Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 339: Doomed Priest
After walking a few steps, Levi, who was originally planning to visit the Temple of the Disaster Girl, was interrupted again. This time, reinforcements from the Red Brotherhood arrived, and it was said that the other party had a past relationship with Levi and wanted to meet him immediately.
Li Wei was a little surprised. Could it be that Lotus came in person? But she didn't need to be so formal, right?
Then he saw Zhang San, who looked quite resentful.
Zhang San felt that his first meeting with Li Wei was very pleasant, and they got along very well afterwards. However, he did not expect that when it came to such a big event as conquering Thorn Town, Li Wei did not even take him along.
If Levi had invited him, perhaps that wouldn't have happened.
But he had absolutely no reason to blame the other party. After all, it was because the two parties were not familiar with each other to that extent.
Levi didn't feel embarrassed at all. Even if the other party claimed to be associated with Lotus, they had just met after all. How could he expose such a big thing?
But this time, Lotus actually sent him here as reinforcement. It can be seen that she really values him.
But what made him feel a little strange was that why were there only 180 troops following Zhang San? Could it be that more reinforcements were behind?
As if seeing the doubt in Li Wei's eyes, Zhang San also smiled bitterly: "Alas, Li Wei, I'm sorry, Sister Lianhua asked me to bring people to support, but she underestimated my prestige."
"Neither she nor I could have imagined that those guys were actually instigated by the Xirik Church and fought side by side with the remnants of the Snake Cult."
Levi raised his eyebrows, and he roughly understood why there were only so many troops left on the other side. It was estimated that they were all killed by his so-called friends.
So he could only pat the other person on the shoulder to comfort him: "Although the price is high, at least you can see their true colors clearly."
Zhang San sighed again: "Who would have thought that they kept saying they wanted to play with me, but in fact they were all jealous of me? I can only blame myself for my poor eyesight."
Then he changed the subject: "You should already know what happened in Baiyin Town yesterday, so I won't waste my words, but I have the latest information on other aspects."
"Last night, in a hidden valley, countless chaotic phantoms suddenly appeared. Someone also discovered spatial fluctuations inside, which seemed to be connected to other planes. I suspect that they might be fragments of the godhead that disintegrated after the death of the Phantom Goddess!"
Levi was immediately cheered up. The Phantom Goddess was killed by Xirik and Mask. They were naturally the ones who ate the most, but there was a very important "Phantom" priesthood and fragments of the godhead, divinity, etc., which were not obtained by them, but fell into the main world together with the Phantom Goddess.
Those things are not like meteors, they leave no trace at all, so no one knows where they fell. I didn't expect that some of them might be nearby.
For all things, no matter which one you get, it will be a very valuable treasure.
The most important thing is undoubtedly the "Phantom Priesthood", which is a treasure that even the gods want.
Next is the fragment of the godhead. It may not be of much use to powerful divine powers, but it is undoubtedly a tonic for demigods like Illidan, Lurue or Paine. The old black dragon only got a fragment of the godhead in the first place.
As for divinity, it may be the lowest in value and the most dangerous in comparison.
Because it contains the characteristics of the original owner, including personality, beliefs, rules of conduct, and camp preferences, etc.
If a god falls and his divinity is obtained by a mortal, the god may use some mysterious connection to seize the body of that mortal and be resurrected.
This has happened many times in history, and some powerful gods can even be resurrected with the help of the bodies of other gods.
For example, the Black King Bane was once resurrected in the body of his son who had become a lesser god.
Now the Phantom Goddess has only become a saint and is not completely dead yet. If ordinary indigenous people obtain her divinity, although they will gain many benefits including longevity, there will definitely be great hidden dangers.
But even if they cannot use it themselves, they can donate it to the forces they belong to, and they will definitely get extremely generous rewards.
However, after carefully inquiring about the location of the valley, Levi felt that this trip would be a little troublesome.
It is located almost in the middle of Deadwater Town and Thorn Town, and not too far from Silver Town. No matter which force goes there, it is likely to encounter attacks from the other two parties.
After careful consideration, Levi felt it necessary to formally send a messenger to the Bane Church in Deadwater Town in order to reach a certain consensus with the other party on the fight against Cyric.
Bane is in the lawful evil camp. He and his church are reasonable and follow the rules. They are better than those arrogant and conceited lunatics in the Church of Cyric.
In fact, there are quite a few God-chosen heroes who have tried to join the Church of Cyric.
To them, although Xirik was a little crazy, he lived a very free and easy life.
If they don't like someone, they will scold them or beat them up if they want, without any scruples.
Moreover, they often stir up trouble or plot assassinations just to make other forces fight so that they can benefit from it, which suits their taste very well.
But after they actually joined, they regretted it a little, because the Xirik Church is not only like that to the outside world, they are also like that to their own people!
Almost all of Xirik's followers are ambitious, cruel and ruthless, and they are crazy about engaging in various infighting.
There is no trust or credibility at all within the Church of Cyric. Even Cyric himself would occasionally issue orders that other gods could not imagine: asking several high-level believers to subvert and assassinate each other.
His duties of murder, strife and conspiracy are directed not only at external parties, but also at his followers.
This means that if two high-level priests of equal strength receive the same task, they will frantically attack each other in order to complete the task themselves.
But the result is often that both of their missions end in failure.
This madness and chaos is, to some extent, even worse than that of demons, fully demonstrating the true nature of the chaotic evil camp.
At least after being completely defeated, the demons can still maintain a certain degree of loyalty. There are so many layers in the Abyss, and many of them have demon lords who can rule an entire layer.
When they attacked Black Castle before, the demons didn't say they would fight first.
But now, Thorn Town has clearly been captured by them, but according to Luna and Simon's reconnaissance, the Church of Cyric didn't even send a scout here. They are probably either busy dividing the spoils or fighting among themselves.
Under such circumstances, more than 90% of the chosen heroes who joined the Church of Cyric would rather bear the price of betraying God and run as far as possible to get away from the Church of Cyric as soon as possible.
The remaining ten percent are either pure entertainment people or spies from other churches.
The more Levi thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible. As for the feud between the Church of Waukeen and the Church of Bane, that was none of his business and everyone could discuss their own affairs.
Thinking of this, he immediately sent a messenger to Deadwater Town and asked Donna, Cindy and others to prepare for battle. No matter where they might encounter and what kind of enemy they might encounter, they must not miss this opportunity.
Then he did not refuse Zhang San's request to go along. Zhang San had been around here for a long time and was very familiar with all kinds of terrain, so he would definitely be of some use.
Moreover, his troops have suffered heavy losses now, and even if they encounter a battle, they probably won't be able to play much of a role, so there is no need to worry about giving him too much spoils.
Then he asked Zhou Miyin, Janet and others who were responsible for defending Thorn Town to be more vigilant.
Yesterday, Donna robbed the village of Chen Zhui, the last man in the world. As expected, he successfully mixed in with the followers of Mala. There was no doubt that they also had hatred towards them.
Although they are busy with a mysterious big plan, the threat they pose cannot be completely ignored.
After finishing all this, Levi really went to the Temple of the Disaster Girl. He had been interrupted many times before, so this time he had made certain preparations in advance. Even if it cost him more, he had to take something away from the other party, otherwise it would always feel a bit unsmooth.
In just a few minutes, he arrived at a small temple that was pitch black, looked a bit eerie, and even a bit dilapidated.
Judging from the reputation of the Doom Girl in the main world, her temple and church must not be short of money. The reason why she still looks like this, Levi thinks that she is probably like Larue, and has also given up.
As soon as I entered the door, a female priest in a black robe wearing a blood-colored triangular badge decorated with deer antlers on her chest came up to me.
Her attire was very different from that of an ordinary priest, as her robe was open at the bottom, revealing stockings underneath that seemed to be made of some kind of spider silk.
Stockings seemed to have originated from the drow in the Underdark, because they were almost naturally good at breeding various large spiders. But once they came out , they were loved by many women and quickly spread to the entire main world.
But there are still many people who don't like it, such as Elegy and Donna, they just like to bare their legs, which makes it more convenient for movement and fighting.
Michaela, Cindy and others were more conservative and always wore long pants.
At the base of the thigh, you can see a black deer antler logo, which is also the favorite pattern of the girl of misfortune.
But when this overall combination came together, coupled with the other person's beautiful face and seductive eyes, Levi felt something was not right.
It’s hard to say, but if Levi hadn’t seen her here, and if she hadn’t had a special badge on her, he would have mistaken her for a prostitute in town.
She looked a little too flirtatious for a priest, and the way she looked at him was a little abnormal.
"So it's the mayor. The goddess has foretold your coming, and her temple needs your offering."
Even with Levi's calmness, he was almost stunned for a moment. It was not because the goddess she mentioned foreshadowed anything, but every pastor would do this in order to better fool people into becoming their believers.
He was just surprised at the other party's directness. He asked for money right away!
Fortunately, the construction of the Mage Tower has not officially started yet, and he is not short of money.
After taking another quick glance at the east side of the temple and seeing a dozen or so priests who were also wearing badges but dressed much more conservatively, Levi became even more surprised.
Neither Ms. Lucky nor Ms. Doom are gods that are keen on spreading their faith, because there is no need for them to take the initiative, as there will naturally be a lot of mortals who come to donate money.
The number of their priests and temples is also very small, and the scale of this temple is so small that it is impossible to have so many priests under normal circumstances.
Therefore, the biggest possibility is that they were temporarily summoned here because of some special circumstances.
Could it be that the girl of doom really foreshadowed her own arrival?
But he immediately dismissed this somewhat funny thought. No matter how strong she was, she was just a native of the virtual world.
If this pastor is not fooling people, then the most likely possibility is that he used some big data or something like that to analyze his own way of doing things.
After a brief consideration, Levi took out a thousand gold coins and said, "I would like to express my respect to the goddess. May she watch over my enemies."
You want money, right? Then I will satisfy you at once and see what else you have to say next!
Even though he had anticipated this, the priest still felt a little dazzled when he saw the small pile of gold in front of him.
So many gold coins, I'm afraid they weigh almost 10 kilograms...
But she did have some knowledge. After calming herself down a little, she chuckled and said, "Very good, Lord Levi. You and your subordinates will receive the favor of the goddess. Her malice will never befall you personally, and your enemies will receive the goddess's provision."
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Levi's response, she knelt on the ground and began to pray.
But what made Levi a little embarrassed was that the other party was the statue facing the girl of misfortune, with its back facing him.
Her robe was very thin and had many slits, so from his current angle, he seemed to be able to see almost everything he should and shouldn't see.
Is she really the cleric of the Maiden of Doom, and not some succubus in disguise?
He had never heard that this was popular in her church before, and her figure and face were both amazing, so he couldn't help but have a little reaction...
Wait, Levi was suddenly stunned, and he finally understood why he felt something was wrong, because in this game, he had never had this kind of reaction before!
He quickly scanned the system panel and immediately found a temporary online update that looked inconspicuous, but in fact could make all the chosen heroes cheer and jump for joy.
This update is to make the game more realistic, so the love and marriage systems are opened up.
If the relationship is good enough, you can try to propose love or marriage to the other party. The target can be a chosen hero or a native, or a person of the same or opposite sex.
If the chosen heroes are strong enough, legendary or charming enough, they may attract the admiration of some natives, who may come forward to show their affection or confess their love.
Could it be that the pastor's behavior is influenced by this aspect?
Next is a feature that many male God-chosen heroes may particularly yearn for, which frees them from some of the constraints on their lower bodies. They can now feel the presence of their second brothers.
Currently, the system is still improving relevant functions, constraint rules, special protection measures for the God-chosen heroes in special circumstances, etc., in order to further enhance the authenticity of the game while avoiding any accidents.
Because the opening of such functions will inevitably contain corresponding risks, the system will not allow the chosen heroes to suffer any accidental harm against their will.
But if everything goes well, the chosen heroes may be able to do some lovely things with their indigenous lovers just like in real life, and even give birth to their own offspring in the game.
All in all, even for Levi, this is a future that is very worth looking forward to.
The wives in the second dimension, except that they can't do that, are much better than the ones in real life in terms of appearance, personality, figure and ability.
Now the system is working towards this goal, and it even makes him want to find a wife in the game!
However, once this feature is released, I'm afraid that many heroes who have chosen strange races, such as goblins or elements, will cry their hearts out.
The former is because they are short, so everything is small, and the latter is because they may not have that function at all, or even that tool...
Just as he was feeling excited, the pastor stood up again from the ground, and Levi also adjusted his mentality slightly.
The pastor smiled and said, "Lord Levi, it has been successful."
System prompt: "Your piety makes the Maiden of Misfortune feel quite satisfied. Within 100 days, the luck of you and all your current heroic subordinates will not fall below 0 for any reason."
"You have obtained the special skill - 3/3 of the supply of the doomed girl.
Note: This skill can only be used on a single target and cannot be recharged by any conventional means. Please consult the High Priest of the Maiden of Doom after the times are exhausted. "
Levi was quite satisfied with the previous effect. For outsiders who did not join the Church of Doom, this blessing was basically the best.
But he was a little confused about the latter skill because it did not have a detailed system description.
But looking at the note at the end, he vaguely felt that it might be very powerful.
Before Levi could say anything, the female priest spoke again: "Lord Levi, there happen to be several novice priests right now, please take them out to broaden their horizons. If they are not capable enough, it doesn't matter if they all die."
Then she changed the subject: "Also, if you don't mind the faction, the Black Finger of our church can also try to serve you."
Levi was not unfamiliar with this special name. In the church of the Doom Girl, all priests and priests were women, which was almost exactly the same as the Spider Queen Rose.
As for her male believers, they can basically only join the "Black Finger", and the treatment they receive is much worse.
But there is no need to sympathize with them, because the full name of Black Finger is Black Finger Assassin Guild.
Its members were not good people to begin with. They were basically assassins, thieves, robbers, or other similar evil people who couldn't make it elsewhere and wanted to try their luck by joining the Damsel of Doom.
Because the Girl of Misfortune is relatively generous to her own people, all the priests under her command, as well as the very few high-level members of the Black Finger, will receive her blessing, and the effect is the same as what Levi gets, with luck no less than 0.
In terms of camp, more than 90% of Black Finger's members are neutral evil or chaotic evil. Occasionally there are a few chaotic neutral ones, but for Levi, they are not suitable to be subordinates.
So Levi just chuckled and nodded, indicating that he understood, but he didn't actually take any action.
At most, we can spend a little money and hire them to assassinate members of the Church of Cyric.
It doesn't matter whether they can succeed or not. At least they have spent money, and they can get a little more goodwill from the Church of Doom and Black Finger. If they spend enough money, they might even get some secret information.
Basically, any organization that has anything to do with assassins will have a good intelligence system.
What he is more concerned about now is what abilities the other party asked him to take out with the pastors have?
Then he saw the female priests who had been kneeling beside him praying and had not made any sound from beginning to end, one by one, took out their equipment from somewhere, some chain mail and nine-tailed whips, and then they stood obediently on Levi's left and right like elementary school students.
At the same time, a system prompt popped up. Now Levi could check their attribute panels, indicating that these Doom Priests, who were generally at levels 2 to 4, were indeed serving him.
However, this is not permanent. Just like Sam at the beginning, they are also mercenaries, so Levi does not have to worry about any impact on morale due to different camps.
But after seeing their weapons, Levi couldn't help but be a little surprised. This nine-tailed whip is not a common weapon. When the nine-tailed whip is swung, nine scratches similar to those left by sharp claws will often be left on the enemy's body.
It may not be very effective against soldiers like dwarves who are wrapped in heavy armor, but if it is used against low-armor or no-armor units, such as ratmen, beastmen, low-level undead, etc., the effect will not be too strong.
Especially the nine-tailed whips in the hands of these doom priests, which are obviously mixed with some sharp metal spikes. If they are swung over, they will probably cause multiple bleeding effects on the spot.
In terms of skills, in addition to the healing and purification skills that ordinary priests have, they also more or less master some spells such as creating illusions, invisibility, assistance, and protective energy.
There are also divine spells against undead creatures.
Generally speaking, good-side priests mainly purify and disperse undead creatures, while those on the evil side may scold, enslave, manipulate them, etc.
It has two unique skills. One is Luck Deprivation, which temporarily reduces the opponent's luck by 1 point. The duration is less than 10 seconds and it has little effect, but it has low consumption and can be used more frequently.
The second one is Doom Revenge. The murderer who killed them will directly reduce 3 points of luck. What is particularly terrifying is that this duration is in hours.
Because of this, Levi decided to leave some of them to guard the city, and take a few more to fight abroad, and deliberately let the enemy see them during the battle.
In this way, as long as the other party is not a fool, they will definitely be afraid, especially when using large-scale attack magic, they will be even more nervous, fearing that they will be killed accidentally.
As a hidden attribute, it is very difficult to improve luck. So far, Levi has only obtained one +1 luck rune.
If you reduce 3 points of luck at once, the enemy might not only lose his front teeth while walking, but he might also blow himself up before he even casts a fireball.
"Haha, Lord Levi, I'll leave them to you. I'm the Finger of Fear - Lasha. If you need anything in the future, just come to me."
Looking at the charming look in the other person's eyes, Levi felt that this temporary online update might not only be effective for the chosen heroes, but also like opening some shackles for the indigenous people. He had never met such a proactive female indigenous person before.
Well, it doesn't seem so. Succubi are good at seducing people. Or maybe the other person's personality is just like that. To know the specific situation, I should observe other people.
So after expressing his thanks again, he left the Temple of Doom as quickly as possible.
Because even if he was really tempted , the system had not yet been completely unblocked, so he could only satisfy his desire. Instead, he would have to deal with a high-level Doom Priest with an independent title, which would not be fun.
However, after this update, is it possible that special places such as brothels in certain towns will begin to play their true role?
