Long Live the Call of Heroes

Chapter 392 Tomb Technician

So less than half an hour later, Li Wei met the ancient tomb technician named Haporos in the private room of the tavern.

He is a very typical mummy, his whole body is wrapped in yellowed white cloth strips, but there is also a little magical brilliance attached to it, which is probably a special piece of equipment.

In addition, he also has a sickle-shaped sword, one of the most popular weapons among fighters in the faction of the Tomb Kings, on his waist, which shows that he also has a certain melee ability.

Li Wei apologized to him when he came up. He didn't have all the constructs that met the other party's requirements for the time being, but Haporos didn't mean to get angry.

On the one hand, it was because he failed again today, and his debts increased by several percent, so he was really in a hurry.

On the other hand, it was because he had seen the poisonous scorpion and the scarab in the house, these two special constructs that he had never seen before.

Seeing the eager eyes of the other party, Li Wei probably understood.

So he changed his original mind, didn't waste anything, directly took out the corresponding materials, and performed a hand-rubbing death guard for the other party.

So after seeing the whole process with his own eyes, Hapolos didn't talk nonsense at all, and said on the spot that as long as Li Wei could help him repay the debt of about 100 gold coins, he would be willing to follow Li Wei, no matter where he went.

Martis, who was also watching the excitement next to him, was somewhat speechless after hearing the words.

The waiter said it was 80 before, but it went up another 20 gold coins this day.
She doesn't know how strong his personal ability is for the time being, but she has a general understanding of the speed at which he loses money.

Although Li Wei also felt a little funny, but he was not short of the money, so he agreed directly.

So Haprosna bowed his head and became a level 3 combat hero under Li Wei's command.

In terms of equipment, he has a blue funeral shroud robe. Although it looks tattered, it actually has pretty good defense, and it also has a certain amount of fire resistance.

In terms of skills, he is considered to be a dual-cultivator of magic and martial arts. He knows a few combat skills and some elementary earth magic. He also brings a skeleton chariot with him. He can also fight when necessary.

As for the racial characteristics of the Tomb Kings, it is the terrifying appearance and funeral body.

The former can improve the resistance to dark magic, and has a chance to cause fear to weaker enemies. It is more suitable for the warrior Kai Wushuang.

The latter increases earth and water resistance, but at the cost of reducing fire resistance.

At first glance, exchanging two for one is considered a profit, but in fact, most of the Tomb Kings only appear in the desert, where water system attacks will be seriously affected.

The power and frequency of fire magic are also better than those two, so in fact, they are just as afraid of fire magic as ordinary undead.

He also has a couple of Craft Item feats, but none of them are of much use.

But there are three main skills that Li Wei takes a fancy to him.

One is a stonecutter, Hapolos can process stone and metal, etc., in order to make better and faster constructs.

He can also try to make the most basic jackal-type guard of the gods if the materials are sufficient or if Li Wei allows it.

But compared with Li Wei who holds the nine volumes of Nagash in his hand, his manufacturing has a chance of failure, and it is not low, otherwise he would not owe so much money.

The second is to repair the inscription. He can use metal and stone to repair the structure after the battle.

The last one is called resurrection, which is not real resurrection, but in an emergency, he can use his special ability to replace other materials with soil to forcibly restore a certain amount of health to the construct.

If the construct is still not completely destroyed after the battle, he can remove the dirt and whatnot, and then make real repairs.

In addition, according to what he said, he has received professional training. If his strength improves in the future, his success rate in creating the guards of the gods will also increase accordingly.

He might even attempt to create Lahmia's iconic construct, if powerful enough, the giant cobras ridden by the graveyard knights.

Then Li Wei just listened to it for the time being, because if he was really good at this, he would never choose to rely on himself as a god-chosen hero.

Khalida, the owner of this place, has a favorite construct, that kind of giant cobra.

However, through communicating with him, it also confirmed a certain guess of Li Wei that Khalida did not have the technology to make Sphinx.

In fact, most of the ancient tomb kings' forces, including Lahmia City, only control a few of them.

Only the most powerful among them, the legendary Settra known as the "Immortal Emperor", has almost all the manufacturing methods.

Because he used to beat up all the ancient tomb kings who disobeyed him, and collected them all in this way.

Even Khaleda is theoretically submissive, of course, only in theory.

The straight-line distance between the two sites is not a thousand miles, but there are still three to five hundred miles. In addition, there are many forces such as dwarves and wood elves in the middle, so it is usually impossible to get close.

The reason why she became a minister was probably just to reduce trouble.

Anyway, that "Immortal Emperor" only wanted a verbal surrender, and he was satisfied.

In addition, although he is not a battle hero, because he is an ancient tomb technician, he can also command the construct to fight with Li Wei's permission, which is a good support.

After learning about this series of information, Li Wei threw 200 gold coins and a space ring to Hapolos, asking him to buy some materials he needed while paying off the debt.

He wasn't worried that the other party would take the money and run away, not to mention that the system had recognized him as his subordinate, the faction of Tomb Kings was characterized by commitment.

If Hapolos fled privately with the money under such circumstances, once it was known by outsiders, Li Wei would not need to do anything at all. Khalida would probably be the first to order and hunt him down.

The Tomb Kings have become special undead, and most of the things that the living care about are meaningless to them.

But there is only one thing, not only did not disappear after death, but it was enlarged many times, that is glory, or face!
While Hapolos was surprised, he was naturally very grateful, saying that he really found the right person.

Not to mention that the other party can create the guards of the gods, just look at his generous character, it seems that it is not unbearable to take refuge in the hero chosen by the gods?
After sending him to do things, Li Wei continued to create, intending to get everything the caravan wanted at once.

Alduin was a little bored, so he slipped downstairs to find a place to drink, while Martis still stayed with Levi.

I don't know if she really wants to learn how to make the Death Guard, or just as a guard.

But judging by the way her eyes are empty, maybe she just has nothing to do.

After all, as a death elf, she doesn't need to rest at all.

So she stayed in a daze for several hours, and it wasn't until Li Wei finished all the scorpion guards and started cleaning up all kinds of waste that she came back to her senses.

"Li Wei, did you just use the soul?"

Although it was a questioning tone, judging by her demeanor, it was clearly confirmed.

Li Wei nodded slightly: "That's right, they are the souls of the Beastmen and Ratmen we killed on the road."

Under normal circumstances, playing with the souls of the dead is taboo for the gods and their churches.

Because after the death of devout believers, their souls will rise to the kingdom of the gods, become petitioners, and achieve rebirth in the kingdom of gods.

Although it is much less than before, they can still produce some power of faith.

Generally speaking, the power of faith they generate is not enough to support the power that the gods pay to maintain their existence.

But taking care of the pious believers who have passed away and allowing them to be reborn in the kingdom of God is originally one of the obligations of the gods.

At the same time, they are also the source of soldiers for the gods when they are fighting, at least when they are fighting defensively.

The reason why evil beings such as demons, devils, and necromancers are so hated and hated by the gods is because they are actually grabbing things from the gods.

But for ratmen and ordinary beastmen, Li Wei is really not afraid of offending the gods behind them.

Whether it's the Horned Rat or the Malar, they are the kind that have enemies all over the world, and the number of these two races is also large enough. There are probably tens of thousands of dead people every day. They can't pay attention at all, okay?
"You are using my soul."

"No," Maltis shook his head, and then pressed his forehead, "I just feel that I seem to have seen a similar scene in a certain temple."

Li Wei was a little surprised: "Your memory is starting to recover?"

"There are only scattered fragments, but I should indeed be one of the captains of the Goddess of Death's Temple Knights."

Li Wei couldn't help comforting: "This is a good thing, don't worry, we will find out the truth sooner or later."

At the same time, he was also a little stunned, no wonder Maltis looked so powerful, the captain of the Temple Knights, and the knights of ordinary knights, there is still a big difference.

It's a pity that the elf Goddess of Death has gone nowhere, and her priests can gain very little power, let alone a temple knight.

If it wasn't really helpless, how could Lilith and Yue Gong secretly prepare to create a new god of death?
After a few words of comfort to the other party, Alduin knocked on the door and said that the caravan leader had arrived, and the other party also claimed to have brought a gift for Li Wei.

So the leader of the caravan quickly presented two kinds of equipment that are quite characteristic of the kings of the ancient tomb group and are very cherished.

One is a brooch-like rebirth ouroboros, with an active skill rebirth. After activation, it restores 8 points of health per second for 100 seconds. It can be used up to 5 times a day, but fire resistance -20 when activated.

Theoretically, it can restore up to 4000 health points per day. If this is given to Elegy and Alduin, wouldn't it become a perpetual motion machine on the battlefield?How much life do they have in total?

Moreover, the other party took 3 pieces at once. It seems that they can be manufactured in small batches. As Khalida, who has existed for more than a thousand years, her background is really strong.

It is the negative effect of fire resistance -20, which is too bad, especially the tomb kings have a weakness of fire, and with this equipment, if they are attacked by fire casually, they may not be able to recover blood for a long time.

But when he took out the second thing, Li Wei knew that he really came prepared.

The sun scarab also only has one effect, which is to increase the fire resistance by 10 points and the magic resistance by 5 points. Although it is not enough to completely offset the negative effect of the reborn Ouroboros, it is almost enough if it is added with some auxiliary magic.

However, the 3 pieces of blue equipment in 6 sets are worth quite a lot.
It stands to reason that such an excellent thing, if any information flows out, there must be a lively discussion on the forum.

But Li Wei didn't get any relevant information before, so there are only two possibilities.

Either no other God's Chosen has gotten them yet, or they did, but kept it under wraps.

But no matter what the reason is, their high value is beyond doubt.

Seeing Li Wei's expression, the leader of the caravan knew that he was very satisfied, and he couldn't help laughing immediately: "My lord, I took advantage of my position to buy this privately from the Queen's Chief of Internal Affairs. I wonder if your lord is satisfied?"

As soon as he said this, Li Wei knew that no matter whether the matter was true or not, he had to accept his love.

So after thanking him with a smile, without even asking the price at all, he directly handed over the interspatial ring full of poisonous scorpion guards.

Still the same sentence, this small amount of money is irrelevant, as long as the other party can give a discount at Asgard, everything can be earned back.

The caravan leader was obviously surprised by Li Wei's efficiency and straightforwardness, but after a little inspection and confirmed that there were no problems, he settled the payment with Li Wei happily.

And he also obviously intended to show his favor to Li Wei, so Li Wei soon discovered that he used a mere 30 gold coins to package and sell those pieces of equipment to himself, which is not much different from giving away for nothing?

So he reciprocated, and he gave each other a flying eagle, a beetle, and a scarab-type Death Guard.

The other party is generous, so he can't be stingy, can he?
Now the caravan leader was even more excited, secretly thinking that his decision was indeed correct.

Even if the people's livelihood in the other party's territory is in decline, the transaction between the two parties will definitely be able to last for a long time based on the unique skill of making the construct.

After exchanging a few polite words, the caravan leader quickly got to the point. He expressed regret that Li Wei might not be able to meet Queen Khaleda for the time being.

Because she is not currently in Lamia City, and no one knows when she will come back.

The general in front of her palace said that she has been traveling to the south frequently recently, and rarely stays in the city of Lahmia.

He inquired through other channels in the city and confirmed that Khalida did not carry a large army with her, and her whereabouts were quite secretive. She must be carrying out some secret operation.

Li Wei couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard the words. The secret operation of a legendary hero must be of great importance.

It's just that her whereabouts are uncertain, but she will delay her big event.

Without her approval, it is absolutely impossible for Lahmia City to march towards the Silver Blood Army for its own sake.

Among the Tomb Kings, Khalida has always been the only one who is very friendly to the living such as humans and elves.

Although the generals and priests under her were subtle and influenced a lot by her, they were far from being so enthusiastic.

"Is there an approximate location?"

"Probably in the rainforest in the south of Astrid," the caravan leader continued after pondering for a moment, "I suspect that she is most likely near the ruins of the Temple of White Bone."

Li Wei suddenly frowned.

As the unique queen of tombs, Khalida certainly does not have only one Lamia city under her command. There are several towns in the south of this place that belong to her, and Astrid is the southernmost town among them.

Further south are the Lizardman towns guarded by Kuja, the legend of the Lizardman known for his exquisite tactical command ability, known as "Marshal Ku".

Of course, when it is said to be "Marshal Ku", in fact, his personal strength should not be underestimated.

As a pure lizard warrior, he has lived for more than [-] years, and even many gods have not lived as long as him.

He also has a tyrannosaur, the strongest and largest in the main world, that has followed him for thousands of years.

It is normal for a giant dragon to live for a thousand years, but even the longest-lived dinosaurs generally have a natural lifespan of only a few hundred years.

Coupled with frequent battles, they may not actually live to one-tenth of their lifespan.

A Tyrannosaurus rex that has survived countless battles but still survived for thousands of years, a head-on one-on-one fight can definitely crush most dragons.

At the same time, Kuja also possesses two pieces of equipment that are at least legendary, and may even be sub-artifact level, a "God Talanx Battle Spear", and a glove-shaped sharp claw called "Hand of the Gods" .

The gods that the lizard people believe in are called "Old Sages". Although they are extremely mysterious, they can hardly find their names in the main world. It seems that they, like the four elemental gods, don't care about the power of faith.

As the creators of the guardian lizard people, they are indeed generous to their families.

These alone are enough to explain the horror of Kuja, but Li Wei, who has obtained a lot of knowledge from Lilith, also knows that he has another extremely brilliant record.

Kuja originally stayed in the Lustria rainforest, but one day the city he was stationed in was attacked by an army of demons. The demon toad was killed first, and the city fell on the spot. The demons even wanted to tear down the entire city into the abyss.

After seeing all this, Kuja, who returned from patrolling, gathered the surviving Lizardmen and launched a battle to regain lost territory that lasted for thousands of years.

No one or God knows how many demons he killed in that battle.

But as a result, the names of the many demon lords who invaded were completely annihilated in the dust of history.

A part of the city that was pulled into the bottomless abyss is still standing in Lustria.

It became a sacred place for the lizardmen to fight against the demons, and Kuja was called the last guardian for this reason.

Since the evil forces in the Lustria rainforest have basically been wiped out, there are only a few ratmen left in the gutter.

Therefore, the oldest and strongest demon toad in existence, and possibly the strongest mage among the mortal beings in the main world-Mazdamurdi, ordered Kuja to lead the army alone and go to this land thousands of miles away On, continue to crusade against evil.

Its targets include greenskins, ratmen, undead, trolls, and even demons and devils.

It's a bit far-fetched, but in short, because of the two legends, Kalida and Kuja, when facing evil forces such as ratmen and undead, they both maintain the same attitude, that is, to eliminate evil and do everything.

In addition, the eastern part of the territories of both sides has a long coastline, and they need to face pirates from multiple races or forces such as murlocs, Nibon, Norsca, and snake people.

So for a long time, the relationship between the two sides cannot be said to be very good, but at least it is not bad.

But the premise is that Khalida should not take the initiative to provoke the lizardmen.

Although the lizardmen have been silently attacking all kinds of evil races, it doesn't mean that they really have a good impression of humans and other races.

In Li Wei's view, the guardian lizardmen are not so much cold-blooded humanoid creatures as they are actually some cold biological robots. This is the second biggest difference between them and the beastmen.

Once they are offended, or some of their rules are violated, they will not care about the other party's race, they will only shoot and kill.

But now Khalida may provoke the other party.

The Bone Temple used to be the temple of the lizardmen, but later it also suffered a large-scale invasion led by the demon lords, and necromancers and other evils took the opportunity to make trouble, resulting in the death of the demon toad-Slann guarding the temple, and the temple was destroyed. was utterly desecrated.

The magic talent and power of the magic toad are indeed very powerful in the main world, but their number is also rare, even much smaller than the giant dragon and phoenix.

So the lizard people have not been able to wait for the new magic toad to come to support, only waiting for Kuja.

And without the magic toad, even if there are some legal-type skinny prophets and priests among the lizard people, it is still not enough to completely evolve the temple.

So the Lizardmen gave up on it for now.

But this does not mean that they will allow other races to snoop, even if she is Queen Khalida.

Seeing Li Wei frowned, the leader of the caravan could only comfort him a few words, but he couldn't do anything for the time being.

Moreover, his original plan to introduce Li Wei to Khaleda may be ruined.

Khalida is an immortal, and most of the time, she doesn't have much concept of time.

Her general said that she used to leave for ten days and half a month, or three to five months, which was normal, but their caravan could not wait that long.

Even if he needs to replenish goods locally, recruit mercenaries, etc., it is estimated that it will take about three days, which is the limit.

Naturally, it was impossible for Li Wei to force the other party, so the leader of the caravan soon left a letter of recommendation after apologizing repeatedly, and left.

Li Wei sighed again, really, things are really not going well.

In this case, maybe I should make more preparations.

Naturally, the lizardman would not provoke him if he didn't provoke them, but first he had to figure out why Khalida went to the Temple of Bone?

Did she go there by herself, or was there something that attracted her there, or was she lured by other people?
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