Chapter 264 Chapter 117 Arrival

Chapter 264 Section 117. Arrival

Desolate, dark, and hopeless.

The devastated land that stretches to the horizon is a ruined scene after the ravages of the Skaven.

They eat almost anything, animals, insects, trees, weeds, feces, humans... Their feces and shed hair are natural breeding grounds for plague.

There have been frequent coughs on the ship in the past few days, and crew members have been infected with the disease from time to time. Fortunately, there are druids to help eliminate the disease.

After sailing for about ten days, the New Initial returned to the vicinity of the Obiris Strait. The promontory that once resisted the rat-men disappeared, leaving only a deep pit filled with sea water.

Surprisingly, some rat men were wandering on the beach and had not yet left.

"Warriors! Follow me for revenge!"

Ulmit raised his battle ax and roared, jumped from the ship after the New Initial came close to the shore, and rushed towards the Skaven with his less brave men who fell into the shoal on the rope.

They are just a group of rat men lost here. There are many such rat men, scattered wherever the clan has passed.

The bear-like count's return to his homeland won't be easy...

Looking at a group of humans chasing the scurrying rat-men like savages, Francois asked the crew to load the heavy horses and lower the small wooden boat.

The portal opened, and the busy crew began to transport supplies.

Some druids turned into birds and scattered towards the land.

The food and tools are enough for them to last until autumn and next year, and the cement is enough for them to rebuild a castle or build a short city wall the size of a town.

Then in the autumn, the New Initial or other sailing ships will arrive again carrying food - making the rat people realize that "these green wheat fields will bear heavy wheat is more difficult than letting the rat people learn Common Language", plus the land is They polluted, and for the next few years, no more food could be harvested wherever the Skaven passed.

Farias's idea was to find a druid to purify the land, but I'm afraid not even a single person could be found in the wasteland of the Violet Kingdom. So Ulmit brought a box of gold coins to Annan, and Annan took the box of gold coins to the druids and asked them to send half of the druids to help.

Ten minutes later, Urmit and his men, covered in rat-man blood, returned to the beach. Only Farias' mage's robe was as clean as new.

"Uh...I won't go there!"

He and his subordinates soaked themselves and their weapons in sea water to wash away the blood, and shouted this way. After a while, the tree druid approached the shallows. There was no emotion in the furrowed bark face, and only the deep voice could feel the anger and sadness: "The dead souls of the forest are mourning..."

"Druid, uh... Your Excellency, I don't understand this, just tell us what we should do!"

"We will purify your camp first, but the pollution in this area is too far away. We alone cannot purify this place..."

"Do you need money? It doesn't matter, I have plenty!"

Ulmit was wealthy and powerful, so the tree druid declined and said: "The 500 gold nnar given to us by Annan has not been used yet..."

This sentence caused Ulmit to exclaim: "He gave all 500 gold coins to you?"

Francois looked here from a distance and crossed his arms. What made him willing to work for Annan was precisely because of this ideal that no one else had.

It's just that this good character was obtained with Ingrid's eyes.

The last box of food was carried to the beach. "Good luck to you," Francois said.

Without heavy-duty horses to distribute to them, these people who lost their country could only rely on themselves. Hopefully, when the new Init comes back in a few months, we'll see a thriving town instead of a ruin.

The new initial number turned around and returned. They will not go back yet, but will catch up with the Macken Rat Man and observe the progress of the rat tide on the sea.

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Da De and the druids who stayed in Xingyue Bay eliminated the plague for the porters and continued to plant forests north of the Glacier River.

Back at the Lord's Mansion, in the evening, Annan learned the news about the royal capital from Olmedo: "...It is said that the nobles are still arguing about who will fight."

"Old rules?"

"Um."

Old rules means old news.

In view of the distance between the Royal Capital and Breeze City, the "new news" they got was actually news from more than 20 days ago. The nobles were "very noisy" that day - if they wanted to get real-time news, they had to wait for the new initial number to return. Catch up with the Skaven.

"But the rat men arrived in Louis City twenty days ago, right on the border of the kingdom, and they still want to escape?"

"It's actually different from what you think. They are fighting over who will play."

Annan subconsciously sensed that something was wrong. The people in the North were fierce, but he did not think that the nobles in the royal capital who were good at fighting internally and outside fighting outside would have such ability - this prejudice came from the wanted order a few days ago.

"Don't they know that the attacker is a clan of ratmen?"

Olmedo pondered and said: "I'm afraid they know, but they arrogantly think that those rat men are easy to deal with."

"...Hopefully they won't be so stupid."

The next day, Annan and Olmedo learned the news "in advance" half a month ago: the Holy Grail Knights led a team to the southern border of the kingdom to resist the rat plague.

Annan and the others were finally able to relax a little. The Kingdom of Rekaner is not a small Middle-earth country like the Violet Kingdom, which is neither south nor north, nor attacked by demons nor invaded by ratmen. The Demon of the North consumes the strength of all the northern countries, but makes their soldiers brave and good at fighting.

As long as the Ruikaner Kingdom resists the rat plague normally, other countries will provide support from other directions, and maybe the thirteen rat clans can be kept in the North.

Just after closing the portal, Ingrid knocked on the study door and said that a girl who came with the caravan claimed to be from the royal capital.

"She is still a mage apprentice."

Then he's not here to arrest Annan.

Just in case, Annan first called Dela and then asked Ingrid to bring the girl. She was a girl with exquisite appearance. As soon as she saw Annan, she shouted in surprise: "Jack! You are really the Northern Territory." king!"

"The Fall of the Mage Tower" has become popular in the royal capital?

"Hello, my assistant said you were looking for me?"

Annan motioned the girl to sit on the wooden chair. As soon as the girl holding the bundle sat down, her head hung down and she remained motionless.

"What's up with her?"

"...She fell asleep." Dela, who felt her breathing became weak, said, "There is something strange about this girl..."

"Is she an enemy?"

"Probably not."

Annan asked Della to carry the girl to the guest room to rest, but Della refused and said: "She has many protective spells on her body, and contact may trigger the spells."

It seems that her origin is not simple.

Annan had no choice but to cover her with a blanket and let the maid Abby watch her. When she woke up, she would call him and walk out of the study with Della.

Annan, who had nothing to do, remembered the broken magic mirror and dug out the magic mirror from the drawer. I couldn't think of what to ask for the moment, so I said casually:

"Mirror, Mirror, where is Liliana Lore now?"