Chapter 259 The Gray Prophet's Ambush
When the Ratman launched an attack, Leonie was thinking absently about how to bring the Loebowitz family closer to Kane and the others.
Judging from the current behavior of Kane and the others, there is basically no suspense about lifting the crisis of the Barony of Worcester. And Leoni believes that Kane and the others probably won't take credit for this.
Those who are difficult will not, and those who will meet will not be difficult. For Kane and the others, the problems that make Worcester's leaders feel distressed, whether it is the epidemic disease or the bandit soldiers who take advantage of the fire, can be solved with a simple sweep.
So people's generosity of 'a little effort is not enough. '
But the Loebowitz family couldn't just deal with it like this. Not only was it immoral and disrespectful, but it also missed an extremely rare opportunity. An opportunity that will benefit the Loebowitz family for a lifetime, and even rise to the occasion.
What troubled Leoni was that her father, Werner, was as stubborn as a dwarf. He was not only stubborn, but also arrogant. In addition, he was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he was not good at expressing true emotions.
She is now very worried that Werner has despised others in the interaction with Kane and his party. She estimates that Kane and his temperament will not be so bad, but it is inevitable that the Loebowitz family will miss the god-given opportunity.
Worcester Territory, with a declining population, how will it defend its territory and foundation in the days to come?
Leoni's worries were naturally not superfluous. In the original history line, the great epidemic that spread to the empire caused the empire to lose a lot of land.
Some people say that most of them are lost in remote mountainous areas, which is nothing.
But anyone with a bit of common sense knows that the pass fortress in the mountain area is the barrier of the country, and it is two different things in the hands of oneself and in the hands of outsiders.
Why did the empire lose even more land one after another in the millennium that followed? In addition to the existence of the emperor election system in name only, the internal relationship is chaotic, and it is impossible to gather all forces, another very important reason is the bad situation in the frontier.
The dangerous fortresses are all in the hands of other forces. It is easy for people to beat you, but it is difficult for you to beat them.
All kinds of enemies came to attack grass valleys from time to time, and the frontier territories were struggling to deal with it, and development was difficult, and it was even more like a dream to expand the territory.
Therefore, the name of the empire is not worthy of the name. Full of ambition, all used in internal strife.
"Whizzing!"
Hearing the sudden sound of arrows piercing the wind, Leoni almost instinctively twisted her body to dodge.
She has received systematic military training since she was a child, and she herself is a believer in Mirmidia, the goddess of wisdom and war. She aspires to become a heroine, and her skills are naturally vigorous. What's more, not long ago, he was bestowed with supernatural power by Mirmidia, and his physical fitness and reflexes are far beyond ordinary people.
However, the Ximan guards on the side reacted faster, and the four raised their shields to help her block the sudden attack.
Xi Man can have such a performance, mainly because of his concentration.
It is this heart that is operating, and the vigilance is unusually high. They can do their job faithfully and meticulously without any special warning from Kane.
When there was a change in the ruined buildings on both sides of the road, they immediately responded.
Throwing knives, shurikens, and hand crossbows are the gutter runners among the Ratmen who launch the attack. Throwing and assassination at close range are their forte.
In addition to these poisoned projectiles, they also throw a kind of poisonous fire incendiary pot. Compared with the future, the amount of equipment for this special projectile is obviously much less, but it does already exist.
The Warpstone solution was added to the oil cupping tank, which is mainly made of these two raw materials. It has a poisonous green color and has the characteristics of Greek fire, which is extremely difficult to extinguish.
A bottle of incendiary can hit the carriage, and the guard knight next to the carriage almost instinctively blocked it with his arm wearing a metal armguard, and then the bottle exploded on his arm.
It was like a shaken Coke bottle exploding, 'Boom! ’ The incendiary pot exploded into a green fire.
The guard knight was surrounded by green fire at that time, and then let out a miserable howl that didn't sound like a human voice.
But his voice was muffled by the neighing of his mount. People can't stand this poisonous fire, and neither can horses.
Some of the fire liquid stained the wall of the carriage, and it burned immediately, and it burned more and more vigorously.
This frame is said to be an armored vehicle, but it is actually made of dense wood bound with iron hoops. It is indeed very strong, even a crossbow can't penetrate it at close range, but it can burn at high temperature.
Before the driver could react, the second poisonous fire incendiary tank had arrived. This time, there was no one to cover it, and it hit near the shaft of the carriage. The buttocks of the driver and the two horses pulling the carriage were immediately engulfed by the poisonous fire.
The horse was startled at the time, and it was about to collide with the startled horse, and the team was in chaos. Ximan's manipulation was in place.
In fact, when the Ratmen were throwing and shooting, the Ximans had already reacted. They held a shield in one hand and a spear in the other. When they saw the Ratmen rushing out of the ruins on both sides of the road, they immediately used their shields. While protecting the body, the first wave of spear throwing was completed.
At this time, we can see the advantages of dream-level communication.
Usually only the tacit cooperation that only the veterans of hundreds of battles can have, happened to the Ximans. There was no repeated attack, and every spear thrown hit its target.
That is to say, in the face of a surprise attack, as soon as they met each other, a dozen or so Ratmen were shot down first.
In addition to effectively reducing the overall effect of the Skaven's sneak attack, it also dealt a considerable blow to their morale.
Ratmen are intelligent creatures, and they have morale to speak of. And their characteristic is viciousness, not bravery. Once the morale is gone, they immediately run away with their heads in their hands.
Although these dark ditch runners were the elite among the rats, they were also intimidated by Ximan's fierce counterattack. The offensive got stuck all of a sudden, and they couldn't make another wave smoothly.
Ximan can grasp this kind of vacancy. They are golems, without emotion, and their performance has always been very stable.
Except for some Ximan who pulled out short spears from behind and threw the second wave, the two Ximan near the carriage drew their knives, rushed forward with their knives, and chopped off the horse's head pulling the cart.
Don't be surprised this time, just kneel down.
On the other side of the carriage, the two Xi Man also drew their knives, but they were gathering their strength. The red light on the serrated knives flowed, which was the destructive force from the dark side. All the soldiers of the 'Blood Banner' were This extraordinary attribute, looking at all the extraordinary powers, there is nothing more violent and violent than this.
"Crack! Crack!"
The sawtooth knife cut on the side wall of the carriage, the iron hoop was broken, and the sawdust flew, and a big hole was torn out of the side wall with a few blows.
However, they were not in a hurry to let the stunned stunned mother and son get out of the car. The car was not burned through, and as long as the poisonous fire and smoke did not rush in, the car could still provide protection.
At this time, the other three guarding knights reacted respectively. One of them jumped off the horse and used the horse as a shield. After blocking a wave of blows, he took the shield and leaned in front of the carriage to protect it.
There is another one who uses the knight's shield to block, and gallops forward on the horse, rushing out of the encirclement.
The last one was a bit unwise. He rushed towards the Ratmen wearing a horse's head, but swung his sword left and right and knocked down the two Ratmen, but was successfully ambushed by the Ratman who jumped out of the broken window next.
It is close to the road, the distance between the houses is relatively short, only narrow alleys pass through, and the horse does not run, so the expensive maintenance of the knight is just like this. Money-losing goods!
At this time, the Skaven Gray Prophet had finished singing the spell, and there was a muffled rumbling sound. Dozens of large holes appeared on the ground on both sides of the road, and a group of gray-faced Skaven rushed out of them howling.
Their killing sounds are stupid and funny, and even make people feel a little funny. But the scenes created are not funny at all.
These tunnel rats can be regarded as a special unit among the Ratmen, and the Ratmen commanders often use them to attack the enemy's long-range strike troops.
Suddenly appearing near the array of archers, rushing forward to fight, even if an archer team is crippled.
In the use of tunnel rats, the caster-type Ratmen commanders have more advantages. Spells can adjust the exit position, accelerate the movement of tunnel rats in place, and can be more effective in wisdom. Melee commanders have to pay attention to formation skills Half-watching the face, arranging the wrong position, and the tunnel rats can't keep up with the battle.
As soon as the tunnel rat appeared, the underground runners who were about to collapse and scurry away immediately became excited like a chicken blood.
This is also the characteristic of the Ratman. In Kane's words: it comes with the king of ship boards BUFF.
'Filling boat boards', this is Kane's hometown slang, which describes the kind of behavior that sees small profits and forgets his life, takes advantage of the fire to rob, and steals chestnuts from the fire.
The Ratmen were like this, not only riding the wind and waves, but their morale rose, and they also felt that even if they died, someone else would support them, and they could take advantage of the opportunity.
Then die!
Ximan went straight to meet him, playing extremely fiercely. He didn't care how many enemies there were, but only asked where the enemy was. No matter how the enemy attacked, he only talked about how he fought.
The saw-toothed knife swung round and slashed, even slashing and smashing the opponent's weapons.
Others charged back with their spiked shields, and a group of ratmen couldn't stand up to it alone. They burst forward in a short distance like the top horns of a bull, causing the charging ratmen to fall back and forth, and some were knocked into the air.
At this time, the earth suddenly trembled, and the day was coming.
Just two rides.
They didn't come from the convoy, but were delivered by Kane and Hermione.
The specific method is to let the two day savages push the assault beasts to run first, and then use apparition on them.
This is the sharpness of qualifications, being able to use spells like apparition on third parties.
After the two day barbarians speeded up, they used teleportation again, and they were directly projected into place.
The day barbarians in the charging state continued to charge, and the goal was also very simple, which was to use the carriage as the center line, one left and one right, clearing the past like laying railroad tracks.
2.4 tons, these are two 2006 Ruitu SUV cars that are fueled and open at speed, acting as road killers.
Dayman's appearance is really a warhammer, the thickness of the homogeneous armor has reached 70MM, just like a humanoid fortress, the power armor used by the future space warriors may not have this armor thickness.
They hold a large shield in one hand, and a wild sword in the other. The cone spear is stuck on the side of the mount like a helicopter oil pipe, and the spear head sticks out of the mount, like a ramming horn.
Nodachi does not need to be wielded deliberately, but the classic usage of saber, slashing! Utilize the speed of the mount to form the force of cutting diagonally, and when you hit it, the skin will be torn apart, and the bones will be broken.
The Nodachi's blade is 160cm long, with a thick blade on the back, shining with a destructive scarlet magic light.
Ximan, who had received the information in advance, could either charge forward or evade, avoiding the attack trajectory and killing range of Zhouman. The rat people suffered, those who were killed, trampled to death, beheaded... The scene was much worse than the scene of the car accident. Wherever the day barbarian passed, blood was sprayed one after another, like a fluttering long-tailed flag, following the wind. Lie Lie's big red cloak complement each other, showing cruelty.
With this wave of cutting and assault, the morale of the rat people immediately collapsed. Just now, the morale was high, and they were screaming, and now they are screaming, but they are terrified, and they are running around.
The Skaven Gray Seer, who cast the spell before, tried to escape surrounded by several Stormrat guards. As a result, he met Kane standing in the air head-on.
"It's not an ordinary disaster lord, but a gray prophet. The Skaven has a lot to do with the number 13. There are always only 169 gray prophets, the square of 13. If I can meet one today, I am qualified to let me do it myself. "
Taking advantage of Kane's pretense, the Gray Prophet had already acted preemptively, and directly shot an explosive fireball.
However, Kane pretended to be a complete set, raised his hand to catch the poisonous fire ball in a calm manner, and then squeezed it directly. The green poisonous fire could not even slightly surpass the black flames around him, as if it was splashed on the burning red flames. The water on the iron plate turned into light smoke and drifted away.
Kane also seemed to be very casual as if he just picked up a piece of candy thrown by the other party. He didn't respond to the attack at all, and continued to talk: "What did the big horned rat promise you? A cake that looks very round?"
"Well... I'm afraid not!" Kane understood the gray prophet's micro-expression, and continued to spray: "You are not a clan representative selected by him from the gray prophet, a member of the parliament. You just desire power, but you can only come here The down-and-out prophets who have made great achievements in the front line may lose their qualifications as prophets."
The face of the Ratman Gray Prophet twitched twice, and even his breathing became a little rough.
"The loser in the power struggle! Hehe, in Skaven's society, if you want to get to the top, you don't rely on meritorious deeds, but rely on stabbing in the back. Without evidence, it means that it never happened. Isn't it..."
Perhaps it was because of Kane's understanding of Ratman society, fear of Kane's strength, and despair of being able to escape and ascend to heaven. Of course, he also had the cunning and sneaky intentions of Ratmen. The Gray Seer finally spoke up. He said: "I, Tulum? Grayhorn, am a genius! I..."
"Oh, your name is Tulun, and it has the same name as the river here. Is this one of the reasons why you want to get here?" Kane directly interrupted the Ratman Prophet's rhetoric that was not even boastful, and said with a smile: "Want to take Wu Steburg turned into ruins, and then Tulumburg was built? Give up this hopeless hope! I can give you something better, the only question is, what can you offer?"
In Baator Hell, in the endless abyss, in the cities of the dark elves or gray dwarves in the Underdark, and in the gathering places of most evil and wild creatures, Kane's set rarely fails.
Benefits come first, cash them out on the spot, no deception. What he asks for is often something that others don't care much about, or far less than what he wants. Like the soul.
Lord Death Star, besides being a middle schooler and being funny, there is another characteristic of this name, that is, it doesn’t sound like a good person, but like the kind of person who is very powerful but has super bad luck, giving treasures to the real protagonist, Give experience, the stepping stone villain boss who was finally sent to the end by the protagonist.
From the perspective of the reincarnated emperor, it seems that this is really the case.
But avoiding this kind of coercion of supernatural powers, Kane's prestige is revealed. In his words: "Desire and ambition are really good things sometimes. If you can use them, others can too."
Tulun? Huijiao just knelt down.
One pumping hard, and another mouth... Lun once secretly scolded Kane as a fool in his heart. To gain benefits, it turned out to be a great benefit.
However, the more time passed, the more Tulun cared about those things that it used to exchange with Kane, and didn't care much.
It tried everything, even the big horned rat asked for help, tried both ends of the snake rat, but it was useless, the contract of selling itself was too strong, the stronger it was, the stronger the contract would be, it was really ambition that helped itself, and helped someone.
As for now, although Gray Prophet was defeated this time, he got the source of power he most desires, knowledge! Let it feel joyful and elated, and the powerful knowledge that seems to burst with joy!
While continuing to pretend to be a fleeing escapee, it gasped and murmured: "Absolutely! Absolutely! It's all the best knowledge, the best knowledge brings the best power, and the best power makes Tulun extremely powerful. Tulun Go against the sky! Tulun wants to sweep away! Tulun wants to be a god! Tulun wants to step on the parliament!"
This is just now, the horned rat has not exerted its power, and the Skaven ratmen have not yet seen the power of the horned rat. In another thousand years, Gray Prophet Tulun will not be so arrogant.
Of course, in another thousand years, when the Big Horned Rat dominates the clans of the Rat People, strengthens the authority of the parliament, and makes the Rat People work hard for a vision, then there will be no room for Tulun to struggle. He finally defied the sky and became an evil god at the same level as the horrors, Nurgle, and Slaanesh.