Volume 4 Chapter 634: Bilak's Ambition
Although the main world had suffered several large-scale invasions before, the demons that surged out this time far exceeded all previous ones in terms of number, type, and strength.
Therefore, even though they were prepared, many countries and races inevitably suffered losses to varying degrees.
However, most of the forces that maintain close cooperation with Levi do not have major problems.
Not to mention the help from the three major celestial races, just the many war machines obtained through cooperation with the Zhendan and dwarves are enough to greatly enhance the defense capabilities of the mortal races.
Especially the many cannons provided by the Chaos Dwarves. After the demonic power in them was replaced with the power of light, their power was not weakened much. On the contrary, they appeared particularly violent when fighting against evil.
If it is a few decades later, unless the gods personally send incarnations, the most they can do is to give their chosen ones more power and let them fight against the demons.
This is because once believers ascend to the Kingdom of God, they can never leave. The armies that the gods can send out are essentially only celestial beings or dragons, etc., and their numbers are limited.
But this time is different from the past. Most of the gods already have a considerable number of constructs that can be sent to the main world to fight, so they have launched large-scale reinforcements.
On the other side, the Red Tsar was quickly and safely brought to Mount Paradise.
Levi immediately used his purifying power on him to make sure that there was nothing wrong with him, and then he began to ask for specific information.
But after getting a general understanding of the situation, the gods, including Levi, couldn't help but look extremely serious.
Just like Osyotan who was once lost in the Chaos Realm, the Red Tsar was also once trapped in the Chaos Realm.
The difference is that the former took thousands of years to successfully escape, and during this period he hunted and killed countless powerful demons.
But the Red Tsar felt that he was half asleep and half awake, and it seemed that only a few seconds had passed. Before he could figure out the situation, a shadow crack opened and he returned directly to the main world.
Then he was noticed by Ersun at the first moment. Later, he realized that when he was in the Chaos Realm, his understanding of time was not completely accurate. In fact, more than ten years had passed in the main world.
However, within those few seconds, he received a huge amount of information from the Chaos Demon Realm, most of which was disorganized, but a small part of it was useful.
For example, he knew part of Bilak's plan.
It turned out that Bilak had set up powerful sacrificial arrays in both the Abyss and Baator. When countless demons and devils died in battle , he had quietly gathered strength without anyone noticing.
With these powers, he put the four Chaos Gods into a special kind of sleep or trance, and sealed them off in their respective territories.
He then enslaved some beings as guards and began trying to steal the power of the Four Chaos Gods.
He was once the co-chosen one of the Four Chaos Gods, and was the first mortal to be promoted to a Demon Prince. Even though he subsequently suffered a series of attacks and torture from the Four Chaos Gods, those powers were not taken back by them.
Therefore, after meeting certain special prerequisites, he can also use these powers to deal with the Four Gods of Chaos.
The power of the Four Chaos Gods has appeared many times in the main world or other places, but in fact they have not yet fully awakened.
In addition, Slaanesh seemed to have weakened significantly in the recent period, which became a breakthrough point. Khorne soon entered the same situation, which gave Bilak even more opportunities to take advantage of.
Hearing this, Levi and Guanglong-Shenzhu looked at each other and roughly understood that this was actually somewhat similar to what the Watcher had done to her.
The real body of Slaanesh was once killed by the wind god Arcades, and the blood dragon Whitefeather, to which Khorne had poured so much effort, was also defeated by his own side. This may indeed cause Khorne to enter a period of temporary weakness.
Of course, in order to ensure success, Bilak also prepared a lot of sacrifices during this process.
Archaon, the Three-Eyed King; Slambo, the Eternal Champion; Hagros, the Bloody One; Feto, the Infected; Wanderer, the Magnificent; Gongasa, the Mysterious One; Harad, the Hammer, etc...
This group of powerful warriors under the command of the Four Chaos Gods originally planned to go to the main world to fight and make efforts for the revival of the Four Chaos Gods.
As a result, except for Archaon who briefly appeared in the main world and was beaten up by Lilith, Illidan and others, and then captured and sacrificed by Bilak, all other existences were dealt with by Bilak silently.
From this perspective, Bilak still plays a significant role in maintaining the security of the main world.
Those who had been deified with the help of Bilak's knowledge and power would all pay a price for it, either being enslaved by him, having their power drained away, or being sacrificed.
So when so many shadow rifts opened in the main world, the gods did not find many well-known demon gods.
Because they have either been completely dealt with by Bilak, or are now too busy to take care of themselves and cannot be distracted at all.
But Bilak was certainly not so kind, he actually had other purposes, through a series of actions, his plan to steal the Four Chaos Gods became smoother.
He then began to try to condense the power crystals with the characteristics of the four gods, paving the way for his subsequent larger plans.
Once successful, Bilak will use these power crystals to reach a special place called the Soul Furnace, and obtain the power of the four chaos gods who were originally sealed by the gods.
At the same time, after going to the Soul Furnace, he will understand the highest mysteries of soul and death. He will be able to drive the Four Chaos Gods and pull the entire main world into the Chaos Demon Realm.
He will become the fifth Chaos God besides the Four Chaos Gods, and the only true God in the world.
Then there were some intermittent pieces of information, for example, Bilak once obtained several pages of discarded Cyric scriptures.
This would allow him to more easily seduce and enslave those demon gods, and would also play a role in his plan to enslave the four gods of chaos, but what he was working on was not the Book of Cyric, but the more powerful Book of Bilak.
Bilak also obtained Tzeentch's artifact - the Tome of Uncanny Fate, which allowed him to fuse the power crystals of the Four Chaos Gods, open the way to the Soul Furnace, and so on.
After hearing this, all the gods could not help but be shocked by Bilak's ambition. If he could really succeed, even if he was called "the only God" it would still be completely impossible, but he did have the ability to suppress the Four Gods of Chaos.
Levi thought of more.
For a long time, Yager had seriously suspected that there was an unknown area beyond what the gods knew, which was the place where ancient gods such as Asuryan used to reduce the dimensions of the four gods of chaos and create divine troops.
The Soul Crucible that Bilak mentioned now is very similar to that place.
But Levi was also wary at the same time. The information that the Red Tsar learned in just a few seconds was too much and too useful.
Even the Red Tsar still retains the coordinate information of the Chaos Realm. You have to know that he is a warrior who knows nothing about magic.
All signs indicate that there seems to be some existence that is eager to let Levi know Bilak's conspiracy and take targeted measures.
Is it a trap, or has one of the Four Chaos Gods sensed that something is wrong and deliberately kept the Red Tsar as a chess piece to serve as a reminder to his own side?
I have to say, this looks very much like the work of Tzeentch.
Since the matter was of great importance, after asking Ersun to take good care of the Red Tsar to see if he could recall more useful information, Levi directly invited powerful gods such as the Dragon Emperor - Haotian, the Moon Queen - Guiyin, the God of Knowledge - Oghma, the Mother of Magic - Mystra, and the Lord of the Dead - Kelemvor.
After sharing this information, the gods all had different expressions.
As the god of knowledge, Oghma never fully understood the reasons for the appearance of God-given buildings and God-given soldiers. This of course made him deeply regretful, and he tried to conduct research, but he was never able to solve the mystery.
Likewise, it was a similar situation for Mystra. For her who possessed the magic web, theoretically, there were no secrets wherever magic reached, but she just didn't understand any of it.
This is even more true for Kelemvor. The souls of the God-given soldiers are very different from those mortals born by parents in the main world.
Moreover, these soldiers will not return to the underworld after death, and they will hardly have faith in the gods. It is as if they have another completely different reincarnation, which has always puzzled him.
So after thinking about it, they could only conclude that it was probably a secret from ancient times, which is why they didn't know about it.
Kelemvor, Mystra, and Cyric were originally members of an adventuring team. They all ascended to gods by coincidence. It has only been a few hundred years since then. Although their strength is already at the top of the gods, their existence was too short.
Oghma is quite old, but he was originally a god from other crystal wall systems. He wandered all the way here and was finally attracted by the rich knowledge in the Zodiac Universe and decided to settle down.
Now Huangdao Tianyu is completely closed, and he can't leave even if he wants to.
So after a brief silence, they all looked at the Dragon God and his wife, especially the Moon Queen - Guiyin.
Because there are rumors that her age may be second only to several goddesses such as Shar and Su Lun, and she has existed longer than the ancient saints and the Dragon Emperor.
The Dragon God couple looked at each other, and finally the Dragon Emperor spoke: "Yes, I know about the Soul Furnace. When Asuryan and other gods worked together to seal the Four Chaos Gods, my husband and I also helped them."
"But at that time, our children were still young and could not be left without God to take care of them, so we could not completely give up. We did not go there in person, but just did our best to provide some assistance."
Levi was a little confused: "So this is the real reason why you and the Moon Queen have been sleeping for a thousand years?"
The current Zhendan pantheon is very powerful, and basically no god dares to provoke them, but their journey is not all smooth sailing.
The Dragon Emperor and his wife had been sleeping for a thousand years. Although they were still able to grant power to their believers during this period, they had never responded to any other matters.
Therefore, the Nibon God system and the Inda God system at that time were eager to try and cause some trouble.
At that time, the Monkey King in southern Zhendan also took the opportunity to cause chaos, and even joined forces with the Big Horned Rat to cause a small disturbance in southern Zhendan.
There was also the snake-man god, Mershok, who tried to take advantage of the opportunity to launch an invasion. At that time, Zhendan seemed to be in crisis.
However, as the saying goes, "Misfortune may turn out to be a blessing in disguise". It was precisely during their thousand years of slumber that Biaolong, Miaoying and others truly grew up and once again made the Zhendan pantheon famous.
All these gods with evil intentions were beaten up by them one by one.
The Moon Queen smiled gently: "We are not as selfless as Asuyan and the others, but we are also willing to do our part."
The Dragon Emperor continued, "Yes, so the story of the Soul Forge is true. If Bilak really reaches the Soul Forge and achieves his wish, it will definitely not be a good thing for the gods and mortals."
"In this case, we need to stop Bilak. I always feel that once Bilak gets hold of the Soul Forge, it will likely bring great chaos to our world."
Even though there are no specific statistics, according to Cranworth's calculations, there are at least hundreds of millions of God-given soldiers in existence, and they are distributed among different races and forces.
Although most of them serve as cannon fodder in the war, there are also some high-level ones among them.
Especially some soldiers with higher intelligence and stronger strength, such as mages, are more likely to break through to become heroic units and then occupy high positions in multiple forces.
If Bilak gains control of the Soul Furnace and is able to control these God-given troops, it may be a greater disaster for the main world than the demon invasion.
Looking at the anxious Kelemvor, Mistra said generously: "In that case, I will do my part."
"Bilak needs to gather four powers from the four Chaos Gods, so we will attack at the same time, gather the power of all gods, and completely destroy all his conspiracies at once!"
The relationship between her and Kelemvor was destroyed by Cyric's conspiracy. Later, many gods did not want them to join forces, so more misunderstandings were created.
Now that Cyric is dead, it's a rare sight for Kelemvor to show this expression, so let her lend a helping hand.
Times have changed, and she no longer hopes to go back to the past with Clemvor, because they are no longer the same as they used to be, but at least she is willing to be friends with Clemvor.
Without waiting for the gods to respond, Mystra continued, "I will bring my subordinate god, the god of mages, Azus, and try to get the help of His Highness Sulun."
Although she is very powerful, she does not have many real allies. Apart from these two gods, the only one is Oghma Kolemvor in front of her.
Clemvor was stunned at first, then he was somewhat moved.
As the mother of the Demonic Web, Mystra is neutral in most cases, and doesn't even care much about the struggle between good and evil. Velsharoon once took refuge with her.
Now that she has stepped forward on her own initiative, it is definitely partly because of herself.
"As the Lord of the Dead, I should do my part. I will walk with you."
It's not just for the sake of past friendship or something, it's also for tactical considerations. Mistra and Sulen are both mages, and they also need warriors like himself as the front row and guards.
Although intelligence showed that the enemy seemed to be just some demon gods controlled by Bilak, the gods present knew very well that it was not impossible for them to face the Four Chaos Gods.
"We in the Zhendan pantheon are also willing to take action. We missed it last time, but we won't miss it this time."
Even the Four Chaos Gods at their peak, their recovery energy was so strong that they could not be completely killed.
After Asuyan and others carried out the "dimensionality reduction" plan, in addition to being able to be killed, their strength and potential were also greatly reduced.
So now the Dragon Emperor has absolute confidence that their Zhendan pantheon can defeat any of the Four Chaos Gods even if they face them.
Oghma spread his hands and said, "I am not good at fighting, so I will copy a mysterious tome of fate as quickly as possible, just in case I need it."
Of course, the powerful god is very powerful, but the actual combat effectiveness of a god of knowledge like him, a god of love like Sune, and Levi, the god of death, or Tempus, the god of war, is definitely completely different. He relies more on preparation, the surrounding environment, and so on.
If it was a fight scheduled at a pre-selected location, he wouldn't be too afraid of the Four Chaos Gods, but he'd better not get involved in something like forcing their way into the Chaos Realm and fighting on the other party's territory.
Levi also nodded and said, "Of course our elven pantheon will also take action."
After his integration, the elven pantheon now has Cain, a powerful warrior, Lilith who practices both magic and martial arts, Angris who specializes in healing, and himself who is the god of death and god of light, a total of four powerful divine powers.
Below are several archery gods who are good at output , Hoss who is the god of magic who may become an elf at any time, the moon bow that can be used at both long and short distances, the dolphin prince who is good at water battles and the winged elf goddess who is good at air combat, etc. The configuration is extremely luxurious.
They do not have any obvious weaknesses. Although they may still lack coordination, looking at their combat power on paper alone, they are much better than the Zhendan pantheon.
"In this case, we have three teams. For the last team, should we choose the Three Saints of Justice such as Tyr, or the natural gods such as Mielikki? Is it possible for Tempus to come?"
Levi smiled slightly: "Why not call them all? This is a crisis that all non-evil gods need to face together!"
No matter whether the mastermind behind this is Bilak or Tzeentch, they will never be able to fight against the hundreds of true gods in the Zodiac Sky Crystal Wall System!
