Chapter 406, Rat Emperor: Enlightenment
So, Du Yuan also made a move in this chess game, and the last ancient god's divinity was used by Du Yuan.
Although Du Yuan was not sure whether this last move would work.
But Du Yuan had enough patience.
It was just that time was running out for the rat people.
After Du Yuan brought down the kingdom of God and completely anchored himself in this turmoil, Du Yuan would fall into a deep sleep for a long time and would not respond to the outside world.
Maybe it was just a short period of time, maybe it would be an extremely long period of time, or maybe this period of time was not long.
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After that horrible and difficult crusade, the rat people began to move forward in big strides, from the dismantling and use of the fallen warship.
In that grand sacrifice, when the heads of the Eldar were piled up one by one.
The psychological defenses of some of the remaining Eldar were completely destroyed.
Several guys knelt down, howling in pain, and were willing to hand over everything.
Just the use of the nanofactory dismantled from the Eldar's fallen warship, just this point, has made the rats' technology start to move forward in great strides.
Waste City encountered a complete failure in this crusade.
While the temple guards were taking down rat cities, they also started the construction of the first real starry sky warship of the rats.
Of course, in fact, it was just that the various usable parts of the fallen warship were repaired and prepared, and then embedded in the shell that the rats had recast. This warship is actually quite unworthy of its name.
But in any case, this is an improvement.
During the construction process, the few Eldar who bowed down wanted to take the opportunity to escape. After all, the rats didn't really understand what they were doing and how to do it, which gave them a lot of room for maneuver.
But the temple guards didn't indulge them.
After several months of torture and infusion of black blood mushrooms, coupled with the use of some special methods, soon, these guys' minds were destroyed and nothing was left. They also became extremely cooperative and even loyal. Yes, loyal, loyal to the rat people and the rat empire.
It is hard to imagine what kind of torture these guys have experienced in these few short months.
The project was promoted very quickly.
In this context, the leader of the temple guards also felt that the opportunity was ripe.
This time, there was no need for war. He would easily take the pearl on the top of the rat empire's crown.
This time he did not retreat. In this advent war, these guys who called themselves the Eldar almost helped him clear all the possible constraints in the rat empire.
Even Sheng Qi, the rat priest, took the initiative to welcome him into the underground rat city.
At the rat council, in the reserved expressions of the big figures in the rat empire.
He took off the helmet that he had worn for a long time and revealed his true appearance. At this moment, except for the shadow half-buried in the darkness and the powerful temple guards, all the other guys on the field showed a look of surprise, and then an expression of understanding and as expected.
Because of the white hair.
But now he can deal with such expressions calmly.
He will be crowned as the first emperor of the Rat Empire.
He has finally prepared his name.
The rats will be combined into a real empire in his hands.
He will also announce his name to all the rats.
Enlightenment!
He will be the first rat emperor, Enlightenment!
He will bring enlightenment to all the rats!
This name represents an arrogant attitude.
But no one dared to refute it. With the consent of the twelve rat councilors and the rat priest Sheng Qi, the first crown of the rats entered the forging stage.
Of course, it is not so easy to have an extra emperor. This means that many things have to change, many, many things.
The most important and widespread thing is the power structure.
With the power of victory, with the power of the heads of the Eldar piled up on the mottled glazed hill.
The authority of the Ratman Council was directly robbed by Qi.
Although it seems that since the advent of peace, the promotion of steam trains, the Ratman Council, which made a wrong decision, has lost most of its authority, but this time, Qi did it more thoroughly.
The power structure of the Ratman Empire was dismantled by him into two parallel lines.
The Ratman Council, and the Ratman Imperial Court that is about to enter the preparation stage.
The twelve Ratman councilors, together with the Ratman High Priest, these guys still have great power, and any religious affairs in the Ratman Empire are under their jurisdiction.
But instead, the jurisdiction over ordinary ratmen, many ratmen cities, the command rights of the ratmen army, construction and resource allocation, all of these will be completely separated from them.
In exchange, he, the leader of the temple guards, is even willing to release the temple guards' right to interpret the faith and even the control over the temples.
Of course, such an exchange is carried out in a very pleasing way.
He would not divide these rights directly into the hands of the twelve rat councillors and the rat priest of the rat council, but would assign three of the twelve rat councillors to the temple guards, and then delegate the power of interpretation and control of the temple to the three temple guards who served as rat councillors.
This was actually a weakening. Before this, he had always held all the rights of the temple guards firmly in his hands. In short, the temple guards had never experienced such an exaggerated division as the rat priests.
But now, as the biggest leader of the temple guards, the controller, he was going to take the initiative to carry out such a division.
In exchange for the support of the temple guards for his crazy empire building.
The temple guards were not satisfied with his plan. In the eyes of these loyal guards, even if such a structure was to be established, it would be absolutely God-first.
Everything should be for God.
What should be established should also be a kingdom of God, not the so-called rat empire.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction, so for the sake of the ratman empire, Qi directly dismantled the temple guards.
No matter how pious they were, the fire of desire was still burning in their hearts. The captains of the temple guards who served as ratman councilors remained silent about this. The internal contradictions that were about to break out among the temple guards were transformed by Qi into contradictions between the temple guards themselves.
Of course, there is another benefit to doing this. In order to hold on to the power he has divided, the captains of these temple guards will approach him at all costs. For a long time, they will be absolutely loyal to him, which will last until he builds the ratman empire he expects.
By the way, you may be curious, curious, why other ratman councilors and Sheng Qi agreed to such a pleasing stripping of rights and interests.
I can only say that Qi is crazy enough.
He put something that no one could avoid on the table, that is, blood mushrooms. He gave up blood mushrooms, that is to say, all blood mushrooms, the right to harvest blood mushrooms, the right to collect and perform sacrifices, all of which were fairly released to all the guys in the Rat Council.
This guy is simply a madman. It is hard to imagine that after paying such a chip, if he fails, what will he have left, and what will greet him is bound to be shattered.
Qi, this guy, is worthy of being evaluated by the white rat as a guy without faith. He has no attachment to the great gods, and has no pity for the temple guards.
But he is not a fool, although he is indeed crazy enough.
After paying so much and giving up so much, he got what he wanted in exchange, that is, the separation of faith. He brought together those guys who adhered to the faith and gathered under the name of the great god, the temple of the great god, the temple guards, the rat priests, the rat high priests, and the blood mushrooms, and nested them together with the framework of the Rat Council.
In simple terms, the great gods and faith are still an indispensable and noble part of the Skaven Empire, but they are restricted and concentrated, or those who gain power based on faith, their paths are limited and planned.
All the chaos and struggles in it can no longer escape the scope of the Skaven Council.
Apprentice Skaven Priest, Skaven Priest, Senior Skaven Priest, Skaven Councillor Candidate, Skaven Councillor, Skaven High Priest.
Or, Apprentice Skaven Priest, Skaven Priest, Skaven Bishop, Skaven Archbishop, Skaven Cardinal, Skaven Pope, perhaps it would be much clearer if it were replaced by such a chain of upward steps.
And the Temple Guard.
Apprentice Temple Guard, Temple Guard, Temple Knight, Grand Knight, Paladin, Holy Knight, you can also make this analogy.
In short, everything must be gathered to the Skaven Council, to these twelve positions witnessed by the gods and the Skaven High Priest.
After all, the predecessor of the Ratman Councillor was the Ratman Temple Priest.
Then release all other things, such as the construction, maintenance, business, land, army, etc. of the city, and a series of other things, which will belong to the Ratman Empire to be established, and to him, the Ratman Emperor.
Of course, this is an ideal situation, because in fact, it is not that you can separate them so easily by piling all of them on the Ratman Council and the Ratman Temple Priest.
Faith permeates all parts of the Ratman Empire.
It is so simple for them to interfere with and erode this so-called Ratman Empire. Even the coronation of him, the Emperor of the Ratman Empire, also requires the consent of these twelve Ratman Councillors and the Ratman High Priest.
After all, in the entire Ratman Empire, these thirteen positions still have the undecided Grand Commander, and they are the destiny witnessed by the gods.
This is the curse and bondage left by the white rat. Even with such a great trend, Qi now has no way to deal with it.
But how can I say it, fortunately, he is the first emperor of the Rat Empire.
Everything is going on in this magnificent trend, in a way that no one expected. It can only be said that Qi is worthy of being a freak cultivated by the white rat lineage.
One is to twist a cowardly race into a fanatic of crazy evil god believers.
One is a faithless madman who wants to forcibly create a normal country from a group of faith madmen who are like a pile of loose sand.
They are all rebellious.
Even Du Yuan shook his head when he witnessed this scene, feeling a little interesting.
But this is not enough, what Qi did is not enough.
The curse left by the white rat is much more tenacious than he expected, and it is not so easy to pry.
The curse of the white rat, the stone slab really bound them tightly.
It won’t take much time. After Qi dies, or after his power is weakened, his empire will simply fall apart, and everything will return to the way it was before.
The rats will start an endless cycle around the contract that was once made.
Before sinking his kingdom of God, Du Yuan was planning to release the rats from this bondage, but he didn’t expect Qi to suddenly jump out, which gave him some familiarity, as if he saw the figure who always looked solemn and old-fashioned and knelt down to worship him day after day.
He no longer needs the faith of the rat people, especially when he is about to sink into the gap between the physical universe and the chaotic world with his kingdom of God.
Let him help him.
In the center of the grassland city, in front of the large bell hung high and engraved with the imperial code, a hazy figure suddenly appeared, looking at the various items engraved on the bell, and the hazy figure raised his hand.
"White Rat, I am very grateful to you, but now I may have become a little tired of cheese, so it's time to let go!"
The thumb fell, and at this moment Du Yuan had a rare smile on his face, and even had the mood to mutter to himself in a teasing tone in this state where no one could see.
But after the thumb fell and the words ended, the smile on his face gradually faded.
Not long after, the hazy figure disappeared.
Suddenly! The cold soul giant bell in the underground rat city suddenly woke up. I don't know why, he inexplicably felt a little more scared, but he felt it carefully, but he didn't notice anything unusual.
This strange feeling made it suspicious for a while, but in the end, it did not come to a conclusion.
No one noticed that there was another fingerprint at the corner of the big clock hanging high in the grassland city.
Will Du Yuan's action create a new curse?
Probably not, after all, the meaning of his fingerprint this time was not anything else.
But to allow freedom.
In the blood-red sun, in the empty world, a lonely god sat.