Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 155: The devil’s goal?
After a brief discussion, all the chosen heroes except Levi left.
There was no other way. With their remaining troops, they couldn't actually help much. Moreover, the remaining subordinates were more valuable than each other. Most of them were reluctant to let them continue to fight to the death, as that would really cost them everything they had.
Lightforger and Sun Knight were willing to continue traveling together. The former did it out of loyalty, while the latter didn't care. After all, even if all the low-level soldiers were killed, he could just use some money to replenish them in a few days.
But Levi still politely refused the other party. Firstly, there was no need, and secondly, he also had his own secrets.
The other chosen heroes present were completely unaware of the deal between the witch Tiwa and the apocalypse Chen Zhui.
The Sun Knight still wanted to risk his life to help the gentleman, but the Lightforged One seemed to have noticed something. His eyes flashed, and then he actually took the initiative to persuade the Sun Knight. Coupled with Levi's words, he did not insist anymore.
So now Levi has become a lone wolf again, and everyone around him is truly his own people, and they have returned to the familiar atmosphere.
Just as he was about to lead his troops to continue their march, a series of screams came from the front, and then Levi also noticed something was wrong.
The corpses of the demon army have been refreshed on the battlefield where they fought before, but they have left permanent scars on the earth.
There were large patches of purple-black marks, mixed with bursts of pungent stench, which came from the abyss corruption of the devil.
Unless purified by divine magic, they will affect all plants, animals and even other intelligent humanoid creatures here, and they will either become crazy or be corrupted into depraved and evil creatures sooner or later.
It is said that many Chaos races, such as Chaos Warriors, Beastmen, Skaven, Norscan Barbarians, Kurgans, Chaos Dwarves, etc., were influenced in this way.
Moreover, as time goes by, this abyss corruption will not only not get better, but will gradually expand outward until it invades the entire world. This is one of the reasons why demons are hated by the camps of order and justice. Even if they are defeated, they will still have to bear certain consequences.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the corpses of the demons will quickly rot and turn into ashes after their death. Even if a necromancer takes action, it is almost impossible to transform them into undead creatures, which reduces the trouble a little.
Cindy tried to use purification twice, but she only purified an area of about one square meter in total. It seemed that even if she drank all the magic potions, she would not be able to completely purify the corruption in this place.
"Is this the demon's Abyssal Corruption? They are much stronger than the Undead's Undead Corruption."
As a witch hunter, Julia had hunted the undead more than once, but the undead corruption could not compare to the shocking scene before her. Even without using divine magic or holy water for evolution, the strong sunlight alone could remove or weaken the undead corruption. The two were simply not on the same level!
"Let's go, Cindy. If we can repel the invasion of this demon army, all the major temples will send people to deal with it."
He didn't say what would happen if the demon army couldn't be defeated, because if even towns and villages fell one after another, then it wouldn't matter if this barren rocky highland was corrupted by the demon's abyssal power.
Although helpless, Cindy had to give up temporarily. But before they could relax, they heard a series of bones colliding sounds, and in full view of everyone, many broken corpses crawled out from the corrupted land, mixed with a small number of ghost-like enemies.
This scene is just like the one outside Maple Leaf Village before!
Although those undead were no match for them and were quickly killed, Levi couldn't help but frown.
The bodies of the demons disappeared quickly, but the fallen troops on their side were quickly transformed into the undead. In addition, it is said that the sacrificial ceremony that enveloped the entire Stoney Highlands would strengthen their power regardless of which side's death. The methods of these demons are really disgusting .
Cindy also felt a little helpless. She finally realized that it was impossible to change the evil environment here by her own strength. She had to complete the rescue mission first and then think of other solutions.
But soon she stared at Levi with her beautiful big eyes: "Brother Levi, I am now at level 4. When will we start our revenge against the Snake Cult?"
Julia also looked at him immediately. In this regard, their attitudes were almost completely consistent.
Li Wei waved his hand: "Don't worry, we haven't had direct contact with the Snake Cult yet, and we don't know their strength. It's too hasty now, and your strength is not strong enough, so wait a little longer."
The older Loli said "Oh", but she was not disappointed. Instead, she became more motivated because she knew that Brother Levi would never lie to her.
At this time, Donna next to him also joined in the fun: "Levi, my combat level is already level 5, and the battle level is almost there. After the battle here is over, I should also improve my strength, otherwise I will really be outdone by little Cindy."
Levi nodded subconsciously. It was a good thing that his subordinates were so proactive. But then he immediately realized, "Donna, how are you going to get promoted? Aren't you already an official ranger?"
For the God-chosen heroes, level 5 is a very important turning point in the early stages. They will shed the title of "apprentice" and become true professionals, and their strength will be greatly improved.
For example, Levi's own formal mage has gained more than one new ability, the Lightforged Priest has further expanded his belief in God, or the Dark Guard that the Sun Knight wants to advance to, all of these can be classified into this category, but Donna didn't have much apprenticeship from the beginning!
Donna rolled her eyes beautifully. "Tsk, can't an official ranger continue to improve his strength? Perhaps you can also understand that we Amazons have privileges. This is one of the favors given to us by the gods we worship."
Levi shrugged, "Well, you're good-looking, and what you said makes sense, so is there anything I can help you with?"
"That's not necessary. I have already prepared all the relevant materials. I just need to bring my two big cats with me, and you can help me input some mana. Then I will be teleported to the special trial site."
"But you have to speed up a bit with the battle axe and other things I asked you to prepare before. After I improve my strength, it will be my turn."
"Okay, no problem. If you have any other needs , just let me know. I will do my best."
"Of course, I won't be polite with you."
"But I'm still not quite sure about the gods you believe in. They don't seem to have much reputation on the continent?"
Although Amazon is an initial optional race exclusively for women, the proportion of female God-Chosen heroes in this game is very low due to the difficulty of getting started. Moreover, most of them choose races such as high elves and vampires that have extra bonuses to appearance. There are not many truly active Amazons, so there is not much related information.
"Well, this is mainly because they come from other worlds. To this world, they are still relatively unfamiliar foreign gods, so there are not many believers. However, the gods are very generous to us. For example, the god of bravery and fearlessness that I believe in, Diana, has a special preference for us Amazons. Every Amazon can get the opportunity to take the Trial of Courage, especially for us as heroic units, we have more opportunities."
After this little episode, they continued to march towards their destination, and then they found that the further they moved forward, the worse the surrounding environment became.
The original rocky highlands were already very barren, but some green could still be seen. However, now the surrounding plants were either purple-black due to corruption or had been burned to ashes, and the surrounding temperature began to rise slowly and steadily.
It was okay once or twice, but when it happened too many times, Janet was the first to give up because she was very worried about the current situation of the bee tribe where she came from.
Because she knew that, in a sense, the demons treated other creatures very fairly. No matter what camp, faction or race the opponent was, they would just pounce on them and start a bloody massacre!
But despite this, she did not take the initiative to make any requests, because she knew that the affairs of the Bee Tribe were only important to her, but this rescue mission was more important to Levi.
Levi noticed this, so he comforted her a little. After completing the task, he would go to the bee tribe as soon as possible to see if it had been invaded by demons.
Soon they encountered new enemies, some Hellish Jackals. Compared with the same kind they had seen before, these guys had hideous bone spurs growing on their spines and elbows, making them look very difficult to deal with.
I just don’t know if it’s because the abyss rifts have been affected and troops cannot be dispatched in a short period of time, or because the demons here have already gone to attack other novice villages, so the number of the enemy is unexpectedly small, with only fifty or so in a team.
Of course, compared to the previous werewolf hunting team, their strength is undoubtedly much stronger. Even the weakest one is at level 2. This has been verified by Julia herself.
She had been successfully promoted to team leader, and she personally led the horse thieves from the Red Brotherhood, cooperating with Sam, Janet and others to conduct reconnaissance in the front, and used her horse speed to discover the enemy first.
Then she used her speed advantage and the crossbow she carried with her to command her subordinates to carry out a successful guerrilla warfare.
Although they were limited by the power of the crossbow and did not actually cause much damage, they had a rough idea of the opponent's strength. In this respect, they were much stronger than Sam. Originally, Sam could only rely on his naked eyes and past knowledge to roughly judge the opponent's strength.
After figuring out their strength, fighting became much easier. Zhou Miyin still led the Yuyongs to guard in the front, while Donna led the shooters to conduct long-range shooting.
After Levi had buffed the front row, he summoned the Wolf Patrol and the Mastiff Yakon again, and cooperated with Donna's animal companions to form a small team that specialized in hunting on the periphery. Ordinary Purgatory Jackals could not last a single round and would be killed instantly by them.
Moreover, even if the opponent intends to launch a counterattack or siege, they only need to use their respective special skills, and the surrounding enemies will be instantly weakened beyond recognition. Although they are still showing their fangs and claws and look very arrogant, in fact, their combat effectiveness in a short period of time is completely unmatched by their appearance.
After doing all this, he threw a spider web spell over to temporarily restrict the opponent's movements. Then Levi leisurely used the stinking cloud spell in the area where the Hellish Jackals were most concentrated.
During the last battle, he discovered that compared to other demons, hellhounds and three-headed hellhounds were particularly sensitive to this magic. Now it was a good opportunity to conduct an experiment on these Purgatory Jackals. After all, these guys should have a keen sense of smell.
Then he was delighted to find that the jackals of hell who were shrouded in the stinking cloud technique had extremely strong reactions, as if they wanted to vomit out their stomachs.
In this case, they are no match for us.
However, one of the bee men, either because he was overly excited or because he forgot Levi's previous warning, unknowingly entered the cloud while attacking the enemy. Then his eyes rolled back and he fell headfirst, following in the footsteps of the Purgatory Jackals.
Fortunately, the effect of the magic was almost over at this time, and the enemies had basically been killed. The bees next to him quickly dragged him out to prevent him from becoming an unfortunate victim.
Then Levi had someone give the guy an antidote and a bottle of water, and finally saved the unfortunate guy.
While others were cleaning up the battlefield, Levi personally asked this unlucky guy what the Stinky Cloud Technique smelled like.
It's just that this guy probably didn't have much experience, so he only repeated a few simple words over and over again: a mixture of rotting corpses, insect eggs that stink in the sun, and the stinky farts of bee people, and then magnified dozens of times, which is almost the smell of the Stink Cloud Technique.
As soon as these words came out, not only Levi, but even Janet couldn't help but move a little further away from that guy.
At the same time, they could all understand why all the enemies who were hit looked so uncomfortable. Even the devil couldn't stand this kind of stench!
After solemnly instructing his subordinates again, Levi decided to prepare more antidotes next time. After all, this thing cannot distinguish between friend and foe.
In other words, if you can finish learning the magic at hand, you can also see if there is any targeted protective magic. Since there are elemental endurance such as earth, fire, water, and wind, it can be inferred that there should also be anti-poison magic, right?
After cleaning up the battlefield, they continued on their way to their destination, and to everyone's surprise, the deeper they went into the rocky highlands, the safer their journey became.
Not only were there not many demons, there were only a few dozen at most each time. Even the original indigenous jackals of this place were almost nowhere to be seen.
But after thinking about it carefully, Levi felt that this did not necessarily mean a good thing. If so many gnolls before were created by Hogg and the demons, then now that there are no gnolls, does it mean that they finally no longer have to hide their purpose and begin to focus on summoning the demon army?
Those gnolls who were sent out to attack the novice villages before were probably just abandoned cannon fodder!
But despite making such speculations, they are temporarily unable to change the status quo. Even the natives in the town may not be able to do anything, because after subsequent discussions, they all believe that those floating cities with the appearance of beholders are most likely heading towards several towns of the high elves. They even guessed the most likely target among them.
After conquering the undead that originally occupied this place, the high elves rebuilt three major towns on the bones and ruins, namely Black Castle, Vorag Fortress, and Ashridge Town where Captain Reiner of the Silver Helmet Knights came from.
Among them, Black Castle is the real political and military center of the Kingdom of Caledor in this area, and many people also know that there is a pure dragon cemetery there.
The Kingdom of Caledor is the country that is best at taming dragons among the High Elves. During the years of war, it is inevitable that all kinds of dragon beasts and even real dragons have died in battle. They possessed great power during their lifetime, and even after death, their corpses will not easily decay like ordinary things or be refreshed by the system.
At the same time, because dragon scales, dragon fangs, dragon bones, etc. are excellent weapons, equipment and even magical raw materials, many people are eager for them, and this is exactly what many dragon knights try their best to avoid. They regard dragons as their partners or even brothers, and naturally do not want to see their corpses being desecrated after they die in battle.
So under the command of Imrik, the Dragon Prince of Caledor, they built the dragon cemetery to give the dragons a home and sent heavy troops to guard it.
This would have been nothing, but Orcus, the mastermind of this large-scale regional mission, is the most famous demon among all those who are good at creating the undead. There is no reason for him not to be interested in the dragon skeleton in the Black Castle!
Especially since the Dragon Prince and the Dark Elf Legend had just suffered heavy losses, this was a godsend opportunity!
Levi even suspected that the reason why the legend of the dark elves was able to inflict heavy damage to the Dragon Prince so easily was most likely due to the conspiracy of Orcus. Otherwise, how could he have summoned the power of the Abyss Demon so coincidentally?
Since there is direct evidence that he controlled the King of Gnolls and the King of Ghouls, it is not impossible that there is another one.
If ordinary demons have only the desire for killing and destruction in their minds, but since he can become the lord of the Abyss, and even one of the three great demons of the abyss, Orcus, he is definitely not a brainless idiot, but much smarter than most people.
While thinking this, Janet had already flown back to report to Levi, saying that Julia and the others had discovered two teams fighting ahead, one of which was evil zombies, and the other were gnolls.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Julia and the bandits are currently observing in the dark and not taking any action.
Levi immediately became interested. Could this be the witch Tiwa and the Doomsday Chen Zhui? He hadn't even reached the destination yet, so he didn't use the previous communication scroll. He didn't expect to run into them here.
What else is there to say? Of course we should join the battle immediately and give those zombies a hard time, and at the same time let those two gnolls know that we are not to be trifled with!
