From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 76, Calm and Peaceful (Monthly Ticket Plus 513)

In the increasingly violent attack, the temple guards were gradually suppressed.

But the frenzy cannot be sustained for long.

However, the Ratman Temple guards managed to withstand this round of violent attacks.

Obviously, after the rampage ended, this group of exhausted rat assassins were obviously unable to fight the temple guards.

The outcome of the two sides came down to their leaders.

The captain of the temple guard confronted the leader of the rat assassins.

Their subordinates wisely made way for the fight between the two men.

In the fierce fight, neither side could do anything to the other for a while.

At that moment, a team of three temple guards approaching the two sides abandoned the rat-man assassins who were fighting against them, and suddenly attacked the rat-man assassin leader who was forced to the side of the stone wall.

This action caused the rat assassins who were originally fighting with them to let out sharp roars, and they slammed hard towards the guys who had pulled back to attack.

Intercepted by the angry ratman assassin, the three temple assassins who had launched a sudden attack fell to the ground lifeless.

But obviously, this was not the captain of the temple guard's killing move.

He did not try to save the men who fell in front of him, but hid behind them. With his sharp edge blocked by the fallen bodies of the temple guards, he rushed towards the ratman leader.

The ferocious malice on his face was not concealed, and the wooden spear in his hand was about to pierce the ratman leader's chest in the sneak attack.

But he did not see the panic on the ratman leader's face.

Those red eyes were still so calm.

The leader of the rat-men assassins was not as violent as his men in battle.

A pitch-black dark blade was raised high and used to meet the spear of the captain of the temple guard in front of him that was attacking with all his strength.

Under the influence of the enormous force, his right arm twisted and drooped down, the hidden blade in his hand flew out, and the whole person hit the stone wall of the tunnel behind him hard.

But at this moment, another pitch-black dark blade appeared, as if it was about to kill the senior ratman priest.

It passes across the neck like a butterfly flying through flowers, bringing a unique sense of elegance.

The captain of the temple guard stared unwillingly, holding tightly in his hand a short spear that was only half broken and the tip of the spear was completely broken.

His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, and his face had an extremely ferocious expression, but he said nothing.

Fall down heavily.

The captain of the temple guards, who had once fought in the Rat War, fell down in frustration, with the broken spear in his hand.

Soon after, many corpses appeared in the group of rat-man priests who were being led for public display.

The squad leader who died with his eyes open and the senior ratman priest who shouted loudly and made generous promises both became among the corpses being dragged along.

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In the lush forest.

The ratmen wanted to consolidate their rule over this vast forest and also capture a large number of slaves for sacrifice.

Outposts rooted in the forest and ratmen's nests hidden in the mounds and rocks were built one after another, and the resources in the forest were collected in a targeted manner, including trees, berries, animals, and the most important sacrifice.

At that time, the forest was deserted due to the large-scale raids and slave hunting by the rat warlords. All other races fled and the forest became empty. This worried the rat priests who took over later.

In order to obtain sacrifices for a long time, he moved the activities of the rat people in the forest underground or to fixed locations.

Outposts are used to collect wood, a material needed to forge spears and build dungeons, as well as berries and animals that the ratmen priests have certain needs.

As for the ratmen's nests hidden underground, they are used to monitor the intelligent races that are gradually returning as the forest returns to peace.

The vast forest that had become empty after being swept by the rat warlords and screened out dangerous races became more suitable for the survival of weaker races.

What they didn't know was that their every move was being watched by the ratmen with insidious eyes.

Whenever the number of these races grows to a certain size.

The rat priests who receive the message will lead their army of slave rats out of the rat outposts in the Desolate Mountains and attack the tribes that have met the requirements.

Then the gathering place was destroyed. Except for a few members who escaped to continue their inheritance in the forest, most of them were captured and taken away by the ratman priests, and the forest returned to silence again.

As for the guys who were taken away, there was no need to guess what the fate would be. They either became sacrifices, or first became slaves and then became sacrifices.

This cycle continues.

In this way, this vast hunting ground became an important asset of the Ratman Kingdom. Even though most of the rats lived in the barren mountains, their cities were also built there.

However, the production of blood mushrooms, which are vital to the ratmen, is maintained in this forest hunting ground.

As the territory expanded, even if the ratmen mobilized their army for a large-scale expedition, the benefits they actually gained were only to please the gods and provide merit for those ratmen priests who were frantically competing for piety.

The rest seemed unremarkable. They went too far away, and not only could the bodies obtained in the war not be transported back for sacrifice, but would rot during transportation. Even the captives obtained were difficult to bring back.

And we have to continuously supply blood mushrooms to the expeditionary forces.

Even as the blood pool was growing larger with the continuous supply of sacrificial offerings, the water in it was becoming more and more colorful, and more and more blood mushrooms were produced.

However, it was gradually overtaken by the growing number of ratmen in the Ratman Kingdom.

The blood mushrooms are starting to run out.

In fact, this problem was not so serious at first, but with a large number of blood mushrooms gathering in the hands of some ratmen priests, both the most precious pure-colored blood mushrooms and those inferior blood mushrooms that were only stained with a little red gradually became scarce.

Although this shortage has not yet affected the more honorable normal priests and rat-man warlords, some rat-man priests have begun to propose canceling the supply of blood mushrooms to the newborn rats.

This group of poor little guys were born because of the increase in number. It started with one inferior blood mushroom for each newborn ratman, then one mouthful of blood mushroom, and now a breeding room that provides a pot of blood mushroom soup.

In this situation where there is nothing left to save, even the last bit of flavorful soup is almost gone.

In this case, the importance of this vast forest hunting ground is self-evident. It is the source of food and clothing for countless ratmen in the Ratman Kingdom!

But today, some changes occurred in this important hunting ground.

On the western edge of the vast forest, some ratman outposts that collected resources quickly disappeared in a very short period of time.

It was done by a bunch of shiny guys.

Obviously, this was the action of Du Yuan, a not very friendly neighbor.

(End of this chapter)