Volume 4 Chapter 496: Golden Lioness - Queen Rashut
With the golden lioness's words, the chosen heroes in her camp also expressed their goodwill to Levi, fearing that they would be accidentally injured if it was too late.
The greenskin shaman targeted by the golden lioness was quickly killed, and Levi also began to cooperate with the golden lioness to encircle and suppress the greenskins and ratmen.
These clan rats and slave rats are not worth mentioning except for their large numbers.
There are some pretty strong guys among those greenskins, such as the big wild greenskin guys, black orcs, stone trolls, ferocious trolls, war trolls and the like, at least three thousand of them.
There are also thousands of wolf cavalry, spider cavalry, squig cavalry, etc., and when combined with other miscellaneous soldiers, their total number is not much less than that of the ratmen.
Under normal circumstances, greenskins of this strength and scale can only be gathered by the most powerful few legendary heroes among the greenskins after spending a certain amount of time.
But since the start of the super WAAAGH, the greenskins' ability to mass produce troops has been increasing. Even the greenskin shaman that Levi had never heard of just now can gather so many troops.
Coupled with various scrap upgrades and formations provided by the Greenskin God of War, it is no wonder that Bag City is unable to resist.
But when Levi and his men launched a surprise attack, the battle situation changed drastically. The elite ratmen were all wiped out, many greenskin heroes were killed, and their coalition forces fell into a state of extreme chaos.
Seeing that the situation was not good, many hostile God-chosen heroes began to retreat. Even if they ignored the new powerful enemy, with the Golden Lioness here, they would not be able to gain any advantage.
So there is nothing much to say about the following battle, it was just a massacre.
However, because the battle mainly took place in the city of Bag, Levi and his men could not wantonly use large-scale lethal magic, and the fight would take a considerable amount of time.
The remaining greenskins and ratmen troops total more than 20,000. Even if we stand still and let them slaughter us, it will take a long time.
So Levi let the giants, King Kong, Sphinxes, Death Guards, etc. form a simple defensive formation to block the city gate, leaving only a relatively narrow exit for the enemy to come out.
But he certainly didn't have good intentions. On both sides of the exit were Elegy, Motui and others who were sharpening their knives.
If there are a large number of enemies, let Kyle, Sefa and others clear the area first. If there are fewer enemies, let Elegy and others take action.
At the same time, it is also to distinguish the hero units among the enemy as much as possible.
Because faced with this situation, those who have a bit of brains will definitely make some other attempts.
Soon his plan was implemented smoothly. Because of the super meat shields in front, neither the trolls nor the greenskins could break through. They could only run out sporadically along that path.
This allows Elegy, Luna and others to kill them very easily.
After several failed attempts to break through, the remaining enemies finally realized that this was a dead end.
So some of the smarter ones could only try to escape through gaps in other city walls, or simply climb over the wall.
But those who are stupid or stubborn will just die there in waves.
It’s a pity that apart from capturing a few indigenous heroes from the greenskin side, most of the chosen heroes by God ran away.
Even though the greenskins don't have much talent in magic, space-related items such as the City Portal Scroll are not particularly difficult for them to obtain.
At the same time, the rat people were also a little dumbfounded.
Because when attacking other human towns before, there were often sewers available for passage.
But when they were about to repeat the same trick, they discovered that there were densely packed scarabs hidden in the sewers of Bag City, which even frightened them.
There is no doubt that if they want to pass through it, they will definitely pay a very painful price.
When some ratmen bravely launched an attack, they were immediately covered all over by swarms of scarabs and turned into a pile of bones in the blink of an eye. Then the surrounding ratmen all realized that this road was also a dead end.
After seeing this scene, Levi found it a bit interesting.
The city of Bagh seemed to have been badly beaten. If it hadn't been for this unexpected reinforcement, it would have fallen today. But they were not really going to sit there and wait for death.
The Skaven have no aerial troops, but the Greenskins have monsters like the Roc and the Wyvern.
But from beginning to end, none appeared on the battlefield, which could only mean that they were killed in advance by Bag City.
There are also those scarabs in the sewers, which means they have also made some preparations to guard against ratmen.
But he still couldn't understand why, when the war had developed to this extent, the real owner of Bag City - the Tomb King - Lamizazi was still nowhere to be seen?
Even the constructs that he was so proud of did not appear in great numbers.
In addition to the regular jackal type, the most famous creature in Bag City is the Bag Bone Giant, a rare level 6 soldier with a giant bow in one hand and a greatsword in the other, capable of attacking from both long and short distances.
At the same time, because he was a descendant of the Immortal Emperor Settra and was loyal to Settra, when Settra knew that he liked these things, he also gave him many other constructs obtained during his conquests.
Including but not limited to gargoyles, various metal golems, cemetery knights, sphinxes and tomb scorpions, etc., there is even a legend that there is a snake girl who was imitated from the six-armed snake demon.
It is an extremely rare construct known for its agility and speed, and its rank is as high as 6th level.
One of the reasons why Levi wanted to come to Bag City before was largely because of these snake women.
Although Khalida has now converted to Lilith, she is deeply influenced by the snake god. She still likes things related to snakes very much. Levi originally wanted to get some for her.
If those constructs were there, Bag City would never have been breached so easily.
But after looking around several times, Levi didn't see many of these things.
It is not a wise move to rely only on mummies and skeleton soldiers to fight against the greenskin army that relies on brute force.
If it weren't for the Golden Lioness and some God-chosen heroes, the situation in Bag City would probably be even worse.
Is it because Ramizazi and his construct troops had been killed by the greenskins in the previous battle?
Or did he take his elite troops out first, so the greenskins found an opportunity and broke through the city of Bagh?
But no matter what, the crisis in Bagh City has passed. As time goes by, the casualties of the greenskin coalition are increasing, and the counterattack is becoming increasingly weak.
Feeling a little bored, Penthesilea gave up the massacre and returned to Levi to act as a temporary guard.
As a legend, she could only get a symbolic 1 experience point when killing ordinary soldiers below level 6. It would be a waste to kill them, so she might as well give this opportunity to others.
As time went on, the number of greenskin coalition forces began to steadily decline, and the Golden Lioness personally led the team and launched a full-scale counterattack.
In addition to the big and small cats, she also created some cat-man mummies as rumored.
Compared with the regular mummies who move more slowly, these guys under the Golden Lioness are all agile assassins, which are just right for dealing with ratmen.
Coupled with her cat-like characteristics, the reason why the rat people sent a large army to encircle this place must be largely because of her.
As for her, she still did not participate in the battle in person. Just as the rumors said, she appeared on the battlefield more as a commander.
Seeing that the battle was decided, Levi also signaled to Elegy, Mortiti and others that they could move freely.
The simple massacre just now was indeed very refreshing, but after a long time, it would inevitably become a bit boring.
After hearing this, they were indeed quite excited, especially Mortiti. This chaotic situation undoubtedly made her feel like a fish in water. Flash attack and invisibility allowed her to move freely among the enemy groups.
But despite this, she did not stray too far from Elegy and the others, as the assassin's strengths and weaknesses were equally obvious.
In a chaotic battlefield, saving your own life is the first priority, followed by killing the enemy.
However, Donna's archery skills once again amazed Levi.
In many previous battles, he only knew that after the rain of arrows, the enemies would fall in groups, but this time she showed her accurate hit rate.
Although there are many enemies, she can often avoid the miscellaneous soldiers and accurately nail some high-value units to the ground.
When facing some tougher or more flexible elite units, she would occasionally create some energy spears emitting silver light and command them to attack.
It is often like Levi's Hammer of Justice. As long as there are no other enemies to resist during the process, no matter how the opponent dodges, it will eventually be hit accurately.
This is the special ability of her profession, the unicorn spear that is sure to hit the target.
Even Penthesilea couldn't help but admire her after watching for a while, because even on Paradise Island, it seemed that no one could surpass Donna in archery.
The sisters Elegy and Donna were merely excellent when they were on Paradise Island, but after leaving Paradise Island, they quickly showed their talents.
If Amazon and Paradise Island could successfully survive this disaster, their names would surely appear in future history, right?
In addition to having a broader stage in the outside world, how much of this is due to Levi's existence?
Thinking of this, Penthesilea's expression suddenly changed: "Levi, what is Donna's occupation?"
"It's the Silver Girl of the Unicorn Goddess."
To be honest, Levi felt that his original decision was a bit hasty.
It was just because it was time for Donna to change her job, and the Unicorn Goddess generously gave him the opportunity, so after seeking Donna's consent, he allowed her to change her job.
But now it seems that the growth potential of this profession is not particularly high, and the divinity of the unicorn goddess, Larui, is also difficult to obtain.
She is only a demigod, how much divinity can she have?
If Donna were given other divinities, they might not fit in with her profession a little better.
But Levi has also been thinking about it.
He currently has two points of divinity in his hands. One is the phantom divinity that Lilith just gave him. He originally planned to leave it to Mortiti, but she has already gained enough today.
The other point was the nascent divinity of thunder and lightning, which he had originally intended to use to lure Penthesilea, but with the assault armor, he felt that it seemed useless.
So he was also considering whether to take out one of them and give it to Donna.
Now among our main fighting forces, Elegy, Cindy, Luna, Maltis, Lunala, etc., have all obtained divinity.
But Donna, who followed him the earliest, has not yet obtained it.
She was not in a hurry at all, and she could fully understand and support Levi's decision, but he couldn't keep dragging it out, right? After all, she was more than just his subordinate.
Penthesilea groaned for a moment and said, "Hippolyta was once on good terms with a descendant of the goddess of hunting. She even received a point of divinity from him. If I have the chance, I will try to ask her for it."
Although the relationship between the sisters was not good at all, Amazon had fallen to this point, and she believed that the other party would make some changes.
If it really doesn't work, she will just let the other party set the conditions and try her best to fulfill them. It won't be in vain for him to call her sister.
Levi was also happy. The goddess of hunting, just by hearing the name, you can tell that her divinity will definitely be very suitable for Donna.
But just think about it and you will know that these are rare things to gods, so how could the other party give them to her easily?
So he nodded vigorously and said gratefully: "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Peng, but I will never let you go alone. No matter what the other party asks, we will face it together!"
Penthesilea smiled and said, "Okay!"
But what she was thinking in her heart was unknown to others.
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from not far away: "Lord Levi, we have captured a hero chosen by God!"
Levi was immediately perked up and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw a dusty and ordinary-looking rat man being held down by several lion-headed gods.
But beneath his torn clothes was a pile of equipment and props that sparkled with magical light.
Judging from the staff it holds, he should be a rare magician among the ratmen.
Levi directly came to the other party through a random door: "How about it, brother, what do you think now?"
When dealing with the God-chosen hero, his tone and attitude will naturally become different.
The rat man looked at Levi helplessly and said, "Brother, what can I think? It's my fault that I was too greedy and ran too slowly. In the end, I was left behind to take the blame."
In the rat-people society, when victory comes, everyone will rush to grab the spoils, but when failure comes, it often depends on who runs slower.
Even though he had extremely rich experience in this regard, who could have imagined that with 5,000 troops still outside the city, the situation of the battle would be completely reversed in just a few minutes?
Even though he used a lot of props, he still failed at the last, most critical moment.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. This is our first meeting, and we are not mortal enemies. As long as I get what I want, you still have a chance to survive."
He was already very familiar with making deals with the enemy on the battlefield, and his previous experiences had indeed yielded corresponding rewards.
"But you don't think much of my equipment, do you? I'm only level 10."
The Rat Man was obviously desperate. He was at the mercy of others and had no choice but to bow his head.
"No, I don't want your equipment. If the information you provide is accurate and sufficient, I might even give you something."
The rat man instantly perked up: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? What do you want to ask?"
So a few minutes later, Levi let the other party go as promised and obtained a lot of information.
Just like the greenskins, the ratmen are also migrating on a large scale, trying to converge towards the human kingdom.
Because compared to elves or dwarves, humans are easier to deal with and have more abundant supplies.
Some idiots would even take the initiative to help cover up the existence of the ratmen in order to maintain the reputation of the people under their rule.
What's worse, some of them will join the Yellow Fang Cult and convert to the Horned Rat, which is undoubtedly very beneficial to the rat people.
But the migration process also requires supplies. The rats attacked Bag City this time, on the one hand to steal supplies, and on the other hand to attack the golden lioness.
Another reason is to reduce the rat population.
Not only will the dead ratmen no longer waste food, their corpses can even become new food.
However, this group of ratmen did not come from any particularly powerful and well-known clan, but from the Evil Clan in the south.
A big part of the reason they migrated was because they were beaten up by the wood elves in the Orion camp.
Ratmen are good at digging holes, but wood elves can drive trees, and tree men and the like can also take root, which greatly restrains them.
Originally, the Skaven had the upper hand because of their absolute advantage in numbers and by deceiving the Greenskins and others to be cannon fodder.
But recently, two real tough guys came over there. If they confronted them head-on, whether in the woods or on the plains, even if the rats used three or five times their strength, they would often be easily defeated by the other side, and they could only slip away.
After hearing the other party's name, Levi was also a little surprised, because the other party was the Twilight Sisters:
Arohan and Nestra, the legendary twins of the Wood Elves.
That’s right, two legends.
Their origins are quite mysterious, but the information Levi obtained from Lilith shows that as long as one of them is not dead, the other one will be able to be reborn quickly even if it is killed.
They don't need any gods' help, nor do they need to cast any magic. This is their unique talent.
In addition to their own strong strength, their combat levels and combat skills are also very powerful.
It is said that under their command, the arrows shot by the Wood Elves' 4th-level flying archers - the Falcon Cavalry - will be strengthened to at least the level of a crossbow, which is extremely powerful.
With the two of them around, this group of ratmen were lucky enough not to be exterminated.
It seems that after the battle here is over, I have to go to Orion’s camp no matter what. After all, the wood elves still owe him a favor, right?
As for the war machines that Cindy found in the forest, the other party also gave an answer.
The rat people recently announced two new special job changes.
One type is the trapper, who specializes in capturing wild animals, transforming them, and then driving them onto the battlefield.
The other type is the engineering warlocks. As the name suggests, apart from knowing a few small magic tricks for self-defense, their main task is to research, manufacture, strengthen and transform various war machines.
And I don’t know if it’s because of the attraction of the many monsters and dimensional stone weapons of the ratmen, but recently many new God-chosen heroes have been born, including some who specialize in machinery in reality.
Although they were currently very weak and completely ignored in the clan, the natives simply ignored them, but they soon cooperated with other more powerful God-chosen heroes.
Even though most of the knowledge they learned was not useful due to the differences in the world and the existence of magic and dimensional stone, they were definitely much stronger than ordinary ratmen.
And some of the most basic principles are also universal.
So now there are some finished products gradually appearing on the battlefield. The poison wind mortar that Cindy seized before is one of them.
This made Levi frown a little, because after they had achieved the results of the transformation and gave them to the natives, the other party would definitely take it seriously immediately and quickly transform it with magic.
This can be repeated several times. As long as the rat people are willing to promote it and provide enough raw materials, their overall combat effectiveness will definitely be further enhanced.
However, that has little to do with Levi for the time being. The rats are still very self-aware, and their biggest target at the moment is humans.
Unfortunately, human gods have the largest number and the strongest overall strength, so the ratmen still have a long way to go.
On this side, although the trend of victory or defeat is already very obvious, the enemy troops are larger in number and the battle is taking place in the city, so they cannot use overly powerful magic.
So the battle lasted for more than an hour before it was finally declared over.
However, before that, Levi and his companions had been invited by the Golden Lioness to the still intact meeting hall.
Levi was also very interested in this person chosen by two gods.
But after they actually met, he was a little disappointed to find that the other party not only put away the golden lioness, but also wore a cat-head mask, and the rest of his body was covered tightly.
This made it impossible for him to see the other person's face clearly, let alone discern the other person's eyes and thoughts.
He could only judge that the other party was Queen Rashut herself from her signature golden cloak inlaid with dense patterns of big and small cats and her soft female voice like a cat's scratching.
But he could understand it, because it was said that except for Khalida, all the Tomb Kings were mummies, and it was normal for her to not want to show her true face.
He was a little confused for a moment. If she was a mummy, why did her figure seem to be still well maintained and why did she have this tone of voice?
Do mummies have vocal cords? The pure mummies such as Harpros speak in hoarse voices, just like sawing wood with ropes.
But these are just unimportant details for the time being. At least she was very enthusiastic in entertaining Levi.
She first expressed her gratitude to Levi for his help, and allowed Levi and his subordinates to take food, ammunition and other supplies in the city at will. Then she very tactfully took out a space ring, saying it was a token of her appreciation.
Levi took a look and wow, in addition to 10,000 gold coins, there were also a large number of elemental crystals, gems and other materials, which were worth at least tens of thousands.
Even though the Tomb Kings are all well-known wealthy people, and even though , isn't this too generous?
When something is out of the ordinary, it is a sign of something wrong. Levi immediately understood that the other party must have something else he wanted to ask of him.
I just don't know whether it is related to the Sphinx and the Death Guard that I showed, or to the Tomb King - Ramizazi who is still missing.
Or maybe it's a bit of both?
Without letting Levi wait too long, Queen Lashut went straight to the point after taking another look at Penthesilea who was bored beside her.
She wanted to buy all the Death Guards in Levi's hands, any kind would do, the more the better.
Levi raised his eyebrows: "I heard that King Lemizaqi is best at commanding constructs. I originally wanted to buy the snake girl, but he doesn't seem to be in the city at the moment?"
Queen Lashut sighed softly. She had no way of hiding such a big thing, and she was asking something of the other party anyway, so she didn't beat around the bush.
"Three days ago, King Lemizazi led his army to Spider Web Mountain to hunt giant beasts."
Levi was a little surprised: "He wants to hunt down the reproductive queen?"
The so-called behemoth hunting activity is an activity that many powerful heroes are keen on. They not only value the experience points and spoils gained after hunting the other party, but also value the honor behind it.
Some special beings can even use special rituals to strengthen their own power.
For example, the Dragon Prince - Imrik, every time he hunts a legendary dragon, his personal strength will be slightly improved, and the effect is even better than most titles obtained after defeating legends.
That was not an ability bestowed by Lilith or other gods, but a magical power passed down personally by his strongest demigod ancestor, the Dragon Tamer Caledor.
The Dragon Prince is also the only elf who has successfully comprehended and used this power in the past thousand years.
Therefore, he was once considered to have a high chance of becoming the strongest warrior among contemporary elves.
It’s just that legendary dragons are extremely rare, and secondly, most of them have backers, and are divided into good or evil camps, etc.
So over the years, the Dragon Prince has only killed a few qualified dragons.
The most recent one should be the old black dragon Blake in the Underdark.
If King Lamizazi also possessed similar abilities, he would indeed attach great importance to this action.
After all, there are only a handful of monsters that meet the requirements. If he doesn't hurry up, he might be killed by others one day.
Queen Rashut nodded slightly. “That’s right, but his army soon lost contact with Bagh City and eventually disappeared.”
"I was originally collecting materials for making mummies when I happened to pass by this place. I helped the Immortal Emperor to give some gifts to King Lamizaqi."
"But I didn't expect to be spotted by some ratmen on the way. They have been wanting to kill me for a long time, so I planned to go to Bag City to seek help and work together to eliminate these filthy beasts."
If there were an equal number of ratmen, she was absolutely sure that she could defeat them.
But with a series of recent events, the number and strength of the ratmen, like the greenskins, have rapidly expanded. She did not bring too many troops with her this time, and facing more than 20,000 ratmen, she had no chance of winning.
"I just didn't expect that my arrival would cause even greater trouble."
"Perhaps because King Lemizazi's military actions angered the greenskins who also came from Spider Web Mountain, so a guy who called himself the Spider Lord also happened to come with a large army to attack the city."
"Many of the chosen heroes were involved, which led to them joining forces with the rat people in the end."
"I spent a lot of effort and used the city's reserves and the Immortal Emperor's gift to barely kill the Spider Lord, but Bag City was still breached."
"If it weren't for the arrival of Levi and the others, it would only be a matter of time before we abandoned the city."
Levi nodded, and then he said that he could sell the Death Guards to the other party, and even give the two activated Sphinxes to the other party as well.
With the Twin Moon World as his logistics base, he had an almost endless supply of raw materials, and now all of his territories were armed with Death Guards.
However, this thing does not mean that you can use as many of them as you produce. Each Death Guard needs to be commanded by a magic unit.
Moreover, the higher the level of the Death Guard, the higher the requirements will be.
There are only a few people under his command who can command someone like the Sphinx.
In the final analysis, it is because he rose too quickly and lacked basic foundation.
Even people like Sefa and Sally, whom he brought up, still have a big gap compared to strong people like Kyle or Michaela.
So he still has nearly a thousand Death Guards in his hands. Even though he owes Khalida a lot of money, it won't be particularly difficult if he really wants to pay it back.
Before Queen Lashut could show her joy, Levi changed the subject: "But I don't really want gold coins. If possible, I hope to trade with other constructs or arms."
Queen Rashut was immediately embarrassed. The city of Bagh had been beaten into this state. Where could she get troops for Levi?
If he was willing to wait for a while, the priests would be able to awaken a large number of mummies and skeletons.
Around each Tomb King's city, there are buried the bones and souls of tens of thousands of loyal and brave soldiers, always waiting for their master's call.
But Levi might not be willing to accept such low-value troops, right?
Suddenly, she remembered what Levi had just said: "Levi, you just said that you wanted the snake girl? Is it for Kalida?"
Even though they were both the most outstanding women among the Tomb Kings, they actually had little interaction with each other in the past.
Because after being killed by the Vampire Queen, Khalida was immediately transformed, and then protected by the Serpent God, becoming an extremely special existence, successfully escaping corruption and decline. She truly spent thousands of years in the main world.
But as Queen Rashut, strictly speaking, she spent much more time dead than alive. She lay in the coffin for thousands of years.
Plus, the other person has always been able to maintain a relatively normal appearance, so she is actually very envious and jealous of him.
I didn't expect that even this special celestial mystic would find the snake girl for Khalida. Khalida is really lucky...
Levi narrowed his eyes slightly, confused for a moment, but he finally nodded and said, "It's partly because of her, but I want it too."
After all, it is a level 6 agile construct, who wouldn’t want it?
But he had never heard of any contradictions or conflicts between the two queens. After all, they were active in completely different eras and their territories were thousands of miles apart.
Queen Rashut sighed softly, her tone somewhat inexplicable: "Bager City does not have enough snake girls at the moment, but I can make the decision and give you the skill to create snake girls."
"In addition, I will provide two types of scarab breeding techniques and one type of beast-shaped scarab carving technique."
"If you need it, I can provide some more troops after I return to my territory. Five thousand each of Tefnut War Lions and Bast War Cats. How about that?"
Levi raised his eyebrows. The overall value of these things far exceeded the nearly a thousand Death Guards he had, even if they included two Sphinxes.
He was not interested in these mummies, but they would be a nice gift to give to Khalida.
A lot of her territory is rainforest. No matter how well-trained , can they be more agile than cats?
"So, besides Death Guard, what else do you need me to do?"
"Help me find King Lemizazi in Spider Web Mountain. If he is dead, bring back his relics for me. If he is still alive, save his life and bring him back to Bag City."
"But no matter what, after the matter is completed, either he or I will give you a thank-you gift!"