Chapter 221, The Contract Between the Temple Guard and the Grassland Lord

As the guys who fled in panic on the grassland were liquidated, the temple guards, contrary to their usual practice, intervened in the subsequent construction and planning of the rat city on this vast grassland with a strong attitude.

Such a plan was given.

A fortress city and several regional cities were set up in an area to form an urban community.

Such a plan caused dissatisfaction and turmoil. After all, in the plan of the temple guards, only the fortress city could build the temple. Naturally, this fortress city would become the absolute center of this area.

This is not a problem, but the problem is that this city will not be appointed by the rat lord, but will be directly led by the temple guards.

If this plan is pushed forward, it is equivalent to the temple guards becoming the actual controllers of this vast grassland.

After the radical faction among the senior rat priests was destroyed, the senior rat priests gradually lost control of the faith in the rat kingdom.

The temple guards took their place, which was a good move. After all, compared to the fierce internal fighting and mutual consumption of the rat priests, the temple guards who were always silent and not good at holding high the name of God took over this position, which was a good thing for everyone in the rat kingdom except the rat priests.

After all, the position of the temple guards was different from that of the senior rat priests. Even if they were powerful and held such authority, they were still a group of guards and would not cross the line.

The senior rat priests did not mind crushing the other party in the name of God. They were priests and messengers of God, and the concepts of each senior rat priest were still mixed. They all thought they were the most pious and the most unique.

This group of guys was the most noisy.

The temple guards took over the senior rat priests' right to speak, or in other words, the temple guards temporarily took away the rat priests' right to speak. No one in the rat kingdom objected, and the only senior rat priests who wanted to object were powerless because they took over cities one after another and became rat lords, and they also fought fiercely among themselves.

But it was only a temporary share. In the entire rat kingdom, only the rat priests could be regarded as the true messengers of God. This part of the right to speak could not be completely taken away. However, after the temple guards took it, it would not be easy for the rat priests to take it back.

The temple guards hold the most fundamental thing, power.

Given the current situation of the rat priests, unless a guy who can suppress all the objections in the rat priest group turns out, it will be difficult to successfully take back this part of the right to speak.

The most important thing is that such guys do exist. White Rat is one of them. Although these senior rat priests are all resentful of White Rat, in fact, as long as White Rat waves his hand and gets close to these guys, they will immediately put down everything in their hands and rush back to the Desolate Mountains to show their loyalty.

It’s just a pity that White Rat doesn’t have such an idea.

The temple guards were still too eager to take over the only fortress city that could build the temple, which triggered the rat lords’ resolute counterattack.

The demise of the radicals brought them a sense of sadness. You took away part of the right to interpret the faith, but you are so eager to hold the lifeline of these guys who turned into rat lords to take over the city?

Are you really treating them as soft persimmons?

The radical move of the temple guards triggered a fierce confrontation. A large group of rat mercenaries were mobilized by the throwing of blood mushrooms. The rat lords, or rather, the senior rat priests of the rat lords, were not quiet guys.

In the lush forest, under the eyes of the white rats, they had fought a real civil war with the rats, not to mention that they were now forced by the temple guards.

Soon, a huge mixed mercenary force was assembled, and the temple guards were a little more worried.

This mixed mercenary force was of course not a big problem. The gathered temple guards were still stationed in the fortress behind the scarlet pit and had not completely dispersed. It only took one or two charges to defeat this mixed mercenary force.

It is easy to defeat this mixed mercenary group, but it cannot change the tense situation at this time. This group of senior rat priests is far from being buried. At this point, the more you oppress them, the more fiercely they will counterattack. How much does it cost to recruit this mixed mercenary group?

If they are forced into a corner, it will not be difficult to raise ten more mercenary groups, or simply break the contract and start formal preparations for the regular army. There are indeed no excellent war commanders among the senior rat priests, but this does not mean that there is no qualified war force in the group of rat priests.

It is only a thought for them to awaken the group of excluded war priests. According to the mobilization ability and resources of these guys, it is not difficult to forcibly raise a regular rat army.

And this is not even the worst case. The senior rat priests left because of their internal divisions and the spreading struggles and grievances. However, under the huge threat brought by the temple guards, these guys showed signs of uniting again.

As a last resort, the leader of the temple guards went into the rat cities alone to talk with the rat lords.

This was a great show of weakness and gave enough face to the rat lords, in exchange for a easing of the situation and a solution in which both sides took a step back.

The fortress city will still be managed by the temple guards, but there will be no more things except things related to faith. Whether it is a breeding room, a planting room, or a series of other basic measures, these will not appear in the fortress city. It will become a pure faith city.

Such concessions greatly weakened the autonomy of the fortress city. After all, after losing these measures, the fortress city can only rely on other normal cities in the same area to support and maintain it.

The fortress city lost its autonomy, but retained its absolute central position. The regional city was forced to be tied to the fortress city, but it could also check and balance the fortress city.

In this way, both sides were castrated, and in the mutual checks and balances and complementarity, such a plan that both sides could accept was reached.

Grassland City.

The temple guards and the rat lords engraved the pattern on the stone slab again, and the contract was officially signed.

The rat lords reached a settlement with the temple guards.