Chapter 291, Bloody Sacrifice
The fate of these abandoned poor guys is doomed to be not very good.
In fact, when they themselves realized this, despair and chaos could no longer be suppressed. The battle on this battlefield was over, and now only the long and difficult finishing work remained.
Whether it was the noble coalition or the royal knights, neither side chased the running rat war. Chasing rats in the dark was not a very smart idea.
The finishing work was very difficult.
The rats left behind fled in all directions, their eyes red. They could do anything to survive, of course, they could also do things like fighting you to death.
Don't care about them at this time, leave them a gap, this is the best way to deal with it, these unlucky guys will kill each other in the chaotic escape, and finally run away and disappear in the mountains.
But neither the noble coalition nor the royal knights chose to do so, choosing to kill more rats in the war with all their strength.
They were not unaware of the terrifying size of the rat army and the transport capacity represented by this terrifying size, but how to say it, even if killing these guys would not have a big impact on the rat empire, but if they were not killed, you could still see these rat guys fleeing in a panic on the battlefield in the near future.
The royal knights and the noble coalition completed the meeting, after the end.
A team was separated from the noble coalition.
The great noble who kept recruiting his own people just to keep the rats outside the defense line left angrily with his army.
His anger can be understood. After all, he paid so much, but nothing was done. The rats broke through the defense line and entered his territory.
There were many great nobles who made the same decision. After all, the intrusion of the rats represented the possibility of a large area being affected.
At this time, the flames of war were really going to burn them.
The huge noble coalition fell apart at this moment. In the end, only four great nobles and the prince stayed. During the negotiation, they reached a consensus.
All the problems are to retreat, and we must deal with these invading rats first.
The performance of the Eastern Expeditionary Force and the rats made these nobles feel a little dangerous and anxious.
After a short rest, the army still had to move forward. The fallen Golden Province was their next goal, in order to cut off the logistics of the rat war that was running away, and to completely drive the rats out of the main continent.
The departure of many nobles made the noble coalition a little weak, and at this time the prince stood up.
The royal family of this corrupt empire, during the long years of rule, accumulated unimaginable wealth, enough to support the continuation of this war, and these nobles had little to pay for it.
They just needed to bow their heads again and acknowledge the existence of the imperial royal family as before.
This was not a kind of coercion. In fact, during the discussion, the prince was not arrogant or tough. He was polite, gentle, and respectful. He did all these very well. Even though the hot-tempered guy did not hide his contempt for the current human monarch and his father, he did not lose his manners and could be called elegant.
Of course, compromise is possible, especially when the danger of the ratmen is so clearly displayed in front of us.
But not everyone can compromise.
These nobles looked at the young man standing in front of them at the meeting, a young prince, and thought about the decision in their hearts.
In the end, the four nobles recognized the existence of this young man, although only one of them clearly expressed his conviction and support for the prince, and the attitude of the other three was just to agree to expel the ratmen first.
But it also made the shaky and bloated empire much more stable.
The biggest beneficiary of this war is undoubtedly the prince, although this guy may not have anticipated the ratmen's surprise attack.
The forced raid of the Rat War still brought huge hidden dangers and troubles to this originally perfect event.
The noble coalition will continue to advance, while the royal knights will chase in the direction where the rats left.
The Rat War is a big trouble that cannot be ignored. It is difficult to avoid, and it may be difficult to deal with it by relying solely on the royal knights.
But this is not a big problem.
In the human empire, there are many churches of gods, and these guys are all objects that can help.
In fact, when this demon tide rose, when all the churches of gods appeared one by one, the great nobles began to suppress these churches at the same time with great tacit understanding.
It's just that at this time, there is a party that made a decision on this situation that is particularly incompatible with other great nobles.
The royal family of the empire is actively embracing many churches of gods.
It can't be said to be right or wrong, good or bad. After all, these many churches of gods still exist now, and these churches of gods that have survived are themselves those not weak forces.
Lianyan Province will serve as a logistics point for the noble coalition. The river provides extremely high carrying capacity. Huge amounts of cargo will stop at this dock and eventually be continuously sent to the front line for use by the noble coalition.
From afar, the knights and priests of various churches, as well as the popes who were crowned with the title of God's Messenger, will join the expedition against Rat War.
The situation that Rat War will face may not be easy, although this arrogant guy may not take these problems to heart.
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Lianyan Province, Lianyan City, outside the river port, in the darkness.
Qi finally waited for an opportunity. This guy was unexpectedly patient. He waited for such a long time just for this moment.
The royal knight has not shown up for a long time. Several times, patrols passed by him, but he was very patient.
As time passed, these guards no longer had the initial vigilance, but Qi was always observing and enduring.
Climbing out of the mud, his claws wiped off the smelly mud on his cheek hair.
Long-term endurance gradually calmed down the excited mood.
Is that so? Not really!
Qi's eyes were so red, he had been waiting for that opportunity, and now, he finally got it.
Qi, with red eyes, waved the flag in his hand vigorously, and one ratman after another climbed out of the smelly mud. They had been suppressed for too long, and their sharp shouts almost never stopped.
Qi led his army to charge towards the busy river port dock. No one reacted, everything was too sudden.
Qi chose this time node really well. The royal knights and this star god had a large number of garrisons. One of them left the Eastern Expeditionary Force that attacked the rat war from the rear, and the other was stationed in the sad place where the ratmen on the main continent bled dry after the royal knights left.
The location of that sad place was indeed very good, otherwise they would not have been placed there to burn themselves.
In order to prevent the attacks of the ratmen and to prevent the ratmen from wantonly passing through this area and breaking into the Lianyan Province, a large number of garrisons were left in that barren mountain range.
A very critical position.
But their departure created an opportunity for Qi.
The bloody killing started when the rats broke into the river port.
The rats moved quickly, and the killed guys were quickly carried and piled together.
The sailors and boatmen or other guys gathered at the river port were not cowardly, but rather tough. It was not a big deal for them to face the rats wearing armor and holding spears in groups.
Under the leadership of Qi, the rats quickly defeated the decent resistance of the guys gathered at the dock, and the bodies of these guys were quickly collected by the rat warriors who were like chicken blood and piled up randomly.
Qi did not try to attack the tall city not far away. The power in his hands did not allow him to make such an attempt.
What can be done and what should be done are the same, completing a sacrifice of not small scale.
To accomplish this, it is not necessary to capture the tall city not far away.
The killing was just halfway done, and Qi had already begun to arrange the sacrificial site.
The pier nearby was on fire. It seemed that a rat warrior accidentally ignited the pier while killing people, or it might be intentional.
These guys are often very easy to do some confusing things in excitement.
The fire did not disturb Qi's arrangement of the sacrificial site. Although his arrangement was not perfect, it was even a little too simple. It can be said that the altar was much worse than that of the rat warrior. After all, Qi had just been qualified to touch these sacrificial ceremonies not long ago.
Excited, very excited.
The rat warriors began to bring living sacrifices to this bloody sacrificial site.
On the city wall not far away, the city's defenders were watching the situation on the pier at this time. They saw the ratmen who suddenly appeared on the pier and kept running wildly, but they did not take even a step out of the city.
The defenders of this city were not unable to fight against the sadistic Qi, but they could not predict what might happen after leaving the city. The defenders in the city were not sufficient, and there might still be lurking ratmen in the dark, which made them more hesitant.
In Gu Lue's mind, such hesitation turned into looking ahead and behind, and nothing was done.
The flames were raging on the dock. In the past, such flames could be extinguished quickly even if they were ignited. After all, there was a wide river not far in front of him, and it only took a few more trips to put out the fire.
But at this time, no one was putting out the fire. Frightened shouts and angry curses appeared at both ends of this area.
The area near the dock was not empty. There was a small town. The town existed because of this dock. Relying on the advantage of distance, it was still comfortable, although there was a tributary not far away that was dug out and led directly to the city.
But it was obvious that the consumption in Lianyan City was not something that ordinary sailors and trackers could afford.
So all kinds of service industries blossomed in the town naturally.
At this time, screams rang out. Even if the world was dark, as long as the river was not interrupted and the dock was still turning far away, life seemed to have not changed much.
Until the rat man broke in.
The hunched ratmen knocked on the doors and windows wantonly, breaking the glass. The ratmen broke into this small town and began to look for sacrifices. Their scarlet eyes scanned and peeked at everything in the room through the broken windows.
It is best not to make any sound at this time, any sound, if these ratmen detect your voice.
A scream sounded, and a plump woman met the eyes of the ratman peeping outside the window. In fear, she shouted loudly, the ratman saw her.
The spear smashed into the house through the broken window. During the stirring, the remaining glass fragments all fell off, and a gray-black head poked in.
A ferocious expression hung on his face, until a black thing enlarged in his eyes. The ratman warrior wanted to retract his head, but it was obviously a little too late.
Well, it seems that the owner of this house, the plump woman, is not completely unable to respond.
A rough iron rod was raised high by the plump woman, and then kept falling down. The rat warrior began to struggle, but was stuck in the open window for a while and couldn't pull it out.
People who deal with those rude guys are certainly not too kind.
Although such a scene is definitely not seen, this plump woman is tough enough.
The iron rod kept falling down with screams, one by one, the black rat warrior gradually stopped moving during the beating, and the woman kept gasping for breath.
But this is not the end.
Outside the door, the rustling sound did not stop. The woman mustered up the courage and pushed the rat warrior stuck in the window out, accompanied by the sound of the body falling to the ground.
A pair of scarlet eyes looked at her at the same time in the dark.
She collapsed on the ground. Obviously, such a situation could not be solved by being tough or not.
Soon after, the town was also on fire.
The captives of all sizes were pulled in front of Qi, and the crooked altar had been painted.
Qi was very excited, this was the first time he presided over a sacrificial ceremony by himself.
The rat warriors in Qi's hands were also very excited, because this was a sacrifice they could participate in.
But such a scene was not friendly to the captured humans.
The rat sacrifices were bound to those fixed elements a long time ago.
Blood and death.
The heads of various sacrifices were cut off in Qi's excited movements. Because they came in a hurry, they didn't even dig out a blood pool, and the warm blood just flowed on the ground.
The scene was so bloody, but Qi was thoughtful to carefully arrange the heads one by one.
This was his first sacrifice, an ordinary bloody sacrifice.