Chapter 197, Gift, Mockery, Piety, Price

One by one, the temple guards climbed up to the top of the sacred oak tree and stood solemnly.

Like statues.

A temple guard with an extremely intricate pattern on his armor passed through this group of solemn colleagues.

Even the intervals between each step were surprisingly consistent.

At the moment when the bell rang.

At the moment when the sacred giant bell rang, he stood in front of the altar of the great god, trampled on the altar built from the ruins of the heretic god's temple, and officially began to beg for the blessing to come.

At this moment, the temple guards who had been motionless like statues had a clear fluctuation for the first time.

No longer silent, no longer solemn, with the subtle collision of armor, the temple guards raised their heads one by one, looked down, and stared at the altar in front of them.

Sheng Qi watched the sacrifice not far away.

The oppressive and solemn atmosphere began to spread the moment the temple guard raised his head.

At this moment, Sheng Qi and the ratman knights beside him shut their mouths obediently.

The leader of the temple guards on the altar, who was wearing more exquisite armor, had already begun to pray to the gods.

He humbly crawled in front of the sacred altar and shouted loudly.

The temple guards who raised their heads did not lower their heads, but stared at the altar in front of them in silence. They have always been like this, keeping silent in the grand sacrifices.

But the gods did not respond, and the temple guards chose to wait.

They turned back into those silent statues.

In their actions, the atmosphere at this time became more depressing. In the depressing atmosphere, a ratman knight beside Sheng Qi instinctively swung his tail.

At the moment he swung his tail.

A neat click sounded, and the temple guards who were motionless like statues were startled at the same moment.

The ratman knight who was swinging his tail froze completely, tensed all his muscles, and dared not move.

But this state was not comfortable, and he tried his best to maintain it with a terrified expression. As for Sheng Qi and other ratman knights beside him.

Inexplicably, there was a premonition, and Sheng Qi felt that it would be better for him not to make a sound now.

Otherwise, he might really die.

It has not been a long time since the sacrifice began, and it was particularly difficult.

Sheng Qi has begun to regret why he had to come to watch. He should have understood that this sacrifice had nothing to do with him.

Gritting his teeth, he also pretended to be a statue.

There was nothing wrong with the ritual of this sacrifice, and the sacrifices were also.

At this time, the offerings piled on the altar were varied.

Far more than the heads of half-elves.

The wolf beastmen on the vast grassland were also pushed to this altar at this moment, and even more than the wolf beastmen, the heads of wild boars and lizardmen were also placed on the altar by them.

But even so, this is an illegal sacrifice.

The temple guards became the supporters and promoters behind this grand war in the second half of the war.

If it weren't for the continuous supply of blood mushrooms, the war might still be in a stalemate.

But illegal is illegal, even if both parties in the transaction have no objection to it.

But the gift of God is not a matter that can be traded.

The temple guards can't be unaware of this. This group of fanatics who guard the temple will even resist the opportunity to awaken and become rat priests. In order to retain their qualifications as temple guards, they loyally guard around the temples. Even in this grand change that affects the entire rat kingdom, they also began to get involved in more things.

But this job has never been put down by them.

Undoubtedly pious, every grand sacrifice will be recorded by the temple guards. They can't be unaware of what Sheng Qi has experienced.

On the ruins of the transparent tower, Sheng Qi once prayed to the great god. That sacrifice was the only time he stepped into the temple of the heretic god, but the god did not send down any sacrifice.

Instead, the old rat priest who turned into a statue still echoed the glory of the god.

But even so, they still came.

Standing solemnly in front of the sacred altar, like a quiet stone statue.

Waiting quietly.

Sheng Qi has begun to pray to the great god in his heart, praying that he can send down grace at this moment.

Not praying for himself, or praying for himself, praying for himself to live.

The hair on his body has begun to stand up faintly.

Death has never been as close to him as it is now.

In the slow flow of time, until a dazzling light falls, until a dazzling light falls.

The Ratman Rider who was forcibly tensing his body was the first to react, falling to the ground, and in ecstasy, he loudly praised the great God.

"Great God! Great!"

But the praise suddenly stopped, as if something was strangling his throat.

The dazzling golden light fell, landing in the corner of the crown of the sacred oak tree. Under the witness of all the ratmen present, a broken scimitar was blessed by the God.

This is a standard scimitar. The rats don't use this weapon very often. To be precise, Sheng Qi's Western Expeditionary Force doesn't use such weapons.

In the Eastern Army of the Rat War, as more and more scimitars were seized, young rats began to wield these strange weapons. This trend is gradually spreading, and some rat warriors have scimitars on their waists.

The blessing of the gods fell on a weapon, a half-elf weapon, and a broken half-elf scimitar.

The hair on Sheng Qi's body has completely exploded, and his body began to tremble slightly.

The gods blessed a broken half-elf scimitar.

Sheng Qi felt that he was dead.

Even his body began to tremble, but what he didn't notice was that the stagnant atmosphere on the field gradually dissipated at this moment.

The temple guard leader who was kneeling on the ground raised his head, stood up again, and came to the broken scimitar blessed by the gods without any disdain.

Raised it carefully, raised it high.

At this time, Sheng Qi's eyes were a little dull, perhaps regretting why he came to join in the fun. He felt that he was going to be executed. On this treetop, if these temple guards wanted to kill him, they would not have to spend much effort.

He regretted it very much now. If he had known this, he should have transferred all the troops to the bottom of the treetop.

Sheng Qi did not regret his greed.

It was because of greed that he still had thoughts about the blessing of the gods, so he came to the scene of this grand sacrifice, thinking whether it was possible that the blessing from the gods might not fall on the leader of the temple guards who stepped onto the altar, but on him. After all, he was the commander of this war, although he personally sold the leading right of this sacrifice.

But Sheng Qi still had some thoughts about the gift of the gods.

Until the gift fell, it fell on a broken half-elf scimitar.

He felt that he was doomed, until the leader of the temple guards raised his scimitar high in the air, until the elite temple guards knelt down under the sacred altar.

Until the fanatical shouts echoed above the sacred tree canopy at this time.

Sheng Qi came back to his senses from his daze.

In fact, even if he mobilized all the troops, it would not be difficult for the temple guards to kill him.

The distance between the two sides was too close.

Even if Sheng Qi mobilized the skinning giant rats that he had raised at a high price, it would only be a little troublesome for the temple guards.

The temple guards who could gather here today were not simple beings. Du Yuan's release of blood mushrooms first benefited those guys who were not short of blood mushrooms.

The blood mushrooms in their hands were more abundant. Under the promotion of blood mushrooms, a group of the most elite temple guards were no longer targeting ordinary senior rat warriors. Even those elites were much weaker than them. They were targeting those real rat warlords.

The temple guards have always been the most elite army in the rat kingdom, even though this army has never really set foot on the battlefield.

He looked past the temple guards who were kneeling on the ground and listened to the fanatical shouts.

"Great God, Great God!

Great God!"

These temple guards who often stood in the temple without a smile cheered enthusiastically. When these extremely powerful temple guards shouted to the gods, they were still like ordinary rats who would only repeat a few simple words.

Sheng Qi's expression was a little more confused, and he looked at the temple guard leader standing on the high altar.

Sheng Qi ignored a serious problem. He was not qualified to choose many things, especially when the things were so important to him. No matter whether they were good or bad, gorgeous or ordinary, the most important thing was to have them first.

The most important thing was that you had them.

The temple guards got what they wanted, and the enthusiastic cheers echoed for a long time above the towering treetops of the sacred oak.

Sheng Qi survived.

The temple guards brought out a heavy box, and the leader carefully put the broken half-elf scimitar with a hazy glow in his hand into the box.

This blessing was actually more unbearable and inferior than what Sheng Qi saw.

Even though it received the dazzling holy light, the broken half-elf scimitar was plated with a touch of gold, but the gold was not constant, and even dimmed visibly with the passage of time. Even though the light did not fade quickly, the inconsistent light was still a reality.

It may not take long, or it may take a little time, but in the end, when the light fades, this broken half-elf scimitar will return to normal.

This is not even a blessing, because the light wrapped around this broken scimitar will eventually disappear completely at a certain moment.

But it is obvious that the temple guards don't care about this.

After doing all this, the temple guards solemnly guarded the heavy box and were about to leave.

Sheng Qi wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The leader of the temple guards did not leave with the team. After doing all this, he finally had some free time and came to Sheng Qi.

The mask was pulled up. This was a rat man with white hair like a white rat.

He ignored Sheng Qi's strange expression of wanting to say something but not being able to.

He said with a smile.

"Commander Sheng Qi, thank you for this opportunity. I still have a gift here."

Sheng Qi wanted to refuse. After this series of shocks, he had a little more rejection of these guys in front of him.

Until one box after another appeared in front of him.

Another team of temple guards appeared. This team of temple guards was equally powerful. One box after another was lifted up by them and brought to Sheng Qi.

The leader of the temple guards casually opened the lid of a box. The thing that caught his eye immediately changed Sheng Qi's expression.

He had already faced a lot of shocks tonight, and for a while he didn't know how to deal with it.

The chaotic emotions made Sheng Qi a little overwhelmed, but his body's instinct still reflected his most direct feelings at this time.

His breathing became heavy unconsciously.

These things are blood mushrooms, not ordinary blood mushrooms, but the most colorful and high-quality blood mushrooms. This is indeed a gift that he cannot refuse no matter what, a precious gift.

The words in his mouth were swallowed, in the big smile of the temple guard leader in front of him.

Some dangerous words were uttered, and hesitation appeared on Sheng Qi's face again. Just looking at the boxes piled up in front of him, just thinking about the blood mushrooms piled up in these boxes, the words of refusal were no longer uttered by Sheng Qi.

The rats have always been straightforward and honest about their greed.

"The old era will eventually come to an end, but who will take charge of the new era is still uncertain.

But I think the power of a ratman should still be quite different.

Who do you want to choose, Commander Sheng Qi?"

At this moment, the big smile of the temple guard leader was a little more smiling. Sheng Qi, who was being watched, was a little more flustered for no reason. He turned his head to avoid it, but he also ignored the look that the temple guard leader was looking at him at this time.

That look was the same as the look he showed when he looked at the blood mushroom.

It was also greedy.

It's just that Sheng Qi's greed was for the blood mushroom, while the greed of the temple guard was for Sheng Qi.