So less than half an hour later, Levi met the tomb technician named Harpulos in the private room of the tavern.
He is a very typical mummy, wrapped in yellowing white cloth, but there is also a little magic glow on it, which is probably a special piece of equipment.
In addition, he is also carrying a sickle-shaped sword, one of the most favored weapons among the warriors of the Tomb Kings faction, on his waist, indicating that he also has certain melee capabilities.
Levi apologized to him when he came up. He did not have all the constructs that met the other party's requirements for the time being, but Harpulos had no intention of getting angry.
On the one hand, it was because he failed again today and his debt increased by several percent, so he was really a little anxious.
On the other hand, it was because he had already seen the scorpions and scarabs in the house, two special structures that he had never seen before.
Once he saw the rather eager look in his eyes, Li Wei roughly understood.
So he changed his original idea, without any further words, he directly took out the corresponding materials and performed a hand-rubbing death guard for the other party.
So after watching the whole process with his own eyes, Harpulos didn't talk nonsense at all. He said on the spot that as long as Li Wei could help him repay the debt of about 100 gold coins, he would be willing to follow Li Wei, no matter where he went.
Martis, who was also watching the excitement next to him, was somewhat speechless after hearing this.
The waiter said it was 80 before, but it went up by 20 gold coins this day.
She didn't know yet how strong his personal abilities were, but she had a rough idea of how fast he was losing money.
Although Li Wei also found it a bit funny, he didn't lack the money, so he agreed directly.
So Hapros bowed down and became a level 3 combat hero under Li Wei.
In terms of equipment, he has a blue funeral shroud robe. Although it looks tattered, it actually has good defense and a certain degree of fire resistance.
In terms of skills, he can be regarded as a master of both magic and martial arts. He knows several combat skills and some basic earth magic. He also brings a skeleton chariot, so he can fight when necessary.
As for the racial characteristics of the Tomb Kings, they have a terrifying appearance and a funeral body.
The former can improve the resistance to dark magic and has a chance to inflict fear on weaker enemies. It is more suitable for warrior-type unparalleled weapons.
The latter can improve earth and water resistance, but at the cost of reducing fire resistance.
At first glance, two for one seems like a profit, but in fact, most of the Tomb Kings only appear in the desert, where water attacks will be seriously affected.
The power and frequency of fire magic are also superior to those two, so in fact they are just as afraid of fire magic as ordinary undead.
He also has a few item-making feats, but they are of little use.
But there are three main skills that Li Wei likes in him.
One is the stone cutter. Hapulos can process stone, metal, etc., in order to make structures better and faster.
If there are enough materials, or if Li Wei allows it, he can also try to make the most basic jackal-type guards of the gods.
But compared with Levi, who holds the nine volumes of Nagash, he has a chance of failure in making it, and it is not low, otherwise he would not owe so much money.
The second is to repair the inscription. After the battle, he can use metal and stone to repair the structure.
The last one is called resurrection. It is not a real resurrection, but in an emergency, he can use the special ability he has mastered to temporarily replace other materials with soil to forcibly restore a certain amount of health to the construct.
If the construct is still not completely destroyed after the battle, he can remove the dirt and other things and then carry out real repairs.
In addition, according to him, he has received professional training. If his strength is improved in the future, his success rate in creating guards of the gods will also increase accordingly.
Even if he is powerful enough, he may also try to create the iconic construct of Lahmia City, which is the giant cobra that the Graveyard Knights ride.
Then Levi would just listen to this temporarily, because if he was really good at this, he would not choose to rely on one of his God-chosen heroes.
The owner of this place, Khalida,'s favorite construct is the giant cobra.
However, through communication with him, it also confirmed one of Levi's guesses that Khalida did not master the technology to make the Sphinx.
In fact, most of the various Tomb King forces, including Lahmia City, only control a few of them.
Only the most powerful among them, the legendary Settra known as the "Immortal Emperor", has almost all the manufacturing methods.
Because he had beaten all the Tomb Kings around him who disobeyed him, and gathered them in this way.
Even Khalida surrendered to the other party in theory, but of course, it was only in theory.
The straight-line distance between the two territories is not a thousand miles, but it is still three to five hundred miles. In addition, there are many forces such as dwarves and wood elves separated in the middle, so it is usually impossible to get close to each other.
The reason why she proclaimed herself as a vassal was probably just to reduce trouble.
Anyway, the "Immortal Emperor" only wanted a verbal surrender and was satisfied.
In addition, although he is not a battle hero, because he is a tomb technician, with Levi's permission, he can also command constructs to fight, which is a good assistant.
After understanding this series of information, Levi threw 200 gold coins and a space ring to Hapulos, asking him to pay off his debt and also purchase some materials he could use.
He is not worried that the other party will take the money and run away. Not to mention that the system has recognized him as one of his subordinates. The characteristic of the Tomb Kings faction is their heavy commitment.
If Harpulos fled with the money under such circumstances, once outsiders found out, there would be no need for Li Wei to do anything. Khalida would probably be the first to give the order to hunt him down.
The Tomb Kings have become a special kind of undead, and most of the things that the living care about have little meaning to them.
But there is only one thing that not only does not disappear after death, but expands many times, and that is glory, or face!
While Hapulos was surprised, he was naturally very grateful, saying that he had really found the right person.
Let’s not talk about the other party’s ability to create guards of the gods. Considering his generous character, it doesn’t seem to be an unbearable thing to take refuge in the God’s Chosen Hero?
After sending him to do his work, Li Wei continued manufacturing, intending to get everything the caravan asked for at once.
Alduin felt a little bored and slipped downstairs to find a place to drink, while Maldis was still staying with Levi.
I don't know if she really wants to learn how to make a death guard, or if she is simply a guard.
But judging from the empty look in her eyes, maybe she just had nothing to do.
After all, as a death elf, she doesn't need to rest at all.
So she stayed in a daze for several hours. It wasn't until Levi finished all the scorpion guards and started cleaning up all kinds of waste that she came back to her senses.
"Levi, what you just used was your soul, right?"
Although her tone was questioning, it was clear from her expression that she had confirmed it.
Levi nodded slightly: "Yes, they are the souls of the beasts and ratmen we killed on the road."
Under normal circumstances, playing with the souls of the dead is taboo for the gods and their churches.
Because after the death of a devout believer, his soul will ascend to the kingdom of the gods, become a petitioner, and achieve rebirth in the kingdom of gods.
Although there are much fewer people than before in life, they can still generate some power of faith.
Generally speaking, the power of faith they generate is not enough to support the efforts of the gods to maintain their existence.
But taking care of their deceased devout believers and allowing them to be reborn in the Kingdom of God is originally one of the obligations of the gods.
At the same time, they are also the source of soldiers for the gods when they conduct wars, at least when they conduct defensive wars.
The reason why evil beings such as demons, demons, and necromancers are so hated and hated by the gods is because they are actually robbing things from the gods.
But as for ratmen and ordinary beastmen, Levi is really not afraid of offending the gods behind them.
Whether it's the Horned Rat or the Maura, they are the kind that have enemies all over the world, and the number of these two races is large enough. I'm afraid tens of thousands of people die every day. They can't even pay attention to it, okay?
"You are using my soul."
"No," Maldis shook his head, and then pressed his forehead, "I just feel that I have seen a similar scene in a certain temple."
Levi was suddenly surprised: "Is your memory starting to recover?"
"There are only sporadic fragments, but I should indeed be one of the captains of the Temple Knights of the Goddess of Death."
Li Wei couldn't help but comforted: "This is a good thing. Don't worry, we will find out the original truth sooner or later."
At the same time, he was also a little surprised. No wonder Maltis was so powerful. There was a big difference between the Temple Knight Captain and the ordinary knights.
It's a pity that the Elf Goddess of Death has long since disappeared. Her priests have very little power, let alone a temple knight.
If they were not really helpless, how could Lilith and Yue Gong secretly prepare to create a new god of death?
After comforting the other party for a while, Alduin knocked on the door and said that the caravan leader was here, and the other party also claimed to have brought a gift to Li Wei.
So the leader of the caravan quickly presented two pieces of equipment that were very characteristic of the Tomb Kings and were very cherished.
One is a brooch-type reborn Ouroboros, which comes with the active skill Rebirth. After activation, it will restore 8 health points per second for 100 seconds. It can be used up to 5 times a day, but the fire resistance is -20 when activated.
Theoretically, it can restore up to 4,000 health points per day. If this was given to Dirge and Alduin, wouldn't it become a perpetual motion machine on the battlefield? How much health do they have in total?
Moreover, the other party brought over 3 pieces at once. It seems that they can be manufactured in small batches. As Khalida has existed for more than a thousand years, her heritage is really strong.
The negative effect of -20 fire resistance is really annoying, especially since the Tomb King already has a weakness to fire, and with this equipment, even if he suffers a fire attack, he may not be able to recover his health for a long time.
But when he took out the second thing, Levi knew that he was indeed prepared.
The Sun Scarab also has only one effect, which is to increase fire resistance by 10 points and magic resistance by 5 points. Although it is not enough to completely offset the negative effects of the reborn Ouroboros, with some auxiliary magic, it is almost enough.
However, the value of these 6 pieces of blue equipment in 3 sets is probably quite high.
It stands to reason that for such an excellent thing, if any information leaks out, the discussion on the forum will be lively.
However, Li Wei had not obtained any relevant information before, so there were only two possibilities.
Either no other Chosen Hero has gotten them yet, or they did, but deliberately hid it.
But no matter what the reason is, there is no doubt that their value is high.
Looking at Li Wei's expression, the leader of the caravan knew that he was very satisfied. He immediately couldn't help but smile and said: "My lord, I took advantage of my position to buy this privately from the Queen's housekeeper. I wonder if your lord is satisfied?"
When he said this, Li Wei knew that no matter whether the matter was true or false, he had to accept his favor.
So after smiling and thanking him, he directly handed over the space ring filled with scorpion guards without even asking the price.
Again, this little money doesn't matter, as long as the other party can get a discount from Immortal Palace, everything can be earned back.
The leader of the caravan was obviously a little surprised by Li Wei's efficiency and straightforwardness, but after a little inspection and confirming that there were no problems, he settled the payment with Li Wei very happily.
And he also obviously intended to show his favor to Li Wei, so Li Wei soon discovered that he actually used a mere 30 gold coins to package and sell those pieces of equipment to himself. This is not much different from giving it away for free, right?
So he reciprocated the favor by giving his opponent one more flying eagle, one more beetle and one more scarab-type Death Guard.
Even if the other party is generous, he can't be stingy, right?
Now the caravan leader became even more excited, secretly saying that his decision was indeed the right one.
Even if the people's livelihood in the other party's territory is in decline, just by relying on this unique skill of making constructs, the future transactions between the two parties will definitely be able to maintain for a long time.
After exchanging a few polite words, the leader of the caravan quickly got to the point. He regretfully expressed that Levi might not be able to meet Queen Khalida for the time being.
Because she is currently not in Lahmia City, no one knows when she will return.
Her general in front of the palace said that she traveled to the south frequently recently and rarely stayed in the city of Lahmia.
He inquired through other channels in the city and confirmed that Khalida did not bring a large force with her and her whereabouts were quite secretive. She was probably conducting some secret operation.
Li Wei couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this. The secret operation of a legendary hero must be something big.
It's just that her whereabouts are unpredictable, but she will delay her important events.
Without her approval, it is absolutely impossible for Lahmia City to march on the Silver Blood Army because of her.
Among the Tomb Kings, Khalida has always been the only one who is very friendly to humans, elves and other living beings.
Although the generals and priests under her were subtly influenced by her, they were far from being so enthusiastic.
"Do you have an approximate location?"
"Probably in the rainforest south of Astri," the caravan leader continued after a slight pause, "I suspect she is most likely to be near the ruins of the Bone Temple."
Levi suddenly frowned even more.
As the unique Tomb Queen, Khalida certainly has more than just one city of Lamia under her command. There are also several towns in the south that belong to her, and Astri is the southernmost town among them.
Further south are several Lizardmen towns guarded by the legend of the Lizardmen, Kuga, who is known for his exquisite tactical command capabilities and is known as "Commander Kuku".
Of course, even though he is called "Commander Ku", in fact his personal strength cannot be underestimated.
As a pure lizard warrior, he has lived for more than eight thousand years, and even many gods have not lived as long as him.
He also has a tyrannosaurus that has been with him for thousands of years and is the strongest and largest tyrannosaurus in the main world.
It is normal for giant dragons to live for a thousand years, but even the longest-lived dinosaurs generally have a natural lifespan of only a few hundred years.
Coupled with frequent battles, they may actually not survive one-tenth of their maximum lifespan.
A tyrannosaurus that has gone through countless battles but still survived for thousands of years can definitely defeat most giant dragons in a head-on duel.
At the same time, Kuja also possesses two pieces of equipment that are at least legendary and may even be sub-artifact level, a "War Spear of God Taranx" and a glove-shaped claw called "Hand of the Gods"
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The gods called "Old Saints" that the lizard people believe in are extremely mysterious and can hardly even be found in the main world. It seems that they, like the four elemental gods, do not care about the power of faith.
But as the creators of the guardian lizard people, they are indeed generous to their families.
These alone are enough to show how terrifying Kuja is, but Levi, who has gained considerable knowledge from Lilith, also knows that he has another extremely brilliant record.
Kuga originally stayed in the Lustria rainforest, but one day the city he was stationed in was attacked by an army of demons. The demon toad was killed first, and the city fell on the spot. The demons even wanted to take the entire city.
Into the abyss.
After Kuja returned from patrolling, after seeing all this, he gathered the remaining lizardmen and launched a battle to retake the lost territory that lasted for thousands of years.
No one or God knows how many demons he killed in that battle.
But the result was that the names of the many demon lords who invaded were completely lost in the dust of history.
Part of the city that was originally pulled into the abyss is still standing in Lustria.
It became a holy place for the lizard people to fight against demons, and Kuga was also called the last defender.
Since the evil forces in the Lustria Rainforest have basically been wiped out, only some ratmen in the sewers are left.
Therefore, the oldest and most powerful magic toad in existence, and possibly the most powerful mage in the main world, Mazdamudi, ordered Kuja to lead the army alone to this land thousands of miles away.
Go ahead and continue your crusade against evil.
Its targets include greenskins, ratmen, undead, trolls, even demons and devils, etc.
It's a bit far-fetched, but in short, the two legends, Khalida and Kuja, maintained the same attitude when facing evil forces such as the rat people and the undead, which was to eliminate all evil.
In addition, the eastern part of the territories of both parties has a long coastline, and they need to face pirates from multiple races or forces such as Murlocs, Nibons, Norscans and Snakemen.
So for a long time, the relationship between the two parties cannot be said to be very good, but at least it is not bad.
But that premise is that Khalida doesn't take the initiative to provoke the lizard people.
Although the lizard people have been silently fighting against various evil races, it does not mean that they really have a good impression of humans and other races.
In Levi's view, the guardian lizardmen are not so much cold-blooded humanoids as they are actually some cold biological robots. This is the second biggest difference between them and the beastmen.
Once they offend them or violate one of their rules, they will not care about the other person's race, they will just kill them without mercy.
But now Khalida may have provoked the other party.
The Temple of Bones was once a temple of the Lizardmen. Later, it also suffered a large-scale invasion led by demon lords, and evil spirits such as necromancers took the opportunity to cause trouble. As a result, the demon toad Slan who guarded the temple was killed in battle, and the temple was also destroyed.
Completely desecrated.
The magical talent and power mastered by Demon Toads are indeed very powerful in the main world, but their number is also very rare, even much less than that of giant dragons and phoenixes.
Therefore, the lizard people have not been able to wait for the new magic toad to come to support, they only waited for Kuga.
And without the magic toad, even if there are some legal system skink prophets and priests among the lizardmen, it is still not enough to completely evolve the temple.
So the lizard people gave up on it for the time being.
But this does not mean that they will allow other races to spy on her, even if she is Queen Khalida.
Seeing Li Wei frowning, the leader of the caravan could only say a few words of comfort, but couldn't do anything for the time being.
Moreover, his original plan to introduce Levi to Khalida may also come to nothing.
Khalida is an immortal, and most of the time, she doesn't have much concept of time.
Her general said that she used to leave for ten days and a half, or three to five months, which was normal, but their caravan could not wait that long.
Even if he needs to replenish goods locally, recruit mercenaries, etc., it will probably only take about three days, which is the limit.
It was naturally impossible for Li Wei to force the other party, so soon after the caravan leader apologized repeatedly, he left a letter of introduction and left.
Li Wei sighed again, really, things were really not going well.
In this case, maybe you should make more preparations.
Naturally, the lizard man would not provoke him if he could, but first he had to figure out why Khalida went to the Bone Temple?
Did she go there on her own, or was there something there that attracted her, or was she tempted by someone else?
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