So the two sides hit it off and marched towards the fortress city as quickly as possible.
As for Khalida, Kyle and others, they naturally followed Levi's opinion completely.
Just as he moved forward and looked at the few thousand troops left behind him, Levi knew that the next battle might become even more difficult.
Even though the rats had just suffered a terrible defeat, they had been managing the Eight Peaks Mountain for countless years. They were numerous, reproduced quickly, and had ample military strength.
Maybe the ratmen stationed on other mountains have already sent out a large army to support the fortress city.
Of course, Levi was not too worried. The Headhunter Quick was held back by the Evil Moon Goblins and Eltharion. Even if there were more ordinary ratmen, they would hardly be his opponents.
The only thing to worry about is whether any unexpected enemies will appear.
For example, the army of the Grinning Clan and the two legendary ratmen are still missing.
At the same time, Levi also needs to consider the relevant information about totem gods and high-level spirits.
According to Wang Jieri, his team will almost certainly face off against the Great White Bear next.
In addition to the four special beings such as the great white bear belonging to the God of the North Pole, before the gods were not as powerful as they are now, there was also a common beast worship in areas where other humanoid creatures gathered, which worshipped various powerful beasts.
Speaking of which, the Unicorn Goddess Lurue and her good friend, the Lord of Firemane, Noban Nien, as well as the Bear God of Kislev, Ursun, were originally beasts, and can also be classified as beast worship.
This is even more true for the Qilin God of Zhendan and the Monkey King.
But after so many years, most other similar beings did not have such a good ending as Larue and others.
Most of them have become prey to other powerful beings and disappeared in the long river of time.
In addition to the four guys in the Arctic, the Crimson Knight's companion, Uthgar, known as the Son of Tempus, also has a dozen similar beings under his command.
There are black lions, blue bears, gray wolves, golden eagles, red horses, snow cats and so on.
Uthgar allowed the large and small barbarian tribes under his rule to choose one of them as their faith.
Since he had not had any personal contact with Uthgar, Levi was not sure whether the other party wanted to raise pigs in this way and then reap the power of faith of those high-level spirits and himself.
But in comparison, they are much weaker.
The main reason is that Uthgar himself is just a weak god, so naturally there are not many mortals influenced by him. He himself also requires a certain amount of faith, and if the remaining is divided into more than a dozen parts, there will be even fewer.
Therefore, Uthgar spent hundreds and thousands of years without really achieving anything. Not many of those guys reached the legendary level, let alone moving towards becoming a totem god.
But if we defeat the great white bear and figure out its hidden secrets and related information, but still cannot truly tame it, then we might be able to sell it.
There are three buyers in total: the Zhendan pantheon, Uthgar, and the bear god Ersun who loves bears the most. I wonder who can offer the highest bid?
The richest among them is undoubtedly the Zhendan pantheon, but they have recently been more inclined to go directly to the Beast Garden plane and bring back the animal lords there.
They may not be willing to take over an entity like the Great White Bear, which is suspected to have an owner.
Uthgar's willingness may be relatively much higher, because he may be able to find some experience from the great white bear to change his method of cultivating other high-level spirits.
But he might not be able to give Levi much useful things. It's not that he is stingy, but mainly because he is too poor.
So the best choice might be Ersun, the bear god of Kislev?
The kingdom of ice and snow - Kislev, originally had four main gods to believe in, excluding the small part of its faith that has been taken over by the gods of the Sigmar Empire in recent years.
The bear god, Ersun, is the strongest among them, with a weaker divine power of 7.
The bear god, Ersun, not only loves all kinds of bears, but his true form is also a big white bear. He must be very interested in the great white bear, but I don’t have any contact information with this bear god for the time being.
Levi thought about it and decided that maybe he would have to rely on those bear people.
The bear-god, Balado, is friends with many gods whose bodies are animals, including the bear god, Ersun.
However, it seems that the Bear God, Ersun, is not wealthy at all.
As the most northern civilized country, Kislev is covered by ice and snow for most of the year, and all kinds of supplies are extremely scarce.
That would have been fine, but to their north, all kinds of brutal and powerful Norscan pirates, frost trolls, and other cannibalistic races emerged one after another.
They have always wanted to go south to the rich Sigma Empire to plunder, kill and destroy.
But unless they took a long detour across the sea, they would have to pass through Kislev first.
Kislev certainly would not allow these evil forces to move south. Not to mention the conflict between the camps, the character of the Kislevites determined that they would never compromise with the enemy easily.
What's more, even if the Norsemen were going to plunder the Sigmar Empire, thieves would never leave empty-handed. If they were really able to enter the country, the first people to suffer would of course be the Kislevites.
Therefore, Kislev became the gatekeeper of the Sigmar Empire in a very passive manner.
Kislev's power naturally could not develop because it was already short of resources, had a vast territory and was sparsely populated, and was frequently faced with wars.
The large and frequent deaths of mortals and believers will also have a very direct impact on the gods of Kislev.
In addition, human gods from other countries are also trying to get a piece of the pie here.
For example, the Queen of the Sea among the Furious Gods has repeatedly stirred up winds and waves in the Claw Sea next to Kislev.
Another member of the Furious Gods, the Frost Maiden Auril, also wanted to grab some believers. After all, the environment of the ice and snow kingdom, Kislev, was really to her liking and it suited her so well.
Even the White Wolf God of the Sigmar Empire, Yurik, and others are trying to seize some of the faith.
Although they all belong to the lawful camp, conflicts over beliefs are often more serious than the struggle between good and evil.
For this reason, the Church of the Gods of Kislev had conflicts with the other side many times, but because of its own weak strength, even if it had the advantage of location and people, it was difficult to gain any advantage.
So over time, even though Kislev is not small in size, there are only four gods in total until now.
The bear god, Ersun, and the fire god and sun god, Daz, are two weaker gods in total;
Thor, the god of thunder and war, and Saliah, the goddess of healing, are two weak gods.
The latter could also be the guise of Thalia, the goddess of mercy among the human gods. If this is true, then in the vast Kislev, there are actually only three not-so-powerful gods.
In this situation, Levi was not sure how much the Bear God, Ersun, could produce.
While Levi was thinking, Belegar came over and without any further ado, he directly gave him a set of battle axes and armor, which were exactly the ones used by Scar Bloodtail before.
They originally came from the dwarves. After being stolen by Scar Bloodtail, he used them to kill many dwarves. Now they are stained with the blood of countless dwarves.
It was naturally impossible for the dwarves to stay, so Belegar gave them to Levi, hoping that he could use them to hunt more ratmen and other evils, which could be regarded as revenge for those dwarves.
Levi currently does not have any powerful heroes under his command who use battle axes as their main weapons, but he naturally would not refuse Belegar's kindness.
As the right claw of the headhunter Quick, the equipment used by Scar Bloodtail is naturally not too low in value.
The long-handled battle axe is called the Extremely Sharp Thing and is a legendary weapon. From the naming rules, it can be seen that it was obviously transformed by the ratmen using evil power.
So in addition to maintaining the unique strength and sharpness of dwarven weapons, it now gains additional attack enhancement when fighting against dwarves and large creatures, and also has a chance to inflict dimensional stone poison on the enemy when attacking.
Unlike ordinary toxins, this poison combines multiple effects. In addition to slowing down, causing damage and weakening, there is also a chance to make the target dazed or dizzy.
The negative effects are that one must have a high reputation with the dwarves, and if the user carries it with them for a long time, they themselves may be poisoned.
But overall it is still very strong. Unfortunately, no one is suitable to use it for the time being, so I can only keep it for now.
The armor is an epic Star Iron Dwarf Armor. There is nothing special about it, it just has very high defense and magic resistance, so it should be worth some money.
Seeing Levi put it away with a smile and thank him, Belegar was very satisfied.
It seems that Levi is still very interested in the more precious high-end equipment. In this way, after he truly recaptures the fortress city and the treasure below, he won't have to worry about not being able to repay Levi's kindness.
At this time, Kalida also caught up from behind riding on her snake and brought them good news.
"Levi, the subsequent mummies and skeleton soldiers have arrived at Bainu Mountain. Do we need them to catch up?"
Levi glanced at Belegar, intending to ask.
Belejia shook his head upon seeing this: "Then let them garrison at White Lady Mountain and Sentinel Peak and continue to strengthen the defenses there."
Even if those mummies were led by several tomb generals, they would probably be wiped out if they were ambushed by the ratmen.
He had great confidence in his ability to capture the fortress city and was willing to pay a certain price for it, but Bainu Mountain was equally important!
Since the distance was not particularly far, after running all the way, Levi and his team quickly arrived at the open space in front of the fortress city.
From a distance, it looks like an old, dilapidated, inconspicuous, semi-underground low fortress.
But now no one can ignore its strong threat, because there are hundreds of war machines such as crossbows and catapults placed on it.
There are also quite a few cannons that look strange and seem to have been modified. They are flashing the dazzling green light unique to dimensional stone and are surrounded by green lightning. It is obvious that they have added ingredients.
Next came the dark mass of ratmen, with no end in sight.
Seeing this, Belegar and other dwarves looked somewhat unhappy.
It’s not because of the number of rat people, he has seen too many of them in the past.
However, as a special material mainly produced from the Abyss and Baator, Dimensional Stone is also capable of causing harm to the dwarf's ancestral spirits.
Now the other side uses it in various war machines, which has put even greater restraint on them.
But Levi felt that this might not matter. The rats were indeed well prepared, but the last thing they should do was to put all these things on the city wall!
So he told Belegar not to rush to attack, but to use the same trick again, taking Kyle and other wizards into the sky again, and preparing to cooperate with Donna to launch a saturation attack on the ratmen.
But this time the rats were smarter, and even though Levi used invisibility, they still saw through his trick.
What followed was a series of lightning, wind and plague magic, and then the dimensional stone gun and so on also showed their power.
But Levi was already cautious and had been reminded by Wang Jieri, so he naturally would not be careless in this regard.
Whether it's Sunburst or Vengeance Storm, their maximum range is far greater than ordinary spells, and the opponent can't even touch them.
The only thing to worry about is the opponent's dimensional stone rifle. With the battle skills of the ratmen heroes and the blessing of other treasures, its maximum range, even against the air, often easily exceeds 500 meters.
However, Levi had already used many protective magic and consumable scrolls, and with the protection of Big Slap, Cindy and Xiao Lan, these attacks could hardly have much effect on them.
So before long, the grand event that once took place on Sentinel Peak was repeated in Fortress City.
The rats had no idea how much energy and wealth they had just spent to produce a large number of war machines, but 70% to 80% of them were destroyed by a wave of attacks from Levi and his men.
This made all the rats feel heartbroken and surprised, but they could also fully understand why Belegar was able to raid here so quickly.
Because the goblins and greenskins of the Evil Moon Clan stationed at Sentinel Peak must have also encountered similar attacks!
But no matter what they thought, the battle continued. To be on the safe side, Levi and his men launched three consecutive rounds of attacks to ensure that all the ratmen and their war machines exposed were completely destroyed.
That’s right, the rat people are being bullied because they don’t have any air force!
After several rounds of fierce attacks, Belegar, who had been frowning, suddenly began to smile, because all the enemies in his sight were killed.
Even the originally solid and heavy fortress city became riddled with holes under the attacks of numerous magics.
When it was originally occupied by the dwarves, the fortress city was protected by various rune powers, but it was obviously impossible for the ratmen to activate and successfully apply them.
There was no time to hesitate. Belegar roared and led the charge.
Naturally, the spirits of many dwarf ancestors followed along, and with the advantage of their spiritual bodies, they were able to arrive earlier than Belegar and reach the fortress city earlier than him.
Belegar is the last hope of the Angrand clan, and they certainly don't want anything to happen to him.
More dwarf warriors, as well as Levi and Khalida's subordinates, followed closely behind, trying to capture the fortress city completely in one fell swoop.
In this situation, although many rats were killed and even more were frightened, they still had to choose to fight.
The magic units that had been well hidden before, as well as some chosen heroes, began to use their special powers in an attempt to delay Belegar's attack, especially to guard the city gate.
At the same time, accompanied by a series of curses and scolding, as well as the urging of a few Storm Rat Supervisory Teams, a large number of clan rats and slave rats also very reluctantly reappeared in various enemy areas of the fortress city.
Although they know that they will suffer damage once they appear, they actually have no choice.
On a battlefield of this scale, even Storm Rats are cannon fodder that can be consumed in large quantities, so they are naturally no exception.
Then some sewer rats armed with slings and some night rats from the Clan of Eshin, also holding various darts, daggers and other weapons, ran to some hidden corners.
Hundreds of elite troops wearing blood-red armor and with physiques stronger than ordinary storm rats began to move towards various key locations in the fortress city.
When they saw them appear, Belegar and many of the ancestral heroes also showed cautious expressions.
Because they are the headhunters - the most elite troops under Queek - the Scarlet Guard, and they may also be the most powerful group of storm rats in the main world.
Ordinary Storm Rats are level 4, but all of them are level 5. The team leaders among them are all elites, and there are also some heroic units.
It is said that each of them was selected and trained by Quick himself, and their weapons and armor are all top-notch.
But soon Belegar burst into laughter because he realized that the leader of the Scarlet Guard, Scar Bloodtail, had just been killed by him!
So Belegar gradually slowed down and raised his hammer and shield high in his hands.
Under normal circumstances, this would create many loopholes, giving the enemy opportunities to take advantage.
But when they noticed this scene, the surrounding dwarf ancestors seemed to be greatly encouraged. They all widened their eyes and stared at their king and leader.
While jogging, Belegar also shouted loudly, as if he was mobilizing for the war, or as if he was commemorating all the dwarves who shed blood and died to regain this land.
"After thousands of years of countless battles, we, carrying the hopes of our ancestors, have finally arrived here again."
"The treasures that our ancestors lost are now within our reach. I have dreamed of this day countless times."
"Think about what we have suffered. Now, brothers, the goal is in sight!"
"These abominable creatures have tarnished our history. Let them pay with blood and death!"
"The descendants of Clan Angrand will never stop fighting!"
"Great Soul Forger, Father of the Gods - Moradin, please witness the courage and strength of Belegar Ironhammer!"
"God has come down to earth!"
As Belegar roared, his entire body swelled up rapidly, and in the blink of an eye he turned into a little giant over two meters tall.
At the same time, his entire body, including his weapons and armor, turned silver-white, and then he swung his war hammer vigorously.
Then a huge shadow of a war hammer, mixed with storm and lightning, flew straight to a corner of the city gate and exploded like a cannonball.
Then, with his size and speed greatly increased, he charged straight towards the fortress city, leaving behind a trail of phantoms in the air.
Many other dwarf ancestor heroes, whether they were originally warriors, engineers, or rune blacksmiths, all roared in unison at this moment and launched a charge along with Belegar.
Some quick-handed ratmen threw out magic spells or fired evil dimensional stone bullets at the first moment.
But these attacks are nothing to Belegar now.
Not only were they completely unable to slow him down, they couldn't even hurt his beard, which seemed the most fragile.
He almost surpassed the limit of the dwarf. In the blink of an eye, he crossed a distance of hundreds of meters and crashed into the gate of the fortress like a heavy siege hammer.
With a loud bang, the surrounding ground shook for a moment, and large pieces of rubble flew in all directions.
But neither Belegar nor the dwarf ancestor spirits who were slightly affected cared about it at all. They just kept launching fierce attacks.
Similarly, the morale of the other dwarves behind Belegar was boosted.
The Ironbreakers threw out their own explosive packs, creating more chaos and panic.
The Iron Dragon Artillerymen began to spray fire at the top of the city. Whether or not they could burn the enemy to death was no longer the most important thing. They wanted to scare the enemy away to facilitate the actions of other friendly forces.
Compared with the dwarves whose morale was rising wildly, the morale of the ratmen in the fortress city was extremely low.
Many ratmen were simply stunned or frightened by the scene of Belegar's transformation.
But there were still some relatively powerful and intelligent rat-man prophets and rat-man warlocks among them. They made a series of noisy squeaks, speeding up the mobilization of troops in an attempt to resist Belegar's attack.
The most elite Scarlet Guards also hurried towards the city gate.
But the smarter or more clever God-chosen heroes among them have already sensed that something is wrong.
They either start to work without putting in any effort, always looking for an opportunity to escape, or simply retreat.
The gods descending to earth is an extraordinary power that can only be mastered by gods of at least weak power. The original intention was to create incarnations with powerful fighting power for the gods.
The same name could be a simple coincidence, but Belegar just called out the name of the Dwarf God King, and with the obvious changes in his body now, only a fool could not see the trick!
Similarly, Levi in ​​mid-air also noticed this.
There is no doubt that Belegar has the support of the dwarf gods behind him.
But before this, no intelligence from any source indicated which dwarf god Belegar was chosen by. He hid this very well because he never revealed any related power.
But the name that Belegar just called out told everyone clearly that his boss was the Dwarf God-King - Moradin Granni, a powerful being with a godhood as high as level 18!
With him protecting him from behind, even if Levi and the others didn't show up, it would only be a matter of time for Belejia to retake Bafeng Mountain!
But that's okay. If my teammates are strong enough, I can save more energy. Anyway, I have already put in enough energy before.
Thinking of this, Levi did not use any more big moves as he watched many dwarves fighting bravely like crazy and the battle had already entered its most intense stage almost as soon as it began.
He just asked Kerillian, Luna and others to continue to strengthen their vigilance to prevent sudden attacks from the surrounding enemy forces.
At the same time, he also released some small magic spells to cooperate with Donna and others high in the sky to clear out more dangerous enemies such as dimensional guns, dimensional flamethrowers, and rat heroes.
I didn't see Wang Jierui and his sister for a while, and I didn't know if they were scared away or killed by the rats as traitors.
At this time, Penthesilea, Elegy and others also attacked together, while Khalida sat in the center and gave orders.
This was also something Levi had discussed with her privately before.
As Levi's personal strength continues to improve, his dependence on ordinary troops is not as strong, and many battles often require him to separate from the main force, such as now.
The situations of Penthesilea and Elegy are similar. Donna will command the air force, but Cindy is not interested in commanding the entire force for the time being. She is following the model of an elite squad.
So when Levi was away, the task of commanding the battlefield naturally fell temporarily on Khalida.
She is known as the Warrior Queen. Not only is she a legendary warrior herself, she is also very capable in command.
Thanks to Belegar's outstanding performance, in less than 10 seconds, the dark and dull gate made of some precious metal exploded into pieces, smashing the scarlet guards behind the gate so that their heads and faces were covered in blood.
There was no special technique used. Belegar just stomped his foot hard, and the surrounding ground cracked with a large amount of raging lightning. The scarlet guards could not stand at all, let alone resist his attack.
Many dwarf ancestor heroes cheered, and each led several teams to charge into the city.
Several rat prophets wanted to continue commanding their troops to resist, but Belegar struck them with another hammer, killing one instantly.
Before he was about to make a move, Levi also used several Hammers of Justice in succession, smashing them all to the ground.
Belegar's energy hammer is indeed several times more powerful than the Hammer of Justice, but it seems to have a long cooling time. When there are many enemies, its performance is not as good as Levi's.
Since Levi had used this trick before when dealing with Scar Bloodtail, Belegar was not surprised. He just laughed and charged forward.
But his primary goal was not to kill all these ratmen, but to occupy several important strongholds in the fortress city.
The fortress city was originally built by Belegar's ancestors. Even after so many years, he still knew where the key was.
At this time, Penthesilea, Elegy, and Martis and Mortitis, who had been hiding somewhere unknown, also launched a fierce attack together.
Cindy and the supervisor brought the celestial creatures to assist.
Coupled with Donna's never-ending rain of arrows, the rats, who were already frightened by Levi's magic, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
They squeaked and began to flee into the fortress in a very embarrassed manner.
Because there are several passages leading further down.
The Eight Peaks Mountains are a collective name for the eight main mountains whose interior areas have been hollowed out by the dwarves.
The area of ​​the fortress city on the surface may be less than one percent of the underground area.
The coalition forces naturally took advantage of the situation and launched a hunt. For a time, the blood and corpses of the ratmen almost filled the entire passage inside the fortress city.
But the dwarves didn't mind at all. They just sang while stepping on the blood and occupying various key areas.
And without Belegar saying anything, many dwarf ancestor heroes had already begun commanding the engineering masters and others to start repairing the fortress city together.
Because they all knew that this battle was far from over.
At the same time, there is a group of people responsible for blocking some underground passages.
Most of the interior of Bafeng Mountain has been hollowed out, with depths of several hundred meters at any given moment. There are a large number of intricate passages and abandoned mines.
So much time has passed since the dwarves lost the Eight Peaks, and the ratmen of the Moss clan have definitely developed the area into a series of rat nests.
They now only occupy the upper level of the fortress city, and they need to take many defensive measures in advance. Otherwise, when a real battle occurs, if the enemy cooperates from both inside and outside, they will be at a great disadvantage.
Moreover, the Evil Moon Goblins would never let them stay here safely, so it would still be far from safe.
At this time, Levi also descended from the sky and met Belegar.
The closer he got to the Eight Peaks Mountain Treasury, the more he felt the resonance between the nine volumes of Nagash.
Although Beilejia was extremely excited, Levi was also in a very happy mood and was full of expectations.
The few volumes he obtained recently were not of much use to him, at least they were far inferior to the Death God Book he obtained at the beginning. He didn't know if this volume from Bafengshan could give him some surprises?
Looking at the busy dwarves, Levi also quickly issued several orders.
Kerillian and Luna continued to lead the team on patrol and alert. If a strong enemy appeared outside the fortress, they would retreat to the fortress and focus on defense.
If the enemy is weak, cooperate with Donna in the sky and try to eat the opponent.
Mikaela, Kyle and the others, along with the blood elves, temporarily stayed in the fortress city to provide magical support to the dwarves.
Shudun and others also performed their duties, all to strengthen the defense here.
Although Belegar promised that as long as Levi could recapture the treasury under the fortress city, he could take the Nine Volumes of Nagash from it first.
But now that he has come to Bafeng Mountain and has achieved the current results, he certainly will not be satisfied with just this!
After discussing with Levi, Khalida decided to stay and command the troops to assist the dwarves in the subsequent defense work.
She originally thought that the troops would suffer heavy losses this time, or even be wiped out.
But she didn't expect that Levi would perform so well that she didn't suffer too many casualties, which gave them a good opportunity to make use of their surplus value.
Although she also wanted to go to the underground world and let Levi see her true power, since she was needed here too, she decided to stay.
Anyway, no matter where she is, her ultimate goal is to help Levi get the Nine Volumes of Nagash and then leave the Eight Peaks Mountain safely.
Seeing that Levi had finished his work, Belegar, who had returned to his original appearance, took the initiative to tell him his next plan.
"Levi, most of my people will stay here, ready to defend against the enemy's next attack. I am heading down to the King's Hall. Do you want to come with me?"
"Of course! I believe that the Tiger Envoy and the Rat Envoy can definitely do a good job of reconnaissance and vigilance!"