Chapter 168: The rat lord returned to the stage and the investor with red eyes
It took three days.
After that half of the magic tower was knocked down by the surging rat warriors.
This narrow valley was finally captured by the rat people, and the road to the rolling hills was opened. The war was about to spread to every part of the Half-Elf Kingdom.
But this is not without cost.
The valley was dyed red, the rat priests put down their madness, and the red-eyed rat warriors gradually regained their sanity.
Looking at everything in front of me blankly, looking at everything that was red in front of me.
Every Skaven warrior who is pushed to the front lines and survives is a miracle.
But not every ratman can accept the blood-red eyes.
Red is covered in every inch of the place in front of you.
Some of the surviving rat men suddenly burst out with sharp screams, running wildly on the battlefield in despair and fear, running wildly in this valley where every inch of the land was covered in bright and dazzling red.
Whether it is the young rat man or the rat warrior, although they are so despicable in the eyes of the rat priest, they are not taken into consideration like dust.
But after all, it still exists as an intelligent creature. Although the rat priests do not think so, under the influence of the killing halo that envelopes the battlefield and the random casting of madness, it is just a tool.
No guy cares about the feel of his tools.
It's just that some rat people can't bear it anymore. Even if their bodies have been tortured by the madness technique, the new rat people in the rat kingdom are becoming more and more tolerant to madness.
Even if you are in a state of madness for a long time, you will not be greatly affected.
It’s just that this experience is not wonderful. It has a great impact on some young ratmen who have not accepted it all and faced this scene for the first time, and some ratmen warriors who can no longer accept such a scene. trauma.
Running madly, neighing randomly, waving the spear in his hand, like a madman.
Then killed.
The Rat People are not good at treating such mental trauma, nor do they know how to treat it.
There is only one way to solve this problem.
The metal spear passed through the body, and the crazy rat man regained some sense at the last moment before death.
I don’t know why, but the expression that showed the most in the end was actually tranquility?
Death has also become a kind of peace for these guys?
The spear was pulled out, and the crazy rat man fell weakly to the ground. The blood slowly flowed out and turned into part of the red color that dyed the entire valley.
Those who killed them were the numb and empty-eyed rat warriors, some qualified tools that had been trained in the war.
The war will still advance.
The attack on this valley did not go well, and the losses were serious, maybe 200,000, or 250,000, or close to 300,000.
In short, many rat warriors died in this valley.
But the Skaven won.
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In the barren mountains.
The spread of a piece of news caused an uproar among the senior rat priests who were summoned to return.
A word that is not new has returned to the sight of these senior rat priests.
The Skaven Lord.
This is a rather old term.
After the rat war defeated and killed Good Eyes and became the de facto commander of the rat people.
The term Skaven Lord is no longer mentioned by any Skaven, leaving only the title Skaven Warlord.
Now, this word that was once bound to the rat warlords has been separated separately.
It will be re-empowered in a vote by the Skaven Council.
And it's no small right.
A formal meeting of thirteen people was convened, and almost all of the thirteen rat councilors who could decide the fate of the rat kingdom arrived.
Except for the rat war who is still on an expedition on the vast grassland.
The topic of this meeting was the Rat Lords, and the person who proposed it was the White Rat who had not intervened in the affairs of the Rat Kingdom for a long time.
Under the calm gaze of the white rat, whether it is the senior rat priests who have joined together, or the rat warlords who were left behind by the rat war to serve as full-time troublemakers.
There are no dissenters.
The proposal was passed unanimously. This proposal was passed unanimously.
The appointment of the first batch of rat lords was immediately implemented.
Selected from among the senior Skaven Priests who were summoned back to the Barren Mountains.
There are five in total, corresponding to the five cities in the Ratman Kingdom.
But doesn’t the Ratman Kingdom only have five cities in total now?
Does the White Rat want to appoint a lord for the Underground Rat City?
Of course not. The city where the gods descended obviously did not need the rule of a lord.
But of course, the matters promoted by the White Rat will not be aimless. At the meeting of thirteen people, at this moment, the White Rat's indifferent eyes fell on the senior priests who served as Rat Councilors.
At this moment, the expressions on the faces of these senior priests are changing crazily.
Of course, there are more than five cities in the Skaven Kingdom.
To be precise, in the hands of the joint senior rat priests, there was exactly one city and four developing city prototypes.
The city they occupied, the city they built, was about to change its owner in a simple sentence from the white mouse.
He was easily appointed.
Can they accept it?
Amid the intense changes in their expressions, the five most powerful and powerful rat priests raised their heads with difficulty.
The answer is obvious.
Of course it is unacceptable.
But do they have a choice?
Under the indifferent gaze of the white mouse, the intensely changing expression finally turned into a hint of bitterness, and he lowered his head.
Just an issue, a concept was picked up, an issue was thrown out, and five senior Skaven Lords were appointed.
It seems that nothing has changed.
But would a white mouse do such a meaningless thing?
The White Rat's control over the Rat Man has always been precise and accurate.
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Rat Zhan didn’t know what happened in the underground rat city
Although the two troublemakers he left in the underground rat city conveyed the news immediately, it was just the long distance. But it extended the time for the message to reach him.
Being far from the center of the kingdom has its advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that the influence of the old guy entrenched in the underground rat city is greatly weakened.
If it weren’t for the distance, Rat Zhan wouldn’t have dared to be so unscrupulous.
Of course, there are disadvantages.
That is, no matter what happened in the Underground Rat City, when he learned about it, everything was probably dust.
Not to mention.
Sometimes the delivery of messages is deliberately blocked.
In the lush forest.
A group of running rat knights were targeted.
Some accumulated sharp wooden thorns stopped the rat knight from running wildly.
During the short stay, danger came.
Tall figures appeared in the shadows one after another and surrounded the group of knights.
In panic.
The captain of the Rat Knight showed the flag behind him.
That is the flag of the Rat War, but obviously, it cannot change anything. These rat people emerged from the shadows and gathered around.
A fierce fight took place in this lush forest.
Not long after, all the rat knights were killed in the corner of the forest.
Obviously, some people were not prepared for what was about to happen.
Compared to the rat priests who were seated and within sight, Rat Zhan undoubtedly received extra preferential treatment, although Rat Zhan may not really want this kind of preferential treatment.
A large number of temple guards began to gather.
In the rules set by Du Yuan, the status of the underground rat city is far more unshakable than the rat priest and rat war thought.
Even with the independence of the two parties, the Underground Rat City has become a bit more depressed.
Everything in the Ratman Kingdom no longer converges on this original city.
At the same time, there was also a large exodus of ratmen within it.
It’s just that this is still the center of the Rat Kingdom. Even if time goes by, the underground Rat City will still be the center of the Rat Kingdom. It’s not because of anything else. Simply because the Rat Priest and Rat War have always been together. I'm working for the Underground Rat City.
Under Du Yuan's restraint on Xiaochun, the Underground Rat City will always be the city that produces the most blood mushrooms in the Rat Kingdom.
In the bright blood pool in the temple where Du Yuan was sleeping, a large number of blood mushrooms were densely piled up and growing on the surface of the blood pool.
This is Du Yuan's gift, and it is also the final protection of the rat people's order.
With the support of this huge blood mushroom, no matter how the power of the rat kingdom changes, the underground rat city will always be the absolute center.
And now, this center is held in the hands of the white mouse.
Ten thousand temple guards gathered together.
These divine guards who were supposed to be stationed in the temple gathered together in an unusually large number. This was an absolutely powerful force.
Of course, there is certainly something to be done when this powerful team comes together.
In fact, this group of divine guards gathered just to escort a few rat men.
Of course, there are still some things to do.
For example, beating an unruly guy.
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On the grassland, six cities took shape in a very short period of time.
A large amount of rock was mined from the towering peaks and transported to cities under construction by giant rats.
This is a big project.
But simply, in the last war, a large number of giant rats fell into the hands of the captains of these rat scavenging teams in order to catch up with the progress.
These precious giant rats also served as coolies.
In order to be able to complete the construction of these six cities within the stipulated time, in order to be able to obtain the pasture agreed with Rat War as soon as possible.
To this end, these guys who gathered under the Rat War banner tried their best.
Just recently, the construction of a city has not gone smoothly.
Some argali knights appeared outside the city under construction.
Zhu Zhan didn't care about this matter. He was dealing with the sudden drop in temperature irritably.
In fact, there are some smart rat people in Prairie City who have begun to peel the fur of giant sheep to make warm clothes.
Okay, maybe clothes are not the right description.
The giant sheepskin that was hastily peeled off, only the head, buttocks and limbs were cut off, then turned over and the furry side was used as the lining, and it was simply put on the body.
This is a Ratman thermal suit.
It is very simple, but it is quite effective.
The materials come from giant sheep carcasses that were randomly discarded after bleeding.
Rat War itself has the title of Skinner, so he should be able to enjoy the warmth brought by this special winter thermal clothing for Ratmen as soon as possible.
But this arrogant guy was unwilling to accept wearing the skin of an ordinary giant sheep.
Mouse Zhan regretted more and more that he could not peel off the skin of either of those two old guys.
The skins of these sheep orcs must be quite warm when worn on the body.
And now, our arrogant rat-man commander, cruel evil hero, dragon slayer, rat war, can only be initiated by shudder, huddled in the cave deep in the prairie city, relying on the lit bonfire in this cold Stay alive in winter.
Without the command of Rat War, the huge rat army entered a state of dormancy.
Of course it is not just dormant.
The replenishment of troops has been going on. When the cold snap briefly subsides, the size of Rat Zhan's army should reach a new high.
The dormant rat war has made a group of rat investors anxious.
A group of unlucky people took over the construction of the outermost city of Four Seasons Ranch.
The argali knights who appeared on the outskirts of the city greatly slowed down the construction of the city.
And it is gradually getting ready to move, as if it is about to launch an attack at any time.
Those slave rats cannot resist this group of argali knights who are ready to move.
But Rat War did not provide any support, and was not even willing to extend the construction deadline.
I feel like I've been cheated.
It was like being on a pirate ship.
It’s obviously too late to regret it now.
In order to protect your own interests, and to prevent what you have invested in being completely wasted.
This group of mixed investors, composed of the Big Claw Priest, the Captain of the Scavenger Team, and the Ratman Priest, could not sit still.
The rat men's regular army could not provide support.
But there are a group of guys who are obviously not so afraid of the severe cold at this time.
A large number of blood mushrooms were thrown down.
One after another scavenger teams were hired, and a large number of mixed rat-man troops began to rush to the rat artificial land under construction.
People who invest in mixed investment in this city are already red-eyed.
In order to obtain the pasture provided by Rat War, they invested all their remaining chips.
In this mixed rat army.
A familiar guy was among them.
A young ratman riding a giant rat, wearing a broken body armor and carrying a flag.
This is the bold guy pretending to be a rat warlord.
Relying on a flag bought from the noisy ruins, he peeled off a relatively complete piece of the ferocious knight's armor.
Just dare to pretend to be a rat warlord to deceive the group of rat runners.
This is undoubtedly a big gamble.
Not only making it through the chaotic battlefield alive to reach the rat war, but also coaxing the group of rat runners is a dangerous thing.
That group of veterans followed the rat war through war after war. They were no strangers to the rat warlords.
They sensed a problem with the young warlord.
But they also recognized the young warlord's words.
They cannot lose the Rat War, nor can they withstand the possible reckoning from the Rat War after the war.
Following Shuzhan for so long, they certainly know the character of their commander.
Loyalty to Him is absolute and necessary.
(End of this chapter)