From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 168: The Rat Lord Returns to the Stage, and the Investor with Red Eyes

It took three full days.

After that half of the magic tower was knocked down by the surging ratmen warriors.

This narrow valley was finally captured by the ratmen, and the road to the rolling hills was opened. The war was about to spread to every part of the half-elf kingdom.

But this is not without cost.

The valley was dyed red, the ratman priests put down their berserk spells, and the ratman warriors with red eyes gradually regained their sanity.

Staring blankly at everything in front of me, looking at everything red in front of me.

Every Skaven warrior pushed to the front lines who survives is a miracle.

But not every ratman can accept the blood-red color.

Red covered every inch of the space in front of him.

Some of the surviving ratmen suddenly let out sharp screams, and ran wildly on the battlefield in despair and fear, and in the valley where every inch of land was painted with bright and glaring red.

No matter whether it was the young ratman or the ratman warrior, they were so humble in the eyes of the ratman priest, as if they were dust and were not taken seriously.

But after all, it exists as an intelligent creature, even if the ratmen priests do not think so. Under the influence of the killing aura covering the battlefield and the berserk spells cast at will, it is just a tool.

No guy cares about the feelings of his tools.

But in the end, some ratmen couldn't bear it. Even though their bodies had been ravaged by the berserk technique, the newly born ratmen in the Ratman Kingdom had become more and more tolerant to berserk.

Even if you stay in a frenzy state for a long time, you will not be affected too much.

However, this experience was not pleasant. It caused great mental trauma to some young ratmen who had not accepted it and were facing this scene for the first time, as well as some ratmen warriors who could no longer accept such a scene.

He ran wildly, neighing wildly, and waving the spear in his hand like a madman.

and then be killed.

The rat people are not good at treating such mental trauma, nor do they know how to treat it.

There is only one solution to this problem.

The metal spear pierced through his body, and the crazy ratman regained some sanity in the last moment before death.

I don’t know why, but the expression that was revealed the most at the end was one of peace?

Death has become a kind of peace for these guys?
The spear was pulled out, and the crazed ratman fell powerlessly to the ground. Blood slowly flowed out and turned into a part of the red color that dyed the entire valley.

Those who killed them were the numb and empty-eyed ratmen warriors, qualified tools that had been refined in war.

The war will still go on.

The attack on this valley was not successful and the losses were severe, perhaps 200,000, 250,000, or closer to 300,000.

In short, many ratmen warriors died in this valley.

But the rats won.

………….

In the barren mountains.

The spread of a piece of news caused an uproar among the senior rat-men priests who had been summoned to return.

A not-new word has returned to the sight of these senior ratmen priests.

Rat Lord.

This is a rather old-fashioned term.

After the Rat Warrior defeated and killed Good Eyes and became the de facto leader of the Ratmen.

The term "Ratman Lord" is no longer mentioned by any ratman, leaving only the title of "Ratman Warlord".

But now, this word that was once associated with the rat warlords has been separated out.

And they will be re-empowered through a vote in the Rat People's Parliament.

And it’s no small right.

A formal meeting of thirteen was convened, and almost all of the thirteen ratmen councillors who could decide the fate of the Ratman Kingdom had arrived.

Except for the rat war that is still going on an expedition across the vast grassland.

The topic of this meeting was the Rat Lord, and the proposer was the white rat who had not interfered in the affairs of the Rat Kingdom for a long time.

Under the calm gaze of the white rat, both those senior rat priests who united together and those rat warlords who were left behind by the Rat War to act as troublemakers.

There were no dissents.

This proposal was passed unanimously.

The appointment of the first batch of rat lords was also implemented immediately.

Selected from among the senior rat-men priests who were summoned back to the Desolate Mountains.

There are five in total, corresponding to the five cities in the Ratman Kingdom.

But doesn’t the Ratman Kingdom only have five cities in total now?
Could it be that the White Rat was going to appoint a lord for the Underground Rat City as well?
Of course not. A city where gods descended obviously did not need the rule of a lord.

However, the matters promoted by the White Rat would certainly not be aimless. At this moment, at the meeting of thirteen people, the White Rat's cold eyes fell on the senior priests who served as ratmen councilors.

At this moment, the expressions on the faces of these senior priests were changing wildly.

Of course, there are more than five cities in the Ratman Kingdom.

To be precise, in the hands of the senior rat priests of the alliance alone, there was just one city and the prototypes of four developing cities.

The city they occupied, the city they built, was about to change its ownership with just a few simple words from White Rat.

Was easily appointed.

Can they accept it?
With their expressions changing dramatically, these five most powerful and strongest ratman priests raised their heads with difficulty.

The answer is obvious.

Of course it is unacceptable.

But do they have a choice?
Under the cold gaze of the white rat, his wildly changing expression finally turned into a hint of bitterness and he lowered his head.

It was just an issue, a concept was picked up, an issue was thrown out, and five senior rat lords were appointed.

It seems that nothing has changed.

But would a white mouse do such a meaningless thing?

The White Rat's control over the Rat-men has always been precise and accurate.

………….

Rat War did not know what happened in the underground rat city

Although the two troublemakers he left in the underground rat city passed the message on immediately, the long distance prolonged the time it took for the message to reach him.

Being away from the center of the Kingdom has its advantages and disadvantages.

The benefit is that the influence of the old guy entrenched in the underground rat city will be greatly weakened.

If it weren't for the distance, Shu Zhan wouldn't dare to be so unscrupulous.

Of course, there are disadvantages too.

That is, no matter what happened in the underground rat city, when he finds out about it, everything will be settled.

not to mention.

Sometimes the transmission of messages is deliberately blocked.

In the lush forest.

A team of galloping rat knights was targeted.

Some piled-up sharp wooden spikes stopped the rat knight from running wildly.

During the short stop, danger came.

Tall figures appeared from the shadows and surrounded the team of knights.

In panic.

The captain of the rat knights displayed the flag behind him.

That was the flag of the Rat War, but it was obvious that it could not change anything. The rats emerged from the shadows and surrounded them.

A fierce fight took place in this lush forest.

Soon, all the rat knights were killed in the corner of the forest.

Obviously, some people were not prepared for what was about to happen.

Compared to the rat-man priests who were seated and within sight, Shu Zhan would undoubtedly receive special preferential treatment, although he might not really want such preferential treatment.

A large number of temple guards began to gather.

According to the rules set by Du Yuan, the status of the Underground Rat City is far more unshakable than the Rat Priests and Rat War imagined.

Even with the independence of the two parties, the underground rat city became more desolate.

Everything in the Ratman Kingdom no longer converges towards this original city.

At the same time, a large number of ratmen also left.

But this is still the center of the Ratman Kingdom. Even if time passes, the Underground Rat City will still be the center of the Ratman Kingdom. It is not for any other reason, but simply because the Ratman Priest and Rat War have always been working for the Underground Rat City.

Under Du Yuan's control over Xiaochun, the Underground Rat City will always be the city that produces the most blood mushrooms in the Rat Kingdom.

In the temple where Du Yuan was sleeping, in the bright pool of blood, a large number of blood mushrooms were densely piled and growing on the surface of the pool.

This is Du Yuan’s gift, and also the final protection for the ratman order.

With the support of this huge blood mushroom, no matter how the power in the Ratman Kingdom changes, the Underground Rat City will always be the absolute center.

And now, this center is in the hands of the white mouse.

Ten thousand temple guards gathered together.

These god guards who were supposed to be stationed in the temple gathered together in large numbers, contrary to their usual practice. This was an absolutely powerful force.

Of course, this powerful team has something to do when it comes together.

In fact, this group of god guards gathered together just to escort a few ratmen.

Of course, there are some things to do along the way.

For example, beating up a rebellious guy.

………….

On the grassland, in a very short period of time, the prototypes of six cities appeared.

Large amounts of rock were mined from towering mountains and pulled by giant rats to the cities under construction.

This is a big project.

Fortunately, in the last war, a large number of giant rats fell into the hands of these rat scavenger team captains in order to catch up with the progress.

These precious giant rats also became coolies.

In order to complete the construction of these six cities within the specified time, and to obtain the pasture agreed with Rat War as soon as possible.

To this end, these guys gathered under the banner of Rat War tried their best.

However, recently, the construction of a city has not been going smoothly.

Some argali riders appeared outside the city under construction.

Shu Zhan ignored this matter. He was dealing with the sudden drop in temperature in annoyance.

In fact, some smart rat people in the grassland city have begun to peel the fur of giant sheep to make warm clothes.

Well, maybe using clothes to describe it isn’t really the right word.

The giant sheepskin that was hastily peeled off had only the head, butt and limbs cut off, and then it was turned over and the hairy side was used as a lining and simply put on the body.

This is a ratman's warm clothing.

It's crude, but effective.

The materials come from the corpses of giant sheep that were discarded at random after being bled.

Rat Zhan himself has the title of Skinner, so he should be the first to enjoy the warmth brought by the winter warm clothes specially provided by the ratmen.

But this proud guy was unwilling to wear the skin of an ordinary giant sheep.

Shu Zhan regretted more and more that he was not able to skin either of the two old guys.

These sheep-orc skins must be quite warm to wear.

And now, our arrogant Ratman Commander, the cruel evil hero, the dragon slayer, Rat War, can only huddle in a cave deep in the grassland city, relying on the lit bonfire to survive in this cold winter.

Without Shuzhan's command, the huge army of ratmen went into a dormant state.

Of course, it's not just dormancy.

The replenishment of troops has been ongoing, and when this cold wave briefly stops, the size of Shu Zhan's army should reach a new high.

However, the dormant rat war has made a group of rat investors anxious.

A group of unlucky guys who took over the construction of the outermost city of Four Seasons Ranch.

The argali riders that appeared on the outskirts of the city greatly slowed down the construction of the city.

And they are gradually becoming restless, as if they are ready to launch an attack at any time.

Relying on those slave rats is not enough to resist this group of restless argali knights.

However, Shu Zhan did not provide any support and was even unwilling to extend the construction deadline.

I feel like I've been cheated.

It's like getting on a pirate ship.

It's obviously too late to regret now.

In order to protect their own interests and to prevent their investments from going to waste.

This group of mixed investors, consisting of the Big Claw Priest, the scavenger team captain, and the ratman priest, could no longer sit still.

The ratmen's regular army could not provide support.

But there was a group of guys who were obviously not so afraid of the severe cold at that time.

A large amount of blood mushrooms were thrown down.

One after another, scavenging teams were hired, and a large number of mixed ratmen began to rush to the rat-man-made site that was under construction.

The city's mixed investors have become red-eyed.

In order to obtain the ranch given by Shu Zhan, they invested all their remaining chips.

Among this mixed group of ratmen army.

A familiar guy was among them.

A young ratman riding a giant rat, wearing a tattered full body armor and holding a flag.

This is the bold fellow posing as a Skaven warlord.

Relying on a flag bought from the noisy ruins, he stripped off a relatively complete piece of armor from a brutal knight.

He dared to pretend to be a ratman warlord to deceive the ratman raiders.

This is undoubtedly a gamble.

Not only was it necessary to survive the chaotic battlefield and reach the Rat War, but simply deceiving the group of rat raiders was a dangerous matter.

That group of old foxes had followed Rat War through one war after another, and they were no strangers to the Rat Warlords.

They sensed something was wrong with the young warlord.

But they also recognized the young warlord's words.

They cannot lose the Rat War, nor can they afford the reckoning that may come from the Rat War after the war.

Having followed Shu Zhan for so long, they certainly knew the character of their commander-in-chief.

Loyalty to Him is absolute and necessary.

(End of this chapter)