Volume 4 Chapter 542: Turbulence
Levi was busy on the Fear Rock for a few more days. After learning several kinds of magic himself, he also taught little Zeus some lightning magic.
With Levi's continuous training, it can now briefly escape his sight and fight independently.
Unfortunately, it has no class and cannot gain experience points independently. Levi has not yet found any way to make it continue to grow. He can't feed it divinity again, right?
But because of another thing, Levi had an unexpected gain related to this.
Through the Crimson Knight, he revealed the relevant information about Winnie the Pooh to Uthgar, one of the subordinate gods of Tempus, the human god of war.
In contrast to the Red Knight, who is called the Daughter of Tempus, Uthgar is called the Son of Tempus.
He also raised more than a dozen high-level spirits under his command, and wanted to cultivate them into totemic god-like beings. He spent a huge amount of energy on this, but still failed to get started.
So when the Crimson Knight passed the message, within a few minutes, Uthgar came running over happily and reached an agreement with Levi very quickly, as if he was afraid that Levi would regret it.
According to the agreement, Uthgar can borrow Winnie the Pooh temporarily for a period of time, and without harming it, let it cooperate in trying to find out the secret of the totem god's deification.
In return, Levi gained several other things besides the friendship of Uthgar.
Although Uthgar is in the chaotic neutral camp, let alone other things, just the relationship with the Crimson Knight is there, it is impossible for him to fool Levi easily.
Unfortunately, he couldn't give Levi the divinity he wanted.
In order to cultivate the totem god, Uthgar spent a lot of time, divine power and divinity. He himself was only a weak divine power. It might take dozens or even hundreds of years for him to condense a bit of divinity from nothing.
So he finally took out a copy of his knowledge about the field of power and the power of war, and Levi reluctantly accepted it.
To be honest, Uthgar's priesthood is not very good, so it's no wonder that he wants to find another way.
There are two priesthoods in Uthgardt. One is the Uthgardt barbarian tribe, which can barely be considered a half-racial god.
But now the magic and technology of the main world are relatively developed. Pure muscle barbarians are destined to be workers and are often invaded by more barbaric and brutal races such as the Norsca and Kurgan.
The second is body strength. It sounds like there is only two words difference between it and power, but in fact, the two are worlds apart. The limitations of body strength are too great.
The priesthood of strength not only includes muscle strength, magic, divine arts, etc., but can also be regarded as strength in a broad sense.
In Levi's opinion, even if a war between gods really breaks out in the future, Usgar, who only possesses these two priesthoods, will be cannon fodder that attracts firepower.
As a god of war, it is quite speechless that his duties do not include fighting or war.
But anyway, the knowledge in his field was pretty good, and Levi handed it over to Cindy and Penthesilea respectively.
Cindy has learned spells in these two fields from Sigma due to her profession, and she will definitely be able to make better use of this knowledge.
As for Penthesilea, she was a descendant of the god of war, Ares, so it was easy for her to comprehend this knowledge. At the same time, it was also to further bind her.
As the strongest warrior on his side, Levi really couldn't bear to part with her. The best way, naturally, was to make Penthesilea owe him more and more.
Then, because Uthgar learned from the Crimson Knight that Levi's favorite spell was summoning, he also granted Levi a special authority - summoning ancestral spirits.
From then on, Levi could summon the shaman ancestors and chieftain ancestors from the Uthgardt barbarian tribe 10 times a day at the cost of elemental crystals or gold coins.
In fact, Uthgar's original intention was to let Levi use it for free, but Levi felt that working for free, even under the order of God, would not be very motivating if it continued for a long time.
Besides, the Uthgar tribe is actually quite miserable, so it’s better not to take advantage of them for free.
The former is a magic shaman, and the latter is a berserker. Their characteristics are basically the same as those of the Heroic Spirit. They have damage reduction against physical attacks and can resist levitation and so on.
The difference is that they are all in the Chaos Camp, so if they are blinded by killing intent in battle, they may not accept orders from Levi for a short period of time, but fight according to their own instincts, especially the latter who are berserkers.
There are certain fluctuations in their strength, but it will basically not be lower than level 6 or level 10, so there is no problem for them to serve as cannon fodder.
Finally, Uthgar asked Levi to temporarily select one of his dozen animal totems as a replacement for Winnie the Pooh and have it work for Levi temporarily.
Because Uthgar wanted to cast a wide net, these animal totems are both good and evil, and their primary specializations are also different, but their overall strength is similar, all of them are heroic units of levels 15-18.
Levi thought about it for a while and finally chose the thunder beast.
It's not just because the thunder beast that practices both magic and martial arts is relatively powerful, nor is it because of its unicorn appearance that Levi likes it more, but also because of its attributes.
Levi wants the Thunder Beast and little Zeus to play together more. Maybe little Zeus can learn some knowledge from the Thunder Beast?
After this transaction, Levi and Usgar were quite satisfied.
On the surface, it seemed that Uthgar had suffered a loss, but if he could really find out the secret about the totem god, perhaps he could make all his animal totems become gods.
Even if he is only the weakest demigod, the number can completely make up for this shortcoming. By then, he will be able to obtain a dozen fragments of the godhead, and it is not impossible for him to directly jump to the ranks of weaker divine power.
For Levi, let’s not talk about this series of gains. When Uthgar returns Winnie the Pooh, he might be able to sell it a few more times.
Although it looked very resentful before leaving, the worst that can happen is that I can give it more compensation after it comes back.
During this period, the greenskins in the badlands gradually calmed down.
After directly losing at least a million troops and several legends including Evil Gall and the Big Belly King - Gollum, they began to retreat to the badlands and lick their wounds.
But Levi believes that the greenskins are definitely not cowardly or afraid, but are accumulating strength and waiting for the next opportunity, just as they have done in the past.
The greenskins' super WAAAG H did fail, but in addition to showing their power and ferocity, they also caused extremely serious damage to other forces around them, mainly the dwarves.
Whether in terms of total population or reproduction rate, the dwarves are far from comparable to the greenskins.
If the dwarves lose a million people, they will almost be wiped out. But for the greenskins, as long as there is enough food, they will recover in a few years.
Of course, it's just the total population, not the combat effectiveness.
But it’s not a big problem. Although the greenskins suffered heavy losses, the greenskin gods all benefited a lot from this war.
War, conquest, survival, hatred, destruction, power, death, thieves, plague, evil, darkness, chaos...
The series of priesthoods and domains they possess are fully displayed in this super WAAAGH, not to mention that the greenskins themselves are also a priesthood.
The number of green-skinned gods is small, but their duties and domains are all extremely powerful.
The loss of millions of greenskins will greatly enrich the kingdom of the greenskin gods, so even the hot-tempered dwarf gods will never start a war lightly under such circumstances.
After the greenskins calmed down, the pressure gradually fell on the ratmen and many demons.
However, Levi believed that it was absolutely impossible to end this riot in a short period of time.
Because the rat people are accustomed to living in various dark corners and underground worlds, which are areas that humans and other races are not familiar with.
And as the ratmen grew in power, the Yellow Fang Cult, which believed in the great horned rats, also began to expand rapidly in the human kingdom , making the situation even more chaotic.
As for demons, they are either brought down by the influence of many emotions or summoned by the many demonic sects that are emerging, and it is difficult to completely ban them.
That’s right, as demons gradually rise, many mortals, either unable to fight or out of ambition, join them.
Just like the many demon followers who surrendered to Nurgle in Pavenna, and Lucilia who chose Slaanesh.
The speed and scope of their impact shocked mortals and gods alike. It seemed that they had spread across most of the main world overnight.
In the past, even the demons of Khorne would capture people with potential like Alice and try to preach for Khorne. Of course, the other three Chaos Gods would not miss it.
According to intelligence gathered from various sources, Tzeentch demons are the most cunning and are good at seducing with magic and knowledge. They usually like to target those with higher intelligence and knowledge, such as wizards.
Slaanesh demons advocate extreme pleasure, and reward mortals with immortality and beauty, usually choosing handsome men and beautiful women, or some nobles who lead decadent lives;
Nurgle demons appear to be the ugliest in appearance, but their ideas are extremely advanced. They have always claimed that they come not to kill, but to allow all mortals to evolve.
Those Nurgle believers who are rotting all over and covered with countless cysts are just regrettable losers in the evolutionary process.
But they also gained extremely strong vitality because of this, and did not feel much pain, because the demonic power had cut off many of their pain nerves.
Nurgle's daemons treat nearly all mortals equally, but they currently mainly take the civilian route.
They preach that all beings are equal, whether they are Great Unclean Ones or Nurglings, whether they are heroes or serfs, they are essentially the same, they just get different opportunities.
The demons of Nurgle particularly like to seduce the oppressed, so the Knight Kingdom suffered greatly.
As for the demons of Khorne, they only use two methods. One is to tempt those who crave power through power.
Therefore, many barbarian tribes such as the Norsca, Huns and Kurgan tribes would be very willing to join Khorne, as shown in past history.
Or they simply use coercion. If you don't join, you will be killed, and then the Khorne demons will ask the next person.
Soon it became clear that the rise of these sects was not limited to the Four Chaos Gods. The Demon Lords of the Abyss and the Devil Dukes of the Nine Hells also took similar actions.
Even the demon lords who originally loved blood and killing began to restrain their instincts and desires to a certain extent.
They each used their own unique skills and achieved certain results. This time they seemed to really want to develop believers rather than just some sacrifices.
Now, no matter whether they are gods from the neutral, good or evil camp, they can no longer sit still, because the other party is undermining the interests of the gods from the root.
So they asked their respective churches to step up their efforts to eradicate evil while trying to find out the truth.
Because they really couldn't understand why the other party suddenly underwent such a big change, as if their brains had become much smarter?
But this is impossible. They would rather believe that there is some special existence doing something behind the scenes.
For example, the Four Gods of Chaos.
To be more precise, it is Tzeentch who likes to impart knowledge the most.
He may have passed on the secret of demon deification to the evil ones. How much of that knowledge is true and how much is false is still uncertain, but the demon lords are willing to make certain attempts for it.
The temptation of becoming a god is something they cannot resist.
As for Dracula's deification, apart from being related to the Spider Queen, Rose, at present, it seems that the Tzeentch demon who did not appear in Pavonna at that time is more likely to be suspicious.
This series of events meant that even though Tzeentch had not yet truly revived, kind gods such as Tyr had already realized the threat posed by him and had begun to prepare.
However, although this unrest has a wide range of impacts, humans are currently the most severely affected.
Dwarves are stubborn by nature and are not easily corrupted;
Lizardmen have very weak emotional awareness, and are somewhat like robots, and the possibility of being corrupted is infinitely close to zero;
There are some high elves who love to enjoy life and are tempted by the demons of Slaanesh.
However, there were always dozens of gods in the elven pantheon watching over the island of Ulthuan, and a few demons could not cause any trouble at all, and were quelled in the blink of an eye.
Other evil races such as dark elves, drow elves, etc. were also harassed.
But they and the gods behind them are extremely cruel. If they show any signs of believing in the devil, just kill them all.
When it comes to the human side, because there are too many gods, everyone has his or her own way of dealing with things. The enemy camp may also try to obstruct each other, which will result in the lowest efficiency.
However, despite this situation, the news that the Elves' God of Thieves was killed by the Spider Queen - Rose gradually spread in the main world.
After all, the collapse of the kingdom of the God of Thieves and his statue cannot be hidden from those who are interested.
The elves acted swiftly, and the ten kingdoms of Ulthuan and many overseas colonies all began to mobilize.
They sent out their troops to march into the Underdark, and other elven subspecies also sent forces to join in the fight.
The purpose is self-evident, which is to take revenge on Rose.
For a moment, many drow elves were defeated and it seemed that they could only defend the city.
On the surface, it seemed that the high elves had once again demonstrated their power, but many people who knew the situation, such as Levi, only felt disappointed.
Corellon initially couldn't bear to kill Lolth, the Spider Queen, who had tried to kill Corellon more than once and subsequently caused countless damage to the entire elven pantheon. But now he is completely powerless.
However, other gods could not tolerate Corellon's decision not to take further action.
The first to take action was naturally the dark girl - Eilistraee.
Needless to say, she had a deep hatred for Rose in the past, and the death of the God of Thieves this time was also somewhat related to her, so she took advantage of the opportunity of the high elves going out to fight and ordered the good-hearted drow elves under her command to launch a counterattack together.
She was not alone either. She turned to many of her friends for help, including the two demigods, the dwarf Valkyrie Hela Brightaxe and the unicorn goddess Lurue, as well as the white dwarves who joined in the fun.
However, the demigods have no incarnations, and if they are attacked by Rose, they will undoubtedly be in a very dangerous situation.
Within the elven pantheon, there is a weaker deity known as the Twilight Knight, Alares Leslani, who took the initiative to help.
His portfolio includes Dusk, Twilight, and Star, which is pretty good, but his most famous thing is that he once defeated the Avatar of Rose in a one-on-one duel.
Although that was a messenger-type incarnation of Rose that did not contain much power, and he was at his strongest at dusk, he was indeed one of the few who could take advantage of Rose.
Of course, he had been harassed by Rose ever since, and her hatred for him was almost second only to that for Corellon and the Dark Maiden.
For the vengeful Rose, only by killing the Twilight Knight can she truly wash away her humiliation.
So when these gods went into battle together, even Levi had some doubts:
Are they out for revenge, or fishing, or both?
If this was arranged by Corellon, then Levi would have to look up to him. Although it was a trap that could be easily seen through, he did take some action.
In addition, the shield dwarves, gnomes, and others in the Underdark also took certain actions for the sake of the Dark Girl.
But it is hard to say how much they can actually achieve.
Because Rose was not alone, the patron saint of drow warriors, the weak divine power of Selvetarm, known as "Rose's Champion", ordered the drow elves under his command to carry out support operations.
At the same time, evil races that are accustomed to living in the Underdark, such as the Mind Flayers, Beholders, and Kuo-Toa, have also become active.
It's not like they have any solid alliance with Rose, and even if Rose wants to form an alliance, they don't really believe it.
But if the high elves really invaded the Underdark on a large scale, Rose might be seriously injured, and they would lose everything.
They also understand the principle that the lips and teeth are interdependent.
And this possibility is extremely high, because a group of God-chosen heroes led by the Sun Knight have already demonstrated their talents to the fullest in the past period of time.
Therefore, no matter how much they didn't want to be used as a gun by Rose, they had to resist the invasion of the high elves, and the war was at a stalemate for a while.
So in this situation, when Lilith joined the battle with Moonbow, Illidan, Sobek and others, it meant something extraordinary to gods like the Dark Maiden.
After handing over his territory to his sister, the Dragon Prince also joined in, hoping to gain some merit and military achievements.
Even though his current legendary status is already quite high, for someone who is committed to becoming a god, the more the better.
He also invited Levi, but Levi declined.
Lilith had told him that when Illidan was still the Lord of the Green Flame, he was severely injured by Rose using the artifact called the Rose of Kirashar, which directly led to his subsequent death.
Illidan's heart must be filled with rage for revenge now.
In addition, the Dark Girl has also appealed for help to many human forces, and it is very likely that more powerful people will appear later. Levi feels that even if he goes, he probably won't be able to gain much benefit.
At the same time, after being deified, Dracula seemed to have suddenly disappeared.
His temporary vampire helpers also seemed to have gone back to their own homes, trying their best to reduce their presence.
Even so, many people still caused trouble for them because everyone wanted to know Dracula's exact whereabouts.
He had just been deified and was not familiar with the true power of gods. For many powerful beings, he was the best prey.
The Bloody Tsar and others were affected, and the Black Prince took the opportunity to communicate with them and tried to pull her into his camp.
At present, the success rate is extremely high because the Blood Tsar does not have many choices.
Her strength is considered good, but there is not much space left in the entire main world to accommodate her.
However, the person who is most affected at present is Manfred, because his territory is the most conspicuous and easiest to reach.
Even though many powerful people temporarily had no energy to cause trouble for him due to the frequent appearance of demons, Manfred probably wouldn't be able to hold on for too long.
If he didn't have any other backup plans, he would soon have to follow the example of the other vampires involved in this incident and run away.
But that is not Levi's problem for the time being. He is about to embark on a new journey, with the destination being the continent of Lustria.
I heard that the continent of Lustria has been in turmoil recently. The Plague Clan of the Skaven and the Vampire Pirates seem to have reached some kind of alliance and are working together to attack the Lizardmen.
But the real enemy that the Lizardmen need to face is the Demon of Khorne.
The Khorne demons seemed to want to tame the many ferocious beasts in the jungle for their own use, which caused serious conflicts with the Lizardmen.
Although the Khorne demons would also attack the ratmen and vampire pirates, the Lizardmen were basically outnumbered three to one and had already lost a considerable portion of the coastal areas.
Not only they were affected, but also some colonists from the Southern Kingdom and the Amazon.
Because of this, the only two remaining gods in the Greek pantheon: Diana, the goddess of bravery and fearlessness, and Kratos, the god of Spartans, focused their attention there.
The former was urgently training some Amazons in an attempt to increase their strength as much as possible, while the latter simply relocated the Spartans who were originally stationed overseas.
But despite the joint efforts of the two tribes, the situation is still not optimistic at present.
There is no way, the foundation of the Greek pantheon in this world is too shallow.
Originally there were some descendants of gods, but they were almost wiped out by the mad Zeus. Now the only ones who can be counted on are Penthesilea and her elder sister Hippolyta.
As for the remaining hero units, it is unknown how many are above level 10, and the number of high-level troops is even smaller.
In this situation, if Levi went there, it would definitely be a timely help.
