Long Live the Call of Heroes

Chapter 365: The Father of All Beasts?

After watching Martis leave, Li Wei felt that Bann Church was also quite unlucky.

After deliberating for so long, he originally wanted to use his tricks to take down Baiyin Town, but in the end it was himself who took advantage.

Before he had time to do anything, he was dragged into the quagmire of war by a new enemy.

Now they are quite valued, and Martis, who is actively trying to win him over, has almost clearly stated to himself that once this mission is over, she can temporarily join his subordinates to investigate the truth of her death.

Probably because she has been troubled by her identity for too long, so even her identity as a member of the knight order has given her enough hope and motivation.

The only pity is that the Dread Legion may not be able to follow her to join.

It's not that she or they are unwilling, it's just that the Dread Legion has suffered heavy losses in many previous battles, and they were also on the front line when fighting the Beastmen recently.

Due to the special spells or rituals used by the old black dragon, they cannot receive treatment, so once injured, it is difficult to recover.

They can't get effective supplements, so the more they die, the less they die. When they go to battle next time, the casualties may increase due to the weakening of their strength.

So it is conceivable that when he returns, or when her mission is completed, it is estimated that there will not be many people left in the entire Dread Legion
But it's not a big problem. Although those guys are still alive, their actual performance is really no different from that of undead creatures.

It's okay to have only Maltis. There are so many of them, and it's really difficult for him to arrange them. Now it's an acceptable result.

Continue to move forward. After crossing a certain hillside, everyone can immediately notice that the scene ahead is different.

Similar to the territory previously occupied by the Green-skinned Red Cloud Tribe, the land here is more barren and the environment is obviously much harsher.

In addition to a large amount of sand and gravel, large and small swamps can be seen everywhere. Even if you haven't really approached them, you can see that they are definitely not good things when you look at the black muddy water.

In this environment, even the crocodiles under Sobek's command would not be willing to stay for a long time.

Moreover, except for some hillsides, there is no tall grass like Green Blade Village and other places, and there are few trees to cover it. If you encounter any enemies, you will be noticed by them if you are far away.

As a result, many strategies and tactics have no chance to be used, and they can only rely on each other's hard power.

For Li Wei, it is actually a little disadvantageous, because if you continue to move forward, almost all the forces you encounter will only be enemies.

Of course, they will definitely not have the slightest fear because of this.

Moreover, there are Sky Slayers hanging high in the sky, and there are more and more air forces, so they can still take the initiative in most cases.

After summoning some surveillance Yakong and others as scouts, Li Wei followed the instructions of the map and went straight to the Juwu Pit.

The dwarves there dug up some evil existence at the beginning, causing the surrounding dwarves to suffer together. Now many alien races have been fighting and fighting around there. There is absolutely nothing wrong with going there.

Since they already knew that the terrain was bad, they didn't use a carriage or anything this time, which resulted in a lot slower overall movement speed.

Nothing to do, on the way Li Wei also asked the guards to take the celestial creatures to various quagmires to check.

Not to mention, there are basically some enemies hidden inside, such as swamp crocodiles, foul-smelling pythons, poisonous toads, etc., and there are even some undead in some mires.

If an ordinary animal ran over to drink, it would probably turn into a real corpse in the blink of an eye.

Occasionally, we would encounter some small groups of Beastmen or greenskins on the road, but they were basically left to Luna and the others to deal with them, and their large troops had no chance to make a move.

But this situation changed quickly, and after walking more than ten miles, Luna was the first to issue a warning.

It is said that in a certain valley ahead, a large number of centaurs are drinking and mating there.

At the same time, there are some dilapidated tents and some trees that have been cut down. It seems that the other party intends to live in the valley for a long time.

Li Wei couldn't help raising his eyebrows. This is really in line with the behavior of the centaur race. Apart from killing, they only like these two things.

However, among the many beastmen, except for the tigermen and monkeymen who were subdued by the Cathay Dynasty, the centaur can be regarded as one of the beastmen with outstanding potential.

Generally speaking, apart from intelligence being the biggest flaw of ordinary beastmen, there is another point that once they appear, they will definitely be besieged by almost all the races around them.

This makes the Beastmen like rats crossing the street, they are beaten everywhere they go, and it is difficult to really develop.

But centaurs are a little bit different, because they run fast and are natural cavalry, so they are not so easy to be wiped out. If they can survive, they will naturally have a broader future, and the opportunities for advancement will also increase. many.

At the same time, some wise men are occasionally born in their population, and even become wizards and the like, which makes them the better ones among the beastmen.

If they are encountered in the wild, the possibility of a larger group will be far greater than that of ordinary beastmen.

For example, now, according to Luna's reconnaissance, there are at least a thousand centaurs in that valley.

It's a pity, they really shouldn't choose to rest in the valley, where they lost their greatest advantage, wouldn't they be slaughtered by their own side?
After confirming the width of the entrance of the valley, Li Wei quickly issued a series of orders: "Soldier, you and the celestial creatures cooperate with the silver light guards to intercept the centaurs at the entrance, but you don't have to completely block them. Leave a small opening for each."

"Luna, you are responsible for cleaning up those escaped guys."

"Let Donna's Sky Slayer come down a little bit, command the archers to cooperate with our attack, and the others can play freely."

Ordinary centaurs are Tier 2 units, using long spears as weapons, but only after a real charge can they exert their full strength.

The advanced centaur warriors have strengthened their melee combat ability, and the centaur ax throwers have transformed into long-range troops, and their strength has been improved to a certain extent.

But generally speaking, in the valley, they can't rush up at all, but they are far from enough to see in front of the Silver Light Guard.

So he wanted to give his subordinates more opportunities to see their performance.

He himself mainly casts summoning magic, and doesn't even plan to do any mid-dispatch.

With the growing territory and more and more troops, his heroic spirit is richer, but he still needs to carefully consider and screen out the subordinates who are worthy of promotion. These centaurs in front of him are good experimental subjects.

After receiving the order, the subordinates took action one after another and quickly advanced towards the valley.

On the contrary, Shudun was a little sad, because most of the terrain in the west was very bad this time, so they didn't drive a carriage or anything, and many of their subordinates relied on their legs for the whole journey.

With their dwarves' short legs, this fighting style is really not good for them.
Li Wei could only comfort him with a smile. If he couldn't keep up with the initial battle, let the crossbowmen and musketeers block the gaps on both sides.

Or if he really didn't want to attack at all, then he would be responsible for guarding the rear troops. Anyway, he would not lose any spoils that should be given to him.

Well, in fact, the fact that he brought the stump this time is really not because of his combat effectiveness.

Dwarves often have a special obsession with their homes and territories.

Even if all the dwarven clans in the Sewage Pit were wiped out, the dwarves who had befriended him before would not be willing to be occupied by the greenskins.

If you bring the stump, even though he is a dwarf from another place and a god-chosen hero, in comparison, it will make other dwarves more willing to accept it, and maybe they will also have the opportunity to formally and permanently occupy there.

As expected, the Winged Snake Love Thorn did not live up to Li Wei's expectations, and responded to his call with a dozen or so sisters. Their weapons and outfits were almost exactly the same, and there was no difference in their abilities.

Although the number is still slightly less, they can still take care of hundreds of subordinates in one round of casting.

The singing and dancing of bards is indeed much weaker than that of orthodox priests or mages in terms of improving individual strength, but its biggest feature is that it covers a larger area and can affect multiple people at the same time.

And because the winged snakes can fly, they can often better display these characteristics, because all of them have the ability to move and perform.

The only thing that Li Wei couldn't stand a little bit was the eyes of these girls.

They were so hot that they seemed to eat him alive.

Seeing this made Lucia laugh again and again, but Li Wei was only embarrassed. He really couldn't accept it in various senses.
In mid-air, Cindy and Xiaotian brought a large number and variety of celestial creatures, as well as griffins, giant eagles and some flying winged leopards, and pressed towards the valley together.

Although the average strength of other celestial beings is relatively weak except for battle angels and guardian angels, they have gradually become an indispensable part.

At least as a cannon fodder air force unit, Li Wei thinks it is still acceptable.

I don't know if they are really completely addicted to pleasure, or they just don't have that habit at all. These centaurs don't even have a sentinel.

Until the supervisors completely blocked the entrance of the valley, they still didn't respond at all, and they were still having fun there.

They were a little uncomfortable with the supervisors involved, and they really didn't expect it to be so smooth.

But of course they would not give up fighting because of this, and launched a general attack on the opponent directly according to the plan.

First of all, it was naturally Donna's rain of arrows. Hundreds of arrows shot in one breath, killing the more suspicious legal units and some ax throwers in the opponent.

Then, the blood elves headed by Sally, following the explosion of several fireballs, after causing a certain amount of damage, they also ignited some dilapidated tents and other things inside, creating a greater degree of chaos .

Cindy first used the sacred glacier to separate part of the centaur, and then swooped down with the air force.

Elegy and Alduin led their personal guards and rushed directly to several centaurs dressed as leaders.

Although the average strength of the opponent is not strong, if he can kill the leader of the opponent first, it will naturally make the next battle easier.

Faced with their attack, many centaurs who were indulging in pleasure died on the spot without knowing what happened.

The remaining centaurs knew that they had encountered a surprise attack, but only a few of them could really react.

They just neighed like horses while jumping around, trying to avoid the enemy's attack.

Seeing this flustered appearance, Li Wei was a little speechless.

With this kind of enemy, how do you check the strength of your subordinates?

No wonder it's often said that they read Beastmen, but they're actually wild monsters!

However, it always feels a little weird.

Why is such a large-scale centaur so vulnerable?
And despite being very flustered, within a few seconds of being attacked, there were nearly a hundred casualties one after another, but so far no centaur tried to escape from the two paths they deliberately left.

Does this mean that they have other reliance?

"Roar!"

At this moment, accompanied by an extremely rough howl, an obviously unusual centaur suddenly emerged from a certain dark bush.

Not only is its body several times larger than ordinary similar ones, but also because around its neck is a string of necklaces made of skulls of various humanoid creatures.

Several of them belonged to ogres and trolls, which is not something ordinary centaurs can do.

"Damn elves, you dare to provoke the descendants of the father of all beasts, you will pay the price for it!"

While howling, it stretched out its hand and saw a gray-black, slightly ominous light flashing, and then several translucent ghosts appeared directly among the corpses of several centaurs.

Then it waved its hand again, and the corpses of several centaurs also stood up again, joining the battle in front of them together.

Li Wei couldn't help raising his eyebrows. The opponent turned out to be a special centaur death summoner, which is not something ordinary centaurs can do. This usually means that the opponent has a certain inheritance.

Hearing its howl and seeing its movements, even though it was the corpses and souls of his own race that were being used, the centaurs around did not have the slightest fear, but looked at it excitedly and in awe.

Even though it didn't issue any orders, the other centaurs seemed to have found their backbone, stabilized in the blink of an eye, and began to try to launch a counterattack.

But Li Wei didn't care too much. Only when he resisted could he see the reaction of his subordinates. He was more concerned about the inheritance behind the opponent and what he called the father of all beasts.

The father of all beasts - Gross Warhoof, a legendary beastman hero, is said to have brought the two hobbies of centaurs to the extreme. At its peak, it had tens of thousands of sons or daughters.

Not just centaurs, but other beastmen, or beasts at all.

Since this information was derived from the divinity of the goddess Lilith, Levy believed it should be true.

It's just that it disappeared mysteriously decades ago, and many of its descendants seem to have experienced some kind of massacre.

Considering that the Beastmen have no written inheritance, their actual lifespan may be only a few months to a few years on average, and it and its legends are naturally annihilated in time.

But now the centaur suddenly called out this name, and it was another death summoner, so Li Wei couldn't help thinking about it.

So he pretended to be puzzled and said, "Are you a descendant of Gross Warhoof? Hasn't he been dead for a long time?"

While talking, he sent a message to Donna, Cindy and the others through the surveillance Yakong, signaling them not to rush to kill each other.

Otherwise, this guy who looked majestic when he appeared on the stage might actually not be able to survive even half a minute.

The death summoner was furious immediately: "Damn elf, how dare you insult the father of all beasts like this!"

Roaring like this, it released several spells such as Death Ripple and Immortal Lieutenant.

Although it hardly caused any harm to Li Wei and the others, he was sure that the other party definitely had a formal magic inheritance.

So he ridiculed the other party a few more words, and then easily got words from the other party.

It turned out that it got the gift of the father of all beasts in a dream a few days ago, and obtained these powers.

At the same time, many elite centaurs in its race also dreamed of the father of all beasts.

It tells them that it is their father or grandpa, and that it is trapped somewhere and needs their strength.

That's why the Death Summoner traveled hundreds of miles to the pit of gathering pollution.

Then on the way, it also encountered other centaur tribes who had similar encounters, and finally gathered more and more, with a peak of more than [-] centaur.

It's just that they encountered the enemy later, so there are only so many left now, and they took a rest in the valley for a while, and then encountered a surprise attack by Li Wei and the others.

Hearing this, Li Wei became more and more suspicious.

All records show that the Father of Beasts, apart from his unbelievably strong reproductive ability, was a pure warrior who knew no magic at all.

It was only because it lived long enough and experienced enough battles that it gradually grew into a legend after hundreds of years.

As a Beastman, its lifespan is indeed one of the few in the true sense.

But now it, which has been missing for decades, suddenly possesses an advanced method to conjure up dreams and even bestow abilities on the other party.

This is because in the process of its disappearance, it was able to go one step further and become a powerful demigod or even a god.

Or is there another existence pretending to be it?

For example, the Lord of Beasts - Malar!

The reason why Li Wei decided to go to the west this time was also because he heard that the believers of the other party and the beasts were planning some conspiracy.

Or, was it simply Malar's vest from the very beginning?
This is not Li Wei's random guess. Malar once killed a green-skinned demigod before, and then tried to pretend to be the other party to deceive the green-skinned people's faith, but it was quickly exposed.

Similarly, Lilith also told Li Wei through divinity that they had previously discovered that Malar was stalking the crocodile Sobek in the dark. If he hadn't turned to the elven gods in time, Malar might be about to attack him.

Now one is the father of all beasts, and the other is known as the master of all beasts. Even the titles are so similar, anyone will associate them together.

Could it be Malar who was behind the collective annihilation of the dwarves in the deep pit of pollution this time?
So why is he calling so many centaurs and beastmen over now?

Could it be that Malar wants this vest to be officially a god?
A series of questions rose from Li Wei's mind, and he desperately wanted to get more information to relieve his doubts.

It's a pity that no matter how much he tried to get more information through ridicule or insult, the result ended in failure, because the other party didn't know so many details at all.

It is only because the so-called father of all beasts gave it power, so it is full of fanaticism and wants to go on a pilgrimage.

The opponent's performance confirmed Li Wei's guess more and more. This guy looked like he was about to become a fanatic.

As for the attack on the other party, it probably felt ashamed, so it refused to disclose anything.

But Li Wei can almost guess that there was information before that Virginia, the oracle of the moon, and many wood elves frequently rushed to the west.

While there hasn't been any definitive information that they've joined the fray, they certainly won't be missed.

Of course, in order to further confirm this point, he took the initiative to tell this centaur who knew some spells but was actually still very stupid.

Unexpectedly, the other party was furious instead: "It's not those damn mung bean sprouts, it's all because of those tigresses!"

The other party's answer stunned Li Wei, wasn't it them?

Are these tigresses an adjective, or just a literal meaning?
But no matter how much he continued to ask, this time the centaur never answered again. Even if it was a little stupid, but after such a long time of talking, it somehow sensed that something was wrong.

Although a little regretful, Li Wei could only wave his hand.

Since there is no use value, then he can only be sent to die.

So in the next moment, three fireballs flew in together, blowing it up.

Before it got up from the ground, Alisa's poison magic and the special attacks of the lawbreakers also came one after another. Coupled with small magics such as arrows and wind blades flying by from time to time, it lost its power in the blink of an eye. Most of life.

Before it had time to yell or react, Elegy had led the sword dancers towards its position as if they were cutting through the waves.

The fragile line of defense formed by the centaurs was nothing in front of her.

Although the other party is not dead yet, Li Wei didn't pay much attention to it, because the supervisor Yakong told him that suddenly a team composed of humans, wood elves and beastmen was rapidly approaching.

Li Wei immediately understood that such a strange combination, of course, could only be the Oracle of the Moon!

(End of this chapter)