Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 271 The Gods’ Response
After a series of fireballs killed the demon ogre, the rest of the battle was almost a foregone conclusion.
Numerous Sky-Slayer airships carrying a large number of archers and mages began to launch a sweeping attack from a high position. Cindy, Elegy and others began to cooperate with the crocodile people to engage in street fighting and eliminate all remaining enemies visible to the naked eye.
When they were attacked by surprise, they did not have a clear advantage in strength. Occasionally, they put up some decent resistance, but it was destroyed in the blink of an eye, and the leader was killed first...
After several attempts at counterattacks that all ended in failure, they were attacked by a large number of crocodile men. Even the warlike greenskins, after trying to hold on for two quarters of an hour, their morale plummeted again, and they were eventually defeated completely.
They all rushed north, trying to escape through the exit there.
From beginning to end, they were not able to even open up WAAAGH as a racial talent.
But when they actually passed that place, they didn't run far before they found that Reiner had arrived with a large number of cavalry.
In order to seal off this place as quickly as possible, they went around in a big circle and used some magic scrolls for acceleration, but fortunately they finally caught up at the critical moment.
What will happen when an elite cavalry unit led by the Dragon Prince and some greenskins who are on the run and only have axes as weapons meet on the plains?
The answer was a complete massacre. When the massacre was over, the mountains and plains were almost covered with greenskin corpses.
However, despite this, the battle for Zhuguan Town lasted for half a day before it was completely over.
The main reason is that many greenskins and goblins did not choose to fight to the death or flee at the critical moment, but instead hid in various buildings or even some underground secret rooms.
This caused a lot of trouble for Levi and his team, as they needed to search every inch of land carefully.
Fortunately, there are a large number of crocodile people available as free laborers who can participate in this not difficult but somewhat boring task.
Then Lilith, Moon Bow and many other priests from the temple also took action. They did not need to use other skills, just one detection chaos skill was enough to provide more effective help.
The greenskins are chaotic by nature, and most of them only know how to fight, so this magic can be used to great effect.
As for the Sun Knight and Master, since the main force of the troops were either infantry or golems that moved slower, even though they participated in this large-scale mission, they were unable to kill any enemies.
So when they saw that they were no longer needed in the battle of Zhugen Town, they headed directly north, intending to take advantage of the situation to sweep through the surrounding greenskin villages and gathering places. As long as they could capture one or two before the greenskin reinforcements arrived, they would consider themselves to have made a huge profit.
And when the system prompt sounded, Levi could also confirm that they had really killed all the greenskins in Pigherd Town.
"Based on the comparison of both sides' strength and casualties, this battle is evaluated as an epic victory, with an experience value multiplier of 135%. The top five contributors (Michaela, Levi, Cindy, Donna, and Emperor Crocodile) will receive some additional experience value rewards, and hero units will receive additional campaign experience value rewards."
This turned out to be another epic victory. To be honest, it was actually a little beyond Levi's expectations.
But after thinking about it carefully, Levi felt that although the greenskins failed to organize any effective resistance from beginning to end, that definitely did not mean that they were weak. It could only be said that Levi and his men's attack was too swift.
Now that the battle is over, the system has counted that they actually killed nearly eight thousand greenskins in this battle, while the losses were minimal. No wonder the evaluation is so high.
There is no suspense that Michaela took the top spot, and the same goes for Levi, Cindy and Donna. Their abilities deserve this ranking.
As for the last one, Emperor Crocodile, whose name seems very arrogant, he is the leader of Sobek's reinforcements and the strongest crocodile man among them. He is very likely to have a direct blood relationship with those Deinosuchus.
The guy was over 5 meters tall and weighed at least a thousand kilograms. His muscles and scales looked like they were cast from steel. In his hand he held a giant metal spear that was almost as thick as Levi's thigh. Every move he made could cause the ground to tremble.
When they attacked the greenskin defense facilities before, he was the one who rushed the hardest and fought the most fiercely. After entering the Pigherd Town, he also killed the most enemies.
In Levi's opinion, he is probably the strongest among Sobek's current believers in the main world, so it is understandable that he appears on this list.
"Crimson Knight's chessboard, charge points +350."
This is a small surprise. Levi had made a similar guess before, and now it was directly confirmed by the system.
But the next moment, another system prompt made him feel a little bit annoyed.
"The raid you participated in and the brilliant results you achieved successfully won the admiration of the Crimson Knight, and she noticed that you have the Flaming Sun Knight under your command, so you successfully opened the reputation of the Crimson Knight Temple, which is currently at 0% friendly."
What bothered him was not the reward, but the fact that he had just finished a battle, and the Crimson Knight seemed to have immediately figured out the entire battle from its beginning to its end. If he participated in the God-Slaying War in the future, wouldn't the Crimson Knight be able to find out immediately through this chessboard?
I thought it was a good reward, but who knew it would become a hot potato now?
But it was not realistic to just throw it away. Not to mention that he was somewhat reluctant to do so, the Crimson Knight had just watched the fun and expressed goodwill to him, and if he threw the chessboard away immediately, it would be too embarrassing. The goddess was also a god, and she still had to save her face.
After much thought, Levi felt that he could only communicate with the Moonbow Temple or Sobek later to see if there was any better solution.
"One of your random non-elite subordinates will be promoted to an elite soldier, and two random subordinates will have the opportunity to be promoted (based on the strength of the enemies you defeated in this battle, the highest they will be promoted will not exceed level 5)."
"You and your troops have killed many Greenskin heroes. Your reputation among the Greenskins has dropped significantly. The current situation is a blood feud."
Levi took a look and didn't take it seriously. He had expected this.
There was no indication that the reputation in the Red Cloud Tribe had changed. Perhaps it was because blood feud was already the highest level of hatred, so it could not decrease any further?
It was because Donna led the team to kill many green-skinned indigenous heroes and obtained 5 fragments of the Spirit of Heroes at one time. Combined with his original savings, he could directly promote two heroic subordinates.
"Donna's combat level has been raised to 9, and she has gained the skill - Close Range Shooting."
Close-range shooting, a passive skill. When you launch a long-range attack against a close target, your attack is particularly accurate and more powerful. When the attack is less than 1/3 of your maximum range, your attack power and hit rate will increase as the distance shortens, but will not exceed 15% at most.
"Through continuous battles, her Linked Arrows (Intermediate) was upgraded to Advanced, and its effect was enhanced. She can shoot up to 5 arrows at the same time, and each arrow consumes 5 magic points."
Donna had already reached the threshold for upgrading after many days of frequent battles. After this battle, she not only upgraded, but also had more than 20% of experience points left, which shows how many enemies she had killed.
The improvement of the chain arrows is a pleasant surprise. Combined with her other skills, she will truly become a squishy killer.
As for this new skill, Levi was not particularly optimistic about it, because in most cases, he would not put her in such danger, but it would not be bad when it could really be used.
"Your magical pet, Xiao Qi, has been upgraded and is currently at level 6."
Levi waited for a while, but found no new clues. Then he realized that Xiaoqi's potential had probably been tapped to the fullest.
No wonder Princess Belinda did not show off her colorful parrot during the Battle of Black Castle, even though she also had it as a magical pet. This was probably the reason.
In large-scale, high-intensity battlefields, the effect of the Colorful Parrot is no longer that high. Even if it is used, there is a greater possibility that it will be easily killed in battle before it can play a role.
"You participated in a large-scale battle. Your faction achieved a glorious victory and you made an outstanding contribution. Your regional legend degree increases by +2."
By now, Levi has almost figured out the information related to the legendary degree. Basically, the more the number of warring parties and the higher their strength, the greater the impact on the main world, and the higher the legendary degree obtained.
Unfortunately, although he tried his best this time, the limelight was still stolen by Michaela and the crocodiles.
Next came the information about the advancement of many subordinates. The archers who created a large amount of output still had the largest number of advancements, followed by the druids. This time they had a great time launching attacks from a high position.
As for the other cavalry units, many of them were upgraded because they followed Reiner to slaughter the fleeing greenskins.
As expected, Levi discovered that not only did the female hunters suffer few casualties, but four of them successfully advanced. By now, almost more than one-third of the female hunters had successfully advanced, and several of them had even advanced twice.
Considering that they had only been under Levi's command for such a short time, Levi could only secretly admire that having a good leader was really important for them. If he didn't give Luna a chance to become a hero in the future, he would not be able to get over it.
In the last opportunity of system reward, the elite randomly got a Silver Guard, and the other two were given to the Elion Cavalry and the Huntress respectively. Levi didn't care about it. Now the ordinary soldiers were no longer worthy of his attention.
After reading this series of information, Levi planned to communicate with those crocodile people.
After the battle, the big crocodiles gathered near the swamp, as if waiting for orders from Sobek.
According to the previous arrangement, Pigherd Town will be handed over to these crocodile people in the future. As Sobek's important stronghold in the main world, he should communicate with them in advance, especially the strongest crocodile man, which will also facilitate his future actions.
He had previously promised Sobek that he would come up with ideas and build a playground for him, which would inevitably involve dealing with the crocodile people.
Then he began to check out the spoils provided by the greenskins. Just like before, most of them were either not pleasing to him or had racial or occupational restrictions.
But several heroic units still provide some good things. It’s not that the effects are extremely good, but they are mainly rare.
Shield Brooch (Green – Excellent – Rare Item): +5 resistance to stance-related magic (such as magic missiles).
Magic Missile is a very special magic. Although it is only at level 1, it has extremely high growth potential. Moreover, it is very easy to learn, so it is the favorite of more than 90% of mages.
But now this green-quality artifact has directly rendered the magic missiles semi-scrapped. After all, their attack power is too low.
Breathing Helmet (Green - Excellent - Rare Item): Creates a bubble of air around your head that a Medium-sized creature can breathe in for 60 minutes.
Note: This air bubble will be easily broken when attacked.
A strange object that cannot be used in combat, Levi classified it as waste, but it was also an interesting piece of waste.
Then there was a 50-grid space ring, which Levi threw to the new blood elf Sally. The lethality of this girl's fire magic was indeed very strong, especially when there were many friendly forces around her as guards, she could exert her combat effectiveness perfectly.
Levi roughly calculated that in today's battle, she had killed at least forty greenskins.
You have to know that this was a record achieved while competing with thousands of friendly forces. It can only be said that she has a very high talent for fighting and killing, especially for grabbing heads, so she certainly deserves a reward.
Finally, there was the equipment provided by the Demon Ogre. In fact, he provided four or five items in total, but the others were not suitable for Levi and the others, so he gave them to Michaela. After all, Michaela also contributed a lot, so in the end only two items were left.
Brute Force Wristguards (Green - Excellent - Rare Item): Strength +1, normal melee physical attack +5.
You can tell at a glance that this thing is only suitable for elegies.
Red Crystal (Green - Excellent - Rare Item): Health +15.
Theoretically, this thing is suitable for everyone, but in the end Levi gave it to Sally. There was no other way, because she was too fragile.
When we return to Black Castle, I must let her learn more protective skills such as mage armor.
Having just finished these small matters, Levi planned to see how Michaela was progressing. She went to check the armory and other places in the Swineherd Town. She thought that after she had some gains, she would have to get her share of the spoils.
The rewards you get from fighting and the rewards you get from completing tasks cannot be completely confused.
At this moment, another system prompt sounded: "After careful planning, the coalition forces of the High Elves - the Kingdom of Caledor and Sobek have successfully captured the greenskin - Red Cloud Tribe's town - Swineherd Town."
For a moment, no one knew how many God-chosen heroes in the entire main world were stunned. This incident was really too sudden.
Didn't it say that the High Elves had been helpless against Swineherd's Town and had even begun trying to attack Broken Bay by taking a detour via the sea?
How come this happened all of a sudden?
And what about Sobek, isn't he a member of the Mulhorandi pantheon?
Why would they come all the way to help the elves? Their lair is more than 300 to 500 miles away from Zhuguan Town?
In the wilderness dozens of miles north of Swineherd's Town, dozens of God's chosen heroes were leading a large army of nearly 10,000 greenskins, goblins, bugbears, ogres, harpies and snakemen, marching southward in an attempt to support Swineherd's Town.
The leader was none other than the blood-boiling beast.
But after hearing this system prompt, he was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but sighed: "Let's go, go back."
Several younger brothers nearby couldn't help but raise objections.
"President, why?"
"Yes, Boss, we are almost there!"
"We finally managed to mobilize such a large force during the fight against the demons, but now they are just withdrawing without doing anything?"
The beast's blood boiled and he sighed again: "Don't you understand yet? That Sobek is the crocodile god. If he joins the battle, we will die. Let's go!"
The others looked at each other, and finally could only sigh helplessly and choose to follow dejectedly.
They were all loyal subordinates with boiling blood, and they all knew about the bear goblin demigod. That demigod was so powerful. If the enemy this time was a real god, they would not be able to do anything.
No matter how aggrieved they feel, they can only grit their teeth and endure it!
At the same time, in the kingdom of the gods, some gods were watching the show, some gods were stunned, some gods didn't care, and some gods were furious.
In the kingdom of the Mulhorand pantheon, the God King Osiris snorted softly. He did not feel any anger at all, but only joy.
Because apart from Set, the only two evil camps in his pantheon have left, which means that his pantheon will become purer, and the energy he has spent in the past is not in vain.
However, the only evil camp within the pantheon - Set - is a little troublesome and may not be treated in the same way.
Not only is he his biological brother, but his strength is also far beyond the reach of Sobek, a guy who is almost a demigod. It seems that he has to try other methods.
Most of the other gods in the pantheon had no feelings about this, because Sobek's strength and presence were very low. The gods would only remember him when the King of Gods wanted to make trouble for him, so they did not pay much attention to Sobek's departure.
Only the moon goddess Hathor the Humble felt sympathetic, because in the pantheon, apart from Sobek, the most marginalized person was not the other evil god Set, but her.
It all started because she was too friendly and humble towards the people.
The other gods believed that since they were gods, they must be high above all others and always control the fate of all things. If there was any mistake, they would strike with thunder and lightning to destroy the soul, so as to reflect the majesty of the gods.
In addition, her roles as a nurturer and mother, as well as her priesthood and domain, overlapped to some extent with those of the God-King's sister Isis, which made her even more disliked by the gods.
Most importantly, she, like Sobek, has no blood relationship with the other gods.
This made her worry. Sobek had already left, and the King of Gods would definitely not deal with Set in a short period of time. So, would she be the next target?
But the one with the biggest mood swings is undoubtedly Seth.
Because he originally had some evil intentions towards Sobek, his plan was already about 70% to 80% ready. He had even quietly found the location of Sobek's kingdom of God and was just waiting to close the net.
But who could have thought that Sobek, the stupid crocodile, would actually defect to the elven gods at this critical moment?
Before, he just felt that something was wrong, but now it has been completely confirmed, which means that all his previous efforts have gone to waste!
But he was in the lawful evil camp after all. After a brief moment of anger, he began to think about whether there was any opportunity for him to take advantage of and profit, and he actually gained something.
Sobek betrayed the pantheon, but Osiris, the king of gods, seemed to have no reaction. His prestige in the kingdom of gods would definitely decline significantly.
In addition, as the God of the Desert, his divine power and believers have gradually surpassed that of the so-called God-King in recent years. Especially after the plan to bewitch the snake people succeeded, his power began to expand.
So in this situation, what can you do?
Such a cowardly, incompetent, unprestigeous brother who is weaker than himself, seems to be unfit to continue sitting on the throne of the God King...
The gods of other pantheons also had their own thoughts, but in general, they all looked down on the God-King Osiris and were both admiring and wary of the elven pantheon.
Even if there are hundreds of gods in various pantheons, it is still very rare for gods to actively rebel when the pantheon has not been disrupted, the king of gods is still there, and the members within the pantheon are relatively intact.
In comparison, the elven gods were very satisfied, especially the God King Corellon, who boasted greatly to the two goddesses Moonbow and Lilith who were mainly responsible for this matter.
It's not just because Sobek's joining made up for the shortcomings of the elven gods to a certain extent, giving them an extra meat shield god who is good at swamp warfare, but also because this move makes the entire pantheon very proud.
In fact, at his current point, he is no longer so interested in power, authority, money, or even believers, because there is almost nothing he can do.
Then what is left is naturally only things like face!
"Lilith, Sehanine (Moonbow), where is Sobek's kingdom now?"
"We have arrived at the High Forest of the Wilderness, and are awaiting our next reception."
The Daughter of the Night Sky, who looked very young, perhaps only thirteen or fourteen years old, and was wearing a short skirt that seemed to be woven from moonlight, was the first to respond with a smile. Since she was the daughter of Corellon, the communication between the two sides was not so serious.
As for the Unfettered Wilderness, it is the name of a divine realm that tends toward kindness and nature.
Because of their alignments and tendencies toward good or evil, the gods will build their respective kingdoms in planes with certain specific attributes, which will be more conducive to them exerting their own strength and coordinating defense with gods they are more friendly with.
Some more evil gods would even establish their kingdoms directly in the demons' base camp - the Abyss, such as the Spider Queen Rose.
The mysterious girl Lilith, who was shrouded in mist, also echoed softly, "Sobek was very satisfied with the reward we promised him. He even asked me more than once if I needed him to send more troops to help attack other territories of the Red Cloud Tribe."
"But considering that he doesn't have many followers, I haven't responded to him yet."
Corellon nodded in appreciation: "Yes, since he has decided to join us, we should help him expand his followers and restore his strength instead of exploiting him. Besides, we don't need his help."
The other gods also nodded. After the dragons and giants fought each other, the elves truly gained hegemony over the main world. Although they have been gradually overtaken by humans in recent years, the power they have accumulated over the years is far beyond the ability of the Red Cloud Tribe to resist.
The main reason why the fight was not going well was that the demons and the Shahuamin along the coast had tied up part of the force, and the power of the entire colony had not been able to unite.
And to be honest, the main strength of the High Elves is still concentrated on the island of Ulthuan. The power that the Dragon Prince has placed in the colonies is probably less than half of that in his kingdom, right?
At this time, the God of Hunting, Kunos, also took the initiative to report: "I have found out that in addition to Set, the God of the Desert, Malar of the Wrathful Gods was also secretly stalking Sobek, but after Sobek decided to formally surrender to us, he quietly retreated."
Malar, the lord of all beasts and the ferocious god of wild beasts, enjoys hunting and killing. Sobek, a giant crocodile with weakened divine power, is undoubtedly the best prey for him, so it is no surprise that he is targeted.
Corellon snorted. "That lowly beast wouldn't have the guts to do that."
The other gods also smiled. As a powerful god, Corellon certainly had enough reasons to despise a weak god who had overestimated his own abilities and tried to go against him.
Especially since the incarnation of weak divine power had been defeated by humans in the main world, and more than once, it was inevitable that they would feel contempt for him.
To mortals, Malar represents death and fear, but in the eyes of the elven gods, he is like a clown, but he is unaware of it.
If he had not early on clung to the lap of Talos, the god of storms and destruction, and became a member of the furious gods, his provocation to Corellon alone would have been enough for the elven gods to join forces to kill him.
Talos is a powerful god with great destructive power. It is not worth making enemies with him just for a mere Mala.
In fact, when it comes to the level of powerful divine power, each god has his own specialty and ultimate power. Unless necessary, even if there are conflicts and fights between them, they will maintain a certain degree of restraint.
"As for Set, we will continue to observe him, but he probably won't dare to start a war with us at this time, especially after he stole the faith of the snake people and his power surpassed that of his brother, the God King."
As the God King of the Elves, Corellon was certainly not a fool without wisdom and foresight. He had long seen the conflict between Set and his brother Osiris.
With the catastrophe in the main areas where their believers live, the power of Set, the god of the desert, has expanded rapidly, while other gods, including Osiris, are weakening. Now Sobek's betrayal will be another blow to Osiris' authority, and Set will definitely not miss this opportunity.
The God of Hunting - Kunos should be one of them. He did not take the matter too seriously, not only because he agreed with Corellon's opinion, but also because he had absolute confidence in his own strength.
Even though Set had stolen the faith of the snake people and accumulated it for many years, his current godhood level was at most 12-13, but he had been stuck at level 15 for a long time. Moreover, the combat experience of their elven gods was not comparable to that of the up-and-coming human gods.
In particular, the Mulhorand pantheon is almost the least powerful among many human pantheons. They were even once defeated by a wave of greenskin gods, and many gods died in the battle.
It was also from that time that they began to decline rapidly.
But in the eyes of the current elven gods, although the green-skinned gods are still the most important enemies, they are no longer real opponents, because their strength is no longer enough to pose too much threat to the elven pantheon.
Humans and the rising star of the human pantheon are the biggest threat .
However, the human gods are also divided into many factions of varying sizes, and the two races of humans and elves have never had large-scale wars before, so the atmosphere between the two sides is now very harmonious.
After a brief discussion, Corellon decided to let the two goddesses go to welcome Sobek first and place his kingdom next to them. Since they were the ones who were responsible for the planning from the beginning, they would just take responsibility to the end. He only needed to provide Sobek with rewards.
At the same time, he began to think more.
Among the many pantheons, there is certainly more than one being like Sobek, who is relatively weak, ostracized, hated, and even attacked by the gods.
If I can match the camp of the elven gods and their abilities are complementary, can I expand this range a little bit?
The elves' beliefs have certainly been divided up a long time ago, but if, like this time, they conquered the territories of evil alien races such as the greenskins and then handed them over to the newly joined gods, wouldn't that be a perfect solution to the problem?
If it were before, he would never be so bold. Although he was a powerful god at the top of all gods, there were gods at the same level as him, and there were more than one or two of them.
But now, he was keenly aware that the world was changing, and everything started after those God-chosen heroes arrived.
Mortals call them heroes chosen by God, but no god has ever known which gods chose these so-called heroes chosen by God.
They have no faith, and their death and resurrection do not require the consent of any god. Even the gods who have the ministry of death are unaware of this.
So after a brief contact, the gods temporarily stopped their temptations because it was meaningless.
At present, these gods' chosen heroes are still very useful pawns except that they do not respect the gods very much. They can be easily tempted by various interests.
Although their initial abilities were weak, they grew so fast that they were not only far superior to their peers, but were not much worse than those sons and goddesses of gods.
If there were only one or two, it would be fine, but now there are hundreds of thousands of them, which can't help but make the gods surprised and even feel fear.
Could it be that, in the dark, above all gods, there really is a supreme will that transcends everything?
But no matter what, I will use this power to achieve my goals and continue to promote the entire elven pantheon!
At this time in the kingdom of the green-skinned gods, the situation was quite different.
More than one god was furious and cursing angrily, and some with a bad temper were already eager to go find Sobek for a fight.
In fact, the loss of a pigherd town is not a particularly serious problem for either the greenskins or the greenskin gods.
There are at least hundreds of towns occupied by the greenskins in the main world, many of which are better located, more prosperous, and have stronger military power than Pigherd Town.
Among the many greenskin tribes, the Red Cloud Tribe can only be considered above average, and is far from the strongest one, because they don't even have a legend.
But what they care more about is the meaning behind this, it is a matter of face!
After a brief roar, the green-skinned one-eyed god king Gruumsh looked at the war god Inavr in military uniform and said, "Most of the Red Cloud Tribe is your territory. What do you decide to do?"
"I will send down more troops and have them launch a counterattack. Damn it, if it weren't for those demons, the boys wouldn't have been beaten like this."
The Green-skinned God King snorted and did not comment.
Although there has long been a blood feud between the two races, he had to admit one thing: with an army of equal size, the greenskins could no longer defeat the elves, and they could only win by relying on greater numbers.
The words of the God of War, Inav, were nonsense. As mortal enemies, the elves would of course attack when the enemy was weak.
"What about the bugbear demigod? Have you tracked him down?"
The God of War - Inavu suddenly became more and more embarrassed: "Not yet, those chosen heroes are not honest and did not tell me at all. I only know that he is most likely hiding in the Underdark."
The green-skinned God King snorted coldly, resisting the urge to curse the other party: "Then speed up the action. Although he is just a small demigod, if we capture or kill him, I believe those spineless bugbear gods will know how to stand in line."
The greenskin gods have been trying to conquer and enslave the goblin gods, and the goblin gods have been trying to treat the bugbear gods the same way, so the bugbear gods have been wavering.
If we can kill that demigod, it will be a threat and a warning, and the situation may change.
The God of War - Inavu quickly patted his chest and assured: "Yes, I will do it right away. Although there are no other greenskins nearby to support, I can give more gold and let the boys hire more ogres!"