Warhammer in a box

Chapter 64 Pressure from the Church

The soldiers did not dare to release this powerful war machine into the city and could only speak to Ludwig with a guilty conscience.

"Okay, Ferrell, you come in with me. The other two brothers will just have to bear with it for a while."

Someone has to watch over Leman Russ. Ludwig was somewhat reluctant, but he did it anyway. If he were in his place, he might have made the same decision. People are always afraid of things they cannot understand.

Ludwig and Ferrer followed Lele into Sesmond.

But along the way, everyone's eyes were on Ludwig. The eyes of these Nords were full of curiosity and a hint of awe.

The city of Sesmond was in a mess at this time. The attack of the Norscans caused serious damage to the city. Almost every soldier was injured and the buildings near the city walls were also seriously damaged. However, Ludwig found that these Nords still maintained high morale.

"As expected of a Nord, they are just as the rumors say!"

Ludwig had never been here, and his understanding of the Nords was through the descriptions of others. Although these northern imperial people were looked down upon, they still stubbornly guarded the coastline and borders of the empire. Regardless of any discrimination against their bloodline, the combat effectiveness of their soldiers was still recognized by most people.

Not long after the imperial reinforcements entered the city, a majestic man walked towards the team with the help of others.

The Nord soldiers accompanying Ludwig and others immediately went forward to meet them.

"Lord Geisel! You're awake!!"

It turned out to be the Nordic Elector Geisel who had been seriously injured. In fact, when Zhang Heng performed the miracle, he had already woken up under the divine treatment of the doctor and the priestess Rhea. He also witnessed the shocking scene while lying in the field hospital.

He also learned from his subordinates what had happened in front of the city.

"Hello, Lord Geisel, it seems that the empire's support has arrived not too late. I'm really glad to see that you are okay!" Lele saluted Geisel and asked with concern.

"Isn't this Lele? We haven't seen each other for a few years. I didn't expect that you would be leading the team this time! To be honest, I lost to that Ulfric and even missed the battle just now." Geisel replied weakly.

"No, you have done well. The Nords have once again proved their bravery and loyalty to the Empire. I am glad that you are okay."

"Lele, that golden light outside the city just now, was it a great chanter from the Church of Sigmar, or the high priest himself? Or was it a powerful wizard from the Mage Academy? Could it be that someone in the empire has gained the favor of Sigmar again?" Geisel continued to ask.

After all, the power just now could not be possessed by any mortal. Even he, the Elector, had never seen any clergyman or wizard cast such a powerful spell in his life.

"Master Geisel, none of them. Forget it. Let me introduce this person to you. He is the new Count of the Empire, Ludwig. Everything that happened just now is related to him." Lehrer was unable to explain everything that happened just now. After all, the only people in the entire Empire who knew the inside story were Karl Franz and Gershaser. "Oh? So young, Count Ludwig, young and promising." Geisel looked at Ludwig on the side. First, he was attracted by his young appearance, and second, he was curious about his special armor and weapons.

An earl in his early twenties is extremely rare even among the hereditary nobles.

When Lehrer said he had killed Malago, Geisel once again looked up to Ludwig.

"Well, don't let our heroes stand there like this any longer. I will immediately arrange for people to prepare fine wine and delicious food for a proper celebration. The Nords will not mistreat our compatriots who have come thousands of miles to help us!"
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A few hours later, most of the reinforcements arrived here. The city could not accommodate so many soldiers, so after cleaning up the bodies of the barbarians, Sesmond set up tents outside the city. The battle was far from over, and there were still a large number of Norsemen in Dist Port.

Inside Geisel's castle, the commanders of various troops gathered around a large table to discuss future matters.

Kenna fully demonstrated the nature of these followers of Ulric. While everyone was talking about how to attack the Norsemen later, Kenna and his knights ate the food on the table without caring about their own image.

"Hurry up and finish this battle, everyone. It's just a few thousand barbarians. If it's any later, I won't be able to catch up with the annual cleanup of the greenskins and beastmen in the forest. This is a holy war!" Kena said as he stuffed a large piece of meat into his mouth.

"Keina, be patient. After all, this concerns the life and death of the imperial soldiers. Thousands of Norscans are not a small number, not to mention that Ulfric is not dead yet!" Gessel said to Keina.

"Real ink marks"

"Okay, everyone, now that the reinforcements have arrived, I plan to launch an attack tomorrow. While we have just won the victory and our morale is high, let us throw these barbarians into the sea! Every second they stay on our land is an insult to the empire!" Geisel said, holding up the wine glass in his hand.

And what was welcomed was everyone's flattery. This was not only to maintain the honor of the empire, but also a naked military achievement!
But the door of the banquet hall was pushed open, and a man in the robes of a Sigmar clergyman walked in with two combat priests.

"Olgart? Why are you here?" Geisel obviously knew the man in front of him. The Church of Sigmar had temples or altars in almost every human settlement, and as the leader of the Nordland, there was a branch of the Church of Sigmar here.

It's just that because the influence of the Church of Yurik is greater in the north, the branch here is much smaller than those in the center and south of the empire, and the person in front of him is the head of the Nord Sigma Church diocese.

Others didn’t know what the golden giant finger was, and they might even suspect that it was the appearance of Sigma. However, as a clergyman who believed in Sigma, he knew that the power definitely did not belong to Sigma. Did an unknown god appear in the empire?

This is no small matter; it involves a dispute of faith and the foundation of a church!

Even if they are both orders, so what? Haven’t there been enough fights between the Church of Ulric and the Church of Sigma?
As long as it is not a matter of life and death for the entire world, internal fighting will continue.

(For example, at the end of time, Gailshazer used magic and a large number of holy objects to build the Wall of Faith that could resist Chaos from entering the empire. However, after learning that Gailshazer had violated the taboo and used necromancy, the priests of the Church of Sigmar fled. Even though they knew that without the wall, the Chaos army would march straight in, they were no longer willing to provide the power of faith to support the Wall of Faith.)
The appearance of Zhang Heng, an unknown god, obviously touched their sensitive nerves again.

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