After resting for a night in Kazlik's territory, Levi and his team prepared to head to Bafeng Mountain.
After yesterday's battle and the troops left for Kazrik, Khalida now has nearly 35,000 troops under her command, of which 8,000 are elite troops such as Cemetery Knights and God Guards, and the rest are all cannon fodder.
She even told Levi openly that in return for Levi's willingness to join her in troubleing the Vampire Queen, all these troops could be used as consumables to help him obtain the Nine Volumes of Nagash in the Eight Peaks Mountain.
But Levi felt that things shouldn't get to that point yet.
Because last night, Lilith passed him a very important piece of information about the Mist Expedition of the Grim One - Eltharion.
Since most of the greenskins in the Badlands had already headed north and were busy attacking the dwarves, the defenses in the coastal areas, which they had never paid much attention to, seemed very empty.
Eltharion's expeditionary force was composed of carefully selected elite troops, and the landing site was also the weakest defense of the greenskins, so since he set foot in the badlands, he has won victory after victory.
So far, the total number of enemies slaughtered by his army has reached 180,000, a rather terrifying number.
Even the Badlands, and indeed the strongest greenskin force in the entire Overworld - the Topmane Tribe, were uprooted by it.
You should know that there are strong people in the Topmane Tribe. Its leader, Luzin Ninefingers, is the chosen one of the greenskin god of strength and foolish bravery - Bagchu, and a legendary warrior.
The chief high priest, Marsh Onefinger, is the greenskin god of death and plague, the leader of the church of Idros, known as the Maggot King, and is also a legendary figure.
But despite this, they were all killed.
For the wild greenskins in the entire main world, this is more than just a serious injury.
It can even be said that the Savage Greenskins are now completely useless, and it may take dozens or even hundreds of years to recover.
And just yesterday, when Levi and his men set a trap for Koyek, Eltharion defeated a coalition of 40,000 greenskins, goblins and ogres.
This was probably the last large-scale enemy force he would have to deal with on his way from the Badlands to Mount Bafeng.
However, this battle was not entirely the result of Eltharion's own efforts. He also received an unexpected reinforcement, the ruler of the Rakaphon dynasty among the Tomb Kings - Rakaphon III.
The king's treasure was visited by a group of human tomb robbers half a month ago. Although most of them were quickly killed by the guards, one thief still struggled to leave with a gold ring and fled all the way to the badlands in the north.
But the goddess of luck did not favor him, and he was beheaded by a passing greenskin.
But the green barbarian also made a mistake. After killing the thief, he put the gold ring on his hand for fun and to show off.
Then he and the entire Topmane tribe were in big trouble.
Although this golden ring is like gravel to Rakkaphon III, the dignity and honor of the Tomb King cannot be desecrated.
Being generous to friends but extremely stingy to enemies is a characteristic of all Tomb Kings.
So Lakaphon III raised an army of tens of thousands and launched a great expedition.
As a legendary warrior who has lived for more than a thousand years, in addition to his own amazing combat power, Rakkaphon III also has a very powerful exclusive unit, the 7th-level War Sphinx.
This variant of the Sphinx can spit arrows and breathe fire from its mouth, and can carry several ballistas or entire teams of archers on its back.
When they run out of ammunition or when necessary, they can also engage in close combat.
Although their melee combat ability may be much inferior to Levi's Sphinx, Kalachafeng III brought forty or fifty of them at a time, so their combat power should not be underestimated.
So when Eltharion learned of this intelligence, he quickly decided to use it.
Although he is known as a ruthless person, Eltharion is essentially still a high elf who is good at dealing with people.
When necessary, he will also maximize his own interests through the art of language or other means, not to mention that this is a win-win situation for both parties.
So after "accidentally meeting" Rakkaphon III, in a very short period of time, Rakkaphon III was touched by Eltharion's friendly attitude, and they decided to join forces and successfully wiped out the entire Topmane tribe together.
At present, Rakaphon III took his ring with great satisfaction and began to return to the Rakaphon Dynasty. Eltharion was preparing to continue his march to the Eight Peaks Mountain for support.
To be more precise, it was to support Levi in ​​obtaining the Nine Volumes of Nagash hidden in the treasure house of Bafeng Mountain.
But Eltharion's troops may not be too many, because no matter how smooth it is, he has come from afar to fight, and it is inevitable that there will be some losses.
And after the battle ended yesterday, at the instruction of Lilith, Eltharion allocated part of his forces to assist the dwarves' Seagate, which made his military force even more stretched.
However, among the ten great kingdoms, the Kingdom of Ivresse was the best at training various flying arms, so the elite troops led by Eltharion himself were all air forces.
Levi went west, while Eltharion went east.
Eltharion needs to cross Everlook and Iron Rocks where the greenskin army gathers. If everything goes well, he may reach Eight Peaks Mountain before Levi.
Lilith meant that Levi needed to speed up, meet up with Istharion as soon as possible, and then fight a few more battles to help Belegar retake the Eight Peaks Mountain.
Because according to Lilith's inference, the fall of the Arsenal Fort is very unfavorable to the overall battle situation of the dwarves. If the situation does not improve in a short period of time, there is a high probability that the dwarf gods will take action personally.
This is not without precedent. Anyone who is not a fool can see that the spirits of the dwarf ancestors that Belegar has awakened one after another must have been prepared in advance by the dwarf gods. They also hope that Belegar can successfully recapture the Eight Peaks Mountain.
If Levi was slower, or if there were some unusual changes in the battle situation elsewhere, which made the situation increasingly unfavorable to the dwarves, and the dwarf gods could no longer restrain themselves and took direct action, then the power of Levi and Istharion would seem insignificant.
It may have been out of this consideration that Lilith asked Isharion to send troops to support Haimen Pass.
Next was the spoils of war after the conquest of Keoyek, which Levi hadn’t taken too seriously at first.
Because he totally despised the priesthood of Keoyek, the knowledge in those fields was of little use to him since he was not a god.
But Lilith naturally knew this, so she spent some effort to get a little bit of Kunos' divinity for Levi, no, to be more precise, for Donna.
Kunos, the hunting god of the high elves, is also the war god of the wood elves. His godhood level is as high as 15, which is only one step away from powerful divine power.
Its portfolio and domains include forest, ranger, woodland creatures, hunter, hunting and animals, etc. None of them are useless, which is just right for Donna.
After obtaining it, in addition to the basic effects of divinity such as energetic, Donna also gains two skills.
A passive skill, Superb Forest Combat, increases all attributes when fighting in the forest.
The other is an active skill - Arrow of Kunos. In addition to its basic range of 800 meters and the ability to cause extra damage to all beasts and beastmen, the most special thing about it is that it can convert the damage of this shot into pure magic attack.
The most an ordinary archer can do is use some enchanted arrows, and their attacks are part physical and part magical. After hitting the target, they will calculate the opponent's two types of defense separately before actually causing damage.
In comparison, the Arrow of Kunoth is quite powerful, worthy of being a skill named after the God of Hunting.
So in a very excited mood, Donna rewarded Levi several times and unlocked some new postures.
But no matter how much fun he had, Levi did not delay his business. Kazrik decided to lead the troops himself to supervise the affairs of the ogre caves, and also sent two dwarf heroes as messengers and guides.
It's not that he doesn't want to join the war with Levi, but the current military strength of Tiefeng Fort is stretched too thin.
The two legends, Dragon Slayer and Iron Eyebrow, had just repelled the enemy, and intelligence now showed that a large army of ratmen from the Grinning Clan were heading south from Camelback Mountain.
According to intelligence, the leader of the other side is most likely the clan leader - Krachi Doomclaw, and the number one general - Trites Weiwei, who are also two legendary heroes.
In addition to being the clan leader, Doomclaw is also a member of the Ratmen Council of Thirteen.
Being able to sit in this position basically means that no matter in terms of personal combat power or power, it ranks at the top among all the ratmen in the entire main world.
This is indeed the case. Its left arm has undergone special modifications, being replaced with a metal arm and having some dimensional stones added to it.
At the same time, he may have stolen some technology from the Chaos Dwarves and added demonic power, which made him a rare and powerful warrior among the ratmen.
As for Weiwei, this guy's combat power is probably the last among all the legends in the main world.
But it has never been known for its fighting ability. What it is best at is escaping, followed by pretending to retreat and then making a surprise attack.
But to be honest, basically all ratmen are good at these.
But the last point is its unique ability, it possesses a completely unreasonable super luck.
No matter what kind of defeat it is in, even if all its teammates are killed, it can always escape with its life.
No matter what tricks the enemy has or how strong the defense is, it can always find the opponent's loopholes and launch a sneak attack without any reason.
With these two legendary ratmen leading the team, Iron Peak Fort must of course be on high alert.
But at present, the whereabouts of this army of ratmen are unknown, which makes it difficult for the Dragon Slayer and his men to move before they can really find them.
But Levi also welcomed a new coalition force, which came from the Black Iron Mine, including Tree Stump, Supervisor Soldier, Xiaotian and others.
After not seeing each other for many days, it was natural that there would be some excitement. Then they reported the recent details to Levi.
After this period of development, they finally perfected the defense of the Black Iron Mine and maintained good relations with surrounding dwarf forces of all sizes, such as Iron Peak Fort.
At the same time, due to the efforts of the Sun Knights and others in the underground world, many small and medium-sized evil forces near the city of Ostak were completely defeated.
This allowed the shield dwarves of the Helhein clan, where Tree Stump originally came from, and the Kadaha clan, which were on good terms with Levi, to free up some time.
Asking them to send a large army to support Bafeng Mountain is not possible for the time being because the distance is too far.
But they were still able to assist Shudun in temporarily defending the black iron mine, which was why Shudun came in person this time.
On the other hand, although Xiaotian and the supervisors have not fought much recently, they have a very good relationship with the tiger people and bear people.
In addition, they were also threatened by ratmen and greenskins, so the tigermen and bearmen in a large area nearby gradually migrated to the black iron mine.
Since they hated the ratmen and were even more hostile to the greenskins, when they received Levi's advance notice, they discussed it briefly and then sent out troops together.
At present, there are three to four hundred bear people and tiger people respectively, all under the command of Jianbing and Xiaotian. The number is not large, but the average strength is 3-4 levels, so they can still play some role.
Stump was quite proud, because after such a long period of hard work and the dwarven gods really needed manpower, he finally succeeded in getting on the good side of the mother of the dwarven gods, Berronne Truesilver Valaya.
Within the dwarven pantheon, the Mother of the Gods is second only to the God-King Moradin Granni in power.
Although she is a lawful and good goddess, her ministry and domain are not entirely related to gentleness or kindness.
In addition to home, hearth, survival, protection, and healing, she is also known as the mother of hatred and oaths, and she is also the god of wine for the dwarves.
There are not many members in the dwarf pantheon, so the scope of each member is often relatively wide, and the competition is not as fierce as in the human pantheon.
This allows Stump to recruit a variety of special classes, including greenskin haters wielding great axes, and Valaya women who can increase the dwarven warriors' stamina regeneration rate and fear resistance simply by appearing on the battlefield.
Finally, there is the special hero unit - the Dwarf Brewmaster.
They can brew many kinds of wine. Good wine is used to entertain friendly troops, while inferior wine can be used to kill enemies on the battlefield.
There are still many ways to play with things like Molotov cocktails and drunken clouds.
Or if you brew too much wine, you can sell it. In short, as long as you recruit the other party, you will never lose money.
While chatting, they began to march westward.
As we continued to move forward, the surrounding environment also changed to a certain extent. It became bare, with almost no plants to speak of. As far as the eye could see, it was like a desert.
This made Levi a little suspicious. Although this area was considered a mountainous area, it shouldn't be so bad, right?
If there really is no grass at all, how can the dwarves survive?
Faced with his question, the dwarf hero leading the team couldn't help but curse: "It's all caused by those damned traitors and the demon named Khorne!"
After listening to him, Levi realized that the dwarves and greenskins had fought many times here , with countless deaths and blood all over the ground.
During one of the largest battles, some chosen heroes summoned the demons of Khorne.
Although they were eventually killed, their unique demonic power still caused permanent corrosion to the surrounding environment.
Under normal circumstances, with the help of the power of priests and holy water, the dwarves can restore the environment here to its original state, but under the pressure of the greenskins, they simply cannot exert these powers.
Levi was silent when he heard this. He knew that under the temptation of power, or simply out of curiosity and fun, there would definitely be many heroes chosen by God who would eventually choose to join the camp of the Four Gods of Chaos.
After all, the Four Chaos Gods were indeed generous and eclectic when it came to tempting mortals.
Except for looking down on beastmen, ogres and greenskins, they are open to all other intelligent human races.
Even the shepherd god, Paine, could not resist Khorne, so ordinary heroes chosen by God would naturally be even more difficult to resist.
But even though he knew it, Levi had no way to stop them.
What's more, their existence should have some extremely special purpose.
This world introduced God-chosen heroes and gave them many special abilities. It can't be that this is just for them to cause trouble, right?
All Levi can do now is to purify the filth within his sight as much as possible without affecting the advance of the troops.
So soon Cindy led many celestial creatures and began to work together. They could not change the entire main world, but at least they could start from their own surroundings.
All the people who saw this scene couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. They were not stupid. They could still distinguish between a simple show and a sincere desire to do something.
As they continued to move forward, they began to encounter small groups of greenskins and goblins, occasionally some humans and dwarves, some heroes chosen by God, but more were the natives.
The directions they were heading were also different, and they were going all over the place.
But when they saw Levi and his army, which was huge and mainly composed of mummies and skeletons, they were all surprised. The Tomb King's troops came here, which was probably the first time in a thousand years?
For enemies, Kerillian and Luna are basically enough.
As for the dwarves, humans, etc., Levi mainly asked for information.
After advancing for dozens of miles and collecting a lot of information, all the dwarves looked unhappy, because the current situation in the Eight Peaks Mountain was indeed not optimistic for the dwarves.
The Eight Peaks Mountain is a general term for a series of mountains in a circular area. The specific names are Silver Horn Mountain, Crescent Moon Mountain, Rising Sun Mountain, White Girl Mountain, Shadow Mountain, Red Stone Mountain, Sunset Mountain and Gale Mountain.
On the east and west sides of the circular area, there is a low valley, which can be regarded as the two major passes of the Bafeng Mountain.
Normally, as long as the dwarves guard these two major checkpoints and the gate to the underground world, it would be enough to ensure the safety of the Eight Peaks Mountain.
But Bafeng Mountain has fallen for so many years, and the two major passes have long lost their original functions.
Originally, there were many passages dug by dwarves in the Eight Peaks Mountain. Later, due to wars, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc., most of these passages were destroyed.
After being occupied by greenskins, goblins, ratmen, etc., they dug a lot of passages on their own.
This has resulted in the situation that even the dwarves are now unclear about which passages can be used, which are obsolete, or which are simply traps set by the enemy.
In addition to the serious shortage of troops, this is another important reason why the dwarves have been unable to recapture the Eight Peaks Mountain.
Originally, Prince Belegar, with the reinforcements of many dwarf kingdoms, had gradually recaptured many mountains in the eastern part of the Eight Peaks Mountain and opened some small treasure houses over the past few years.
For a time, a three-way confrontation occurred among the ratmen, greenskins and dwarves.
But ever since the greenskins launched the super WAAAGH, the other dwarf kingdoms are temporarily unable to provide support to Belegar.
At the same time, the equipment of the ratmen has also been updated, and dimensional stone weapons, plague, poison gas, and some mutated beasts have appeared one after another.
There are also rumors that due to the rampant ratmen, the power of the racial god they believe in, the big horned rat, Squark, has also been greatly strengthened.
The rats also continued to benefit from this. The rats occupying the Eight Peaks Mountain seemed to have successfully opened several treasures and armories that originally belonged to the dwarves.
Even though the ratmen are basically unable to wear armor and the like due to the height difference between them and the dwarves, they can still make use of other things such as weapons and gold coins.
If this information is true, it means that the power of the Horned Rat has indeed been strengthened to a considerable extent.
You should know that when the dwarves were retreating, they relied on the power of the dwarf gods to seal off all the treasures and ancestral tombs.
Although a long time has passed and the power of the seal may have loosened, it is after all the power of the dwarven gods, and the Horned Rat is just a lone god.
But no matter what, the fighting power of the ratmen has indeed been greatly enhanced, which has caused Belegar's situation to take a sharp turn for the worse.
Even though he fought desperately and had the support of many dwarf heroes chosen by God, he was still constantly beaten back.
Dwarves have never been a race with a large population. If even the native dwarves themselves do not have sufficient military forces, it will naturally be impossible to recruit those gods-chosen heroes, which makes the situation even worse.
So now, among the Eight Peaks Mountains, Belejia only has the White Lady Mountain in the easternmost part left.
It’s really not that he is incompetent, it’s just that the enemy is too cheating.
But for Levi, this is not entirely a bad thing, because the more difficult Belegar's situation is, the more valuable his reinforcements are!
After a brief discussion, Levi and his men decided to go to Bainu Mountain to meet with Belegar first, and then discuss the future war with him.
The rest of the journey seemed a bit dull and boring. After all, as long as Belegar had not lost White Girl Mountain, it was unlikely that a large-scale enemy force would appear in this direction. The few scattered enemy forces were simply not enough for Luna and the others to kill.
As they walked, Cindy suddenly exclaimed, and then she ran directly to Levi: "Brother Levi, look, I have realized a new power!"
Seeing her eager to try, surprised and proud, Levi also became a little curious.
Then he noticed the latest system prompt: Cindy successfully comprehended Bigby's grappling palm in the field of strength!
Priests have the opportunity to learn some additional special skills depending on the fields of the gods they believe in.
Theoretically, one spell can be learned every 2 levels, but depending on each person's qualifications, most priests are already very good if they can learn two or three spells in their lifetime.
But now this is the seventh spell Cindy has comprehended in the field of power, and it is the famous Bigby Grasping Palm, which is a seventh-level magic that even Levi at present has not been able to obtain.
As the name suggests, the effect of this magic is to capture the target, making it easier for your side to attack it later.
Since it has a certain intelligence, Cindy does not need to spend all her energy to maintain it.
At the same time, if Cindy wanted, she could also try to crush the other person to death.
While being captured, not only will the enemy's movement be hindered, but their attacks and spellcasting will also be greatly affected. If they are physically attacked at this time, the chance of being critically hit will also be increased.
For opponents with similar strength, if they fail to escape immediately after being hit by this move, they can basically wait for death.
Now, if they encounter a strong enemy in the future, with the help of Levi's dimensional anchor and optical network, they will be able to better control the opponent.
The only regret may be that its casting time is relatively long.
Cindy is not a wizard, so she cannot learn related expertise such as instant spell casting like Levi. If she wants it to play a good role in actual combat, she needs to choose the right time.
But I believe that with the tacit understanding between Levi and Cindy, this will not be a problem as long as they are trained a little.
After hearing the general idea, people around, such as Wange and Sefa, came to congratulate them. They also liked Cindy very much.
Khalida next to him also felt a little emotional. Not only was Levi very outstanding himself, but he also had a group of equally outstanding talents under his command. Who knew how far they could go together?
Considering how much Lilith values ​​him and the recent changes in the world, becoming a god might not be such an unattainable goal after all?
While they were laughing, Levi suddenly received a magic message.
After reading it, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He knew that things would not go so smoothly, but this might also be an opportunity.
Penthesilea on the left noticed his little action immediately, and she couldn't help but ask with concern: "Levi, what's wrong?"
If we were to ask who has the most free time here, it would probably be her.
The reason why she originally chose to travel with Levi was mainly because she wanted to repay her debt through fighting.
But today there were no enemies worth mentioning on the road at all. Often, the enemies were killed by Luna before they came into her sight, so she was really bored.
Levi pondered for a moment and sorted out his thoughts: "Issarion's flying troops have arrived to the west of Eight Peaks Mountain. He has discovered that the legendary goblin of the Evil Moon Tribe, the Eight Peaks Warrior Skarsnik, is besieging Windy Mountain."
Penthesilea's eyes suddenly lit up: "Wind Mountain, isn't that the territory of the fifth clan of the ratmen, the Moss clan?"
Levi immediately smiled and nodded: "Yes, Eltharion also saw the legendary ratman, the headhunter, Quick, on the battlefield."
At this time, Elegy, Cindy, and even Tree Stump and others nearby were all attracted over. They all understood what this meant.
"Brother Levi, if the greenskins and the ratmen start fighting, doesn't that mean we have a chance?"
"That's right, Stump, but battles like this have happened more than once in the past. When the Eight Peaks Mountain warrior gets tired, he will naturally choose to withdraw."
After fighting each other for so long, the two legends already knew that the other party was not easy to deal with, and it was impossible for them to fight to the death.
So at this time, a little external force is needed to disrupt the battle and keep them fighting.
Of course it wasn’t Levi, he was still quite a distance away.
But Eltharion, who is proficient in both magic and martial arts and is also an expert in command, is almost an all-round hero and it is entirely possible for him to do this.
Moreover, he himself is the chosen one of Lilith's alias - Lady of the Mist - Radlily, and there are many powerful wizards around him. It is very easy for him to create some fog and illusions.
The reason why he sent a message to Levi now was to communicate and ask whether he should try this plan.
Although Lilith gave Eltharion the order to assist Levi, Lilith would not take care of every detail. She did not have the energy to do so.
What's more, the war situation may change at any time, and the dwarves and green-skinned gods are involved behind it. Even if she really wants to intervene, she may not be able to do it.
So now it's time for Eltharion and Levi to make a decision together.
Taking a deep breath, Levi wrote back to Issarion.
He knew that with this decision, both Eltharion and he, as well as their men and allies, would take great risks.
But at the same time, once the plan succeeds, the rewards will surely be extremely amazing!
Then he turned to look at Khalida who was also paying close attention to him: "Khalida, leave the ordinary mummies and skeleton soldiers behind, take only the elite troops, and travel light. We must reach Bainu Mountain in the shortest possible time!"