Volume 4 Chapter 545: Dragon Madness Mystery Lock: The Anomaly of the King-killing Planet
Without much delay, Levi and his companions, led by the anaconda, soon began to march southeast to meet Hippolyta.
In the previous communication, although Hippolyta was a little surprised at the arrival of Levi and Penthesilea, she generally showed a welcoming attitude.
This made Penthesilea somewhat disappointed, as if her clenched fist had hit soft cotton.
This was not what she had expected. When did Hippolyta become so easy to talk to?
Looking at Penthesilea with a conflicted face, Levi found it a little funny.
If it were in a normal peaceful era, as descendants of gods with the support of many gods behind them, they would just treat some minor conflicts between sisters as leisure and entertainment.
But in the current situation, how could Hippolyta have the capital to act recklessly?
As Levi continued to move forward, they began to encounter various monsters native to Lustria. Except for a few griffins and rocs, they were mainly various giant lizard-like creatures.
According to what Levi knew so far, almost all of them had mixed dragon blood, which made him sigh a little. Although the reproduction rate of pure-blooded dragons was extremely slow, their cross-species reproductive ability was really ridiculously strong.
Roughly speaking, they had only walked thirty or forty miles, but they had already encountered hundreds of dragon monsters with different appearances and strengths.
When they encountered Levi and his group, these monsters showed an extremely strong desire to attack.
It's not just out of their instincts, but also because they are all more or less affected by the power of Khorne.
Although Wange and the others felt it was a pity, they had no choice but to kill all the opponents.
However, along the way, they didn't encounter any real top predators, which made Elegy and Donna a little disappointed.
But Levi thought that this was not strange.
It is said that many war beasts such as Tyrannosaurus, Troglosaurus, Deinonychus, Thunder Lizards and Arcane Dragons were all transformed and strengthened by the ancient saints believed in by the lizard people.
Levi believed that the rumor was true, because the combat effectiveness of these war beasts on the ground might even surpass that of ordinary dragons, which was almost impossible for other dragon creatures.
And the positioning of each of them is extremely clear.
For example, Tyrannosaurus is a war beast that is best at single combat and can perfectly target the enemy.
The Troglodyte is a ranged unit that lives in underground caves or the Dark Area and can spit deadly venom.
The Devil Lizard is like a moving hill. Besides being very resistant to attacks, it can also serve as a super giant chariot and can easily carry hundreds of lizardmen on its back.
Of course, due to the enormous power brought by their large size, their attack power is also incredibly strong.
The Thunder Lizard, as its name suggests, can harness the power of thunder and lightning. It is best at fighting large-scale mobs, and can also help other giant beasts clean up mosquitoes and the like.
Arcane Dragons are giant beasts that look similar to Tyrannosaurus Rex but are slightly weaker in combat, but their real purpose is to assist spellcasters.
Of these five war beasts, the appearance of one could be a coincidence, two could be accidents, but the appearance of five at once could only be man-made, no, it was God's doing.
Knowing the influence of Khorne demons on various monsters, the Lizardmen will of course protect these important war beasts well.
However, the ancient saints believed in by the Lizardmen have always been very mysterious. Apart from a few names that have been passed down, there are not even any statues of them in the world.
Moreover, the magic toads and others who believe in them have very different occupations from those of other mainstream races.
Not to mention the magic toad, all of them are powerful spellcasters.
All monitors and lizardmen are warriors, which is understandable since they are generally less intelligent.
However, the relatively smart Skin Lizards also do not have any priest-type units. Their spellcasters are all mages and priests. This leads to a huge shortcoming of the Lizardmen, that is, the extreme lack of healing spells and their weak ability to sustain combat.
Levi had never figured out why this was happening before, but since Lilith told him the truth, he had a vague and bold guess.
Those ancient saints may have sacrificed themselves for the world long ago, so they naturally cannot bestow power.
The magic toads and lizardmen believe that they exist to maintain the order of the world, and this is probably also the belief of the ancient saints themselves.
As I was sighing with emotion, Cindy suddenly screamed from behind: "Catherine, what's wrong with you?"
Levi looked over at the first moment. In fact, he had always been vaguely worried. The beasts of Lustria were generally affected by the demons of Khorne, so what would happen to Catherine?
Although she can usually transform into a human, strictly speaking, a dragon is still considered a beast!
Then he saw that the thing he was most worried about seemed to have happened. Catherine's originally silver-white eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of blood flames.
There were constant roars coming from her throat, and the veins and blood vessels on her face were tense. This was almost impossible under normal circumstances because the little female dragon paid great attention to her appearance.
Before Levi could ask, Catherine pointed to the sky with great difficulty and shouted in fear: "The King Killer Star has returned, Lord Levi, save me!"
"King-killing Star?"
Levi was startled and immediately looked up, only to see countless tiny spots of light shining in the sky. Even under the sun, they were still clearly visible.
Almost as soon as he saw them, they exploded out of thin air, turning into more points of light and scattering throughout the main world.
At the same time, Catherine couldn't help but groan in pain.
Even though Cindy next to her was busy using healing, buffing and purification magic on her, it was still of no use.
Levi immediately used his holy power to cleanse, but the purification spell that was usually almost invincible had little effect this time. It seemed that the power from Mount Heaven was not enough to reverse Catherine's condition.
Levi immediately looked at Seleket: "Goddess..."
Seleket shook his pincers and said, "I understand. However, Levi, you'd better contact Fear Rock."
As she said this, Seleket released a special crystal ray, successfully transforming the little female dragon into a crystal clear statue.
She didn't know how to break this power, but this could at least buy some time.
At the same time, the system prompt popped up at the right time: "After many years, the King Killer Planet unexpectedly returns ahead of schedule. The super large-scale event - Dragon Madness Mystery Lock is officially launched."
“Affected by this, dragon creatures in the main world (including pure-blooded giant dragons and all derived subspecies, but ineffective against the Zhendan Dragon God and his descendants) will gradually become reckless, violent, and irritable, and eventually turn into crazy monsters.
Its offensive initiative, critical hit rate, and critical hit damage rate are improved to a certain extent, which is called Dragon Madness. "
"Since the Dragon Madness Mystery seems to be specially affected this time, the potential of dragon creatures in the Main World has been stimulated, and the quality and drop rate of dragon blood, dragon bones, and dragon crystals have been improved."
"The Dragon Madness Maze Lock seems to involve many secrets. If we can successfully crack it, we may gain unexpected gains."
After quickly reading it, Levi thought to himself, sure enough, it really is this thing.
Dragons once conquered the earth and established many kingdoms. At that time, elves, dwarves and others were oppressed by them. It was not until later that the dragon pantheon and the giant pantheon fought against each other and suffered heavy losses that the elves were able to emerge as a rising star.
The dragon went from being a king to being a top predator, which was a huge change in identity.
But in fact, in the early, middle and late stages of the war, the dragon god system had an absolute upper hand. It was not until the end of the war, when the giant god system was almost in despair, that the turning point really came, and that was when the Dragon Madness Chain was activated.
It caused the dragons and dragon-like creatures to lose control, and they began to kill each other, which allowed the giant pantheon to use the entire strength of the clan, make a last gamble, and completely devastate the dragon pantheon.
But the counterattack of the dragon gods was also extremely fierce. It seemed that the giant clan now only had the daughter of the former giant king, the female demigoddess Dean Castella, left.
She is also the Dolphin Prince's mistress. It is not known whether it is because of this reason that she survived the brutal war and is still alive today.
As for the Dragon Madness Lock, when you see the last two words, you should know that it is inseparable from the elves.
To be more precise, it was the Elf God King, Corellon, who collaborated with the God of Labyrinth and other gods to weave a deadly conspiracy and trap for the Dragon God family.
Corellon may have seemed indecisive when it came to matters concerning Lolth, the Spider Queen, but he had been wise and powerful in the past.
It can even be said that it was Corellon's original decision that laid the foundation for the current prosperity of the elves and paved the way for the prosperity and development of other races.
Asuryan founded the elven pantheon, and Corellon made it flourish.
So even though Corellon seems much more decadent now, his affairs with Lolth have caused the elven pantheon to suffer losses again and again, and he also seems very incompetent when dealing with the divisions among the dark elves and wood elves, he is still the unshakable God-King.
The Dragon Madness Mystique is related to a star called Kingslayer. Due to the power of Corellon and the God of Mystique, Kingslayer will arrive every thousand years, and all dragon creatures in the main world will go crazy because of it.
This will certainly cause damage and casualties to other races to a certain extent, but on the other hand, it will also weaken their strength.
Therefore, the gods of other pantheons also acquiesced to this action, because no one wanted to see the rise of dragons or the dragon pantheon again.
When the Dragon Madness Maze first appeared, the Dragon God System and the dragons tried their best to try to reverse the situation.
However, seeing that the Dragon Madness Chain was successful, the dragons' position as the world overlords was shaken, and it was not just the elven gods who wanted to completely drive them off the throne. The beings of other pantheons seemed to be involved in it either openly or secretly.
As a result, the dragon god system suffered continuous casualties in the process of countless attempts, and many dragon gods and dragons died in the battle.
During this period, the elves also paid a huge price, the most obvious of which was the weakening of the Winged Elves.
When the winged elves are at their strongest, they can hunt dragons on a large scale .
But because of the war, they not only lost a large number of strong people, but also received the curse of the dragon gods, which caused their potential to be greatly reduced. Now they have become the foil of the high elves.
After things reached a certain point, the gods began to truly show their fangs, and eventually the situation evolved into what it is today.
The elven pantheon became the new rulers of the world until humans gradually rose to power, and only one good and one evil dragon god remained in the dragon pantheon:
The Platinum Dragon God - Bahamut and the Evil Dragon Queen - Tiamat.
When he first learned this series of information, Levi couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. The reason why these two Dragon Gods fought so fiercely was it because they hated each other more, or was it some kind of tacit understanding born out of the desire for survival?
Because if the two of them united and faced the enemy together, the gods, including Corellon, would probably not feel at ease, right?
The most obvious thing is that after these two Dragon Gods spent countless years of hard work and barely climbed back to the threshold of weak divine power, that is, level 6 of the godhood, they were completely unable to move anymore.
On the one hand, the resources in the main world are indeed very limited, and there is not much left for these two dragon gods to divide up.
On the other hand, it was also out of tacit understanding among the gods that they jointly blockaded it.
Perhaps because of this, the Evil Dragon Queen finally chose to flee to the Nine Hells and live with the devil.
The Platinum Dragon God had unknowingly become recognized as the most compassionate being, and this might also be his way of survival.
Based on this reasoning, it is understandable that the only two remaining dragon gods and many giant dragons are quite hostile to the elves.
Levi even believes that the reason why the Kingdom of Caledor was able to tame the dragon is most likely related to the Dragon Madness Chain.
Of course, for a young dragon like Catherine, it is meaningless to cling to hatred that is too long ago. What is more important is to grasp the present. So even though she knew the general situation of the matter, she finally chose to follow Levi, the elf.
Now the facts will prove that her choice was very correct.
Because after Levi seemed to be in a daze for a few seconds, he suddenly let out a long breath and cast a spell on Catherine with a little excitement.
As the light flashed, her appearance seemed unchanged, but Levi was confident enough to ask Seleket to remove the restrictions on her.
The crystal disappeared, and the little female dragon, who still maintained her original movements, was about to scream, but she was soon surprised to find that the uncontrollable restlessness and violence in her body and soul had completely disappeared, and she returned to normal!
So she expressed her gratitude to Levi first.
She knew about the existence of the Dragon Madness Mystery Chain, but because she was still young, she had never experienced it before and did not expect it to come at this time.
Otherwise, she would have returned to Dragon Island long ago, forced herself into a dormant state in a special magic circle, or simply fled to other small planes to avoid this disaster.
After so many years, the dragons have certainly figured out some corresponding strategies. The simplest and most effective one is to escape. The coverage range of the Dragon Madness Maze is only the main world.
Levi waved at her, indicating that it was just a small matter and was not important at all, so he should just thank Seleket.
"Levi, you got everything done ?"
Seleket was a little curious. In addition to the star dragon that had just joined the Dread Rock, there were also many ankylosaurs, pterosaurs, beaked dragons, and even dragonborn like Alduin, who would inevitably be affected by the Dragon Madness Chain.
Now it seems that Levi is not worried?
Levi nodded slightly: "Goddess Lilith also noticed this, so she took action immediately and taught me a special power."
If it was during the time when the dragons were at their strongest, then of course the dragon clan would be the most affected by the Dragon Madness Mystery.
But now, it has the greatest impact on the Lizardmen, because most of the war beasts they control have dragon blood.
Next are the High Elves, Dark Elves and Wood Elves. These three elven subspecies all have tamed dragons or dragon-like creatures as their combat power. Sea dragons have long become part of the defense of the island of Ulthuan.
As for the High Elves, each kingdom has dragons, especially the Kingdom of Caledor, which is the best at taming dragons and has the largest number of dragons.
Although the Dragon Prince announced that the total number of dragons in the Kingdom of Caledor is less than 10, in reality, would the Dragon Prince be stupid enough to announce the real number? Only a fool would believe it!
So at the first moment when the Dragon Madness Maze broke out, the Dragon Prince asked Lilith for help, and then Lilith also helped Levi deal with the commotion on the Fear Rock.
The Dragon Madness Maze was created by the elven gods, so they certainly knew how to deal with it. This time it was just because the incident happened suddenly that there was a little commotion.
But there were temples and statues of Lilith and other gods on the Rock of Fear, so she only needed to spend a tiny bit of strength to quell it.
When Levi came to ask for help later, Lilith taught him a new magic - Dragon Suppression (Level 8).
As the name suggests, once used, the target will be unaffected by the Dragon Madness Mystery for a short period of time.
But something was still wrong, because Lilith also said that according to the original setting, except for the initial intention to catch the dragon off guard, the subsequent arrival of the King Slayer Star strictly followed the established rules.
According to convention, there are still more than two hundred years before the next activation cycle of the Dragon Madness Maze.
So she has contacted gods such as Corellon, wanting to confirm the situation on the King Killer Planet.
As early as after the disappearance of the God of the Mystery Chain, the elven gods found that they could no longer control the King Killer Star and the Dragon Madness Mystery Chain.
Now they are almost certain that it was Rose who organized the conspiracy that caused the death of the God of the Mystic Chain. Who knows whether Rose has obtained the relevant priesthood or domain? This is something that the elven gods cannot accept.
If things go to the worst, the elven gods may have no choice but to destroy the King Killer Planet by force.
Anyway, up to now, whether the King Killer Planet exists or not, it is impossible for the dragon clan to rise again, let alone shake the status of the elves.
Alternatively, if an elf could crack the secret of the Lord of the Maze, inherit his priesthood, and then bring the Kingkiller Planet back under its jurisdiction, allowing the elves to once again regain their absolute suppression of the dragons, that would also be feasible.
However, after obtaining the broken and filthy corpse of the God of Mazes, almost all the elven gods who were interested in it conducted some research, but in the end they gained nothing.
Even after countless years, among all the races combined, only this one God of the Maze has been born, as if the priesthood of the Maze exists only for him. This situation is still unique.
No matter how much Lilith expected of Levi, she didn't have much confidence in it.
After sharing a little information, even Seleket looked as if he had learned something new, and Wange and the others listened with even greater interest.
But soon they had no time to continue listening to Levi's story, because all kinds of strange roars came one after another in the surrounding rainforest, full of anger and violence.
Scouts such as the Rat Master and Shadow Elemental also reported to Levi that nearby monsters with dragon blood had gone berserk and began to launch indiscriminate attacks on all surrounding creatures.
They were originally affected by the power of Khorne demons, and now with the effect of the Dragon Madness Chain, I'm afraid this place will soon be covered in blood.
In this situation, Levi was too lazy to waste time on them. He directly used group invisibility + group flight on everyone and their mounts, and followed the anaconda's instructions to fly towards the location provided by Hippolyta before.
Levi would only occasionally take action when he encountered monsters with keen sense of smell and hearing that could detect their invisible existence, or monsters above level 5 from which high-quality soul fragments could be harvested.
So it didn't take long before they approached their destination.
When she was still some distance away, Penthesilea was the first to smell the strong smell of blood in the air. She also saw many arrows with water-colored light piercing the sky, and heard a familiar cry.
She immediately perked up because she knew her sister was probably facing a tough battle.
The aqua-colored light was some kind of consumable bestowed by the King of Gods - Zeus, and was related to the pantheon's plan to cultivate the God of the Sea.
Now that Zeus and other gods have left, this kind of consumable can no longer be replenished and cannot be used easily.
Sure enough, the noise was amplified countless times as they crossed the burning jungle.
A coalition of about two thousand people, consisting of Lizardmen, Spartans and Amazons, is fighting side by side to resist the mad beasts.
The silent lizardmen were on the outermost side, forming a solid defensive position. They were also the largest in number, accounting for about 70% of the coalition force.
The Spartans seemed to have suffered heavy losses, with less than two hundred people left, but they did not retreat. Instead, they insisted on maintaining the front together with the Lizardmen.
In the middle were about 300 Amazon archers. A powerful archer with a heroic appearance and a face somewhat similar to Penthesilea was shooting continuously. Almost every arrow could accurately hit the enemy's eyes and other vital points.
Their enemies include cold lizards, ankylosaurs, giant horned cold lizards, triceratops, salamanders, spinosaurs...
Various giant lizard monsters appeared one after another, and there were probably at least two or three thousand of them in total.
It seems that the Lizardmen were probably organizing a large-scale expedition, but they encountered an unexpected situation. The many monsters they were proud of have now become enemies who want to take their lives.
The corpses of groups of pterosaurs and rhinoceros were scattered in the forest. It seemed that they were probably the first to be killed.
Hippolyta was obviously well aware of how much of a threat they would pose to the Amazons, who mainly relied on long-range troops, if left alone.
But soon Levi's attention was drawn to another direction, because there was a much smaller but definitely more important battlefield there.
Hundreds of Level 5 Lizardmen Temple Guards are forming a circle to resist the attacks of some Khorne demons.
Ordinary vampires were not actually a big threat to them, but two of them were bloodthirsty demons holding double-sided battle axes in their left hands, flaming whips in their right hands, and their bodies bathed in blood flames, and they looked particularly dangerous.
Stimulated by blood and bloodlust, the mark of Khorne on their foreheads was emitting an unprecedented bright red light.
In this way, the flames burning around, the strange ashes everywhere on the ground, and the unique energy aura of the devil are easier to understand.
Probably before the arrival of Kingslayer, the Lizardmen had successfully found the Khorne Daemon and had gained a great advantage.
Unfortunately, at the critical moment, the Dragon Madness Mystique was activated, and the mad beasts broke through the Lizardmen's position, splitting it into two parts, and causing heavy losses to the Spartans and Amazons who arrived later.
However, not all beasts were affected. For example, now, one of the Bloodthirsty Demons was attacking the battle formation, while another Khorne Bloodthirsty Demon was fighting against a Lizardman general riding a Tyrannosaurus.
A hundred meters away, a giant beast that looked somewhat similar to a Tyrannosaurus Rex but had pale skin and a forked tail was spewing venom that seemed to be able to extinguish flames, causing serious damage to the vampires in the front row.
It is the 7th level monster - Cave Dragon, also known as Blind Poison Dragon.
As a special dinosaur accustomed to living in underground areas, it has no vision, but instead has an extremely keen sense of smell, the ability to perceive temperature and vibration, and a snake-like forked tongue.
But the most important thing is the two-tailed skin lizard on its back - the skin lizard prophet. He is also the only one who can tame and guide the actions of the cave dragon.
Now these two war beasts are still fighting side by side with the Lizardmen, which seems to confirm Levi's previous guess.
The transformation by the Ancient Saints, or perhaps the magic of the Skin Lizards, has allowed even the strongest of them to be immune to the effects of the Dragon Madness Mystique.
But normally speaking, an army of this size should not be under the control of the spirit lizard priests, right?
