Volume 4 Chapter 569: Xirik Sutra
So for the next period of time, the Brass Fortress seemed to have become Levi's territory.
The Sigmar Cult, Durz Gunderman and his undefeated archers, and the Sigmar Empire's army stationed here all began to serve Levi wholeheartedly.
Even the Elector of Hawke came in person with valuable gifts to thank Levi for killing Samuel, the corrupt commander who betrayed the Sigma Empire, in the first place.
Even though Samuel was also the Elector's biological son, he did not have any resentment at all, but was full of gratitude instead.
If he lost his son, he could have another one, and he had more than one son. But if that fallen man caused a wider chaos, he, the Elector, might be implicated. He could still tell which was more important.
Then the Elector of Nordland, who faced the sea to the north and had to deal with Norse pirates all year round, sent a marine corps of several hundred people, saying that they would become Levi's most loyal subordinates from now on.
The Lord of Ost sent a group of sixty Bull Knights to escort Levi.
The Elector of Midden was busy fighting beastmen in the woods, so he was unable to spare some time for the time being, but he asked the priests of the White Wolf God to pass on the equally important gift to Levi.
As for these four provinces, envoys sent by other nobles, big and small, and leaders of other forces also came in an endless stream.
In terms of gold coins alone, Levi received more than 100,000. Even though he didn't want to accept them at the beginning, the other party used roundabout ways and various means to get them to him. This made him feel for the first time that money came so easily.
All of this, of course, was because Levi showed extraordinary control over the plague.
Ordinary priests can also purify the plague, but their purification is usually only targeted at individuals and has no effective protective effect. If a person is purified just one moment and then comes into contact with other people or objects carrying the plague the next moment, he or she may be infected again.
Coupled with the Nurgle demons running around, the ratmen hiding in the sewers and underground caves, and the occasional undead mages who took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, this resulted in the priests in the four surrounding provinces doing mostly in vain.
At the same time, because of frequent wars, they also need to participate in battles, provide treatment for the military, etc., which makes them far from meeting the needs of ordinary people.
But Levi, who possesses the Book of Avoidance of Disasters and has obtained the knowledge of the Goddess of Healing, is a completely different being.
With his current strength, he could cover an area of several square kilometers at a time. No matter whether it was the Nurgle Plague, the Skaven Plague, or the Undead Plague, it made no difference to him.
After he purified the city, many priests and mages worked together to set up a barrier, which was able to prevent the spread of the plague to a considerable extent.
Although it is far from enough to completely eliminate the scourge of the plague, at least they don't have to worry too much about the plague breaking out internally, which allows them to devote more energy to fighting external enemies.
It is not difficult to understand why these four electors are so enthusiastic about Levi.
It is also foreseeable that as the news gradually spreads, other electors living further away will surely make the same choice.
During this period, Dr. Festus also followed Li Weidong around to deal with the surrounding plague.
Levi felt the other party's profound attainments in medicine, while Festus witnessed the greatness of magic and was extremely eager for it.
Of course, Levi would not hand over the Book of Avoiding Disasters to the other party, let alone easily share the knowledge from the Goddess of Healing. Even if he was willing, the other party currently did not have the conditions to accept it.
So after careful consideration and thorough investigation, Li Wei first used the power of the Shadow Records to help the other party transfer to a special magic profession - Shadow Messenger, leading him into the door of magic and enabling him to have a certain self-protection ability.
Then he will conduct further investigation on Festus, and when the time is right, perhaps the other party will have the opportunity to become his earliest believer and clergyman.
Then Levi will take time to inspect Fear Rock, Twin Moon World, Thorn Town and Underdark.
His rise was so rapid and in such a short period of time that many of his subordinates were unable to develop absolute loyalty to him.
Elegy and Cindy can be completely ignored, but those who are stationed in other places will inevitably have some small ideas after a long time, and the system is not omnipotent.
If the subordinates were trained or recruited by the local commanders themselves, their loyalty to Levi might be even more discounted.
There is a saying circulating in many human kingdoms in the main world: A vassal of a vassal is not my vassal.
If Levi is a real god now, then none of this would be a problem due to the absolute strength of theocracy.
But he is not a god yet. In order to avoid any unnecessary trouble, he naturally needs to work harder and move around more frequently.
Occasionally, Levi would go to Lustria to help Seleket spread his faith, etc.
According to the information currently known, the gods of the entire Egyptian pantheon, including Set, are all of relatively simple minds.
Especially since Seleket and Sobek are now bound to Lilith and Levi, as long as you are sincere to them, you will never have to worry about the return.
Moreover, Seleket has been secretly contacting some of her friends recently. She and Sobek are not the only ones who are oppressed in the Egyptian pantheon.
If her plan succeeds, both Levi and Lilith are likely to benefit from it.
While Levi was busy, a lot of things happened in the main world.
First, some high elves from the Kingdom of Yvresse encountered a storm at sea and were "accidentally" blown to the Island of Albion, where they were rescued by local residents.
In order to repay their gratitude, they began to join forces with the Orbians to fight against the raging beasts and some corrupted Truthsayers.
After a series of efforts, Lilith and Levi officially confirmed that a mysterious fortress on the island of Orbian - the "Lead Castle" is now empty.
The Shadow King - Bilak has already taken over his sealed body without his knowledge. Now he must be lurking in the darkness, healing his injuries, accumulating strength, and waiting for the opportunity to make a splash.
Aris Anar, the ruler of Naggaroth, the closest island to the Dark Elves on the Ulthuan Ring, and also another Shadow King chosen by Lilith, also confirmed that the power of Malus Blackblade had been greatly enhanced.
Even after having Dreadrock and the Black Ark seized, losing many of his subordinates and troops, and even being killed, he still obtained a new body, successfully returned to his hometown - Hag Grave, and killed all those who had evil intentions with thundering means.
No one knows how much Malus Darkblade paid, but now the Witch King Malekith has once again supported him and provided him with a number of elite troops, encouraging him to retake Dreadrock and avenge his previous defeat.
Although based on the current complex situation in the main world and the fact that Malus Blackblade is almost certainly controlled by Bilak, he will definitely prioritize serving Bilak over his own affairs, so he may not really travel thousands of miles to attack Terror Rock, but Levi does need to be vigilant.
Then there was the Tomb Kings. After defeating Arkhan, Levi passed on a lot of the intelligence he had collected before to the Golden Lioness, Queen Rashut and others, such as the fact that the Caliphate of Witchcraft, one of the nominal capitals of Araby, might have been under the actual control of Arkhan.
So when the Immortal Emperor Settra learned of this information, he took action immediately, which was to take the initiative to fight and start a war.
In addition, the Arabs had frequently gone to the territory of the Tomb Kings before, carrying out activities called "scavenging" but actually "tomb robbing", and the two sides had already accumulated a lot of hatred.
Therefore, the actions of the Immortal Emperor were like igniting a spark, causing the scale of the war to rapidly expand.
In addition to the Immortal Emperor, and Queen Rashut and King Lamizazi who were close to him, many Tomb Kings also took part in the war, and more Tomb Kings who were farther away also expressed their support.
But despite all this power, the war has not yet ended.
Because the Witch Caliphate is really the stronghold of Arkhan.
When he was attacked, he immediately sent out many undead to assist in defense.
At the same time, there are also many strongholds of evil gods there. It is not known what kind of agreement they have reached with Arkhan, but when facing the attack of the Immortal Emperor, they did launch comprehensive cooperation.
If it was a one-on-one fight, since Arkhan never showed up, there was indeed no one in the city who could defeat the Immortal Emperor.
However, the defenders had the advantage of geographical location and the support of the Mage Tower. In addition, multiple sects worked together and took turns to fight, so the Immortal Emperor was unable to quickly break through in a short period of time.
Therefore, the war tends to intensify.
According to the news brought back by Seleket's friends in the Egyptian pantheon, this even caused strong dissatisfaction from the Egyptian king of gods - Osiris.
Even though he liked the Immortal Emperor very much, he had always been a conservative and did not want to make enemies with any external forces.
Moreover, the reputation of the Immortal Emperor once again made him feel threatened. The current Egyptian pantheon found it difficult to maintain its existing strength, let alone supply new gods.
Naturally, most of Osiris' relatives agreed with him.
Some neutral parties either agreed with Osiris or did not want to offend Osiris for the Immortal Emperor. In short, they all maintained the same tone, which was to ask the Immortal Emperor to withdraw his troops as soon as possible.
Even if they were not stupid enough to ask the Immortal Emperor to apologize to the other party, the Immortal Emperor still could not accept it.
He had fought all his life, so why would he retreat at the beginning of a war? Moreover, it was obvious that his opponent was far inferior to him!
On the contrary, Set, the God of Desert, who had always been dissatisfied with the Immortal Emperor, expressed his public support this time, which was extremely abnormal, and his jackal army had begun to march towards the Witch Caliphate.
This is probably one of the few times in recent years that Set has publicly opposed Osiris.
Although there is no further news at present, Levi feels that since Seth has decided to do this, he will definitely not only have this one trick up his sleeve, so it is necessary to continue to pay close attention.
The Egyptian pantheon is very different from the Egyptian mythology in the real world, but if the situation continues to develop in this way, Levi may be able to witness a grand scene of brother-killing and throne-seizing, and that will be his chance.
However, the high elves, who were likely to march towards the Witch Queen, Morathi, finally gave up.
Because in addition to many overseas colonies, the high elves also have many overseas military fortresses, some of which are used to regularly encircle and suppress beastmen or other evil races, and some are used to guard some dangerous places.
There are also some space rifts that were used by demons or devils in the past and can lead directly to the Abyss or the Nine Layers of Hell.
Perhaps seeing the Four Chaos Gods starting to stir up trouble in the main world, the Demon Lords and Devil Dukes could no longer hold back and began to try various ways to get a piece of the pie in the main world.
As a result, many space rifts issued warnings one after another, which put the high elves' military forces in serious strain for a while.
Compared to dealing with the dark elves, it is obviously more important to deal with the evil from other worlds.
Any demon lord basically has legendary strength. Coupled with their natural love for slaughter and destruction, once they successfully enter the main world, there is no telling how many casualties will be caused.
Perhaps in the beginning, the high elves occupied those places not in order to fight evil, but also to develop overseas trade, protect their many colonies, and so on.
But later on, unknowingly, they had come to regard these as part of their responsibilities.
At the same time, what makes Levi feel a little emotional is that although this series of major events are very lively, the figures of God's Chosen Heroes are becoming less and less. It seems that the world is gradually returning to a state without God's Chosen Heroes.
At first, Levi thought that they might have lost their souls because of the large total number of deaths or the frequent deaths recently.
But later he discovered that it was not that simple and it might also involve aspects such as strength.
Because there was no record of any deaths in battle recently for many of Sumi's sisters who were helping Levi build the Fear Rock, as well as many of the younger brothers recruited by the Sun Knights, but they still left quietly.
What's even more strange is that everyone around them didn't seem to be surprised at all. They accepted the heroes and troops left behind by the other side very naturally.
This forced Levi to think more.
Perhaps one day, this invisible restriction will become higher and higher, and there will be fewer and fewer God-chosen heroes, until he is the only one left.
Next is a special rumor that is almost unknown in the main world, but has caused a lot of waves among the gods.
The Prince of Lies, Xirik, who possesses many powerful priesthoods such as murder, death and strife, has a godhood level of 15 and may break through to powerful divine power at any time, seems to have gone crazy.
It is said that Cyric created a special book called "The Book of Cyric". In addition to containing powerful power and being a divine artifact, it also claims that Cyric is the only true God in the world, and will make all those who have read it believe it.
It was obvious that Cyric was planning something bad again. If this book was read by important believers of some gods who were hostile to him, Cyric would definitely take the opportunity to do a lot of trouble.
However, something went wrong, and after it was manufactured, Xirik himself was the first to read its existence.
One has to admit that the book created by Xirik was indeed so powerful that even he himself went crazy because of it. He, who holds the priesthood of lies, actually believed this biggest lie.
Cyric actually began to publicly declare that he was the only true God in the world, and that no matter whether it was the God of Death who was against him - Kelemvor, the Mother of Magic, the Four Gods of Chaos, the Four Gods of Elements, or all other gods, they were all false gods.
Now they have only two choices: surrender to Cyric, or perish!
Although his church has not taken any corresponding actions yet, this has actually posed a serious threat to all gods.
In particular, most of the church members of Xirik are very good at provoking disputes or carrying out assassinations personally. Once they are allowed to take the lead, many churches will surely suffer losses.
In addition, Cyric had offended too many beings in the past, so many gods wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of him. Even the Black Lord Bane, the God of Storms Talos, etc., who were also in the evil camp, had very clear attitudes towards this.
No god would like a madman, and if the other party also possesses powerful strength, he must be eliminated.
The only one who has not expressed his position yet may be the God of Thieves - Mask. After all, he and Cyric are still in an alliance, and they attacked Leila together before.
But all the gods knew that it was only a matter of time before Mask abandoned Cyric. Once the time was right, Mask might even be the first to launch an attack.
If it weren't for the Four Chaos Gods and the Ratmen, who occupied a considerable portion of the gods' energy, Cyric would probably have been beaten up by now.
But despite this, there are undercurrents for a while now, and many gods are communicating frequently, preparing to deal with Xirik, and waiting for the first existence to initiate the war.
But at the same time, everyone also knows that once the war really starts, even if facing a group fight, Xirik will not fall so quickly.
His situation is completely different from that of the dead Visharoon, the now-incognito Leila, or the corrupted dragon god.
Xirik is strong enough, and his carefully built kingdom of God is unlikely to pose much of a threat to him unless three or five powerful gods come at him at the same time.
Each god’s kingdom is his strongest fortress. As long as there is enough divine power and power of faith, it can be repaired and counterattacked quickly.
Of course, there are more than three or five powerful gods who hate Xirik, but when they get together, even if they restrain their impulses and do not fight each other first, it is almost impossible for them to cooperate.
Therefore, in the initial stage of the war, the battles in the main world may still be the main focus, and the gods will continue to encircle and suppress Xirik's believers, preventing them from gaining the power of faith.
When the believers' power is no longer enough to cover the expenditure, the number of believers continues to decrease, and Xirik becomes weak, a real war between gods will be possible.
Naturally, Lilith also thought about taking the opportunity to beat the downed dog. Xirik's priesthood and domain are both good things, not to mention that Leila has an irreconcilable feud with the other party.
But Lilith has been very busy recently. First, she made deals with Vander Dragonthorn and the Goddess of Luck, and then she met with Sigma to discuss the alliance.
Next was preparing for the formal deification ceremony for the Dragon Prince, as well as planning for Levi's future, all of which took up a lot of her energy.
After another night, Levi received a message from Lilith. He was stunned at first, but then he was happy.
Then he immediately gave orders that he would not go to any province to purify the plague today, but would go to the colonies.
Because the Dragon Prince is about to be officially deified, Levi has to go to support the Dragon Prince to prevent any unexpected situations from happening. He also wants to witness that scene and gain some experience.
As for the Brass Fortress, since the people in many nearby provinces already knew his name, he felt that there was no need to come here frequently in the future. This also saved the trouble of nobles of all sizes from sending gifts.
Otherwise, over time, he would give people the impression that he was a person who took money from others and helped them get rid of disasters, which would be detrimental to his future plans.
Faith should be purely from the heart and should not be mixed with money or other external things.
Then Levi began to arrange the teleportation array to teleport the troops sent to him by several electors to Thorn Town.
Dread Rock is his lair. There can be elves, Amazons, and dwarves there, but it’s better to allow fewer humans.
There is no way. Compared with other races such as elves and dwarves, humans are not long-lived and not smart enough. Their ability to resist external temptations is obviously much worse, and their chance of being transformed by demons is the highest. It is better to leave them in the less important Thorn Town.
Not long after, the reciter of Sigmar's teachings, the new commander of the Brass Fortress, and the leader of the Unbeatable Archers - Durz Gunderman, all rushed over to try to keep Levi.
However, as his strength increased, Levi became more and more able to discern the true emotions of others even without using magic.
The chanter really hoped that Levi would stay and help purify more of the plague, but he was also somewhat relieved.
Because he had realized that Levi did not come for money or gifts, but to spread faith, which would potentially pose a threat to Sigma.
The new commander didn't have any special thoughts. He was even a little grateful to Levi, because if Levi hadn't killed the corrupted former commander and cleared the Nurgle demons here with thundering force, he would not be in this position now.
However, after failing to persuade Levi to stay, Durz Gunderman made a request. He wanted to take the undefeated shooters with him and follow Levi to continue fighting the demons elsewhere.
Levi pondered for a moment. He could fully understand why the other party made such a decision.
On the one hand, the harpist was making further advances in his friendship, but on the other hand, it was possible that the other party could no longer stay here.
Even though the Harper was a member of the good camp, he hid his identity and climbed to such a high position in Hawke's territory that the Elector and the Chanter could no longer tolerate him.
However, Levi didn't want the other party to go to Fear Rock, so on the one hand he agreed, but on the other hand he said that he needed to consider where to take the other party.
Seeing his attitude, the chanter and the commander immediately understood. They took the initiative to say goodbye and leave, leaving the place to the two of them.
So after a brief negotiation, Levi decided to let the other party go to Thorn Town first to help him train some musketeers.
If the opponent's subsequent performance meets your expectations, then consider whether to send the opponent to Skogey.
Although he has the Avalon sisters, Levi doesn't think much of these musketeers, but the number of Avalon is limited and the threshold for becoming a musketeer is very low, with more requirements for muskets, bullets, etc.
Because they need to go through a lot of shooting training, and each bullet costs money.
After they are successfully trained, there will be no problem in throwing them into Skogey to bully those Norsemen.
Once the number of people has accumulated to a certain level, you can try to deal with the ratmen and the like in the surrounding forests.
Undefeated shooters are known for their expertise in forest warfare, so their talent must not be wasted.
After finishing all this, Levi returned to Fear Rock and found Sefa and Zhou Miyin.
After the trip to Zhendan, their strength has greatly improved. Zhou Miyin, who was originally only responsible for the escort mission, had a fortuitous encounter halfway.
He and Sefa rescued a warlock with the blood of the Zhendan Dragon God from a group of Khorne demons. In order to express his gratitude for saving his life, the warlock gave him a chance to transfer to a veteran dragon guard.
As the name suggests, this is usually a high-level commander who can only be born among the Heavenly Dragon Guards.
Although Zhou Miyin was very young, he had followed Levi for so long that he could be considered a veteran in the true sense of the word. In addition, his level was not low and his equipment was not bad, so after some challenges, he successfully changed his job.
All of his attributes have been strengthened to varying degrees, with exclusive bonuses for Jade Warriors and Heavenly Dragon Guards. He also got a special mount - the Iron Eater.
As a unique type of soldier and mount in Zhendan, although the Iron-eating Beast is only level 5, its rarity is better than most soldiers of the same level. Except for its not-so-fast speed, its attack, defense, and health points are all perfect, with no obvious shortcomings.
In addition, it can also enhance Zhendan's Ninghe and Yin-Yang Harmony skills, making it a mount with extremely high comprehensive practicality.
But even though Zhou Miyin had made a lot of gains, it was still far behind Sefa. After all, there might be hundreds of Dragon Guard veterans in Zhendan, while there were only 13 Jade Phoenix Wizards in the entire world.
Almost the moment Sefa stepped into the Zhendan Weinan Province, she was noticed by another Jade Phoenix Mage. Then, through the ancient ritual unique to the Jade Phoenix Mage, Sefa was able to recover her memories of her past life.
It turns out that in his previous life, Sefa died in a battle with Dagon, the demon lord of the 89th layer of the Abyss.
She successfully prevented the other party from invading the main world again, but Dagon was known as the lord of the ocean and sea monsters, and the battlefield was also on the seashore, so she was exhausted and failed to escape successfully.
It was precisely because of Dagon's power that her soul and memory were affected and she could not immediately recover to her peak state.
Since Jade Phoenix Mages can use Phoenix Nirvana and use the power of elements to reshape their bodies, the damage to their souls has a much greater impact on them than the damage to their bodies.
Although she has regained her memory now, it is like memorizing knowledge from a book. It does not belong to her again immediately. She still needs continuous practice to truly master those powers.
After hearing this, Levi, who had originally wanted to avenge Sefa, could only suppress this idea for the time being.
Dagon is an extremely ancient demon lord, one of the most powerful demon lords ever. He is also regarded as one of the sages and prophets among demons. Unlike most demons driven by instinct, he is a real demon with brains.
Because it has been corrupting many aquatic races for thousands of years, almost all gods that have anything to do with the ocean have had conflicts or contradictions with it. But until now, Dagon is still alive and well, which is enough to illustrate its wisdom and power.
Levi is not stupid enough to think that he is more powerful than those gods. Helping Sefa to avenge himself will probably be just a wish in his heart for a long time.
However, as the saying goes, "Misfortune may turn out to be a blessing in disguise."
Because Sefa's strength is not yet enough, the other Jade Phoenix Mages are very tolerant of her. She can still act very freely without having to bear the responsibilities or obligations of the Jade Phoenix Mages.
If she wanted, other Jade Phoenix Wizards could notify her when they discovered some major crisis, but it was her freedom to decide whether to go and help.
For Levi, with these words from the Jade Phoenix Mages and his current relationship with the Harpist, he would never have to worry about not having enemies in the future.
