Chapter 252, Rat People are coming
Thin men appeared from the shacks one after another amidst shouts, and gathered in front of the guards with a bit of fear and desire.
The guard who shouted loudly offered a good price.
Fifteen copper coins.
The guards raised the lanterns on their waists and selected the men gathered in front of them like cattle. The weak firelight reflected the faces shivering in the rain.
The Pitchfork Knight, who was leaning on the simple shack, also heard the words shouted by the guard, and was a little dazed because of the reward of fifteen copper coins. Two copper coins could be exchanged for a large glass of beer.
Swallowed.
Behind me, there was a crunching sound, and a small figure poked its head out. Maybe it was because it was too immature, or maybe it was because it didn’t understand what was happening and was not afraid of the pitchfork covered in blood. The knight, with a confused expression, handed out a piece of white bread.
That was something brought by the Holy See Knights who visited this area not long ago, some tasteless white bread.
The piece of dough in the little guy's hand may have been there for a while, or maybe his hands are a little too dirty. A dark fingerprint was left on this piece and it is no longer white after being bitten. on the bread.
The guards had already been selected, but before leaving, they led the men gathered behind them to the Pitchfork Knight.
Salute respectfully, because of the old armor on the Pitchfork Knight, and because of the corpses displayed in the middle of the street.
Faced with this situation, the ignorant little guy opened his eyes curiously, and subconsciously stuffed the original noodle cake in his hand back into his mouth. His teeth were not all straight, and the noodle cake was It was stained with saliva, and there was a small gap.
Facing the guards gathered in front of him, Pitchfork Knight was a little nervous. He stopped moving for a while and seemed a little cold and solemn. However, the guards simply left without disturbing them too much.
The Pitchfork Knight breathed a sigh of relief. The little guy also looked away. He took out the dirty dough from his mouth again and handed it to the Pitchfork Knight beside him. Behind him, there was an urgent voice. The sound started.
A woman with a tired face opened the old wooden door of the shack, but her face showed a bit of fear in the pungent blood. Pitchfork Knight noticed this scene and turned over to stand. When I got up, the little guy next to me was reluctant and took over the dirty pancake with two holes in it.
That’s how the rickety Pitchfork Knight left.
The pounding rain is finally stopping.
Pitchfork Knight pulled back his mask, stuffed the dirty panel into his mouth, and gradually moved away.
On the city wall, the waists of emaciated figures were tied with ropes, and they began to slowly descend toward the outside of the city wall. The piled rat corpses outside the city wall needed to be cleaned up, and the various metal weapons left behind also needed to be cleaned up. Gather.
These jobs need people to do them, so men from these slums are naturally found.
There is a certain danger. Not all the Ratmen are dead, many are simply abandoned because they were injured.
The danger comes from these ratmen who are not dead, and you are easily attacked by them when looking for corpses.
It’s just that there is nothing so-called. These thin men are not particularly different from slave rats to a certain extent.
Under the city wall, a rat corpse among the corpses suddenly rose up and attacked a thin man. Even though he did not hold a weapon in his hand, the sharp claws still hit the thin man's belly. A big gash was opened, and the internal organs came out. It looked like he would not survive.
After killing the thin man in front of him, the furious rat man dragged his broken thigh tenaciously, limping and trying to escape, but soon, an arrow shot through him. His body pinned him into the pile of corpses beneath him. Even if he was hit by an arrow, the rat man still struggled for a while before finally dying.
These injured ratmen who were abandoned on the battlefield were mixed in the piles of corpses outside the city wall and became some trouble.
Despite these troubles, the recovery of weapons on the battlefield is still going on. The man who was killed received a pension equal to approximately three times today's reward of copper coins, forty-five copper coins. And the rewards for those thin men who were recruited have been increased again.
Every time they bring back a spear, they will be rewarded with an additional copper coin. Such a simple move is very effective.
After entering a state of war, prices in Mountain Dew City experienced a huge increase. They needed more copper coins, even if it was not to feed their families, they also needed more copper coins just to feed themselves.
Many of these thin men died under this city wall.
Some time later, after the preliminary cleaning of the battlefield, jars of kerosene were thrown down the city wall. As fireballs fell one by one, the scorching flames were ignited.
The accumulation of corpses will bring many problems. Even if the corpses of these rat men are placed on a slope to prevent them, not to mention the diseases that come with decay. For the pollution of the land, these zero and zero total Overall situation.
Landfilling is a very suitable situation, but in this darkness, leaving the city for work is not a wise choice. It is simply to light a fire.
In the hot flames, the rat man's corpse was gradually melting.
This is not a very exciting scene, but the ignited flames still make people feel at ease, and the morale of the city guards has been restored to a certain extent.
They believe that they can still persevere. The Stargazer Pope is obviously not stupid enough to release the news that Mountain Dew City will not receive reinforcements in a short time. He even deliberately spreads some false news. As he spoke, a huge coalition of nobles had been organized and was heading towards Mountain Dew City.
With such words, at least now, everyone is full of confidence. They believe that after the arrival of the noble coalition, these rat men will be easily defeated.
In fact, without dispatching elite ratmen, even if the number of ratmen warriors gathered is so large, individually or even in a small group, it is indeed not powerful.
The Stargazing Pope’s language art is very exquisite. In his speech to appease the city guards, there were also the magic knights who were also present for these city guards.
It was just a few simple words, a few vague words, but it was extremely misleading, making the guards and the magic knights convinced of this.
It is not only the Stargazing Pope who has channels to communicate with other imperial provinces. Through complex marriages, nobles of all sizes have established networks of various sizes throughout the human empire.
Their information is undoubtedly well-informed.
The vague words of the Pope in his speech gave too much room for imagination, just one sentence.
“A region that has lost its master needs the support of a powerful person.”
It just made the nobles in Mountain Dew City have many more thoughts that they shouldn't have, and gave them a little more peace of mind.
This is not surprising. Even if the Stargazer Pope sold all this area to other great nobles, as long as they are also nobles and as long as they are not greedy for the position of the leader, their status will be the same. There will be almost no fluctuations, and nobles have their own rules of the game. In one speech, Pope Stargazing stabilized the city guards and many small noble families among the magic knights.
As for those great nobles who truly understand the truth, who can really get a glimpse of a higher level, they will not expose the words of the Stargazing Pope, which is nothing to them. benefit.
In fact, there is no need to be so anxious. The morale in the city is far from collapsing and needs encouragement. However, the Star-Keeping Pope seems a little too eager, perhaps because of uneasiness.
After learning that no force would come to rescue the city, he just became uneasy.
He needs to keep this city, he needs to keep the Stargazing Church. God once sent a whisper, and God needs believers to recite his name.
The dimness of the gods still had an impact on him. He was not as calm as he showed, and the movements of the Stargazer Pope began to become urgent.
A team was gathered by him in the city.
The next day, almost at the same moment, outside the city, the boundless rat-men began to surge again.
Just like the Star-gazing Pope, Rat Zhan is also a little more anxious. He is anxious about the slow progress of this siege battle. However, unlike the Star-gazing Pope, he is not worried about what he will seize. If he has doubts about the fact of victory, he is simply impatient and impatient.
This is reflected in many aspects.
The figures of rat men began to appear again in the winding and narrow tunnels under the city. The military mages in Mountain Dew City repaired the passages through which the rat men poured out. Some creations were similar to the miniature versions of the huge stone pillars buried under the city. were placed into these opened underground tunnels.
The decaying empire of the Youyan Human Race has been passed down to the present. Even though there were many twists and turns during the period, not much was lost in the chronology of civilization. These pioneering eras were used to lay the foundation of the city and stabilize the ground. The stone pillars can still be made in the magic workshop in Mountain Dew City.
However, due to time constraints, and the city's architectural diagram that was lost with three expansions and passed down from generation to generation, you asked them to bury these broken stone pillars, gaps, and loopholes underground in a short period of time. It is obviously unrealistic to find these one by one and complete the repair.
But it is still possible to make some miniaturized emergency nodes to fill them.
It’s just that when you find a cockroach, you often don’t want to explore how many loopholes there are in the city.
Ratmen continued to appear in the city, and commotion began to spread. A rickety figure once again stood in the middle of the street. The knights in the city began to run wildly through the streets, but they were not the focus. .
The figure of Shu Zhan appeared on the outskirts of the city for the first time. Although Shu Zhan was inconspicuous among the many rat men, he did not really join the battle, but was anxious about the edge of darkness. of wandering.
The Ratmen's offensive became more intense today, and the heavy rain stopped. In the humidity, the two sides fought cruelly against the city wall.
More corpses were thrown down and piled on the towering city wall. The height of the pile reached a new height, although it still looked so inconspicuous compared to the towering city wall.
It’s just more tiring.
Even the stationed magic knight was so tired that he collapsed on the city wall during this attack, and more wounded were waiting for treatment.
The guards went to the shantytowns and brought more thin men. They tied a thick hemp rope and dropped them from the high city wall.
Today's attack on the city by the rat men made the Stargazing Pope even more determined.
Some Skaven even emerged from the backyard of the Stargazing Church.
The knights were gathered together, the blockage in the extremely thick city gate was cleared, and a fully armed team was organized.
Not wanting to sit still and wait for death, the Stargazing Pope decided to march outside the city.
It's not that he has lost his mind. Even though he has become more and more eager during this period, the current Mountain Dew City still has the power to confront the Rat Man due to his timely gathering of power, even if it can barely hold on.
He drew a line on the map, starting from Mountain Dew City and stopping at another human city.
Even if they hold on, they must not be in this besieged state. He must open a road. As long as they can maintain the existence of a road and the power in Mountain Dew City can be replenished, then this will not be a dead end.
The guesses of those nobles and nobles were indeed correct. The Star Gazing Pope did have the idea of selling this province. As long as he could get support in exchange for it, as long as the Star Gazing Church could be preserved, he would There is no pressure at all to do something like this.
In the center of the city, in a solemn and mysterious temple inlaid with a large number of purple gems, under the soft magical light, the Stargazing Pope dropped words on the letter paper in front of him.
He doesn't mind putting his eggs in multiple baskets, but sometimes not every basket is worth trusting.
He has already thought of where to send this letter.
Hoping that the response he received this time would change, the Stargazing Pope put away the quill in his hand with a calm expression.
The thick city wall slowly opened as the gears rotated, and the battle was over. However, the accompanying mages were sending more lighting spells to the sky. The darkness in this area was completely dispelled, as if daytime.
A human army also emerged from this towering city.
The sneaky figure peeping outside the city wall was frightened by this extremely dense lighting technique, and disappeared into the darkness, leaving behind a messy camp. The rat people did not make any further movements for the time being. , maybe a little unsure of what these guys are tinkering with.
But this is only temporary.
If there is no fortress, it is not an easy task to defend against the constant influx of ratmen, so the human side is indeed building fortresses.
Thanks to the Magic Academy located in Mountain Dew City, they have this ability.
In the flickering magic aura, the prototype of a fortress soon appeared on the plain.
Regarding this situation, it was obvious that the rat people could no longer sit idly by and ignore it. Amidst the sharp shouts, gray and black figures appeared at the end of the darkness and broke into the light.
The rat people are coming.
(End of this chapter)