Chapter 333, Holy War!
The rats present, the rats in this sacred temple, and these great rat figures, have all been waiting for this blessing.

They finally waited for this blessing.

At this moment, it was as if I had finally woken up from a dream.

Started shouting loudly.

“Great God, Great High Priest!

Great God! Great High Priest! "

Frenzy and excitement.

The flame of desire was ignited again. This group of guys are always like this. They cannot see the piety of the white rat kneeling in front of the altar, they cannot see the blessing that the great god bestows on every rat man. The only thing they see is that the death of the white rat has earned the blessing of the great god.

A civil war has entered the intensive preparation stage.

Soon after the death of the almighty commander, the blessing from the great god fell.

There was little that could have prevented this civil war from happening.

If you still want this deformed country to continue to exist.

Faith is the cornerstone of this empire, the ratmen priests are the cornerstone of this empire, and the big claw priests are the cornerstone of this empire.

This is a situation that cannot be changed. Perhaps once you understand this, you will be able to understand why Rat War was the first to be eliminated in this turmoil.

Yes, war is extremely important to the rat people, but faith is more important.

The unrestrained Rat War will completely tear this deformed and twisted country apart.

So Shuzhan became the first guy to be eliminated.

But the rat-man priests are equally useless, and no one understands their character better than White Rat.

The white rats looked down on them, so they pushed the temple guards onto the platform and tore apart the authority of the rat priests.

The Skaven Empire is just a broken wheel held together by faith.

While the white mouse was alive, it didn't want to make any changes to this terrible situation.

Distortion itself brings piety.

The twisted and boundless suffering, the wailing that forever lingers on this land, and the never-ending war.

This is what he wants.

This is what the rat wants.

Until his death, until he successfully built a throne for his great god.

Change will always continue.

This distorted state of affairs can no longer be sustained.

Of course, Bai Shu was aware of this, but even though it caused so much suffering and wailing, he still insisted on one point.

Rat people must be pious.

In such a situation, he left behind the Ratman Parliament, the group of Ratman priests who were still high and mighty, and a national system that was almost irreversible.

This is intentional.

It was as if he had not left behind a designated heir until his death.

It seems fair and gives all ratmen a chance, but in reality it will only bring chaos.

The title of Ratman High Priest was retained in the Ratman Council, but everyone understood that there would never be another Ratman High Priest as high and mighty as White Rat.

They quarrel in this parliament, they quarrel at this long table, and they can no longer unite and be reconciled into a complete whole.

Only in this way, only in this way will the rat people always crawl at the feet of the great gods, and only in this way will there always be an endless supply of cheese on the golden plate.

A wise man born among the rat people spent his entire life placing an extremely vicious curse on his fellow rats.

Unable to unite, embrace chaos, embrace abnormality, and then embrace God.

How vicious.

After a busy period, all the rat people on the field were eager to leave.

Sheng Qi was pushed by these guys towards the door of the hall, but turned his head back when he was about to leave.

In such a rapid turmoil, the faction of the rat warlords was almost completely wiped out.

This has something to do with Shu Zhan's extreme approach to concentrating power.

But Sheng Qi, this nondescript commander, seems to have become the only remaining influential guy in the military faction.

At least he is still qualified to stand in this hall at this moment.

Turning his head back, his gaze fell deeply on the white rat kneeling in front of the altar.

Don't know what he is thinking.

This sacred temple gradually returned to silence, with only the temple guards standing there.

All that remained was the corpse of the white rat kneeling before the altar.

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The situation was turbulent, and the ratmen priests lived up to their greed.

An army consisting of rat mercenaries, slave rats, war machine teams, and a number of rat pilgrims appeared in the lush forest.

The ones who took over this war were the temple guards and the ratmen pilgrims.

Both sides exercised a certain degree of restraint in the early stages of the war.

Or maybe it’s because both sides are constantly gathering strength.

This was a relatively contained war.

Although the army was growing larger and larger, and countless ratmen were either forced or voluntarily involved, and the battlefield was even in front of the Desolate Mountains and in front of the sacred city, it was indeed a relatively restrained war.

At least both sides are fighting for dominance over the Ratman Parliament.

Not an all-out war sweeping from the border to every Skaven city, nor a war of division at all costs.

Whether it is the temple guards or these rat priests, what they are fighting for is the dominance of the Rat Parliament and the dominance of this twisted country.

Although the scale of the armies raised by these two sides is getting bigger and bigger.

This is, after all, in the heart of the empire.

And what’s interesting is that in this battle, both sides unanimously raised the banner of Du Yuan.

One side is to eradicate heresy for the sake of the great God.

One side is to defend the sacred temple for the great gods.

Well, the two sides were indeed going to have a fight. After all, the ratmen priests had always been somewhat resentful about their authority being taken away by the temple guards.

This war is not just about determining who is the leader.

It was also a war started by the ratmen priests in order to complete their orthodox status as gods.

Normally speaking, they couldn't achieve this with just the rat lords, but it wasn't just the rat lords who joined this war.

The largest group of loyal, or rather, surrenderist, rat-men priests joined the war.

These loyalists who had been crawling in front of the White Rat from beginning to end and maintaining the operation of the Rat Council and the Underground Rat City decisively joined the Rat Lord after the White Rat's death.

A more interesting point emerges.

Both sides felt that they were the ones who could inherit the high priest's legacy.

They all think they are the orthodox ones.

This thought made the war milder and more bizarre, but it was hard for the pilgrims.

The sacred city they wanted to visit was the traces left by the great gods, but in fact, they had walked along this uneasy road, and what they faced was a call under the same banner.

"For the great God!"

Of course, although this kind of conscription is called conscription, it is actually no different from conscription.

Otherwise, how could the armies of both sides expand so rapidly in such a short period of time.

It even attracted Du Yuan's attention at one point.

After ascending to the throne of god, Du Yuan no longer needed to sleep for a long time, but he still had a lot of things to think about and face.

The world as dazzling as the sun not far away is already within reach.

Moreover, the ceremony was not completely over. He needed to consolidate his position. In that bloody battle, Du Yuan was seriously injured. Even with the compensation of the ascension ceremony, it would take some time to heal the tiny cracks on his divine body.

Of course, this is not a serious matter, just wait.

Until he was disturbed by two equally fanatical, devout armies shouting the praises of the great god... How to put it, Du Yuan was not going to interfere in this war, even he had to admit it.

This form of conflict is already an extremely mild form for the rat people.

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The civil war that held high the banner of God in front of the Desolate Mountains did not affect every part of the Skaven Empire.

Even the temple guards were not all withdrawn.

That's right, as long as the commander of the temple guards is not stupid, he will never withdraw all the temple guards guarding the temple of God for a war.

Their glory comes from their actions of guarding the temples of gods.

However, in addition to these garrisons that could not be mobilized, there was also a group of temple guards who did not join the war.

These temple guards gather in a special place.

They gathered in the two dark fortresses, firmly gripping the intersection of the two continents.

Although Rope Seven's breakthrough in the naval war made this node no longer the only one, its importance remains unquestionable.

Even though the holy war in front of the Desolate Mountains was about to begin, the number of temple guards stationed here did not decrease at all. Instead, more temple guards came here.

This is an important node.

The weapons that were originally used to contain the possible return of the Eastern Expeditionary Force are now being used to guard against possible attacks from the Youyan people.

The temple guards attach no less importance to this vast grassland that is becoming increasingly scarlet than the rat lords.

If these heretics were allowed to sweep across this vast bloody grassland and destroy it during this turmoil, it would be an unparalleled blow.

Although it is not entirely a bad thing, the invasion of the heretics can allow the winners of this dispute to quickly gather all the rat people and then start a holy war again.

A massive Northern Expedition will begin again, but the increasingly scarlet grassland will not bring any benefits to the Youyan people for a while.

But the price was the destruction of the farm system that had already shown initial success on the scarlet prairie.

The commander of the temple guards attached great importance to the rat farms on this grassland.

Of course, if the temple guards had a certain understanding of what is happening in the human empire, then they should not have to worry about this problem.

In fact, an even more terrifying turmoil is also taking place in the human empire.

During this turmoil, they were able to maintain the aristocratic coalition stationed outside the Twin Fortresses, which meant that they, as the commander of the aristocratic coalition, had some responsibility.

It's especially peaceful here.

It was so calm that the sea monsters that wandered here day and night were becoming increasingly restless due to hunger.

Is this a good thing.

That's right.

However, the flag stationed here became increasingly uneasy at this time.

Ever since Qi was abandoned by Shu Zhan and retreated here in a panic, he seemed to have nothing to do.

Wandering behind the dark fortress all day.

During this period, he did not dare to expand his army.

Compared to Shu Zhan's brutality, the temple guards' lack of response to him made him even more uneasy.

In the past, when conflicts broke out between the Dark-Eye People and the Skaven in front of the fortress, he was able to participate.

But now, now everything is completely fine.

There are no enemies, no targets, only the strong wind that keeps sweeping across the edge of the empty grassland.

As one of the few remaining rat warlords, if there is no war, then there is really no place for him to use his power.

In such an overly leisurely environment.

A strange scene appeared.

Qi’s training camp, a small brainwashing classroom, and a crash course in self-confidence.

I think we have all of these.

A group of rat people gathered together in confusion, waiting for Qi to climb the platform on time every day, raising their arms high and shouting loudly.

The first round is to offer reverence and faith to the gods.

Shout the greatness of God.

The second round emphasizes the possibilities of each rat man.

"Humbleness is not a problem, we all have possibilities, and the gods protect us!"

The third round, emphasize your own importance.

"Follow me! Follow me! I will bring you glory, opportunities, and everything. Follow me!"

I have to say that this set is quite useful, although it seems a bit like a riot of demons and has an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, especially after more and more ratmen gathered in front of Qi.

But it is particularly effective, because the object of the flag's narration is not anything else, but a group of real lowly guys. Not every ratman has the courage to pursue greedy desires, and most of the lowly guys are particularly cowardly.

They really like this.

Especially when Qi is now a real rat warlord.

They really need courage, even though mustering up the courage is most likely to result in death. But how can we put it? Even if they keep crawling on the ground in a humiliating manner, death is still a greater possibility for these lowly guys.

In fact, a large portion of the ratmen gathered around Qi are defective products whose bodies became mutilated due to various reasons in the Twin Fortresses.

The great god blessed all the ratmen and eliminated the deterioration of their bloodline, but under the whipping of the Big Claw Priest, the number of defective ratmen has never decreased.

It wasn't just the defective ratmen, there were also some young ratmen who fled the battlefield in fear, some free ratmen who arrived here with the rat caravan, and the rat mercenaries who passed by.

These are the components of the vast army of ratmen gathered in front of the flag.

After hearing the flag's shouts again and again, they can become braver, desire more, and respect the flag more.

They gathered around the flag and shouted enthusiastically.

"I want to become greater and stop being so humble!"

Well, the source of that strong sense of déjà vu has finally been found.

MLM leader?

Hmm..., it's a very strange situation.

(End of this chapter)