Volume 4 Chapter 543 The Lost City
Levi did not bring a large army on this adventure, because small groups of Nurgle demons appeared on Dread Rock several times.
Perhaps some of their kind had appeared here before, and some great unclean ones had died here, so the Nurgle demons received some kind of guidance.
Although every time they appear, they will be detected by Luna and other sentinels in an instant and killed in the shortest time, this still makes Levi somewhat alert. The island does need stronger defenses now.
And to be honest, as the strength of him and Wange and others continues to increase, the usefulness of ordinary troops has become less and less.
Ranged units such as archers can still play a significant role, while ordinary low- and mid-level infantry are almost all cannon fodder used to delay time.
But in this regard, the Death Guards and the three celestial clans whose teams are growing day by day are more than enough to replace them perfectly.
Penthesilea, Donna and Elegy, the three Amazons will naturally fight together, followed by Cindy, Mortette and Luna.
As for mounts, they all rode giant stags. The more they came into contact with them, the more they realized how excellent this mount was.
Fire mages such as Mikaela and Sefa are not suitable for fighting in the rainforest-filled continent of Lustria, because they are likely to cause forest fires, so they continue to practice.
The little female dragon Catherine was also there, not to accompany them, but because the arrival of several powerful star dragons made her have a strong sense of crisis, so she was also making efforts spontaneously.
Even if you want to make money, you have to demonstrate your own value.
But it’s not a big problem. If Levi really needs them, it can be solved with a teleportation spell.
Khalida was unable to go along this time, as her territory had also been attacked many times by demons.
Mummies and skeleton soldiers are weak to fire, but most demons can launch fire attacks, which has caused certain losses to the city of Lahmia recently.
So Khalida decided to take a three-pronged approach: asking for help from the Immortal Emperor while purchasing troops from King Ramizazi and Queen Rashut.
At the same time, she will personally stay in the city of Lahmia and order the tomb priests and tomb technicians to work hard to awaken more troops and carve more constructs.
As for the snake lady, sphinx, titan, etc. that Levi took away, the tomb technicians will also make every effort to study them and try to find ways to copy them.
Once successful, the improvement to our side will undoubtedly be huge.
Next is the newly added Thunder Beast, which becomes Levi's temporary mount.
As a high-level spirit totem specially trained by Uthgar, its strength and spells are quite proficient. It also has the ability to change its body shape and fly freely, and its flying speed is not much worse than Xiaolan.
Then there was Seleket. Levi couldn't understand what she was thinking. She was obviously a goddess, but she stayed by his side all day.
She would often do the scorpion dance. Could she not know that scorpions usually only dance when they are courting a mate?
Before leaving, after some consideration, Levi decided to add Leonidas and the Spartan generals' guards, which he had spent a lot of effort to train, to the list.
As Levi's power grew rapidly, the small village where Leonidas originally came from also began to pay more and more attention to him, just like Zhoujiazhai treated Zhou Miyin.
Under Levi's instructions, Leonidas had successfully recruited most of the Spartans in the coastal areas of the colony to the Rock of Terror over a period of time by offering them gold as a reward and the opportunity to challenge powerful enemies .
However, the total number is less than 800, because those villages are generally small in size and have a small population.
The Spartans also greatly admired adventure and enjoyed challenging powerful enemies, so countless of them followed other God-chosen heroes or died in the challenges.
But despite this, Dread Rock is currently the largest gathering place for Spartans besides Lustria.
Although Leonidas' personal strength is still very weak and he is not even level 10 yet, Levi believes that taking him there can be of some use, which is better than nothing.
After deciding on the candidates, Levi asked the bear-headed messengers to start teleporting according to the coordinates provided by Penthesilea and head to the lost city of Lustria.
In fact, Penthesilea had already told her sister about this matter three days ago. Although the other party was not particularly enthusiastic, she was generally welcoming.
No matter how many conflicts there were between the sisters in the past, the one in charge of Amazon now is the goddess Diana, and she has a very close relationship with Lilith.
As the light of magic flashed, before Levi could see the situation around him clearly, shouts, the sound of weapons colliding, the sound of sharp blades cutting flesh, and the screams before death all rang out.
At the same time, the smell of blood and burning also hit me.
There was no need to say much, everyone immediately knew that the Amazons here were experiencing a battlefield, and the situation was quite critical.
Because the coordinates they teleported to were the entrance to the other side’s town hall. Even here is in this state, how could the Amazons here be any better?
Moreover, they appeared in such a core location, but no Amazon came to check it out immediately, which also explains some problems.
The elegy next to him couldn't help but chuckle: "Levi, it seems that no matter where we go, there will never be peace."
Cindy and Mortidi also felt the same way. Even though the main world had never been truly peaceful, the probability of various things happening around Levi was far greater than that of ordinary people, as if disaster was following him at all times.
Of course, thanks to everyone's wisdom and strength, they can often turn danger into safety and benefit from it.
Perhaps it was because of this that the disaster girl looked at Levi differently?
In contrast, Penthesilea was a little worried: "Levi, we..."
Before she could finish her words, Donna suddenly shouted, "Be careful, enemy attack!"
Accompanied by the whistling wind and shrill screams, a large group of flying monsters approached rapidly.
Pterosaurs, rocs, beaked dragons, giant macaws, griffins, manticores, wyverns...
Many monsters that normally would never gather together and even be enemies of each other, now form a team and fight side by side.
This seemed very unreasonable, but when everyone looked at their fur that seemed to have just been bathed in blood, the flames burning on their razor-sharp claws, and the devil-like horns on their heads, they immediately understood.
Just as Khorne can corrupt mortals, monsters of all kinds can also be corrupted, and it may even be easier!
The power of Khorne transformed the already savage beasts into bloodthirsty hunters and weapons of the devil.
Even the more special monsters like the griffin, all the qualities close to nobility have been burned away, leaving only anger and bloodthirstiness.
However, the Amazon should not have griffins, wyverns, and the like, so it seems that the demons of Khorne may have swept across many places.
Thinking of this, Levi's actions did not delay at all. He and Cindy simultaneously summoned a big palm to protect their bodies, followed by many enhanced states.
Then Cindy summoned her angels and led them to confront the bloodthirsty beasts.
After such frequent battles, the angels have already grown to varying degrees, and one combat angel even grew into a level 7 elite in the past two days.
If Levi fights on the chessboard again in the future and encounters the enemy's summoned creatures such as the ghost dragon or corpse dragon, he will have a powerful trump card.
Donna's arrows were like meteors, and Penthesilea kept using javelins. Even the strongest wyvern found it difficult to resist their attacks, and other monsters were often seriously injured or killed instantly.
Leonidas and his guards surrounded Levi tightly, acting as guards and occasionally throwing a few spears.
But compared with Penthesilea, their spears were far inferior in both speed and power.
There is no way. Leonidas and his village do not have much foundation, and ordinary Spartans are considered elite if they can reach level 3.
Even though Leonidas' personal guards were trained by him, they were basically only level 4. In a battle of this level, they were completely useless.
But these Spartans did not show any fear or discouragement. Instead, their faces were full of excitement, because the battle before them was their favorite - challenging powerful monsters.
Seeing this, Levi thought about it and didn't use his ultimate move. He first summoned the Dragon Cloud Element, and then used his recently learned 8th-level magic - Phantom Dragon.
As he finished casting the spell, a giant dragon that was more than ten meters long and several times larger than the little female dragon emerged from the shadows on the ground.
Its appearance is lifelike, with rugged scales and sharp teeth flashing with cold light, but a closer look will reveal that it actually has no entity.
As soon as it appeared, before it made any move, seven or eight large pengs that were closer had already been hit.
Two of them fell to the ground like stone statues, two of them turned around and fled, and the rest were spinning in place like headless flies, and then they were killed instantly by Penthesilea's spear one by one.
Then the phantom dragon took a deep breath and exhaled a breath of icy dragon breath like a real dragon, killing another ten monsters.
Levi nodded with satisfaction when he saw this. The Phantom Dragon has the ability to cause fear, deterrence and powerful physical damage reduction.
When casting a spell, he can also relatively freely choose a dragon breath with a certain attribute as its means of attack. Overall, its auxiliary ability is still very good.
However, its weakness is also obvious, that is, its attack speed and movement speed are very slow, so you basically can't count on its physical attack.
Compared to ordinary summons, Levi prefers to treat it as a special totem pole. He can just throw it there and not have to worry about it anymore, and let it play freely.
Secondly, it may be less effective against some enemies with higher intelligence.
Because it is essentially still an illusion. If the enemy can see through the illusion and recognize its true nature, or firmly believe from the bottom of his heart that it is false.
The enemy will be strengthened to a certain extent when resisting the fear and shock effects of the phantom dragon, as well as the dragon's breath.
But if the enemy believes it is true, then it can exert 100% of its power.
Then Levi summoned the shaman ancestors and chieftains from the Uthgardt barbarian tribe. With new powers in hand, of course he had to experiment more to see if they could be applied to the chessboard battle.
Unfortunately, this time the situation was not ideal. These two guys were indeed barbarians. The shaman would stick a few totem poles on the ground, and then cast some buff magic on Levi and the others. Then he would just throw some small fireballs and lightning arrows and the like.
The chief's means of long-range attack was throwing axes. After throwing all the axes, he could only stand there holding two axes and staring blankly.
Their simple and crude fighting style seems not much different from that of the greenskins.
This also prevented Levi from immediately witnessing his frontal combat power, because Cindy, Donna and others would not give these monsters a chance to land.
Moreover, apart from the damage reduction against physical attacks brought by the ancestral body, their health points are not much, less than one thousand, and they don’t have any good equipment on them. Only the weapons are purple, and there are two or three blue-quality gadgets.
In Levi's opinion, although their level is around level 15, it is too high. If they are at the same level, Cindy will probably win easily if she fights one against five.
No wonder Uthgar said before that Levi could summon them for free. Maybe he was really embarrassed to charge them?
Levi didn't notice their chaotic side, though. Even when they first met, they were all very honest and they chose to obey all of Levi's orders 100%.
Levi was a little surprised at first, but he soon realized that this was a very normal thing.
No matter how chaotic the situation is, they must obey the orders of their god, Uthgar.
But no matter what, it’s okay for them to act as cannon fodder.
Then Levi also asked Uthgar's thunder beast to join in the fun, and it turned out to be surprisingly effective.
This is mainly because as a magic that specializes in lightning magic, it does not particularly emphasize attack power and attack speed, but focuses on electric shock and paralysis effects.
The former is somewhat similar to the bleeding effect, suffering lightning damage every few seconds, while the latter has a literal meaning.
For ground troops, the paralysis effect can be tolerated temporarily, except that the enemy may take the opportunity to slash them a few times.
But for flying troops, once they are paralyzed, they will inevitably fall to the ground, and then they will almost be at the mercy of their opponents.
After shooting several bloodthirsty griffins to death with a dagger, Mortidi began to feel a little bored.
Even though every dagger she stabbed hit the opponent's vital points accurately, her dagger was more used to harass the enemy rather than kill them, so she would not join in the fun with Donna and the others.
But soon she had new gains, several special marks made of brass and painted with blood.
They look like a horizontal bar with a "米" character placed across it, and the overall look is like an extremely abstract skull pattern.
Levi took a look and immediately confirmed that this was the unique mark of Khorne. Then he discovered that these things were not just decorations, but also some special equipment.
All wearers will gain increased magic resistance at the cost of a slight reduction in defense and evasion, and gain the passive skill - Khorne Fury.
When health is above 50%, attack power and critical strike rate are increased, and the character is immune to primary fear effects.
The equipment requirements are quite special and must be approved by other Khorne demons or Khorne himself.
There are so many corroded beasts in front of me, and I wonder what level of Khorne demon is behind them?
At this time, a series of footsteps were heard, and several teams of fully armed soldiers ran over. After seeing clearly, Levi couldn't help but be a little surprised.
The first two teams were Spartan warriors holding spears and bows, followed by two pairs of Amazons holding spears and bows. Judging from the rhythm of their movements, it was obvious that they had a very good coordination.
This is obviously quite different from the Paradise Island which had always been secluded from the world and refused to allow men to visit.
As they walked, they also launched attacks into the air. From the hit rate, it can be seen that they all have expertise in mobile shooting, which is quite unusual.
But soon Levi smiled, because he saw clearly that the girl in the lead, who was covered in blood, was someone he knew, the Anaconda, with whom he had fought side by side several times near the Black Castle.
"Ah, Lord Levi, and Donna and you, ah, and the respected Queen Penthesilea!"
The anaconda, which had obviously received instructions in advance, also made a series of cries of surprise.
Li Wei also responded with a smile: "We are sorry for disturbing you by coming here without your permission. Are your two sisters okay?"
Anaconda nodded hurriedly: "Everything is fine. They are all outside leading the team to fight against the demons of Khorne and the beasts driven by the demons."
Levi nodded, "I wonder where Queen Hippolyta is?"
"The Queen took the initiative to lead the elite to support the Lizardmen and fight against the vampire pirates together. That's why the Khorne demons invaded such a critical place."
As she spoke, Anaconda felt somewhat annoyed. The lack of manpower was indeed a very important reason, but despite this, this matter was still considered her dereliction of duty.
If it weren't for the recent series of battles, many outstanding Amazons would have been promoted to the goddess' kingdom. I'm afraid that based on this experience alone, Queen Hippolyta, who was known for her strictness, would have demoted her newly appointed garrison captain directly to an ordinary soldier.
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He guessed that Hippolyta should not be here. Although she was inferior to Penthesilea, she was also a descendant of gods after all.
But what Levi didn't expect was that Hippolyta actually had the energy to support the Lizardmen? It seemed that the two gods really gave her a lot of benefits.
But will the Lizardmen, who have always been isolated and independent, really accept her support?
If it hadn't been about Lord Kroka, Levi wouldn't have known how he could get in touch with the Lizardmen.
Speaking of which, Levi didn't know which magic toad was in charge of the Lizardman city near the Lost City.
Because the city is called the City of Mist, you can tell its characteristics just by listening to the name. It is said that very few aliens can enter alive, and no alien can come out alive.
While communicating, they did not delay the battle, and soon all the attacking monsters were killed.
Wange and the others also came over to say hello to Anaconda. Although they were born in different places, they were all Amazons and believed in the same gods.
Penthesilea was quite surprised, for she had corresponded with her sister several times before, and every time Hippolyta had boasted to her in a tone full of pride, saying that their lost city in Lustria, although not as well-known as Paradise Island, was actually more favored by the gods.
The most direct proof is that Diana and Kratos have appeared in Lustria many times in person and taught them skills.
But who could have thought that as soon as we arrived this time, we would encounter this situation?
But no matter how surprised she was, she immediately joined Levi and others to continue fighting the enemies around them.
The attack of the Khorne demons was not limited to the council chamber, but the entire Lost City.
However, after reaching a more open area, Levi soon discovered that this might just be an ordinary invasion, rather than a war of destruction.
Because among the attacking Khorne demons, there were no powerful ones like the Bloodthirsty Demon.
In addition to the many controlled beasts, bloodletters and Khorne eggs, there are more human warriors.
As soon as he saw their generally pale skin, dull blond hair, and strong bodies, Levi recognized their identities as raiders from Norsca.
The Norsemen's hometown is certainly more than a thousand miles away from here, but the Norsemen are a race that dares to act as pirates and plunder the world with just a long ship, so it is not surprising that they appear here and are used by the Khorne demons.
Just by looking around, Levi saw at least twelve or three hundred Norscans attacking the city, which was even twice the number of Khorne demons present.
Moreover, while fighting, some Norsemen would find opportunities to cut off the heads of corpses on the ground and tie them around their waists, as if preparing to use them as trophies.
Some Norsemen even fought each other because of competition.
On the contrary, they didn't seem to care much about the gold, silver and treasures scattered on the ground. This was completely different from the general perception of the Norse people.
Seeing this, Levi knew that these Norse people were completely hopeless.
Because skulls and blood are the favorites of Khorne demons, their most common battle cry is "Blood sacrifice to the blood god, skulls to the skull throne".
Now these Norscans have become like this. Either they are preparing to sacrifice themselves to Khorne, or they have been recognized by the demons of Khorne.
It seems that they are only one step away from taking the final step: offering their skulls to Khorne, obtaining the Mark of Khorne, and dyeing their axes and armor into blood!
