So Li Wei waited for two days, until the caravan leader had left, but Khalida still had not returned.
Of course, he did not sit around during these two days.
Donna, Cindy and others went out on their own and took on a large number of tasks in the tavern. With their current strength, they basically had no difficulty completing ordinary tasks.
This is especially true when Sonia and Sefa are assisting.
The level of the two of them may not be too high, but they have traveled extensively, have seen a lot, and have quite a lot of adventure experience.
Moreover, one holds a legendary long whip, and the other is proficient in multiple magics, which can also be a very good assist in battle.
The reason why they are so positive is not only because they also want to go to Thorn Town with Li Wei to visit his mage tower.
It's because the two of them have received too many benefits recently, and if they don't contribute, they will really have uneasy consciences.
This not only allowed many subordinates to gain a lot of trophies, but also gained a lot of experience points. Especially among them, the blood elf spellbreaker Nuo Chong and the eladrin Autumn Wind, who have high potential, were able to successfully advance.
Nochon can now combine the effects of the Blade of Wisdom and Magical Feedback. The magic flying blades he projects can also consume the opponent's mana and cause additional damage.
This can provide additional advantages when dealing with mages or warrior enemies.
He also learned a new skill - Arcane Curse, which can cause targets in a small area to continuously lose a certain amount of mana.
Coupled with magic feedback, his future fighting style will now be fully distinctive.
Regardless of whether the opponent is a mage or a warrior, he will give priority to exhausting the opponent's mana before proceeding to the next battle.
In comparison, Yaling-Qiufeng seems to be much inferior in terms of growth and potential.
However, the new skills he acquired are somewhat similar to No Chong.
By consuming magic, he can add special psychic damage based on his charm value to his sword or bow.
If the target's charm is lower than his, his attack will be strengthened to a certain extent.
In short, he is better at dealing with enemies that are uglier than him.
Considering that most low- and mid-level monsters from the evil camp, such as ratmen, goblins or zombies, have no charm value at all, his combat effectiveness has been somewhat improved.
As for Levi himself, he and the new tomb technician Harpulos created a large number of death guards, basically using up about 80% of the gold coins and related resources he had.
There are various types of finished products, but the main ones are jackal type.
Because after these few days of actual combat, they still perform best in most battles.
Their attributes are not particularly outstanding in all aspects, but they are comprehensive and have no obvious shortcomings. It is no wonder that they are the most common constructs in the Tomb Kings' troops.
And because most constructs themselves cannot gain experience points or advance through combat.
If you want them to become stronger, you can only replace them with stronger limbs or weapons.
However, all the experience points of enemies killed by them will not be wasted, and part of them will be obtained by the commander bound to them.
So Levi found a very good method that can help Sally and Alyssa, Tomb Technician Hapulos, and even the eladrin-Autumn Wind and Nuo Chong and other blood elves to increase the speed of gaining experience points.
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That is to assign several death guards to each of them.
Compared with these, the temporary reduction of part of the magic limit and the cost of having to replenish the magic value from time to time are not worth mentioning at all.
Levi has also made some other types, but the truly most precious and powerful one, without a doubt, can only be the 7th level Sphinx.
It took him more than ten hours, hundreds of units of materials, gold coins, and a hero's spirit to create this super big cat.
It can be said that not counting anything else, the cost price alone has exceeded one thousand gold.
And its strength is indeed worthy of such a high price.
The Sphinx is about 12 meters from head to tail, and the diameter of one large claw is more than one meter, which looks very capable of hitting.
Unlike other similar ones that have appeared in Tomb Kings so far, this big cat is the most basic and does not have any special abilities.
It has no fire-breathing mouth, no poisonous scorpion tail, and no other messy fighting abilities. It is just a primitive big cat that mainly uses its three attack methods: giant claws, pounce and tail sweep.
But Li Wei felt that this primitive and pure Sphinx definitely did not mean weak.
What's the use of those idiots? No matter how it can breathe fire or poison, can it still compare to the fireball technique released by a professional mage like me?
On the contrary, in order to equip those parts, the other attributes of the Sphinx will be affected accordingly.
However, there may still be some gaps between it and the most famous and powerful one currently known, the Necronomicon Sphinx from the Immortal Emperor Settra.
Because the other party is currently the force that has the strongest and most methods of creating guards of the gods.
He directly replaced the two forearms of the Sphinx with a pair of huge guillotines several meters long, and installed a scorpion tail made of gold and stone on the back of the buttocks, about half a meter thick, and had three pairs of small wings on its back.
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Whether it is functionality or melee combat ability, it is much stronger than the ordinary Sphinx.
Levi is not yet sure of the exact weight of the Sphinx, which is several tens of tons, but the way it walks is indeed earth-shaking.
If Levi had not specially rented a very spacious courtyard, an ordinary tavern would not be able to accommodate it.
In terms of attributes, its strength and constitution exceed 40 points, but its actual health and attack power are far beyond what an ordinary human with 40 points of strength can compare to.
Because each point of its constitution corresponds to 100 points of health.
Coupled with other miscellaneous specialties and skills, etc., a level 7 Sphinx has more than 4800 health points, 100 defense points, 80 magic resistance and more than 240 attack points.
At the same time, it also has a small-scale trample attack. With one kick, even if it is not directly stepped on, the surrounding targets will withstand 35%-55% of the attack.
As for anti-infantry, resisting charge, siege, spreading fear, collision and other skills, they are also in a series.
It can be said that just looking at its panel data, no matter how many ordinary level 5 infantry there are, it is basically meaningless to it.
Because they can hardly break through its defenses, but its counterattack may directly take the opponent's life.
As expected, it was a behemoth of war that took a lot of materials and the spirit of a hero to create.
Its only weak point is probably that it needs to bind a high-level spellcaster of at least level 10 as the commander and provide mana, etc.
Otherwise, it will only fight based on instinct, or follow the last order it received.
Because it was so huge, even if Li Wei wanted to put it into the space ring, no formal activation was carried out.
But when it was officially completed, it still attracted a lot of people to watch, and even the generals of Lahmia City came to check it out in person.
There was no way, the big cat itself was already over 4 meters tall, and Levi also specially built a cage car on its back for riding, which had both strong defense and gorgeous appearance.
In this case, no matter whether it is magic units such as Sally and Alyssa, or magic breakers such as Nochun, once they are inside, the enemy's ordinary infantry will not be able to reach them at all when they form a battle formation.
Some Tomb Kings will also equip them with some archers, but Levi thinks that is a bit of a waste.
But no matter what, with its size, it's impossible not to attract attention.
Of course, this was also done deliberately by Levi. He wanted to attract the attention of Lahmia City and even Khalida.
He did partially succeed. The generals of the ancient tomb even offered three thousand gold coins on the spot to buy it, and said that if he was not satisfied, the price could be negotiated.
If they can maintain this price, it can be said that Levi will become a rich man just by selling this.
But the Khalida he wanted to see most still didn't show up, so Levi could only decline. He didn't make it just to make money.
Fortunately, on the third day after he arrived in Lahmia City, reliable information finally appeared.
Before Khalida left, she seemed to have muttered to herself many times, saying that she heard the voice of the snake god who had been dead for who knows how many years.
The reason why Khalida went to the Bone Temple was probably because she wanted to use the power of the lizard people left there to resurrect the snake god through some large-scale magic ritual.
And this information actually came from Maldis.
Speaking of which, she also used some special techniques.
Because she is still an ownerless hero, she can still issue tasks to many God-chosen heroes like other natives.
So by chance, a certain chosen hero who wanted to recruit her gave her the hard-earned information, and then took advantage of Levi.
Li Wei could only sympathize with the guy for half a second, and then he led his men to march south at full speed.
Because after having this information, he could roughly figure out some clues.
Most of the remaining Egyptian gods are half-dead except for Sobek, who has hooked up with the high elves.
Only Seth, who is known as the "Lord of Jackals", is doing well because he also has the priesthood of the desert. He is gradually surpassing his brother Osiris, the god king.
Moreover, Seth had previously used the vest of "Zehir" to rob a large number of snake believers from the hinterland of Horeth, offending another snake god - Mershok.
It is obvious that he is also very actively seeking the position of snake god within this pantheon.
Under such circumstances, why should a snake god who has been dead for a long time and has been completely abandoned by his believers be resurrected?
Or, he wants to swallow the divinity in Khalida's body, replace it, and be reborn, just like Bane, the god of tyranny, once did.
Or, there is no snake god at all.
Someone deliberately made such a trap, hoping to provoke a dispute between Khalida and Kuja, and even seize the divinity from Khalida's body!
No matter what, for Levi, this is a rare opportunity to show his kindness to Khalida.
So he moved forward all the way, heading straight to the Temple of Bones.
Then, before they had gone twenty miles, Luna reported that there was smoke and dust in the rear, and a group of Tomb King's chariot troops were galloping at full speed, and the target seemed to be their own side.
Judging from the smoke and the vibrations on the ground, the opponent should have more than 500 tanks, as well as two to three hundred skeleton cavalry and skeleton cavalry archers each.
Although the strength of the Tomb King's skeleton chariots is almost at the bottom among all factions and races, often only level 3, but if they can gather this quantity, the opponent is indeed very powerful.
As for those skeleton cavalry, relatively speaking, they are not worth mentioning.
There is nothing wrong with being a scout or harassing the troops, but if it is an attack, if the silver guards stand still, they may not be able to break through the defense.
After listening, Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and quickly moved his eyes towards Maldis.
He felt that he had not offended anyone in the past few days in Lahmia.
Although Donna and Cindy did grab a lot of tasks, the Sphinx also attracted a lot of people's attention, which may also attract greed or hostility.
But if it really comes down to hatred, Maldis is probably the most likely suspect.
To be able to obtain such secret information, the chosen hero she used must have a high status and status in Lahmia City.
But Maldis remained expressionless: "He charged me 10 gold coins."
Cindy next to her blinked, a little confused, but Levi understood the other person's meaning instantly.
Collecting the money means that the other party recognizes her mission reward, and then everything is settled.
But now the other party obviously realizes that he has been deceived, so he chases after him so aggressively, probably because he plans to have a fight with him.
So Levi nodded: "Okay, then leave it to me. If the other party is still stalking you, let them see how powerful it is!"
Under his order, the men quickly found a hillside with forests on both sides and began to set up their formation.
Although the Bone Chariots of the Tomb Kings have very low health and weak defense, when they actually launch a charge, their power is quite impressive for the same level.
In other words, any normal chariot will not be too weak when charging.
Now under the command of the God-chosen heroes, and blessed by their battle attributes, battle skills, and battle treasures, their strength will be further strengthened.
In addition, there are so many of them, so they cannot completely underestimate each other.
Therefore, Li Wei will naturally try every means to reduce the threat posed by the opponent's charge.
The low ground rushes into the high ground, which is a very convenient condition that can be exploited.
Of course, this is not enough to completely offset the power of their charge, but Levi does not just rely on this move.
This time, the outermost perimeter is responsible for attracting enemy firepower. It is no longer the silver guard, but replaced by the round, animal-shaped scarab death guard, which is more than one meter tall and several meters long.
Although these guys are level 5 constructs, their attack power is considered weak compared to level 3, but their biggest advantage is that their defense and magic resistance are quite strong.
Between the gaps between the scarabs, there are a large number of silver guards, making the entire formation look like a giant steel hedgehog.
Elegy, Alduin, and the newly arrived ogre Leslie were all mixed in.
Later, there were the Drow Guards, the Dragonite Guards, Sonia, Sefa, plus a small number of priests and other relatively fragile troops.
Even if all the druids followed Donna and floated in the sky for safety reasons, the ground troops still needed some priests as assistants.
As for Luna and other night elves, they were hiding in the rainforest as usual, and Donna was still hanging high in the sky.
Therefore, the number of their troops does not seem to be large, and it is easy for the enemy to be careless due to underestimation.
While his subordinates were busy, Levi was busy casting a lot of magic. In the open space in front of the scarab, there were not only endless quicksand traps, but also poisonous scorpion guards were sent there.
With the ability to dig into the ground, they can easily ambush below.
Then there are a large number of celestial creatures.
Although at this stage, the Death Guard seems to be obviously more resistant to beatings than them, but every time a Death Guard dies, it will cost him some resources to rebuild, but the celestial creatures only need magic points.
The price/performance ratio between the two is not at the same level at all.
And only by fighting more wars will the heavenly beings be able to send more and stronger troops for him to summon.
In addition to hatred and hatred for evil creatures, these guys also value face.
If they were beaten to pieces by the enemy many times in a row and suffered heavy losses, they would most likely send stronger celestial beings for Li Wei to summon in order to regain face.
They had almost finished their work, and the chariot in the distance was approaching quickly. Seeing that they had no intention of slowing down, Li Wei knew that this matter was definitely going to go wrong.
At this time, Malthus took the initiative to ride out: "Levi, leave it to me."
Although the original purpose was to help Li Wei, this matter was caused by her after all, and she had to try to solve it.
She had obviously told the other party her purpose and had given him the reward as agreed. However, the other party showed such malice now. It was really inappropriate. She wanted him to understand something.
Levi understood what she meant, but he just smiled and shook his head: "No, please forgive me for refusing."
"If the other party is an aborigine, I will never stop you, but he is a hero chosen by God, and it is not worth our risk."
The aborigines of the Tomb Kings attach great importance to honor. Even if they want to fight with real swords and guns at the next moment, they will always treat them with courtesy at the last moment.
Even before some Tomb Kings fight, the two sides will agree on the time and place of the decisive battle, and even inform the other side of the strength and types of troops they carry, etc., which is quite gentlemanly.
But God’s Chosen Hero?
All I can say is that although there are many with good character, such as Stump, Sun Knight, Master, etc., one should never overestimate their limits.
Seeing that Li Wei was so determined, Maldis did not speak again, just nodded slightly, and then retreated into the formation.
But although her expression remained unchanged, she felt something deep in her heart.
Not only because of Li Wei's attitude, but also because what he just said was "we"
It seems that from now on, she really can't be so lazy anymore, and it's time to show some real skills!
Soon, seeing Li Wei's prepared formation, groups of chariots still showed no ability to slow down.
Only at the front, a guy driving a metal chariot who looked like a general, shouted angrily.
"Levi, you actually insulted me, Ramses, and used tricks to steal my confidential information. Go to hell!"
Without even waiting for Li Wei to respond, he saw a flash of light. I don't know what skill he used. The already fast chariot increased its speed again and launched an attack directly towards Li Wei and the others.
There were also many guys who looked like God's chosen heroes, waving battle flags, blowing horns, or tearing apart magic scrolls, all showing off their talents for a while.
As the rays of light dispersed one after another, Li Wei and the others could clearly see that the speed and flexibility of at least two hundred tanks had changed.
Some tanks are also plated with various metal colors. Apparently, their attack power and defense power have also undergone further changes.
As the chosen heroes of the Tomb Kings faction, they certainly don’t understand the biggest shortcomings of these tanks, so they will try their best to make up for their weaknesses.
But if that's all, it's not enough to deal with Li Wei now!
With a soft shout, Levi and Xiao Qi took action at the same time, with black tentacles, ice storms, spider webs, etc. coming one after another.
Cindy used the Sacred Glacier, and Sally used the Flame Tentacle and Fire Wall. According to Levi's previous orders, they did not need to kill the enemy now, they only needed to try their best to slow down or separate the enemy.
Sefa released thin streaks of frost towards the ground, making the ground slippery.
This seems to speed up the opponent, but in fact, because she also deliberately creates some hidden vortexes, or simply translucent bulges, this often directly makes them lose control.
No, many tanks soon rolled over or simply collided with their companions.
Alyssa, Spellbreaker and many celestial beings with long-range attack capabilities also took advantage of the situation to launch attacks. For a while, the opponent's tanks were constantly destroyed or people were killed.
As only a third-level unit, they certainly would not use the Life Link Array on their knights, chariots and mounts like the high elves.
Therefore, no matter which one of the three is killed in battle, the chariot is basically equivalent to being scrapped.
Although both Donna and Luna failed to react, and Levi did not use all his strength, it was still not something that these enemies could easily resist.
Seeing the rapid decline in the number of our own tanks, even those that were not destroyed, their speed was basically affected.
Soon after suffering a certain amount of losses, the Bone Chariot was about to approach the scarabs and silver guards at the front, and the quicksand trap was already activated.
Although because his level is too low, even if it is strengthened by Levi's strength, it will be difficult to be effective against high-level enemies, but at least it is enough to deal with these tanks in front of him.
So in an instant, countless chariot men overturned, and a large number of poisonous scorpion guards who had been lurking inside also poured out in groups.
The construct, which is also quite powerful among Level 4, beat up some Level 3 chariot soldiers who got off the carriage, and then made a sneak attack. Naturally, they were completely crushed.
For a time, more chariots were destroyed, and the mummies or skeletons that had already died once fell into death again.
However, it may not be complete death. If undead creatures and special heroic spirits like them want to be resurrected, the cost is much lower than that of most living people.
Seeing this scene, several of the God-chosen heroes of the Tomb Kings faction couldn't help but look at each other for a moment.
Is this completely different from what they expected?
It was promised that the opponent's manpower would be small, and with one attack, we would be able to grab the spoils and defeat Li Wei's honor.
And most importantly, the Sphinx, who has not yet been activated, probably because Levi's level or attributes are temporarily inconsistent, happily returned to Lahmia City?
Why have we lost so many troops before we even got close to the opponent?
Moreover, the opponent's Sky Slayers did not seem to appear. Although we have prepared corresponding measures to restrain the opponent's power, they are still a considerable threat.
So they all looked at one of the guys who was holding a scepter and dressed as an Egyptian pharaoh.
Named after Ramses, he is a God-chosen hero who favors chariot units very much, and is also the strongest God-chosen hero in Lahmia City.
Well, at least that was the case until Levi arrived.
But Ramses also frowned for a while.
What chariots rely on is impact. How can they be powerful after such a slowdown? Especially the chariots of the Tomb Kings. After all, the chariots driving them are just skeletons.
Not counting heroic units and various constructs, the Tomb Kings don't have many truly powerful warriors.
Even the warriors under Khalida's command who exceeded level 4 could barely break through three figures.
Most of them also serve as commanders at various levels, and it is impossible for them to drive bone chariots and charge against the enemy.
But now, they can no longer back down, not for the sake of face, nor just for the secret information from the Bone Temple.
It’s even more because they must be rewarded for their losses this time, from Li Wei’s body!
With this thought in mind, he directly took out a blue and white Yuntian battle flag and placed it on his pure metal chariot: "Charge with me!"