Volume 4 Chapter 594: Death God Conference
After thinking for a while, Levi asked, "Your Highness Kelanwo, I wonder if there are any devil dukes who disobey your rules, or are there any you particularly hate?"
"Yes, the Grand Duke of Flying Insects on the seventh floor, Baalzebub, the Queen of Lust on the sixth floor, Gracia, the Cruel Demon, Gargos, and the King of Brands, Mark Kidd, have all openly disobeyed my ban many times."
At this point, Clemvor gritted his teeth, yet seemed helpless.
Because up to now, the devils that have formally signed the agreement with him are basically middle and high-level devils, among which there are less than ten hell devils, and none of the devil dukes have agreed.
However, most of them maintained a certain respect for this powerful divine power and did not choose to confront him openly.
Only these few whose names were mentioned were particularly disrespectful.
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and became more interested, because when he learned that the Word of Creation could know the target's true name, he had done special research on these guys.
Baalzebub is the shame of the Sub-Sky Clan. As the Lord of Mount Heaven, I will have to deal with it sooner or later.
The Lady of Succubus is the daughter of Asmodeus, the Lord of Hell. She is also recognized as the weaker of the demon lords, and may even be the weakest one.
Gargauth is a lawful evil demigod in the human pantheon. Although his level of divinity is very low, he possesses eight divine duties: betrayal, cruelty, political corruption, unhealthy parliament, selfish advisers, political manipulators, power brokers and power mongers.
At the same time, it has been rumored among the gods that he has an incarnation of the Deep Hell Demon in the Nine Hells, and he even tried to become the Grand Duke of the Devil and the lord of a certain layer of hell, but was eventually discovered and exiled by the Lord of Hell.
But because he is a demigod, his strength is strong enough and his character is indeed not inferior to any high-level devil. Even many devils can't stand his evil.
So even though he has no territory in the Nine Hells and wanders around in various worlds, he is still called the Tenth Duke of Hell. Many beings even believe that he is a devil first and a god second.
As for the title of Cruel Demon, it seems that it was first given to him by the Lord of Hell. It is obvious that Gargoyle wanted to become the Lord of Demons, but now the title of Cruel Demon is the most widely circulated, which sounds quite ironic.
The last King of Brands - Markajid, was once an Angel of the Dawn. He served Corellon and Lolth successively, and was bewitched by Lolth to fall and betray Corellon. Then he was banished to hell by Corellon and had the mark of betrayal on his face.
Corellon was much more cruel to him, the divine servant, than he was to Rose.
But despite this, he still became a Grand Duke of Hell with his tyrannical strength.
He was later exiled by the Lord of Hell as well, and is currently probably staying in an evil little dimension called Blood Rift.
Since then, the Branded King has been thinking about revenge on the Lord of Hell, Corellon, Rose and others.
But due to his limited strength, there was basically no progress, so in recent years he gradually changed his goal, which is to deal with the elves in the main world.
He has done everything from inciting civil strife, sowing discord, and starting wars with foreign races to personally bewitching some elves with excellent potential and seizing their souls.
Levi originally wanted to obtain the other party's real name and then kill him. Maybe he could learn some secrets about Corellon and Rose, and also improve the favorability of a lot of elves.
But after much consideration, he finally gave up.
Because Corellon must have known the real name of the Branded King, but Corellon did not kill him at the beginning, and even after he did so many bad things later, he still did not do it. There is a problem here.
Is Corellon really so sentimental, or does the King of Brands hold some special secrets of Corellon?
But no matter what, Cranworth now hates these guys very much. Maybe he can pull them together to deal with them later.
The Holy Words of Creation are a special power that belongs only to the three major celestial races. Not even the gods possess this ability, and later it was gradually lost. Up to now, even the Lords of Heaven only master a very limited part of the words and are completely unable to exert its full power.
Therefore, Kelemvor certainly cannot easily obtain the real names of these evil beings. There may have been some people who could do this in the past, but now, he is probably the only one.
Once you become a god, will your growth rate definitely slow down?
Although most of the gods have existed for a long time, there are also many who just live a life of idleness and wait for death. Some of my plans, actions and growth will one day surprise all the gods.
Levi immediately smiled and said, "Very good, Your Highness Kelanwo, it seems that we will have a lot in common in the future."
Kelanwo also smiled and nodded: "Very good, I look forward to it sincerely."
In fact, the demons he hated in his heart were certainly not just those guys, but these names might be quite special to Levi, and now he had achieved his goal.
Arthas, who had been silent all the time, couldn't help but feel moved.
A powerful divine being and a weak divine being were almost equally matched in momentum, and both were equally confident.
The former's confidence is based on strength, but where does the latter's confidence come from?
Levi continued to ask: "I wonder what His Highness Kelemvor thinks of His Highness Lathander?"
Hearing this, even Arthas couldn't help but concentrate extra attentively.
Because the Lord of the Morning is an active opponent of the undead and a potential enemy of all death-related gods.
Kelemvor once advocated the extermination of all undead creatures, but now he has gradually realized that it is impossible to kill all undead creatures and their existence is necessary.
But Rothander was always urging his church and believers to eliminate the undead. For this reason, he basically offended all the gods of death, and Arthas was no exception.
Because of the absolute gap in strength, even though he had repeatedly ordered his believers to retreat and not conflict with the Church of Losander, they still suffered several losses.
Kelemvor was silent. In his opinion, many of the God of Dawn's actions were quite inappropriate.
For example, it was because of Lathander's fierce pursuit that the former goddess of fate died and split into the current goddess of luck and the girl of misfortune;
Later, he attempted to merge the goddess of luck and the girl of disaster into one goddess, which almost led to the death of the two goddesses and allowed the evil god Bane to resurrect.
Also because of his fierce pursuit, the first Swan Girl of the Worlds would rather escape to the sky and permanently transform into Cygnus than succumb to him;
Then, before his old love's body was cold, Lathander immediately turned to pursue the Earth Goddess;
As for the persecution of many gods involved in the solar realm, there is no need to mention it further.
Losander's external camp is neutral and good, but in fact, judging from the results, many of the things he did are not much different from those of the evil god.
But he can still maintain his camp, which may mean that he is not really evil from the bottom of his heart. He may just be stupid and easy to be used.
But he certainly couldn't say these words to Levi, and he also had some agreements with Losander.
So after some thought, Kelemvor could only reluctantly say: "His Highness Lathander and I have a certain tacit understanding. Now we will not interfere too much with each other's actions."
Not interfering too much, but still interfering?
Although it was not the answer Levi wanted to hear the most, he still reluctantly accepted it: "I also respect his ideas, but unfortunately there may be some differences between us."
The God of Light of Mount Paradise and the God of Death of the Underworld will both come into conflict with each other, not to mention that Levi is Sigma's ally, and Sigma will surely compete with the other for the position of the Sun God in the future.
Cranworth didn't have much to say now, as he could roughly understand what Levi meant.
Levi didn't want the atmosphere to be awkward, so he quickly changed the subject: "Next, I hope to establish a kingdom of the God of Death in the underworld. I hope that Your Highnesses can lend me a hand. Osiris will be grateful."
Kelanwo immediately agreed generously: "Don't worry, I will definitely help His Majesty Osiris with all my strength. The underworld is not a place where anyone can run wild."
His attitude towards Losander may have disappointed Levi, so he might as well show his generosity this time.
Seth has already made a fuss for a while. If he dares to come again, I might have to step in.
Arthas also responded to Levi in a dry voice. He felt that this was also an opportunity to further contact Levi.
Jergal naturally had the same attitude. He liked quietness and hated guys like Set who would just run into the underworld and make trouble.
Levi also expressed his gratitude again. With the help of these three gods of death, his future days in the underworld would be much easier.
Kelemvor glanced at Yeger, and after seeing him nod, he finally said, "Your Highness Osiris, we would like to invite you to join forces to deal with Xirik!"
Since he had expected this, Levi said immediately and readily, "No problem. His madness should indeed be stopped. No god would like his slander and denigration."
Kelanvor nodded first, then shook his head: "Not only that, he seems to have become even more aggressive recently. He even openly detained the souls of believers of many gods, including the Lord of Knowledge - Oghma, and the God of Justice - Torm!"
Cyric also controls a part of the priesthood of death and the dead. Although he cannot compare with him as the Lord of the Dead, Cyric still owns a part of the underworld and has the right and obligation to guide the souls of mortals.
But no one could have imagined that Xirik would play such a trick.
"What? Is he looking for death?"
Levi was really surprised this time. Even he had never thought of doing this to the souls of Set's believers, because this was a common rule established by all the gods of all pantheons.
Now that Xirik has abused this power, it is equivalent to touching the lifeblood of the gods.
In the past, there have been many evil gods who became gods of death, some of whom were extremely powerful, but no god had ever dared to do so. Xirik had set a precedent. Was he afraid that he wouldn't die fast enough?
Yager, who had been smiling all the time, also sighed: "I feel the underworld is wailing. Cyric's chaotic and crazy nature has even disturbed the order of the underworld. He must be stopped."
The things that the soul is involved with are too many and too important, and the underworld must operate under strict rules.
In the past, because Cyric mainly specialized in the priesthood of murder, strife, and lies, and rarely paid attention to the underworld, he and Kelemvor and others could only tolerate it reluctantly.
But now Xirik was so crazy that even he couldn't sit still.
Arthas also said: "Yes, he must stop his stupid behavior."
If Xirik arbitrarily detained the souls of other gods, wouldn't it seem that his caution was too cowardly?
Moreover, since he became a god, except for occasional fights with Illidan, he has never shown his strength to the outside world. Now might be a good opportunity!
Levi nodded again: "Okay, I am willing to contribute my own strength, but I am still very weak , I am afraid I can't compete with Xirik head-on."
Although he was mad, Cyric's fighting ability was not affected much. Many gods, including Kelemvor, had tried to take the opportunity to deal with Cyric, but until now, Cyric was still alive and well.
And I don’t know if it’s not a coincidence, Oghma and Torm both had a grudge against Cyric.
Cyric spreads lies, Oghma records the truth, and Torm was once called a fool because he was too sincere and upright. Cyric must hate both of them very much.
If it is a coincidence, it would be fine. But if it is not a coincidence, does it mean that Xirik's madness is still under control within a certain range?
Kelanwo nodded: "Of course, I understand. For the time being, His Majesty Osiris does not need to confront Cyric directly. What we need to do is to work together to expel Cyric's control over the underworld, and even deprive him of his priesthood of death. For this purpose, I am contacting more gods of death."
"For example, Ulagran, the Guardian of the Dead of the Halfling Pantheon, Tsukuyomi and Yorozumi of the Nibon Pantheon, Yama of the Inda Pantheon, and Idros, the Maggot King of the Greenskin Pantheon."
Levi raised his eyebrows, this was equivalent to cutting off the fuel supply.
Cyric's most annoying portfolio is strife, lies, and conspiracy, etc. After snatching the portfolio of illusion from Leila, he and his followers have become more difficult to deal with.
But what really made all the gods fear him was his priesthood of murder and death. These two could enhance each other, and combined with his other priesthoods, he had been active until now even though he had enemies everywhere.
Without the priesthood of death, Xirik's threat would instantly drop by several times.
However, any god who participates in this action will obviously benefit from it, and Levi does not want the Maggot King - Idros to gain any advantage in this action.
So he said directly: "I understand, but I don't want to meet with the Maggot King. I will bring Anubis with me and try to contact Nisu of the elven pantheon and Dumathoin of the dwarven pantheon to cooperate with His Highness Kelemvor's actions. I think they are enough to replace the Maggot King."
In fact, strictly speaking, except for Anubis, the latter two gods are not orthodox gods of death. Nisu is just a gatekeeper, serving as a temporary substitute when his mother travels.
Dumathoin's main clergy is shield dwarf, followed by mining and ore, etc., and finally the protection of the dead.
But it is more convenient for Levi to contact them, and as his official appearance in the underworld, the number of his own gods will increase, which will make him appear more imposing, right?
Well, in conclusion, perhaps I can try to contact the one from the Zhendan pantheon.
The Zhendan pantheon always told the outside world that many of their dragon sons were missing, but after so many years, the underworld of Zhendan has always been peaceful and stable. Anyone who is not a fool can know that the underworld dragon in charge of death must be alive and well.
Kelemvor expressed his understanding. Both the Egyptian pantheon of Osiris and the elven pantheon of Levi were in serious conflict with the greenskin pantheon, so he had just taken the initiative to explain it.
Levi's proposal now saves him a lot of trouble.
"Okay, then I'll make the corresponding preparations right away and get rid of this scourge of Xirik as soon as possible. I'll contact you later."
"Arthas, come and help me!"
Kelemvor left first with a big laugh. Although Arthas was somewhat reluctant because he wanted to continue chatting with Levi, there was no other way. He needed Kelemvor's protection now, and there were many things he could not do as he wished.
After the two of them left one after another, Yager smiled and said, "Congratulations, His Highness Levi, for becoming one of us."
Levi knew that what he was talking about was definitely not just about his ascension to godhood, but also about his complete joining of the Zodiac Tianyu Crystal Wall System. From that moment on, he had become a so-called indigenous person, just a little bit special at most.
Levi didn't know what Yager was up to. Could it be about Xirik?
But even if he didn't step forward, in this situation, Clemvor wouldn't sit idly by, right?
As if seeing Levi's doubts, Yager didn't waste any words and quickly got to the point: "I wonder what His Majesty Osiris thinks of the God-given buildings and God-given troops?"
Levi understood instantly. So this is the question that Yager really cares about!
After thinking for a while, Levi reorganized his words: "I think their existence is unreasonable. The God-given soldiers can hardly become believers of the gods. Moreover, after they die in battle, their souls probably won't go to the underworld, right?"
Yager sighed and said, "Yes, according to my continuous investigation over the years, they were most likely petitioners. After the fall of some ancient gods, they were given a second life."
"But when they die in battle, their souls are no longer managed by the many Death Gods. Instead, they disappear directly, waiting to be recruited next time."
"So in theory, they can be resurrected multiple times until their souls are completely consumed. Do you know what this means?"
Levi couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "Is there another small underworld existence that is completely out of the control of the many death gods?"
"It may not necessarily be a small underworld. It may also be some kind of artifact left by the ancient gods to help the mortals in the main world resist demons and other evils from other worlds. It is also likely related to the Four Chaos Gods."
"Because they did not appear from the beginning, but suddenly appeared after the four Chaos Gods were sealed and a large number of ancient gods disappeared collectively."
In fact, when Asuryan and other ancient gods sealed the Four Gods of Chaos, they also tried to communicate with him tentatively, but in the end they did not invite him.
Perhaps the other party thinks that when it comes to the soul, he might have selfish motives.
Levi pondered for a moment. In fact, although there were no clear records passed down about what happened back then, many ancient gods from multiple pantheons suddenly disappeared without a trace, and other gods could also infer some things.
"How much research has Your Highness Jergal done on the Four Chaos Gods? Some gods believe that using positive emotions such as integrity, honesty, bravery, holiness, and glory to fight against negative emotions such as cunning, indulgence, cruelty, and evil, do you think it is possible to succeed?"
The Four Chaos Gods were born from emotions. If one wants to defeat them at the root, utilizing opposing emotions seems to be the most likely option.
Jergal scoffed at this: "Will mortals turn from humans into pigs just because the food they eat is a little salty or a little bland?"
Levi instantly understood what the other party meant: "Of course not."
"Even the Four Chaos Gods won't. They were born from negative emotions, which makes them appear evil, but it doesn't mean they will be easily defeated by positive emotions."
Yager then changed the subject and said with some admiration: "But the ancient gods seem to have found another way. They did not simply seal the four gods of chaos, but made them 'reduce their dimensions'."
"The potential of the Chaos Four Gods may still be greater than that of other ordinary gods, but they can be killed just like other gods."
Levi nodded, indicating that he knew this because Lilith had already told him.
Yager did not feel any surprise. After all, Lilith was the daughter of Asuryan, and the relationship between Levi and Lilith was known to all the gods.
He just continued: "I think that these God-given buildings and God-given arms, as well as those Khorne and Slaanesh demons, are very likely to be derivatives of the power extracted from the Four Chaos Gods. The more active they are now, the higher the possibility that the Four Chaos Gods will be killed in the future!"
Levi's eyes widened instantly. This was the first time he heard this statement, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that it was indeed possible.
Power does not appear out of thin air. Even if it was the combined efforts of all the gods at the beginning, there are probably millions of God-given soldiers in the entire main world.
After so many years, how can it still maintain so much? Is it just because of the gold coins and other resources paid?
The biggest possibility, of course, is that there is a constant supply of energy.
"So what does His Highness Yager mean?"
"I think that may also be the key to other crystal wall systems."
Having said that, Yager became visibly excited.
This also made Levi roughly understand that Yager seemed to be not interested in whether the many God-given troops obeyed the management of the gods of death. After all, he had easily given up most of his own priesthood, and he didn't care about believers or the power of faith at all.
He didn't seem to care much about the Four Chaos Gods, because unless the Four Chaos Gods killed all the mortal creatures in the main world, he, the veteran God of Death, would not be in danger at all.
His current godhood level is very low, but his kingdom of God was built when he was a powerful god, and its defense is terrifyingly strong.
But Jergal is probably very interested in traveling to other crystal wall systems. This is probably the loneliness of the powerful god of death who once stood at the top of the world.
He said these things to himself because of his identity as God's chosen hero. He regarded himself as something like a key.
As for the world he originally lived in, Yager had probably already seen clearly from the performance of many God-chosen heroes that it was just a very ordinary and common world, so he was not interested in it.
Coincidentally, I do have some information.
After becoming the God of Death, the system reminded him that the Outer Gods such as Diana and Kratos of the Greek pantheon had 72 hours to stay.
If this is the case, can we reach some kind of deal with Jergal, so that Diana can take Jergal back to the Crystal Wall System where the Greek pantheon originally existed?
But will Diana agree?
Looking at Levi who suddenly fell silent and started thinking, Yager was stunned at first, and then he was ecstatic.
He had originally just made a tentative bet. He no longer cared about priesthood and godhood, and he didn't care at all about the life or death of Osiris.
He has only one real purpose, which is to go to other crystal wall systems and see the existence there.
But I didn't expect that Levi seemed to really be able to make my wish come true!
Taking a deep breath, Yege said seriously: "Your Highness Levi, no matter what the price is, I am willing to pay it!"
"Even if the price is that I can't return home at all, or even face the risk of dying in a foreign country?"
Although he was very tempted by Yege's proposal, Levi felt that it was necessary to make clear what needed to be said.
Yager was a little surprised: "Is it not possible to transform into an avatar?"
Levi shook his head: "If it was before, it was still possible, but after dozens of hours, it will become completely impossible. Even if he sends an avatar, he will not be able to transmit any information back. After a long time, he will definitely be assimilated."
"Is that incarnation still you, Lord Yager?"
Thanks to the relationship with Amazon, Levi also obtained some information from Diana, which is why the Greek gods decided to return to their original crystal wall system collectively.
If the incarnations died in battle here, or were assimilated by this crystal wall system, it would almost certainly affect their original bodies to some extent.
Yager obviously hesitated for a moment. According to his idea, he was going to send his incarnation to experience some exotic scenery. Even if he died eight or ten times, he could definitely afford it.
But if that was the case, he would have to go there in his real body, and there would be a risk of death.
The rules of different crystal wall systems are not completely universal. Even if he is the pinnacle of the race, he will still be a god there, but many aspects such as his priesthood, power, and even camp may change.
Things that are considered evil in this crystal wall system may be commonplace in other crystal wall systems, or even permitted by law, and so on.
In addition, without the accumulation of countless years in the underworld, he might really die.
After thinking for some time, looking at Levi in front of him, Yager suddenly laughed.
Even Levi has made the decision to abandon the original world and completely take root in the Zodiac Sky Crystal Wall System. Seeing that the dream of countless years is right in front of him, how can he retreat?
"Your Highness Levi, I agree. Please lend me a helping hand. If I can successfully leave, my godhood and priesthood, as well as my countless years of accumulation, will all be yours!"
He quickly realized that this opportunity might be related to Diana and Kratos from the Greek pantheon, but he had no intention of going there in person to contact them.
One reason is that they are not familiar with each other, but the more important thing is that it seems that Levi is the only one who knows the exact time when the crystal wall system will be completely closed.
If I anger the other party in this regard, the other party will at most refuse to cooperate with me, but I will permanently lose the opportunity to go to other crystal wall systems, which will be completely not worth it.
Levi also cheered up: "Okay, I will do my best!"
If he could really obtain Jergal's accumulation, even Seth would not be a threat to him!
