Volume 4 Chapter 628: All-out War (Part 1)
The invasion of many evil forces was temporarily repelled by the counterattack of the gods.
In this attack, other races and forces basically suffered more or less losses. As the defending side , the dwarf gods who were hit by the Underdark and the human gods who had the largest number of believers and covered the widest area suffered the greatest losses.
Although compared with the long-established gods, the average strength and experience of those attacking demon gods are much worse, and there are only a few who can successfully comprehend extraordinary divine powers, they still appear extremely terrifying when they kill and destroy mortals.
Even after repelling or killing their incarnations, the gods gained some priesthood or fragments of godhood, but it was not enough to completely make up for the losses.
Only the elves suffered relatively small losses, but their gains were unprecedentedly large.
Levi, who accepted Corellon's dying will, displayed his divine power and defeated Lolth and Gruumsh one after another. The news had almost spread throughout the entire zodiac universe.
In comparison, the multiple demon gods who were killed at the same time and the almost countless armies of demons and devils seemed less dazzling.
Lilith and Moonbow respectively announced that it was due to Corellon's legacy, Levi's inspiration, and the concerted efforts of all the elven gods that they were able to break through in the battle and become powerful and medium-powered gods.
It doesn’t matter whether the gods in the outside world believe in it or not, but ordinary people are very convinced by it. As a result, the number and piety of believers in the entire elven pantheon have increased slightly.
Among them, Levi, Lilith and Yue Gong naturally benefited the most.
Especially Levi, thanks to his previous series of outstanding performances, he has now successfully accepted 80% of Corellon's believers, and the believers' piety is also extremely high.
Especially among them, the Elflings who originally admired Corellon the most, almost all of them were devout believers at the beginning.
Coupled with the growing number of constructs and energy angels, Levi should have surpassed 95% of the gods in this regard.
Perhaps only the four elemental gods and the top few among human gods can defeat him.
Soon after, three new gods were promoted. Mortiti became the new god of assassins and thieves, and Eltharion became the god of war, which made up for the shortcomings of the elven pantheon in this regard.
But Eltharion is also under great pressure. If he is unable to take on the responsibility, Levi and Lilith may look for a new replacement.
And Lilith also paid a certain price for this. She handed over her wealth and priesthood to Levi.
Lilith has always been known as the goddess of dreams and innocence, the goddess of forgiveness, the moon goddess, the goddess of wealth and the pure girl.
But in fact, her main energy was not focused on these things at all, and she did not realize the importance of the priesthood of wealth.
As long as they can survive the counterattacks of many evil forces and deal with the threats from the Four Gods of Chaos, the war within the Zodiac Tianyu Crystal Wall System will eventually subside.
Without strong external threats, wealth, enjoyment, etc. will gradually develop significantly.
There is even such a sign now. The belief in the goddess of wealth, Woking, is developing faster and faster every year in less war-torn areas such as the southern kingdoms. Levi is making preparations in advance. It would be a waste for Lilith to take it anyway, and she doesn't have that much energy.
The third deified being is Elegy.
Ersun successfully brought back four divine duties from the Arctic: glaciers, ice seas, polar regions and polar inhabitants.
Since these four priesthoods are not particularly good things, the gods did not worry too much about them.
At Levi's suggestion, Ersun kept the last two items and obtained two fragments of the godhead as compensation, and gave the first two items to Elegy.
Levi then gave her the warriors he got from Corellon, making her an ice Valkyrie.
Compared with professional priesthood and racial priesthood, the former may cover a wider range, while the latter is more stable. However, the specific situation depends on the strength of the elegy itself and the church's publicity.
As Levi's partner and the future Queen of Elf God, Levi would certainly not treat her unfairly.
He even thought about refining the military holy war priesthood after Elegy's strength and experience improved, for example, turning it into a holy war against demons or devils, and then dividing it between her and Lilith.
Then Lilith's servant god in the Knight Kingdom, the Green Knight, also officially obtained the priesthoods of knight, glory and chivalry, which was a great boost to the overall strength of the Knight Kingdom.
At the same time, Lilith began to gradually reveal her true identity as the Lady of the Lake to the Knight Kingdom through the Green Knight.
By now, more and more people knew about the existence of this secret. Rather than letting the enemy detonate it, it would be better for her to speak out actively.
Although many knights may still be shaken by this, Lilith has the absolute confidence to face any doubts.
The benefits she brought to the knights were more than those she brought to the entire race of high elves, the most obvious of which were the Holy Grail Knights every year.
What's more, if she hadn't supported it back then, the Knight Kingdom would never have appeared. She has a clear conscience!
The minor troubles on the Dark Elves' side have also been basically resolved. Now that even Slaanesh himself has been killed, how long can the Slaanesh demons that the Witch Queen Morathi relies on resist?
Finally, under Cain's explicit instructions, the Witch King Malekith killed his biological mother in battle for the sake of justice.
When Morathi died, all the gods who were paying attention to this matter in the kingdom of God saw Malekith's undisguised joy.
Although they are related by blood, Malekith has suffered a lot over the past thousands of years. He has no idea how many times he has been tricked by Morathi. Even the reason why he left the island of Ulthuan and became a dark elf was due to Morathi.
However, Morathi is obviously favored by Slaanesh, so her death does not mean the complete end of her. Perhaps in the near future, Morathi will meet her and her son in another identity.
Malekith then led his troops north to quell the rebellion. With the help of many gods such as Cain, as well as the legendary hero known as the Bride of Cain, the witch Hellebron, it was not difficult for him to defeat the Blood Army of Khorne led by the Blood Valkyrie.
The demigod power of the Blood Valkyrie is meaningless in front of the gods.
Malekith then announced that he wanted to mend his relationship with the high elves.
In the past, under the control of the Witch Queen Morathi, he had no choice, but from now on, he wanted to be a good elf.
Of course, this was actually the result of a behind-the-scenes deal between Levi and Kane.
Levi promised Kane that he would become the God-King of the Dark Elves. Kane recognized Levi's position as the God-King and tried to reunite the High Elves and the Dark Elves.
Even because of God's order, past hatred will not be eliminated so easily, but at least the conflict between the two sides will be downgraded as much as possible, and the power will be used to fight against evil such as demons and devils, which is in Levi's interest.
Once several generations of elves on both sides have died, and with the gods taking the lead, it will be very, very difficult to resolve the feud, but at least the scale and scope of the conflict can be reduced.
It might take two or three thousand years, but for the immortal gods, it is tolerable.
As for Malekith, he does not need to be wary of the threat from the high elves for the time being. As long as he can really accomplish this, he will have the opportunity to become a member of the dark elf pantheon, which is the true path to immortality.
At the same time, the expedition launched by the gods against the Abyss was also proceeding very smoothly.
Just as Levi expected, Ms. Jin Xin was very enthusiastic and actually brought along her friends and relatives, including the goddess of love, Suni, and directly defeated the Fox Goddess.
Even if the Werewolf God showed up to help, he would still be unable to fight back because the gap between the two sides was too big.
Levi was not too stingy and passed on the relevant knowledge about constructs to Shu Ni and other relatives and friends, which made Ms. Jin Xin feel very proud.
Kane, Hoeth and other elven gods also joined in after receiving some gifts or promises from Levi.
Their purposes may be different. Hoss wants to seriously study the relevant knowledge, while Kane wants to take the opportunity to master the power of killing and war, but at least their attitudes towards this matter are the same.
In addition, Levi publicly promised that when the time is right, he will lead his army to the 66th floor - the Deep Pit Demon Network, and completely eliminate the scourge of Rose.
Since there were enough gods and they were powerful enough, they quickly opened up multiple fronts and established multiple strongholds in the Abyss.
Now, even if the Ghoul King - Dorican betrayed Levi, or he was killed by other enemies, it would not affect the overall situation at all.
Even out of hatred for evil, people like Tyre, Clemvor, and others contacted Levi, hoping to contribute to this just cause.
After noticing the gods' gains, the dwarf gods also came together with Sigmar, hoping to obtain relevant knowledge and power and to carry out larger-scale and deeper cooperation.
For example, applying Soul Shards to a Dwarven Rune Golem.
For example, Levi's Dread Rock, as well as the entire Ulthuan Ring Island and the elves' many overseas colonies, were equipped with various war machines produced by the dwarves.
Because the elves have extremely powerful magic and various war monsters, they have never developed any gunpowder weapons. In terms of war equipment, they only have some enchanted crossbows.
But if we can work together with the dwarves, the strength of both sides will naturally be enhanced to a certain extent.
Of course, Sigmar also wants to be involved, because during the previous fight against the demon invasion, Lathander had already learned that he had obtained the priesthood of the sun.
Now the two sides have begun a certain degree of confrontation. Given Losander's character, war is inevitable sooner or later, and he needs to strengthen his strength as much as possible.
Sigma then introduced Levi to another ally, the White Wolf God of medium power - Ulric.
To be honest, Levi was not at all surprised or shocked by this, because when he was still a mortal, Sigmar was a believer of the White Wolf God.
Levi satisfied them one by one. He certainly had no reason to refuse cooperation that would benefit both parties.
As a result, the Halfling pantheon and the Dwarf pantheon, as well as gods such as the guardian god Heim, who originally tended to be neutral and had never joined any pantheon or similar organization, also heard the news and came to seek opportunities for cooperation.
The remaining thunder god Thor and fire god also went to Mount Heaven under the recommendation of Ursun.
But for now it is only cooperation rather than joining, because both of them want to revive the reputation of Kislev, and they hope to be able to openly introduce themselves to the outside world as Thor and Daz of the Kislev pantheon.
Levi naturally would not force it. If they joined Paradise Mountain, Levi would have certain responsibilities and obligations to protect them, and he would not be too harsh or exploit them.
But if we are allies, there won’t be so many things to deal with. It is much easier to negotiate a deal than to talk about feelings.
This is also the wish that Ersun failed to fulfill, and he also hopes that they can achieve their wish.
Daz's priesthood is pretty average, but Thor is the god of thunder and also the god of war, so his knowledge in the field of warfare is very useful for Elegy and the like.
Later, even the God of Tyranny, Bane, secretly expressed his hope to reach a certain level of deal with Levi, and he was very generous and sincere.
In other words, most of the gods who came to visit still had some dignity, and while they sought knowledge from Levi, they would not come empty-handed.
As for the occasional shameless ones, Levi would not give them a chance. He also said:
Knowledge is power, and must be carefully disseminated and used. In fact, he is also screening and judging whether the other party has enough power to protect this knowledge.
Otherwise, if this knowledge falls into the hands of the Lord of Hell, the God of Demons, or other evil gods, wouldn't it be easy to cause even greater destruction?
And he knew that in the end, the gods would be very interested in this, so from the beginning, he set a rule:
The gods can only impart and trade this knowledge with him alone, and cannot teach it to other beings privately at will. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a betrayal of Levi and all the gods who have purchased this knowledge, and the gods will have an excuse to attack him.
He didn't expect the gods to really do anything to those who broke the rules. This was essentially just a gentleman's agreement, but if someone really broke it, he would be in control of the righteousness and reputation.
In the future, if there is a conflict between the two sides in terms of priesthood and domain, or if Levi wants to seize other things held by the other party, he can take the opportunity to settle old scores.
Oghma, the god of knowledge who also reached a cooperation with Levi, strongly agreed with this point, because his sect's typical admonition to novices is that knowledge must be spread with caution.
As for wanting to conceal it after doing it, that is even more impossible, because Levi holds the priesthood of the construct race, and he can check the information of each construct as long as he wants.
As its own strength increases, the system can do more and better things.
If he wanted, he could even retrieve the personal information of millions of believers, as well as their past deeds, no matter how big or small.
A mortal has almost no secrets from the god he believes in.
The authority of the racial god may be slightly less, but for Levi, it is enough to judge which god the other party belongs to.
If there was no transaction with Levi, but the constructed humans were created independently, then there would obviously be a problem.
Later on, even Talos came with a flattering attitude, saying that all the previous things were misunderstandings and that he also wanted to do his part to fight against evil.
But for this guy who came empty-handed even though the two sides were clearly enemies, Levi simply drove him away.
Talos is shameless first, so there is no need for me to give him any face.
Moreover, Levi was 100% sure that if he really gave the knowledge to Talos, he would definitely sell it immediately.
Talos doesn't care about the so-called agreement. After all, his reputation is already bad, and he is not much better than Cyric.
Whether it is sold to other furious gods who follow him or other evil gods, it is not a good thing for Levi.
However, Talos should not dare to cooperate with the God of Demons, because there is Cyric as a precedent. If the gods are truly angry and gather together because of this, they can still burst out with great energy.
Talos's hard power is indeed stronger than Cyric's, but he is not as good at running away as Cyric. If he is really besieged, he may not be able to perform much better than Cyric.
Of course, complete destruction will not occur in a short period of time, but continuous weakening is inevitable, especially when Levi, the God of Death, also joins the battle.
The attitudes of other members of the Furious Gods at that time will definitely be very interesting.
So even though Levi drove him away with a cold face, the old rogue Talos just sulked in secret for a few days but did not dare to really break up with Levi.
But Talos did not give up completely. He still mobilized the furious gods to participate in the conquest of the Abyss.
Because he knew very well that with the power of gods, even if they could not obtain knowledge from Levi, as long as they were given more time, they would be able to crack the secret of the constructs.
The difference is probably that without the cooperation of the Grim Reaper, the consumption may be greater and the efficiency will be greatly reduced.
But it doesn't matter, as long as he can accumulate enough soul fragments, he will also benefit from it.
It was for this reason that the furious gods were persuaded by him and joined in.
Levi was also very clear about this. Since he had no intention of going to war with Talos for the time being, he only did one thing, which was to make secret contact with the frost maiden, Auril, and reached a certain deal with the other party.
As a neutral evil camp, Auril has always wanted to get rid of Talos's control and exploitation. The most obvious thing is that in recent years, her followers have begun to make money by working as couriers and deliverymen.
At first everyone thought that her believers were so miserable, but now it seems that Auril is actually very smart. She actually wants to take the opportunity to improve the camp attributes of her and her believers.
If Levi could give Auril more power through this transaction and prompt her to officially leave the Furious Gods, even though it would be basically impossible for her to join their camp because she had been competing for faith with Ersun and other Kislev gods in the past, it would definitely make Talos very uncomfortable.
Isn't it just disgusting? Levi does the same!
On the other hand, natural gods like Mielikki and a series of combat gods like the Crimson Knight were not very interested in this.
The former are more averse to this way of utilizing soul fragments. They will not prevent other gods from using them, but they themselves do not want to use them, and Levi naturally will not force them.
He was even certain that in the future, the powerful God of Nature and the Ranger Goddess and others might not feel particularly bad, but weaker gods like the Goddess of Peace would definitely regret making such a decision.
Because they missed an opportunity to become stronger.
While other gods were benefiting from this, they stood still, which was itself a form of decline.
Moreover, in this special environment, the world may undergo new changes at any time. By the time they truly wake up, it may be too late.
The only exception may be the Unicorn Queen - Lurue. Because Donna once obtained her power when she was still a mortal, Levi gave her a chance as a reward.
The latter would rather train the warriors' strength rather than rely on external objects such as constructs.
Similarly, the Zhendan pantheon has also reached a cooperation with Levi, and they also hope to use soul fragments to improve the way of manufacturing the Terracotta Warriors Guards.
This time, except for the Nibon gods controlled by the blood dragon, the Inda gods with little presence, and the evil gods such as greenskins, goblins and kobolds, basically all the mainstream gods are more or less involved.
As for the four elemental gods, in most cases, they are not included in the consideration of the gods, because they are isolated and independent from the world and cannot play together with the gods.
Moreover, many gods, including Levi, did not want them to get involved because they were too competitive. Arcade's wind elemental plane alone was probably enough to wage war on dozens of levels at the same time.
But despite this, the scale of this holy war launched against the abyss is extremely massive.
At the same time, the kingdoms of many gods, including the Egyptian gods, the bear-man god - Balado, and others, were also successfully relocated, which greatly enhanced the overall strength of Mount Paradise.
After communicating with Levi and Tefnut's mediation, even Set finally chose to be patient.
Because he is in a lot of trouble now.
He needed to compete with Mershok for the faith of the snake people, and with Anhor for the position of God King. He was also strongly hostile to a group of kind gods such as Tyr and Lathander because of his association with the Lord of Hell.
The most important thing is that these things happened at the same time. Even though he was a god, he began to feel physically and mentally exhausted.
Besides, Levi at least allowed him to get away with it for the sake of face, so he chose to ignore it and not be bothered.
At the same time, he was also interested in Levi's other proposal.
Originally, he was in league with the Lord of Hell, partly because of Tiamat's invitation, saying that it would be safer if he established his kingdom in Hell.
On the other hand, he also prepared a retreat in case his attempt to assassinate Osiris failed.
But with the death of Osiris and the deification of the Lord of Hell, the risks he took began to gradually outweigh his benefits.
Because of the deification of the Lord of Hell, the threat to the gods has increased dramatically. It is not easy for the gods to directly attack Hell for the time being, so they can only clean up his minions in the main world first.
This was a unanimous decision made by all the gods, including Levi, after a short and efficient meeting.
The Queen of Evil Dragons - Tiamat, the God of the Aboleth Demon Fish - the Blood Queen - Paiske Sesis, the God of the Sahuagin Fishmen - Sekolah, the God of the Kobolds - Kurtulmak, the weak divine power of the goblins - the collaborator - Baigriyek, and the Lord of the Jackals - Set.
These six evil gods will be the next targets of concentrated attack by the gods.
But the specific situations are obviously different.
The evil dragons under Tiamat's command have always been hated by everyone. They are few in number, have strong average strength, and all can fly, making them difficult to target.
The Blood Queen and Secora's followers are both aquatic races, and the latter is a member of the Furious Gods. They are not easy to target, and the most you can do is hunt some of them along the shore.
There are a lot of kobolds and goblins, and they are widely distributed, so they are easy to deal with.
However, their average strength is very low, but their fertility rate is terribly high. Even if you kill one thousand or ten thousand of them at once, it will not hurt them at all. They may even thank the gods for clearing away some of their burdens.
For the believers of the gods, this is not an achievement worthy of pride or praise.
So Seth is in trouble.
His kingdom of God is indeed very safe, but his believers in the main world are very dangerous, especially the snake-man believers he had just abducted, who are even more dangerous.
For him, who was being besieged by dozens of large and small churches, the fact that the Egyptian pantheon was almost hollowed out seemed less important than the issue of survival.
Because of this, he really began to consider Levi's proposal: to make a complete cut with the Lord of Hell in order to get rid of the gods' targeting of him and take the opportunity to get something from Levi.
It’s just because he has invested a lot of money in the Kingdom of God in Hell, and Levi is not willing to pay too much, so the two sides have not reached an agreement for the time being.
But Levi felt that as long as the siege of the gods continued for a while and Set felt heartbroken because of the huge losses, he would take the initiative to give in.
On the contrary, An He, who had made a deal with Levi before, was very dissatisfied with this.
The Egyptian pantheon had been completely hollowed out, so even if he defeated Set and seized the throne of the King of Gods, it would no longer mean much.
The priesthood he had originally desired - military jihad - had now been acquired by Levi.
More importantly, Bast fled to the Star King's Court. Although she has not officially joined Mount Heaven, it is obvious that she does not want to stay in the Egyptian pantheon anymore.
All these things inevitably made An He feel dissatisfied with Li Wei.
But today, Levi no longer cares too much about the other party's attitude, and he doesn't owe the other party anything.
Moreover, as his cooperation with Sigma and Ulric deepened, he had new channels to obtain war-related forces, so Anhe's importance naturally became lower, not to mention the gods of war such as the Dragon-Miaoying and the Crimson Knight.
Unfortunately, Anhe himself is not aware of this problem. It can only be said that the gap between him and Set is not only in strength, but also in wisdom and overall view.
