Chapter 168: To the Ranger Outpost

Continuing to move forward, Levi soon found that the speed of his troops was decreasing, not only because they had begun to enter the mountains, but also because the otherwise flat roads were becoming more and more rubble, which seriously affected the team's movement speed, and the encounters with enemies on the road became more and more frequent, and the strength of the opponent was also constantly improving.

Right now, for example, Levi's men, led by the Moorish knight Tanato, are engaged in a fierce battle with a group of furry spiders that are almost larger than adult human males.

Although the strength of these second-order big spiders is also quite good, they are far from being the opponents of Tanato and the others, but with every swing of Tanato's scythe, a large area of green slurry will be brought out from his opponent's body, and at the same time, a pungent stench gradually spreads, and the stench that seems to be mixed with ammonia makes Levi smell a little nauseous.

Levi turned his head to look at the dwarven axeman on his right, who was throwing a short axe with excitement on his face, "How long will it be before we get to the outpost you mentioned?" ”

The dwarven axeman stopped his movements with some regret, he was just killing hard, these big spiders are not very common near Blackstone Castle, those idle rangers will always kill all threatening enemies in advance, stay in Blackstone Castle, but rarely have their turn to shoot.

But since his own lives were saved by these humans in front of him, it is a matter of course to answer the other party's questions.

"About two miles away, beyond that small hill in front of us, we will reach a ranger post of Blackstone Fort, and after walking for about half an hour, we will be able to reach Blackstone Fort." Although he was not familiar with the road at first, as he was drifting down the river in a coma, he immediately recognized the direction as soon as he reached the mountain range.

"Alright, Tanato, end the fight as soon as possible, it's not a few hours until dark."

"Yes, sir!"

The Moorish Knight Thanatoe replied in a deep voice, but his mood was also slightly depressed, not because of the slime on his body, which he had encountered many times when fighting the undead, but because the opponent he was fighting really did not interest him.

Fighting against humanoid creatures, he can always find and attack the opponent's weaknesses, and constantly hone his martial arts when the opponent dodges and parries, when they fight each other, even if the opponent is an undead creature, in addition to the lowest-level skeleton soldiers and zombies, the slightly more advanced undead troops can also dodge.

But in the face of these big spiders without brains, his martial arts are not so effective, because these guys don't know how to dodge, let alone fear, they will only rush up one by one, and try to use their claws and fangs to carve out a few holes in their bodies until they cut off their claws or heads.

When this group of big spiders was wiped out, Levi found that at least a dozen of his subordinates were covered with spider body fluids, constantly emitting a disgusting stench, although he knew that in about another half an hour, these things would be refreshed along with the blood stains on their bodies or something, and he could endure it for another half an hour, but Levi could only pinch his nose and endure it now.

Provided, of course, that they don't encounter a new swarm of spiders within this half hour...

Even he is like this, those half-elves are even more pale with small faces, and I don't know if they are disgusted, or frightened by these big spiders, or both, if they encounter any strong enemies now, I'm afraid their combat effectiveness will be affected to a certain extent, because Levi has seen their morale on his system panel all written -1, which is probably the stunt of this big spider...

Just after crossing a hillside, just as the dwarven axeman was excited, and wanted to point to the dwarven post in the distance to introduce Levi, he saw that the Chosen Hero in front of him had already looked into the distance with a serious face.

"There are enemies."

"Yes, my lord, and the abominable undead!" The Moorish knight Tanato stepped forward and added, his tone full of hatred.

The dwarven axeman looked at it with hindsight, and sure enough, through the faint woods, a few hundred meters away, the dwarven ranger outpost to which his Blackstone Fort belonged was under siege by hordes of skeletons and zombies, and there were some exceptionally tall guys among them, although the dwarves had a condescending location and a post as a defense, they were still in a state of defeat.

After all, in addition to some dwarven infantry in the dwarven outpost, the largest number is the rangers, although they are also carrying large axes on their backs and can conduct melee combat, but their own duty is still long-range output after all, and what they are wearing is not all-metal armor, but relatively much lighter, and the defense is much lower than the iron-inlaid armor!

Levi quickly scanned the entire battlefield, and sure enough, he found two people in robes, holding magic staffs, surrounded by some undead in armor, who looked like they should be necromancers, and he also found some new undead that he hadn't seen before.

"All ready for battle, the infantry is steadily advancing, the archers are on the rockets, waiting for my orders, the target is those tomb guards, Huames, follow at the end with your cavalry troops, the sound of horses' hooves is easy to arouse the enemy's alarm."

Since the undead army had their backs to Levi and the others, and there were some sparse trees blocking the view, Levi still wanted to get as close to the other party as possible without being discovered by the other party.

As for the cavalry troops, they didn't have much effect in the face of these massive amounts of undead cannon fodder.

Even if a one-time charge can solve some opponents, but they will never be able to break through the opponent's thick formation, they will only be entangled by the opponent, and then slowly eliminated, or don't rush up too much for a while, after all, they are only 2nd order troops, and many skeleton soldiers and zombies in the enemy in front of them are obviously advanced, and their strength is not much worse than them, and they occupy an overwhelming advantage in numbers.

Hua Meisi sighed, and immediately quickly commanded the horse attendants to slow down, although she was a little disappointed that she could not participate in the battle at the first time, but she still knew what was more important.

Levi turned to look at the Moorish Knight: "Thanato, what are those guys who have huge bone spurs on their joints, and are still more than two meters tall even if their bodies are rickety?" ”

Although the number of low-level skeletons and zombies is probably more than three hundred, to be honest, Levi is not very afraid, because it is almost impossible for them to defeat their own troops now, especially with the Moorish Knight Tanato, his passive skill that can kill the undead to restore his own life, now it seems that when dealing with these low-level undead, it is really an inexplicable magic skill.

And the kind of undead who wear armor and serve as necromancer guards should be the kind of guys called tomb guards he met in Moore Garden, they are only some second-order troops, and they are not too threatening.

He paid more attention to the two necromancers, as well as the new kind of big guy around them who seemed to be difficult to deal with, and asking Thanato was undoubtedly the best choice, after all, he was originally a Moorish knight who specialized in fighting undead creatures!

Tanatoe stared at it for a few moments before replying, "My lord, if I'm not mistaken, they should be Rank 3 Tomb Demons, an advanced product of ghouls, but they are much more difficult to deal with than ghouls!" ”

"Well, of course, after all, the strength is different." Levi can understand this, after all, the gap between the 2nd and 3rd class is still quite large.

But the Moorish knight Tanato hurriedly added: "No, my lord, I haven't finished talking yet, the reason why these guys are difficult to deal with is not only because they are stronger, but also because they have stronger resistance to the spells given by the great Moore, according to the research of the sacrifices, they are originally likely to have drunk the blood of vampires, or eaten the flesh of vampires, so after being affected by necromancy, they have become disgusting guys who are half alive and half dead!" ”

Livingston looked disgusted, no wonder these guys looked so ugly, blue-black, covered in bone spurs all over the joints, and all of them had hideous bald heads, which looked disgusting.

"I see."

While exchanging information quickly, Levi's and his party did not stop, so they soon approached each other, and the attack of the long-range troops could barely reach each other.

At this moment, a black-robed necromancer seemed to have discovered something, he slowly turned his head and looked in the direction where Levi and the others were, and then the next moment, he opened his jaw wide because of the cultivation of necromancy, which had become like a skeleton.

But before the other party could speak, Levi had already taken the lead in conveying the order: "All ranged troops, according to my previous order, gather fire to the tomb guards, Sienna, try the strength of that tomb demon!" Tanato, melee troops led by you, charge! ”

"Yes!" With a coquettish shout from the half-elves, the ranged troops took the lead in attacking, and the arrows rained down on the heads of the undead.

The two necromancers who were startled one after another almost unanimously screamed and summoned a white bone shield against their heads, before they had time to see the battlefield clearly.

But the next moment, they were a little angry to find that the enemy's first target was not themselves, but several tomb guards around them were full of arrows, and burned the raging flames they feared the most, even if all the tomb guards were warriors in front of them, but in the face of such an attack, they could only wail and fall.

A necromancer couldn't help but shout angrily: "Where did these damn guys come from?" ”

The other necromancer didn't make a fuss like he did, but cast two more spells on himself, and re-summoned half a team of zombies to guard him, before he spoke: "Oh, my dear brother, this is the Grey Mountains, and to the south is near Bretonnia, who else could it be but those stupid knights?" ”

The two necromancers turned out to be brothers.

Seeing his brother's movements, the necromancer who was his elder brother also hurriedly summoned a few zombies again, and then looked into the distance: "Hmm, I do see some cavalry in the distance, so what should we do?" "It seems that among the two brothers, he is actually a relatively weaker one.

His brother glanced at him, "What should I do?" Of course, we've already spent so much magic here, and even though we've grabbed something, wouldn't we be even more profitable if we could complete that mercenary task by the way? ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at his glowing green robes, underneath that, it was their loot this time, and it was precisely because of these things that they brazenly attacked the dwarven outpost, because once they had them, their strength would go further, even if they lost some undead subordinates, it was completely worth it!

His brother obviously noticed his movements, and he couldn't help but laugh: "That's right, then let the skeleton soldiers go up or something to try their strength, and then say, if the other party's strength is very weak, we will use their corpses to replenish the troops by the way, if the other party's strength is strong... ”

The two necromancer brothers glanced at each other, and then they laughed in unison, without any communication, they naturally understood each other's intentions, anyway, the purpose of this attack has been achieved for the most part, and the rest is just a low-paying extermination mission, they don't need to risk their lives here, and they and those who smell all over their bodies are just a deal.

Levi naturally didn't know what the necromancer on the other side thought, but he felt that the results of his long-range troops were not bad, although he was discovered by the other party first, but under the two rounds of salvos, he still almost killed a squad of tomb guards, and as a relatively rare class, the other party only brought less than two squads, and this time it was less than half.

However, it seems that the strength of these tomb guards is still very good, and there should be advanced units and elite units among them, not all of them are tier 2 troops, which is not quite the same as the tomb guards that Levi encountered in the Moore Garden dungeon.

And Sienna's results are also good, her arrows fell on the body of the tomb ghost, although the flesh is shallow, but it still caused damage to the other party, the other party looks very hideous and terrifying on the outside, but the defense is not strong, not even as strong as the shark man that Levi encountered on the side of the White River, and it is far less than the sea tide crab and the sea tide giant shrimp, it seems that the other party is either weaker in the 3rd order class, or is better in other aspects.

Levi's, who has accumulated so many experiences and collected a lot of information on the forum, certainly knows that even if it is the same level of troops, the strength is often very different.

One of the most striking examples of this contrast is the Beastman's pig-headed Badhorn and the Wood Elf's Forest Archer, the latter of which can kill the former with a kite almost completely unharmed.

The second example is the Goblin Lurker and the Dwarven Pit Guard, the latter of whom can also beat the former with their much higher attack, defense, and health, both of which are Tier 2 classes.

Of course, they must be different in terms of recruitment difficulty, recruitment costs, and maintenance costs, but this is only for players, and for the aborigines, the constraints of these rules are relatively weak, and the starting point of players and aborigines is not at the same level at all.

However, soon the shouts of the Moorish knight Tanato's thoughts were brought back to Levi's, and he had already led his melee troops to meet the vanguard of the undead, and since the lurking had been discovered by the enemy, it was time to attack!

Since following Levi's, the Moorish knights, who have experienced hundreds of battles and regained some of their strength, immediately showed extraordinary strength when facing these low-level undead.

Within a few seconds, the skeleton soldiers and zombies who took the lead immediately lay down, and they couldn't even stop him a little, with the infantry squires and swordsmen behind him, Tanato's head straight into the enemy line like a sharp saber, until he encountered a small group of tomb guards, his speed was slightly reduced, and in the face of these undead troops of at least 2 ranks, he couldn't chop melons and vegetables like that.

The necromancers, who were mobilizing the undead who were dealing with the dwarves in front of them, immediately felt the loss of more than a dozen targets in their magic network, and one of the necromancers turned his head slightly in a panic, and then noticed the brave warrior covered in black armor, holding a giant scythe, and decorated with a crow pattern on his chest.

He immediately gritted his teeth: "Damn, it's the Moorish guy!" ”

His brother immediately cried out, "What? Hell, those guys? ”

As far as factions are concerned, the undead are the enemies of all the living, but since most living creatures are not well suited to being transformed into the undead, the undead most of the time target humans who are best suited to become their subordinates.

But humans are not creatures to be slaughtered, not only the official armies of various countries are always vigilant against the undead, but many sects and civil organizations will also actively mobilize to exterminate all the undead they find.

But the most hated of them by the undead is the Moorish cult, a cult that worships the god of the dead.

Because they are the best at dealing with the undead, and they are also the sect that causes the most damage to the undead, not even one of them! So it's easy to understand that two necromancers behave like this...