Long Live the Call of Heroes

Chapter 545 The Norscans in the Rainforest
Then there are some land beasts that were once common in Lustria, but now have undergone serious mutations.

For example, the cold lizard turned into a blood-colored raptor, and the salamander no longer spit out flames, but bloody vomit.

In addition, there are some werewolves, tauren, and even the rat trolls of the rat people.

At this moment, they were collectively dyed blood red, with sharp spikes growing from their joints, and devil horns on their heads.

Whether they are willing or not, they have all been driven by anger and the desire to kill, and their combat effectiveness has also improved to varying degrees.

Especially the tauren among them, who were not particularly brutal at first, seemed to have liberated their beast nature at this moment. Even if their strength could not be improved because of this, they might still be at the forefront of infantry at the same level in a duel.

But the Amazons have also been operating in Lustria for a while. Although the Lost City is not built on a high mountain like Mutabo, the treetop city on Paradise Island, it is a city in the jungle, but the Arrow Tower, Various defensive facilities such as rejecting horses and city walls can be considered complete.

There are also a large number of Spartans holding spears and shields in front as meat shields, so ordinary Amazons only need to put arrows in the back.

The Norscans are extremely suppressed in terms of long-range attacks, because their long-range weapons usually only have javelins and throwing axes, and they do not have bows and arrows.

On the one hand, it is because they are in a place of bitter cold, and it is difficult to obtain bows and arrows. On the other hand, it is also because the bows and arrows may be deformed due to moisture during their plundering across the sea.

Moreover, Li Wei also discovered the existence of many god-chosen heroes, both Spartans and Amazons, with different occupations.

Among them, there are two special legal units. One is somewhat similar to druids. In addition to healing, it can also urgently stimulate various ferocious plants, such as giant piranhas, etc., to assist in combat.

The other is the giant snake spirit priests. As the name suggests, they mainly kill enemies by summoning the spirits of various snakes.

But occasionally you can use strong winds to enhance the power and range of your own arrows, use the wind vortex to weaken the power of enemy throwing objects such as throwing axes, etc.

Their powers are quite different from those called priests on Paradise Island who are actually priests. They are less dependent on the gods.

It seems that the Greek gods had a certain idea at the beginning, but unfortunately because of Zeus's bad move, they finally ran away collectively. Only Diana and Kratos remained, and I don't know how long they can last.

Based on Li Wei's understanding of the Greek gods, mainly their queen Hera, she is unlikely to let the two of them continue to act here.

Compared with most gods, the Greek gods are more like human beings who hold power in their hands, so they are not shy about their many emotions and desires, and Hera is synonymous with jealousy.

Although the fighting power of those god-chosen heroes is not comparable to that of Li Wei and his party, they are still enough to deal with the enemies in front of them.

It's just that the various beasts that were used to fighting side by side with the Amazons have disappeared at this moment. It seems that the Amazons are also worried that they will be corrupted by the Khorne demon.

Still, the situation favored the defense.

In this case, when Li Wei joined the battlefield with Elegy and others, the pressure on the Norscans was even greater.

No enemy could stop the charge of Penthesilea and Elegy.

Cindy flew around with the angels, and it was like entering no one's land. The Norscans' spears and throwing axes either missed, or even if they hit a few times occasionally, they couldn't do much damage.

The size of the little female dragon is a bit bigger, and she is an easy target, but she is quite cunning and maintains her height, only using various magic to kill enemies.

After all, the range of Norscan spear throwing is basically only tens of meters.

Mortride's erratic figure makes the enemy unpredictable, but every time she shows up, she leaves behind several corpses.

Although her killing speed is not as fast as Elegy and the others, she specifically picks out the elite among the enemies.

Li Wei didn't take much action, he just threw out a few small magics casually to activate his ability of bright knowledge and provide a buff to the surrounding friendly forces.

Soon, with their efforts, the enemies in one direction were almost killed.

At this moment, accompanied by a loud howl like a train whistle, the earth trembled, and a dozen or so fully armed war elephants quickly approached from a distance.

No, more accurately, they should be called mammoths.

Compared with ordinary war elephants, they are larger, have longer tusks, and are covered with thick hair.

This not only allows them to better withstand the severe cold, but also has good resistance to attacks such as bows and arrows. Under the hair is thick leather that can resist low-level magic.

At the same time, the Norscans also further strengthened it. On their stomachs and other weakly protected parts, they put some crude armor to block arrows, and tied some logs to their fangs. Used as a makeshift battering ram.

Ordinary wild mammoths exist at level 6, and this kind of war mammoth, which is specially used for large-scale wars, exists at level 7.

Everyone immediately realized that these Norscans were by no means ordinary existences, and ordinary pirate longships could not carry such war behemoths whose weight was measured in tons.

And even in the homeland of the Norscans, mammoths are not common, let alone in the tropical rainforest thousands of miles away.

However, there is no sign of being corroded by the power of Khorne on their bodies, and it is not known whether it is too late or due to other considerations.

On the back of the mammoth, there is also a special giant saddle, on which stand many Norscans holding javelins or throwing axes.

Seeing this, the expressions of many commanders on the side of the city also changed.

Because we are in the rain forest and there are no orthodox mages who specialize in earth magic, the building materials of the Lost City are mainly wood. The appearance of so many mammoths can already pose a strong threat to the Lost City right now. .

But looking at Li Wei and the others again, Anaconda was a little relieved. She couldn't be sure of Li Wei's strength for the time being, but Penthesilea was a real legendary warrior.

In the middle of the group of mammoths, there is a man wearing a brass battle armor and holding a shield axe, suspected to be the existence of a chief, riding a mammoth alone.

With his appearance, the morale of many Norscans also rose. They cheered and screamed strangely to welcome the arrival of their leader.

And the chief of Norsca also seemed to want to take the opportunity to show off his power. His progress was not fast, until he gradually approached the maximum range of the Amazon archers, and he shouted loudly:
"I am Lost Rickson, guided by the great blood-red dog, come to guide you ignorant mortals, join us, and let the blood spill over the earth!"

Hearing this, Elegy and the others couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay. You Norscans still have the nerve to call others ignorant?How many of you can't even write your own name?

As for the Scarlet Hound, it undoubtedly refers to Khorne.

Probably for the convenience of memory and yelling, the Norscans are used to transforming themselves into many powerful beings, such as gods, into some kind of totem animals.

So in their mouths, among the four gods of chaos, Khorne became a dog, Nurgle became a raven, Slaanesh became a snake, and Tzeentch became a eagle.

But that's not important, the important thing is to be able to say these words, and with this posture, the opponent must be the leader of this Norscan army, as long as he is killed, the battle will almost be over.

With Li Wei's acquiescence, Penthesilea rode out alone, pointing his spear at the other party: "I am the queen from Paradise Island - Penthesilea, do you dare to fight me to the death?"

As soon as the words came out, the movements of many Norscans around them slowed down a little, and even those who were driving the mammoths stopped, and turned their attention to their chiefs.

Whether it is the Norscans or the demons of Khorne, they are all advocating duels. I don't know what choice the chief will make this time?

"Haha, woman, you are courting death!"

Accompanied by a series of loud laughter, the chief drove the mammoth under his crotch to charge.

Similarly, Penthesilea also launched a charge, as if wanting to confront the opponent head-on.

It's just that the size of the mounts on both sides is many times different, and many people are not very optimistic about her.

However, insiders such as Li Wei and Elegy didn't have the slightest worry at all. As a descendant of a god and a legend, it was absolutely impossible for her to lose to a little-known Norsca chief who was not even a legend.

What they are more concerned about now is, how many tricks will Penthesilea use to kill him?
As the distance drew closer, Penthesilea yelled coquettishly, and jumped up from the back of the giant stag. He was still in mid-air, and his body was already covered by golden-red rays of light: "My father, my blood, The March of Ares!"

Faced with her surprise attack, the chief seemed very surprised, but he still followed his instinct, defending with a shield in one hand and counterattacking with an ax in the other.

It's a pity that he overestimated his own strength too much. Penthesilea's spear passed through, and the shield was directly shattered, and then inserted into his chest.

After stirring inside for a few times, Penthesilea did not pull out the spear, but directly lifted the chief's body high and threw it right in front of the still running mammoth.

Then, accompanied by a series of shattering sounds of bones, the chief turned into a meatloaf clinging to the ground.

Most of the people who were paying attention to this battle were in a daze for a while, even the Amazons and Spartans in the Lost City were no exception.

Most of them knew the name of Queen Penthesilea and believed that she would win the final victory, but they never expected that the process would be so easy!

As for those Norscans, they were even more confused, because this Lost Rickson chief was not an ordinary Norscan chief.

He has traveled back and forth between Norsca and Lustia several times, and dealt with lizardmen, dark elves, ratmen, vampire pirates, etc. more than once.

They also excavated the ruins of the lizardman's temple and brought back a large amount of gold.

This time, he was even more favored by the Khorne demons, which gave the Norscans a chance to become stronger.

Attacking the Lost City was actually a trial given to him by a high-level Khorne demon. As long as he can succeed, the Khorne demon is willing to support the Norscans and build a permanent port city by the sea.

According to their previous plan, this attack should be foolproof, and even the chief had thought about naming the port city "Skogi" after his daughter.

Once the port is built, the Norscans who are still suffering in the bitter cold in the north will continue to come. At that time, their earliest followers may become captains or even greater officials in the future.

For this reason, many tribes expended a lot of energy, captured mammoths, built large ships enough to carry them, and traveled across the ocean to come here.

But who would have thought that in a one-on-one fight with a woman, the chief would be instantly killed in a single encounter?
Because the chief died too simply, the morale of all the Norscans was affected, and quite a few Norscans couldn't believe their eyes, and their reactions on the battlefield were a bit slow for a while.

But the troops defending the city would not miss this opportunity, and they took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

With the help of Li Wei, the arrows of the anaconda and other Amazons all turned into rockets, and under Donna's command, they began to launch a salvo of arrows at the mammoths.

With Donna's current level and the many treasures on her body, the blessing to the troops is much stronger than that of the anaconda.

Even though the war mammoth is a 7th-order existence, it is instantly killed and more injured.

According to this situation, it will take only a few rounds to kill these giant beasts with them alone.

Cindy also led the angels and began to cast magic condescendingly. They couldn't kill all the mammoths at once, but it was still easy to clean up the Norscans on the back of the mammoths.

Penthesilea's movements didn't stop either, and she began to try to drive the beast under her crotch to charge the other Norscans from the side.

It didn't go well at first, but after she casually stabbed a few blood holes in the mammoth's back and hit its head with the shield several times, the mammoth soon became much more honest.

It began to move according to her instructions, and even if it didn't attack, just bumping or stomping on it would have cost the Norscans dearly.

This time, it wasn't just Elegy and Donna, almost all the Amazons who saw this scene smiled knowingly, because this was their unique way of taming animals!
After another half an hour of fighting, the Norscans began to be completely defeated, and the remaining troops went into the woods and rushed towards the coastline.

Li Wei and the others didn't chase too much, they just put more energy on the remaining mammoths.

For Li Wei, due to the relationship between soul fragments and hunting rituals, killing a mammoth is more valuable than killing hundreds or thousands of ordinary Norscans.

Penthesilea really wanted to keep the mammoth and tame it thoroughly. Unfortunately, after being counterattacked by other mammoths for a while and encountering a few rounds of spear throwing by the Norscas, it had a terrible accident. obvious changes.

It became violent and uncontrollable, its skin began to turn blood red, and some small horns gradually emerged from its forehead. It was being corroded by the power of Khorne demons, and Penthesilea had no choice but to kill it. it's gone.

Now Li Wei is a little interested. Not all mammoths have such changes. What rules are followed?
So he joined forces with everyone and made a few attempts.

They soon discovered that the Khorne demon should have tampered with these mammoths. When the health of the mammoths dropped to the 30% warning line, they might be corrupted.

But this requires a slightly slow process. If the mammoth dies too quickly, for example, it is directly taken away by a wave of salvos from the Amazons, this effect will not work.

In order to verify this conjecture, everyone worked together, and soon succeeded in controlling the two mammoths that were not injured much.

Although this kind of monster that relies purely on physical strength can be considered powerful, it often appears very powerless in the face of magic.

Afterwards, they looked around the two mammoths with great interest. This was the first time they had encountered such a big guy that usually only lives in cold areas, and they wondered if they could be tamed?

Li Wei also looked at the anaconda next to him and said, "Speaking of which, you don't seem to have used any beasts in this battle?"

The anaconda couldn't help sighing softly: "The Khorne demons don't know what ritual they used. A wide range of beasts will be corrupted by them, becoming barbaric and bloodthirsty. Even the ones we domesticated are forced to kill a lot."

Li Wei was a little puzzled: "Ritual? Didn't the magic toads notice it? It's not too far from Mazda Moody's territory, the City of the Sun - Hesiota, right?"

The location of the Lost City is still very good. The northeast is the coastline, and the northwest is the City of the Sun with the most powerful lizardman military force. There is also the strongest second-generation magic toad Mazda Moody. Now it should be There is also a Kroka Lord.

I don't know how much Zeus and the others paid in the first place to let the magic toad agree to Amazon's settlement here.

"Probably because he's too busy recently."

"It is said that some time ago, when the dark elves were chasing a group of rebellious green-skinned slaves, they broke into the lizardmen's territory and stole some valuable magic tools while the lizardmen were besieging the ratmen."

"Afterwards, Mazda Moody became furious and took the initiative to launch an attack, but the dark elves are not easy to mess with. Now that the two sides have officially started a war, the Witch Queen Moras has mobilized a lot of troops for this."

"Furthermore, the vampire pirates and some humans from the Southern Kingdom recently took the opportunity to establish some small ports not far from the City of the Sun."

Only then did Li Wei understand.

The continent of Lustria, dominated by lizardmen, and the continent of Naggaros, dominated by dark elves, are connected to each other. The two legendary territories mentioned by the anaconda also happen to be located in the frontline areas of their respective camps.

Regardless of their personal strength, power, or status, they are all very similar in their respective races. If this fight is formalized, the scale will definitely not be small, and it is indeed possible that they have no energy to manage other places.

As for the other two forces, I don't know how much power they have. If there are legendary heroes behind them, then Mazda Moody's life is indeed difficult recently.

Soon Elegy and their side also finished communicating, and Lost City agreed to help, trying to tame the two mammoths.

This is not only a disguised form of repaying the kindness, but also because they also want to find a way to break it.

It can't be because of the evil power of the Khorne demon that Amazon has never used any beasts to help in the battle, right?Now is just a few opportunities.

The lizardmen seem to be able to use the power of the giant network of spiritual veins to counteract this corruption, but the Amazons and Spartans still have to rely on themselves.

Soon the battles in other places also came to an end one after another. Amazon took some archers to chase after it for a while, and then retreated.

On the one hand, it was because there were not many defenders in the Lost City, and on the other hand, because they didn't have mounts, even if they really went to hunt them down, the effect would not be very high.

Now that the mammoths of the Norscans have been left behind, even if the opponent attacks again in the future, the threat will definitely be greatly reduced.

Seeing that the Norscans were defeated thousands of miles away, Li Wei also took a few captives, hoping to get some information from them.

This process is very easy, because the Norscans have always lived in an extremely difficult environment, and the Norscans value their own strength very much.

So Li Wei cast a few magic spells such as Weakness Technique and Exhaustion Wave, and a little more intimidation, and a few Norscans were scared out of their wits, and all of them were recruited.

Li Wei interrogated them separately, and asked Cindy to help release a few identification lies, and finally confirmed each other, which can be regarded as a thorough confirmation of the origin of the other party and the power they possess.

The Norscans were a joint operation of more than a dozen tribes this time, but half of them died first when they encountered sea beasts and wind and waves at sea.

After arriving at the place, they were attacked by the Ratmen, killed many by the patrolling Lizardmen, and were killed by the Khorne demons.

Afterwards, the demons of Khorne took a fancy to their strength, and finally reached some kind of cooperation.

It's a pity that the main force of the remaining troops was basically wiped out in this battle.

Not counting the remaining broken soldiers, they only had about five or six hundred Norscan raiders in a simple barracks on a site suitable for establishing a port, commanded by the chief's daughter, Skogi.

Their strength is much weaker. Basically, it belongs to the level that Li Wei used to throw a Yang Yanbang to kill almost the same.

It's a pity that these guys didn't know about the strength of the Khorne demon behind them, etc., because they were all scared to death at the time, and there was only one real insider, the chief who had been killed.

They only knew that the demons of Khorne gave them a pair of blood wine afterwards, and after drinking it, their strength improved to varying degrees, and they became more irritable and bloodthirsty.

Seeing that they couldn't find anything anymore, Li Wei also kept his promise and let them go, and sent Shadow Element and Jaymouse to follow up secretly, wanting to make sure if the other party had another place to stay.

At this time, Anaconda also brought her two other sisters: bird and piranha, and came to say hello to Li Wei.

Later on are the commanders among the Spartans, and the local Chosen heroes of the Lost City.

Because Li Wei and his party fully demonstrated their strength, they rescued the lost city, and they had the Queen of Paradise Island by their side, so whether they were the aborigines or God's Chosen Heroes, they were all very enthusiastic and polite.

After a few polite words, Li Wei also began to ask about Hippolyta and the city of mist of the lizard people.

He is really curious now, how did Hippolyta get in touch with each other.

Hearing his question, the anaconda immediately smiled and said: "Because the lord Huahua of the Mist City is completely different from all other magic toads, he advocates fighting with warm-blooded species of the kind or neutral camp, that is, humans and elves. There are also dwarves and so on, get a good relationship and fight against evil together."

"In addition, the distance between the Lost City and the Mist City is not too far, so we have joined forces to fight against vampire pirates several times in the past, and recently we have jointly dealt with the Ratmen and forged a deep friendship."

Li Wei raised his eyebrows, among the magic toads, there is such a thing?
You must know that whether it is historical records or his personal communication with Mazda Moody, it shows that the other party always has a condescending attitude. When they look at other races, they are like looking at ignorant children.

Coupled with their inherent aloofness and xenophobia, they almost never deal with other races.

In contrast, the other party's name is not a problem. The magic toad and the lizardman also have their own language, and this word may have other special meanings for the other party.

At this moment, Selekite's chuckle suddenly came from the bottom of Li Wei's heart: "Li Wei, I think I've heard of his name."

"It is said that in a debate that lasted for 500 years, he overwhelmed the crowd and won the final victory. As a protest, no demon toad that participated in the debate has spoken to it in the following 1000 years."

"But he was originally supposed to be the lord of Slanmupek, a city of mist located in the central area of ​​Lustria. Why did he come to the north?"

"But that doesn't matter anymore. If it was him, he should be trustworthy, because the original debate was about how the Lizardmen should treat races such as humans and elves."

The Devil Toad, Lizardmen, Amazons, and Spartans all belong to the lawful camp of the guardian system, but strictly speaking, they are not the good camp.

The Amazons and Spartans are okay, they mainly protect their own interests, but the devil toads and lizardmen, no one knows their real purpose, and they never tell outsiders.

But in fact, Li Wei learned from Lilith that the magic toads are not protecting races such as humans or elves, they are actually guarding the order of the world.

Many of the toads, headed by Mazda Moody, believed that the dwarves should stay in the mountains forever to mine and never come out.

The elves should guard the island of Ulthuan, instead of developing colonies everywhere, launching ocean trade and so on.

Similarly, for races such as humans, they also have various arrangements.

According to the character of the magic toads, if the dwarves and elves don't obey the arrangement, they will definitely take all reasonable and necessary means they know to force the elves to obey the order, which of course includes war.

It's just that the threat of various evil races has always been greater, and the primary goal of the devil toads is to fight against many evil races such as demons, devils, undead, and ratmen.

So they are considered very reliable by many good camps, and they are some silent defenders of order.

But in fact, the benevolent camps such as the devil toad and the paladin may maintain a high degree of consistency in their actions against evil, but in fact their starting points are completely different.

If a human adventurer offends the magic toad, or invades the lizardman's city, etc., the lizardman will obviously not show mercy.

It is said that Mazda Moody personally took action to destroy a small human town that was trying to develop in Lustria for a long time.

But this Lord Huahua is different. He really wants to express his friendliness to races such as elves and humans.

It's just that this kind of friendliness may not really yield good results. It is said that in the past, some human adventurers from the southern kingdom used his feelings to defraud gold from the city of mist.

Although there is no currency in the society of the magic toad and the lizard people, this does not mean that gold is useless to them.

In fact, they exist as magic materials, so you will often see gold on the lizard people on the battlefield. They do not exist as ornaments, but are used to strengthen the lizard people's combat effectiveness.

But despite this, Lord Huahua tolerated these humans with great kindness, which is enough to show how kind he is.

Not to mention among the magic toads, even if all races are counted, the lord of Huahua is also a rare sight.

If it was changed to some extreme angels and encountered such a thing, I'm afraid they would have directly slashed people with knives, right?
After listening to Selekite's message, Li Wei felt that it seemed necessary for him to go to the City of Mist in person to get to know the other party.

The magic toad is the most talented race in the main world in terms of magic. All known magic toads are all legendary wizards.

With the help of the huge network of spiritual veins in each of their cities, the combat power they can actually display is definitely better than most alien legends.

Not to mention that the lord Huahua himself is the lord of the city, and a good relationship with him will be beneficial and harmless.

"How long has Queen Hippolyta been gone? Can she still be contacted now?"

"It's been about a few hours. She sent a message before, saying that she is joining forces with the lizard people to search for traces of Khorne demons and Nurgle demons in the jungle and encircle them."

Li Wei felt something was wrong when he heard it: "Have they appeared on such a large scale in Lustria?"

All the devil toads and lizardmen have the same principle when dealing with demons: if you see them, you will kill them.

If these two kinds of demons have begun to appear in the jungle on a large scale, it means that the current situation of the lizard people is definitely not optimistic.

The anaconda sighed helplessly: "It wasn't originally, but the Ratman Plague clan has recently spread the plague in the jungle, and the lizardmen's cities are protected by the magic toads, so the impact is not great."

"However, the many ferocious beasts living in the jungle, as well as the war beasts we and the lizardmen envoy, are easily infected by this. This has greatly stimulated the scale and frequency of the Nurgle demons coming."

The most numerous people on the Lustria continent have never been lizardmen, ratmen, or Amazons, but countless beasts.

Whether they suffer from the plague or die from it, it will strengthen the power of Nurgle's demons.

As for the Khorne demons, there is no need to mention them. In theory, wherever there is blood and killing, it is easier to attract their attention and strengthen their combat effectiveness.

And now Lustria, the most indispensable thing is these things.

"Okay, I see, Anaconda, please contact Queen Hippolyta again, I don't think she will refuse reinforcements like me, right?"

Hearing this, Penthesilea by her side immediately looked forward to it. Hippolyta had blown her Lost City so much before, but as soon as she arrived here, she found that there were wars everywhere, and she was lost. The city is far from safe.

So she can't wait to appear in front of the other party and see what expression she will have now!
(End of this chapter)