In the days that followed, the Chosen Heroes of the Empire continued to attack the Norscan pirates who had invaded the coastal areas of the Nord Territory in recent days.

At first, the results were very good, a large number of Norsca pirates were killed, but soon the Norsca side reacted, they picked up the group at a surprising speed, often thousands of pirates as soon as they were dispatched, and then with at least hundreds of war dogs, ice wolves and ice trolls or something, if it was a large Norscar pirate group, there would be a whole team of swamp demons and wolfskin people to accompany them, which was really a life-and-death enemy for ordinary Chosen Heroes.

Although the biggest shortcoming of the Norscar pirates, the extreme lack of long-range troops and flying troops, has not been solved, but their configuration in other aspects is very perfect, there are infantry, cavalry, and monster units, and they are often much stronger than the troops of the Chosen Heroes, so the casualty rate of many Chosen Heroes suddenly turned their heads up, even if those small guilds were dispatched collectively, once they encountered a large-scale Norscar pirates, they would inevitably break their bones.

This series of actions suddenly confirmed the speculation before Nord led the emperor, there must be a mysterious black hand behind the scenes directing the actions of the Norscan pirates!

But even if they knew this, the natives, including Emperor Carl, as well as Levi and others, didn't have time to find out the truth for the time being, because they were busy with other things.

According to the reconnaissance of the Nord Lord's naval fleet, the number of Norsca pirates on the other side of the coast has almost no longer increased, and they are now starting to collect and build a large number of ships, although most of their ships are rough workmanship, which can only make longships and dragon-headed warships of dozens of people, and even some guys use small sampans and canoes, which have no protective measures on them, let alone place any war machinery, but at least it is enough to transport them across the Talon Sea and come to the Nord Territory to plunder!

Although the Nords have a navy, they are limited by their own poverty and are very small, with less than ten main wolf ships with multi-decks and more than a dozen guns, as well as dozens of wolf ships that can move quickly and are mostly used for patrolling and issuing early warnings.

The entire Nord Territory's navy is only two or three thousand people, and the firepower is not strong, even if Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu come together, it is impossible to use them to fight against hundreds of thousands of Norska pirates, and the claw sea that is snowing all day long will not give them a chance to carry out fire attacks.

But the Emperor wants to defeat these Norscan pirates, so in addition to arranging a large number of war machines to let go, the best option is to bring the Emperor's fleet with them.

However, because there were no wide ships on the road from Talabek to the Nord Territory, the Emperor had temporarily left all the warships in the Tarabek Territory, and the only way to transfer them to the Nord Territory in time was to use magic to urgently widen the river so that the fleet could pass through.

Although there are already two legendary-level archmages around the emperor, one of them is good at fire magic, and the other is good at metal magic, and they are not good at this kind of action at all, so the emperor has recently released a large number of recruitment tasks, recruiting water, ice and earth magicians in the Nord Territory, Talabek Territory, Midden Territory, Oster Territory, Hawk Territory, and even further away in the ice and snow country of Kislev, as well as urgently purchasing a large number of precious magic materials used to assist in spell casting, just to prepare for this work, Naturally, Levi chose these tasks as well.

Originally, he wanted to split up with Reinhardt, so that both sides could get certain merits, but soon he found out that something was wrong, that is, those Norsca pirates who had landed in the Nord Territory seemed to have discovered the emperor's intentions, and they actually began to take the initiative to attack all the well-known mages, intending to kill them first and nip the emperor's plan in the bud!

And more importantly, the troops sent by the Northern Eagles, which Levi and Reinhardt had been paying attention to before, had not been discovered until now, and they seemed to have disappeared out of thin air!

The combination of the two things made Levi sense a strong sense of conspiracy, so for the sake of safety, he began to team up with Reinhardt to act together, safety first, he didn't want to let the other party encounter any danger at such a critical juncture.

Now, Levi is heading to the border area of the Nord Territory, where it is said that there is a rather powerful ice mage named Fast Keith, if he can successfully invite the other party, plus the results of the other Chosen Heroes in recent days, the mage required for that magic is basically enough.

Once the plan is successful, before the Norsca pirates on the other side of the sea officially invade the Nord Territory, the Emperor's fleet will definitely be the first to appear in the Nord Territory's waters to ambush, when the Norscar Pirates' fleet crosses the Talon Sea, the Imperial fleet swarms out, not seeking to kill the enemy, as long as they casually smash through the deck of those small sampans, the cold sea will directly swallow the other party's life!

After taking out a group of Norsca pirates who were blocking the way again, Reinhardt couldn't help but ask again while the troops were resting, "Levi, those friends of yours, haven't you found any trace of those guys?" ”

Levi shook his head, "Not yet, Reinhardt, we need to prepare for the worst. ”

The guys that the other party said undoubtedly referred to the army sent by the northern eagles, who disappeared like ghosts since they entered the range of the Nord Territory.

And those friends refer to some of the Chosen Heroes from several guilds that are friendly with the Wardens, including the Avengers, one of the best guilds in the entire game, and pure merchant guilds such as the Imperial God Chaebol, although their base camp is still far away in the Knight Kingdom, but it is still possible to send some people, because they also have large and small chapters and strongholds, and when Levi's strength is expanding rapidly, they are not too far behind.

And this time, after all, it was a mission that the Emperor personally issued and participated in, and even they could not refuse the generous reward.

Levi had already received news from the other party, although the other party was not led by his acquaintances, but based on the friendly relationship between the guilds of each other, they were still very friendly, and they were also very concerned about the task of helping Reinhardt defeat the current Northern Eagle and replace it, but the troops sent by the Northern Eagle were too secretive, and they had not seen any useful information until now, just like those guys disappeared directly.

But in such a cold climate, with no supplies and no place to rest, it is impossible for an ordinary human army to stay in the wilderness for that long, unless they are not human!

That's why Levi said to prepare for the worst and be ready to face an army of non-human creatures!

Reinhardt sighed, "I see, Levi. ”

Even though she habitually wears a half-mask, the people around her can see the pain on her face.

After this period of contact, Levi already knew that the other party definitely did not want to replace the current Northern Eagle because of the struggle for power, she was a true believer in the female god of war, she really hoped that the sect of the female god of war could have a better development, and her rebellion against the current northern eagle was simply because the other party made a wrong decision.

At this time, Orfini next to her couldn't help but chuckle and comfort the other party, "Hehe, Reinhardt, you don't have to be too pessimistic, no matter what, we will always stand behind you." ”

Reinhardt smiled helplessly, "I see, Orfini. ”

One of them is the sister of the Countess of Nunn, the other is the daughter of the famous Rose of the Cemetery, and they both believe in the goddess of war, Melmitya, although Ophine is only a shallow believer, but it is impossible to say that the two of them do not know each other.

In fact, the two of them not only know each other, but also have a good relationship, after all, there are few young women with their backs and strength in Nunn, and after fighting side by side in the recent period, their relationship is also deepening rapidly.

Orfini admired the other party's indomitable spirit of being a woman but insisting on becoming a swordsman and daring to resist the northern eagle, while Reinhardt admired Orfini's talent and achievements in magic, although she was not good at magic, but she still knew something about the soul trembling that had recently risen rapidly in Blackstone Castle and the Wissenling Realm.

And she can also understand why Levi can provide her with so much financial support, the income from the other party's soul sales alone is enough to be amazing, not to mention that the other party has several territories!

Although Reinhardt's mood is not too high for the time being, when the battlefield is almost cleaned, the wood elves who have been doing reconnaissance work before have come to the good news, they have approached the territory of the ice archmage, and it seems that the other party has not been attacked by the Norscar pirates, they have come at the right time.

Soon, a mage tower about ten meters high, completely made of solid ice appeared in Levi's sight, the surface of the mage tower was engraved with countless beautiful patterns, it seemed to be some special magic patterns, under the reflection of the sun, the whole building flashed with a light blue light, it looked very pleasing to the eye, not only the little girls such as Huamesi and Mina kept looking at it, but even Ophini was sideways for a while.

And dozens of ice elemental djinns at the door with solid ice and muscular muscles on their upper bodies, look like the wind lantern gods that Levi has used for a short time, but in fact they are more powerful and majestic, which shows that this ice archmage named Fast Keith is not in vain, there is something!

But in any case, this recruitment was an order from the emperor himself, and as long as the other party still wanted to mix in the empire, he would never refuse.

Sure enough, when Levi asked the army to stay one hundred and eighty meters away, so as not to arouse the hostility and dissatisfaction of the other party, and when he used to take Huamez and Orfini and others to this small mage tower in person, before he could speak, several ice elemental djinns had directly opened the gate that was also completely made of ice, and at the same time, an old voice also came from inside the door: "It seems that a distinguished guest has come to the door, but I still have a magic experiment to complete, please come in first." ”

Levi nodded secretly when he heard this, he deserved to be the most well-known in the neighborhood, and even the archmage who was personally named by the Nord Emperor to invite, not only does his ability look very strong, but he is also very good at being a person, unlike those guys he personally recruited before, he doesn't know how to do it, but the shelves are bigger than the other, some ask for money, some ask for things, and some have to complete the tasks assigned by the other party by themselves, this guy is easy to talk a lot!

After a few words of advice to Sienna and Thanato, as well as his own younger brothers, Levi took Huamez and Orfini and others into the mage tower made of ice.

With Hua Meisi is to prevent any accidents, after all, her strength is almost the strongest among the people around her.

And with Ophini is purely his recent experience, these aboriginal mages usually look down on the warrior profession, even if he is now with thousands of troops, the other party is at most just restrained, but if you want to really have a good chat with the other party, you still have to use Ophini, a genius mage, to convince the other party, then the other party will become much more obedient.

After entering, Levi realized that he seemed to have thought wrong, this was not a small three-story building, but a spacious hall with a ceiling height of nearly ten meters.

Unlike the glamorous Mage Tower, there are dozens of tables in the interior of the hall, on which are messed up with all kinds of magical materials, miscellaneous items, and even some fresh, blood and bodily fluids flowing down from time to time, not only the corpses of various monsters, beastmen, and even some Norscar pirates, and the pungent stench is blowing in the face.

And there was even a crow with pitch-black wings parked on a shelf next to it, I don't know if it was attracted by the carrion here, and when it saw Levi and the others entering the door, it didn't have the slightest fear, but tilted its head to look at the new humans, not afraid of life at all.

And an old mage with a long beard and a mess, under the service of dozens of small ice elements with roughly human shapes, I don't know what magic experiments he was doing, Levi noticed that the other party was still holding a cylinder made of ice in his hand, this guy actually learned to make a test tube without a teacher!

Although he obviously noticed Levi and the others walking in, the old mage still didn't raise his head and continued to move in his hands, "Please wait a minute, I'm about to finish my experiment." ”

Seeing that the old mage was so attentive to the things in his hands, Ophini couldn't help but take two steps forward with some curiosity, "Master, what experiment are you doing?" ”

Levi also immediately followed, he didn't have much interest in the other party's experiment, he just subconsciously wanted to protect the safety of Ophini, although this old mage is currently very friendly, but after all, they are strangers meeting for the first time, and this guy seems to be a little out of his mind, he has to be careful.

The old mage tilted his head and glanced at Ophini when he heard this, Levi noticed that his eyes were icy blue, without the slightest white, and he didn't know if it was because of cultivating ice magic, the old mage grinned, "You are Ophini, that genius mage from Imperial Noon?" ”

Ophini was suddenly surprised, "How did you know about me?" I've only been here for a few days, have I? ”

"Hehe, I learned about you from some of my old friends, and when you invited them, you showed some rather novel creations called, called... The old mage made a look of deep contemplation, and even threw the things in his hand directly on the ice table in front of him, making a crisp crashing sound.

This action suddenly startled Ophine, but looking at the uncomfortable appearance of the other party's ears and cheeks, she still reminded gently, "It's the soul that is ashamed, just like this." ”

With a wave of her hand, Orfini summoned a few of her recently newly made souls that looked like humans on the outside, but with a tiger's head, which she combined with the skills taught by the Sphinx, combined with the beastmen she had encountered frequently recently, and then made a new type of soul guilt, in order to improve the deterrent, she deliberately made an ugly one, which looked very hideous.

But the appearance is not important, what matters is its value, although because it is newly developed, it is not yet perfect, but the actual combat effectiveness shown by the tiger's head is already quite good, with both strength and agility, and the attack power is not weak, which belongs to the top batch in the 4th order of troops.

Tiger Head Shame is a half-assassin and half-warrior soul shame, which can be used to act as everyone's guard, and as long as there are enough materials, it can be copied in large quantities, which is the most important thing.

The old mage suddenly jumped over with an arrow step, and directly grabbed a tiger head and was very excited to grope up and down, if it wasn't for Ou Feini to immediately control the tiger head and be ashamed, I'm afraid it would directly wave its claws and paste it in his face.

After looking at it for a while, just as Levi was about to remind the other party of what was the most urgent matter, the old mage suddenly turned his head and said in a fierce voice, "I want you to tell me all the skills!" ”

Livingston sensed that something was wrong, he reached out and stroked the long sword at his waist, a trace of fire shone on it, and at the same time, he immediately pulled the stunned Ophine, who was in front of him, behind him, "I'm sorry, I may not have heard too clearly, what do you want?" ”

The old mage suddenly laughed fiercely, Dao Dao green tendons appeared on his head, the original ice blue eyes also became pale, bursts of frost began to surround his body, a staff forged by cold ice from scratch, quickly appeared in his hand, the original humanoid ice elements who served him in the house also turned their bodies to face Levi and the others, and a pair of cold ice blades appeared on his hands, and their hostility was obvious, self-evident.

"I say, tell me all the tricks, or you all die!"