Chapter 338, a new era
The losers sat down at the long table dejectedly. To a certain extent, this also represents the progress of the rat people's civilization.
A long time ago, for the rat people, the best and most common fate for losers was to ascend the altar of the gods. Now they are much more civilized.
A negotiation that went smoothly.
A negotiation with a sneaky plan.
Eventually, everything falls apart.
Sheng Qi was pushed onto the high platform.
The new high priest was born, falling on the head of Sheng Qi, and was supported by the temple guards and rat priests.
When Sheng Qi got the news, the excitement on his face could hardly be concealed, as if he was in a dream, and the exaggerated smile did not disappear from his face for a long time.
What I have been pursuing, what I have longed for, suddenly became a reality. It suddenly became a reality. This is incredible.
The leader of the temple guards kept his promise.
In fact, the reason why Sheng Qi was willing to enter this war so decisively was because of the position of the high priest.
The temple guard commander made such a promise to Sheng Qi in the name of the great god, and Sheng Qi chose to believe it without hesitation.
This holy war is over, the chaos in the Ratman Kingdom will subside, and a grand sacrificial ceremony will begin. In this sacrificial ceremony, Sheng Qi will officially take office, and he will become a Ratman The second high priest of the kingdom.
But whether all this is really what he wants and what he expects is not known.
Maybe not.
By the way, the inauguration of the high priest is of course not perfect. After truly falling into this position, Sheng Qi and his Western Expeditionary Force will definitely not be able to return to that vast and boundless land. The river is on.
The channel that Sheng Qi just ate is probably going to be vomited out.
After all, there are no loyal and reliable guys under him.
But that doesn’t matter. If Sheng Qi had to make a choice, he would choose to be the high priest without hesitation.
High Priest, High Priest! High Priest!
He had been looking forward to this day for so long, so many times, that he even got carried away.
I can’t even see clearly what I am facing.
I hope he won’t regret it in the future.
Sheng Qi is indeed a lucky guy, a lucky guy, and fate seems to have a unique preference for him.
However, this guy always misses out on the fallen gifts.
The war will continue to begin soon, when Sheng Qi sits on the throne that is tied up in the sky and looks high.
The powers in the Skaven Empire are about to undergo a round of reshuffle.
Led by Temple Guards.
The rat priests have preserved most of their own interests, as long as they are aware of current affairs and willing to cooperate.
Some people who are just pretending to be evil will be cleared out, such as those incompetent people who were installed by the rat war, and those rat warlords who are becoming more mellowed day by day in the underground rat city.
This will be a profit distribution.
Simply, it won’t be a shameless greedy carve-up.
The leader of the temple guards, that mysterious guy, seems to have made some kind of determination.
He will not follow the same path as the white mouse again.
Compared to the high-altitude gods, he could see more, and what he saw were some things that appeared in front of him.
This bloated and abnormal empire, the Ratmen themselves.
Of course, he also doesn’t love these rat people, he loves these despicable guys. He just wants to prove something to the white rats.
You are on the wrong path.
Although it is not really expressed, the meaning is very obvious.
A big event occurred in the underground rat city, causing a violent commotion.
The body of the white rat is missing.
The holy remains that were supposed to be placed in the original temple as holy objects disappeared, causing an uproar.
It’s just a pity that this happened during the Holy War. The rat priests who guarded the original temple all left the underground rat city, and the temple guards had no clue about this matter. .
The riot ended in vain, and the white rat's body was never recovered.
Maybe this is a good thing. The white rat may not be used to being placed in the temple after death and existing as a sacred thing.
When it comes to arrogance or pride, this guy is not much worse than a rat warrior.
At this time, in an inconspicuous corner of the barren mountain range, on a towering barren mountain peak.
The leader of the temple guards, who took off his helmet, raised his head and looked into the distance.
Beside him, a messy pile of rocks appeared.
In front of him, a huge statue appeared in front of him. It was an unfinished statue of a god.
With the passage of time, the so-called blood gold theory concocted by the rat priests is becoming more and more unbelievable. These things that are so sacred and brilliant in their tout are actually in fact It's not that valuable.
It will also fade.
A figure suddenly appeared next to the leader of the temple guards.
A slender figure.
He wasn't frightened, and he didn't even turn around to look at her specifically.
Just staring at the towering statue from a distance.
The aura on his body continued to surge at this moment, and a familiar transformation appeared.
Became a hero.
Looking back.
The leader of the temple guards did not stop here and left towards the bottom of the mountain.
The tall figure watched him leave.
One sentence was left behind.
"Shadow, if I die one day, find my body and bury me here."
Leave like this.
The blood gold does not last forever, and will also fade away, leaving it with a mottled cyan color.
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The main continent, the capital of the Youyan people, the City of the Sun.
The city has become more and more crowded during this time.
More and more people are pouring into this city, not for anything else, but just to survive.
The Dark Eyes repelled the invading Skaven, only for the long night to continue.
They are almost reaching their limit.
The last darkness before the light has come.
Food, food, food.
The imperial royal family offered a reward to find a solution to the food problem. The reward was hung high on the notice board in front of the city square. It was not that no one picked up the notice.
It's just that the solutions given are always a bit weird.
Use magic power to synthesize glue that can fill your stomach but has no nutrition. Long-term consumption will make people weaker but not hungry, allowing hungry victims to die peacefully.
Proposed by an unknown academic mage.
Recover the corpses of the rat men, boil them and put them into glass bottles to serve to the hungry residents.
Proposed by a mage who is involved in the food industry,
Drive those hungry people out of the city and let them return to their land to farm.
Proposed by a noble who has lived in Sun City since birth.
How should I put it, each of these items has its own unique features, but the most reasonable one is the second one, canned ratmen in glass bottles.
In addition to lizard men, snake men, sea monsters, and rat men, humans seem to be starting to eat rat men as well.
Fortunately, not all proposals are so weird.
A young man, covered in dirt, came to the square of the City of the Sun holding a bundle of fresh and astringent wheat ears.
At once it attracted everyone’s attention.
In fact, from the time this dusty young man walked into the city, countless people stood up spontaneously when they saw the handful of fresh wheat ears. Follow behind him.
These poor guys, ragged, thin, lost all hope, huddled in every open space, waiting for death in sorrow.
They stood up.
Because of the handful of blue wheat ears.
Because of that handful of blue wheat ears!
Countless people, countless people, they gathered together.
Until the young man stopped and took off the notice.
The roaring cheers swept through the vast city square like a tsunami.
The young man was so frightened that his body trembled.
Turn around.
What caught his eye was a group of guys cheering for him. People as far as the eye could see were cheering for him.
In a daze, I realized something.
There was a little more excitement on his face.
He realized what the people were doing, they were cheering for him.
Raise the green wheat ears high in your hands, looking into the eyes of longing.
It is very satisfying to realize that what you are doing is not in vain.
Inspiring.
This gray young man was recognized for the first time, recognized by so many people.
The dazzling brilliance seems to be blooming at this moment, or it may be an illusion.
In this city lit up by magic lamps, what can suppress the light lit by magic lamps one after another.
A hero is born.
This is an inefficient and even clumsy attempt. If there is no light in the world, then magic lamps will be used to replace it.
But it worked.
Bringing some vitality to this increasingly lifeless country.
Brings some hope.
It also prevents the rat people from falling to the bottom of the food chain and becomes a universal food choice.
Of course, the problems that the Youyan people have to face are far more than just food.
After that tragic war, after many human gods dimmed instantly.
Imbalance, imbalance in various aspects.
But simply, these guys did not choose to sit still and wait for death. Many new things appeared.
Just like on the plateau where the Rat War collapsed.
A new round of barbarian invasion has appeared.
The environment on this too-high plain has finally become so bad that it can no longer support the survival of living things.
The natives on the plateau died in large numbers in the brutal elemental storm.
Having no choice but to abandon his homeland, he swept down on his neighbors.
The problems they face are many.
The remaining magic erosion, the lost home, and hunger.
It's a pity that their neighbors can no longer support them at this time. Even if they attack the city again and plunder on a large scale, they will not be able to bring much harvest or food.
Driven by hunger, this group of plateau humans is rapidly transforming into a group of real savages, and they are beginning to try to include their own kind in the diet.
This is a bad thing.
Of course, it’s not all bad things.
The team of mages returned from the plateau, and the possibility of a plan was determined.
The heart of the world.
A very large-scale construction.
They are going to erect a high tower in the center of this plateau, leading straight to the high sky, submerging into the violent tide of magic, absorbing the violent and disorderly but accurate solution magic.
If this tower can be successfully erected, everything will be different again.
This is endless magic. This is endless magic.
This will be the beginning of that change.
This is a great tower that can make all mages excited.
There is just one problem.
The current human empire may not be able to support the construction of such a tower.
All parties in the unbalanced human empire are rapidly entering a chaotic state of mutual pull, heading towards chaos and collapse.
Such a human empire cannot support the establishment of a great tower. This is an unavoidable problem.
So, the mages, the great mages who belong to different schools in the human empire, in a meeting, in that attractive prospect, they chose to unite without hesitation .
They will use all their strength to bring this tower down.
This is a precious opportunity for all mages.
Resolution fell.
A less formal Council of the Tower was formed within the Imperium of Man.
The mages have united again since the magic war, but they are inconspicuous in the chaotic human empire at this time.
How far they can go is still unknown.
But that tower is indeed a beautiful vision, and it is appropriate to call it the heart of the world.
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While the human mages were making rapid advances in magic technology, the Ratmen did not fall behind.
Although compared to the ambitious Heart of the World plan of the human mages, the progress of the rat people is not so impressive.
But that is also in comparison with human mages.
Deep in the Underground Rat City, in the deep abyss, a dumb guy was fiddling with something meticulously.
As a new rat scientist, Gray Stone does have many disadvantages compared to long claws.
It's just that he also has his own unique advantages. He is a rigid and dull guy, and he is focused enough.
This is already a rare and valuable trait, especially compared to those big claw priests who are extremely unreliable.
Some wreckage was placed in front of him.
And what’s even more valuable is that he is willing to admit his stupidity.
Although he is stupid, he will not give up what he is doing, so he learns, no, learns.
Learning begins.
The object of study is the Youyan human race.
Some special wreckage appeared next to Gray Stone, which contained a lot of knowledge that was too advanced for the rat people.
Elemental core, magic pathway, storage node.
Such technology exists in these fragments.
Being watched by Gray Stone, his clumsy attempts and gropings were recognized.
This is not easy, such knowledge is too high-end.
But Gray Stone is very patient.
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The curtain of a new era is about to fall.
Chaos spread to almost every part of the small world.
Change, rapid change, the world is quickly becoming different.
(End of this chapter)