The actual time taken was a few seconds longer than Levi expected.
The main reason was that there happened to be two rat heroes patrolling with several teams of scarlet guards below him in the spell.
In order to prevent them from entering the treasure house before us, we naturally have to kill them all.
This also made the rats quickly realize their purpose, but unfortunately, facing their own strong lineup, they were completely powerless to stop it, and Levi's plan was implemented very smoothly.
Soon Belegar and Levi led the way, followed by many ancestral spirits, then Elegy, Penthesilea, the Red Prince and others, all followed the passage and entered the treasure house of Eight Peaks Mountain.
Then the great white bear cooperated, turned around and spit out ice, temporarily blocking the hole above to prevent the rats from jumping down. Levi then cast the spell again to restore the stone wall to its original state.
After doing all this, Levi heard another click, and then an extremely powerful force emerged around him, and even the breath of the great white bear was cleared away cleanly.
Levi grinned and thought to himself that as expected, the dwarf gods have been keeping an eye on what's happening here, and they don't want the rat people to take advantage of them any more than he does.
Completely relieved, he finally had time to check out this treasure trove that was said to be the largest and most valuable among all the dwarves.
Then he found that there was a big door in front of him, engraved with countless glowing dwarven runes.
He immediately exclaimed, "Wow, this is double insurance?"
However, the spirits of the ancestors had already come forward, so the door was opened within a few seconds.
A brilliant golden light also shone out.
The first thing that appeared in their sight was a dozen statues tens of meters high, representing the dwarf gods.
In fact, just by looking at these statues, everyone present can clearly understand how long a history this place has.
Because among them are the long-expelled gray dwarf god Ladugu and the exiled Derro dwarf god Diilinka.
Missing were the statues of two new demigods: the white dwarf Grim Brindel, and the valkyrie Hela Brightaxe.
Surrounding the statue is a mountain made up of gold coins, and a rough estimate is that there are at least several million of them.
At the top of the mountain are all kinds of jewels and ornaments, emitting brilliant light.
Although Elegy and Penthesilea were not greedy for money, they were still a little intoxicated for a while.
The Red Prince was also amazed. Due to its special geographical location, Kislev had never been rich. The problem of wealth had always troubled successive tsars, and now it had become his sister's problem.
If we could get this wealth, no, even one tenth of it, the conditions of our motherland would be greatly improved, right?
Even the Great White Bear was dumbfounded, and the Crystal Vanguard stopped dancing and just stared at the mountain formed by gold coins and jewels.
The wealth possessed by the gods may be far more valuable and precious than ordinary gold coins, but they have never seen such a large mountain of gold coins with their own eyes.
Levi couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, he had made preparations in advance and Catherine's little female dragon stayed outside. Otherwise, she would have gone crazy when she saw this mountain of gold coins.
But they are only the least valuable part of the treasure trove.
There is also a much shorter hill next to it, which is covered with elemental crystals of various colors, and on the top of it are at least thousands of heroic spirits.
On the left side, there are tens of thousands of sets of standard equipment neatly arranged.
Helmets, armor, battle axes, shields, crossbows, etc., everything is complete.
The surface of all equipment has at least one and at most two or three runes. The worst of them are rare quality, and more than 30% of them are epic. The total value will be an astronomical figure.
Next are artworks and books from various races, as well as various symbols that proclaim the power of the dwarves, such as the head of a dragon, the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the crown of an ogre tyrant, and so on.
The Nine Volumes of Nagash that Levi had been looking for were also on the list. Judging from where they were placed, the dwarves obviously didn't care about them at all.
On the right side, there are thousands of statues that exude a metallic luster and look like enlarged versions of dwarves.
But Levi knew that they actually represented the highest creation of the dwarven rune power - the Rune Golem.
Compared with the diverse Death Guards, their types may be relatively monotonous, with only four major categories in total.
Two-handed greataxe/hammer, one-handed axe shield/maven shield, rune staff, and hand cannon.
Each type has two models: 3.5 meters high and 6 meters high, and the total number of the latter is about one-tenth of the former.
Apart from the lack of flying troops and cavalry, the most criticized thing about the dwarves is that they do not have any war beasts. Now the appearance of rune golems has completely made up for this deficiency.
It is said that the weakest rune golems are of level 5, and that they require no soul fragments to create, only pure rune power.
In other words, making them might be easier than Levi making the Death Guards.
No wonder Belegar and almost all the dwarves have been trying to retake the Eight Peaks Mountain, because it can really bring about a qualitative change in their overall strength.
At this time, Belegar didn't smile much. He just knelt down on his knees, touched his forehead to the ground, and bowed deeply.
The Eight Peaks Mountain devoured the lives and gold of countless dwarves, like an insatiable black hole.
He and many of his tribesmen have wondered more than once: Is such a price really worth it?
But now, he has finally lived up to the efforts of all his ancestors and the expectations of the gods.
From today on, the Angrande clan will rise again and will eventually stand on top of the world!
After praying silently to the gods and ancestors, Belegar quickly jumped up again. He certainly would not forget who was the biggest contributor this time.
"Levi, according to the previous agreement, the Nine Volumes of Nagash are yours. In addition, you can take one tenth of the gold coins here. Dwarves will never let down their true friends!"
Levi's performance now has far exceeded his previous expectations, so Belegar naturally has to make corresponding changes. The dwarf is also not ignorant of adaptability.
What's more, in the process of the clan's rise, he also needs an ally with both strength and virtue. Even the great Moradin thinks so, and he just reminded himself of it.
Levi was also very surprised. He never expected Belegar to be so generous.
Even if it was only one-tenth of it, it would probably be 200,000 or 300,000. He could pay off most of the money he owed to Khalida in one go.
But the money was not so easy to get, so he immediately returned the favor: "It is my honor to be a friend of the dwarves. I will activate more Death Guards to resist the attacks of the ratmen and greenskins."
“Haha, good!”
Beilegar laughed and signaled Levi to take the Nine Volumes of Nagash himself. At the same time, he asked an ancestor hero to collect the gold coins. He took a few people and began to load various equipment into the space ring, preparing to use it later to strengthen the dwarf army.
Several dwarf ancestral spirits also ran towards the rune golems, ready to activate them.
They had already heard the squeaking of the ratmen. As expected, the treasure house was now surrounded and a big battle was about to begin.
But if even half of the rune golems can be successfully activated, it will be enough to kill thousands of ratmen with ease!
Looking at Elegy and Penthesilea who were staring at the jewels almost intently, Belegar waved his hand generously.
"And these two beautiful ladies, you can choose any jewelry you like."
If it was an enemy like the ratmen who coveted his treasures, he would only feel angry, but if it was a friend, he would be completely proud, because it was the other party's recognition of the dwarf.
The two girls were a little embarrassed, and Wange waved her hand first: "Thank you, but I just appreciate them, not necessarily to possess them."
It would be a lie to say she didn't desire it at all, but she longed to own the entire mountain of jewels even more.
If there are only a few of them, it doesn't matter whether they exist or not.
Penthesilea had similar thoughts, but even she had to sigh that the dwarves were really rich.
The Greek gods only liked drinking and partying, and even in their kingdom of the gods, there was far from so much wealth.
Levi didn't notice the little incident here because he had already got what he wanted.
The Second of the Nine Volumes of Nagash - Book of Witchcraft (Golden - Legend - Rare Object). When Levi saw the name, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This thing might not be of much use to him.
As expected, in addition to the three general abilities, the fourth skill is Curse of the Undead, which contains a large number of evil rituals for sacrifice, as well as the method of creating a lich's life box, which allows mortal wizards to transform into liches.
This made Levi somewhat emotional. Nagash has always been committed to becoming the god of death, but death should be part of the laws of nature and should not be simply defined by good and evil.
Nagash offered sacrifices and massacres, so he was going astray, right?
However, the fifth skill did not surprise him. It was called the Golden Idol, and the holder could sense the specific location of all large-scale gold within a diameter of ten miles.
For example, now, even if he didn't look back, he could clearly sense the golden mountain behind him.
There are six other places in the Eight Peaks Mountain that are much smaller in scale but have a similar feeling, which means that the dwarves’ treasure trove is not limited to this one.
Did Nagash develop this specifically because he was short of money?
But no matter what, it still has many uses. When returning to Fear Rock, Levi decided to wander around the island first to see if there are any hidden gold mines there.
As he was sighing, another system prompt popped up: "You have successfully collected six volumes of the Nine Volumes of Nagash. Your perception of the remaining volumes has been greatly enhanced."
Levi was immediately alert. Originally, his sensing distance was not far, but now he could vaguely feel a figure in the northwest. As expected, it was the ruler of Sylvania, the legendary vampire Manfred.
The other two volumes are both in the southwest, and it seems that the distance between them is not far.
One of them must be Black Arkhan, so who could the other one be?
Is it the Tomb Kings, or the vampires assembled by Dracula?
It seems that after the battle at Bafeng Mountain is over, I will have to find time to go there and hang out...
At this time, the supervisors and others above brought news to Levi that after a brief test, the rats had begun to launch a large-scale counterattack on the King's Hall.
When Levi cast the spell before, he encountered some ratmen. Although they were killed immediately, there were also many God-chosen heroes among the ratmen. They were not fools and immediately realized what Levi was going to do.
But the rat people still couldn't get into the treasure house, so naturally they had to change their ideas.
This made Levi a little worried. Most of their main fighting force was in the treasure house. Even if the dwarves set up a defensive line there, the time was so short and their numbers were so small that they definitely wouldn't be able to hold out for long.
Suddenly, the dwarves behind him cheered in unison: "It's moving, it's moving, the Rune Golem has been successfully activated!"
As the ground trembled slightly, the black gemstone-like eyes of a dozen rune golems lit up red, and they were ready for battle.
Just this amount...
Levi took a look and found that the dwarf priest and other magic troops seemed to be able to drive only one each.
If you are a rune blacksmith who is proficient in the power of runes, you can drive two large level 6 ones, or four smaller level 5 ones.
Including a few ancestral spirits, Belegar brought a total of 8 rune blacksmiths this time. If all of them were equipped with rune golems, they alone would be enough to defend the King's Hall.
At this time, Belegar seemed to have learned about the movements of the ratmen through other channels, and he began to put a lot of equipment into the space ring at an increasingly fast speed.
Then he seemed to suddenly remember something: "Levi, you pick 20 too."
Before, when Levi’s Sphinx was destroyed by the white bear, he only thought about compensating the other party with gold coins, but now think about it, the Rune Golem can also be used!
Levi was indeed quite curious about this: "Okay, then I won't be polite."
After obtaining them, Levi discovered that they were indeed the war tools that countless dwarves had been obsessed with. Their attack, defense, and life were clearly superior to those of the Death Guards of the same level.
There are also various rune powers that can be temporarily activated, such as the protection rune that enhances magic resistance, the impact rune that enhances the charge power, the splitting rune that enhances the armor-piercing effect, and so on.
These runes can further enhance their combat capabilities, making them almost invincible in a head-on confrontation.
But they are not without weaknesses. Their attack and movement speeds are relatively slow. If the enemy does not want to fight them head-on, it is actually difficult for them to kill the opponent by chasing them.
However, for dwarves who are accustomed to defense, these shortcomings are completely tolerable.
And no one knows whether it is due to the difference in professions, the buff granted by the Death Ceremony, or other reasons, but in short, Levi can control twice as many Rune Golems as Rune Blacksmiths at the same time.
After thinking about it, Levi summoned the bear-headed messenger, Bill, and then decided to have a showdown with the great white bear.
Don't think that you can get away with it just because you can't speak. The Bear-Headed Messenger has the ability to communicate with almost all bears.
Looking at Levi, then at the Crystal Vanguard on his shoulder, the great white bear nodded naively, and then wagged its short tail like a puppy.
Even without Bill's translation, Levi understood its meaning.
It looks just like Moradin just now. Having served as a servant of God for thousands of years, it also discovered the abnormality of the Crystal Vanguard.
In other words, almost everyone around now knows the true identity of Crystal Vanguard.
The Crystal Vanguard knew that they all knew it, but it still decided to continue playing this little game.
Levi just let it go. Anyway, when something happened, it would really take action, such as when it sneak attacked Trites Weiwei before.
This made Levi certain of one thing, no matter what purpose the Crystal Vanguard, or the Scorpion Goddess, had in approaching him, at least she would not watch him die, but would help him gain a certain advantage in the battle.
Moreover, keeping her by his side can serve as a backup means and strategic deterrent. A considerable part of the reason why the Great White Bear made the decision so happily was because of her.
However, perhaps because he was still concerned about his old master, the God of the Arctic, even in this situation, the Great White Bear did not directly surrender to Levi, but acted as a temporary partner.
Levi cannot see all of its attributes and skills for the time being, but most of its moves have been demonstrated. In addition, the 8,000 health points alone are enough to prove its identity as a super meat shield, which will not be shaken for a long time.
After the transformation, it looks so small, mini and cute, but in fact it is really super resistant to impact.
Apart from the Great Unclean One, the Lord of Nurgle, Levi has not found anyone with a higher life limit than it.
Unless it is an unreasonable instant-kill ability, even if a demigod appears, don't think of killing it instantly.
Penthesilea was also a defensive warrior, but she was more focused on parrying and dodging, and secondly, relying on her equipment to resist rather than resisting with her body.
Levi privately guessed that her total health points should be less than two thousand, which is where humanoid creatures are generally inferior to war beasts.
This one has been defeated by the giant horned rat. If it was the great white bear in its original state, it would be even stronger. It is likely that it has really become a totem god-like existence.
Unfortunately, when Levi asked about this, it knew nothing about it.
The Horned Rat not only took away its power of faith, but also cleared out all its related knowledge and memories, and suppressed its wisdom.
These methods can ensure that even if it successfully escapes from the ratmen, it will never pose any threat to the Horned Rat again, because it is almost impossible for it to recover to its original strength.
Hearing this, the Red Prince couldn't help but come closer: "Is the God of the North Pole really sleeping under the North Pole?"
The great white bear, no, the little bear who has now been renamed Winnie the Pooh by Levi, shook his head a little stupidly, indicating that it didn't know either.
Levi smiled slightly: "If nothing unexpected happens, he should be gone."
They have been dealing with each other for some time, and combined with the information collected from various directions, Levi can be sure that the personalities of rats, ratmen, and even horned rats are all similar.
They have a very strange personality, being both fierce and timid, but they will basically only take action when the chances of winning or the benefits are extremely high.
It is very likely that the Horned Rat decided to launch a sneak attack on Winnie the Pooh because he was sure that the God of the North Pole was dead.
I just don’t know what happened to Winnie the Pooh’s other three companions.
Upon seeing this, the Red Prince couldn't help but be thoughtful for a moment.
After his father disappeared, he tried to seek help from the bear god, Ersun, more than once, but Ersun always remained silent, even though his father was Ersun's favorite chosen one and he was Ersun's most devout believer.
He was once very puzzled and even felt desperate because of this, but he did not give up in the end, because Ersun did not explicitly say that his father was dead.
So if we use this information, can we get Ersun to talk?
If they can successfully recapture the other three servants of the god before the Horned Rat strikes again, it will surely strengthen Ersun's power to a certain extent, right?
By the way, before he encountered those vampires, there were also some strange movements of ratmen in the north of Kislev. He didn't know how his motherland was doing recently...
After chatting casually for a few minutes, Levi got a lot of information about the other three and the Arctic from Winnie the Pooh. Soon, as expected, Levi received reports from Luna, Donna, Kerillian and others above the fortress city.
Some ratmen have already arrived from other mountains, and there are already tens of thousands of them. However, they seem to have no intention of launching an attack immediately and are still gathering more strength.
At the same time, the ratmen in the King's Hall also began to use evil forces such as plague and dimensional stone, which rapidly increased the pressure on the supervisors.
Fortunately, Mortiti, Maltis, and the magic swordsman that Michaela had left for Levi also stayed there, so they would not be conquered by the ratmen in a short time.
At this time, an ancestor hero successfully put all the gold coins into the space ring. The original place seemed a little empty. He then put one tenth of them into a new space ring and gave it to Levi.
329168, this is its exact number, with both zeros and integers, that’s how dwarves follow the rules.
After expressing his gratitude, Levi was very satisfied. If he wanted, he could almost pay off Khalida's debt.
Belegar had almost packed up all the equipment and rune golems. He nodded with great satisfaction. As long as they were all used, it would be easy to defend this place and recapture a few more mountains.
After everyone left the treasure house, Belegar prayed silently in his heart again and closed the vault door. The others faced the outermost rune door and prepared for battle.
Because they all heard the increasingly dense and loud squeaking sounds outside, it was obvious that once the door was opened, they would be faced with a big battle.
Levi casually placed a portal, but it failed as expected. The power of the dwarf gods completely cut off the possibility of using any space magic here.
If he didn't have these powers, he might have been able to easily return to the upper level of the fortress city with everyone. What a pity.
It can only be said that this kind of protection is very practical for dwarves, because they have no knowledge of space spells, but it caused a little trouble for Levi.
But it doesn't matter.
Belegar, Penthesilea, and the Red Prince, three legends in total, as well as a group of dwarf ancestors. Even if the headhunter Quick suddenly returned here, he would only have one way to go, and that was death!
"Haha, Levi, come on, let's face these damn rat bastards together!"
As Beile shouted louder, the door slowly opened. The creaking sounds outside the door suddenly became countless times more intense, and a large number of attacks came like a storm.
The big slap released by Levi and the ice wall spit out by the great white bear lasted less than half a second before they were shattered, which shows how fierce the enemy's attack was.
But a dozen rune golems had formed a steel wall and launched an attack forward with irresistible force.
Various attacks hit them, making a series of noises, but no rune golem fell down .
And when they move forward, they don't even need to launch an attack. Even ordinary trampling is enough to seriously injure the Storm Rats and kill the Clan Rats.
Even if there are hundreds of Scarlet Guards among them, the Rune Golems can often send them flying ten or eight meters with a casual wave of their weapons. The two sides are simply not on the same level.
Belegar directly activated the God's Descent again and rushed into the rat group to kill them. It was not known whether he used more strength because of excitement, or because he recovered the treasure house, which made the dwarf gods happy.
In short, his height, body shape, and defensive ability seem to have improved to a higher level this time than before.
Levi even watched as several assassins from the Clan of Eshin stabbed him in the back and shot him in the kidneys, but no matter where they attacked, they couldn't break his defense at all.
However, Belegar's casual attack could often turn the rats into a pile of rotten meat, which was simply unparalleled.
In comparison, Penthesilea's attack seemed much more simple and unpretentious. After seeing Belegar's outstanding performance, she even took a few steps back and stayed by Levi's side.
However, the Red Prince performed exceptionally well this time. When he swung his sword, ice flew everywhere, and he could also release ice armor and ice shields for himself and others. It seemed that he was not a pure warrior, but a professional who practiced both magic and martial arts.
He also wanted to show goodwill to Levi, so during the action, he was very caring towards Elegy who also rushed forward.
With these excellent meat shields in the front, Levi and the Rune Blacksmiths behind them felt very comfortable and could just keep launching powerful attacks.
Soon, when Levi used the Hammer of Justice to kill the three-headed rat prophets one after another, Belegar also successfully killed all the Scarlet Guards.
Then suddenly, the rats, who had known they were no match for their opponent but were still fighting stubbornly, collapsed all of a sudden.
But this time no one would be surprised, because the rat people have always been like this.
This time, Belegar rarely pursued them, because he knew that he could not kill all the ratmen immediately, and he had more important things to do.
He has already opened the treasure house of Eight Peaks Mountain. As long as he arms the dwarf warriors and gives them the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the new equipment, their strength will become stronger and stronger over time.
If the legends such as the High King, the Butcher King, the Dragon Slayer, as well as places like Haimen Pass, can successfully repel the large-scale invasion of the greenskins, Bafeng Mountain will naturally receive reinforcements, and it will become much easier to completely recapture Bafeng Mountain.
更何况，就在他们在这里奋战期间，要塞城也不断传来消息，有越来越多的鼠人聚集过来了，他们今天将会非常的忙碌。
Seeing Belegar's look, Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Then the next moment, he directly activated the legion's battle flag, summoned many bear-headed messengers, and told Belegar that he could teleport everyone away.
In fact, he could have done so right after he went out, but based on his understanding of Belegar, he would never choose to be teleported unless the attack of the ratmen was repelled.
Dwarves still attach great importance to honor, not to mention Belegar, who is unwilling to be a coward who runs away.
But now there is no problem, Belegar accepted it very happily.
So about ten seconds later, they all returned to the King's Hall and started a massacre of the rats there.
Then a few dwarf heroes were left behind to distribute various equipment, while the others ran non-stop all the way to the top floor of the fortress city.
Looking from afar, a few miles away, an army of sixty to seventy thousand ratmen had gathered.
But all the dwarves were not afraid. They just looked at Belegar excitedly. They all knew that he had successfully opened the treasure house of Eight Peaks Mountain.
Belegar was also not vague. While announcing the good news to the other dwarves, he distributed various powerful equipment and activated more rune golems to prepare for the attack of the ratmen.
Kalida walked to Levi's side and said, "It looks like you got a good harvest?"
Levi smiled and briefly introduced her to the Red Prince and Winnie the Pooh. Then he turned to ask her about her opinion on the war.
Khalida frowned visibly, "That's exactly what I wanted to tell you. I just received news that a large army of ratmen has appeared near Sentinel Peak and White Lady Mountain."
Levi immediately understood the other party's intention: "They want to disperse their attacks and find their weakest link?"
"I think so too. So if we want to ensure that our retreat is not cut off, I'm afraid we will not only have to defend, but may also have to send reinforcements."
With the various war machines of the ratmen, if the time drags on too long, both directions may be lost unless they have new reinforcements.
"But there is no news from Eltharion yet, so I can only..."
After thinking about it, Levi called Zhou Miyin and chose to activate the Zhendan Immortal Palace.
Judging from the current situation, no matter how many troops the ratmen gather, Belegar and the dwarf gods behind him will obviously never allow the Eight Peaks Mountain to be lost again.
In this way, I can do them a favor and help them level up at the same time.
I can’t say anything else, but it’s really easy for an old farmer from Zhendan to kill some ordinary clan rats.
So, in full view of everyone, the Immortal Palace expanded rapidly as if it were blown up, and then flew higher and higher, and soon rose to hundreds of meters above sea level.
As it continued to rise, some figures began to appear on it, and Levi used up all the recruitment quota in one go.
Other things are fine, but the alchemists among them are all 4th-level magic troops. If they join the battle earlier, maybe after the matter of Bafeng Mountain is settled, some of them will be able to show excellent talents and have the potential to be promoted to heroes.
And now, Donna, Kerillian and the others have a place to stay, so they can save some elemental crystals.
The surrounding dwarves were all attracted by the noise, and Belegar couldn't help but say, "Levi, you..."
He was not ignorant. The most ordinary Zhendan Fairy Palace cost tens of thousands of gold coins, and they were often out of stock, so you couldn't just buy them if you wanted.
Levi waved his hand: "This is just a little help from me. After all, we are friends, right?"
Upon hearing this, Belegar took back what he was about to say and just nodded vigorously.
At this time, the squeaking sounds of the rats in the distance suddenly became several times louder, and the shadows of a large number of war machines such as catapults appeared.
It was obvious that the rats were about to attack.
Levi began to summon again, Cindy, Sefa and others cast spells one after another, and Belegar also sang in a low voice a ballad that was a collaboration between the dwarves and the Chinese and had been passed down for thousands of years.
"Cold fog shrouds the peaks of distant mountains. Deep caves and old country gardens.
I must move forward before dawn. Recover Jinshan, and remember what I said before.
The pine waves howl sadly, shaking the sky. The wind howls mournfully, and I cannot sleep this night.
The red flames were like blood, spreading everywhere. The trees were like torches, and the flames of evil dragons were like magic. "
As his voice sounded, more and more dwarves joined in. Some were so emotional that they couldn't help but cry on the spot. This ballad was so fitting for their situation.
This is the dwarven song of the Lonely Mountain. It was originally used by dwarves whose country was destroyed by an evil dragon, but later it became widely used to mourn their ancestors and express their understanding of death.
Even at the end, Levi, Elegy and others couldn't help but whisper along. The song had spread further than most people imagined.
Belegar suddenly raised his axe and shield:
“There are some people of our tribe that we will never forget.
There are some things in the past that we will never forgive.”
"Come on, don't you see what we are carrying? We will continue to fight until we die!"