Warhammer in a box

Chapter 307: Skarsnik and Headhunter Quick

Led by Belegar, the dwarves, who had eaten and drunk their fill, came to the cave entrance. Together, they pushed away the rubble and debris that the ratmen had piled up at the entrance in order to hide the passage.

When the sunlight shone through the cave, the dwarves couldn't wait to rush out of the cave.

Dwarves like the underground, but not the dark underground.

Belegar was the first to walk out of the secret cave. When he came to the ground and looked around, he saw that the once exquisite reliefs and heroic statues had become broken and dilapidated. The buildings that once represented the prosperity of the dwarves had now turned into ruins and were even painted with blasphemous symbols.

Belegar was heartbroken when he saw the ruined city. The war between the dwarves, ratmen and orcs completely destroyed this city that once made the dwarves proud.

But they finally returned to the city again!
"We are back!" Belegar clenched his fists.

His tribesmen also seemed extremely excited, but everyone suppressed their emotions and tried not to make any sound.

"Ranger! Scout the area and beware of possible enemies!"

"Yes! Patriarch!"

Although the city was completely unrecognizable, Belegar had not forgotten anything about it. He could tell where they were just by looking at the terrain.

This secret cave entrance is linked to an abandoned old mine in Bafeng Mountain. The mine has long been hollowed out. Not far to the east is the Eastern Pass, an important pass leading into Bafeng Mountain from the east. To the west is the fortress city, their strategic target of this trip!
Soon, the ranger who went out brought back news that there was a small number of orc troops guarding the direction of the eastern pass. However, these hundreds of orcs were indeed insignificant compared to the thousands of dwarves here.

There was no sign of any enemy in the direction of the fortress city, as if the city had been completely abandoned by the ratmen and orcs.

And it was indeed so. At this moment in the Eight Peaks Mountain, Skarsnik did not think that the dwarves could retake the Eight Peaks Mountain. The ratmen were the most important enemies in his mind.

Originally, he had been leading his tribe to fight with the Moss Clan of the ratmen for control of the underground of Bafeng Mountain.

Relying on his brain which is definitely considered smart among the orcs, and using various tactics and dwarven weapons seized in the Eight Peaks Mountain, the battle between the orcs and the ratmen has always been in a delicate balance.

But one day, Skarsnik discovered that the once powerful ratmen fell into chaos, which gave him the opportunity to seize several important underground strongholds originally occupied by the ratmen. The rich results allowed Skarsnik to mobilize most of the orcs he could mobilize to launch a fierce attack on the area occupied by the ratmen, trying to completely occupy the fortress.

The orcs' attack was halted until they reached a huge hall of stone pillars set within the mountains.

The rat people seemed to have become united again after the initial chaos.

Those ratmen who used spells or weapons using Skaven technology disappeared, and more and more powerful Storm Rats began to appear. The number of Storm Rats was so terrifying that it completely exceeded the number that a clan should have.

These elite and powerful ratmen warriors blocked the orcs' attack, and one of them was agile and powerful, wearing red armor and holding two long swords, killing countless orcs.

Headhunter Quick!
This war leader of the Moss clan, known as the God of War of Eight Peaks Mountain, pulled all the ratmen in the Eight Peaks Clan back from the brink of chaos with his iron-fisted methods and unrivaled strength, and even annexed one or two other small clans nearby.

The original warlord of the Moss clan, Nadwell, died in the collapse of Skaven City. After Nadwell's death, Quick became the only leader of the Moss clan at this time. The destruction of the Council of Thirteen and the loss of power of the Grey Prophet were heavy blows to the ratmen, but Quick thought it was not a bad thing.

The Council of Thirteen has been interfering with the development and actions of the various clans, and now Quick feels that he is the king of the Moss clan.

Losing rules and leaders can be a disaster for the weak, but for some individuals, this is an opportunity. Heroes emerge in troubled times, and at this time, under Quick's iron-blooded suppression, the Moss Clan has become Quick's one-man show. He no longer needs to obey the orders of Chief Nadwell to accommodate his fellow ratmen enemies for the sake of clan stability, nor does he need to sacrifice his own interests according to the orders of the Thirteen-Man Council.

All the internal enemies have been beheaded by him.

The predecessor died and the younger generation took over, which made the subsequent rats very loyal to Moss. Although the word loyalty is a bit like a joke among rats, at least they all obeyed Quick's orders because of his military power and had no second thoughts about him.

The cohesion of the Moss clan at this time has also reached a terrifying level, and the fighting power it unleashes is even stronger than when the giant horned rat was still alive.

At this time, Quick was slaughtering the orcs who rushed into the stone pillar hall, and no orc was a match for him.

Under Quick's leadership, the orcs were driven out, and the remaining orcs had to flee all the way back to the upper buildings along the underground passages. This also allowed Quick to retake several underground areas. If Skarsnik had not ordered the use of bombs seized from the dwarves to detonate and kill a large number of storm rats, Quick might have had to kill his way to the ground.

The ratmen whose retreat was blocked were successfully dealt with by the orcs ambushed by Skarsnik around them, bringing the conflict to a brief halt.

Skarsnik was now in his fortress, with a giant Squig beside him.

He named this group of Squigs Gobala. He saved Gobala, and Gobala also saved the Squigs. It can be said that they started from humble beginnings together. It was Gobala who killed important enemies for him, so that Skarsnik could become the master of the Evil Moon Clan.

This made Guobala the most trusted partner of Skarsnik.

And Gobala's exceptionally keen sense of smell also allowed Skarsnik to avoid countless assassinations, even including assassins from Clan Eshin.

Skarsnik was very anxious at this time. As one of the very few orcs with a high IQ, he always liked to calculate everything and plan it in advance.

We are not afraid of the orcs being reckless, but we are afraid that they will start to use tactics. The power exerted by the orcs with physical advantages in the hands of the most powerful night goblin warrior in history is not as simple as 1+1. Even those orc warriors who usually oppress the goblins are willing to submit to him.

Guobala seemed to sense his partner's anxiety and kept hovering around Skarsnik.

"Damn rats, aren't they completely caught up in internal strife?"

Faced with an increasing number of ratmen, Skarsnik prepares to create a big waaaagh to replenish his troops.

As the sun set, the evil moon began to rise again. On an open-air platform similar to an altar, orcs and goblin warriors surrounded the altar, while in the middle of the altar were night goblins wearing black robes like Skarsnik.

The night goblins raised their hands to the blood.

All the goblins shouted together.

"The evil moon shines brightly, goblins are reborn, and orcs live forever!!"

With each shout, green light began to appear on the surrounding orcs.

Skarsnik was very satisfied. The next step was to wait for the scattered orcs to gather at the Eight Peaks Mountain.

The orcs cannot be completely burned out and will grow again with the wind. What he needs to do now is to wait patiently, waiting for the other orcs in the badlands to be attracted here, and then he will absorb these orcs into the clan, and then he will take back all those he has lost!
(End of this chapter)