From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 183: The beginning of the terrible rat plague, the sadistic rat war, and the beginning of the rat mercenaries

The war broke out between the Sumerus.

Everyone has things that they can't let go of.

The wolf-orc tribe guarding the saline-alkali lake could not let go of the pale lake. Even if their king gave orders, they would disobey them and linger around the saline-alkali lake, unwilling to leave.

Because of power, all their power depends on this pale lake.

This is true for this wolf-orc tribe, and the same is true for the wolf-orc king.

Shuzhan found a central area where many wolf orcs gathered.

Located in the absolute depths of the grassland, it requires crossing the distance of an entire four-season pasture to reach it.

No one could have imagined that Shu Zhan could find this place, including Shu Zhan himself.

There was nothing wrong with the wolf orc king's strategy, if there weren't a lot of tails left behind.

The god of the wolf orcs particularly likes gold, and the young king of the wolf orcs has inherited this hobby of the god.

In this mortal world, if you want to find that dazzling golden color, there is only one thing that can give you that: gold.

The wolf orc king especially loved gold. Holding this dazzling gold made the young wolf orc king feel like he was holding the dazzling sun.

However, there are not many gold mines on this barren grassland, and only one gold mine near the Four Seasons Ranch has been preserved.

It was discovered by the ratmen, and a team of rat knights visited this place.

One of the many tails left by the wolf beastman was grabbed by Shuzhan.

A heavy wheel rut stretched deep into the grassland under the gaze of Rat Zhan.

This secret gold mine welcomed the visit of ratmen. Killing was carried out with fire, and a simple altar was built by the ratmen.

The dazzling gold that the wolf orc king was unable to stop himself from and was unwilling to let go of was scattered all over the mine like garbage.

The rats had little interest in these heavy and soft yellow stones.

The corpses of the wolf orcs were piled on this simple altar, and the bright red blood flowed out, causing waves of commotion.

Many of the new Skaven warriors who had joined the army were witnessing their great leader's extravagant moves for the first time.

The fresh sacrifices were beheaded, blood flowed everywhere, and corpses piled up on the altar of the gods.

This was a rough sacrifice, and there was not even a professional ratman priest to preside over it.

But the effect achieved is almost the same, in the bright red color, in the piles of corpses, and in the wanton waste.

There was a bit more excitement in the eyes of these ratmen warriors who were stepping onto the battlefield for the first time, for the flowing red and the piles of corpses.

My breathing became rapid unconsciously.

If the wolf beastmen are obsessed with gold, then the ratmen are obsessed with the bright red color. The brighter the color, the more beautiful it is, and the scarleter the color, the more elegant it is.

In this sight of scarlet, I became fanatical, as if I had a glimpse of everything I could get.

But this enthusiasm has not yet fully developed.

It was completely suppressed by a hideous flag. It was a black flag with complicated patterns painted on it. It was planted high on top of the pile of corpses offered in front of the altar of the gods, declaring the subordination of these sacrifices and calming down any inappropriate fanaticism.

This is the flag of the Rat War.

It is also the first lesson that Shu Zhan teaches his rat people.

The wheel tracks stretched deep into the grassland, and the Ratman Knights could not find an end to their long gallop. This little tail would not have any impact most of the time.

Is there really someone who would lead his army across the vast uninhabited area just because of a wheel track?

Do we really not need to consider the risks and dangers that may exist along the way?
The corpses piled in front of the altar had not yet rotted, and the huge army of ratmen had already set out again, heading deep into the vast grassland.

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When Shu Zhan led the main force into the depths of the grassland.

Large groups of slave rats also began to move.

The arrival of those senior rat priests is not without benefit to the Rat War.

They took over the scavenger team's business of reselling the spoils.

Even if both sides hate each other.

However, the two tasks of transporting supplies for the Rat War Army and purchasing spoils of war for the Rat War Army still fell into the hands of these rat lords.

The alliance of senior ratmen priests has fallen apart, and these guys are also trying to seek some practical things for themselves.

They do these things more professionally than those messy rat-men scavengers.

Long ago, the ratmen priests were the group responsible for mobilizing and transporting resources.

Although this matter was recently taken over by the Great Claw Priest.

But there is no conflict, as most Big Claw priests are subordinate to the Ratman priests.

The Big Claw Priests are even more disunited than the Ratman Priests, but this disunity is not due to chaotic infighting. It is just that the Big Claw Priests group has been torn into countless large and small groups by the Ratman Priests.

Because of the hidden dominion.

Countless Big Claw Priests gathered under the command of the Ratman Priests.

And now, senior rat priests have come to this vast grassland and transformed themselves into rat lords.

The task of purchasing and transporting the spoils of the ratman army was taken over by these ratman lords.

As for such phenomenon, Shu Zhan turned a blind eye.

There was no other reason. This group of senior rat priests who served as rat lords also had an ability that he could not refuse, just like the temple guards.

He entrusted the logistics to the incompetent rat warlords under his command.

One blood mushroom can only be exchanged for one resource.

Entrust it to those rat scavengers.

One blood mushroom can be exchanged for two resources.

But to these Skaven Lords.

One blood mushroom can be exchanged for five resources.

Shu Zhan didn't want to dwell on where these extra resources came from. With such a price, even hatred could be temporarily put aside.

These damn guys are really rich.

He couldn't refuse such an offer, it was too much.

But this has caused hardship for all the different kinds of people who came to follow the Rat War.

But there was no way. Because of Shu Zhan's disgust, the rat priests would not appear by Shu Zhan's side, and could not appear by Shu Zhan's side. As the two sides parted ways, the things around Shu Zhan that should have been occupied by the rat priests were naturally scattered around.

It was divided up by the young priests, big-claw priests, slave rats, and marginalized rat priests who rushed here after hearing the news.

But as Rat War was hit, he and his old enemy had to squeeze into one place.

The ratmen priests will naturally begin to collect these interests that originally belonged to them.

No one expected such a change, but after it actually happened, we had no choice but to accept it.

A large piece of the cake on the vast grassland was taken away by these guys who suddenly appeared, snatched from the weakest rat scavengers.

The rat scavengers were unable to resist, but were unwilling to give up.

Having already tasted the broth, they certainly don't want to go back to the past.

There aren't many roads left.

Or catch up with Rat Zhan's pace and follow behind this great commander to plunder in the war.

Or just focus your eyes on the vast grassland in front of you.

More and more rat scavengers set out from the city and began to follow the footsteps of Rat War.

More and more ratmen were chasing after Shu Zhan.

But at the same time, more rat people chose the latter.

Large numbers of rat people set foot on the grassland in batches.

It can be predicted that in the near future, you will be able to see traces of ratmen everywhere on this grassland.

This is not a good thing. After all, these guys never come here to promote friendship.

The Rat War has not yet defeated the overlord of the grassland in this area, but the harm caused by the rats to this grassland has begun to spread.

A foreseeable disaster has officially entered the accumulation stage.

A horrific plague of rats.

The wicked Rat Zhan was not very clear about what kind of opening he had made. This was the power gathered from countless desperate and wailing lower-class rats.

These guys are the real majority in the Ratman Kingdom.

A large number of ratmen gathered into teams of varying sizes, and left the ratmen cities standing on the grassland, taking steps with either confusion or desire.

They are all humble people who are not taken seriously.

It is also a beneficiary of this ongoing transformation.

Du Yuan's relaxation on the blood mushrooms is still changing everything in the Rat Kingdom. The gift from the gods finally benefited these poor and humble guys.

These ignorant and humble guys will never understand why all this happened, but their choices have been made long ago.

Great God!

These words were shouted out in a remote corner of this vast grassland, and were shouted out during a simple sacrifice.

A group of wandering ratmen captured a fox tribe entrenched in this hidden corner. They suffered heavy losses, with most of the ratmen killed in this fox tribe.

But the faces of the survivors were filled with joy.

A simple altar was built by these guys.

An altar that was not standardized and even had errors in the patterns, but these ratmen were willing to push the captured fox slaves onto the altar.

In devout prayers, the surviving ratmen shouted fanatically.

"Great God! Great God!"

These guys who had previously been crawling humbly in the darkness were simply unable to utter any more prayers.

A great god was mentioned over and over again.

But their expressions were so fanatical and pious.

And such things were still happening everywhere on this vast grassland at this time.

Whether this is a great change, or even a successful change, is a question that remains unanswered.

The war may be over, but these guys may be beaten back to their original state by those high-ranking guys at any time and crawl back to the dark corners.

But at this time, at least at this time, these guys finally have the right to call on God.

Great God, please protect us!
Great God, please protect us!

Fanatical shouts, devout shouts.

Of course, if possible, other races on this grassland would undoubtedly raise objections.

In the foreseeable future, tribes and races will be swept away and swallowed up by this brewing torrent.

The rat people's changes will come at the cost of this vast grassland and all the lives on this vast grassland.

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After crossing a distance of a full four-season pasture, Shuzhan arrived at the real heartland of the wolf orcs.

It’s not like they hadn’t been warned.

An army of this size simply cannot hide in this vast grassland.

It was discovered early by the wolf beastmen.

The Rat War failed to capture the regular army of the wolf orcs. To be more precise, it did not even capture a large tribe.

These guys are very cunning and refuse to fight head-on with the rats.

This huge and bloated army simply could not catch up with the wolf-beastmen who were fleeing with their families.

But this time, there was no impatience in the rat war.

Along the way, Rat War destroyed many mineral veins that were being mined by the wolf orcs, including the coal vein that Rat War had been looking for for a long time.

But he did not focus on these unimportant things.

As long as he wins the war, as long as he kills these damn guys, is there any objection to the ownership of these things?
And since they knew how to mine iron ore, Shu Zhan was very curious about where these guys put their metal smelting place.

Can those blast furnaces that are burning with flames be dragged away?
Run? Can anything of yours run?
He cast his gaze deep into the grassland, revealing a ferocious smile.

The huge ratman army rampaged through the heartland of the wolf-orcs, and at the same time, a large number of ratman knights were sent out.

The wolf orcs discovered the ratmen's intentions, and a large number of wolf orc knights were recruited to surround the huge ratman army and fight with the running ratman knights.

However, in the battle, they were at a disadvantage.

With the support of the huge ratman army behind them, the ratman knights suppressed the wolf-orc knights, and their overall quality was inferior to that of these running wolf-orc knights.

Among them, the ferocious knights, whose number kept increasing and soared to five thousand, became the absolute stars among them.

These running wolf-orc knights had no way to deal with these fully armed tin cans.

Moreover, these ferocious giant rats are faster than the giant wolves that these wolf orc knights rely on.

The wolf-orc knights who were chasing after the huge rat-man army suffered heavy losses.

Rat War used the scattered rat knights as bait and began to strangle the annoying flies surrounding him.

Soon, the wolf riders chasing the ratman army arrived at a farther and safer distance.

It also makes it easier for the rat knights to explore the surroundings.

During the rampage, Shuzhan found what he was looking for.

The wolf orcs' blast furnace was certainly not mobile, and in order to deal with the intrusion of the ratmen, that important area had not been lit for some time.

But it was still found by Shuzhan.

For the first time, the wolf orcs in this area stopped fleeing and gathered together. A large team of wolf riders stood in front of Shu Zhan.

To protect the area behind.

That important industrial area.

This is also what Shu Zhan wanted to see. With a ferocious smile, Shu Zhan announced the march. There was no further command, and this huge and bloated army did not need any more command.

It was a black mass of ratmen with no end in sight.

Perhaps there were two groups. Behind the regular rat army, an equally large group of rat scavengers also followed and began to charge.

Even though there were quite a few wolf-orc knights gathered in front of him.

With a number of about 60,000, this was already the largest cavalry team Shuzhan had ever encountered on this grassland.

But the army under Shu Zhan's command is no longer what it used to be.

Sheer numbers bring with them absolute advantages.

The endless stream of rats was enough to wear away all courage and confidence.

At the last moment, the commander of this Wolf Rider team lost their courage, and with waving flags, this large group of Wolf Riders dodged the rushing Skaven army.

He was not willing to accept it, but he just didn't have the courage. He wandered around the rat army, witnessing this huge rat army that came like a tsunami and engulfed the industrial area he was guarding.

But in the end, he still didn't have the courage, the courage to launch a charge that had almost no chance of victory.

In Shu Zhan’s angry expression.

"Damn coward!"

Fury roared in the center of the army.

The wolf orcs' industrial area was reduced to ruins by the ratmen.

The wolf beastmen are still quite wealthy.

Even though this raid did not yield many slaves, the various weapons and resources abandoned by the wolf orcs in the industrial area still made the rat people extremely excited.

Because of the wolf orcs' avoidance strategy, the rat army following Rat War has not eaten meat for a long time.

Until now, Xingxing has been searching the ruins for anything that can be used.

Various weapons and armors became the first things the rat warriors searched for. Although they would not use these things, the buyers who arrived later would still buy them up without being picky.

These buyers organized by the rat lords also have an advantage that the rat warriors cannot resist.

That means settlement on the spot.

Bags of blood mushrooms will be placed on the battlefield in exchange for the spoils from the rat warriors, which is simply impossible to refuse.

As for the gains from the rat war, a large rat transport team will come here later and transport away all the piles of iron and coal in the ruins.

These things will soon be transformed into weapons and sent to Shu Zhan's hands.

The rat lords offered more generous conditions for the rat war, but of course this would only be given if it was profitable.

They would provide supplies to the Rat War at the price of five supplies for one blood mushroom, but would purchase the spoils of the Ratman army at the price of ten supplies for one blood mushroom.

Finally, a considerable portion of these spoils will be sold back to Rat War.

In any case, this is a good deal.

Of course, there are certain risks, that is, there is the risk of being attacked, and Rat War will not guarantee the security of this transaction.

Anyway, he will deliver the blood mushroom only when the stuff arrives.

However, due to the restrictions of the contract signed with the Rat War, they could not organize their own army, so some large rat scavenging teams were organized.

Of course, these rat lords, like Shu Zhan, don't look down on this mob.

But in order to earn blood mushrooms for the rat war, there is no better way for the time being.

More stringent requirements are placed on these rat-man scavenging teams.

Taking this opportunity, a group of truly professional rat mercenaries began to appear on this vast grassland.

(End of this chapter)