Long Live the Call of Heroes

Chapter 428 The Calamity of the Elves
After making this decision very happily, Li Wei didn't care about the follow-up matters, and instead reunited with Khaleda.

There, a dwarf who was covered in armor, a warhammer and a shield, all equipped with runes, looked very rich, and had already started talking with Khalida.

Khalida wore a golden mask, of course she couldn't see any expression, but the dwarf's expression was always very exaggerated, so Li Wei could easily know that the dwarf was still very grateful for his reinforcements.

Next to him was a group of guys who could be known as God's Chosen Heroes just by looking at their clothes, and a very special dwarf heroic warrior. At this moment, they all looked at him very eagerly, especially the spirit body.

Li Wei felt a little baffled. After thinking about it for a while, he knew that the other party should come from the orthodox king of Bafeng Mountain, the ancestral heroic spirit under Belegal Hammer, and a hero close to level 20.

In the process of regaining Eight Peaks Mountain in the past, Bellega has successively awakened many powerful heroic warriors. They were all important members of Eight Peaks Mountain, or simply his direct ancestors.

They died fighting against the greenskins in the past, and now they return as the ancestors of the heroes to avenge the greenskins and try to help Belegar regain the lost land.

Seeing that the opponent is using muskets and hammers as weapons, and carrying a bunch of engineering props such as tripods on his back, he should be an engineering master who is good at commanding various war instruments-Drama Hammerfist.

Then Khalida also gave an introduction to Li Wei. It turned out that it was the owner of this place who communicated with her, Kazrik, the son of the dragon slayer in Iron Peak Castle.

Unlike his father, he is not a pure warrior, but a runesmith who studied under another legend of Iron Peak Castle-Torek Ironbrow.

At the same time, he was also the person who was in charge of signing the treaty with Khaleda, so although the two parties had not been in frequent exchanges in the past, they were indeed no strangers.

Kazlik didn't expect that at such a critical moment, Khaleda, the legendary hero, would personally attack, so he seemed particularly excited.

The ancestral heroic spirit was indeed sent by Belegar, as he had speculated.

But Kazlik didn't say much specifically, he just expressed his gratitude to them for lending a helping hand at this moment, and then invited them to enter the fortress to rest and discuss how to deal with the tide of green skins.

Li Wei had nothing to do, Khalida was only on his way there, but he was fighting almost all the time.

Even with the effect of being energetic, he would not feel any fatigue physically, but his spirit was always very tense, and it was indeed time for him to take a break.

Although the other party didn't mention the remuneration at all, Khalida secretly winked at Li Wei, indicating that everything is hers.

Li Wei naturally smiled, but in fact, even if she didn't say anything, he didn't worry about it at all. Dwarves, like high elves, never liked to owe favors.

What's more, when the other party glanced at him just now, the system reminded him that his reputation in Iron Peak Fort directly came to respect, which was enough to show the other party's gratitude to him.

On the way, it didn't take long for several dwarf heroes to come over very proactively, expressing their kindness to Li Wei.

Not only because they recognized him as the well-known Li Wei on the forum, but also because everyone is not a fool, and he and Khalida are obviously very close.

In addition, there are a large number of constructs in Li Wei's troops, especially those sphinxes, which really make them very tempted.

Li Wei smiled secretly, knowing that he would have a new sales channel.

In fact, he had expected this for a long time. When the dwarves were in their heyday, they used runes to create some rune golems, which basically looked like enlarged versions of dwarf constructs.

Compared with the Death Guard, the energy they use may be very different, but the actual use is almost the same, that is, war tools and consumables.

Moreover, the dwarves have almost no cavalry, and the air force only has a few helicopters, which are not bad at the beginning, but facing the green-skinned rocs and wyverns, they look like toys.

Apart from the decent attack power, they are completely inferior to their opponents in terms of power, flexibility, battery life, etc.

At this time, the benefits of the eagle guard can be reflected.

First came up to flatter and express their gratitude and admiration, and several dwarves headed by Stormhammer made a very direct purchase request. Not surprisingly, they were all Eagle Guards.

Although the coolest-looking ones are undoubtedly the sphinxes, they're all too smart to keep their mouths shut.

Whether Li Wei sells it or not is one thing, and they may not be able to afford it, so it's better to wait until they get to know each other better, so as not to be slaughtered by him.

Naturally, Li Wei would not refuse, and Kalida also lacked an air force, so besides the Sphinx, most of the products he made recently were eagle guards, and there were quite a few in the space ring.

In terms of price, it is impossible for him to give the other party too much discount, at least 3% to 5% of the price given to Kalida.

But Storm Hammer and the others didn't care too much about this, because no matter whether they were aborigines or god-chosen heroes, they were not too short of money if they had their own villages and mines.

Especially after learning techniques such as forging, they will not be short of money.

What they lack are magic items and the authority to recruit.

Although the dwarves' many arms are very elite, they can be regarded as the best among the same level. Fighting each other at the same level can often defeat the crowd with one, but the number is always their biggest problem.

Not to mention God's chosen heroes, even the aborigines worry about it every day.

The most recent example is Bellegar Iron Hammer. In order to regain the Eight Peaks Mountain, he almost sent a request for assistance to the entire dwarf family.

So after some transactions, Li Wei made a net profit of two thousand gold coins.

After all, the core material of Death Guard is soul crystal, followed by his unique manufacturing technique. As for other raw materials such as metal or stone, they are very cheap.

At this point, the other party still seemed to be full of ideas, obviously not reaching their limit.

But considering that he also needs to save some spares, Li Wei can only temporarily decline.

At least he will have to wait until he has used up almost all the soul crystals he harvested tonight before he will consider selling them again, and he has to keep some for the aborigines.

In addition to the local owner Kazrik, the dwarf heroic spirit also looked at him with fiery eyes, obviously thinking something.

The reason why they didn't come now is probably because of the dwarf's reserve and pride.

But if he takes the initiative later, the other party will not refuse.

After some transactions, the two sides felt that the relationship was much closer, and Li Wei asked some nearby information, especially the reaction of the dwarves to the action of the green skins.

Storm Hammer and others did not hide it, because the information is not a secret.

To put it simply, the dwarves are in a very embarrassing situation now. They know that the situation is very serious, but they can hardly do anything except shrink the defense line and call all the tribesmen from the outer villages into the fortress, focusing on defense.

Because the gap in strength is too great, the dwarves' enemies are not limited to green skins.

Many dwarf fortresses are connected to the Underdark, so they have to beware of a lot of evil races such as ratmen, gray dwarves, and drows below.

There are not only green skins on the ground, but also many enemies such as goblins, beastmen, and undead. The troops were already stretched, and now they are completely insufficient.

Fighting is definitely necessary, but when, how and with what to fight are all questions.

Compared with the thriving humans, the elves still maintain their strength. Strictly speaking, the dwarves are the same as the green skins. Strictly speaking, they have already passed the most glorious golden age and are gradually coming to an end.

The reason why they were not as downcast as the green skins before was because they had a large number of allies and their average strength was stronger.

But now facing this kind of real war, he immediately showed his own weakness.

In fact, Li Wei has already guessed this. Among other things, Belega has been attacking Bafeng Mountain for so many years, and he has not been able to recover all of it until now, which is enough to explain the problem.

But being able to tell him this information after the first meeting also shows the sincerity of Storm Hammer and others.

Seeing that Li Wei has always been calm and calm, several dwarves glanced at each other, and finally Stormhammer spoke.

It turned out that not all of them were local, and some of them came from Bafeng Mountain a few days ago.

Bellegar found the resting place of another ancestral spirit, Troni Ironbrow, a master rune blacksmith and the ancestor of the legendary rune blacksmith in Iron Peak Castle.

But awakening the ancestors' heroic spirits is not that simple. First, they need to find a powerful legal system unit to help lift the seal.

Since it is almost impossible for dwarves to learn magic, their options are extremely limited. Basically they can only be rune blacksmiths, which is what Bellegar did before.

But the legendary rune blacksmith who shot recently, unfortunately, went out to search for materials and explore the lost dwarf fortress, and was temporarily absent, so they ran to the owner of this place, Kazrik, for help.

Originally, the other party had already agreed, but as the lord of one party, he still needed to deal with some territorial affairs, so it took a little time, but they just happened to catch up with this matter.

For Kazlik, this is something to be thankful for, because if this place was besieged by the greenskin army while he was not around, it would be very difficult to survive.

But for Storm Hammer and others, this is a bit uncomfortable.

Because in this situation, Kazlik definitely couldn't help, and even they were forced to stay and fight side by side with each other, not only wasting several days in vain, but the mission might fail.

But when the armies of Li Wei and Khalida both arrived, they felt that they had a new way out.

Compared to Kazrik, Li Wei is the real orthodox mage!

At the same time, this can also solve their other headaches by the way.

They have already ascertained the mission location, which is a valley, but it is not only shrouded in mist, but there are also many evil undead people on the periphery, especially the spirit body, which seems to be occupied by necromancers or vampires.

Dwarves don't have mages, and priest units are mostly protection-oriented, supplemented by healing, so they are not good at dealing with spirits.

Under normal circumstances, they use flame attacks such as iron dragon hand cannons to fight against spiritual enemies.

Although I haven't seen Li Wei make a move yet, but he has a lot of mages under his command, and there are so many celestial creatures. If he packs up those undead, the success rate will definitely be greatly improved.

Even in order to show his sincerity, Stormhammer had already taken the initiative to share the task without Li Wei opening his mouth.

After a quick glance, Li Wei readily agreed, because the mission rewards are really good.

As long as he completes it, not to mention the regular rewards such as gold coins, and the reputation with Bellegar will directly increase to 80% friendly. At the same time, he can also unlock the authority to recruit the corresponding arms, and provide him with a variety of equipment for him to choose from.

If he performs well, there are additional middle and high-level runes, as well as rune equipment as rewards.

In the past few years, Bellega has successively regained many peaks in the Eight Peaks Mountain and opened up some treasure houses. In terms of money and material, he is really unambiguous.

Even Li Wei thought more about it. The reason why they went west this time was to protect the city of Lahmia from the invasion of the green skins, and secondly, to sell the dwarves a favor.

If Khaleda can send troops to help Kazrik defend this place, and he can help Belgar awaken an ancestral heroic spirit, it will undoubtedly be a great success.

And this will also be of great convenience for him to obtain the nine scrolls of Nagash in the Eight Peaks Mountain.

Because no matter it is the many dwarf kingdoms, clans, or the dwarf gods, they all agree on one thing. Bellegar is the legal master of Eight Peaks Mountain, and it has always belonged to him.

This time, he first helped Belega awaken an ancestor heroic spirit, and then went to help near Bafeng Mountain, and maintained a good relationship with him.

Afterwards, when Belega successfully regained Eight Peaks Mountain, he would pay a little more. With Belega's personality, it would not be particularly difficult for him to obtain the nine volumes of Nagash.

Seeing that Li Wei agreed, Stormhammer and others were overjoyed. They were originally in the same camp, but now they had a common goal and formed a relationship of interest, so the atmosphere became more harmonious.

So in the face of Li Wei's other problems, they almost knew everything and said everything.

Forget about other ordinary information, for Li Wei, what is really more valuable is that Kazrik has several sets of rune equipment called Iron Watcher in his hand.

It is said that if taken individually, each piece is epic. Once all four pieces of each set are collected, there will be additional bonuses. They are all handwritten by the legendary rune blacksmith in Iron Peak Castle.

Except that Kazrik himself wore a suit, he has always been very stingy and hid it in the treasury, even refusing to show it to others.

But Li Wei and the others have shown Kazlik so much favor today, he will definitely reciprocate the gift. If Li Wei can take the initiative to ask for it, maybe he can get one of them.

After listening to it, Li Wei also laughed a little bit. These guys, are these guys born of love and hate?
I can't get it, so I don't want Kazrik to keep it?
In other words, they want to use their own hands to pry open a hole so that they can perform other operations later?

After all, there is a first time for everything, and it will be relatively easier afterwards.

But for him, this is naturally a good thing. He and Kalida saved each other's fortress this time. This kind of kindness is very great, and it is completely worth a few epic equipment.

Taking a step back, even if the other party is really reluctant, can he still reject his Death Guard?

He immediately thanked them with a smile, and said that if he could get it, he would definitely let them see it.

Chatting and chatting, they arrived at the fortress very quickly. After seeing the target clearly, Li Wei roughly understood why the defense here was still considered to be weak even though there were so many green skins and giants and other giant war beasts. The above is safe.

Because this fortress was dug out directly in the mountains, and the passages are very narrow, the number of the green skin army is indeed large, but they can't give full play to their numerical advantage here.

Kazlik also proudly introduced that this gate is a rune gate made of precious meteorite, emphasizing that it is hard and thick, just like their dwarves.

There are also a bunch of war equipment on it. In addition to several common trebuchets and ballistas, there is also a flame gun and a multi-pipe organ gun that looks like an organ.

They hide in various special shooting holes, and the green-skinned air force has nothing to do with them.

In addition, all the dwarves are very resistant to beatings, and they are one against ten in a short period of time, without any suspense.

Dwarves are not good at attacking or chasing, but when it comes to defending, there is really no race that can beat them.

But if the difference in strength is too obvious, it is impossible to carry on forever, because Li Wei watched helplessly that there are already many mountains that have faint signs of collapse and fragmentation.

If their reinforcements didn't arrive and those giants kept on attacking, they might not be able to survive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow even if they survived today.

Due to the limited space in the fortress, neither the Sky Slayer nor the Sphinx could enter, nor did Khalida's tens of thousands of troops.

They simply lined up outside the fortress, and they were not afraid of the enemy's sneak attack. The mummies and skeletons didn't need to rest at all. As long as they had enough energy, they could stay on alert 24 hours a day.

But Li Wei thought about it, and didn't bring all the rest of his subordinates in. Except for the silver guards, Luna's huntress, and the entire air force, they also stayed outside. You can't all count on Khalida's little brother to keep watch, right?
Those mummies are indeed strict in military discipline, but after all, they have no brains, so it is more convenient to use the real ones.

Kazlik felt very embarrassed about this. Even though the other party had helped him so much, they couldn't prepare enough places for them to rest.

But there is no way, the space of the fortress is indeed very limited, and there is no way to carry such troops at the same time, so he can only use other methods to express the dwarf's gratitude.

So Li Wei later saw what is called the enthusiasm of the dwarves, that is, drinking heavily, eating large pieces of meat, plus the characteristic singing and dancing of the dwarves.

Elegy and Alduin enjoyed it very much, and Donna, Cindy, and Sonia also played well, because to some extent, they are also informal people.

But the French troops such as Saifa and Sally are somewhat uncomfortable.

In order to keep a clear mind, mages often do not drink alcohol.

They also call themselves ladies, and they have to pay attention to etiquette, and they can't enjoy the big pieces of meat that the dwarves can easily put in a pot.
But Li Wei felt the most embarrassing, probably belonged to Khaleda.

Even if he hasn't figured it out yet, after receiving Lilith's blessing, is she still alive or something, and whether she can eat normally.

But he knew one thing, even if it was due to the queen's majesty, it was impossible for her to take off her golden mask in this situation, and reach out to grab the meat with the dwarves.

Fortunately, the dwarves were just being straightforward, but they were not fools. They dared not, let alone force a strong person like Khaleda, a friend and benefactor, to stay in this kind of situation.

So she, Li Wei and others can move relatively freely soon, and the dwarves also very generously stated that, except for the treasure house here, they can wander around at will and take anything they like.

But Li Wei didn't take it seriously, the dwarves were famous for their generosity and stinginess, the key was the boundary.

He was not sure how to control the boundary, and he didn't want to be greedy for such a small gain, so it's better to pretend that he didn't hear this sentence.

After handing over all the chores of replenishing supplies, selling excess equipment, going to taverns and military camps to recruit troops, etc., to Donna Alyssa and Cindy, he was going to take stock of soul crystals and death guards.

Not to mention, these dwarves are indeed very generous.

After learning about his needs, a certain dwarf who was in charge of reception and seemed to be a hero unit immediately said that he could make the decision and give him a few houses directly for later use.

Li Wei also smiled and let the elegy choose. He didn't care about it, but girls, even if it was elegy, still had some requirements in this regard.

In the past few days, whether she ended up sleeping with him or Donna, she would come to him to "play" several times every night.

As soon as Elegy had no mother-in-law, she quickly helped him find a quiet corner, because she knew that as a mage, he preferred quiet most of the time, which could help him think deeply.

Li Wei was not in a hurry to start making the Death Guard immediately, but he just sorted out a lot of materials first, because he knew that the dwarves would definitely have to come to him later.

After helping so much, it is not something that can be solved with a meal.

Moreover, the owner here just now, Kazrik, left in a hurry when faced with such a sumptuous dinner, without even eating any meat or drinking wine. This is not common for dwarves.

The biggest possibility is that he is busy preparing rewards for himself and others.

Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour, several guards standing guard at the gate reported to him that a dwarf had come looking for him.

Signaling the handyman Hapolos to open the door, Li Wei thought for a while, but did not put away the Death Guard in the house.

Storm Hammer and others are very interested in this, so why not the native dwarves?
Only a few seconds later, Levi found that his estimate had deviated a little. It wasn't Kazrik's person who came, but the dwarf ancestor heroic spirit.

Seeing the smiling Stormhammer behind the other party, blinking at him constantly, he felt that it must be a good thing, and he even guessed the purpose of the other party's visit.

What's more, Bellegar sent him here just to wake up the dwarf's ancestral heroic spirit. The Stormhammer shared the mission with him. How could this ancestral heroic spirit not know?

But after the simple politeness, Li Wei realized that in fact, the other party didn't just want to buy some eagle guards, he also wanted those Sphinxes to compete against the possible giants of the enemy on the battlefield.

And, reached a long-term cooperation with Li Wei, and obtained a steady stream of constructs.

The green-skinned super WAAAGH is a huge threat to the entire dwarf clan. The first to bear the brunt are Haimen Pass, Arsenal Fort, and many dwarf fortresses here, but in fact, the most affected ones are likely to be those who are recovering eight Bellegar of Peak Mountain.

Originally, he needed to face the legendary heroes and a large number of troops of the ratmen and goblins at the same time. It was with the help of many dwarves from other kingdoms around him that he could make such progress.

But the actions of the greenskins put the dwarves in danger. He will lose a lot of aid, and the number of enemies may increase significantly. He is naturally very anxious.

Because in this case, not only is there no hope for him to recover Bafeng Mountain, but he may even be counterattacked by the opponent.

Bellegar had also been guarding against this kind of thing before, and he had been seeking more help. As one of the ancestors, Drama Hammerfist naturally knew it well.

So after seeing so many death guards with his own eyes just now, he got in touch with Belega immediately and obtained the consent of the other party. Now he came here on behalf of Belega, their entire clan, and the entire kingdom.

And in order to show their sincerity, they also brought a powerful weapon that was originally intended to be temporarily stored in Iron Peak Castle.

After the other party carefully took out the long sword and showed its attributes, Li Wei knew that he really couldn't refuse the other party this time.

The point is just how many sphinxes he has to pay before he can really get it!
Calamity of the Elves (Golden-Legendary): Attack Power 30-50
Effect 1, weapon attack power increased by 30%-50%;

Effect 2, magic resistance +30;

Effect 3, crit rate and crit multiplier increased by 35%;

Effect 4, Armor Break, ignoring the target's 30-50 defense when attacking;
Effect 5, the disaster of elves, when the owner kills an elf, 10-1 random elves within a diameter of 3 meters will fall into a state of panic, and all attributes will be reduced. The specific effect and duration depend on the strength of both parties.

Effect 6, transmogrification, the holder can use an instant action to freely switch the weapon between a warhammer, battleaxe, long-handled battleaxe, longsword, or two-handed greatsword.

Equipment Requirements: Level 10
Occupation restrictions: none
Treasure Curse 1: Weapon effects 1-5 will only take effect when fighting against elves;

Curse of Treasure 2: If the holder does not possess divinity, when effect 5 takes effect, the enemy and the enemy will not be distinguished;
Treasure Curse 3: After killing an elf for the first time, the holder will be hated by the entire elf kingdom, and the reputation will drop to hatred, and the opponent will do everything possible to take it.

Note 1: If the holder is an elf god, curse 3 will be invalid;

Note 2: If the holder has elven divinity, the effect of curse 3 will be greatly weakened, and will be further weakened according to its popularity, specific elven subspecies, and relationship with each subspecies or kingdom.

(Let the elves have nightmares!)
(End of this chapter)