Chapter 8 Leaving the Cauldron
At night, Levi sat alone in his study, listening to the clanking sound of the orcs knocking on the ice wall outside the window, making him increasingly irritable. It stands to reason that the messenger who asked for help tonight should have returned, but he had a bad suspicion in his mind.
At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside.
"Lord Baron, the messenger sent to the county for help is back!" The waiter hurriedly ran to report to Li Wei.
Levi's expression was shocked and he couldn't help but stand up.
"Finally the wait has come!" Levi sighed.
"Invite him in quickly!"
A dusty knight walked into Levi's study under the guidance of the waiter.
After a brief salute, the knight took out a letter slightly moistened with sweat from his arms.
The knight handed the letter to Levi while reporting the report: "Lord Baron, this is Earl Norton's reply to you.
In addition, according to your instructions, I got some information in the county. The orcs should have launched a full-scale attack this time. Our Green County alone was attacked by multiple orcs at the same time.
But the main direction of attack may not be here. I inquired that Earl Norton had sent an elite private army to York County five days ago."
Levi listened while listening. While listening to the knight's report, he opened the seal and quickly read Earl Norton's reply.
After reading the reply and hearing the knight's reward, Li Wei said calmly: "Thank you for your hard work. You can go down and have a good rest. By the way, you can go to the warehouse and withdraw 20 gold coins. This is the reward you deserve. Go ahead. "
Thank you, Lord Baron!" The messenger couldn't help but blush and left the room excitedly. Although this mission is very dangerous, the reward from Lord Baron is indeed generous.
"Go and ask the captain of the guard, the captain of the cavalry, and the old housekeeper to come to my study. Tell them that I have something urgent to discuss."
Upon hearing this, several waiters hurried out to inform.
Ten minutes later, in Levi's study.
The four people were sitting on the sofa, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.
"Lord Baron, is there any news about reinforcements?"
"Uncle Harland, I was about to tell you, but I didn't know how to say it." "
Lord Baron, that's what I said."
"I just received a reply from Earl Norton. , this time the orcs invaded in an all-out manner.
Not only Green County, but also the entire northern border of the kingdom was in emergency. Earl Norton even deployed part of his private army to support York County five days ago." "
Then we don't care here? Such a huge defense gap!"
"Earl Norton has made it clear in his reply that since my grandfather passed away, the focus of our defense in this direction has been shifted to Viscount Verin in the rear.
The county's meaning is very clear, our strength cannot support one direction. defense work."
"Then we were abandoned like this? The old lord was a subordinate of the older generation of Earl Norton, and your grandmother was a branch of the Earl Norton family. The current Monterey family can have part of the blood of the Norton family. !"
Old Pedro on the side looked very excited.
"Grandpa Pedro, Earl Norton is not so decisive. He said in the letter that considering that several members of our Monterey family have sacrificed their lives for the kingdom, they will not let the Monterey family die easily.
So he allowed us to stay in Monterey. After Fort Lee has resisted for at least three days, it can withdraw to Yuewan City, where Viscount Verin is located, and assist Viscount Verin in defending the city."
"Then, Lord Baron, what do you mean?"
"Uncle Bellam, actually~ I want to try again. Try. I am not willing to abandon the Black Mountain Territory and these people.
If we retreat to Yuewan City, we may be able to escape, but how many civilians in the Black Mountain Territory can escape?" "
I support you. If you have a way to defend Fort Monterey, even if the possibility of success is unlikely, I am willing to take a gamble with you." Levi did not expect that the captain of the guard, Beram, who he had always been unable to see through, would come to him so cleanly. He promised.
Cavalry captain Harland and old butler Pedro also clearly expressed their support for Levi.
"Okay! Since the elders are willing to support me, I am more confident. I will think about the countermeasures carefully first, and we will discuss it in detail tomorrow."
After sending Pedro and the others away, Levi sat quietly on the sofa and thought. Countermeasures. After a while, he finally determined that he could not hold on to the Black Mountain Territory alone based on the current conditions.
It seems that the only thing left is to gamble on the treasure token left before.
Summoning the panel in his consciousness, he clicked on the elementary treasure order.
[Do you want to use this primary treasure order? ]
"Yes"
[Please choose one from the following three rewards]
[Reward 1]: Talent: Explosion. In the burst state, your casting speed is increased by 100%, the casting cost is increased by 50%, and the casting power is increased by 10%, lasting 30 seconds.
After the burst state ends, it will enter a weak state that lasts for four hours, and the success rate of casting spells will be reduced by 50%. Can only be activated once per day.
[Reward 2]: Page of Bearing (remnant). Two third-level witchcraft can be stored, and the stored witchcraft can be cast immediately without consuming additional mental power or magic power.
Note: Multiple carrying pages can be fused. Each time one page is fused, the number and level limit of the witchcraft stored in the carrying page can be increased by one level.
[Reward 3]: War Scroll (Level 5, three-piece set). Contains three fifth-level witchcraft scrolls, War Trample, War Fanatic, and War Prisoner.
War trample, summons the phantom of the war beast, and tramples an area with a radius of fifteen meters centered on the release target. Causes effects such as range shock and dizziness.
War fanatics can choose one fifth-level, three fourth-level, or ten third-level targets to greatly enhance their speed, strength and other attributes, and increase their combat effectiveness by 1 to 2 small levels. Lasts 1 minute.
Prisoner of War, select a target and greatly weaken its strength, speed and other attributes, reducing its combat effectiveness by 1 to 2 small levels, lasting for 1 minute. If the target is higher than level 6, the success rate will be greatly reduced.
[Ask the host to make a choice within 300 seconds]
After thinking for just a few seconds, Levi made a decision. Now he no longer cares about long-term gains. Strengthening combat effectiveness in a short period of time is the optimal solution.
I choose the third item, War Scroll!
[Ding~ The reward - the war scroll has arrived, please check it in the system storage box]
[Tip: The system storage box has no storage limit, but can only store items produced by the system]
Li Wei thought for a while, and then, he Make a bold decision.
Five minutes later, Cavalry Captain Harland was in the bedroom.
"Uncle Harland, I want to talk to you." Before he could say hello, Levi went straight to the point.
"Baron, if you have anything to do, just tell me."
"Someone in the Black Mountain Territory wants to harm me!" Levi said. Shocking.
In Haaland's incredible expression, Levi recounted the accident he encountered when he broke through to the third level.
"According to you, I, Beram, and Uncle Pedro are all suspected of committing the crime?"
"No, I trust you more, so I came to see you tonight."
"With all due respect, Lord Baron, I I think that neither Beram nor Uncle Pedro will betray you, well, to be precise, they will never betray Lord Gareth."
(End of this chapter)