Volume 4 Chapter 558: Scoje
Unfortunately, Levi is unable to determine the other party’s true identity for the time being. After all, many powerful demons may have the characteristics of cattle.
The most famous and powerful one among them may be Baphomet, the lord of the 600th layer of the Abyss, known as the "Prince of Beasts" and the "Mnotauren Demon Lord", who has been fighting against the King of Gnolls - Yeenoghu.
Baphomet has indeed been trying to embark on the path to becoming a god. The most obvious thing is that it corrupts the minotaurs on a large scale and regards them as forbidden food.
No matter if other demon lords or gods try to intervene, it will resist firmly.
Baphomet would occasionally work with other beastmen gods such as Mala to steal the faith of other beastmen, and seduce some stupid giants to become its believers .
But this demon lord is well-known for his barbarity, violence and aggressiveness. Apart from trying to become a god, he spends most of his time allowing himself to be driven by his animal instincts. Hasut's performance just now was completely inconsistent with Baphomet's character.
But that is not what we should consider right now. Once we truly figure out the other party's real name, everything will naturally be revealed.
However, Levi has no intention of telling Master Ma and the others about the Holy Word of Creation for the time being. The fewer people who know about this ability, the better.
Likewise, Master Ma doesn’t pay much attention to Hasut’s identity.
All along, Hasut has been causing trouble for the Chaos Dwarves in the Dark Land, followed by the surrounding Greenskins and Ogres, and there has never been a chance for a head-on conflict between him and the Lizardmen.
It would have been an unexpected encounter, otherwise Master Ma would not have wanted to go out of his way to cause trouble for the other party. The affairs of the Lizardmen in Lustria were enough to worry him about.
So after talking for a few words, Master Ma went to reorganize the defense.
Lord Kroka said a few more words. He said that if Levi intended to deal with Hasut in the future, he could be included.
With his promise, Levi became more confident. If Lord Kroka joined and the Celestials helped, Levi would be confident that he could make a breakthrough even in Baphomet's lair.
Lord Kroka is best at large-scale attacks. In front of him, if it is just pure numbers, it will be meaningless.
At the same time, Lord Kroka formally introduced the special albino lizardman to Levi.
In fact, after seeing the other party's unique special skin, Levi already knew the other party's identity: the legendary lizardman warrior - the big white lizard - Gorok.
Lizardmen are hatched in batches. According to the magic toads' exploration, lizardmen in the same batch should share certain specific amounts of mysterious energy set by the ancient saints.
If there are fewer lizardmen in a batch, it means that there are strong ones among them who have absorbed most of the energy.
But even Kuga has brothers in the same batch, only the big white lizard is different. He is the only one in his batch, and this is the only special case that the magic toads have ever seen.
Although he is a lizard man, his body size is much larger than that of ordinary giant lizards. This has surprised many magic toads, and they believe that he has a bright future.
As it turns out, this is indeed the case.
Compared to the commanding Kuga, the Great White Lizard is a pure violent warrior.
His tactics are usually to rush forward and kill the enemy's hero unit. If there are other enemies on the way, kill them all by the way, and then kill the remaining enemies.
He has always done this and has never failed.
There are even magic toads that lamented that if the great white lizards had been present during the last demon invasion, perhaps the lizardmen would not have lost so much power.
Although they have never officially fought, based on the Great White Lizard's past battle record, his actual combat power is likely to be much stronger than Kuja's.
It's just that he had been stationed in the central region of Lustria, in Itaza, the first city of the Lizardmen, fighting against the ratmen hiding in the jungle.
It seems that either the Lizardmen have gained a great advantage in the recent battle against the Skaven, or the Dark Elves on the front line have put a lot of pressure on the Lizardmen, which is why the Great White Lizards have also come here.
In the battle just now, the big white lizard was also holding a large shield and a mace, guarding beside Lord Kroka, and did not participate in the battle. He will most likely act as a guard in the next battle against the dark elves.
But since Master Ma and the others didn't mention this matter, Levi didn't ask. He just exchanged a few polite words with the big white lizard and got a few very simple words from it, such as "reconciliation", then Levi said goodbye and left.
Despite many agreements and conventions, the two parties are still not formal allies, and Levi does not need to be too proactive.
After getting out of the jungle, Cindy ran over happily and showed Levi her new title. She was the one who had just delivered the final blow to Iron Hand.
Levi took a look and thought, well, it’s not bad and is quite suitable for melee units like Cindy.
Special Titles - Iron Hands, Iron Feet, Stone Body:
Effect 1, physical defense +5, magic resistance +5;
Effect 2: When hands, feet, and body parts are attacked, the critical hit rate is reduced by 5%.
(Iron Hand Yatgot, the Supreme Priest of the Chaos Dwarves, in order to survive, he made special modifications to most of his body, but unfortunately this still could not save him from the fate of death)
In terms of loot, Iron Hands is also very generous. First, it provides two legendary hammers. In addition to the accompanying fire attacks, they also have a bonus to the forging success rate.
Next is an epic steam-powered vest. Once put on, in addition to providing good defense and magic resistance, it also comes with the ability to enhance charge and resist charge, which is also pretty good.
But it is also limited to the dwarves, and Levi has no powerful dwarves or blacksmiths under his command, so he can only keep them for now and see if he can exchange them for something better later.
Finally, there are two legendary feats.
With a perfect physique, he will not get sick from common diseases, nor will he be poisoned by common poisons.
It's somewhat useful, but not very useful . Any advanced poison or plague is mixed with magic, right?
But the other one is more powerful, it improves physical fitness, physical fitness +1.
Simple and crude, but undoubtedly very powerful. For non-god-level beings, all attribute points are very useful.
This time Levi didn't think much about it and directly handed it over to Penthesilea. Although they are all foreign aid, there are still great differences between Penthesilea and the Messenger of Mercy.
This surprised and delighted Penthesilea, but at the same time made her even more embarrassed.
Obviously, she had been constantly participating in battles of all sizes, fighting against strong men from various races, and Levi had never been stingy in rewarding her, but why did she owe more and more?
But it is absolutely impossible to ask her to give up this expertise, so she will have to work harder in the future.
After taking care of this small matter, Levi quickly found the whale hunter who was still feasting there.
Speaking of which, this fat guy is really lucky. He was used as an experiment by the Tzeentch demon and finally survived intact. But there are really not many such people.
Originally, Master Ma was quite disgusted with the ogres, but considering the role played by the whale hunters in this incident, Master Ma said that as long as the whale hunters did not cause trouble, the lizardmen could barely tolerate their existence.
But they have to move to another place and cannot stay near the Star Gate because the Lizardmen will station troops here in the future.
So Levi is now going to give the whale hunter a chance to perform.
The whale hunters, who were almost full and satisfied, agreed very readily. After all, the reason why Levi took out the whale meat in the first place was to hire them to help fight.
But when they returned to the ogre camp, the whale hunter was very annoyed to find that while he was cooking outside, the ogres at home were also busy.
The whale that Levi took out at the beginning had been eaten by the ogres with their stomachs opened.
Upon seeing this, the whale hunters simply abandoned the camp and sent out their entire army to kill Skogey, killing the entire family at once.
This was exactly what Levi was thinking. The Lizardmen were not good at naval battles and naturally would not occupy a port like Skogi. So he could just hand it over to the whale hunters.
As for whether the whale hunters could continue to guard the place, Levi didn't consider it. He was not the other party's nanny. Being able to do this was already the most he could do.
Perhaps because the ogres were making too much noise, some Norse raiders riding on war horses and armed with throwing axes and javelins appeared along the way before they even reached Skoge.
They were also the type of soldiers that gave the Lizardmen a headache in the past, because they loved bullying the weak and guerrilla warfare.
Among the Lizardmen patrols, about 60% are melee-type Lizardmen or Skinks, 30% are Skinks using javelins or blowguns, and the last 10% are mobile forces such as wild cold lizards or cold lizard riders.
As for the likes of Ankylosaurs and Tyrannosaurus, they were either too bulky to be suitable for patrolling, or their numbers were relatively small and they could not be widely used.
This makes the Lizardmen patrols vulnerable to long-range combat. If they want to engage in close combat, the Norsemen will run away and then release the Lizardmen kites.
If a few Cold Lizard Riders rushed forward, the Norscans would eat them all up in one go, and then continue to use kite tactics to eliminate the remaining Lizardmen.
So at the beginning, although the overall strength of the Norsemen was not strong, they did cause some minor troubles to the Lizardmen.
But things changed later. The Lizardmen began to add flying troops such as pterosaur riders and beaked dragons, which could suppress these Norscans more effectively.
When Osiyotan returned and quickly spread chameleons throughout the entire continent of Lustria, things changed further.
The Lizardmen began to systematically turn the patrols into baits. Once the Norsemen wanted to repeat the same trick, they would find themselves in a trap. Some blowgun darts coated with poison would first take away some of their members, followed by a multi-party siege from the sky and the ground.
If Levi and the others were not there, these Norse raiders might be able to do the same thing to deal with the ogres.
Unfortunately, there is no if. When they were still some distance away, Donna and Kerillian had already launched a rain of arrows, killing most of the enemies in seconds.
Cindy led the celestial creatures in a swoop and wiped out several teams.
If there are any left, Luna will lead the huntresses in a charge, and that will basically be the end of it.
The initial level of the huntresses was not high, but after following Luna through thick and thin for so long, plus her various bonuses, they basically had the strength of level 5, so it was really easy for them to deal with these Norsemen.
Despite this, the Norsemen continued to appear in large numbers, with about a hundred of them each time. This tactic of adding fuel to the fire was obviously very unwise, but they still chose to do so.
Everyone immediately knew that the other party must be stalling for time.
It is unknown whether he wants to take the opportunity to escape or call for reinforcements, such as bringing in some demons or something.
That doesn’t matter for now. We must do our best to stop whatever the enemy wants to do!
So Levi let the Whale Hunter continue to command the troops forward, with Luna taking care of them. He rode on the Thunder Beast, and flew towards Skogi with Penthesilea and others, as well as Donna and Kerillian's flying archer troops.
Still at a distance, when Levi saw the Norsemen divided into two waves fighting in a large and orderly manner in the slightly larger port, he knew what the other party was playing.
This was not a civil war, because there were some guys dressed as witch doctors and priests jumping around nearby, and both sides in the war were deliberately avoiding where they were. They must be holding some kind of sacrificial ceremony.
The Norse chieftain who was killed by Levi before was a follower of Khorne. Now they should be planning to continue along each other's path.
Khorne only wants blood and killing, it doesn't care where they come from, so this kind of organized and planned fighting and death may seem very unreliable, but in fact the rewards may be very surprising and more controllable.
But this ceremony should have just begun not long ago, and the Norsemen moved too slowly, so there was very little blood and corpses on the ground. This level of sacrifice could not summon any powerful demons, only a few bloodthirsty vampires at most.
Levi even began to consider whether he should let the other side go for a while, and wait until they summoned high-level Khorne demons before taking action. Anyway, those who died now were all Norscans.
Moreover, the token of hunting divinity given by King Lamizazi also requires some high-value prey.
After this period of hard work, Levi has already advanced most of the progress. He is very curious whether someone will jump out to snatch the fruits of victory when everything is completely done.
But before he could start thinking about this problem seriously, Luna on the other side sent information saying that some new enemies were heading in this direction.
Moreover, the composition of this army is also quite special. In addition to hundreds of Dark Elf Cold Lizard Knights, there are also some Slaanesh Demon Cavalry. Their mounts are demons that look like a hybrid of an ostrich, a seahorse, and a crocodile.
Levi immediately found this interesting. What was this? Were the Dark Elves learning the cavalry's fighting style from Slaanesh?
However, the four Chaos Gods and their demons are incompatible. If the Slaanesh demons find that the Norscans are offering sacrifices to the Khorne demons, they will probably have a head-on conflict. Then maybe we can just sit back and watch the fight.
But at this moment, a rare Norse woman dressed as a chief, suspected to be Skogi himself, walked out of a house.
Behind her was a string of bound captives and some Norse berserkers acting as guards.
When Levi noticed that in addition to the humans, there was also a female wood elf wearing a deer antler helmet and dressed in a rather wild manner, he knew that he might not be able to continue watching the fun.
There are no wood elves in Lustria's native land, so it is very likely that she is hiding some secrets.
To unlock the secret, he needs to rescue the captives before the Norscans use them in sacrificial rituals.
So Levi changed his mind. He started casting spells directly and sent a message to Luna, asking her to take the whale hunters and ogre troops to intercept the dark elves and Slaanesh demons.
Although Levi didn't care much even if he faced siege from them and the Norsemen at the same time, that would seem a bit stupid.
At the same time, Donna and others also launched an attack.
With their current strength, dealing with a few Norsemen would be effortless. Just a wave of arrows was enough to easily kill those Norse berserkers.
Cindy took the opportunity to lead the angels in a dive, ensuring the safety of the captives, especially the wood elf girl, as soon as possible.
Levi casually cast a few spells and killed all the few magic units of the Norsemen.
Suddenly attacked, the Norsemen who were fighting each other suddenly fell into panic.
Then, under the loud shouts of the female chief, they quickly tried to reorganize their formation and fight together against the invading enemy.
But Penthesilea, Elegy and others had already launched a charge. Although their numbers were less than one percent of the enemy's, they were able to crush them all the way like a whirlwind. In less than half a minute, the Norsemen were killed and fled in panic.
Only the female chief, Skogi, remained where she was, looking up at Levi: "So, you were the one who killed my father?"
"Why, do you want to avenge him?"
"Revenge? Hahaha, of course not. I should thank you. It's you who gave me the opportunity to become the chieftain and devote myself to Khorne!"
Skogi laughed wildly and took the initiative to meet Dirge's whirlwind attack, and was beheaded by the latter as he wished.
But everyone knew that this was not just suicide, it was also a sacrifice to Khorne.
As more and more Norscans were killed in the battle, the blood on the ground began to follow a certain special pattern and gradually gathered together. Penthesilea and others looked at Levi, intending to ask.
Skogi and all the Norse priests present had been killed, but they seemed to have set up some sacrificial arrays in secret, and they were still able to function without anyone presiding over them.
Levi shook his head slightly, indicating that there was no need to stop it. He actually wanted to see what kind of demon would dare to show up in such a situation.
The sacrificial ritual would indeed be helpful to the demons, but if it were to be killed once, it would probably cost more than it gained. The demon's death was not without cost.
So Levi simply summoned the Dragon-Headed God Messenger, the high-level Red Flame Messenger and other celestial creatures to help, ready to launch a fierce attack as soon as the opponent appeared.
At the same time, Luna on the other side also sent the latest information that the whale hunters have launched an attack with the ogres, but the current situation is not particularly optimistic.
Those dark elves would have been fine, but in front of the stonehorns and woolly rhinos that weighed tens or even dozens of tons, they didn't even have the ability to resist and were trampled into a pulp.
But those Slaanesh Demon Cavalry are different. They are faster and flexible enough, so they can dodge the frontal charge of the ogres more flexibly and turn to attack the relatively vulnerable Gnolls and Ogre Bull Warriors in the back.
Luna could have led the huntresses to intercept the enemy by force, but there was no need for her to put the huntresses in danger in order to protect the ogres.
Levi had no objection to this. The reason he hired those ogres was to use them as cannon fodder.
If the ogres are incompetent and suffer too many losses to be able to capture the port here, it will be their own regret.
After killing some nearby Norscans and leaving the rest of the battle to Elegy, Donna and others, Levi calmed down and looked at the wood elf.
Without him saying anything, the wood elf took the initiative to salute him: "I am Karona, the lost traveler from Athel Loren. Thank you very much for saving my life!"
All elves are proud, but their pride also discriminates among different objects. It would be foolish to remain arrogant towards a powerful wizard and lord like Levi.
Levi waved his hand, indicating that the polite words were unnecessary: "I am more curious about how you got here from Athel Loren?"
As for the remaining captives, they were all humans, and judging by their attire, they should be adventurers from the Southern Kingdom.
Just like the Norsemen, many humans from other countries are also keen to come to Lustria to pan for gold, especially the Southern Kingdoms, because they are relatively close and more convenient.
Their strength is generally low, and there is not even one above level 4. They are of no value to Levi, and he is too lazy to even take a second look at them.
Karona was also a little confused when she heard this, but she still answered Levi honestly: "I lost my way in the forest. After my supplies ran out, I fainted without knowing it. When I woke up, I found that I had been captured by those hateful Norscans."
At this point, Karona couldn't help but complain: "Those Bretonnian knights were too careless. They actually let some Norscans break into the inland areas and even threaten the Athel Loren Forest!"
Levi raised his eyebrows. From this sentence, he could hear the attitude of the wood elves towards the Knight Kingdom of Bretonnia. They have always regarded the latter as free bodyguards.
But, the other party seemed to have made some mistakes.
"What? You think you're still in Bretonnia?"
At this time, Kerillian, who was also a wood elf, couldn't help but speak up: "My sister, look around, this is not Athel Loren, this is Lustria!"
It sounds incredible that a wood elf could get lost in his own hometown, but he was one of her kind after all, and Kerillian couldn't bear to see him continue to do stupid things.
Karona was obviously stunned for a moment, and after a quick glance around, she became even more shocked.
In fact, she had just woken up and had not had time to really see the surrounding environment clearly.
Coupled with her pride as an elf, she did not actively communicate with the other human captives, so she subconsciously believed that she was captured by some Norse pirates who landed in the Knight Kingdom.
In the past, this situation did not occur too frequently because the Knight Kingdom's navy was also very powerful.
But the Norsemen were almost endless, and they all rode in nimble, light boats, so occasionally a successful landing would occur.
But now it seems that the forest in the distance is clearly a rainforest, not a magical forest like Athel Loren. This is the territory of the Lizardmen!
Karona was about to ask a question, but a red mist quickly spread around her, and at the same time, a bloodthirsty and manic consciousness quickly rose from the bottom of her heart.
Karona was immediately shocked, but Levi had already roughly understood that the Khorne demon was about to appear, and it seemed that he should be a guy with some weight.
So Levi winked at Kerillian, indicating that Kalona's matter should be left to her first.
The Tracker is a special advanced class of the Ranger, limited to wood elves. They are particularly good at surviving and hunting in the jungle. Although this Kalona looks a little dull, her level and strength are definitely not too low.
If she is willing to join our side, she can at least be Kerillian's deputy, which is more than enough.
Kerillian was also delighted. She quickly came down and let Kalona ride with her.
Her current mount is the Frostflame Griffin that Levi had used for a long time before. Given their slender figures, there is no need to worry about not being able to sit on it.
Levi activated a Sphinx, ready to use it as cannon fodder to attract fire.
The demons of Khorne all prefer head-on combat. If a flying bloodthirsty demon appears later and cannot catch up with them, the big Sphinx will definitely attract the opponent's attention to a considerable extent.
There's nothing we can do about it, the Khorne demons are just so honest.
So in theory, when one has a strong enough meat shield, the Bloodthirsty Demon is the easiest to deal with among the great demons under the command of the Four Chaos Gods.
But without a strong meat shield, the killing and destruction that the bloodthirsty demon can cause may be the most intense.
Soon, as the blood-colored mist spread rapidly, a huge figure appeared in everyone's sight. It was indeed a bloodthirsty demon holding two axes.
What else is there to say? Levi launched a fierce attack at the first opportunity. Maybe he could get another high-quality Demon Hunter job transfer token today.
It just so happens that I may be able to ask Illidan for help next time, so I will use it as a small gift.
Even though he kept his two axes crossed in front of him when he came out, he was obviously on guard, but the small and swift Hammer of Justice was not something the bloodthirsty demon could easily resist, so all of Levi's attacks hit him accurately.
Similarly, Donna's arrows and the Dragon Head Archangel's swift holy light strikes were all effective.
At the same time, the Sphinx's big slap also went over. As a construct, it looked a bit bulky in many battles, but its attack power was not false.
So almost as soon as it appeared, this bloodthirsty Khorne was already seriously injured.
This made it feel angry and a little humiliated: "My axe is a piece of cold iron. I will use your blood to warm it!"
While roaring like this, the bloodthirsty demon actually ignored the Sphinx that was attacking it beside it, flapped its wings and flew into the air, killing Levi.
Compared to most Khorne demons, its brain is relatively flexible.
When such a giant monster that is more than ten meters tall and looks ferocious and terrifying flies up, the oppressive feeling it brings is unimaginable for ordinary people.
At the same time, a blood-colored air wave also spread out, and a slightly illusory mark of Khorne flashed in the air.
The surviving Norscans around them suddenly seemed to have taken stimulants. Their original fear disappeared and they launched a counterattack with strange howls.
But when it affected the flying shooters in mid-air, it had the opposite effect. A considerable number of members screamed and fell rapidly downwards.
It's not entirely because they themselves are affected by the fear effect, but more because of the mounts under their command.
Even the griffins, hippogryphs and the like could not help but show a brief panic. What's worse, some of them became so stiff that they even forgot to flap their wings.
Fortunately, Cindy and the angels had already been preparing for battle nearby, and they cast many soothing and purification spells at the first opportunity, which managed to prevent them from suffering any casualties.
In addition to the effects of fear, Levi also received another prompt: "You are affected by the Roar of Khorne. Based on your level and comprehensive attributes, your spellcasting error rate will increase by 21% in the next 6 seconds."
Looking at the bloodthirsty demon coming towards him, Levi began to find it interesting. This guy was definitely not an ordinary mass-produced type. He might be a famous guy.
Even I, a legend wearing luxurious equipment, was affected by this. I'm afraid ordinary mages can forget about casting any high-level magic.
But despite this, wanting to deal with myself is still just a delusion.
As an animal totem of thunder, in addition to having a good restraint on evil, the greatest feature of the Thunder Beast is its speed!
There was a flash of lightning, and the thunder beasts instantly widened the distance between each other by hundreds of meters. At the same time, Levi's Hammer of Axiom once again accurately hit the bloodthirsty demon. As a third-level magic, the Hammer of Axiom would not be affected by the error rate at all.
This time the bloodthirsty demon became even more angry: "Roar, elf, you shouldn't have angered my blood guard - Cruras!"
"Oh, really? So what are you going to do to me? Send your Khorne himself to me?"
"Damned elves, when our Lord truly awakens, your world and your false gods will all die!"
Levi immediately laughed. He was really naive. He was able to confirm so easily that Khorne was still sleeping.
In that case, I will send you back to the arms of Khorne as soon as possible!