From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 33: The Collusion between the Rat Lords and the Rat Priests

Contradiction A: These three revelation cards have been used by Du Yuan.

Overnight, in a divine revelation that affected all ratmen, the concepts of spears, shields, and armor became popular.

Even the group of young ratmen following the ratmen troops rushing through the forest were holding many rough spears made of wooden sticks and simple shields made of tree bark.

There is also a wooden armor that is casually worn on the body, made of two wooden boards tied together by ropes.

It’s a huge group of people, and no one of them can be called elite.

However, the young rats enjoyed it very much. They followed the rat army all day long, calling out excitedly.

The young ratmen who have not yet been screened and differentiated into the two groups of slave rats and rat warriors are the most active and unrestrained stage in their lives.

Although this stage is not long-lasting, when the change will occur depends on when the rat army they follow finds some suitable enemies.

Suddenly, with sharp shouts, the rats' march stopped.

The commander-in-chief who was blind in one eye was the first to stand on the high ground, and behind him was a group of ratmen warriors who were lined up in a fairly neat formation.

In fact, the things in the hands of this group of ratmen warriors are not much better than those of the ratmen youths. They only have rough wooden spears, simple and low-quality wooden armor, and bark shields in their hands.

But compared to the young ratmen, most ratmen warriors have two spears, or some extremely powerful rats may have three.

Most of the ratmen warriors will master the skill of wielding tail weapons through the tempering of battle, and some ratmen with superb combat experience will even abandon the wooden shield and wield three spears.

Moreover, the discipline of this group of ratmen warriors is much better than that of the young ratmen.

The noisy sound was transmitted from the front of the army by the young rats to the end of the team.

Regarding the upcoming battle, this group of young ratmen are more fearless and excited, at least that is the case before the battle begins.

Because in these few months, the rat people have been facing a favorable and stable environment for growth. Well, maybe it is a favorable environment for the rat people.

After birth, and a mouthful of delicious and strengthening blood mushrooms, the ratmen will spend the first two months of their lives in a nursery cave carved out of the mountains.

It will grow from the size of a puppy when it is born to almost one meter tall, comparable to the size of a big dog, and then it will be brought to the altar of the gods by the priests.

Here, they will hear the priests singing praises to the gods, eat the second blood mushroom in their lives, and feel the effects of the berserk technique for the first time.

After completing this set of procedures, they will be led by the priest to chase the ratmen troops wandering in the forest looking for sacrifices and enemies.

If they were lucky, their first trial would begin soon.

Of course, even with such rapid development, the ratmen are still members of an intelligent race. Their ancestors may have chosen a humble way of survival for various reasons long ago.

But since they are an intelligent race, they will always be favored by wisdom.

These young rats are not stupid guys. In fact, compared with their bodies, their brains improve faster.

The brain of a rat man can develop completely in two months and its intelligence can reach average level. However, it will take a long time for the body to grow to the standard height of about 1.6 meters.

In fact, the ratmen are not too short, at least they are much taller than goblins, dwarves, and goblins. However, the way the ratmen move with their waists hunched makes their height appear to be the shortest.

The stopped ratman army dispersed and drove the large group of young ratmen following behind to the front.

Across a sparse bush, a valley appeared before the rats' eyes.

There was a messy camp in the middle of the valley.

And this is what the ratmen army is looking for.

A large number of young ratmen were being driven towards the camp in front of them. This was their rite of passage, to survive a war, or a massacre.

Yes, it was a massacre. Even though they were blessed by God, the rat people gradually began to become different.

But good eyes knew that if the running priests did not join the battle, the cowardly mice would still be mice.

Rat people are not very brave.

The massive charge disturbed the camp's owners, and a group of gnolls wearing a variety of equipment and holding various bone weapons came out of the camp.

He was confused and angry at the group of ratmen rushing towards him.

At the roar of a particularly tall wolf man.

A group of gnolls also rushed out in a large number.

And fought with the group of ratmen in front of him.

Soon, the two sides fought in a group, killing each other in the chaos.

Instead of collapsing at the first blow, the chaotic battle even continued under the leadership of a young ratman holding a spear.

Of course, this scene did not cause any fluctuation in those good eyes. In fact, a defeat was about to happen.

When the young ratman who was leading the group was killed on the spot by the werewolf leader, the rout began, and a large number of ratmen began to flee in all directions.

It was only the first battle, and reality clearly told these young ratmen the true disparity.

In the absence of a priest, the word "bloody battle" will basically not appear in the ratmen's options.

In this situation, the ratman army behind the young ratman soon began to charge.

Compared to the poor performance of the young ratmen, the performance of these ratmen warriors was obviously much better. At least they already had some formations that an army should have.

And there are the vast numbers that occupy an absolute advantage.

Soon, these five thousand ratmen warriors completely overwhelmed the small werewolf tribe in front of them.

It also completed a one-stop service of killing, looting, replenishing personnel, and capturing slaves, although most of the captured slaves were young ratmen who had escaped.

Among the two thousand young ratmen transported by the priests this time, probably only one hundred will become ratmen warriors. In fact, this number should be a little higher, or even much higher.

However, under the constant demand of the white rats for the number of slave rats, the helpless rat priests could only come to the rat lords who led the troops with red eyes.

The rat lords once thought that if they could not satisfy these priests, they might not even mind tying themselves up to make up the numbers.

Without much hesitation, the Ratman Lord began to drive the young ratmen to attack some scattered tribes found in the forest, and then sent those scattered tribes and the dead young ratmen back as sacrifices.

As for the young ratmen who survived, they were just treated as such and most of them were sent back to be slaves.

In this way, both targets are achieved, although it may be hard for the young rat man.

But young rat people have no rat rights.

Anyway, those red-eyed ratmen priests will continue to send young ratmen over.

Therefore, driven by the collection of sacrifices and the demands of more slave rats, the rat lords and rat priests easily decided to make the young rats suffer.

(End of this chapter)