Seeing how Cindy quickly became familiar with Khalida and made the serious Khalida giggle, Levi could only sigh that this little girl was so lovable.
She wouldn't deliberately say anything flattering, but for some reason, it was difficult for everyone to dislike her after seeing her cute and innocent appearance.
Obviously her charm attribute is not particularly high, and cannot compare to those warlocks who rely on charm for a living, but that is the fact.
It can only be said that in many cases, attributes cannot represent everything.
The intelligence attribute is not completely equal to wisdom. A wizard with high intelligence may also make some common low-level mistakes.
Likewise, charm attributes cannot completely determine a person's popularity.
As they advanced, attacks and harassment along the way became more frequent.
Although there was no overall threat to their army of tens of thousands, the skeleton soldiers under Khalida's command were still slowly and steadily reducing their numbers.
There was no way, they were simply too weak. Apart from their loyalty to Khalida and strict military discipline, they had almost no other advantages.
But Khalida didn't care, because she had long been accustomed to it over the years and knew that these skeleton soldiers were just consumables.
And unlike the skeletons of the undead, even if their bodies are broken, they can still be recycled and reused.
Because what drives their actions are the heroic souls once blessed by the gods, not the evil magic of the undead.
Whenever a skeleton soldier died in battle, the tomb technicians accompanying the army would take action, just like Levi collected soul crystals, they certainly knew how to do this.
And the uses are similar. They will later use each other's souls to create new guards of the gods, or even the mantis snakes under the buttocks of the cemetery knights.
If the city of Lahmia masters the manufacturing methods of other constructs in the future, they will also use it here.
All constructs of the Tomb Kings faction, including Tomb Scorpions and Bone Giants, are actually driven by these heroic spirits.
It is for this reason that they often appear to be more flexible than other constructs.
The difference between them and the Death Guards is that these heroic spirits are volunteers.
The Death Guards, on the other hand, merge multiple souls into one, completely crushing the consciousness within them, leaving only the necessary, basic wisdom and combat skills, etc.
If there is a lack of materials or other external reasons, the tomb technicians will find a new body for these heroic souls, allowing them to continue to serve Khalida as skeleton soldiers or mummies.
Unless their souls are captured or destroyed by the enemy, or their consciousness gradually fades after multiple resurrections, they will always be loyal to Khalida.
They have long lifespans and can be resurrected even if they die accidentally in battle. Doesn’t that sound great?
But in fact, they are the real workers who work forever. They are exploited when they are alive and their suffering does not stop even after death.
But they seem to like it very much, which is quite outrageous. It can only be said that the Tomb Raiders were very successful in brainwashing them when they were alive.
Similarly, the cost of resurrecting the native heroes of the Tomb Kings faction is much lower than that of races such as humans or elves.
This was also one of the blessings bestowed upon them by the Egyptian gods.
Perhaps in the eyes of other gods, many of the actions of the Egyptian gods seem a little stupid or childish, but one thing is that they are really good to their loyal believers.
However, even though he sighed, Levi did not delay his actions. He first copied the advanced monster summoning magic and learned this new magic.
The army continued to move forward. The mountain that Khalida had mentioned before appeared in sight. Perhaps they realized that such harassment was meaningless, so the frequency of the enemy's appearance decreased rapidly.
Upon seeing this, many of the God-chosen heroes couldn't help but celebrate, thinking that they had achieved a small victory.
But Levi asked Cindy to be more alert, and he even secretly summoned some celestial creatures.
If the enemy commander is knowledgeable about strategies, then it is impossible that he only knows this one trick!
Sure enough, not long after, there was a loud bang, and countless tons of soil were blown into the air and then fell down on his head.
Almost at the same time, at least more than twenty underground passages were opened.
Accompanied by a series of "squeaks", countless ratmen, whose numbers could make people with trypophobia collapse on the spot, swarmed out of the underground passage and launched a surprise attack on Khalida's army. This was an underground threat from the ratmen!
At the same time, a large amount of black fog appeared out of nowhere, blocking the army's vision while covering the actions of the rats.
Those who first came into contact with the mist screamed out loud, because the mist came with more than one curse; it was evil magic from the undead.
Then there was another series of roars, and the transformed beastmen, ghouls, grave wraiths, and some stone tomb wraiths holding sickles also poured out of the caves and launched an attack together.
There was also an extremely dense sound of flapping wings coming from the fog.
If they are bats, the number should be at least over five hundred. It may not seem like a lot, but in fact, most mid- to high-level vampires can transform into bats!
Since multiple underground passages were opened in different places, and some were directly opened in the middle of the troops, several unlucky God-chosen heroes were caught off guard and killed instantly on the spot.
In addition, the incident happened suddenly and the black fog obscured the vision, so it was unknown how many troops were killed and how many enemies were killed.
For a moment, screams, roars, curses and cries came out one after another, echoing throughout the battlefield.
Khalida was immediately shocked and angry. Before, she and Levi had only suspected that ratmen were involved, but now they simply appeared!
Before she could give the order, a sharp whistling sound of air being torn apart was heard. It was the sound of gunfire!
At the critical moment, Levi directly controlled the big palm to block in front of Khalida, and cast a wind spell to blow away the nearby fog, and then began to cast some auxiliary and protective magic for her.
Since he had been alert, all kinds of buff states on him were on from beginning to end, so there was no particular need for them at the moment.
As for his men, they had nothing to worry about.
This was partly because he had warned them long ago, and partly because they had been deliberately walking only on rocks.
If the ratmen launched a subterranean threat and launched a full-scale invasion of the army, they would certainly choose the easier-to-dig soil rather than the hard stone.
As it turned out, he guessed right!
Then he discovered, as expected, that in the face of at least thirty bullets emitting green light, the big slap was shattered without any suspense.
It's not that its defense is weak, but those bullets not only use dimensional stone as raw material, but also have many strange patterns engraved on them. They are enchanted.
Ordinary ratmen cannot do this because their unique Skaven magic is not good at these things. What they are best at is plague and the like.
But if they cooperate with vampires, they will naturally have these special bullets.
But this delay was enough for Khalida to react.
She immediately gave a delicate cry and waved the short staff that Levi originally thought was just a decoration.
The short staff fluttered in the wind and instantly turned into a snake-head spear.
Then she fired her spear repeatedly, and the remaining bullets were all broken into pieces without exception.
But at this moment, hundreds of bats swooped down from the sky and quickly transformed into humanoid creatures with red eyes, pale skin, and a pair of ferocious fangs on their mouths.
Being able to do this means that they are all at least level 4 vampires.
On the ground, more stone tomb ghosts holding sickles were floating towards them.
The enemy wants to use a decapitation tactic on Khalida!
What's worse, several God-chosen heroes brought by Khalida also took advantage of the situation to turn against the enemy, intending to stir up even greater chaos.
It was obvious that they had been chatting happily with Levi before and there seemed to be nothing unusual, but at this critical moment, they resolutely betrayed Khalida.
Levi could only sigh. If he didn't move, it would be fine. But once he attacked, he went all out. It had to be said that the opponent's coach was really capable.
But if that’s all, it’s far from enough!
As his mind raced, the supreme robe had already been thrown onto Khalida, and then Levi put on a counter-active spiritual armor on her.
With these two protective spells, plus Khalida's own equipment, those stone tomb ghosts would probably lose half their lives if they slashed her with a sword, regardless of whether they could cause any damage.
Cindy released the Holy Glacier and the newly learned Blade Barrier. These two moves are particularly effective when used to delay and hinder the enemy.
Likewise, the celestial beings disguised as soldiers also threw off their cloaks and transformed into fighting stances.
For a moment, various attacks that tended towards holiness and light flashed continuously, not only further dispersing the surrounding black fog, but also killing dozens of vampires on the spot.
Khalida also shouted and ordered the troops to launch a counterattack.
Perhaps she was not particularly vigilant when she first set out from the city of Lahmia.
But along the way, many unusual things happened one after another, and Levi reminded her several times. If she didn't raise her guard, then she would be very stupid!
But there was one thing she never expected. When the enemy launched a surprise attack, several God-chosen heroes chose to rebel and tried to join forces with the enemy!
It was okay that they were instigated by the Beetle Prince before, as they were all from the Tomb Kings faction, and the Beetle Prince was indeed very generous when needed. She could understand that those guys might not be able to resist the temptation.
But ratmen and vampires...
What could they offer? Stench and blood?
She was enraged, and determined to show some real strength.
Then the front half of her snake-head spear suddenly changed, and its size expanded dozens of times. Then, it became like a real super giant poisonous snake, and it opened its mouth and spewed out a large amount of venom, covering the space of more than ten meters in radius.
The vampires that were enveloped in a large group fell down with screams.
But before they actually hit the ground, the screams often stopped abruptly, because almost all of them were killed by the fierce poison within just a few seconds.
Although as special undead creatures, they have a high resistance to poison, but attacks from legendary heroes are certainly not so easy to defend against.
Several skeleton giants also pulled out their several-meter-long giant arrows with agility that was inconsistent with their bloated appearance and shot them at the vampires in mid-air.
As special high-level constructs, the bone giants do not rely entirely on sight to observe the enemy, so even if there is still a little black fog, they will not be affected.
With the whistling sound of the air being torn apart, each giant arrow could cause at least five or six, or as many as a dozen vampires to explode into a ball of blood mist in mid-air.
It would be more accurate to say that they were hit to death rather than being shot to death, because their entire bodies were smashed into flying pieces.
Although Levi believed that using bows and arrows as weapons would not be able to maximize their strength, they were still rare level 6 soldiers, and were naturally invincible against ordinary vampires.
Those priests who had been slacking off before also showed their best and summoned many dinosaurs.
Some ankylosaurs and triceratops surrounded Khalida, Levi and others, forming a solid meat shield. Some flying pterosaurs, rhinoceros and Quetzalcoatlus, etc., took the initiative to face the vampires.
Although compared to their counterparts living on the ground or in water, flying dinosaurs are mostly fragile.
But their advantage is that they are extremely fast and their attack power is not too low, so they can still delay the enemy.
There were also some sphinxes that were unique to the desert areas, which jumped out from the magic circle and faced the evil ghosts in the tombs.
These monsters, with lion bodies and huge wings, could have had a variety of heads.
Crocodiles, lizards, jackals, lions, and even the face of a man or woman.
Their abilities will therefore be slightly different, but the only thing in common is that they all have good combat capabilities, some can even use spells, they are at least level 4, and can fly!
However, Levi felt that these guys did not seem to be summoned creatures. Instead, they were more like Alyssa's Abyss Horned Viper, some kind of combat-type magical pets.
Several priests even joined forces to summon a swarm of magical locusts, which overwhelmed the sky and the earth.
It is hard to say exactly how many vampires were killed, but it did delay the enemy greatly.
Even vampires cannot completely ignore these disgusting big bugs that are generally more than a finger long.
Seeing this, Levi, who had just released the Glorious Crown, did not feel much surprised.
If Khalida dared to conquer the Silver Blood Army, she certainly would not rely solely on those skeleton soldiers and tomb guards. Even those in front of her might not be all her strength.
Thinking of this, Levi looked to the other side again.
Then he realized that even though he and Cindy were not present for the time being, everyone was still fighting in good shape.
The terrain was chosen well and they were always on guard, so they were not ambushed by the enemy. One reason was that they had a strong average strength, which was also a reason.
But there is another important reason, that is, Martis and Alyssa have finally begun to show their talents.
Needless to say, Maltis was a veteran of many battles. She had worked for the Snake Cult and the Bane Church, and had extremely rich combat experience.
The Death Knight's frost powers are very good at protecting lives and controlling others. Given the strength of the ratmen and ordinary undead, they can't pose any threat to her at all.
But her attacks, whether with a spear or a great sword, are extremely deadly to the enemy.
In terms of pure physical attacks, she might be slightly inferior to Elegy, but the Death Knight is also a very typical practitioner of both magic and martial arts. Her frost enchantment is much stronger than ordinary low-level enchantment magic.
It is worth mentioning that Levi also temporarily gave her the Swift Battle Flag to use. After all, she is the strongest knight on their side, and it can only exert its greatest power in her hands.
And Levi also noticed that although this girl kept a cold face towards everyone except him and seemed very difficult to deal with, she also didn't like to owe favors to others.
The Swift Battle Flag is an epic item, what will she give in return?
On the other side, Alyssa has newly changed her job to a warlock with celestial blood, which naturally gives her extra advantages when dealing with vampires and other undead creatures.
But what really makes her stand out is the 9 3X3 snake-like guards in front of her.
Although the damage caused by their single spit to the enemy is not high, a salvo is enough to kill ordinary level 3 soldiers in seconds.
More importantly, these gadgets, like Cindy's original psychic hammer, have a certain degree of weak consciousness.
Unless they were destroyed, Alyssa would not have to distract herself from commanding them. She could take the opportunity to do other things.
In this way, although her efficiency in gaining experience points is not as good as that of violent output mages such as Sally or Sefa, it is far better than that of ordinary warriors.
Well, speaking of which, ever since Alyssa's celestial bloodline was fully aroused, things have become less harmonious between her and her little magical pet with abyssal bloodline. Maybe it's time to find her a new one.
However, her shadow unicorn did not change at all, and seemed to be even more intimate with her. Perhaps it was what they said, even if in darkness, one's heart was toward the light?
Similarly, Sefa and Sonia also displayed their prowess. What they were best at was dealing with these undead.
Donna and others, who had been hiding in the sky, also continued to shoot downwards.
With her height advantage, she can not only hide her body perfectly with her troops, but also launch a surprise attack-like effect at special moments.
Seeing this, Levi nodded with satisfaction, and then he signaled Cindy to take the angels to deal with those vampires.
Anyway, with so many summoned creatures serving as cannon fodder, they won't be in any danger.
Then he activated the chessboard's summoning ability.
In order to lure Visharon to show up, Lilith temporarily removed the concealing and shielding effects on him.
Therefore, the Red Knight should have seen the scene of the gods besieging Velsharoon through her Einherjar, just like Sigmar who sent out the Punisher.
Now, maybe it's time to see if her attitude will change.
In fact, this was also agreed by Lilith. First of all, it was because she and Lilith were very similar in some ways. Both of them had vests. Lilith thought that she had enough wisdom and sophistication, so she could try to win her over.
Although the Red Knight's alias - Myrmedia, is only a weak divine power with a very small range of influence, and her faith is only spread in a very small number of human city-states, her true form is not much stronger.
But the priesthood and domain of her two identities are war and strategy, which is a priesthood with great potential and is also very scarce within the elven pantheon.
The priesthoods related to war and combat, as well as magic, death, etc., are all recognized as priesthoods with high potential and high combat power.
Apart from the God-King Corellon, the only gods in the elven pantheon are the Bloody Hand God Cain, and the Hunting God Kunos, who have slightly related powers, which other elven gods do not possess.
But based on Levi's current contact and observation, the two goddesses, Lilith and Moonbow, have very strange attitudes towards Corellon.
They seemed to have no expectations or reliance on him at all, even though he was Yuegong's father (or mother).
Kane is a chaotic evil person. Even if he is very good to Lilith, he cannot be relied on all the time. There is no need to explain this, and Levi can fully understand it.
As for the hunting god Kunos, he is the god of war of the wood elves and is very close to the natural gods of mankind. For Lilith, he is also not worthy of complete trust.
So in this case, it is no wonder that Lilith is very interested in the Crimson Knight, who is also very wise and strategic.
Moreover, behind the Crimson Knight is the god of battle, Tempus, who treats her like his own daughter. He is a powerful god, and if he can establish a relationship with her, it will obviously only benefit Lilith.
Of course, Lilith didn't completely rely on her, and she seemed to have started contacting Sigma frequently.
Although he is obviously much weaker due to his relatively short period of being a deity, he is also a human war god of medium power.
A light flashed, and dozens of heroic warriors with translucent bodies and covered in crimson armor appeared out of thin air.
"Red Guard, attack!"
"For Ms. Strategy!"
Seeing this, Levi also smiled with great satisfaction.
Before, although he showed a considerable degree of wisdom and command ability, every time he summoned, the Red Knight would just send him some constructs or animals at random, and rarely gave him Heroic Warriors.
According to his guess, she might be casting a wide net, probably throwing out a lot of chessboards at the same time to select the heroes among them, and then give strong support to those who are willing to approach her.
As for someone like herself, who already had traces of other gods on her body and who wasn't particularly enthusiastic about her, there was naturally no need for her to pay too much attention to him.
But it's not entirely his fault. It's just that she chose Simon in the first place.
Although Simon usually works hard enough, his talent is limited and Levi has gradually let him go.
But last time and this time, no matter what class Levi summoned, she gave them all Heroic Warriors, which was enough to show her attitude.
She was not only considering Levi's potential, but also for the sake of Lilith and other elven gods!
Although Levi still had some backup measures and did not use his full strength, the enemy's surprise attack on Khalida did not have much effect under their joint counterattack.
Although the opponents seemed to have a large number of people, they lacked a strong person who could match Khalida and make the final decision.
As the priests continued to summon more creatures, some tomb technicians who had not appeared before appeared in large numbers from nowhere and began to activate groups of jackal-type gods guards holding longbows, the threat from the enemy became smaller.
I don't know if it's Khalida herself, or the bonus given to the Guardians of the Gods by the Tomb Technicians, but the attack power, attack speed, hit rate, etc. of these Guardians of the Gods are obviously better than their ordinary counterparts.
This resulted in many vampires dying on the way before they could get close to them.
Some priests constantly used skills such as wind-making and unknown flames to try to keep their own vision unaffected.
Those tomb generals also led their troops and launched a counterattack while moving closer to Khalida. Even though Khalida did not issue any orders to them, they did not panic at all.
After all, they are truly battle-hardened, and some have even died more than once. What else do they have to fear?
At the same time, after the initial panic, many of the chosen heroes calmed down.
Because they also discovered that the opponent's average strength was actually not that good, because the strongest wave of enemies seemed to have gone to besiege Khalida.
So they began to fight back and also tried to get closer to Khalida.
Although with her strength as a legendary hero, she shouldn't need to be rescued by them, but this is a rare opportunity to show off her face!
Then those rebellious guys felt a little embarrassed.
Although it can be seen that their strength is above average, the rebellion they launched did pose a considerable threat to the surrounding troops.
But in the same way, when the coalition forces of ratmen and vampires failed to defeat Khalida's troops in one fell swoop, they instead found themselves in heavy encirclement and became trapped!
Levi also activated some scorpion guards and used the mud-to-stone technique on the surrounding land.
The rats may not have had the right opportunity before and could not attack Khalida directly from underground, but even if they dug a hole, it would not take much effort for them, after all, they rely on this for their livelihood.
Then, within a few seconds, he heard a male voice that was not unfamiliar.
"Damn it, why is it like this again? Why can't I dig it?"
Then another female voice said: "Do you still need to think about it? Maybe Levi spread this method."
"No, maybe someone else found it on their own. Anyway, it's not a very advanced skill."
After hearing these words, Levi knew that there were many Ratman God-chosen heroes involved in this ambush, including the two guys who were beaten away by him last time.
As for the undead, although no similar noises were heard, it is estimated that there are also many of them.
Unfortunately, after looking back and forth several times, he still couldn't really determine the opponent's position. The battlefield was too noisy.
But suddenly, Levi's heart moved, and a scorpion guard that burrowed into the ground was destroyed.
Then, within a few seconds, the second and third victims appeared one after another. Not only were their speed extremely fast, but their attack power was also incredibly high.
Although the Scorpion Guard is not known for its health and defense, it is a level 4 soldier after all.
It can kill them almost instantly, but they can't even see who the enemy is. This is most likely used against Khalida!
So, silently, Levi quickly summoned the bear-headed god Bill and other celestial creatures.
Then, based on the location where the Scorpion Guard was destroyed, he roughly deduced the direction and location where the other party might appear.
Seeing his movements, Kalida, who only used one move to barely calm her anger and then stood quietly on the back of the serpent, and did not personally participate in the battle, immediately understood the general situation.
She immediately decided to cooperate with Levi's actions, deliberately moving in a certain direction, looking as if she wanted to attack personally.
Not to mention, even if she was just pretending, her attacks were extremely powerful.
No matter whether it is an ordinary vampire, a grave ghost with strong vitality, or a stone tomb ghost as a spirit, there is no difference in front of her spear, and she can kill them with one blow.
After easily killing dozens of enemies like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, she snorted and looked up at the vampire in the air who had been killed to pieces by Cindy and the angels.
"That coward Edward didn't come, but only sent you ignorant wretches to die?"