Volume 4 Chapter 607: The King of Ghouls - Dorisan
After quietly listening to the report of the Lord of Pearl Heaven - the Prophet, as well as the information provided by Lilith, Levi couldn't help but frown.
Yesterday, the Prophet and Lilith obtained Corellon's permission and went to Kingkiller Planet to investigate, trying to find out the truth about the early activation of the Dragon Madness Maze.
They did have some gains, and now it is certain that it was the Spider Queen, Rose, and the Dragon Cult leader, Sammaster, who worked together to cause that unusual movement.
Needless to say, Rose is likely to be involved in any action that may harm the elves or make the elves take the blame. Her hatred for Corellon is above all else.
Sammaster was once the chosen one of the goddess of magic. Later, because of a series of cruel and evil things he did, his power was taken away and he became a lich.
Even Azuth, the god of mages, declared that any mention of Sammaster and his service to the goddess of magic was forbidden in all magic books, scrolls, and other records.
At the same time, there are rumors that Sammaster has some unrealistic fantasies about the goddess of magic herself.
However, he is best known for his identity as the leader of the Dragon Cult. He is best at creating ghost dragons, zombie dragons, dragon liches, and other undead creatures related to dragons or dragons.
Then there was the time when he fought against the incarnation of Lathander and barely broke through Lathander's defense, causing him to bleed a few drops.
As a mortal being, being able to achieve this level is enough to be proud of.
Although Losander only used one move to kill him instantly, if Rose chose to cooperate with him, he should obviously have some strength now.
This may have some special impact on the Kingdom of Caledor and even the dinosaurs of the continent of Lustria.
There are very few giant dragons in the main world, and they only gather on a large scale in a few dragon islands. However, the defenses there are extremely strong, and they are protected by the platinum dragon god Bahamut. Even if Rose is willing to fight to the death, she may not be able to capture them quickly.
But the area of Lustria is much larger, and it would not be so easy for Sammaster to detect any conspiracy.
Moreover, Corellon definitely knew this information in advance, but he never told Lilith or himself, so Levi would inevitably be suspicious of his thoughts.
As Lilith's strength continued to be revealed and as more and more gods joined Levi's small group, Corellon seemed to become more and more indifferent to them, after all, Moonbow was still his daughter.
Even so, Corellon was the God King of the elven pantheon after all, so Levi and Lilith could only endure it with difficulty.
The most urgent task is to improve his own strength as soon as possible. If he can have two or three powerful divine powers, no matter how dissatisfied Corellon is, he must welcome them with a smile, just like he treats the Bloody Hand God - Cain.
So Lilith stepped up her efforts, preparing to have several of her other outstanding chosen ones, including the Supreme Mage of the White Tower - Teclis, the Grim - Eltharion, and the Shadow King - Aris Annaar, ascend to gods one after another.
In the Knight Kingdom of Bretonnia, she is also preparing to conduct an unprecedented, large-scale Holy Grail Knight promotion ceremony to rapidly increase the overall strength of the Knight Kingdom in a short period of time and then select the most outstanding talents from it.
At the same time, the founder of the Knight Kingdom, the Green Knight Gilles, will also officially break through after staying at the demigod stage for thousands of years.
Lilith had previously obtained some combat divinity and related knowledge from combat gods such as Cain, Sigma and the Crimson Knight. Combined with her and the Green Knight's accumulation over the years, the Green Knight already had enough power to obtain related priesthood.
It's not even just about fighting and war, there's also a special professional priesthood - the knight, which will undoubtedly further strengthen the power of the Knight Kingdom.
At the same time, Lilith also revealed another secret to Levi. Her contemporary spokesperson in the Knight Kingdom, the Lake Fairy, is neither a high elf nor a human from the Knight Kingdom, but a wood elf from Athel Loren.
Originally, only she, the queen of the wood elves - Ariel, and the god of blacksmiths - Val knew about this matter.
Because Lilith and Ariel are both daughters of Asuryan and Aisha, they are sisters, and Val was entrusted by Aisha to protect Ariel.
But now that Corellon has this attitude, Lilith decided to spread this secret on a wider scale in order to gain more recognition and help from the gods.
It is not necessary to fight against Corellon, but at least we have to change the current embarrassing situation.
Obviously, the world is falling into unprecedented chaos and crisis, but Corellon neither deals with enemies like Rose nor clears out the demons. Instead, he insists on infighting. This really makes Lilith speechless.
She even had a very bold idea for the first time. A God King from the Chaos camp was obviously unable to continue to lead the entire elven pantheon to become stronger under such circumstances.
But if it were a lawful god, he wouldn't even need to be that powerful. As long as he could convince other elves and unite them, the entire elven pantheon would surely be able to exert greater power!
In addition to worshipping Aisha and Val, the Wood Elves also worship the medium-powered hunting god Kunos and the weak-powered shadow dancer Loik. The latter two are gods who specialize in combat. Once they get their help, they can still be very powerful.
After discussing some more details with Lilith, Levi set off for the underworld.
After several months of hard work, he has completely renovated the territory left by Yergal.
He replaced all of Jergal's power with his own divine power, and made some targeted adjustments in conjunction with the power of Mount Heaven.
He also has some death angels (maidens of the underworld) created by the power of the underworld as sentinels, plus some legendary undead as guards. The means of defense will only be more than when Jergal was still alive.
Even if it's Shar, she will never be able to break in so easily again.
At the same time, dozens of towns and villages of various sizes appeared on the originally barren land. These were built by the joint efforts of Lucia and Anubis, vampires and undead such as Neferata, millions of souls who came here one after another, and the constructs.
Levi's original intention was to build a safe and comfortable home for the souls in the underworld.
Coming to the underworld does not mean that they are really evil. It is simply because they are not pious enough to the gods and cannot provide enough power of faith. Naturally, the gods will not waste their power to lead them to the kingdom of God.
The faith between gods and mortals is essentially a transaction. When mortals die, the sincerity of their faith during their lifetime will determine their destination, with few exceptions.
But Levi felt that they could still make some use of the waste.
They were not pious enough during their lifetime, and it is possible that they did not realize the seriousness of the problem, but after death, after experiencing the underworld, their mentality may change.
Because for most mortals, only by believing in the gods can they truly achieve happiness.
At the same time, the souls in the underworld do not require Levi to consume any energy to maintain their existence. If they can cultivate some faith, it would be pure profit for Levi.
For this purpose, Levi also specially dispatched some angels of death (maidens of the underworld) to preach to these souls.
In fact, other gods of death do the same, but they basically let these souls run free.
Even Kelemvor, the relatively best among them, only tried his best to ensure that the soul would not be plundered by demons. If a demon bewitched the soul away, he would not bother to pay attention.
It's not just because the gods don't want to give these ungodly mortals a second chance.
Moreover, similar to many creatures from other worlds, even if their piety is the same, the power of faith that these souls can provide is often only a few tenths of that of mortals in the main world. For them, it is a completely thankless task.
As gods of death, there is never a shortage of opportunities for them to recruit believers in the main world, so there is no need to waste their energy in the underworld.
The biggest difference between Levi and them is that he is a new god, and he doesn't mind the small amount of meat on his legs.
Therefore, he treated these souls better. Having served as a lord and adventurer in the main world for a period of time, and coming from another world, he could understand the desires of these souls more easily than ordinary gods.
Influenced by him, Anubis and Lucia also began to follow suit. After all, to them, it was just a few verbal orders, and the real work was done by the subordinates.
At the same time, because his response to believers' prayers, rewards and punishments, etc. are all automatically operated through the system panel, this makes him appear to be more hardworking, meticulous, and even harsh than almost all other gods.
Even Lilith cannot be compared with him in this regard, because her energy is limited, and she will have certain biases due to her personal mood, feelings towards believers, the identity and status of believers, etc.
But Levi's system will only operate according to the rules he has set in advance. Unless he personally intervenes, the system will never give special treatment to any existence due to any circumstances.
For a small number of believers, such a God is somewhat inhumane.
But for most devout believers, such a God is what they dream of.
Because as long as they remain pious, God sees everything they do and will reward them accordingly after their death.
Of course, Levi's ascension to God was too short after all. Not many believers had the opportunity to ascend to the Kingdom of God, and not much information was transmitted from his Kingdom of God to the main world.
So these rumors were actually fanned by Levi, which was also a means of attracting believers.
But what he can be sure of is that his promise will be truly implemented and not just used for publicity.
Noticing Levi's arrival, Lucia and Anubis sent their avatars to communicate with him about the recent developments in the underworld.
All in all, everything went very smoothly.
Even though there were a few evil gods who wanted to test the waters at the beginning, when they found that Levi had really taken over all of Yager's legacy, they didn't even think of taking a second look.
Because unless a coalition of gods is formed, even a god with medium power will have no way to deal with such a powerful defense.
And once the coalition is formed, won’t Levi call on his friends?
Although it sounds incredible, Levi, the new god, did gain a firm foothold within a few months.
There were a few demon lords and demon gods who actually took action because they did not know Yager well and their hatred for Levi was too strong.
Unfortunately, although their courage was commendable, they were unable to cause any damage to the defenses here. Instead, they were brutally killed by Anubis and Lucia, and only a few of them escaped.
The only thing that made Lucia regretful was that she had deliberately set several traps for Dracula, and even asked Neferata to pretend to surrender to the other party, and passed on a lot of true or false information, but Dracula just didn't move and shrank into the bottomless abyss.
If this is the case, she really doesn't know when she will be able to take revenge.
Levi comforted her a little and told her to stay calm.
After Lucia was deified, much of her power in the main world had been taken over by her brother, Alucard. Compared to Lucia, Alucard was more radical.
He has personally led teams many times to attack Dracula's church in the main world, the Hagui tribe that is in collusion with it, and senior members of the Eclipse Alliance.
And it was an attack at all costs. Anyway, most of the undead under his command deserved to die, so he might as well treat them as waste.
In addition, many gods such as Kelemvor and Tyr were also besieging Dracula's followers. Under such circumstances, the development of faith for Dracula, the new god, was extremely difficult.
If he doesn't make changes soon, let alone become stronger, he may even be in danger of falling.
What's more, Rose and the Four Chaos Gods have all invested in him. Although it seems that this investment has undoubtedly failed at the moment, they cannot allow Dracula to remain a coward.
After discussing some details, Lucia went back to her work. Anubis said, "Your Highness, a few hours ago, the Lady of the Desert, Nephthys, sent me a message saying that she wanted to seek an opportunity to meet with you."
Levi was a little shocked at the time. What did it mean? This Osiris was not the one who had an affair with her. Now basically all the gods knew about this.
Could it be that this woman wants to cuckold Seth again?
Noticing Levi's expression, Anubis couldn't help but cough dryly: "I think it might be Set's instruction to make some deal with Your Highness."
He knew that this kind of thing would easily cause Levi to misunderstand, but he really couldn't say much, after all, Nephthys was his biological mother.
"trade?"
Levi was a little confused about what Set meant. Set was competing with the god of war, Anhor, for the position of the Egyptian king. Khalida was eyeing his snake priesthood, and Horus would sabotage and cause trouble for him from time to time. The actions of these three gods were all related to Levi.
In this case, why did Set ask Nephthys to come over to discuss a deal? Was he setting himself up for a trap?
"Well, I may not be free for the time being. Let's talk about it in a few days. Anubis, please help me contact the King of Ghouls - Doreson."
Previously, Doreson had asked Jergal for help, hoping to save him from the oppression of Yeenoghu, the King of the Gnolls. Now Levi just wants to find an excuse to march into the Abyss. Let's see how much Doreson is willing to pay for it.
Anubis was immediately delighted. As Levi's deputy in the underworld and the son of Osiris, he was undoubtedly Levi's confidant. He also knew how huge Levi's need for soul fragments was. Is this the real start of a big operation?
Levi didn't have to wait too long. Just a few minutes later, the Angel of Death reported to him that Doric's incarnation had arrived.
After looking at Anubis, both knew that Dorican’s current situation might be very bad.
Although many demon gods are also gods, they are all half-baked. Unlike Levi, Donna and others, who have a lot of support and help provided by Lilith, these demon gods all need to explore things related to God from scratch.
Moreover, due to the chaotic nature of demons, it is difficult for these demon gods to obtain the power of faith and divine power in a stable manner.
If an avatar were lost here, even if it was just the most ordinary messenger-type avatar without any combat capability, it would be a very serious loss for Dorican.
But it's true, as a demon god, if he had any choice, why would he be so eager to ask the gods for help?
So Levi adjusted the defense facilities and let Anubis lead the other party to a special meeting area.
Soon, a strange zombie with green fluorescent eyes, thin body, dirty and ugly appearance, wearing a silver crown and plate armor, but holding a scepter and a staff appeared in front of Levi.
When he saw the cloak behind it, Levi couldn't help but frown slightly, because it was an evil object made of the flesh, meridians, blood and resentful souls of humanoid creatures. He could even hear the wailing from it.
Anubis' eyes twitched a little, because he noticed that there were several obvious teeth marks on the corners of the opponent's cloak. Could it be that this guy was so hungry that he just used it as spare food?
In short, the first impression of Dorisendo made Levi and Anubis somewhat dissatisfied, even a little contemptuous.
However, Dorisen's actual performance soon made them adjust their attitude slightly.
"The 421st floor of the Abyss, the ruler of the White Kingdom, the King of Ghouls, Dorisan, greets His Highness Levi and His Highness Anubis. I pay my sincere respects to both of you."
Despite his ugly and sloppy appearance, Doric's etiquette was impeccable, so Levi and Anubis returned the gift seriously, which was also a respect for each other.
Without much courtesy, Dorisun soon stated directly that he hoped to obtain Levi's protection.
In exchange, he could even become Levi's servant god and hand over the abyss ghouls on his level to Levi's priests and believers.
But Levi did not agree immediately. He just asked: "Why would you rather choose a god of death than seek help from the undead emperor, Orcus?"
Even among the many demon lords who have been deified, Orcus is one of the strongest, and he also has a deep relationship with Doric.
A long time ago, Doric had served the demon lord Orcus as an elf priest. Even the reason why Doric became the demon lord was directly related to Orcus, as it was Orcus who transformed him into the first ghoul in the Zodiac Universe.
But later, Orcus was defeated and died, causing Dorisan to be controlled by Yeenoghu.
Well, the one who took action at that time was the weak divine power of the drow elves, the goddess of immortality and vengeance - Qiyaensali.
Although her godhood level was very low, only 2, because she was also in the chaotic evil camp and had been a neighbor of Orcus for many years, she was not suppressed too much by the Abyss, so she successfully killed Orcus with just one surprise attack.
In front of the true God, even a demon lord as powerful as Orcus would find it difficult to save his life.
Even until now, Qiyavansali is still entrenched in the 113th layer of the Abyss, which should have belonged to Orcus, forcing Orcus to find a new territory nearby and be ready to regain the lost ground at any time.
But if Doric surrenders to Orcus again, the other party should be able to accept him, whether based on their close relationship or the similarities in their attributes.
This is also one of the reasons why Levi has not been in a hurry to contact the other party. He knows that there must be some special circumstances.
Even though Doric was already in front of him, Levi couldn't help but have some doubts.
Hearing this, Doric couldn't help but sigh secretly. He had originally planned to fool around first, and then be honest with Levi when the time came.
But now it seems that this new god is not so easy to deceive, and he can't get away with it.
"Because he, like Yeenoghu, no longer needs my service. They want my godhead fragments and priesthood more."
If they subdue other demon lords when they are still demon lords, it will not only save face but also enhance their strength.
But now they have all become demon gods, and it is difficult for them to become stronger by quickly acquiring the power of faith, so they can only find other ways.
For example, kill other demon gods and then seize the fragments of their divinity and other spoils.
No matter how much he assured the other party that he would be loyal, in the eyes of Ocus and Yeenoghu, that was not as good as them truly possessing this power.
Levi raised his eyebrows. This was indeed within his expectations. It couldn't be said that those two guys were short-sighted. If he were in their shoes, he would probably make the same choice.
But if you really need to fight against Ocas, then that will be a different price.
So he said directly: "I can protect you, I can even send troops to help you attack them both, but the price you paid is not enough."
Of course, Dorisun also understood this, so he said decisively: "I am willing to share all my knowledge in the field of death and the secrets of my two priesthoods. I can also bestow special blessings so that certain beings designated by Your Highness can gain stronger power when fighting against ghouls."
In addition to ghouls, he also masters the priesthood of necromancy, which is why he dared to ask Jergal for help before and has the confidence to come to the appointment now.
After a slight pause, Dorisan continued, "I can swear with my real name that I hate Orcus very much. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have become a ghoul. It's just that I never had the opportunity to choose."
"If I could start all over again, I would rather die as an elf than gain this twisted immortality."
Anubis next to him couldn't help but marvel at Doric's determination, but Levi did not comment. The real name does have a strong binding force on demons and other mortals. Even a powerful devil lord was summoned by him using his real name, and he killed three of them in one breath.
But for God, its binding force is not that strong, because God's true name can also be changed.
For example, Osiris's real name has been completely inherited by himself.
What's more, why would he want a notorious ghoul as his subordinate god? Even if he cooperated with him, Dorisan was just trying to survive. He was still an out-and-out evil person.
However, on the surface he still needs to use some language art, even though everyone knows what is actually going on.
"As a member of the elven pantheon, I will try to save a repentant elf, even if he has made many terrible mistakes."
"I will not restrict your freedom, and I will make sure Yeenoghu is severely damaged and cannot threaten you again."
Dorisen listened quietly. He knew that these were just polite words. What he really needed to care about were the conditions that followed.
As expected, Levi quickly changed the subject: "But you also need to show your sincerity to other elves and gods."
"You need to condense the fragments of the priesthood of necromancy and provide them to me. During this period, I will provide you with sufficient divine power, as well as the necessary protection for your two concubines, Andira and Sifeilin."
Hearing this, Dorisan, who had been sitting quietly in his chair, suddenly stood up and looked at Levi in disbelief: "How is it possible?"
Levi just smiled and said nothing. If he didn't take action, then it would be fine. But since he was going to take action, of course he would go all out.
This information was indeed very secretive. Even Lilith spent a lot of energy on it. In the end, she cooperated with Yue Gong and used some prophetic powers to get the accurate answer.
Now it seems that it was all worth it.
That's right, Doric had two ghoul concubines. Like him, they were elven priests in their lifetime. Doric had spent a lot of effort to reunite with them.
Although Levi could not imagine how beautiful female ghouls could be, judging from a lot of information, Doric truly loved them.
Dorisen was hesitant. He knew that if he chose to cooperate with Levi, he would definitely pay a heavy price. He was even prepared to hand over the fragments of the priesthood, but if he really handed over the two concubines, then he would really have no way out.
Levi was not in a hurry to urge him, but was secretly calculating and perfecting the plan that was about to be implemented.
Compared to the Abyss or the Nine Hells, the three celestial races seemed to be much weaker, but that was only because of the previous agreement among the gods. The three celestial races would not display too much power in the main world.
In fact, with the savings of Heaven Mountain, if Levi did not care about the cost, Heaven Mountain was fully capable of declaring war on double-digit demon lords at the same time and leading the army towards the bottomless abyss where the other side was.
Now it’s just Yenogu, and even though he is really strong, he will never be able to withstand the fierce attack of Heaven Mountain.
However, Levi was not prepared to waste his strength in this way. His purpose had never been to kill Yenogu, but to obtain soul fragments.
What he needed was a reason to march into the Abyss without causing collective disgust among all the demon lords. At the same time, he would make the scale of this war large enough and last long enough to make it easier to harvest more soul fragments.
He even planned to get some knowledge about war from Sigmar and the Red Knight, and then call on Penthesilea and others to participate in the upcoming war.
When possessing a War Domain, a god is likely to benefit regardless of whether it is Celestials or Demons who are actually waging war.
After being silent for dozens of seconds, Dorisen made a resolute decision, because he had figured it out. If he didn't agree to Levi, he would probably be defeated by Yeenoghu in no time, and he would not be able to protect his two concubines at that time.
At least for now, Levi is still very trustworthy. As long as he can demonstrate enough value, I believe that even if this transaction is over, the two parties may still be able to continue cooperation.
"Okay, Your Highness Levi, I agree!"
