From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 221: The Contract between the Temple Guard and the Grassland Lord

As the guys fleeing in panic on the grassland were liquidated, the temple guards, contrary to their usual style, intervened in the subsequent construction and planning of the ratman city on this vast grassland with a strong attitude.

Such a plan was given.

A fortress city and several regional cities are built in an area to form an urban cluster.

Such a plan caused dissatisfaction and turmoil. After all, in the plan of the temple guards, only the fortress city could build the temple. Naturally, this fortress city would become the absolute center of this area.

This is not a problem, but the problem is that the city will not be appointed with a ratman lord, but will be directly ruled by the temple guards.

If this plan is implemented, it will mean that the temple guards will become the actual controllers of this vast grassland.

After the demise of the radical faction among the senior ratman priests, the senior ratman priests gradually lost control of the faith in the ratman kingdom.

The temple guards took over their positions. This was a good move. After all, compared to the rat priests who were engaged in fierce internal fighting and exhausting each other, the temple guards who were always silent and not good at upholding the name of God taking over this position was a good thing for every party in the rat kingdom except the rat priests.

After all, the stance of the temple guards is different from that of the senior ratmen priests. Even though they are powerful and hold such authority, they are still a group of guards and will not overstep the line.

The senior ratmen priests do not mind crushing the other side in the name of God. They are priests and messengers of God. Moreover, the concepts of each senior ratmen priest are different. They all think that they are the most pious and unique.

This group of guys is the most noisy.

The temple guards took over the right to speak from the senior rat priests, or in other words, the temple guards temporarily shared the right to speak from the rat priests. No one in the rat kingdom opposed it, and the only senior rat priests who wanted to object were those who had taken over cities one after another, turned into rat lords, and were engaged in fierce internal strife, so they were powerless.

But it is only a temporary profit sharing. In the entire Ratman Kingdom, only the Ratman Priests can be regarded as the real messengers of God. This part of the right to speak cannot be completely taken away. However, after being taken away by the temple guards, it is not easy for the Ratman Priests to get it back.

The temple guards possess the most fundamental thing: power.

Given the current situation of the Ratman Priests, unless a guy who can suppress all dissent within the Ratman Priest group emerges, it will be difficult to successfully take back this right to speak.

The most important thing is that such guys do exist, and the White Rat is one of them. Although these senior rat priests are all resentful of the White Rat, in fact, as long as the White Rat waves his hand and gets a little closer to these guys, they will immediately put down everything in their hands and rush back to the Desolate Mountains to meet him and show their loyalty.

It’s a pity that the white mouse didn’t have such an idea.

The temple guards were too eager and took control of the only fortress city where the temple could be built, which triggered a determined counterattack from the rat lords.

The demise of the radicals has already brought them a sense of sadness. You have taken away part of their right to interpret their beliefs, but you are still so eager to hold on to the lifeline of these guys who have transformed into rat lords and taken over the city?

Did they really treat them as soft persimmons to be squeezed? The radical action of the temple guards triggered a fierce confrontation. Large groups of rat mercenaries were mobilized by the throwing of blood mushrooms. The rat lords, or rather, the senior rat priests of the rat lords, were not quiet guys.

In the lush forest, under the noses of the white rats, they had fought a real civil war with the rats, not to mention that they were now being forced by the temple guards.

Soon, a huge mixed mercenary force was assembled, and the temple guards became more overwhelmed.

This mixed mercenary force is certainly not a big problem. The temple guards who have gathered together are still stationed in the fortress behind the scarlet pit and have not completely dispersed. All that is needed to defeat this mixed mercenary force is only one or two charges.

Although it is easy to defeat this mixed mercenary force, it cannot change the tense situation at the moment. This group of senior rat priests are far from being buried. At this point, the more you oppress them, the more fiercely they will counterattack. How much will it cost to recruit this mixed mercenary force?

If they are pushed into a corner, it would not be difficult for them to raise ten more mercenary units, or they could simply break the contract and start formally preparing for a regular army. There are indeed no outstanding war commanders among the senior rat priests, but this does not mean that there is no qualified war force in this group of rat priests.

It was only a matter of thought for them to awaken that group of marginalized war priests. With the mobilization capabilities and resources of these guys, it would not be difficult to forcibly raise a regular army of ratmen.

And this is not even the worst case scenario. The senior ratman priests left due to their internal divisions and the spreading fights and grudges. However, under the huge threat posed by the temple guards, this group of guys showed signs of uniting again.

As a last resort, the leader of the temple guards went into the rat cities alone to talk with the rat lords.

This was a great show of weakness and gave enough face to the rat lords, which brought about a easing of the situation and a solution in which both sides made concessions.

The fortress city will still be managed by the temple guards, but there will not be much more in it except things related to faith. Whether it is breeding rooms, planting rooms, or a series of other basic measures, these will not appear in the fortress city. It will become a pure city of faith.

Such concessions greatly weakened the autonomy of the fortress city. After all, without these measures, the fortress city can only rely on other normal cities in the same area to support and maintain it.

The fortress city lost its autonomy, but retained its absolute central position. Regional cities were forcibly tied to the fortress city, but could still check and balance the fortress city.

In this way, both sides have been castrated, and through mutual checks and balances and complementarity, a solution acceptable to both sides is reached.

Prairie City.

The temple guards and the rat lords once again engraved patterns on the stone slab, officially signing the contract.

The Skaven Lords have come to terms with the Temple Guards.

(End of this chapter)