failed.
Really hurt it.
Donna was temporarily unable to cooperate with Levi's sniping action, because almost at the same time, the Nightmare Riders had already risen into the sky one by one, intending to charge against the Sky Slayer.
Ordinary Nightmare Demons do not have the ability to float or fly, but these Nightmare Demons are obviously either of a special breed or have been cast with special magic.
At this time, Levi's magic had also been completed. Considering that the opponent was a devil, he had extremely strong resistance to flames, and his whole body was exuding flames, so Levi did not use magic such as Flame Skull or Micro Meteor at all.
His starting hand is level 7 magic - Finger of Death.
It doesn't matter if it doesn't succeed. Once it succeeds, the entire battle situation will be reversed in an instant.
There was no way, who made the other party stand there motionless like a big fool and gave himself enough time to perform this magic?
Normally when facing an ordinary enemy, the other party would not be so generous.
Unfortunately, this distance is still a little far, and there is no way to use the supply of the girl of misfortune just obtained, otherwise it will definitely greatly enhance the chance of the Finger of Death taking effect.
With such a sigh, a green light flashed, and a red -80 appeared above the opponent's head. Levi suddenly felt quite regretful, because he knew that this meant that the instant death effect had not taken effect.
But contrary to him, the devil hero felt his heart twitch suddenly, and even though he was surrounded by flames, he seemed to feel cold sweat breaking out on his back.
That was completely frightening.
It obviously saw that the opponent was a God's Chosen Hero, but he never expected that the God's Chosen Hero could release level 7 magic, and it was also the famous Finger of Death!
But after a brief period of fear, it couldn't help but become a little angry: "Damn mortals, you will definitely pay the price for offending me, Vial!"
But before Levi could reply, there was a flash of light, and the devil hero who called himself Vial had disappeared.
Obviously, even if it shouts slogans loudly, it is actually still very afraid of Levi's magic.
After all, it is instant death magic. It not only depends on the strength of both parties, but also depends on whether they are lucky enough!
Since decapitation tactics cannot be carried out, the only option is to launch a frontal attack.
Following Li Wei's order, the main forces pressed forward one after another, and Shudun, Zhang San and others also showed their talents.
After a brief confrontation, and with the help of Xiaotian, Griffin and others to kill the Nightmare Rider, Donna and other long-range units can also do their best.
Because so far, it seems that there is no one in the demon army in front of them that can threaten them, and they do not have any long-range units.
But even in a state of invisibility, Devil Vial still maintains extremely superb control over his troops.
The legion demons were still the main ones, supplemented by other demons. They firmly blocked the entrance to the valley and started a fierce battle with their own troops.
Based on the special abilities of the legion demons, as the battle continued, a rather strange phenomenon appeared on the battlefield.
The ones with the weakest average strength had no casualties in a short period of time, but the ones who died were the stronger chain demons, hell cats, etc.
However, Li Wei was also silently calculating in his heart the overall damage suffered by the legion demons in each phalanx.
If they don't die, there will be 100 of them if they die. Then there will be a short blank on the battlefield. It depends on you and the devil Vial, who can seize this opportunity!
Seeing their bravery, the besieged people on the other side became more and more excited, and soon another war eagle flew into the air.
"Is that Master Levi in front of you? We are knights from Baator. Thank you very much for lending a helping hand. In addition, we also have an acquaintance of yours in our team, the mage Tes!"
It could be him?
After hearing this name again, Li Wei also felt something in his heart.
Although this old guy cost me a little money at first, it really helped me a lot.
The spider web technique, duet ring, micro-meteor, etc. all came from him. Without these things, I might not have been able to develop to this point.
Even if the duet ring hadn't used the heavenly beings for nothing, Xiao Tian, the supervisor, and more heavenly beings might not have the relationship they have now.
Previously, he was used by the devil as a source of energy, and his strength plummeted, so he temporarily stayed in Novice Village. When he returned from the Black Castle, he found that he had also gone out to wander, intending to look for the possibility of regaining his strength.
I didn't expect to meet him here now, and it seems that he is doing well. Maybe he has recovered part of his strength?
As for the country that the knights came from, Li Wei also found it a bit interesting.
Baator, whose full name is the Knights Kingdom of Bretonnia, is a human country far away from here.
In this world full of magical power, their country is founded on knights.
Except for a very small number of saints and priests under the command of the Lady of the Lake whom they believe in, there are no other official spellcasters.
Even their country almost only believes in one deity, the Lady of the Lake, so naturally they cannot get help from the priests of other temples.
And out of their unique glory and pride, they are extremely repulsive and disgusted with gunpowder weapons, and even all long-range projectile weapons such as bows and arrows. The knights advocate frontal toughness and will never use any weapons.
Ranged weapons.
At first glance, these mortals would probably suffer heavy losses when fighting against so many inhuman beings, right?
Without the power of magic, their country would not be much stronger, right?
But in fact, the former is correct, but the latter is not necessarily true.
Because some extremely powerful knights, after overcoming many hardships, may obtain the Holy Grail given by the goddess they believe in.
After drinking the mysterious nectar in the Holy Grail, their life essence will suddenly be greatly enhanced, and they will become the true dragon among men - the Holy Grail Knights, and the strongest combat power in the Knight Kingdom.
It is said that the powerful Holy Grail Knights can rival the power of demons or devil lords, and in past history, dragon-slaying knights were not uncommon.
As for ordinary Holy Grail Knights, they are basically heroic units above level 15.
And because of the will of the Lady of the Lake they believe in, every king of Bretonnia must be a Knight of the Holy Grail, and basically all the dukes in the kingdom are Knights of the Holy Grail.
Coupled with some ascetics and scattered other blessed ones, although no one has really counted them, it is still very easy to gather thirty or fifty Holy Grail Knights in the entire kingdom. This is not a small number.
Already.
You must know that from what Levi has seen so far, the heroic units in the colony above level 15 are just the Dragon Prince, Princess Belinda, Michaela, and a few other high-level commanders.
Coupled with the expedition knights, kingdom knights, and knights errant who are all nobles under the Holy Grail Knights, as well as a large number of archers, mounted attendants, foot combat attendants, etc. who are peasants and serve as cannon fodder, the army system of the Kingdom of Knights is formed.
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However, the daily maintenance costs required for a high-level knight and their servants are not a small amount. Bretonnia itself is just an agricultural slave country, and most of the knights are not wealthy.
Even if you kill evil races such as beastmen or greenskins on a daily basis, you won't be able to raise enough funds, because they either don't use gold coins as currency, or they don't have the concept of currency at all.
Therefore, when many knights have just reached adulthood, or when they are relatively poor, they often venture to other countries to find wealth.
Their names such as Knights Errant and Expeditionary Knights already explain this, and their footprints can be found in almost half of the main world.
What’s more interesting is that the name of the Kingdom of Knights is Bretonnia, which is usually referred to as Baator, and the Nine Levels of Baator Hell are also usually referred to as Baator Hell.
Because the knights in the Kingdom of Knights are in desperate need of wealth, they frequently charge high taxes of 70% to 80%, and have been called vampires or devils more than once.
The real devils often cheat their lives and souls, but have no attachment to money or anything else. This often makes the Baator knights deeply ashamed.
Coupled with the serious opposition between the two camps and races, almost all the knights of Baator have a deep hatred for the devil.
No wonder these Baator knights jumped out of nowhere as soon as there was any movement of demons here, and quickly put themselves in danger.
But for Li Wei, these are just anecdotes. He believes that it is necessary to save the other party. The kindness of the knights is one reason, and the old mage is another reason.
He promised himself last time that he would become his subordinate, and now that he has been offered the gift of saving his life, he must have no reason to refuse, right?
Although it seems now that his strength is very weak and there is a high chance that he will not be able to defeat Sally or Alyssa, his wisdom cannot be underestimated in his old age. He can definitely go to Thorn Town to assist Zhou Miyin and Jenny.
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Thinking of this, Li Wei quietly issued several orders to prepare to rescue the opponent.