Chapter 406, Rat Emperor: Initiation
Since then, Du Yuan also lost a piece in this chess game, and the last part of the ancient god's divinity was used by Du Yuan.
Although Du Yuan was not sure whether this last move would have any effect.
But Du Yuan has enough patience.
It’s just that for the rat people, time is running out.
After Du Yuan surrendered the Kingdom of God and completely anchored himself in this turmoil, Du Yuan will enter a complete sleep for a long time and will not make any response to the outside world.
Maybe it was just a short period of time, maybe it will be an extremely long period of time, maybe this period of time is not long at all.
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After that terrifying and difficult crusade, the rat people began to make great strides forward by dismantling and using the fallen battleship.
In that grand sacrifice, when the heads of the Eldar were piled high.
The remaining psychological defenses of the Eldar were completely destroyed.
A few guys knelt down, howling in pain, and were willing to hand over everything.
Just the use of the nanofactory dismantled from the fallen Eldar battleship, this alone, made the rat people's technology begin to make great strides forward.
Scrap City experienced a complete failure in this crusade.
While the temple guards were descending on the Skaven cities one after another, they also started the construction of the Skaven's first real star warship.
Of course, in fact, all the usable parts of the fallen battleship were repaired and refurbished, and then nested into the shell re-cast by the rat people. This battleship was actually quite unworthy of its name.
But no matter what, this is progress.
During the construction process, the few bowing Eldar wanted to take the opportunity to escape. After all, the rat people didn't really understand what they were doing or how to do it. There was a huge problem in this. operating space.
It’s just that the temple guards don’t tolerate them.
After several months of interrogation and the infusion of black blood mushrooms, as well as the use of some special methods, soon the minds of these guys had been destroyed to the point where nothing was left, and they became extremely With their cooperation, we can even talk about loyalty, yes, loyalty, loyalty to the rat people, loyalty to the rat people empire.
It's hard to imagine what kind of torture these guys went through in just a few months.
The project is moving quickly.
In this context, the leader of the temple guards also felt that the opportunity was ripe.
This time, there is no need for a war, he will easily pick off the pearl at the top of the Skaven Empire's crown.
This time he did not retreat. In this war, these guys who called themselves Eldar helped him clear away almost all possible constraints in the Ratman Empire.
Even Sheng Qi, the high priest of the rat people, took the initiative to welcome him into the underground rat city.
In that rat-man council, among the reserved expressions of the big figures in the rat-man empire.
He took off the helmet that he had worn on his head for a long time, revealing his true appearance. At this moment, on the field, except for the shadows half buried in the darkness and the few high-ranking officials The powerful temple guards and all the other guys showed an expression of surprise, and then a look of understanding and an expression that it was indeed the case.
Because of the white hair.
It’s just that he is now able to deal with such expressions calmly.
He will be crowned the first emperor of the Skaven Empire.
He finally had his name ready.
The Skaven will be fused into a true empire in his hands.
He will also tell his name to all the rat people.
Start!
He will be the first Skaven Emperor, Qi!
He will bring enlightenment to all Skaven!
This name represents an arrogant attitude.
But no one dared to refute it. With the consent of the twelve rat people councilors and Sheng Qi, the rat man high priest, the rat people's first crown entered the building stage.
Of course, it is not that easy to have an additional emperor. This means that many things are going to change, many, very many things.
The most important thing and the most widespread thing is the power structure.
Carrying the power of victory, carrying the power of the heads of the Eldar being raised on the mottled glazed hills.
Half of the Ratman Council's authority was directly snatched away by Qi.
Although it seems that since the advent of peace, the Rat Council, which has made wrong decisions due to the promotion of steam trains, has lost most of its authority, it's just that this time, Qi has to be more thorough.
He dismantled the power structure of the Rat Man Empire into two parallel lines.
The Rat Council, and the Rat Imperial Court, which is about to enter the preparation stage.
Twelve rat councilors, together with the rat high priest, these guys still have great power, and any matters related to faith in the rat empire fall under their jurisdiction.
But instead, the jurisdiction over ordinary rat people, the jurisdiction of many rat people cities, the command rights of the rat army, construction and resource allocation will all be completely separated from them.
In exchange, he, the leader of the temple guards, is even willing to release the power of interpretation of beliefs and even the control of each temple in the hands of the temple guards.
Of course, this exchange is carried out in a very flattering way.
He will not directly divide these rights into the hands of the twelve rat people members and the rat people high priest of the rat people council, but will divide three of the twelve rat people member positions into these three positions. Directly assign them to the hands of the temple guards, and then transfer these interpretation rights and control of the temple to the hands of these three temple guards who serve as rat councilors.
This is actually a weakening. Before this, he had always firmly held all the rights of the temple guards in his hands. In short, the temple guards had never had anything like this happen. It is an exaggerated differentiation like that of the rat priest.
But now, as the largest leader of the temple guards, the controller, he wants to take the initiative to carry out such differentiation.
In exchange for the support of the temple guards for his crazy empire building.
The temple guards were not satisfied with his plan. In the view of these loyal guards, even if such a structure was to be established, it would be absolute supremacy of the gods.
Everything must be for God. What is to be established should be a kingdom of gods, not a so-called empire of rat people.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction, so for the sake of this rat-man empire, Qi directly dismantled the temple guards.
No matter how devout they are, the fire of desire is still burning in their hearts. The temple guard captains who serve as rat-man councilors have kept silent about this. The internal conflicts among the temple guards that are about to break out are just like this. Enlightenment turned into a conflict between the temple guards and the temple guards themselves.
Of course, there is another advantage to this. In order to hold on to the rights assigned to him, the captains of these temple guards will get closer to him at all costs. For a long time, they There will be absolute loyalty to him, and this will last until he builds the Skaven Empire he longs for.
By the way, you may be curious, curious, why the other rat councilors and Sheng Qi would agree to such a sweet stripping of rights and interests.
I can only say that Qi is crazy enough.
He put something on the table that no one could avoid, which was blood mushrooms. He gave up blood mushrooms, that is to say, all blood mushrooms, and the right to harvest blood mushrooms. , the rights to collect and perform sacrifices were fairly released by him to all the guys in the Ratman Council.
This guy is simply a lunatic. It is hard to imagine that after paying such a bargaining chip, if he fails, what will he have left? What will greet him will definitely be broken into pieces.
This guy Qi is worthy of being judged by the White Rat as a guy who has no faith. He has no attachment to the great gods, and he has no pity for the temple guards.
But he is not a fool, although he is indeed crazy enough.
After giving so much and giving up so much, he got what he wanted, which was the separation of faith. He gathered those who upheld faith and gathered them under the name of the great god. , bringing together the temples of the great gods, temple guards, rat priests, rat high priests, and blood mushrooms, and nested them together with the framework of the rat parliament.
To put it simply, the great god, faith, is still an indispensable and noble part of the Rat Man Empire, but it has been restricted and concentrated, or those who obtain it based on faith Powerful guys, their paths are limited and planned.
All the chaos and struggles can no longer escape the scope of the Rat Council.
Apprentice rat priest, rat priest, senior rat priest, rat councilor candidate, rat councilor, rat high priest.
Or trainee rat priest, rat priest, rat bishop, rat archbishop, rat cardinal, rat pope. Perhaps it would be much clearer to change to such an upward chain.
And the temple guards.
Apprentice temple guard, temple guard, temple knight, grand knight, paladin, holy knight, you can also make analogies like this.
In short, everything must be gathered into the rat-man council, these twelve positions witnessed by the gods and the rat-man high priest.
After all, the predecessor of the Rat Councilor was the priest of the Rat Temple.
Then release all other things, city construction, maintenance, commerce, land, army..., and a series of other various things, which will belong to the rat-man empire that is about to be established. It will belong to him, the Rat Emperor.
Of course, this is an ideal situation, because in fact, it is not as simple as you say, just pile all of them on the Rat Council or the Rat Temple Priests. separate.
Faith pervades every part of the Skaven Empire.
It is extremely easy for them to interfere and erode this so-called Rat Empire. Even the coronation of the Emperor of the Rat Empire requires the consent of these twelve Rat Councilors and the Rat High Priest. .
After all, in the entire Rat Man Empire, these thirteen positions and the undecided commander are their destiny witnessed by the gods.
This is the curse and restraint left by the white rat. Even with such a trend, Qi is currently unable to do anything about it.
But how can I put it, fortunately, he was the first emperor of the Rat Man Empire.
Everything is happening in this glorious situation, unfolding in a way that no one expected. It can only be said that Qi is worthy of being a freak cultivated by the white rat.
One is a fanatic who forcibly turns a cowardly race into a crazy evil god believer.
One is an unbelieving lunatic who wants to forcibly create a normal country out of a puddle of scattered religious lunatics.
They are all rebellious.
Even Du Yuan shook his head when he witnessed this scene, feeling a little amused.
But this is not enough, what Qi has done is not enough.
The curse left by the white mouse was much stronger than he expected and was not so easy to break.
The Curse of the White Rat, that stone slab indeed bound them tightly.
It won't take long, after Qi dies, or after his power is weakened, his empire will simply fall apart, and everything will return to the way it was before.
The rat people will start an endless cycle around the contract they once made.
Before sinking his divine kingdom, Du Yuan planned to release this shackles to the rat people, but he did not expect that Qi suddenly jumped out, but it gave him some familiar feelings, as if he had seen the president. It was the figure who had a solemn expression and was kneeling down to worship him day after day.
He no longer needs the ratman's faith so much, especially when he is about to sink his kingdom into the gap between the physical universe and the chaotic world.
Let him help him.
In the center of the prairie city, in front of the big clock that was hung high and inscribed with the Imperial Code, a hazy figure suddenly appeared. Looking at the various items inscribed on the big clock, the hazy figure raised his hand.
"I'm very grateful to you, white mouse, but now I may be a little tired of cheese, so it's time to let go!"
The thumb fell, and Du Yuan's face was filled with tears at this moment. He had a rare smile, and even had the mood to murmur to himself in a teasing tone where no one could see him.
Just after the thumb fell and the words ended, the smile on his face gradually faded away.
Soon after, the hazy figure disappeared.
suddenly! The cold soul giant bell in the underground rat city suddenly woke up. He didn't know why, but he was a little more scared for some reason. He just felt it carefully, but he didn't notice anything strange.
Such a wonderful feeling made him suspicious for a while, but in the end he did not come up with a result.
No one noticed that there was another fingerprint on the corner of the big clock hung high in the grassland city.
Will Du Yuan's actions create a new curse?
Probably not, after all, the meaning of his fingerprints this time was nothing else.
Rather, freedom is granted.
In the blood-red sun, in the empty world, a lonely god sits.
(End of this chapter)