Long Live the Call of Heroes

Chapter 390
As soon as the two Ratman God's Chosen Heroes escaped, some Stormrat, who had originally served as the supervisor of the battle team, also began to flee.

As for the remaining clan rats and slave rats who were not as good as them, they even scattered away.

When escaping, their racial talent - running away with their heads in their hands - played a role. At the cost of sacrificing defense, their movement speed in a short period of time generally increased by at least [-]%.

So the arrow rain didn't shoot a few rounds, and most of them escaped out of range.

Li Wei didn't let Donna pursue him either, but just let her rise into the sky and hide in the clouds.

Let Luna do this little thing.

Isn't the big cat that their huntress rides just right for catching mice?
After thinking about it, he casually dispatched a half-human, half-beast-shaped poisonous scorpion Death Guard.

Their special skill is digging. I don't know if they can play an extraordinary role in dealing with the ratmen underground?
Seeing the sky slayer gradually disappearing, the caravan leader couldn't help admiring: "Is this the aristocratic sky slayer? It's much faster than my clan's sky lanterns and sky boats."

Of course, Zhendan also has flying war equipment, and there are more than one kind.

Among them, the appearance of the sky lantern is basically similar to a huge hot air balloon, and there are many gunners on it. These people sit in the armored basket and shoot downwards continuously.

It is also powered by a spirit bird with the blood of Suzaku, so it can often fight for a long time.

It's just its moving speed, which is not flattering, basically the same as the trotting speed of ordinary people.

This is not a big problem during the normal march, but if it encounters the attack of the enemy's air force, mage or archer, it still doesn't even think about running away.

The other is called Tianzhou, and its principle is almost exactly the same as that of sky lanterns.

But as the name suggests, Tianzhou is no longer a hot air balloon, but a boat that is directly hoisted, and cannons and muskets are carried on it.

Although the power is many times stronger than the sky lantern, but the speed is not as good as the sky lantern.

Apart from sky lanterns and sky boats, Cathay's regular flying units are only some flying feathers, such as crowmen and eaglemen.

Of course, they are much stronger than Harpies and the like, but they are not enough when facing Manticores and the like.

Though the occasional dragonborn rides into battle on a dragonhorse, mortals can't expect them to form large armies, save for the many dragon gods.

So after seeing the nimble and swift Sky Slayer, it's no wonder he felt emotional.

Li Wei's heart moved immediately, and he thought of the floating city of Cathay - Asgard again.

If in the past, he didn't dare to think about it, but now that there are many towns and Lilith's thigh, he thinks that he might be able to inquire about it.

Of course, on the other hand, it was also because after the Ratman War, his reputation in the northern provinces of Cathay Guard had been directly raised to friendly, so he should have had some opportunities.

The leader of the caravan was not too surprised, but there were few humans or aliens who knew about it, and there were not many who were not interested in it.

Li Wei is also the lord of the town, so he should have enough financial resources, so he doesn't mind saying a few more words.

"I don't know if you want a purely ornamental type, or an Asgard that has both practicality and protective capabilities?"

"Of course it's practical, I'm not that extravagant yet."

The leader of the caravan pondered for a while: "Our family has a few. If your lord is interested, I can try to ask."

"Your Excellency has helped me again and again. I will definitely try my best to help you obtain a preferential price. However, the Asgard Palace is extremely rare after all, and I am afraid it will still be very expensive. The one we sold last time was priced at more than 5 yuan."

Although Asgard doesn't look good, it is actually not as popular as expected in Cathay.

One reason is that the land of Cathay is vast enough, and they have been fighting abroad for years. Everyone has no shortage of territory at all. What they lack is people and troops.

As for the area and resources of the Immortal Palace, they were already fixed almost at the moment the production was successful.

Unless new god-given buildings are built on them, or more Asgards are stitched together, they have their limits.

All in all, developing Asgard is really a thankless task.

Secondly, the dragon gods used the fairy palace to form a "heavenly court", and mere mortals also raised the fairy palace to high altitudes. Do you have any special thoughts on this?
Even if the dragon gods are extremely generous, everyone doesn't want to take the risk, because there is no need for that.

Therefore, they usually regard Asgard as some kind of large-scale war tool, standing on top of some fortresses, supplemented by sky lanterns and sky boats, which can often keep one side safe.

If they meet foreigners who have a good attitude towards Cathay and are rich enough, they don't mind selling it.

Li Wei smiled: "It's okay, if Asgard is really as good as the legend, I'm willing to pay enough for it."

Although the Sky Slayer is not bad, its own defense is too fragile.

Once knocked down, apart from the fact that Donna can ride away on a flying mount, and the druids can turn into birds to fly, it's not a big problem. Avalon and other archers above will probably all be killed. .

But Immortal Palace is different. To some extent, that thing can be regarded as a combination of mage tower and village, and its defense is still very strong.

At that time, the silver light guards and other infantry can ride it forward together. Although Asgard's movement speed is not fast, no matter what, it is faster than walking.

Of course, in this way, they will also become much more conspicuous.

Once Asgard joins the battlefield, I am afraid that all enemies will be the first to notice and attack it, and they need to have enough strength to defend well.

And this price, even if it is definitely far from the actual transaction price, it is really expensive.

Hearing this, the caravan leader decided to use more snacks instead.

What's the matter, dare to question our Zhendan's Asgard?Didn't know that it was forged by the dragon gods and used by all of them?
"My lord, don't worry, the Immortal Palace was refined by the Dragon God. Before it is activated, it can be carried with you. Once activated, it can be developed and constructed normally like an ordinary village."

"It will consume a little energy after ascending to a high altitude, but I believe it is not a problem for adults."

Li Wei chuckled, good guy, are you waiting for me here?It seems to be a compliment, but it is actually a provocative method.

It's really not willing to suffer even the slightest loss. Perhaps, is this the unique self-confidence and pride of the Kingdom of Heaven?
But of course he wasn't going to get angry because of such a trivial matter, he just agreed very readily: "Okay, then I'll just wait for the good news."

After roughly confirming this matter, Li Wei bought another [-] fire-breathing dragon sticks from the other party, and planned to hand them over to Alyssa, Bayoru, and Elling-Qiufeng, etc. The upgrade is relatively Difficult subordinates use.

He had already seen the power of the Dragon Staff, and it was almost invincible against almost unarmored enemies like Beastmen or Ratmen.

It was only after an in-depth understanding that he realized that this thing is not so much a weapon as a special consumable.

Each dragon staff can fire 36 times, after which it will be broken due to overwhelm, and it cannot be repaired.

At the same time, the magic spar equipped in the dragon staff, and the spells of Zhendan, etc. will also consume all the energy, so you can only buy a new dragon staff.

When he heard this, Li Wei felt something was wrong.

According to the other party, the transaction between Zhendan and the Tomb Queen has lasted for thousands of years. After so many years, the disadvantages of this weapon are still not perfected.

Are they unable, or do they not want to?
In fact, he is more inclined to the latter, because if the dragon stick is too well-made, wouldn't it be a one-shot deal?

If the dragon stick is a consumable as it is now, it will naturally be able to maintain a long-term trade.

After finishing this small transaction, the subordinates have almost cleaned up the battlefield.

In fact, there is nothing to clean, the rat people are too poor.

The most common slave rat basically only has a loincloth, plus a spear cut out of wood, or a sling as a weapon.

The Clan Rat is a little better, able to wear a relatively decent suit, plus a shield.

Then there are some special night-running rats. Although slings are still used, the ammunition may be processed and may be poisoned. The damage is not high, but it often has a disgusting negative effect.

Only at the level of the Stormrat, will they have real heavy metal armor and sophisticated weapons.

Their appearance is also very intimidating. Although they are stooped, their height is still not much lower than that of ordinary people. Under the long purple and black hair, there are thick muscles and their bodies are extremely strong.

It's a pity that their actual combat effectiveness is still a bit weak, and it is difficult to beat the Yuyong Halberd Soldiers of the same level in a single fight.

Yes, although they belong to the top infantry among the Ratmen, they are actually nothing more than that.

This is also one of the important reasons why most other races despised them in the past.

If any race does not have qualified anti-line infantry and cannot fight a tough battle head-on, it will naturally be difficult to gain recognition from other races.

Even the wood elves who always liked to fight guerrilla warfare in the forest, they also had a large number of treants, forest beasts, cavalry, and even forest dragons and many other troops that could support their frontal attack.

They like to fight guerrilla warfare, not can't.

Rats really couldn't, at least not before.

But now, when the corpses of many rat trolls and wolf rats are placed in front of everyone, they all know that things may be about to undergo a major change.

Similarly, several seized dimensional stone guns also illustrate similar problems.

When seeing them, Sepha and Sally, who are relatively weak legal units and prefer to go to battle in person, are somewhat afraid.

Only then did they understand why Li Wei's behavior was a little strange after the successful fire attack. It turned out that he was silently guarding them.

The leader of the caravan frowned again and again. Although they had won relatively easily just now, it was because of Li Wei's action. If they had dealt with it independently, such an enemy would have become very difficult to deal with.

But when they were running a business, apart from the green skins and the beastmen, these ratmen were the ones they encountered the most on the road.

Their Cathay magic system is completely different from that of the Western world. There is no such conventional magic that turns mud into stone, and there is no more advantageous means or arms that can fight against the enemies lurking underground.

He seems to have foreseen that the business road in the future will become more and more difficult.

Then he turned to look at Li Wei and the scorpion guard beside him: "My lord, if you don't know these things, are you willing to give up?"

But he noticed that just now they had burrowed into the ground and fought with the Ratmen, and in the end they were covered in blood again, and many of them came out.

They themselves are metal creations, and the blood can only come from those ratmen.

Seeing this, Li Wei couldn't help but smile slightly: "As long as the price is right, these poisonous scorpion guards can naturally be sold."

Although the Ratman's average strength is very high, but the number is really quite a lot, so after this battle, he directly collected nearly a hundred soul crystals.

Even if only three or five of them are intermediate-level, they don't need to be high-level to make poisonous scorpion guards.

The leader of the caravan was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, please wait a moment, my lord. After the transaction with the Tomb Queen is completed in Lamia City, the caravan will have enough money by then."

In fact, he wasn't just thinking about the safety of his own caravan. The threat of ratmen was the same for all caravans.

If he can buy a large number of these so-called "scorpion guards" here, and bring them back to the family, that would be a great achievement!

Even his evaluation of Li Wei directly raised another level.

The principle of these poisonous scorpion guards seems to be very similar to the guards of the gods of the Tomb Kings, but he can guarantee that at least the Tomb Queen's command absolutely does not have such things.

Li Wei also heard some signs, the other party didn't seem to plan to make a small fuss?Only by selling the goods can he make money, how much does he want to buy?
"Naturally, the more the better, I wonder how much the price will be?"

This question is a bit difficult for Li Wei. He intends to make a small profit from this, but if he cheats the other party here, the other party will increase the price of Tiangong by a little bit, and the loss will still be Own.

So after pondering for a while, he directly confessed: "These poisonous scorpion guards are all special fourth-level constructs. For the sake of my friendship with the Yuan family, I am willing to sell them at cost price, each priced at 4 gold coins, how about it? "

Although when he left the black iron mine, he installed the materials for two space rings, and the soul crystals were basically for nothing, but they still have a certain value.

Not to mention that he is a powerful mage over level 15 anyway, and the labor cost is not cheap, okay?
The leader of the caravan saw Li Wei's face, and knew that even if he didn't make a loss, he would definitely not make much.

And he also thought that if these things were really effective against the Ratmen, the two parties could still conduct long-term transactions.

As the beastmen with the strongest adaptability, the ratmen spread almost all over the main world. Although the rat plague in Cathay was not very rampant, it did still exist.

So he didn't bargain any more, and responded very straightforwardly: "Okay, then please prepare 100 for me first!"

Li Wei couldn't help raising his eyebrows, being rich is arrogance, and he almost wiped out all the crystals of his soul all at once.

"Okay, let's talk about it after arriving in Lamia City. Although I have a lot of materials on me, it still takes a certain amount of time to manufacture."

Then he changed his voice: "However, there is no need to pay with gold coins. If there is any precious magic or equipment, I will accept it."

The caravan leader rolled his eyes, and immediately patted his chest to promise that he would definitely pay attention to him.

But in fact, he already had some ideas.

Their deal with the Tomb Queen has lasted for thousands of years, and the Yuan family has been taking over this job for decades. How could there be no relevant channels?

Forget it, just take the opportunity to show off your own strength!

After making an agreement, both parties were very satisfied, and then they divided up the sporadic loot and the warpstone weapons used by the Ratmen.

It's not that I've taken a fancy to them, it's just that they can be used as evidence to provide others with a reminder of this potential threat.

After a short rest, the team moved on.

Although the brigade of ratmen had been defeated, Luna and the others still did not relax in the slightest.

The Ratman is only the nominal owner of the Resentment Peak, but it doesn't mean that it is the only existence here, especially since the Beastmen and Greenskins are rampant recently, so she has to be more careful.

Li Wei sorted out his space ring, and began to consider whether to make his first Sphinx in Lamia City.

A unit as high as 7th rank, once successful, will definitely be able to greatly strengthen one's own combat effectiveness.

But the sphinx is a specialty of the Tomb Kings, plus the other Death Guards that he has activated, especially the poisonous scorpion guards that are quite deviant in the eyes of the Tomb Kings
With the intelligence of the Tomb Queen-Kalida, I am afraid that I will soon be able to guess the truth. They can only come from Nagash.

The Tomb Kings have only the deepest hatred for Nagash, because he turned them into decayed mummies. What will Khalida think of herself who has gained the power of Nagash?
Especially since I still want her to send troops to attack the Silver Blood Army together.

At that time, she was just taking revenge, but she wanted the nine scrolls of Nagash collected by the Silver Blood Army. She might not agree so easily.

Unless, I can help her solve some key problems, or let her owe me a favor that cannot be easily repaid
While thinking about it, Li Wei felt someone approaching behind him, and when he turned around, it was Maltis.

"You seem to be collecting the souls of those Beastmen?"

Li Wei nodded slightly, there is nothing to hide about this, or at least it is not necessary for her.

Although she looks like a salted fish, she is in a daze at every turn, but in fact she is not a woman with a big mouth, nor is she stupid at all.

How could he be a fool to escape safely and smoothly from Ban Church.

And he also discovered just now that the python knights who came with her before had all died in the battle with the Ratmen before they knew it.

You can say that she didn't do it on purpose, but who would believe that she was killed by these weak Ratmen when her side had an absolute advantage?
It's not clear if she's doing it for them, or if Ling has other reasons.

But based on this inference, in the previous battle with the green skins, how much of the destruction of the Dread Legion was because the enemy was really strong, and how much was she doing it on purpose?

But those don't matter, it has nothing to do with Li Wei.

It's just that when she met the Beastmen along the way, she always looked blank-eyed and uninterested. When she really fought, she was paddling there, but she was actually watching me secretly?

Martis seemed to be a little interested: "Is it about those special constructs?"

Li Wei raised his eyebrows: "Do you have an idea?"

Martis nodded without hesitation: "Yes, I want to know, if you can create a cavalry-type construct, I am willing to pay the price."

"Not yet, but if you can get the new nine volumes of Nagash, maybe there will be a turning point."

Hearing this special word, Maltese's icy pretty face also showed obvious astonishment.

She was not only surprised that Li Wei got it, but also surprised that he told her so easily.

This caused her heart, which was already full of dead silence, to fluctuate somewhat.

But she didn't say anything, just nodded, then turned her head and retreated into the team.

Compared with speaking, she prefers to express her attitude with practical actions.

Li Wei smiled and didn't care too much, just continued to think about countermeasures.

Not long after, Li Wei was still thinking hard, and they gradually entered Khaleda's sphere of influence.

The environment here began to undergo major changes. It was no longer the barren and harsh land, but sparse jungles began to appear, and the further we moved forward, the coverage of jungles and grasslands began to increase sharply.

Elegy was very happy to see this appearance, because she felt as if she had returned to the rainforest of her hometown.

The only thing that is not so good is that after entering the rainforest, various mosquitoes and poisonous snakes also began to appear in groups.

Most of these guys can't even reach level 0, let alone a threat, but they are indeed a bit annoying.

Li Wei and his legal troops are okay, they can use mage armor and other protection, those mosquitoes and the like will often directly hit them to death, but there is no good way for others.

The leader of the caravan just took out the clothes he had prepared in advance and wrapped himself in a few more layers, as if he was ready to resist.

But Alduin didn't respond. As a dragon man, even if his body surface was not covered with scales, his skin was still much tougher than ordinary people, and it was not something ordinary mosquitoes could bite.

So Li Wei thought about it, and turned on the Radiant Crown, he wanted to see if it would also have an effect on these annoying gadgets.

But seeing the holy light flashing, with him as the center, all the mosquitoes, ants and snakes within ten meters, no matter whether they were crawling on the ground or flying in the air, all fainted on the spot, and could no longer be annoying.

Elegy, who was chopping up mosquitoes with a big sword, immediately laughed and went directly to Li Wei's side.

Then Cindy, Sepha, Sonia, Maltis, Alyssa and others also came over one after another to get a glimpse together.

The caravan leader was amazed, but unfortunately he was really embarrassed to get together with a group of women.

But his mood was not affected too much, and he even relaxed a lot.

Because according to his past experience, after arriving here, it is basically impossible to encounter Ratmen's marauders.

Although Khalida is not very interested in expanding the territory, she has an extraordinary obsession with defending the territory.

The reason why the Ratmen of Resentment Peak were reduced to the current situation was because they once crossed the border to plunder, and then they were led by Khalida himself, killing tens of thousands in World War I.

Since then, until now, the nearby rat people have not been able to form a new, more formal clan.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call those hundreds or hundreds of ratmen "nests".

Even based on past experience, he felt that it would not be long before the sentries from Lamia City would arrive, not to meet their caravan, but because they were patrolling the border all the time.

Sure enough, just a few minutes after he said this to Li Wei, Luna reported to Li Wei that there were some strange-looking squads riding giant cobras approaching.

In order to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings, Li Wei naturally asked Luna and the others to return to the team. Anyway, there is the Aurora caravan here, so leave the communication to him.

And he had promised before that he would introduce Khalida on his behalf.

The leaders of the caravan were not in a hurry, and they didn't even send scouts. Their Dragon Banner of Cathay already represented a lot of things.

Soon the other party quickly approached the caravan. When seeing the other party, Li Wei also understood why Luna said that the other party was weird.

Because these knights holding hooked sickles or dragon sticks were actually squatting on the huge snake head of the cobra, which was two meters in diameter and about three or four meters above the ground.

If it is an ordinary person, when the snake body twists and moves forward, it is impossible to keep it from falling, let alone fight.

But of course they are not ordinary people, they are all mummified warriors wearing bronze masks and walking openly under the sun.

Some of them are mummified corpses, and some of their bodies are mostly weathered, exposing thick bones, which proves that they are definitely elite fighters who have been in battle for hundreds of years.

Their mounts are not natural products, but some constructs that also wear gigantic masks, snake-shaped guards of the gods.

The combination of the two is the fifth-tier unit of the Tomb Kings - the Graveyard Knight.

In fact, the entire force of the Tomb Kings has only three types of existence:

Constructs such as the guardian of the gods, mummies (divided into unweathered, semi-weathered and fully weathered), and the unique Khalida who still maintains its appearance in life.

At the same time, it is said that the graveyard knights are also Khalida's favorite troops, because they have the attributes of snakes, and she is the favorite of the dead snake god.

These guys came really fast enough.

Before Li Wei opened his mouth, the leader of the caravan took the initiative to ride his horse forward, first pointed to the dragon flag of Cathay, and then said a few words casually, and the knights in the cemetery turned their heads and started to lead the way without saying a word.

Obviously, the two sides have already become very familiar with each other.

At this time, the leader of the caravan also smiled at Li Wei: "My lord, with their guards, I think it will be smooth sailing in the future!"

(End of this chapter)