Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 147 Orcus's Little Trick
Early in the morning, before Levi went to ask the old village chief whether he had recruited other God-chosen heroes, he suddenly felt the ground shaking violently, even making him a little unstable.
"What's going on? Is there an earthquake?"
After running a few steps to the open space outside, Levi looked at the dozens of black and red smoke columns reaching the sky from all directions. He immediately knew that this was definitely not an earthquake, but a trick from the devil!
There are similar things in the Rocky Highlands, the Nameless Swamp, and even in the direction of the Gnoll Camp. This is a conspiracy that has been planned for who knows how long!
He immediately wanted to call Donna and others, but before he took a few steps, he suddenly felt that the heaven and earth seemed to shake. Many smoke columns shattered, revealing a series of twisted cracks behind them that connected the sky and the earth. At the same time, an invisible wave swept across the earth, and a palpitating feeling suddenly emerged.
Even without any system prompts, Levi immediately understood that they must be cracks leading directly to the bottomless abyss, and behind the cracks would be countless armies of demons!
“Ouch!”
A slightly shrill wolf howl suddenly sounded. At first glance, it seemed no different from the sound Levi had heard countless times on the Rocky Highlands, but for some reason, he felt his hands and feet were cold, his whole body was numb, and even his movements seemed to have been slowed down many times.
He was immediately shocked. Who else could do this except Yeenoghu, the God of Gnolls?
Although he had mocked the other party for being narrow-minded more than once before, he would never have such thoughts again, because he had no right to mock the other party!
"roar!"
There was another low roar. Even though the sun was high in the sky, Levi still felt as if a cold big hand was brushing across his body, almost grabbing his heart.
This roar clearly carries an extremely strong negative energy that is very unfriendly to the living. It is most likely the master behind those abyss zombies!
But that's not all, another loud laugh was heard, and then a very typical demon silhouette with goat horns, bat wings and a barbed tail appeared in the sky.
Although it seems a little too fat compared to ordinary demons, no one can doubt its power.
The next moment, it took out an evil skull wand and pointed at the void in front of it.
Even though no sound was transmitted, Levi seemed to be able to hear the sound of the space breaking. Originally, there were dozens of deep cracks in the air, but this one thing not only created a third more cracks, but also more than doubled their volume!
As it moved, countless tiny black dots that were invisible to the naked eye gushed out frantically from the cracks, almost instantly covering half of the sky. Even though he couldn't see the specific situation clearly, Levi could be 100% sure that they must all be demons!
Even with Levi's intelligence, he couldn't remain calm at this moment. Not to mention the average strength of the demon army, just such a massive air force was enough to almost announce the destruction of all the nearby villages!
At this moment, suddenly, several extremely huge super-giant weapons with blazing white light descended from the distant void and directly crashed into the abyss cracks. At the same time, several voices, some male and some female, some calm and some passionate, echoed between heaven and earth.
"demon!"
"mean!"
"Yenoghu, the arrow of Kunos is on the bowstring!"
"Doreson, you stinking ghoul!"
"Ocus, you are so brave!"
There were no sound or light effects, nor any roars. Just like a blackboard eraser, these super-giant weapons easily destroyed most of the abyss rifts. The size of the remaining rifts also shrank a lot. As for the demons that had already escaped, they had no ability to struggle or resist at all. Before the other party really got close, they were already turned into ashes by the light and shadow.
At the same time, several bright white shadows whose specific faces could not be seen clearly quickly emerged on the horizon.
There is no need to think about it at all. Everyone knows that they are real gods. Although they cannot appear in the main world in their true form, they are also protecting this world with their own power.
But the fat devil didn't care at all. He just smiled and gestured at his neck with his hand, making an obvious provocation and threat.
"If you have the guts, come find me on the 113th floor of the Abyss. I'll be waiting for you there, hahahaha!"
After saying this, without waiting for the gods to respond, the shadow of the fat demon named Orcus disappeared.
"hateful!"
“So rampant!”
"Damn demon!"
"How dare he?"
Although their faces were still unclear, everyone could feel the wrath from the gods.
But at the same time, they also knew that even as powerful as the gods, they didn't have much to do with the other side.
Although the bottomless abyss of the demons and the nine levels of hell of the devils have brought countless sufferings and sorrows to this world, they and the main world are like light and darkness, day and night, and it is almost impossible to destroy them alone.
There have been more than one occasion when gods have attempted to go and punitive against the enemy, but no matter whether they brought a large army or went into battle personally, they never had a good ending.
Although most of the demon lords in each layer of the Abyss are not real gods, but special abyss demons, in theory they are just demigods with a godhood of 0.
However, when they are in the bottomless abyss, their strength is no different from that of low-level gods. In addition, they have the home advantage. Even gods of medium power cannot destroy these so-called demigods.
After a brief moment of anger, the lights and shadows of the gods quickly disappeared. Although there were still several abyss rifts that had not been completely closed, they did not continue to take action.
As gods, they certainly have the responsibility and obligation to protect the world, but they are not babysitters. How can they become true fighters without going through the test of blood and fire?
At this time, Donna, who looked anxious, and Cindy, who looked pale, also ran over, supported Levi, who seemed to be still standing stiffly in the same place, and asked with some concern.
"Levi? Are you okay?"
"Brother Levi?"
Levi exhaled softly: "Huh, I'm fine, I was just thinking about my future."
Although it was only a dozen seconds from beginning to end, it felt like a much longer time had passed to him. This was the first time he saw how powerful a true strong man was.
Even though he was far away in the bottomless abyss, just a roar made me feel stiff and numb all over. With such a huge gap in strength, how could I have the right to laugh at the other party?
"future?"
"Yes, in the future, it won't be enough to just be a hero or a hero chosen by God, because there are real gods above us!"
So, he wants to be a god too?
Although he didn't say it out loud, Donna and Cindy understood what he meant at the first moment.
At this time, a very familiar male voice sounded behind him: "Haha, well said, Levi, that's our real goal!"
But Levi did not look back immediately, because at this moment, the system prompt sounded. This was a wider regional announcement.
"Accompanied by a series of conspiracies and schemes, the long-planned Abyss Demons successfully opened the door from the Abyss."
"Although the gods worked together to destroy most of the abyssal rifts, there are still a few that remain. They believe that this will also be a test for the mortal world. They cannot protect mortals forever. At the critical moment, you need to stand up and defend your own world with your own hands."
"The large-scale regional mission - Ocas's Little Trick, has officially begun.
"From now on, the evil armies from the 113th, 421st, and 422nd floors of the Abyss will continue to emerge from the Abyss Rift."
"Attention: The strength of the demons coming across the boundary will be affected to a certain extent. At the same time, due to the mercy of the gods, the strength of the enemies from the 113th floor will be greatly restricted. In addition, the remaining abyssal rifts will continue to shrink due to the cut-off energy supply. The strength and number of enemies emerging from them will also be gradually restricted over time."
"Please try your best to hold on and wait for the dawn of victory."
Levi narrowed his eyes slightly. The more the system prompted that the enemy had been weakened, the more it was indirectly indicating that the opponent was really strong!
"So, among these three Abyss Demon Gods, the fat guy Ocus is the strongest?"
"Yes, although the Abyss Demons frequently fight with each other and most of them are unwilling to submit to each other, the Demon Lord Demogorgon, the Dark Lord Graz'zt, and the Undead Emperor Orcus are recognized by almost all the Abyss Demons as the three giants of the Abyss. At the same time, it is said that Orcus's power attribute is the strongest among all the Abyss Demons."
Donna's pretty face turned a little pale. Although she could be considered a veteran in battle, both on the original Paradise Island and after following Levi, all her previous enemies combined might not be one-tenth, or even one-hundredth as threatening as an Abyss Demon!
But she soon cheered up again. Although the enemy was powerful, it was not necessarily a bad thing. Isn't what Amazon has always been pursuing the pleasure of discovering a strong enemy and then hunting it successfully?
"The Immortal Emperor?"
Levi suddenly felt something was wrong. No way, would all his previous guesses come true one by one?
"Yes, it is said that the first undead creature in the world, the Death Knight, was created by him alone. Of course, the demon lord Demogorgon also said that he created it, and there are even some mortal wizards who say that they were the first to create it. No one knows the exact truth, but there are indeed countless undead creatures under Orcus' command, and this is beyond doubt."
When Levi turned around, he saw the Lightforged who had spoken. As a priest, he would of course have an extra say in this matter. After all, in addition to curing diseases and saving lives, one of the priests' best skills is often to beat up undead creatures.
"So, what do you think of the recent unusual movements of the Eastern Undead Clan..."
The Lightforged One's face was somewhat heavy. "Whether this is related to Orcus or not, they will definitely benefit from it. There is no doubt about that. And I went to the east again yesterday and the undead there seemed to have become even more powerful."
He did not participate in the defense mission here yesterday, but he did not stay there either. He was looking for the next target. Unfortunately, the result was not optimistic. It was impossible for him to defeat the opponent with his own strength, so he ran to find Levi early in the morning.
However, he never expected that as soon as he arrived at the village , he would receive such important information. This was a regional mission even larger in scale than the gnolls in the Stoney Highlands!
Theoretically, the regional missions in the Stoney Highlands are prepared for the high elves, because if the nearby dwarves or humans want to go to the Stoney Highlands, the journey is quite long, and the military merit points obtained by other races will also be weakened, so it is often not worth the effort.
But now looking at those huge abyss rifts in the air, it is clear that they span multiple different races and regions. These are prepared for many races including high elves, humans, dwarves, and even green-skinned orcs, skaven, and murlocs. Each race needs to resist the invasion from demons!
Before he finished speaking, everyone heard a slightly confident whistle. It was the information sent by the guard at the entrance of the village. Although it was not the most critical one, one thing was certain, that is, the enemy was right in front of them!
But soon everyone discovered that the number of the invading enemies was not too large. There were only about a dozen skeletons, and two guys with translucent bodies floating on the ground. They were ghosts.
The undead is a large category, including skeletons and zombies, which are the bodies of the dead who are driven, necromancers and liches who transform themselves for greater power or out of fear of death, vampires and dark werewolves who are born undead, and energy bodies transformed from the souls of the dead or the remaining consciousness.
Ghosts, spirits, ghosts, earthbound spirits and vengeful spirits, etc., mostly belong to the last category.
Since they are bodies of energy, they usually have a higher resistance and dodge rate against physical attacks. Although their numbers are small, they are not easily dealt with by the village guards, so it is no wonder that they would issue an alarm.
But with Levi and the Lightforger there, they just threw a few of the lowest-level magic spells and killed them all.
Their characteristics are indeed very advantageous when fighting against low-level warriors, but the price they pay is that their health and magic resistance are often very low, and even negative when facing fire, thunder, and light powers.
As for the remaining skeleton soldiers, they were no match for them and were easily beaten into a pile of broken bones and fell back into the mud.
But even though the enemy was defeated so easily, the faces of Levi, Donna and others did not look good.
Because these skeletons and ghosts just now all have very obvious racial characteristics, they are exactly the werewolves that were killed yesterday!
In just one day, and without any spells cast by necromancers, they were transformed into undead creatures. Although they were only the lowest level, this was enough to explain the situation. The power of the devil had begun to affect the land nearby.
More importantly, the name of the land beneath their feet is the Plains of Bones. This was originally the territory of the Undead. After being occupied by them for so many years, no one knows how many corpses are sleeping beneath it!
Although the gods personally took action to limit the power of some of the enemies from the 113th layer of the Abyss, what if Orcus did not place all his hopes on the demons, but on the undead?
Perhaps, this is the true meaning of Ocas’ little trick!
