Volume 4 Chapter 596: Gathering of Death Gods
Perhaps driven by the many hatreds in the past, Kelemvor's actions this time were unprecedentedly swift.
In just a few hours, he was ready and informed Levi.
So Levi also notified the several gods of death he had invited, and took Anubis to the agreed place, and then went to Clemvor's City of the Dead in the underworld.
Soon, a pale and weak-looking elf came. It was Nisu, the gatekeeper of the underworld of the elven pantheon.
Although Levi came here as Osiris, Nisu certainly knew the inside story, and because of Lilith, he had a good impression of Levi, so he took the initiative to greet him and then stood aside without moving.
Levi didn't care, because he had known for a long time that Nisu was a god with some social anxiety. He never dealt with any gods and just did his own things quietly. Only Lilith could talk to him.
But these are not important. The important thing is that Nisu already knows almost what Levi and Lilith are thinking, but he does not have any dissatisfaction. Instead, he is very happy to see this situation.
Because Nisu took on this responsibility reluctantly after his mother ran away.
But in fact, Nisu doesn't like this job, and his ability is not enough to do it. If Levi can take over, it would be something he would be very happy to see.
Nisu even put forward two conditions, and if Levi could meet the requirements, Nisu would be willing to assist Levi.
Of course, Levi and Lilith both knew that this assistance was just a superficial courtesy, and Nisu would definitely slack off when the time came.
First of all, Levi must at least become a weaker divine power, because Nisu is now a being of godhood 4, and there is no way Levi can be weaker than him, right?
Secondly, if the goddess of death returns, whether this kind of transaction will continue will all depend on the goddess of death, which everyone can understand.
Then a dwarf with a gray-brown body, who looked like he was carved out of rock, arrived. He was Dumathoin from the dwarven pantheon.
As soon as he arrived, he hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Levi, saying that thanks to the priesthood provided by Levi, a demigod has now been saved from madness. He believed that as long as he could recuperate for a period of time, the dwarves would have one more fighting force.
At the same time, Dumathoin expressed regretfully that if another demigod could receive similar treatment, he would definitely get better.
As he spoke, he looked straight at Levi, his purpose was self-evident.
Levi also smiled and said that if there was a suitable priesthood, he would help keep an eye out for it.
In fact, he really intended to put in some effort because there was another crazy dwarf demigod who mastered the priesthood of necromancy.
Although Levi is not interested in this, he can give it to others, such as Lucia.
According to their plan, after calling Neferata and the others to the underworld, Lucia will begin to weaken the influence of vampires in the main world. Perhaps this priesthood can be given to Lucia as compensation.
If she could become a god, Neferata and the others would never dare to do anything tricky again.
It would be even more perfect if we could kill Dracula and then obtain his vampire priesthood.
Hearing Levi's agreement, Dumathod burst into laughter. He was still very much looking forward to Levi's promise.
A mere few months was just a blink of an eye for the gods, but Levi was promoted from a mortal to a god, directly controlled Mount Heaven, and became the god of death.
This is no longer something that can be described as a miracle. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a son of the world favored by fate.
At this time, Kelemvor's incarnation also took the initiative to come out to greet them. Beside him, in addition to Jergal and Arthas who were still acting as followers, there was also a short dark-skinned man, who was from the Halfling pantheon - the Guardian of the Dead - Ulagran.
As a demigod, he was obviously trying to please the many gods of death, and the smile on his face never stopped.
There is no way. The Halfling pantheon is not really a powerful pantheon. The Dwarves are now on the decline, but at least they were once powerful. The Halflings were weak in the past, are weak now, and will also be weak in the foreseeable future.
So the way for halflings to survive is to cling to others.
The Halfling God King, Yondalla, still has some respect, but the other Halfling Gods won't always put on airs.
For example, Ulagran in front of us, he also has a nickname called Black Dog. On the one hand, it is because some of his believers are canines. On the other hand, it is also because when facing almost all gods, he really is like a puppy wagging its tail and begging for mercy.
However, Levi did not have any contempt for this, because the Black Dog was never for himself, but for the entire halfling race. Otherwise, with his strength as a demigod, he would not need to look like this at all.
Black Dog's joining this time must have been a direct decision made by the Halfling God-King. After all, once he joins, he will have to face Xirik directly, and Black Dog himself does not have that courage.
Kelemvor first expressed his welcome very warmly, introduced everyone to each other, and then he briefly explained that the Nipon pantheon could not come.
Because they are in the middle of a civil war, the rebel, Tianjin Wolf Star, is fighting more powerful than the gods could have imagined, and the three noble sons, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo, seem to be at odds with each other.
In addition , the revival of the Four Gods of Chaos affected all kinds of monsters in Nipeng, which caused the Nipeng pantheon to become more and more chaotic. They no longer had the spare energy to focus on this matter.
As for the Inda pantheon, their Yama claimed that he was not feeling well and could not come for the time being.
At this point, Kelemvor's expression was somewhat strange, because he had already learned the inside story from other channels. Yama had just been severely beaten by the Zhendan pantheon a few days ago, and even his body was seriously injured.
It is obvious that Yama's strength is much weaker than that of his opponent, but he always takes the initiative to provoke others and even dares to claim that he will fight again and again after repeated defeats.
Really, that is to say, the Zhendan pantheon was paying close attention to the movements of the Nipon pantheon and was attacking the snake-god - Mershok with all their might. They did not want to start a full-scale war with the Inda pantheon at this time, so Yama was able to save his life.
Finally he looked at Levi, asking if there were any other Grim Reapers coming.
Hearing this, Dumathod and Black Dog were a little surprised, wondering who else would come.
Levi smiled slightly: "He's here."
Nephthys refused, as he had expected, but the Zhendan pantheon agreed very readily.
Before he finished speaking, a young man in a dark robe and with a stern face suddenly appeared in the air.
Levi, Anubis, and others had no idea how he appeared, as if he had been there the whole time.
What is particularly striking is that there is a pair of small and exquisite horns on the young man’s forehead.
Unlike the ferocious, domineering horns of the dragon clan, which can even be used for fighting, this pair of horns looks full of elegance and luxury, but they definitely do not lack in strength and majesty.
Seeing this, even Cranworth couldn't help but be shocked. He never expected that Levi could even invite this person.
The Zhendan pantheon has always been extremely xenophobic. Apart from the Nibon pantheon, the Inda pantheon and the snake-god - Mershok, they are mostly indifferent to other things, so they didn't even include the other party in the invitation list before.
Then he became excited again. If it was this person, then the success of this operation would be increased by another 20%!
Yager was also a little surprised, not only at the other party's appearance here, but also at the other party's control over the underworld.
With the support of , it is only natural that the other party will become a powerful divine power in time. By then, Kelemvor will also face a powerful opponent.
However, these have little to do with me.
What he had to do now was to expel Xirik's control over the underworld, and then help Levi gain as much benefit as possible, so that he could get the opportunity to go to other crystal wall systems!
Levi was the first to laugh and said, "Osiris has met the Emperor of Fengdu!"
In any case, as a god of death with a godhood of at least level 15, it is really an honor for him to come at my invitation.
The black-clothed man's face twitched for a moment, and he managed to force a smile, then returned the greeting: "Aurora God System, Dark Dragon - Qingjia, greetings to all of you!"
The gods of death, including Kelemvor and Jergal, all returned the greetings, especially the demigod Black Dog, who nodded and bowed, being extremely humble.
After returning the gift, Qingjia quickly glanced around. Although he didn't say anything, the gods present seemed to be able to sense that he seemed vaguely disappointed, but most of them didn't understand the reason for the moment.
Levi had some guesses, but he couldn't be sure.
Only Kelemvor was somewhat thankful. Fortunately, Yama and Tsukuyomi were not here. Otherwise, Qingjia might have tried his hand first. Yama was injured by Qingjia before...
After a few polite words, Clemvor, as the host, led the many Grim Reapers into the City of the Dead.
Although the word "city" is in its name, its area is actually larger than many countries in the main world, probably tens of millions of square kilometers.
As far as the eye can see, in addition to the gray and black color unique to the underworld, there are tombs, altars and other places for burying corpses or holding sacrifices in different styles.
Among them are countless souls of the dead, waiting for judgment, reincarnation, or simply staying here to suffer punishment for the evil deeds they did in their lifetime.
Some undead people in uniform attire are acting as guards and patrols here.
Among them are not only mindless zombies and skeletons, but also mentally twisted ghosts and ghouls. In the air are zombies and skeletons of various monsters, and occasionally a few black knights pass by.
Kelemvor would not actively create the undead, but he would also make use of waste. After so many years of his ascension to godhood, preliminary estimates show that there must be at least hundreds of millions of undead here.
But compared with the area of this city of the dead, their number seems so insignificant.
Because they face frequent invasions of demons, they not only need to defend the border, but also need to be vigilant against demons flying from the sky.
Even though Kelemvor is a powerful god, all he can do is to prohibit mortals from using teleportation magic in the City of the Dead, but it is unlikely that he can also prohibit flying at the same time.
Because Kelemvor's kingdom was built on the Gray Waste Plane, not the Underworld, it would be difficult even for Kelemvor to change the rules on such a large scale.
Moreover, compared to demons, the average combat effectiveness of the undead is obviously much lower, and they are also restrained by fire attacks. Most of the undead can basically only serve as warnings and delaying time.
Seeing this, Levi could understand more and more why Clemvor compromised with the devils.
But despite this, he would never make the same choice.
Even if he could not inherit Jergal's kingdom, he could create a new kingdom in the underworld from scratch. The area would definitely not be large at the beginning, with the guards of the god of death and the help of vampires such as Neferata, which would be enough.
Anubis next to him was feeling something else. Although there were not many guards, the power of the god of death was almost everywhere here. It was indeed a powerful divine power that he would never be able to reach.
However, if it was His Majesty Osiris...
While he was thinking, hundreds of fires suddenly flashed in the distance. Considering that most undead were afraid of fire, it was impossible that the defenders themselves set the fire. It was very likely that demons happened to come to plunder souls.
Kelanwo's expression suddenly turned ugly.
Although demons often appear at other times, they never come earlier or later, but just happen to come and rob when many death gods visit. This is a blatant slap in the face!
Fortunately, the guards he arranged here were already accustomed to the invasion of demons. Even without Clemvor saying anything, a series of bells and whistles sounded.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of cavalry, magic units and flying units were dispatched.
Further away, several portals were opened, and a large number of demons with uniform equipment stepped out, fighting side by side with the defenders to resist the demon's attack.
They are devils that have signed a treaty with Kelemvor, so they have some privileges in the City of the Dead and can open portals.
With this cooperation, the area where the fire was originally burning began to shrink rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, Cranvor managed to save a little face, but at the same time he made a decision in his heart. After investigating the origins of these demons, he must send a few more incarnations to give the opponent a good fight in their lair!
Qing Jia standing next to him remained noncommittal. In his opinion, the defensive measures of the City of the Dead were still too simple.
Since the construction of his Eighteen Levels of Hell, it has never been invaded on such a large scale. Those with evil intentions often cannot even get through the first three levels.
Of course, he also paid a huge price for this. Even until now, many gods believe that he is really dead.
Levi also had some ideas. After this incident, Clemvor must hate these demons even more. It seems that there will be plenty of opportunities for the two sides to cooperate in the future.
However, it would be better for him to perfect the Mark of Death as quickly as possible and keep it secret, and even obtain the relevant priesthood of the construct. Otherwise, once it is exposed, it will be easy for other gods to take advantage of it.
Since this was just a small episode, the gods did not stay for too long and soon followed Clemvor's guidance and came to a special altar.
In many corners of the altar, there are some miniature platforms made of the bones of evil gods, and on the platforms are crystal balls. At this moment, a faint energy is constantly flowing, forming a special magic circle.
After a quick glance, Levi roughly figured out that as long as the many gods of death injected their own power into it, they would begin to undermine Cyric's control over the underworld. Yager and Kelemvor were quite well prepared.
Kelemvor quickly gave an explanation, and as Levi had guessed, this matter was essentially a matter of expelling Cyric from control of the underworld through a voting-like method.
If an ordinary war is launched, it will not only be protracted, but may also implicate many innocent souls.
But now that they have gathered so many gods of death, if they can gain the approval of the underworld itself, the underworld will begin to reject Xirik's power.
By then, they might even be able to seize Cyric's priesthood of death and the dead in one fell swoop, and the cost of victory would be much smaller.
Hearing this, many death gods, including Qingjia, could not help but be very surprised. How could they seize the priesthood in this way? This was a method that even gods could not imagine!
Only Yager nodded to Levi with a smile, indicating that he also put in a lot of effort. Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve this with just the power of Cranworth, even if so many gods of death were gathered together.
Cyric's ministry of death and the dead comes from the three gods of death of the previous generation, and the power of the three gods of death comes from Jergal.
Even though so many years have passed, Yeger's power in the realm of death is beyond what Xirik could have imagined.
Cyric was so fond of studying his conspiracies and intrigues that he didn't realize that if he could specialize in the way of death, the priesthood alone would be enough to make him stand at the top of the gods.
Another point is that, except for Cyric, none of the other gods of death belong to the chaos camp.
Even the green-skinned Maggot King Idros, who did not come, is in the neutral evil camp, and Cyric himself is incompatible with the underworld.
The many death gods present were basically order-oriented, using order to fight chaos, and with deliberate actions, Xirik's fate was basically doomed.
At the same time, Xirik's other enemies, such as the Mother of Magic and the Three Saints of Justice, will also take the opportunity to take action.
Even the absolutely neutral and powerful divine power, Oghma, the Lord of Knowledge, will join the battle with his subordinate gods to encircle and suppress the followers of Cyric in the main world.
As for the kingdom of God, since Xirik's kingdom of God is in the Tunnel of Madness, where the entire plane is dominated by chaos and evil, they have no plans to launch an all-out attack for the time being.
The Lord of Knowledge did say that he would try to contact other gods who had a grudge against Cyric, such as the lawful evil Bane.
However, we cannot count too much on this aspect. Any evil god that lives long enough will run away very fast when he sees an advantage or sees that the situation is not good.
No matter how much Bane hates Cyric, he will not fight with Cyric. Cyric is not his only enemy.
But that’s not the point. As long as the plan in the underworld succeeds, Xirik’s fate is doomed.
After this matter is over, everyone will divide Xirik's things according to their contributions.
In addition, Kelemvor will pay out of his own pocket so that every god of death who comes can obtain a fragment of the godhead and some of his knowledge about the realm of death.
Hearing this, Black Dog almost jumped up. With a total of 2 fragments of the divine nature, he could be promoted to a level 1 god.
The improvement of strength is secondary. The key is that he will be able to create an incarnation by then, so that he doesn't have to worry too much about Xirik's subsequent revenge.
In addition, this time he came here, he also received some support from within the pantheon. From now on, perhaps he can finally get rid of his original embarrassing situation.
Even Qingjia couldn't help but become serious. Although they were all gods of death, their understandings of death were different. A good thing could be learned from others, and Clemvor's knowledge might be of great benefit.
Levi certainly had the same idea. He had indeed gained a lot of knowledge about death from Nagash, Moonbow, Nisu, and even Osiris, but their knowledge of death, even if added together, might not be comparable to that of Clemvor!
After explaining, Kelemvor looked around and nodded vigorously: "Everyone, let's work together to dismantle the rule of that idiot!"
As Kelemvor took the lead in inputting power, the crystal ball lit up, and then Yager, Levi and others also began to take action.
Then, Clemvor's voice began to echo in the underworld: "Death is only a part of life. Death is not an end but a new beginning. Death is not a punishment but a necessity."
Next is Jergal: "Strength, success, happiness, weakness, failure, pain, are all equally short-lived. Only death is the absolute truth, and it will come only at the appointed time."
"The burial grounds of the dead shall remain undesecrated, and the noble dwarves shall remain free from plunder and desecration by thieves and desecrators."
"There are no lies in death, no cover-ups in death, no chaos in death; death is an orderly process."
"Embracing death as the natural end of life is the best way to live a life of honor."
"The dead should rest in peace, and death should follow order. Those who arbitrarily desecrate it will become enemies of order."
The last sentence is from Livy, an abridged version of the teachings of Osiris.
He was the heir of Osiris, and he could not change everything at once, especially the most well-known doctrines.
However, he still made some targeted adjustments. The original Osiris paid more attention to the nobles and the wealthy class, and even mentioned it clearly in the doctrine. But after Levi took charge, it was of course impossible to continue like this.
Because the nobles and the rich have a very affluent life, they often do not have too many requests to God, and it is difficult for them to cultivate a high degree of piety.
Once they make a request, it is often difficult to accomplish, and it is not a suitable deal for God.
But those poor people, especially those who have almost nothing, when they cannot change their miserable situation by their own efforts, they often hope for the help of gods, who are the ones who can provide more power of faith.
This is one of the reasons why, despite the fact that the gods are extremely powerful, they rarely make any move to change the living standards of mortals.
If they are well fed and have nothing to ask for, how can they still crave for God's mercy like the poor?
Even within the Knight Kingdom established by Lilith, there are a large number of serfs.
Levi is not that philanthropic either, and kindness can be divided into many kinds.
At the same time, inside the City of the Dead, in the underworld of Yager and Qingjia, countless priests began to sing the teachings of their respective gods in unison, which was a good opportunity to publicize their existence and perhaps gain some new believers.
As for Levi and Anubis, they were both newly deified and had not received many sacrifices, so there was nothing that could be done.
Following their voices, the entire underworld could not help but tremble slightly. Without them speaking again, their teachings began to echo continuously and soon caused even greater vibrations.
The prayers of the priests and the ever-echoing teachings of the gods gradually gathered into an invisible wave and began to sweep across the entire underworld.
The crystal ball is not only used to infuse power, but also to control the attack direction and strength of this wave.
However, compared to Kelemvor or Qingjia, Levi's control over the underworld and the realm of death is obviously much weaker, and he can only play a supporting role.
But compared to Arthas, Anubis and others, Levi seems very good. Either their godhood level is not as high as Levi's, or their knowledge in the field is not as much as his. Levi seems to be able to barely rank among the gods of death.
As for Yege, his performance was not much better than Black Dog's and he was obviously just slacking off.
There were still some demons in the City of the Dead that had not been driven away, but after being swept by this wave, they were instantly turned into ashes.
Countless undead, no matter whether they are under the management of these gods of death or whether they have intelligence, when facing this power, they can't help but bow their heads or kneel to show their humility.
What's worse, some people even take the initiative to join in and echo one of the voices.
Then the wave headed straight for Cyric's underworld, and in an instant it baptized nearly one-third of the undead.
Except for a small number of those who were most loyal to Cyric, most of the other undead cheered and joined in.
Even the dead do not want to stay in Xirik's territory, because they have no idea that they may be completely destroyed by Xirik tomorrow for some inexplicable reason.
Such a big commotion soon alarmed more gods.
There is no other way. The underworld is too important. If there is unrest in the underworld, they will all have to expend extra divine power to guide the souls of their believers every day. After a long time, no one can bear it.
So even though they did not possess the knowledge related to death, most gods still turned their attention to them.
And they quickly analyzed the general context of the matter based on the situation at the scene. It seemed that after so many years of open and secret struggles, Kelemvor finally decided to take ruthless action against the scourge of Cyric.
In general, they all hoped that Kelemvor would win, because Cyric was too hated.
Even many gods with more active minds have begun to mobilize their own powers.
Since Kelemvor has prepared such a grand scene, he must hope to hurt Xirik in one go. So can I take the opportunity to join in the fun and take revenge?
The Maggot King of the Greenskin Pantheon instantly hated Kelemvor. It was clearly a collective action of the gods of death from various pantheons, but Kelemvor didn't even invite him?
Nephthys was gloomy. After the recent series of events, Osiris was the biggest victim, but Set didn't have a good attitude towards her either.
Seth took direct action and forcibly took away most of her divine fragments, causing her current strength to be extremely weakened, and her life and death almost depended on Seth's flip of a finger.
Even though she had some territory in the underworld, Seth wouldn't let her go, and she didn't dare to move at all.
But now she was really curious about what state Osiris was in now.
But the one who is most nervous about this is, of course, Xirik, the target.
A thin young man with extremely pale skin and messy hair appeared.
First, a purple-black energy shield rose up, and then Xirik scolded: "How dare you, you false gods, to challenge the Supreme Ruler - Xirik!"
Hearing this, many gods couldn't help but frown. Even though there had been rumors for a long time, when they heard it with their own ears, they still couldn't help but feel angry.
Kelanvor waved his hand and summoned a mirror, and his shadow immediately appeared in front of Xirik: "Xirik, you should pay the price for your mistakes!"
Levi also echoed: "That's right, death must be under order!"
Today's protagonists are Kelemvor and Cyric, but I can also make a brief appearance.
Xirik immediately let out a piercing scream: "You hypocritical fools, die with your ideals!"
"False gods are not omnipotent, but Xirik is omnipotent!"
