Chapter 418: To Nunn
Levi did what he said, after urgently summoning all the high-level backbones of the guild, issuing a guild plan for the next period of time, and announcing some emergency plans, and communicating with Fort Hemlock, the Wind Hunter Tribe, etc., Levi reorganized his troops and equipped them with the best equipment he currently had, and then began to go to Nunn and make peace with Reinhardt.
This expedition was different from the one he had on Muslon in that he now brought a much smaller number of troops, but all of them were the best of the best, and in order to improve his ability to continue the battle, Levi also brought a large number of supply vehicles and more than seven squads of Dark Elf priests.
That's all the reserves of their alliance, the Guild of Assassins, and Levi paid a lot of money to get them, but it's all worth it.
Compared to ordinary human priests, the dark elf priests are also proficient in healing and support, and they are also equipped with one-handed hammers, arm shields and chain mail, they are well-equipped, and they are all in the same combat style as the sky lone star, so they are more than one level stronger than ordinary human priests with magic staff in terms of survivability.
As for the additional maintenance costs, it may be a huge amount of money for the average Chosen Hero, but it is not worth mentioning in the eyes of Levi now.
In addition, most of the troops that Levi brought this time were cavalry units and war machines, and as Ophini's soul golem technology became more and more mature, Levi began to consciously reduce the proportion of dwarven warriors in his own troops.
Because soul golems are all constructs made of materials, which can be replenished at any time as long as the materials are sufficient, and the dwarves are real living beings, Levi doesn't want to see those dwarves who have made great contributions to him continue to die in battle.
And compared to the soul war, ordinary dwarven warriors do not have any advantages, all of them are short-legged in Levi's troops, most of the time they only passively stand in front of the long-range troops, acting as human shields.
And this task soul golems can also take on it, and because they have no morale and are not affected by many negative statuses, they can complete it even better, and Orfini can even carry them directly into her own space bag, without having to prepare a carriage for them like the dwarves, so as to speed up their march.
Of course, the dwarves' extremely ferocious war machines and flamethrower teams and so on cannot be replaced by soul wars or other troops at this stage, even the empire, which is also good at long-range firepower, is far inferior to the dwarves in terms of war machinery.
Not to mention the other races, most of which are still technologically advanced in using catapults and siege crossbows. However, this is not to say that they are really weak, it is just that the technology trees of many races are not in this direction, such as the dark elves, who study all kinds of black magic, emphasizing individual strength and controlling beasts.
On the way to Nunn, probably to deliberately show in front of Levi, the hero unit named Kent took the lead, commanding the hundreds of pioneer horsemen armed with pistols, muskets and grenade launchers he brought, sweeping the short-eyed monsters in front, which saved Levi and them some trouble, and slightly increased the advance speed of the troops.
However, as the battle continued, Levi became more and more curious about him, because these pioneer horsemen are theoretically intermediate-level troops, most of them are 3-order units, and the highest will not exceed 4-order, but now the combat effectiveness they show is obviously abnormal, and Kent said before that he is a combat hero, and he has no campaign attributes to increase his subordinates, so this is a bit of a problem.
In the face of Levi's question, Kent did not hide it at all, and answered him directly.
"Lord Levi, that's because the hero order given to me by Lord Reinhardt is more special, although I am a combat hero, I can also learn a battle skill that is in line with my profession, for example, I am a pioneer squire, Reinhardt gave me a special skill that the pioneer squire specializes in, when leading the herald squire, even if I don't have any campaign attributes, their attack and defense will increase, and it is a fixed value. Of course, this also comes at a cost, and that is that I will never be able to change to another career, but I am very satisfied with my current career. ”
"I see," Levi nodded, and then as if he suddenly remembered something, he asked, "Then when you first used the Hero Order, was it Tier 4 or Tier 5?" ”
"I was a Tier 5 elite at the time." Kent replied without hesitation, and then he added, "This is the minimum condition for the use of that Heroic Order. ”
"Okay, I see." Levi immediately understood that this should be the difference between the Empire's Battle Hero Order and those provided by the Knight Kingdom before.
The use of the empire is more demanding, but at the same time, he can learn a skill to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, the use requirements of the knight kingdom are lower, but he can only be a pure high-level fighter, he should have thought that there could be no such inequality, maybe even these two heroic orders are available in both countries, but they didn't take them out.
But it doesn't matter, Levi is very satisfied now, get stronger and enjoy it early, and like Chen Cone, a warrior monk from the Aurora Empire, where can Levi find a warrior monk to give him command?
Dawei is even more excessive, is it possible to find the Horned Eagle Beast Knight to bring it to him? The Horned Eagle Beast itself is at least a 5th order class, and that kind of knight must be stronger, and there are not many of them at this stage! What's more, if you pursue class specialization skills, this kind of hero order will also limit their development, and there is a world of difference between an ordinary knight and a horned eagle knight.
However, this is suitable for the kind of subordinates who do not have high potential, and they should really pay attention to this information next, Zhou Jin from Aurora may not be suitable for this, but Mina and the increasingly loyal Dark Elf female assassin Otilia, they can consider using this kind of hero order.
After advancing for a while, when they were about to approach Nunn, the reconnaissance unit in front suddenly received information that there were gunshots from time to time in the southeastern forest away from the main road, and it seemed that a big battle was going on, and asked Levi if he wanted to approach to take a closer look.
Levi thought about it, but decided to lean over and take a look, on the one hand, he had strong confidence in his troops, and on the other hand, it was already very close to Nunn, and he knew that there would be no too strong enemy, and Nun was not stupid.
So Levi very decisively ordered to go over and take a look, if the friendly forces of the order camp are in trouble, then help, if the enemy camp is fighting by itself, then clean them all up!
As the troops approached, Levi found that the movement in the distance was getting louder and louder, and gradually began to have a sky-high fire shining, Levi looked a little worried, will he burn the forest directly?
But looking in that direction, Levi quickly remembered something, and he immediately called out to the pioneer horseman hero Kent, "What's that place over there?" Are there any Chosen Heroes who are active there on weekdays? ”
"My lord, there is a high-level trial illusion over there, and it is said that it is sealed with Tzeentch demons from the Chaos Demon Domain, so there are some Chosen Heroes who will lead troops there on weekdays, but there are not many, because the strength of Tzeentch Demons is very strong, and the Chosen Heroes who have been there have all suffered heavy losses."
Hearing what the other party said, Levi immediately remembered, wasn't that the direction where he led the troops to fight against Tzeentch demons with Judge Nunn, as well as Ophini and her mother, those Tzeentch demons are best at fire magic!
Sure enough, after quickly approaching the past, Levi was already very clear about the camps and races of the two warring sides, on the one hand, there were a large number of beastmen cannon fodder troops, mixed with a lot of Tzeentch demons who were full of fire, although the quality of the troops was uneven, but there were also some high-level troops.
For example, the kind of Tzeentch Screamer who looked like a giant batfish that Levi had fought with was a 5th-order flying monster *** The strength of the mages is not bad, and even the ordinary Tzeentch Fire Demon is a demon that can split into a new army after death, and there are two savage giants behind the beastmen, which seem to be very strong.
On the other hand, there are some Imperial faction troops, a mixture of different units.
It's just that their average strength doesn't seem to be too high, basically the main force is some shield warriors, halberders, free militia and musketeers, the great swordsman is one of the elite troops, and there are almost no cavalry troops, although there are also some war machines, but those old trebuchets are really useless.
They were being beaten by the combined forces of Tzeentch and the Beastmen, and the troops were losing ground and losing their vital forces, but their leader seemed to be in good shape, and in this case they were still shrinking their formations and slowly retreating, as if they wanted to defend with their backs to the forest.
It's just that Levi couldn't tell for a moment whether they were the Chosen Heroes, the troops led by the natives, or a mixture of the two.
No way, it's often hard to tell the difference between the two without having touched them in person.
In the past, Levi could also make a rough judgment by whether the troops led by the other party were high enough, but now that the strength of the Chosen Heroes is also improving, it is difficult for this method to work, unless the other party is leading a particularly high-level and is not open to the Chosen Heroes.
But aren't all trials and illusions independent of this world? Why do these guys run out? Or are these unlucky guys provoking Tzeentch demons elsewhere?
Well, it's not impossible, after all, since the last time they met in the underworld, Ophine's mother told her mother that she had met a god in the Nehekhara region, and the Lady of the Cemetery Rose didn't say a word, and went there to find out the god's secrets.
Although she didn't say much to Ophini, Levi and Ophini analyzed afterwards that it was likely that as a human, the strength of this Lady of the Cemetery Rose was close to a bottleneck, and if she wanted to go further, she could only inquire into the secrets of those gods.
And recently the Tomb King camp has also been officially opened to the Chosen Heroes, according to the information on the forum, Nehekala is not only a god of the Sphinx, there are at least one or two dozen people with names and surnames, if the Lady of the Graveyard Rose finds any clues, and further probe because of this, it is possible that she has not returned to Nunn, which gives those demon believers a chance!
Although his mind was spinning quickly, Levi was silent on the surface, but he commanded the troops just as quickly, probably because demons are regarded as enemies of most races and forces, Levi has long found out that after killing them, the experience and reputation points are much higher than ordinary monsters, since you have encountered them, then don't miss it.
At the same time, the humans on the other side, who were trying their best to resist the enemy's attack, seemed to have discovered the arrival of reinforcements, and several squads of cavalry separated from their camp and began to quickly approach Levi's and them, as if they wanted to communicate before the battle, and at the same time, the formation of the other party's large army also began to shift backwards, as if they wanted to make peace with Levi's and them.
Leviston frowned a little, although based on the extremely strong faction and race confrontation system in this game, as well as the punishment system of attacking each other with the same camp, when facing a common enemy, humans are naturally allies with each other, and even the Chosen Heroes are unlikely to have civil strife between them, but these guys react too quickly, right?
At this time, Ophini next to her also frowned, "Levi, I feel that something is not quite right, these Tzeentch demons don't seem to be using their full strength... ”
"My lord, there seems to be some special movement in the forest, and there seem to be some troops lurking inside."
The wood elf who was responsible for reconnaissance and vigilance also rode over on a war deer, although Levi did not bring too many younger brothers to participate in the war with the army this time, but he was very good in terms of personal ability and command ability, but he was more and more trusted by Levi, and Levi had to pay attention to his intelligence.
Without much thought, Levi immediately ordered: "The whole army, immediately start retreating, this is most likely a trap!" ”
At this time, a slightly mournful eagle cry suddenly sounded in mid-air, and Levi immediately distinguished from the loud voice, which was the voice of the horned eagle beast that was first recovered, Dawei's mount!
Davi's deep baritone voice echoed, "My lord, there are large groups of cavalry on both sides, more than 1,300 of them!" ”
Now Leaviston no longer doubted, this must be a trap, and even the person who laid it, Levi already had preliminary suspicions, except for the Northern Eagle who commanded tens of thousands of troops, who had the ability to deploy so many troops and cavalry so close to Nunn?
And his motive is also very sufficient, that is, to take the lead in cutting off him, Reinhardt's helper, lest he lose his position, Reinhardt's subordinates must have the other party's mole!
The only thing that Levi couldn't figure out was how he came to an agreement with these beastmen, and even Tzeentch demons? Could it be ...
Thinking of this, Levi did not panic, but commanded the troops more and more calmly, while directing the main force to retreat, he also sent all the flying troops, because from the forest suddenly rose a large number of harpies, among which there were not only ordinary low-level cannon fodder, but also high-level subspecies with colorful wings, obviously with magical powers, and occasionally mixed with some vicious manticores.
On the other side, a number of centaurs rushed in, and it was clear that, with the same purpose as the flying monsters, they were trying to come and hold off their troops and buy time for their large army in the distance.
Of course, Levi couldn't let them get his wish, although he didn't have an advantage in numbers, but with those 11 horned eagles alone, Levi could say with certainty that Davi and their air battle would definitely not lose!
Levi then asked Orfini, Mina, Zhou Jin and other French units to quickly command the tomb giant scorpion and start digging holes in his designated position, so that even if it could not effectively kill and injure the enemy, it would definitely delay the advance of those cavalry.
In the end, Levi also sent the pioneer cavalry hero Kent and his troops out to the periphery of the battlefield, so that Kent could use his best kite tactics to contain a part of the enemy army as much as possible.
Kent immediately responded with excitement on his face, and immediately set off, for he sensed Levi's trust in him.
But looking at the other party's back, Levi's eyes became a little gloomy, because he suspected that there were undercover agents of the Northern Eagle among these pioneer attendants, and even Kent himself could not get rid of suspicion, and there was only one way to prove his innocence, and that was to use the blood and lives of the enemy!
Seeing the fast centaurs taking the lead in approaching his own camp quickly, Levi knew that he might not be able to escape smoothly, he immediately raised his spear, and the surging fighting spirit instantly lit up on him, and formed a lifelike battle armor.
Levi thought about it for a while, and finally decided to shout a slogan, although this did not have any effect on them as the chosen heroes, but it could be a great incentive for his subordinates, especially his subordinates from the knight kingdom, who had twelve points of respect for his identity.
"I am a descendant of the Holy Grail Knight Landowin, and we were born to never succumb to evil, for Bretonnia, for the sake of the Lady of the Lake!"