Chapter 258, Big shot at the dinner table

Chapter 258, Big shot at the dinner table

This recruitment included all residents of the city, even those poor guys, and the thin men in the slums were also included in the recruitment.

This is of course good news for them. If the ordinary residents in Mountain Dew City can only find it difficult to support, these poor guys in the slums are almost at the end of their rope.

The doubling of food prices has already forced these poor people to obtain food from various places.

Rat jerky has become all the rage among them recently. Even though there is no shortage of food in the city, they simply cannot afford ordinary food that is too expensive.

Yes, it’s the kind of rat jerky you’re thinking of, the kind that’s furry and has hands and feet.

The city defenders did not exclude these poor guys, but they were generally malnourished and too thin. Most of them were not even qualified to become expendable.

Fortunately, they are still recruiting sweepers. After the brutal battle, this time they need extra sweepers.

The old blackened lantern was raised high. In the hazy light, on this dim street, thin men gathered one after another. It was inexplicable and a little scary, and the city guards who came here were stunned. It couldn't help but get a little bigger.

But these guys weren't dangerous, they were calm, waiting to be picked.

Soon after, a group of thin men were led away from the street.

In fact, the problems faced by this street are far more than just a lack of food. Lighting is also a big problem. Compared with other areas of the city, this area is extremely dark.

It takes an extremely long distance to see an oil lamp flickering with faint light.

Light is a very important thing, especially after the world enters the dark eternal night, the residents of Mountain Dew City are working hard to maintain the light.

When the world falls into darkness, some sneaky guys lurking in the darkness will become particularly active.

There is no shortage of rat-men in the city. In a very short period of time, these sneaky guys are all over the city. However, these rat-men are not large-scale, and there are no leaders who can command and command all of them, so they do not constitute a particularly serious threat. Threats will only circulate in the city when chaos begins to spread, or after an area is completely plunged into darkness, these sneaky guys will begin to gather and become active.

The affairs officers in the city are trying hard to avoid this situation. Darkness will attract the gathering of rat people in the city. This is a very dangerous situation, not only because of what these guys do in the dark, but also because of the rats. When people come together, leaders may be identified.

But his words were not taken seriously. Compared to this possible crisis, the confrontation between the two sides inside and outside the city wall was obviously more dangerous and direct.

But things did not develop into such a critical situation. Over the nobles' mansions, there was an uninterrupted lighting technique rising, and the bright and soft light dispelled all the darkness.

Ordinary urban residents in the community are also lighting torches and placing candles, and even the richer ones can use some bulky magic props.

The Golden Wheatfield Academy in Mountain Dew City is not particularly good at making and using various magic props, but this lack of expertise is only relative. It is just not that outstanding and proficient. Faced with the threat of rat people, this academy began to In order to change direction and benefit from the surge of magic power, some magic-driven weapons should be put into use soon.

It may not be possible to wait until that time. This research has some big and small problems. The Gold and Wheat Field Academy is indeed not good at making and using various magic props.

That thing, which can fill a small square and is full of complex and intricate patterns, is not cheap to make. Its function is only to cast lighting spells into the sky at regular intervals. Even so, it still needs to be charged by the mage at regular intervals. Only then can it run smoothly.

However, only wealthy neighborhoods can afford such equipment. The most common situation is to light oil lamps, plug in torches, and hire teams of mercenaries to wander around the neighborhoods.

These have nothing to do with the residents of the slums.

Except for one strange guy, a stooped knight wearing old armor.

Wandering in this chaotic and barren area, fighting in the darkness and resting in the light, you can see him stepping into the darkness holding the pitchfork in his hand, and you can also see him returning to that place with blood all over his body. Neighborhoods where the light still shines.

But the light is still there, but in fact it is just a small oil lamp, a little flickering weak firelight, illuminating a small area in the street. You can see this weird knight on the street after the battle. He sat down nonchalantly and rested against the simple shack.

A very strange guy.

Only when the City Watch arrives in the ghetto will the area truly come to life.

This weird knight also witnessed this scene, relying on the old shack, casting curious eyes and a little excited about the conditions offered by the city guard.

But in the end, he still didn't stand up.

Wanting to drink a glass of beer, he missed the old oak cup with some mottled mold spots and the beer in such an oak cup.

But in the end, he still watched silently.

The residents of the ghetto have not yet adapted to the presence of this uninvited guest, and the world has taught them to be wary.

Sitting cross-legged in the street illuminated by dim light, silently dazed.

Of course, he was not in a daze all the time. The Holy See Knight came to this area several times and distributed some free food, but he never missed it.

After participating a few times, there was a bulging pocket on his waist. This guy was not honest, and he was not merciless at all in taking advantage of those knight masters. He tried his best to stuff it into his own pocket.

His pocket was bulging, and he took out a piece of bread from it. It was still the kind of bread that was bland and tasteless, but he ate it with gusto.

There were neither flowers nor applause for what he did, but he didn't particularly care.

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The towering city wall, a new group of guards climbed onto the city wall, and the first scene that caught the eye was the pile of corpses. These piled up corpses were difficult to deal with, but the rat people were easier to say. When the wall was pushed down, there was a fire soon, and it was just mixed. The corpses of the human guards among the Skaven cannot be disposed of in such a careless manner.

If you advertise yourself as a civilized person, then some sense of ceremony is essential. The city hall has designated a cemetery area for the burial of soldiers who died in the war.

Ever since, it has become a must to sort the piled corpses one by one.

The thin men climbed up the city wall, sorted the corpses, hung thick hemp ropes around their waists, and began to descend along the city wall, picking up the scattered weapons. They were very busy, but it was this group of newly recruited guards. , these new recruits seemed a little overwhelmed.

Standing blankly on the city wall, looking at the corpses piled up in front of them, in fact, what they saw was just a little bit left over from the brutal battle, and more were piled up under the city wall. There was a thick layer of corpses and they were so densely packed that it was impossible to see them clearly. Unless the many magicians who accompanied the army cast lighting spells on the sky to illuminate the area, the traces left by the battle would not be clear.

There was some wavering among these new recruits.

As his eyes swayed from side to side, regret was a very normal behavior, but it was obvious that it was not that easy to run away after boarding the pirate ship.

A tall knight came behind the group of recruits and stood still. His original impatience immediately disappeared and he acted honestly.

Amid loud cheers, these recruits were assigned to their respective positions. They were not qualified and needed to be tempered. However, this was not a big problem. After experiencing a battle and fighting for a round in that terrifying scene, they survived. After that, everything will fall into place.

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Outside Mountain Dew City, the rat camp was hidden in the darkness.

The camp received some visitors.

There were some visitors of some importance, rat lords one by one.

They arrived at the camp of the Eastern Expeditionary Force almost at the same time.

Even if they arrive together, there is still a certain risk in facing this manic guy like Rat Zhan, but these guys still come.

For the special eyes of the Nether-Eyed Human Race, this is a very precious commodity that contains extremely huge profits. Such benefits are enough for them to leave the danger and come to this camp in person.

What's more, they didn't arrive one by one.

If possible, these guys actually don't mind kicking out their peers and monopolizing the extreme profits, even if they give up some benefits to themselves.

There's just one problem, the partner is Rat War, well, that's a big problem.

The rat lords grabbed their colleagues and arrived at the camp together. In the center of the camp, in the large tent sewn with various leather materials, the two sides formally sat down and began negotiations.

The arrival time has been selected and is particular.

In the final analysis, the blue eyes produced by the Nether Eye Human Race are just a special organ. Even if they are contaminated with magic power, they will inevitably become corrupted.

Of course, there are ways to preserve the quality. The rat-man lords discovered that as long as they mobilize the elemental attention from time to time into these blue eyes, they can prevent the occurrence of decay.

However, this method requires the cooperation of enough rat priests, a condition Rat Zhan lacks, and the blue eyes in his hands are already rotting away.

The rat lords seized on this and delayed time in order to force Rat Zhan to surrender.

Of course, this underestimates the rat war.

The two sides quarreled fiercely in this camp, and when the anger got angry, there was no shortage of baring their teeth and claws. There were even violent fluctuations in magic power in the camp from time to time.

Obviously, this is a situation created by the rat lords. As rat men, even as priests, these guys are much crazier than priests of ordinary races.

It is really possible to turn into a self-destructing truck and die with you.

But in the end, when these rat lords left, their faces were dark in a different way. It was obvious that they had not taken advantage of them.

Rat Zhan would rather wait for those precious eyes to rot and be destroyed than do this business with these rat lords.

This made the faces of the rat lords not good-looking, but in the end everyone maintained a bit of dignity and did not really fight. Even in the rat war, you still have to think about the price you will pay for keeping all these guys here. .

The Eastern Expeditionary Force's logistics still relies on the channels and caravans held by these guys. What's more, it's not like no one is watching him from above.

Of course, this is a rat war. Even if the logistics are controlled by these guys, they can still adopt such an attitude.

Rat Zhan is very clear about the character of these rat lords, or rather these rat priests.

Taking over the logistics of the Eastern Expeditionary Force has brought extremely high benefits to these guys, so it will never be him who takes the initiative to maintain all this, but these rat lords.

The fact is indeed true that even though these rat lords were very unhappy with the rat war in this negotiation, in the end, the matter of cutting off logistics was never raised by them as a bargaining chip.

Of course, there is a prerequisite for making these guys be so tolerant, that is, you must be qualified to negotiate with them.

The two sides broke up unhappy, and the subsequent twists and turns will definitely not be cut off. The Rat Lords will not let it go. They are indeed unable to challenge the Rat War militarily, but the circulation and trade of resources in the Rat Empire are complicated. Don't drive them.

Of course, Rat Zhan would not let go easily. He would not hesitate to sit back and watch these precious things in his hands get damaged and was unwilling to compromise with the Rat Lords. The reason was not complicated, or even very simple.

For the sake of profit, in order to monopolize the huge profit that may arise.

Instinctively want to take everything, because of greed, don't look at Rat War and these rat lords are almost the absolute apex of the rat empire, the real big shots, but these guys are still like this when eating at the table rude.

He even showed his teeth and grinned to protect the food.

The negotiations broke up unhappily, and the war will continue. The number of rat-men gathered in the complex camp has not decreased. It is still so endless that it is difficult to count the number. Every day, a steady stream of young rat-men are sent to this camp. .

Rat War is indeed using these guys as consumables.

The flag was waving, and a new round of war was about to begin. The noisy camp was temporarily quiet. Many rat people did not understand what was happening and were a little confused. Soon they would also be pushed onto the battlefield in this confusion. Guys who got here.

The war did not bring about changes, and there were also many ratmen. At the moment when the flag was waved, there was a trace of fear on the face. The fear that was difficult to shake away, but besides the fear, it seemed more calm. , especially when compared with those who are confused and helpless around them.

If these guys can survive several more brutal wars, they should become senior rat warriors in the Eastern Expeditionary Force.