Volume 4 Chapter 485: The Shepherd God - The Change of Paine
Seeing that Paine was showing off his power and was obviously in cahoots with the Amazons, gradually, the people from the Church of Talos on the other side began to get restless.
They had originally planned to kill all the enemies first, and then slowly find a way out, but now the enemy has reinforcements and has opened a portal, so why should they fight for their lives? Run away quickly!
So several people joined forces to release a big move, summoning a purple thunder egg, and after a short delay, it fired hundreds or thousands of thunder arrows out.
Although it obviously took a lot of effort, the effect was also very obvious. The Amazon spirit army was temporarily defeated by this move.
Then they headed straight for the portal behind Levi. When they were still some distance away, the leader, a man holding a big sword, said bluntly, "This is the business of the Church of Talos. If you don't want to die, get out of the way!"
Having said that, in fact, as he opened his mouth, the many spellcasters behind him had already cast spells one after another, showing no mercy.
Levi was not surprised at all. Talos himself was a chaotic evil camp. His younger brothers were relatively freer, but they were basically all evil camps. How much martial ethics could you expect from them?
He simply dodged, or used magic to counteract, or used a big slap to forcefully block the opponent's attack.
He is already level 18. If he were a native, he would be respected as a great wizard wherever he goes.
Together with many summons and constructs such as the Death Guards, he is a legion by himself. Even if the enemy looks fierce, so what?
Martis began to retreat silently, but she was certainly not running away, she was just looking for an opportunity.
Although she is a Death Knight, in most cases, her fighting style is more like that of an assassin. Even though she is a Death Knight proficient in frost and is very resistant to attacks, she will not be stupid enough to resist them.
As Levi continued to cast spells, he had to admit that these guys were indeed quite capable, as they were sent by Talos to cause trouble for Paradise Island.
In addition to regular professions, they also have several rare professions: Rune Priest, Sword Mage, War Priest, and so on.
In addition, there are some unique professions of the Church of Taros, a certain variant of the Druid - the Stormbringer, and the guy who just spoke, a warrior who emphasizes extreme offensiveness - the Thunderbolt Swordmaster.
Compared to conventional professions, their overall strength is not necessarily much stronger, but they have one extremely outstanding advantage, which is that they are good at controlling thunder and lightning, which gives them extremely powerful offensiveness.
In addition, they are obviously all carefully selected elites. None of the hero units are lower than level 10. If they are soldiers, they all start at at least level 5 elites.
In addition, their equipment all looked good, which resulted in neither the celestial creatures nor the Death Guards being able to withstand their fierce attacks.
It wasn't as bad as being chopped up, but it certainly had no power to fight back.
Only when they met Elegy and Cindy did they feel the difficulty clearly.
But the leader, the most powerful Thunder Sword Master, did not choose to help his younger brothers. His goal was very clear, he just wanted to kill Levi as soon as possible.
Levi was not in a hurry at all. He had Xiao Lan under him and he knew spells like Dimensional Door. So why would he be afraid of a Sword Master?
All sword masters are glass cannons with extremely strong attacks, but whether it is rain of arrows or spells, they are very threatening to them, and they are often the first to die on the battlefield.
Moreover, they don't have any long-range skills, they just hack and hack. The Thunder Swordmaster just has the ability to enchant weapons. As long as they keep their distance, they can tire the opponent to death without hurting themselves.
More importantly, the Sword Master can't fly, so he can't hit Levi who is riding on the blue robot!
However, after maneuvering for a few moves, he found that the Thunderbolt Sword Master in front of him seemed a little difficult to deal with.
Because his resistance to spells was a little too high and he was also very agile, except for the Hammer of Axiom which he had never used, Levi's low- and mid-level spells were almost all ineffective against this sword master.
The Curse Witch also cast spells several times, but her curses and other negative skills would often disappear on the spot as soon as they landed on the opponent with a flash of lightning. This was not a move that an ordinary Thunder Sword Master could possess.
Coupled with the fact that other people were also coming in force, the cursed witch was soon forced to transform into a poisonous snake and run to Levi to seek refuge.
She is a typical auxiliary fragile mage, and she doesn't even have any protective magic. It's not shameful for her to give in immediately.
Seeing the Sword Master chopping down several giant shadow elements with one sword again, he and Levi looked at each other, and they both had some understanding in their hearts.
Does the sword master have some special equipment, or is this his own power?
Seeing that if he didn't use his full strength, the other party might really escape, Levi's eyes rolled: "Lord Paine, they are going to run away!"
Paine, who was randomly poking at the Chaos Egg, said without turning his head: "Don't you have people guarding outside? Let them finish it off!"
It was obvious that he didn't care about these things, and during the battle, although his movements seemed casual, he was actually constantly closing the distance with Penthesilea.
Levi narrowed his eyes slightly. Could this guy be planning to launch a sneak attack on Penthesilea now?
He thought that he would at least have to wait until all the enemies in front of him were killed and then join forces to kill Chusheng before he would take action.
Without further ado, he shouted again: "But my men can't deal with him, because he may have Talos's thunder godhood!"
"What?"
Paine's tone of voice changed instantly. He casually knocked away several Chaos Eggs in front of him, gave up on Penthesilea, ran over to confirm it himself, and immediately became very happy.
Now everyone could sense that something was wrong. The Sword Master, who was the target, felt nervous. He had clearly not displayed any particularly powerful strength after the opponent appeared, so why was he still discovered by the opponent?
Yes, even though it made Levi a little uncomfortable, he didn't actually use all his strength because he was worried about becoming Paine's target.
Since he intended to attack Paradise Island, he would naturally collect relevant information. Even though Paine was a shepherd god, he was also a true demigod after all. He was still a strong deterrent to ordinary legends.
But since there is no way to avoid it now, let’s do our best!
With a low growl, the Sword Master used one of his signature abilities - Surge of Power. His energy and spirit turned into an invisible powerful force, gathering on his weapon.
Then the lightning gathered into an exquisite battle armor, covering the surface of his body.
He shouted again and slashed towards Paine: "Invigorate and slash!"
At this time, Penthesilea's clear female voice followed: "Lord Pan, be careful, he is the captain of the Storm's Fury Regiment, a legendary hero with divinity!"
Paine laughed: "Just a legend? But I am a real god!"
Water-colored energy gushed out from the trident wildly and collided with each other with a loud bang.
Maybe before, he was a weak demigod who was only known for herding sheep, but now he is no longer!
Seeing Paine and the Sword Master fighting quickly, although he was obviously crushed by the Sword Master in terms of skills, he managed to suppress his opponent successfully with his superior strength and agility. Levi couldn't help but squint his eyes again.
Demigods are indeed very powerful, but Paine was originally a free-range demigod who tended to be a bard. Where did he get such strong fighting power?
Demigod is an improvement on the essence of life. It can strengthen various attributes, as well as lifespan, magic resistance and many other aspects, but it will not make any changes to the profession.
His style of play was also too aggressive, completely attacking and forcing the opponent to defend, which was completely inconsistent with the character that Paine had shown before.
Moreover, he hadn't noticed it before, but now Levi discovered that in Paine's water-colored energy, there was a hint of blood, which looked very ominous.
All these things made Levi couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Paine had fallen into depravity and turned to some evil god for power?
But for a moment he couldn't be sure who the bloody energy belonged to.
There is no way. Any priesthood involving killing has the ability to do this, such as the God of Bloody Hands - Cain, the Prince of Lies - Cyric, and so on.
Then he looked at Penthesilea again. It had been a while since they came in through the portal. Why did she only remind Pane now that the sword master had divinity?
Had she discovered something, too ? If so, she was smarter than I thought.
While thinking, Levi summoned more summoned creatures and Death Guards to prevent the members of the Church of Talos from escaping.
Due to his delay, many Amazon heroes quickly swarmed in and surrounded the enemy again.
Cindy also brought the Celestials and released some magic to protect them from energy damage, allowing them to better fight against the enemy's lightning attacks. This made it more difficult for the enemy to break through the siege.
At this time, the curse witch came over quietly: "Levi, he..."
Levi nodded slightly, then handed over a dozen Death Guards to the other party: "The Queen needs help."
The Cursed Witch was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse his gift, because she knew that helping the Queen was just an excuse and she still needed to communicate further with her.
If Paine has really betrayed, then it might not just be Chusheng who needs to be killed today!
Soon, with the help of Levi, Cindy and others, the number of people in the Church of Talos began to decrease.
Maybe they are big shots with high status outside, but here, they are like some elite soldiers. They just struggled a little and then were completely submerged.
On the contrary, the magic units that seem to be the most vulnerable often have the strongest survivability.
First, add full-body buffs to yourself and your allies, then cast a series of auxiliary spells such as the Anywhere Door, Flying, and Invisibility, and then summon creatures to act as cannon fodder to attract attention.
After doing all this, they will finally prepare to cast offensive magic, and they tend not to use high-level magic that requires too long a casting time.
It can be seen that they all have extremely rich combat experience.
Moreover, almost every opponent's mage has some passively triggered equipment or props.
When those mages are in danger, they will pop up protective shields, or speed up and heal the mages, or even teleport them dozens of meters away.
This made Levi start to consider whether he should get some similar items for self-defense.
Because of the characteristics of the God-chosen heroes, his level and strength increased very quickly, but in many other aspects, he still lacked some foundation because he did not have enough time to accumulate experience.
It's a pity that although they were strong and well-equipped, they encountered Levi and the completely unreasonable Hammer of Justice.
Even if it becomes invisible, it will continue to track the past.
When facing it, there are usually only two choices: either destroy it with magic, or just take it head-on!
So it didn't take long before the enemy's mage was killed by Levi first, and the remaining warriors were killed by Cindy, Elegy, Maltis and others.
In fact, not many people actually died at the hands of those Amazon heroes.
Several Amazon Heroic Spirits who seemed to be the leaders nodded slightly to Levi, then rushed towards the Chaos Eggs on the other side. They wanted to help their queen.
At this time, the cursed witch on the other side also sent a signal to Levi that Penthesilea had understood everything and was willing to fight alongside Levi.
Whether facing Chusheng or Paine, she is even willing to cooperate further with Levi.
For the continuation of the race, Paradise Island, which nominally does not allow any male to set foot on it, also needs to make necessary sacrifices.
After all, even the gods have given up on Paradise Island and the Amazon, and she has no better choice.
This is naturally the best result. Levi asked Cindy and Martis to go over and help kill those special chaos eggs as soon as possible.
He continued to observe the battle between Paine and the Sword Master.
Overall, it was quite boring. Paine's attack had no rules at all. He just kept poking at the opponent's head, heart and other vital parts.
The Sword Master's offensive was originally as smooth as flowing water, but in order to resist Paine's attack, he could only forcibly change his movements again and again.
In addition, there was a huge gap in strength and weapons, so he was soon covered in wounds and his speed dropped significantly.
If nothing unexpected happens, he will die soon.
I don’t know if it’s because he was fighting too excitedly, but the blood-colored energy emitted by Paine’s Trident now accounts for a larger proportion of the water-colored energy.
Even Paine's face had an abnormal blush, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was extremely fanatical.
This made Levi suspicious. Could it be that Paine was deceived? This looked very abnormal!
Suddenly, Levi's face changed slightly, because the Rat Master who was ordered to clean up the spoils reported that there was no corpse here.
There wasn't even any blood or broken limbs. All the spoils were lying alone on the ground, very clean.
He immediately raised his hand and activated the Soul Bound in the Ninth Volume of Nagash, but as expected, he failed to obtain any information. There were no souls here.
This time he felt something was definitely wrong.
The enemies coming this time are all middle and high-level members in Talos' church. Killing them can still be tolerated, but if all their souls are restrained at once, Talos will be angry, right?
So he had never intended to do this before, but now their souls have disappeared without a trace.
Is this a characteristic of the Sealed Land, or does the root cause lie with Paine?
Combined with the performance of Paine, who has almost turned into a berserker, Levi felt that he seemed to have vaguely touched the truth.
How could he forget Khorne, the Blood God among the Four Chaos Gods?
Right now the main world is in chaos, with fighting and wars everywhere, rampant diseases, and constant conspiracies. However, some corrupt nobles are taking time out from their busy schedules to enjoy themselves.
Therefore, the power of the gods has changed to varying degrees, either increasing or declining. Among them, the gods related to killing, death, war, and disease have expanded their power the fastest.
Gods of peace, stability, happiness or knowledge are severely damaged.
Similarly, the Four Chaos Gods can also benefit from it, and the servants of Slaanesh, Tzeentch and Nurgle appear one after another.
In this case, Khorne, as the strongest of the four Chaos Gods, will definitely become even stronger!
Thinking of this, Li Wei first confirmed with the people guarding the other side of the portal. After everything was stable, he turned to look at the Sword Master who was struggling to survive under Paine.
"I didn't expect Talos to be so nice to you."
Talos himself is of the chaotic camp. Although he is eclectic towards his followers, most of his followers are also chaotic evil.
The only exception is the Thunderbolt Swordmaster. Before advancing, all Swordmasters must take a certain oath and abide by it, so they can only be in the lawful camp, and the other party can try to communicate a little.
The Sword Master was a little surprised. He didn't know why Levi suddenly said this, but he still followed his instinct and responded immediately.
"Of course, my God is always generous to the loyal!"
Levi slightly admired and said: "Yes, he is very generous indeed, protecting the souls of so many believers and allowing them to return to the Kingdom of God as soon as possible after death."
"W-what?"
The Sword Master's pupils suddenly shrank. This was definitely not what he expected, because Talos did not do this at all!
"Ho ho, good opportunity!"
Panting heavily, Paine swung his trident vertically, directly breaking through the sword master's defense, and then he pierced the opponent's chest.
The Sword Master groaned and pulled back, but this time Paine rushed straight forward and didn't give the opponent any chance at all. He wanted to end the battle in one go!
Seeing that he could not escape the disaster, the Sword Master directly stimulated the special power in his divinity. He did not know why the opponent's power grew slowly and steadily during the battle, until he was completely unable to resist.
But even if he dies, he will make the other party pay the price!
As lightning flashed, the Sword Master's entire body expanded rapidly as if inflated, and it was obvious that he was about to use some kind of suicidal attack method.
But at this critical moment, Paine did not panic at all. He simply reached out and grabbed the other person's bloody heart.
Then, in full view of everyone, he licked it.
“Oh, it’s delicious…”
Seeing the intoxicated Pan, not only Levi, the Cursed Witch and Penthesilea suddenly realized something, even the dying Sword Master understood that the other party was actually...
“Crash!”
The Sword Master was beheaded by Paine with his trident, and then a wave of energy swept over and directly swallowed up the Sword Master's body.
In just half a second, a special object flashing with purple light appeared above the trident.
Although the color was different, Levi had seen it many times. It was divinity, the thunder divinity from Talos!
Without any hesitation, Paine swallowed it in one gulp. Along with a series of "crackling" sounds of bones colliding, his whole body swelled several inches.
In the blink of an eye, he changed from a frail and sickly person to a muscular strong man. Now holding the trident, he looked much more fit.
What followed was an extremely strong smell of blood, and then a special symbol flashed across his forehead.
Although the time was extremely short, Levi still saw it. It was an X with a horizontal bar at the bottom and a circle of skull symbols around it.
And naturally, its main color is blood red, which is the symbol of Khorne!
Levi immediately understood why Paine had not used even half a spell since he appeared, because Khorne despised magic the most.
Although the Four Chaos Gods are fighting each other, there are differences in the degree of hatred between them.
Khorne hates Slaanesh the most, because the hedonism that Slaanesh advocates is seriously inconsistent with his creed of destruction above all else, followed by Tzeentch.
The Tzeentch demons are best at conspiracies and spells, while the Khorne demons just like to push their way forward, kill their enemies with their own hands, and then bathe in their blood.
No daemon servant or mortal follower of Khorne has ever used magic, and no wizard has ever successfully joined Khorne.
As for Paine who had defected to Khorne, no matter whether he still had his original power, he certainly could not use it again.
The Cursed Witch and Penthesilea might not understand what it meant for the moment, but that didn't stop them from being on high alert, because after such an obvious change, it looked like Pan wasn't going to hide any longer!
Sure enough, Paine slowly turned around, staring at the two of them with his bloodshot eyes, full of amusement.
"Hehe, you could have lived longer, at least before I killed the first born."
"It's a pity. The only thing to blame is that things have changed now."
"Well, Levi, thank you for your reminder, so I will let you die quickly later."
Levi shrugged. Well, he now deeply understood what it meant for a villain to succeed and what it meant for his self-confidence to swell.
Just by obtaining a part of Khorne's power, he dared to kill himself and offend Lilith?
Not to mention him, even if the current Khorne came in person, he would be beaten up by Lilith, right?
But he didn't say any nonsense. He just started sending signals to the Messenger of Mercy, Illidan and others, saying that it was their turn to appear on the stage.
However, this time he had to use some tricks, because the Messenger of Mercy had signed an oath of alliance with him, and coupled with his special status as the model of the Seventh Sky, someone had to summon him before he could come.
But Illidan is a god, he is not restricted by so many things. He can go wherever he wants, even without Levi summoning him.
He is also the patron saint of the night elves, and there are many night elves on the island. Even if there is a god stupid enough to question him with this question, he has enough reasons.
At the same time, Levi also wanted to get more information, such as Paine's original plan.
Of course, he was almost certain of it, but he also needed the Witch of Curse and Penthesilea to know all this, otherwise, after killing Paine, how could he do favors?
No one knew whether he was confident of victory, or was eager to show off after gaining new and powerful strength, or was simply overwhelmed by the power of Khorne, so Paine answered Levi's questions very honestly.
He did kill the cursed witch's sister and got the trident.
According to his original plan, he would join forces with the cursed witch and Penthesilea to release the newborn, then kill it and seize its divinity.
Then he can kill both of them, and with his own power, he will be able to gather 5 different divinities.
Combined with the power of Khorne, he will soon become a powerful evil god.
Now that he had gained the divinity from Talos and the power of Khorne had been revealed, he would need to change his thinking slightly.
He no longer needs to kill newborns. He can use the Amazons on the island as sacrifices and tame them into killing tools. Then perhaps not even Khorne will be able to control him!
After hearing this, the Cursed Witch and Penthesilea both gritted their teeth. All of Pan's plans were beneficial to himself and harmful to the Amazons.
It would be better for such a god to die soon!
“Pah.”
Levi clapped his hands lightly. At first glance, this plan was actually quite good.
Unfortunately, Paine overestimated himself and underestimated Lilith's patience and Khorne's difficulty.
After getting the resources, you plan to start your own business? How is that possible!
Khorne will hunt him down with all his might, and Lilith will never let him go.
Regardless of whether they are good or evil, traitors are the most hated everywhere.
Of course, the worst thing he should have done was that he almost completely ignored his own existence!
So the next moment, without any warning, Levi launched a sneak attack. He also wanted to confirm whether his Hammer of Justice could cause damage to Paine?
Unfortunately, his goal was not achieved, as Paine destroyed it with a single blow.
With a sweep, he easily blocked the cursed witch's magic and Penthesilea's spear.
"Haha, is this all you are capable of? It seems like you don't want to receive my favor, so I can only let you die in pain!"
As he was laughing wildly, Paine saw Levi openly performing the summoning spell.
He immediately laughed even more happily: "Summoning? Can you summon a creature that can rival a god? I really want to broaden my horizons, like this..."
The next moment, when Paine saw the Messenger of Mercy appear with a giant sacred flaming sword in hand, his body suddenly froze, and he regretted that he should not have said so much.
Even if he had never met the other party in person, with such powerful strength and unique appearance, how could he not know the other party's identity?
At the critical moment, Pann was quick-witted. He forced a smile and said, "Why, are the Subaru going to violate the original agreement and clash with the gods?"
But the Messenger of Mercy was not fooled. He just looked at Pane with a firm gaze: "But this does not include beings like Spider Queen Rose who are both demon lords and gods, nor does it include pathetic gods like you who are willing to join the Four Chaos Gods!"
The three great celestial races and other kindhearted beings from other worlds have made an agreement with the gods that they will not go to the main world unless it is necessary.
Since it is an agreement, there will naturally be some special circumstances, and the current situation is one of them.
Paine immediately became angry and embarrassed. Some things are completely different when known to everyone and said in public!
"You deserve to die. You are just a legend. I will let you see the real power of God!"
With such arrogant words, Pan took the initiative to rush towards the Messenger of Mercy. The Cursed Witch and Penthesilea looked at each other, then looked at Levi, and finally decided to get involved.
No matter how much power they can exert, they will not sit idly by!
But they soon found that it seemed unnecessary.
After just a few moves, Paine, who was originally so aggressive, gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Level 21 is a legend. As long as he cannot obtain the priesthood and godhood, he will still be a legend no matter his level rises to 31, 41, or more.
But the level increase is not in vain, so even if they are both legendary, the gap may be huge.
The sword master who was killed by Pan before was just a mortal who had been trained by the Church of Talos for decades.
But the Messenger of Mercy has been sitting on the throne of the Lord of Golden Heaven for more than a thousand years!
Demigod is an improvement in the essence of life, not a profession. In terms of combat power alone, even if it is a strengthened Paine, he may not be stronger than the Messenger of Mercy.
As Levi had expected, when Paine was unable to overwhelm his opponent with strength and speed and his skills were far inferior to his opponent's, he soon fell into a serious disadvantage.
It didn't take long for them to go from being arrogant and conceited at the beginning to being unbelievable.
This was when neither side used magic. Levi felt that although the spells of the Messenger of Mercy were mostly aimed at evil, Paine, who had now defected to Khorne, obviously had nothing to do with kindness.
Originally, he could only play the flute and perform some bard tricks, and at most create some physical notes to attack the enemy.
But after joining Khorne, he can use magic weapons, as well as some of the abilities of the weapons themselves, and the common ability of all demons - summoning more demons.
As for other spells, he definitely can't use them.
So Levi felt that if the fight continued like this, it wouldn't be long before Paine completely collapsed.
He didn't know how much determination he had made before he finally decided to join Khorne, but just a few minutes after he was arrogant, he ran into a strong enemy, the Messenger of Mercy, who beat him so hard that he began to doubt his life.
If this is the case, then what is the point of his efforts?
Seeing this scene, the Cursed Witch and Penthesilea were temporarily relieved. After communicating with Levi for a while, they continued to kill those Chaos Eggs.
Levi also summoned the Dragon Head God Envoy and the high-level Red Flame Envoy. In case Pane was unsportsmanlike and attacked him or Elegy and others by surprise, with the Dragon Head God Envoy around, they could at least resist a little.
At the same time, he also learned that these special Chaos Eggs were originally the corpses of members of the Church of Talos, but somehow, they turned into these things.
Although there was no direct evidence, they all seriously suspected that this was caused by the leakage of newborn power.
Now the Amazons have paid a huge price and temporarily secured the seal.
Penthesilea originally intended to use her own divinity and that of the sword master to further strengthen the seal.
But now such an unexpected thing happened. She felt that even if Paine was defeated, there would still be troubles afterwards.
But Levi felt that with the Messenger of Mercy here, birth was not a problem at all.
What he was more concerned about now was where Illidan had gone to, was he temporarily delayed by other things, or was he planning to use the same trick again?