Chapter 381 Guardians of the Gods and Zadek Earth Spirit
To the north, dozens of miles away, the legendary necromancer Hermann Goost came after hearing the news. After feeling two looks in the eyes, he could only sigh, and then led a large number of undead,
Turn around and leave.
The two goddesses had already discovered him and given such obvious warnings, how could he not be wiser?
Although he was really, really tempted by the Nine Scrolls of Nagash that were very likely to exist in the Judong Pit, but now that the goddess had come, it was probably in vain for him to go.
Although the rest of the wealth from the dwarves was still attractive, in comparison, he no longer cared about it that much.
At the same time, he also knew that the reason why he could survive so long was really not because of how strong he was, but because he was cautious enough. In this situation, he could only give up.
He was even beginning to consider whether to leave the black iron mine.
Many gods have appeared one after another, and this place will obviously attract a lot of attention in the future. This is not in line with his rules. If anyone has a grudge against him, the consequences will be disastrous.
Although Li Wei felt that the last look between the two goddesses was a bit special, he didn't know yet that it was actually related to another legend.
He was just happy with what he just got.
With just the finger of the Moon Bow Goddess, he gained a complete set of five summoning skills.
Small, medium, large, super large and giant shadow elements can be summoned respectively.
The tallest giant elemental creatures are all level 6 troops, and even legendary mages cannot completely ignore them.
These shadow elements have obviously been processed by the Moon Bow Goddess. They are incorporeal creatures that can fly, have the ability to hide in shadows, and also have the ability to change their body shape to a certain extent.
Generally, a normal giant shadow element can reach about 15 meters in height, but if necessary, it can compress its size to the same size as an ordinary human being, giving the enemy an unexpected surprise.
All of these make him a perfect scout and assassin.
Compared with the more common four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind, the shadow element is relatively less aggressive, but it also has its own unique features.
Although their attack power is not high, it is pure cold damage.
The only and biggest shortcoming is that they cannot walk under the sun, nor can they withstand the light spell, which will not only cause damage to them, but also weaken their attack, defense and other abilities in all aspects.
But no matter how it is weakened, the highest level 6 shadow element will still be very powerful.
At a time when he didn't know if any of the God-chosen heroes could recruit level 6 troops, he could already use them as cannon fodder. What else could he be dissatisfied with?
As for Lilith's brilliance, in addition to letting him know the location of the small treasure house, it also gave him a temporary blessing.
In the next hour, the release speed and power of all his level 0-5 magic will increase by 30-50%.
If they are other legal troops within a 20-meter radius of him, they will also receive half of the reinforcement.
Simple and unpretentious, but powerful enough.
Everyone who was still shocked that the two goddesses would launch a sneak attack and that the battle between the gods ended in such a short time immediately noticed the changes on their bodies.
They all screamed in surprise. This all-round increase did not enhance their strength at all.
But Cindy had no time to pay attention to this. She just looked at him with concern: "Brother Levi, are you okay?"
Elegy was holding the big sword and looking up at him.
Although she didn't speak, she was obviously no less worried than Cindy.
Levi smiled and shook his head, thinking that this was the difference between a true member of his own family and some temporary teammates.
At this time, Sefa and others reacted and hurriedly ran over to ask for help.
Although he didn't seem to be directly attacked by Maela just now, who knows whether God's method is as simple as it seems on the surface?
Li Wei immediately chuckled and said: "I'm fine, but we have to hurry up. The goddess's blessing has a time limit, and there are still enemies below that we need to deal with."
There are two treasure houses, one big and one small. Although in Lilith's opinion, they seem to be of little value, the big one is still empty.
But if possible, of course he would like to visit them all!
But even if it was beaten to pieces by Ma La, the terrain there is still not suitable for everyone to go together.
With this in mind, Li Wei quickly directed his subordinates to regroup. This time, it was Donna, Luna and the silver guards who were all temporarily standing guard outside.
If a small group of enemies appears, kill them all. If there is a large group of enemies, they do not need to intercept them, but retreat first and wait until they come back.
As for the main force of the melee troops, they temporarily became the dwarves of the tree stump, the supervisors, and other celestial creatures.
The dwarves are good at living and fighting in this environment, while the celestial creatures are very adaptable to the terrain.
As for Levi, Cindy, Elegy and others, it doesn't matter, because they all have flying mounts now.
Of course, various summoned creatures that serve as cannon fodder are also essential.
As they continued to advance, although Li Wei, Sefa and others were amazed, Stump and the dwarf heroes under his command sighed again and again, appearing to be extremely sad.
Because the fierce battle between Maura and the powerful vampire just now not only completely exposed the entire dwarf town in the abyss of pollution to the sun, but also directly reduced it to ruins.
At the same time, inside the town, there is still a lot of filthy and ominous blood and mist filling the air, and the rocks in many places have turned purple-black or reddish-brown.
Tree Stump had been deliberately approached several times, and then a series of negative states immediately appeared on his body. It took a lot of effort by the priests to purify them.
Obviously, the previous battle between Maura and the vampire not only destroyed the town, but also caused the place to be corrupted by evil power.
Even if the dwarves can rebuild and build a town here, these corrosions are not so easy to eliminate.
Even Stump, who was the chosen hero by God, could not survive the disaster, and the ordinary dwarf villagers would probably die suddenly on the spot.
As they walked, they also saw a group of special guards standing in front of a treasure house whose door had been opened.
Levi also immediately understood why the goddess Lilith just said it was a special construct.
The opponents are usually big guys four or five meters tall, who look like they are carved from rock or smelted from metal, with many complex hieroglyphics carved on them.
The most numerous were the Jackals, who looked very powerful and were holding two sickle-shaped swords. There were about twenty of them.
Then there are the hawks holding spears and wings on their backs, the scarabs holding large shields and war hammers, and so on.
Their respective characteristics and weapons are very obvious, allowing people to distinguish their different functions and positions in the army at a glance.
They are the guardians of the gods-Ushabit unique to the Tomb Kings faction, and they all start at level 4.
Basically all of the Egyptian gods believed in by the Tomb Kings have an animal image, and their statues are basically human bodies and animal heads.
For example, Tefnut, the goddess of rain and moisture, has the head of a lioness, Khebri, the scarab god, has the head of a beetle, etc.
The only two exceptions are probably Sobek and Hathor, the Moon Goddess and the Humble One.
The former likes to turn into a large upright crocodile, looking more like some kind of beastman.
This made the other gods within the pantheon, who had long been prejudiced against him, even more dissatisfied with this.
The latter did not have an animal image of her own at the beginning. Later, she learned from Tefnut and also turned into a lioness head. Unfortunately, it was also useless and she was still strongly ostracized.
All in all, many of the structures of the Tomb Kings faction will also be made to imitate the appearance of the opponent's idols. This is also a way to express their worship of the gods.
These guards of the gods are very different from the constructs of other factions.
Not only the appearance and manufacturing process, etc., the most fundamental difference is that each of the guards of the gods has the soul of a loyal and brave warrior in their body. They can be called heroic spirits or heroic souls.
Therefore, they still have independent self-awareness and still swear allegiance to the Tomb Kings and gods.
They can be understood as soul-possessed sculptures, with the souls driving these constructs just like driving a tank or a Gundam.
In addition, they often have certain martial arts skills in life, etc., so naturally, their combat effectiveness is obviously much stronger than conventional constructs.
If there are priests and mages, if you further bless them, their combat effectiveness will become even more powerful.
But normally speaking, Nagash is the culprit that caused the rapid decline of the Egyptian gods and the Tomb Kings. He is a treacherous traitor, and there is no way any warriors will be loyal to him.
And I have never heard that he has mastered the technology of making these constructs.
But now these things appear here together with one of the nine volumes of Nagash, and their appearance is extremely old.
Being able to make them look like this after being carved from rock and enchanted, it seems that they have been sleeping here for at least hundreds of thousands of years, and there is a high probability that they were created by Nagash himself.
Did he secretly learn these things before he died, or did he use some special undead magic to replace those heroic souls with the ghosts of the undead?
But that will happen later. Levi just wants to pack up and take away everything in the small vault that Lilith mentioned, and then see if there is any chance to deal with these guys.
First, he summoned a few shadow elements and asked them to stay in the shadows and monitor the movements of the guards of the gods. Then Levi followed the map instructed by Lilith, turned left and right, and came to a land of rugged rocks.
In front of the ruins.
Seeing this, Elegy and others couldn't help but look at each other for a moment, wondering why Li Wei would skip that extremely obvious treasure house and come here instead.
Levi smiled slightly and used fossils as mud many times in succession. In order to pursue efficiency, he even asked Sally, Sefa and others to use the magic scroll of the same name in his space ring.
As the rays of light flashed, a large amount of gravel turned into soft soil.
Levi summoned a few more water elements to pounce there, and a few seconds later, a stone gate that looked very ordinary, even broken, appeared in front of them.
Only then did others understand why Levi's goal was so clear. He had long known that there was a treasure house here.
Li Wei didn't need to talk nonsense at all, he just waved his hand casually, and the dwarfs such as Stump rushed forward with war hammers, shovels and other special equipment. For a while, the sound of "ping ping ping ping ping ping" could not be heard.
Probably the protective measures had been broken in many previous battles, so Shudun and the others quickly broke down the stone door.
But even though he was full of curiosity, he immediately looked at Li Wei after he stopped his hand. He didn't want Li Wei to have any misunderstanding.
But Li Wei felt that it didn't matter. Not to mention that the system would calculate everything, they had been fighting side by side for so long, and he didn't even have this little trust.
Moreover, this small treasure house seems to be exclusively used by dwarves. It is not that convenient for humans or elves of their normal size to enter.
After Shudun and the others entered, Levi received news from Donna and Luna that some new enemies had broken into the place.
Due to Li Wei's order before leaving, they did not launch an attack on the enemy. Instead, they temporarily hid in the dark and took the initiative to clear the way, so that the enemy did not even notice them.
Now those enemies have provoked the guards at the treasure house and started fighting.
Soon Li Wei also received the same news from Shadow Element, and he suddenly felt a little interesting. Is this an opportunity for him to make a profit?
These enemies are a bit special. They seem to be a mixed force of beastmen, wild greenskins, goblins, ogres and tauren.
These guys usually mix together and are fine without fighting, but now they seem to have the same goal and want to break into the treasure house.
However, they don't look like they are commanded by the God's Chosen Hero, which is a bit strange.
Could it be that they are a special group of aboriginal mercenaries? Just like the three Amazon sisters before?
Fortunately, he was not alone, so after sharing this information with Sonia and the others, Sonia immediately gave the answer.
"Could it be the Zadek earth spirit? It is said that their leader is a tauren shaman named Blood Collector. He is very good at summoning earth elements and mutated mud elements. At the same time, he is also a loyal believer in Maura."
Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: All the beastmen were dead, and Maura was beaten away by the two goddesses. It just came here now, can it be called a loyal believer of Maura?
But no matter what, since you are sure that the other party is a beastman, then beat him to death!
A few minutes later, Stump also ran back happily with the loot.
"Brother Levi, look what I found?"
Although this treasure house is small, it contains several thousand gold coins and more than fifty units of mithril and fine gold, which is worth a lot of money.
Then there were a dozen or so common primary runes, and Li Wei shared them with everyone.
Then there are the blueprints of two god-given buildings, which can recruit dwarf warriors (giant axes) and dwarf rangers respectively.
The former is quite useful, but the latter
As we all know, rangers emphasize speed in most situations. They are accustomed to carrying out guerrilla tactics, but the dwarves have poor short legs.
So Levi threw it to the tree stump with his backhand. He was the only one present who could see it and use it.
Finally, there are some special ones, such as small tokens with some gold with special runes on them.
When he saw them, Levi was a little surprised: "Is this the pledge money?"
The dwarf's oath gold is a combination of the highest quality pure gold and the power of runes. It is the highest level currency of the dwarves, and it is said that it also hides the power of their runes.
Therefore, it is more useful to dwarves than military merit and can be exchanged for many truly high-end goods.
At the same time, it is said that each oath gold represents a past hatred. They are like a true portrayal of the dwarf's character, that is, blood debt must be paid with blood.
Now there are a full 8 oath gold here, whether it is a tree stump or Levi, take them to any dwarf clan or kingdom, and you can exchange them for some good things.
The premise is not to be seen by the original dwarves in the Dirty Pit. Goddess Lilith said that they still have survivors.
Although since the fall of this place, the things here can basically be regarded as ownerless things, but considering the stinky and stubborn characters of the dwarves, no one knows what they will think.
Anyway, the pledge money doesn't have the label of their kingdom, so it can be used elsewhere.
After thinking about it, Levi directly changed hands and handed it back to Stump: "Take it. If you can get something suitable for me, give it to me. If not, just keep it for yourself."
"Ah, this is not good."
Shudun was a little excited at first, but soon he figured out why he was so excited. Wouldn't it be better if he specially selected things that Brother Li Wei could use to exchange them?
So he agreed very obediently, and then Levi immediately returned. The fight at the treasure house was getting more and more lively, and he happened to go and join in the fun.
While moving forward, Levi continued to use various magics, and at the same time asked Donna and the others to prepare to encircle them and annihilate these beasts and the guards of the gods together.
A few minutes later, Li Wei also saw the two sides fighting.
The troop configuration of the Zadek Earth Spirit, just like Luna and the others said before, is very complicated, and there is no coordination. It is just a mad rush.
On the contrary, the Tauren Shaman among them is a little more powerful.
It is carrying a totem pole over a foot thick and over two meters long on its left shoulder, decorated with the skulls of many humanoid creatures. It also holds a large battle ax in its right hand, which seems to have strong melee capabilities.
ability.
In addition to being able to place multiple totem poles on the ground at the same time to improve the defense of its subordinates, etc., it also summons some large earth elements and mud elements around it.
The mud element in it is obviously a mixture of earth and water elements, so it also has some kind of drowning skill similar to the water element, which can wrap the enemy in its body and drown it alive.
It's a pity that their opponents are some constructs, so this trick has no effect at all.
On the side of the gods' guard, in addition to the troops Li Wei had seen before, there are now some new faces.
First, it was a large beetle that was five to six meters long at both ends and about two meters wide, with a round body.
They are also carved from rock. They are similar to the guards of the gods, except that one is roughly human-shaped, while they have a purely animal appearance.
In addition, there are some special species whose upper body is humanoid and whose lower body is giant scorpion. It seems that they and those large beetles were probably hiding in the ruins before, but now they suddenly emerged.
Precisely because of seeing these half-scorpions, Levi became more and more certain that this should be Nagash's handiwork.
Because for the Tomb Kings, they create these constructs, which are either human bodies and animal heads, or all animal shapes, which are imitating the appearance of the gods they believe in.
But half-man and half-beast are usually mutated beastmen or some kind of demon.
The Tomb Kings would not create such things, because their existence is actually a blasphemy to the gods to some extent.
Sobek himself turned into a giant crocodile that could walk upright, and was troubled by other gods more than once. How dare the Tomb Kings?
Probably only Nagash, a deviant who only pursues practicality and not appearance, and has enmity with the Egyptian gods, has the ability and courage to do this.
However, even if they are not orthodox constructs, their combat effectiveness has not been reduced because of this.
The giant beetles have super strong defenses. Except for the tauren, other beasts and wild greenskins cannot do much damage even if they can barely break through their defenses.
Half-scorpions can often burrow into the ground and attack from under the enemy's feet.
The jackal-shaped guards of the gods quickly harvested the lives of their enemies like wheat.
The eagle-shaped ones can fly into high altitudes and then dive downwards. Since their spears are five to six meters long, they can often skewer a string of enemies with one charge.
So even though their total number was less than fifty, they showed an overwhelming advantage when facing nearly ten times the enemy force.
Almost wherever the guards of the gods rushed, the beastmen and wild greenskins were defeated.
If Li Wei and the others had arrived later, they would have been able to defeat the enemy without even needing them.
No matter what method Nagash used to make them, their combat effectiveness is definitely not inferior to those of genuine products, and may even be better.
If they can be used by Nagash, or even the special vampire from before, is it possible that they can also be used by Lucia and herself?
Or even go further and extend it to the entire elves?
The structure of the Tomb King is driven by the heroic souls of the warriors, but in the kingdom of the elves and gods, there are also almost endless souls of devout believers.
Well, he doesn't need to worry too much about this for the time being, because if this is the case, the goddess Lilith, who has already taken away the nine volumes of Nagash, must know about it before he does.
And from what she meant, she seemed to intend to give that thing to herself for use.
After taking a few glances and roughly understanding the opponent's attack methods, Li Wei gave the order for a general attack. They were not just here to watch the fun.
Virginia took the lead and led the tigresses to clear the way with arrows, followed by magical attacks from Levi, Sally, Sefa and others.
With Lilith's blessing, their magic power had been strengthened to a certain extent, so those beastmen who had been fighting for a while were knocked down almost instantly.
But when it comes to constructs with different appearances, the effects are not always particularly ideal.
Forget about those humanoid ones, after a wave of attacks, basically all of them were injured, and a few of the weaker ones were killed instantly on the spot.
But those beast-shaped ones are basically not a big problem. Their streamlined shells can very well resist attacks from bows and arrows.
Similarly, because of the mysterious runes carved all over their bodies, they also have high resistance to magic attacks.
Levi immediately decisively replaced it with a micro meteor. Generally speaking, those with high resistance to piercing attacks such as arrows have poor resistance to blunt blows.
Sure enough, the effect immediately improved a lot.
Even Sally and Sefa had no other options. The two most powerful spells at present were fireballs, which had little effect on constructs, so they could only attack the beastmen instead.
Donna, Luna and others, who received the order at the same time, also took advantage of the situation and launched an attack from another direction. For a while, arrows and moon blades rained down from mid-air.
Caught off guard, the beastmen were immediately stunned.
Even the tauren holding shields are only better at fighting arrows flying from the front. They cannot withstand such attacks from the sky, the ground, from the front and from behind!
However, the tauren shaman has always been very cautious. In addition to a few tauren guards, there are also several large earth elements that are taller than itself. They have been surrounding it, making it impossible for Li Wei to execute it immediately.
Decapitation tactics.
After being attacked, it immediately used various earth protective magics to further protect itself.
While summoning more earth elements, he did not forget to shout "moo" and command the beastmen around him to actively move towards it.
In a sense, its fighting style is somewhat similar to Levi's.
However, in the face of the rain of arrows falling from the sky, its human wall-style defense was really ineffective. Donna quickly killed all the beastmen around it, and even the tauren could not withstand their concentrated shooting.
At the critical moment, the shaman was also scared and didn't care about most of its younger brothers. It directly let the earth elements and mud elements attack, while it itself began to run away.
Not to mention, those mud elements don't look like much, but their combat effectiveness is actually pretty good.
In addition to their strong defense, they can also create ground thorns, quagmire, and even shoot some jet-black mud arrows, etc. They are considered a relatively good auxiliary unit.
It's a pity that their shooting range is only a few dozen meters, and they can't reach Levi, Donna and others flying in the air.
Levi summoned several earth and water elements and let them fight to see which element was more powerful. Then he continued to pursue the tauren shaman.
Knowing that the spider web spell would have no effect, Levi flew over directly and used the steel restraint.
This kind of physical magic may be destroyed, so it cannot trap the tauren with amazing brute force for a long time.
But as long as there is a slight delay, it will be enough to buy Luna and others enough time to attack.
As a result, the tauren shaman quickly fell into a very passive state. It wanted to run away, but couldn't. It wanted to fight back, but with the magic it mastered, it couldn't reach Li Wei at all.
It wanted to attack the huntresses led by Luna, but they had been very alert and flexible and stayed out of its attack range.
Therefore, it could only passively endure all kinds of damage until it was killed by Donna's arrow rain.
Facts have proved that even if it is a tauren shaman with a high level, its health points are actually no more than the current Elegy.
As soon as it died, the morale of the remaining beastmen and wild greenskins dropped drastically, and they scrambled to flee in all directions.
On the other hand, dozens of ogres simply chose to surrender. They even found some white cloth from somewhere, hung it on their spears and started shaking it.
Looking at their skillful movements, Levi seriously suspected that this was not the first time they had done this.
No wonder he felt that these guys were a bit useless when they first fought.
Therefore, he did not rush to kill them all, but directly asked the supervisor to bring some meat to communicate with the other party.
For all sane ogres, this is the best gift.
Let Luna and the supervisors continue to pursue the fleeing enemies, Levi's eyes gradually turned to the special constructs that were still in the ongoing battle.
But their current performance surprised Li Wei a little. It wasn't that they were too strong, but that they were a little stupid.
The battle was obviously still going on, but after killing the enemies in front of them, several wolf-headed guards of the gods crossed their hands on their chests, stood against a broken wall, and disguised themselves as statues.
It was as if the battle was happening somewhere else and had nothing to do with them.
As the beastmen died and ran away, there were fewer and fewer enemies left on the battlefield. More guards of the gods ended the battle, and more "statues" were produced.
After seeing their performance, Li Wei couldn't help but make a bold guess.
He asked his subordinates not to kill all the enemies so quickly, and even controlled the distance and only attacked the outermost enemies.
So just as he guessed, more of the guards of the gods, whether in human or beast form, went back to rest when they were not involved in the battle.
Even if their companions were fighting dozens of meters away, they turned a blind eye.
In this way, it is actually obvious that these guardians of the gods still have serious shortcomings.
The guardians of the gods of the Tomb Kings are warriors with their own independent ideas. In addition to retaining some of their martial arts skills in life, they may also form battle formations and use combat strategies such as sneak attacks and ambushes.
But these guys in front of them are more like pure constructs. They will only follow the orders given by their masters, or passively fight back when attacked.
Other than that, they don't know how to do more work.
But despite this, they will still be very qualified cannon fodder. Those big beetles just performed really well when fighting against the rain of arrows from Donna and others.
I really hope Lilith can find a way to make them based on the nine volumes of Nagash.
With this sigh, Li Wei waved his hand and gave the order for a general attack.
Stump was the first to respond with a smile.
In most of the previous battles, his subordinates were unable to keep up with Li Wei's rhythm because of their short legs, and they could not exert much strength.
But now, his dwarf warriors armed with war hammers and battle axes are just right to deal with these tough bones!