Chapter 205, Groundhog Man
Sheng Qi still sneered at the so-called ore spirit that these guys were fanatically pursuing.
If messing with those broken stones could make the great gods bless them, then why did they have to run to the depths of the grassland to fight a bloody battle with the heretic coalition?
Everyone had already gone to dig stones.
However, although he sneered, Sheng Qi still did not stop these guys from doing so. After all, those powerful war machines still depended on these guys.
Moreover, tolerating them to mess with this broken thing could gain their loyalty. Even if they were discovered by the temple guards and came to the door, he could just shirk his responsibility and say he didn't know, and push these weird big-clawed priests out to take the blame.
It was a win-win situation, so Sheng Qi naturally turned a blind eye.
In fact, this temple did not excessively touch the taboos of the ratmen. After all, no matter how unreliable the ore spirit that these guys worshipped was, they still prostrated themselves under the real great god.
This ore spirit is not a real god, but an abstract interpretation of the oracle of the great god. This situation is very common.
From the ratman statues made by the ratman saints to the vague patterns drawn with blood in the corners of the ratman city, they are all worshipping the great gods, but the great gods they worship are a little different.
However, these things are not recognized.
This so-called ore spirit is also such a thing.
Sheng Qi did not take it too seriously. With his connivance, a temple dedicated to huge gears was born.
In exchange for the loyalty and hard work of these guys, this secret city relying on the sacred oak tree is rapidly improving.
This will be the bargaining chip and foundation belonging to Sheng Qi.
Of course, there are risks.
There is a great risk, because this blood pool was left to him by the temple guards.
A city that is temporarily unrecorded can certainly avoid the arrival of the rat lord and the appointment of the rat council, but it also represents a problem.
The temple guards can also take it back at any time. As long as a simple record and report are made, the so-called secret of Sheng Qi's city is just a joke.
But Sheng Qi still did it, because of the situation in the rat kingdom at this time, he bet that even if he fell out with those temple guards and the matter was reported to the rat council, it would not be taken care of for the time being.
Besides, these temple guards are not anxious, at least not as anxious as those senior rat priests.
A part of the army and most of the big claw priests were left behind for the construction of the city.
Sheng Qi began to prepare the army, and he will continue to move forward with the Western Expeditionary Force.
After being cheated by those damned rat priests once, Sheng Qi certainly would not let everything fall on those temple guards.
It's not that there is no solution. At least now, he has the confidence to support a war alone.
No need to feel helpless and sell the sacrifice together.
What if he can also get the attention of the gods?
God-given Sheng Qi, a good name.
Casting his eyes to the end of the rolling hills, Sheng Qi also had a little more expectation.
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Facing this anxious situation, a meeting was held within the Western Expeditionary Force, and the leaders and kings of various races gathered together.
The casualties in the past few days are far from unacceptable to them, or in other words, they are not unacceptable to those powerful races, because most of the cannon fodder pushed to the front line to die are warriors of some weak races.
Rabbit people, fox people, dog people, these weak races with strong reproductive ability, scattered like weeds in various places on this grassland, were used as vanguards and pushed onto the battlefield.
Their leader also sat at the end of the meeting, with a sad face, and there was even an extra seat. The leader of a group of rabbits died in the cruel war yesterday, and his flag was taken away, creating the birth of a rat warlord.
The discussion was not smooth, and there were too many voices in the coalition, but it did not reach the point of disbanding unhappily because of the existence of the gods.
Finally, a plan was given. The huge grassland coalition was divided into two parts. The main force continued to besiege the large rat army that stopped here, while the separated army was to cross the deep pit dug by the rats and attack the rear of the rats.
The wolf orcs shared their understanding and intelligence of the rats, and the underground tunnel was also discovered by the grassland coalition.
The grassland coalition began to look for the underground tunnel connected to the deep pit, and there was some clues, but there was only one problem.
The powerful races in the grassland coalition did not have the talent to fight in narrow underground tunnels.
Even if the underground tunnel dug by the rats was discovered, who would cut it off?
This is a problem. The powerful race sitting in the front row of the meeting kept looking back until they landed on two anxious guys.
There were only two of them in the grassland coalition who were proficient in underground warfare.
One group is rabbit people, who have the habit of digging caves.
As for the other group, it is a bit interesting, because it is also a group of rat people.
A rat man who was stared at by the leaders and kings of many powerful races with inexplicable eyes felt a little uneasy. He tried hard to shrink his body behind him, but where could he hide in this narrow meeting place?
There are also rat people in this grassland, which is not surprising. Rat people have strong adaptability.
Moreover, this group of rat people has some specializations compared to normal rat people, with larger and sharper teeth, and a fatter and taller body. Compared with rat people, there is a more appropriate name for them.
Groundhogs.
They are a little stronger than ordinary rat people, but they are still rat people after all. The apprentice god who chose this group of guys as his followers is also an unlucky guy who failed to anchor several times in a row.
But he is not strong. He is not as strong as Du Yuan himself, and the groundhogs under him are far less powerful than the rat people under Du Yuan.
Although it is somewhat embarrassing that even though Du Yuan's rat kingdom has gradually expanded to the point where it can fight the powerful coalition formed by the various tribes of the grassland, in terms of individual strength, an ordinary rat warrior is probably no match for an ordinary marmot warrior.
But in terms of overall strength, this group of marmots cannot even compare to a fraction of the rat kingdom.
Relying on their own weakness and habit of hiding underground, this group of guys and their apprentice gods anchored to them have survived to this day, and then were discovered by the gods of the grassland.
Of course, the main body of the war is the upright confrontation, but occasionally some strange tricks will also be used.
The war continues.
The real main body of the grassland coalition, the armies of those powerful races, began to set foot on the battlefield.
A large group of centaurs broke away from the grassland coalition and ran towards the rear of the rats.
At the same time, the underground tunnels built by the rats were also dug.
Simple landfilling cannot effectively block the underground tunnels dug by the ratmen. For the ratmen, it is just a matter of making a detour through the underground tunnels.
The Great Claw Priests are very skilled. After all, their main business is digging holes and tunnels. Even if you keep a close eye on these underground tunnels and even use special means to monitor, it will only make the ratmen dig deeper and deeper and more complicated underground tunnels.
It is not that the half-elves have not taken precautions against the ratmen's digging behavior. The result is the intricate underground network that still remains at the root of the sacred oak tree.
As for personally drilling underground to fight these ratmen, their warriors are also elite.
However, in the battle of the underground network, the half-elves were beaten back step by step.
In order to completely swallow the Eastern Expeditionary Force led by Rat War, the Grassland Alliance gave two directions, one is to continue to attack, and the other is to cut off the rear.
When the city was swallowed up one after another and the rear was rotten, could the ratmen still provide continuous reinforcements to this battlefield?
At the same time, the rabbits were driven into the underground tunnel to fight the rats, and they did not expect that these weak rabbits could cut off the rats' underground tunnels.
In order to cover the progress of another matter.
The rabbits who were driven into the underground tunnel faced a group of young rats in fear. After a brief commotion, the two looked at each other. The big claw priest did not expect to encounter such a scene.
The two sides looked at each other.
Until this group of young rats gradually realized a problem. The group of guys on the opposite side seemed very scared. The group of guys on the opposite side seemed to be afraid of them.
Gradually, there was a little more commotion.
The rats were indeed cowardly, but the premise of cowardice was when facing those who were far stronger than them, and the rabbits were not in this group.
The young rats took the initiative to attack the group of rabbits. The two sides fought together. The young rats confirmed their guess that this was a group of cowardly guys, and excitedly began to kill cruelly.
This group of rabbit warriors should not be so embarrassed, at least not when facing the young ratman, but they were too nervous and afraid.
The battle ended quickly.
The young rats were excited to collect the spoils, but they were whipped by the big claw priest, driving them to move forward.
In a panic, a young ratman bumped into a tall and strong figure.
After getting up again, he became a little more angry, waving his arms, but saw a tall figure.
The action paused.
There was a little more confusion in his eyes.
Why is this guy so tall?
The anger on his face disappeared unconsciously, and a trace of flattery was squeezed out. The whip of the big claw priest behind him came down and hit the young ratman with a flattering expression. The painful wail sounded, and he ran into the large army not far away and disappeared.
The big claw priest's eyes turned to the tall ratman who was blocking the road.
The tall rat man's body became a little stiffer, and he even began to tremble. The big claw priest didn't pay attention to the abnormality of the tall rat man, and he became a little confused.
Did I bring such a tall young rat man?
A doubt arose.