From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 361, River Valley Encounter
The flag met a guy who was also holding a flag high.

A dark and short ratman, he also lurked in this dangerous mountain range and formed a considerable team.

Qi still remembers this guy. He was Qi's colleague in the war to capture the Golden Province.

The two sides did not draw their swords at the first moment of their encounter. After all, they belonged to the same era and were both the remnants of that arrogant guy.

Watching each other from a distance.

This guy, this dark little guy did not return to the Twin Fortresses.

It seems to have been wandering in this mountain range all these years.

He took a completely opposite path from Qi's, but Qi's current situation was not much better than his.

During these three years, Qi tried his best to accumulate strength, but he could only maintain an army of 100,000 people. Moreover, the changes in the war during these three years made Qi more and more anxious.

All kinds of new things made him more and more anxious, but he was not qualified to participate in that brutal confrontation, let alone get more funding.

He has to make a change.

We can't just sink like this.

This would be an extremely risky decision.

But it has to be done.

In this dangerous mountain range, the two sides looked at each other, and then passed each other and left, with the two armies advancing in completely opposite directions.

Qi decided not to hang around in those marginal places anymore.

To be honest, he doesn't like gambling very much, but many times, he has no other choice except gambling.

Continuing forward, Qi discovered some intricate underground tunnels, which might have been left behind by the rat-man army that had passed through.

These tunnels were of great help to Qi, allowing him to lead his troops across these dangerous mountains more efficiently.

But after drilling out of these tunnels, the flag soon encountered the enemy army.

Those patrols scattered across the mountains.

They are looking for something.

Qi did not act rashly, but hid in the darkness and observed everything in front of him.

Compared with the rapid changes on the front battlefield, the flag bearer's army and equipment are quite backward, but this is not without advantages.

Much quieter.

The rat scouts hid in the darkness, observing the watchtowers that lit spiritual flames in the darkness, and quietly approached these watchtowers.

To support this war.

A large amount of resources are being continuously delivered to the battlefield through the winding river.

This is the place Qi is looking for.

During these three years, Qi had no achievements and no accomplishments. Such a label appeared on his head, making him increasingly marginalized.

But this doesn't mean that Qi didn't want to do something. Every month he would bring back a large number of slaves from those dangerous marginal areas, and almost all of the blood mushrooms he got in exchange were thrown into his army. However, compared with the increasingly expanding scale and brutality of the frontal battlefield, he and his army still seemed too inadequate.

Recently, he keenly captured an opportunity.

The temple guards gradually improved their resource transportation channels. At least now, they can support a second army of ratmen.

But there is no such thing as a free lunch. These resources will not fall on him for nothing when he has done nothing and has no achievements. He must do something and prove something, to prove that he is not so worthless. Only then can he get funding.

While thinking, a target came into his sight.

While traveling through these marginal areas, some strange situations were also remembered and taken seriously by Qi.

For example, some human warships that frequently travel back and forth on a certain section of river.

Send out ratmen scouts to track.

He discovered a small gathering place of human troops.

Qi had been eyeing this area for a long time, until recently, the withdrawal of an army gave Qi some different ideas.

This is a human army that has inflicted heavy damage on the ratmen on the battlefield many times, a magical force of the Ghost-Eyed People. Seven days ago, those war priests launched a crazy attack. In that crazy attack.

The rats desperately protected a steam battleship assembled on the river bank and pushed this huge steam battleship towards the river.

When the war was at its most intense, both sides boarded the steam battleship that was pushed into the river, fighting for control of the war inch by inch and forcing the other side to retreat.

At the end of the war, the dense corpses and flowing blood were about to dye the rushing river red.

It's a pity that the ratmen were eventually repelled by the Ghost-Eyed People. The wreckage of the steam battleship has not yet completely sunk into the river, and a corner of it has protruded above the water. The ignited black stone is still burning, emitting billowing black smoke.

And the human army that defeated the war priests is now gathering here, in this river bay port built in a hidden valley.

They did not fight that war without paying a price. After all, it was not just the blood of the ratmen that dyed the river red.

Amid heavy casualties, it was time for this magical force to repair and reorganize.

This hidden river bay port is a transit point for them to retreat to the rear.

This was Qi's chance. Qi decided to use the flag of the human army, which had caused great trouble to the rat people and repeatedly defeated the war priests to retreat, as proof of himself.

In the darkness, the ratmen scouts sent out by the flag had already reached the outermost sentry tower. The bright magic searchlights pierced through the darkness and scanned left and right, but the ratmen scouts were too quiet and made no sound when they moved.

This quiet night makes people not alert at all.

The ratman scouts nimbly climbed up the watchtower, and by the time the Ghost-Eyed human soldiers on guard in the tower reacted, the sharp short blades were already at their necks.

With just a slight stroke, these Ghost-Eyed Human soldiers could no longer make any sound and fell down limply.

Soon, the ratman scouts stripped off the clothes of these Ghost-Eyed soldiers.

I put it on myself hastily, and it didn't fit me at all. This was only seen from a distance, but it could still fool people a little.

Suddenly, a bright light hit the outer watchtower, and the searchlight that had not moved for a long time aroused some suspicion.

At this time, the rat man who had already dressed up came in handy.

He quickly held the searchlight and shook it left and right in a serious manner.

In this dark night, from afar, everything was a little blurry for a moment, and it was not 100% clear that these rat scouts were just delaying time.

Not long after, when the human soldiers in the rear sentry towers finally realized something was wrong, more than half of the sentry towers had gone dark.

A harsh magical noise came from a huge disc device, echoing in the valley.

This sound came from the high-frequency friction between two pieces of his special material. For a moment, all the ghost-eyed human warriors here were alarmed.

Soon, several lighting spells were cast into the sky, and the small valley was completely illuminated.

The ratman scouts were clearly exposed. Amid their sharp shouts, they needed basically no reminders; these cunning guys knew what to do on their own.

He flipped over and jumped off the watchtower, then ran wildly towards the bushes and grass in the distance in a very winding posture.

If everything went well, they should be able to escape, but unfortunately, when everything was illuminated and the human soldiers in the sentry tower had no fear but only anger, a counterattack followed.

Magic rifles were raised one after another, and gray beams of light cut through the sky.

Many of the fleeing rat scouts fell, and the others who managed to escape disappeared after disappearing into the bushes.

This war does not require their participation for the time being.

The flag rushed out from the entrance of the underground tunnel, waving the flag in his hand amidst a sharp roar.

Dense groups of rats poured out from the entrances of underground tunnels.

Carrying all kinds of things.

The army of the flag was particularly shabby, and the ratmen warriors among them were dressed in all kinds of costumes.

Normal ones include chain mail, leather armor, spears with daggers, and abnormal ones include buckets, cotton-padded jackets, dung forks, and all kinds of them.

This is what makes Qi increasingly anxious. He and his army are indeed increasingly unable to keep up with this rapidly changing era.

It is almost impossible to rely on such an army to attack this transit port.

Fortunately, not all the troops under the banner are like this.

By selling everything they had, they managed to put together two main forces.

A squad equipped with seven hundred magical spears.

A group of one thousand rat knights.

The rifle-carrying team that emerged from the underground cave was the first to launch a wave of blind firing. Even though there was no detailed calibration, this high-altitude shooting was not completely ineffective. The human soldier who sounded the alarm and the sentry post he was standing on fell in this round of blind firing.

The harsh magical noise stopped.

But the even more shrill and chaotic roar sounded.

The charge began, the flags waved, the ratmen responded with shrill cries.

The frenzied charge almost immediately exposed the presence of the large rat army.

It’s not like humans are completely unprepared.

When the Empire's First Magical Machinery Unit retreated to this secret transit port, the commander, out of caution, ordered his soldiers to search this quiet valley.

Originally this was just a cautious move. After all, the first rule of fighting with rats is to be cautious. These endless bug-like guys always lurk in various places and appear in various unpredictable forms.

There is nothing wrong with being careful and cautious.

And then, then, we really found something for them.

Some of the underground tunnel entrances are obviously not normal, and judging from the weathering marks on the rocks at the entrances, these are not newly excavated underground tunnels.

It's been around for at least a year or two.

This made the commander unable to sit still, and he had the idea of ​​sending those quartermasters to the execution ground. This guy actually built a secret port for the evacuation of the wounded and sick in a valley full of underground tunnel entrances of ratmen!
Feeling uneasy, the commander quickly sent soldiers into the underground tunnels to investigate and cover up the entrances.

At the same time, elemental chaos cannons were mobilized to bombard the valley.

No traces of ratmen were found in the tunnels. Combined with the traces in these tunnels, these may be a group of underground tunnels that have long been abandoned.

After all, this area was indeed occupied by ratmen for a period of time during their first invasion.

Maybe things haven't come to the worst possible situation.

A group of warships will arrive here tomorrow morning to pick them up.

Soon they were able to evacuate smoothly and return to the peaceful rear. He hadn't seen his wife for a long time, and he could also spend time with his children.

Maybe we should be more optimistic.

He warned himself like this, but as he had just retreated from the battlefield and witnessed the bloody nightmare that seemed like it would never end, he could not feel so relaxed no matter what.

The existence of these underground tunnels has turned into a haze.

It’s not a bad thing. At least, in that anxiety, the commander made many arrangements.

The Elemental Chaos Cannon, which had been calibrated in advance, began firing. In this kind of encounter where the position construction has not been completed, the power of the cannon is unquestionable and can overwhelm everything.

The expanding elemental turbulence instantly tore a hole in the tide of charging ratmen.

It’s a great pity that there are not many elemental chaos cannons installed in this secret port, only one.

They also did not retreat with the war weapons on the front line.

Wave your arms.

Shout loudly.

"Fire, fire! Kill these damn rats!"

One by one, the Ghost-Eyed Human warriors, half-crouching with their magic rifles on their shoulders, opened fire.

Gray beams of light streaked across the sky and fell like raindrops.

None of this scared the charging rats.

Amid the loud shouts of the flag bearers, the ratmen warriors rushed forward desperately.

This group of guys were destined to be eliminated long ago, but now they were holding their spears tightly in their hands and rushing forward desperately.

The rat knights followed closely behind the main force. They dispersed but had a very unified goal: they rushed towards the only elemental chaos cannon in the Ghost Eye human position.

Another elemental chaos cannon fell, engulfing a large number of ratmen. Without even a wailing sound, they turned into statues and then shattered.

The Elemental Chaos Cannon landed a little closer to the flag.

These guys are not blind, and the flags they hold high have become the most eye-catching targets on the battlefield.

Perhaps just two more shots, or maybe just one, and after the calibration is complete, the flag will be engulfed by this horrific elemental turbulence.

But Qi didn't seem to be afraid and he shouted wildly. Such performance stabilized the morale. At this moment on the battlefield, he seemed to have become a living flag.

(End of this chapter)