From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 41, Shepherd and Sheep
On the day the temple was completed, all the rat warlords and priests were summoned back by the white rat.

Groups of ratmen warriors also returned from the forest, and even the slave rats who worked day and night stopped their actions.

At this moment, they devoutly offer their prayers and faith to their Lord, who has not even given them a name.

At this moment, countless aliens imprisoned in cages were pushed onto the altar.

Gnolls, earth elves, dire bears, giant-horned deer people, clear water fish people, and all kinds of scattered alien races were pushed onto the altar, along with all kinds of extraordinary plants and objects that were either brightly colored or had various extraordinary features.

The rats, who had been difficult to calm down, finally quieted down completely at this moment, without even a single sound being heard.

They watched the scene in front of them quietly, and even many of the devout and fanatical priests couldn't help shaking their bodies.

He stared obsessively at the divine stone pillar in front of him, which had become extraordinary because of the long-term influence of faith and the fact that Xiaochun was clinging to it.

It was as if I had caught a glimpse of my great god in it, or as if I had caught a glimpse of the truest self in those increasingly blurred eyes.

The humble mice are aware of their own insignificance, so they dedicate their desires and souls to the great ones and turn into flames in the hands of the great ones.

These fanatical priests saw it, they vaguely saw themselves in the hands of that tall figure, that pure yet restless flame.

I couldn't help but kneel on the ground, with a dazed look on my face, wanting to use my hands to grab, to grab myself, to grab the fire of my own desire.

But at such a solemn time, such extraordinary behavior is not welcomed.

The solemn temple guards are composed of the most elite and longest-lived ratmen warriors just drawn from the ratman army.

These misty priests were set up in groups of two, and in a flash, a fresh sacrifice appeared on the altar.

Until their heads were chopped off, these guys did not recover from the illusion in front of them, or rather, they were unwilling to recover.

This may be the time in their lives when they are closest to the fire in their hearts. Everything that is transformed from the fire is what they are pursuing, triggering the most fundamental desire.

Unwilling to turn back, unwilling to give up.

It's a pity that until they fell down and turned into part of the blood lake, the flame that originated from them was not affected in the slightest.

The Great Ones were even greedier than them. When they placed their desires on Him and turned them into faith, they, who were captured, no longer had the right to choose.

Whether dead or alive, the shepherd will never return a single wool to the sheep.

Perhaps the poor Du Yuan is not the most powerful among these apprentice gods, and his followers are not the best developed.

But it is certain that he was the first to embark on the path of demigod.

In the sea of ​​chaos, countless creatures rise and fall, countless gods appear and disappear. Why do the new gods dare to call themselves the new gods?

Even today, facing the attacks from the surrounding native gods, the new gods did not dare to say that they had completely gained the upper hand, but this arrogant new word was still released.

Is it because of the Protoss Contract? No, it’s because of something that every new Protoss, starting from demigod, must do.

Let your clan adapt to you, let the authority and priesthood pursue you, and let yourself choose yourself.

The true god of the new race of gods will not be like the original gods, who will not be passively influenced by their priesthood, authority, clan, or even the world and will not become a certain kind of god.

It is about understanding what kind of person you are, and then what kind of God you want to become.

Even though it is difficult to violate the rules of the Sea of ​​Chaos, the camp will be fixed at the moment of ascension to godhood, but at the stage of apprentice god and demigod, every god of the new Protoss has plenty of time to think about his or her own direction.

Make your own choices and ideas, transform your own clan, and consolidate your own priesthood and authority.

This is why Du Yuan, as a candidate for the future evil god, has not been expelled from the academy.

In the general rules, many gods of the new Protoss chose to abandon the influence of the nine camps and gathered together. Although there were constant fights and as the road deepened, there were many gods with different good and evil concepts. But when many gods gathered together to form an alliance under the concept of the new Protoss.

On a sea of ​​chaos, beyond evil, good, neutral, order, chaos, demarcation, and novelty, the group of gods appeared.

This is why the new Protoss was able to develop so quickly.

Of course, no one would do such a thankless task as turning a succubus into an angel.

When you cast an anchor, it is actually a two-way choice. When you are still a human being, or when you try to be a god, you don’t understand who you are and what path you will take.

This is normal, but doesn’t it still have a divine core?

This itself is a bit of wonder born from the hearts of the new gods, and the cornerstone of their future godhood.

She herself can reveal the true self in the deepest part of a new god's heart, which can help the new god avoid many detours.

The choice has already begun when you anchor your clan. Only the right clan will be attracted by your anchoring aura.

Take Du Yuan for example, in relation to the Rat Man. As a guy who grew up hanging out in the underworld, can he be kind?

Even if it is true on the surface, deep down in your heart, it may not be the case.

This may be why the chaotic evil ratmen chose Du Yuan.

But as a time traveler, as a guy who came from a horror world where order, moral concepts and rules were in line with each other, Du Yuan naturally preferred order, so Du Yuan promoted the transformation of the rat people's theocracy, military merit and slavery, leading the rat people to order.

This is the beginning of the road, which gradually transforms from ideas. Even though the choice at this time is not absolute, only at the moment of ascension to godhood will the camp become constant.

It can be said that the Rat Man and Du Yuan chose each other at the beginning, but it is foreseeable that when Du Yuan began to push the Rat Man to change, and when Du Yuan's influence on the Rat Man became more profound, the Rat Man would lose the right to choose.

If Du Yuan wants them to be kind, they are kind; if he wants them to be evil, they are evil. Everything about them is determined by Du Yuan's preferences.

This is the price of being close to the evil god.

Above the temple, with the end of the grand sacrifice, all the ratmen present held their breath at this moment.

Because of the god who didn't respond, because of the god who didn't respond! Because of the god who didn't respond!!

At this moment, there was complete silence.

Until the white rat suddenly bent its waist, as if it had aged many years. You know, ever since Du Yuan gave it the essence of life and promoted it to a hero.

Even those strong rat warlords did not dare to breathe heavily in front of the white rat because of the powerful pressure.

But at this moment, he had lost this kind of pressure, as if he had really become a dying rat man who had difficulty even standing.

Suddenly.

The silent atmosphere was broken, and the scattered sounds suddenly exploded, making an unusual noise. All the ratmen priests and warlords present showed some inexplicable emotions in their eyes. Some ratmen looked around in panic, while others looked at the weak white rat with hidden ambition.

Some are confused.

But no matter which reaction the rat man had, as the divine stone pillar in front of him dimmed, an uncontrollable panic appeared in his eyes.

It was a complete mess.

Bai Shu didn't want to care about all this at all, and just stared blankly at the sacred pillar in front of him.

(End of this chapter)