Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 428: Past History
At first glance, this seems to be a weapon that can change its appearance and has decent attack power when fighting against any non-elves.
But Levi noticed that it had no occupational requirements and the attribute requirements were pitifully low. Donna, Elegy, Cindy or Sonia could all use it easily.
In other words, in addition to warriors, other professions can also use it easily. Even without any additional effects, this super high attack power is ridiculously strong for thieves and others.
When fighting against the elves, it will immediately show its true strength, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a sub-artifact.
But the cost of using it is also very high, and Levi even feels that it is much higher than the cost of the Nine Volumes of Nagash.
Because there are so many subspecies of elves, including high elves, dark elves, drow elves, wood elves, winged elves, sea elves, night elves, blood elves...
There are also other subspecies such as prairie elves that are even smaller in number, and there are not just one or two of them.
According to the system instructions, the holder will be hated by all elves , not to mention Levi himself. He felt that if it was a legend like Kalida, it would be absolutely impossible to protect him.
After all, there are dozens of legends among the high elves alone. Even if they don’t need it, they definitely don’t want it to fall into the hands of outsiders.
The dark elves and drow elves would definitely like to use it to deal with their hostile relatives.
Fortunately, if you possess the divinity of an elf, you can greatly reduce the curse of the treasure.
According to Levi's understanding, the elves can fight a civil war, which is a family matter, but if other alien races get this thing, then they must fight to the death.
That is to say, after it was manufactured, the dwarves did not actually put it into use, otherwise the relationship between the elves and dwarves would never be as harmonious as it is now.
Seeing Levi's surprised and happy expression, Drama Hammerfist was also very satisfied. He thought this was a good start and would be beneficial to his subsequent negotiations.
However, in order to avoid Levi's misunderstanding, he further explained: "This weapon originated from the shameless conspiracy of the dark elves, but so far, it has not been stained with the blood of any elves."
"King Belegar found it when he was retaking the Eight Peaks Mountain. We had originally planned to keep it sealed forever, but now it seems that giving it to our elf friends might be the best ending for it."
Then he explained to Levi in detail its origin.
A long time ago, the Spider Queen Lolth attempted to overthrow the rule of the Elf God-King - Corellon. After her plot was discovered, she united several evil gods and turned the conspiracy into a battle. After being defeated, she fled in panic with the drow elves.
But she never gave up and was always looking for opportunities for revenge.
The most significant achievement was the birth of the dark elves.
Malekith, the current Witch King of the Dark Elves, has another identity, that is, the son of the first Phoenix King of the High Elves.
After bravely slaughtering a large number of demons and repelling four demon lords alone, his father sacrificed his life to seal the abyss rift.
However, the High Elves do not inherit the throne by bloodline, but by reputation, strength and military achievements. Therefore, Malekith, who was still very young at the time, failed to inherit the throne of the High Elves, and the elves chose another outstanding combat hero.
But he was extremely talented, and in the following hundreds of years, he displayed extraordinary power and fame, even surpassing the second generation Phoenix King.
Then one day the Phoenix King was suddenly killed, and there was a lot of evidence that Malekith was the biggest suspect.
The Phoenix King's direct descendants are certainly not willing to give up, and seeing that a riot is about to happen, Malekith believes that the best and fastest solution now is for him to go to the holy fire of Asuryan, the first God-King of the Elves, for trial, and let the God decide whether he is a qualified candidate.
This is also the only way for every Phoenix King. If an unqualified elf enters, he will be reduced to ashes.
Then he was burned to pieces and became paralyzed, so the trial naturally failed.
At this time, his mother, Morathi, the widow of the first Phoenix King, who was also considered the most beautiful woman among the elves at the time, stood up and believed that there must be something behind this matter.
Because the defeated Malekith did not die, this is inconsistent with the records. Perhaps the holy fire was left for too long and something went wrong. After all, Asuryan had been gone for a long, long time.
Before the nobles of other kingdoms could react, a large number of demons and devils somehow broke through the magical protection of Ulthuan again, starting a war on the island. Even the Spider Queen Rose took the opportunity to get involved.
But what is particularly strange is that those elves who were most opposed to Malekith were basically the ones who suffered the most damage, and many elves were killed on the spot.
The elves naturally fought back at the first opportunity. At this time, Morathi got a special set of armor from somewhere, which not only allowed the paralyzed Malekith to stand up immediately, but also greatly enhanced his strength.
You have to know that Malekith was already a legend at that time. Equipment that could have such amazing effects could not be explained by ordinary legendary equipment. It was very likely a sub-artifact or even an artifact.
Even though Morathi was the widow of the first Phoenix King, it would be difficult for her to obtain it, because many demigods or weak gods did not have any sub-artifacts on their bodies.
At the same time, Moras also told the other survivors that those things were no longer important now. The important thing was to first drive out the foreign enemies under the leadership of her son, and then find out the truth.
Many smart elves have already realized that there may be other reasons behind this, but if things really develop according to Morathi's plan, Malekith is likely to succeed successfully.
But at this time, an elf discovered something very shocking. Those demons were most likely released by Morathi on his own initiative.
Seeing that her plan had failed, Morathi simply stopped pretending. That's right, in order for her son to become the Phoenix King and inherit his father's throne, she would rather cooperate with the Spider Queen Rose or the devil!
Malekith realized that he had been tricked, but he had no choice but to go all the way with his mother.
Civil war broke out, and, as expected, mother and son were driven away.
They brought the elves who were still loyal to them and found a bitter and cold land in the northwest, and from then on they called themselves dark elves.
To distinguish themselves from them, the elves of the island of Ulthuan began to call themselves High Elves.
But the Spider Queen Rose achieved her goal. Through cooperation with Morathi, she brought heavy casualties to the elves.
And at the last moment, the abyss rift erupted with extremely powerful force, causing the entire Ulthuan Island to tremble, and the northwest corner, which was the original territory of the mother and son, collapsed completely.
Most of the Dark Elves' Black Arks today are rebuilt based on the remains of that original province.
Malekith used powerful magic to raise the wreckage from the sea, allowing them to be reborn in another way.
During this entire split process, the high elves themselves were not very clear about many of the inside stories, and other races such as the dwarves were even less aware.
After all, in their eyes, all elves looked similar. They only knew that the elves seemed to be engaged in a civil war.
So, after being burned by the holy fire and unable to take care of himself, and being betrayed by his own mother, Malekith completely lost the possibility of inheriting the throne of the High Elves, and turned evil.
He hated the elves as much as he loved them before. He wanted to play a dirty trick and start a war between the high elves and the dwarves.
He sent people to massacre the dwarves and put the blame on the high elves.
And because he was originally the elves' messenger to the dwarves, he had visited the dwarf kingdom more than once and maintained good relations with many dwarf legends, including the white dwarf Grim Brindel, who has now become a demigod. His plan was very successful at the beginning.
The dwarves were able to remain rational at first. After all, in the past, the two races had joined hands to fight against evil forces such as demons, devils, and greenskins, and their friendship had lasted for more than a thousand years.
So they decided to send an envoy to find out the truth first, and then decide whether to fight or make peace.
In a world where magic is prevalent, elves who are perpetrators of violence are likely to be affected by evil magic, or simply be demons in disguise.
But the high elves at that time had chosen a ruler in a hurry. Although he was capable of military power, he was not smart enough.
And perhaps because he had successfully inherited the throne, many of his previously hidden shortcomings were exposed, or he simply wanted to take the opportunity to establish his authority.
He directly and rudely told the dwarf messenger to get out, and even wanted to shave off the messenger's beard if no one stopped him.
But even so, this is already very insulting. The dwarves saw this and thought, "How can this be okay? Since you want war, then I will give you war!"
They swore by the dwarves' beards that they would win this war, so they also called it the "Battle of the Longbeards."
So the dwarves, who were still very powerful at that time and had built many towns on the plains, began to mobilize quickly, preparing for a great war.
At that time, a legendary blacksmith and a rune blacksmith worked together to forge this sword.
But just a few days later, servants of the high elves came with a large number of precious gifts to apologize, and said that the stupid Phoenix King who affected the peace between the two races had been directly deposed.
The conspiracy of the dark elves can affect mortals, but it cannot hide the sight of the gods. It is said that a goddess was the first to notice that something was wrong, and they easily saw through the conspiracy.
When the dwarves understood what was going on, and seeing that the high elves were so sincere, even humble, they naturally felt embarrassed to continue using force. After all, they have always been soft-hearted and not hard-hearted.
And if they were honest, if they were in the other's shoes, there is no way they, the dwarves, would kick their High King off the throne. Even if they knew they were wrong, they would just keep fighting.
As equally proud elves, they were truly flattered to be able to do this.
Feeling the sincerity of the high elves, and the fact that the dwarven gods also seemed to be appeased and another oracle was issued, after this accident, the relationship between the two races was not only not affected, but became even stronger.
But this sword has been preserved.
Levi nodded repeatedly as he listened, but in fact, he basically knew all of this content.
Because the goddess at that time was Lilith, and even the elf who exposed Morathi's conspiracy was related to her.
At the beginning, it was the Spider Queen Rose and several evil gods who joined forces to first block the perception of the Elf God, and then stir up trouble in other places to attract their attention, so that they had no time to look at the main world for the time being.
After all, the gods have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, and their concept of time is very different from that of mortals. Some lazy gods may only respond to their believers once every few decades.
Therefore, even if they don't have time to look at the main world for the time being, there shouldn't be any big problems.
Even the Lord of Wisdom, Hoss, did not notice anything unusual.
But they don’t know that at some special moments, a few days are enough to change everything.
If the elves and dwarves go to war, they will have other plots to follow.
Rose, the Spider Queen, is perhaps the most sinister and vicious woman in the universe. She is best at weaving layer upon layer of webs, and you never know how many backup plans she has.
Although Lilith failed to prevent the second split of the elves, she was the first to see through the opponent's conspiracy, and with a series of quick and decisive operations, she avoided a large-scale war between the elves and the dwarves.
Otherwise, once the dwarves suffered heavy losses, even if they knew it was an enemy conspiracy, the dwarf gods would probably take action.
Where do you think the stubborn, obstinate, hateful and narrow-minded character of the dwarves comes from? Of course, it comes from their gods.
At that time, the dwarves were much stronger than they are now, and the elves were at their peak. However, except for the Cathay Dynasty, humans in other places had not yet developed.
Therefore, if the two sides go to war, it will only benefit the evil forces such as the greenskins. Coupled with the involvement of the Spider Queen Rose, perhaps the overall situation of the world would be completely different by now.
But thanks to Lilith's outstanding performance, all subsequent conspiracies of Spider Queen Rose came to nothing.
It is precisely because of this incident that although she appears to be weak on the surface, her status in the elven pantheon has always been high.
Even her uncle Kane had treated her better since that incident.
He himself doesn't like to use his brain, and now that his niece is so smart, of course he has to listen to her more.
Even after learning about this, Levi still had some doubts. The dark elves now worship Cain so much and regard him as the Supreme God. Did Lilith really have no idea about it, or did she never try to stop it?
However, the Knight Kingdom of Bartor had not yet been established at that time, and Lilith was not the Lady of the Lake. Her avatar as the Lady of the Mist was not created until after that. Her strength would undoubtedly be much weaker than it is now, so it is normal that she has no say.
Moreover, this matter is too sensitive. The dark elves who believe in the God of Blood Hand have caused many deaths to high elves or other races. If Lilith is also involved...
So Levi had no intention of asking her at all, and he wouldn't even reveal anything to anyone.
Back to the topic, after he solves the trouble with the greenskins, he will fight against the dark elves next, and he will definitely shine.
As for the issue of divinity, it was also relatively easy to resolve. Lilith had always been very generous, and if he had made contributions, he would always have a chance to get it.
And he felt that even if it was on credit, she probably wouldn't refuse.
He just needs to think about who should be given the power to use it.
The weapon is naturally the most suitable for Elegy, but Lilith's divinity mostly favors magic rather than warriors in terms of strength enhancement.
But then he changed his mind and decided that since he wanted Lilith to do the job, he might as well just hand the weapon to her directly.
Although it was forged by dwarves, as a goddess, it shouldn't be a big problem for her to modify it.
Get rid of its negative effects to avoid unnecessary trouble, and then consider who will use it.
But no matter what, with this legendary weapon as a demonstration of sincerity, the subsequent negotiations will be much easier.
Since the other party was a straightforward dwarf, and Levi was not the type to haggle over small details, and he also wanted to show goodwill to the other party, he directly agreed to hand over three of the activated Sphinxes outside to the other party. This big guy was the most valuable thing he had now.
Drama Hammerfist was also surprised and delighted. He repeatedly praised Levi for his generosity and said that they, the dwarves, were never stingy and would never let Levi suffer any loss in the price of the Death Guards.
For the dwarves, they gained a level 7 war beast and a stable channel to purchase Death Guards.
As for Levi, he didn't know how much materials and time the dwarves spent on forging the Elven Scourge, but it only took him a dozen hours, and the more expensive materials were just the soul crystals.
The other party may make a little profit, but he will definitely not suffer any loss.
So after the deal was done and the future details were determined, both parties were quite satisfied.
Drama Hammerfist left excitedly, and was already impatient to contact Belegar to inform him of today's results.
Levi smiled and thanked Storm Hammer. He originally thought that he would need to go find the other party in person to reach a deal, but he didn't expect that the other party would not only come on his own initiative, but also bring such a precious weapon.
Even if it was for the sake of the Sphinx, Stormhammer must have put in some effort and he should be grateful for it.
So he gave each of the other models of Death Guard, such as beetles and scorpions, one each as a small gift.
Of course, they can also be considered as trial products. Once Stormhammer is interested in them, they will need to spend money to buy them later.
Not long after Stormhammer left, another dwarf arrived, and this time it was the one they were waiting for - Khazrik.
"Levi, are you used to staying here?"
"Very good. I have fully felt the enthusiasm of the dwarves."
After a few casual pleasantries, Kazrik got straight to the point: "Levi, thank you again for your and Khalida's help to us. Dwarves are always generous to their friends. Do you need anything? If I can do it, just tell me."
He thought for a long time, and his beard was torn a lot, but he still couldn't figure out what to give as a reward.
Especially when Khalida indicated to him that all the credit and rewards this time should go to Levi and she didn't need anything, he became more worried.
So after much thought, he decided to come and ask in person.
Levi smiled slightly: "I heard that you studied under the legendary Rune Blacksmith and created an epic suit called Iron Watch?"
Kazlik subconsciously retorted: "No, that was not made by me, but..."
But before he could finish his words, he came to his senses.
His face suddenly showed a mixture of embarrassment, regret and anger, and his face was slightly distorted.
But in the end, they all turned into a helpless sigh: "Dwarves never fail their friends, no matter where you heard it from, but if you want, I will give you all three sets."
Three sets?
Levi's pupils also dilated slightly, and he was a little shocked. This guy was really generous.
As his mind raced, he immediately smiled and replied, "As a friend, I will give you a sphinx. Sorry, it's not that I don't want to give you more, but one will be used as a mount for the mages in my team. The rest will be given to Master Drama Hammerfist."
After today's battle, he can make new ones. These have been activated, so it doesn't really matter if the big ones that are inconvenient to carry are used.
The dwarf was immediately overjoyed, his face was as bright as a flower. Although the Iron Watch suit was precious, the Sphinx was even more priceless!
So Levi soon got three sets of epic suits.
In addition to extremely solid basic attributes such as attack and defense, each piece of equipment also comes with one or more special effects.
1. Iron Watch Hammer, anti-infantry, attack +10 against infantry;
2. Iron Watch Shield, blocks arrows, resists flying arrows and bullets, and provides an additional +10 defense.
3. Iron Watch, Enemy of Evil. Attack +5, Defense +5 when fighting against demons, devils, beastmen, greenskins, skaven and undead.
4. Iron Watch Wine Glass, an old wine glass that can hold 100 liters of liquid. If it is alcohol, you will be immune to fear for a short period of time after drinking it, and your critical strike rate will be increased.
The effect of the complete set is that it is as strong as a rock. When running, jumping, fighting, etc., physical strength consumption is reduced by 90%, and life can be restored while drinking alcohol (the specific value depends on the type of alcohol and physical attributes. If you drink too much, you may become drunk).
Overall, as long as you put on this set of equipment, you can basically transform into a small humanoid tank. Its offensive power may not be particularly strong, but its defensive power is ridiculously strong.
Combined with other equipment, it is not impossible to be able to defeat a hundred people with one in some narrow areas.
Levi naturally wanted to leave a set for Cindy. The little girl had been fighting recently by relying on the weapons and equipment transformed from summoned celestial creatures.
But that was not as good as this epic equipment. He was a little unsure about Cindy's alcohol tolerance, because that would determine the effect of the impregnable fortress.
During the previous few rest periods after the battle, she occasionally drank a few sips of fruit wine, but her face immediately turned red and she looked like she couldn't handle the alcohol.
But it doesn't matter, she also masters more than one healing spell.
Apart from Cindy, he currently has no subordinates who use warhammers as weapons.
The only one who has some connection is Bayoru, the elephant man of Hole, who uses a battle axe.
Unfortunately, he is only level 5 now and has no offensive skills. This set of equipment cannot accelerate his growth, but it can only make his survivability on the battlefield stronger.
However, as long as he is not a pure scoundrel and can survive in the fierce battlefield, he will have a chance to stand out sooner or later.
As for the last set left, just keep it for now, or if you have the chance, you can make a trade with someone else.
I just wonder if when Storm Hammer and the others find out that all three sets are in his hands, will they regret it or not?
