A few minutes later, when they saw more than two hundred fat men several meters tall in the distance, walking towards the dwarf fortress, Donna and Elegy realized that they were some ogres.
Elegy was immediately surprised and looked at Maldis who was sitting on the horse next to him: "How did you find them?"
They obviously came back together, so why did she discover these ogres after not seeing each other for so many minutes?
Martis didn't say much, and just pointed to the sky, where several carrion vultures were circling.
After seeing this scene, Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. These things are commonly used by Khalida's scouts. Why does Martis also have them?
He remembered that ordinary death knights could only summon ghouls at most. Those with some spare money might choose to buy a few gargoyles, but it seemed that he had never heard of anyone who could control carrion vultures.
He could only sigh secretly once again, Maltis was indeed no ordinary death knight.
Well, after the battle with the nearby greenskins is over, our own strength is almost enough, and we can just go and deal with the ghost dragon Black.
I just don’t know how much things about Malthus can be remembered by the part of my consciousness that has been divided.
After nodding to her, Levi blessed himself with the mutated dragon wing technique, and then flew towards the leading ogre.
Ogres always judge their strength based on their size and appearance. The bigger and more ferocious they are, the stronger they look, which may help in the subsequent negotiations.
As the distance continued to get closer, he soon found a guy who was significantly stronger than ordinary ogres in terms of height and waist.
The opponent was so big and round, he looked like a small giant. With every move he made, the whole body trembled.
In the eyes of humans, this may not be beautiful, but in the eyes of the ogre, he will undoubtedly be very majestic, especially now that he is riding on the giant woolly rhinoceros, it looks even more impressive.
But when he noticed the other person's gaze, Levi felt that he seemed to be superfluous, because the guy actually looked at his wings and drooled.
Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Levi waved his hand to cancel the magic, indicating that it was a fake, and then he took out the giant meat from the space ring with his backhand.
After receiving the reminder from General Poisonous Scorpion, he, Elegy, Donna and others have been deliberately collecting through various channels in the past few days, and now they have accumulated a lot.
Then he saw the big guy in the lead, and his eyes were filled with tears in an instant. His saliva was like a waterfall, flowing straight down, and his chest was soaked in the blink of an eye.
Li Wei couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, the information about General Poisonous Scorpion was indeed reliable.
He didn't waste any time, picked the smallest piece and threw it over: "Come on, big guys, inspect the goods first, and then decide whether you are willing to accept my employment?"
Not caring whether it was poisonous or not, the ogre swallowed it into his belly in a few mouthfuls, and then he smashed it in his mouth, as if he wanted to savor it.
But he soon discovered that this little meat not only failed to satisfy his craving, but actually made him hungrier.
"Skinny guy, bring all the meat over here. The ogre warlord Brout Big Mouth and the foodies under my command will all help you fight!"
Although the other party's tone was not very friendly, Levi didn't take it seriously. Skinny pole is a very typical word for ogres. It does not contain any derogatory connotations and is simply used to refer to other races other than ogres.
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After all, whether they are greenskins or dwarves, they are all skinny compared to them.
He just waved his hand behind him, and immediately asked some Silver Light Guards to transport a large amount of meat with the dirge that had been prepared in advance.
Of course, the giant meat was specially prepared for the leader Brault, and the rest were just ordinary meat.
But despite this, the ogres were very satisfied. They didn't care about anything else and started lighting a fire, boiling water, setting up pots, and preparing to cook in the open space outside the fortress. The whole process was completed in one go.
Among the things that ogres are best at and like most, eating is ranked first, and other things like robbing or fighting are second.
Levi also used the Dragon Breath spell to light a fire for the ogres, which was a little show of his power.
This trick was still very useful. In addition, meat was constantly being delivered nearby. The short-tongued Brault soon stopped using the word "skinny" to describe him, and started asking him for his name.
, this is a very good start.
While the ogres were busy, Levi also used giant meat as bait and successfully signed an employment treaty with Brault that was very beneficial to him at a low price.
He will pay a lot of meat and some gold coins as reward, and will provide them with a certain amount of food every day.
Brout needs to lead his men to fight for Li Wei until Li Wei allows him to leave or the casualty rate of his troops exceeds 90%.
But the ogres probably don't care. They are all the way in a foreign country, helping humans, dwarves, elves and other races to fight. Essentially, it's just for food. As long as there is food, everything else is not that important.
They were negotiating employment contracts here, and the ogres on the other side were preparing to cook. During the whole process, ogres kept taking advantage of the opportunity to steal food.
And every time, Brault could almost catch the opponent with great accuracy. Then without saying a word, he would rather give up the negotiation with Levi temporarily and grab a big wooden stick from his waist, rush up and hit the opponent hard.
His head made a series of "bang bang" muffled sounds.
Seeing this scene, the dwarves who rushed after hearing the news were all speechless.
They still don't know the specific combat power of these ogres, but their ability to withstand beatings is definitely very good, otherwise they would have been beaten to death by their boss.
It's just that ogres are not smart in the first place. If they are beaten on the head like this every day, they are probably not far from being fools, right?
However, Li Wei knew that the other party had restrained himself, because Brault claimed to be a typical ogre tyrant, and his current level was 12/7.
According to Li Wei's understanding, the opponent should be a violent warrior with high attack and high defense, but his attack speed is relatively slow. If he really uses his full strength, his younger brother may not be able to withstand it.
In addition to nearly two hundred level 3-4 ogre bull warriors, Brout's men also had more than thirty level 5 lead-sprayers and eight crushers riding giant rhinos.
Although the number is not large, once this kind of sixth-level troops, which weighs tens of thousands of kilograms, launches a charge, I am afraid that the walls of ordinary villages and towns will be directly knocked down by a wave.
Li Wei was very satisfied with this. His troops have tended to be perfect in other places, but they have always been relatively weak in two aspects, one is war equipment, and the other is shock cavalry.
Now thanks to the generosity of the dwarves and the addition of Brout, both aspects have been made up for.
At the same time, these two aspects are also areas where the high elves are relatively weak.
Their only siege equipment is the Eagle Claw Ballista, and the top ground cavalry is the Dragon Prince Cavalry. But if they go head-to-head with the Crusher, they are just looking for death.
Of course, in addition to the excellent resistant infantry, many powerful shooters headed by Avalon, and a large number of mages and priests, the high elves' most powerful thing is actually their air force.
The number of dragons may not be particularly large, but the Ice Phoenix, Flame Phoenix, Arcane Phoenix, and a large number of Griffin Knights and Heavenly Lion Knights are all quite powerful.
Not to mention the larger number of Sky Slayers and Giant Eagles, as well as the almost strongest level 6 flying cavalry in the main world - Tal Gaiwo Griffin Knight.
The high elves' ground cavalry can only be said to be useful, but they cannot be said to be particularly strong. The real cavalry power of Lilith's Bator Kingdom is based on knights.
Moreover, the armors worn by the Dragon Prince Cavalry are all forged in volcanoes and have strong fire resistance. What they are really good at is actually fighting enemies with fire attacks such as demons.
It's just that the ogres also have several obvious weaknesses. They don't have any air force at all. The only long-range unit seems to be lead sprayers. However, if this thing wants to deal with the air force, it is just a fantasy. This can be regarded as a gain and a loss.
While arranging food for the ogres to have a feast, Levi inquired about information from the other party.
The other party has been wandering deep in the Badlands, so he should be relatively familiar with the current trends of the green skins, right?
As expected, Brault did not disappoint him: "The green-skinned bald guys have all gathered together, and they are moving together in thousands and tens of thousands at every turn. Those trolls, giants and other idiots are also joining the army. I don't know how to do it."
I couldn’t find a suitable opportunity to start my business.”
Levi almost couldn't stand it. Greenskins are indeed bald, but aren't you ogres?
And saying that giants are stupid is just like how smart you ogres are.
It is said that the smartest ogre in the world is the legendary hero - the Golden Tooth Tyrant - Gresu, but the outside world evaluates him as almost as good as a human being
This evaluation is not particularly good. Humans have never been known for their intelligence. Not to mention, they are incomparable to elves.
The main reason why humans have their current status in the main world is because they have no obvious shortcomings.
Their strength is not as good as greenskins, their intelligence is not as good as elves, their skills are not as good as dwarves, and their reproduction is not as good as goblins or ratmen.
But on the other hand, their intelligence is much higher than that of greenskins, their reproduction speed is much faster than that of elves and dwarves, and their average combat power is even worse than that of goblins.
Coupled with his diligence and studiousness, he is often willing to put up a brave face when facing a real enemy. In order to survive, he can temporarily abandon the hatred of the past and join forces with his former enemies. He especially likes to stick together and so on.
The most important thing is that their lifespan is neither short nor long. They often spend decades cultivating a certain degree of piety and contributing a lot of faith to God. Even if they are not killed by the enemy, they will still be killed because of it.
He aged and died, then turned into a soul and became the guards of the gods in the Kingdom of God.
This is very comfortable for the human gods, so their overall strength and growth rate are much stronger than those of other races.
The greenskins have less than 10 gods in total, and the dwarves have more than 10, but humans have three-digit gods, and the powerful divine power alone is more than the total number of dwarf gods.
If they had not split into many different camps for various reasons, but had united together, there would be no room for other races to speak in this world.
The reason why the elves and gods are so strong is because of their accumulation over the past countless years, but people with insight, such as Lilith and the Storm God-Marselan, have gone to the humans to open vests.
While thinking wildly, Levi collected more information from Brault.
After a few days, the greenskins gradually changed their combat strategy.
After they capture a place, they often do not destroy it, but occupy it on the spot, and even give priority to strengthening the defense facilities. It is obvious that they intend to completely turn it into the territory of the greenskins.
Although most of the areas abandoned by the dwarves are small villages, the environment is still much better than the greenskins' original badlands.
After the initial chaos, the small groups of greenskins wandering in the wild basically formed a group. Almost any low-level village would have thousands of defenders, and towns would have even more.
At the same time, there are wolf cavalry on the ground and harpies and rocs in the sky as scouts. Once there is an enemy situation, reinforcements will arrive soon.
The reason why Brault knew so well was because he liked eating giant meat the most, so he once tried to sneak attack a few lone giants.
Then he was besieged by overwhelming greenskins, otherwise his original number of troops would be several times greater than now.
In most ogre armies, there will be some nubras similar to goblins, both as cannon fodder and as backup food.
But after that battle, although Brault's main force escaped, all of them were dead, so they were really starving now.
After hearing this, Levi couldn't help but frown a little.
The greenskins are accustomed to plundering and destroying after victory. They originally made a living by hunting in the Badlands.
At the same time, they don't pay special attention to patrols or scouts. They prefer to swarm in and get the job done.
But now they have changed their past practices and are acting in an orderly manner. In addition to the instructions of the green-skinned military god - Inava, does this mean that they are actually trying to change from a state of chaos and disorder to a state of disorder?
Neutral or lawful alignment?
So what do they want to do next? Founding a country?
In this case, the green skin threat may be greater than originally expected.
Then Li Wei inquired about the Rat Man's information. Although the Rat Man's current main attack direction is many human forces, it is not absolute.
Nar, Rissadilan and others in the Underdark Region sent reports, saying that there had been a small-scale intrusion by ratmen there recently.
When given the choice, the Skaven rarely march on the ground. They prefer to march through the Underdark Region, or simply through the many tunnels and sewers dug by themselves. This will inevitably lead to friction with many forces in the Underdark Region.
However, although the rat people shouted loud slogans, they were not so arrogant as to actually declare war on the whole world, so they did not provoke too many forces, and it was more of a small-scale trial.
On the contrary, because of this kind of harassment, the connection between Nar and the others and the shield dwarves, Moonsingers, etc. became even closer.
In contrast, things are not going well on the ground. Even the colony where Imrik is personally in charge has been affected to a certain extent recently.
Black Castle and Ashridge Town are protected by magic and have large armies stationed there, so there are basically no problems, but several of the small villages on the outskirts have been destroyed.
Michaela wrote that Imric was very angry about this and decided to issue a long-term bounty on the Skaven.
However, he has no energy to send regular troops to do this for the time being, because the dark elves on the other side of the sea have formed an alliance with the sahuagin, the pirates of the Queen of the Sea, etc., and officially declared war on him yesterday.
When it comes to rat men, Brout is even more angry: "Those hairy little things, not only are the meat very unpalatable, but they are also sick and poisonous. Many of my subordinates died after eating them."
Have loose bowels."
"I tried it again on the road today. They are indeed sour, smelly and poisonous. If I hadn't caught some greenskins who escaped from the direction of Tiefengbao, I might not have been able to get here."
Levi's heart suddenly moved: "The defeated army of Tiefengbao? Do they have any flags?"
Most of the greenskins marched to the north and west, and occasionally some went to Bafeng Mountain to fight in groups. However, among the greenskins who marched eastward and besieged Tiefeng Fort, it seemed that only one famous warlord was Evil Courage!
As for those rat men, it is no surprise that the plague is on them. With the ogres' physique, they will not suffer too much damage, but it is inevitable that they will be uncomfortable for a period of time.
Brault knocked on his big bald head: "Yes, their flag seems to have a green-skinned masked face on top and a pair of red fangs below."
Levi was immediately overjoyed, this was indeed the symbol of the cowardly Red Fang tribe!
Originally, because the greenskins were extremely powerful, no useful information had been transmitted from there recently. The Evil Bold still had a group of elite air force and war pig cavalry under his command, and the scouts he sent were basically killed by the opponent.
Out of careful consideration, Levi did not let Luna lead the huntresses. On the plains, the charging speed and power of the war pig cavalry were not comparable to that of the huntresses' little leopards.
He has been out of time these days, so he originally planned to discuss with Khalida today whether he could split up his troops to investigate.
As long as Evil Gut is killed and his army is defeated, the threat to the west of Lahmia City will almost disappear, and Khalida can safely send out her fleet to fight the dark elves and sahuagin with her.
Unexpectedly, I got this information unexpectedly from Brault's mouth. This is really luck, and I can't stop it.
Letting the ogres eat for the time being, Levi immediately found Khalida and the owner of this place, Kazric.
After hearing this, the two of them naturally agreed.
Khalida is now on the same side as Levi, and both parties have the same interests. It is natural to make this choice.
Even if it weren't for the fact that she really needed to leave some of her troops here, she would have wanted to take the entire army to Tiefeng Castle.
Now she decided to take away all the cavalry, chariots and cemetery knights, a total of three thousand. There was no use keeping them here anyway. It was enough to leave the daily reconnaissance tasks of the fortress to the heroes chosen by the dwarves.
Then there were two thousand guards of the gods and three thousand guards of the ancient tombs, with a total force of eight thousand, and they went to Iron Peak Castle with Li Wei.
As for the remaining troops, they all stayed here, commanded by several generals and priests, to assist the dwarves in their defense.
She had even planned it. Whether she stayed or left with Li Wei, they were actually just consumables.
As long as we can defeat Evil Gut, win the friendship of the dwarves, and make the West completely worry-free, these losses will all be worth it.
Kazric is the son of the Dragon Slayer, and Iron Peak Castle is his hometown. If his troops were not too small, he would have rushed to the rescue himself.
Although he was unable to go there in person now, when Li Wei proposed this decision, he immediately decided to send a team of iron dragon hand artillery to assist.
They will work wonders against greenskins who generally have little armor or magic resistance.
And his meaning is also very obvious. If Li Wei can go to rescue Tiefeng Castle, these troops will be completely handed over to him.
Anyway, there are already dwarf engineers fighting with Li Wei, so he can command them well and Li Wei doesn't have to worry too much.
Li Wei naturally thanked him. Ordinary iron dragon hand artillery soldiers were already very rare. These were veterans who had experienced many battles, making them even more rare.
After staying here for a few days, he has roughly figured out that if the Iron Dragon Hand Cannons continue to advance, they may be qualified to use a special weapon called the Troll's Hammer.
Levi also took a look in person, and then he felt that in a sense, that thing could be understood as a small rocket launcher, or RPG for short.
The empire claims that steel, faith and gunpowder are the three cornerstones, and the same is true for the dwarves.
Even because they discovered and utilized gunpowder earlier, as well as the many special circumstances of their own race, their dependence on gunpowder is even higher.
The Iron Dragon Hand Cannon is good at dealing with large areas of mixed soldiers. Its advantages and weaknesses are also very obvious, that is, once the enemy's fire resistance is high, they will be immediately useless.
Troll Hammers are different. As you can tell from the name, they are specially used to deal with trolls, ogres, and larger enemies.
The proportion of fire damage incidental to the attack is smaller, and more of the explosive damage from the ammunition is relied upon.
Their ammunition is in the shape of a pointed cone. It will use the impact of the explosive to try to penetrate the enemy's armor, and then explode inside the opponent's body. When encountering an enemy with low defense, it will often turn into a huge blood hole when it passes through.
Unfortunately, the same as another shortcoming of the iron dragon hand artillery, the technology of the dwarves is not yet perfect, and their maximum range is also short, often less than half of that of ordinary archers.
Although except for butchers and rangers, other dwarf arms are generally equipped with heavy armor, and crossbowmen, musketeers, and these two special long-range units are no exception.
But for Levi, unless the opponent is a stupid monster, it will still be very uncomfortable if he encounters an enemy with a large number of archers or legal troops.
This kind of disadvantage cannot be reversed by conventional strategies or tactics.
And the reason why it is like this for Li Wei is because the dwarves usually don't fight on the plains at all. More than 90% of their battles are on defense.
Naturally, they don't have to worry about this problem when they are in various shooting spots.
But no matter what, Li Wei still expressed his gratitude, and then took the ogres who had eaten and drank enough, and marched towards Tiefeng Castle together.
Almost as soon as they walked less than ten miles, they discovered multiple small groups of defeated troops one after another. They were so arrogant when they launched WAAAGH before, but now they are in such a mess.
When they saw Levi and Khalida's army of ten thousand people, they all hated themselves for missing two legs and tried their best to escape.
But in front of Khalida's graveyard knights, they couldn't escape successfully.
Even though their performance in the previous battles was very unsatisfactory, they are still level 5 troops after all, so there is still no problem in hunting down these low-level greenskins.
Brault also personally brought the Crusher to join them, but from Levi's point of view, he seemed to be enjoying it more.
Because they often swing their large wooden sticks several meters long at will, the greenskins are like baseballs, easily knocked far away, and then roll on the ground many times before they can barely stop.
But at that time, even if they didn't die, they would immediately be greeted by a super-giant woolly rhinoceros weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, and they would be trampled into a blur of flesh.
Then Brout would be the first to burst out laughing, and the other ogres would follow suit.
Seeing how careless they were, Li Wei was speechless for a moment, and then he was a little amazed.
Sometimes, ignorance is also a blessing, at least they won't have so many worries.
But soon Levi noticed that even the greediest ogres did not try to eat the green skin.
He couldn't help but have some doubts at the moment. Although the ogres had just eaten a meal, the characteristics of their race determined that they would never be completely full.
Even though according to insiders, the green-skinned meat is dry, astringent, hard, and has a fishy smell, but the ogres probably don't care about this, right?
So he simply asked Brault directly.
Who knew that Brault's face was full of disgust: "It turns out that goblin brains are delicious, and squig beasts also taste like chicken. The green-skinned meat is a bit worse, like some moldy dried mushrooms, but it can barely fill the stomach."
abdomen."
"But ever since they started this super WAAAGH, their meat has become tastier than troll meat."
Speaking of this, Brault became more and more frowning.
Troll meat is not only notoriously unpalatable, but because trolls have the ability to regenerate, they may continue to regenerate after entering their stomachs.
The legendary green-skinned goblin, the Pot-Belly King, Gulu, is said to have grown to the same size as an ogre because he once ate troll meat.
Although the powerful digestive ability of ogres allows them to eat troll meat, they are indeed not willing to eat trolls if they have a choice.
In fact, humans are often their best prey in many cases, because not only are they numerous and their meat is relatively delicious, but their average strength is also very weak.
This is not the origin of the name of the ogre race, but it is indeed worthy of its name.
Of course, that was a long time ago. As the gods discovered more and more the benefits of human beings, they naturally would no longer allow ogres to eat a large number of humans.
They began to bestow magic, divine arts, various combat skills and knowledge. Today's human beings are far beyond what they could compare to before.
Moreover, further east among the many ogre kingdoms is the famous Cathay Kingdom. After so many years, countless ogre kingdoms have been destroyed because of their disobedience.
In addition, the Big Stomach God that the ogres believed in was directly beaten by the Cathay Dragon God himself for similar reasons.
Now his body remains in the main world, always in a half-dead state, always reminding other ogres not to offend the Cathay Celestial Empire.
Now, it would be an exaggeration to say that they were frightened after hearing the news. The ogres were starving and Cathay's official caravans were still robbing them, but at least they were indirectly wary of humans and were no longer as unscrupulous as before.
Elves and dwarves are also difficult to mess with, so under normal circumstances, greenskins and goblins are a very good choice.
But now the greenskins have not only become stronger, but their meat is also much more unpalatable than before, which makes Brout very painful.
This is why he came over as soon as the skinny girl waved, and why he immediately wanted to sign an employment contract after Li Wei gave him some giant meat.
He is not stupid. If he fights with the elves, he will have more meat to eat immediately!
Is this still the case?
Levi was not sure for a while whether this was related to the power of thinking that the green skins had, because there was no record before about whether the green skin meat was delicious or not.
But before he could think about it, Sefa suddenly came closer. When he saw her frown, Levi immediately knew that there must be an emergency, otherwise she wouldn't have such an expression.
"What's wrong?"
Sefa said with some worry: "The heron-headed griffin sent me an urgent request for help, hoping that I would help it now."
Levi frowned a little: "This is the time."
In the process of conquering the Silver Blood Army, Li Wei received a scroll from the priests that could make a contract with the Heron-headed Sphinx, and finally he gave this opportunity to Sefa.
She quickly successfully signed a contract with the other party. In exchange for providing some magic materials every month, the other party would make some gadgets to enhance combat effectiveness in the desert, as well as several low- and mid-level magic scrolls and give them to her.
At the same time, Sefa must protect it when it is in crisis, otherwise, regardless of whether it dies or not, the contract will be terminated afterwards.
But now they are on the way to find Bad Gu, and if they let Sefa go alone, he will definitely be worried. If they let him go too, who knows when things over there will be finished?
However, after thinking quickly, Li Wei finally decided to follow.
The life and death of the heron-headed lion-bodied beast actually didn't matter, and the gadgets it made didn't matter to him either.
What he really wants is the specific coordinates of the other party's location.
With the coordinates and the power of magic, he can easily go there in the future.
He still remembered that there was a name on Khalida's enemy list and on his prey list - the Lord of the Cursed Scarab - Prince Apophis.
There is no doubt that the Heron-headed Sphinx lives in the desert. It is not clear which Tomb King it is closer to, but no matter where it is, it is definitely much closer to the Beetle Prince than Lahmia City!