Chapter 258, Big Shots at the Dinner Table
This recruitment includes all residents of the city, even those poor guys, and the thin men in the slums are also included in the recruitment.
This is of course good news for them. If the ordinary residents in Mountain Dew City can only find it difficult to support, these poor guys in the slums are almost at a dead end.
The doubling of food prices has already made these poor people start to obtain food from various places.
Rat jerky has become all the rage among them recently. Even though there is no shortage of food in the city, they simply cannot, cannot afford the overly expensive ordinary food.
Yes, it’s the kind of rat jerky you’re thinking of, the kind that’s furry and has hands and feet.
The city defenders did not exclude these poor guys, but they were generally malnourished and too thin. Most of them were not even qualified to become expendable.
Fortunately, they are still recruiting sweepers. After the brutal battle, this time they need more sweepers.
The blackened old lantern was raised high, and in the hazy light, on this dim street, thin men gathered one after another, inexplicably, and somewhat horrifyingly. The voices of the city guards here couldn't help but become a bit louder.
But these guys are not dangerous, they are calm and waiting to be picked.
Soon after, a group of thin men were led away from the street.
In fact, the problem faced by this street is far more than just the lack of food. Lighting is also a big problem. Compared with other areas of the city, this area is extremely dark.
It takes an extremely long distance to see an oil lamp flickering with faint light.
Light is a very important thing, especially after the world enters the dark eternal night, the residents of Mountain Dew City are working hard to maintain the light.
When the world falls into darkness, some sneaky guys lurking in the darkness will become particularly active.
There is no shortage of rat-men in the city. In a very short period of time, these sneaky guys are all over the city. However, these rat-men are not large-scale, and there are no leaders who can command and command all of them, so they do not constitute a particularly serious threat. Threats will only circulate in the city when chaos begins to spread, or after an area is completely plunged into darkness, these sneaky guys will begin to gather and become active.
The affairs officers in the city are working hard to avoid this situation. Darkness will attract the gathering of rat people in the city. This is a very dangerous situation, not just what these guys do in the dark. Because, especially because the rat people may decide the leader when they come together.
It’s just that his words were not taken seriously. Compared to this possible crisis, the confrontation between the two sides inside and outside the city wall was obviously more dangerous and direct.
However, things did not develop into such a critical situation. Over the nobles' mansions, there was an uninterrupted lighting technique rising, and the bright and soft light dispelled all the darkness.
Ordinary urban residential communities are also lighting torches, placing candles, and even the richer ones can use some bulky magic props.
The Golden Wheatfield Academy in Mountain Dew City is not particularly good at making and using various magic props, but this lack of expertise is only relative. It is just not that outstanding and proficient. Facing the threat of the rat people, this academy began to In order to change direction, thanks to the surge of magic power, some magic-driven weapons should be put into use soon.
It may not be possible to wait until that time. This research has some big and small problems. The Gold and Wheat Field Academy is indeed not good at making and using various magic props.
That thing, which can fill a small square and is full of complex and intricate patterns, is not cheap to make. Its function is only to project lighting into the sky at regular intervals. Even so, it still needs to be done every once in a while. Only by accepting the charge from the mage can it operate smoothly.
But only wealthy neighborhoods can afford this kind of utensils. The most common situation is to light oil lamps, plug in torches, and hire teams of mercenaries to wander around the neighborhoods.
These have nothing to do with the residents of the slums.
Except for one strange guy, a stooped knight wearing old armor.
Wandering in this chaotic and barren area, fighting in the darkness and resting in the light, you can see him stepping into the darkness holding the pitchfork in his hand, and you can also see him leading the way. With blood all over his body, he returned to the neighborhood where the light still existed.
But the light is still there, but in fact it is just a small oil lamp, a little flickering weak firelight, illuminating a small area in the street. You can see that after the battle, this weird man The knight sat down on the street without caring, relying on the simple shack to rest.
A very strange guy.
Only when the City Watch arrives in the ghetto will the area truly come to life
This weird knight also witnessed this scene, relying on the old shack, casting curious eyes and a little excited about the conditions offered by the city guard.
But in the end, he still didn’t stand up.
Wanting to drink a glass of beer, he missed the old oak cup with some mottled mold spots and the beer in such an oak cup.
But in the end, I just watched silently.
The residents of the ghetto have not yet adapted to the presence of this uninvited guest, and the world has taught them to be wary.
Sitting cross-legged in the street illuminated by dim light, silently dazed.
Of course, he was not in a daze all the time. The Holy See Knight came to this area several times and distributed some free food, but he never missed it.
After participating a few times, I have a bulging pocket on my waist. This guy is not honest. He is not merciless at all in taking advantage of those knights. He tries his best to put it in his own pocket. push lightly.
The pocket was bulging, and he took out a piece of bread from it. It was still the kind of bread that was bland and tasteless, but he ate it with relish.
There were neither flowers nor applause for what he did, but he didn’t particularly care.
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The towering city wall, a new group of guards climbed onto the city wall, and the first scene that caught the eye was the pile of corpses. These piled up corpses were difficult to deal with, but the rat people were easier to say. Push down the city wall, and soon there would be There was a fire, but the corpses of human guards mixed among the rat-men could not be disposed of in such a careless manner.
If you advertise yourself as a civilized person, then some sense of ceremony is essential. The city hall has designated a cemetery area for burying soldiers who died in war.
Since then, it has become a must to sort the piled corpses one by one.
The thin men climbed up the city wall, sorted the corpses, hung thick hemp ropes around their waists, and began to fall along the city wall, picking up the scattered weapons. They were very busy, but instead this Among the newly recruited guards, these recruits seemed a little overwhelmed.
Standing blankly on the city wall, looking at the corpses piled up in front of them, in fact, what they saw was just a little bit left over from the cruel battle, and more were piled up under the city wall, piled up with rat men. There was a thick layer of corpses and they were so densely packed that it was hard to see them clearly. Unless the many magicians who accompanied the military cast lighting spells on the sky to illuminate the area, the traces left by the battle would not be clear.
There was some wavering among these new recruits. As his eyes swayed from side to side, regret was a very normal behavior, but it was obvious that it was not that easy to run away after boarding the pirate ship.
A tall knight came behind the group of recruits and stood still. His original impatience immediately disappeared and he acted honestly.
With loud cheers, these recruits were assigned to their respective positions. They were not qualified and needed to be tempered. However, this was not a big problem. After experiencing a battle, in that terrifying scene After fighting for a round and surviving, everything will fall into place.
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Outside Mountain Dew City, the ratman camp hidden in the darkness.
The camp has received some visitors.
Some visitors who were quite important, one by one were rat lords.
They arrived at the camp of the Eastern Expeditionary Force almost at the same time.
Even if they arrive together, there is still a certain risk in facing this manic guy like Rat Zhan, but these guys still come.
For the special eyes of the Nether-Eyed Human Race, this is a very precious commodity that contains extreme profits. Such benefits are enough for them to leave the danger and come to this camp in person.
What’s more, they didn’t arrive one by one.
If possible, these guys actually don't mind kicking out their peers and monopolizing the extreme profits, even if they give up some benefits to themselves.
There is just one problem, the partner is Rat War, okay, this is a big problem.
The rat lords grabbed their colleagues and arrived at the camp together. In the center of the camp, in the large tent sewn with various leather materials, the two sides formally sat down and began negotiations.
The arrival time has been selected and is particular.
In the final analysis, the blue eyes produced by the Nether Eye Human Race are just a special organ. Even if they are contaminated with magic power, they will inevitably become corrupted.
Of course, there are ways to preserve the quality. The rat lords discovered that as long as they mobilize the elemental attention from time to time into these blue eyes, they can prevent the occurrence of decay.
But this method requires the cooperation of enough rat priests, a condition Rat Zhan lacks, and the blue eyes in his hands are already rotting away.
The rat lords seized on this and delayed time in order to force Rat Zhan to surrender.
Of course, this underestimates the rat war.
The two sides quarreled fiercely in this camp. When the anger got angry, there was no shortage of baring their teeth and claws. There were even violent fluctuations in magic power in the camp from time to time.
Obviously, this is a situation created by the rat lords. As rat men, even as priests, these guys are much crazier than priests of ordinary races.
It is really possible to turn into a self-destructing truck and die with you.
But in the end, when these rat lords left, their faces were dark in a different way. It was obvious that they had not taken any advantage.
Rat War would rather wait for those precious eyes to rot and be destroyed than do this business with these rat lords.
This made the faces of the rat lords not good-looking, but in the end everyone maintained a bit of dignity and did not really fight. Even in the rat war, they still have to think and leave all these guys behind. There's a price to pay here.
The logistics of the Eastern Expeditionary Force still relies on the channels and caravans in the hands of these guys. What's more, it's not like no one is watching him from above.
Of course, this is a rat war. Even if the logistics are controlled by these guys, they can still adopt such an attitude.
Rat Zhan is very aware of the character of these rat lords, or rather these rat priests.
Taking over the logistics of the Eastern Expeditionary Force has brought extremely high benefits to these guys, so it will never be him who takes the initiative to maintain all this, but these rat lords.
The fact is indeed that even though these rat lords were very unhappy with the rat war in this negotiation, in the end, the matter of cutting off logistics was never raised by them as a bargaining chip.
Of course, there is a prerequisite for making these guys so tolerant, that is, you must be qualified to negotiate with them.
The two sides broke up unhappy, and the subsequent twists and turns will definitely not be cut off. The rat lords will not give up. They are indeed unable to challenge the rat war militarily, but the resources in the rat empire are limited. Circulation and trade cannot bypass them.
Of course, Rat Zhan would not let go easily. He would not hesitate to sit back and watch these precious things in his hands get damaged and was unwilling to compromise with the Rat Lords. The reason was not complicated, or even very simple.
For profit, to monopolize the huge profit that may arise.
Instinctively want to take everything, because of greed, don't look at the rat war and these rat lords are almost the absolute apex of the rat empire, the real big shots, but these guys are eating at the table Even now, he is still so rude.
He even showed his teeth to protect the food.
The negotiations broke up unhappily, and the war will continue. In the complex camp, the number of ratmen gathered has not decreased. It is still so endless that it is difficult to count the number. Every day, there is still a steady stream of young ratmen being killed. Sent to this camp.
Rat War is indeed using these guys as consumables.
The flag was waving, and a new round of war was about to begin. The noisy camp was temporarily quiet. Many rat people did not understand what happened and were a little confused. Soon they will also be in this confusion. Being pushed onto the battlefield, the new guy here.
The war did not bring about changes. There were also many ratmen. At the moment when the flag was waved, there was a trace of fear on the face. The fear that was difficult to shake was just besides the fear. But he seemed even calmer, especially when compared with those who were confused and uncooperative around him.
If these guys can survive several more brutal wars, they should become senior rat warriors in the Eastern Expeditionary Force.
(End of this chapter)