Long Live the Call of Heroes

Chapter 567 The Brass Fortress and the All-Victory Archer

As if in response to his guess, news came from the Messenger of Mercy that there were no normal humans in the central tower.

In addition to the Nurgle demons inside, there are Nurgle believers, and they seem to be preparing for a larger-scale sacrifice ceremony.

Just in case, the Messenger of Mercy did not startle the enemy, but notified Li Wei as soon as possible, and asked what to do next.

How to do it?Naturally, rush forward to kill all the demons of Nurgle, and completely purify the brass fortress!

Li Wei thought so, and decided to do so. The chanter next to him, Vasily, naturally expressed his full support at the first time.

He is the leader of the Sigmar Church here. If the Brass Fortress is captured by Nurgle demons during his garrison, even if he fights to the death, it will not be able to make up for his fault.

Even when the soul ascended to Sigma's kingdom of God, it was still a head shorter than other colleagues. Now that the famous Prince Li Wei is willing to make a move, he naturally has to do his best.

So as soon as Li Wei went out, he saw two or three hundred bald and strong men gathered outside.

Their equipment is extremely simple, but their expressions are full of fanaticism, just like the whippers, ascetics, and combat pilgrims that are unique to many churches.

As demons and devils, and mortals corrupted by their influence, tend to have proliferating limbs, forehead horns are the most common of these.

So shaving your head is also one of the ways to declare that you are still pure to some extent.

These guys may not be very good at fighting, but under the urging of faith, they will definitely dare to risk their lives very much.

Not only are they not afraid of death, but they also regard death in battle as their pursuit, because that can allow them to ascend to the kingdom of God faster, so they are also cannon fodder that many churches like very much.

But Li Wei no longer needs cannon fodder like them, so he just signaled the reciter-Vassily to let these loyal believers of Sigma protect this church so that they can have a safe rear.

This time it was a bit beyond the sutra recitation master's expectation. There are still people who don't want free cannon fodder?

Is it because he is really kind-hearted, or does he look down on these cannon fodder?

But in any case, of course he unconditionally chose to follow Li Wei's instructions.

A few seconds later, when Li Wei summoned many celestial creatures and constructs with a wave of his hand, most of the doubts of the chanter were relieved. With these powerful existences, Li Wei really does not need these voluntary creatures. Believers who have dedicated themselves to God.

In fact, Li Wei only needs a guide to guide the way, and a sutra reciter is enough.

So after the summoning, he marched directly to the central tower.

Looking from a distance, this originally majestic and majestic building has been covered by unnatural growth at this moment.

Layers of leather-like green growths grew on the outer wall, and huge blisters bulged up from time to time, and occasionally swelled and ruptured, swaying corrosive and foul-smelling pus to the surroundings.

And in some larger blisters, there may be some low-level Nurglings that appear together with pus, and run around cheering, attacking all non-demonic existences.

In addition to the blood, corpses and pus on the streets, occasionally there are groups of aboriginal adventurers who are teaming up to deal with these low-level demons.

But I don't know why, although these Nurglings look hideous and unwilling to die, they give Li Wei a rather strange feeling at this moment, that is, they are all laughing and celebrating something!

At the same time, on the top of the tower, white lights flickered, and there were occasional explosions. The Messenger of Mercy and the Messenger were fighting fiercely with the enemy.

The enemy is a legendary demon prince of Nurgle who calls himself the "King of Withering". With a favorable location and the strengthening of the sacrificial array, it is fighting two against one without losing the slightest advantage.

But the Messenger of Mercy did not ask Li Wei for more help, but instead urged him to enter the central tower as soon as possible, because he noticed that the Nurgle demons were still preparing a more terrifying ceremony!

Li Wei still trusted the judgment of the Messenger of Mercy, so he just sent the Dragon Head God Envoy and the high-ranking Red Flame Envoy as helpers, and then led the rest of the people directly to the central tower.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard a series of groans and roars. Hundreds of enemies armed with knives, guns, swords and halberds, covered in plagues and swarms of flies, had already killed them first.

After seeing it clearly, the sutra reciter immediately couldn't help but cursed: "These hateful demons!"

He did have reason to scold, because even though his body was swollen and rotten, and there were large and small demon horns growing on his forehead, it could be vaguely seen from the other party's filthy military uniform that they were originally stationed Army here.

They are not pure demons, but carriers of Nurgle.

But looking at their current appearance, it is obvious that there is no cure. The only thing we can do is to free them as soon as possible and let them die!
Li Wei is also keenly aware that some of the existing bodies have marks that belong to Nurgle, which can further strengthen their upper limit of life, defense and recovery capabilities, etc.

However, in front of Li Wei and the others, these enemies are still not worth mentioning. That is, when fighting, Li Wei and the others need to use powerful magic more cautiously, otherwise accidents are prone to occur in such a confined space.

This tower is not entirely made of rock, but more flammable wood.

Due to the absolute crushing in strength, these corrupted existences were almost killed in just a few breaths.

At this moment, there were sporadic gunshots in the distance, and then they became more and more dense, and they were getting closer and closer to Li Wei and the others.

Li Wei suddenly felt a little strange, because so far, they have not found any Nurgle demons, and those who have been corrupted by Nurgle, can use crossbows or muskets as weapons.

Perhaps the swollen fingers are no longer enough to support them from winding, aiming, and finally shooting, so even if they use long-range weapons, Nurgle demons or beings corrupted by Nurgle mostly use throwing axes or javelins predominantly, but in practice the latter is still quite rare.

Nurgle demons using muskets are unheard of, so the biggest possibility is that the other party is some resisters!
The chanter next to him was also overjoyed: "Prince Li Wei, the sound is from the direction of the dungeon. It may be the all-conquering shooters led by Mr. Durz Gundman."

"Before they reacted immediately after the Nurgle demon appeared, I thought they were all in misfortune, but I didn't expect there to be survivors now!"

Li Wei has also heard of this name. In addition to the unique arms of each church and the large number of knights, the twelve provinces of the Sigmar Empire have their own special arms.

The all-victorious shooters are a special unit of the Hawkland, and they are some musketeers who are good at forest warfare.

This sentence alone is enough to explain their extraordinaryness. After all, muskets cannot be thrown, and being able to shoot smoothly in the forest without being blocked by trees has already reflected their strength from the side.

And Durz Gundman is the commander and trainer of this army, but it is worth mentioning that he is not part of the Sigmar Empire army, but a mercenary.

As a mercenary, he worked so hard, there may be some other secrets in it, so Li Wei immediately dispatched the shadow element and others to rescue.

Dirge and Mortride also volunteered, although fighting Nurgle demons was a great stimulus to their sight and sense of smell.

But with the magic of air filter bubbles that Li Wei used in advance, coupled with the experience of several recent battles, they have gradually adapted a lot.

Li Wei led everyone to follow behind. Except for the hall at the entrance, the interior of the central tower is mostly divided into many densely packed small rooms. No one knows if some powerful enemies will suddenly jump out of it, so Still be careful.

But with Elegy's current strength, it is no problem to deal with some Nurgle demons, and soon it was like chopping melons and vegetables, killing some Nurgle demons that followed, and rescued dozens of musketeers.

When the first bearded man saw Li Wei, his eyes lit up: "I am Durz Gundman, thank you very much for lending a helping hand in a critical moment!"

While saying this, he showed Li Wei a special token in the blind spot of the chanter's sight, which represented his identity as the harpist alliance.

Li Wei raised his eyebrows, well, now he probably has a guess about the whole thing.

The Harper Alliance has always been committed to niping the crisis in the bud. It is estimated that they have already detected the possible mutation in the Brass Fortress in advance, but they are not capable enough, and they still cannot stop it in the end.

But it is also understandable that the Harper Alliance is a large organization all over the main world. Their behavior and creed are supported by multiple races, but they have two obvious weaknesses:
First, because there are too many places to focus on, resulting in extremely scattered forces, it may be no problem to deal with ordinary evil, but to deal with powerful demon lords, it often requires them to call friends and seek reinforcements, which may lead to delays in combat opportunities .

The second point is that they don't have any particularly strong backing behind them.

Although they have always been very secretive, they cannot hide from the eyes of the gods. After years of investigation, Lilith is now almost certain that the leader of the Harper Alliance is a human demigod - Vander Dragonthorn.

He was originally a bard, but with the help of the goddess of luck, he killed an evil god and became a demigod, and thus became the goddess of luck.

In addition, it is worth mentioning his priesthood, one of which is the transformation of art, which is no different from trash, and there is nothing to say.

The other one is more special: from decay to rebirth.

If she could use this to get in touch with the other party, the decaying divinity that Lilith just obtained from the decaying dragon god might be sold.

Van der Longthorn himself is only a demigod, so he may not be able to offer enough in exchange, but the goddess of luck who helped him ascend to the gods back then will definitely be able to.

Moreover, there are rumors that Van der Longthorn has recently gotten very close to the Moon Maiden-Su Lun, and it is very likely that he has fallen in love with a rich woman.

If any one of these two mid-level goddesses chooses to take the lead for him, Lilith will definitely have a more satisfactory harvest.

As for why the other party revealed their identities to him so easily, it was of course the druid Naer and the light mage Lily who were loyal to Li Wei, and they had always been members of the Harper Alliance.

They also once cooperated with the Harper Alliance in the Underdark under Li Wei's instruction, and helped each other establish several small and secret strongholds.

They also cooperated with the followers of Eilistraee, the dark girl of the drows, to fight against the evil drows who believed in Lolth, so the relationship between the two parties has always been good.

While thinking about it, Li Wei waved his hand: "Forget about the polite words. Our immediate goal is to exterminate the demons and quell this riot. What's the next situation?"

Durz Gundman heard Levi's subtext, kill the demon first, and talk about other things later.

So he didn't talk nonsense: "The culprit who caused all this - Samuel, is currently trying to use a large number of beastmen and ratmen as sacrifices to create Nurgle's Abandoned Nurgle and Nurgle Chaos Egg!"

There is no need to mention Chaos Eggs, they are monsters that are completely distorted, lose their minds, and never know fear.

The Abandoned Ones exist between the Plague Carriers and the Chaos Eggs. Their bodies have also undergone serious mutations due to the power of demons, but they have not been completely distorted, so their combat effectiveness is also between the two.

Just as he spoke, a large number of Nurgle plague carriers, abandoned people, and Chaos Eggs swarmed in. Even if there was still a distance, the surrounding air became obviously much polluted.

Elegy, Mortride and the others greeted them immediately, but Li Wei was more concerned about the other two words: "Where are the beastmen and ratmen from the Brass Fortress?"

This fortress originally existed to defend against the Beastmen. If the facts were as the other party said, wouldn't it mean that the brass fortress had been infiltrated into a sieve long ago?
"It was introduced by Samuel using his identity. Those idiots might have had some unrealistic illusions, thinking that Samuel was an avenger who hated the empire, but they didn't expect that Samuel actually voted for Na Dirty devil."

Hearing this, the reciter, who was casting protection and buff spells on the soldiers in the front row, also felt something was wrong: "How do you know so clearly?"

What he didn't say is, have you already expected it?Then why didn't we notify Sigma Church immediately?
But Durz Gundeman just glanced at him, and then continued to say to Li Wei: "We tried to assassinate and stop it, but unfortunately ended in failure, so we notified the paladins of Tire as soon as possible, They're on their way now."

The chanter's eyes suddenly widened. The Sigmar Sect has always believed that the Sigmar Empire should have only one sect, and that is Sigma.

Even if Tire is synonymous with kindness and justice, he will never back down when it comes to disputes of belief.

Now the other party's actions immediately aroused his strong dissatisfaction, even hostility.

If it weren't for the critical situation now and Li Wei's presence, he would have every reason to arrest the other party in the name of the Sigma Church just based on what the other party said just now!

But now neither Li Wei nor Durz Gunderman cares much about the reciter.

For Li Wei, he found a more suitable guide, and Durz Gundman had already made a decision when he said what he just said.

If he is lucky enough to survive after this incident is over, then he will leave the Brass Fortress and leave the area ruled by the chanter.

Anyway, with his ability, he can do well in any province he goes to.

It might even be possible that Hawkland's elector would protect him, and even negotiate with the Church of Sigma to transfer the chanter out of here.

Because replacing a chanter in the Brass Fortress is irrelevant to Hawkland, but without him, Durz Gunderman, Hawkland will permanently lose a special unit!

In contrast, Hawke's son, Samuel, is not too important.

Regardless of whether he is active or tempted by the demon, when he decides to take refuge in the demon of Nurgle, he is already an enemy and a dying person to the elector.

After pondering for a while, Li Wei continued to ask: "Who are our enemies?"

The strength of the Harper Alliance may not be very good, but their intelligence system is still very developed, and it is worth looking forward to.

"The dungeon and the first floor we are on are full of corrupted and transformed Nurgle plague carriers, abandoned people, and Chaos Eggs. The commander is Samuel. They seem to just want to delay time and prepare for a larger sacrifice. Ritual."

"The top layer is the Wither King. Prince Li Wei may already know that it is enough to compete against two powerful celestial beings in a short time. It is the legendary Demon Prince of Nurgle."

"The second layer is the demon army commanded by Volott the Corruptor. The Corruptor may have been a chief from Norsca."

Speaking of this, Durz Gunderman paused slightly: "There is also Doctor Festus, we have reason to suspect that the reason why the demons of Nurgle acted in such a big way is probably to make this 'doctor 'Elevated to Demon Prince of Nurgle."

Before Li Wei could speak, the chanter next to him couldn't help shouting: "How is it possible? Even in the capital Altdorf, Dr. Festus is the most kind and famous doctor who saved the most lives. A doctor who is best at treating plagues, how could he degenerate into a demon of Nurgle?"

Durz Gunderman finally answered the other party's question this time: "So, can this kind doctor cure Nurgle's plague?"

The chanter was speechless for a moment, and he seemed to vaguely understand why the doctor fell.

Because no matter how famous he is, no matter how superb his medical skills are, he is only a mortal after all, and it is impossible for him to have a solution to the plague of Nurgle, which combines the power of magic and demons.

Watching the patient tortured to death by the plague, or simply being corrupted into a demon of Nurgle, but he, a doctor, is helpless. How desperate should he be?
Despair is the devil's food. It is only logical that the Nurgle demon sneaked in to teach the other party the knowledge about the disease, and then corrupted the whole body, mind and soul of this famous doctor.

Li Wei couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly. Did Sigma specially ask him to come here just to destroy the Nurgle demon and prevent the Brass Fortress from being captured?
If this matter is replaced by other legends of the empire, or by Sigmar's celestial legion such as the Punisher, it can also be done, but the time spent and the price paid may be different.

Combined with your own disaster avoidance books
So the crux of the matter may lie in the famous doctor Festus!
Thinking of this, Li Wei directly ordered: "We split into two groups, and Cindy and I will save that famous doctor."

"Others follow Elegy and Penthesilea, go to the dungeon to destroy Samuel, prevent Nurgle's demon's sacrificial ceremony, and then take advantage of the trend to sweep up and crusade against the remaining demons. Do you have any different opinions?"

Elegy and the others shook their heads one after another. Although they were somewhat worried, they also knew that with Li Wei's current strength, it was enough to protect themselves against most enemies.

It's a big deal that they do things better, and then go to support Li Wei as soon as possible!
Penthesilea was a little hesitant, because she was currently Li Wei's guard, but soon after she exchanged glances with Li Wei, she understood what Li Wei meant without opening her mouth.

Compared with himself, Elegy, Mortride and the others need her protection more.

So Penthesilea immediately kept silent, and at the same time, some inexplicable emotions emerged in her heart again.

Since when did you actually have such a tacit understanding with Li Wei?Obviously, it hasn't been long since they knew each other!
Durz Gundman raised his hand: "Prince Li Wei, I can take you up, I am familiar with the terrain there!"

After hearing this, the sutra reciter gave up his original plan and said instead: "Prince Li Wei, if this is the case, then I will guide Mr. Elegy."

Although he hated Durz Gundermann a little bit and doubted the real identity of the other party, he knew what was the top priority, and he would not delay the important task of saving the Brass Fortress because of this matter, let alone disobey Sigma in public Specially invited guests.

"Okay, then everyone set off immediately and meet up at the top floor later!"

"Yes!" "Okay!" "No problem!"

Following a series of echoes, Elegy and Penthesilea took the lead and rushed towards the dungeon, while secretly making up their minds.

We just hit a wall with the God of Decay, so let us vent our anger in the next battle, and let the reciter see our own strength by the way!

Li Wei also summoned all the war dancers and snake girls, and then began to march towards the second floor.

Both of these arms are known for their agility and speed, which is the nemesis of the slow demon of Nurgle.

In addition, their strength is strong enough, so although there are various enemies blocking the way, they basically did not delay them much time.

Seeing this appearance, Durz Gundman was also dumbfounded for a while.

He is certainly not an uninformed person to be able to get into the special position now, but the information in the intelligence is completely different from the Prince Li Wei who has seen it with his own eyes.

He didn't even cast any attacking spells along the way, and he got everything done with the summons alone!
Coupled with the two powerful beings who are fighting against the Wither King, if this situation continues, I am afraid that the danger of the Brass Fortress will be completely eliminated without waiting for the arrival of Tyr's paladins, right?

Li Wei is also looking at these special all-win shooters. Their names are a little exaggerated, but their strength is indeed not bad. It is 4th order.

At the same time, unlike most long-range arms, their skills are very flexible, and their survivability should be not bad. No wonder they can become Hawkland's exclusive troops.

Compared with bows and arrows, the shooting sound of muskets is too loud, and even if their muskets are generally enchanted, they are still not as powerful as the Avalon sisters.

As for the rate of fire, it is far behind.

The good thing is that the all-win shooter should be mass-produced.

It may take decades to train a qualified Avalon, but it may only take a few months to be a perfect shooter.

Similarly, many other aspects are similar, and this is one of the important reasons why humans, a young race, can quickly catch up with elves.

As for the other reason, it is naturally because of the human gods.

Destroyed all the way, they quickly reached the entrance to the second floor, and the road behind them was already paved with the filth of various demons.

Li Wei slowed down a little, allowing Durz Gundman and others to breathe a little, and then asked casually: "With your strength, you must have a high status in the Harper League, right?"

Durz Gundeman settled down: "We are a relatively loose organization, and there are no particularly strict superiors and subordinates. I am just the person in charge of Hawkland and Middenland."

Li Wei chuckled, that's all, it was used very cleverly.

The Sigmar Empire only has 12 provinces in total, and a single province may be larger than the entire area of ​​some small countries. He is not a small person.

"In that case, you must be able to contact Master Van der Longthorn, right?"

"You mean the legendary demigod? What can I do!"

Durz Gundman shook his head and smiled wryly. At the same time, the rhythm of breathing and so on did not change in any way, as if he really hadn't lied.

But his disguise is not worth mentioning in front of Li Wei.

"Okay, I came here with good intentions, and said that my goddess has what he wants, and the decayed divinity is very difficult to get."

So much for talking, what can Durz Gundermann say?He could only smile wryly again, but this time it was no longer a disguise, but from the heart.

"Yes, Prince Li Wei, I will tell my god the truth."

Li Wei nodded slightly, and then motioned for the two war dancers to open the door.

Durz Gundeman immediately concentrated his attention, preparing to resist the opponent's surprise attack, but unexpectedly, there were no enemies at the door, and they walked up very smoothly.

Just under their feet, there is a giant carpet of flesh and blood that seems to be paved with internal organs.

In many places, bile is also used to describe the poems of praise and praise, but they are not dedicated to Sigmar, but to Nurgle, the god of chaos.

So in the eyes of Durz Gundman, these praises and praises immediately became blasphemy.

Durz Gundeman immediately felt that it was right not to let the chanter follow, otherwise, after seeing this scene in front of him, in order to maintain the glory of Sigma, he might rush to die directly.

On the ceiling more than ten meters above the ground, there are still hundreds of green giant cocoons sticking to them. Judging from their specifications, they are either corpses or some Nurgle demons inside. In short, it is definitely not a good thing.

At the same time, the plague and miasma also condensed into entities like mosquitoes, which can be seen almost everywhere, and even faintly formed some special patterns, obviously not just simple decorations.

Even if he didn't try it directly, Li Wei could vaguely feel that in this special place, his space magic was suppressed and affected to a certain extent.

And a hundred meters away, there is a large army waiting in full battle.

Nurgle Beast, Plague Toad, Chaos Egg, these are just regular troops.

There are also three Nurgle Great Unclean beings among them. When they first met, they might be regarded as more difficult enemies, but now it seems that they are just more resistant to beating.

But in addition to this, there is also a group of about 800 elite warriors arranged in a neat formation, full of heavy armor, holding an ax shield or a two-handed giant axe.

If it weren't for the fact that their armor was all green, there were faint green pus oozing out from all over their bodies, and the mark of Nurgle on their bodies, even if they were said to be the royal guards of any country, there would definitely be people who would believe it.

Seeing this, Durz Gundermann's face also changed suddenly. He was a little dry, and even moaned: "There are so many Nurgle God's Chosen."

For other gods, the Chosen One is an extremely noble and rare existence. A god usually has three or two Chosen Ones, which is not bad, and even some demigods may not have a Chosen One at all.

Because for the gods, only those who are endowed with divinity, can walk on the earth instead of themselves, and spread their own glory are worthy of becoming God's Chosen One.

There are many demigods and weak divine powers, and I have little divinity in total, so it is naturally impossible to be generous enough to give it to mortals.

But for the Chaos Gods, especially Nurgle, the meaning of the Chosen One is quite different:

As long as the existence they fancy, regardless of their strength, they can be called God's Chosen One, and they will also be given power.

This led to a flood of God's Chosen under the command of the Four Chaos Gods compared to other gods. For example, there are 800 Nurgle God's Chosen in front of us.

The four gods of chaos probably wanted to use this method to dampen mortals' belief and devotion to other gods.

Of course, even the Four Gods of Chaos definitely don't have so much divinity to bestow, so what they bestow is the power of demons, which can also greatly increase the combat effectiveness of these chosen ones.

Depending on the specific amount of demon power bestowed, as well as the individual's ability to withstand and talent, the strength of the chosen ones under the command of the four gods of chaos may also vary greatly.

But according to Durz Gundman, the Nurgle Gods in front of him were probably from the Norsca region before, the most elite predator champion warriors, after receiving the blessing of Nurgle, They are likely to be Tier 5 elite units.

Coupled with the fact that there are so many people, let alone this kind of surprise attack, even if it is a frontal attack, the defenders of the Brass Fortress don't know if they can hold it.

What's more, their leader is still the corrupter who is close to five meters tall and has a great reputation in the Norsca region - Volot!
But Li Wei's eyes flicked past them. He just looked further away. On an altar, a man dressed as a doctor was surrounded by many Nurgle believers who seemed to be mages.

The Nurgle believers didn't get rough on the doctor, they seemed to be simply explaining something to him, no, it looked more like they were spreading Nurgle's beliefs to him.

Li Wei immediately knew that if the other party was that famous doctor, then maybe it was too late!
(End of this chapter)