Alien world

Chapter 1674, Section 307: The High Priest's Information
On the new day, the reconnaissance airship detected traces of demons on the ground.

The demons, all out of their lairs, rushed over.

The reconnaissance airship issued a warning, but the Stoan ratmen still showed no intention of leaving.

The Rodent Clan, which had been bombarded by gargoyles for a day and was still being bombarded, would have no chance of stopping the surging demonic tide if they only had the strength they displayed on the surface.

Setting aside their outrageous and insane speculations, there's only one possibility left—they actually have the confidence to solve the problem?

The outline of the demonic tide appeared at the horizon, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The ratmen are used to overwhelming their enemies with swarms of rats; one wonders what they feel now that they've been served up as a sacrifice by the demons.

The number of low-level demons is not actually that large, only a few hundred thousand, but they are by no means pure expendable like slave rats. Whether fighting one or a group, they are aimed at elite rats.

Not to mention that among them are core forces such as Berserkers and Succubi, as well as high-ranking demons such as Demon Overlords and Temptresses...

The Demon Overlord was exactly like the hellfire soldiers in Annan's fantasy: a towering three-meter-tall body with a purplish-black skin covered with cracked magma-patterned hard skin, and two crown-shaped horns.

Even the scrap metal of an elite rat can't pierce its naturally hard hide; even a champion rat needs to gang up on it to fight a demon overlord to a draw.

There are dozens of such demonic overseers in the demonic tide.

The Rodent Clan Elder, Cockroach, screamed, "They're coming!"

The fel energy shield that had been reluctant to be opened all day finally rose.

The six-armed serpent demon, who had personally gone to the battlefield, sneered: "Is it still useful to open your turtle shell now?"

bang bang bang-

Amidst the sound of war drums, the demonic tide crashed against the fel energy shield.

The sky suddenly turned into a fiery red furnace, and a large number of fire meteors fell straight down towards the fel energy shield, smashing the shield with continuous booming sounds.

The largest meteor crashed down, transforming into flames that suddenly rose hundreds of meters high at the edge of the protective shield. From within the flames, a 30-meter-tall fire giant slowly rose.

Fire demon.

Thick, long horns pierced the sky, and incandescent magma surged from cracks in its obsidian-like skin. As its nearly 100-meter-wide demonic wings unfurled, a terrifying shockwave overturned everything around it, including friendly forces.

The Rat King inside the fel shield was like a child before it. The Balrog drew two lava greatswords from the flames in front of it and slashed fiercely at the fel shield—

The lava giant sword sliced ​​through the red-hot metal ingot like two butter knives, melting the moment it touched the protective shield.

"Ok?"

This scene not only stunned the Flame Demon, but also made the six-armed serpent demon in the center of the demonic tide narrow its eyes.

From within the fel energy shield, a hoarse voice, not belonging to a cockroach, rang out.

"You devilish thing, let's talk."

……

As a major battle was about to erupt, an eerie silence suddenly fell inside and outside the fel energy shield.

"Why aren't they moving?" the goblin holding the telescope murmured in surprise.

"Oh no, retreat immediately!"

The fleet, which was floating on the sea and ready to pick up the ratmen at any moment, was terrified and retreated in a panic.

Fortunately, on the frozen battlefield, no one paid attention to the flies in the distance.

The reconnaissance airship returned to the outpost with news of the sudden ceasefire between the Stoan ratmen and the demons.

It seems to be the third possibility, Little Smo thought.

Something must have happened within the Rodent Clan that they were unaware of.

"...The Ratman High Priest?"

The six-armed serpent demon stared intently at the fel energy projection shown in front of him.

Unlike the high priest of the McKenna rats, the high priest of the Stun rats had taken on a somewhat human form, gripping a staff shaped like a spine, his back hunched like an old man's. Sparse, pale fur that revealed his loose skin made him look like an uncivilized monkey.

She wouldn't underestimate the Skaven High Priest just because of his appearance.

As the white rat with the highest Skaven bloodline, the true leader of the Skaven clan, and the high priest who still wielded the power of evil energy even in turbulent times, its status was comparable to that of Lady Lilith.

Annan could never have imagined that the high priest of the Stunn clan, whom he had been longing for... well, not that much longing for, had actually infiltrated the Rodent clan.

"The Six-Armed Serpent Demon, the Stunn clan, has come with a desire to cooperate."

"Demons don't need cooperation, they only need enemies," the six-armed serpent demon said coldly.

You won't do that.

Is it not that we can't do it, but that we don't know how to do it?

The six-armed serpent demon remained noncommittal, but a thought arose that it seemed they could have a talk.

Biros disliked the ratmen. In her view, they were no different from low-level demons—both were mindless cannon fodder, easy to exploit. Stunn was also a ratman, but at least she could be considered an intelligent being.

Moreover, Lady Lilith sent the Ratman High Priest to the far north not simply to have him fight a bloody battle—it's mainly because she couldn't win.

The fel energy shield easily blocked the Balrog's attack, making the six-armed serpent demon wary; the ratman high priest before him was clearly at his peak.

The Balrog retreated behind her, its flames receding, and stood there like a magma giant.

"How do you want to cooperate?"

The Skaven High Priest was not surprised by the Six-Armed Serpent Demon's attitude, which was also the reason it had come in person: "The clan needs fertile ground to thrive..."

Without hesitation, Lilith replied, "This is the territory of demons!"

"The clans predate you demonic creatures by several hundred years."

Lilith sneered, "When humans built fortresses in the north to block us a thousand years ago, you ratmen were still wallowing in the swamps of the south."

"You can't stop the imperial stuff."

Lilith knew this too, but all the pressure exerted in the negotiations was essentially to force the other party to back down and concede more benefits: "The Empire is in turmoil and can't take care of itself, while the Demon Lords are constantly crossing the portal and coming to the Prime Material Plane in person in the future. The mere Empire can't stop us."

"The devilish thing needs an ally to help you share the burden."

"Our enemy is humanity. Do you think your Sturne 'things' can take them down?"

"The Holy Race is not good at charging into battle."

"The Macken ratmen are only superficially allied with us; would you betray them?"

"The thirteen clans of the Rat People are of one blood and share the same roots."

Biluos narrowed her snake-like eyes: "Then what's the point of cooperating with you?"

The Skaven High Priest said calmly, "What if I told you... that the Empire's weakness was a facade?"

The six-armed serpent demon's face, covered in fine scales, finally showed a hint of seriousness: "Where's the evidence?"

"The Blackwatch creatures that escaped back to Middle-earth are imprisoned in the Inquisition. They will soon be hanged, but it's all an act. They will be saved. Human creatures will turn their attention to you. Then the Empire will march north and wipe out any alien races they see."

The demon army is less than two months away from Middle-earth. If it's true... given the strength of that human empire, a surprise attack would indeed inflict heavy losses on the front lines.

"The Macken Ratmen know about this too?"

"They may not know."

(End of this chapter)