Next come some land beasts that were once common in Lustria but are now severely mutated.
For example, the cold lizard turned into a blood-colored dragon, and the fire lizard no longer spewed flames, but bloody vomit.
In addition, there are some werewolves, minotaurs, and even rat trolls.
At this moment, they were all dyed bloody, with sharp spikes growing from their joints and devil horns on their heads.
Whether they are willing or not, they have been driven by anger and the desire to kill, and their combat effectiveness has also increased to varying degrees.
Especially the Minotaur among them, which were not particularly brutal to begin with, but now seemed to have liberated their animal nature. Even if their strength did not increase as a result, they would probably be at the forefront in a duel with infantry of the same level.
But the Amazons have been operating in Lustria for some time. Although the Lost City is not built on a high mountain like the treetop city of Mutabo on Paradise Island, but is a city in the jungle, its various defense facilities such as arrow towers, chevaux de frise and city walls can be considered complete.
There were also a large number of Spartans armed with spears and shields acting as human shields in the front, so ordinary Amazons only needed to shoot arrows from behind.
The Norsemen were extremely suppressed in terms of ranged attacks, because their ranged weapons usually only consisted of javelins and throwing axes, but no bows and arrows.
On the one hand, it was because they were living in a cold and harsh place, making it difficult to obtain bows and arrows. On the other hand, the bows and arrows might have been deformed due to moisture during their cross-sea looting process.
Moreover, Levi also discovered the existence of many God-chosen heroes, including Spartans and Amazons, with different professions.
Among them, there are two special magic units. One is somewhat similar to a druid. In addition to healing, it can also urgently activate various ferocious plants, such as giant carnivorous plants, to assist in combat.
The other type is the giant snake spirit priest. As the name suggests, they mainly rely on summoning the spirits of various snakes to kill the enemy.
But occasionally, you can use strong winds to increase the power and range of your own arrows, use wind vortexes to weaken the power of enemy throwing objects such as flying axes, and so on.
There is a big difference between their powers and those of the so-called priests but actually pastors on Paradise Island. They are less dependent on the gods.
It seems that the Greek gods had certain ideas at the beginning, but unfortunately because of Zeus's bad move, they all ran away in the end. Only Diana and Kratos were left, and it was unknown how long they could hold on.
Based on Levi's understanding of the Greek gods, especially their queen Hera, it was unlikely that she would allow the two of them to continue their actions here.
Compared to most gods, the Greek gods are more like humans who hold power and are therefore not shy about their many emotions and desires, and Hera is the epitome of jealousy.
Although the fighting power of those God-chosen heroes is no match for Levi and his group, it is still enough to deal with the enemies before them.
However, the various wild beasts that were used to fighting alongside the Amazons were now nowhere to be seen, as if the Amazons were also worried that they would be corrupted by the Khorne demons.
Despite this, the situation still favors the defending side.
In this situation, when Levi joined the battlefield with Elegy and others, the pressure on the Norse people became even greater.
No enemy could stop the charge launched by Penthesilea and Elegy.
Cindy led the angels to fly around as if they were in an empty space. The Norsemen's spears and flying axes either missed their targets or caused no damage even if they occasionally hit them.
The dragonette's size was a bit large, making her an easy target, but she was rather cunning in maintaining her height, only using various spells to kill her enemies.
After all, the range of the Norsemen's javelins is basically only a few dozen meters.
Motriti's figure is elusive, making it difficult for the enemy to predict her future, but every time she appears, she leaves behind several corpses.
Although her killing speed is not as fast as Wange and others, she specifically targets the elite among the enemies.
Levi didn't do much. He just threw out a few small magic spells to activate his ability of light knowledge and provide some buffs to the friendly forces around him.
Soon, with their efforts, they killed most of the enemies in one direction.
At this moment, accompanied by a loud howl like a train whistle, the earth shook, and a dozen fully armed war elephants approached rapidly from a distance.
No, to be more precise, they should be called mammoths.
Compared with ordinary war elephants, they are larger, have longer tusks, and are covered with thick hair.
This not only allows them to better withstand the cold, but also has a good resistance to attacks from bows and arrows. Under the hair is thick leather that is enough to resist low-level magic.
At the same time, the Norsemen further strengthened it by putting some crude protective gear on the weakly protected parts such as their bellies to block arrows, and tied some logs to the fangs, which seemed to be able to be used as temporary battering rams.
Ordinary wild mammoths are level 6, while this war mammoth, which is specially used for large-scale wars, is as high as level 7.
Everyone immediately realized that these Norsemen were no ordinary beings, and that ordinary pirate longships could not carry such war beasts weighing tons.
And even in the Norse homeland, mammoths were not common, let alone in the tropical rainforest thousands of miles away.
However, there were no signs of them being corrupted by the power of Khorne. It was not known whether it was because they had not had time to do so or because of other considerations.
On the back of the mammoth, there is a specially made giant saddle, on which stand several Norscans holding javelins or throwing axes.
Seeing this, the expressions of many commanders defending the city also changed.
Because it is located in a rainforest and there are no orthodox wizards specializing in earth magic, the main building material of the Lost City is still wood. The appearance of so many mammoths has posed a strong threat to the Lost City at present.
However, after looking at Levi and others again, Anaconda breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't be sure of Levi's strength for the time being, but Penthesilea was a true legendary warrior.
Among the groups of mammoths, there was a person wearing brass armor, holding a shield and axe, who was suspected to be a chief, riding a mammoth alone.
With his appearance, the morale of many Norsemen also rose. They cheered and shouted, welcoming the arrival of their leader.
The Norse chieftain seemed to want to take the opportunity to show off his power. He did not move forward very fast until he was gradually approaching the maximum shooting range of the Amazon archers. Then he shouted loudly:
"I am Lost Rickson. Guided by the great bloody dog, I come to lead you foolish mortals. Join us and let the blood be spilled all over the earth!"
Upon hearing this, Elegy and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. How dare you Norsemen call others ignorant? How many of you can't even write your own names?
As for the bloody dog, it undoubtedly refers to Khorne.
Probably for the sake of ease of memory and smoothness, the Norse people were accustomed to transforming the many powerful beings they came into contact with, such as gods, into some kind of totem animal.
So in their mouths, Khorne among the four Chaos Gods became a divine dog, Nurgle became a divine crow, Slaanesh became a divine snake, and Tzeentch became a divine eagle.
But that is not important. What is important is that the other party can say such words and has such an attitude. He must be the leader of this Norse army. As long as he is killed, the battle will be almost over.
With Levi's tacit approval, Penthesilea rode out on her own, her spear pointed at the enemy: "I am Penthesilea, the queen from Paradise Island. Do you dare to fight me to the death?"
As soon as these words came out, many of the Norsemen around them slowed down their movements a little, and even those driving the mammoths stopped and turned their attention to their chief.
Whether it is the Norscans or the Khorne Demons, they all love single combat. I wonder what choice the Chief will make this time?
"Haha, woman, you are looking for death!"
Accompanied by a series of loud laughter, the chief drove the mammoth under his crotch to charge.
Similarly, Penthesilea also launched a charge, as if wanting to confront the opponent head-on.
However, the size of the mounts of both sides was many times different, so many people were not optimistic about her.
But those who knew the situation, such as Levi and Elegy, had no worries at all. As a descendant of gods and a legend, it was impossible for her to be defeated by a little-known Norse chief who was not even a legend.
What they are more concerned about now is how many moves Penthesilea will use to kill him?
As the distance closed, Penthesilea shouted and leaped off the giant stag's back. She was still in mid-air, but her body was already covered by golden-red light. "My father, my blood, Ares's march!"
The chief seemed very surprised by her sudden attack, but he still followed his instinct, defending with a shield in one hand and fighting back with an axe in the other.
Unfortunately, he overestimated his own strength. The shield was shattered by the spear of Penthesilea and then pierced into his chest.
After stirring it vigorously for a few times, Penthesilea did not draw out her spear. Instead, she lifted the chief's body high up and threw it right in front of the mammoth that was still running.
Then, accompanied by a series of bone-breaking sounds, the chief turned into a meat pie pressed against the ground.
Most of the people who were watching this battle were stunned for a moment, even the Amazons and Spartans from the Lost City were no exception.
Most of them knew the name of Queen Penthesilea and believed that she would win the final victory, but they never expected the process to be so easy!
As for the Norsemen, they were even more confused, because Chief Lost Rixon was no ordinary Norse chief.
He had traveled back and forth between Norsca and Lustria several times, and had dealt with Lizardmen, Dark Elves, Skaven, Vampire Pirates, etc. more than once.
They also excavated the ruins of the Lizardmen's temple and brought back a large amount of gold.
This time, they were favored by the demon Khorne, which gave the Norse people the opportunity to become stronger.
Attacking the Lost City was actually a test given to him by a high-level Khorne Demon. As long as he could succeed, the Khorne Demon would be willing to support the Norscans and build a permanent port city on the seaside.
According to their previous plan, this attack should be foolproof. The chief even decided to name the port city "Skogee" after his daughter.
Once the port is built, the Norsemen who are still enduring the bitter cold in the north will continue to arrive. By then, these earliest followers may be able to become captains or higher officials in the future.
To this end, several tribes expended a lot of manpower, captured mammoths, built large ships capable of carrying them, and sailed across the ocean to come here.
But who could have thought that in a duel with a woman, the chief would be killed instantly at the first sight?
Because the chieftain died so suddenly, the morale of all the Norsemen was affected. Many of them couldn't believe their eyes and were slow to react on the battlefield for a moment.
But the troops defending the city would not miss this opportunity, they took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
With Levi's help, the arrows of the anaconda and other Amazons all turned into rockets, and under Donna's command, they began to launch a rain of arrows at the mammoths.
With Donna's current level and the many treasures on her body, the blessing she brings to the army is much stronger than that of the Anaconda.
Even though the War Mammoth was a level 7 creature, one was killed and many were injured instantly.
If this situation continues, it won't take more than a few rounds for them to kill all these giant beasts.
Cindy also brought the angels and began to cast magic from a high position. They couldn't kill all the mammoths at once, but it was easy to deal with the Norsemen on the backs of the mammoths.
Penthesilea did not stop her actions. She began to try to drive the beast under her crotch and charge at other Norscans from the side.
It didn't go smoothly at first, but after she casually stabbed a few bloody holes on the mammoth's back and hit its head with her shield several times, the mammoth soon became much more obedient.
It began to move according to her instructions. Even if it did not launch an attack, just crashing or trampling on it was enough to make the Norsemen pay a heavy price.
This time, not only Elegy and Donna, but almost all the Amazons present who saw this scene smiled knowingly, because this was exactly the unique way of taming animals for them, the Amazons!
The fighting continued for about half a quarter of an hour, and the Norsemen began to suffer a complete rout. The remaining troops went into the woods and ran towards the coastline.
Levi and his men did not pursue them too much, but instead focused more on the remaining mammoths.
For Levi, due to the relationship between soul fragments and hunting rituals, killing a mammoth is more valuable than killing hundreds or thousands of ordinary Norsemen.
Penthesilea wanted to keep the mammoth and tame it completely, but unfortunately, after being counterattacked by other mammoths for a while and encountering several rounds of Norse spears, it underwent very obvious changes.
It became violent and out of control, its skin began to turn blood red, and some small horns gradually emerged from its forehead. It was being corroded by the power of the Khorne demon, and Penthesilea had no choice but to kill it.
Now Levi became interested. Not all mammoths have such changes. What rules are followed?
So he worked together with everyone and made a few attempts.
Soon they discovered that the Khorne demons must have already tampered with the bodies of these mammoths. When the mammoths' health dropped to the warning line of 30%, they would be corrupted.
But this is a slightly slow process. If the mammoth dies too quickly, such as being taken away directly by a volley of fire from the Amazons, this effect will not work.
In order to verify this hypothesis, everyone worked together and quickly succeeded in controlling the two mammoths that were not seriously injured.
Although this kind of monster that relies purely on physical strength can be considered powerful, it often appears very powerless in the face of magic.
Then Elegy and the others looked around the two mammoths with great interest. This was the first time they had encountered these big creatures, which usually only lived in cold areas. They wondered if they could tame them.
Levi also looked at the anaconda next to him and said, "Come to think of it, you didn't seem to use any beasts in this battle?"
Anaconda couldn't help but sighed: "I don't know what kind of ritual the Khorne demons used. A large number of beasts were corrupted by it, becoming savage and bloodthirsty. Even many of our own domesticated ones were forced to be killed."
Levi was a little confused: "Ritual? Didn't the magic toads notice it? This place is not far from Mazda Moody's territory, the City of the Sun - Hexota, right?"
The location of the Lost City is very good. To the northeast is the coastline, and to the northwest is the City of the Sun, where the Lizardmen have the most powerful military force. There is also the strongest second-generation magic toad Mazda Moody, and now there should be another Lord Kroka.
I don’t know how much Zeus and his men paid to get the magic toad to agree to let the Amazon settle here.
"Maybe because he's too busy lately."
"It is said that some time ago, the dark elves broke into the territory of the Lizardmen while chasing a group of rebellious green-skinned slaves. They took advantage of the Lizardmen's encirclement and suppression of the Skaven to steal some precious magic tools."
"Afterwards, Mazda Moody was furious and took the initiative to launch an attack, but the dark elves were not to be trifled with. Now the two sides have officially started a war, and the Witch Queen Morathi has mobilized a lot of troops for this purpose."
"Moreover, the vampire pirates and some humans from the Southern Kingdom have recently taken the opportunity to build some small ports not far from the City of the Sun."
Only then did Levi understand.
The continent of Lustria, dominated by Lizardmen, and the continent of Naggaroth, dominated by Dark Elves, are interconnected. The territories of the two legends mentioned by Anaconda also happen to be located in the frontline areas of their respective camps.
Whether in terms of personal strength, power or status, they are very similar in their respective races. If a formal fight breaks out, the scale will definitely not be small, and they may indeed have no energy to take care of other places.
As for the other two forces, no one knows how much power they have. If there are legendary heroes behind them, then Mazda Moody is indeed having a hard time recently.
Soon, Elegy and the others finished communicating, and the Lost City agreed to help and try to tame the two mammoths.
This is not only a disguised way of repaying a favor, but also because they want to find a way to crack the problem.
It's impossible that the Amazons will never use any beasts to help in the future because of the evil power of the Khorne demons? Now is a good opportunity.
It seems that the Lizardmen can use the power of the giant spiritual network to offset this corruption, but the Amazons and Spartans still have to rely on themselves.
Soon the battles in other places were also declared over one after another. Amazon brought some archers to chase for a while and then retreated.
On the one hand, the number of defenders in the Lost City is not large, and on the other hand, because they have no mounts, even if they really go to chase and kill them, the effect will not be very high.
Now that all the Norse mammoths have been left behind, even if the enemy launches another attack later, the threat will be greatly reduced.
Seeing that the Norsemen were in a state of disarray, Levi also captured a few prisoners, hoping to gain some intelligence from them.
This process was very easy because the Norse people had always lived in an extremely harsh environment and they attached great importance to their own strength.
So Levi cast some magic spells such as Weakness and Exhaustion Wave, and after a little intimidation, the Norsemen were so frightened that they all confessed.
Levi interrogated them separately and asked Cindy to help release a few lies. In the end, they verified each other and completely confirmed each other's origins and the power they possessed.
This time the Norsemen were a joint action of more than a dozen tribes, but they encountered sea beasts and strong waves at sea, and half of them died.
After arriving at the place, they were ambushed by a wave of ratmen, many of them were killed by patrolling Lizardmen, and they were also killed by Khorne demons.
Later, the Khorne demons took a fancy to their power and reluctantly reached some kind of cooperation with them.
Unfortunately, the main forces of the remaining troops were basically wiped out in this battle.
Not counting the few remaining defeated soldiers, they only had about five or six hundred Norse raiders commanded by the chieftain's daughter, Skogi, in a simple military camp in a location suitable for building a port.
Their strength is much weaker, and Levi can basically kill them all by just throwing a Yangyan Explosion at them.
Unfortunately, these guys had no idea about the strength of the Khorne demons supporting them, because they were all scared at the time. There was only one person who really knew the truth, and that was the chief who had been killed.
They only knew that afterwards the Khorne demons gave them a pair of blood wines. After drinking them, their strength increased to varying degrees, and they became more violent, irritable and bloodthirsty.
Seeing that he could not get anything out of them, Levi kept his promise and let them go. He also sent out shadow elementals and rat masters to follow them secretly, trying to determine whether the other party had other whereabouts.
At this time, Anaconda also came with her other two sisters: Bird and Piranha to greet Levi.
Later on were several Spartan commanders and the chosen heroes of the Lost City.
Since Levi and his crew had fully demonstrated their strength, had the credit of rescuing the Lost City, and had the Queen of Paradise Island by their side, both the indigenous people and the chosen heroes were very enthusiastic and polite.
After a few polite words, Levi began to ask about Hippolyta and the Misty City of the Lizardmen.
He was now really curious about how Hippolyta got in touch with the other party.
Hearing his question, the anaconda smiled and said, "Because Lord Huahua of the City of Mist is completely different from all other magic toads. He advocates establishing good relations with the kind or neutral hot-blooded species, that is, humans, elves, dwarves, etc., and jointly fighting against evil."
"Plus, the distance between the Lost City and the City of Mist is not too far, so we have teamed up several times in the past to fight against vampire pirates, and recently we have worked together to fight against the ratmen, and have forged a deep friendship."
Levi raised his eyebrows. How could there be such a creature among the magic toads?
You know, whether it is historical records or his personal communication with Mazda Moody, it shows that the other party always has a condescending attitude. When they look at other races, it is as if they are looking at ignorant children.
Coupled with their natural indifference and xenophobia, they almost never interact with other races.
In comparison, the other party's name is not a problem. The magic toads and lizardmen also have their own language. Maybe this word has other special meanings to the other party.
At this moment, Seleket's chuckle suddenly came from Levi's heart: "Levi, I think I have heard of his name."
"It is said that he won the final victory in a debate that lasted for 500 years, and as a protest, no other magic toad participating in the debate spoke to him for the next thousand years."
"But he was supposed to be the lord of the misty city of Slanmupek in the central region of Lustria. Why did he end up in the north?"
"But that's not important. If it's him, he should be trustworthy because the original debate was about how the lizardmen should treat humans, elves and other races."
Magic toads, lizardmen, Amazons and Spartans all belong to the lawful camp of protection, but strictly speaking, they are not the good camp.
The Amazons and Spartans are okay, they are mainly protecting their own interests, but the magic toads and lizardmen, no one knows their real purpose, and they never tell outsiders.
But in fact, Levi learned from Lilith that the magic toads were not protecting races such as humans or elves, they were actually protecting the order of this world.
Many magic toads, led by Mazda Moody, believe that dwarves should stay in the mountains forever to mine and never come out.
The elves should just guard the island of Ulthuan instead of developing colonies everywhere and engaging in maritime trade.
Similarly, they have various arrangements for races such as humans.
According to the character of the magic toads, if the dwarves and elves do not obey the arrangements, they will definitely take all reasonable and necessary means they know to force the elves to obey the orders, which of course includes war.
However, the threat posed by various evil races has always been greater, and the primary goal of the magic toads is to defeat the many evil races such as demons, devils, undead, and ratmen.
Therefore, they are considered very reliable by many good camps and are some silent defenders of order.
But in fact, the good camps such as the magic toads and the holy warriors may maintain a high degree of consistency in their actions to fight against evil, but their starting points are actually completely different.
If any human adventurer angers the magic toad, or invades the lizardmen's city, etc., the lizardmen will obviously not show any mercy.
It is said that Mazda Moody once personally destroyed a small human town that attempted to develop permanently in Lustria.
But only Lord Huahua is different. He sincerely wants to express his friendliness to races such as elves and humans.
However, this kind of friendliness may not necessarily bring good results. It is said that in the past, some human adventurers from the Southern Kingdom took advantage of his feelings and stole gold from the City of Misty.
Although there is no currency in the society of magic toads and lizardmen, it does not mean that gold is useless to them.
In fact, they exist as magic materials, so you will frequently see gold on the bodies of Lizardmen on the battlefield. They do not exist as ornaments, but are used to enhance the combat effectiveness of Lizardmen.
But despite this, Lord Huahua still tolerated these humans with great kindness, which is enough to show how kind he is.
Not to mention among the magic toads, even if all races are counted, Lord Huahua is rarely seen.
If some more radical angels encountered this kind of thing, they would probably have drawn their knives and attacked people, right?
After listening to Seleket's message, Levi felt that it seemed necessary for him to go to the City of Mist in person to get to know the other party.
Magic Toads are the most talented race in magic in the Main World. All known Magic Toads are legendary wizards.
With the help of the giant network of spiritual veins in each of their cities, the combat power they can actually exert is definitely better than that of most alien legends.
Not to mention that Lord Huahua is the lord of a city. It would be beneficial to establish a good relationship with him.
"How long has Queen Hippolyta been gone? Is it still possible to contact her now?"
"About a few hours ago, she sent a message saying that she was teaming up with the Lizardmen to search for traces of Khorne and Nurgle demons in the jungle and to encircle and destroy them."
Levi felt something was wrong when he heard it: "Have they appeared in Lustria on such a large scale?"
All the magic toads and lizardmen have the same principle when dealing with demons: kill them on sight.
If these two kinds of demons have begun to appear on a large scale in the jungle, it means that the current situation of the Lizardmen is definitely not optimistic.
Anaconda sighed helplessly, "Originally, there wasn't, but the Rat Plague Clan has been spreading plague in the jungle recently. The Lizardmen's city is protected by the Magic Toads, so the impact is not that great."
"But the many beasts living in the jungle, as well as the war beasts controlled by us and the Lizardmen, can easily get sick from this, which greatly promotes the scale and frequency of the advent of Nurgle demons."
The most numerous creatures on the continent of Lustria have never been lizardmen, ratmen, or Amazons, but countless wild beasts.
Whether they are afflicted by the disease or die from it, it only strengthens the power of Nurgle's daemons.
As for the Khorne demons, there is no need to say much. In theory, wherever there is blood and killing, it is easier to attract their attention and strengthen their combat effectiveness.
And what Lustria lacks the least right now is these things.
"Okay, I get it, Anaconda. Contact Queen Hippolyta again. I don't think she would reject reinforcements like mine, right?"
Hearing this, Penthesilea beside her suddenly became a little excited. Hippolyta had praised her Lost City so much before, but when they arrived here , they found that there was war everywhere. The Lost City was far from safe.
So she couldn't wait to appear in front of the other person to see what expression she would have now!