Becoming a god starts with enhancing fire arrows.

After some testing, Rhodes found that Paril's new spell could indeed achieve the effect she described, and he nodded in satisfaction.

The only downside is that this spell only works on magically generated objects, and has no effect on buff spells like enhancement spells.

It's not bad, it's a support spell, you never know when it might come in handy.

Clean up the dining table.

The two people and the elf sat back on the sofa, flipping through the documents they had brought back from Orion.

The thick stack of documents was divided into three parts and placed in front of each person.

The only sound in the air was the rustling of pages turning.

Time flew by, and as the sun slowly set in the sky, the room grew darker, and Paril finally stretched out a big yawn.

"I've finished reading Rhodes, and I'm exhausted."

Rhodes put down the last piece of intelligence in his hand and looked at Avira.

Ivy had the most left; a small stack was still piled up in front of her. Noticing Rhodes' gaze, she said indignantly, "What's wrong with a warrior reading slowly?"

Rhodes smiled but didn't say anything. He divided the remaining small stack of Avira's food and piled it in front of Paril.

Paril grumbled in dissatisfaction and went to turn on the kerosene lamp.

As the moonlight streamed in, all three had finished reading. Seeing that everyone had put down their documents, Avira was the first to speak:

"There are a total of five races in the vicinity that could pose a threat to the town of Phil."

"My document is mainly about goblins."

"The intelligence guild regarding the goblins is somewhat outdated. In fact, according to the ambush plan that day, the goblin leader Zarido is dead, and there are not many elite goblins. There are still more than a hundred goblins in the camp."

"Given the goblins' attitude toward humans, they will definitely participate in this war, but it's unclear how many they will send."

Avira put down the documents in her hand, picked up her teacup again, and indicated that she had finished speaking.

After all, matters concerning war are restricted by the contract and cannot be discussed in detail.

Paril picked up two documents and began to read them aloud:

"The information says that the situation of the reptilians in the southern tribes is quite special."

"Some lizardmen, influenced by the highly developed lizardman race in the north, abandoned their barbaric way of life and adopted a survival model more like that of races such as humans, elves, and dwarves."

"Therefore, more lizardmen prefer to live in Phil town, or even serve as guards, rather than live in the lair."

"So..." Paril said, carefully flipping through the data, "So the number of lizardmen in their lair is estimated to be less than two hundred."

"There are also gnolls. Gnolls live in a more scattered manner, divided into different groups, scattered throughout different caves."

"There are currently six gnoll caves outside the town. Wait, one of the caves was recently bombed, according to survivors from the surrounding villages, and all the gnolls inside died."

"Hmm...so there are only five caves in total, less than a hundred in number."

Rhodes pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a sense of unease upon hearing these numbers.

Every time I hear the phrase "alliance of foreign tribes attacking," I get the feeling of a hundred thousand or a million soldiers, but the numbers always seem to be eighty or a hundred...

This isn't the kind of war I imagined; it feels like it would be easy to deal with...

No, considering the defensive strength of Phil town, this is actually a large army.

On the battlefield, they couldn't possibly be arranged in a neat line so that the mage could cast fireballs.

Rhodes summarized for Paril: "The gnolls will most likely accept the invitation to join the war, but it's hard to say about the lizardmen."

He suddenly remembered something else.

Will the lizardman guards participate in the battle when the Allied forces attack the Sunrise Zone?

Why would they turn against their own kind for the sake of humanity?

difficult.

Neither Cassandra nor Sam would allow them to participate in the war.

Rhodes looked at Paril: "What are the highest levels for these two races, and how many do they number?"

"The gnolls have no mid-level elites, and only a few elites; the lizardmen's leader, Bone, is a mid-level elite, and as for elites... he has slightly more than the gnolls."

bone.

Rhodes wrote down the name.

He straightened the documents and said, "Snake people, the snake people tribe is not far from the goblin camp. They have built their own camp in a wetland."

"Snake people are inherently cold-blooded, and the tradition of killing the weak in a group of young snake people to perpetuate their race has led to this."

"Therefore, they are naturally few in number, but relatively powerful."

"The leader is the mid-level Seres."

Rhodes carefully checked the information to make sure he hadn't misread it.

I didn't expect the snake-man leader I fought last time to have such a strange name.

"There are about four or five elite snake people. There is intelligence that they have an alliance with goblins, but this has not yet been verified."

He then picked up another document: "Cat Elves, gentle jungle hunters. They are not aggressive, and most of their battles are to protect their tribe."

"The number is not large. It is worth mentioning that this race has never attacked Phil Town before. I am inclined to believe that this ambush was a deal made by Reese and Cassandra alone."

"I deduce that they won't be sending out this time."

After a brief introduction, Avira asked, "So we're going to deal with the gnolls these next few days?"

Rhodes raised an eyebrow: "Why do you say that?"

"It's very simple." Avira sat upright and elegantly, her chest heaving. "The gnoll territories are scattered, with each tribe having only about twenty or thirty gnolls, making them suitable for surprise attacks."

"Moreover, there is basically no support and no mid-level experts, so the danger is not high."

"A very appropriate and reasonable judgment," Rhodes praised, noticing that Avira raised her chin slightly.

Rhodes also believed that the gnolls were the best target to attack, since there were only three people in the squad, and they still had a fighting chance against the not-so-strong gnolls.

but.

The highest level a gnoll can reach is elite.

It's more likely that the final selected cave will not contain any elite-level monsters, and the caves will be far apart, making it difficult to continue with a second one after the initial ambush.

Rhodes glanced at his panel.

[Next enhancement requires 550/800 Life Essence]

The amount of life essence required to enhance a skill is increasing. Even if all the gnolls in an entire cave are cleared out, the life essence obtained will probably only be enough for one enhancement.

Too little.

Rhodes shook his head: "Let's go to the snake people's tribe."

"Are you crazy?" Avira was the first to object. "The snake-people tribe, with so many elites and a mid-level snake-people leader."

"Vanessa isn't leading the team this time, where does your confidence come from?"

Rhodes calmly retorted, "The Snake People tribe occupies the entire wetland; it's a large area with few people, making it easy to infiltrate."

"They would never have imagined that humans, having just survived an ambush, would immediately launch another sneak attack."

"And remember how Vanessa cut off the snake-man leader's left arm?"

"So what? Even if what you said before is true, do you think you can handle it without its left arm?" Avira retorted sharply.

Rhodes said, "Now I might actually have a way to kill it."

After he finished speaking, the air suddenly became quiet.