Kuga was the first to lead the way in. No matter what danger lay ahead, he would be the first to meet it.
But unexpectedly, there seemed to be nothing inside, it was still just a magic passage, so a large number of lizardmen followed in in orderly steps.
In Levi's opinion, every one of their movements was almost completely identical and as precise as a robot, which was something that even most high elves could not do.
Perhaps only the discipline of the Phoenix Guard can be compared with it.
These guardian lizardmen were originally killing weapons created for war. They were probably similar only in name and appearance to the ordinary war lizardmen and poisonous lizardmen in the wild.
After a slight sigh, Levi, along with Khalida and the others, began to enter in order under the protection of many lizardmen.
Then he discovered that this passage was somewhat similar to the Double Moon World. It was also shrouded in hazy fog and the visible distance was very limited.
The difference is that the fog here is also pink and purple. If you encounter enemies next, the most likely ones will undoubtedly be some Tzeentch demons.
Based on his understanding of this demon, Levi asked everyone to be vigilant.
Given the opponent's cunning, if the lizardmen had tried several times before, they would definitely have been discovered.
Now that the Lizardmen have sent their army in, will they really remain completely indifferent? Then they are not the Tzeentch demons who love to play tricks the most!
Kalida, Elegy and others naturally chose to obey, and Michaela had the same attitude.
If it was a week ago, she would definitely not look like this.
But after this contact, especially after experiencing the events in the Twin Moon World and witnessing with her own eyes the attitude of the gods towards Levi, her ideas underwent a fundamental change.
She had already begun to regard herself as Levi's subordinate, and everyone could sense it.
But after a quick look around, Catherine's eyes were still fixed on the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Levi was immediately confused and amused. Could it be that she also wanted a mount?
Well, it's not completely impossible.
Among all dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus is one of the most ferocious and difficult to tame.
But if Catherine relies on her racial talent as a dragon, she may be able to successfully exert pressure on a Tyrannosaurus Rex that is no higher than level 6.
Just as he was about to move closer, a series of roars suddenly sounded in front of him, followed by a male voice that sounded full of malice, "The Ever-changing Way of Tzeentch!"
A pink and purple mist suddenly flashed, and Levi felt a vast magical power fluctuating around him.
At the same time, the lizard priest in front and Mazda Moody, who was in contact with the team through the miniature pyramid, all shouted angrily.
Kalida and others also became nervous, but only Levi sighed helplessly. How could he not feel surprised at all?
I don’t know whether it is the special identity of the God-chosen hero or he has some hidden bonus.
Anyway, up to now, almost all of his major tasks have not been completed easily and smoothly.
Perhaps, this is how the protagonist is treated?
Complaining secretly, they felt dizzy and a few seconds later, they arrived in another new world.
Well, at least there is no annoying fog now, and there is even an energy shield protecting them, which is good news.
The bad news is, there are a lot of demons out there.
At this moment, they were on the open-air platform of a huge building. As far as the eye could see, there were objects filled with flames falling from the sky.
At first glance it appears to be a shooting star, but it is not.
Some of them are various powerful fire magics, while others are demons surrounded by flames.
On the streets dozens of meters below, countless lizardmen, giant lizard warriors, and various dinosaurs were fighting each other for life and death, competing for every inch of land.
Looking around, there are at least hundreds of energy shields similar to the ones around them in the entire city, and each shield represents a battlefield.
But the light fades almost every minute and every second, and the fate of the protected beings seems to be self-evident.
Just looking at them, Levi frowned a little. The other party did n't real, but more like a projection.
But the smell of blood and the stench of burning corpses in the air were real.
The ever-changing ways of Tzeentch...
Levi silently repeated this special word in his heart. At this moment, a series of low calls suddenly sounded behind him.
"Oh my god, how did I become like this!"
"Look, everyone is!"
"Levi!"
Levi took a quick look around, and then he found that the appearance of all his people, including Khalida, had undergone drastic changes. They had turned into lizardmen and skinks.
Even the mounts were no exception, basically they all turned into cold lizards, pterosaurs, etc.
Among them, the little female dragon was the most panicked. How could she accept that her pure-blooded dragon had turned into a flying lizard?
However, even if they turned into lizardmen, it was difficult to conceal their beauty, and their figures were also completely wrong.
Lizardmen, skin lizards, giant lizards and magic toads are all male or asexual. No matter how developed their chest and buttocks muscles are, they do not have the exaggerated curves like Elegy.
When examining himself, Levi discovered, as expected, that his arms were also covered with a layer of fine scales, which he did not know when.
He reached out his hand and touched it. Well, it really felt like scales.
But like those demons involved in the fight, it still feels a bit fake.
He knew that it was definitely not his race that had changed, it was just some extremely sophisticated illusion.
However, there was not even any system prompt, and his status bar did not change at all, which showed that the opponent was really strong.
Could it be a prank by the Tzeentch demon, or the power of Lord Kroka?
"Don't worry, calm down, this is just an illusion."
After hearing Levi's words, everyone calmed down.
In fact, with their intelligence, if they just waited a few more seconds, they might have discovered it.
But they are also too concerned. As women, even if they don't pay special attention to their appearance, they are still far from being able to completely ignore it.
At the same time, Levi also quickly cast summoning magic.
But he soon discovered that his magic points were indeed used up, but he summoned nothing, and no celestial creatures appeared before him.
He immediately realized that this special plane's ability to isolate celestial beings was even stronger than when he first arrived in the Twin Moon World.
He turned to summoning elements and monsters, but as expected, all ended in failure.
Even the high-level Red Flame Envoy and the Dragon Head God Envoy could not be contacted at all.
He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Not being able to use summoning techniques had a significant impact on his strength.
But fortunately, he still has a large number of Death Guards, Dragon Golems, and Multi-headed Sphinxes.
At this time, Wange and the others quickly calmed down, noticed Levi's actions, and they also vaguely realized something.
But before they could ask any questions, the energy shield that had been protecting them began to slowly dissipate, and the smell of blood and stench in the air became stronger.
"Hey, Brother Levi, look!"
Following the direction of Cindy's finger, Levi and the others found a cocoon of light slowly emerging from the wall behind them.
Although it was obscured, they could still roughly make out that it should be a magic toad.
But unlike the pot-bellied image in the legend, he looks only about one meter tall and very thin, because he is a sleeping mummy.
But the vast energy that was rippling around his body, which seemed to be tangible, made no one dare to underestimate him.
There was no hesitation at all, and almost everyone immediately determined that the other party was the Lord Kroka whom they were looking for and rescuing this time!
Only Levi felt a little strange. The other party did not resonate with his ring at all, as if the other party did not have any power of the God of Maze at all.
But with so many characteristics gathered at the same time, there seems to be no other possibility.
After thinking about it, he took the initiative to step forward and tried to communicate with the other party.
As expected, he didn't receive any response and the other party remained the same.
Even because he was a mummy, he was completely unable to determine whether the other person had awakened by observing his breathing or other means.
What he could be sure of was that the opponent's magical defense was very powerful.
At this moment, there was a rather excited roar, and a demon leader who was about five or six meters tall brutally chopped off the head of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, then raised its head high to show off his military power.
The morale of the lizardmen around them, who were already at the end of their strength, suddenly dropped sharply. A few spirit lizards fled first, and then the remaining lizardmen also fled in all directions.
Seeing this, Levi couldn't help but frown secretly.
The skin lizards can understand that, they have never been professional warriors, but what about the Lizardmen's promise to fight to the death?
Then the demon swung the machete in the air a few times, and his attention gradually shifted to Levi.
Khalida, already holding a snake-head spear, walked to Levi's side: "Levi, what should we do now?"
Compared to others, she can recover from the previous state faster.
It's not just because she's been through many battles, but also because she was once transformed into a vampire by Neferata, and then turned into a half-alive and half-dead special creature by the snake god.
Now that she has been saved by Lilith, she is better able to adapt to the many changes happening to her.
Even if I really turned into a lizard man, what would it matter?
As long as you keep living, sooner or later there will be a day when things will change.
"Let's fight, kill all the demons in front of us first, and then look for Kuga's trace."
Regardless of whether his suspicions were true or not, he was certain of one thing: even if these demons were created illusions, they were illusions that could kill people!
"Wait, Levi, I seem to recognize this place." Sefa walked over, rubbing his head.
As soon as he saw her appearance, Levi immediately remembered the last time. Did she recover some of the memories of Master Yufeng from her previous life?
"Although there are many differences, this should be the first city of the Lizardmen - Itaza"
Donna, Wange and others also suddenly realized.
"That's where Lord Kroka died in battle."
"Is this his last battle before he dies?"
"It's very possible that he was sealed here, repeating the memories of that battle."
"And under the power of the Tzeentch demon, the memory became real?"
They are not stupid either. Although most of them are not mages and do not know any powerful spells, those who know spells are definitely no match for Lord Kroka.
But after following Levi for such a long time and experiencing so much, it is not difficult to make such inferences.
Levi generally agreed with this, so while they were talking, he had summoned more Death Guards.
"Come on, Sefa, take us to the Bridge of Stars."
In that battle, it was the wanderer, Nakai, who single-handedly guarded the Star Bridge leading to the core area of ​​the city.
This time Nakai didn't come, who on our side was most likely to replace him? Of course it could only be Kuga!
Regardless of whether his other guesses were correct, it was definitely correct that he would first fight against Kuga, a powerful fighter.
As for Lord Kroka who stayed here...
Although he had some doubts in his heart, Levi left behind forty or fifty constructs.
Except for the Sphinxes due to terrain restrictions, there are some Death Guards of various models and Dragon Golems.
As long as there is no large-scale invasion of demons, they are enough to protect it.
At least on the surface, Levi still attaches great importance to him.
The plan has been set, and there is nothing more to say next.
Levi and his men first took advantage of the terrain to attract all the nearby demons and killed them all.
After an actual combat, not only Levi, but everyone else felt that something was wrong.
Each of these demons looks extremely ferocious, but their actual fighting power is totally unmatched by their appearance.
There are even many demons who will simply choose to flee when the battle is going unfavorably!
"Levi, why do they look more like ratmen than demons to me?"
As Donna has many big cats under her command, she undoubtedly has a say in this matter.
Cindy nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, I have smelled a pungent stench more than once. It is not from the devil, it must belong to the rat man."
Elegy also discovered the details: "Those flying demons never seemed to approach us through the air."
"They were either dealt with by the Lizardmen in mid-air, or they fell to the ground first and then attacked us."
"Could this be because the Nezumi never had any air force? Could they all be fakes?"
Ratmen have many advantages, but their weaknesses are also extremely obvious.
First of all, they don't have any air force at all.
Secondly, there are only a very small number of "sewer river armies", which has been concluded recently by many human countries.
Kalida drew inferences from one example: "The fighting power of those lizardmen is also generally much weaker. Could they also be some evil race in disguise?"
She couldn't help but have such suspicion, because according to the known intelligence, although the Tzeentch demons loved to use conspiracies and tricks, what they wanted most was not the results, but to enjoy the process.
As for killing and blood, they are just incidental.
In order to use Tzeentch's ever-changing ways, at least one Lord of Change is required. If he were placed in the Abyss, he would be a complete demon lord, and a stronger one at that.
Now they have entered the opponent's home turf that may have been occupied for more than a thousand years. God knows how many tricks the opponent can come up with.
"That's right. Moreover, they completely refused to communicate with us at any level. After killing all the enemies in front of them, they would retreat immediately and then disappear without a trace."
Even the newcomer Kerillian expressed her opinion. She now realized that, unlike other lords or leaders, Levi very much encouraged his subordinates to express their opinions, and seemed to be intentionally cultivating their ability to think and make decisions independently.
So she will also seize the opportunity to express herself.
This made the little female dragon who had never spoken a word speechless, because the knowledge she inherited was mostly about various magics, and there was nothing about this aspect.
Just now she was only focused on the fight and didn't pay attention to these details at all...
Levi pondered for a moment: "Those lizardmen should be mostly real. Perhaps making us doubt them is exactly what the Lord of Change wants to see."
As for refusing to communicate with them, that is a very normal thing for the Lizardmen. The Lizardmen's xenophobia is the strongest among all races.
After they retreated, they suddenly disappeared wherever they were as they were walking, which made him secretly frightened.
The Lord of Change's control over this place is much stronger than he expected.
Kalida and the others thought about it and it seemed to be true.
Although the Tzeentch demon is called a demon, it is actually more like a devil in many ways and likes to play with people's hearts.
Elegy, on the other hand, acted fearless: "No matter what they are, we will fight Kuga first, and then kill all the demons. They will show up sooner or later."
Levi, who was looking back at Lord Kroka, immediately withdrew his gaze.
He smiled slightly and said, "Elegy is right, Sefa, thank you for your hard work and continue to show the way."
No matter how many conspiracies and tricks there are, at the final critical moment, it all depends on each other's hard power!
So Khalida, Elegy and others stayed on the ground, carrying out a massive massacre with many constructs.
The Sphinx in particular could be said to be able to sweep away thousands of enemies, and every move it made could cause massive casualties.
Levi and Donna rode on the Frost Heart Phoenix, and together with Michaela, Sefa and others, they cast various magic spells and launched a massive bombardment.
No matter how powerful the Lord of Change is, he cannot create an army out of thin air. These ratmen disguised as demons are definitely elite within their race, but to Levi and his men, they are nothing more than that.
Sonia and Kerillian have another task, which is to always pay attention to each other's true identity.
Although Levi is protected by Lilith's power, it is unlikely that their conversation just now would be heard by the Lord of Change.
But from their actions, it is possible that it might be able to detect something.
What if it was up to something bad and suddenly replaced a wave of ratmen with lizardmen, and then they were killed by them again? Then Levi would have a hard time explaining to Kuja.
Then, under the guidance of Sefa, they killed all the demons they encountered while moving towards the Star Bridge.
Levi didn't know whether the Lord of Change hidden in the dark was a legend, or like the previous Lord of Slaanesh, the Keeper of Secrets, he also possessed fragments of the divine nature.
He only knew one thing, that the opponent was indeed incredibly strong. During the entire journey, they simply could not find any new flaws in the city.
They did gain a lot of experience in street fighting and urban warfare. Most of their previous battles took place in the wilderness, so this was a rare experience.
As they continued to advance, more and more demons died in their hands, and they became more and more certain that the true identity of these guys was ratmen.
Because they had never seen a demon that could use a dimensional flamethrower and a dimensional gun before, not to mention the tails, fangs, and other details unique to the ratmen.
Even though the Lord of Change disguised the bullets and other things to a certain extent, hoping that they would mistakenly believe that they were the devil's innate abilities, he still couldn't completely deceive them.
But despite this, the other side is already strong enough, because so far, more than four thousand ratmen have died at their hands.
Even if they didn't bring any troops with them, their killing speed was just as fast.
The Lord of Change cast illusions on so many ratmen, the lizardmen fighting against him, and Levi and his men at the same time. His power was simply outrageous.
These cunning ratmen used some unknown method to find the sealed place of Lord Kroka, and were then used by the Lord of Change and became cannon fodder to stop them.
However, the problem that Levi was worried about never really occurred.
I don’t know whether the Lord of Change thinks it is unnecessary, or whether it is no longer able to do more.
But those were irrelevant, because they had already seen the dazzling star bridge in front of them, and on it, a lizardman named Kuga, riding a tall Tyrannosaurus, looking down on them.
Behind him were several lizardman heroes riding Tyrannosaurus Rex and some giant-horned cold lizard cavalry.
But their number was obviously much smaller than before, and it was not known whether they had gotten separated or were lost in the battle.
Despite this, Levi and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as we unite with Kuga, our strength will be further strengthened.
And Mazda Moody outside must be trying hard to help Kuja, and they may also benefit from it.
At this time, as the distance between the two sides continued to close, a new foul smell also came with the breeze.
This is also one of the most obvious weaknesses of the Lord of Change. He can change the appearance of things but cannot change the smell.
He just took a small sip, and even with Levi's calmness, he couldn't help but widen his eyes instantly and almost vomited.
Warriors like Khalida and Elegy were fine, but weaker mages like Michaela and Sefa also performed quite badly. They all began to dry heave, obviously unable to stand the stench.
Because unlike the stench on the rat people before, this stench is more like old sauerkraut, rotten eggs, sour bamboo shoots, stinky tofu, rotten corpses, animal feces, etc. It's like many stinky things put together and fermented for decades. The smell is extremely strong.
Levi has never tried his own Stinking Cloud Technique, but he thinks this thing may be even more powerful than the Stinking Cloud Technique!
He quickly cast several wind-generating spells to forcibly dispel the stench.
The only consolation is that, compared with the Stinking Cloud Technique, its duration is not that long. As long as you don't keep smelling it, you can recover quickly.
But despite this, everyone was still frightened, even Khalida was no exception.
She could barely hold it back, but she definitely didn't want to keep smelling this stuff!
Thinking of this, her eyes turned towards Kuga not far away and became full of respect.
They were still some distance away from the real battlefield, but the other side had been fighting hard in it.
Anyone who can achieve this level is indeed a true warrior. She is still far from it.
Elegy next to her also felt admiration, but if she was asked to learn, she really couldn't do it.
For the first time, she even had the idea of ​​avoiding the fight. This thing was really too disgusting!
After a brief surprise, Levi quickly realized: "This seems to be a Nurgle demon?"
It seems that the only one who can do such a disgusting thing is Nurgle, one of the four chaos gods.
Although the Four Chaos Gods were all demons who ascended to gods, they were all hostile to each other. The Lord of Change used Kruga to defeat the Nurgle demons, which was a strategy that killed two birds with one stone.
However, Mazda Moody claimed that he had been searching for thousands of years without success, and now, in addition to Tzeentch, first the Skaven and then the Nurgle have all come to the door.
Such an accident happened during the transmission process, which was really embarrassing.
But it can also be shown from the side that in their hearts, Lord Kroka is even more precious than Tang Seng's flesh!
At the same time, Levi vaguely felt that he seemed to know how the dark elves reached a deal with the Nurgle demons.
The two conspired to attack the Spirit of Typok. Afterwards, the dark elves obtained the other party's territory, and the Nurgle demons obtained the other party's kept secrets, and then ran over to capture Lord Kroka. This is a win-win situation.
However, the Nurgle demons probably didn't expect that there would be more than one troublemaker now.
As his mind raced, Levi also readjusted his battle strategy.
If they are facing Nurgle demons, it would be better for melee fighters like Elegy not to take the field.
The demons of Nurgle are best known for their plagues, but in reality they have a wide variety of tricks up their sleeves and are able to spread almost any known disease.
In other words, a considerable number of diseases occur precisely because of these diseases.
Weakness and poisoning are merely the most basic symptoms. Bleeding, convulsions, atrophy of limbs, decay of internal organs, etc. are just common stuff.
The more advanced ones even have the ability to permanently change the other person's appearance and body shape.
For example, growing a few more eyes, or having its belly split open and become a ferocious mouth full of sharp teeth, etc.
Nurgle demons believe this to be a great blessing, so almost all of them appear as big, fat green men with sores on their heads, pus under their feet, and a foul stench all over their bodies.
At the same time, they also possess one or more of the above-mentioned characteristics, and even their blood may undergo extremely serious mutations, or simply turn into something else.
For example, acid, vomit, liquid metal, or simply incredible things like feces and maggots.
Under the influence of demonic power, Nurgle demons will enjoy this and gain additional strength from it.
Some Nurgle demons can even spit out little demons alive to serve as their own troops.
But for normal mortals, they can only enjoy pain.
In comparison, the plague of the rat people is more than one level worse.
Although Nurgle is known as the Lord of Plague, in fact, the demon's plague and the plague understood by mortals are completely different things.
It might not kill you instantly, and it might even grant you special powers, but you'd probably be dying.
So Levi was reluctant to let Elegy, Cindy and others fight the Nurgle demons personally.
Even with Lilith's backing, there's a high chance that it can be saved afterwards.
But if they experience it once, it will definitely become a nightmare they will never forget.
To deal with Nurgle demons, you can either use ranged attacks to eliminate them in advance, or use constructs and elemental creatures that have no life and will not be affected to resist them.
If there is really no choice, the celestial creatures and other summoned creatures will be used as cannon fodder.
Unlike most other demon lords, the Four Chaos Gods have many more tricks up their sleeves, which is why they eventually become demon gods.
In comparison, Khorne may be the character with the least gameplay. He only likes blood and massacre, and when he has nothing to do, he will build a throne or something with skulls.
But that doesn't mean he is easy to deal with. On the contrary, he is strong enough that he doesn't play those little tricks.
Although Levi didn't say it, Elegy immediately understood what he meant and decided to accept his kindness because she really couldn't stand that thing.
Similarly, Khalida did not insist. She was not sick and would not seek trouble.
After slightly adjusting their formation, they also took out some special masks and other things.
It was originally purchased in the city of Lahmia as a magical prop for their next foray into the desert. It was used to prevent sand and dust, and now it came in handy.
But when Levi and his companions gradually approached the Bridge of Stars and Kuga, an accident happened again.
He killed a demon with a spear, then turned and glared at Levi: "The leader of the demons? Don't even think about crossing here. I will never let the tragedy of Ashoto happen again. I will not be the last defender again!"