Chapter 42, Great Purge
Looking at the chaotic scene in front of me.
Until a beam of silver-white light penetrated the cave buried deep in the mountains.
A big hole was made in the overflowing blood lake, rising high, and a third of the newly built pyramid altar was interrupted almost instantly.
The white mouse's efforts during this period were destroyed almost instantly.
Even the white rat himself was wet like a drowned rat in the rising blood lake water.
But the white mouse didn't care about this, and stared blankly at the figure in front of him, looking at the figure that appeared as a ray of sunlight penetrated the depths of the mountain range as the cave shattered.
It was a figure that looked like a mountain.
With just one glance, the white rat confirmed his identity as his own god. The god appeared in front of them, even if it was just a phantom.
This scene was a scene he had thought about day and night, a scene he had imagined countless times. He could see the gods and sing his greatness in front of the gods. However, today's scene was different from his countless fantasies.
There was no relief, no appreciation, no joy in the god's eyes, only the incomparable indifference and the slightest hint of disappointment.
This disappointment is so glaring.
I have let the gods down, I have let the gods down. The silent regret echoes in my heart, as if it has turned into a poisonous insect that eats my soul.
His body couldn't help but tremble.
All the ratmen present fell into a daze. Such a scene made them confused about the situation, but the appearance of the phantom of the god shocked them.
He was completely stunned for a moment, not even daring to make a move.
Fortunately, this scene came and went quickly, and the shadow of the god disappeared in just a short moment.
All that was left was a chaotic mess.
In complete silence.
The White Rat was the first one to stand up, just as decisively as he was when he was a young rat-man who was the first to make the decision to convert to the gods and take away the gods.
He climbed up high on the altar, like a big rickety rat, but he was stepping on a pile of sacrifices with their heads cut off. He looked down at the group of rats in front of him with sharp eyes. Madness and cruelty.
"The gods have come! Give blessings. This is the most glorious moment for us rat people!"
"Congratulations to the gods! Congratulations to the gods!"
"Congratulations to the rat people! Congratulations to the rat people!"
Under that cold gaze, all the rat men warlords and priests present lowered their heads. At the same time, such a news swept all the rat men in the mountains and all the rat men in the forest like the wind.
All the Skaven in the mines.
All the rat people knew the result of this sacrifice.
The god gave his blessing, and the god looked at the rat man.
"Congratulations to the gods! Congratulations to the rat people!"
Amidst the cheers, even the slave rats were proud of this, and the scene was full of joy, but there was a bit of gloom in this celebration.
All the rat warlords and all the rat priests who participated in the temple sacrifices, as witnesses of this glory, felt a bit unnatural, fearful, and complicated. Among them were some fanatical priests. Especially.
But very quickly, these fanatical priests appeared in the black abyss.
That night, everything that happened recently, as well as what happened in the forest, and the actions of the priests and warlords, everything was known to the white mouse.
The white mouse may know why the gods are angry.
He was motionless in the dark cave. He was obviously a white mouse, but he disappeared into the darkness without a trace.
The rat people have failed the expectations of the gods. The gods do not need a weak and complacent rat people, and the rat people do not need those greedy priests under the banner of the gods.
Even he himself had unknowingly become one of these greedy priests.
Today, he has distorted the will of the gods. He is already a sinner and can no longer be counted as a devout believer, but the white mouse did not hesitate at all.
The gods were disappointed with themselves.
Because of what happened recently.
But the gods did not completely give up on the rat people.
This gave him a little hope, like catching a possible drowned rat.
He cannot lose control of the rat men. If the great gods do not give up on the rat men, then he must be the one who leads the rat men back into the sight of the gods and is likely to be praised by the gods.
If he is found guilty by other rat priests.
The White Rat's position as the greatest commander is no longer stable. He cannot lose this position. He has already disappointed the gods and lost this position of great commander again.
So can he still get the attention of gods again?
No, the rat can't accept that. The rat can't accept that.
The greedy and selfish Rat Man will certainly not put the glory of the group above himself, but the keen White Rat can clearly detect it.
The gods never look at individuals, but at the entire group of ratmen.
The white rat cannot leave the gods, so the white rat cannot leave the rat man.
The rat man wants to atone for his sins, and the white rat wants to take the rat man to atone for his sins.
Only the White Rat can lead the Rat Man to atone for his sins!
At this moment, the white mouse stared with its red eyes, and in this dark secret room, the madness in his eyes was clearly visible.
Even after being baptized by the essence of flesh and blood, the impact of the blood mushroom on its penetration into the bone marrow has not been resolved.
Madness is still there.
after.
Amid the celebrations, a brutal purge quietly began.
A number of Skaven warlords and priests were chosen as targets for this purge.
The priests who had previously contacted the Skaven warlords and were responsible for transporting slaves and young Skaven were all executed and thrown into the Black Abyss. The Skaven warlords who were too greedy and turned a blind eye to the whereabouts of the Lizardmen and Pigmen were executed and thrown into the Black Abyss.
All the rat priests who joined the temple priesthood and had some inappropriate thoughts about white rats were secretly executed and thrown into the black abyss.
There was even a riot by slave rats led by rat priests.
However, all of this did not shake the White Rat's position, and the purge continued steadily.
And as those priests and warlords were purged, some young ratmen were also rotated into new warlords and priests.
Under the command of White Rat, the huge army began to prepare uniformly. The fortress under construction in front of the mountain range abandoned its original purpose of defense and gradually turned into a huge breeding and training base for ratmen.
From a defensive fortress, it was transformed into an offensive building.
At the same time, there was no hesitation or hesitation.
The rat troops that completed the first phase of integration immediately started marching, targeting the lizard people who settled in the swamps.