Volume 4 Chapter 464: Happy Forgotten Palace
Sea dragon is a general term for many powerful sea beasts.
On the outskirts of the High Elves' island of Ulthuan, there are some sea beasts that look like oversized giant salamanders, but they are much more ferocious and powerful. They have formed an alliance with the High Elves and are called sea dragons.
It is said that there are also some hybrids of turtles and fish among the Lizard People, called sea dragons.
The sea dragons of the dark elves only have the word "dragon" in their name, but in reality they are more like some giant sea snakes and lizards.
Their heads are like dragons, but their wings have been severely degenerated and are almost the same as fish fins. They also have no forelimbs or hind limbs. Their bodies are like snakes, and they attack like snakes.
But they still have the dragon's might and the strength of at least level 6, proving that they do have the blood of dragons.
The reactions of Catherine and Alduin also confirmed this, and they were even not afraid of the Dragon Cloud Elemental at all.
And now, in addition to the Black Ark that was closing in on them, there were nearly 20 such sea dragons rushing over from the side, seemingly trying to further delay their evacuation.
Khalida could only send out dozens of warships again and then prepare to redeploy the troops in the rear.
Even if she faced the Black Ark head-on alone, she had no confidence that she could win. Once she was delayed and then attacked from both sides, the outcome would only be worse.
But this would mean that the number of her warships would be reduced again.
Although she had sent signals to several other fleets when she discovered the black ark, asking them to come to support quickly, it was not so fast.
Fortunately, the number of sea dragons was not particularly large. After spending a certain amount of money, they finally succeeded in getting rid of them.
As for those sea beasts, although some of them are still chasing relentlessly, their average strength is undoubtedly much weaker, and they are unable to resist the dragon power of the Dragon Cloud Element, so they do not pose a substantial threat to the fleet.
During the whole process, Levi did not raise any objections. After all, the head coach this time was Khalida.
Just looking at the black ark that was moving slowly, he was somewhat doubtful. Why was its speed so much slower than the legend?
Even if the enemy wanted to advance step by step and eat up the warships that Khalida used as a cover, there was no need to be so slow, right?
Or did they set up ambushes in other directions as well?
Thinking of this, Levi asked Sumi and others to increase their reconnaissance efforts.
However, the ambush was not discovered, and instead the Shahua fishmen accelerated their advance.
Sharks are already quite fast, and they will go into a frenzy after seeing blood.
In addition, the other side also had many units such as heroes and priests, and they might have had further targeted enhancements, which directly led to them taking the lead over the Black Ark and biting the tail of the fleet.
Khalida couldn't help but frown more and more. Just when she was about to decide to cut off her tail and survive again, some unexpected reinforcements arrived.
Sea elves, wise dolphins, seal people, mermaids, locah fish people, conch people...
This is a collection of subordinate races of the Sea Dreamers, which even includes the Flying Feather Clan, which has rarely appeared before.
They joined the battlefield from the side and launched a surprise attack on the army of Shahuamin.
After a brief moment of shock, seeing that the Black Ark was still some distance away from the flagship, Khalida, who had accumulated a lot of anger, no longer hesitated.
She ordered the main force of the fleet to continue retreating while contacting reinforcements, and at the same time ordered her elite subordinates, led by priests, to launch a counterattack.
The power of long-range projectile weapons will be greatly reduced after entering the water, but the priests' summons and various curse spells can still produce very good effects.
Moreover, since the appearance of the enemy and us is very different, there is no need to worry too much about accidental injuries.
Levi naturally joined in the battle, but he was simply dealing with underwater enemies. Michaela and Sally, who were good at fire attacks, were of little use, not to mention warriors like Elegy.
Now, probably only he and Cindy are still able to kill the enemy effectively.
Alyssa might be considered half, as her poison spells are quite special.
Apart from this, the only thing that surprised Levi was the magic swordsman - No Chong.
His Silent Curse is a small-range magic with a long casting distance. Most ordinary murlocs in particular do not have any magic points at all and cannot break his curse, so they can only lose health points in vain.
The explosive power is very weak, but if it continues for a long time, it can still cause a lot of damage .
While using the Hammer of Axiom to kill the most ferocious-looking enemies, Levi also looked at the members of many races.
He had seen most of the sea elves, but the rarer ones were the Loka fishmen, the Tritons and the Flying Feathers.
The Roca murlocs are not the kind of idiots who can only scream and groan. They have some characteristics of mermaids and water elements, and look much more pleasing to the eye than ordinary murlocs.
Except for special parts such as the gills, the upper body of the conch people is already very similar to that of humans, but the lower body is still covered with scales.
In addition, they also carry one or several conches of varying sizes.
Some are used for decoration, some for defense, and some are made into magical items. Perhaps this is one of the origins of their racial name.
As for the appearance of the members of the Flying Feather Clan, they can be roughly summarized as human-shaped giant eagles.
Compared to those ugly harpies, they look more like humans, but still retain features such as sharp eagle claws and sharp beaks.
But it is said that after joining the Cathay Pantheon, their goddess, Saranata, gained special powers from the dragon gods.
Therefore, it is possible for some powerful members of the Feiyu tribe to completely transform into humans.
Since the number of members of the Zhendan Dragon God is small, they have been actively absorbing other kind gods from the outside world, and have mainly focused on various animal gods.
In addition to the Goddess of the Flying Feather Tribe, the God of Qilin - Corell, the Panda Lord, and the Prime Minister Turtle, etc., were also the results of their efforts.
It’s just that the Flying Feather Tribe is the only race among the Sea Dreamers that cannot swim, so they did not appear much in the previous battles.
But this time they chose to fight side by side. Was it because the war was really urgent, or was it that the Zhendan pantheon also noticed the little tricks of the Snake God and therefore launched targeted actions?
But in any case, with this reinforcement of about 5,000 people, the offensive of the Shahua murlocs was quickly contained.
The Shahua people have been able to do evil for many years and have harmed many marine races, but they have never been punished. They are indeed very powerful.
But right now, their own tribe, together with various large sharks, only has about three thousand in total. The remaining servant army, about twice that number, is basically various evil fishmen acting as cannon fodder, occasionally mixed with some dark nagas, evil water elementals and the like.
Moreover, their means of attack are too poor, and they basically just rush upwards headfirst.
In this situation, they faced a coalition of various ethnic groups that cooperated well with each other. They did have the upper hand at the beginning, but their arrogance was soon beaten back.
As more and more Shahua merfolk died, the smell of blood in the sea became increasingly stronger. Some sharks even began to launch indiscriminate attacks on both the enemy and our friends around them. The Shahua merfolk could no longer control them perfectly.
But despite this, the Black Ark in the distance remained unhurried and insisted on destroying the remaining fleets.
Is this like driving a tiger to devour a wolf? Levi felt something was not right.
Could it be that the Dark Elves really have such strong self-confidence that even without the Sahuagin, they can easily defeat themselves and the reinforcements of the Sea Dreamers?
At this moment, the sky in the distance suddenly seemed to crack, and blood-colored magic lightning fell from the sky, winding like a snake, splitting three warships in a row.
Then, dozens of black fireballs with a diameter of more than 1 meter fell from the sky, covering five or six warships.
But in just a few seconds, most of the remaining ships that were left behind by Khalida were reduced to ashes.
Even the few corpses floating on the sea and some unlucky fishmen who got too close were set on fire.
This kind of black fire is much stronger than ordinary magic flames in terms of burning speed and power .
Seeing this scene, Khalida gritted her teeth and said, "It's the large-scale magic on the Black Ark - Cain's Whip."
The Black Ark is like a mobile fortress on the sea, so there are things like magic towers on it, and often more than one.
Therefore, under the guidance of a powerful wizard, they can release one or more types of large-scale magic specifically targeting the army, which are basically impossible for ordinary wizards to release on their own.
This is also their main method of attack, and some people also call it battle magic.
The Dark Elves believe in the Bloody-Handed God - Cain, so many powerful magic, titles, or equipment are named after Cain.
If Cain is pleased, he will also give them some things that seem insignificant to him but are very powerful to mortals.
This special blood-red lightning should be one of the manifestations of his power.
The conditions for release are very harsh, but the power is undoubtedly much greater than conventional magic.
Mikaela's expression was not : "The Vicious Blackfire has too much restraint on conventional warships and many of your troops."
Levi also frowned because he knew that the other party might not have tried his best.
A normal black ark could be equipped with three to four types of large-scale magic at most. If they were all so powerful, it would be a luxury for the fleet around Khalida to even get close to the enemy, let alone defeat them.
After doing all this, the Black Ark turned and marched towards their location, seemingly planning for a real decisive battle, but its speed was still so slow.
But despite this, even though there was still some distance away, the surging waves had already reacted.
Some of the weaker aquatic soldiers were even shaken to the point of being somewhat unstable, and many of the small boats began to sway slightly.
After all, it is a movable island, and every move it makes carries enormous power.
Then Levi saw that the coalition of sea dreamers took the first action.
They obviously did not dare to confront the enemy head-on, and many troops began to try to withdraw from the battle.
They also sent people to tell Khalida that their goal was to reduce the number of Shahuamin as much as possible. Now that the results were very good, it was time to retreat.
As for a powerful enemy like the Black Ark, let's leave it to the high elves' fleet to deal with.
Before Khalida could think of how to respond, Levi suddenly called out to her: "Kalida, look!"
Following the direction of his finger, she immediately noticed that at least thousands of wailing souls had been launched into the air by magic.
Then they fell from the sky like raindrops, carrying with them resentment and hatred towards the living.
Almost in an instant, at least seven or eight hundred dead soldiers appeared on the side of the Sea Dreamers.
These wailing souls are not only extremely powerful, but also extremely fast, and can almost ignore the obstacles of sea water, armor, or scales.
How similar is this attack method to the "Soul Coffin" that is considered taboo by the Tomb Kings? However, its power is undoubtedly much greater.
Before she could say anything, another cloud in the sky quickly turned into a blood-red pond and poured down on her head.
Regardless of whether the target was living aquatic creatures, warships, constructs, or mummies, they all melted quickly.
No, to be more precise, it was corrupted.
Only soldiers of level 5 and above can easily withstand this attack.
But whether in Khalida's fleet or in the coalition of Sea Dreamers, the proportion of troops of this strength is very low.
So after just two moves, the Sea Dreamer, who was originally retreating quite calmly, turned into a crazy escape.
If the Black Ark didn't move, it would be fine, but once it moved, it gave them a warning on the spot.
Even the messenger who reported the news to Khalida screamed, turned over and dived into the water, and then chose to escape.
This saved her some energy as she no longer had to think about how to reply to the other party.
But her mood wouldn't get any better because many of her troops had also been killed!
But as a warrior queen, she certainly would not give up easily, and the remaining warships were divided into several teams.
Under the leadership of several generals, they distracted the enemy's attention while trying to launch attacks from different directions to find the enemy's flaws or weaknesses.
At the same time, catapults, arrows, etc. never stopped, but basically they had no effect.
Because the Black Ark was originally an island strengthened by magic, even if it created a huge pit with a diameter of 100 meters, it would only be a small scratch for it.
Moreover, there is a circle of high walls outside the Black Ark. It was the springboard for the Dark Elves to land, but now it has become a powerful defense that is almost impossible to break through.
Levi and the others on the other side also frowned: "Soul rain falling and blood pool falling from the sky..."
"Micaela, this black ark can actually cast four types of large-scale magic. It must be a rare treasure among the dark elves, right?"
Michaela's expression was equally grim: "Yes, I don't want to say this, but I'm afraid..."
At this moment, she suddenly perked up: "Princess Belinda sent me a message!"
But after listening to a series of information, her expression became even uglier.
After learning what happened here, Prince Dragon decisively mobilized the fleet and marched towards Dragon Tooth Mountain.
His pride would not allow Khalida to fight here while he just stood by and watched.
But he soon discovered that the black ark parked there was not a magical illusion, but a real existence.
What's even worse is that after judgment, the opponent should be the Beast Lord Lakas from Karonde Karl, who is also a legendary hero.
As the name suggests, unlike most dark elf lords, Rakkas's troops are mainly composed of various beasts and monsters led by beast tamers.
Lakas is also very keen on traveling around the world to collect them.
So far, he has been mostly successful. Other dark elves can only control some regular beasts, and occasionally get a Hydra as an heirloom.
But Lakas owns dozens or even hundreds of powerful war beasts, from those that fly in the sky, to those that run on the ground, or swim in the water, he has everything.
He even has the ice bears and mammoths in the bitter cold of the north, the white pudding monsters and the dire penguins in Antarctica, and so on.
The only thing he has not yet collected is the Lizardmen's dinosaur troops, because the Lizardmen are really difficult to deal with.
Another thing is that Lakas is very good at taming black dragons. The mount of the Dark Elf Witch King was tamed by him personally, and he himself also rides a black dragon.
As we all know, Malus has always ridden a cold lizard, which does not fit his status as a legendary hero.
So Lakas came at the invitation of Malus, and joined forces to seize the Lizardmen's Fear Rock and obtain the God-given buildings related to dinosaurs on it, and then exchanged corresponding interests in secret. The two of them hit it off.
Khalida and Michaela were not stupid either. They all thought of this, and they also knew that even the dark elves loved backstabbing.
But the temporary alliance between these two legends is almost impossible to break easily.
Interests are one thing, but they also have to pay attention to the attitude of the Witch King.
However, for the chosen heroes like Levi, this beast lord has another famous title, that is "Crooked-Mouth Dragon King"!
No one knew whether he had some disease as a child or was simply chopped by someone, but there was a large piece of flesh missing from his mouth, which not only prevented him from closing his mouth forever, but also made his expression full of sarcasm at all times.
But joking aside, now that Malus has formed an alliance with him, the war has become more complicated.
The combat capability of the Crooked-Mouth Dragon King himself is definitely far behind that of the Dragon Prince. After all, even though both of them can tame dragons, their specializations are completely different.
But the number of black dragons under his command is definitely much greater than the total number of dragons and phoenixes under the Dragon Prince.
With the addition of the Black Ark and other beast troops, the Dragon Prince might eventually win, but it would certainly come at a huge price, and the time it would take would be completely unpredictable.
So Princess Belinda also said that they were very grateful for the efforts made by Khalida and Levi, but there was no need to force them and just leave everything to them.
After the battle is over, the Dragon Prince will personally send someone with valuable gifts to express his gratitude to Khalida.
Having said that, Levi felt that it was unlikely that Khalida would give up.
Things have developed to this point, how could Khalida retreat?
As expected, Khalida flatly rejected the other party's proposal. She began to ask her priests to urge the fleets from other directions to come for support.
At the same time, she also asked the generals to reorganize their battle formations. No matter how powerful the Black Ark was, she would fight them in a fair fight.
Michaela responded truthfully, and Levi naturally insisted on standing on the same front with Khalida.
After warning Donna not to act rashly, Levi commanded the dragon turtle and summoned creatures to kill the approaching murlocs while thinking about where his chances of winning might lie.
The Black Ark is just a giant turtle with thorns. How can a mortal man sink an island?
Keep using Yangyan Blast to wash the ground?
Not to mention how much time it would take, even if there was no black dragon on the opponent's black ark, there would definitely be plenty of flying monsters like scorpion-tailed lions.
And although the Dark Elves never use bows and arrows in order to distinguish themselves from the High Elves, their armor-piercing crossbows are no pushovers.
Then he remembered the last war.
"Micaela, how did the Dragon Prince sink the Black Ark?"
"Uh, Levi, I'm afraid we can't follow suit."
"Last time, the Dragon Prince attacked the core area of the Black Ark, and then the two legends fought and destroyed it, so it eventually sank. But now..."
She hadn't finished her words, but anyone could understand what she meant.
Not to mention how to get close, our side does not have the fighting power that can match the Dragon Prince, not even Khalida.
Things seemed to be in trouble again, and the size of Khalida's fleet was constantly decreasing.
Levi recalled everything that had happened from the beginning of the war to now, and then he noticed something suspicious again.
"Kalida, how many sea dragons did your fleet kill?"
"Yitou, what's wrong?"
Kalida was a little confused. To be honest, she was a little angry about this. The threat posed by these guys was quite high. Who would have thought that they would just kill one?
A smile from the heart finally appeared on Levi's face: "Then guess where the rest are?"
Cindy, who had just come back to rest, blinked her eyes: "Could it be that he returned to the Black Ark?"
"That's right. Not only that, the other party did not release any monsters such as Hydra or Abyss Kraken from beginning to end."
"Except for using magic, the opponent just pressed forward slowly."
"On the one hand, they watched the Shahua people die, but on the other hand, they cherished their own troops and were not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with us. What does this mean? I don't believe they don't know that the Dragon Prince has already set out."
This time, not only did Michaela, Sefa and other smart people's eyes light up, but even Elegy saw through the truth.
"It means they are probably guilty and they want to scare us off!"
Sonia also interjected: "Or maybe they just love soldiers, no, they love monsters like their own children, so they want to kill us all with magic?"
But even she herself knew that the possibility was actually very low.
Not to mention that the Dark Elves have never had the option of mercy in their character, they also have another important identity, that is, slave owners who dominate the world.
Almost all dark elves only engage in occupations related to killing, while other farmers, workers, and the like are all performed by slaves of various races.
If they are all killed with magic, who will mine for them?
So if possible, they won't do that.
After eliminating all the impossibilities, whatever remains, no matter how unbelievable, must be the truth.
The interior of the Happy Forgotten Palace is probably very weak at the moment, so they are so unhurried.
The main power of the Black Ark is provided by the many wizard towers inside it, followed by sea beasts such as the Hydra, which can also provide a certain traction capacity.
If the enemy is in a weak state and is seriously short of troops, it is likely that it is not that they do not want to move fast, but that they simply cannot move fast!
As she listened, Khalida's eyes gradually brightened, and Levi knew that she had made up her mind.
Because at this point, it is no longer just a simple matter of victory or defeat, but also concerns the reputation of her and the city of Lahmia!
Just at this moment, the nearest fleet sent a signal saying that they were less than ten miles away.
This made her make a decision directly: "Okay, Levi, I trust your judgment. This time I will use my entire fleet to challenge the myth of the Black Ark!"
