Chapter 178: Skaven's Mother Rat
Levi was a little confused at first, but when he and the nearest Huamez walked to the door one after another, he heard the little girl beside him, who had no fear at all even in the face of ghouls and skeletons and other undead, directly let out a terrible scream, and then jumped three meters away, and then retched with a pale face, just in time to get together with the mage Ofini a few meters away.
Although Levi was not so exaggerated, he quickly took a few steps back, and there was a serious discomfort in his stomach, because the foul smell that came to his face was so unbearable that it was like a biological weapon!
Levi's performance immediately aroused the interest of the dwarves, and the two dwarven rangers immediately walked towards it without hesitation, and as they walked, they still shouted: "Come on, come on, let's see, what is it?" ”
Although they shouted slogans in their mouths, when they walked up to them, their whole bodies still froze involuntarily.
One of the dwarf rangers barely pulled a smile on his face: "Aha, what should I be, it turns out to be a fat rat more than three meters long, ah, it's still the head mother!" ”
Although he didn't care very much, the next moment, the dwarf ranger, who had inhaled more stink because of his speech, ran directly to the side, retching incessantly, looking no better than Huames and them, and his expression was much more distorted.
No matter how curious they are, no one dares to run over and peek casually, if Huames's discomfort can be explained by the weak resistance of women, but even their own heroes, as well as these thick-skinned dwarves, can't stand it, it must be quite disgusting.
Looking at Levi's with a somewhat distorted expression, the Moorish knight Tanatoe couldn't help but come closer: "My lord? Although judging from the performance of the others, Tanato knew that he might not be much better if he went, but out of the loyalty of his subordinates, he still took the initiative to ask.
Levi took two big breaths, but there still seemed to be a disgusting stench between his mouth and nose, but he had roughly judged the identity of the other party, and he couldn't just leave it alone, and now they were far from a safe place, and there was a possibility that greenskins, goblins, or other nezumi could appear here at any time, and they had to make a decision as soon as possible.
"Sienna, John and your ranged troops will attack it, Mage Ophini, how about transporting the contents with your soul in a moment?"
Although it was only a quick glance, Levi still saw a lot of boxes behind the super-huge female mouse, this is indeed the treasure trove of the weak-toothed rat tribe, but there is an extra female mouse in it, and it is a female mouse who looks very demented and has no reaction to the hustle and bustle of Levi and the others.
Sienna, the half-elf, immediately responded, and Mage Ophini retched a few times before she had time to reply to Levi: "Okay, Levi, I'll do it." ”
Although the treasure was in front of her, she was not at all as happy and excited as she expected, because the she-mouse had disgusted her.
"Then let's get moving, the melee troops are in the way of the door, don't let it rush out!" Levi gave the order directly, and Sienna immediately began to attack the female mouse.
It's just that to her surprise, this female mouse that looks stupid and has basically no protection measures on her body, but has a fairly high defense, and each of her arrows can only cause 1-2 damage to the opponent, which means that the opponent's defense has reached about 15 points, and ordinary half-elves can hardly cause any damage to it.
This is far beyond the defense of any enemy Levi has seen so far, even stronger than the 4th order necromancer that Levi has killed before, and you must know that the basic defense of the 3rd order foot combat squire is only 5 points, and even if they use defense skills, it is only 8 points, which has just reached half of the defense power of this female mouse.
This guy is either a more formidable enemy, or definitely has a very strong defense, or both!
It's just that what makes Levi very strange is that this female mouse, which has an extremely strong defense, didn't react in the face of Sienna's attack, and didn't even bark, if it weren't for the foul-smelling blood that kept flowing from the other party's body, Levi even thought that the other party was completely dead.
But now Levi is not only a little skeptical, is there really a fool in the game? But even a fool knows how to hurt and know how to dodge, right?
But no matter what, it wasn't until a few minutes later, when Sienna's last arrow killed the demented female mouse, that it still didn't react, not even move.
Ignoring the white light that appeared from Sienna's body, Levi first asked Mage Ophinei to send her soul to carry her belongings, and at the same time looked at the hunter John with a very expectant gaze.
Hunter John suddenly felt very bad, but in the face of Levi's gaze, he finally said with some apprehension: "My lord? ”
"John, I have a very important task for you, and that is to help me get the heart of that she-mouse!"
Levi hadn't forgotten that one of the tasks he had received from the wandering wizard Camelot was to ask for the heart of the Skaven mouse, and now he could understand why the other party would offer that price, one heart could be exchanged for a spell, because this thing is really difficult to obtain!
Hunter John chuckled in his heart, but in the face of his hero's order, of course he couldn't refuse, and finally he had to bite the bullet.
Levi was also very happy to see this, because if the other party refused, he really didn't know who to send for a while, and although Tanato would not refuse his order, he would not dissect the corpse of the enemy.
While everyone was busy, Levi had time to check the state of the half-elf Sienna, and after killing the female mouse, she successfully advanced to a Tier 3 class.
In addition to the increase in her basic stats, she also has an active skill called Armor Shattering Arrow, which reduces the enemy's defense by 2-3 points.
Levi felt satisfied, so he complimented the other party again.
Although her skill is not high, it does not show much power in the face of ordinary troops, because ordinary enemies will be directly taken away by her and the half-elves in a salvo, but in the face of enemies whose strength is much higher than theirs, this skill can definitely play a considerable role, because while the armor shattering arrow is working, the attacks of others, including melee units, can play a greater role, which is very powerful.
"Levi, this is supposed to be the reproductive mother of the Weaktooth Rat-Man tribe." Although her face was still very ugly, Mage Orfini finally managed to hold on and explain a little to Levi.
"Reproductive female rats? Is it specifically for reproduction? ”
This is still a novel term, Levi looked at the fat rat that even if he turned into a corpse and was paralyzed on the ground, it occupied a large area, and it looked like he was four or five hundred pounds, and then recalled the ordinary rat people he had seen before who were from one meter to three or four in height, and the storm rat with a height of less than two meters...
Uh, in a way, these rat people are really miserable, press F to enter the tank...
Mage Ofeni didn't know about Levi's thoughts, she just continued to explain: "That's right, according to my teacher's research, the number of female rats accounts for a very small proportion of the nezumi tribe, and there will be a female mouse among almost thousands of nezumi, and this female mouse will become the most important property in the nezumi tribe, and it is also their reproductive tool, almost all nezumi are her offspring, so it is called reproductive female rats." ”
Levi pondered: "Well, that would explain why the she-rat's limbs are so short that it doesn't even seem to be able to support its own weight, because it only exists as a tool, and the tool itself doesn't require any intelligence." ”
"That's true."
"But does the Amethyst Academy also study the social structure of the nezumi? I thought it was only magic taught. Levi remembered Mage Ophine's introduction as a mage from Amethyst Academy, and according to the information Levi had, it was a place where death magic was taught.
"No, it's another teacher of mine," Mage Orfini shook her head slightly, "she's a scholar who specializes in Skaven, and it was with her help that I was able to complete my soul war, and the secret path to this place was also mapped by her. Unfortunately, she was later assassinated, and although no useful evidence was found at the scene, I have reason to believe that the killers were none other than these hated nezumites. ”
"Oh? Why is it so sure? Because your teacher's research has touched the secrets of the rats? ”
"That's what I deduced, because all of my teacher's research materials, including her manuscripts, were burned, and her apprentices were assassinated one after another, and now I'm afraid that I am the only one who can survive the knowledge she imparted."
Speaking of this, Mage Ophini couldn't help but laugh a little self-deprecatingly, although as long as she stayed at home, no matter how powerful the nezumi were, it would not pose any danger to her, but she would definitely not be reconciled, because she wanted to prove herself, and it just so happened that the teacher's research showed that the nezumi tribe would have what she needed.
"Well, in that case, maybe I can help you kill a little more rat people in the future, and I will take revenge for your teacher."
Anyway, looking at it now, Levi will probably be active in this area of the Gray Mountains for a long time in the future, and it is inevitable to deal with the rat people, greenskins, goblins and undead, and it is definitely necessary to kill some, and now to say a word, it is just a matter of increasing the friendliness.
"Oh?"
Mage Ophini's eyes wandered, she had long known that there were a lot of Chosen Heroes in the empire recently, and these Chosen Heroes basically have a common characteristic, that is, they have an unimaginable hatred for all monsters and enemies, and they can take considerable risks without hesitation for the sake of profit, perhaps, this is a better choice for themselves, that is, to hire these Chosen Heroes.
She alone couldn't avenge the teacher immediately, because she only knew that the murderer was a nezumi, but she didn't know which tribe of nezumi it was, because there were at least five or six nezumi tribes near Blackstone Fort alone, and there were probably hundreds of nezumi tribes in the entire gray mountain range.
Now that the clues have been completely cut off, it is too difficult to find the real culprit, but Levi's words provided her with a new idea, anyway, they are all rat people, as long as they are killed, if they can kill all the rat people in this world, then it must be to help the teacher take revenge!
Thinking of this, Mage Orfini said directly: "Levi, thank you very much, if you can hunt the Skaven for a long time, I am willing to pay some compensation to support such a thing." ”
The system's prompt immediately popped up, saying that Levi had received the task of hunting the Skaven, Levi took a look at it and found that this mission was slightly different from the previous mission he had encountered, that is, this mission was neither limited in time nor limited, and there were almost no requirements.
As long as he hunts every 100 Skaven rat men, he can go to Mage Ofini to receive a certain reward, and there is no requirement for the strength of the rat men, whether it is level 0 or level 3, but their rewards are definitely different, this is a task that can be carried out for a long time!
Although the quest reward is not very clear, it only says that there will definitely be experience points and money rewards, and the rest depends on which nezumi are killed, but this is enough for Levi.
He immediately took it without hesitation, anyway, even if there was no other party's task, he would not have any hesitation when he met the Skaven rat people, after all, the other party was completely opposed to him from the camp and race, and every time they met, they directly attacked themselves, whether it was those night goblins or those rat people, they never stopped to chat with themselves.
After seeing Levi take over the task, Mage Orfini seemed to be a little better towards him: "Levi, I see that you seem to be interested in my soul tremors, and if you can kill a few more nezumi, I can also use them as a reward for a mission." ”
"Oh? That's it, thank you, I'll work hard for it. ”
Although the number of soul battles is not much, Levi can certainly judge the strength of the other party, which is stronger than the infantry attendants under his command, even if it is not an elite unit, it is definitely the more powerful one among the third-order troops, and it can definitely further strengthen the strength of his troops.
Mage Ofini opened her mouth to say something, but in the next moment, she directly retreated several steps backwards, and just as Levi was surprised, a fishy smell had already passed from behind.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw John, a hunter with a somewhat pale face, holding a heart the size of a coconut, and said very weakly, "My lord, I have completed the task." ”
It was the task item that the wandering wizard Camelot wanted, it belonged to the heart of the Skaven mouse, and Levi also knew why Mage Orfini was frightened, and ran away in a hurry, because she was smoked by this smell, although it was probably because she was separated from the body, the smell was much weaker, but there was still a fishy smell coming from this heart.
Levi endured his nausea, reached out and tapped it on, and tucked it into his space bag.
Although the air became much fresher with his action, he was a little worried for the first time, would this thing pollute his own space bag? You know, there's a lot of food for his men!
But in any case, Levi had no other way, because he couldn't go to the wandering wizard's hut with this thing in his hand, not to mention whether he could stand it himself, and Bloomis and the half-elves were probably going crazy.
But fortunately, the few boxes of treasures that Soul Shame moved out that originally belonged to the rat people attracted Levi's attention, so that he didn't have to worry so much about it anymore.
I don't know what method Master Ofini used, anyway, she opened a relatively small box for the first time, took out some black-green irregular crystals that also emitted a faint light, and then stuffed them directly into the space bag around her waist, and then she stood up and said in a slightly excited tone: "Levi, I have already got what I want, and the rest is all yours!" ”
Although he was a little curious about what those things were, which made the other party so happy, it was originally agreed, and Levi was more interested in the equipment in front of him than the thing with an unknown purpose that looked like a magic material, because it could quickly give him a hint of the combat effectiveness of his troops.
"Okay, then you're welcome." After working hard for so long, even his subordinates have died so much, and it is finally time to harvest.