Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 329 Moonstone
At this moment, seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable, Sijiao roared suddenly, sending out a surge of bloody air. Then, it took out a moon-shaped gem from its arms and directly chose to activate it.
Almost instantly, the sky darkened, and then the cold moonlight appeared out of nowhere, casting silver light on the earth, but the hint of green and blood contained in it made everyone feel filthy and ominous.
The four-horned beast roared again, and its entire figure grew a little bigger. The horns on its head also grew a little bigger. For most beastmen , this meant that their strength had been significantly improved.
At the same time, on another battlefield, Lucia and several vampires who were fighting with her also shouted angrily, and it was obvious that they had been strengthened to a certain extent.
They call themselves the Nobles of Dark Night, and there is certainly a reason for that.
The huntress and other night elves on the outermost periphery also cried out, but not only because their abilities were also enhanced, but also because they felt a bloodthirsty desire rising from the bottom of their hearts, making them involuntarily a little manic. This was not an effect that ordinary moonlight could bring.
Levi was also a little surprised. He also had a similar prop on him, which was a gift from the Moon Bow Goddess, but its coverage was far less than what the four corners were using now.
An item that is almost capable of changing the celestial phenomena must at least be of epic level, right?
After doing all this, Sijiao said nothing. He first waved his hand and released a magic spell, summoning countless energy crows, which not only caused damage to the surrounding enemy troops but also blocked their vision to a certain extent.
Then it lowered its head and charged like a minotaur, its target also in the direction where the wild boars were retreating. It seemed that it also wanted to escape.
But Cindy and the angels certainly wouldn't give it this chance; they swooped down and launched a chase from the side and rear.
It is certainly not easy for them to forcibly stop the current four corners, but they also have other ways, which is to kill it!
At the same time, several screams were heard in the valley, and then the coalition forces that had been hiding there took the initiative to attack for the first time.
With the cooperation of the tree people, dozens of female rangers, carrying silver longbows and holding shining swords, who seemed to be proficient in both long-range attacks and close combat, took the lead in charging straight towards the four corners.
Next came about the same number of priests wearing chain mail and holding round shields and hammers. Judging from their attire, they should be combat priests whose fighting style was very similar to Cindy's.
In addition, the shapes of their war hammers are slightly different. The hammer heads and hammer tails both imitate the shape of the moon. It is not known whether they are simply decorations or have special powers.
But even though they were of different races, there were humans, half-elves, and high elves, but what was the same was that they all had a special badge on their towering chests, which was the unique symbol of the Moon Maiden - Sulen that Luna had discovered before.
As they ran, they kept yelling angrily.
"The vile Four Corners!"
"Dirty beastman!"
"How dare you defile my Lord's treasure!"
From their mouths, Levi roughly understood that Sijiao had stolen or robbed a special treasure - moonstone - from somewhere, and had corroded it through some means, causing it to become what it is now.
But this treasure did not belong to them or the gods they believed in, but was condensed from pure moonlight. They just subconsciously believed that such a holy object should never exist in the hands of the dirty and evil beastmen.
Levi found it a bit interesting. How many of the reasons why these vampires cooperated with the Four Corners were because of this moonstone?
But he didn't want the other party to take his life, and he was also very interested in the moonstone.
So under his orders, the bear-headed gods also began to cooperate with Cindy to encircle the four corners.
Although these big guys were summoned by him into the beastmen's formation and were besieged by the beastmen from all directions, because of their own strong strength, half of them are still left and are still able to act as meat shields.
Elegy and Alduin also went straight to the Four Horns. Although the level of the Four Horns was not low, they were both combat heroes above level 10. Once they joined the battle, the Four Horns would be almost finished.
The vampires on the other side also wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but Lucia had been staring at them. She laughed loudly, threw out several bottles of special holy water, and blew them up on the heads of the vampires one by one.
She originally had to spend a huge amount of money to buy these things from the black market, but since following Levi, any priest could provide her with enough.
In addition, the celestial creatures led by Xiaotian and the guards had also surrounded them, so the vampires' struggles were completely ineffective.
Levi also started to move forward at the right time. He didn't know if the opponent had any other cards, but with him personally backing up, the chances of keeping it would definitely be greater.
Although the four corners of the moonstone were activated, there were obvious improvements in close combat ability, defense, life recovery speed, etc., but it was still not enough to ignore the attacks of Cindy and the angels.
Even though he wanted to escape, Sijiao had no choice but to stop and resist the enemy's attack.
But after Dirge and Alduin joined in, it could only take the beatings, and it even found it difficult to fight back or parry.
At the same time, after trying several times to join the battle, they were either blocked by the bear-headed gods or by other large wind elements. The rangers of the Moon Oracle gradually understood what Levi meant.
It was obvious that this newly appeared High Elf Mage did not want them to get involved in the battle, and he might also have become interested in it.
But fortunately, they didn't really want this thing. They just didn't want to see the other party fall into the hands of evil forces. Now it seems that the four corners have no chance of surviving this battle, so their goal is almost achieved.
So they turned to assist the huntresses in encircling and suppressing other beastmen.
They didn't care, and the wood elves cared even less. They just provided support from afar with magic and arrows.
Seeing that they were all so tactful, Levi felt very satisfied. It seemed that recruiting unicorns for Cindy and the others would not be too difficult.
I just don’t know if there are enough unicorns alive in the valley after this great battle.
He noticed that there were many broken corpses in this valley, from various races, including the corpses of unicorns. The battle here had obviously lasted for some time.
Gradually, as the number of beastmen outside the valley gradually decreased, the wood elves in the valley also began to take the initiative to attack on a large scale under the protection of the tree men.
Before this, both the Wood Elves and the Moon Oracle had far more victories than defeats in their fight against Malar's followers and Beastmen.
It is relatively rare for them to encounter such a tragic situation as today, where they are blocked and attacked fiercely by the enemy. How could they not be angry?
Soon, as time passed, the moonlight forcibly summoned by the moonstone began to grow dimmer and dimmer, and the enhancements received by the Four Horns and the vampires also weakened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
So Lucia took the lead and shot a vampire in the head.
Even as a special undead creature, it would certainly die if faced with such injuries.
The vampire next to him screamed: "No, Lucia, you..."
But before he could utter a word, the guard slapped him with his head, slamming it directly into his chest. Then, his tiger claws moved non-stop, pulling out a bunch of broken internal organs from his shriveled chest on the spot.
Even though he was a heroic vampire, a powerful undead creature, he did not die immediately after suffering such serious injuries, but it was inevitable that he would lose his combat effectiveness within a short period of time.
At this time, Sijiao finally reached its limit. After being hit by the monster's immobilization technique again, Elegy's greatsword and Cindy's hammer fell on its head and neck at the same time, separating its body on the spot.
It died instantly without even leaving a single word.
After its death, the remaining wild beasts no longer had the will to resist, and they all fled in panic, tails between their legs.
But this time Levi would not give them any chance. With a whistle, Luna, like hunting rabbits, led hundreds of female hunters and tree spirits to chase them on the plain.
For the first time, the exploits of her kin in today's battle will surpass those of the High Elves or Celestials.
A battle angel immediately picked up everything that fell from the four corners, including the moonstone, and handed it to Levi. Then, before she could rush to another place for support, Lucia had killed the last vampire with another wild laugh.
Levi found this scene a little funny. She was usually very calm, even a little lazy. She had no interest in fighting with other races. But once she faced a vampire, her mood instantly changed.
All we can say is that her hatred for Dracula and vampires is deeply engraved in her blood and soul.
But it doesn't matter. There has never been a shortage of evil creatures like vampires in this world. The so-called 13 families created by Dracula are just for his own entertainment. They haven't had much dealings with the four truly powerful families yet.
If she could always fight alongside him, there would definitely be no shortage of opportunities to fight them in the future.
By this time, perhaps realizing that the outcome of this battle was foreseeable, several priests and rangers from the Moon Oracle took the initiative to approach, while the wood elves and unicorns also sent out representatives.
When they were still some distance away, they gradually slowed down their pace and very sensibly put away their weapons.
“Selun will guide your steps in the dark night and lead you to the new dawn.
We are members of the Moon Oracle, thank you for saving us."
Several wood elves, who were decorated with animal skins and dead leaves and looked quite primitive and wild, also came over.
"Stranger blood relatives, the Asrai of the Orion camp owe you a favor."
Just as the high elves call themselves "Asur" and the dark elves call themselves "Druzi", the wood elves also call themselves "Asrai". This is a pride unique to the three most powerful elven subraces, which even the drow elves do not have.
Even though their lives had just been saved, the attitude of these bad-tempered wood elves towards Levi was still not very warm or friendly.
Although they are a lawful race, they only abide by their own rules, not those of the high elves, let alone Levi.
So their attitude towards Levi now seemed somewhat rude, making the members of the Moon Oracle next to them a little embarrassed.
As for the Orion Camp, it is a magical forest hundreds of miles away from here. No one knows why these wood elves traveled so far across mountains and rivers.
But Levi wasn't stupid enough to ask a question, because there was no way the other party would be able to answer him.
Then, a unicorn with a several-foot-long sharp horn, which still looked very gorgeous even after a bloody battle, bowed slightly to Levi in respect.
It's not that it can't speak. In fact, as a magical creature that can reach level 5 when it reaches adulthood, unicorns can often master more than one language. It's just that it feels that in the current situation, it doesn't seem to have much room to speak, because compared to its own party present, they are too weak.
But no matter what the other party did, Levi did not fail to be rude. He smiled and nodded in greeting one by one. Especially when he looked at the unicorn leader, he seemed particularly enthusiastic. After all, he wanted to recruit a few more for Cindy and the others later.
After exchanging a few pleasantries and introducing each other's origins and names, Levi got straight to the point: "Why would Mala's followers join forces with vampires to attack you?"
According to his understanding, under normal circumstances, since the Moonstone had been robbed or stolen, and it seemed that the members of the Moon Oracle had not discovered it, shouldn't the Four Corners run away to avoid being discovered by the other party? Why did it want to continue to attack?
They looked at each other, and finally looked at the unicorn over there at the same time.
The unicorn couldn't help but sigh when he saw this: " Maybe it's because these filthy beasts want to transform us into black evil unicorns, or even use us as sacrifices."
Apart from a circle of white beard around its mouth, its voice also sounds like an old male's voice. Judging from the lifespan of unicorns, it is estimated that it has lived for a long time.
Levi thought briefly about the beasts that had been transformed and summoned by the Four Horns before. Tsk, if they fell into its hands, it would probably be a fate worse than death for these unicorns.
As for using unicorns as sacrifices, it is a very common thing. The Lord of All Beasts, Mala, himself, is obsessed with offering the Unicorn Goddess, Laru, as a sacrifice. Naturally, his believers and beastmen will follow suit.
At this time, the female elf ranger who had just introduced herself as Virginia also nodded and said, "Yes, after our investigation, the Four Corners are indeed preparing a large-scale sacrificial ceremony in order to increase its power."
Basically, any evil god likes its believers to hold sacrificial ceremonies, and they will reward them with wealth, power, etc.
The gold that mortals seek after is meaningless to them, but their tiny bit of insignificant divine power is extremely attractive to all mortals of legendary level and below, so they will appear to be extremely generous in this regard.
Mala is a bloodthirsty god whose body is a beast. His duties also include blood and bloodlust, which makes him particularly fond of sacrifices. The rewards for believers who make sacrifices are often more generous.
As long as the sacrifices are sufficient, he is willing to accept them even if they were once believers of a hostile god, and he will be even more generous to those who are already his own believers.
Therefore, among the evil beastmen, Mala is actually a very popular existence.
"So we tracked them all the way here, but we didn't expect that they had stolen the moonstone blessed by the moonlight from somewhere else."
Having said that, Virginia stared at the moonstone in Levi's right hand with burning eyes. Although she did not speak, her purpose was actually very obvious. They had a certain desire for it.
But Levi had no intention of paying attention to her for the time being. Although a lot of energy had just been consumed by the four horns and he was temporarily in a filthy state and his full properties could not be seen clearly, his moonstone was still an epic treasure and had ability bonuses for the believers of the Moon God, many beastmen, vampires, and night elves.
Especially the latter, he has hundreds of night elves under his command, and they will be useful after he completes the purification.
At the same time, the system prompts that it was condensed by moonlight under special circumstances and is generally believed to be blessed by the Moon Goddess.
Now this thing has something to say. In addition to the Moon Girl that the other party believes in - Su Lun, the Moon Bow Goddess is also the Moon Goddess, right? Maybe it has such power because of her blessing.
Unfortunately, this thing is a special charging item. It needs to stay still under the moonlight to slowly absorb and accumulate power. Special magic rituals can enhance its charging speed, but at most it can only increase it by 20% to 30%.
According to the system prompts, this moonstone had absorbed moonlight for at least two hundred years before it could exert such a powerful effect.
But now there is only one-fifth of the energy left in it. This is because the four horns are evil creatures and have not been able to completely defile it, so they cannot consume all the power at once.
Otherwise, what he gets in his hand will become an empty shell that can only improve a few basic attributes under the moonlight.
So he pretended not to see the other person's eyes and turned to look at the wood elves.
"We also noticed traces of a large number of beastmen, so we followed them and found this forest by coincidence, so we originally planned to settle here."
The reason why I say "originally" is because the wood elves have suffered heavy casualties and are no longer strong enough to guard such a large forest.
Likewise, their original intention of forming an alliance with the unicorns might not be achieved smoothly, because they can't even protect themselves now, let alone take care of the other party.
Levi nodded: "So what are your plans for the future ?"
He originally thought that the other party was very smart, but now he seems a little confused. We have spent so much effort to save your lives, don’t we want to talk about the issue of compensation?
Virginia and several of her companions looked at each other, then looked at Levi again: "We plan to continue investigating the followers of Malar, the beastmen, and the vampires."
"These evil creatures have become increasingly active recently and have even colluded with one another. It's clear that they are planning something."
"We too, the Asrai will avenge the victims of today. Only the blood and death of our enemies can comfort the dead."
Although the expressions and tones of the wood elves were relatively calm, anyone could hear the bloody storm in their voices. The revenge of the wood elves was not just a small fight. They loved to inflict collective punishment and massacres.
Levi raised his eyebrows: "I don't know anything else, but I may know something about vampires. Dracula is seeking to be deified, so we are also tracking him down."
He and the natives such as Michaela have no information about each other for the time being, which means that Dracula is indeed hiding very deeply, so let more people track him down.
To be honest, if it weren't for Lucia, Levi wouldn't have been interested in Dracula.
Not to mention that legendary vampires are not so easy to deal with. Dracula does not have fragments of divinity like the old black dragon. Even if he is really killed, there will not be much benefit. The Dragon Prince and Teclis are unlikely to attack him deliberately.
Without their intervention, they would be unable to do anything to him with their current strength.
When chatting before, Michaela once said that Yangyan Blast has an extremely strong inhibitory effect on vampires.
Even though there is a difference in levels, if an ordinary legendary vampire is hit head-on by her Sunfire Explosion, there is a high chance that he will be killed instantly on the spot, while Dracula can only be hit once more at most.
But that was only in theory. Even if he was lucky enough to learn that powerful magic of level 8, a legendary vampire would not be so stupid as to stand there and resist.
Now that there are cannon fodders rushing to their doorstep, it is a good opportunity for them to track down and test Dracula.
Everyone present couldn't help but shudder. Not to mention that it might take hundreds of years for a mortal to successfully become a god, the other party's identity as a vampire alone was shocking enough.
Isn't it said that vampires have no souls and cannot generate the power of faith?
Besides, Dracula is just an ordinary legend. Where does he get his support?
But regardless of Levi's strength or camp, there was no need for him to deceive them, so they could only secretly note down the news and prepare to mobilize more people to find out the truth after returning.
At this time Levi smiled again, not only because the system prompt popped up saying that they had won a resounding victory, but also because many of his subordinates advanced or upgraded, including Luna, a subordinate he had been optimistic about for a long time.
Moreover, she has reached the limit of her potential, and now the gift from the Moon Bow Goddess can be put to use.
Then he looked at the moonstone in his hand. Qiu Feng had consumed a special item when he was advancing before. Now Luna is about to become a hero unit. If he can purify it himself, he wonders if he can play a certain role in the process?
