Without waiting for the other party to reply, she continued to speak: "But that's right, when I saw the vampire fighting side by side with the even more despicable rat people, I should have known how cowardly he was."
Ratmen have always been on par with goblins, kobolds and the like. Their biggest characteristics are their low combat effectiveness, extremely fast reproduction rate, and large numbers, making them almost impossible to kill.
The impression they give people is that they are the weakest among the weak. Naturally, those who associate with rat people will not be strong.
Although Levi had reminded her before and after today's battle, Khalida's impression of the ratmen will undergo a fundamental change, but this will not prevent her from using this to provoke the vampires.
Sure enough, after hearing this, a middle-aged vampire who was dressed relatively gorgeously finally couldn't help but fly out.
"Kalida, don't go too far. Even if you are a legend, so what?"
"As long as I'm determined to escape, can you really fly up and catch me?"
Khalida chuckled: "Oh, is this your greatest wish?"
The people who heard their conversation were somewhat speechless for a moment.
This fellow named Edward, if nothing unexpected happens, should be the leader of the Silver Blood Army and has the status of a count among vampires.
He has been entrenched here for many years and is considered a local figure, but in the end, this is all he has achieved?
Edward snorted twice and didn't say any more nonsense. He just threw out a few spells, as if he wanted to vent his anger.
However, although the power of those magic spells might not be very great, the sound and light effects were quite extraordinary, directly blocking the vision of a considerable area.
Before anyone had time to disperse them, several dark figures nimbly jumped out from the ground and headed straight for Kalida.
Although their specific appearance could not be seen clearly, the short blades flashing with dazzling green light almost revealed their identities.
In the main world, only the alchemists of Zhendan, a very small number of death mages, and the ratmen can process and utilize dimensional stones.
The first two utilize the energy of dimensional stone, and only ratmen use dimensional stone as a weapon!
Several arrows of the same color flew out from somewhere and headed straight for Kalida.
At the critical moment, Edward also widened his eyes and stared closely at the developments below.
According to the information he had obtained, Khalida seemed to be in a weak state.
If this assassination attempt succeeds, perhaps they will not only be confined to this barren mountain range, but will also be more likely to invade southwards.
They don't care much about Khalida's treasure. To vampires, it doesn't mean much.
But the countless corpses and souls sleeping beneath the city of Lahmia are exactly what they have been dreaming of.
It is a huge waste for the Tomb Kings to use those things to make broken skeletons and tomb guards. If they could get them, they could do more!
But before he could imagine a bright future, he saw several rays of light flash at the same time, followed by the shouts of a man and a woman.
"Holy Glacier!"
“Rainbow Eye!”
First, an ice wall filled with sacred energy blocked the rat assassin, and then colorful energy spurted out.
The rat assassins, who only emphasize agility and strength but have seriously insufficient physical fitness, are simply unable to be immune to the multiple effects that come with it.
One was petrified on the spot, the other was first burned by fire and struck by lightning, then passed through acid, and finally frozen.
As for the last one, it seemed a little lucky because it was just a little poisoned.
But that was just an illusion, because the next moment, Levi's magical pet Xiao Qi had released an iron restraint on it.
After following it in battle for so long, it has successfully reached level 9.
Although due to the special nature of the wizard's pet, its health and defense have never increased, resulting in any third-level soldier being able to easily kill it.
So most of the time, Levi would just infuse it with some summoning magic in advance and let it hide far behind.
But every loss has its own gain. When necessary, it can also produce unexpected results, like now!
Then, several shadows darker than the ratmen floated out from a corner.
With just a gentle touch, the ill-fated rat-man assassins stopped all their movements in an instant, whether running, jumping, or struggling.
Because they have lost their lives forever.
Although Levi rarely used them after getting them, he rarely saw them appear.
However, the giant shadow elementals are still summoned creatures of level 6. The most important thing is that they can change their shapes at will, making them very hidden!
There were also several shadow elementals, rat masters, wind elementals, etc., who had already moved in the direction where the arrows came from.
Because their body structure is very different from that of humans, rat people are not good at using bows and crossbows. They prefer simple and practical slings.
But now there is a ratman on the field that uses this as a weapon. It is obviously not a supporting role, and it may bring some unexpected gains.
Khalida, who was originally planning to attack, couldn't help but be a little surprised when she saw this, but she didn't stop her hands at all, and directly launched a volley .
As she moved, several snake-like shadows emerged from her body and transformed into sharp arrows, instantly destroying half of Edward's body and wings.
Without the help of magic or props, she really couldn't fly, but that didn't mean she couldn't fight in the air!
Edward was caught off guard and fell headfirst to the ground. However, the pain in his body was far less than the shock in his heart.
He looked at Khalida in disbelief: "Why? You can obviously attack from the air, but you've never used it on me before?"
Khalida chuckled, and the Pioneer transformed her spear into a giant python, completely devouring the opponent's other wing. Only then did she answer the opponent's question.
"Because before, you never had the courage to get so close to me!"
The enemy wanted to target her, so why couldn't she use herself as bait?
Although based on the queen's glory and majesty, she would have disdained using this method to win the battle.
But since the enemy came to her on their own initiative, it would be a waste if she didn't take advantage of the situation.
After seeing Khalida's performance, Levi roughly understood why Khalida, the warrior queen who was known to be the best in archery, did not carry any bows and arrows with her.
Originally he mistakenly thought that the other party was only good at commanding archers to fight, but now it seems that there is more to it than that.
Her snake-head spear can also launch long-range shots like a bow and arrow, and its power is quite terrifying. I'm afraid it is at least a legendary weapon.
"Is that so? Then my loss doesn't count..."
Before he could finish his words, Edward's body quickly transformed into a pool of blood, and it seemed that he was about to run away.
But Khalida did not make any move. At this time, two priests who had been staying behind her and had not participated in the battle from beginning to end finally took action.
White light flashed, and two light nets condensed by pure positive energy appeared out of thin air, not only wrapping Edward in them, but also forcing him back to human form from a pool of blood.
This is the famous Amintok's Net in light magic. It has no attack power at all, but in the hands of a strong enough wizard, it can produce extremely terrifying effects.
Bind, freeze, silence...
Normally, these three effects would be very powerful even if they appeared separately on a magic spell, but now that the three effects have been combined into one, it is not just powerful, but terrifying!
As a binding magic, it is much stronger than black tentacles or iron constraints.
Edward's face was full of despair and surprise. He looked in disbelief at the two tomb priests who were still stretching out their hands to maintain the light net.
"Damn it, you guys actually went to learn light magic? Such a rare magic?"
Although thanks to the blessing of the Egyptian gods, these mummies have become an extremely special kind of undead. They can even learn and use light magic, but that will also cause certain harm to themselves.
Even God cannot completely eliminate this fundamental thing.
But Kalida just laughed and ignored it.
Which one is more painful, a physical wound or a mental wound?
She couldn't be sure about others, but for some special priests who had a deep hatred for Nagash, they would rather endure this pain and wait until Nagash returns again so that they can take revenge personally!
Yes, they firmly believed that Nagash would return again, and they could afford to wait since they had long lifespans anyway.
Levi was also very surprised. He had noticed these two guys slacking off before. He didn't expect that they were not being lazy, but were performing a special sacrifice to fight against powerful enemies.
Although this magic is only of level 5, he had only seen it in the hands of Tigris before, which shows how rare it is.
But Khalida didn't seem to want to waste any more time talking to the other party. She just turned her head and looked at Levi: "Levi, purify him."
With her current strength, there is little point in killing such an enemy.
If she wanted to become stronger quickly, she could only seek things related to God, such as divinity, godhead, and even priesthood.
Of course, if the opponent is a legend, she will never let him go.
But Edward, his strength is far from enough.
The chosen heroes have always been very keen on killing, which can make them stronger.
And before in the Temple of Bones, when Sobek killed the poor little maid, perhaps even Sobek himself didn't notice it, but she, who was in the cage and couldn't do anything, noticed it.
At that time, Levi wanted to rush up and beat Sobek up. He was as enthusiastic about this as other God-chosen heroes.
So if I give him the chance now, it can be considered as a small way of repaying the favor he just did, right?
Faced with such a good thing, Levi naturally would not refuse. Although Edward 's performance was far worse than that of Khalida, as a leader, he was at least a hero unit of level 10+.
It was even more convenient for him since the other party was bound by magic.
But why didn't Khalida ask the other party for any information?
Did she think it was unnecessary, or...
Since he already had a rough idea in mind, Levi directly prepared to perform the dissociation technique.
If Khalida really had this idea, it wouldn't matter if Edward lost an arm or a leg.
Seeing his action, Edward suddenly became a little anxious, not only because he recognized this magic, but also because it was completely different from what he expected!
"Wait, Khalida, you don't even want to get information from me?"
"Haha, can you tell it?"
If she could get information easily, she wouldn't have spent so many years trying to find the Silver Blood Army's true lair.
But this time, she had some hope, not because of Levi's arrival, but because the priests had found a new method.
Edward immediately put on a mask of pain and said, "If you don't ask, how do you know if I will tell you?"
If you tell me everything without even asking, wouldn't I be very embarrassed?
In just a moment of hesitation, Levi's magic had already flown out and directly turned one of his arms into ashes.
Edward couldn't help but scream out in pain. Seeing that Levi had already begun to prepare his second magic, he no longer cared about his reserve.
"It was the Queen who decided to cooperate with the ratmen of the Corrupted Clan to jointly search for the secret treasure left by Nagash. They want the Warp Stone, and we want the Nine Volumes of Nagash."
Khalida was immediately extremely surprised. Why was Edward, the leader of the Silver Blood Army, more afraid of death than those low- and middle-level vampires?
She originally thought that the other party would never reveal any information easily, so she did not ask. Who knew that the other party would be such a weak guy?
Levi, however, thinks this is a matter of course. Apart from those who have been brainwashed, only those who have no dreams, low abilities, and cannot change the status quo will despise their own lives.
How many people who have a little ability don’t want to live better and longer?
However, this guy is still playing tricks. He seems to be very honest, but in fact he is just saying some nonsense.
They had already deduced this information, right?
And Kalida seemed a little surprised? Did she not expect the other party to give up so easily? Or did she not think of trying to get information from the other party?
Despite his doubts, his second spell still flew out, turning the opponent's arm into ashes.
It’s true, I don’t know if Edward’s strength is really not good enough or he is just too unlucky, but the success rate of his dissociation technique is unexpectedly high.
If Levi had aimed at his head, he would have been dead by now.
But his vitality was indeed very strong. Even though he was seriously injured by Khalida, he was still alive and well after receiving two rounds of dissociation magic.
Edward screamed in pain again, then turned and glared at Levi, "I've been cooperating so well, why are you still hitting me?"
After a brief moment of astonishment, Khalida came to her senses. Since Edward was unexpectedly weak, she might as well ask him more questions.
"Where is your lair?"
Edward hesitated for a moment, and seeing Levi preparing to cast a spell again, but Carida did not have any intention of dissuading him, he immediately said:
"It's sixty miles underground to the northeast. The ratmen helped us dig it out. It was also a base of Nagash back then."
"You got the Nine Scrolls of Nagash?"
Edward immediately shook his head quickly: "No, if we had it, we would have left here long ago."
Although vampires do not have much demand on the outside world, blood is a necessity for them.
Unfortunately, the environment of this area of ​​mountains is extremely harsh. Apart from the ratmen, there are only the undead. It is not easy for them to find some high-quality fresh blood.
And they have to deal with Khalida's invasion from time to time. If they had a choice, they would have left here long ago.
"Where is the ratman's lair?"
Edward shook his head again: "How could I know that? We are just cooperating with each other, not superiors and subordinates."
Kalida was a little disappointed: "Do you have anything else to add?"
Not only was she disappointed that the other party's intelligence was so limited, she was even more disappointed that the leader of the Silver Blood Army, who had been fighting against her for at least several hundred years, turned out to be such a waste?
No, maybe she made a mistake from the beginning...
Edward felt something was wrong when he heard this: "Hey, I've told you everything I know, so why don't you let me go?"
Levi next to him couldn't help but chuckle: "Idiot, when did we promise to let you go?"
Seeing Khalida nod slightly, Levi also released the third dissociation spell at the right time, this time he aimed at the opponent's head.
Without making any sound, Edward disappeared silently.
You know what, although this guy is a noob, his equipment seems to be pretty good. He directly dropped a purple and two blue items.
Levi picked up the things very naturally and put them all into his space ring. Then he looked at Khalida again.
"This guy, isn't he the real Earl Edward?"
Khalida nodded gently. "At first I thought he was, but his performance disappointed me. He may also be called Edward, but he will not be the leader of the Silver Blood Army."
Although she hated the Vampire Queen very much, she had to admit her skills and strength. She would never send such a waste to lead the Silver Blood Army.
Moreover, the other party's behavior was completely different from what she had previously known.
In this way, the credibility of the only information just provided by the other party will be greatly reduced.
"Well, let's calm down the commotion first, and then go to the place he mentioned."
Naturally, Khalida had no objection and turned to look at the bodies of the rat-man assassins on the ground.
Although there were no obvious features on it, she quickly confirmed: "It's an assassin from Clan Eshin, one of the four major clans of ratmen."
Among the four major clans of ratmen, the Skryre are good at copying and imitating. They use warpstone to replace gunpowder and develop some weapons and war machines that are extremely unstable but powerful.
The Corrupted Clan is good at breeding various mutated beasts, or transforming humanoid creatures such as beastmen;
The Plague Clan likes to spread plagues. Many large-scale plague outbreaks in the human empire are vaguely pointed to them;
The last of the Clan Eshin specializes in assassination. It is said that they once traveled to a distant eastern country and learned relevant skills.
I don’t know whether the cost of hiring them this time was paid by the Silver Blood Army or the Corrupted Clan?
As soon as Edward died, the vampires, who had been almost killed, suddenly scattered like birds.
As for the rats, they saw that the situation was not good and started to slip away without even saying hello, leaving the undead as scapegoats.
Come quickly, go quickly, this is how the rat people fight.
Instead of immediately joining the game of catching mice, Levi simply threw dozens of secret magic marks at the fleeing ratmen.
With his current strength, this level 1 magic can last for dozens of minutes. Although the distance is still limited, it is possible to follow the clues and find the rats' lair.
He probably guessed that Khalida must have some backup plan that could help her find the Silver Blood Army's lair as soon as possible.
But he puts in a little effort here to increase his success rate.
On the other side, Harpros was also controlling several scorpion guards to track the fleeing ratmen in the underground passage for the same purpose.
If we can really find the location of the enemy's lair, it would not be a bad idea to kill all these ratmen before discovering the Silver Blood Army.
After a quick glance around, Levi discovered that not only the tomb technicians and priests, but also the generals, as he expected, showed extraordinary command ability and combat effectiveness.
Although it is not as good as Elegy or Maltis, it is also very powerful on the battlefield.
Once they launched their charge, almost no enemy force could withstand them.
Similarly, those God-chosen heroes also performed very well and quickly surrounded the traitors with their absolute advantage in numbers.
This kind of internal rebellion, once successful, can certainly achieve great results, but if it is not followed up by a weak force, it will only trap itself in this situation.
They were not in a hurry to kill all these traitors, and they obviously planned to gather more intelligence later.
In fact, Khalida thought so too.
Even though she hated the other party's betrayal, she also knew that if she could offer certain conditions, she might be able to get more information from the other party.
Levi took a look and stopped paying attention because he had his own things to do.
There were four assassins who just attacked Khalida, three of whom were melee fighters, and they were easily killed by him and Cindy working together.
But the last one who used the crossbow was unexpectedly powerful and is still alive and well.
Under the joint siege of multiple shadow elementals and celestial creatures, it not only did not die, but killed multiple celestial creatures in succession.
Its attack power alone is not particularly high, but the poison on its arrows is extremely strong.
It is difficult for priests to purify, and if one is not careful, the person who is infected may be poisoned to death.
Moreover, all of its arrows are made of dimensional stone, which is of very high value.
At the same time, it can also throw some special plague grenades, and even use the power of shadows to hide its body.
All these characteristics are almost simultaneously gathered from the three major clans of the ratmen: Skryre, Eshin and Plague. It must have a very special status among the ratmen.
So when he couldn't find Wang Jieri and other Rat Man's chosen heroes for the time being, he turned his target to the other party.
Although the opponent was extremely agile, it was quickly forced into a dead end under the joint encirclement of Levi and Cindy.
Seeing through invisibility is not some high-level magic. Even the wild horse masters summoned by Levi can use three or five of them in a row.
Seeing that there was no way to retreat, this special ratman assassin finally stopped where he was and turned to look at Levi, as if he wanted to imprint his image deeply in his heart.
"It looks like Tucci is going to die here."
A ratman that can communicate normally? Levi was slightly interested.
"Tuch? What clan are you from?"
He wanted to confirm whether the many powers on the other party were purely accidental or were deliberately created by the rat people.
There are endless betrayals and conspiracies among the ratmen, and there are frequent infighting within the clans, and the struggles between different clans are even more brutal.
Ratmen are one of the few species that will eat the corpses of their own kind, and they love doing so.
Because it is much easier to kill a ratman in its lair than to hunt it in the wild.
If the four major clans are willing to work together, it will not be good news for intelligent races such as humans or dwarves.
Of course, for the high elves, it is not a big problem.
Because Ulthuan, the hometown of the High Elves, is a super-giant island protected by magic, it would be extremely difficult for aliens to break in, let alone even find the entrance there.
Even if a lucky person appears occasionally, they will still have to face the navy that the high elves are proud of, some sea beasts in the sea that are allied with them, and sea elves, etc.
So basically only the separated dark elves can occasionally pose a real threat to them.
There are no ratmen, greenskins or beastmen on Ulthuan, and the ratmen have no navy at all, so no matter how rampant the ratmen are, the High Elves will at most suffer damage to their colonies, but it will never affect their homeland.
"Tuch is Doom from the sewers!"
Even though it was shouting like this, Tuqi still didn't give up the resistance. However, facing Donna's multiple big cats, as well as the siege of the Tiger Master and the Wolf Patrol Master, it had almost no place to move.
After trying several times in a row, Levi still couldn't get much information. He only roughly knew that the other party's hometown was located under a human city.
At the same time, that city may be adjacent to the dwarven town, because Twitch is wearing a rare pair of glasses that only dwarven engineers use.
As for the rest, it refused to reveal even a single bit.
Although it looks very wretched, it is indeed a qualified assassin and knows that keeping secrets is important.
So Levi had no choice but to kill it, because everything on Khalida's side had been almost settled.
After a black tentacle followed by an iron restraint, Tucci was finally completely unable to move, but it still tried hard to shoot at Levi in ​​a final resistance.
Unfortunately, its simple physical attack was unable to break through the Big Slap's defense and could not cause any wounds, so even the most powerful poison was completely ineffective.
Levi waved his hand, signaling Cindy to spare its life, and he turned to where Carlida was.
The traitors had also been dealt with. Except for one guy who was able to leave with his hero and guards, the rest were all executed by Khalida.
And it is foreseeable that death will not be the only punishment. After all, Khalida is the Queen of the Tomb Sweepers. If they offend her, their reputation and military positions in the city of Lahmia will probably be wiped out.
However, when they decided to betray, they should have had a similar realization. Perhaps the other party really gave them a generous reward that they could not refuse.
Since Khalida wore the golden mask all day, Levi couldn't see any expression on her face except for her eyes, so he could only take the initiative to ask.
"How is it going?"
Khalida shook her head. "It's not ideal. They know very little. They are not important in the enemy's plan."
That’s right. Regardless of whether the enemy’s raid is successful or not, they will suffer heavy losses. How much confidential information can these pure cannon fodder know?
Levi immediately asked tentatively: "Should we wait until the battle here is over, or..."
Although his subordinates suffered almost no losses, the skeleton soldiers under Khalida lost at least nearly a thousand in the first wave of attacks.
There were constant casualties in the subsequent battles, so as he rode on a griffin and looked down from above, he could see very clearly that the army, which seemed huge at the beginning, was now riddled with holes.
The actual combat effectiveness may not have been lost much, but it does look a bit embarrassing.
Khalida did not reply immediately, but looked to the side, at the tomb priests who had previously summoned a swarm of magical locusts.
After seeing the other party nod, she said coldly: "No, we will march directly!"
After quickly issuing several orders and asking several generals to clean up the remaining undead here, Khalida set off again.
Levi also noticed that this time she brought almost no skeleton soldiers, and even the tomb guards were only a few hundred.
Her real main force is the God Guardians and Grave Knights, followed by some generals and priests, as well as several God-chosen heroes.
Although the size of the troops has been sharply reduced, the actual combat effectiveness that can be exerted has not been greatly affected.
It seemed that she was well aware that those miscellaneous soldiers would not be able to play much of a role in a truly fierce battle.
Taking into account some previous signs, Levi was roughly certain that Khalida should have a way to find the other party's nest.
Come to think of it, he can let the scorpion guards do the tracking, and these priests who can control magical insects can naturally be asked to do the same thing!