Warhammer in a box

Chapter 206: Rat Army
Mogiana also came here. A large number of undead on the front battlefield were wiped out by her magic. After hearing the news of this place, she rushed here immediately.

Everyone gathered together to discuss and soon came to a conclusion.

"It's ratmen," said Morgiana. As the former lake fairy, she knew a lot of knowledge that most people didn't know. The Principality of Carcassonne, where she often stayed, had been attacked by these ratmen many times.

Many people in the former Carcassonne army also died from such injuries.

"There is a kind of Skaven who are good at assassination. They come and go without a trace and use a special spell." Morgiana said slowly. She had been tortured by this kind of rats many times in the past.

"So how did you deal with this assassination at that time?" Marcus continued to ask.

"Magic. These guys in the shadows will reveal themselves under the influence of magic. I used to have many female prophets under my command. These female prophets have enough magic power to cast magic barriers or enchantments in important places."

But Mogiana's words once again made everyone feel troubled.

The past was the past, and the present is the present.
Mogiana did inspire a group of female prophets, but most of them were either imprisoned or killed, and they simply did not have enough power to create enough magic barriers.

Listening to the little people's words, Zhang Heng also remembered the special clan among these ratmen, the Eshin clan! These guys were average in front, but they were very powerful in killing generals. In the game, the assassin master Snikch took two officers to find the opposing lord.

The terrifying hit rate, armor-piercing damage, and weapon power are so strong that even a thick-skinned melee lord can't withstand a few hits, let alone a fragile mage.

Once the lord dies, the opponent's morale will soon collapse.

Zhang Heng has now discovered that, except for the ordinary-looking generals, the power that can be exerted by the lords with special abilities with names and surnames will be even more terrifying than in the game.

Once these rats hide underground, even he will be helpless, after all, his God's perspective cannot penetrate the earth.

Zhang Heng thought that he couldn't always keep an eye on Bretonnia, and Bretonnia was more than just this one piece of land, he couldn't manage it all.

"Mogiana, have all the female prophets who have surrendered set up magic barriers nearby as much as possible. At least they should protect the safety of the main formation. We can't take care of other places for the time being. The damn rats actually appeared with the undead."

Laun said bitterly that now he was unable to summon the army of chivalry and could only rely on the power of Artois and Colony to resist temporarily, and the refugees who escaped from Lyonesse added to their pressure.

"I will have the soldiers concentrate their actions to prevent these aliens from being defeated one by one. The priests in the army will install early warning facilities as much as possible. I will immediately send a message to Terra to see if the adults there have any countermeasures."

Marcus also said.

However, the measures taken by all parties did have an effect. The success rate of ratman assassinations dropped significantly, and the Terra guards even killed two ratman assassins.

When the body of the Eshin Assassin was brought before everyone, it indicated that the Skaven had truly become involved in the dispute.

But Bretonnia's situation is not the worst.

After Chuan Kui Luo took that position, the rat people in the Magic City took the first action.

The first person to be unlucky was Tyrell next to him.

Being close to the ratman's magic city, it is hard to imagine how deep and big the ratman's tunnels are.

At this time, Leonardo Catarzza, the ruler of Miraglianone, the most powerful principality in the Tyrell Principality, was patrolling on the city wall. Looking at the withered swamp in the distance, he had already sensed the coming crisis.

In just two days, a plague had begun to spread in the city, and a large number of people fell ill with strange and difficult-to-cure diseases. Fortunately, Miragliano has always been a bridgehead against the Skaven. In history, two-thirds of the population had even died from the plague.

After discovering the plague, Leonardo immediately quarantined all infected people. No matter how the infected begged for mercy, he was merciless. Anyone who wanted to leave the quarantine area would be resolutely killed. The plague was temporarily contained. "Lord Leonardo, the mercenaries reported that a large number of rats have appeared in the Withered Swamp recently. The number of rat heads that the mercenaries bring back for bounty is three times the previous time! Could these dirty rats have any big moves?"

Miragliano has always had a policy that any mercenary or civilian who can bring back the head of a Skaven can be exchanged for a bounty, regardless of whether it is dead or alive, so the people here are particularly experienced in fighting against the Skaven.

"Hmph, by the Goddess of War, these rats are coveting the land above the ground again. The bounty for the ratman's head will be doubled! All sewer entrances must be guarded. Go! Find mercenaries who are willing to enter the sewers with a large sum of money. As long as they can bring back important enough information, they can become nobles."

"Yes! Lord Leonardo!"

Miragliano had not faced a large-scale attack by ratmen for a long time, but Leonardo looked at the many extremely sturdy towers erected in the city, which gave him confidence to deal with the attack of the ratmen.

There are musketeers stationed on the tower, and even imperial chain cannons and dwarven organ cannons, all of which he acquired at great expense, and are also the basis for Miragliano to become the largest duchy in Tyrell.

After Leonardo urged the defenders on the city wall and told them that anyone who neglected their duties would be executed, he walked towards his mansion with confidence.

But before he could even step down from the city wall, a dark green fireball shot up into the sky, and the explosion even formed a small mushroom cloud.

The important defense tower in the city tilted under the explosion and fell towards the buildings in the city. The soldiers on the tower screamed in despair, but could only watch themselves and the tower turned into pieces.

The explosion created a huge hole in the ground.

The soldiers, who had not yet recovered from the aftermath of the explosion, struggled to explore there with their weapons, but the next second.

A lot of hissing sounds accompanied by yesses came out from the pit.

A terrifying number of slave rats poured out like a tide.

"It's the Skaven!"

But the next second, the surrounding soldiers were eaten up by the rats.

Behind the slave rats are a large number of clan rats, and behind the clan rats are groups of storm rats.

They killed any living creature that came nearby. The sturdy city walls became just decorations and even became an obstacle for the people in the city to escape.

"The Skaven are attacking! Sound the alarm! Warriors of Miragliano, draw your weapons!"

Leonardo tried his best to maintain morale and began to organize a counterattack. There were still several tall towers in the city, and the artillery and musketeers on them had begun to counterattack, but there were too many ratmen.

Just as Leonardo was about to join the battle, several hunched figures leaped out from the smoke. A wave of magical power made Leonardo feel that his speed had slowed down several times. His opponent was so fast that Leonardo only had time to raise his sword before his throat was cut.

"Yes, yes, weak human thing."

Clan Eshin took action and killed Leonardo before he could react.

Various kinds of ratmen still poured out of the exploded deep pit, and the Skryre Clan's technological weapons team also appeared, and even a huge incarnation of destruction and madness crawled out, a twisted creature created by the Ratman Corruption Clan, the Hell Pit Abomination.

The mutated monsters consisting of a large number of mutated limbs and countless rat heads completely destroyed the morale of these soldiers who were essentially mercenaries. Any ordinary person would have their sanity value plummeted after seeing the appearance of these monsters.

(End of this chapter)