Warhammer

The second largest city in the past and now the temporary capital (Margarita is not counted for the time being), Bilbarri is still there.

No matter what, no matter how great the contribution is, it is impossible for an outsider like Al to interfere in the internal affairs of another family when the master is still in charge.

Then, after Al finishes the Bilbarri rescue battle, he will have to fight another Bilbarri siege battle.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry. Even if he started to mobilize troops to prepare for the Northern Expedition, he would not rush to take all his wealth with him.

That way he would have no excuse to delay.

But news came from the north that the people of Bilbari had put all their efforts into the fight with the greenskins. The defenders in the city, regardless of gender, age, women or children, all took up arms and fought the greenskins in the streets. The seriously wounded would fight to the death to fight the greenskins one for one.

The battle was so brutal that even though there was a long distance between the north and the south, Al could still smell the bloody smoke from the written letters.

This made him very conflicted again.

There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city of Bilbao, and because of the continuous influx of refugees, the number of people is even greater than that of Margarita, which has been looted by pirates.

If, in order to better integrate the North, we keep our troops in place, watch the greenskins break into the city, and slaughter people wantonly...

All the lives in the city were lost.

Although it has nothing to do with Al - bullshit.

He had been brooding over this matter for a long time. Before entering Margarita, he actually had no intuitive understanding of the war in the north.

Some people even think that if the Bilbali people can't hold on any longer, they might follow the "Margarita story". Anyway, the capital has surrendered, and we have fought for so long and made great contributions to the liberation of the South. It doesn't matter if we can't hold on any longer. After the war, we will be rewarded and punished based on merit. No matter how good the performance of Bilbali is, it is still better than your Margarita, right?

That way, Al won't have so many moral burdens when he turns around and starts fighting again.

But due to a series of factors such as bloody tug-of-war, miracles, patriotism, and the martyrdom of the Grand Master, the Birbali people have become the last and hardest bone of the Estalia people.

The current fighting style is clearly aimed at destroying both sides.

Women, children and infants all went to the battlefield, which was a heroism that Al could hardly imagine.

He now doesn't know what to do.

Would he sit back and watch Bilbarry bleed to death in a long tug-of-war, and then face the fate of being destroyed by the angry greenskin army and the friendly forces who stood by and watched?

But if the rescue is carried out, then Bilbarri will have won the victory in this brutal war, integrated the entire north during the war, and has righteousness, orthodoxy, and prestige...which will inevitably become a huge obstacle for Aiel to usurp the throne.

Even if the worst-case scenario of a second North-South confrontation were to occur, after the two years of the Greenskin War, "foreign forces" such as the Empire, Battor, and the Elves should be able to react no matter how slow they are, and begin to turn their eyes and hands to the South.

At that time, even if El takes off his mask and faces millions of Estalia who are hostile to him both inside and outside the Empire, they will not be easily defeated as in the past because they have experienced bloody battles. There is also interference from external forces. What El is most worried about is that the Knights of the Fiery Sun and the Church of the Goddess of War in the Empire will come all the way with the Imperial intervention army to aid the Estalia.

Although I don't know what I did in the past two years...

Hundreds of thousands of lives were saved and El successfully took over the Estalia Kingdom, taking the most critical step towards the end...

He is very confused now.

Chapter 94: The Shepherd of All Things, the Deer Demon

Originally, when the court meeting began, Al planned to return north with only 10,000 people, first back to the Pina Forest; the other troops were dispersed throughout the country on the pretext of stabilizing the area and preventing the enemy from making a comeback, using the radiation of the heavy military group to influence the local areas and strengthen the coalition's control over various places.

At the same time, Aiel could also use the excuse that his forces were insufficient to launch an attack, refuse to seek his own death, and continue to sit on the sidelines of the war in the north. At most, he would harass the rear of the greenskins and share some of the frontal pressure for the Bilbarri people.

But after receiving the battle report, Al hesitated again.

It took him two months to sort out affairs in Margarita and intervene in a series of operations in various places, and this was because Al handled everything quickly.

If he delays any longer and sends his troops back north, by the time the follow-up troops complete local rectification and militia training, the bones of the Bilbali people will be rotten.

Hundreds of thousands of lives, even if it wasn't Al who killed them directly, how could he convince himself with such a reason...

Finally, after much hesitation, Al decided to increase the number of people who would follow him back to the forest to prepare for the Northern Expedition to 30,000, which was basically most of the main force of the tribe.

But facing the real greenskin main force of more than 100,000 people, led by the greenskin warlord himself, and ready for a field battle, Al was still very unsure.

If there was no key person like Bilbarry, for example, if the greenskins had already taken the city, Al would definitely adopt the dove tactic and fight a protracted war with the greenskins.

He needs time to train his troops. It is impossible to defeat the greenskins by relying solely on the beastmen, whose entire tribe may have fewer people combined than the enemy. Moreover, even if the battle for Estalia fails, Aiur is unlikely to go crazy and mobilize all his people to fight and bet all his belongings on the table of the Southern Kingdom. He is more likely to run away with his family if he has a choice.

The combat effectiveness demonstrated by the new army has been proven. Even without the Beastmen as the finale, an army composed purely of humans can at least maintain a balance when encountering enemies of the same size. Once the number increases, discipline and teamwork will easily allow the human army to widen the gap with the greenskins.

If Ai'er now had a hundred thousand new human troops who were devout believers in the Blood Mother, he could start the Northern Expedition without any worries, eliminate the greenskins in the north, and then hold a grand triumphal ceremony to declare his martial virtues to the northerners.

What do 100,000 human soldiers mean?

This means that the countless families behind them, their parents, brothers, spouses, and children have more or less stood in the camp of supporting Al.

If these soldiers were to receive more systematic training and be directly transferred from the military to civilian service, Al could even kick aside all the old systems and forces in Estalia and build a simple, effective and completely loyal military government from scratch.

In this situation, it doesn't matter whether the northerners oppose or submit, Aiel can crush them easily.

But obviously, Al couldn't figure it out in a short time.

After fighting for so long, except for the expansion of the new army, the number of beastmen has not changed much because the population base is still there.

It will take more than a day or two for the tens of thousands of reservists who were frantically recruited to become truly combat-ready.

Al calculated with his fingers and found that the number of his main forces had not changed much, and was still a little over 50,000 troops.

Although the new army is expanding every day, Ai'er is also very careful to ensure that the three major legions do not degenerate. If they expand too quickly and absorb too much, making the originally loyal and reliable new army unreliable, it would be a loss.

The Northern Expedition was imminent, and how to fight was a big problem.

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Seeing the sheep mother whom he hadn't seen for a long time, El jumped off the back of the Griffin Queen, rushed over quickly, and threw himself into Elune's arms.

There were many little hooves following behind her.

Two-legged sheep girl, four-legged forehead...

Half-deer man?

Al put his head on the sheep mother's shoulder and looked at the group of girls of all ages in front of him, feeling a little curious.

Deer demon, deer lady, half-deer man...

Lilia!

Like the Naga, the upper body of the deer girls is that of a charming and lovely girl, with small and exquisite animal ears and big antlers. The lower body is that of a very cute little deer with shiny and soft fur, a tail slightly shorter than that of a werewolf, and four small hooves.

The deer also moves forward in a bouncing manner, with its raised deer buttocks trembling with the arc of the movement and its deer tail swinging behind it.

Deer lady!

Al was thrilled.

He sensed a unique aura from these beautiful little hooves that should have appeared in Pina Forest after he left the forest.

Like the Mother Goddess, but with a bit of joy and decadence.

But there is another kind of more intense...

"Shepherd of all things?"

Ai'er lowered his head, kissed Elune's neck and her fluffy white hair that smelled sweet of grass, and asked in a low voice.

He knew that the Sheep Girl had always maintained some faith in the Shepherd of All Things, which was normal in the tribe. The Four Mothers also held an attitude of permission and acceptance towards the latter. In addition, the Shepherd of All Things was a common belief among the Beastmen today, so Al didn't care about it.

It is normal in the tribe to worship the Four Mothers and the Shepherd God at the same time. Many devout believers will also add the mark of Ai'er and worship six "powerful ones" at the same time.

A very important class in the tribe: the shamans, most of whom are focused on both the exploration of the Mother Goddess and the totem of the Shepherd God of All Things.

However, as the authority of El became increasingly consolidated, the belief in the Four Mothers became an unshakable state religion, and the orthodox faith and the belief in the shepherd god have always been on the margins.

They are invited out for festivals and all kinds of offerings and sacrifices are made, but to know how much attention and influence they have, I can only say...

Even Al has always thought that some beastmen may have confused the Shepherd of All Things with the Kind Mother, or think that "it is natural for there to be five of the Four Mother Goddesses."

Today I suddenly discovered that the shepherd god of all things, who had not been active for a long time, suddenly and quietly brought out a group of little hooves.

Al was a little confused.

Also very alert.

Although the deer demon and the deer lady Silly Spore are very pretty, yes...

And it looks very gentle...

The two types of half-beasts that El has encountered so far are a centaur and a naga. Each one is stronger and bigger than the other.

Given the deer demon's physique, Al didn't even need it to bend its hooves. He could just stand there and hold the deer's hips with both hands and start charging.

but!

There is the precedent of Lilith's mischief.

Al would be wary of anyone other than the Four Mothers, including the followers of the Four Mothers, if there was a chance.

That time, Lilith got a female elf to sneak into the forest to touch the altar quietly, and then she approached El to make it clear that she wanted to divide the territory.

If she had malicious intent to backstab someone, Lilith could have easily let the wood elves go after bringing them in. As long as the news got back to Avalon, there was no doubt that the Wild Hunt fleet would be on the coast of Estalia soon.

Fortunately, the fake mother-son relationship has not yet reached the point of parting ways and breaking up, so there is still room for discussion.

When Al saw the deer girl, his first reaction was lust, so he rushed forward.

The second reaction is wait a minute, something is wrong, don’t rush.

Then I started to doubt:

Damn it, after Lilith's action once, is the Shepherd of All Things, who has been idle and has little sense of existence, finally going to be eliminated?

Thinking of this, the little girl instantly turned into the succubus and Diao Chan in the Beauty Trap.

Al carried the sheep mother back onto the griffin's back and flew straight up without paying any attention to the people on the ground.

Many little kids looked up at Al who was flying high in the sky, with admiration on their faces. They talked and laughed, and jumped back to the forest with the maids.

Chapter 5: The Truth about the Shepherd of All Things [-in- K Chapter~]

Ai'er returned to his birthplace, the Magic Forest of Pina. Apart from being busy with sexual repayment for his sheep mother Elune who guarded the house for him, he also did not neglect his important business.

For example, the preliminary preparations for the Northern Expedition, the transfer of supplies to the north of the forest, the assembly of troops, and so on.

Although they were not yet ready to formally march northward and fight their way out of the forest, Ai'er decided that no matter what, since they still had some strength to spare and the enemy's main force was gathering under the city of Bilbarri, the coalition forces should make use of their high mobility. Even if they could not engage in a decisive battle, they should at least harass the greenskins' supply lines and rear.

It would be even better if we could destroy part of the enemy's garrison and draw the attention of the front-line troops to relieve some of the pressure on Bilbarry.

At the same time, Al finally figured out the causes and consequences of the birth of the deer demon.

Just as he inferred.

These half-human, half-deer little hooves come from the power of the shepherd god of all things.

But it was not what he imagined:

It is a group of people created by the Shepherd God of All Things.

Instead, some beastmen, sheepwomen, and deer people in the tribe (who, like most beastmen, walked upright on two legs and had antlers on their heads) were inspired during the sacrificial ceremony. According to their description, they were summoned by the shepherd god. After informing the sheep mother of this, they all walked into the depths of the forest.

After "walking through the path that their ancestors had walked," they saw the "World Tree."

That is the Oak of Ages located in the Great Forest of Athel Loren.

They walked the path of their ancestors, through the huge, interconnected roots of the Oak of Time, which spread across the entire continental plate, through the seabed, and radiated to the new world. When they appeared in the forest again, they had turned into a strange life form that was half human and half deer.

According to Al's identification.

The deer demon has the ability to cast spells, but is not suitable for killing enemies. It is more of a supporting type and can be regarded as a weakened version of the shaman.

They are born with a charming aura and have maximum affinity with humans and beastmen, especially beastmen. Almost all beastmen have a natural favorability bonus towards these pretty, charming and cute little hooves, and basically will not refuse the other party's unreasonable requests.

And this feeling of goodwill is not the devotion of believers to their priesthood and faith. If Al were to describe it, the beastman's goodwill towards the little hoof is more like the fanatical love of fans for their idols.

Only the apostles of the joyful gospel receive some reverence similar to this, but it is not as pure as that of the little hooves.

Nature-affinity constitution, what promotes plant growth, activates plants, drives wild beasts, natural perception, etc...

In Pina's world, which has now turned into an enchanted forest, he feels like a fish in water—even more exaggerated than that.

The forest, the beastmen, and even the soil here will consciously cater to and get close to the deer monsters. The deep forest is a dangerous area for most people. Even the beastmen have to be wary of the existence that grows together with them and takes root in the woods.

But for the little ones, it is like a fairy tale server specially opened for them.

The blood-red tusk beasts are the most explosive and aggressive. Only the bravest and most patient beastmen warriors can tame these ferocious war beasts, and they will retreat and restrain their temper in front of the deer monsters.

Even those arrogant descendants of Ai'er would not be arrogant in front of the deer demon. Although they did not pursue and love it as fanatically as ordinary tribesmen, they also had a good impression of it and had a certain good impression of it.

What beastman doesn't like pretty little hooves?