Volume 4 Chapter 555: Whaler
Thanks to Levi's efforts, the cooperation of Lord Huahua and Osiyotan, and of course the help of Lilith, as well as Seleket's own efforts, Seleket's small church soon got on track.
Up to now, she has nearly two thousand casual believers and hundreds of devout believers. The speed of development is very amazing. She has officially taken root in Lustria, and Levi can finally feel relieved.
So he decided to lead his troops north because he received some important news in succession.
The Norsemen who occupied Skogey had new reinforcements arriving almost every day, and now the total number had exceeded seven thousand. They would rob the coastline from time to time to disperse some of the Lizardmen's forces.
The Lizardmen themselves basically have no navy. They used to mainly defend the homeland of Lustria. If they had to go on an expedition, such as the Kuga, they would not sail by sea, but by using the power of the giant spiritual network of magic toads and large-scale teleportation spells.
Therefore, the existence of these Norsemen is not a threat to the Lizardmen, but it is indeed a small trouble.
At the same time, while the three great demons, Khorne, Nurgle and Tzeentch, were wreaking havoc in Lustria, the demon of Slaanesh took a different approach and landed in Naggaroth.
To be more precise, they have successfully formed an alliance with the legendary Dark Elf, the Witch Queen Morathi, who is currently fighting against Master Ma.
Now the Daemons of Slaanesh are fighting alongside the Dark Elves against the Lizardmen.
This may sound incredible, but if we consider that the Witch Queen Morathi developed a sect of joy herself and served as the leader of the sect herself, perhaps it can be understood.
Although on the surface she did not say that she was a loyal believer of Slaanesh, in fact, everything she did could be equated with spreading the glory of Slaanesh.
Morathi created such a sect long before the civil war among the elves and the division of the dark elves.
It is said that it was because Morathi was kidnapped by the Slaanesh demon and did some unspeakable things. After being rescued by other elves, even though her body and soul were thoroughly purified, the memory was still there, and she would never forget that feeling.
Before long, an evil cult that existed only for the enjoyment of physical pleasures was born.
As a result, not only the elves before the split could not tolerate it, but the dark elves after the split also could not tolerate it.
Moreover, many gods believed in by the dark elves, such as the Bloody Hand God - Kane, the Queen of Vengeance - Anes Lema, the God of Disaster - Illinir, the Queen of the Hydra - Hecate, and the Lord of Blades - Edrezer, could not tolerate this situation.
As gods, they don't want to see their faith divided up by Slaanesh demons.
The Witch King Malekith couldn't tolerate it either, not only because the existence of the Cult of Joy shook his rule, but Morathi also wanted to turn him into a puppet.
It is also because the dark elves themselves are an iron-blooded and cruel race. This is why they are favored by Cain and the fundamental reason why they can compete with the high elves.
Therefore, Malekith once joined forces with the leader of the Church of Khaine, the witch Hellebron known as the "Bride of Khaine", and organized sieges and even massacres against the Cult of Pleasure more than once.
However, once the demons of Slaanesh are infected, it is very difficult to completely eliminate them. Moreover, they have the support of Morathi, the Witch Queen, whose power and status among the Dark Elves are second only to the Witch King. Therefore, the Cult of Pleasure has never been truly wiped out.
It is like a weed, with extremely tenacious vitality, and will come back to life with the spring breeze.
However, in terms of military types, Levi believed that the joining of the Slaanesh Demons did not seem to bring much benefit to Morathi's army, except for obtaining some cannon fodder.
Except that there are no two kinds of phoenixes, but Hydras and Scorpion-tailed Lions instead, and the types and numbers of dragons are very small, with only a few inferior black dragons transformed by magic. The Dark Elves' military system in other aspects is very similar to that of the High Elves.
Both are considered comprehensive, except that the Dark Elves replaced archers with crossbowmen, sacrificing a little range in exchange for higher armor-piercing capabilities.
Next is the difference in racial talents. The high elves' martial spirit is usually enhanced before the war begins, and the bonus to low and mid-level troops is very obvious.
The racial talent of the Dark Elves is Killing Skill. The entire army must kill a certain number of enemies before they will receive benefits, which is a bit like the WAAAGH that the greenskins use on the battlefield.
However, the main fighting methods of both sides are infantry holding the line and long-range unit shooting. If there is a black dragon or a scorpion tail lion, they can interfere with the opponent's long-range troops or wait for an opportunity to use decapitation tactics.
As for the cavalry units, for both elves, they are mainly auxiliary and cannot support big scenes.
Even the Dark Elves' cavalry may be even weaker, because for ordinary soldiers, apart from war horses, they can only choose cold lizards as mounts.
They go crazy at the slightest provocation. It's okay if the situation is favorable or the knight is overwhelming, but if they are in an unfavorable situation, they will often be killed along with the knight on their backs.
Well, it seems that the alliance between Morathi and Slaanesh is not completely without benefits.
Slaanesh Demons emphasize speed and agility. The key point may lie in how deep the cooperation between the two sides is and whether Slaanesh Demons are willing to hand over high-level troops to Morathi to serve as cavalry units.
However, for Levi, this trip northwards was just a formality except for taking down the Skoge stronghold.
Because the dark elves and the lizardmen are in a mutual situation.
To the Lizardmen, the Dark Elves' armor-piercing crossbows were very threatening, but to the Dark Elves, once the numerous dinosaur troops rushed to them, they had no power to fight back at all.
As for the Slaanesh demons, they are also powerless against the lizardmen and magic toads who have no gender and no desires.
Neither the Witch Queen, Morathi, nor the demons of Slaanesh would be foolish enough to think that they could really capture the City of the Sun, which is ruled by Master Ma and Lord Kroka.
Levi originally planned to keep Mortiti and let her continue to study with Osiyotan. In order to become stronger, he would not keep his subordinates tied to him all the time.
Just like Sefa, she has now followed the Yuan family's caravan to Zhendan with her younger sister Sonia, Sally who is also a fire mage, Zhou Miyin and others.
But Osiyotan said no. It was not that he did not want to continue teaching, but he had already taught Mortiti almost all the combat skills and experience that were suitable for her.
All that remains is for Motui to keep working hard and making progress until she reaches the top.
Osiyotan was still very optimistic about Mortiti. Apart from anything else, her ability to bestow liberation was already incredibly strong.
If the current situation continues, when Mortiti reaches Legend, she may be able to deal 5 times the damage with a single critical hit. Not to mention the squishy creatures like ordinary mages or thieves, even a warrior can only withstand a few hits.
Levi then gave up.
When passing by the City of Mist, Lord Huahua was quite reluctant to part with Levi. Although they had only known each other for a few days, Lord Huahua felt that Levi and he got along very well.
As the magic toad guarding the City of Mist, he was unable to fight alongside Levi for the time being, but he gave Levi some gifts.
To be more precise, he joined forces with several nearby magic toads who had been helped by Levi to prepare this for Levi.
First of all, there are five war ankylosaurs carrying solar engines. As special war machines, they act as artillery among the Lizardmen. However, they are not as easily attacked by the enemy as human cannons or high elves' crossbows.
Next are two flying chairs commonly used by magic toads.
According to Lord Huahua, they are ancient instruments passed down by the ancient saints themselves, so each one is legendary, and each magic toad has only one.
But countless years have passed, and in the process of fighting against evil, most of the magic toads have died, and more and more vacant flying seats have become available.
Lord Huahua has two of them in his hand, and now he decides to give them all to Levi to help him better fight against evil.
In addition to the ability to levitate and fly, the flying chair has three other capabilities:
1. Magic Barrier, a magic barrier with 800 health points and 30 defense points, which can be recharged at any time by consuming magic points. The weakness is that you cannot be distracted from casting spells during the recharging period, but for a weak mage, it is still of great significance;
2. Telekinesis, which is equivalent to a combination of protective arrows and reverse arrows, allowing its owner to better resist long-range attacks;
3. Soul of Stone. Once the owner sits on it, his soul and spirit will become as hard as stone, the magic error rate will be reduced by 30%, and the resistance to mental and soul magic will be increased by 30.
Each of the three major abilities is tailor-made for the mage, and what is rare is that there is no treasure curse.
Aside from the intelligence and level requirements, the only restriction on alignment is that it must be lawful neutral or lawful good to apply.
It's a pity, if Levi had obtained them before level 15, they would have been very useful special mounts, but now, he no longer needs them.
The speed at which his strength increased was far beyond the imagination of ordinary natives. Many things that were not strong enough were ignored without even having the chance to serve as transitional items.
For example, he had been looking forward to the Zhendan Palace, the Black Ark, and even the magic tower built long time ago. He was looking forward to them very much before he got them, but in the end he basically did not use them and left them to his subordinates to deal with.
Likewise, Michaela and Sefa already have Phoenixes, so they don't really need them under normal circumstances.
So Levi thought about it and decided to give them to Alyssa and the Medusa Prophet - Grena as rewards.
The two of them have been working diligently recently and have made a lot of contributions to the prosperity and development of Fear Rock and Black Ark.
Moreover, their fighting style tends to be standing still, which is just suitable for this flying chair.
The last one is a space ring with only one thing in it, which is the fresh corpses of 10 whales.
This was Levi's special request because Master Ma provided a special intelligence yesterday that a new force suddenly appeared near Skogey.
Levi has not had the energy to deal with those Norscans these days, and the Lizardmen are busy recuperating. In addition, the appearance of Slaanesh demons and the infighting among multiple vampire pirate forces have caused the situation in the vicinity to be a bit chaotic for a while.
A group of ogres who came from nowhere took advantage of this opportunity and occupied a territory on the seashore dozens of miles away from Skogi.
According to current intelligence, the enemy's leader is an ogre tyrant who calls himself Tagore Whaler.
Well, compared to many ogre tyrants who are inseparable from the titles of shit, piss and fart, he seems to be much more cultured.
But this is not important. What is important is that although there is no clear evidence at present, Master Ma believes that the other party is very likely to have originally lived in the Zhendan area and came across the sea.
The main world is a round planet, so theoretically, it is possible to reach Lustria by sailing out to sea from Zhendan or Nibon and continuing to travel eastward.
But almost no one had succeeded before, because between the two, there was a sea area of thousands of miles, which was filled with strong winds, rainstorms, lightning and thunder all day long. Even the largest warships of Zhendan were very likely to capsize in the sea.
It is said that this is because a long time ago, many sea gods fought there and died together, leaving behind traces.
As for the various ferocious beasts in the sea, their numbers are countless.
In the vast ocean, once a warship is destroyed, the chance of survival is slim unless you use teleportation magic to escape immediately, or you are a water-based being such as a mermaid or a flying-based being such as an angel.
So even if Levi wanted to let Sefa go to Zhendan before, he had never thought of doing it in this way.
But now this group of ogres has arrived in Lustria smoothly. It is said that there are some Zombie Beasts and Woolly Rhinoceroses in the accompanying team as mounts. They cannot swim, so they can only have come by boat.
With Master Ma's ability, he was unable to detect the ogres before they actually started to set up camp, which means that the ogres may have discovered a new sea route that is safe for travel.
If this is true, it will inevitably have a huge impact on the situation in Lustria.
The Zhendan Dynasty is also a lawful race. If we must make a connection, the Zhendan Dragon God and the Lizardmen are more or less related. If there really is such a safe route, perhaps the Lizardmen may be able to obtain reinforcements from Zhendan.
But if this route is discovered by Nibon, Inda, or the snake people in the heart of Horus, the continent of Lustria will become even more unstable, and Seleket's missionary work may also undergo some unexpected changes.
So Levi took the initiative to say that he would solve this problem.
Since the opponent's leader was nicknamed the Whale Hunter, Levi asked Lord Huahua to help him get the whale meat, which he would use to bribe the ogres later.
Although the Lizardmen have no navy, with the power of the magic toads, they can use powerful spells to forcibly pull the whales out of the sea and then kill them.
Ordinary whales are not magical creatures, so apart from their thick skin and flesh, they have no ability to resist.
Since the number of accompanying troops was small, it didn't take long for Levi and his men to reach their destination.
When they were still some distance away, Luna reported to Levi that this group of ogres had already started to set up camp and established a relatively small but very formal camp.
Luna even saw some weaklings armed with slingshots and simple crossbows patrolling on several small watchtowers.
After hearing this, everyone knew that the leaders of these ogres were not only unexpectedly smart, but also seemed to be not here to play around.
But Master Ma will definitely not tolerate their existence forever.
For the Lizardmen, the demon-worshipping Norscans, the Skaven, various demons, and the undead are all evil beings that must be eliminated.
Ogres, greenskins, etc. can be placed , but they still have to be killed if you encounter them.
The remaining humans, dwarves and elves can be patient for a while, but if there is a head-on conflict with the Lizardmen, such as the dark elves led by the Witch Queen Morathi, the Lizardmen will immediately change their attitude towards them.
However, before that, it is not completely impossible to make use of these big guys, so Levi asked Lord Huahua to help get the whale meat.
Seeing that the ogre camp was heavily guarded, Levi didn't want to be too passive in the subsequent negotiations, so after thinking about it, Levi found a small hill upwind.
He first took out some whale meat and whispered a few words to Elegy.
So Elegy quickly and happily set up the barbecue grill. Under the effect of the magic flame, within a few minutes, the aroma of barbecue had drifted towards the ogre camp along the breeze.
That’s right, Levi’s strategy was very simple, which was to use food to lure the ogre.
It is impossible for any ogres to overcome this weakness.
Then Levi also summoned many-headed sphinxes and some death guards to guard the barbecues.
Under normal circumstances, most ogres would only consider obtaining something through trading when they could not take it by force.
When considering strength, they will more often use size and strength as reference targets. Therefore, in order not to be seen as weak and vulnerable by the ogres, Levi naturally has to put on some pretense.
No one knew whether it was because Elegy's cooking skills were really good, or the ogres were really craving for whale meat, but soon the camp was filled with the ogres' excited roars.
Then dozens of ogres came running straight up the hill without even getting on their mounts. One of them was even bigger and more bloated than the average ogre, with a rudder on his back. He should be the whale hunter mentioned in the intelligence.
As they ran, these fat guys, who were several meters tall, had streams of saliva flowing down their chests.
This made Levi and others feel surprised, and they really couldn't understand it.
Out of curiosity, they tasted the whale meat and found it to be a bit like tough beef with a fishy smell, but it was not delicious at all.
Now the ogres are already going crazy just by smelling this smell. If our side had malicious intentions, they would have a chance to kill the whale hunter leader first.
As the distance between them continued to shorten and the ogres didn't seem to want to slow down at all, Levi knew that it was time for him to take action.
Then several Sphinxes walked with heavy steps, bringing up a cloud of dust, and blocked the ogres' path.
It was not until this time that the ogres seemed to actually notice the existence of them and Levi and others.
The whale hunter immediately shouted: "Ah, it's the pointy-eared elf, give us the meat quickly, you can name the price!"
Levi immediately smiled with satisfaction. This whale hunter was indeed a smart man. That made things easy.
He gestured to Wange to let the other party taste her cooking skills first. Of course, only a little bit was needed at the beginning.
So after tasting it, the whale hunter became even more impatient. He praised Elegy's craftsmanship as being more professional than the butchers in their tribe, and couldn't wait to get more.
The next thing went very smoothly. Half a quarter of an hour later, Levi and his group, who had reached a deal with the ogres, entered the other side's temporary camp very smoothly.
Soon, smoke rose up all around, and all the ogres began to drool, staring at the whale meat bubbling up and down in the big pot in front of them.
Levi also felt very satisfied. With the corpse of a whale as an advance payment, he successfully hired this ogre army at a terrifyingly low price.
The whale captured by Lord Huahua is of medium size, each weighing only 8-10 tons. There are nearly 500 ogres here, and one whale is not enough for these ogres to eat for a day.
And as long as the ogres still have a desire for this, Levi can control them better without worrying that they will betray him easily.
Among them, the three hundred ogre bull warriors and iron-stomach ogres were basically cannon fodder, and Levi no longer cared about them.
A few Stonehorn Beasts with two teams of Mourning Tooth Beast cavalry and Crusher are already useful. Their general strength is around level 6, which is one thing, mainly based on the size and weight of these monsters. They can often easily destroy the breakthroughs and even destroy the enemy's formation.
Next came hundreds of hunters armed with crossbows and anchors. They were best at hunting large beasts, such as giants and stonehorns.
But before that, they had never actually hunted whales, and whale hunter was more of a wish than a title.
Finally, there were a hundred or so weak ones, which were basically useless. They were originally driven by the ogres to serve as cannon fodder and backup food. If Levi had not brought whale meat this time, they might have been the ones being cooked in the pot.
After agreeing to go to Skogey together to beat up the Norsemen later, Levi also began to inquire about how they got here.
Probably because he was the first to eat whale meat, the whale hunter did not hide anything about it. Although he spoke incoherently and incoherently, Levi still roughly understood the whole story.
The Whale Hunter was originally a mercenary in the Eastern Province of Zhendanwei, and had participated in the suppression of the Nipeng pirates many times. His life was pretty good.
But because some time ago, the blue sea heroine of Zhendan - the water god - Minglong - Yinyin, beat up many Nipeng gods, and her fleet also destroyed most of Nipeng's joint fleet.
After that, the Nipon pirates also ceased their activities. After all, many of the Nipon pirates were actually just the Nipon officials with a different flag.
Therefore, whale hunters, who had little work to do, decided to go out to sea to hunt whales to make their title worthy of its name.
But not long after they went out to sea, they encountered strong winds and huge waves. When they were blown dizzy, they docked at an unnamed island that was not recorded on the nautical chart.
After that, they only saw a flashing energy vortex. When they went in out of curiosity, they found that they had come to a completely unfamiliar area.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they discovered a rain forest with many dinosaurs. Along the way, they also saw some dark elves and lizardmen who were in a state of war.
Even though the ogres' brains weren't very useful, they knew this must be the continent of Lustria.
In addition, they soon found a seaside area, so the whale hunters immediately decided to stay in the continent of Lustria from then on.
His idea was very simple. There were dinosaurs and whales here. For the ogres, it was simply a paradise!
