Chapter 198, The Situation of the Ratman Kingdom

Chapter 198, The Situation of the Ratman Kingdom

Sheng Qi did not make an immediate decision.

In this regard, the leader of the temple guards did not say anything and left with the temple guards.

But the matter would not be settled so quickly. Sheng Qi did not notice the greed in the leader's eyes.

The leader of the temple guards was far from being as calm as he appeared. He was more generous than those senior rat priests. At least he was not stingy at all with the bait on the hook.

But it's not without a plan.

This open-air temple that was arranged was left behind by the temple guards. This open-air temple has everything that a standard temple should have, including altars, sacred pillars, and even the sacrifices piled on the altar. Not taken away.

It just lacks a blood pool, but obviously, digging the blood pool is the simplest thing in the whole process of building the temple.

In other words, anything that can be done in a formal temple can also be done in this open-air temple.

Sheng Qi's eyes lit up, this was indeed what he needed.

Soon after, a temple to the great god was put into use on the top of the sacred oak tree in the center of the rolling hills, and swaying blood mushrooms began to appear on the corpses floating on the bright red pool.

This is a temple that has been ignored by the temple guards. As the guardians of the temple, the temple guards are also the most important force for the Ratman Council to protect and control every temple of gods.

Every temple of a great god is put on display by the temple guards.

But something unexpected happened today. The temple on the sacred oak seemed to have been deliberately ignored by the temple guards and seemed to have been forgotten.

Although their job of guarding the temple has not been abandoned, some unknown people have appeared in the temple on the top of the sacred oak tree one after another.

They are powerful, well-equipped, unsmiling, and firmly guard this forgotten temple.

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On the vast grassland, the rat war was going smoothly.

Rat Zhan began to raid this vast grassland unscrupulously, but the harvest was not as rich as imagined.

Perhaps it was because the huge army was too conspicuous, or perhaps the army of wolf-orcs who had advanced into the depths of the grassland before the rat-men had brought unrest and vigilance to this vast grassland.

Races and tribes began to migrate under the threat of rat people. Large areas of land were easily occupied by rat people, and various resources were also captured by rat people.

Rat cities rose from the ground one after another, dividing this vast grassland into large and small blocks.

A special tunnel leading directly from the barren mountains to Prairie City broke the stagnation that gradually emerged in the Skaven Kingdom due to the expansion of territory.

This tunnel was born from the gaze of a white rat.

There are advantages and disadvantages, and it has brought about many changes.

Rat Zhan's independence was also greatly weakened by his transgression.

The ratman lord of Furnace City has officially completed his official appointment. With the arrival of a large number of big-claw priests from the barren mountains, the entire city was completely divided into two halves, and a serious industrial area was established.

The war priests supported by the Rat War gradually became marginalized in the Crucible City.

This city has essentially been in the hands of the Rat Council, or in other words, it has been in the hands of the White Rats.

At the same time, Prairie City was also taken over by the newly deployed rat priest from the barren mountains.

Prairie City changed hands.

The guy assigned by the White Rat to control this key pass was just a rat priest.

Such an action is a clear sign of contempt.

This is true for the rat lords and rat wars who have taken over this grassland.

In response to such contempt, Rat Zhan swallowed it hard. Not only that, he also transferred the huge rat army stationed outside the grassland city.

The white rat became even tougher after a long period of silence.

Rat Zhan's independence was almost instantly defeated by White Rat.

As a compensation.

The food and most of the basic resources consumed by the Eastern Expeditionary Force were returned to the hands of the Skaven Council.

Food, basic weapons, and soldiers were all taken over by the Skaven Council.

But there are still certain changes from before.

The huge losses caused by the long distance made the key point of logistics fall on the cities rising from the ground on these grasslands.

It seems that there is no difference from before.

But the leadership has completely come to the hands of the Rat Council. A good idea will be learned a lot, such as taxation.

The Rat Council imposed taxes on the rat lords who took office. These guys had no choice compared to Rat War. After taking over the position of the lord, they had no choice but to succumb to the deployment of the Rat Council.

Rat Zhan saved a lot of blood mushrooms for nothing.

He originally had to spend a lot of blood mushrooms to purchase a large amount of food from these rat lords to purchase a large number of basic weapons and additional soldiers.

But now these things have become a regular deployment from a certain period of time, a fixed deployment from the Ratman Council.

The trade between the Skaven lords and the Rat War was not prohibited, and the Skaven Council did not restrict their reselling of trophies.

It's just that there is an extra link in the process of supplying materials to the Western Expeditionary Force, and there is an extra link like the deployment of the Ratman Council.

This didn't seem to be a big change, so the huge Eastern Expeditionary Force had to return to the jurisdiction of the Skaven Council again.

More senior priests came to this vast grassland.

These guys were all losers in that cruel struggle. The senior ratman priest who was appointed to take office in Waste City died.

Died in the waste city.

His death brought about a brief lull in the struggle between the senior rat priests, and it seemed that the struggle was about to subside.

What came was only another cold appointment from the Skaven Council.

A senior ratman priest was appointed again. In silence, hesitation, and finally greed, he stepped into the Waste City again.

Of course there will be losers in the battle, and some senior rat priests who have already been eliminated chose to stay away in order to protect themselves.

Most of them came to this vast grassland, bringing an even more chaotic situation. The senior rat priests who came here were not monolithic.

There was a flurry of excitement.

Even though these two groups of guys once belonged to the same alliance, during the struggle, the basis for their cooperation had long been shattered, and only the lingering grudges and hatred remained.

On this vast grassland, just as they had established a foothold, the battle started again between the two sides. For the time being, the guys who arrived first had the upper hand.

But there was still no way to suppress the opponent.

With the arrival of more and more senior rat priests, the situation is becoming increasingly chaotic.

This group of senior rat priests based on the vast grassland set off a drama about betrayal, alliance, conspiracy, and calculation.

From time to time, they would have a real fight with each other on this vast grassland.

They do not have their own army, and the restrictions imposed on them by the Rat War are maintained by the Rat Council, but there is no way to take advantage of them.

A large number of rat mercenaries have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and you can't tell which of them are real mercenaries or the white gloves of these rat lords.

Struggles, wars, and hatred accumulated until the cracks could no longer be healed. This group of senior rat priests lost their qualifications to resist the rat council.

Since then, the White Rat has completed the split of the Senior Rat Priest Alliance.

The struggle among the senior Skaven Priests is about to come to an end.

This vast grassland became more prosperous. In the chaotic battle, more things were thrown into this vast grassland by these senior rat priests.

A new pattern was born.

In order to overwhelm their enemies, these veteran Skaven priests will stop at nothing.

But all this was done under the supervision of the temple guards. The contract signed by the three parties in the prairie city was extended by the temple guards to every senior ratman priest who arrived on this vast grassland.

At the same time, they became the only group that could mediate the battles between these senior rat priests.

In this vast grassland.

Even if the alliance breaks down, these senior rat priests can't say they have fallen into the dust.

There are few people qualified to mediate them.

The Rat Council would not care about such petty quarrels. Rat War had the power to take care of it, but he wished that all these senior rat priests would be beaten to death on this grassland, and it was impossible for him to take the initiative to mediate the conflict.

Then there is only one group that can take care of their affairs.

The temple guards have become more and more important on this vast grassland.

At the same time, during the mediations, the temple guards began to explore some new things.

In the temple located on the red barren land outside the grassland city, in the inconspicuous stone room in the corner of the temple.

There are many carved stone slabs in front of a white guy.

After a long journey, even with the faster and faster special tunnel, the temple guard leader still felt tired.

It's just that there are many things to think about and I can't rest yet.

Several stone slabs were displayed on the stone table in front of them. The patterns on them were lifelike and it was not difficult to identify them.

Rat Zhan holding a spear and carrying a flag, the figure with big claws hidden in the deep darkness, Sheng Qi sitting a little awkwardly on the high platform, the rat priests stacked up in a mess, the temple guards holding shields, The rat assassins in the shadows, and the most critical figure who is placed in the highest position and watches everything indifferently, the white rat.

His eyes fell on the messy overlapping piece of rat-man priest, he stretched out his hand and turned it over.

Cover the stone slab representing the Skaven Priests.

The divided rat priests are no longer a threat. Even if they gather together, they are still the most powerful force in the rat kingdom besides the white rats.

But they will probably never be able to get together.

Next is Rope Seven.

His eyes fell on the rat-man figure sitting on the high platform with a somewhat awkward look.

Sheng Qi is not threatening, but can be used as a key chess piece because of his current position.

The rolling hills are far closer to the barren mountains than this vast grassland. This is an advantage.

While thinking, I wanted to pull Rope Seven in front of me, but stopped midway.

Sheng Qi hasn't made a decision yet, and she may not really lean towards him.

There are still many troubles. His eyes pause on the unruly guy holding a spear and carrying a flag, on the long claws hidden in the deep darkness, and on the rat assassin in the shadows.

After thinking about it, I moved the Rat Assassin down one row, alongside Rope Seven, and placed the Temple Guards in the second row alongside Rat War and Long Claw.

At this time, the pattern in the Rat Kingdom was formed.

Even after the suppression, Rat Zhan is still ranked in the second echelon of the Rat Kingdom, there is no doubt about this.

The rat priests who were originally alongside him were kicked out, replaced by the rise of temple guards.

As for the long claws, the temple guards have been paying attention to his movements. He is not as simple as he seems. At least after a trip to the rolling hills and witnessing the existence of the skinned giant rat, this was confirmed. Was placed in the second echelon.

As for the next step, whether it is Sheng Qi or the Rat Assassin, the former is not powerful enough, and the latter is just a tool, not that important, but it needs to be paid attention to.