Volume 4 Chapter 560 Goodbye Manfred
Lilith's plan for dealing with Xiati has not yet come out, but Master Ma has been the first to pass on the news that the Witch Queen - Morathi is going to have formal peace talks with the Lizardmen.
On the one hand, this was due to the strong attitude of the Lizardmen and the constant harassment and invasion by Levi and others. On the other hand, it was also because Moras's backyard was on fire.
Previously, under the leadership of the greenskin gladiator, Siba Dakesi, the newly formed Cage Breaker clan began to take revenge on the dark elves.
Although the entire clan was soon wiped out by the powerful counterattack of the dark elves, the matter did not end there. Instead, it was like a spark that ignited the anger of slaves of many races.
The entire race of dark elves are slave owners who do not engage in production. They are only responsible for fighting and command, and the rest of the hard work is left to the slaves they oppress.
Under their strong suppression, this problem was not a big problem, because those slaves not only lacked strength, but also mostly did not have qualified weapons and armor, etc. Therefore, all slaves who raised objections or even simply expressed dissatisfaction basically ended up dead.
But as the power of the Four Chaos Gods gradually revived, things began to become a little unusual.
As long as these slaves choose to believe in the Four Chaos Gods, they will immediately gain a lot of powerful strength.
Demons like Nurgle, even without weapons and armor, can still cause considerable trouble to the Dark Elves with all kinds of disgusting plagues and toxins.
Similarly, the other three types of demons also have their own characteristics.
And more importantly, although the Cult of Pleasure founded by Morathi is in collusion with the Slaanesh demons, the Slaanesh demons have not stopped their invasion of her territory.
Under Slaanesh himself, there are many different powerful beings, and there is intense competition and even hostility among them.
Morathi's cooperation with some of these beings would naturally cause dissatisfaction among the remaining beings.
When this situation became known to other demons, the situation worsened.
According to what Levi knows now, except for Bilak who can imitate some low- and medium-level demons on his own and let them live in harmony and fight side by side, under normal circumstances, the four types of demons, when encountering each other, will often only fight until one of them is completely killed.
Their hatred for each other seems to far exceed that for other races.
So for Morathi, who was cooperating with Slaanesh, Khorne, Nurgle and Tzeentch demons all started to make trouble desperately.
Combined with the successive slave uprisings, this became too much for Morathi to bear.
Especially recently, news came from the island of Ulthuan that the high elves seemed to be taking the opportunity to launch an attack on Morathi from another direction.
While most of the Overworld was in turmoil, suffering from harassment from demons and ratmen, the island of Ulthuan remained safe and sound. But now they are not going to remain silent any longer.
Morathi made the greatest contribution to the split of the Dark Elves from the Elves, and the High Elves have always wanted to teach her a lesson.
If the High Elves also planned to launch an expedition across the sea, but Morathi continued to fight the Lizardmen at this time, then under siege from all sides, even if were not completely destroyed, they would definitely not be in a good situation.
So she began to communicate with Master Ma, wanting to pay a certain price, and then the two sides signed a contract and officially ceased fighting.
For Master Ma, under normal circumstances, facing the many hostile actions of Morathi before, he would never give up without capturing or destroying several important towns.
But even with the help of the two gods Sotek and Seraket and their churches, the situation of the Lizardmen is not easy now, so for the collective interests of the Lizardmen, he is willing to endure it.
At the same time, he also invited Levi, asking him if he would like to join in the fun.
Levi thought about it and finally declined. He would only go there to make himself familiar, and because of his recent actions, Morass's hatred for him might be even greater than Master , so he'd better not make himself unhappy.
Moreover, due to the fundamental conflict between the High Elves and the Dark Elves, more wars are inevitable in the future, and there will be no shortage of opportunities for dealing with each other.
If the Ulthuan Ring really attacks Morathi, Levi will definitely find another opportunity to join in the fun.
After making the decision, Levi began to strengthen Skogi's defenses. Since the teleportation array had been built, various resources and troops could continuously arrive from Fear Rock.
Sobek sent out a group of crocodile men and crocodiles, and several of Sumi's mermaid sisters also came to help, making the military force here very sufficient.
Master Ma also said that a lizardman army will be stationed here in the future. Assisting in defense is secondary. The main purpose is that with the lizardmen here, Morathi will not dare to cause trouble easily.
Without the threat of the dark elves, the remaining vampire pirates, murlocs, sahuagin, and Norscans could only become tools for Levi to train his troops.
After working for a while, Penthesilea, who had been following Levi as a guard, suddenly looked up at the sky. She felt something unusual and threatened.
A voice also sounded in Levi's ears, and he immediately laughed. The gift that Heaven Mountain gave him when he advanced to Legend had finally come, and it was the one he wanted most.
A few seconds later, a female angel with golden skin and long hair descended from the sky.
The moment she saw Levi, she immediately knelt on one knee and bowed to Levi with a bang: "Star Apostle - Pamela Joyce, I am willing to offer my eternal loyalty to you!"
The reason for this sound, in addition to the heavy armor she was wearing, was because of the huge two-handed warhammer in her hand, which was almost as long as her height.
Even without looking at her attribute panel, everyone knows that her fighting style is likely to be very violent.
But even more surprising is her attitude towards Levi.
The celestial beings are all quite proud in their hearts. Low and mid-level celestial beings might even kneel down out of awe for the strong, but why does this apostle of the star realm, who looks so powerful, look like this?
Levi also felt a little surprised, but when he thought that the other party was a reward given by Paradise Mountain, everything became understandable.
As the core of the power of pure goodness, Mount Heaven itself may not have independent consciousness, but its influence on all things is beyond the reach of many gods.
After welcoming the Star Apostle very friendly, Levi immediately checked the other party's attribute panel.
As expected, he is a rank 7 elite unit that practices both magic and martial arts. He has very good attributes in all aspects and possesses a large number of warrior-related specialties.
Among them, the ones that attracted Levi's attention most were Master of Heavy Strike, Powerful Break and Breaking through the City Gate.
This means that the strength of her charged attacks will be very high, and she is particularly good at fighting constructs such as sphinxes, or buildings such as city gates and arrow towers.
In terms of magic, she is relatively weaker. Apart from some basic healing, purification and anti-invisibility, she only has one move, astral projection.
Then she also has a special racial talent - Astral Agility. When in the astral realm, her attack speed, movement speed and flexibility will increase slightly.
But those are not important anymore. Levi only needs the other party's experience of living in the star realm so that he can go there for adventure in the future.
After a conversation, he was very satisfied. As a native of the star realm, the other party would certainly not disappoint Levi in this regard.
She even said that if Levi wanted to go to the Star Realm, she could find some friends there to help temporarily. The Star Realm Apostles are a race and have considerable power in the Star Realm.
Levi was also somewhat tempted, but unfortunately in the star realm, intelligence is king. Elegy, Penthesilea, and even Cindy and others were of little help, so he still had to find a few more powerful wizards.
For example, Teclis, the Messenger of Mercy and the Ascetic.
If Levi could find an opportunity to gather them all together, even if it was a dangerous star realm, they would not be able to move around easily, but there should be no problem, right?
In a good mood, Levi signaled the Star Apostle, Pamela, to go and rest first. After he finished the things at hand, they would leave Skogi and head to the next destination, Albian Island.
Levi had already made a rough plan when he set out from Fear Rock, but he didn't expect that it would take a little time in Lustria. He had never thought that he would be involved in so many things. It can only be said that plans cannot change as fast as they do.
He felt that even if he went to Albian Island now, it would probably be of little use.
Bilak had the ability to imitate the demons under the command of the Four Chaos Gods before, and now he has obtained the corpse of the Naga Goddess. I am afraid that he has already opened the seal on Albion Island and taken away his real body.
Even if I go there, at most I can just take a stroll and experience the local customs and culture.
But Pamela did not obey, saying that she was not tired and wanted to continue staying with Levi as a guard.
Before Levi could say anything, Penthesilea next to him felt it was a little funny. You are a man who uses a two-handed hammer, and you have the nerve to say that you want to be Levi's bodyguard?
If you were attacked by the enemy, what would you use to resist? Would you use your own body to resist?
If you really want to be a guard, you have to be someone like me who holds a shield!
Levi didn't say anything. This little thing was not worth mentioning at all.
But before he could figure out how to flex his hands, Lilith's voice suddenly rang in his mind.
"Levi, Manfred agreed to the deal. He is willing to sell out Arkhan, but he has one condition!"
Levi perked up immediately: "What is it? Is he dissatisfied with the remuneration, or does he want more promises?"
He knew that the two sides had contacted each other many times during this period, and it stands to reason that the divinity provided by Lilith was exactly what the other party urgently needed.
Because whether it is the return of Nagash or the establishment of the vampire god Dracula, it may not matter to ordinary vampires, but to the ambitious Manfred, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. However, if he has divinity, he will have the right to make independent choices to a considerable extent.
But Manfred remained hesitant and refused to make a final decision.
Apart from worrying about Arkhan's revenge, the only thing he was worried about was that he was not satisfied with the reward.
Arkhan is an extremely powerful lich. With the lich's life box, even if Manfred betrays Arkhan once, it will be almost impossible for Levi to completely destroy Arkhan.
Then when Arkhan returns, in addition to Levi, Manfred will undoubtedly appear on the revenge list, and may even be at the top. After all, betrayers are always particularly likely to be hated.
Also, Manfred might be working with Arkhan to transform the corpses of demons into the undead, but this kind of cooperation is likely to be fragile.
Because the undead and demons are hated by everyone, if they have already accumulated a lot of troops, that would be fine.
But they have only just started. Once this behavior is known to the outside world, I am afraid that gods such as the Three Saints of Justice will be the first to take action, and many natural gods will not stand idly by.
And everyone knows that Manfred did not directly refuse, which in itself represents his thoughts. The reason why he has always had this attitude is simply that he feels that the reward is not generous enough.
"Yes, that's true. In addition to some rewards and a truce between the two sides, he also asked me to promise that unless he takes the initiative to offend, all of our legendary beings and above will not take the initiative to attack him."
Levi nodded. It was understandable. Otherwise, if Lilith or Illidan were to take ruthless action, Manfred would be dead.
Under normal circumstances, the attacks of gods are irresistible and destructive to most mortals.
The shepherd god Pan doesn't count, not to mention his surrender to Khorne. Until his death, he was unable to release any extraordinary divine power.
It would have been fine if I didn't understand this part before, but thinking about it afterwards, he was really a coward. No wonder he chose to join Khorne for power.
"As for the second condition, he hopes to meet you in person again and said that he can reveal some additional information to you. If you don't want to go, it doesn't matter. He has already told me the relevant information about Arkhan."
Li Wei smiled and said, "Why, is he unconvinced?"
Levi has to admit that every time he has a chess battle, the opponent always has bad teammates and his luck is always exceptionally good, but isn’t luck also part of strength?
With the Maiden of Doom always watching his enemies, it would be strange if Manfred had any good luck at that time.
Lilith also smiled: "Although I didn't ask directly, it should be like this."
What else is there to say? With Lilith around, Manfred would never dare to kill himself.
Manfred is an absolute egoist. For the greater good, he will only choose to endure even if he has such a strong conflict with Levi.
So Levi readily agreed: "Okay, I'll get ready to leave now, where is the meeting place?"
"A secret stronghold a hundred miles away from Numas City."
Levi understood immediately: "Akhan is going to meet the Beetle Prince - Apophis?"
The city of Numas, also known as the City of Scarabs, is, as the name suggests, the lair of Khepri, the scarab god in the Egyptian pantheon, and also the hometown of the Beetle Prince.
When he was alive, the Beetle Prince wanted to become the master of that place, so he killed all his parents, brothers, sisters and so on in one go.
But later, he might have negotiated some terms with Osiris, who possessed the two priesthoods of the dead and death, or the scarab god protected him, or other evil gods intervened. In any case, he returned as the Beetle Prince and became the master there again.
It is said that apart from tombs, the city is mostly filled with caves filled with scarabs ranging in size from fists to war elephants.
There are many types of these insects, which can be mainly divided into three categories: those that can dig holes, those that can crawl fast, and those that can fly. They can fight in underground, above ground, and in the sky, and act as scouts, mounts, war beasts, and other multiple identities.
Some of the rare species may possess multiple abilities at the same time, but the Beetle Prince has almost all of them, and also masters spells, can use various equipment and props, etc., which makes his combat power relatively outstanding in the legend.
So apart from being beaten up by the Immortal Emperor, although the other Tomb Kings were also very unhappy with the Beetle Prince, after fighting for so many years, they were too lazy to bother with him again, because they really couldn't gain any advantage, and even if they joined forces to win a miserable victory, there would be no benefit.
Now that Arkhan is going to the Scarab City, it may bring a little trouble to his next actions.
After all, it is the holy land of the Scarab God. Gods such as Lilith and Illidan, and even beings like the Messenger of Mercy, should not show up directly, otherwise there is a high probability that conflicts will be caused.
Even though no one has been able to truly determine what the relationship is between the Beetle Prince and the Scarab God, the fact that the Beetle Prince is the city lord there and can control so many kinds of beetles is enough to explain the problem.
Beating someone else's younger brother on someone else's territory, even if the scarab god Khepri is only a weak god of level 3, he can't just sit there and watch. If time is delayed a little, other gods may come, after all, that is the territory of the Egyptian pantheon.
Therefore, it would be best to find a way to surprise attack Arkhan when he is alone.
This really requires Levi to meet with Manfred in person to discuss the specific ways of cooperation.
Lilith nodded: "That's right, so you have to be careful with your actions next time. Unless it is necessary, Illidan and I will not take action."
Although this matter was related to her future plans, she was still unable to confirm whether Nagash had made adequate preparations for the deification and acquired relevant knowledge of the godhood, priesthood or field.
She also couldn't be sure whether Levi would be able to get these things from them once he truly collected the nine volumes of Nagash.
And even if we take a step back, Yue Gong also has an extremely crude priesthood of death in his hands.
Therefore, if there really is a possibility of a large-scale direct conflict with the Egyptian pantheon, she would prefer to temporarily avoid the conflict because the benefits are not enough for her to take the risk.
Even if the opponent is the Egyptian pantheon, which has been in decline for a long time and is still worried about internal strife.
However, even though she knew that Levi could understand, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, Lilith finally added: "Levi, if you feel it is necessary, you can call me at any time."
She doesn't like to be involved in other people's affairs, but that doesn't mean she is really afraid of it.
Levi chuckled and nodded: "Thank you goddess, I understand."
Lilith nodded again: "By the way, the Blood Tsarine has been convinced. From now on, she and Neferata will assist Lucia together."
"Xiati has also sworn with her real name and reached a contract with me. She will stay within the pantheon and do her best to share the knowledge she has mastered with everyone."
"When the time is right, I will form a small church in her name to give her some hope."
She could easily wipe out Xiati's consciousness, but that would only give her a little extra divinity that was unnecessary.
But if Xiati is kept, as time goes by, all the divine beings on our side will have the opportunity to gain a lot of valuable knowledge from her.
As for giving Xiati the chance to resurrect in the end, that was also part of the deal. A true god would never willingly serve as a slave to any being.
Xiati once possessed so many divine positions. If she were given enough time, even if she could condense them all from scratch, she would definitely be much faster than other ordinary gods.
However, this plan will proceed very slowly. If Xiati is deified again too early, how can he have the nerve to exploit her?
Xiati was well aware of this, but she was in an absolutely weak position and did not have much room for choice.
Levi smiled and nodded. He had no objection to this. He was also very interested in the knowledge that Xiati possessed, and it could also be used by Donna, Sefa and others.
But before leaving, he couldn't help but ask a question: "How does the goddess plan to deal with Manfred?"
Lilith was undoubtedly very generous towards her friendly forces, but Manfred dragged it out for so long and put forward many conditions. It was impossible for Lilith to have no dissatisfaction, right?
Lilith's expression remained unchanged: "Neferata previously found some of Vlad and his wife's ashes, as well as some of their belongings during their lifetime, and the Blood Tsarine accidentally discovered some information about Konrad."
Levi immediately laughed. He knew that even if he didn't cause trouble for Manfred, he had successfully withstood Arkhan's revenge, and his future life would still not be peaceful.
Vlad, the ancestor of the von Carstein family, once led his undead army all the way to the capital of the Sigma Empire.
As a result, before the most crucial battle, his most important treasure, a blood stone ring with the power of resurrection, disappeared, causing him to be killed by the legendary great chanter of the empire.
The person most capable and most likely to steal the ring at the time was Vlad's vampire son, Manfred.
But Manfred did not take the position of head of the family immediately. The second person to sit in that position was his vampire brother, Conrad.
When Conrad was seizing power, he killed and subdued many competitors, which frightened Manfred so much that he ran thousands of miles overnight and came to the territory of the Tomb Kings.
It was probably at that time that Manfred and Arkhan had their first contact.
After ascending the throne, Conrad continued to fight against the Sigmar Empire, and then a similar thing happened, but this time it was not a ring that was lost, but a large number of vampires and necromancers loyal to Conrad fled, causing Conrad to be beaten to death by humans.
Then Manfred, who had been hiding somewhere unknown just now, returned like a king at lightning speed. In a very short time, he gained the loyalty of vampires and necromancers, became the Lord of Sylvania, and has been sitting there until now.
Although there is no direct evidence that Manfred did all these things, he did gain the greatest benefits from them.
In addition, Manfred showed a lot of cunning in many subsequent wars, and more and more people began to doubt this matter.
But the only people who really have a say in this matter, apart from Manfred himself, are naturally his deceased father and brother.
Ordinary vampires may die, but legendary vampires may be resurrected with enough sacrifices and special rituals.
If these two were really resurrected, they would definitely seek revenge on Manfred. This wouldn't count as Lilith violating the agreement, since she didn't take any direct action after all.
Levi can only say that if you are not strong enough, negotiating or signing a contract with a god who is not friendly to you will still not be able to fully guarantee your safety. Manfred is an obvious example.
But Levi didn't have any sympathy at all, because Manfred had done so many bad things.
After saying goodbye to Lilith, Levi took Penthesilea, Elegy, Cindy, Mortidi, the Star Apostle, as well as Thunder Beast and little Zeus, and used teleportation spells to go to the agreed place with Manfred.
As for Donna, Sally and others, they have the strength but are relatively fragile. It is better not to be careless when facing a strong enemy like Arkhan. Even if a fight really breaks out, they will not lack their share of output.
So a few minutes later, in an abandoned underground hall, Levi sent out the agreed signal.
With the sound of clothes rubbing against each other, Manfred walked out from a dark corner.
"Levi, I didn't expect you to really come." As he spoke, the bald guy's face was full of complexity.
To be honest, he had experienced similar humiliation and setbacks several times in his long life, such as from the "father" who developed him into a descendant, and a certain "brother" of his vampire bloodline.
But they all died in the end, and it was all caused by Manfred.
He survived to the end and emerged stronger than before.
He had made some preparations for this meeting, but for some reason, when he saw Levi this time, he suddenly felt that he would never be able to get revenge.
It's only been a few days since we last met, but Levi has already reached Legendary status? Is he the first Legendary Celestial Mystic Master in history?
I can’t say anything else, but at least the Sub-Sky Clan of Mount Paradise will definitely increase their support for Levi.
Even if it is a one-on-one duel now, I dare not say that I can win 100%.
In addition to its strong survivability, the biggest feature of the Celestial Mystic is that it has a large number of powerful summons. Unless it uses a decapitation tactic, it will sooner or later be dragged down by the opponent.
Levi shrugged: "So, would you be stupid enough to hurt me? Although we have had conflicts, it is not a life-and-death feud."
Manfred's face became more and more embarrassed. Could the things he had lost be simply explained away with a contradiction?
But for the sake of his own face, he could only snort coldly and get straight to the point: "Akhan is teaming up with Dracula to resurrect Nagash and make him the God of Death."
This was one of the important reasons why he finally decided to betray Arkhan. Nagash had always treated vampires like dogs, and if he became a god, what would happen to the vampires? Not to mention Dracula, the god of vampires.
Levi was not at all surprised by this. He just couldn't understand why Dracula had to spend so much effort to help Nagash. Where did he get the strength?
As if seeing Levi's confusion, Manfred continued: "Dracula has occupied the 487th floor of the Abyss and renamed it the House of the Swinger."
Levi frowned immediately, and many doubts were resolved: "Rose..."
Rose herself occupied the 65th and 66th layers of the Abyss, and made many demon lords around her suffer.
For a long time, the outside world didn't even know the names of the demon lords on the 58th to 64th levels, because they were all killed by Rose like leeks.
This made many demon lords fully aware of the gap between them and real gods, even though Rose was an exiled god.
If it weren't for the lack of troops, the incompatibility of the attributes of those planes, and the joint pressure from some stronger demon lords, I'm afraid Rose would have occupied more than two floors.
Now that Dracula has also fled to the Abyss, it means that under normal circumstances, it is almost impossible for our side to kill him, and Rose will thus gain a long-term and stable ally.
Unless, I use the Words of Creation...
Thinking of this, Levi's mood became much better. Let Dracula live a little longer.
But, the House of the Playboy? If his son, Alucard, had been given this name, Levi wouldn't have been surprised at all, but Dracula, who is so old, is still doing this. He is really old but still young...
