From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 8, Blood and Flesh Essence

Soon after, this change appeared in all the cave mushrooms that sprouted on the underground lake. The cave mushrooms that took root on the corpses away from the altar were stained with a red color, while the mushrooms close to the altar developed black spots.

Such changes attracted the attention of the rat people.

Curiously, he cast his eyes on the bright mushrooms floating on the lake along with the rat-man corpses.

No one is interested in those mushrooms that grow naturally on the moss. Undoubtedly, these bright red mushrooms are more tempting.

Until the white rat curiously took a cave mushroom with a faint red color from the corpse of a ratman.

A bold attempt took place, and the cave mushroom with a faint red color was swallowed by the white rat.

The white rat couldn't help but dance with joy. Just looking at the happy expression on its face made all the peeping rat people understand a truth.

These red mushrooms seem to be good things, no! These red mushrooms must be good things!
At this moment, even the Spear Rat could not sit still and greedily approached the underground lake, wanting to catch the mushrooms inside. However, it was seen by the White Rat who had come to his senses. With a sharp roar, the White Rat and Du Yuan's followers surrounded the Spear Rat.

The spear rats that were stopped were naturally unwilling to accept the defeat and called out to their subordinates in anger. In this way, the two gangs of rats confronted each other again in this not-so-wide cave.

Seeing that the second conflict was about to begin, the neutral mice quickly hid aside until changes in the underground lake appeared again.

A corpse near the altar was completely dissolved, as if it had melted and was completely eaten up by the mushrooms on it. Two mushrooms with bright blood-colored spots and dotted with black spots appeared, but the corpse turned into bones and sank into the lake.

Two bloody mushrooms.

Regarding the two mushrooms, the speared rat and the white rat looked at each other and made a decision instantly.

The lance-like rats had a deep greed, while the white rats had an urgent need.

In this way, the cunning leaders held their first meeting and finally made a contract under the witness of two blood-red mushrooms.

The lance rats needed mushrooms, and the white rats craved sacrifices, and the glory of the gods required a constant supply of sacrifices.

Just like this, the two most beautiful mushrooms were eaten by the lance rat and the white rat respectively. At this moment, changes appeared on the bodies of the two rats. The lance rat became taller and stronger, while the eyes of the white rat became sharper and more agile. The lance rat became strong and smart, while the white rat became smart and mysterious.

The contract was reached, and the white rats and spear rats, having reached a consensus, cast greedy glances at the group of neutral ratmen.

Not long after, the underground lake received rich sacrifices again. Countless blood-red mushrooms grew among the floating corpses. Du Yuan's altar was dotted with a touch of red. The resentment of broken lives and the murderous aura generated by the killing turned into a blood-red aura that was received by the call of spring on the divine pillar.

The white rats and spear rats ate the bloody mushrooms to their heart's content, and the total number of ratmen even fell below five hundred, with less than three hundred left. This was less than one-fifth of the number when Du Yuan just met them. It was hard to say whether Du Yuan could hold on after knowing this.

Moreover, the instigators of all this, the White Rat and the Spear Rat, were even a little reluctant to leave. If there were not so few rats left, the two rats would probably want to throw some more rats into the underground lake. The White Rat hoped that there would always be sinking and floating sacrifices around the altar. Only in this way could he kneel down in satisfaction in front of the altar and pray to his god.

The spear rats, on the other hand, were greedy. After tasting the benefits of the blood-colored mushrooms, they greedily desired more.

But there are not many ratmen left. As for the remaining ratmen, even the most greedy lords will not kill the soldiers, because the soldiers are the guarantee of their power.

The white rats and lance rats naturally understood this.

Then there are not many targets left to covet. Even though the timid rat people still instinctively have some fear of their neighbors, in the surge of greed and fanaticism, a bold and crazy idea is finally born.

The rats targeted their neighbors, the ones they had been afraid of not long ago.

As the two mice looked at each other greedily.

It's just that there are too few mice now. We still need to wait, we still need to wait!
The next day, when Du Yuan came again, the corners of his mouth twitched violently and he looked a little out of control.

But it's no wonder he lost his temper.

In just one night! He had 800 mice, but after a good night's sleep, only 300 were left. In just one night!
At this moment, Du Yuan really couldn't hold it together, especially when he glanced over and clearly saw where the mice that had not fallen had gone.

Wow, at a glance, everyone is swimming!
They were all sacrificed. No wonder Du Yuan felt that his altar was so clear that water was about to come out as soon as he appeared. It turned out that the power of faith was almost full!

A little messy, a little messy!
Need to calm down.

After calming down briefly, he thought, well, he regretted choosing this group of ratmen. Perhaps betting on the fourth anchoring was the right choice.

But things have come to this point, there is no choice left.

He also didn't quite understand why things turned out like this overnight, and in this underground cave, Du Yuan suddenly discovered something that seemed shouldn't appear.

Wait! Why are there mushrooms growing on the bodies in the underground lake? They are red mushrooms.

After some investigation, Du Yuan finally figured out what was going on and found the culprit behind it all.

It was the call of spring. To be more precise, it was the call of spring after being enlightened by Du Yuan.

The sacrifice performed by these guys is inseparable from the blood-red mushrooms in the underground lake. The blood-red mushrooms are nothing but cave mushrooms, cave mushrooms created by the Call of Spring.

During Du Yuan's sleep, almost a month had passed in the clan world.

During this month, under the combined effects of the ratmen's sacrifices and the blood-colored aura, the Call of Spring has changed from a green line at the beginning to a small grid clinging to the altar's stone pillars.

At the same time, the mutation of the mushrooms in the cave was also caused by it.

On the surface, it looks like the cave mushrooms are growing on the corpse and have undergone some changes. In fact, the cave mushrooms growing on the corpse in the underground lake have become part of the Call of Spring in Du Yuan's perception. He uses these grown mushrooms to seize the essence of flesh and blood on the corpse and injects some resentment from the blood-colored aura into the mushrooms.

This caused the color of the cave mushroom to change, because there was still some blood and flesh essence left in it, or the blood and flesh essence left in the mushroom and some abandoned resentment.

It is mainly the essence of flesh and blood, which gives these mushrooms infected by the Call of Spring some strange effects and also causes the rat people's fanatical sacrifices.

Then, after Du Yuan woke up, his family members were cut in half again, which made him very nervous.

It's not that he has no way to intervene in the growth of his clan, whether it's divine cards, cultivation methods, or power systems, all of these things can be used.

But how could things turn out like this? He hadn't even taken any action yet, but this group of ratmen found a way out on their own, and used such a strange and bloody method.

Even among evil gods, this method of blood sacrifice is considered quite evil.

And why did my God Card become so strange? You are obviously the Call of Spring, a serious God Card of Life, how could it become like this?

Although it cannot be said that there is no life.

After all, even the essence of flesh and blood can be squeezed out, and the essence of flesh and blood also has another name, the essence of life.

Although it is strange, just tell me whether He is life or not!

(End of this chapter)