Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 428 Common Features

He waved his hand to indicate that Oliveira should not pay too much attention to it. Imrik admired this inspiring soldier very much, and he could be regarded as one of the best young people in Caledor besides the Dragon Prince class.

Walking up a few steps, I looked at the deep pit that Oliveira had been watching. A large group of jungle snakes lay on the rat man who had been dead for a long time, tearing off the stinking carrion with their sharp teeth.

The dark red blood that had lost its temperature seeped into the ground. It should have been a group of snakes of various colors, but they kept walking through the pile of corpses and were dyed blood red.

There are at least hundreds of ratman corpses in the deep pit, and each corpse has more than ten snakes entwined, like red tentacles twitching non-stop, it looks extraordinarily cruel and bloody.

"Tell me, what you found." Imrik didn't show any strangeness. The cruelty of Sotek's priests may only be comparable to that of Norsca, but as long as they are dealing with destructive forces, the more cruel they are, the better.

Seeing that the prince was not angry, Oliveira turned around and continued to squat, telling what he had seen and heard in the past few years,

"I think Sotek and the Ratman seem to be in a very contradictory state. It doesn't mean a war confrontation, but a kind of thinking between the two sides."

"For example, the group of snakes eating the carrion of rats in the deep pit, according to the study of Lustria species by the army mage, under normal circumstances, almost all snakes are not interested in carrion, but the influence of Sotek Now, even the nature of these snakes has been changed."

"This seems to be a very normal thing, even those red-crowned skinks may eat some carrion to express their loyalty to Sotek." Imrik folded his chest and continued to watch the movement in the deep pit. Wait for Oliveira to explain clearly, otherwise he will return to the mine to serve.

Oliveira paused for a while, as if he was thinking about the words, and after thinking clearly, he explained, "But if you put the matter of eating carrion on the ratman, it becomes a very normal thing. It seems that the way the Sotek sect grows is to use the Ratman method to continuously strengthen itself."

"Whether it's the carrion of rats in these deep pits, or the endless blood sacrifice of the snake god prophet in the pyramid, this is completely different from other sacrificial methods of the lizard people."

"State your conclusions."

"I speculate that the Sotek sect revived Sotek by absorbing the characteristics of the rat people. A kind of hatred for the rat people makes the teachings full of blood, but the result is that they themselves also have the characteristics of the rat people." Oliveira thought for a moment, and said a question that had been pondered for a long time,
"Furthermore, according to the prophecy of the snake god prophet, Sotek will swallow the horned rat. It is said that most of the offspring that Illiniel will give birth to will be wiped out, so as to restore its authority. Is it possible to make a guess that Sotek will If the horned rat swallows it, it will gain the power of the horned rat, or in other words, these are its own powers. The premise of doing this is that Sotek itself has the possibility of swallowing the horned rat."

After finishing speaking, it seemed that Oliveira felt that this kind of speculation was a bit unrealistic. After all, speculation about gods is the most ridiculous, since we don't even know what we are, how can mortals guess what its essence is.

"Of course, this is just my unrealistic guess. The Sotek sect's hatred of the Ratman is obvious to all. If Sotek really has some mysterious connection with the Horned Rat, it seems that this attitude should not be taken."

"What you said is very interesting. Write a detailed report and submit it to me, just before tonight." Imrik is somewhat interested in this, although Oliveira's example is a bit unrealistic, using Illinier is the father of the underground god of the elven pantheon, but this idea is very interesting.

A kind of presupposition appeared in this line of thinking. The reason why the Sotek sect can develop to this day is that it can use the ratmen to perform blood sacrifices, so that Sotek can continue to send blessings; Two completely opposite things cannot coexist. Only the existence of a common characteristic can allow itself to develop continuously.

The Sotek sect gained power from the Ratman as a sacrifice, but what did the Ratman gain from it?

Imrik thought about the time of the end, when the horned rat successfully replaced Slaanesh as one of the four gods, he could not help but narrow his eyes slightly, looking at the wriggling snakes in the deep pit, it seemed that it was no longer so disgusting.

Oliveira nodded slightly to show that he understood, stood up and bowed his head and asked the prince, "What other orders do you have?"

"Hurry up and write this report. I don't like adjectives, and I don't care whether the words are used to express respect."

Finally, after Oliveira nodded to the two people behind him, he chose to go back to his residence with a large sword that was as tall as a man. Since the prince said so, he must have no way to deal with the next military affairs.

After listening to the conversation between the two, Creon took two steps forward, separated from Imrica, and looked at the carrion ceremony that was still going on in the deep pit together.

For this kind of barbaric and bloody ceremony, although the flame-born knight who has experienced many battles will not have physical disgust, he still has disgust on his face, asking the prince who is still watching,

"Do you think Oliveira has a point? It sounds like a third-rate tavern poet singing about what it's like to have a war hydra that you've never even seen before."

"There are some problems, but it is still a possibility. We need to find any clues in it. Even the nonsense of the tavern poet needs to be analyzed for a while." Imric responded to Creon, although in just a few years , My personal guards have changed a few people, but fortunately, they are strong enough and loyal enough, so they don't have to pay too much attention to what they say.

Creon continued to frown. Oliveira's words were actually not difficult to understand. The traditional dualism of elves is deeply rooted, especially the relationship between the heavenly gods and the underground gods. The two sides are not in absolute opposition. There is a common characteristic that can be converted into each other at some point.

This is why even though Asul hated Druzzi, he still thought that they were just like him, they were one of the few elves in this world, and every life was very precious.

But if it is placed on Sotek and the Horned Rat, it seems that there is no clue of the integration of duality and opposites at all, only absolute hatred and contempt, just like Caledo did to Drucci.

"It's still hard for me to understand the meaning of these words, but since you think what Oliveira said makes sense, I will ask someone to urge him to complete the report."

Elvis, who had been listening in, wanted to intervene. The so-called urging of the Flame Knight was definitely not to supervise the completion of writing, but to ask Oliveira to consider every word and every sentence. If there is a point that is unclear, I'm afraid it's just a kind education.

But seeing the two elders remain silent, the young man could only cover his mouth and suppress his inner thoughts.

(End of this chapter)