Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 291 The Beginning of the War of the Gods
A day later, Levi recruited fifty ogres from the Blood Fist Tribe, got five Eagle Claw crossbows from Michaela, and 30 elven rangers armed with dual swords, and put them all under Cindy's command.
Although he originally looked down on the rangers, he had no choice but to do so in order to expand his military forces when he had no other options.
However, with the bonus of Cindy's battle attributes and battle skills, their strength is still acceptable, or at worst, they can act as cannon fodder and help her master the command techniques, which can be regarded as their contribution.
As for the ogres, they simply act as meat shields and cannon fodder. Once these tall and strong guys appear on the battlefield, they will definitely attract more enemy attention than ordinary Jade Warriors.
Moreover, they have strong vitality and like to shout and scream when they have nothing to do. They can definitely take on this important task.
After finishing all these, he ordered some ogres and giant slaves from Bloody Fist, and then he officially left the haunted town because he was no longer needed here for the time being.
After all the abyss rifts were closed and they experienced a disastrous defeat in the haunted town, the power of the demon army and the blood-boiling beasts was greatly weakened. At this moment, they were like stray dogs, fleeing east and west, avoiding the hunt from the God's Chosen Heroes, various temples and Reiner and others.
Levi was too lazy to compete with Master and the others for the credit. Not only would it be a waste of time, but there was no guarantee that he would get much spoils.
Because those guys who had shown up in the Battle of Black Castle before were either killed by the Blood Boiling Beasts or ran away to who knows where. There were not many strong ones left, so naturally there wouldn't be any high-value spoils of war.
Over at Broken Bay, Mikaela and the others finally decided to have the sea elves and other chosen heroes lay siege and continue fishing there, hoping to attract all the greenskins of the Red Cloud Tribe over and kill them all at once.
However, Levi felt that this matter might not be so easy to resolve, because several demon heroes he knew, as well as the Seven Deadly Sins, had not been killed by Teclis, and part of the demon's main force was also missing.
Whether they sensed the danger and ran away early, or there was some other conspiracy so they just happened to choose to leave at that time, it shows that this matter is not over yet.
But it’s not a big problem. After seeing the powerful strength of the high elves, no matter how stupid they are, they won’t run back to seek death.
There are so many weak forces in the main world. There is no need to keep fighting with the high elves, right?
After another trip to the Scarlet Serpent Village, leaving a few wizard brothers and Lisadilan to guard there, Levi began to march westward with five wizards including Alduin and Suifeng and their troops.
He planned to meet up with Cai Jin and the others first, and then head to Blood Glory from the nearest entrance to the Underdark.
Ever since the death of the Bugbear Demigod, the number of Bugbears in the Underdark has suddenly decreased significantly, and the threat to the village has rapidly decreased.
In addition, the people of Qin worked very hard to build up the village's defense facilities, and with the cooperation of the celestial creatures in the defense, plus these little mages and their subordinates, they have been able to firmly take root here.
Risadilan's performance also exceeded Levi's imagination. As a well-educated noble, although he had no practical experience before, his theoretical knowledge was very complete and he was able to develop a small village with ease, so there was no need for Alduin to accompany him.
In order to encourage Lisadilan, Levi even left him a hero's spirit, allowing him to use it at his own discretion when the opportunity arises.
Anyway, the main subordinates have basically become hero units now, and one is left for the night elf Luna. There is no need to rush for others such as Sally and Simon in the short term.
This made Lisadilan so grateful that he burst into tears. He had now become a heroic unit and his revenge was almost complete. The Ghost Wolf had suffered two consecutive defeats and almost all of its troops had been killed. Even if the Ghost Wolf himself hadn't died, there was no point in him living.
So now he basically has only two wishes, one is to regain his military position, and the other, more important, is the Avalons whom he regards as sisters.
Now Levi gave him a hero's spirit, pointed him in a direction, and a lofty goal.
Although they do not rely on the spirit of heroes, it is possible to be promoted to heroic units after accumulating enough experience and strength. People like Princess Belinda, Michaela, Reiner, etc., have all been promoted through their own strength, but that often takes an extremely long time.
It was okay in the past, as the elves had a long lifespan, so they were not in a hurry. However, after Levi had been conquering the east and the west for a period of time, he had keenly realized that the whole world seemed to be undergoing some changes, and they might not have that much time.
Therefore, he needs to obtain enough hero spirits as soon as possible. He wants to win merit through his own efforts and make all his sisters become hero units!
Levi was naturally very happy to see his subordinates in this state. The harder they worked, the more benefits he would gain in the end.
But at the same time, there were some people missing in the team, namely Zhou Miyin and his Yuyongs.
He sent Zhou Miyin to Zhoujiazhai yesterday, wanting him to recruit some troops from the Zhendan Dynasty for him.
But this time it was not smooth, and he only brought back twenty Yuyong in the end, because Zhoujiazhai was just a village after all, not a large town, and their own military strength was limited.
Levi could also understand, but he soon noticed that Zhou Miyin seemed to be hesitant to speak.
After asking, he found out that Zhoujiazhai actually wanted him to go over and help for a few days to wipe out several hostile bandit groups.
As a reward, they can provide some additional recruitment places and give him some good things to enhance his strength.
Levi thought about it for a moment and thought there was nothing wrong with it.
In fact, as he continued to increase the bonus to the high elf troops, the status of Zhou Miyin and his Yuyongs became rather awkward.
Although they are all on the front line, after a great battle, the casualties of the Jade Warriors are often 3 to 5 times that of the Silver Guards. If they encounter enemies that can use magic attacks, the gap will be even greater.
In other words, there is no high elf hero in the melee troops yet, otherwise Zhou Miyin would have been relegated to the second line.
If leaving for a few days can make him stronger, then that's not a bad idea.
So Levi gave Zhou Miyin a bunch of consumables and life-saving potions, and then asked him to set off with all the Yuyong under his command.
To be honest, he didn't really expect the other party to have made much progress when he came back, but if he wasn't allowed to go, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.
Anyway, the team doesn't need him that much right now, so he might as well be willful for once.
They had not walked a few miles when Inspector Yakong came to report that there were a large number of harpies blocking the road ahead. Levi immediately knew that it must be Caijin and the others who came as agreed.
However, when he went to greet them with a smile, he found that the number of harpies was much less than he expected. Although there were still over a thousand, there were probably only four or five troops of God's Chosen Heroes.
You have to know that when Cai Jin was at his peak, he had dozens of younger brothers and sisters.
Looking at Caijin's depressed look, you can tell that she has definitely not had a good time these days.
After asking, Levi found out that all her younger brothers and sisters had left her, and only a few of her best ones were still willing to accompany her.
Well, they are probably the ones with the highest appearance value, because most of them are greenskins, and the girls present, including Cai Jin, are not orthodox greenskins, but harpies, fox girls, cat girls and so on.
Strictly speaking, they are all offshoots of the Beastmen, not the Greenskins.
For the weak beastmen, it is very common for the entire tribe to rely on powerful alien races. They are sometimes confused with each other by people who are not familiar with them, but in fact there are still .
It’s not that her younger brothers and sisters who ran away completely betrayed her. It was mainly because some of them, under the pressure of the boiling beast blood, turned into evil-blood orcs.
The other part consists of special professions such as greenskin priests. Once they betray their own race, their abilities will probably be scrapped.
So in the end, there were only a few people left.
Cai Jin could understand the other party's choice, but she still couldn't accept it for a while. Moreover, she originally planned to bring a large army to cooperate with Levi as an equal ally to jointly develop the Underdark, but now...
However, Levi still greeted her with a smile. They had agreed to be allies, and he would not change his mind because of this matter.
And no matter what, Cai Jin still has thousands of harpies and three or four hundred greenskins, as well as about two hundred fox girls and cat girls who look like agile assassins. They are definitely a very powerful supplement to his side.
What's more, as the former vice president of Beast Blood Boiling, would anyone really believe her if she said she didn't have any backup plan?
Seeing that Li Wei was still enthusiastic, Cai Jin and her sisters felt relieved.
To be honest, apart from Cai Jin who had some trust in Levi's character, those fox girls and cat girls were not familiar with Levi and were still somewhat wary of him. His performance now could be considered to have appeased them.
So the two happily reached an intention of cooperation, and Cai Jin also expressed her guess that those demons and the seven deadly sins might have run to the north to cause trouble for the Chaos Dwarves.
Since dwarves are naturally resistant to magic, they are prevented from learning the power of magic. Therefore, the Chaos Dwarves have found another way to gain magical power by enslaving and transforming demons.
Although the power obtained in this way caused significant changes in all aspects of their lives and possessed extremely strong side effects, growing devil-like fangs was one of the most obvious features.
And with continuous spellcasting, the Chaos Dwarf Mages will eventually turn into stone statues, or simply degenerate into pure demons, but they succeeded in the end.
The Chaos Dwarves thus successfully earned the hatred of the Demons, so it was only natural that the Demons would go looking for trouble with them if given the chance.
And one more thing, next to the Chaos Dwarf Kingdom, there is a legendary hero who is known as the strongest greenskin in the main world - Grimgor Ironhide, who is engaged in a series of battles with the Chaos Dwarves.
Ironhide was once enslaved by the Chaos Dwarves, and is now filled with rage. His revenge will definitely be protracted, which may be a chance for redemption for the Greenskins and Felblood Orcs.
But this has little to do with Levi for the time being. He doesn't have the time and energy to deal with those guys in a short period of time.
Because in addition to the old black dragon Blake and the vampire Dracula who wanted to become gods, Qian Thief and his friends also discovered the movements of the legendary necromancer Herman Gost.
Before the great battle in the haunted town, Gost had already led his undead army and easily captured a large cave dweller town in the Underdark. He also began to build a large-scale structure, apparently intending to settle down there for a long time.
What’s even more coincidental is that the straight-line distance from the drow elves’ town and the old black dragon’s lair is less than thirty miles.
His purpose is very clear, he definitely wants to get a piece of the pie in the upcoming war.
At the beginning, Qian Thief and his men wanted to pretend to surrender to Gosite in order to gain some benefits, but they soon found to their great disappointment that this trick did not work.
Because several God-chosen heroes had already taken the lead, in order to monopolize the benefits that Gost could bring, as soon as they met, they said that Qian Thief and his men were spies with bad intentions.
They were originally planning to slander Qian Qian and the others, but you know what, they actually succeeded by accident...
Since Qian Thief and the others' acting skills were not good enough and Gousite was also extremely cunning, he saw through their flaws immediately, so without saying a word, he blasted them to pieces in the first place.
Qian Thief and his men wanted to get back at each other, but those few God-chosen heroes were no match for them. Gost's own men were really strong, and they were always at a disadvantage after several consecutive battles.
Even several small villages that they had originally captured were snatched away by the enemy. Now they can only rely on Levi to help them get back their territory.
Donna, Cindy and the others had no objection to Caijin and the others joining. They had had similar premonitions before, and as their knowledge and experience grew, they also knew that even the beastmen were not all hopeless fools.
Not counting the tiger people, panda people, monkey people, etc. who were tamed by the Zhendan Dynasty, in some places in the main world, there are occasionally some intelligent centaurs who lend a helping hand to humans who are lost in the wild or are being attacked by wild beasts.
There were also some half-goat men, half-sheep men and the like who became bards and joined the adventurer's team. The shepherd god Pan first appeared in the village in the appearance of a half-goat man and was not driven out.
After all, there are so many members in a race, so it is normal for a few outliers to appear, not to mention that Cai Jin and the others are God-chosen heroes shrouded in layers of mystery.
After reorganizing the troops, Cai Jin consciously commanded the harpies to act as air guards. Together with the thousands of troops on the ground, they still looked very majestic.
Unfortunately, because the abyss rift has been completely closed, the Red Cloud Tribe has also declined. Except for a few scattered wild beasts and goblins and ogres whose reproductive capacity is comparable to that of mice, there are basically no enemies in the wild now, and they have no chance to show their strength.
But it was not a big problem. They soon headed to the Underdark under the guidance of a sword dancer. As for Levi's Sky Slasher, he temporarily lent it to Michaela and the others. They couldn't get into the Underdark anyway, so it would be a waste to keep them there.
Speaking of which, Levi was really good to these sword dancers. In many battles, no matter how critical the situation was, he did not let them participate in the battle, just to maintain friendly relations with the Moon Singers to the greatest extent possible.
And they are indeed capable. In addition to leading the way, they can also teach Donna and Elegy many combat techniques and the special sword skills they use.
Although Julia was the only one in the team who used the longsword and rapier for now, Donna and the others also learned some of them. Not to mention their power, the fighting was indeed elegant and beautiful.
Levi also learned that many drow elves who believed in Eilistraee would wave swords and dance under the moonlit night sky during certain ceremonies.
That was also one of the few times they would venture to the surface world.
If conditions do not permit, they will also make do in some tunnels leading to the surface world that can barely be illuminated by moonlight.
Well, the fully naked kind, it is said that this is their goddess' favorite activity, and they are just imitating her.
After hearing this, Levi felt a little strange. Before, Pamela of the Moon Singer had proposed to provide him with some qualifications for the sword dancer's job transfer.
If he had agreed at that time, wouldn't he have been able to see the sword dance?
Just as I was daydreaming, a system prompt suddenly popped up:
"After several failed attempts at negotiation, all members of the 'Sea Dreamers' officially declared war on the God of the Sahuagin, Sekolla."
"Attached is the list of members of the Sea Dreamers:
1. Elven God System - God of Sea Elves - Medium Power - Deep Sea Sashela (Leader);
2. Dolphin Goddess - Deep Sea Sashelas's Wife - Weak Divine Power - Teresina;
3. Seal Goddess - Weak Power - Seminarei;
4. The god of mermen and loka fishmen - weaker power - Idrolo;
5. God of the Conch Sea People - Weak Power - Pesena;
6. Zhendan God System - Goddess of the Feathered Tribe - Weak Divine Power - Saranata (special member).
Levi couldn't help but stop his actions subconsciously. After looking at Caijin and Suifeng, they all had strange expressions.
If Levi remembered correctly, although Sekola was the only god of the Shahua fishmen, they, the Shahu fishmen, were in a state of being hated by everyone in the main world.
The intelligence of the Shahua people is relatively low, so the power of faith that each believer can generate on average is much less than that of humans, and far less than that of elves. Therefore, Sekola is currently only a weak peak god with a godhood level of 5.
Even though the Feiyu goddess of Zhendan may not frequently participate in the war, the Sea Dreamer side still has 5 ocean gods.
Fighting one against five, including one with medium divine power, that great shark is really brave...
However, according to previous rumors, the Great Shark may not be truly fighting alone. The shrewish queen of the Wrath of the Gods, Amberlee, has also been against the members of the Sea Dreamers recently.
Even if she would not declare war openly to avoid causing conflict between the entire elven pantheon and the furious gods, she would definitely help the Shahua people secretly.
It's a pity that this war is destined to take place in the ocean and on the islands. For them, no matter how regretful they are, they can only miss it. The worst that can happen is that they can go back and ask the fishman Fei Shi for relevant information and have fun.
Just as Levi was about to convey this information to Donna, Cindy and others, he received a second system prompt.
"The Prince of Lies, Xirik, has declared war on the Phantom Goddess, Leila. The forces of both sides have entered the war stage."
Levi couldn't help but let out a "tsk". He didn't expect that it was this guy Xirik who took the initiative to stir up disputes among human gods.
The Prince of Lies - Cyric, also known as "Dark Sun", controls various priesthoods including murder, strife, lies, death and fraud.
As a mid-level deity in the chaotic evil camp, he can be said to be notorious in the main world, because he and his sect never do good things. They spend all day scheming and plotting various schemes, trying every means to make others fight so that he can take advantage of them.
Even his specialty priests are called Conflict Instigators, so you can imagine what they usually do.
Another particularly disgusting thing is that Cyric and his priests are extremely arrogant and conceited. They speak in a condescending manner, as if they were giving alms to beggars. Therefore, they are spontaneously hostile to many God-chosen heroes.
However, he has quite a high prestige among the God-chosen heroes such as thieves and assassins, and is on par with Mask, the God of Thieves.
Because both of them can provide them with more abilities, including but not limited to avoiding sight, shadow jumping, enhanced assassination and so on.
As for Leila, she is a weak divine being who is proficient in illusions and phantoms. The fighting power of her and her followers is undoubtedly much weaker than that of Xirik.
But she also has an advantage, that is, her statue is a very beautiful and cute little loli, which seems to be unique among human gods. Therefore, she is also sought after by quite a number of God's chosen heroes. After all, lolita control is everywhere.
Therefore, Levi felt that the war between the two gods might not end so quickly. No matter how powerful Xirik was, the power he could exert in the main world was limited.
In addition to the factor of the God-chosen heroes, another important factor is that Xirik's fate with God is too poor.
Even if the Phantom Goddess has few allies, there will probably be many gods who will come forward to help, even if it is simply to stop Xirik's conspiracy or cause trouble for him.
For example, a lawful or good god with portfolios such as justice and loyalty would definitely be happy to take the opportunity to beat up Cyric.
However, many gods chose to start a war at this time, causing the main world, which was already in chaos due to the rampage of evil races such as beastmen, undead, demons and devils, to become even more chaotic. Is this some kind of unique omen?
Levi felt that this didn't seem to be
Unfortunately, this was another battle he could not participate in, as the place where these two gods were active was thousands of miles away from here.
Cai Jin and Sui Feng thought the same thing. There was nothing they could do about it. Xirek’s reputation was really bad.
After sighing a few times, Levi also synchronized the two pieces of information to Donna and Cindy, just like the various pieces of information he had obtained on the forum before.
Alduin, on the other hand, seemed a little indignant, and he wished he could beat up Cyric's followers immediately. As a paladin, or all the paladins in the entire main world, there was no one who did not hate Cyric and his followers.
After a while of excitement, as they entered the dark area, the light around them quickly dimmed and everyone's voices subconsciously became lowered.
In this deep, quiet and special environment, many people subconsciously slowed down their movements, as if they were afraid of attracting unknown enemies in the darkness.
Compared to the surface world, the enemies in the Underdark are not only numerous in variety, but many of them are also very insidious. New enemies may jump out from tunnels, ditches or cave ceilings.
Levi released the Holy Light Yakong as soon as possible, and as for reconnaissance, it was mainly left to Cai Jin and the others.
Whether it is the Harpy or Catwoman, both have a certain degree of dark vision, which makes them more suitable for reconnaissance activities in the Underdark.
Especially the latter, based on their racial talents, the pads on their cat paws allow them to sneak more stealthily.
Of course, Levi didn't rely entirely on them. He still had to send the Rat Master and Inspector Yakong to fill in the gaps.
As they chatted and moved forward, Levi gradually learned that Cai Jin's profession was a shaman, and he was good at obtaining power from the earth and all things in nature, mainly earth, wind and thunder, followed by water and fire, and then some unconventional abilities such as summoning beast souls and ancestral fighting spirits.
Although the various effects are simple and crude, and the magic points consumed are not that much, they are far inferior to the various magic spells of the mages.
Her younger sisters are all agile, including assassins, thieves, and a catwoman who is a monk.
This profession is quite rare, because once a monk wears any armor or holds a shield, his ability will be greatly reduced.
In terms of weapons, they can basically only use the most rudimentary sticks, pitchforks, sickles and the like, which also affects the attack speed. The best monk should be an unarmed monk wearing only cloth.
Therefore, in the early stages, it is really difficult for a monk to survive, and he may even be worse than a thief, because at least he can wear leather armor.
However, as her level increased, she also comprehended the "Chi" unique to monks, which can further enhance her abilities in all aspects.
According to Levi's understanding, this thing can basically be regarded as the internal force in martial arts novels.
Although still as fragile as paper, its attack speed, movement speed and dodging ability will become very strong, and it will even have the ability to "deflect flying arrows", which is basically similar to Elegy's "arrow-cutting technique".
When they encountered a group of lizardmen later, Levi witnessed with his own eyes that she could use a variety of attack methods such as punching, elbowing, kneeing or kicking in battle, and even perform combos.
Not only does it look gorgeous, it is also very practical and can often directly hit the opponent so hard that he cannot fight back. It is a true expert in close combat.
Moreover, this cat girl can also use her natural cat fist, scratching and clawing, which makes her a little more powerful than an ordinary monk.
This made Levi secretly alert. If he encountered similar enemies in the future, he must be careful. Even if he had expertise in focused casting, he probably wouldn't be able to cast many magic spells.
At this moment, Levi and Cai Jin's faces changed slightly, because the scouts reported that there was an army of tens of thousands of undead ahead, entrenched in an abandoned village, and no one knew what they were doing.
You have to know that this place is less than five miles away from the Glory of Blood. The other party ran here without anyone noticing. You can tell at any time that he has no good intentions.
If Levi had not checked the system panel and found that Blood Glory and Rowan who stayed behind were still safe and sound, he would have suspected that the other party had already razed his village to the ground.
The first person he thought of was the legendary necromancer, Gost. It was very likely that the other party had found a way to make a detour and planned to launch a surprise attack on his village from this direction.
Unfortunately, they were unlucky and were discovered by themselves in advance.
In that case, what else is there to say? Levi immediately ordered to prepare for war. He wanted to let the other party taste the feeling of being ambushed first!
