Volume 4 Chapter 551: New Faith in the City of Mist
After making the decision, Lord Huahua immediately contacted the magic toads in other cities and formally communicated with them about Seleket's development of the church in the City of Mist.
Although Lord Huahua has absolute autonomy over the City of Mist, all the lizardmen in Lustria are a whole, and he also needs to seek the opinions of other magic toads.
The result was that except for a few who raised doubts, most of the magic toads, including Mazda Moody of the City of the Sun, remained silent. However, Lord Kroka expressed his support with a clear attitude, so there was no objection to this matter.
However, Levi felt that even if the magic toads did not mention it for the time being, they would most likely set up an invisible missionary area for the Seleket Church, just like they did to the Church of the Serpent God Sotek, to restrict it to a certain extent.
But in the short term, it is not a big problem. Lord Huahua's direct territory is the City of Misty, and he has a great influence on the City of Misty, which he was originally responsible for.
In these two places alone, there are more than 100,000 Skin Lizards. The average combat power of the Skin Lizards is relatively low, but the number of hatches is very large.
Even if Seleket could attract one percent of them as believers, it would be enough to ensure the stability of her divinity and might even allow her to go a step further.
After all, compared to humans and other races, the desires of the lizards are obviously much lower. Once they become believers, their piety and the power of faith they can provide are far superior to those of ordinary, half-hearted humans.
Then Lord Huahua also shared the news of Osiyotan's successful return and the relevant information of the Chaos Demon Realm with many magic toads.
As a result, the attention of several magic toads who originally had objections was also diverted.
Seleket's preaching will not have much impact on the rule of the magic toads. Instead, it will only make them stronger in fighting against many evils. However, the news of the Four Chaos Gods is too important.
Therefore, many magic toads began to hold emergency meetings, trying to reverse the current situation in Lustria.
In the next few days, Levi temporarily cooperated with the priests of Seleket to purify the plague in the City of Mist and surrounding towns, encircle and suppress all kinds of enemies, and spread faith.
Excluding various types of dinosaurs, skinks, lizardmen, and giant lizards are the three major categories of the Mist City army. They are all lizardmen, but there are many differences between them.
Currently, the main target of priests' missionary work is the Skinks, because ordinary Lizardmen and Giant Lizards have relatively low intelligence, making it difficult for priests to achieve results.
Especially the giant lizards, when fighting, they even need the skin lizards to tie their weapons to their wrists to prevent them from losing their weapons.
With this kind of IQ, it's a complete waste of effort to spread their beliefs.
After a brief attempt, Levi also gave up on those lizardmen. Even the demons could not corrupt them since they had no emotions. How much effect could the priests' preaching have?
They have almost no desires and are not interested in anything other than following military orders and fighting evil.
On the contrary, the skin lizards are not only highly intelligent, but Levi can also clearly see that they are very curious about Seleket. After all, before this, only one god in Lustria was allowed to spread the faith.
The church of the snake god Sotek is located at the southernmost tip of Lustria, very far away from here.
Although the magic toads acknowledged each other's existence, they also imposed certain restrictions on them to keep them within the controllable range.
So for ordinary spirit lizards, they have never seen such a thing as a priest, so they are naturally curious about it.
Coupled with Lord Huahua's orders, the priests' missionary work went very smoothly at the beginning.
Although due to time constraints, there is not enough time for any devout believers to be born, but now every day hundreds of lizards will spontaneously gather in the temple that Lord Huahua hastily built for Seleket to listen to the priests' propaganda about the goddess' past deeds.
During this process, Levi also learned a lot of missionary experience, and he felt that compared with Bierkete, many of his past stories were undoubtedly more exciting.
After a few days of research, Lord Kroka also taught many magic toads, including Lord Huahua, a special application of the giant spirit vein network, which can more effectively suppress the influence of the Dragon Madness Lock on many dinosaurs.
At least around town, they won't go crazy at every turn, and they won't be affected by the demons of Khorne.
Lord Kroka's next goal is to do his best to repair the many altars, magic circles and standing stones in the wilderness of Lustria in order to perfect the power of the giant spiritual network.
Even though it would be difficult to restore the Spiritual Network to its peak state, as long as they could complete a part of it, they would be able to expel the power of many demons such as Nurgle, Khorne and Tzeentch on Lustria, and allow the dinosaurs to become active again on the continent of Lustria.
It just so happened that at this time Zhou Miyin and Kyle also overcame numerous obstacles and successfully returned to Fear Rock. They had made considerable progress in strength and experience.
Levi let them take a short rest while also guarding the Fear Rock.
Through the teleportation array built by Lord Huahua, he asked Luna to bring the huntress and Kerillian to bring the flying archer to come together in the name of Seleket to help Lord Huahua first.
Then, if there is spare capacity, help other surrounding Lizardman towns.
Even though the temperaments of many magic toads seem quite strange to the elves, they are still very good at repaying kindness.
Unfortunately, there has been no progress on Manfred's side for the time being. Even when the Vampire Queen came forward in person, she was unable to completely dispel Manfred's doubts.
After all, to be honest, the Vampire Queen has never been someone who keeps her promises in the past. Anyone would have some reservations, so Levi can only continue to wait for the right opportunity.
But he did not put all his hopes on Manfred. Queen Rashut and King Lamizazi were also helping Levi investigate Arkhan's whereabouts.
Especially after Levi told them the information about the Death Titan and the Diamondback Beetle, they became more concerned.
Manfred, the Scarab Prince and Arkhan, these three symbols of evil, have formed an alliance, which is not a good thing for the Tomb Kings.
But Levi also made a request to them, that is, not to tell the Immortal Emperor for the time being, because with the Immortal Emperor's character, once he knew about this, he would definitely attack the Beetle Prince in a high-profile manner in order to obtain more information.
But doing so would alert the enemy.
If we keep the Beetle Prince here now, if Arkhan goes looking for him someday, won't we be able to detect it immediately?
At the same time, news came from the Lost City.
The two gods who had been busy before, Diana and Kratos, have returned again.
They sent someone to express their gratitude to Levi, and then invited the Amazons including Penthesilea, and Spartans including Leonidas, to participate in the special training that would be conducted by the two gods in the Lost City.
So Levi took people there as soon as possible, and he also got to know the two gods personally.
There is nothing much to say about Kratos. Just as the rumors say, he is a big bald man with pale skin and a rather ferocious look, but his attitude towards Levi is pretty good.
Diana is a muscular and heroic Valkyrie. Unfortunately, perhaps because something troubling happened to her recently, her mental state seems to be not very good and she has been frowning all the time.
Despite this, she can be considered a rare beauty.
Like Kratos, she also has a very good attitude towards Levi. After all, if Levi had not taken action at the beginning, Paradise Island might have been occupied by Talos, the god of storms and destruction, not to mention the relationship with Lilith.
But after the special training began, Levi found that he seemed to have misunderstood. It was called special training, but in fact it was a competitive competition.
The special thing is that the winner will receive a direct reward from the gods, which can permanently improve his skill level or gain new skills. The winner of each round will receive a reward, and the rewards will be better as time goes by.
What else is there to say? Levi of course sent all the qualified people on his side.
With the strength of Penthesilea, Elegy, Donna and others, it is basically an easy task for them to deal with ordinary Amazons. Even birds and anacondas are powerless to fight back.
The Spartans were even worse off. No one knew what kind of enemies they had encountered before. In short, considering that Leonidas' strength was less than level 10, he was actually considered the top combat force. This was outrageous.
No wonder Kratos moved the Spartans to the Lost City, because without his protection, the Spartans who continued to stay overseas would probably be exterminated at any moment.
The most challenging opponent was Hippolyta, but before she met Donna in the final, she took the initiative to say that she was temporarily unwell and decided to give up the competition. It can be said that she was very sensible.
Although Kratos seemed a little dissatisfied and Donna felt a little regretful, Diana was quite pleased about this because she saw unity, which was a very excellent quality for the very weak Amazon tribe.
There is nothing much to say after that. The champion will emerge from the three people: Penthesilea, Elegy and Donna.
Originally, Penthesilea wanted to give up like her sister, but was dissuaded by the other two because they all wanted to fight with all their strength to see the gap between the two sides.
Then Donna was eliminated first. Due to the size of the venue and the fact that she did not bring many pets with her, her chances of winning were really low as she could not keep a distance from her opponent all the time.
After a hard battle, Elegy was defeated by Penthesilea. Although their equipment was similar, the gap between legendary and non-legendary was still very obvious.
Penthesilea was then rewarded with a legendary feat - Cruelty Incarnation. When fighting against enemies with less than 100% health, her critical hit rate and critical hit damage rate will be slightly increased. The more health the enemy loses, the better the effect of this feat will be.
Elegy has mastered the combat skill - Dancing Whirlwind. Once activated, she will sweep across the battlefield like a tornado. Once she reaches Legend, she will automatically master the famous Blade Storm.
Donna also gained a legendary specialty - Deadly Enemy. She has the possibility to kill the existence in her enemy list with one blow, and it is even effective against legendary-level existences. Of course, the specific probability still needs to consider the comprehensive strength of both parties.
The other contestants also received rewards to varying degrees. Overall, it didn’t seem like the two gods were doing special training, but rather looking for an excuse to give out rewards.
So Levi thought about it, took out some more gave them to Hippolyta, and then expressed his hope that Elegy and others could stay in the Lost City for a few more days.
If the two gods were happy and gave them something, it would be very rare for Elegy and the others.
After a few more busy days, Levi learned a lot of magical knowledge from Lord Huahua. Seleket's small church in the City of Mist has also slowly gotten on track, and more and more spirit lizards are willing to take the initiative to go to the temple.
Although most of them are currently just there to join in the fun and listen to stories, it is still very exciting news for Seleket.
So she specifically instructed her pastor to baptize several of the best-mannered lizards and formally accept them into the church.
And even though their piety did not meet the requirements, they were granted several purification and healing spells in advance, which was really a great deal.
The effect was immediate, and after truly witnessing these powers, many spirit lizards became more and more interested in this church and god that appeared for the first time in Lustria.
Seleket has completely established his foothold here, and all that remains is to continue working hard.
Levi became familiar with many of the surrounding towns, and also found out where the Norsemen who had fled before were located.
After the Norscan chieftain who was corrupted by Khorne was killed, the remaining Norscans were united by his daughter, the new chieftain, Skogi. Through unknown channels, they successfully defected to the Dark Elves and became temporary mercenaries.
The Dark Elves immediately provided generous financial support, and helped the Norscans build a port near the sea despite the attacks of the Lizardmen from the City of the Sun, and named it the Port of Skogey.
Moreover, recently, Norscans have been arriving in Skogey almost every day in simple longboats, sailing across the ocean, causing its military strength to continue to expand.
Even though they were attacked by Lizardmen every day and suffered casualties, according to Mortiti's reconnaissance, the total number had exceeded three thousand.
Although there are basically no war monsters such as mammoths, there are some monster infantry such as dark werewolves and ice trolls, which are still quite powerful.
In addition, Skogi's location is rather special. The City of the Sun now needs to face attacks from the dark elves in the north, and be wary of sneak attacks from the Norsemen in the northeast. The dinosaurs cannot leave the town too far, so the situation is still somewhat unfavorable.
Of course, it is far from being a real threat at the moment.
Not to mention the powerful defense of the City of the Sun itself, just the presence of Mazda Moody and Lord Kroka is definitely not something the dark elves can handle.
All the magic toads were created by the ancient saints themselves. There are five generations in total, and the older the generations, the stronger they are.
Lord Kroka is the only surviving first-generation magic toad. He once worked with the ancient saints, and his power is comparable to that of a true god.
Mazda is one of the few second-generation magic toads, and is the most powerful and influential of his generation. He is also considered the leader of the current lizardmen and magic toads.
Lord Huahua may be the third or fourth generation of magic toads. Theoretically, his strength is much weaker than the previous two, but he is still a legendary level. This also shows from the side how strong Mazda Moody is.
At the same time, at Levi's invitation, the Yakong Clan and the Gedin Clan also dispatched part of their troops to the City of Mist to assist Lord Huahua in the defense mission and repel many tentative attacks from the Nurgle demons.
After some communication, both of them felt very satisfied. Although they were of different races, they were highly consistent in their attitudes towards evil.
Moreover, the many magics of the celestial creatures are also a very good supplement to the City of Mist.
Even Lord Huahua wanted Levi to invite more celestial creatures to settle in other towns.
But Levi did not agree directly. He only asked Lord Huahua to discuss with other magic toads first to see if those towns were willing to accept the stationing of celestial creatures.
Lord Huahua is probably the most independent magic toad in his attitude towards alien races. Because they have fought side by side before, he trusts Levi very much, but this may not be the case for other magic toads.
What's more, the effects of the Dragon Rage have now been controlled to a certain extent, and the defenses of many Lizardman towns have been gradually restored. The celestial creatures' presence there would only be icing on the cake, and it would be a thankless task.
Lord Huahua temporarily let the matter go, but he was still looking for opportunities to expand Levi's influence in Lustria through other means.
Through the communication and observation over the past few days, he already knew that Levi intended to be deified, so letting more people know Levi's name would undoubtedly help.
Levi was well aware of this. The reason why Lord Huahua was so proactive was simply because he felt he owed him.
Sure enough, that afternoon, when Levi met the other party again, Lord Huahua said nothing, but just smiled and threw a space ring over, saying that he wanted Levi's subordinates to try the Lizardman's specialty equipment.
After Levi thanked with a smile, he found that the box was filled with a lot of stuff, and these things were really unique.
First of all, there are two hundred sets of machetes, maces, shields, etc. made of obsidian, all of which are of blue quality. They also come with an additional special effect, which is to increase magic resistance by 5-15 points.
Next are some equipment made from various dinosaurs' teeth, claws, horns, leather, bones, etc.
Triceratops Spear, Cold Lizard Leather Armor, Ankylosaur Battle Armor, Tyrannosaurus Tooth Chain, etc. In addition to the basic attack and defense aspects, they also have special skills that match the various dinosaurs.
For example, the Triceratops Spear can enhance the power of the charge, the Ankylosaurus Armor can resist the charge, the Tyrannosaurus Tooth Chain can provide a violent effect, and so on.
Moreover, the quality was unexpectedly good, including many epic items. Levi even suspected that Lord Huahua himself was involved in their production, or at least provided guidance.
Next are 100 blue accessories - Speed Silver Dragonflies, which are exclusively for flying troops and can increase movement speed and flexibility.
Levi believed that even 100,000 gold coins would not be enough to buy the above items, and they were of a high price but in short supply. After all, Lizardmen rarely did business with the outside world, so there was nowhere to buy them even if they wanted to.
Although theoretically it is not as valuable as the divinity given to Ossiyotan, it also shows the sincerity of Lord Huahua.
As for the last one, it was not a gift, but a trade item that Lord Huahua had painstakingly thought out - dried magic grubs.
Grubs are the larvae of scarab beetles. This unique magical grub is a special variety that was improved by Mazda Moody himself. Lord Huahua spent a lot of effort to obtain the breeding technology from Mazda.
They contain rich energy in themselves, and after being dried using special techniques, their effects are not only not weakened, but are further enhanced.
They are also the favorite snack of the Magic Toads, including Mazda, and something that the Skin Lizard Priests desire very much, but it is difficult to obtain because a large amount of magic crystals is required to cultivate them.
For outsiders, after eating them, they can restore a large amount of magic points, slightly increase the magic release speed and magic power, and reduce the magic error rate, etc.
If ordinary civilians continue to take it, they will have a greater chance of feeling the magic network and then switching to a magic profession.
The only thing they don't look that great is that they just look like dried maggots that are about the length of a finger.
Although Levi himself declined the offer, he felt that this thing would still be very valuable if used for trading.
Many people have become undead in order to study magic, so eating some insects is nothing.
Lord Huahua also said that if Levi was willing, he could mobilize a little bit of the power of the giant spiritual network from now on to cultivate these little gadgets.
He also had his own ideas. If they wanted to stabilize the alliance, they naturally had to share what they had and establish a stable relationship. In addition to those equipment made from various dinosaurs as raw materials, these magic grubs might also play a significant role.
Levi had an idea at that time. If there were enough dried magic grubs, could he also hand them over to the Church of Seleket and let them bribe the spirit lizards?
Well, it might not be a good idea to do this in the City of Mist, so let's start with other surrounding towns.
If there are any leftovers, give them to the civilians of Dread Rock. Those blood elves who are eager to become stronger will surely not refuse.
So he agreed very readily, and everyone was happy for a while.
Now that the City of Mist has gradually stabilized, Levi is thinking about dealing with those Norsemen and doing the City of the Sun a favor.
It just so happened that Diana and Kratos were busy somewhere else, except for Leonidas who stayed in the Lost City temporarily at Levi's instruction. Elegy and the others had all returned and could fight alongside Levi again.
But just as he was getting ready to go, Lord Huahua received urgent information.
"Levi, the magic toad Torrex of the southeastern coastal town Moon Monument asked me for help, saying that the leader of the Vampire Coast, Luther Harken, has been harassing them frequently recently, and it seems that the real main attack is not far away."
"The Moon Monument suffered heavy losses in the previous Dragon Madness outbreak, and the Spiritual Vein Giant Network was also severely damaged. It is currently unable to resist the opponent."
"The Moon Monument is willing to allow the Celekite Church to enter if we can help him deal with Luther Harkon."
Levi became interested in Luther Harken, a man with silver hair, red eyes, twin ponytails, one eye, and a sharp tongue, but unfortunately he was a male vampire.
Luther Harken can also be said to be the founder of vampire pirates. In addition, he has another identity, that is, he was once the commander of the port guard of Lahmia City, and was later recruited by the ancestor of the Blood Dragon Family.
Although Khalida was not the ruler of Lahmia at that time, the two of them were not complete strangers.
Unlike most vampires, Luther Harken cannot use magic normally, instead using muskets and swords.
Because during one of his expeditions, he broke into the forbidden area of the magic toads, slaughtered the guards and stole treasures such as gold, but the magic left behind by the magic toads still seriously hurt him.
That magic was originally intended to fight against the Lord of Change, Tzeentch, but Luther Harkon enjoyed it in advance, so not only was his connection with the magic network cut off, but he was also turned into schizophrenia.
It is said that he now possesses more than a dozen personalities, each with different character traits and strengths, causing his combat effectiveness to be erratic, sometimes not even at the level of a legend.
Some of the personalities can use a small number of magic items, but in most cases, they can only fight in physical combat.
For vampires, this is too weak. Even the Blood Dragon Family, who consider themselves knights, are all experts in magic.
Therefore, he has been trying to seize the magic toad's treasure, using the method of blind cat catching a dead mouse to repair his broken mind. Now he probably saw the weakness of the Moon Monument and came to cause trouble.
This may be a good opportunity for Levi.
Even though the Moon Monument was forced to ask for help, no one knows the rules for Luther Harken's personality switching. He might become another personality tomorrow.
If I get lucky and encounter a weak personality, it is entirely possible to kill this vampire legend without any effort.
Of course, even if you encounter the strongest personality, it doesn’t matter, you can easily eat it up!
