Chapter 278, The Power of the Dark Eye Tribe
The Rat Runners are a group of very featureless guys even among the military units of the entire Rat Empire.
But it is extremely difficult to become a rat runner.
More difficult than becoming a member of any of those elite Skaven, even including twisted flesh-transformers like Skaven Skinners.
Only one among thousands of ratmen may be able to withstand the transformation of distorted flesh and blood, and probably not one among thousands of ratmen can be employed as a ratrunner.
Even among the ratmen, among the vast number of ratmen, ratrunners can definitely be said to be one in ten thousand, or one in one hundred thousand, and this number may be even higher.
Rat people have been experiencing sorting throughout their lives. Perhaps this word is the most appropriate word.
From birth, there will be those who are free from defects, not too thin, and who can instinctively grab food.
In the growth stage, you can tolerate being in an extremely narrow and crowded environment.
Such screening happens almost every day. From being born, to growing up smoothly, to standing on the battlefield, every Ratman who can reach this point can be said to be one of a thousand. .
But the screening is not over yet. In each war, only those who survive are qualified to understand the word growth, and only those who survive are qualified to accumulate experience.
From young Skaven to Skaven Warriors to senior Skaven Warriors, and finally, Skaven Runners.
There is no big difference between the conditions for becoming a Skaven Runner and the process of becoming a Skaven Warrior and becoming a senior Skaven Warrior. There is only one way to survive in the war.
It’s just that the rat runners have to live extra long.
If you pay attention to the battles of these guys, you will find that the fighting methods of these rat runners are not particularly different from most rat warriors.
They all waved the spears in their hands like that, and they all dodged the enemy's attacks with such dexterity.
There is just one thing that is very difficult for the rat warriors to do. The rat runners can complete the cooperation with their companions very smoothly according to the situation.
They are relying on their own judgment as the most appropriate response.
This makes their fighting process particularly smooth. These guys are also the best group of guys among the ratmen who can show the strength of the group.
Three rat runners surrounded a magic knight. It was just a confrontation. Two spears suppressed and blocked the magic knight's retreat. A spear poked out from a tricky angle. It was a face-to-face encounter, and this magic knight was almost killed by these three rat runners.
These ultimate versions of rat warriors are not weak.
They are pretty strong.
If they weren't so selfish.
The cooperation of the Rat Runners can only be achieved based on a very critical point, that is, most of the Rat Runners can give approximate judgments. This is the basis of cooperation.
It's a pity that these guys can only cooperate with each other in battle. As for further mutual trust and mutual trust, it is something that is impossible to happen. .
How can a group of old youtiaos who have survived countless wars and crawled out of corpses countless times trust each other? On the battlefield, the most important thing for you is to live. , in order to survive for oneself.
In each war, they have enough experience in wars and battles. They know what to do in what situation, and they know how to kill the opponent as quickly as possible. .
So they can cooperate extremely well.
The Magic Knight forcibly twisted his body, and the spear thrust towards him from a tricky angle penetrated his armor, but failed to kill him immediately.
Shouting in pain, flames began to appear from the magic knight's body.
The rat runners who besieged him began to flee with strange screams. In other directions on the battlefield, another magic knight also noticed these guys, and a knight launched a charge here.
The three rat runners awkwardly avoided the swelling flames.
A guy who was left behind was locked by the magic knight who was running wildly. The dull sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, until the knight riding on the tall horse crossed the flames.
Without any thought of rescuing their companions, the two fastest runners even secretly rejoiced, after all, they were not the ones being targeted.
The only thing they didn't notice was that the guy who was left behind was not far behind them, and even stayed close to the two of them.
The magic knight raised his lance high, and a collision was about to happen. At this time, the rat-man runner who was at the end grabbed the second-placed guy among the three.
With a tug, the positions between the two parties changed. When the bodies passed each other, the face of the originally happy guy showed panic and anger. He wanted to grab the tug. I want to drag this damn guy with me to death.
But it didn’t happen. Among the three Rat Runners, the one who ran first was the most powerful. Because of his strength, he ran the fastest and fell behind the second one. The three Rat Runners are close in strength, but one is better at calculations.
As a result, the second Rat Runner was pulled as a backer.
Amidst the dull sound, a figure was thrown high into the air, and landed heavily without making a sound. After all, the rat runners were not wearing heavy armor like the ferocious knights.
This guy still had such ferocity and unwillingness on his face, but it was a pity that he lost regardless of his strength or calculation.
The two guys who survived immediately disappeared into the crowd of rats behind them.
This group of guys is not united at all. If they really work together, they may not be able to advance and retreat together, but it is a pity that they are just so ununited. They are a group of experienced people who are good at making judgments. selfish guy.
This may be why Rat Zhan doesn’t think highly of them.
They are indeed a group of powerful warriors, but they can never become a powerful army.
Not long after, the two fleeing Rat Runners came back. Not only did they come back, they also brought four other Rat Runners with them.
The battle continues.
This coalition of nobles was not that unbearable. Even in response to the brazen raid of the Rat War, the situation was gradually stabilized after the initial panic.
Rely on enough magic knights.
Every magic knight can exist as an important node on this chaotic battlefield.
Every magic knight can also exist as a leader who can take on part of the battlefield.
Amid various blessings, gorgeous magical light pillars appeared, and the elements oscillated between each other tended to unify Zhihong in the collision. When all these happened, this force came from multiple provinces, The chaotic army with different members was gradually integrated together, gathering nobles of all sizes.
Youyan humans are able to defeat all the alien races on this continent one by one and become the absolute overlord of this land in an unquestionable manner. They rely on power, and that power comes from this one A gathering of magic knights.
The larger the battlefield and the larger the army, the greater the power that the magic knights can exert. These guys are naturally suitable to exist as nodes of the army.
This is the first time that Shu Zhan has learned the true power of the Nether Eye people. This is the most important force for the Nether Eye people to support their dominance.
The Biting Plateau does not count, that is the violent nature, nor does the Golden Province or this nameless province whose name is not even remembered by Rat War. Taking out a single province is not enough. The rat war came too early.
Farmers, town guards, mercenaries, strong or thin, these various soldiers are constantly unfolding there to connect everything, spreading with countless magic knights as nodes are connected together in the network.
The military mages stopped what they were doing.
In the violently shaking elements, they temporarily lost the ability to use spells.
This is a huge ceremony.
A ceremony that can be held after the magic knights gather in sufficient numbers and these human armies from multiple provinces gather together.
Of course, it’s actually not that mysterious.
Don't think this scene is so big, but in fact, this is just a connection.
The commander is connected to the next-level leaders, and the second-level leaders are connected to each magic knight. Then the magic knights serve as the last level to directly mobilize the huge army, and finally complete the The integration of the entire army.
This is a set of things that are not unusual, but relying on this ceremony, this connection and communication is particularly efficient.
You can understand that relying on the power of magic, the Youyan people have already achieved the flow of orders from top to bottom during wartime.
But it is the power of magic after all. Compared with real-time communication relying on the Internet and radio, this set of things has some other effects.
A variety of buff magics, as well as some particularly powerful battle magics.
Compared to the rat people who only know how to swim side by side, the generation gap in technology has widened by more than one generation.
The Skaven were blinded.
The noble coalition turned around and showed the rat people what wartime mobilization is and what magic technology is.
The tired ones retreat, the repaired ones step forward, the weak areas are replenished, and the surplus areas are mobilized resources.
Faced with the rat-men coming from all directions, the rat-men who were several times more powerful than themselves, with such commanding efficiency, the human side easily held on. On the contrary, the more the rat-men fought, the more they felt something was wrong.
What I was facing seemed to be an iron wall. Not only that, but in the chaos, fleeting opportunities were always accurately captured. The Ratman front was forcibly divided many times, and a large number of Ratmen disrupted and ate them. Down.
Morale is gradually declining.
Gradually, fleeing ratmen appeared, although these guys were often pushed back to the battlefield by the following ratmen soon after.
But this is not a good sign.
During the melee, the ferocious knight who was too close to the battlefield was attracted by the flaw sold by the noble coalition. He launched a violent charge, but was instead surrounded by the noble coalition.
This was a targeted temptation, and the Dire Knights fell for it.
The noble coalition did not directly attack with the entire army and try to eat the fierce knight, but made a gesture of surrounding and pressing.
They want to attract rat war rescue.
In order to stabilize morale, the Rat War has indeed pressed forward. The dark flag appeared on the battlefield, which was particularly conspicuous.
However, this calculation was wrong. Even if the Dire Knights were to be consumed, their losses would hardly make Rat Zhan blink.
The commander of the noble coalition did not know this.
Rat Zhan mobilized his troops very cooperatively and pressed on the besieged ferocious knights.
Under the orders of Rat Zhan, the Rat Man Supervisory Team began to push the Rat Men gathered on the field.
The human side is not to be outdone, and a large number of magic knights acting as nodes are gathering over, leaving a blank space in the network where military mages gather.
Rat Zhan noticed such a scene.
This crazy guy seized such an opportunity.
With almost a sudden turn of 180 degrees, the fluttering black flag broke directly into the enemy.
Wearing the same armor as the Dire Knights and holding short-handled hammers, the Rat War Guards carelessly dropped their weapons on the compatriots in front of them, just to clear a path.
It's embarrassing to say that these guys say they are personal guards, but in fact they probably can't catch up with the rat war.
Just like this, Rat Zhan jumped up and stepped on each Rat Man running wildly on the battlefield, but these personal guards could only wave their short hammers to clear a path in front of them. Lu Laiyu chased after Shu Zhan frantically.
This raid has entered a very critical node
It's just that many guys on the battlefield made different decisions.
The Magic Knights did not respond immediately, but completely pressed forward against the Dire Knights.
The commander of the noble coalition also became ruthless and decided to eat the ferocious knight first. After all, no matter how crazy the rat was, there were still many troops standing in front of him and the accompanying mages.
Rat Zhan simply gave up on the Dire Knight. He and the commander of the noble coalition had the same idea, and he took the lead in eating the most troublesome group of guys on the opposite side.
These all-rounders, the military mages, clearly fit the definition of the most troublesome guys.
As early as the siege of Mountain Dew City, Rat Zhan had already experienced the troubles of these accompanying mages.
Even if the human army is cared for by various auxiliary spells, and has been greatly improved in every aspect, it is still so vulnerable to the rat war, just one person , which knocked the outermost formation of the noble coalition to a teetering point.
A magic knight who arrived was caught by Rat Zhan and his arm was torn off.
Under the attention of the Blessing of Killing, Shu Zhan found that he liked tearing the enemy to pieces on the battlefield more and more, not because of anything else, but just because this way he could clearly understand his own power.
The magic knight whose arm was torn off was casually thrown aside. In the desperate wailing, even the anger was slowly dissipated.
This is indeed a great way to relax.
Behind him, Shu Zhan's personal guards caught up. These solemn guys wearing pitch black armor gathered behind Shu Zhan one by one.
At this moment, this hairless guy is simply terrifying.
(End of this chapter)