Volume 4 Chapter 557: The Unexpected Avenger
A quarter of an hour later, Levi and his group left. Master Ma did not fully agree with Levi's proposal because the scope of this matter was too large.
At present, the two sects of the Serpent God - Sotek and Seleket, are only allowed to preach in an area of about one-tenth of the entire Lustria.
But even so, if Seleket can really completely swallow up this area, it will be enough to support her to become a strong one among the weaker divine powers. The faith of the entire Lustria continent is enough to support multiple powerful divine powers.
So even though Levi had helped the Lizardmen many times, his appetite was still too big for Master Ma.
But Master Ma did not completely reject it, because Levi's favor was indeed great, and the Lizardmen did need a god who was friendly and powerful to them.
So he put forward several conditions, and if Levi could meet all of them, he would allow Levi to preach relatively freely.
First of all, Levi doesn’t just have to stand with the Lizardmen when fighting against evil like demons or devils. If it’s an invasion by the Norsemen, the Dark Elves, or even other good gods, Levi needs to stay on the same front with the Lizardmen.
Levi thought about it and agreed.
Because if Master Ma allowed him to preach comprehensively, then the whole of Lustria would also be a part of him, and it would be natural for him to protect his property.
At this time, the ascetic also took the initiative to stand up and expressed his support for Levi.
I can't say anything else, but if Levi feels it is necessary, her Crystal Heaven, as well as the two levels of Heaven controlled by the Messenger of Mercy and the Messenger, can send celestial creatures to station in the Lizardmen's towns, and the other four levels of Heaven will also provide certain support.
Although they cannot compare with the demons from the Abyss in terms of numbers and reproduction speed, the creatures from the celestial realm have the advantage of rarely suffering heavy casualties, so as time goes by, they have accumulated a lot.
Previously, due to the agreement between the Celestial Clan and the gods, they could not appear in the main world at will, but if they signed certain contracts, it would be relatively easy to bypass this agreement.
If Levi could really become a god, it would be even simpler.
It is completely reasonable for the gods to send celestial creatures to protect their churches and temples, and to help the lizardmen defend the city, right?
Secondly, Levi must possess a priesthood related to death, or win over a god of this kind to jointly protect the Lizardmen.
This is related to the special way the Lizardmen were born and died.
As we all know, the Lizardmen cannot be corrupted by demons or devils. Once there are such signs, the Lizardmen are powerless to resist. Based on the backup plans left by the ancient saints, the souls of the Lizardmen will completely dissolve in a very short time, and their bodies will decay quickly to ensure that they will not be used by the enemy.
As a price, the Lizardmen who died in this way naturally could not be resurrected.
But what many people don't know is that if a Lizardman dies in battle, his soul will return to the world in the form of energy and cannot be resurrected by conventional spells.
At least with Master Ma's ability, he can't do it.
In addition, the ancient saints believed in by the magic toads and lizardmen seem to have disappeared, and naturally there is no kingdom of God that can serve as the residence of the lizardmen's souls. Therefore, the souls of lizardmen and spirit lizards who die of normal aging will usually disappear completely soon.
The lizard people had no regrets about this, but it was impossible for Master Ma to be completely untouched.
If there were a god of death who could accept and protect the souls of the lizardmen, these things might be greatly improved.
This was not a sudden idea of Master Ma. He had conducted many investigations before, but those gods all had their own shortcomings. Either their camps and personalities did not meet Master Ma's requirements, or they were too weak.
The Lord of the Dead - Kelemvor is powerful enough, but this involves the third condition proposed by Master Ma: fairness.
Master Ma wanted the Lizardmen to be treated equally, but Klemvor, who was born a human, obviously could not do that.
Nowadays, many humans in the Old World still regard Lizardmen as mysterious legends, or simply monsters.
Some adventurers from the Southern Kingdom had also attacked Lizardman patrols by hunting monsters.
Although they all paid the price for their stupidity in the end, it was enough to illustrate their attitude.
So Master Ma quickly gave up on the human gods, but if it were Levi, perhaps things would be completely different.
Although elves are not as smart as magic toads, they are much stronger than humans. Master Ma has never seen any discrimination or prejudice in Levi. Instead, he is more curious and respectful.
These three conditions seem very harsh, but if Levi can really do it, Master Ma promised that he could open half of Lustria to Levi first, and then discuss the rest later.
Levi naturally had no reason to refuse. Perhaps in Master Ma's opinion, the second item was the most difficult, but in fact, for Levi, it was much simpler than he had imagined.
Not to mention that Levi may collect the nine volumes of Nagash at any time and obtain the mysteries about death hidden in them.
He had learned a secret of the Moon Bow Goddess a long time ago, that her external duties were not all.
Probably when the kingdom of the Lich God - Velsharoon was destroyed, she and Lilith teamed up to cut a lot of flesh off Velsharoon, which enabled her to successfully condense the priesthood - death.
It’s just that the priesthood of death is very incompatible with her own, and even conflicts with her other priesthoods, which actually drags down her power.
Moreover, she did not have much knowledge about death in the past, and she could not fully apply , so she had never announced it to her priests.
Apart from Lilith, only those who have obtained her divinity, such as Levi and Luna, know this secret.
If Levi could pay enough, it would not be difficult to get it from Yue Gong.
Of course, this is Levi's last resort. If possible, he would better condense the priesthood of death himself.
Lilith thought the same thing, so they never mentioned this when they discussed related matters before.
But if it really comes to the point where it is absolutely necessary, Levi will not be pretentious, so in Levi's view, the three conditions proposed by Master Ma are not a big problem at all!
After confirming some details, just as Levi was about to leave the Star Gate, he suddenly received an unexpected hint.
"You are being affected by a special space magic from an unknown entity. Based on your strength, you will be able to choose freely whether to accept the other party's call."
“If you accept, you will be transferred to unknown areas;
If you refuse, the other party's summoning will fail, and they will not be able to use this magic on you again within seven days."
Looking at the magic circle gradually emerging under his feet, Levi was a little confused for a moment. He had not signed a summoning contract with other beings, so how did he become a summoned creature now?
The ascetics who had not left yet, as well as Master Ma and Lord Kroka who were discussing how to defend the Star Gate, all looked over. They also felt this sudden energy.
"Levi, you were attacked? Do you need me to merge with you?"
Levi shook his head. This was so confusing. Who knew who was on the other side?
What if Arkhan had done this to me? Wouldn't it be death to go there? Even if the ascetic was there, I couldn't take the risk!
Master Ma took a closer look and said, "It's the breath of fire, and a dark and evil energy. It doesn't look like the demons under the command of the Four Chaos Gods, and it doesn't smell like sulfur, but it is indeed a demon."
Lord Kroka chuckled, "It could be a Chaos Dwarf, Levi. Do you want us to help you reverse the effects this time?"
After taking a look at the Star Gate next to him, Master Ma's mouth corners rarely rose slightly.
No matter who the other party is, being able to lock onto Levi and try to capture him in this way, his strength can be considered quite good.
But the other party's luck is not so good. With the Star Gate, they can easily follow the clues and fight back!
Levi also laughed: "Then I'll trouble you two."
So the two strongest magic toads in their respective generations began to cast spells together, and Penthesilea, Elegy, and a group of lizardman heroes were all on full alert around them.
To be on the safe side, Levi also let the ascetic merge for the first time. Since the other party's target is himself, maybe he will have some special means.
The fusion process was unexpectedly efficient and fast. The ascetic directly transformed into a soft light and merged into Levi's body.
Then Levi felt that his strength, agility, perception, etc. were all improving rapidly.
He could even effortlessly hear the chirping sounds of 32 insects around him and accurately determine their location and species.
He could also see every pattern on a pair of dancing butterflies hundreds of meters away.
And dozens of meters away, a bee was flapping its wings and flying, and its movements seemed to be slowed down dozens of times. He could even see its every movement clearly.
All of this seemed to have become his instinct.
Although he did not perfectly inherit all the attributes of the ascetic, at least at this moment, Levi could truly appreciate some of the other party's strength.
It's a bit too strong, you call this a pastor?
The gap between the ascetic of the Lord of the Fourth Heaven and the messenger of the Lord of the First Heaven is extremely huge!
Levi couldn't help but adjust his perception of the strength of the Seven Paragons of Yakong again. The weakest Messenger and the Messenger of Mercy were not enough to represent them as a whole.
Even if they are both legendary, their strengths may vary greatly.
However, Levi soon had no time to sigh, because as Master Ma and Lord Kroka cast spells, black and red flames also burned on the Star Gate.
Then there was a flash of light, and a Chaos Dwarf appeared. He was wearing a tall crown and had a long beard. He seemed to have undergone special modifications. Most of his body, including his hands and feet, was made of metal. He looked a bit like a Chaos Dwarf powered by both steam and magic.
One look at his confused look, it was obvious that he had not expected this situation to happen at all.
Then when he looked up, the Chaos Dwarf saw Levi with a curious look on his face.
He immediately looked a little angry: "Cursed elf, are Levi who stole my property?"
As he shouted, red steam with sparks came out from his neck, elbows and other joints, as well as his neck and nose.
Levi's mind raced: "So, you are Iron Hand Yatgot? The oldest and most powerful demon warlock among the Chaos Dwarves?"
When ambushing the Vampire Queen before, Levi did grab a handful of Chaos Dwarves.
Thanks to that robbery, a large-scale railway has now been built on Dread Rock, and many dwarf blacksmiths have been working day and night to build a number of simple trains to match it.
Levi has even discussed with Khalida and the Dragon Prince that he could get some trial products in Lahmia City and Black Castle to see if they are suitable for the two of them, and then decide whether to expand this cooperation in the future.
If successful, this would be a good long-term business. The Chaos Dwarves would never let anyone know about their trains and railways.
Unexpectedly, after just a few days of use, the owner came to my door.
However, Levi didn't have any psychological burden at all about robbing these dwarfs.
Because the Chaos Dwarves are a race that drives demons, captures slaves on a large scale, and conducts many evil living experiments.
At the same time, when possible, they will also sell weapons and armor to many races such as demons, devils, or ogres in exchange for slaves and experimental subjects.
Simply driving demons may not be enough to fully determine their alignment, because some demon warlocks will fight evil with evil.
But the remaining actions can only be carried out by the lawful evil camp, which is in serious conflict with Levi.
"That's right, damn elf, you really shouldn't offend the great High Priest of Hasut!"
As he spoke, Iron Hand swung his two hammers. It seemed that he was in a state of extreme anger, so much so that he even ignored the surrounding environment.
But thanks to the ascetic's increased strength, Levi keenly realized that the swinging of Iron Hand's weapon was actually following some special rules, and Iron Hand was actually performing some kind of magic in what he thought was a secret.
Levi shrugged immediately: "Well, it looks like from today on, your god will have to have a new supreme priest!"
Before he finished speaking, Levi had already thrown out a dimensional lock. His opponent was playing tricks, so why not him?
No matter what Tie Shou's plan is, as long as he can't use space magic to escape, he will die today!
The two magic toads did not take action immediately. On the one hand, Levi did not ask them to do so. On the other hand, it was because they thought it was unnecessary.
Even though Levi has only just entered the Legend, as the spokesperson of Heaven Mountain in the main world, anyone who really underestimates him will definitely pay the price for it.
Elegy and Penthesilea had already rushed forward first, while Mortidi made a small circle, preparing to launch a surprise attack from behind the enemy.
But faster than them was Donna's arrow.
But before she got a few meters within reach of the Iron Hand, black and red flames appeared out of nowhere and instantly burned Donna's enchanted arrows to ashes.
At the same time, sensing that the teleportation magic he was performing had failed, Tie Shou immediately understood what Levi had done. This made him angry and a little frightened at the same time, because he seemed to have foreshadowed his own fate.
unless……
With a "bang", Tie Shou knelt down on one knee. The surging black and red aura directly knocked Elegy, who had just approached him but had no time to launch an attack, away dozens of meters.
Penthesilea, who was stronger, was fine, but the power of the spear she stabbed out was obviously weakened a lot.
The subsequent piercing metallic hissing sound directly told everyone present that the defense of the demon warlock Iron Hand was countless times stronger than that of an ordinary warrior.
Despite this, Iron Hand's movements and expression remained unchanged. He just looked up at the sky devoutly: "Great Hasut, your devout believers pray for your help. I am willing to offer the flesh and soul of ten thousand intelligent creatures!"
As soon as the words came out, everyone around was surprised, even Lord Kroka frowned slightly.
Sacrifice is a very common thing for gods and churches. Even for righteous gods, powerful demons offered by believers, or the corpses of pagans will be rewarded.
But offering tens of thousands of sacrifices at once, even the craziest evil god wouldn't be so greedy, right? What's the difference between this and the demon lord?
At this moment, a cow mooing sound suddenly sounded. Even with Levi's current strength, he couldn't tell where it came from for a moment.
But soon something even more surprising happened. A one-meter-square flaming bull head suddenly appeared in front of Tie Shou and then drilled directly into Tie Shou's body.
At the same time, a male voice that sounded extremely cruel, bloodthirsty and greedy rang out: "Deal!"
"Ahhh, Levi, you deserve to die, all of you deserve to die!"
Tie Shou let out a series of crazy shouts, and his chest turned red visibly, followed by his limbs and head. A pair of hideous horns were trying hard to drill out of his forehead.
At the same time, his body was rapidly expanding and changing. In the blink of an eye, a giant metal bull with a golden-red body and wings on its back had taken shape.
Excluding the metal body, this is the appearance of the Lamassu Taurus, and also the appearance of Hasut, the evil god believed in by the Chaos Dwarves.
But combined with the conversation between the two just now, the people around felt particularly strange, and many people had a question for the first time: Is this Hasut really a god?
"Master Ma, Lord Kroka, please lend me a hand!"
While shouting, Levi added another dimensional lock, released the supply of the Doom Girl, and then instantly released multiple Hammers of Justice.
Although the single damage was not high, the combined damage caused Iron Hand hundreds of points of damage.
Seeing this, Levi was generally relieved. Even though the opponent was strengthened by Hasut, his magic resistance was still slightly inferior to that of Luther Harken, the abandoned pawn of the magic network.
At this time, the two magic toads also took action. It would have been fine if Levi hadn't asked them to do so before, but now that Levi had spoken, they naturally had to go all out and let Levi see the true power of the magic toads!
There were no complicated moves this time. Levi only saw pure light energy floating past like soft clouds. Then, the Iron Hand, which had not yet completed the transformation, fell to the ground with a "thump" as if it was pressed down by a mountain.
The mutation that was happening to him was forcibly stopped, and he even gradually began to reverse back to his original appearance as a Chaos Dwarf.
Then the voice that seemed to be Hasut's sounded again: "Damned Iron Hand Yatgot, what kind of enemy did you provoke? Ten thousand are not enough, I want one hundred thousand!"
Levi keenly noticed that compared to just now, Hasut's voice now sounded much angrier, even mixed with a little panic and confusion?
After thinking about it, Levi instantly released a series of Hammers of Justice, forcibly interrupting Iron Hand who was about to speak.
So Hasut shouted again: "Damn it? Why don't you answer? Are you fooling me? Very well, this deal is canceled!"
As he spoke quickly, a flame in the shape of a bull's head forcibly broke away from Tie Shou and rushed straight into the sky. It sounded as if he was angered by Tie Shou, so he abandoned him directly.
Levi's eyes flashed, and finally he shook his head slightly at Lord Kroka who was looking at him.
Although there are more and more doubts in my heart and a certain possibility is getting higher and higher, my first goal at the moment is to kill Iron Hand!
In fact, this would not be difficult, because after Hasut left, Iron Hand not only returned to his original appearance, but also collapsed to the ground as if he had lost strength and could not do anything at all.
Whether it was Livy's Hammer of Justice, Penthesilea's spear, or Elegy's greatsword, he was completely unable to parry or dodge.
It seemed that even though Hasut didn't help at all , Iron Hand still paid a heavy price for it.
Only after Iron Hand's mechanical limbs were all cut off, revealing his core body that was like a stone statue, did Levi signal everyone to slow down a little.
"Iron Hand, what is Hasut's priesthood?"
"Priesthood? Hahaha, how can he have that..."
Before Tie Shou could finish his words, there was a muffled "bang" sound, and part of his body, which was already in pieces, exploded from the inside out.
Now even the most dull-witted person could sense something was wrong, not to mention that no one present was a fool.
So Levi didn't ask any more questions, but just signaled everyone to attack together to prevent Iron Hand from being killed by Hasut.
Tie Shou, who was already dying, could not withstand this kind of attack and was killed in the blink of an eye.
Before he died, Iron Hand felt a little regretful. He not only regretted taking revenge on Levi in this way, but also regretted placing his hopes on Hasut.
If he had fought honestly using his own method, he would not have ended up dying tragically without causing any harm to the enemy.
But what I regret most is that I chose to believe in Hasut!
A few seconds later, when the battle was completely over, the surroundings fell into a brief silence.
Finally, it was Levi who spoke first: "So, Hasut doesn't seem to have any official priests?"
Normal dwarves cannot harness the winds of magic, but a priest is essentially the power of God, which is only temporarily loaned to the priests, so dwarves can also become priests.
Master Ma nodded slightly solemnly: "His church has never officially announced his priesthood and field, and the outside world only has some vague speculations."
Priesthood and domain are the tools for the gods and their churches to publicize themselves to the outside world, and are also the foundation for expanding faith.
But Hasut has never officially announced these to the public, and he seems to have no intention of expanding his faith. He only wants to protect the Dark Land and the Chaos Dwarves.
In the past, it could only be said that Hasut's temperament was a little strange, but it could not be called special, because there were many gods who did not seek to make progress, typical of which were those gods who advocated hedonism.
But considering Hasut's performance just now, this is too suspicious.
“Haha, it seems that in addition to the Four Chaos Gods, there are still other demons trying to become gods, and they have made a lot of efforts to this end.” Lord Kroka made the final summary.
In fact, by now, things have become very obvious.
It is very likely that Hasut is not a true God, but a demon lord who is not very powerful, a little clever, but not wise.
If he was really strong or smart enough, he wouldn't have run so fast and in such a mess just now.
For the gods, priesthood, divinity, believers, etc. are all things they value, but there is one thing that should not be underestimated, that is dignity and honor.
If it were any other god, there would be no way that he would allow Levi and others to gang up on his supreme priest while he escaped alone.
If he is a true god, he will fight for his dignity even if he knows he cannot win!
What they couldn't figure out now was how such a being who had nothing to do with wisdom could have fooled the Chaos Dwarves in the first place? Was it pure luck?
The next question is whether Hasut has colluded with the Four Chaos Gods. After all, before this, there were only those four who had successfully become gods.
However, the path to success of the Four Chaos Gods should be difficult to apply to ordinary demon lords. After all, the Four Chaos Gods were born from the emotions of all things and are fundamentally different from other demons.
Penthesilea was curious about something else: "Why had no gods or mortals noticed this in the past?"
Levi shrugged: "Perhaps, because dwarves who can use magic are already very different, so they attract all attention."
But that is not important for now. The territory of the Chaos Dwarves is some distance away from Lustria or Dreadrock. Unless the other party takes the initiative to come to the door like this time, it is usually difficult to deal with them.
And even if we have some guesses about Hasut's identity, it would be difficult for us to truly encircle and suppress him given the cowardly character he has just shown.
Killing Hasut outside the Abyss would not kill it completely, but would only alert the enemy.
Unless, Levi chooses to use the Holy Words of Creation to infer the other party's real name, and then set up a series of traps specifically!
