Warhammer

The legion commanders, who had been corrupted by El into puppets but still retained a certain degree of self-awareness, naturally followed the extreme ideas instilled in them by El. They drew their swords and slammed their muskets on the table.

"Every year, the Imperials suppress labor scab riots, peasant rebellions, and various crimes, and execute at least 10,000 to 20,000 traitors. We should also have this awareness!"

So the parliamentarians and dignitaries didn't say anything more. At most, they just asked them to be careful recently and not be troubled by the refugee rebellion.

But Al's arrangements don't stop there.

He controlled the commanders and sent two expeditionary forces to the two nearest gathering points where people had converted to the Four Gods and chose to join the tribe. They were full of murderous intent and showed an attitude of suppressing dissent with iron-blooded force.

Then he was stopped by the beastmen before entering the village.

The expeditionary force followed the orders and instructions of their superiors and acted aggressively at the beginning. They wanted to arrest all rebels. All able-bodied men had to join the army, otherwise they would be regarded as rebels and punished.

About one hundred healthy and strong women were also to be recruited to serve as military wives and perform labor service in the army.

Since the grain in the warehouse was taken from the supply officer, it nominally belonged to the kingdom and had to be handed over. The kingdom would then appoint an administrator to distribute it.

Obviously, the refugees could not agree to any of the three demands.

However, with the enemy outnumbering us almost one to one, especially when the other side was a well-trained legion, if a war broke out, the fate that awaited this stronghold would be that it would be breached and everyone would be arrested and tried.

Al's back-up plan immediately appeared.

The Wrathhorn Legion, the guards of the Eternal Chosen, walked out from behind the stronghold. These heavily armored Aiel guards, holding heavy weapons, passed through the array of refugees who were trembling but still insisted on confronting the Kingdom Army, and stood in front of the expeditionary force.

Wolves, centaurs, and angry-horned beasts emerged from the forest and surrounded the allied legion on both sides. Several griffins circled in the sky, and these proud and noble beasts let out heart-wrenching screams from time to time.

The earth trembles, a terrifying beast is stepping onto the battlefield!

The Blood Mother Bull Legion and a giant advanced together, and the whole forest seemed to be trembling.

The refugees saw the Beastman Shaman, who always leaned on a wooden staff, wore a tattered cloak, and exuded a mixed scent of herbs, flowers, fruits, and soil. He looked a little strange, but was full of wisdom and had the virtue of being helpful. He would lend a helping hand to most people's requests, walking out of the ranks of the Angry Horn Guards.

It walked to the front of the two armies, lifted its cloak, and struck the ground with its scepter, causing cracks to appear under the feet of the expeditionary soldiers and disrupting their formation.

Then he conveyed Al's will righteously:

The teachings of the Four Mothers made El regard all people of the same faith as his compatriots, and he also accepted the allegiance of the refugees. Now this group of people no longer belonged to the Kingdom of Estalia, both in terms of faith and secularity, but to the tribe and the Four Mothers.

Taking action against them means declaring war on the tribe!

The expeditionary force was confused and uneasy, and the commanders had no choice but to announce their withdrawal and gave up the liquidation of the two strongholds. This event instantly consolidated and strengthened the sense of belonging and piety of the converts in the two and other regions to the tribe.

Once again, El took the trouble to break away (escape) from the gentle embrace of his foster mother, sheep mother, sheep maid, and wife, and rode on the griffin girl, accompanied by the guards, to inspect various conversion bases to deepen the influence.

The tribe also had a dispute with the advance troops and refugee representatives over this matter.

In the end, neither side could do anything to the other.

It is impossible for El to use the means of corrupting the commanders to make them recognize the legitimacy of the refugees' joining the Four Mothers, at least not now. Even if he did so, the Northern Council of the Estalia people would not agree and would be very suspicious of everything that happened in the Pina Forest.

As for the Kingdom, mainly the refugee representatives and the commander of the advance corps that was secretly controlled by El, it was impossible for El to retreat and abandon those converted defectors due to the absolute power gap, so the two sides could only part ways unhappily, but a tacit unspoken rule was also formed.

"The Kingdom will no longer touch the refugees who convert to the Four Mothers and swear allegiance to Aiel, but it will absolutely not recognize the legitimacy of this behavior that is close to treason and will treat them as if they are already dead."

"The tribe is still distributing supplies to all strongholds. Those who have not changed their beliefs and openly defected from the tribe will still hand over the supplies to the kingdom for distribution. At the same time, they are also providing some intelligence and support to the advance corps."

As the tough attitude and demands of the kingdom (advance corps) spread, more and more refugees were enduring the oppression of officials while facing the fate of being separated and killed. When they were poor, they had to change, and they chose to rebel. After all, they would either die if they obeyed or they would die if they rebelled, so it was better to join the tribe!

Sir, I have changed my faith!

I will be a tribesman from now on, a kingdom? I am not familiar with it, really not familiar with it.

Ai'er put on a complete show. Whenever there was trouble somewhere, he would rush there quickly through the underground channels, watch and manipulate the development of the situation, and then continue the process of descending from the sky - gaining the hearts of the people - and people from all directions coming to surrender. In just one week, more than half of the refugee groups who were restless due to food and conscription issues had at least nominally joined the tribe and converted to the Four Mothers.

There are also many people who still maintain their worship of the goddess Myrmidia. After all, if they worship four goddesses at the same time, maybe they can get along well with five goddesses?

A few are still wavering. One reason is that the exploitation by the logistics officers has not reached a certain level, or the resources are more abundant than in other places and are slightly better than the daily rations. The other reason is that the distance is far away, or there are many loyalists among them who are still waiting and watching. What if the kingdom suddenly changes its mind and becomes less harsh?

Al could only feel regretful about this, and then manipulated the commanders of the advance army to issue one brutal and brainless order after another to undermine the kingdom's prestige among the refugees.

In order to shock the people and regain their confidence, when the advance army raided a stronghold that had refused to obey the conscription order but had not yet surrendered to the tribe, Al hesitated whether to go and mediate the matter. He procrastinated for a while, resulting in 500 strong laborers being captured from the stronghold, and even more people dying or being executed for resistance.

When Barbatos, the third son of Ai'er and the leader of the Third Legion, arrived with his headquarters, most of the stronghold had been in a state of panic due to several days of repression and intimidation (mainly from the beastmen). The extreme behavior of the advance troops burned things down, and many people committed atrocities on the ruins, as if they wanted to vent all the negative emotions over this period of time on these civilians.

In a rage, Barbatos pierced three advance soldiers who were raping a woman with a spear, and then ordered the angry-horned beast warriors under his command to stop the atrocities and kill any who resisted, triggering a large-scale fight.

In the end, the beastmen won the battle. However, during the battle, Al's third brother was hit by a musket, but fortunately he was not seriously injured.

The devout human believers under Ai'er, including the Blood Oath Brotherhood and the fanatics developed by the Grand Nun, continued to spread the news, causing a lot of panic among the unconverted refugees. At the same time, these converts also continued to create and stir up emotions and conflicts, causing one stronghold after another to change their stance, convert, and change color.

The Eternal Chosen One himself looked at the ever-increasing green dots and the sphere of influence displayed on the Blessing of Omniscience, and while he was happy to see it, he also felt ashamed at times for the despicable means he used.

But there is a final righteousness ahead.

Al felt that he still had to work harder.

There are now more than 200,000 refugees.

In the future, there will be a kingdom of millions of people, and a neighbor next door whose population is as wealthy as his, and even the border, the badlands, the new world, Bretonnia, the empire in the north... waiting for him to seize.

The eldest daughter, Misha, walked into her young father's palace.

Al was sitting on the edge of the bed while Barbatos was lying on the bed, excitedly gesticulating with his fists and feet and repeating to his young father what he had seen and heard. It was not until he saw his eldest sister appear that he quickly shrank back into the quilt, acting weak and drowsy.

"People from the Council of Scholars have arrived."

Al reached out and smoothed the third child's messy hair, flicked her smooth forehead, then stood up and left with the eldest daughter.

Before leaving, Misha gave her brother a caring yet warning look, causing the commander of the Third Legion to stick out his tongue, close his eyes obediently, and sleep to recuperate.

"If the Estalia take a hard line on this, we will not only not give in, but we will also respond with a more resolute attitude: Either you admit that what happened in the forest is a foregone conclusion, or, the greenskins go north, and you humans will fight on your own!"

Al emphasized his thoughts to his eldest daughter.

Chapter 131: Scholars Council, Gift

The female mage who once took the initiative to reveal information to El, the White Tower scholar Kallen, allowed him to plan ahead and wipe out the demon hunting team that was inexplicably formed. He captured four female characters and a female hunter who was working outside for El.

Did not appear in the team of this Scholars Council.

Al felt a little regretful, after all, they were old acquaintances.

The companions who were badly betrayed by the female magician, two of them have become the boy's weapons, one is working outside for the fate of his companions, and the only one left is a little nun. El didn't want to be too cruel, so he left her to Misha for a while. She lived and prayed with the female beasts, and has become a devout believer who is responsible for spreading the gospel of the four goddesses.

In her distorted cognition, the four gods are the true and eternal powers, and Myrmidia is only a partial manifestation of the four goddesses, who came to the mortal world to lead all living beings.

Now, the descendants of the Four Mothers have come down to earth, the Eternal Chosen have been born, and Myrmidia has naturally returned to the realm of the gods (Chaos) and been divided among the Four Mothers. The mortal world has now entered the Age of Aiur.

To those who still held out hope for Myrmidia and were unwilling to give up their faith, and who were deeply disappointed with the goddess' silence and lack of response since the war began, the little nun earnestly preached to them: believe in the Four Mothers, assist "King El" in establishing a mortal kingdom, and then the Four Mothers will send their maids, the guides of mortals, and the visionary goddesses back to the mortal world.

This is how she explained it to the Estalians when she was preaching...

Al thought this doctrine was too heretical.

That is to say, the nun's temperament and appearance were a big plus, plus her identity as a "former church member", and most importantly: she had the protection and support of the tribe, so she was not arrested and put on trial by extremists, or was raped in the dark and exposed like this or that.

what?

Al?

Of course, Al wouldn't...right?

......

Probably not, at least not now.

The boy received the envoys of the Council of Scholars in his own palace, four wizards wearing robes of red, blue, green and purple.

The servants pushed open the door, and four mages walked to the center of the hall, untied their hoods, and in highly coordinated movements, they touched their chests and bent over toward El.

“A wise man is never sleepy!”

“He who knows is not confused!”

"All-knowing only!"

These four people all look ordinary. They are the type that cannot be recognized at a glance in a crowd. When encountering something, they will frown without any doubt and quietly retreat behind everyone.

Apart from the fanaticism in their eyes and the knowledge-seeking temperament of the spellcasters and scholars, Al couldn't even tell the difference between these four people and four random refugees.

Al was very glad that, so far, all the Four Mothers' believers he had seen, except for the trolls which were already strange in appearance, did not show any strange mutations in their appearance.

Although they cannot be considered handsome men and beautiful women, their looks are at least above average.

The appearance here is judged according to different races, but it is generally in the same direction, without any twisted limbs, extra organs or the like.

Although the female beastmen who believe in joy have indeed become more attractive in appearance and temperament, both to male beastmen and...human refugees.

After all, although the overall look is Furiously oriented, as long as you accept the settings such as "hooves", "tail", "hairy" and "horns", the appearance of the female beastman is still acceptable.

Sometimes, Al was afraid that his aesthetic taste would lean too much towards the "beast" direction and he would become the second Emperor X-Wind in the future, so he specially added a normal human wife to his harem.

Each of these four people possesses unique skills... In addition to the triple attributes of Tzeentch (crossed out), the all-knowing mother's followers, spellcasters, and scholars, they also have a common identity:

A mage with a long-term employment contract with the Northern Council and a spellcaster advisor to the Northern Legion.

Among them, the red, blue and green ones were the early ones who had been active between the Southern Kingdom and the New World long before Ai'er was born. They all have a certain degree of fame but are not well-known. The purple-robed wizard was summoned to leave his base after Ai'er was born, and took a boat from Marienburg to Bilbarri, entering Estalia before the Greenskin War began.

Thanks to the latent nature of Chaos followers, especially the T followers who are best at hiding, the main members of the Scholar's Council generally have the characteristics of being evasive. Therefore, before the outbreak and in the initial stage of the Greenskin War, they basically survived the large-scale assassination of mages and ruling class elites launched by rat assassins sent by a "non-existent race" "suspected" to be a branch of Beastmen.

Due to the losses and panic caused by the assassination, and the indirect outflow of spellcasters, the mage scholars of the Council of Scholars are currently either still hiding their identities or have joined or cooperated with the official and powerful forces of the Estalia and have been reused.

Only a few unlucky people were affected, but they were minor characters, and it didn't matter if they died...

May your soul return to the throne of God's Chosen One!

"What do the Estalia people think this time?"

The maids brought stools and asked the four mages to sit down. This was a kindness and also an order from the Eternal Chosen God, so they thanked him and accepted it.

Al knocked on the armrest of the throne with one hand and pinched the bottom of the mask with the other hand. He felt that this was more intimidating and suitable for shocking foreign officials.

If he is held in his arms and there are several naked beauties with big breasts and fat buttocks lying around him, it will add a lot of debauchery.

The four mages are currently serving under the Northern Council. The two mages in red and green robes joined the army directly. Because of their outstanding performance, they were even retained by the Estalia military tribune in his direct staff agency. They are not required to go to the battlefield in person.

Because the Purple Robe Wizard arrived very late and had seldom been active in the South before, unlike the other three who each had their own disguise and fame, the Northern Parliament was not as generous in trusting and respecting him as the other three.

But humans certainly wouldn’t think of that.

These four people are all traitors.

There are many big and small traitors below, waiting for Al to kill them.

Regarding this point, Al even specifically complained about his happy mother.

Alina, the Blood Mother's Chosen One, is now El's adoptive mother (the kind that does it) and the top military force. Without the existence of the Centaur girls, it is no exaggeration to say that the military power that El can exert would be weakened by at least two levels.

The elite Apostle Scholar Council developed by the Omniscient One outside has provided great help to El's strategy in Estalia. The presence of almost all of its members are spellcasters, and they have successfully infiltrated Estalia, and even have considerable authority. They will be able to play a greater role in El's subsequent fight against and conquest of the Kingdom of Estalia.

The loving mother played a big role in integrating the believers of the Shepherd of All Things for him, ensuring their uniqueness while ensuring that their power would not get out of control. In particular, this "loving mother" in the literal sense was bearing and resolving suffering for the world with her infinitely broad mind and love, which made Al feel great respect and love for her.

After all the calculations, the one who performed the worst so far is the one who is in a position opposite a guy who is responsible for embarrassing others and having fun on a daily basis in another four-person team.

Of course, the goddess would obviously not be willing to be scolded by her own son with implicit complaints and fall into a disadvantageous position - that's another matter when she wants to try this game again.

Joyful Lady once argued with Al confidently:

Her followers are still mainly of the upper-middle class, mostly engaged in art and pursuing happiness and enjoyment. Such thoughts and beliefs are naturally found in places where the internal and external environment is relatively stable. In simple terms, it is a place where people have nothing to do after eating and naturally pursue other needs.

There are not many places like this even one hundred and fifty years after the Great War. The Old World consists of two major blocks and two minor blocks. The major blocks are the Empire and Osuen, and the minor blocks are the United States of Battor and the colonies of the New World.

Joy's self-proclaimed followers are mainly distributed in the Empire and Osun, with great influence and wide-ranging involvement. From the royal court to the port area of ​​Altdorf, all kinds of people have the purple hands of Joy's followers.

Al liked bickering with Joy, which gave him a special pleasure, so he asked: "Can it influence the Empire to send troops to intervene?" "Can Osuan's aerospace fleet find a way to infiltrate?" These kinds of words made Joy's mother look ashamed and angry, and she whispered sweet words in his ear (physical), and then the mother and son bickered, which turned into flirting, and finally she asked Al in a pitiful and flattering voice to be a filial son and help her mother recruit more believers in the future, etc.

If this voice appeared in the ears of other people, it could tempt a dozen nobles, priests and the like to fall on the spot. Al had no doubt about this, as he had a double standard of moral integrity. From the beginning of the quarrel to the stage of flirting, he kept reminding himself: Gods have no sex, she is your biological mother, she is a playboy, you can't beat her, etc., so as not to have any illusions about this "biological mother" who is a powerful chaos.

The mages brought him the latest intelligence from the Northern Council. Of course, if it was just a small matter, there would be no need for them to take the risk and come in person as a group of four.

Divine grace is sometimes free and sometimes requires a reward. The former is often based on the premise that you can do things for the gods or gain their appreciation—which in itself is a kind of sacrifice.

But dedication also needs to be rewarded.

This is true whether it is motivation or stabilization.

They brought detailed intelligence from the Estalia, including responses to refugee riots, mass conversions to the tribe, and near rebellion, but they also had some ideas of their own.

The red wizard stepped forward first, and he prayed to Aiur for the blessing of witnessing the chaotic power of the Everchosen.

The other three followed closely behind.

Al: ???

You four are not women, so how can I benefit you?