Warlords of the witcher world
Chapter 41 The Truth About the Rat Man
Chapter 41 The Truth About the Rat Man
That night, at Cheveny, the victors gave a great banquet.
Although there are piles of Ratman corpses outside the city, tonight is not the time to clean up these corpses. The important thing now is to celebrate the victory, and it doesn't matter if those things are left alone.
Cheveny opened up their shabby storehouse and brought out the best things in it for guests.
Although it has been under siege for so long, there are still good things in the warehouses of this city, such as spices from Serikania.
The Cheveny people were not worried about the food problem. The reinforcements brought a large amount of food, which was enough for them to eat for two months, and this time was enough for food from other places to be brought in.
After all, the siege has been lifted, and food will be brought in one after another.
All had a great time at the feast, especially the defenders and residents of Cheverny.
Their food was generally reduced before, such a big meal was something they didn't dare to think about before, and now they naturally want to let themselves go and eat back what was once lacking.
Seeing how they were eating and drinking, Herme felt a little appalling. Fortunately, these people were not hungry for a long time, otherwise something would happen if they ate like this.
People who have been hungry for a long time, if they suddenly ingest a large amount of food, their bodies will definitely not be able to bear it, and the next step will be to die alive.
Herme drank with Volod in the main seat, but they didn't drink Hackland vodka, which made Herme feel comfortable.
Volod knew the old friend didn't like that stuff, so they drank the Toussaint wine that Herme had brought.
The wine in the wine country is still very good, not inferior to the traditional drinks of the Cossacks, but what this land likes is vodka, so the wine can only spread among a small number of people.
However, as leaders, after drinking for a while, they began to discuss the war, and there was nothing else to discuss anyway.
"Are you asking where the Ratmen first appeared? Well, it was in the north of Ward at first, where the news of the Ratmen's attack first came, it was close to the ancient tombs, and there was also the village where the child-abducting monster first abducted , is also close to the ancient tomb.”
"Ancient tomb?"
Hearing this name, Herme trembled. This name sounds very interesting.
A place like the ancient tomb sounds like it has something to do with an evil conspiracy, and Herme felt that most of what he was looking for was there.
"It existed there before our ancestors crossed the Blue Mountains, at least when our ancestors came. There are many Hackland tombs, and there are tombs on the ground and underground. There are also many huge stone statues. Our ancestors once We ransacked the place and basically took away the rich things, and since then we have left this place in the cold, no one cares about this place, and no one settles down, who wants to live in a pile of graves."
When mentioning the ancient tombs, Volod seemed to have opened up a chatterbox. Obviously, he was very interested in talking about things in his territory.
"However, from time to time, it is always reported that someone has discovered a new ancient tomb on the ancient tomb that was not found in the past. Whenever such news spreads, a large group of people will go to dig, but most of them will return empty-handed after all. , and some will stay there forever.”
"Stay there?"
Herme cares most about this, what kind of monsters are there in the ancient tomb?
"There are always demon spirits in some ancient tombs. If you encounter a demon spirit, you will overturn the car. Although we all have some methods to deal with them, these methods are not necessarily effective."
Volod shrugged and offered a little silence to the grave robbers, but only a little.
Herme still lamented that being a tomb robber in this world is dangerous enough, and demon spirits are enough to deal with most tomb robbers.
Thinking of this, Herme wondered if some people would intentionally cultivate demon spirits in the tomb to guard the tomb.
Such situations do exist, but the conditions for the appearance of demon spirits are never absolute, and the conditions for the appearance of demon spirits are very strict, so this can only be done by chance.
Then Herme shook her head, really, why did her thoughts suddenly shift.
"Volod, I'm thinking that if we want to find the Ratmen, we probably have to start with this ancient tomb post."
Naturally, Herme thought that if he wanted to find the Ratman, he had to go to this place. No matter what, this place looked suspicious.
"Herme, you really think the same as me."
Volod drank all the wine in the glass. In fact, he also liked the taste of wine, but he never said it.
"After everything here is arranged, I will ride there with you. Those rats completely destroyed my territory this time. Most of the people in the territory died in their hands. I want them to pay the price."
Indeed, Herme, who had walked all the way, had a stronger understanding of this than anyone else, and because of this, he couldn't help showing a look of lamentation on his face.
There are deserted villages everywhere along the way, and the same is true of other places in Ward. It seems that the land of Ward is likely to have [-] living people like Chevenny.
For an Ataman, this is indeed fatal, but after so many places in this land are vacant, it will attract many immigrants.
Now that the land of the Cossacks is in a period of peace under the rule of his father-in-law, it is still possible for Volod to restore his previous strength if he works hard.
"Ah, I said something that troubled you, come on, drink first, drink and drink, don't think about such troublesome things tonight."
Volod noticed Herme's mood changes, so he said that it would be rude to make guests feel bad because of this kind of thing, and Herme also laughed.
"Well, drink."
And next to them was Gettleman's daughter Katya. Seeing the two men's shoulders and backs, Katya suddenly felt uncomfortable for some reason.
She wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't, and the feeling made her distract herself with food and wine, to hide the emotion.
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The people above are drinking, and the people below are naturally drinking too, and they drink much more happily than the people above.
They are still very open, they can play all kinds of games, and some even get drunk and pull aside with the woman they see right, and the people next to them booed when they see this.
However, in such a happy scene, some people feel uncomfortable.
That's the witchers.
The demon hunters were alone at the table. As the heroes of this battle, they were naturally important guests. They enjoyed the food enjoyed by the chairman, which was something they couldn't normally eat, and the wine was also the best wine.
But the four here feel very uncomfortable.
As demon hunters who are often bitten by dogs, abused, and regarded as mutant monsters, it is quite normal for them to be praised as human heroes by stars.
They've only just gotten used to Hackland's non-discrimination against demon hunters, and now they're now being praised as heroes.
The demon hunters said that we are really not ready yet.
So they have been sitting in front of the table, eating and drinking in silence, they are really not used to the current situation.
But to be honest, deep down, they were very satisfied with this, which reminded them all of the scene when they had just left the school's castle as a witcher.
At that time, they all thought that they would become heroes by eradicating monsters for people, but in the end they kept insulting and insulting, and they had a broken head in front of reality.
"Come on, great heroes, let's toast this victory."
In the end, it was George who broke the silence. As the first demon hunter who came to Harkland, he was the most adapted to all this, but it was only a little better than others.
In addition, he had already become the leader of this four-person demon hunter group during this period of time, so he felt that he should be the one to break this awkward silence.
As the leader of the four demon hunters, his proposal naturally won the response of the demon hunters. They raised their glasses, toasted to celebrate the victory, and drank all the wine in the glasses.
"Ah, I really want to move the entire school here from the Koraz Desert. The Sericanians have long since given up going to the west to trade in the desert. Most of the monsters in the desert are deep in the desert, and we have received few commissions. It's pathetic. It's so nice here by comparison."
Eben’s words were full of sighs and yearning. As a witcher, it’s normal to yearn for a good place, but he regrets that the school is not in charge of him. This time he will try to persuade the leaders of the school when he returns.
Lei Suo couldn't help laughing when he heard this, which didn't match his fierce bald face very much.
As the person who has the right to speak in the Snake Sect after Iva Xieyan, his decision to move north basically means that their school has decided to move north.
Master Iva would not refuse even if he wanted to. The founder of the school founded the school. In addition to hunting monsters, the equally important thing is to fight wild hunting.
If the school can develop well in an environment, it will also be beneficial to Master Iva's plan to fight against wild hunting.
"Yes, this land is very good both in terms of people and scenery. I haven't seen the sight of a witcher being so supported and regarded as a hero for a long, long time."
George went on to sigh, as a griffin, he was most gratified by this scene, which is what the griffin school demon hunters pursue.
Their founder Elan devoted his whole life to this. If it weren't for the warlock's disgusting tricks, Elan would definitely still be fighting for the people instead of retiring early.
"Just don't let the scum in the cat faction come to make trouble again. The bad things they did will directly make us demon hunters completely rotten."
Involuntarily, Geralt said some pessimistic words,
"I heard the news. It seems that some cat factions have cooperated with the Scoia'tael and helped the Scoia'tael to assassinate them. If the car overturns and it is discovered that the witcher has confirmed the matter, our reputation will be ruined again."
The Sazarburg militia brought a lot of rumors from the West. Geralt has always been concerned with the views of the northern countries, so he has been inquiring about it.
"Have those guys in the cat school finally taken this step? They are the ones with the most blood of elves in all schools, and the mutation process is full of violence and distortion. It's not surprising that they have become like this."
George shook his head, still saddened to see his fellow witchers go down such a path.
Even if it's the depraved Cat Pie that has ruined the Witcher's reputation.
Leto didn't say anything, because to be honest, the Snake faction was also responsible for tarnishing the reputation of the demon hunters.
Although it is not as crazy as the cat, so it is not very eye-catching, but if they are to blame the cat for something, it is simply a joke.
As for Ibn, their Manticore School has been isolated from the West for a long time, and the West doesn't know much about these things, so he chose to remain silent.
Their school has little to do with these grievances and grievances. It is the correct choice not to evaluate, so as not to get involved in any disputes hastily.
After all, this is a heavy matter, so the topic is a bit out of touch.
But the silence was quickly broken, because a guy with his own stereo came over. As soon as he came, the atmosphere changed immediately.
"Hey, what are you all doing here? You all have bitter faces, shouldn't you have fun now? What a group of people who don't understand the environment."
This is naturally our Master Dan, he is still wearing the purple suit with blood on it.
Master Dan said that the banquet has to mess up the clothes anyway, so let's go to the banquet like this.
And most importantly, Cossack women like such men, because the blood represents strength and glory.
With the addition of Dandelion's face and poetry, our great poet is confident to have a threesome today.
"Geralt, why not introduce us?"
George and the others looked at Geralt. Although they all knew Dandelion's name, they still needed the gifts they should have.
"Gentlemen, this is the best art master in the north, and Dandelion, the poor poet."
Geralt could not contain his eccentric desires in the face of his nonchalant friend.
"A master of poetry."
Dandelion wasn't annoyed either, he just corrected him like this.
"Speaking of which, I'm currently preparing a majestic play. I plan to write down this war with the Ratmen. With my technology, this will definitely spread throughout the north in the future."
Subconsciously, Dandelion still boasted to himself. Geralt looked at him like this, and put his hand on his forehead, expressing that he didn't see it at all.
"This matter is not over yet, we will definitely go straight to the lair of those ratmen, and you won't come, how do you write?"
Geralt pointed mercilessly.
"Ah? Who said I won't go, I'm a rat man killer, I killed three rat men, three, don't you see the blood on my body? This is a manifestation of glory."
Seeing Dandelion showing off in front of the demon hunters who slew ratmen with an average of fifty plus, Geralt became more and more ashamed.
But other people don't have as many ideas as him, and everyone thinks it's quite fun. This master Dandelion is really interesting.
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The banquet lasted for a long time, and the whole night, people were reveling because of it, and the emotions that had been suppressed for too long were released to their heart's content.
So by the next day, the whole of Savinza was full of people drunk in rubbish and booze.
Only Rastite and the Cliff ascetics remained abstaining from drinking, and they still maintained the habit of penance.
In the land of the Cossacks, no one supports religious people, so these ascetics live on their own, which is a part of their life and will not be transferred due to changes in the environment.
As for Raskit, he danced for a whole night. He claimed that it was a dance dedicated to Clive's victory, and everyone watched it as a show. His great dance was quite entertaining.
The next day, Herme and Volod began to prepare for the expedition. Volod began to take care of Cheveny and arrange various things, while Herme continued to send out scouts to investigate the situation of the Ratmen.
It's just that Herme's scouts couldn't find anything. They didn't find any traces of the Ratmen, but they did observe a large number of ratmen moving north.
The scouts didn't chase too far, and they were afraid of being attacked by the ratmen, so they brought back the news.
After hearing the news, Herme was quite excited, because it proved that their decision to go north was correct, and most of the Ratman's lair was there.
After the news came, Volod also took care of things in his own territory.
Naturally, the next step was for the army to march towards the ancient tomb, to capture the ratmen there, and make them pay for what they did.
For this attack, Volod brought out half of the young men and women in Cheveny, that is, thousands of them. These young and middle-aged men were full of anger towards the Rat Man, and many of their family members died in the pursuit of the Rat Man. .
There are so many young and middle-aged people in Cheveney, and it is for this reason that most of the old people and children who can't run fast die on the road.
And these days, the reinforcements sent by other atamans have also arrived in Cheweni one after another. Naturally, they joined Heme's plan to invade the ancient tombs.
The newcomers were amazed by the piles of ratman corpses outside the city of Cheveny, and even more admired Herme, who had accomplished so many kills, so they all expressed their obedience to Herme.
Of course, Katya also played a very important role. As the well-known Ataman in the land of Cossacks, coupled with the daughter of Hetman, many Cossacks seem to follow her husband for granted.
So Hemei was able to lead an army of up to 3000 troops to drill into the Ratmen's lair. Hemei was sure that these [-] troops were enough to deal with the Ratmen.
Now the Ratmen are still defeated, and the rats they killed so much are the time to pursue them.
However, just in case, Herme sent many envoys outside to bring the news of the serious situation here, expressing the need for reinforcements.
Of course, it's not that Hemei thinks he can't win, but that it's just a backhand. In case of any situation, he can be sure that he can help.
In this way, Herme set off, and they followed the traces left by the Rat Man towards the Rat Man's lair. This is a vengeful army.
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On a wild road, humans and ratmen are fighting.
The Ratmen were obviously the ones who launched the ambush, and they came out from both sides of the road to attack the enemies below.
Their ambushes are well done, at least humans have not found these enemies at all, and the angle and timing of the ambush are perfect.
However, the humans who were flanked did not panic.
They stood firm in the battle unhurriedly, and faced the enemies attacking in groups, they looked like veterans.
The Ratman's ambush didn't have much effect, they didn't even disrupt the human line of defense, and not long after, a group of cavalry came from the front of the formation.
They rushed into the formation of the Ratmen decisively, used swords and horseshoes to deal with these rats, defeated the besieging Ratmen, and made them crumble.
The Ratmen fled with their tails between their legs, and it seemed that their ambush just now was like a joke.
After the Ratmen retreated, the humans only chased them for a short while, then slowly gathered their troops and pushed the Ratman corpses to the side of the road.
The corpses of comrades-in-arms were temporarily placed in a shed on the side of the road, waiting for the professional corpse collection team behind to deal with them.
Others went to rest in the nearest marching tents, which were placed at regular intervals on the marching line, filled with supplies and food for people to rest and take.
The cavalry quickly returned to the leader of the army and reported the situation of the battle to the leader. They did not have much emotional fluctuations when they reported, obviously having experienced such things many times.
"This is the first time, these days I feel that all kinds of attacks have not stopped."
Hearing the news of the attack again, Herme asked with a sigh.
Herme was also fully armed, and the Ratman had launched several attacks against human leaders before.
Since then, everyone including Herme has marched in armor.
Although he was not afraid of the Ratman's attack, it would be bad if he was plotted against by the Ratmen. For example, Hemei saw a Cossack whose head was smashed by the Ratman's stone throwing before.
"This is the No. 18 attack we have encountered since we entered the ancient tomb for two days, led by Herme."
As Herme's attendant, Viato immediately reported the information.
His task is to remember these things, report them when his master needs them, and act as a human notebook.
"Tsk tsk tsk, eighteen times, it seems that we are really on the right path. With such continuous attacks, the rats seem to have stepped on their ugly tail."
Volod, who rode alongside Heme, said, his eyes were full of pride, and he was proud of grabbing the tails of the rats.
"Their attacks are all reckless. It seems that these guys are really anxious."
Herme recalled the previous reports, ah, that was nothing to say, the Ratmen's attack was really clumsy.
Most of the time, it was a concentrated assault on a certain section of the army, but the result was blocked by the superior humans, and then the human troops coming forward and backward would eat the rats.
With so many attacks, apart from consuming a lot of rat life, the Ratman could say that they couldn't get any results.
However, being so disorganized also showed that the Ratman was indeed in a hurry.
"Speaking of which, Volod, you know these ancient tombs and stone men look really good, so no one wants to steal them?"
After briefly thinking about the Ratman, Herme looked to both sides of the road, only to see ancient tombstones and stone figures everywhere.
The combination of these scenes is quite spectacular. The tombstone and the stone man looked at the land silently for an unknown number of years, and they are still looking at it.
Although under the baptism of rain, snow and wind and frost, many details of these stones have been blurred, and although most of the descendants of their creators have forgotten these, these big men have always stood here, still looking at this land in silence.
"Steal? Why are you stealing these things? This is not to the west of you. No one will buy these things."
Volod shook his head. If these things could be sold for money, they would have been taken away long ago.
"Well... the University of Bullburg and Ben Ade College will definitely be interested in this thing. I will take a few before I leave."
Looking at those majestic stone figures, Herme said that the humanities and history departments of the two colleges mentioned above will definitely be interested in such things, and it is normal to spend a lot of money on them. Maybe some warlocks plan to dig out of them There is no such thing as ancient magic.
He knew how crazy those professors were. They would spend all their money for precious research materials.
"I really don't understand you people from the west," Volod said. "It's strange that you are interested in such stones. We just think these things are an eyesore."
Herme just smiled, then shrugged, and didn't comment on Volod's words. The social environment is different, and one society cannot be used to judge another society.
"Lord Herme! Lord Volod!"
While the two were joking, a Cossack scout came up to them on horseback.
"I found something outrageous ahead, you must come and see it, and you must see it with your own eyes."
Herme and Volod exchanged glances, ah, it looks like they found it.
It's just that they haven't imagined that the discovered thing is so outrageous. Even Herme didn't expect to see such a sight.
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"This, this, this, this is too outrageous!"
Volod exclaimed, his tone full of shock, and Herme's state was similar to his.
Because what appeared in front of them was a big spiraling pit. God knows how long it took to dig this pit to make it so deep and so big.
The most outrageous thing is the bottom of the pit. There is actually a white palace at the bottom of the pit?
The bottom of the pit is a complex of buildings mixed with a lot of Sericanian styles. The entire building is made of white stone, so it is still different from the serious Sericanian style, but it also makes it have a different style.
"Oh, that's a pretty thing, if only there were a painter here."
Herme heard Dandelion's voice, and the great poet was still as frivolous as ever.
The building was clearly not fully excavated, and much of it was still buried in the sand.
You can also see many ratmen digging desperately in it. The number of ratmen surprised Herme, who didn't expect there to be so many rats.
Leaving so many troops unused, they have been using those remnants and defeated generals and Hermeyers all the time. It seems that digging this thing is really very important to the Ratman.
Hemei suddenly had a strong feeling that under this, he would find the truth of everything.
"It seems that the Ratmen kept attacking us on the road for this reason."
Hemei sighed that he had discovered many things that surprised him during this trip to Ward, but he didn't expect to find something even more surprising here.
The leaders all look like this, so there is no need to say more below.
The Cossacks were stunned by what they saw. They had never seen anything like this before, and the reaction of the militiamen in Fort Sazar was even more unbearable.
Even Katya couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes.
And if someone could see Rastite's eyes, they would find that he was staring at the bottom of the pit, as if there was something that hated him deeply.
The same is true for the Cliff ascetics behind him.
"Master Volod, let's get ready to go down and see what kind of tricks these mice are playing below."
Herme saw the spiral downward road, through this road, they could go to the bottom of the pit, and this road was quite big enough for a large army to drive down.
"Okay, come on, let's see what's got these rats up to now, and see what they're up to."
Volod responded, his tone high with emotion, and together the two of them beckoned the army down.
Seeing the leader walking forward, everyone quickly followed.
Although many people are still quite afraid in their hearts, they cannot express this fear. In the land of the Cossacks, if you express it, don't mess with the future.
So everyone showed a very brave look, and if they were not brave, they had to pretend to be brave.
And of course, the Rats suddenly appeared, desperately trying to stop them from moving forward.
Suddenly, a large number of ratmen appeared on the road, and they rushed towards the humans in groups.
In this regard, human beings have been prepared for a long time, or in the beginning, they never thought that they could go on smoothly, and began to use swords and shields to deal with these monsters.
It's just that although there are many ratmen, their fighting spirit is very low.
The Ratmen couldn't stop the advance of humans at all, their swords and armors were very vulnerable to humans, and these Ratmen were only numerous, their fighting ability looked very pitiful.
However, they are still qualified as rat meat sandbags. Anyway, the rat man commander who sent them out used these rat man flesh and blood to stop the enemy, as long as the delay was enough.
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While human beings were advancing on the downward passage, something was happening in the White Stone Palace.
Compared with the slightly flashy exterior of the White Stone Palace, the interior is quite simple, without any extra decorations, which looks too simple and elegant.
But these decorations have all been removed now, or turned into building materials for the Ratman, or thrown away somewhere.
The Ratmen are currently busy digging in the palace. After many years, the Whitestone Palace has obviously been damaged in many places, and sand and soil have leaked in.
In order to move forward, it can only continue to dig.
Even those giant rat men were digging soil, they kept digging up piles of soil, and then put them on the cart pushed by the rat man, and the rat man hurriedly pushed the soil out and dumped it.
Among these Ratmen, some humans were very conspicuous.
These people in black robes and masks lined up neatly, and they all had the emblem of the black sun on their bodies, supervising the work of the ratmen.
Once a Ratman was caught fishing by them, these guys would use extremely harsh methods to punish the Ratmen and make them pay a terrible price.
So the Ratmen didn't dare to relax at all, they were busy like crazy, those men in black robes looked really scary.
If there are southerners here, seeing those black suns, they will immediately save believers who will realize that this is the eclipse of eternal night, which is a new cult of the empire.
They encountered strong suppression from the empire when they first appeared. The black sun is undoubtedly a blasphemy to the great solar disk, but it is still developing, so the arrest warrants are posted all over the empire.
But these people here are not Nilfgaardians, but Sericanians.
"Damn it, these bastards, when will they finish their work!"
A strange rat man shouted angrily, this is a giant rat man, its body is covered with various sutures, but the materials and styles of these sutures are obviously different from other giant rat men.
The reason why it is said to be strange is because the rat man's head was directly hollowed out.
The hollowed-out head was filled with a human brain inside a glass case, which made the Ratman look very strange and terrifying.
Hearing his voice, the rat people all made a sound of fear, and so did the giant rat people, and they all knelt down in fear.
These bastards didn't even allow him to mobilize more ratmen to deal with the humans, insisting on keeping digging the palace.
Bastard, if it weren't for this, his ratman army would have overwhelmed those humans long ago.
This Rat Man has even more anger and hatred towards Lilit followers. They made themselves into such a state, and even crazily tripped them up. They really can't see him well, right?
"And let me get the mouse mother up... bastard!"
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Yes, these ratmen are man-made.
Originally, the Ratman race had been completely extinct a hundred years ago.
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to reappear, but the believers of the Eclipse of Eternal Night discovered the reformed ratmen left by Adalan in Uwori.
Adalan of Uwori, the proud student of Arzu, the father of the witchers, but unlike his master, who was determined to end all monsters, he only wanted to create more monsters.
The giant rat man is one of his works. The body of this thing becomes bigger and taller, and the price is to become more like a mouse, but it still retains the powerful infection ability of a mouse.
It's just that a long time ago, the demon hunters basically cleaned up the products of Adalan, but there are still some things left.
The Eclipse of Eternal Night is an organization that is widespread in Sericania and has recently spread towards Nilfgaard.
And it was these pioneers sent to Nilfgaard that brought the skaven to Serikania.
In the beginning, it was only used as a collection in the treasure house of the sect, but later their existence just happened to satisfy one of the activities of the sect.
The Order wanted to find one thing in Hackland, but to find it would require a lot of construction.
The local Cossacks will definitely block their actions. They are very hostile to the Lilit believers, and they failed to drive the Haklans who are also Lilit believers to attack the Cossacks, so they can only go into battle in person.
They put the brain of a loyal warlock believer on the body of a giant rat man, and then castrated and transformed the rat man to remove the powerful infection ability of the rat man.
Then they summoned an otherworldly monster, the Ratcatcher, and a plan emerged.
The female ratcatcher abducts the children, and the believers transform them into native ratmen. The giant ratmen are responsible for commanding these monsters, and at the same time urge them to reproduce, increasing the number of ratmen, and then these ratmen are used to dig ancient tombs.
And these native ratmen are also unable to carry out curse infection, they only retain the class characteristics of ratmen and a small amount of cursed biological characteristics.
For the Order, that's enough.
As for the Ratmen who are not afraid of being discovered, then start a war.
From the beginning, the religious order planned to muddy the water in this way to create a fog. They knew that such a large-scale operation would inevitably be discovered.
Keep the Cossacks in trouble for the man-rat war, and the Order has time to dig out what it needs.
When they slap their butts and leave, these Cossacks won't even know what happened.
It has to be said that these cultists think very comprehensively. Although they need to use the manpower of the rat people, they must also ensure that they cannot threaten the survival of human beings.
But life will find a way out, and the believer they put on the rat man's head has also changed his mind.
It first created many giant ratmen based on its own model and according to Adalan's technology, and then designated them as the commanders of the ratmen.
The religious group welcomes this. With such a strong labor force, it is very convenient whether it is digging or fighting.
It is also because of this that the transformation of the Ratman applied for a lot of resources, "research for the work of the religious order", and the religious group naturally gave it.
But this guy has come up with an extremely abominable thing.
rat mother.
This thing is a transformation and mutation of the female ratman. For this reason, the ratman did not know how much he paid and how much trial and error he did.
It even made a deal with a terrific, out-of-this-world guy, and finally created the rat mother.
This is an abominable reproductive machine, huge and disgusting, the rat man only needs to sow seeds, and this thing will continuously give birth to rats.
The Ratman transformed by Lilit's disciples is almost in the form of a mouse, and the one born from this thing is a complete mouse-only as big as a human and can use tools.
Therefore, the number of Ratmen leapt instantly.
Because of this, the relationship between the religious group and the reformed ratmen became ambiguous.
The idea of reforming the Ratman has changed, and he sees a brighter future than being a cultist.
That is to be the patriarch of a rising race. They are loyal and reliable, and they are obviously more suitable to be Lilit's followers.
This made him want to quarrel with the cult members, but the cult still had a backhand to deal with him, the rat man. After all, his brain was installed by the cult, and he could only obey the orders of the cult.
The cultists also noticed the rat man's conspiracy, so they began to deliberately restrict the rat and the rat man army.
For example, they have been forced to transform the ratmen so that more than half of the ratmen will continue to dig here instead of sweeping the land. They really need to speed up the excavation speed. Everything seems so reasonable.
That's why the Ratman has been so irritated, these guys trick him like this, and he has to obey orders.
And now, the reformed rat man received another order to make him angry, and the cultist asked him to send the rat mother up.
Although the reformed rat man was annoyed, he also obeyed, because the rat mother was not just a reproductive machine from the beginning, but a war machine, a war behemoth.
Moreover, the religious group said that they would also send their female rat catcher, plus their own rat mother, so that the reformed rat man would have the confidence to wipe out all the attacking humans.
After cleaning up the human beings, let's have a friendly talk with these church friends.
The transformed ratman thought of it this way.
(End of this chapter)
That night, at Cheveny, the victors gave a great banquet.
Although there are piles of Ratman corpses outside the city, tonight is not the time to clean up these corpses. The important thing now is to celebrate the victory, and it doesn't matter if those things are left alone.
Cheveny opened up their shabby storehouse and brought out the best things in it for guests.
Although it has been under siege for so long, there are still good things in the warehouses of this city, such as spices from Serikania.
The Cheveny people were not worried about the food problem. The reinforcements brought a large amount of food, which was enough for them to eat for two months, and this time was enough for food from other places to be brought in.
After all, the siege has been lifted, and food will be brought in one after another.
All had a great time at the feast, especially the defenders and residents of Cheverny.
Their food was generally reduced before, such a big meal was something they didn't dare to think about before, and now they naturally want to let themselves go and eat back what was once lacking.
Seeing how they were eating and drinking, Herme felt a little appalling. Fortunately, these people were not hungry for a long time, otherwise something would happen if they ate like this.
People who have been hungry for a long time, if they suddenly ingest a large amount of food, their bodies will definitely not be able to bear it, and the next step will be to die alive.
Herme drank with Volod in the main seat, but they didn't drink Hackland vodka, which made Herme feel comfortable.
Volod knew the old friend didn't like that stuff, so they drank the Toussaint wine that Herme had brought.
The wine in the wine country is still very good, not inferior to the traditional drinks of the Cossacks, but what this land likes is vodka, so the wine can only spread among a small number of people.
However, as leaders, after drinking for a while, they began to discuss the war, and there was nothing else to discuss anyway.
"Are you asking where the Ratmen first appeared? Well, it was in the north of Ward at first, where the news of the Ratmen's attack first came, it was close to the ancient tombs, and there was also the village where the child-abducting monster first abducted , is also close to the ancient tomb.”
"Ancient tomb?"
Hearing this name, Herme trembled. This name sounds very interesting.
A place like the ancient tomb sounds like it has something to do with an evil conspiracy, and Herme felt that most of what he was looking for was there.
"It existed there before our ancestors crossed the Blue Mountains, at least when our ancestors came. There are many Hackland tombs, and there are tombs on the ground and underground. There are also many huge stone statues. Our ancestors once We ransacked the place and basically took away the rich things, and since then we have left this place in the cold, no one cares about this place, and no one settles down, who wants to live in a pile of graves."
When mentioning the ancient tombs, Volod seemed to have opened up a chatterbox. Obviously, he was very interested in talking about things in his territory.
"However, from time to time, it is always reported that someone has discovered a new ancient tomb on the ancient tomb that was not found in the past. Whenever such news spreads, a large group of people will go to dig, but most of them will return empty-handed after all. , and some will stay there forever.”
"Stay there?"
Herme cares most about this, what kind of monsters are there in the ancient tomb?
"There are always demon spirits in some ancient tombs. If you encounter a demon spirit, you will overturn the car. Although we all have some methods to deal with them, these methods are not necessarily effective."
Volod shrugged and offered a little silence to the grave robbers, but only a little.
Herme still lamented that being a tomb robber in this world is dangerous enough, and demon spirits are enough to deal with most tomb robbers.
Thinking of this, Herme wondered if some people would intentionally cultivate demon spirits in the tomb to guard the tomb.
Such situations do exist, but the conditions for the appearance of demon spirits are never absolute, and the conditions for the appearance of demon spirits are very strict, so this can only be done by chance.
Then Herme shook her head, really, why did her thoughts suddenly shift.
"Volod, I'm thinking that if we want to find the Ratmen, we probably have to start with this ancient tomb post."
Naturally, Herme thought that if he wanted to find the Ratman, he had to go to this place. No matter what, this place looked suspicious.
"Herme, you really think the same as me."
Volod drank all the wine in the glass. In fact, he also liked the taste of wine, but he never said it.
"After everything here is arranged, I will ride there with you. Those rats completely destroyed my territory this time. Most of the people in the territory died in their hands. I want them to pay the price."
Indeed, Herme, who had walked all the way, had a stronger understanding of this than anyone else, and because of this, he couldn't help showing a look of lamentation on his face.
There are deserted villages everywhere along the way, and the same is true of other places in Ward. It seems that the land of Ward is likely to have [-] living people like Chevenny.
For an Ataman, this is indeed fatal, but after so many places in this land are vacant, it will attract many immigrants.
Now that the land of the Cossacks is in a period of peace under the rule of his father-in-law, it is still possible for Volod to restore his previous strength if he works hard.
"Ah, I said something that troubled you, come on, drink first, drink and drink, don't think about such troublesome things tonight."
Volod noticed Herme's mood changes, so he said that it would be rude to make guests feel bad because of this kind of thing, and Herme also laughed.
"Well, drink."
And next to them was Gettleman's daughter Katya. Seeing the two men's shoulders and backs, Katya suddenly felt uncomfortable for some reason.
She wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't, and the feeling made her distract herself with food and wine, to hide the emotion.
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The people above are drinking, and the people below are naturally drinking too, and they drink much more happily than the people above.
They are still very open, they can play all kinds of games, and some even get drunk and pull aside with the woman they see right, and the people next to them booed when they see this.
However, in such a happy scene, some people feel uncomfortable.
That's the witchers.
The demon hunters were alone at the table. As the heroes of this battle, they were naturally important guests. They enjoyed the food enjoyed by the chairman, which was something they couldn't normally eat, and the wine was also the best wine.
But the four here feel very uncomfortable.
As demon hunters who are often bitten by dogs, abused, and regarded as mutant monsters, it is quite normal for them to be praised as human heroes by stars.
They've only just gotten used to Hackland's non-discrimination against demon hunters, and now they're now being praised as heroes.
The demon hunters said that we are really not ready yet.
So they have been sitting in front of the table, eating and drinking in silence, they are really not used to the current situation.
But to be honest, deep down, they were very satisfied with this, which reminded them all of the scene when they had just left the school's castle as a witcher.
At that time, they all thought that they would become heroes by eradicating monsters for people, but in the end they kept insulting and insulting, and they had a broken head in front of reality.
"Come on, great heroes, let's toast this victory."
In the end, it was George who broke the silence. As the first demon hunter who came to Harkland, he was the most adapted to all this, but it was only a little better than others.
In addition, he had already become the leader of this four-person demon hunter group during this period of time, so he felt that he should be the one to break this awkward silence.
As the leader of the four demon hunters, his proposal naturally won the response of the demon hunters. They raised their glasses, toasted to celebrate the victory, and drank all the wine in the glasses.
"Ah, I really want to move the entire school here from the Koraz Desert. The Sericanians have long since given up going to the west to trade in the desert. Most of the monsters in the desert are deep in the desert, and we have received few commissions. It's pathetic. It's so nice here by comparison."
Eben’s words were full of sighs and yearning. As a witcher, it’s normal to yearn for a good place, but he regrets that the school is not in charge of him. This time he will try to persuade the leaders of the school when he returns.
Lei Suo couldn't help laughing when he heard this, which didn't match his fierce bald face very much.
As the person who has the right to speak in the Snake Sect after Iva Xieyan, his decision to move north basically means that their school has decided to move north.
Master Iva would not refuse even if he wanted to. The founder of the school founded the school. In addition to hunting monsters, the equally important thing is to fight wild hunting.
If the school can develop well in an environment, it will also be beneficial to Master Iva's plan to fight against wild hunting.
"Yes, this land is very good both in terms of people and scenery. I haven't seen the sight of a witcher being so supported and regarded as a hero for a long, long time."
George went on to sigh, as a griffin, he was most gratified by this scene, which is what the griffin school demon hunters pursue.
Their founder Elan devoted his whole life to this. If it weren't for the warlock's disgusting tricks, Elan would definitely still be fighting for the people instead of retiring early.
"Just don't let the scum in the cat faction come to make trouble again. The bad things they did will directly make us demon hunters completely rotten."
Involuntarily, Geralt said some pessimistic words,
"I heard the news. It seems that some cat factions have cooperated with the Scoia'tael and helped the Scoia'tael to assassinate them. If the car overturns and it is discovered that the witcher has confirmed the matter, our reputation will be ruined again."
The Sazarburg militia brought a lot of rumors from the West. Geralt has always been concerned with the views of the northern countries, so he has been inquiring about it.
"Have those guys in the cat school finally taken this step? They are the ones with the most blood of elves in all schools, and the mutation process is full of violence and distortion. It's not surprising that they have become like this."
George shook his head, still saddened to see his fellow witchers go down such a path.
Even if it's the depraved Cat Pie that has ruined the Witcher's reputation.
Leto didn't say anything, because to be honest, the Snake faction was also responsible for tarnishing the reputation of the demon hunters.
Although it is not as crazy as the cat, so it is not very eye-catching, but if they are to blame the cat for something, it is simply a joke.
As for Ibn, their Manticore School has been isolated from the West for a long time, and the West doesn't know much about these things, so he chose to remain silent.
Their school has little to do with these grievances and grievances. It is the correct choice not to evaluate, so as not to get involved in any disputes hastily.
After all, this is a heavy matter, so the topic is a bit out of touch.
But the silence was quickly broken, because a guy with his own stereo came over. As soon as he came, the atmosphere changed immediately.
"Hey, what are you all doing here? You all have bitter faces, shouldn't you have fun now? What a group of people who don't understand the environment."
This is naturally our Master Dan, he is still wearing the purple suit with blood on it.
Master Dan said that the banquet has to mess up the clothes anyway, so let's go to the banquet like this.
And most importantly, Cossack women like such men, because the blood represents strength and glory.
With the addition of Dandelion's face and poetry, our great poet is confident to have a threesome today.
"Geralt, why not introduce us?"
George and the others looked at Geralt. Although they all knew Dandelion's name, they still needed the gifts they should have.
"Gentlemen, this is the best art master in the north, and Dandelion, the poor poet."
Geralt could not contain his eccentric desires in the face of his nonchalant friend.
"A master of poetry."
Dandelion wasn't annoyed either, he just corrected him like this.
"Speaking of which, I'm currently preparing a majestic play. I plan to write down this war with the Ratmen. With my technology, this will definitely spread throughout the north in the future."
Subconsciously, Dandelion still boasted to himself. Geralt looked at him like this, and put his hand on his forehead, expressing that he didn't see it at all.
"This matter is not over yet, we will definitely go straight to the lair of those ratmen, and you won't come, how do you write?"
Geralt pointed mercilessly.
"Ah? Who said I won't go, I'm a rat man killer, I killed three rat men, three, don't you see the blood on my body? This is a manifestation of glory."
Seeing Dandelion showing off in front of the demon hunters who slew ratmen with an average of fifty plus, Geralt became more and more ashamed.
But other people don't have as many ideas as him, and everyone thinks it's quite fun. This master Dandelion is really interesting.
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The banquet lasted for a long time, and the whole night, people were reveling because of it, and the emotions that had been suppressed for too long were released to their heart's content.
So by the next day, the whole of Savinza was full of people drunk in rubbish and booze.
Only Rastite and the Cliff ascetics remained abstaining from drinking, and they still maintained the habit of penance.
In the land of the Cossacks, no one supports religious people, so these ascetics live on their own, which is a part of their life and will not be transferred due to changes in the environment.
As for Raskit, he danced for a whole night. He claimed that it was a dance dedicated to Clive's victory, and everyone watched it as a show. His great dance was quite entertaining.
The next day, Herme and Volod began to prepare for the expedition. Volod began to take care of Cheveny and arrange various things, while Herme continued to send out scouts to investigate the situation of the Ratmen.
It's just that Herme's scouts couldn't find anything. They didn't find any traces of the Ratmen, but they did observe a large number of ratmen moving north.
The scouts didn't chase too far, and they were afraid of being attacked by the ratmen, so they brought back the news.
After hearing the news, Herme was quite excited, because it proved that their decision to go north was correct, and most of the Ratman's lair was there.
After the news came, Volod also took care of things in his own territory.
Naturally, the next step was for the army to march towards the ancient tomb, to capture the ratmen there, and make them pay for what they did.
For this attack, Volod brought out half of the young men and women in Cheveny, that is, thousands of them. These young and middle-aged men were full of anger towards the Rat Man, and many of their family members died in the pursuit of the Rat Man. .
There are so many young and middle-aged people in Cheveney, and it is for this reason that most of the old people and children who can't run fast die on the road.
And these days, the reinforcements sent by other atamans have also arrived in Cheweni one after another. Naturally, they joined Heme's plan to invade the ancient tombs.
The newcomers were amazed by the piles of ratman corpses outside the city of Cheveny, and even more admired Herme, who had accomplished so many kills, so they all expressed their obedience to Herme.
Of course, Katya also played a very important role. As the well-known Ataman in the land of Cossacks, coupled with the daughter of Hetman, many Cossacks seem to follow her husband for granted.
So Hemei was able to lead an army of up to 3000 troops to drill into the Ratmen's lair. Hemei was sure that these [-] troops were enough to deal with the Ratmen.
Now the Ratmen are still defeated, and the rats they killed so much are the time to pursue them.
However, just in case, Herme sent many envoys outside to bring the news of the serious situation here, expressing the need for reinforcements.
Of course, it's not that Hemei thinks he can't win, but that it's just a backhand. In case of any situation, he can be sure that he can help.
In this way, Herme set off, and they followed the traces left by the Rat Man towards the Rat Man's lair. This is a vengeful army.
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On a wild road, humans and ratmen are fighting.
The Ratmen were obviously the ones who launched the ambush, and they came out from both sides of the road to attack the enemies below.
Their ambushes are well done, at least humans have not found these enemies at all, and the angle and timing of the ambush are perfect.
However, the humans who were flanked did not panic.
They stood firm in the battle unhurriedly, and faced the enemies attacking in groups, they looked like veterans.
The Ratman's ambush didn't have much effect, they didn't even disrupt the human line of defense, and not long after, a group of cavalry came from the front of the formation.
They rushed into the formation of the Ratmen decisively, used swords and horseshoes to deal with these rats, defeated the besieging Ratmen, and made them crumble.
The Ratmen fled with their tails between their legs, and it seemed that their ambush just now was like a joke.
After the Ratmen retreated, the humans only chased them for a short while, then slowly gathered their troops and pushed the Ratman corpses to the side of the road.
The corpses of comrades-in-arms were temporarily placed in a shed on the side of the road, waiting for the professional corpse collection team behind to deal with them.
Others went to rest in the nearest marching tents, which were placed at regular intervals on the marching line, filled with supplies and food for people to rest and take.
The cavalry quickly returned to the leader of the army and reported the situation of the battle to the leader. They did not have much emotional fluctuations when they reported, obviously having experienced such things many times.
"This is the first time, these days I feel that all kinds of attacks have not stopped."
Hearing the news of the attack again, Herme asked with a sigh.
Herme was also fully armed, and the Ratman had launched several attacks against human leaders before.
Since then, everyone including Herme has marched in armor.
Although he was not afraid of the Ratman's attack, it would be bad if he was plotted against by the Ratmen. For example, Hemei saw a Cossack whose head was smashed by the Ratman's stone throwing before.
"This is the No. 18 attack we have encountered since we entered the ancient tomb for two days, led by Herme."
As Herme's attendant, Viato immediately reported the information.
His task is to remember these things, report them when his master needs them, and act as a human notebook.
"Tsk tsk tsk, eighteen times, it seems that we are really on the right path. With such continuous attacks, the rats seem to have stepped on their ugly tail."
Volod, who rode alongside Heme, said, his eyes were full of pride, and he was proud of grabbing the tails of the rats.
"Their attacks are all reckless. It seems that these guys are really anxious."
Herme recalled the previous reports, ah, that was nothing to say, the Ratmen's attack was really clumsy.
Most of the time, it was a concentrated assault on a certain section of the army, but the result was blocked by the superior humans, and then the human troops coming forward and backward would eat the rats.
With so many attacks, apart from consuming a lot of rat life, the Ratman could say that they couldn't get any results.
However, being so disorganized also showed that the Ratman was indeed in a hurry.
"Speaking of which, Volod, you know these ancient tombs and stone men look really good, so no one wants to steal them?"
After briefly thinking about the Ratman, Herme looked to both sides of the road, only to see ancient tombstones and stone figures everywhere.
The combination of these scenes is quite spectacular. The tombstone and the stone man looked at the land silently for an unknown number of years, and they are still looking at it.
Although under the baptism of rain, snow and wind and frost, many details of these stones have been blurred, and although most of the descendants of their creators have forgotten these, these big men have always stood here, still looking at this land in silence.
"Steal? Why are you stealing these things? This is not to the west of you. No one will buy these things."
Volod shook his head. If these things could be sold for money, they would have been taken away long ago.
"Well... the University of Bullburg and Ben Ade College will definitely be interested in this thing. I will take a few before I leave."
Looking at those majestic stone figures, Herme said that the humanities and history departments of the two colleges mentioned above will definitely be interested in such things, and it is normal to spend a lot of money on them. Maybe some warlocks plan to dig out of them There is no such thing as ancient magic.
He knew how crazy those professors were. They would spend all their money for precious research materials.
"I really don't understand you people from the west," Volod said. "It's strange that you are interested in such stones. We just think these things are an eyesore."
Herme just smiled, then shrugged, and didn't comment on Volod's words. The social environment is different, and one society cannot be used to judge another society.
"Lord Herme! Lord Volod!"
While the two were joking, a Cossack scout came up to them on horseback.
"I found something outrageous ahead, you must come and see it, and you must see it with your own eyes."
Herme and Volod exchanged glances, ah, it looks like they found it.
It's just that they haven't imagined that the discovered thing is so outrageous. Even Herme didn't expect to see such a sight.
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"This, this, this, this is too outrageous!"
Volod exclaimed, his tone full of shock, and Herme's state was similar to his.
Because what appeared in front of them was a big spiraling pit. God knows how long it took to dig this pit to make it so deep and so big.
The most outrageous thing is the bottom of the pit. There is actually a white palace at the bottom of the pit?
The bottom of the pit is a complex of buildings mixed with a lot of Sericanian styles. The entire building is made of white stone, so it is still different from the serious Sericanian style, but it also makes it have a different style.
"Oh, that's a pretty thing, if only there were a painter here."
Herme heard Dandelion's voice, and the great poet was still as frivolous as ever.
The building was clearly not fully excavated, and much of it was still buried in the sand.
You can also see many ratmen digging desperately in it. The number of ratmen surprised Herme, who didn't expect there to be so many rats.
Leaving so many troops unused, they have been using those remnants and defeated generals and Hermeyers all the time. It seems that digging this thing is really very important to the Ratman.
Hemei suddenly had a strong feeling that under this, he would find the truth of everything.
"It seems that the Ratmen kept attacking us on the road for this reason."
Hemei sighed that he had discovered many things that surprised him during this trip to Ward, but he didn't expect to find something even more surprising here.
The leaders all look like this, so there is no need to say more below.
The Cossacks were stunned by what they saw. They had never seen anything like this before, and the reaction of the militiamen in Fort Sazar was even more unbearable.
Even Katya couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes.
And if someone could see Rastite's eyes, they would find that he was staring at the bottom of the pit, as if there was something that hated him deeply.
The same is true for the Cliff ascetics behind him.
"Master Volod, let's get ready to go down and see what kind of tricks these mice are playing below."
Herme saw the spiral downward road, through this road, they could go to the bottom of the pit, and this road was quite big enough for a large army to drive down.
"Okay, come on, let's see what's got these rats up to now, and see what they're up to."
Volod responded, his tone high with emotion, and together the two of them beckoned the army down.
Seeing the leader walking forward, everyone quickly followed.
Although many people are still quite afraid in their hearts, they cannot express this fear. In the land of the Cossacks, if you express it, don't mess with the future.
So everyone showed a very brave look, and if they were not brave, they had to pretend to be brave.
And of course, the Rats suddenly appeared, desperately trying to stop them from moving forward.
Suddenly, a large number of ratmen appeared on the road, and they rushed towards the humans in groups.
In this regard, human beings have been prepared for a long time, or in the beginning, they never thought that they could go on smoothly, and began to use swords and shields to deal with these monsters.
It's just that although there are many ratmen, their fighting spirit is very low.
The Ratmen couldn't stop the advance of humans at all, their swords and armors were very vulnerable to humans, and these Ratmen were only numerous, their fighting ability looked very pitiful.
However, they are still qualified as rat meat sandbags. Anyway, the rat man commander who sent them out used these rat man flesh and blood to stop the enemy, as long as the delay was enough.
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While human beings were advancing on the downward passage, something was happening in the White Stone Palace.
Compared with the slightly flashy exterior of the White Stone Palace, the interior is quite simple, without any extra decorations, which looks too simple and elegant.
But these decorations have all been removed now, or turned into building materials for the Ratman, or thrown away somewhere.
The Ratmen are currently busy digging in the palace. After many years, the Whitestone Palace has obviously been damaged in many places, and sand and soil have leaked in.
In order to move forward, it can only continue to dig.
Even those giant rat men were digging soil, they kept digging up piles of soil, and then put them on the cart pushed by the rat man, and the rat man hurriedly pushed the soil out and dumped it.
Among these Ratmen, some humans were very conspicuous.
These people in black robes and masks lined up neatly, and they all had the emblem of the black sun on their bodies, supervising the work of the ratmen.
Once a Ratman was caught fishing by them, these guys would use extremely harsh methods to punish the Ratmen and make them pay a terrible price.
So the Ratmen didn't dare to relax at all, they were busy like crazy, those men in black robes looked really scary.
If there are southerners here, seeing those black suns, they will immediately save believers who will realize that this is the eclipse of eternal night, which is a new cult of the empire.
They encountered strong suppression from the empire when they first appeared. The black sun is undoubtedly a blasphemy to the great solar disk, but it is still developing, so the arrest warrants are posted all over the empire.
But these people here are not Nilfgaardians, but Sericanians.
"Damn it, these bastards, when will they finish their work!"
A strange rat man shouted angrily, this is a giant rat man, its body is covered with various sutures, but the materials and styles of these sutures are obviously different from other giant rat men.
The reason why it is said to be strange is because the rat man's head was directly hollowed out.
The hollowed-out head was filled with a human brain inside a glass case, which made the Ratman look very strange and terrifying.
Hearing his voice, the rat people all made a sound of fear, and so did the giant rat people, and they all knelt down in fear.
These bastards didn't even allow him to mobilize more ratmen to deal with the humans, insisting on keeping digging the palace.
Bastard, if it weren't for this, his ratman army would have overwhelmed those humans long ago.
This Rat Man has even more anger and hatred towards Lilit followers. They made themselves into such a state, and even crazily tripped them up. They really can't see him well, right?
"And let me get the mouse mother up... bastard!"
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Yes, these ratmen are man-made.
Originally, the Ratman race had been completely extinct a hundred years ago.
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to reappear, but the believers of the Eclipse of Eternal Night discovered the reformed ratmen left by Adalan in Uwori.
Adalan of Uwori, the proud student of Arzu, the father of the witchers, but unlike his master, who was determined to end all monsters, he only wanted to create more monsters.
The giant rat man is one of his works. The body of this thing becomes bigger and taller, and the price is to become more like a mouse, but it still retains the powerful infection ability of a mouse.
It's just that a long time ago, the demon hunters basically cleaned up the products of Adalan, but there are still some things left.
The Eclipse of Eternal Night is an organization that is widespread in Sericania and has recently spread towards Nilfgaard.
And it was these pioneers sent to Nilfgaard that brought the skaven to Serikania.
In the beginning, it was only used as a collection in the treasure house of the sect, but later their existence just happened to satisfy one of the activities of the sect.
The Order wanted to find one thing in Hackland, but to find it would require a lot of construction.
The local Cossacks will definitely block their actions. They are very hostile to the Lilit believers, and they failed to drive the Haklans who are also Lilit believers to attack the Cossacks, so they can only go into battle in person.
They put the brain of a loyal warlock believer on the body of a giant rat man, and then castrated and transformed the rat man to remove the powerful infection ability of the rat man.
Then they summoned an otherworldly monster, the Ratcatcher, and a plan emerged.
The female ratcatcher abducts the children, and the believers transform them into native ratmen. The giant ratmen are responsible for commanding these monsters, and at the same time urge them to reproduce, increasing the number of ratmen, and then these ratmen are used to dig ancient tombs.
And these native ratmen are also unable to carry out curse infection, they only retain the class characteristics of ratmen and a small amount of cursed biological characteristics.
For the Order, that's enough.
As for the Ratmen who are not afraid of being discovered, then start a war.
From the beginning, the religious order planned to muddy the water in this way to create a fog. They knew that such a large-scale operation would inevitably be discovered.
Keep the Cossacks in trouble for the man-rat war, and the Order has time to dig out what it needs.
When they slap their butts and leave, these Cossacks won't even know what happened.
It has to be said that these cultists think very comprehensively. Although they need to use the manpower of the rat people, they must also ensure that they cannot threaten the survival of human beings.
But life will find a way out, and the believer they put on the rat man's head has also changed his mind.
It first created many giant ratmen based on its own model and according to Adalan's technology, and then designated them as the commanders of the ratmen.
The religious group welcomes this. With such a strong labor force, it is very convenient whether it is digging or fighting.
It is also because of this that the transformation of the Ratman applied for a lot of resources, "research for the work of the religious order", and the religious group naturally gave it.
But this guy has come up with an extremely abominable thing.
rat mother.
This thing is a transformation and mutation of the female ratman. For this reason, the ratman did not know how much he paid and how much trial and error he did.
It even made a deal with a terrific, out-of-this-world guy, and finally created the rat mother.
This is an abominable reproductive machine, huge and disgusting, the rat man only needs to sow seeds, and this thing will continuously give birth to rats.
The Ratman transformed by Lilit's disciples is almost in the form of a mouse, and the one born from this thing is a complete mouse-only as big as a human and can use tools.
Therefore, the number of Ratmen leapt instantly.
Because of this, the relationship between the religious group and the reformed ratmen became ambiguous.
The idea of reforming the Ratman has changed, and he sees a brighter future than being a cultist.
That is to be the patriarch of a rising race. They are loyal and reliable, and they are obviously more suitable to be Lilit's followers.
This made him want to quarrel with the cult members, but the cult still had a backhand to deal with him, the rat man. After all, his brain was installed by the cult, and he could only obey the orders of the cult.
The cultists also noticed the rat man's conspiracy, so they began to deliberately restrict the rat and the rat man army.
For example, they have been forced to transform the ratmen so that more than half of the ratmen will continue to dig here instead of sweeping the land. They really need to speed up the excavation speed. Everything seems so reasonable.
That's why the Ratman has been so irritated, these guys trick him like this, and he has to obey orders.
And now, the reformed rat man received another order to make him angry, and the cultist asked him to send the rat mother up.
Although the reformed rat man was annoyed, he also obeyed, because the rat mother was not just a reproductive machine from the beginning, but a war machine, a war behemoth.
Moreover, the religious group said that they would also send their female rat catcher, plus their own rat mother, so that the reformed rat man would have the confidence to wipe out all the attacking humans.
After cleaning up the human beings, let's have a friendly talk with these church friends.
The transformed ratman thought of it this way.
(End of this chapter)
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