From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 362: The Rat Knights Gradually Withdraw from the Era
The fanatical Rat Knights did not disappoint their commander. They took the lead and slammed into the temporary position built by the human army in the valley ahead of the charging Rat Warriors, and rammed hard into the Elemental Chaos Cannon that was still being calibrated.

After getting close, the human soldiers in this position had two completely different reactions.

The soldiers in the garrison in the valley felt panic. Facing the Ratman Knights rushing towards them, facing those ferocious Ratman Knights, they seemed to be stunned, lost their movement, and stood trembling in place.

In stark contrast to them were the remnants of the Empire's First Magical Machinery Army who had retreated here for transit.

These guys pulled down the goggles on their foreheads without hesitation and drew out the hammers from their waists.

Such a reaction is not surprising. The war was so brutal that there are very few veterans retiring from the battlefield.

More and more new recruits were added to the battlefield. Those new recruits who had been in the army for a period of time were hastily added to the battlefield. Especially in the rear and second-line troops, this trend was even more obvious. The ratmen army, who were spying on the defense lines and fortresses day and night, locked those elite troops that had been tempered by the fire of war on the front lines.

If the Empire's First Magical Machinery Corps had not suffered such heavy losses in the last war, it would not have been their turn to rest this time. Moreover, during this rest, the Empire's First Magical Machinery Corps that retreated to the rear, in addition to rest and replenishment, also had to undertake the task of training new recruits.

Under the intense pressure brought by the ratmen, capable guys are forced to endure more things until they are completely crushed.

A ball that emits high-frequency harsh noise and dazzling glare was thrown out, and only then did we understand what the purpose of the pulled-down goggles was.

This is a magical device specially designed for rat knights.

Harsh noise, blinding glare, easy to trigger, excellent effect, and most importantly, it is not a disposable item and can be recharged repeatedly.

Something extremely targeted.

The distorted giant rats became violent in such a harsh noise and gradually became out of control. The rat knights on them were quickly thrown off the giant rats.

Rolling and getting up very quickly, during these three years, the armor on the rat knights has undergone several rounds of optimization, and finally settled on a form with three layers of tanned leather armor as the base, with large pieces of stamped plate armor inlaid on it.

While retaining a certain degree of defensive capabilities, it provides the rat knights with greater flexibility and mobility.

The heavily armored knights have been gradually withdrawing from the battlefield, except for the group of temple guards whose physical fitness and equipment are abnormal.

Even for lightly armored knights, it is unrealistic to charge head-on. Their main role is to use mobility to cross the weak points of the enemy's front line and attack the enemy's logistics and civilians.

Over the past three years, the rat knights have crossed the battle lines time and again, leaving behind a horrific notoriety through their brutal killings and violent charges.

The rat knights running in the dark night were once used by ordinary farmers to scare their children.

This can almost be regarded as the last glory of the Rat Knights.

After all, it is gradually falling behind the ongoing war.

Over the past three years, with repeated innovations, the armor on the Skaven Knights has become thinner and thinner until it was finalized in its current form.

However, falling behind and being eliminated also depends on who is in charge. In the hands of the poor guy Qi, these rat knights can move forward no matter how weak they are.

The giant rat fell down, quickly got up, raised the spear in his hand high, and pounced on the enemy in front of him with a hissing.

More rat knights arrived one after another, roaring and raising their spears high.

At the front line, the two sides had become entangled and started fighting.

In the rear, orderly shooting was going on, and more gray light beams were stimulated and shot forward. Facing these rat knights who came over on their own initiative, there was no need to aim at all when shooting.

Just pull the trigger and the rat knights will fall down one by one while running wildly.

Three quarters of the rat knights would not survive until the moment of colliding with the enemy, and among the remaining quarter, more would fall on the ball that emitted a sharp explosion.

The era of the Rat Knights is indeed over.

However, at least on the battlefield at this moment, the balance of victory still depends on them.

If the Elemental Chaos Cannon was not stopped from firing, Qi and the army under his command would most likely fall on the road of charge and would not even be able to get close.

Qi's life-and-death struggle will also become a joke.

No, maybe it wouldn't be a joke. He and the troops under his command, these despicable guys, probably not many people would care if they died.

Just like the colleague who had met Qi Da not long ago, even though his life or death was uncertain for the past three years, no rat man cared whether he was alive or not.

Of course, Qi didn't care, but he was unwilling to accept the same result.

But can this group of rat knights do all of this?

Not sure.

This era is no longer the era of Rat Knights, and the Rat Knights under the flag bearer are obviously not elite enough to crush everything.

To be fair.

Even if the flag gave the best it could to support these two troops, it was a pity that they had ordinary weapons, a lot of old and damaged armor, and not strong enough physical fitness. They were just an ordinary or even deviant group of rat knights.

It was just a little higher than the standard of the mixed group of rat mercenaries. It was hard to say what kind of expectations they could bear.

But surprisingly, the performance was pretty good.

The group of young dock guards, after coming to their senses from their trance, also began shooting indiscriminately, but in fear, they could do nothing but shoot indiscriminately with almost no accuracy.

However, no effective measures have been taken.

A group of rat knights broke through the dense barrage of bullets and charged forward fiercely.

This crude position was not very rigorous to begin with, as it was simply built with sandbags and wooden crates that were commonly found on the dock.

Leaping over the heavy wooden crates and overturning the simply stacked sandbags to the ground, the Rat Knights did not hold back at all and charged without hesitation. In the collision, the giant rats' heads were smashed into a bloody mess, and the scattered rough gravel rubbed against the squirming scarlet flesh, making these huge rats become more violent and stand up.

If these human warriors could gain the upper hand when fighting against the rat knights who were forced to roll off the backs of the giant rats, then it would be just as easy for the rat knights riding on the giant rats to kill these heretics who were so close.

The thrusting spears easily lifted up the chaotic dock defenders.

Throw it out heavily.

The veterans of the Empire's First Magical Machinery Corps in the rear wanted to provide assistance to the broken into section, but the ratmen with guns in the valley also began firing after completing their preparations.

A beam of blue light streaked across the sky and fell towards the human position from above.

The warriors at the front were still fighting with the rat knights who had fallen off the giant rats.

The Elemental Chaos Cannon completed its calibration once again, and the expanding elemental storm engulfed the ratmen.

It's still a little bit off, it's still a little bit off.

The flag still stands on the battlefield.

This fearless guy began to shout loudly and crazily on the battlefield.

“Kill them! Kill them!
I will never be willing to stop here, I absolutely will not be willing!
Kill them! Kill them! "

For a moment, the harsh, shrill roar drowned out the noise from the front in the valley.

All the guys present, whether they were ratmen or humans, could clearly hear the crazy roar coming from Qi at this moment.

Although in the end, this roar became a sentence that was repeated over and over again.

"Kill them!"

But sometimes, those vast swarms of ordinary rats, these lowly fellows, couldn't understand more complicated words.

Such roars were not without effect and could be seen as an encouragement. After all, at that moment, on the chaotic and bloody battlefield, their commander was roaring crazily and manically.

Amid the roar, the eyes of the rat knights gradually turned red.

Rushing forward, regardless of everything, towards the elemental chaos cannon set up behind.

They were too close, too close. These rat knights were about to succeed. They were about to reach the Elemental Chaos Cannon.

It was at this time that the lighting technique in the sky was about to end, and the light was gradually dimming.

The world returned to darkness, and what came into view were pairs of scarlet eyes lighting up in the darkness.

The accompanying mage who was operating the Elemental Chaos Cannon, in a rage that almost made him lose his mind, aimed the muzzle of the cannon at the approaching ratman knights.

This is a mage from the School of Fire Elementalists who retreated from the battlefield with the Empire's First Magical Machinery Army. One year ago, he had just received an official mage certificate from the academy and came to that cruel battlefield.

A year of almost non-stop fighting seemed to have completely crushed him.

During this time when I thought I could take a break.

He chose to fire without hesitation.

But this is on the dock.

The chaotic elemental storm illuminated the night, and the traces of the galloping rat knights were also revealed. These guys who were rushing forward violently lost their movements and turned into stone statues.

But the board broke. Wait! The board broke?!

After a brief moment of light, the valley fell into darkness again.

As if it was a chain reaction, there was a continuous sound of breaking wooden boards, like lit firecrackers.

(End of this chapter)