Long Live the Call of Heroes

Chapter 535 The Change of Pavina

After waiting for Khalida and Penthesilea for a while, Li Wei led everyone to pass the teleportation spell to the promised place, preparing to meet with the Black Prince.

Since he didn't plan to make any big moves, Li Wei didn't bring a large army this time. Except for Winnie the Pooh and other mounts, all of them were hero units.

Marksman units like Donna, Kerillian, and Luna also rode giant stags or unicorns.

But the two star dragons of Kalida and Penthesilea can't take it with them, because they can't even transform into human form like Catherine.

Almost as soon as he stepped out of the portal, Li Wei saw a strong man over two meters tall covered in a black robe.

"Is it Prince Levi from the Fear Rock? I am the Black Prince-Gashnag, and by the order of the goddess, I will go to Pavenna with you." The strong man said in a low voice.

Behind him is an army of about 2000 people.

In addition to some regular human infantry, archers, musketeers, and knights, Li Wei immediately noticed through the special perception of the celestial mystics that there were at least dozens of vampires and hundreds of ghouls among them.

These undead creatures and humans were mixed together, and the equipment of both sides was also exactly the same, clearly they belonged to the same group.

Probably because of this, Elegy, Cindy and others who arrived earlier did not issue any warning.

But Li Wei felt that they were probably feeling the same as him at the moment.

Even though it has long been heard that the southern kingdom is very chaotic, such a large-scale cooperation between humans and undead is relatively new, right?

However, what does it mean that the Black Prince doesn't even show his face?
Although there were some murmurs in his heart, Li Wei did not show any disrespect on the surface.

After some enthusiastic and proactive exchanges, the Black Prince seemed to have changed his attitude a bit. He lifted his hood, revealing a pale face underneath.

Everyone, including Li Wei, immediately understood why the other party did this.

Not only because of the characteristics of vampires such as red eyes and fangs, but also because this face is really ugly.

If he dared to show his true face, even if he wasn't a vampire, there would definitely be many people who wanted to beat him up.

But Li Wei still didn't show any abnormalities, because he already roughly understood why the Black Prince had such a slightly indifferent attitude.

The Black Prince was loyal to Lilith, but he hadn't said hello to himself before, so he was probably somewhat dissatisfied in his heart.

But this will only make him feel a little funny. This guy, who has lived from the time of the Strige Empire to the present, is also an old vampire who is thousands of years old. Isn't he a bit naive?
So instead of showing any disgust or disgust, Li Wei smiled and praised the heroic posture of the Black Prince.

Now the Black Prince's complexion has obviously softened a lot, and his speech is no longer so harsh.

Li Wei immediately called him a good guy. Could it be that the Black Prince has low self-esteem?

That's why he wants to be recognized so much, even if it's an outsider like himself?
But in any case, this is indeed a good breakthrough.

So Li Wei praised the other party a few more words, scolded the Vampire Queen and Black-Arkhan, etc., and within a few minutes, the attitude of the Black Prince changed drastically.

This made everyone, including Li Wei, feel a little speechless. Isn't this guy's age in vain?
When he saw Khaleda, the attitude of the Black Prince changed a lot again. He greeted Khaleda very respectfully. At this time, he was not like the lord of the southern kingdom, but like a soldier.

Khalida was also a little surprised, but she quickly recalled that the other party had indeed served in Lahmia City when they were both alive.

It's just that the Black Prince's boss at that time was the ancestor of the later Strigel family, not her Khalida.

But in any case, with this level of relationship, the atmosphere between the two parties has indeed become more harmonious.

After briefly introducing the situation in the southern kingdom, the Black Prince also took the lead in opening the way, heading towards Pavina.

And under the command of those vampires, even ghouls and the like did not show bloodthirsty and greedy eyes at the surrounding human soldiers, or Li Wei and others like ordinary undead.

Li Wei can only lament that the Stryker clan was able to build such an empire in the first place, because it really had two brushes.

The reason why Lilith subdued the Black Prince was probably because she wanted the Black Prince to help Lucia and change the power of the Vampire Queen together, right?
While chatting, they moved forward, and soon saw the port town of Pavenna in the distance. Li Wei and the others gradually encountered various caravans and armies on the road.

Not only common humans, dwarves and elves, but also dwarves, halflings, ogres, and even green skins, snake people, goblins and undead, etc., humanoid creatures from various races and countries.

That's the thing about southern states, they only look at things like money and race and good and evil and it doesn't work in most cases.

It's just that Li Wei felt something was wrong as he approached Pavenna. Why didn't he see a few God's Chosen heroes along the way?
Logically speaking, a chaotic country like the Southern Kingdom is the most suitable place for God's Chosen heroes to develop, because there are countless possibilities here.

When asked this question, the Black Prince was also a little puzzled, but he answered truthfully:

"In the past, there were indeed many God's Chosen heroes who were active, but recently they have been constantly decreasing. Compared with half a month ago, it seems to have decreased by about two-thirds."

"At first I thought they were taking their troops to other areas to take part in the adventure, but later I found out that it was not, because many of the God's Chosen Heroes' subordinates still remained in the city."

"In the past few days, there have even begun to exist people who chose to defect because they couldn't pay for the accommodation and didn't have enough supplies. Lucilia also gained some strength because of this."

"So I think that those god-chosen heroes may have returned to the kingdom of God permanently."

"Is that so? I see."

It sounds like those god-chosen heroes collectively chose to completely abandon this world?But with such a dense concentration in a short period of time, there is obviously a problem.

After pondering for a while, Li Wei continued to ask: "Then before they left, did they have any abnormal behavior?"

"It's nothing, right? Maybe some guys died several times in a row against the Ratmen and the Greenskins?"

"But the resurrection of the heroes chosen by the gods doesn't seem to cost anything, right? This is the grace of the gods."

Li Wei nodded slightly, but his heart was not calm.

No price?It seems so on the surface, but in fact, the price of death has to be paid with their souls
Vaguely, Li Wei had a bold guess, perhaps as the four gods of chaos gradually awakened, the value of the heroes chosen by the gods would not be so high.

So the world consciousness in the dark began to exert influence on them, and before their souls were weakened to a certain extent, they would completely leave this world?
Further speculation, if it can affect the soul, can it affect the body?
Moving on, they soon came to Pavana, but at this moment, there was a commotion at the entrance of the town.

A group of farmers held up sickles, hoes and other crude tools, and charged towards the city guards, while cursing or shouting.

Li Wei listened carefully to a few words, and suddenly frowned, because the other party chanted loving father, Nurgle and revenge, etc. It sounded like they had chosen to believe in the god of demons-Nurgle.

The city guards immediately chose to face each other with swords, and quickly killed the small group of mobs.

Then several mages summoned some running water to clean the blood on the ground, and the merchants waiting to enter the city around them all looked familiar, as if this kind of thing had happened for the first time.

This time there was no need for Li Wei to ask questions, the Black Prince just sighed: "There are some poor people again, it's a pity that they shouldn't believe in Nurgle."

It turns out that due to the recent outbreak of the disease, there are also many sick farmers in the towns and villages near Pavina.

They couldn't afford medicine, they couldn't hire priests, and the lords everywhere were not so generous, and they wouldn't provide them with free treatment at all.

Therefore, in order to prevent the further spread of the disease and solve the problem once and for all, the lords often choose to gather the sick farmers together and burn them together with the corpses.

Or drive all the infected people out into the wild and leave them to fend for themselves.

So for revenge, or just to survive, many farmers simply converted to Nurgle.

Of course, at present they are just self-proclaimed Nurgle believers. In fact, Nurgle has not given them any power. Just a few city guards can easily massacre dozens or hundreds of farmers.

Hearing this, Li Wei and the others felt a little complicated, and Cindy's face was wrinkled into a ball.

What the lords did was definitely wrong, but these farmers who were the victims made the most stupid choice.

If you choose to believe in demons, their camp will immediately shift to the evil side, and no god can tolerate this behavior, and there will be no priests to purify them.

Although the situation here in Pavina may be more extreme, if you think about it casually, you can know that the situation in other human countries will not be much better.

To change this situation, either Li Wei would capture this place, rule Pavenna in his own way, and then purify and heal the sick farmers.

But there are countless villages and towns in the main world, and it is impossible for him to manage them one by one.

Therefore, the really direct and thorough method is to kill the Horned Rat, Nurgle, and even the Four Gods of Chaos!
With complicated emotions, Li Wei and others pretended to be the black prince's servants and entered Pavenna together.

Although each city-state in the southern kingdom has its own lord, most of them are connected with each other, especially at present, the evil alien races such as the ratmen and green skins are quite powerful, so they have all started to form groups.

As a vampire of the Stryg clan, the Black Prince has always wanted to rebuild the Stryg Empire where humans and vampires coexist. Even though he has not announced his identity to the public, he will of course actively and proactively contact other human forces up.

And he also suspected that Lucilia might have something to do with the vampire queen, so he has been making friends deliberately, and the relationship between the two parties has remained pretty good.

He even bought a piece of land in Pavina and built several taverns.

So for his visit this time, the city guards didn't talk nonsense at all, and didn't do any inspections, so they directly chose to let him go.

Of course, the Black Prince's army still had to stay in the barracks outside the city.

As soon as they entered the town, the surroundings instantly became a lot more noisy, with all kinds of hawking sounds emerging one after another.

Although the owner of this city claims to be the number one bitch in the old world, she does have some skills in terms of management and management, as well as employing people.

The commercial trade here is very developed. The most obvious sign is that the Goddess of Wealth has also established a church here, which shows that there is indeed a lot of money here.

Looking around, most of the surrounding buildings are very gorgeous, showing blue and white colors, and even have a bit of elf architecture style.

Moreover, there are stretches of high-rise buildings ranging from two or three floors to five or six floors. Looking up, they are all bridges, large and small.

These sturdy tall buildings and bridges divide the town into two parts:

The ground is a very obvious residence of ordinary poor ghosts, and the environment is very dirty and harsh. Once it rains, I am afraid that it is impossible to tell whether it is mud or other filth under the feet.

In this case, even if there is no plague outbreak and Nurgle demons, there is a chance that the plague will come at any time.

The upper floor is magnificently built, brightly lit even in the daytime, obviously it is the site of all kinds of rich and powerful businessmen and dignitaries.

There are even many churches of evil gods standing there so openly, and some guys who don't seem to be good people are patrolling and guarding around.

But Li Wei did not find any power of kind gods.

Regardless of whether they have tried to save this place or not, at least so far, they have not been able to make much progress.

After walking for a while, Li Wei found that there were not many God's Chosen heroes in the city. It seemed that while he was busy on Fear Rock, the God's Chosen Heroes had also undergone some changes.

Maybe when he has time later, he still needs to do something to further verify this matter.

Lucilia can recruit those abandoned heroes and troops, so of course she can too!

After arriving at the Black Prince's tavern, Li Wei and the others did not relax at all. Since Dracula is going to become a god today, he must make some big moves.

Then contacting his race, the large amount of bloodshed and death is undoubtedly the highest probability.

So they waited for a long time, but Li Wei did not waste time, but successfully learned a famous 7th-level magic from the Book of Thousand Laws - the Sword of Magic Duncan.

As you can tell by the name, it is another powerful invention of the well-known mage Mordencan, just like the cracking technique that Li Wei has mastered.

Its effect is to summon a sword-shaped force field, and the caster's level and intelligence and other attributes will have a further strengthening effect on its attack and magic resistance.

Not only can it actively attack the enemy like Cindy's warhammer, but it is also almost completely immune to physical attacks. Only dispel magic, anti-magic stance and magic missile are its nemesis.

But Li Wei can also apply protective magic to the Sword of Mordencan, so it can exert its power more efficiently in most cases.

In addition, when launching an attack, it has a certain chance to directly cut off part of the enemy's limbs.

If it's the nose, ears, etc., it may have less impact, but once the opponent's hands and feet are cut off, in a battle of the same level, the opponent basically has only one dead end.

To restore it to the original state, the enemy must at least find a high-level priest of around level 15 and cast the corresponding restoration spells.

During this period, Cindy and Elegy also went out for a few laps, and successfully brought back several human heroes who tended to be neutral and kind.

Their combat power is nothing to Li Wei, but the key point is that they were all abandoned by the heroes chosen by the gods. By asking them, the situation can be further determined.

But at this moment, the sound of horns suddenly sounded in the city, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

Elegy opened the door immediately, and it was the Black Prince who came.

"Prince Li Wei, a large group of refugees suddenly rioted in the city just now, and my subordinates immediately smelled a lot of blood. Now the city guard has officially launched operations."

Everyone was refreshed, knowing that it was very likely that Dracula had officially started his plan.

But before Li Wei had time to say anything, he heard several loud bangs, half of the sky was covered in red, and flames erupted in many places in the city at the same time.

Then the sound of explosions, shouts, weapons colliding, and the screams before death all became intense in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, a large dark green shadow began to appear in the sky, even though it was far away, the rancid smell had already drifted over in the breeze.

Li Wei's complexion changed immediately, he quickly blocked his sense of smell, and the protective magic was released quickly.

At the same time, he did not forget to remind others: "Be careful, it is the power of Nurgle demon!"

Although he still hasn't been able to figure out what condition Dracula promised, but now it seems that he has indeed reached some kind of deal with Nurgle.

Legal units such as Cindy and Mikaela began to cast spells one after another. Elegy, Donna and others also activated the magic scrolls. The first thing to use was naturally the air filter bubble.

The demons of Nurgle are generally not difficult to kill. Even the most powerful Great Unclean Ones are just more resistant to beating. Speed ​​and flexibility are always their biggest weaknesses.

But Nurgle demons are the last enemy they want to deal with, because they are so disgusting!

The Black Prince beside him couldn't help grinning a bit, as he recalled some bad memories.

In addition to magic and sharp claws, vampires are also accustomed to directly biting the enemy's neck with their fangs and sucking blood. When dealing with living people, this can often play a decisive role.

But since he encountered the Nurgle demon last time, he decided to use this trick as little as possible in the future, which was an unforgettable tragic experience for him.

The reason why he chose his allegiance so straightforwardly when the goddess came to him was the power of the goddess and his hatred of Neferita.

But the last willingness may not have been because of the foul-smelling pus, which left him with permanent troubles.

With his own power, it was difficult to expel that power in a short period of time, but for the goddess, it was not worth mentioning at all, so he made a decision so quickly.

Just when the Black Prince was a little lost in thought, dark green dark clouds had already descended from the sky, turning into disgusting pus and spilling over half of the town.

In an instant, I don't know how many people in the city were so disgusted that they wanted to vomit, but there were extremely strange changes in the mobs who were suppressed and beaten by the city guards in various places in the city.

Their bodies began to swell, their skin began to fester, and turned green. Various abscesses and inexplicable growths quickly broke free from under their skin.

What's more, some extra limbs or organs began to grow on the body.

In barely three seconds, thousands of creatures that roughly maintained their human form but had an extremely terrifying appearance were born.

But the three eyes, four arms, etc., are just the obvious changes that can be seen on the outside. In fact, there are more changes in their bodies.

The god of demons, Nurgle, responds to believers much faster than most gods.

And Nurgle is also extremely generous, even though these mobs may only shout Nurgle's name verbally, but they don't have much faith or awe of Nurgle in their hearts, they are still given such a gift.

The city guards who were still trying to exterminate them just now, didn't even care about the disgusting filth pouring down from the sky, and just looked at these enemies one by one dumbfounded.

Some of the more brave ones have already brandished their weapons and launched attacks, wanting to test the opponent's strength.

But soon they discovered that the mob who were easily beheaded by them just now was attacked, but only some disgusting pus splashed on their skin, but they themselves did not suffer much injury.

Because after Nurgle's blessing, they are no longer mortals, but a special kind, half-human, half-demon!

What's more, they were horrified to find that as the filth continued to flow down, they also began to undergo various shocking changes in their bodies just like the mobs on the opposite side.

As the god of demons, Nurgle's blessings are more arbitrary and more undeniable!

At the same time, the cats and dogs used as pets in the city, and the war horses used as mounts, etc., were also affected in a similar way. They all turned into rotting creatures that could spread diseases and poison.

And in the center of the town, a green gate is slowly opening.

"Thick phlegm thick blood mud lungs, sores, skin rotten bones.

Evil fire, herpes, and tears are blocked, and the filthy liquid and slurry are shot like crossbows! "

The five super-giant fat men - the Great Unclean Ones, sang first and paced out of it. Anyone could tell that they were in a very good mood at the moment.

Then dozens of demons with similar appearances but dozens of times smaller also jumped out, riding Nurgle plague toads or Nurgle rot flies, etc., and rushed towards the back of the town. every corner.

Rather than seeking to slay the enemy, they are meant to lead those beings who have just received their blessings to show loyalty and gratitude to the Great Father Nurgle.

This is their task, for they are Nurgle's plaguebringers.

They are also very familiar with this process, because they have also experienced the whole process in their human bodies.

Then groups of Nurgle plague toads, Nurgle rot flies, and Nurgle beasts also swarmed out, and began to attack the entire city in an all-round way. For a while, blood and death began to emerge more and more frequently.

The Nurgle Great Unclean Ones took out huge green cysts one after another from the big mouth on their stomachs, and threw them on the surrounding ground.

Almost as soon as they hit the ground, they were like hearts beating constantly.

Many people who know more about Nurgle demons know that once they are given a few corpses as offerings, they can quickly become breeding grounds, giving birth to many low- and middle-level demons such as Nurgle.

"Prince Levi, what should we do?"

In fact, according to the instinct in his heart, the Black Prince wanted to slip away immediately. He really didn't want to deal with the demon Nurgle.

But the goddess ordered him to focus on Li Wei tonight, and after the exchange just now, he also had a good relationship with Li Wei, so he was willing to hear what Li Wei said.

Cindy, Elegy and others also looked at Li Wei. Out of hatred for evil, even though they were very repulsive, they still wanted to go outside to kill the enemy.

But Li Wei shook his head slightly: "No, let's continue to wait. This should not be the whole plan of Dracula."

Dracula is a vampire, how much good does it do him to summon so many demons of Nurgle who defile the blood?

Then Li Wei changed his voice: "Besides, in this city full of evil and filth, how many people are really worth saving?"

He knew that Cindy and the others still had illusions, but he thought that this number would be extremely slim.

Maybe there were still some good people among those commoners, but now they are almost without exception, and they have become followers of Nurgle actively or passively.

As for the other nobles and many churches in the city, it cannot be said that they are all bad, but there are indeed few good people.

Cindy couldn't help being silent, indeed, brother Li Wei was right.

When he was practicing magic just now, she went out with Luna and others for a circle, and found that the city was full of dark and evil minions, and there were no good gods at all.

Even the Fortune Church, which is usually relatively neutral, is very strange to her here.

Or, being desperate for money is the true face of Fortune Church?Where else are they all about camouflage and restraint?
Those seemingly ragged civilians have tried to steal and deceive her more than once, and their acting skills are also very superb. If it weren't for Luna and others to accompany them, they might really be deceived.

There were even some children who took them to a dark corner and cooperated with a few hooligans and thugs to beat them unconscious. The purpose was self-evident.

If they were not strong enough and replaced by ordinary girls, the next encounter would undoubtedly become extremely miserable.

It seems that those farmers were forced by the lords to believe in Nurgle, and became what they are now, but in fact, most of them are not kind-hearted existences.

Because the Southern Kingdom here, the domain of many evil gods, has been influenced by them for so many years, the hearts of the most ordinary farmers have already been filled with darkness and evil, and this place is simply a capital of crime.

Khalida and Penthesilea had no objections, so they quickly used the tavern as their base to resist the invasion of Nurgle's army.

This also made the Black Prince a little relieved, at least he didn't have to go out and fight Nurgle demons now.

Immediately afterwards, he sent an order to the outside of the city, wanting all the troops in the barracks to evacuate as quickly as possible, and wait for his order at a further distance.

But soon he received bad news that they were locked in by magic, and they couldn't get out for a while.

And it wasn't just them, other troops staying in the barracks, whether they belonged to the God's Chosen Heroes or the aborigines, all suffered such methods without exception.

The Black Prince had just finished speaking, and most of the people present understood, and now it seems that Dracula and Lucilia are likely to cooperate as well.

He left those troops just because he wanted more blood and death.

At this moment, the sky farther away also faintly changed, and Li Wei suddenly frowned, because that direction was another town dozens of miles away from here.

Could it be that, for Dracula, the change of Pavina was just a part of his plan?

(End of this chapter)