From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 174: The Rat People's Background and the Chaos They Can Encounter
Travel through dimly lit underground cities through dark tunnels.

The strength in the flag bearer has been completely depleted.

He needs help.

Returning to Prairie City again, he needed to gather strength here and also seek help from a guy.

In the noisy ruins, Qi, who was wearing armor, easily squeezed through the rats who were crowded together in front of him.

Walking through this bustling and crowded market under their gazes of awe and fear.

In the center, a ratman raised the wooden sign in his hand high, and his sharp and excited shout attracted the attention of everyone present.

Another rat man whose achievements were briefly remembered. What did he do? Qi paused and listened briefly.

Killed a sheep orc?

Just killed a sheep orc?
There was a hint of surprise in his eyes, followed by silence.

Is this what I was looking forward to before?

He raised his head and looked at the guy in the middle of the noisy ruins who was holding a spear high with an excited look on his face. He retracted his gaze and looked around, also looking at the poor guys around him who were showing desire and jealousy.

These guys are so humble.

As he took a step forward, an ordinary ratman in front of him blocked Qi's way and a collision occurred between the two. However, when the ordinary ratman turned around and saw Qi's armor covered with battle scars, he bent down in horror.

These guys are so humble, but who could have imagined that he was also one of them not long ago.

A defective young fellow.

There's no going back. He will never go back to being with these pathetic and lowly guys, even if it means death.

Either, be on top or die.

He violently pushed away the ratmen gathered around him and strode towards the depths of the noisy ruins.

The flag no longer belongs here.

Even now, in Shu Zhan's eyes, he is just a slightly interesting guy, a fun thing.

But it would be impossible for him to return to the lowly, dust-like self he was not long ago.

Deep within the noisy ruins.

Qi found what he was looking for.

A slender fellow, a little mouse-man who painted designs on various leathers.

Facing Qi's sudden visit.

The other guy next to the slender rat man became more alert, gripped the small round shield in his hand, and drew a short spear.

But the dwarf mouse-man who was painting the pattern stopped the guys around him.

With the last stroke, an intricate pattern was imprinted on the leather in his hand.

It seems that the painting is of the patterns belonging to the gods in the temple.

His craftsmanship is very sophisticated, not inferior to those master craftsmen who specialize in depicting divine patterns, but he lives in this small corner, in this messy environment.

Qi was very grateful to her. If it weren't for her, he would still be that confused and pathetic guy wandering in this noisy ruins.

The short ratman also recognized the flag, or to be more precise, recognized the rough flag carried behind the flag.

He placed the leather in his hand carefully and a smile appeared on his face.

"Hey, isn't this a former customer?"

His eyes fell on Qi, especially on the armor covered with marks and stained with blood, and his smile became even brighter.

"It seems that what I said was correct. You do need a flag."

………….

Qi did not buy another flag, but he did get a piece of news.

Following the news, I stood in front of the temple in Prairie City, looking at the temple in front of me with intricate carvings.

Great gods are enshrined inside.

Even if this advice comes at a price.

Some special items with intricate carvings.

His chance was in the temple in front of him. He took a deep breath, stepped into the temple, and headed towards the corner of the temple.

I found the inconspicuous stone chamber, took a deep breath, and there was no need to hesitate.

Qi put down the battle flag beside him, took a deep breath, and knelt down heavily.

Once you kneel, it lasts for a whole day.

Finally, the door of the stone house was pushed open.

A figure appeared in front of him.

Wearing exquisite armor, the shiny surface of the armor is covered with fine and complex patterns, which shows the status of the person wearing the armor.

A condescending gaze was cast upon him through the gap in the visor.

Raise your head and face the gaze from above.

Qi is looking for an opportunity to change his destiny.

A chuckle was heard.

"I thought all of you Skaven warlords would have the same bad temper and pride as your proud commander."

Flag bowed his head.

"I am not a Skaven warlord yet."

"But you can, right?"

He raised his head suddenly, and he was waiting for the same words.

"Do you want to become a rat-man warlord?"

In the half-smile tone of the figure in front of me.

Qi lowered his head again.

He never had a choice.

Qi offered his loyalty, that worthless loyalty, just like what he said to Shu Zhan. He still gave such a mediocre but correct answer to the big man in front of him.

He imitated the expressions and movements of those poor fellows who had gathered before him, and the expressions and movements of those defective slave rats when they offered their loyalty to him.

What he didn't realize was that whether it was Shu Zhan or the big shot in front of him.

They all don't believe in the word loyalty, even if you declare loyalty to them and there is nothing wrong with it.

Whether they choose you or not is a more real and cruel thing to see.

value.

Shuzhan did not promote Qi to become a rat warlord immediately because he felt that Qi did not seem to have more value.

At this time, the situation is the same.

Qi did not receive any direct help, but a piece of intelligence was handed to him.

Three blurred areas were marked out.

There is nothing else.

He is not yet a ratman warlord and does not deserve more investment, but he must also show his value.

Qi sold himself to two parties at the same time. The first time was in exchange for a possibility of becoming a rat warlord, and the second time was also in exchange for a possibility of becoming a rat warlord.

Leave the temple of the great god.

Take a deep breath.

He will never give up.

Holding the simple flag in his hand, he turned around and walked towards the grassland city behind him.

This was seen by the figure in the temple.

At least it's not stupid to get such an evaluation.

Qi couldn't just hand this information over to Shu Zhan, he couldn't explain how he came to these conclusions. Shu Zhan wasn't stupid, shaking his head and explaining would only lead to one result, being watched, which also meant death.

It is normal that they cannot do it. There is no reason why the flag itself can find the location where the enemy is gathering faster than those rat knights who are scattered and running wildly on the grassland.

If it is done, it will bring suspicion.

Unless this matter can be a little more absurd.

A ridiculous and humble guy, because of an idea that was almost impossible to realize, led a team of defective and weak guys deep into the vast grassland and brought back the enemy's traces.

No! Not only must we bring back traces of the enemy, but we must also bring back a victory!
That night, Qi once again formed a team, a team composed of various defective ratmen.

Just like last time, with no other choice, they could only recruit the most inferior and defective slave rats.

Qi's expression was not as relaxed as last time.

But he still held the battle flag tightly in his hand.

He didn't have much more choice.

Either do it or die, that's all.

………….

On the vast grassland.

Construction of the Skaven's seventh city began.

Although Rat War is radical, it is not reckless.

The connected cities were the basis for his attack and the key to maintaining the logistics of his huge army.

Faced with this vast grassland, he had no other options but to lie dormant and wait.

The army in his hands began to grow again during this period of dormancy and waiting.

The resources consumed in building a city are not a small amount, and it takes time. The construction of the first grassland city closest to the grassland city has not yet completely stopped.

This is even when the Rat War does not place strict demands on the city.

Just some places where a large number of ratmen can gather.

But even so, these cities were built with large amounts of blood mushrooms.

There are seven such bottomless pits on this grassland.

But it had no effect on the rat war.

Shu Zhan did not throw a single blood mushroom into it, but he certainly had some energy left, and was even continuing to expand his group of ferocious knights.

In fact, the rat people’s urban construction, or the urban construction capabilities of the rat people under Du Yuan, are quite rogue.

Because the biggest problem in building a city is skipped.

population.

Normally, a city of an ordinary intelligent race would start with a foundation and then expand slowly.

Because of population restrictions.

You can't keep drawing people to fill newly built cities.

The only way is to expand the settlement slowly over time until it finally becomes a real city.

This is true even for the wild boar people whose ideas were plagiarized by Rat War.

They initially built cities in the lush forest, but none of them met the standards except for the Wasteland City, which was renamed by the ratmen and was responsible for industry.

Compared to a city, it might be more appropriate to call it a military fortress.

If the boarmen could really fill these hastily built cities with wild boarmen, then it would not be so easy for the ratmen to attack the lush forest defense line.

Because of population restrictions.

But the rat people don't have this problem.

Because the rat people have a crowded city far beyond the current era.

Underground Rat City.

A truly mega city.

The population gathered in the over-expanded underground rat city can support not only seven cities, but even if ten or twenty rat cities are laid out, it can still be sustained. It will not even cause any serious damage to this bloated super-giant city.

This war can be said to be supported solely by the Underground Rat City.

This is the Underground Rat City, the first city of the rat people, a city favored by the gods, and a super-giant city that can support the structure of an entire kingdom on its own.

Although Du Yuan could not figure out the extremely chaotic logistics of the rat people, the rats themselves could not figure it out either.

However, if we only talk about scale, the logistics of the rat people are absolutely huge, extremely bloated and huge.

This huge and chaotic logistics gave birth to super-giant cities such as the Underground Rat City, and also provided solid support for the ratmen's foreign wars.

Waiting and lying dormant is definitely not a losing strategy for the current Rat People.

With the support of the Underground Rat City, both the Western Expeditionary Force that is conquering the hills and the Eastern Expeditionary Force that is currently advancing into the depths of the grassland.

Both armies are far from reaching their limits.

Shu Zhan has the capital to wait and lie dormant, although he doesn't like this kind of pause very much and he has been a little uneasy recently.

Because of a piece of news.

Rat War, which was far away from the Desolate Mountains, was indeed not sensitive to what was happening there.

But this does not mean that he cannot control the grassland where he is currently located.

When the huge temple guard passed by the Furnace City, Shu Zhan got the news.

Obviously, these guys would not gather here for no reason.

But what exactly is it for?
Shu Zhan didn’t know, and then he became angry.

"Those two good-for-nothings!

I will hang those two useless idiots when I return!"

On that day, Shu Zhan uttered such harsh words.

And decided to do so when the time comes.

The two rat warlords who were left in the Desolate Mountains were really innocent. They might not be that outstanding, but such news was absolutely not to be concealed.

It’s just that some guys don’t want Shu Zhan to know this news.

But what does it matter? Shu Zhan will still hang those two idiots when he returns.

The confused Shu Zhan had to face this sudden incident.

After a brief thought, Shuzhan led the Ferocious Knights and Rat Knights in his hands and turned back from the depths of the grassland to his base camp on the grassland, the Grassland City.

at the same time.

The group of rat lords finally arrived at the grassland.

The escorting temple guards did not send them directly to the cities on the grassland.

Instead, they all settled in Prairie City temporarily.

Of course, the temple guards had good reasons for doing this.

First, these rat lords who had just arrived obviously did not understand the situation for the time being and indeed needed to stay for a while.

The second is that several cities on this grassland are still under construction and have not been completed at all.

Of course, there are risks in doing this.

Shu Zhan, who had heard the news, was rushing here with his personal guards.

Although this guy still hasn't figured out what happened.

But he will understand sooner or later.

But these guys who were appointed as rat lords don't get along with him.

They are all senior ratman priests. These six ratman lords are all senior ratman priests.

As we all know, the group of guys that Rat War hates the most are the Rat Priests, especially the senior Rat Priests among them, whom they hate particularly.

(End of this chapter)