From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 185: A bloody war
This war, which could not be concluded in a short time, entered a stalemate.

A deep pit was dug by a huge army of ratmen in the heart of the wolf-orcs.

Shu Zhan doesn't like long and stalemate wars, but that doesn't mean he can't fight long and stalemate wars.

The deep pit was a helpless measure implemented in response to the vastness and desolation of the grassland.

It is made up of circles of spirals spiraling downwards.

The huge rat army that took refuge in this open grassland was like a nail firmly fixed in the belly of the wolf-orc territory.

A large-scale battle broke out during the construction of the deep pit. It was obvious that the wolf orc king also noticed Rat Zhan's intention.

It is hard to say whether the wolf orcs in this vast grassland can be more resilient than the huge ratman army that broke in alone, and whether they can hold out longer in the long confrontation and attrition.

But there is no doubt that the emergence of this deep pit is not friendly to the wolf orcs.

The fighting and confrontation naturally took place around this deep pit.

The ratmen's excavation progress was very fast. Although the combat effectiveness of those ratmen scavenging teams was really worrying, most of their members were originally slave rats, and there were also quite a few big claw priests. To some extent, they were a qualified engineering team, and the cost of hiring them was not high, only some inferior blood mushrooms were needed.

The idea of ​​the spiral pit was proposed by a Big Claw Priest in a scavenging team. It was to quickly build a city that could accommodate a large army of ratmen, and also to build a safe city that would not bury all the ratmen deep in the ground even if it collapsed.

It’s a pity that the Big Claw Priest had not yet had the chance to personally witness the realization of his crazy idea.

This strange city has only dug a circular gully in this vast and barren grassland.

The wolf riders broke in brazenly at night, and a corner of the defense line was easily defeated. The circle of newly dug trenches did not stop the charge of the wolf riders.

The war situation is deteriorating.

Even the Big Claw Priest who planned the city was sent to see the gods during this raid.

Such raids occurred many times during this period, but nothing changed, and the construction of the city was taken over by another Great Claw Priest.

The style of the spiral pit was also inherited.

Amid the death and flames of war, a horrific pit was constructed at a very rapid pace.

Yes, flame.

The soft soil was really a big problem, so roasting with fire became a necessary process. The successor Big Claw Priest also carried the most essential color of the ratman priests, madness.

There was a lack of fuel on the barren grassland, although there were still a large number of coal mines remaining in the industrial area destroyed by the ratmen in the distance. However, under the watchful eyes of the huge wolf knights around, the transportation back and forth was first of all a problem. Secondly, the big claw priest found a better alternative.

Blood was poured on the huge spiral stairs that spiraled downward. The corpses from the war were piled up randomly. Most of them were the bodies of ratmen, with some wolf-orcs mixed in.

However, there will be fewer wolf-orc corpses, and the rat-man caravans that have overcome numerous obstacles to get here will purchase the corpses of these heretics at a high price.

It doesn't matter even if the tail is cut off, but it would be better if it was intact. These newly arrived rat lords will naturally not focus their attention on the blood pool and sacrifice.

This is extremely wasteful.

The fur of wolf orcs is the softest among all the races that the rat people have come into contact with, and naturally it is of the highest quality. The only thing that can be compared with the fur of wolf orcs is the fluff of young sheep orcs. However, compared to the weak sheep orcs that have been completely destroyed, the fur of the ferocious heretics who are still confronting the rat people on the grassland is undoubtedly more popular.

The leather of wolf orcs can be compared with the leather of half-elf in the Skaven Kingdom. It is the first-class high-quality product.

Of course, even if the wolf orcs' skins are indeed of high quality, the fact that they became famous in the Ratman Kingdom so quickly must be due to someone pushing them behind the scenes.

It was undoubtedly the group of rat lords who took office.

The simple operation is that they can sell the spoils they get from the Rat War for a hundred times the price.

Such profits are the reason why the rat caravans, despite the risk of being constantly sniped by the wolf riders, still continue to gather towards the rat war army.

The battlefield was even divided into two parts. One part was where the Rat Warrior and the Wolf Orc King were still confronting each other, and the other part was where the wandering Wolf Knight troops and the Ratman caravan were fighting each other.

The extreme rewards brought about extreme madness, and also made these rat lords unusually generous for a moment, offering those professional rat mercenaries a price worthy of their lives.

On the barren grassland.

A large number of slave rats gathered under the banner of the Big Claw Priest, hunched over and panting as they pushed the crude wooden cart in front of them.

The crude wooden cart was piled high with the corpses of wolf-orcs, causing the wheels of the cart to creak sharply as it turned.

This made the crudely cobbled together wooden carts even more difficult to push, even though the slave rats tried their best.

One slave rat fell behind, and with another strong push, the heavy wooden cart rolled forward with a creaking sound. The slave rat lost his grip on the cart and fell to the ground.

A look of horror appeared on his face, and he wanted to get up and catch up with the team in front.

But it was too late. Amidst the sharp roar, a corpse was abandoned on the vast grassland.

The slave rats sped up a bit in fear.

This is a caravan of ratmen, and a not calm one.

They are not safe now and are still under the threat of the wolf-orc troops. For this reason, the Big Claw Priest does not hesitate to cruelly whip the slave rats just to speed up the process.

But sometimes the more you fear something, the more likely you are to face it.

A group of black spots appeared in the sight of the ratman caravan from the end of the distant grassland.

The Big Claw Priest's urgent shouts rang out in the caravan, accompanied by even more severe whippings.

The slave rats became more powerful in fear.

A team of wolf riders discovered the ratman caravan and rushed towards them. The ratman mercenaries guarding the caravan broke away from the team and rushed towards the team of wolf orc riders in silent shouts.

They began to wield slings one after another.

These professional rat mercenaries were much more elite than that group of messy scavengers. At least they dared to take the initiative to charge towards the wolf knights who were rushing towards them.

With a sharp roar, they threw out the slingshot, which spun toward the wolf-orc knights.

In order to deal with the attacks of the wolf orcs, a simple but effective thing was used by these guys.

A rope tied with stones, when flying, will become entangled with the target as soon as it hits it. It is quite effective when dealing with those wolf knights rushing towards them.

Some giant wolves were hit by these slingshots, and their legs were tied together. They lost their balance while running wildly, and the wolf riders on them fell and rolled to the ground.

At this time you can hear the loud shouts of these rat mercenaries.

He shouted loudly in fear, and then he regained his courage after remembering the reward promised by the rat lord. With red eyes, he raised his spear and rushed towards the wolf knights. Not long after, a brutal fight ended, and a team of wolf knights, which had become much thinner, rushed towards the rat caravan in the distance.

Under the whipping of the Big Claw Priest, the slave rats were already desperately pushing the cart.

But after all, the speed was still a little slow, and the wolf riders were getting closer and closer to the ratman caravan.

There was more and more fear in the Big Claw Priest's voice, but at this moment, an accident happened.

The cart, roughly pieced together from wood, finally could no longer bear the weight, and with a piercing sound, a wooden wheel flew out.

The wooden cart overturned to the ground, and the goods on it were scattered all over the ground. The slave rats could no longer maintain order at this moment, and they fled in all directions, leaving only the big-clawed priest who was shouting angrily.

But the shouting did not last long, and he was beheaded by the wolf knights who came over.

This team of wolf riders kept a group of ratmen caravans permanently on the grassland, but they were not very happy.

Looking at the corpses of their compatriots rolling on the ground in front of them, the wolf orcs who were able to set foot on the front battlefield were far more powerful than those guys who were rushing from the rear to attack the caravan.

But now they had turned into corpses, scattered in front of them like garbage. They were even unable to collect the bodies of their compatriots who were dragged backwards by the rats, because there were too many such corpses.

They are powerless to restrain themselves.

Not long after, after killing the last escaped slave rat, the team of wolf riders left.

Such scenes happen everywhere on this grassland. Not every time the wolf riders win, there are always lucky ones who avoid the attacks of the wolf riders.

A large number of corpses were abandoned on this grassland, rotting silently as time passed. The wolf orcs were better off, as long as the decay did not penetrate their fur, they would be picked up and taken away by the rat caravans. However, most of the ratmen's corpses were left unattended.

Death is commonplace to the rat people.

Such a scene is just the beginning of a long war.

In the spiral pit.

The flames that are rising into the sky have been ignited by the Big Claw Priests. The scarlet blood has stained the land. The piled up corpses serve as fuel. The Big Claw Priests hold high the flags, and the spells bestowed by the gods serve as the fire.

Flames shot up into the sky!

On the front line, the ratmen were still fighting with the wolf-orc knights. The wolf-orc king seemed to realize that he could not stop the ratmen from building the city, and wanted to tear as much flesh as possible from the huge rat-man army in the hands of the Rat Warrior before the deep pit was completed.

Shu Zhan used himself as bait again, and the swaying black dragon flag arrived at the front line again. Shu Zhan and the wolf orc king faced each other from a distance.

Still did not let the wolf orc king fall into the trap.

Pull away.

However, no matter how superb the command skills of the wolf orc king were, and no matter how many times the casualties of the ratmen were multiplied, in the end, one wolf knight after another fell in those charges.

As for Rat Zhan, Rat Zhan did not care about the losses of the rat warriors under his command.

As the sun set, the sky darkened, and the fire burning in the deep pit finally went out.

The piled up corpses turned into pale ashes, which drifted towards the sky in the breeze. The soft soil had been coated with a gray-black crust by the scorching flames, and the soil had become even harder.

A faint smell of rust permeated the deep pit.

More corpses were transported down by the ratmen warriors who survived the battlefield, in preparation for the next blaze.

The smell of rust became heavier and heavier in this deep pit, lingering for a long time and unwilling to dissipate, coming from every inch of land that seemed to be charred.

Scrape off the charred surface and what you see will be a scarlet color.

The land was dyed red.

The grass in this area should be extra lush in the next few years, or maybe not. When this deep pit is officially sunk, the temple of the god should be the first to be established along with the blood pool.

At night, the wolf beastmen attacked again, and the two sides fought fiercely in the dim night.

And this is just the beginning of this ongoing war.

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The production process on the grassland in this area has been completely interrupted by the ratmen, even though the wolf orcs are not short of food and resources for the time being.

The resources plundered from the war are currently sufficient to support them in maintaining the war.

But this situation will change if the rat war turns into a deep pit. The grassland, whose production and grazing have been completely interrupted, can no longer support the continuous war.

And the gains from attacking the rat people were so meager.

Gray dried mushrooms, the ratmen themselves, and weapons and armor that were not suitable for usage.

Gray dried mushrooms are not a good food. No one knows what methods the big-clawed priests used to make this thing. It smells bad, is hard, and even has faint mottled mold spots.

If given a choice, even the rat people would not be willing to eat these dried mushrooms.

Then there are the ratmen themselves. The gods of the wolf orcs are not as evil as Du Yuan, and they are not ready to step into the realm of evil gods. Blood sacrifice is not encouraged.

As for direct consumption...

Sour rat meat is not a good food, not to mention that it is mixed with some bad pollution.

The wolf orcs had seized the blood mushrooms that were regarded as the lifeblood of the rat people. A wolf orc priest boldly tried these bright red mushrooms.

The result was not good, he was almost sent to see the gods, and even after he recovered he would still mutter to himself crazily from time to time.

It was not that he ate a low-quality blood mushroom. On the contrary, he ate a blood mushroom of extremely high quality, a brightly colored bi-colored blood mushroom.

poor guy.

As for the captured weapons and armor, the ratmen's industry is indeed stronger than that of the wolf orcs, but the weapons distributed to each ratman warrior are not of such high quality.

The only metal weapon that most ratmen warriors had was a spear made of cast iron, and the armor they wore was low-quality leather armor that was not very good.

The wolf orcs discovered a serious problem. The war with the ratmen could not be said to have yielded any spoils. It could only be said that they had lost everything.

This is a war that will definitely lose money.

(End of this chapter)