Volume 4 Chapter 599: New Goddess
Unfortunately, neither Mask nor Cyric could help him solve this problem.
So Levi looked at the system prompt first, and then he was very pleased to find that killing the incarnation did help to remove the seal of the ring.
If he could kill the incarnation of any one of Rose, Malar, and Talos again, and infuse the ring with divine power and divinity, not only would the properties of the ring be enhanced, but he would also be able to obtain the last relic of the Lord of the Mythical Chains: a fragment of the priesthood.
Although it is not a complete priesthood, with the addition of the ring and the remains of the previous God of Labyrinth, obtaining the true priesthood of Labyrinth is nothing more than a matter of how much divine power is needed and how long .
Talos is not easy to deal with, and Rose is even more so. But Mala, the Lord of Beasts, is relatively much easier to deal with.
An incarnation of Malar was once defeated by a legendary human ranger, Guillen Windflow, who was then promoted to demigod by Mielikki, the goddess of forests and rangers.
Afterwards, Gwaeron Flowing Wind joined forces with other servants of Mielikki, such as the Unicorn Goddess - Lurue, the Lord of Firemane - Noban Nien, and many other demigods, to compete with Malar in wits and courage.
It is obvious that Mala is in an absolute superior position in terms of the level of godhood, but he is often defeated, which has always been a laughing stock among the gods.
Moreover, Mala's situation is not much better than Xirik's. If there is a suitable opportunity, Levi believes that as long as he raises his hand and calls for help, a large number of natural gods including Mielik will definitely come to help him very enthusiastically.
Levi immediately collected the things that Mask dropped, then turned to look at Kelanvo, intending to ask:
Should we first completely wipe out the few remaining forces of Xirik in the underworld, or should we go straight to Xirik's lair?
Kelemvor did not respond to Levi immediately about this question. He just collected the spoils of this battle together, and signaled Levi to wait for the god of death to send avatars to appease those souls who had given up Cyric, and try to gain some believers from them.
Levi immediately understood that Clemvor must have sought the opinions of Mistra and others. After all, this was a joint operation involving a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of Cyric, and it was not something that Clemvor could decide on his own.
Levi and Anubis immediately took the lead in action. Both of them were new gods with little background, so they should take the opportunity to absorb some souls and enrich their foundation.
These souls have suffered torture and pain at the hands of Xirik. Perhaps if I give them a little sweetness, they will fight to the death for me, right?
Except for Yege who did not take any action, Qingjia, Heiquan and others also took action.
After driving away Xirik, they, the gods of death, will all be competitors next time, and now is not the time to be humble.
However, Jergal and Kelemvor did not make any move. The former did not like it at all, while the latter planned to show his master's magnanimity and wait until the other death gods had been selected before going. Anyway, he had a big family and a big business, and did not particularly care about these few souls.
He was also confident that all the gods of death, including Qingjia, were definitely not as famous as him in the field of death.
And he also had other things to do, which was to find out the souls of the believers of gods such as the God of Knowledge - Oghma, who had been detained by Cyric without reason before, and return them to the other party one by one.
Facts have proved that Levi's guess was correct. He didn't even see the actual situation clearly. Levi and Anubis just made a few promises, and about 600,000 to 700,000 souls joined their ranks.
More than 90% of them chose Levi. The name of Osiris is quite useful.
Since he had not yet established his own territory in the underworld, Levi temporarily left them with Jaeger, and then slowly identified the character and strength of these souls and made further arrangements.
Even if they come to me, there are bound to be some bad guys hidden among them, so it's better to be careful.
Yager agreed readily. It was not a big deal at all. These souls without physical form could be stuffed into any place.
Then Black Dog, Arthas, Dumathoin and others also harvested a portion of souls, but the quantity was relatively much less, basically only about a few hundred thousand or so.
The main reason is that they are either not well-known or weak in strength, while Alsace and Black Dog have both.
Qingjia's harvest was very great. There were so many souls that he simply summoned a dim yellow river and let all the souls jump into it. Then, like goods on a conveyor belt, they were quickly transported to the east. The number of souls was definitely over one million.
As for the remaining souls, Levi was too lazy to count them. Anyway, if nothing unexpected happened, they would probably choose Cranworth, so there was no point in worrying about them.
At this time, Kelemvor also sent the detained souls to Oghma and other gods. He was about to tell Levi and others about the next decision of Mystra, but his face suddenly changed.
At the same time, Levi also exclaimed in surprise, because in the plane of the Noisy Tunnel, Xirik, who had been retreating step by step, suddenly gave up the defense of the last piece of the kingdom of God. But when the gods took advantage of the situation to attack, they found that their attacks were in vain.
It's not that he missed the target, it's just that there was truly nothing there. Xirik had dug out the most core part of his kingdom of God and packed it up and took it away at some point!
Lies, conspiracies, fraud, phantoms, tricks, illusions, confusion...
The coordination of this series of priesthoods and domains, coupled with the efforts of Xirik's original body and incarnation who never showed up, actually gave him a glimmer of hope in such a desperate situation.
After realizing this, the Three Saints of Justice, Losander and other gods could not help but look at each other in bewilderment for a moment. Since Xirik was not completely killed this time, they might be in trouble in the future.
A conspirator hiding in the dark is no less despicable than a madman in the sun.
Bane left silently. Without the priesthood of death and the dead, and having experienced such a devastating defeat, Cyric was just a clown to him.
Fists are power and power is fists. No matter how cunning Xirik is, if he has the chance to meet him in the future, he is confident that he can use force to defeat Xirik and beat him until his face is covered with blood!
Moreover, when he had just defeated several incarnations of Xirik, he had also taken advantage of the situation to snatch several fragments of the godhead. If he didn't leave, that hypocrite Losander would probably join forces with the Three Saints of Justice to beat him up.
Lilith, Leila, Illidan and others launched several more rounds of attacks, trying to confirm whether this was another trick of Xirik.
Then they watched helplessly as some places that had clearly not been attacked by them began to rapidly collapse.
Imrik, who had just ascended to the throne and was not familiar with anything about the gods, was a little surprised when he saw this, but Illidan beside him understood: "Cyric forcibly extracted the power that supports the kingdom of God. It seems that he really intends to give up this place completely."
The rules within the kingdom of God can be modified to a certain extent according to God's will. At the same time, the death and resurrection of petitioners within the kingdom of God are also supported by a large amount of divine power.
But when Xirik withdraws this part of power, his kingdom of God will quickly collapse and be swallowed and merged by the plane of the Noisy Tunnel until it returns to its original appearance, and this process is almost irreversible.
It is unknown how much energy it would take to rebuild a kingdom of God of the same scale.
And it is foreseeable that Xirik will not have this opportunity.
Five of his incarnations were killed in the underworld, three were blown up when defending the kingdom of God, and two were killed by Mystra and Oghma in the main world. A total of 10 incarnations were lost, which was almost all he had.
His death and his priesthood of the dead were completely stripped away, and he also lost his rule over the underworld.
In addition, the churches in the main world are being massacred on a large scale, and the Kingdom of God has become what it is now. Even if Xirik's body survives, his level of divinity will definitely plummet.
Originally, he had the potential to break through to the powerful 15th-level godhood at any time, but after today's battle, by the time he was completely stable, it would not be surprising if his godhood level was cut in half or became even lower.
The only pity was that, because Lilith and Yue Gong did not use their full strength this time, when Xirik's incarnations were blown up, they only got two fragments of the scattered godhead, which was not enough to share.
Even so, Tyr and the others were willing to give it up.
But suddenly, Lilith, Levi and others were delighted, because they heard a female voice full of heroism, announcing her existence to the world. Another mortal was deified, and it happened to be from their side!
"My name is Penthesilea Ares, the protector of Sparta and order, and the god of gladiatorial combat, harshness, and military training!"
The racial god of the Spartans, and a god who has something to do with fighting and war? Although not as good as the orthodox god of war, he should be quite capable.
But what is Kratos, the original Spartan god, doing now? Did he voluntarily give up his position as a god?
This is the first thought of most gods.
Then Tyr, the goddess of justice and others thought more. They thought that the camp of this new god might need their extra attention. Fighting and harshness could be easily exploited by evil.
It is definitely not an easy task to turn the camp of Penthesilea, who possesses these two priesthoods, back to good.
However, this is exactly what these righteous gods have the responsibility and obligation to do!
Levi, Lilith and the others immediately prepared to leave the Tunnel of Madness to meet Penthesilea. As a new god, she would definitely need a lot of help.
At the same time, Levi also asked Lilith to start communicating with Corellon.
His and Lilith's external power was not enough to protect Penthesilea, but if Corellon was willing to step forward, that would be another matter.
Regardless of whether he has fallen recently, the reputation that Corellon has accumulated over countless years is still there, enough to intimidate most evil gods.
Well, except for Rose. To Rose, Corellon's reputation is nothing.
No one knows what happened in the past that caused Arosh, who was once the guardian of artists, the controller of the fate of elves, and very much in love with Corellon, to eventually degenerate into the cruel and cunning Spider Queen - Rose.
But the next moment, another calm female voice sounded unexpectedly.
"I am Donna Drake, protector of the Amazons and order. From today on, I will be the god of bravery, fearlessness and hunting!"
Levi was overjoyed. He never expected that Donna would actually succeed. It seemed that what Goddess Diana valued was not just strength!
Lilith was also a little surprised. She remembered that Donna was not even a legend yet?
Although the desire of mortals to become gods actually has little to do with their level, in theory, as long as they can bear divine power, a level 1 being can also become a god.
But that's only in theory. In order to successfully hand over the divinity and priesthood to Donna this time, Diana must have expended a lot of extra energy, right?
Moreover, Kratos and Diana chose their successors at the same time. Are they in a hurry to leave?
Similarly, most other gods have also thought about this problem. Kratos and Diana are the only two remaining beings from the original Greek pantheon. Now they are so eager to give up their godhood and priesthood. Are they planning to return to their original crystal wall system?
In this case, facing the two new goddesses who don't even have the kingdom of God, can I get some opportunities?
Two weak divine powers with almost no foundation should not be particularly difficult to deal with even if they possess good priesthoods, right?
The other person who was very excited was naturally Yager. He didn't think that Levi had the ability to unite the two gods to put on such a show for him. There was only one possibility, that everything Levi said before was true!
But after a brief moment of excitement, he suppressed his urge to go directly to find Diana and Kratos.
Firstly, he was not familiar with the other party at all, and he did not think he could give anything that would make the other party agree to the deal since the other party had already decided to leave the Zodiac Tianyu Crystal Wall System.
Secondly, some kind of intuition told him that Levi was the one who truly knew the existence of that exact time node, and he might even know it better than Diana and Kratos!
Thinking of this, Yager began to work with all his strength in his own kingdom of God. He wanted to handle all affairs in the shortest time possible and be prepared to leave Zodiac Tianyu at any time!
Wherever there are happy people, there will naturally be those who are dissatisfied or even hateful. The hunting god function can provide good combat power and is relatively easy to obtain.
Therefore, within the elven pantheon alone, there are the medium-powered god of hunting - Kunos, the god of bows and arrows - Solonor Shanlandri, and the weaker-powered goddess of revenge and hunting - Anes Lema, all of whom possess this priesthood.
If we take into account the drow elves, the Dark Maiden - Eilistraee also holds this priesthood, so it can be said that the competition is quite fierce.
However, in other pantheons, the God of Hunting does not appear so frequently. After all, the elves are recognized as the race that is most proficient in bows and arrows in the main world.
The tiger goddess, Furik, had been an apprentice of the elven god of bows and arrows for a long time, and later she also condensed the hunting priesthood on her own.
Then there is Thad Har, Lord of the Deep Forest of the Dwarven pantheon, but his primary ministry is to the wild dwarves, followed by jungle survivors, and finally hunting.
After all, with the dwarves' short legs, it is difficult to perfectly master hunting actions that require high agility and flexibility.
All of the above hunting gods use bows and crossbows as their main weapons and hunting methods.
Next is the god of the Sahuagin fishmen, Secora, and the god of hunters of the bugbears, Grancur, who obtained their priesthood mainly because of their own racial characteristics.
Hunting and preying are often closely linked, and they are also very accustomed to using their own claws to hunt.
They were undoubtedly very angry about the emergence of a new competitor from the lawful camp.
Especially Sekola, he was not completely unfamiliar with the name Donna.
But the one who was truly angry about this was undoubtedly the Lord of Beasts - Mala, whom Levi had just muttered about.
Mala regards almost all existence as prey, and he also has a strong possessiveness. He originally hated other gods with hunting priesthood. The two new gods this time are related to his other enemy Levi, so Mala is certainly not in a good mood.
But before Mala could think more about it, something happened that made him even more annoyed.
"In the name of Corellon Laresian, these two goddesses are friends of the elven pantheon. Anyone who attempts to offend them will surely face the wrath of me and the elven gods!"
In just a second or two, Lilith had successfully reached an agreement with Corellon.
Corellon said that he could offer to protect the two new goddesses to demonstrate the prestige and power of the elven pantheon.
But because he needs to be vigilant against Rose's conspiracy at all times, if these two goddesses really encounter any trouble, he may not actually be able to provide support in the first time.
As for what he was thinking, even if Lilith didn't know everything, she could guess roughly.
Corellon obviously just wanted the face but didn't want to put in the effort. She didn't believe that he could really be attentive to Rose, otherwise Rose wouldn't have been like a thorn in the flesh, haunting the elven gods for so many years.
And Corellon is probably also curious or even wary of his true power?
If there really were other gods planning to attack Donna and the others, Corellon would most likely find excuses to delay deliberately in order to demonstrate his own power.
This made Lilith feel dissatisfied again, because she knew where Corellon's hostility came from. He was worried that she, the daughter of the former God-King, had intentions on his throne.
But she really had no interest in that position. All her efforts were to fight against the Four Chaos Gods who were about to revive!
But she also knew that even if she spoke honestly to Corellon face to face, Corellon would never believe it.
So Lilith immediately said that if these two goddesses really got into trouble, she and Yue Gong would take action first.
If Corellon must see it, then let him see it!
So Corellon agreed very readily. After all, to him, it was just a sentence.
As for Donna and Penthesilea, they naturally would not have any objections. Not to mention that as new gods they really needed protection, just considering their relationship with Levi, it was absolutely impossible for them to refuse.
After hearing what Corellon said, Malar, who already had a grudge against the elven pantheon, suddenly became even more hostile, but most of the other gods put aside their own little thoughts.
Even though many ancient gods have disappeared to this day, the elven pantheon is still one of the most powerful pantheons, and Corellon's words are still very intimidating.
Moreover, the kingdoms of the Greek pantheon and the elven pantheon are both located in Olympus on the Argonautica plane. They were originally neighbors and it is very likely that they have more relations with each other.
There are plenty of gods to hunt, so there's no need to mess with the elven pantheon.
For example, the demon lords who were collectively deified recently all had complete divine duties, but they basically had nothing in terms of extraordinary divine powers, incarnations, or kingdoms of God, and they were easier targets to be hunted.
After communicating with Donna for a few more words, Levi quickly explained the situation to Lilith, Moonbow and others, and soon all the gods, including Illidan and Imrik, decided to evacuate collectively from the Tunnel of Madness.
First go back and prepare the gifts, and then wait for Levi's notification so that they can go to Olympus together to congratulate the two goddesses.
These two new goddesses have such a close relationship with Levi, so from now on they can basically be considered as members of Lilith's small group.
What made them feel somewhat strange was that, without them noticing, so many gods had gathered around Levi, and even surpassed Lilith in number.
If we also take into account Isis and Horus who are still staying on Mount Paradise with a rather ambiguous attitude, as long as Levi's level of divinity is improved a little more, he may be able to create a small pantheon on his own and become a true God King, right?
Unknowingly, Levi has grown from an ordinary mortal to such a strong person. Although there is still a huge gap compared to Clemvor and Mystra who became powerful gods in one step, Levi's experience can definitely be called a true legend.
On the other side, in the underworld, after giving a wink to the excited Yager, indicating that everything was going well, Levi turned to look at Kelemvor. The two goddesses had just been deified, so he had to bring some gifts over, right?
Levi didn't even need to speak, Kelemvor naturally understood what he meant, so Kelemvor waved his hand and displayed in front of the gods the gifts he had prepared in advance for the many gods of death, as well as all the fragments of the godhood and divinity dropped by Xirik's battle incarnation.
Especially the latter, with a total of five combat incarnations, a total of 14 fragments of the godhead and 18 points of divinity, plus the death and the dead priesthood that Xirik was deprived of, it is possible to directly create a god of death with level 3 godhood out of thin air, and still have some left over.
Moreover, Clemvor had deliberately expended a large amount of divine power to purify them all in such a short period of time. It could be said that no matter which god present took them away, he could truly transform them into his own power in a very short period of time.
Therefore, whether it was Dumathod, Anubis, or the black dog, they all stared at them with sharp eyes.
Arthas, on the other hand, still had a sullen face. He had followed Kelemvor for some time. Although his heart was full of desire, he still had some self-control.
Moreover, he knew very well that no matter how good the things were, they were not his. He had finally taken the two priesthoods from Xirik, and it would be almost impossible for Kelemvor to hand them over to any other being. He was worried.
As for Levi, his mentality was much more relaxed. Not to mention that he had also contributed a lot. After killing Mask, who had transformed into the Divine Disaster Sword, he had taken the lead in collecting the two fragments of the divine power dropped by the opponent. Clemvor and others had no objection to this.
Nisu and Yager beside them also had no expression, because neither of them was interested in this.
Soon, Kelemvor handed the gifts he had prepared in advance to Levi and the others. Then, according to their contributions in the battle, he gave one fragment of the divine power to Dumathoin and others, three to Qingjia and Levi each, and the rest to Yager, but he did not keep any for himself.
Divinity and other things are distributed in a similar way, but for gods, the meaning of divinity is relatively weaker. In many cases, they are powers granted to mortals.
But this seeming generosity is, of course, conditional. Kelemvor said that in order to prevent the reappearance of someone like Cyric who abuses the right to death, he needs to keep safe the ministry of death and the dead obtained from Cyric.
Although Arthas and others felt very sorry about this distribution method, they had actually expected it, so they did not raise any questions.
Yager and Qingjia were stronger and made greater contributions, Levi gained something, and Kelemvor was the initiator of this incident, so they certainly had the right to obtain more spoils.
After exchanging a few more polite words, the gods of death decided to say goodbye to each other and deal with the souls rescued from Cyric's underworld.
Then, inadvertently, Qingjia saw Yage very proactively put the few fragments of the divine power he had just obtained into Levi's hands.
He suddenly became more and more curious. What did the old god of death, Yager, want from Levi? Why did he humble himself to such an extent?
It seems that after this period of time, I may need to interact with Levi more...
