From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 271: The Road to Greatness
The rat people were running in the mountains and forests.

The world has undergone many changes during this period of time. The withering of plants has greatly changed the appearance of this dangerous but vibrant forest.

Withered, corrupt, and filled with a stale smell that becomes more intense as time goes by.

The world is becoming increasingly unsuitable for survival, but the rat people don't care.

Seven ratmen armies launched an attack on Lianyan Province in an orderly manner at the same time.

There was no idea of ​​letting his colleagues take the lead as a test, because war, plunder and wealth go hand in hand.

Plunder, sacrifice, and finally war.

The ratmen came from all directions and appeared in almost all places at the same time. Fierce battles broke out in various parts of the land, and it was not only these rat warlords who arrived here.

The ratmen all follow the crowd, and the rat mercenaries have also noticed the opening of this event. At the same time, with the continuous influx of rat refugees, these guys certainly will not miss this event.

And they all seemed very impatient.

A group of mice climbed onto the dining table and wandered outside the iron cover that protected the delicacies. They were anxious and impatient. Amidst the rustling sounds, they kept trying to lift up the cover with their sharp claws, wanting to feast on their food.

One after another, the fertile basins came under attack. The rats rushed down from the mountains and fought with the original inhabitants of the mountains.

It’s not that the human side didn’t respond, it’s just that they existed in scattered settlements and were not closely connected.

After these rat warlords took real action, they took advantage of the continuous wave of rat refugees arriving in the Golden Province and the large number of rat mercenaries wandering in this mountain and forest.

This time, they were not repelled and one gathering place after another was quickly destroyed.

At the same time, the large number of looted slaves attracted the ratman caravans.

The rat warlords cannot currently afford a brutal siege, so there are almost no rats to provoke the human cities located in large basins.

But that's not necessarily the case. The rat warlords, who had gradually reaped the rewards of their abuses in the mountains and forests, were finally getting on the fast track.

After all, the land with those settlements, big and small, is so fertile.

Compared to wandering in the mountains and forests, playing hide-and-seek with scattered small groups of alien races, this kind of harvest is really too wonderful.

Capturing a large number of slaves and holding sacrifices one after another, these two things, one brought them a large number of blood mushrooms, and the other brought them gradually rising prestige.

With the blood mushrooms, when the rat caravan arrives, there is no need to worry about logistics. With prestige, recruiting rat warriors also becomes a simple matter.

The huge profits supported the expansion of the army, and the expansion of the army brought greater power, and the greater power allowed them to plunder better and bring greater profits.

It’s a mutually reinforcing cycle.

In a very short time, the traces of the rats appeared everywhere in this province, in the darkness, and in the decaying mountains and forests.

Like big fish eating small fish, the rat lords are racing against time and competing with each other to see who can eat up more human settlements first and who can accumulate enough power first.

Only those who have accumulated enough strength are qualified to enjoy the real feast, to capture those huge cities, to truly conquer the province, and to take the truly important merit.

Of course, if these guys were willing to unite, then they would be able to try to conquer the province now, but unfortunately, they are not united.

During this time, the flag was also running wildly, holding the flag high in his hand.

Moving forward, his excessive greed brought him great trouble. In such a fiercely competitive situation, he was unable to expand his army as fast as other rat warlords.

During this period of time, he gained a lot, including several small villages, several large settlements, a wandering foreign tribe, and some sub-humans running around in the mountains and forests.

The army under his command expanded from 40,000 to 60,000, and the flag purchased some chain mail and a team of giant rats.

There was an extra cavalryman and a team of giant rat knights.

Chain mail is for these giant rat knights, and they are also equipped with some scimitars, not the lances provided for knights.

Qi was very clear about the capabilities of his team of giant rat knights. Even if he spent a lot of blood mushrooms to purchase a batch of lances, these guys would most likely not be able to use them well. But there was actually another option, those short-handled hammers. This type of short-handled hammer was easier to use, and you didn't even need to practice chopping. As long as you could swing it up and down, you could already exert its power well.

But Qi finally chose the scimitar.

He knows the situation of his opponent very well.

The sharp scimitar is not particularly lethal to lightly armored units, such as the leather armor that is widely equipped on ratmen warriors. These leather armors can effectively resist slashing, but the impact force brought by the running giant rat can solve this problem well.

At the same time, the scimitar can also create some bloodier scenes, and the impact of the simple and direct scenes can bring a serious blow to morale.

On that vast grassland, the wolf knights' massacre of the rat mercenaries began with a whistling charge and with the scimitars raised high after getting close.

These are what the flag needs.

Lianyan Province began to decay.

The great nobles who rule this province want to do something.

After the joint oracle of the gods and the fall of the Golden Province, even the most arrogant and stupid guy would have to react.

However, although I have the idea, it is not easy to do something about it.

The area of ​​this province actually controlled by him is not large, only the area close to the heart of the human empire, although this area is already considered the richest area in this province because of a big river.

The reason why this province was named Lianyan was not for any other reason, but because all the areas through which the river that ran through the mountains passed in this province were controlled by the Lianyan family.

These are the only lands in this province that truly belong directly to the Empire of Man.

The arrival of the rat-men has made this ancient family uneasy.

What the ratmen did can also be glimpsed from the mouths of the mountain dwellers who have been escaping to the back recently.

It was an extremely tragic and bloody scene.

Although this ancient family did not feel that they had a common enemy with the mountain people in the mountains, in fact, before the appearance of the rat people, the continuous war between the two sides had lasted for who knows how many years.

But I still felt uneasy.

The duke named Lianyan began to ask for help.

The fall of the Golden Province, the City of Stirling, was a very breaking news. He didn't think that his city would be more magnificent than that City of Stirling.

Duke Lianyan was frightened and began to ask for help from all sides.

But I don't know why the situations I encountered were similar.

No noble responded to him, and his request for help was ignored. He became increasingly uneasy.

It was not until a golden letter was delivered to him through the winding river that the reason for this abnormal situation became clear.

The war was imminent, and all the great nobles had begun their preparations. In fact, it was more than just preparations. Two provinces had fallen, one province had been ravaged, and one province had been pushed to the front line of the war.

There was also a naval battle going on.

Suddenly, the flames of war have spread to all parts of the human empire.

This is a war that cannot be avoided, and there will definitely be people who want to gain something from this war.

In the tense atmosphere, a piece of big news that shocked everyone spread throughout the human empire and was discussed by all the nobles.

The crown prince, the prince, formally accepted the blessing of the Glorious Church and began to prepare for the holy war.

The golden envelope was placed in front of Duke Lian Yan, which brought about long thinking.

This huge empire has not yet completely collapsed, and even the most ambitious nobles have not broken through the last layer of window paper.

Taking sides is a very dangerous thing at this point in time.

The crown prince was not decent and even went too far by issuing a call to arms in his own name. As long as he nodded in agreement, the royal army would go along the sea to the front line of the war.

Especially after just a few days, that rude guy, that rude guy directly began to assemble the army, the royal guards began to assemble, and earlier, in a grand banquet, at the banquet where nobles of all sizes gathered, this decision was publicly announced. This is why those great nobles ignored Duke Lian Yan's request for help.

This was forcing him to take sides. If he bowed his head, it would be equivalent to using his family's power to undermine the crumbling imperial royal family.

But if he doesn't bow his head and openly disobeys.

Although the imperial family was on the verge of crumbling, it had not completely collapsed, and it still had the power to launch a war to quell the rebellion.

Although facing this dire situation, the imperial royal family may not take drastic measures at this time.

But does he dare to gamble?

The situation suddenly became a dilemma.

In the end, Duke Lian Yan had no choice but to put this issue on hold.

Even if you want to place a bet, you have to see the wind drop completely and see the real weight being placed on the scale.

The weight that the imperial royal family has shown now is not enough.

The great nobles have never been keen on helping others in times of need, they are only good at adding icing on the cake.

In Lianyan Province, a rat warlord was the first to stand out and take the stage.

This was a greedy guy, and the distribution strategy he implemented was similar to Qi's, also nine and one. The only difference from Qi was that he gave one to his rat warriors and nine to himself.

In fact, it is no different from taking all.

But he was indeed the first rat warlord to cross the line and break the balance.

A dark tide gathered together, and the size of the army in their hands reached one million in a very short time.

And it is very simple to do this, all you need is endless greed.

As the rat warlords all broke into this province and more and more rat mercenaries and refugees arrived here, he began to frantically conscript men, and brought all the rat mercenaries and scattered rats he encountered into the army in his hands. In a very short period of time, he expanded an extremely large rat army.

The combat effectiveness and morale can be described as vulnerable, but on such a large scale, quantity has successfully overwhelmed quality.

There is no need for any strategy or plan. With such a large army, all they need to do is press forward, and there will probably be no accidents.

It successfully swept one side, and the balance of this area was completely broken.

Before this rat warlord successfully gathered such a large-scale rat army, although the intrusion of the rat warlords did bring about severe turmoil, those settlements with stronger strength and larger populations could still barely hold on. Even if a rat warlord launched an attack, the two sides would probably be able to fight back and forth.

But such a huge group of ratmen broke this fragile balance.

Breaking the balance is a precursor to one side overwhelming the other, and it is also a premonition of the most brutal fight. No one will sit still and wait for death, not to mention that these mountain people are not good people. Fighting and war also run through their lives.

Torches were held high in the dim forest. The priests among the mountain people did not have flexible magical means like the military mages in the human empire. Everything seemed so primitive and barbaric.

But being primitive and barbaric does not mean having no fighting power or no courage.

In the wild dance, strange patterns were painted on the chests of the warriors, and they drank cup after cup of blood in silence. The mountain people gathered all the warriors together.

This is the preparation before war.

They took the initiative to leave the low walls and the simple city. These mountain people also had a city, although it was so simple that it seemed like some kind of imitation creation.

But after all, it is a place that can provide a sense of security.

But now, these mountain warriors took the initiative to leave those cities. Not just one tribe or one branch, but all the mountain warriors in this area and the mountains began to gather in one place.

Countless torches gathered in the mountains and forests, illuminating this ugly, decaying world clearly.

They were making preparations for war and waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

It was a risky move, but it paid off.

The ratman warlord was equally eager, perhaps too greedy, and wanted to eat everything.

Defeat these gathered mountain warriors in front of you and completely conquer them. Then the situation in this area can be smoothly established. With more resources and more troops, you can completely sweep across this province and take all the credit.

Only in this way can I declare my existence in the rat kingdom and in front of all the rats.

He will not be seen as a naive guy who can be poke and prod at will.

It’s a huge step towards greatness, so he’ll come, of course he’ll come.

Pairs of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness. A chaotic sound composed of various voices intertwined together suddenly appeared in the ears. It was at first far away, and then suddenly became so clear, filling the ears, harsh, messy, and noisy.

The rats are coming.

Endless numbers of ratmen are coming.

(End of this chapter)