Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 411: Accidental Death
So they worked together again to cast spells and open those special magical instruments called soul coffins.
In an instant, the temperature of the surrounding air suddenly dropped by dozens of degrees. Accompanied by noisy screams, countless spirits flew out. Under the guidance of the priests, they formed several huge energy skulls and rushed straight towards the blood knights in the distance.
After doing all this , the priests immediately and nervously closed the soul coffin.
Even though there was still a certain distance between them, many people still felt creepy. Wang Tom's tail and all the hair on her body stood up because she seemed to feel the breath of death approaching.
Just like the unique pressure from some high-level enemy, this thing might not cause any harm, but she couldn't help but feel her heartbeat quicken and her blood pressure rise.
There is no need to say much about Cindy, Sefa and others. The magic system has always been more sensitive to energy.
"Brother Li Wei, what on earth are these? I feel very uncomfortable..."
Cindy's little face was almost wrinkled into a ball. Even with Levi's reminder, she found it difficult to suppress her instinctive impulse.
If she encountered such things in the wild, her first thought would be to rush up and smash them to pieces, and then purify the souls within them!
Li Wei pondered for a moment and said, "The Soul Coffin originally contained some souls that were tortured because they had offended the wrath of the Tomb King.
Powerful binding runes make it impossible for these souls to escape imprisonment forever. Instead, they continue to breed emotions such as pain and hatred, and are gradually tamed and transformed by the soul coffin.
When the soul coffin is opened, the souls inside will be briefly freed from their restraints, and they will attack the enemy regardless of everything and with their last bit of strength.
Because they have been transformed and strengthened by the Soul Coffin's array, they can cause severe damage to almost all enemies, including undead and constructs.
The souls of the living who died as a result of this will also be cursed and bound by the Soul Coffin, and will become the next batch of residents of the Soul Coffin, or ammunition. "
"Most of the souls in these soul coffins are probably the souls of evil creatures. I just noticed that many of them have the characteristics of greenskin and ratmen."
"They were originally used by the Tomb Kings as special magical artillery, but this kind of weapon that uses souls as ammunition is something the gods don't want to see, so the Soul Coffin was gradually banned."
After death, the souls of loyal believers will turn into petitioners and become the guards of the gods in the kingdom of God.
But if their souls are destroyed in advance, then it is naturally impossible to be transformed.
When it comes to their own interests, the gods cannot ignore it.
They couldn't ensure that these things wouldn't be used in wars against their own believers, so they simply banned their use.
Therefore, this special soul coffin rarely appears on the battlefield, and there has been no record of it in the past thousand years.
These few might have accidentally survived from an earlier period, after all, Kalida was so old.
Moreover, the performance of the priests just now has shown that they were not sure how many soul coffins would appear.
As he spoke, countless souls had already descended into the enemy camp.
Although they are evil spirits, they can theoretically be considered undead creatures, and their energy properties are very similar.
However, when they attacked the Blood Knights and Black Knights, they still exerted extremely powerful attack power.
At least one team of Blood Knights and several times the number of Black Knights were killed instantly.
After listening to Levi's explanation and seeing this scene, the expressions of Cindy and others, as well as many celestial creatures, became slightly better.
If it is to fight evil with evil, it is not completely unacceptable, especially if the souls are of evil races such as greenskins or familiars.
In a sense, isn't the same true for Levi's Death Guard?
Then many magic troops soon discovered that they had several more enhancement states.
When within a certain range of the soul coffin, its casting speed, mana recovery speed, etc. will be improved to a certain extent.
So Levi asked everyone to temporarily put aside their chaotic thoughts and focus on the enemy in front of them.
Except for the angels who still couldn't bear it, Cindy, Sefa and others chose to join him and cast various magics under the amplification of the soul coffin.
Although they felt disgusted, the Soul Coffin was not the focus today. They had to focus on the enemy in front of them first.
Although the interval between each attack is very long, the priests also need to expend a lot of energy to bind souls, guide targets, etc.
But after several waves of attacks, the power of these soul coffins was fully noticed by both the enemy and us, so more God-chosen heroes began to move towards their location.
Even the generals fighting on the front line gradually began to change their fighting style and moved closer. It was obvious that they should know some information about the Soul Coffin.
But suddenly, Sefa was a little panicked: "Has anyone seen where Sonia went?"
Levi quickly glanced around, and then he frowned. Sonya had been a little impulsive in the face of the undead, but this was no ordinary battle. Although she was holding a legendary whip, her level was still low, and she was an infantryman. A few blood knights could put her in danger.
The hero unit's advantage lies in its ability to command troops and its high growth potential, but she is far from truly grown up.
"Did anyone see where she went?"
Levi quickly glanced around and found that the other party had run away. No wonder he felt something was wrong just now.
The subordinates looked at each other in bewilderment for a moment. In such a chaotic battlefield, with tens of thousands of troops on both sides and all of them fighting non-stop, who would have noticed if she had quietly left?
Alyssa apologized immediately: “I’m very sorry, Lord Levi, this is my negligence.”
When they just left, Levi gave the task of command to her. She originally thought that she had done a very good job. They defeated the black knights who attacked the ferry at a very low cost.
But she didn't expect such a mistake to happen now. She must be aware of Levi's desire for Sefa and Sonia.
Before Levi could respond, Sefa took over: "No, Levi, it was Sonia who was a little impulsive this time."
That being said, Sefa knew that Sonia's character and her aversion to evil were only part of the story.
Another part is that the two of them have never felt a sense of belonging in the team.
Although Levi and Cindy were very nice to them, they were outsiders after all. Even Maltis, a death elf who came later, seemed to be more integrated into this group than them.
All this is because Sonia is the current Whip-bearer of her family and cannot pledge allegiance to outsiders.
They are as close as sisters, and she will not abandon her easily.
So even though she was very eager to fight alongside Levi, she still couldn't make a decision easily.
Levi could only comfort the other party first, and then send more people to search for Sonia.
But he already had a bad feeling in his heart. Could it be that this girl was going to find Maltis?
But there is a huge gap between the two of them in terms of strength and other aspects. He is not too worried about Maltis, but Sonia...
Apart from anything else, her legendary whip that can restrain vampires and undead is enough to attract attention!
Although he was anxious, Levi knew it was meaningless. He could only send more scouts and ask for help from the ratmen such as Wang Jerry and Wang Tom.
Although their frontal combat capability is not good, they are still very good at gathering information.
The brother and sister did not refuse. They had just gained some benefits. If they had not followed Levi's large group, they would never have had such an opportunity.
So it is reasonable that they will not stand idly by at this time.
Even Kamo next to him volunteered, saying that he could summon some ghost-type shikigami to help.
However, before they could actually take action, at this moment, there was a , and then a knight fell off his horse.
Levi narrowed his eyes immediately. Although there was no direct evidence, he subconsciously felt that it was related to Martis or even Sonia.
"The rest of you continue to maintain the battle formation. Cindy, Sefa, follow me!"
He flew over immediately, but saw that the commotion there not only did not stop, but instead had a tendency to gradually expand, even affecting the charge and attack of the surrounding black knights.
Then a man came out alone, holding a spear in one hand and a greatsword in the other. Who else could it be but Martis?
Seeing that the mount under her crotch had been replaced with the nightmare beast, it was obvious that her battle plan was successful.
But the vague figure lying on the saddle made Levi feel uneasy.
If it were a living person, it would not be very comfortable to be left like that.
And that long hair, and that long whip tightly held in her hand, emitting unique energy fluctuations...
"Sefa, I think I see where Sonia is."
Sefa was quite surprised at first, but soon she noticed that Levi's expression was wrong, and then she also saw the figure on the saddle where Martis was sitting.
Her heart sank suddenly, but she said nothing. She just followed Levi and flew over to cover Maltis' retreat with magic.
Since he had found the best opportunity and broke through the opponent's weakest link, and with the cover of Levi and others, it didn't take much effort for Martis to return to the formation.
In fact, he should have congratulated her first, but now Levi is more concerned about one thing.
"Martis, she..."
Martis shook his head slightly, feeling somewhat emotional.
Silly girl, there are many ways and opportunities to prove herself, but she chose the most dangerous one, just like herself back then...
Sefa rushed over immediately and activated the healing scroll, but then he couldn't help but cover his mouth, because the scroll didn't work, which only meant one thing.
Then she turned to look at Levi: "Levi, if you can save her, I am willing..."
Levi stretched out his hand to stop her from saying, "Sefa, Sonia and I are also friends, and I don't want you to treat yourself as a bargaining chip."
He took out the resurrection scroll he had just prepared and chose to use it.
This was the trophy he got after he was awarded the battle rating of legendary feat. The previous two chances were given to one of Lisadilan's Avalon sisters and Lily respectively. Now is the last chance.
But then he was stunned, because accompanied by the flash of light, his resurrection failed.
The system prompts: "The target does not meet the requirements. The current status of the target can be saved for up to 24 hours."
"Sefa, Sonia is already level 10?"
One of the limitations of this resurrection scroll is that it cannot exceed level 10.
"Well, I just broke through after the last battle."
Levi sighed, this girl's luck is too bad.
He looked at Sefa very seriously: "We still have 24 hours to find a chance to revive her."
"But where are we going to find it?"
As Sefa spoke, she began to cry a little.
Resurrection is a 5th-level divine spell. Doesn’t it sound very low-level? It seems that a 10th-level priest may be able to cast such an ability?
But in reality, the resurrection of all living people requires God's approval.
Because at the moment of death, the soul is already under the jurisdiction of the god of death, who will later assign it to different gods based on their beliefs.
Once the Grim Reaper has made this decision, it is almost impossible to change it.
Although this world seems to have no such thing as a Book of Life and Death, the basic rules still exist.
The gods who receive the soul will decide how to treat the person after death based on his or her piety and sins during his or her lifetime.
Either ascend into the Kingdom of God and become a petitioner, or better yet, become a Holy Spirit, or be cruelly punished.
If you want to be resurrected, you have to seize this extremely short period of time, which is basically equivalent to asking a god to deal with the god of death.
Just think about it, how could this kind of power be used frequently?
Cindy, Elegy and others beside them were also very sad.
Although they had not been together for a long time, Sonia, who was outgoing and sunny, had already won their recognition.
Now seeing each other become cold corpses, the grief in their hearts was only slightly less than that of Sefa.
Waving his hand to signal some celestial beings to take care of Sonia's body, Levi comforted her: "Sefa, we will have a chance, don't give up hope."
Although he also felt very regretful, his current mission was to eliminate the Silver Blood Army and then obtain the Ninth Volume of Nagash.
Because according to Lilith, the Nine Volumes of Nagash contain the remaining power of Nagash, and they need to be specially purified before they can be used by him.
Then he would have a reason to call for her to come. With her power, it would be easy to resurrect her.
However, he was not sure whether she was really willing to do it.
Because Sonia's Belmont family has served Sigma for generations, even if she really wants to be resurrected, it is Sigma's right.
He had also vaguely heard a rumor that any whip-bearer in their family who died prematurely would be regarded as a loser.
Their souls will ascend directly to Sigmar's kingdom of God, and the whip will be passed to the next qualified person, who will then begin a new round of trials.
In this case, it will undoubtedly make things more complicated.
In addition, under normal circumstances, if you want to resurrect someone, you can also use the wish spell, or the hero altar, etc.
But the wishing spell is a 9th-level magic, and the hero's altar is just a legend. Moreover, the longer they take, the greater the price to pay, and they cannot be fully relied upon.
But Sefa still couldn't relax her brows. Although she didn't understand these things as clearly as Levi, everyone knew that resurrecting the dead was never an easy task.
But now she didn't have time to think too much because the battle had not stopped yet.
But she secretly made up her mind that if Levi really helped her with all his strength, she would repay the favor regardless of whether he succeeded in the end!
After barely adjusting their mood, everyone continued to fight.
As time went on, the power of the Soul Coffin continued to be demonstrated, and it even gradually curbed the enemy's rampant cavalry units.
Although the Blood Knights are extremely fast, they are not as fast as the energy bodies. They have excellent armor and are powerful, but the Soul Coffin is known as magic artillery, and its power is not something they can easily resist.
As the threat in this regard gradually decreased, we were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
With Khalida still missing , Levi naturally took on the role of temporary battle commander.
Many of the chosen heroes had already heard of Levi's reputation, witnessed his power, and knew that he and Khalida were quite close, so they all appeared to be very obedient.
The indigenous people were in a similar situation, especially the priests, who also sent people to help communicate, so they all chose to obey Levi's command.
Levi also discovered that he didn't know whether those generals were relying on their military strength or were used to fighting those rookie rats from the Resentment Peak in the past.
Rather than commanding an army, they prefer to charge and kill on the battlefield with a small number of personal guards, just like Alduin.
If they could focus more on commanding their troops, the battle situation might not have turned out like it is now.
But no matter what, after spending a certain amount of money, Levi still rebuilt a new multi-layered battle formation.
In the middle are undoubtedly the priest who controls the Soul Coffin and Levi's direct troops, followed by other God-chosen heroes who come over on their own initiative, and the constructs brought by the generals.
Next came some cemetery knights roaming around the periphery. Although facing the Blood Knights, they were seriously at a disadvantage in many aspects such as speed, charge power, martial arts, equipment, etc.
But they are not completely useless. Having them wandering around the periphery can distract some of the opponent's attention.
If the undead ignore them, they can still gain some advantage with their fire-breathing dragon staffs.
And at worst, they can also force their way into the enemy's charge and act as meat shields.
The war situation has reached this point, it is no longer the time to save manpower.
You know what, this really had a significant effect.
Although the serpents look a bit ugly, they are carved from rocks and inlaid with metal in key places. Even if they are not solid, their weight is far more than a thousand pounds, and the Blood Knight cannot knock them too far away.
Finally, there are the remaining tomb guards and skeleton soldiers. Levi's way of dealing with them is much simpler and rougher. They are basically just cannon fodder used to delay time.
During this process, although the Undead gradually saw the signs and tried their best to stop it, they still failed due to the joint efforts of Levi and others.
After the battle formation was formed and the battle situation gradually stabilized, although the losses of cannon fodder such as the tomb guards were still not low every minute and every second, I believed that as long as no unexpected situations occurred, winning the battle would become a matter of course.
However, Levi did not dare to relax at all, taking into account that there were many vampires and necromancers among the enemies who could use recovery magic and transform their dead soldiers into cannon fodder undead, this meant that the battle might continue for quite some time.
More importantly, Khalida is still missing.
If the enemy can hold back her as a legendary hero, even if she is relatively weaker, it may not be easy for her side to defeat her. That is the biggest variable.
Soon another thing that bothered him happened. The priests warned him that the soul coffin was running out of ammunition and the number of bound souls was also limited.
"How many more rounds are there?"
"20-30 rounds, yeah, total."
My goodness, this little bit of ammunition will be used up in a few minutes? He only told me such an important thing now.
Levi also saw it clearly. He didn't know whether it was because the enemies he had dealt with in the past were all weak ratmen, the Silver Blood Army who had been deliberately hiding their strength, or those Nipeng pirates who were not a force to be reckoned with at all.
In short, no matter how powerful Khalida's army was a thousand years ago, now starting from Khalida herself, from top to bottom, the military quality of the entire city of Lahmia is obviously much worse than the rumors.
Although he sighed in his heart, he remained calm on the surface and just asked softly: "Can you use summoning again?"
The priest hurriedly shook his head: "Summoning the Soul Coffin requires the use of a special medium, but most of the mediums are in the hands of the queen. She is worried that we don't have enough self-control."
“And even if I use a medium, I’m not sure how many I can summon,” he added.
Levi felt like he had a toothache. No matter what, he had to find Khalida to solve the problem.
But once I leave this place, who knows if there will be any new accidents?
These generals and priests are definitely not lacking in fighting power, but they seem to lack flexibility.
He then asked, "Then can you not aim to destroy the enemy, but just suppress them temporarily to save ammunition?"
"That should be possible..."
While speaking, the priest also felt a little lacking in confidence. Although the soul coffin was called magic artillery, these "ammunition" were brutal things with a certain consciousness of their own.
Every time they launch, they activate the magic circle that has already been set up in the soul coffin, but if they want to change the number of souls released each time by themselves, the difficulty will undoubtedly increase many times.
Levi was speechless for a moment. How could you use such an uncertain tone when talking about such a dangerous matter?
He immediately said with a little seriousness: "Then make sure they are absolutely within your control, and then release their maximum power. I don't want to deal with the chaos caused by these evil spirits later."
The priest nodded, but at the same time he did not forget to remind Levi: "If that's the case, I'm afraid we won't be able to effectively suppress those evil knights."
Although the Soul Coffin is very powerful, the Blood Knights are equally powerful. Not only can they cast various magic enhancement spells, some of them seem to carry some special magic instruments to carry blood.
Coupled with their hunger characteristics, this allows them to continuously restore health, magicka, etc. on the battlefield.
Unless they are killed with one blow, they can just hide in a corner for a while and soon rejoin the battle.
Levi nodded to show that he understood.
But in fact, he was somewhat fortunate in his heart. Fortunately, after today's battle, he would not have the opportunity to fight alongside them again, otherwise he would be annoyed to death by these guys sooner or later.
As teammates, there is absolutely no problem with their attitude, but in terms of ability, it is hard to describe.
No, wait, it doesn’t seem to be that absolute.
If Khalida decides to send the navy to help the high elves, I'm afraid I'll still have to deal with her myself...
At this moment, there was a sudden explosion in the valley in the north, and then a large amount of smoke and dust rose into the sky. Even though there were still dozens of miles away, many people could feel a slight vibration on the ground.
Obviously, the scale of the battle there may not be as big as this, but the level of the participants is definitely much higher than here.
It could very well be Khalida!
But a few seconds later, a night owl, Yakon, also sent a message that Khalida seemed to have fallen into some kind of trap and was being besieged inside the valley.
The opponent's members are quite complex, including not only undead, but also snakemen, jackal-headed warriors, and some super-giant vultures and pythons.
As soon as he heard this composition, Levi knew that Khalida’s current condition was definitely not very good.
Considering the divinity of the long-lost Serpent God that she possessed, it became obvious where those enemies came from.
It must be Set, the evil lord and father of jackals within the Egyptian pantheon who is trying to acquire the priesthood of the snake men!
