Warhammer

If this is the case, there may still be a chance of survival.

But the flow of the magic wind was instantly noticed by Al, who was now a demigod and stood at the pinnacle of the mortal world. The young man frowned and looked at the fleeing crowd, and the figures of those spellcasters were instantly marked out by him.

Al pointed.

The fatal torrent of information instantly injected into the brains of several people. The movements of their bodies suddenly stagnated, their facial features became hideous and stiff, and their limbs twisted and twitched. Soon, everyone was like the green-robed wizard of the Scholars Council who had sought knowledge from Ai'er before. A strong blue light burst out from their facial features, and they made strange roars like screams, and then their bodies suddenly exploded, turning into ashes and dissipating in the air.

The hope of killing the enemy general was dashed, and the hope of a final comeback also failed.

The situation has collapsed to such an extent that it cannot be reversed by human power. Even if the army is reorganized now to resist, it will only slow down the pace of those "Black Death" a little.

They had moved three times, and finally under the threat of the wild bull Alastair and tribal monsters, they had to abandon their fixed place and hide in disguise in the command post behind the army. The commander in the lead wore a tricorn hat, had long dull golden hair braided into small braids and scattered behind his head, had pale skin, scarlet eyes, a sword on his waist, and a musket. He looked like a captain. He sighed, gently pinched the brim of his hat to take it off, and then threw it on the ground.

"The battle is already lost, retreat!"

Chapter 73: The dust has settled, head east!

As the leaders of the pirate coalition fled with their remaining subordinates, the collapse of the entire cobbled-together army became inevitable.

The vassal army had been on the verge of collapse long before this. It no longer had a complete organization. Only small teams and fellow villagers were scattered on the battlefield. In order not to be regarded as defectors, many people chose to actively charge towards the rear of the tribal army's formation. If they were lucky enough not to die, they would immediately give up resistance, which was considered their last effort.

The pirates got it.

Al quickly made arrangements for the situation. On the one hand, he sent out the new army to recruit prisoners and on the other hand, he let the regular army make some repairs and integrated three Angry Horn Regiments with complete combat power, ordering them to pursue the defeated soldiers in order to drive them away.

After this battle, the military game in the south of Estalia came to an end.

It is impossible for the pirates to organize an army of this size a second time. If the enemy is replaced by the orthodox Kingdom of Estalia, with its capital Margarita, they will still have the strength to fight.

But pirates are a third-rate force that follows the greenskins to plunder and rob, and have no great combat power except for fighting in favorable battles and showing off their strength. They still have a chance to fight relying on the remaining power of the greenskins, but now they are defeated and fleeing to the east. If the people of Margarita are tough, they will immediately revolt the moment they receive the news and conscript all the men in the city as militia to defend the city. The humiliated pirates probably have no choice but to continue to flee to the southeast and overseas.

If they want to fight the tribe head-on, they would probably have to bring over the legendary pirate captains in the background and game settings, who in today's world are figures from hundreds of years ago, and their powerful pirate groups.

Of course, there might still be people alive.

But this is not within Al's consideration.

He has more important things to do, such as ending this war.

After all, there is an enemy attacking behind the tribe.

While Al was arranging the situation on the front battlefield, he also immediately turned his guns to support the remaining troops centered on the "Estalia Salvation Army". At the beginning, he even planned that this army might be wiped out, but the Skaven's offensive was much weaker than expected.

Al had always believed that the pirates had teamed up with the Skaven and tried to use Tolosa as an ambush point. At first, they lured him to seize the city and use it as a base for garrison. Then the pirates attacked. When the two armies met, Tolosa suddenly fell, and a large number of ratmen crawled out from the ground, attacking him from both sides and hitting him in the center.

So he did not enter Tolosa, but chose to fight in the field farther outside the city, and only sent scouts to wander around the ruins of the city, pretending to be unaware of the trick and delaying the enemy.

When the imagined sneak attack and backstab were actually launched, the Skaven's attack was much weaker than expected.

Elite Stormvermin, the invincible Plague Monk, various Skaven high-tech dimensional weapon sets, Ratlings, Plague Catapults, Bio-ratmen, Skaven Assassins, and even super scary dimensional nuclear bombs that can send a city or even a fleet into the sky...

There was none of these, but there were some ratmen troops that could be called "elite", but they were so few in number that they could not even be considered a separate force.

Al even prepared for the worst-case scenario, where the tribal army had to fight on two fronts. He dispatched the Guards Corps and personally took the field, all of which were desperate moves. His purpose was to defeat the enemy on the front as quickly as possible. In this way, even if the reserve army was wiped out, Al would only have to face one enemy.

However, this attack by the ratmen was really... strange, it was like two people had made an appointment for a duel, and the tribe knew that the pirate had found this ratman and was going to sneak over and stab the tribe in the back when the fight started, but they pretended not to know and were actually prepared to fight one against two.

As a result, after beating the pirate back with a few punches, he suddenly turned around and grabbed the club that Rat had hit him with, but found that what it was holding was not a sword, or even an iron rod, but at best a paper tube made of newspaper, which he swung with great force and momentum, but in fact could not hurt anyone at all.

Al had transferred the spellcaster away, intending to assist Alina in launching an offensive before the enemy could deploy, and at the same time to always pay attention to protecting his adoptive mother. If they encountered deadly danger, the wisecanthropus mages could work together to teleport the centaurs to a safe area.

The result was that it changed from auxiliary defense to an all-out attack. The foster mother led the cavalry to charge, taking the lead and stabbing to death the front-line warlords of the rat people one after another. The army easily tore open the rat people's defense line, and then went all the way deep into the sea of ​​rats, killing them indiscriminately. Countless rats were killed by being hit, trampled, and kicked by the four hooves wrapped in thick armor.

The fanatical morale of the ratmen suffered a heavy blow, but the invincible horse girl did not think there was anything wrong with being surrounded by enemies that were ten times her size, and she rushed forward recklessly, using her high mobility and high impact to tear the ratmen's formation into pieces. She even rushed to the replica of the Skaven Doomsday Bell, which was guarded by a circle of elite clan rats and censer monks who were praying constantly for the Grey Prophet and the monks, but was also the powerful and mysterious holy relic of the Skaven clan, and chopped this powerful holy relic to pieces.

As for why it is a replica...if the original appears, it means that the remnants of the Skaven have received the teachings of the Horned Rat and regard this battle as the ultimate decisive battle to determine the future of the entire tribe and the Horned Rat faith.

Although it is not known how strong the Skaven remnants are after they fled and changed maps to lie dormant, they are the best auxiliary of the Destruction camp who made great contributions in the last End of Time. As the saying goes, a rotten ship still has three nails. Ai'er is very confident that he can beat the pirates now and may beat the southerners, who are background boards and third-rate forces in the future.

However, when facing the real main camps and forces, they are still inevitably a little weak.

Fortunately, for some unknown reason, the ratmen failed. After Alina chopped down the Skaven's sacred bell and quickly slaughtered all the elite forces around, the momentum of the rat tide's attack stagnated. A large number of slave rats with low morale began to flee into the dungeons. The battle line was not maintained until clan rats with relatively better strength, discipline and equipment began to appear.

But that’s about it.

Alina's charge was still invincible. Even the warlords with superb skills could only hold out for a few moves before being defeated. If they didn't want to die, they could only flee in panic.

Finally, with the army of monsters riding on griffins and leading the fastest mobility returning for support, the monsters that descended from the sky completely defeated the Skaven's offensive. A large number of Skavens fled and were slaughtered, but many managed to escape back into the dungeons.

Al stopped his men from pursuing deeper underground. He was very sensitive. The ratmen's attack, which started off strong but ended weakly, could not possibly be so weak that they could only muster this much strength.

He could kill people in the capital of a country by assassination, leaving no evidence behind. He could destroy the entire invincible fleet with a powerful weapon of mass destruction, spreading plague to prevent the southern armies from supporting the capital. In the siege of the Sacred Forest, he used a weakened version of the weapon of mass destruction and siege equipment to help the greenskins break through the city...

All of the above proves that he is not facing a declining force that has declined and been defeated and can only fight with the Rat Sea Army, but a destroyed race that still maintains its own heritage and skills before the great war.

This made Al firmly believe that the power revealed by the Skaven was far more than what was shown at the moment. No matter what the reason was for the rats not to go all out in this battle, Al would not take them lightly.

Besides, since Shushu didn't want to fight, there was no need for him to bother with him for the time being. The main target of the tribe was Margarita. Even if the Eastern Expedition was victorious, the follow-up would be to unify the southeast, recruit soldiers, preach, march north, beat up the greenskins, and intimidate the northerners...

After all this was done, justice, reputation, and most importantly, the largest and most powerful military power in the land of Estalia were firmly in El's hands.

He can then proceed to the final step.

"There is no two suns in the sky!"

"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day!"

"King Ai'er is a man of extraordinary talent, a rare talent among men, with a noble appearance that cannot be described. He was born to be a superior person! Only Ai'er can take the position of prince. We will not recognize anyone else except Ai'er!"

Rat man?

Let them remain hidden underground for now. The Skaven started this war, and they will be punished sooner or later.

Then, we will have the decisive battle.

Next.

Go east!

Margarita!

Chapter 74: Seven People's National Salvation Association [First Update~]

"We were attacked! We were beaten! We lost the war!"

———After the Battle of Tolosa, the Pirate Alliance sent a message to the headquarters of the greenskin warlord Gao Maoliang Feilong.

Al has a superficial understanding of what to do first after winning a great victory:

Parading in public!

Show off!

Triumph! Triumph!

After the Battle of Tolosa, the road to Margarita was basically open and unobstructed.

He even felt that now that the defeated pirates had fled eastward, the outcome was already decided. Once the battle report arrived, if the people of Margarita had any blood in them, they would embroider the flag of justice overnight, wear white helmets and armor to mourn for the late king, and then welcome the tribal coalition forces into the city.

The king's army, with great momentum and elite troops, arrived at Margarita, the capital city that was extremely loyal to him.

By then, the story of the southwest will be repeated. The fertile land in the southeast will be conquered with a proclamation. Half of the country will fall into the palm of your hand. You can prepare for war and gather an army of 100,000, 150,000, claiming to be 300,000, and march northwards...

As a result, the coalition forces had just finished cleaning up the battlefield and continued to march eastward, but before they had passed halfway from Tolosa to Margarita, bad news arrived.

"The defeated pirate army retreated eastwards to Margarita, where they pretended to report victory and deceived the people of Margarita. That night, they joined forces with the greenskin pirates stationed in the city to launch a surprise attack, taking control of the Royal City Council and seizing the city's defense power."

He also controlled the parliament to issue an order saying: "The tribe sent troops to the southwest without the invitation of the kingdom to declare war on the Kingdom of Estalia. The tribe is by no means an ally of Estalia, but an enemy. From now on, all Estalia people under the control of the tribe should rise up in resistance and refuse to serve the beastmen. Soldiers serving in the tribal coalition should also find a way to leave the army immediately..."

Then he held the priestess of the goddess of war who had just taken the position of the Southern Eagle hostage, and announced in the name of the Church of War:

"The beastmen have invaded our country and openly spread their backward, filthy, and barbaric religion on the land of faith of the Southern Goddess. They have tainted the glory and purity of the Southern Kingdom with their vile culture and violence. All the Goddess believers should take up arms and attack and kill all the beastmen who appear before you anywhere, so as to protect the sanctity and purity of our kingdom and faith from being polluted..."

Now Margarita's gates are closed and the city is on high alert. It seems that it is trying to serve as the enemy's force to resist the tribe's eastward advance.

After hearing the news, Al flew into a rage in front of two heavyweight envoys from the National Salvation Association at the Military Council, saying that the city of Margarita was now a group of insects! They couldn't even resist the enemy who was already at the end of his strength, which had serious negative consequences for the great cause of restoration.

The envoy was embarrassed but also repeatedly expressed his agreement. He said that when the pirates turned back, the National Salvation Association realized something was wrong and hoped to encourage the city defense army and the parliament to revolt together. Because Estalia is a martial and aggressive country, as well as a tradition of overseas development, colonization, and mercenaries, all wealthy families will more or less have some private guards and hired legion organizations.

This group of people were generally well-equipped and well-disciplined, and had been conscripted to defend the city in the previous siege, where they had played a significant role. If they were organized and launched an uprising that night, they might be able to drive the pirates out while they were still without a firm foothold and support, and regain control of the city.

As a result, those wealthy and powerful people, as well as the parliamentary representatives, who had secretly colluded with each other to support the National Salvation Association and the resistance organization, became hesitant and indecisive, fearing that the failure would bring disaster to themselves.

So it was shelved. Although Margarita's "Seven-Man Salvation Association" was originally an underground resistance organization formed by seven very capable patriots who had made achievements in different fields, and their common form of activities was secret salons, as they gained support from more and more "patriots" who "cared about the kingdom", they inevitably lost their independence and control over the entire organization.

Even among the seven nominal leaders, after the founders voted, four finally agreed to immediately gather forces to launch an uprising, one opposed, and two abstained. However, due to being constrained by various aspects and failing to get the support of those people, they could only "discuss again" and "postpone".

Finally, the pirates launched the first raid. Although the members of the National Salvation Association were well prepared, they were still outnumbered. Their followers were arrested and killed, and they could only escape from Margarita.

Those who supported appeasement and one abstentionist, "businessman" Barton Hall and "scholar" Eve Catlin, remained in Margarita City.

Another "mercenary" named Barrett Wallace, who was considered to have abstained because of his absence, is currently forming an army in the neighboring country of Tyrell to participate in Tyrell's war against the greenskins.

The remaining four are: "Count" Melisandre Skaia, "Fighter" Harrington the Bull, "Captain" Heller Benser, and "Craftsman" Valen Wald.

The ones who came to the tribal army as special envoys to meet Ai'er were "Count" Melisande and "Captain" Tyler Benser. Both the "Craftsman" and the "Fighter" chose to flee to the southeast region, trying to recruit troops there to call for an uprising.

The arrival of the bad news dampened Al's original plan to hold a grand ceremony to enter the city. He urgently convened a military meeting and summoned all the human officers and beastman warriors who had gone through the bloody battle and now had even greater faith in the Blood Mother and the Path of Eternal God's Chosen.

The news brought by the National Salvation Association was shown to everyone - a notice of condemnation issued in the name of the Royal Capital Council and the Southern Church.

Suddenly, everyone was excited. Even the officers who were relatively concerned about the "orthodoxy of the kingdom" and respected the faith of the goddess of war could not help but talk about it. They said that in such a good situation, Margarita's gang not only did not fight for liberation, but were successfully counterattacked by a group of pirates who had already been defeated, and even made such hateful remarks under coercion.

Simply, simply...

"Traitor!"

When the first such slogan was shouted by an excited commander, "Captain" Taylor Benser, an old man with white hair and beard, extraordinary demeanor, and awe-inspiring presence, looked like an old lion who had reached old age but still had some power.

Taylor's eyelids twitched.

Treason, it is indeed treason, but this time... the tribe came to shout, whether...

He glanced at the indignant young officer, who was an Estalia... The National Salvation Association was well aware of the fact that the tribe was preaching to the human soldiers under its command, but there were three points. On the one hand, the current situation required help from others, and the power of the tribe had to be relied upon to complete the cause of national restoration; secondly, the tribe did not use swords, but only relied on words, so it would not be a serious matter if no measures were taken to force conversions; thirdly... Mirmidia had disappeared and no longer protected the southerners, and even the most pessimistic voices had raised such terrible thoughts as "the goddess is dead".

The Estalians do need the support of the gods.

So when it comes to issues of faith and religion, the tribe doesn't care. I'm going to preach anyway, and the resistance organization is tactful enough not to talk about it.

But soon, the entire military council became surprisingly united in criticizing Margarita.

"This bunch is rebellious!"

"Rebel!"

"It's simply treason! It's clearly treason!"

Taylor could understand the Estalia people's shouting, but even the beastmen who were all very strong and chasing the greenskins on the battlefield joined in, and everyone denounced "traitors" and "cowards!" "Margarita is a bunch of traitors! Please allow us to kill them, Your Highness!"

Such a scene made an outsider like Taylor feel quite strange.

Why are our reliable and capable allies so active in dealing with some of our internal issues...

He even acted as if something like this had happened in his own family.

The old captain was a little confused.

And "Count" Melisandre Skaya, a noble lady with noble ancestry from the Empire, Tyrell, Bretonnia, and even Kislev, is a distinguished lady in Margarita and even the entire Kingdom of Estalia...

Now she is trying hard to act as if she is sitting upright, with her hands on her belly. Her plump, ripe buttocks like peaches press down her long skirt, which sticks tightly to her buttocks, outlining a plump and attractive round outline.

The corners of her eyes were adorned with a teardrop-shaped mole, and her bright red eyes were filled with charming glances. She was staring at Al's face, who was holding a file in one hand and pressing the other hand on the table, staring coldly at the noisy Al in the room.

Obviously, in this meeting, the countess's focus was far different from that of the old captain.

Her beauty has reached the level of a blessing from God, which already brings a special attack bonus to ordinary people. Moreover, before coming here, the countess, who has fair skin and beautiful looks, and can be judged as "simple and innocent" by the average standard of the nobility, has long admired the young man "King Aiel" who suddenly appeared, fought in the south and the north, defeated the greenskins and became famous in the north and south. It is said that he has a beautiful appearance and charm like the incarnation of a god.

I have always wanted to see with my own eyes how charming and stunning the "incarnation of God" is.

With the built-in favorability bonus, El's charm aura can be triggered to perform additional special attacks on people who have a good impression of him.

The Countess now had beautiful eyes and a shy face. She had no doubt that as long as the boy asked, this noble lady, who was old enough and tall enough to be his mother, would be happy to put her white and tender little hand in the boy's palm and let him hold her hand. Or the Countess could hold Al's hand in return and take him to a beautiful environment, preferably a quiet place with only the two of them, to have a drink and then have a detailed conversation.

According to Al's judgment, this woman with such a solemn title as "one of the seven founding members of the National Salvation Association" is a face control, and a very serious one.

Her fiery gaze had been fixed on him since she entered the room, more exaggerated than that of a nympho, but definitely not simply "lustful". She wanted to have the big cart crush the small pony, hold Al in her beautiful flesh, and have this and that kind of desire.

On the contrary, it is a very simple yet strong "appreciation" and "love" for beautiful things, so strong that it makes people unable to feel it is simple.

It's probably like meeting a beautiful older sister or girl on the road in El, and when you are stealthy and the other party can't observe you, you like to stare at the other person for a few more seconds - the appreciation is dozens of times stronger.

Chapter 75: The Trial of the Pope