Chapter 48, Spear of Divine Punishment
Swarms of rat-men poured into this small camp.
Rat Zhan did not pursue the Rat Man army again, and this time the battle was won.
The subsequent finishing work began while the priest was busy.
The hunched-backed rat-man priest led a group of young rat-men who moaned and groaned to retrieve the corpses of lizard men in the wetland. However, some corpses that were stuck in the sludge swamp were particularly difficult to fish out.
These young rat men were extremely clumsy. Many priests were so angry that they screamed, and some impatient priests even jumped into the swamp to fish them out.
Of course, the result of this is not necessarily good. Soon, some rat priests struggling and flopping in the mud appeared.
While stumbling, numerous corpses were piled into the center of the camp.
The rat priests built a simple camp in the center of the newly defeated lizard camp.
The mud on the corpses of the lizardmen was carefully cleaned, and the heads were removed and piled on the altar.
It had an extraordinarily brutal and bloody smell, but the rat priest who handled this scene didn't think it was wrong. Even the rat warriors gathered around the altar one after another.
If there is ever a time when these noisy rats can really calm down for a while, it may be the time to offer sacrifices to the gods.
In front of the savage altar, Rat Zhan stood with the priests. The other rat warlords could only be weaker than them, even the commander-in-chief Hao Yan was like this.
After completing preparations, the rat priest waved the wooden staff in his hand high and shouted excitedly.
Praise the gods, sing praises to the gods, the great gods.
Such simple words were shouted out excitedly and repeated over and over again, like children learning to talk, but their expressions, tone and movements were so pious, serious and excited.
Soon, the piety of the priests spread to the most ignorant young ratmen, then to the ratmen warriors, then to the senior ratmen warriors, warlords, and then to all the ratmen present.
All the rat people shouted loudly at the moment, praised the greatness of the gods, and praised the great gods.
Frenetic and exciting, like a grand carnival.
This is a qualified sacrifice, accompanied by the rising power of faith.
The power of faith that leads to God with pious calling and recitation.
When the sacrifice came to an end, the rat people gradually stopped shouting, and the priests were ready to put away the lizard man heads placed on the simple altar.
At this moment, a dazzling golden light cast down.
He threw himself at the rat war on the altar.
In the unbelievable eyes of the surrounding rat priests, the gods gave a gift to the rat war!
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Not long after, the lizard man's head was sent back to the depths of the mountains along with the news that Rat Zhan had been gifted by the gods.
The white rat who received this news showed no other expressions, but in the dark secret room, there were some unprovoked teeth grinding sounds.
In the Lizardman Wetland.
Rat Zhan looked at an ordinary wooden spear in his hand and fell into deep thought. Beside him, a Ratman priest was staring directly at the wooden stick in Rat Zhan's hand.
The desire and greed in his eyes were clearly visible, because this ordinary wooden spear was a gift from the gods to Rat Zhan, a real artifact.
That is a gift from the gods, a gift from the gods, a true artifact!
The rat priest was almost going crazy with jealousy. Why wasn't he the one who got this gift? Why wasn't he the one who got this gift?
The more he looked at the wooden spear, the stronger the jealousy in the eyes of the rat priest.
It's just that he was cowardly and didn't dare to resent the god who gave the gift, not at all, nor did he dare to resent Shu Zhan who got this artifact.
In the midst of endless jealousy, he felt even more awe and obedience towards Rat Zhan.
A cowardly mouse.
Of course, the wooden spear given by Du Yuan was not a good thing. It could even be said to be made on the spot. According to Du Yuan's standards, it was not considered an artifact at all. It was just that Du Yuan saw it from the battlefield. It was just a wooden spear that was given some divine power.
But to the rat people, it was considered an artifact, because this wooden spear was the first physical object given by Du Yuan.
At the same time, there is also a message attached by Du Yuan. It is not a complicated message, a simple number, three.
This means that as long as the rat man holds this wooden spear in his hand and asks Du Yuan, Du Yuan can launch three attacks, or in other words, divine punishment.
This is Du Yuan's reward for promoting military reform in the Rat War, and it is also Du Yuan's help for the Rat People's subsequent war with the Lizard People.
At the same time, it is also the source of Rat Zhan’s current troubles.
Looking at the wooden spear in front of him, Shu Zhan thought for a long time. In the end, reason defeated the greed in his heart.
He stood up, took the wooden spear in his hand, and walked to the rat priest not far away.
But in the end, the struggle came up again, and the words to be spoken became.
"Please tell the respected High Priest White Rat that I only hold this Spear of Divine Punishment temporarily. After completing the crusade against the lizard people, I will personally enshrine the Spear of Divine Punishment in the temple!"
The original idea of sending the artifact back immediately changed due to inner struggle.
This will definitely cause some trouble for him. You need to know that he was sent to this position because of the white rat's suspicion of good eyes.
Just holding the spear in his hand, Shu Zhan was unwilling to let go no matter what, in the dazzling golden light and the great honor.
In Rat Zhan's words, the rat priest who unknowingly showed a hint of awe quickly went to call someone to summon the news.
Looking at the rat priest who left in a hurry, especially looking at the trace of awe he showed unconsciously, Rat Zhan couldn't help but hold the spear in his hand, the spear of divine punishment given by the gods.
Perhaps this mouse also had some different thoughts in his mind.
The subsequent war continued, but in that sacrifice, especially after the gods gave the artifact, Rat Zhan's position among the rat warlords suddenly became extremely stable.
Of course, there will be subsequent changes. As the god of this group of rats, Du Yuan certainly knows what kind of people his family members are.
But Du Yuan still did this because Du Yuan wanted to promote his own ideas and transform slave rats from theocratic slavery into theocratic military slavery.
And how to promote it will naturally be a reward. As long as Du Yuan is willing to reward the rat people who caused the transformation, plus a little patience, then as time goes by.
Naturally, the Rat Man will become what Du Yuan wants to see.
As for the little glitch added to the beginning now, it may cause a small conflict between the white mouse and the rat war.
Du Yuan would not push it deliberately, but if the rat warlords could break away from the control of the rat priests and change from dependence to coexistence, then Du Yuan would be happy to see it.
Now all the resources in the rat people are basically controlled by the priests, but the priests alone will not have combat effectiveness. Du Yuan needs a more powerful army.