Chapter 425: The Imperial City of Aldolf
Although he had already learned about the prosperity of the Aldolph Imperial City through various channels, it was not until he actually came here that Levi really felt the power of this place.
If nothing else, the city gate tower with a height of more than 30 meters, and the city wall that is generally more than 10 meters high, and the width of which can allow carriages to run side by side, is enough to make the vast majority of hostile forces and races despair.
Levi's first feeling here is his own insignificance and powerlessness. If you want to capture such a city, you must either be a traitor, or magic, or simply send a large number of air forces, otherwise if you want to fight here as an infantry unit, a few hundred savage giants like the Beastmen may not have much effect at the same time, and it is worthy of being the capital of the most powerful country formed by humans in the old world!
After seeing the leader Levi and Reinhardt and the others, a group of heavily armored swordsmen and halberd guards had already taken the lead to greet them, led by some knights wearing dark blue and silver armor, the helmet was adorned with a leopard's head, and the saddle cloth and cloak were also made of spotted leopard skin.
Levi knew that this was one of the Empire's characteristic troops, the Cheetah Knights, who were committed to exterminating all kinds of demon cultists and beastmen, and could be recruited in almost all the provinces of the Empire, and were stationed in many southern countries, but their headquarters happened to be near here, so there were also many members of the Cheetah Knights serving in the Imperial City of Aldolph.
Although there are more than fifty knightly orders in the empire, including official and non-governmental organizations, the comprehensive strength of the Cheetah Knights is also at the forefront.
It's just that unlike most Imperial Knights, they don't believe in any gods, they are loyal to the empire itself, and they also have a special tradition, that is, they will regularly send some young knights every year to form a group to go on expeditions to the Arabi region to harvest merits, honors and rich trophies, on the other hand, it can also weaken the opponent's power.
Because the Empire and the Knight Kingdom once had a joint expedition against Arabi, which can barely be regarded as a bit of a history of hatred, the Cheetah Knights have always been trusted by all the rulers of the Empire.
After seeing Levi's group, the cheetah knight led by him was very vigilant, but he still told Levi very politely about the rules of the Imperial City of Aldolph, that is, large-scale troops cannot enter the city, they must stay in the designated temporary barracks, and unlike Nune and other cities, they can also provide certain supplies, of course, this will not be free, but if you don't pay, don't think about entering the city, and you must take the army away within a quarter of an hour, They'll send someone to oversee it.
Levi naturally wouldn't conflict with the other party because of this gold coin, and it had long been a practice in various cities to go into the city to collect money, so he paid directly and happily, and even paid Reinhardt's share together, anyway, he earned back this gold coin in minutes.
After receiving the money, the leader of the Cheetah Knights looked a little better, and told Levi a few words not to cause trouble or anything, and he planned to retreat, even if the road in the Imperial City of Aldolf was very wide and the city gate was very large, it was not a problem at all for thousands of people to block here.
However, before the other party left, Levi still asked one more question, and after receiving the answer, he just nodded, and there was not much surprise, the idea of providing supplies was indeed a direct order from Emperor Karl himself, which was different from other cities.
And after entering the city, Levi's emotion was even more. A large road tens of meters wide stretches forward, as far as the eye can see, as if it wants to run through the whole city, on both sides of the road are all kinds of shops, halflings, dwarves, wood elves, Arabi, Bretonnians, aborigines from all races and forces gathered here.
There are also a large number of Chosen Heroes, wandering leisurely with various subordinates, or bargaining with roadside vendors, the whole city looks very lively, full of energy and vitality, which Levi has never seen before in places such as Blackstone Fort and Nunn.
Even though the citizens who came and went saw Levi and the others, as well as the various mounts under their crotches, although there was some surprise in their eyes, they were not surprised or frightened, but they were very polite to stay outside the range of a safe distance, and looked very generously, not at all like the old peasants of Bretonia who were cautious from inferiority, showing extraordinary self-confidence.
From these aspects alone, Levi could roughly tell that the ruler of the city must not be a mortal!
However, along the way, Levi found that there were unexpectedly many strongholds of various religions in the city, in addition to Sigmar, the god king who was the most believed by the people of Rick, the goddess of mercy and the goddess of war, the most popular among the people, there were also several strongholds, and other little-known gods such as the god of archery, the god of wind, and even the god of mines and the god of lawyers.
It's just that Levi didn't find the temple of the white wolf god Yuric, it seems that the prejudice of the Rick people against this god is really true, but I think that in Midden Ling, there will definitely be no stronghold of the Sigma sect, although there is not necessarily any contradiction between the two gods, but as their believers, they have already looked down on each other for thousands of years.
Following Reinhardt's footsteps, Levi soon came to a blacksmith shop, and before he could enter the door, a fiery breath and a clanging sound of percussion had already been heard, occasionally mixed with a few shouts and curses, Levi immediately heard that it was the voice of a dwarf, only they could have such an unconcealed loud voice.
"Dwarven blacksmith?"
"That's right," Reinhardt nodded, "it's the famous master smith Heman, who has been forging weapons for half-griffon royalsars for decades, and I can't think of anyone better suited to forging halberds than him, and it was through my sister that I was able to order weapons so quickly." ”
"Is that so?" Hearing the other party's words, Levi also became a little interested, he just wanted to find a random one to use first, and in the process of practicing martial arts, he could slowly find a more advanced weapon, but looking at Reinhardt's solemn appearance now, this is obviously not an ordinary weapon!
After entering, while Reinhardt took the initiative to greet the dwarven blacksmith, Levi looked around at the finished weapons on the surrounding walls, and he immediately knew why the other party had been able to forge weapons specifically for the half-griffin royal cavalry for decades, because all the weapons in them had a faint glow, which was a rune unique to dwarves, this Black Man was not an ordinary blacksmith at all, he was a rune blacksmith who was very rare even among dwarves!
Levi immediately called all his important subordinates over and asked them to start paying attention to the equipment that suited them, and he was ready to let his subordinates come to purchase freely.
At this time, Reinhardt also brought back two glittering halberds with a smile on his face, the two weapons were similar in appearance, but one of them was more slender and delicate, more feminine, it was obvious that the one was hers, and the other one was larger and more intense, and it seemed that the better one was for Levi.
Without saying anything more, Reinhardt simply smiled and handed over the weapon, wanting Levi to see for himself.
Demon Slayer (Purple - Legendary - Unique): Attack 20-35.
Demon Rune: When fighting against undead, demonic, and chaotic enemies, increase attack damage by an additional 10;
Cleaving Rune: When attacking an enemy, you can add an armor shattering effect to it, reducing its defense by 5-10 points;
Power Runes: Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage Chance increased by 15%;
Heavy Halberd, this weapon is so heavy that your attack speed is also affected to a certain extent, and the attack speed is -25%;
Evil Enemy: This weapon contains the power to make evil enemies very uncomfortable, and undead, demonic, and chaotic enemies will give you more priority.
(This is a runic halberd made of meteoric iron that will help you fight even the most evil enemies)
Even the well-informed Levi couldn't help but be a little shocked at this moment, and he couldn't help but look up and confirm with the smiling Reinhardt in front of him, "Is this really for me?" ”
Although there are two negative attributes, when fighting against enemies such as the undead, this weapon can theoretically have the highest damage of 35+10+10, which directly crushes the weapons that all the current Chosen Heroes have, and even the same legendary spear in the hand of Huamez has to be suppressed a lot, Levi really doesn't believe that it will be customized when he comes!
Before Reinhardt could reply, a very rough voice had already exploded: "Of course not! ”
Then a red-nosed white-bearded dwarf came over drunk, "I've been making it for a long time, but I've never been willing to give it to others, especially after I re-forged it a few days ago, and added my newly comprehended runes to it, its power has been raised by more than one notch, I hope you can use her well, otherwise even if I owe Emmanori that little girl a favor, I will definitely come back!" ”
Countess Emmanoli is the master of Wissenling and Nunn, the sister of Reinhardt, and the top figure in the entire Empire. The old dwarf was able to call her that, it must be that the two of them were very familiar with each other, no wonder Reinhardt was able to get a legendary weapon directly from him.
The old dwarf glared at Levi viciously, but he was so drunk that he even had his eyes spent, and his eyes were actually only staring at the open space on Levi's side, so Levi didn't panic at all, but out of gratitude to the other party, as well as respect for the elderly, he still coped with a few words, anyway, he was already destined to stand on the opposite side of those evil creatures, and it would be good to kill more enemies when the time came.
But the drunken old dwarf stared at the air beside Levi for a few seconds, and then suddenly he laughed, "No, I can't just listen to you here, I'm not that stupid, you have to make a promise, at least, at least kill a thousand enemies, and two more big guys, but I won't treat you badly, next time you come back, I may be able to help you continue to improve it, and I also promised to reforge three pieces of equipment to help you add the rune power I have!" ”
As soon as the old dwarf's words fell, Levi found that there was another task in his system panel.
Heman's Divine Halberd: The master dwarven rune blacksmith Hemanr has just comprehended the power of new runes. His first finished product using this rune, and the most successful of all his works so far, is now in your hands, and he wants you to test whether this weapon is really as powerful as he expected, and he will try his best to find a way to help you make up for the shortcomings of this weapon in the meantime, and Heman will reforge three pieces of equipment for you, adding 1-2 runes he has at random to it.
Requirements: Kill 1,000 enemies (at least Tier 4) and two Hero units or Tier 6 units with a time limit of three months, and if you fail to complete the quest by the deadline, Heman will reclaim his treasure.
Although the task seems a little difficult, but Levi did not hesitate to accept it directly, he has expected that in the process of following Emperor Karl's Northern Expedition, he will definitely encounter a large number of enemies, even if the task requires himself to kill in person, it is not too difficult, as long as he works hard, when he comes back from the Northern Expedition, he will definitely be able to complete this task beautifully.
And depending on the other party's meaning, this weapon can be further improved, Levi hopes that the other party can remove the heavy halberd skill that reduces the attack speed, that evil enemy is actually not too important, anyway, as long as it is an enemy with brains, he will want to kill him as an important army commander as soon as possible, but so far no enemy has ever been able to do it.
Seeing that Levi agreed, the old dwarf nodded in the direction of the air with great satisfaction, and then fell to the ground with a pop, and fell asleep directly in less than two seconds.
Levi was a little surprised, but the other dwarven blacksmiths around him were not surprised, only two apprentices came over and helped the old dwarf to the back, and the other dwarven blacksmiths were still going to do something, obviously this was not the first time they had seen such a thing.
Levi turned around and took the initiative to thank Reinhardt, "Thank you this time, Reinhardt." ”
Although the old dwarf seems to be very familiar with the countess, but this level of weapons is definitely not so easy to get, the role of money is not big here, not to mention that there is a unique mark on the Shenwei Heavy Halberd, the halberd in Reinhardt's hand looks probably weaker than the Shenwei Heavy Halberd, although he has also paid a lot on the other party before, but he also has to admit the other party's feelings.
At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind, not to mention anything else, just looking at the other party's ability to prepare a half-griffin for himself, and prepared this divine power halberd, this woman who is more courageous than ordinary men, is definitely a very worthy friend, and he must do the other party a big favor, that is, to drive away the current northern eagle and let her sit in that position!