The Amazons
After the other party completely ignored their goodwill that they had expressed many times, it was actually not particularly difficult to make such a decision.
They had already suspected that there was something else going on, and now that the other party had this attitude, they might as well have a fight!
What's more, the Amazons themselves are not really that close to each other.
On weekdays on Paradise Island, they would have various competitions, and casualties were inevitable. Elegy was a very obvious example.
Every injured and dead person has their own relatives and friends. Countless years of accumulated hatred have already caused many internal conflicts.
Previously, it was only under the pressure of the gods that they were able to maintain a superficial state of peace.
But now it seems that after Zeus and other gods left, the conflict finally broke out completely.
I don’t know why the only surviving goddess, Diana, allowed this to happen?
Was it that she failed to discover it in time, or was it that she was unwilling to interfere in the affairs of mortals?
Or maybe, it’s impossible?
Lilith was the first to discover the affairs of the Greek gods, but after such a long time, the other gods probably also noticed that something was wrong.
Even though the Greek pantheon was small and had few followers, the Amazons and Spartans, one male and one female, were both very warlike races.
If some gods were interested in them, Levi would not feel strange at all.
Lilith said before that she had something to do, could it be related to this?
After all, she is still very interested in Amazon, and given the current state of the Greek pantheon, it is very suitable for her to open a new alias.
But what role do the God-chosen heroes play in this?
As the largest gathering place for Amazon, Paradise Island has indeed attracted many female God-chosen heroes...
Compared to Levy, Elegy thinks in another direction.
She usually doesn't use her brain because she doesn't need to.
Most of the time, having Donna is enough, and now with Levi, she doesn't have to worry about anything. But that doesn't mean she is really that stupid.
Before they met the three anaconda sisters, they had never known that there was another, untold Amazon gathering place in Lustria.
Did the gods conceal the truth intentionally, or was it actually done by the queen and the elders?
Now with the gods gone, are they clashing and arguing about this?
Are they treating their own side so badly in order to keep a secret, or even to fight for some of the wealth left by the gods?
After all, with Levi as their backer, if she and Donna want to join, they will definitely become very strong competitors.
She had also heard many legends since she was a child. On Paradise Island, there were some treasures left by the gods, including powerful weapons and skills.
However, that didn't matter. The last thing they should have done was to ignore Levi's kindness.
They are Amazons, of course, but they are now Levi's women, so of course they have to stand by Levi's side!
Moreover, she and Donna actually knew that even if they were all Amazons, those who were born through natural means, those who were recruited from God-given buildings, and those who were hired by other God-chosen heroes would have very obvious differences in their subsequent behaviors and good and evil camps.
If it is true as Levi said that there are God-chosen heroes involved, then the other party's hostile attitude is very normal. They obviously want to keep the secrets and power of Paradise Island alone.
Levi and his men didn't even need to take action personally. With the attack of many crossbows and catapults, the Amazons, which were originally very rampant, were completely suppressed in just a few breaths, and not even a single arrow could fly out.
Even the originally simple little port was smashed to pieces.
But despite this, the other party still had no intention of talking. Instead, several Horn Yakons who had been temporarily appointed as team leaders came to report that some of the surviving Amazons had escaped in another direction.
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. So straightforward and decisive? It sounds a little different from the rumored Amazon. He now increasingly suspects that the God-chosen Hero has intervened.
But it doesn’t matter, no matter what the other party’s purpose is, I only need one move to defeat the enemy!
"Luna, start landing and take over the surrounding villages."
"Sumi, please allocate some of your troops to guard my warships. After the dinosaurs have landed, you can join the battle along the coastal areas as you wish."
"The rest of you, get ready. Later, we will march towards the treetop city - Mutabo together with the air force!"
Following a series of responses, the subordinates began to take action.
Sumi also asked several of her younger sisters to lead the water tribe troops to sweep other villages along the coastline, so as to seize the spoils and distract some of the enemy's attention.
She herself led the main force and continued the escort mission.
Originally, Levi planned to live in peace with Paradise Island, so they had not taken any hostile actions. But now that the other party has taken the initiative to attack, this matter obviously cannot be easily resolved, so they can naturally plunder at will.
Having said that, Levi did not leave immediately. Instead, he used techniques such as turning mud into stone, stone shaping, and advanced stone transformation to help the dinosaurs get ashore.
The small port of Amazon was already in a dilapidated state, and the recent round of fierce attacks had completely reduced it to ruins.
Unfortunately, the dinosaurs were heavier than each other. Without the help of magic, it would take an unknown amount of time for them to get ashore.
Kyle was idle nearby, so he summoned a few fire elements to act as sentinels.
Although Brother Levi said that he brought him here just to gain some experience, it was not possible for him to just sit there and do nothing.
When almost half of the dinosaurs had boarded, Levi received an emergency warning from Sumi as expected. Forty or fifty light warships were speeding from the north, and they looked like pirates under the command of the Queen of the Sea.
Sumi is currently trying her best to delay, but the other party's goal is very clear. They would rather endure some attacks than get entangled with them, so they can't delay for long.
Levi smiled slightly and sent a message to Donna in the sky. At the same time, he summoned some water dinosaurs to act as cannon fodder and guard.
The Queen of the Sea and the Shahua are closely connected, and perhaps enemies will appear underwater in a while.
However, he was still a little confused. Instead of leaving this place in disgrace, the Queen of the Sea seemed to have a conflict with the Amazon on Paradise Island.
Could it be that she also wanted to learn from the Shahua people and make up for her losses in other ways after being defeated?
Before long, dozens of warships came into view, and then with a roar, they fired in unison, shooting at Levi's fleet.
This further confirmed Levi's guess, because under normal circumstances, pirates would not destroy the enemy's warships at will.
Not to mention that the captured warships themselves are very valuable, many of the cargoes on the ships are of no value after falling into the water.
The reason why the other party did this now could only be that they had not come for robbery from the beginning.
Unfortunately, they underestimated the power of Levi and his men.
Although compared to the enemy's cannons, the catapults or crossbows operated by the skeleton soldiers and mummies were obviously inferior in power.
But soon several waves of arrows rained down from the sky, directly nailing all the crew members on several pirate ships into hedgehogs.
Then the water became turbulent, and many dragon turtles and ancient giant turtles quickly floated up.
They don't use any conventional claws or other means of attack, but just use their thick and sturdy carapace to protect the bottom of the opponent's ship.
It may not have much effect once, but after repeated several times, the pirate ship, which is known for its speed but not its strong defense, often either starts to leak water from the bottom of the ship or is simply pierced through.
After the other party falls into the water, it is time for Sumi and her aquatic troops to show their power.
Even though pirates can generally swim, fighting with mermaids, who are aquatic creatures, in the water is simply seeking death.
At the same time, mages such as Sally and Sefa also began to cast spells, throwing fireballs one after another.
Even though almost all ships were specially waterproofed and fireproofed, they could not be completely immune to the flames caused by magic. Soon several warships became giant burning torches.
Kyle found it very interesting and after getting Levi's consent, he quickly joined in.
This also allowed Levi to get a glimpse of his fighting ability.
In addition to Fireball and Fireball Explosion, Kayle's most frequently used spell is Flamestorm, which summons a rotating pillar of fire.
And I don’t know if it’s some special talent or the bonus from the equipment, but this magic in his hands is obviously much stronger than that of other mages.
While rotating, it not only continuously sprinkles blazing flames around, but can also penetrate the deck and bottom of the ship directly like a drill.
Almost an entire ship can be destroyed with one move, and its efficiency is higher than that of Sefa and Sally combined.
Since Khalida has returned to Lahmia City and Michaela is temporarily in charge of the Black Ark, if we don’t take Levi into consideration, Kyle may be the strongest among his team in terms of magical explosive power.
Faced with such a violent attack, the pirates who were originally so aggressive soon began to cry for their parents, and many pirates whose ships were destroyed began to try to jump off the ship to escape.
But the summoned creatures under the water, such as the dragon turtle, ancient giant turtle, titan anaconda, and Sumi and the others, would not let them go easily, so the water surface was soon dyed red with blood.
Elegy began to feel a little bored. With enemies of this level, it was not a war of equals at all. It was just a one-sided massacre.
Levi did not let his guard down. Although the enemy was not strong, the number of races, arms and heroes on these pirate ships was a little too much.
In addition, even some gray dwarves and drow elves who are accustomed to living in the Underdark have now come to the pirate ship, which shows that a considerable number of the enemy troops are the chosen heroes of God.
Few of those who have made it this far are pure fools. How could they be so careless as to die? There must be other tricks!
So he remained calm on the surface, but actually asked his subordinates to be on high alert. He also secretly released some giant tomb scorpions and poisonous scorpion guards.
The soft sand on the seashore is undoubtedly the best place for them to dig and ambush.
Sure enough, not long after, when only one-third of the pirate ships were left and it looked like they would be on the verge of collapse even with the God-chosen heroes personally suppressing them, the enemy finally took action.
Luna, who had brought almost all the dinosaurs to the island, and the summoned creatures under the water sent us information.
At least six or seven thousand troops were heading towards their location under the cover of the forest, and they would arrive in about half a quarter of an hour.
Judging from the other party's appearance, it was definitely not a last-minute decision, but one that had been prepared for a long time.
Upon hearing this, Levi immediately knew that there must be external forces involved.
Because according to what Donna and Elegy said before, although the Amazons on Paradise Island all respect their queen - Penthesilea, the villages below have extremely high autonomy.
In other words, since they still mainly rely on fishing and hunting, it is impossible for them to have too large a gathering place because that would cause them to starve to death.
Although all Amazons are soldiers, their queen cannot easily mobilize so many troops.
When Elegy and the others were free and chatting with Levi, they once said that every time Paradise Island held a large-scale competition, it would often require large-scale hunting several months in advance to prepare food for the event.
Moreover, according to Luna's reconnaissance, there didn't seem to be many dinosaurs and other war beasts in the incoming army, and their ranks were generally low, with less than one-fifth of them being above level 4.
And like the pirates, they also came from many different races, and at least 60% of them were human males who should not have appeared on Paradise Island.
This is actually very obvious. Somehow, Paradise Island was suddenly dominated by the God-chosen Hero and attracted external forces. No one knows what happened to the original queen?
It is said that Penthesilea is a descendant of Ares, the Greek god of war. She possesses extremely high talent and stunning beauty, as well as considerable strength, and is a legendary warrior.
Even though Ares is gone now, and she would lose a lot of God-given powers as a result, she shouldn't be that easy to be killed by some God-chosen hero, right?
But I guess her current fate is not much better. If she had all the power, it is obviously impossible for her to allow so many men to wander around Paradise Island.
As for the enemy forces under the water, their number was obviously much smaller, only about two thousand, and they were just some murlocs, sahuagin and some sea serpents with weaker combat effectiveness.
If Sumi and the others were willing to pay the price, they would actually be able to repel the enemy.
The only special thing is probably that the other party has a ghost ship that can dive.
Ghost ships are not particularly rare on the sea, and vampire pirates are quite good at making them.
The principle is nothing more than using powerful magic to enchant the ship, and then adding some ghosts as sailors.
If it is a powerful vampire, it may even make the entire ship virtual, greatly increasing its resistance to enemy cannons, bows and arrows, etc.
But a ghost ship that can dive is somewhat rare.
If this happened in a normal naval battle, it could indeed pose a certain threat if it suddenly launched a surprise attack.
But now, it has been discovered in advance. Although it is still a bit troublesome, at least Levi already has an idea to deal with it.
He ordered Luna to lead the dinosaurs to form a battle array on the shore and prepare to resist the enemy's army. Levi also ordered many magic troops to begin to awaken the Death Guards.
The enemy is coming at us with great force. If we don’t do it now, when will we?
He didn't want his subordinates to be completely dependent on the constructs for everything, but he wouldn't tie his own hands either.
Then, a large part of the fleet that was originally fighting with the enemy, or unilaterally attacking the enemy, began to try to withdraw from the battle and instead aimed their catapults and other weapons at the jungle not far away.
When the enemy's army comes out, they will give them a good beating first.
Well, that's provided they can get out smoothly.
Thinking of this, Levi summoned some shadow elements and fire elements, the former ready to launch a surprise attack in the chaos, and the latter ready to set fire to the forest.
Although due to the fire-proof belt and resistance to elemental damage, etc., they are all relatively low-level and very popular magic.
But with only six or seven thousand troops, Levi didn't believe that the other side had so many wizards who could cast these magic spells on the entire army!
Because Kyle and Sefa and the others were almost all working together to destroy a pirate ship with one move, the remaining pirates soon couldn't hold on any longer.
Because according to the current situation, it will only take the other side a few minutes to destroy all their warships, and they can't delay the enemy at all.
Every time a warship capsized, no matter whether the crew members on it could swim or not, once they fell into the water, they would soon become prey to those ferocious sea beasts or aquatic troops. No one could survive.
So no matter how unwilling they were, in order to avoid annihilation, they had no choice but to run away first.
Seeing the other side withdraw, Kyle still felt a little unsatisfied. This was his first time participating in a real war.
It has to be said that this was even bloodier and more cruel than he had expected, but also more exciting!
Even in just a few minutes, I was able to vaguely realize that my understanding of fire magic had become more profound.
He originally only performed it on open space within a closed barrier, but when he actually performed it on living people, he gradually began to understand how to cause greater damage.
Looking at the fleeing pirate ships, Levi didn't care about them. Even if they had the courage to come back, they would only leave more corpses behind.
He simply dispatched summoned creatures such as the ancient giant turtle to block the ghost ship's path.
No matter how worthless the warships and mummies given by Khalida are, they are still his subordinates now, and he cannot let them launch a surprise attack on him.
Of course, the opponent was a pure aquatic force after all, and he was prepared for casualties, so he placed the empty ships that had transported the dinosaurs on the outermost periphery.
Then he signaled to Sumi and the others that they didn't have to fight to the death, but just needed to stop most of the miscellaneous soldiers.
The remaining elite enemies, especially the ghost ship among them, will be left to him to deal with.
However, although he had made all the necessary preparations, the attacking ghost ship was in a bit of an awkward situation because they discovered that the originally planned three-way attack now had serious problems.
Who could have thought that those damn pirates would collapse so quickly?
If we calculate based on time, they will probably be defeated in the first encounter?
So next, will they continue to launch the attack as planned?
After hesitating for a while, seeing that there were fewer and fewer pirate ships on the water, the leader finally made up his mind.
"I don't believe he is really that powerful. Even without those useless pirates, we still have reinforcements. If a sneak attack fails, we can just attack head-on."
"More importantly, our God is protecting us. Attack!"
As he spoke, he also raised high the holy emblem in his hand, on which was an exploding bolt of lightning.
“Ohhhh!”
As soon as the words came out, the subordinates, whose morale was somewhat low due to the early defeat of the friendly army, suddenly became energetic and full of fighting spirit, and launched a formal attack.
It's no wonder that even though they knew the person coming was Levi, who had recently become famous, they still set such a trap for him. The other party was quite capable, and even Sumi was unable to resist for a while.
It’s not that the level of the opponent’s troops is really that high, but that the abilities used by the opponent are too disgusting.
Similarly, when Sumi first called Levi for help, he quickly noticed the silver magical energy underwater.
It turned out to be the most powerful magic underwater - lightning!
Seawater is conductive, so using lightning spells here will not only increase the damage and expand the range, but also have a chance of having a paralysis effect.
I don't know what kind of treasure the other party used, or if there are any special bonuses in other aspects. At the cost of reducing damage, the chance of paralysis is greatly increased.
Therefore, even though Sumi and her team had taken precautions in advance, many low- and mid-level troops were still hit.
However, Levi's ancient giant turtles and the like are basically unaffected. After all, their strength is there.
Fortunately, the mermaids are not good at melee combat and have high intelligence, so they have many magic units. They quickly released some auxiliary magic to increase magic resistance to fight against it.
At the same time, the other side probably had no intention of getting entangled with them too much, and just kept charging towards the main target - Levi, which meant that Sumi and the others did not suffer too many casualties for the time being.
There is no doubt that they want to launch a decapitation tactic.
But Levi was not angry at all, nor did he feel amused. He was just a little cautious.
Before, he had been wondering who caused the changes on Paradise Island. Now, judging from the power used by the other party, he was almost certain of the other party's identity.
If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Talos, the god of storm and destruction, the leader of the furious gods, the queen of the sea and the boss of Secora, who had previously participated in the war against the Lich God.
The Queen of the Sea was fighting with the Sea Dreamer over there and lost a lot of pirates. Apart from getting a slightly closer relationship with the great shark Secora, she gained almost nothing. Instead, she officially offended the Sea Dreamer.
But her boss secretly took action against Amazon. This is what this chaotic evil god did.
Both are chaotic evil, the Prince of Lies - Cyric and Talos, but they are not at the same level at all!
However, Levi felt that the Queen of the Sea might not have known about this matter at the beginning.
The Furious Gods originally huddled together for warmth because they all had too many enemies and would likely be besieged if they stepped out alone.
But they are also full of suspicion and hostility towards each other.
For example, while Talos was protecting the Frost Maiden, Auril, he was also exploiting her all the time . Since she joined him, the Frost Maiden's strength has not increased but decreased, and now she has fallen to a weaker level of divine power.
Her priests and believers are even worse off, having basically fallen to the point of relying on working as postmen, delivery men and errand girls in the harsh winter weather to make a fortune.
This even caused the Frost Girl's camp to shift to a certain extent, considering that she was originally in the chaotic evil camp.
Now that her church no longer robs, but instead works for others, one can imagine how harshly Talos exploits her and how deeply he has influenced her.
Likewise, the relationship between Talos and the Queen of the Sea is very complicated.
They were supposed to be lovers, but there would always be wind and waves on the sea, so Talos wanted to use this springboard to seize the position of the Queen of the Sea.
But the Queen of the Sea was no fool, so Talos was not completely successful later. The ambiguous relationship between them was completely severed, and an extremely serious rift was also created.
Although it was unlikely that the Queen of the Sea would leave the Furious Gods and Talos because she had too many enemies, in this situation, even if she didn't mess with Talos, she would definitely try to get a piece of the pie.
But now the opponent is so well-trained, which is definitely not the style of the Queen of the Sea. She must have been used by Talos again.
As his mind was racing, Levi also discovered that the ghost ship was rushing towards him. It would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was moving like a rocket into an empty space, but it was indeed very powerful.
Whether it was Titanoboa's physical attack or Dragon Turtle's spitting, they had little effect.
Unfortunately, Levi had already prepared for it.
As the ghost ship approached quickly, Levi pointed his finger and said, "Gravity reversal!"
The ghost ship, which had been lurking dozens of meters underwater, suddenly rose up swaying like an oversized fish bladder.
Although the weight of the ghost ship has been greatly reduced through magical transformation and evil rituals, it is still a warship of tens of meters and weighs several tons.
Everyone on the ghost ship was suddenly in a panic. They had imagined many ways the enemy would counterattack, but they never expected this one!
In a hurry, everyone on the ship launched a counterattack in their own way. Some released magic, some simply controlled cannons, and some tried to use their own strength to cancel the effect of gravity reversal.
But how could the 7th-level magic cast by Levi be so easily dealt with? At least with their strength, it was far from enough.
So everyone watched as the ghost ship flew nearly a hundred meters into the sky, and then Sefa gave it a powerful Feather Fall spell.
Ordinary feather fall magic can only be used on ordinary humanoid creatures, slowing down their descent speed when falling from a high altitude, as well as the damage they suffer when falling.
Powerful Feather Fall has a similar effect, but the range is expanded.
With Sefa's current strength, he is actually unable to deal with such a large ordinary warship, but if it is a ghost ship that has been reversed by gravity, he can still do it.
What's more, Levi didn't ask too much of her. He just needed to buy him enough time to cast the spell.
So the ghost ship was hanging high in the air, making everyone on the ship confused for a moment.
What does this mean? Are you ready to hang yourself up and then focus on the fire?
Many people continued to try to launch attacks. Although the angles were not very good, which resulted in cannons and the like failing to hit the target at all, other spells and muskets could still be used.
A few people were busy trying to break the opponent's magic. Although the ghost ship could greatly reduce physical damage, at this height, if they fell down, they would lose half their lives if they did not die.
Some people have even secretly cast the spell of flying on themselves, or summoned some flying mounts. It is always better to be prepared.
But before they could make much progress, Levi's magic was complete.
He stretched out his hand with a little effort and pointed, and a magic ray that was neither brilliant nor splendid, and looked ordinary, hit the ghost ship accurately.
But it creates a powerful effect that is hard for ordinary people to imagine.
With a series of crackling sounds, the originally translucent ghost ship was quickly transformed into a solid entity, returning to its rotten and decayed appearance.
Then the powerful feather fall technique and gravity reversal attached were also forcibly expelled.
This is the power of the 9th level magic - Mordenkainen's Disintegration!
At the same time, after receiving a series of system prompts and seeing the changes in the ghost ship, everyone on the ship changed color in anger.
They were just guessing just now, but now they finally understand each other's intentions!
The ghost ship that was originally hanging high in the sky fell from the sky with a whistling sound, and then fell heavily onto the water.
If a warship of this size falls from such a height, the impact it suffers is no less than if it falls on hard rock.
After losing its spiritual power, the rotten hull was simply not enough to withstand this level of damage, so with a loud bang, the entire ghost ship was smashed to pieces.
Except for a small number of people who were quick enough to seize the opportunity and escape using flight techniques, all the other crew members were killed.
Kai who was standing next to him was suddenly speechless. He had just been quite proud of himself, thinking that his fire magic was the nemesis of these pirate ships.
But now it seems that pure fire magic is not as cool as this combination.
Levi was also very satisfied. The lysis technique did have a success rate. The target was the entire ship. He was not 100% sure at first, so this was just one of his countermeasures.
I didn't expect it to succeed at once. The other party deserves his bad luck.
So he pretended not to notice the slightly resentful look in Wange's eyes.
He knew that she was interested in the ghost ship and might have originally intended to capture it and then sail the ship for fun.
But everything about the lysis technique is good, except for one drawback: it causes too much damage to the loot.
As the saying goes, "When the cracks come out, both the enemy and I cry, and when the wind blows the eggshells, the money goes away and the people are happy."
The principle and purpose of the so-called fission technique is to decompose all the potions, scrolls, rings, battle treasures, armor and weapons carried by the opponent into independent components, causing them to lose their original magical abilities.
Before killing the enemy, most of the enemy's equipment was destroyed, so when the battle was over, it would naturally be difficult to find any spoils.
Therefore, apart from the spellcaster, regardless of friend or foe, most other people cannot experience this kind of happiness.
Fortunately, Wange only blamed him slightly, and she forgot about it in the blink of an eye.
Because in just a short while, the enemy troops that had been lurking out from the jungle and thought they were hidden were already closer, and she had to fight in person.
Although she had already prepared to become enemies with other Amazons before heading to Paradise Island, they were still her own people after all. She was still somewhat hesitant and concerned before the battle.
But now the enemies have taken the initiative to help her solve her problems, because among them there are not only Amazons, but also more humans from the evil camp, so she has nothing to worry about!
As the ghost ship was destroyed, the few survivors were taken away by Donna's rain of arrows.
The remaining underwater attackers were almost instantly defeated and chased and beaten by Sumi and the others, so Levi no longer focused his attention on that area.
He just turned to look at Kyle, whose eyes were full of expectation and eagerness to try: "Kyle, are you interested in starting a fire with me?"