Volume 4 Chapter 495: Nagash Volume 9, Part 5 - The Book of Rotten Corpses
"You have gained knowledge about multiple fields. Since the knowledge has been fully analyzed by other beings and you have divinity, you can receive it smoothly. However, since you do not have godhood, you can only exert a very small part of your power."
Field: Animals
Animal incarnation: You or an animal you designate can transform into another non-magical animal, taking on the other's appearance and gaining natural abilities such as flying, climbing, or swimming.
(The premise is that the other party has it. For example, you cannot gain the ability to fly when you transform into an ordinary carp)
Depending on the size of the animal after transformation, it is possible to gain additional bonuses to strength, agility, physique, defense, magic resistance, etc.
At first glance, it seems quite interesting. If Levi gets this thing in the Novice Village, he can catch ordinary birds, turtles, etc. as magical pets, and then turn them into tigers or lions, which will definitely greatly enhance their combat effectiveness.
Unfortunately, it came too late and has too many limitations, so now it can only be used as a toy.
I just don’t know who has the other relics of Paine now.
Field: Charm
Charm +2: The initial favorability of non-hostile forces towards you increases.
There is nothing much to say about this. Things that directly add attributes can never be too few.
Field: War
Your campaign skill - Offensive Technique has been strengthened, with an additional effect: the critical strike rate and experience gain rate of your troops are increased by 5%.
There is basically no bad thing in the field of war, but in Levi's opinion, even if the above three are added together, they may not be comparable to the following treasures.
The Fifth Volume of the Ninth Volume of Nagash - The Book of Corpses (Gold - Legend - Wonderful Item):
Effect 1, Soul Binding
Effect 2, Evil Oath
Effect 3, Nine Volumes Echo
Effect 4, Blood Ritual, through sacrifice and ritual, you can try to transform the living into vampires;
Effect 5, Corpse Transformation, allows you to transform zombie-like undead creatures to create more novel or more powerful creations.
"You have successfully collected five volumes of the Nine Volumes of Nagash. Since you are not a god and meet other hidden requirements, you have activated the hidden power of the Book of Corpses - immortal reincarnation."
Undead Reincarnation: When your men die in battle, you can transform them into undead creatures such as vampires, zombies and skeletons.
Depending on the strength, soul fragments, gold coins, elemental crystals, or corpses and blood are required as sacrifices (heroic level requires additional hero spirits)
If you consume twice as much material, you can revive it as a living being, but its rank will be reduced by at least 1 level (or the level will be randomly reduced by 1-5 levels).
Note 1: If you want to revive as a living person, you need to preserve the opponent's soul and body as much as possible, which will prevent the opponent's strength from declining too much;
Note 2: You cannot revive special races such as angels, demons, devils, elements, undead or constructs, and the success rate of resurrecting the dead with a higher level than you is greatly reduced;
Note 3: Resurrecting the dead is the prerogative of gods. If you do not possess the divinity, priesthood or domain of death, then every time you do so, you may attract the attention of the gods of death from various pantheons and cause unknown consequences.
(Only honest and pedantic people can truly abide by the laws of nature. Nagash holds the secret of cheating death, which is now written in the Book of Corpses. However, if you want to use this power, you will definitely pay a price.)
The resurrection of the dead has always been the prerogative of the gods.
Although powerful beings such as demon lords can possess similar abilities, they are usually either directly resurrected as demons.
Or after paying an extremely high price, such as sacrificing part of your soul or offering a blood sacrifice to your loved ones, there will still be other consequences.
Being able to bypass the power of the gods and resurrect the dead, Nagash has indeed mastered some of the secrets of the god of death.
Its other effects were of little , but the ability to resurrect alone was enough to make him ecstatic.
And according to the system's prompts, this should be something that even Lilith absolutely does not understand, because she is a god and she cannot use the Nine Volumes of Nagash at all.
But the side effects are too great. If you are unlucky and drop 5 levels in one resurrection from level 20, you will be so miserable that you can't even cry. It is obvious that Nagash is still a long way from being the real god of death.
This has both advantages and disadvantages for Levi.
The good thing is that he doesn't have to worry about the revenge of a god-level Nagash for the time being.
But the bad thing is that even if he collected all nine volumes of Nagash, he might not be able to obtain extremely powerful power as he had expected.
However, it is too early to consider these things now, because for the next four volumes, except for one whose whereabouts are still unknown and there is some certainty about its location in the Bafeng Mountain Treasure House, the difficulty of obtaining the other two volumes is not low.
Black-Arkhan and Manfred von Carstein, two famous legendary undeads...
After checking the many materials required in the appendix, Levi was completely relieved.
Because he already has most of them, and although the rest are of high value, they can also be bought with money, which makes it much easier. He plans to buy some when he has time later, just in case.
After carefully putting it away, Levi thought about it and did not take out the Phantom Divinity. This thing was of course the most suitable for Mortiti, but he had already given her too much today, so he decided to wait a little longer.
At this moment, Luna also reported the latest intelligence that there was a melee among multiple forces in the direction of Bag City.
The main battle is that the Tomb Kings are relying on the terrain to resist the attacks from the Greenskins and Skaven.
There are also some elementals, humans, dwarves and other races mixed in. They seem to be some God-chosen heroes participating in the war as mercenaries.
They have divided into two camps and are fighting each other, so the current situation is very chaotic.
But in general, it seems to be a bit disadvantageous for the Tomb Kings, because the gate of Bagh City has been broken and the two sides are currently fighting in the streets.
As we all know, like the Tomb Kings and the Undead, most of the soldiers in their army are cannon fodder, and only the Constructs are the main force.
The strength and defense of the construct are sufficient, but the agility is often poor. The agility of the ratmen is very good. If it is a chaotic street fight, it will be difficult for the Tomb King to fully exert his strength.
In addition, the ratmen are also very good at assassination. If the heroes such as the Tomb General, Priest or Technician who serve as their leader are killed, the winning rate of the Tomb King will definitely decrease.
However, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity for us to intervene.
So after resting and replenishing their summons and Death Guards, they headed straight towards Bag City.
Looking from afar, when he saw the flames rising into the sky, Levi knew that the situation was indeed very unfavorable for the Tomb King.
Whether it is mummies or skeleton soldiers, they are all afraid of fire. If possible, how could they allow the city to catch fire?
So he also speeded up the march a little bit. If the city of Bagh fell, they would not be able to send their favors.
Since the battlefield was already very noisy, and Levi and his men had the cooperation of Quetzalcoatl and invisibility, they approached the ratman troops very smoothly.
Yes, the target of his sneak attack was the ratmen.
Because compared to the stupid and clumsy greenskins, these ratmen might come up with some special weapons or monsters, so it’s better to deal with them first.
As they got closer, Luna continued to pass back more information.
The number of the ratmen army exceeds 20,000, but more than 90% of them are slave rats and clan rats. It can be said that they are all just filling the numbers, which is in line with the usual proportion of the ratmen army.
Most of the corpses inside and outside the city belong to them.
Only on a certain hillside, there were two thousand well-trained storm rats and death running rats, as well as dozens of level 5 rat trolls.
Next came the clan rats, who were obviously better equipped and better trained. There were about three thousand of them, and they seemed to be waiting for something.
As for the leader of the ratmen, they didn't find him for the time being because there was a small forest behind the hillside.
Most rat people are very good at protecting their lives, and they rarely reveal their identities on their own initiative.
Even if they are not hiding in the woods, perhaps the ratman heroes are disguised as ordinary soldiers and staying in some corner.
Only when a real fight breaks out, through battlefield performance, issuing orders, etc., can their existence be gradually discovered.
After hearing this, Levi's first thought, since he had just dealt with the devil, was, could it be that these ratmen also wanted to hold a sacrificial ceremony? Otherwise, why would they have such an attitude?
As sacrifices, the quality of ratmen is definitely not as good as that of humans or elves, but if there are enough of them, they can still do something.
But I've never heard that the Horned Rat, whom they believe in, would cooperate with demons or devils?
At this time, Kerillian on the other side also sent new information, which slightly resolved some of Levi's doubts.
She found several special flags in the city, embroidered with an extremely majestic golden lioness.
That could only represent the woman chosen by Tefnut, the goddess of rain and moisture, and Bastet, the cat god, the golden lioness, Queen Rashut.
This Queen of Rashut is also a very famous antique who became famous thousands of years ago.
She was originally a priestess of Tefnut, and later became the queen of a direct descendant of the Immortal Emperor Settra.
Although her husband has the blood of the Immortal Emperor flowing in his body, he is actually a weak and incompetent guy.
Under his leadership, his city-state was bullied by other foreign enemies every day. In the end, he was bribed by the other side and assassinated on the throne.
Normally, the next step would be for the city-state to be annexed, and she would become the other party's plaything.
But at this moment, Queen Rashut, who had behaved very ordinary before, showed extraordinary power.
She prayed directly to the goddess and summoned a golden lioness, who quickly wiped out the betrayers. This is also the origin of her title.
Then she stepped into the battle, temporarily acting as queen, and prepared to resist the enemy's attack.
The pleasure-loving cat god, Bast, either found the scene interesting or had just gone crazy, and granted her some power, making her the one chosen by both gods.
Since Bastet also has a part in love and pleasure, when she shows some strength on the battlefield, the enemy's generals and soldiers are very worried that they will be deprived of love and pleasure after offending her.
At that time, not all of the Tomb Kings had become mummies , so they still attached great importance to this aspect.
As a result, the enemy's morale plummeted and they didn't dare to attack her.
But she showed no mercy and attacked directly, successfully defeating the enemy's coalition forces and avoiding the crisis of national destruction.
Afterwards, he relied on the power of the two goddesses to launch frequent campaigns and capture cities and territories.
A few months later, under her leadership, the city-state not only did not lose any territory, but expanded some territory, which allowed her to completely secure her position as queen.
按照过往的战绩,在古墓群王中的女性中,她可能是仅次于卡莉达的了。
However, her own strength is unclear, and it is unclear whether she has been promoted to a legendary level, because even in the most critical moment, she did not show her full strength, but only drove the summons to fight.
But the golden lioness given to her by the goddess is also famous for its fighting ability among the 7th level.
Later, when the Immortal Emperor returned to the throne, she was highly appreciated by him and easily became a general under him.
As for her incompetent husband, he had disappeared long ago, and no one even cared whether he had died or turned into a mummy.
In addition to the powers mentioned above, she can also create and control two special mummies, namely cats and lions.
Due to the use of special magic and the power of the goddess, these seemingly inconspicuous creatures can immediately become level 3 and 4 troops once transformed.
They were even allowed to be named after the goddess, as Tefnut the War Lion and Bast the War Cat.
As raw materials, there may not be many lions, but there are too many cats.
According to past records, she once dispatched more than a million Bast War Cats to fight against an attack by Nagash.
Although that incident naturally ended with the annihilation of all the Buster War Cats, no one knew how many Buster War Cats she had accumulated under her command after so many years.
In addition, there are rumors that she later developed more than one new type of soldiers.
For example, gradually expand the scope from lions and cats to other cats such as leopards and tigers.
For example, using the cat-men among the beastmen as raw materials, cat-man mummies are made and so on.
But because they have never actually appeared on a large-scale battlefield, Levi doesn't know more information.
But no matter what, these big cats and small cats can not only easily deal with ordinary enemies, but also have extra bonuses when dealing with ratmen.
The Golden Lioness is one of the very few among the Tomb Kings who is keen on causing trouble for the ratmen. No one knows how many ratmen have died because of her in the past.
In this case, if they knew that the golden lioness was also in charge of the city, it would be no wonder that those rat people would come to join in the fun.
Whether it was for revenge or for the honor of killing the golden lioness, it was enough to drive them to join the battle.
Moreover, these ratmen are obviously very smart. At present, they are only using some cannon fodder troops to consume the enemy's manpower. The real elite are instead recuperating and preparing to choose the right time to join the battle.
But now, since I have seen it, I can forget about it!
After sighing a little, Levi began to gradually rise into the sky with Kyle, Sefa and others, preparing their most powerful magic together.
After all, King Kong and the giants make quite a lot of noise. Even with the protection of invisibility, their smell and footsteps cannot be covered up.
The ratmen are a race known for their keen senses, and once they get within a certain distance, they will definitely sense something is wrong.
So before that, he had to give the other party a hard blow!
Soon Levi and the others were within the best shooting range. They looked at each other and released magic at the same time.
For Kyle and the others, there may be more than one choice, but for Levi, of course the only option is Yang Yan's explosion!
As the spell was released, a small sun bloomed from his hand and then fell rapidly downwards.
The rats who had been on guard against Bag City noticed it at the first moment, but it was too late.
Only some of the most alert ratmen had time to make short and sharp cries, while the others didn't even have time to make any move.
With a loud bang, Yangyanbao fell into the area where the Storm Rats were most densely populated and closest to the forest.
In an instant, countless ratmen turned into ashes on the spot, and the grove turned into a giant burning torch. Levi committed arson again.
The magic of Kyle, Sefa, Sally and others followed, creating more flames.
The dramatic sound and light effects even startled the two warring parties in the distant Bagh City. Many sharp-minded ones immediately sent out scouts such as thieves and assassins to find out what was going on.
The ratmen army standing by and watching is a worthy concern for both sides in the battle.
But now they have encountered such a surprise attack. With such a powerful spellcaster present, their fate will probably be very bad, which will definitely have a very direct impact on the upcoming battle.
Levi and the others certainly knew this, but they didn't care. They just launched an attack on the rats according to the plan they had just made.
Penthesilea took the lead, and together with Elegy, Martis, Mortitis and others, launched a charge towards the rat people under the cover of the Hydras and mountain giants.
Cindy also swooped down with the celestial creatures. She found that there were still some survivors at the edge of the Yangyan Explosion. Those who could survive in this situation were most likely the enemy's heroes or other high-level soldiers.
Moreover, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, Kerillian and the others did not go too close to the forest.
But now, with the release of the Yangyan Explosion, most of the forest was destroyed, and she keenly noticed that there were some war machines flashing green light among them.
Could it be a warpstone weapon of the Skaven? She felt the need to stop it herself.
The rats, still in shock, had no way to resist such a fierce attack.
The dumbest and strongest rat trolls did charge forward bravely, but Penthesilea killed a large group of them easily as if she were chopping melons and vegetables, and she couldn't even delay the attack.
Elegy and Mortidi also showed their might. Their talents, levels and equipment were far superior to those of the enemies. The Rat Trolls, who were known for their thick skin and flesh among the same level, could not withstand their attacks at all.
At the critical moment, a certain ratman hero took out a thick needle with green light and stabbed it directly into his neck.
Accompanied by a series of shrill howls, its body swelled up rapidly, and it seemed that it was about to fight the rat troll. This was obviously an extremely powerful magic potion mixed with dimensional stone.
Some high-level ratmen who survived because they were far away from the center of the Yangyan Explosion couldn't help but look at it with expectant eyes.
It is already a heroic ratman warlord. If it uses the mutagen created by one of the nine bosses of the Corruption Clan's Hell Pit, how powerful will it become?
But the next moment, with a light shout, three spears mixed with golden and red light flashed by like meteors.
The rat warlord, who was still howling, had his chest blown apart by the first blow, his head pierced by the second blow, and the third blow was even more brutal, hitting his throat directly and accurately, causing it to explode violently.
As a result, the rat warlord, who had three large holes on his body almost at the same time, could only fall to the ground with a "thump" and turned into a pool of rotten meat that had completely lost its life.
After seeing this scene, all the surrounding rats, regardless of their identities, squeaked and began to flee in all directions.
The gap in strength is too big. Even if they fight to the death, it will be useless. They should just save their lives!
After doing all this, Penthesilea still looked calm and just turned around to continue killing the remaining rat trolls.
She really did not have any pride or complacency in her heart. The opponent was not even level 15 and was from a notoriously poor and fragile race - the Skaven.
She is the daughter of Ares and a legendary hero. Isn't it natural for her to use her skills to kill the opponent instantly?
Soon King Kong and the mountain giants also joined the battlefield. Their moves were not too fancy, and their main feature was the flying bricks with great force.
Whether it's the Rat Trolls, Storm Rats, or other ratmen, none of them can withstand their tremendous strength.
Being knocked away or repelled was considered lucky, but most of them were simply smashed into piles of rotten meat, tightly blending with the soil beneath their feet.
However, the rats' dying counterattacks are often useless to them.
Even though the quality of the giant armor that Levi provided them with was not very high due to the short time, and was generally only green or blue, this did not mean that their defense was low.
Every time a dwarf blacksmith forges a set of armor, he usually consumes one or two thousand kilograms of metal. Just imagine how thick such armor would be.
Not to mention that they themselves have the strength of level 6 or 7, and the hardness of their skin is no worse than steel!
So they just pushed forward all the way, and quite a few ratmen were even trampled to death by them.
Mages such as Kyle, Sefa and Sally kept casting various powerful spells.
Ordinary low- and mid-level ratmen have no magic resistance at all, and their fire magic can kill a large number of them at once.
Donna and Kerillian and others specialize in sniping the elite or heroic units among the ratmen with special appearances.
Due to the limitations of the teleportation spell, they did not bring many direct troops this time, so naturally they had to prioritize killing high-value enemies as much as possible to gain the most experience points.
Moreover, doing so would also help in the next battle. The ratmen have never been a well-trained race. Whether there is a hero leading the team or not, their combat effectiveness is not at the same level at all.
After suffering a series of attacks, the Storm Rats, which were the elite main force, were soon killed or injured.
The number two thousand may seem not small, but it is far from enough for Levi and his team.
As many rat heroes and small leaders were killed, the remaining rats were finally defeated. Levi also signaled Luna not to lead the team to chase too far.
She didn't have many men this time, and if she got too far away from the main force, she would likely be in danger.
Although both are fleeing, there are still significant differences between ratmen and goblins. They are more like poisonous snakes and may bite back if you get the chance.
What's more, they didn't come here to kill all the enemies. As long as the crisis of the siege was resolved, the rest would be something that Bag City would have to deal with on its own.
So in just a few minutes, this group of elite ratmen were killed and their corpses were scattered all over the ground. As far as the sight could be, there were no surviving ratmen.
But apart from Kyle who was slightly excited, neither Levi nor Penthesilea felt proud about it. This was just a sure-win game.
Instead, dozens of spies from other races such as humans and elementals appeared nearby.
Levi ignored them because the situation in Bag City was too complicated. Apart from the clear hostility between the ratmen and the greenskins, he was not sure who were friends and who were enemies among the chosen heroes.
Then let's do a good job of defense and wait for the arrival of the envoy from Bagh City.
Such an accident happened outside the city. If the Golden Lioness was in the city, with her wisdom, she would definitely take action quickly.
So Levi asked his subordinates to clean up the battlefield while advancing towards Bagh City.
At this time, Cindy also flew over: "Brother Levi, I found some new things!"
Looking at the several things in her space ring, Levi frowned slightly.
Sure enough, just as he had expected, the ratmen's equipment was upgraded again.
Previously he had only encountered some warpstone rifles and sniper rifles, but now the ratmen took out plague catapults and warpstone poisonwind mortars.
Just by looking at these two names, you can roughly guess their uses.
Even though the Skaven successfully raided Nuln, a major military stronghold of the Sigmar Empire, and obtained a large amount of research materials, isn't your technology advancing too fast?
Originally, the ratmen won by numbers, but now they have taken out these war machines. Levi mourned for the humans in Sigma. Their lives must be very difficult now...
Levi touched Cindy's little head and gave her a few casual compliments. He planned to go back and throw them to the dwarves to see if they could crack some secrets.
Cindy was immediately delighted and felt very happy. As expected, no matter how many women there were around Brother Levi, she would always be the most special one.
As they got closer, there was some commotion among the ratmen, greenskins, and other races.
Even if we ignore the battle results just now, these mountain giants are definitely not easy to deal with. Although the size of their army is small, their strength is ridiculously strong!
Because of the release of the Yangyan Explosion that could destroy corpses and all traces, Levi was not sure how many rat heroes were killed for the time being. However, other rat people inside and outside the city soon noticed this and started to make a commotion.
Without the suppression of the rat heroes, they will no longer fight for their lives.
In addition, the enemy was indeed a bit difficult to deal with, so many low-level rats ran away when they saw that the situation was not good.
But the city gate is only so wide, and if they want to escape, they will inevitably clash with the greenskins who are entering the city.
In addition, other mercenaries such as dwarves and humans also belong to two camps, which makes the situation very chaotic.
So the greenskins, who were unable to distinguish, quickly showed their violent temper and killed anyone who blocked their way, regardless of whether they were allies or not!
There was a small-scale chaos in the city for a while, and the defending side keenly sensed this opportunity and launched a counterattack.
This made a certain greenskin shaman who was the commander very angry. He originally wanted to go straight to the badlands after grabbing this wave and beat up those toughest dwarves. How come these skeletons dared to resist?
No, it was because those guys outside the city caused the trouble first!
So under his command, several greenskin heroes who prided themselves on their bravery roared with excitement, and turned around with hundreds of greenskin giants riding wild boars and some stone trolls to charge towards Levi and the others.
Because of their military type, they were not suitable for entering the city to fight, but they did not expect that they would unexpectedly get the opportunity to fight now.
Two giants that were attacking the city also slowly turned around, as if they wanted to compete with the mountain giants.
A long time ago, giants were once glorious, but after failing to compete with dragons for hegemony, their entire race fell apart, and many subspecies fled in search of new living environments.
Due to their small numbers and long-term inbreeding, ordinary giants have experienced a very obvious decline in strength and intelligence. They are the type that will follow you if you give them meat.
There was even an ogre warlord who had mocked their intelligence in front of Levi, so it was no surprise that they were now oppressed and enslaved by the greenskins.
Although the greenskins were aggressive, unfortunately this was not enough to make up for their lack of strength, and soon hundreds of them were killed in seconds by a round of magic.
Even if he didn't use Sunburst, Levi's other magic was not something the opponent could easily resist, not to mention Kyle and the others.
As for the two giants, they were unable to successfully get to the front. Donna and Kerillian teamed up to deal with one, and Penthesilea killed the other with a spear.
If it is an Amazon of the same level, the attack speed of the spear may be slightly slower than that of the bow and arrow.
But Penthesilea was strong enough, so the speed of her spear was not much slower, but its power was obviously better than Donna's bow and arrow.
Levi sighed once again, the money he spent on hiring her was really worth it. How much money had she made for him today alone?
But he did not stop his actions. He threw several Hammer of Justice in succession and successfully killed the fastest green-skinned hero. As for his companions, they were naturally taken care of by others.
So in the second wave of attack, the green cavalry lost hundreds again, and all the heroes were killed.
After seeing this scene, the more clever God-chosen heroes belonging to the greenskins have already begun looking for a way to retreat.
Even though we don't know the origins of this new force yet, their attitude is already very clear.
It's impossible to win by fighting, so the only thing to do is to run away!
The greenskin shaman became more and more annoyed, but before he could take any new action, a lion's roar suddenly came from a corner of the city.
Then, in full view of everyone, a portal opened in mid-air, and a five or six meter long and extremely majestic golden lioness jumped out of it.
While still in mid-air, it split into seven or eight golden shadows mixed with scorching heat, rushed towards the green-skinned shaman on the ground, and exploded with a loud bang.
Then it itself fell heavily to the ground like a small meteorite, causing more damage.
After encountering such a surprise attack, although the greenskin shaman did not die for a while, he obviously could not escape the fate of being killed.
After seeing this scene from afar, Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
As the legend goes, the golden lioness certainly does not harness the power of gold. It is actually a lion that can use metal magic.
Then there was another lion's roar, and hundreds or even thousands of animal mummies of different sizes but with some feline features, wrapped in yellowed cloth strips, crawled out from many hidden corners of the city and launched a counterattack against the ratmen.
A charming female voice came from afar: "Such a powerful celestial mystic? I think I know who you are."
"Thank you very much for your help. Please forgive me for my impoliteness. After we repel these despicable invaders, I will personally entertain you!"