From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 17, Consumption and Deficit
Later, Du Yuan, who was confused about Li Sheng's actions, learned what Li Sheng was doing when he came out to inquire about the news.

Standing on the outskirts of the square, Du Yuan looked at the show-off guy waving his arms in the distance with a twitching mouth.

I seem to be looked down upon too much. Although this is a good thing, it is very annoying.

He is selling himself out to deal with this war, while this show-off guy on the opposite side is still running some mutual aid society and recruiting people in the square?
Du Yuan smacked his lips and shook his head. Forget it. Since this guy didn't take it seriously, let him ignore it. The rats under his command really needed time.

It would be better if this contempt lasted longer.

Compared to superficial and shallow sentiments, Du Yuan cares more about something more practical.

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In the clan world, cave excavation went very smoothly. Soon, three caves, two large and one small, located deeper in the mountains were excavated by the slave rats.

Glowing moss and cave mushrooms were planted.

But as the rat-man planting operation progressed, a problem arose, posing a problem.

There are not enough materials to grow glowing moss and cave mushrooms.

Although the cave mushrooms and luminous mosses selected by Du Yuan are not delicate things, and even the requirements are very simple, whether it is rotten meat, fertile soil, trees, weeds, or other things, these mushrooms and mosses can be cultivated well.

But there was nothing in these barren mountains. Although the forest not far away was rich in resources, the scattered sentries and wooden walls blocked Du Yuan's covetous eyes.

Faced with this dilemma, Du Yuan gritted his teeth and took out most of the faith value stored in the altar. The blessing of life used for treatment and manifestation of God was fixed by Du Yuan in the two large caves in a manual and constant way to forcibly support the cultivation of cave mushrooms.

The smaller cave was used as a delivery room, while the natural cave where Du Yuan's altar was placed was separated and used specifically for sacrifices and cultivating blood mushrooms.

Du Yuan's behavior was undoubtedly a waste. Not to mention the poor conversion ratio of the divine arts used for healing to cultivating plants, the consumption of faith alone was enough to make other apprentice gods heartbroken.

Every point of faith is precious, especially for an apprentice god. The most critical step for an apprentice god to become a demigod is to collect enough faith and burn the accumulated faith into the long steps to godhood in a grand sacrifice in a short period of time. Then, by stepping onto the long steps, the apprentice god completes the first transformation from a mortal to a god.

There is a problem with this step. The faith required for burning does not have a fixed reference but is a value without an upper limit. In short, the more faith you have, the better.

Moreover, faith is not the most crucial point. A perfect soul, the prosperity of the clan, and the key opportunity are all important factors.

Du Yuan is still far from becoming a demigod, but there should be no problem with a perfect soul. Ever since Du Yuan awakened his talent, he can clearly feel that his soul is moving towards perfection at an extremely fast speed.

This process was quick and natural, so Du Yuan was able to meet this requirement very quickly. However, the prosperity of his clan was a bit difficult. In the ceremony of ascending to demigod status, at least ten thousand believers had to pray and pray fanatically at the same time, so as to outline the appearance of you as a god in this world.

This kind of ascension ceremony does not require those wavering shallow believers, but those truly devout believers. Ten thousand is the minimum requirement.

As for the group of ratmen in his hands, three ratman believers are comparable to a standard believer of an intelligent race, which means that the starting number is 30,000, and this is just the starting point. For an apprentice god, the more believers the better.

However, Du Yuan was not particularly worried about this, because the rat people had no other advantages, and their biggest advantage was that they reproduced quickly. If there was a suitable environment, the population would expand at an unimaginable speed, and it would not be difficult to gather 30,000 believers.

However, the mysterious opportunity made Du Yuan a little confused, because it was the most vague one among those conditions, according to the description of the teacher of the Academy of Gods.

If you are ready to ascend to godhood, then you should start paying attention to opportunities. They may be a whim, vague guidance, a spur-of-the-moment decision, or a sudden event.

The teacher mentioned three cases of being promoted to demigods.

One was that when he was watching his clan building a town, he suddenly had an epiphany, and then took this opportunity to hold a grand ceremony for the establishment of the town and was successfully promoted.

The second is that after defeating a hostile race, during the battlefield sacrifice, one suddenly felt the feeling of promotion.

The third was that after killing a wandering epic creature, I suddenly had a feeling.

These three opportunities are not related to each other, which makes people confused, but since it feels mysterious, Du Yuan does not think too much about it and just lets it go.

What is more important now is the confrontation with Li Sheng.

How to say it, even a guy like Du Yuan who allowed his clan to commit blood sacrifice and rush towards the path of evil gods still felt a little pain for the consumption of faith value.

If Du Yuan could gain 500 faith points through the rats' prayers and sacrifices in a month, then Du Yuan would have to consume 700 faith points to manually provide for the mushroom farms in the two large caves.

It was a complete deficit, supported entirely by the faith accumulated previously.

Thanks to a few bloody battles, Du Yuan now still has 4,000 faith points. With a deficit of 200 per month, he can still hold on.

The accumulated faith was disappearing every day, but Du Yuan did not act rashly. Instead, he let the rats quietly accumulate strength.

The rats also worked hard and did not waste Du Yuan's investment, and their numbers began to expand rapidly.

With the current food output of the rat people, it can feed about 8,000 rat people, which is double the previous amount.

Du Yuan observed about three hundred lizardmen at the edge of the forest, and about a hundred professional warriors inside. There must be many more lurking in the depths of the forest. The lizardman tribe under Li Sheng's command must have a size of at least eight hundred.

After all, professional warriors do not work and need to be supported. The ability of lizardmen to carry warriors is definitely better than that of humans. It is not as exaggerated as that of humans where twenty farmers are needed to support one professional soldier.

But it takes seven Lizardmen to support one Lizardman warrior.

Du Yuan's ratmen are even more extreme. It is normal for a one-month-old rat to be sent to the battlefield. In the current ratman tribe, there is no particularly clear dividing line between ordinary ratmen, slave rats, and ratmen warriors. The white rats and spear rats are the inappropriate rats.

(End of this chapter)