From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 198: The Situation in the Rat Kingdom

Sheng Qi did not make a decision immediately.

In response, the leader of the temple guards did not say anything and left with the temple guards.

But this matter would not be resolved so quickly, and Sheng Qi did not notice the greed in the eyes of the leader.

The leader of the temple guards was far from being as nonchalant as he appeared. He was much more generous than those senior ratman priests. At least he was not stingy with the bait on the hook.

But it's not without conspiracy.

This open-air temple was kept by the temple guards. It had everything a standard temple should have, including an altar, sacred pillars, and even the offerings piled on the altar were not taken away.

What was missing was just a blood pool, but it was obvious that digging a blood pool was the simplest thing in the entire process of building the temple.

In other words, everything that can be done in a regular temple can also be done in this open-air temple.

Sheng Qi's eyes lit up. This was exactly what he needed.

Soon, a temple to a great god was put into use atop the sacred oak tree in the center of the rolling hills, and swaying blood mushrooms began to emerge from the corpses floating in the bright red pool.

This is a temple neglected by the temple guards. As the guardians of the temple, the temple guards are also the most important force of the Ratman Council to guard and control every temple of the gods.

Every temple of a great god is displayed in the open by the temple guards.

But an accident happened today. The temple on the sacred oak tree seemed to have been deliberately ignored by the temple guards and seemed to have been forgotten.

Although they did not give up their original job of guarding the temple, some guys of unknown origin gradually appeared in the temple on the top of the sacred oak tree.

They are powerful, well-equipped, serious and firmly guard this forgotten temple.

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On the vast grassland, the rat war was going smoothly.

Rat War began to sweep across this vast grassland recklessly, but the harvest was not as rich as imagined.

Perhaps it was because the huge army was too conspicuous, or perhaps the wolf-orc army that advanced into the depths of the grassland before the ratmen had already brought chaos and vigilance to this vast grassland.

One race and tribe after another began to migrate under the threat of the ratmen. Large tracts of land were easily occupied by the ratmen, and all kinds of resources were also taken away by them.

One after another, rat cities sprang up, dividing this vast grassland into large and small blocks.

A special tunnel that runs directly from the Barren Mountains to the Prairie City broke the stagnation that was gradually created in the Ratman Kingdom due to the expansion of its territory.

This tunnel was born from the gaze of white rats.

There are advantages and disadvantages, and it has brought about many changes.

Shuzhan's independence was also greatly weakened because of his transgression.

The ratman lord of Crucible City has officially taken office. With the arrival of a large number of Big Claw Priests from the Barren Mountains, the entire city has been completely divided into two halves, and a proper industrial area has been established.

The war priests supported by Rat War are gradually marginalized in the Crucible City.

The city has essentially fallen into the hands of the Rat Council, or rather, into the hands of the White Rats.

At the same time, the grassland city was also taken over by the newly deployed ratman priest from the Desolate Mountains.

The Prairie City changes hands.

The guy who was deployed by the White Rat to control this key pass was just a ratman priest.

Such an action is a blatant contempt.

This is true for both the rat lords and rat warriors who entered this grassland.

Shu Zhan swallowed the contempt, and not only that, he also transferred the huge rat army stationed outside the grassland city.

The white rat became even tougher after a long period of silence.

Rat Zhan's independence was almost instantly destroyed by the white rat.

As a compensation.

The food and most of the basic resources consumed by the Eastern Expeditionary Force fell into the hands of the Ratman Council.

Food, basic weapons, and soldiers were all taken over by the Ratman Council.

But there are still some changes compared to the past.

The huge losses caused by the long distance mean that the key to logistics still lies in the cities that have sprung up on these grasslands.

It seems to be no different from before.

However, the dominant power has completely fallen into the hands of the Ratman Council. A good idea will be studied extensively, such as taxation.

The Ratman Parliament imposed taxes on the newly appointed Ratman Lords. These guys had even less choice than Rat Zhan, and after taking over the position of lord, they could only submit to the arrangements of the Ratman Parliament.

Rat War saved a lot of blood mushrooms for nothing.

He originally wanted to spend a large amount of blood mushrooms to purchase large quantities of food from these rat lords, as well as a large number of basic weapons and additional troops.

Now these things have become a deployment every once in a while, a fixed deployment from the Ratman Council.

The Rat Lords' trade with the Rat Wars was not prohibited, and the Rat Council did not restrict them from reselling their spoils.

However, there was an extra step in the process of supplying materials to the Western Expeditionary Force: the Ratman Council's allocation of materials.

This didn't seem to be a big change, forcing the huge Eastern Expeditionary Force to return to the jurisdiction of the Ratman Council again.

More senior priests came to this vast grassland.

These guys were all losers in that brutal struggle. The senior ratman priest who was appointed to take office in the Waste City died.

Died in the waste city.

His death brought a brief easing of the struggle among these senior rat priests, and just when the struggle was about to subside, what arrived was another cold appointment from the rat council.

A senior ratman priest was appointed again. In silence and hesitation, he finally stepped into the Waste City again in greed.

Of course there will be losers in the fight. Some senior rat priests who have been eliminated have chosen to stay away in order to protect themselves.

Most of them came to this vast grassland, bringing a more chaotic situation. The senior rat priests who came here were not united.

There was a flurry of excitement.

Even though these two gangs once belonged to the same alliance, the basis for their cooperation had long been destroyed in the struggle, and only the lingering grievances and hatreds remained.

Just as they gained a foothold on this vast grassland, fighting broke out again between the two sides. For the time being, the group that arrived first had the upper hand.

But there was still no way to suppress the opponent.

With the arrival of more and more senior rat priests, the situation is becoming increasingly chaotic.

This group of senior rat priests based on the vast grassland started a drama of betrayal, alliance, conspiracy and calculation.

From time to time, they would fight each other with real swords and guns on this vast grassland.

They do not have their own army, and the restrictions on them imposed by the Rat War are maintained by the Rat Council, but there are still ways to find loopholes.

A large number of rat mercenaries have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and you can't tell which of them are real mercenaries or the white gloves of these rat lords.

Fighting, war, and hatred accumulated until the rift could no longer heal. This group of senior rat priests became really angry and lost the qualifications to resist the Rat Parliament.

Since then, White Rat has completed the splitting of the alliance of senior ratmen priests.

The struggle of the senior rat-men priests is coming to an end.

This vast grassland became even more prosperous. In the chaotic fight, more things were thrown into this vast grassland by these senior rat priests.

A new pattern was born.

In order to overwhelm their enemies, these senior rat priests will stop at nothing.

But all this was carried out under the supervision of the temple guards. The contract signed by the three parties in the grassland city was extended by the temple guards to every senior ratman priest who arrived on this vast grassland.

At the same time, they also became the only group that could mediate the fights among these senior rat priests.

On this vast grassland.

Even though the alliance is broken, these senior ratmen priests are far from being reduced to dust.

There are few people who are qualified to mediate between them.

The Ratman Council will not care about such petty fights. Shu Zhan has the power to do so, but he wishes that all these senior ratman priests would be killed on this grassland. It is impossible for him to take the initiative to mediate the conflict.

Then there is only one group that can take care of their affairs.

The temple guards are becoming increasingly important on this vast grassland.

At the same time, during the repeated mediations, the temple guards began to explore some new things.

In the temple located on the red barren land outside the grassland city, in the inconspicuous stone chamber in the corner of the temple.

There were many stone slabs with carved patterns in front of a white guy.

After a long journey, even with the special tunnel that was faster, more convenient and faster, the leader of the temple guards still felt tired.

But there are many things to think about and I can’t rest yet.

On the stone table in front of him, there are several stone slabs with lifelike patterns on them, which are not difficult to identify.

Rat Zhan holding a spear and carrying a flag, the big claw figure hidden in the deep darkness, Sheng Qi sitting on the high platform feeling a little uneasy, the rat priests stacked together in a mess, the temple guards holding shields, the rat assassins in the shadows, and the most critical figure, the White Rat, who was placed at the highest position and watching everything indifferently.

His eyes fell on the messy and overlapping rat-man priest, and he reached out and turned it over.

Cover this stone slab representing the ratmen priests.

The separated rat priests are no longer a threat. Even if they gather together, they are still the most powerful force in the rat kingdom besides the white rats.

But they will probably never be able to get together again.

Next is Rope Seven.

His eyes fell on the image of a rat man sitting on the platform with a somewhat awkward look.

Rope Seven is not threatening, but can be used as a key chess piece because of his current position.

The rolling hills are much closer to the barren mountains than this vast grassland, and that is the advantage.

While thinking, he wanted to pull Rope Seven towards him, but he stopped halfway.

Sheng Qi has not made a decision yet, and he may not really side with him.

There are still many troubles. His sight paused on the unruly guy holding a spear and carrying a flag, on the long claws hidden in the deep darkness, and on the ratman assassin in the shadow.

After thinking about it, he moved the Rat Assassin down one row, side by side with Rope Seven, and placed the Temple Guards in the second row, side by side with Rat War and Long Claws.

At this time, the pattern of the rat kingdom had taken shape.

Even after being suppressed, there is no doubt that Rat War still ranks in the second tier of the Rat Kingdom.

The rat-men priests who were originally on par with him were kicked out, and replaced by the rising temple guards.

As for the long claw, the temple guards have been keeping an eye on his movements. He is not as simple as he looks. At least after going to the rolling hills and witnessing the existence of the giant skinning rat, this was confirmed and he was ranked in the second echelon.

As for what's going on, whether it's Rope Seven or the Rat Assassin, the former's power is not strong enough, and the latter is just a tool. They are not that important, but need to be paid attention to.

(End of this chapter)