Chapter 15: Conquer the Nezumi Divine Domain
The Rat King retreated in pain and dodged, trying to regroup. However, the Priest of Theon, whose morale had been greatly boosted by the victory of the attack just now, did not give him a chance.
"In the name of the great god of machines - let me die, filthy scum!"
"The Chainsaw Sword will cleanse you of your sins!"
He charged up frantically, dodging and parrying the rat king's weakened slash due to his injuries, and then charged up against the opponent's axe blade attack with an almost lifeless suicide attack, roaring and piercing the rat king's chest!
In a splatter of blood, he viciously raised his chainsaw sword upwards, slicing open the rat king's chest and neck all the way.
Immediately, he dodged and slashed at his huge head with a single sword!
"The Rat King is dead!"
The priest stuck the head in the chainsaw sword, raised it high, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and roared excitedly.
The roar echoed through the hall, and the rats looked incredulous.
However, when the rat people approached the hole, they looked down and saw the corpse of the rat king.
The head of the supreme rat king was actually stabbed on the sword like this and held high.
"What? Is the Rat King dead? How can it be?! ”
"It's over, it's over...... We're finished! ”
This situation and this scene immediately greatly stimulated their hearts.
Some, in anger and despair, began to attack the Cynes in a frenzy until they fell.
Most of the rat people were disheartened on the spot and ran away in fear, but they were cut off by the other Sains and surrounded by them.
This breath of despair is contagious.
It spreads much faster than hoped.
Once a group of nezumi began to witness the death of the Rat King, they would immediately spread this emotion.
That's true, not a rumor.
It is precisely because of this that it can so quickly defeat the warriors who originally swore not to surrender.
Since taking down the Rat King and planting his head on the battle flags of the Saintes, the suppression of the Nezumi settlement has been much easier, and it will soon be fully completed.
It took much faster than the mechanical god had expected.
And all of this is due to the death of the rat king.
If the Rat King died of exhaustion under the siege, then I am afraid that he would not have destroyed the fighting intent of so many rat people so easily.
But he was killed by a human - and even lost his "staff" that could cast spells quickly and continuously to hit deadly hard blocks!
This is enough to make the faith of the rat people collapse like a flood of levees.
After that, Luo Zixuan chose a good room in the underground area of the King's Hall and installed dimensional guards.
The Sain, for their part, counted the casualties, occupied each area, and gathered all the captives together, asking them in groups if they would like to convert to the Cult of the Machine God and believe in the glorious and eternal glory of the Machine God.
The vast majority of the rat people agreed, as high as 90 percent. Luo Zixuan is very satisfied with this ratio.
So, when the remaining 10 percent were gathered and shot, he didn't care. After all, the number was more than he expected.
According to local rat tradition, the corpses are buried in the mines.
Moreover, a complex funeral is to be held.
After hearing the priest say that the rat people requested such a funeral, Luo Zixuan assessed the current situation and then rejected the application.
It took too much time, the old traditions only applied to their former state of peace, and they would have to face constant wars in the future, and there was no time for them to waste on such useless and complicated rituals.
Tradition is meant to be broken.
The god of machines has improved humane funeral rites for them that are efficient and still respect traditional customs.
Questioners and corpses are treated equally.
These rat men can be buried in batches in the pit cemetery, and a farewell ceremony and a minute of collective silence are used to replace the entire process that would have taken more than ten hours per person.
Very simple and efficient.
Considering the emotions of these conquered, the Rat King allowed a separate tomb to comfort them, soothe the rebellious thoughts of the Rat King worshippers, and give them time to gradually transform into devout believers.
However, worship is forbidden at this tomb.
When the ban will be lifted depends on the performance of the rat people.
Since the rat people were all concentrated in the square at that time, Luo Zixuan activated the scanning function of the Throne of the Mechanical God and updated the data.
It was found that the Nezumi had a total of 6,932 people after clearing out the diehards who were unwilling to surrender.
Of these, 2,422 were soldiers, but most of them were temporarily mobilized for the fighting, and were usually workers and peasants.
The real professional soldiers, after Luo Zixuan's calculations, only about 200 people. If you count the 836 nezumi killed and wounded in previous battles, this number is even higher.
In contrast, the death toll of the Seine, who had deployed 500 troops, was 16.
The battle loss ratio is as high as 52.25:1.
How exactly did these Sain soldiers die, Luo Zixuan received a report from the priest.
Although he said that he had already recorded the relevant data on his own without receiving the report, the form still had to go a little further.
Of the 16 people killed by the Thorn soldiers, 8 were killed by the Rat King - 3 kills were recorded in the Killing Hole and 5 in the King's Hall.
2 people died from barrels of explosives.
2 people died in the attack of soldiers in the killing hole in the city wall.
Two died at the throwing of spears and bows and arrows outside the walls.
2 people were killed in a Nezumi soldier attack during the Battle of King's Hall.
Luo Zixuan asked the priest to analyze the shortcomings in this battle, complete the progress, and start targeted training, so as not to live up to the bloody lesson.
When the priest listened, he made a respectful promise.
After that, the Sain went about what they had to do.
Before returning to Theon's Domain, they had to deal with a lot of mess - including how to settle their members, set up sentry posts, and prevent rebellions.
But most importantly, you have to fulfill the requirements of the god of machines.
Luo Zixuan asked them to operate this plane as an important source of minerals.
It's not easy to do this well, and if they mess up, they will disappoint the god of machines, so they are extremely cautious and take it seriously, for fear that something will not be done properly.
At this time, Luo Zixuan was observing the situation in the Theon Divine Domain, and at the same time extracted the data of the first swordsman of Theon who killed the Rat King for analysis.
Normally, Luo Zixuan only cares about how his followers develop as a civilization as a whole and what difficulties they have, but he doesn't care at all what his believers are called, even the priests.
He didn't even bother to expend the almost infinite space of the processor to jot down the word, which was only a few bytes.
Because a person who has not made outstanding achievements, as an individual, will not be cared about by the god of machines at all.