Chapter 398, The Plague Ends

When Belgar-Hammer's Angrund Hammer hit the head of the Skaven warlord Ossed-Abyss, the Skaven warlord whose full armor was full of dents could no longer withstand the heavy blow, He fell dead on the spot. Kuangsha Literature Network

Now, the Dimensional Gate collapsed in front of everyone and turned into ruins. The Skaven clan's Skaven army died underground before they could escape. The sound of explosions and collapses covered everyone's voices.

"Maybe we can find something from this book." A white paper was hung around the waist of the Skaven warlord. Belgar reached out and took it down. The hammer hit Ossed's head again.

The rat's already shattered head was smashed to pieces.

"Okay, that's enough to ensure that you're dead." Bellegar nodded, and he said to Ryan and Helberg with the attitude of someone who has experienced it: "Facing a strong enemy, you have to learn to make up the hammer, human guys."

"I have always been beheaded." Ryan looked at the collapsed portal, feeling a little uncomfortable. The strength of the Skaven is obvious to all. He dared to say that if he hadn't been able to effectively deal with the abomination of the pit, this army might have survived. To pay a great loss.

And this is just a small clan among the Skaven.

"In this way, the threat of the Skaven is truly eliminated, and I mean within a period of time in the future." Bellegar nodded: "We should withdraw, the dwarves can resist the power of the dimension stone for a long time, But humans can't, my engineers will use dynamite to blow this place down."

Ryan let out a sigh of relief, and he was indeed tired of the rat man.

Surya patted Ryan's hand understandingly and smiled softly to make her husband feel better.

Fighting the Skaven, you can hear endless irritated whispers, the stench of countless corpses and seas of blood, and the sound of "yesyes" surrounding you. Not only Ryan, but almost all human troops heard Baylor They all breathed a sigh of relief after Jia's instructions. Physical pain was only secondary, and spiritual pain was the real reason that made them feel uncomfortable.

This is Skaven corruption.

Ryan himself doesn't eat corruption, but that doesn't mean he doesn't feel uncomfortable and tired inside.

Only Suria didn't feel any irritability at all. The golden double-headed eagle wedding ring on her left ring finger continued to exude warm power, protecting the countess.

When a group of people withdrew from the ground, it was already three hours later. On the snow-capped ruins of Hemgard, Emperor Karl Franz had sent people to prepare water and food, and a large group of combat priests was Soldiers who returned from the battle were prayed and bathed in holy water.

After a short break, Ryan Machado, Earl of Glamorgan, Countess Suria, Emperor Karl Franz, Field Marshal Curt Helberg, Emperor's Standard Bearer Ludwig Schwab Zihammer, the king of Eight Peaks Mountain, Belegar-Iron Hammer and others gathered together for a meeting again.

This time, we will discuss how to deal with Hemgart.

After taking a shower, Ryan, who had changed into an Earl's dress, opened the curtain, and everyone was already present.

All the supplies in the emperor's golden tent are complete. On the long table in the big tent, there are fine wines and delicacies specially provided by the royal family. The bright silver candlesticks are emitting fire light. Bellegar is eating and drinking with open stomach. Especially love the Emperor's Ale, and there's plenty of food.

"Good evening, Ryan, do you mind if I call you that?" The emperor didn't have much food, and his face clearly showed that he had something on his mind. Seeing Ryan coming in, the emperor squeezed out a smile, and stretched out his hand to signal Ryan to sit down.

Unlike Britannia, the seats in the Empire are arranged in rows, and the Ryans were indicated to sit in the second and third seats on the right.

"Good evening, Your Majesty Franz." Ryan and Suria sat down in turn.

"Thank you, Lord Lane,

Countess Suria, you saved Hermgart, you are Hermgart's heroes. "The emperor first spoke, and he officially expressed his thanks: "I really want to reward you, but I don't know what you need. "

"It is my duty to eliminate evil. I don't want to ask Your Majesty for bloody rewards when the whole city has been reduced to ruins." Ryan and Suria looked at each other and shook their heads together: " That's not what a lady's knight should be."

"Well, I have a box here." Emperor Karl Franz signaled Rikwei to send up a golden iron cross skull decoration box: "It contains part of the wealth that Earl Reinhardt has accumulated over the years, and the value of the contents is There will be no less than a thousand gold marks, and I will present it to you as a token of our friendship and as a reward for your participation in this event."

Ryan hesitated, and the emperor continued: "Please don't refuse, I know that two of your female courtiers were injured. I don't understand magic, but I know that it takes a long time and a lot of money for a wizard to recover after being injured."

The words left Ryan speechless.

The Earl's family has a big business now, and his will to act in many cases can no longer be based on his own happiness, but to consider the interests of his entire camp. Interest, Teresa was seriously injured, and Veronica had to recuperate for a month or two to recover her magic power. Ryan couldn't let them get hurt for nothing, right?

Ryan accepted the treasure box, and the heavy treasure box was filled with gold, silver and jewelry, making the sound of coins colliding.

"Due to the persistence of you and Hemgard's soldiers and civilians, the Skaven did not take enough spoils. Except for food, most of the lost spoils have been found by the army in the camp of the Skaven. Come back, the loss is smaller than I estimated." Seeing Ryan accepting the box, the emperor nodded and continued: "Reconstruction is a huge effort, but human beings will not give in in the face of difficulties. The empire has already done a good job of rebuilding. Hemgart's preparations."

"What about the refugees? How do we arrange them?" Ryan asked in a low voice.

"Master Ernst has brought people to solve the problem of the distribution of refugees. Anyone who is willing to stay and rebuild Hemgart can obtain a small part of the land and house property rights. If you don't want to stay in this sad place , then we will arrange other places for them to live." The emperor continued: "For the time being, the trade route at the ax bite pass will be cut off for a while."

"If Brittania needs help, just tell me." Ryan knew that Emperor Karl was negotiating with him.

Karl Franz set his sights on Ryan.

In the past few years, it is not an exaggeration to say that Ryan is the most powerful nobleman in southern Brittany. Although he is only an earl, a whole chain of interests and groups headed by him are gradually forming. With the full support of the fairies in the lake, even the king is extremely afraid of him.

If Ryan is the elector of the empire, Karl Franz must vigorously suppress and exclude Ryan. As the emperor of the empire, he will not allow anyone who can challenge his status.

This is not an IQ issue, nor is it a moral issue, this is a stock issue.

But Ryan is different. This guy is a great nobleman from Brittania. Not only will he not become a threat to the empire, but he will be a powerful ally who will help each other in this dark age. The empire is surrounded by enemies. The emperor knows that if a It would be good news for the empire that someone like Ryan, who is interested in eradicating the threat in the territory and fighting against evil spontaneously, has a deep connection with the empire, and also has a good overall view of the Holy Grail knight and the champion of the gods to control the kingdom of knights.

"Very well, let's put Hemgart's aside beforehand. Our dwarf friend, King Belegar's subordinates, have deciphered the diary of the Skaven warlord Oside." After getting Ryan's answer, The emperor deftly changed the topic.

Whether it is Ryan or Emperor Karl, both of them are smart people, and some things can be explained at a glance, so there is no need to continue.

"That white paper? Is it a diary?" Ryan complained, "My God, the Skaven can write diaries?"

"The name of this Skaven clan is the Festering Clan, and they launched an attack on Hemgard under the order of the Patriarch..." Bellegar began to explain what he read in the diary.

After the Skaven Skaven Council of Thirteen was held last time, according to the orders of the Horned Rat, the main force of the Skaven Skaven was focused on preparing to attack Lustria, and at the same time, Hemgard, who was attacking the Empire, was preparing to pass The ax bites the pass while spreading corruption and disease to the Empire and Britannia.

The Festering Clan is the Skaven Clan responsible for this goal. They have quietly occupied the deep mines of Montfort and the underground mines of Hemgart. The original plan was to slowly infiltrate and spread plague.

However, the suzerain of the Festering Clan was obviously extremely unwilling to do so. It was very dissatisfied with the grand strategy of the Thirteen-member Council representing the will of the Horned Rat to mobilize large forces to attack Lustria.

This group of 25 boys decided that we would do it ourselves, make a big one, and destroy Hemgart directly. The Horned Rat will definitely notice our great deeds and bless us!

This is how the current catastrophe happened, and Hemgart was completely destroyed.

The diary does not only record these things, Bellegar's subordinates learned from the diary that the Skaven warlord Ossed-Abyss, under the nagging advice of his subordinates, in order to prevent other ratmen from robbing the credit and spoils, so in the army. When the preparations were not complete and the Dimensional Gate was unstable, he launched an attack first. Seeing this, Gray Prophet Spatt was not to be outdone, and immediately launched an attack.

In other words, this clan was not fully prepared at all, and launched a rush for spoils and credit, and even the rat mother was transported to the front line.

Sure enough, the essence of Erwuzi is to fight fire, Ryan thought to himself, he should find a way to tell Brother Fulgan the news.

"Even so, victory is victory. We defeated the Ratmen's attack and destroyed the portal. At least for a while, the Skaven Ratmen will not appear in the Empire or Britannia for the time being." Belle Kalow Said in a low voice: "I said, the rest has nothing to do with us, I should return with Ryan."

"King Bellegar doesn't intend to continue looking around the empire?" Emperor Karl Franz originally wanted to invite Bellegar to Brunswick as a guest.

"It's not necessary." Bellega shook his head again and again. During this time, he had inspected many villages in the Empire and Britannia along the Gray Mountains. The king of Eight Peaks was stubborn and wanted to save face, but it didn't mean he was an idiot.

Bellegar couldn't find what he wanted from the empire. In terms of infantry and long-range artillery, Lord Belle didn't like the strength of the imperial army. These infantry were too fragile, and they might collapse if they were hit by a wave of green skins. , long-range artillery, is the empire comparable to the dwarves? Most of the Imperial artillery are defective products made with the assistance of the dwarves. Perhaps there are some special war machines in the Brunswick Armory Factory or the Nuer Armory Factory, and the Empire probably will not be willing to borrow them.

The only thing that Bellega could see was the imperial knights and the emperor's guards, but the imperial knights were undoubtedly not as powerful as the Britannian knights, and the guards were even more unlikely to be dispatched.

After the trouble caused by the plague, Bellegar didn't have the intention to continue investigating. What he wanted was to return to Breeze Castle so that the clansmen could gather for a meeting and discuss how to borrow more knights from Brittany to recover Eight Peaks Mountain. ?

Well, there is also the Holy Grail Knight in front of him, he must be brought along, and the pit hate is handed over to him. Looking at Ryan, Bellegar thought so.

"I don't plan to stay any longer, I will continue to return to the territory tomorrow morning." Ryan also said to the emperor: "I have been out for long enough."

"Then I won't keep you guys." Karl Franz nodded.

After the Ryans and Belegah left, the emperor sat in the golden tent and thought for a long time. He relaxed on the chair and held the warhammer Gael-Maraz in his hand. The artifact is still imbued with unparalleled power.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" After a long time, the emperor asked Marshal Rick behind him.

"He's really strong." Rick Marshal Helberg's stern face was looming in the firelight, only two long beards trembling: "His strength is obviously higher than that of Ludwig. In the future, isn't he going to become a powerful empire? Without your help, you will become the great enemy of the empire!"

"He is the Knight of the Grail," the Emperor repeated.

"That's right, fortunately he is the Holy Grail Knight." Helberg repeated.

It was very quiet inside the golden tent, the emperor, the flag officer, and Marshal Rick were all thinking.

"His actions are based on the will of the lady in the lake." The flag officer Ludwig said.

"But he is too powerful. As far as the Holy Grail Knight is concerned, his combat power is already the top part of the Holy Grail Knight. By the way, Ludwig, how does Ryan's strength compare with Francois, Duke of Wenford? ?” Marshal Rick Helberg thought about Ryan’s performance along the way.

"Almost...or slightly weaker. I've seen François make a move. He once broke through an entire undead army and entered it by himself. In the end, he seriously injured the undead wizard Heinrich Kemmler." Lu Dewiger said harshly: "From the current point of view, Ryan's strength may not be as good as Francois, but the gap is not too big."

"This pair of sons-in-law is really scary, no wonder François married his daughter to Ryan." The emperor laughed a few times, his face full of helplessness: "Why, why don't our empire have so many powerful sanctuary knights? More than 300 Holy Grail knights from the entire kingdom of Britannia have been pulled out, what can we fight against?"

"But we have steel, artillery, and faith." Rick Marshal Helberg shook his head: "Your Majesty, please don't say that. Your people have never succumbed to darkness."

"I'm wondering if there is any way to drag Ryan into our battle line?" The emperor moved the topic away: "We and Britannia have common enemies, chaos, green skins, and undead."

"It's difficult, but it's not hopeless." After Ludwig finished speaking, he stopped talking.

"This method will fall on Emmanuel."