Chapter 394, Reconstruction or Destruction?

PS: I have something to do today, so I updated it in advance.

The king of the Angrund clan, the self-appointed king of Eight Peaks Mountain, the last bloodline of King Loen, wearing meteoric iron armor and wearing a king's crown helmet, Bellegar Hammer came in from outside panting: "Oh! Your Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, I heard that Hermgart was attacked by Skaven bastards, and bring my people to support you! Don’t worry! The dwarves are here, and everything is on us! The dwarves are always the best of!"

Emperor Karl Franz had a sincere smile on his face, but he was slandering in his heart: Come here quickly? Really wait until you dwarves arrive, it's all over.

Of course, the emperor would not say that on the surface: "Thank you for your support, King Belegar."

"Ryan, my friend, a friend of the Angrund clan, I heard that you need help, so I came here immediately." Bellega said to Ryan triumphantly again: "Our Angrund clan received help in your territory. Your help is remembered by the dwarves! Now your dwarf friends are here to help you!"

After finishing speaking, the King of Bafeng Mountain raised his arms vigorously, showing his strength: "But you have already solved the rat tide, and I am very relieved to be able to face the rat man's attack until now. After staying in this dark world for a long time, I still have some progress, and I am very happy that the teachings of the dwarf ancestors have not been wasted."

Ryan thought you were here to help a chicken neck at this time? The battle is over and the mice are all gone.

He wanted to tease the King of Eight Peaks Mountain, so Ryan coughed twice and said deliberately: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses King Belega brought this time?"

"Uh, I brought thirty rangers and fifty sworn bodyguards with me." Bellegar was taken aback for a moment, and then whispered with some lack of confidence.

"Eighty people? Hemgart's rat wave is estimated to be more than 100,000..." Sure enough, a Rick guard murmured in a low voice: "Can one dwarf deal with a thousand ratmen? That's still not enough what."

"Is he here to watch a play?"

"Bring eighty people to deliver food to the Ratman?"

"It seems that dwarves have stronger flesh?"

The whispers of the Rickguards made the King of Eight Peaks flush, and he yelled, "Have you ever seen a shield wall of dwarves? We Angronds will show you, we are few in number , but we will never take a step back!"

Ryan secretly suppressed a laugh. He knew he couldn't blame Bellegar for being slow, because the dwarves had short legs, and these short legs marched slowly. They marched with Emperor Karl Franz's full cavalry to Hemgard for a day and a night. Can't compare.

The emperor signaled Rick's guards to move a small bench for Bellegar to sit down. Several people communicated and learned that Bellegar planned to take a boat to Bogenhafen after leaving Hemgard. After the attack, the people rushed back desperately.

The fast marching speed of the dwarves is for long-distance marches, because the physique of the dwarves determines that they do not need to rest much except for sleeping. If it is a long-distance march, the marching speed of the dwarves is faster than that of humans.

In short-distance marches, dwarves are not as good as humans who can ride horses, especially when Emperor Karl Franz's forced march passed through his own territory. Get ready, it took only a day and a night to get to Hemgard and defeat the Skaven army.

After sitting down, Ernst, the supreme mentor of the demon hunter, was still repeating the same old tune, and he said forcefully: "We must completely burn this city down, burn the whole city with flames for three days and three nights, and then we can be To purify the filth left by Chaos, even so, I do not recommend that anyone settle here in this city."

Emperor Karl Franz frowned.

The emperor is planning to completely give up Hemgart's gains and losses.

Hemgard is an important border city of the empire,

The city not only bears the main overland trade route with Britannia, but also can effectively defend against the invasion from Brittania.

Allies belong to allies. Historically, there have been many border frictions, disputes, and even wars between the Empire and Brittany. After the abdication of the savior Ludwig, Emperor Leopold was in Hemgard and Brittany. He fought once with the dukes of Palavon, and after Karl Franz came to the throne, he fought again at Hemgard and Casvann, duke of Palaion.

If Hermgart is abandoned, it means that the trade between Reikland and Britannia will be seriously affected, which is not a small loss for the wealthy Rickland. More importantly, once Hermgart is abandoned What if the knights of Brittany invaded again?

After Hemgart, Reikland is a smooth road!

"No, burning it can't completely solve the problem." Ryan shook his head again and again, and he said seriously: "The destruction of Hemgart means a lot, but the city can still be rebuilt. What's the point of defeating the Ratmen if we do that and destroy it completely?"

In Ryan's impression, the Supreme Mentor of the Demon Hunter has not appeared in front of people for many years. Many people have only heard his name, but have never seen him. There have been rumors over the years that the Supreme Mentor has stepped into the world. into the last few years.

Master Ernst, who appeared in front of Ryan at this time, did look very old and very old, but his body and spirit were still not bad. The Supreme Master of the Demon Hunter still had at least a few decades to live.

"What do you know? Young man, do you understand what Chaos really is? Do you know how severe the plague of these Skaven rats is?" Ernst could feel the emperor's hesitation, which made him feel extremely irritable. Strengthened the tone: "A city is polluted, it can only be completely destroyed, and it is impossible to return to its original state!"

"Almost half of the city of Nuer was destroyed by the Skaven more than twenty years ago, isn't it rebuilt now?" Ryan confronted, and he continued: "The Principality of Carcassonne in the south of Britannia often Being harassed by the Ratmen, yes, the Ratmen can destroy our cities and spread plagues among the people, but so what? Have humans ever succumbed to terror?"

"If according to your opinion, we destroy a city once the Ratman hits us, and we destroy a city once the Ratmen hit us, how many cities can we change?" Ryan asked back: "I checked the bodies of the refugees. According to the situation, some of them are indeed sick, but they are not infected with the plague. As for the city, of course, it is better to burn it all and rebuild it."

Listening to Ryan's analysis, the emperor nodded. It can be seen that he did not agree with Ernst's suggestion in his heart. Whether it is economic or strategic planning, Hemgart is very important. It doesn't matter if the city is destroyed, it can be rebuilt , but to give up completely, the emperor was not willing to accept it.

Ernst was furious, and the Supreme Demon Hunter fired at Ryan: "Young man, do you understand Chaos? Do you know what Chaos Corruption means? Don't think that you have fought the Chaos Demon, kill God's Chosen Champion who has lived through Khorne, you are like those fools who can't wait to show off after reading a famous quote or two from a book, you don't know the heights of the sky and the earth."

coming! Ryan laughed in his heart when he heard the words. Obviously, Master Ernst couldn't beat Ryan in terms of reasoning, so the Supreme Demon Hunter, who was not good at debating, simply started to put on airs and even attacked personally.

Very common, isn't it?

"Then do you know what Chaos is? Master Ernst, I respect you, and I know your great deeds, but I want to point out that I know Chaos far better than you. I have heard Khorne with my own ears. Whispering, I have also faced the Great Chaos Demon, and I have also been in direct contact with the forbidden knowledge in the Book of Chaos." Ryan's anger also came up, and he said to the demon hunter: "Being old doesn't mean you know as much as you know." many."

"Boy, pick up your warhammer." Master Ernst was too lazy to talk nonsense with Ryan, he held a machete and an ax in both hands: "Go out, let's fight, whoever wins shut up!"

"I am the lady's God's Chosen champion, and I will not duel with you for such nonsense reasons." Ryan sneered: "I am still a nobleman in Britannia, and how Hemgart handles it has nothing to do with me, I just Give me an opinion."

"Okay, stop arguing, Master Ernst, Ryan, I know you are all out of good intentions, but you have different opinions, let me think about it." The emperor signaled the two to stop arguing, he was so dizzy. .

"That... human, do you have any misunderstandings about the Skaven?"

Just as the atmosphere was stiff, Bellegar, who was sitting on the side, spoke, and the King of Eight Peaks spoke with a touch of contempt and superiority: "You two are fundamentally wrong! You don't know Skaven at all. The way the ratmen fight and how they act, this witcher confused the ratmen with Chaos, and Ryan may know better, but still made a big mistake!"

Ernst's murderous eyes burst out with hatred, and he stared at Bellegar for a while, then shook his head and gave up arguing. The stubborn temper of dwarves is famous all over the world. Demon hunters can judge and execute humans, but they cannot treat dwarves. this way.

Ryan was also scolded, but his mentality was better. The earl leaned his body on the chair and took two deep breaths. He found that his emotions were indeed a little too excited, mainly because he met this inexplicably. Teresa and Veronica were both injured in an unexpected disaster. Although Suria was not injured, she was very tired after a long battle. The trip to the empire was originally a continuation of their honeymoon, and no one expected it to become like this .

Lane is, after all, a man with feelings.

Ryan gradually calmed down after being poured cold water by Belegar. He used his brain to think about the problem, and then decided to ask Belegar sincerely: "Your Majesty King Belegar, I know that you are fighting the Skaven. I have done so many times, and I know more about rat people, so what should we do in this situation, and what should humans do?"

"Yes, King Belegal, you are familiar with the Ratman." Emperor Karl Franz's eyes lit up, and he also made a humbly asking for advice: "Please enlighten me."

"Well, if you want to ask such a question, then you are asking the right person." Belgar accepted the advice of Ryan and Emperor Karl frankly, feeling that he had more face, he stroked his white beard, and took a sip of the Imperial Royal Family The special "Cobain's Premium" malt stout beer, and only then did I express my opinion.

"First of all, the demon hunter's opinion is wrong. If the empire abandons Hemgard, then this is what the ratmen want. The Skaven ratmen can occupy the ruins of this city openly. Colonize and build underground cities within the city, and spread the plague and corruption from Hemgard to Reikland, the Principality of Montfort and the entire Gray Mountains."

Everyone nodded, and the emperor then asked: "So it's Ryan's opinion, let's rebuild the city?"

"Lion's opinion is also wrong." Bellegar continued to shake his head: "It is easy to rebuild a city, but it is also easy to destroy it. I think you don't know that if the Skaven were able to surprise Hemgart, they must have built a city under the mountains." A frontline secret base and portal, the portal will be very secret and few people, these damn skaven will happily watch humans rebuild the city, and then prosper again, when they think they can harvest the 'human food stockpile' When the time comes, Hemgart will only perish again, and so on.”

Both Ryan and Emperor Karl Franz broke out in a cold sweat after hearing what Bellegar said.

No one expected this layer!

Whether it is the Empire or Britannia, the records and descriptions of the Skaven are very limited. No one thought that the damned Skaven would be so cunning!

"Didn't you expect that?" Bellegar said loudly, "This is a lesson that countless dwarves paid for with their lives and blood!"

"Well, I don't understand." Ernst, the supreme mentor of the demon hunter, snorted, glanced at Ryan, and barely admitted that he hadn't thought it through, so he had to continue to ask Bellegar: "Then, dwarf, Can you lead us into the mountains and destroy the Skaven frontline bases and portals?"

"Of course." Bellegar nodded solemnly: "Otherwise I wouldn't have come here to help you, especially Ryan."

"Huh? Me?" Ryan said strangely.

"I led the remnants of the defeated army to Castle Breeze. It was you who asked Dugan and the others to bring us urgently needed food and supplies. When I arrived in your territory, you treated me and my people warmly, and even allowed me to attend your wedding. , and later supported us with a large amount of food, and I, Bellegar, kept these things in mind." Bellegar raised his Angrund hammer: "Dwarves are not a race that forgets their friends, please understand. "

"...Thank you." Ryan was a little moved. Yes, what happened here had nothing to do with Belega. Belega would return to help. It was purely because Ryan and his party were in danger that the king of the Angrund clan rushed here desperately.

"As for the empire... the help of the dwarves is not free!" Bellegar said to the emperor again: "I want twenty bags of barley flour and thirty barrels of good malt wine, isn't that too much?"

"If all goes well, I'll give you fifty barrels." The emperor said very generously. The value of fifty barrels of fine malt wine will not be higher than three hundred gold marks, and twenty bags of barley flour will cost you four or five barrels. A hundred gold marks, Hemgart's annual tax payment is worth thousands of gold marks.

"Very well, I have one more request. Besides my people, I need the emperor to transfer one hundred of the most elite swordsmen, fifty of the most elite foot knights, and Ryan to come with me, my The requirement is that anyone must swear that they must obey my command when fighting underground!" Bellegar then raised the second condition.

"No problem, I will let Helberg mobilize people to follow your command." Emperor Karl agreed happily.

"Very good, take a break and get enough energy, we will set off tomorrow morning!" Bellegar said loudly: "Skaven are nocturnal creatures, and they are sleepy during the day!"

"The end of the Skaven is here!"

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