Chapter 259: Ambush by the Grey Prophet
When the nezumi attacked, Leonie was absentmindedly thinking about how to bring the Leebwitz family closer to Kane and the others.
Judging from the current trend of Kane's actions, there is basically no suspense about lifting the crisis of Barony Worcester. And Leonie thinks that Kane will probably not take credit for this.
Those who are difficult will not, and those who will will not be difficult. The problems that plagued the Wooster Lord, whether it was the plague or the thieves who took advantage of the fire, were nothing more than things that could be solved with a sweep of the fire for Kane.
Therefore, people's generosity is not enough to help. ’
But the Kolebovetz family couldn't just hum and laugh about the past, and it was not only immoral and rude to do so, but also missed an extremely rare opportunity. An opportunity for the Leebowitz family to benefit for a lifetime, and even to rise to prominence.
What distressed Leonie was that her father, Werner, was stubborn like a dwarf, not only stubborn, but also arrogant, and not good at expressing true emotions.
She is now very worried that Werner has belittled others in his interaction with Kane and his party, and she estimates that with Kane's temperament, it will not be good, but it is inevitable that the Leebwitz family's God-given opportunity will be missed.
How will the withered Worcester Territory defend its territory and inheritance in the days to come?
Leonie's worries were naturally not unnecessary. The epidemic that affected the empire caused the empire to lose a lot of land.
Some people say that most of what is lost is in remote mountainous areas, which is nothing.
But anyone with a little common sense knows that the pass fortress in the mountains is the barrier of the kingdom, and in their own hands and in the hands of outsiders, those are two different things.
In addition to the existence of the imperial electoral system, the chaotic internal relations, and the inability to unite the people, another very important reason was the bad situation on the frontiers.
Dangerous fortresses are all in the hands of other forces, and it is easy for people to beat you, but it is difficult for you to beat people.
All kinds of enemies come to fight the grass valley from time to time, the border territories are tired of coping, and it is difficult to develop, and it is even more a dream to expand the territory.
Therefore, the name of the empire is not worthy of the name. Full of ambition, all used to the inward tilting.
"Whoosh!"
Hearing the sudden sound of arrows breaking through the wind, Leonie almost instinctively twisted to dodge.
She has received systematic military training since she was a child, and she is a believer in Mirmidia, the goddess of wisdom and war. What's more, not long ago, he was given divine power by Mirmidia, and his physical fitness and reflex nerves are far beyond ordinary people.
However, the Xi barbarians who were guarding the side reacted faster, and the four of them raised their shields and directly helped her block this wave of sudden blows.
Xi Man can have such a performance, mainly because of his concentration.
this heart, the vigilance is unusually high. They don't need Kane's special warning, and they are still loyal and meticulous.
As soon as there was any movement in the ruined buildings on both sides of the road, they reacted immediately.
Throwing knives, shurikens, crossbows, and the Dark Ditch Runners of the Nezumi attack at close range, and they are good at throwing and assassinating at close range.
In addition to these poisoned projectiles, they also threw a kind of poison fire incendiary canister, which was significantly less equipped than in the future, but it did already exist.
The oil fire tank is filled with dimensional stone solution, which is mainly made of these two raw materials, which is poisonous green in color and has the characteristics of Greek fire, which is extremely difficult to extinguish.
A Molotov cocktail smashed into the carriage, and the knight of the guard next to the carriage almost instinctively parried with his metal armguard, and the bottle exploded on his arm.
It's like a shaken bottle of Coke exploding, 'bang!' and the incendiary can explodes into a green fire.
The Guardian Knight was surrounded by green fire, and then let out a terrible howl that was not like a human voice.
But his voice was muffled by the neighing of his mount. Man can't stand the fire, and neither can the horse.
Some of the fire liquid was contaminated with the walls of the carriage, and it immediately burst into flames, and the more it burned, the more it burned.
This frame is said to be an ironclad car, but in fact, it is made of dense wood bound by iron hoops, which is indeed very strong, and the crossbow cannot be shot through at close range, but it can burn at high temperatures.
Before the driver could react, the second incendiary canister had already arrived, and this time it was uncovered, and it smashed near the wheel, and the buttocks of the coachman and the two horses pulling the cart were immediately engulfed in the poisonous fire.
The horse was shocked at the time, and it was about to happen that the horse was about to collide, and the team was in chaos, and Xi Man's operation was in place.
In fact, when the rat people were throwing and shooting, the Xi barbarians had already reacted, they held a shield in one hand and a shuttle spear in the other, and when they saw the rat people rushing out of the ruins on both sides of the road, they immediately used their shields to protect themselves and completed the first wave of spear throwing.
That's when you see the advantages of fantasy-level communication.
Generally, the tacit cooperation that only veterans of a hundred battles have, happened to the Xi barbarians, there was no repeated blow, and each thrown shuttle spear hit its respective target.
That is to say, in the face of a surprise attack, as soon as they met each other, more than a dozen of them were shot down first.
In addition to effectively reducing the overall effect of the Nezumi sneak attack, it also dealt a considerable blow to their morale.
Nezumi are intelligent creatures and have morale to speak of. And they are characterized by ruthlessness, not bravery, and as soon as their morale is gone, they immediately hug their heads and run away.
Although these dark ditch runners were the elite of the rat generation, they were also shocked by Ximan's fierce counterattack, and the offensive was a little stuck, and they couldn't make another wave smoothly.
This kind of vacancy, Xi Man can grasp it, they are golems, there is no emotion, and the play is always very stable.
Except for a part of Xi Man who drew a short spear from behind and threw the second wave, the two Xi Man near the frame drew their knives, pounced on them, and cut off the head of the horse pulling the cart.
This time, don't be surprised, just kneeling.
On the other side of the carriage, the two Xi Barbarians also drew their knives, but they were gathering momentum, and the red light on the sawtooth knife was circulating, which was the destructive power of the dark direction, all the soldiers of the 'Blood Banner' were all of this extraordinary attribute, looking at all the extraordinary powers, there was nothing more violent and violent than this.
"Click!
The sawtooth knife slashed on the side wall of the carriage, the iron hoop was broken, the sawdust flew everywhere, and a large hole was dismantled in the side wall in a few strokes.
However, the mother and son who were not in a hurry to let the frightened mother and son get off the car in a hurry, and the other side has not burned through, as long as the poisonous fire and smoke do not jump in, this carriage can still provide protection.
At this time, the other three knights of the guard reacted, and one of them jumped off his horse, used his horse as a shield, and after blocking a wave of blows, took his shield and came to the frame to protect it.
There was also a knight's shield to block, while galloping forward, rushing out of the encirclement.
The last one was a little unwise, and rushed towards the nezumi with the head of a horse, but he swung his sword left and right and cut down two nezumi, but he was also successfully ambushed by the nezumi who pounced out of the broken window.
Close to the road, the houses were close to each other, only narrow alleys passed, and the horses did not run, so the expensive maintenance of the knights was pitted. Lose money!
At this time, the spell of the nezumi gray prophet had been chanted, and there was a muffled rumble, and dozens of large holes appeared on the ground on both sides of the road, and a group of gray-faced nezumi rushed out of it with a howl.
Their shouts are silly, funny, and even hilarious. But the scene is not funny at all.
These pit rats are considered a special unit among the nezumi, and the nezumi commander often uses them to sneak attack the enemy's long-range strike units.
Suddenly appear near the archer array, pounce on the dogfight, and an archer team is considered to be deprived of force.
In the use of pit rats, the caster type of rat commander has more advantages, spells can adjust the exit position, accelerate the movement of pit rats in place, and can be more effective intelligence, hand-to-hand combat commanders have to look at the formation of talent and half look at the face, arrange the wrong position, pit rats can't catch up with the battle.
As soon as the pit rats appeared, the dark ditch runners who were about to collapse and hug their heads immediately came to their senses.
This is also a feature of the Nezumi, in Kane's words: it comes with the King of the Board BUFF.
'Fishing for boat boards', this is Kane's hometown slang, which describes the kind of behavior that forgets his life when he sees small profits, robs while the fire is fired, and the ship is smashed by the waves, and he forgets to die to grab those boat boards.
The rats are like this, not only with the wind and waves, but also with a rise in morale, they also feel that even if they die, others will stand on it, and they can take advantage of the opportunity.
Then die!
Xi Man directly greeted him, his fighting style was extremely fierce, he didn't look at how many enemies there were at all, he only asked where the enemy was, no matter how the enemy attacked, he only said how he fought.
The sawtooth knife slashed roundly, and even the opponent with weapons slashed and smashed together.
There are also carrying stabbing shields to counter-charge, a dry rat-man can't withstand one of them, a short-distance burst of the top horns of a bull bursts forward, and the rushing rat-men are staggering, and some are knocked away.
At this time, there was a sudden tremor of the earth, and the day came.
No more, just two rides.
They hadn't come from the convoy, they had been dropped by Kane and Hermione.
Specifically, have the two Dayman urge the Assault Beast to run first, and then use Phantom Shifting on it.
That's where the qualifications come in, being able to use spells like Phantom Shifting on third parties.
After the two daymen accelerated, they used teleportation and directly delivered to the position.
The day-man in the charging state continued to charge, and the goal was very simple, that is, to take the carriage as the center line, one left and one right, like laying a railroad track.
2.4 tons, these are two 06 Ruitu SUV cars that have been fueled and driven at a high speed to act as road killers.
The appearance of the day man is a real warhammer, and the thickness of the homogeneous armor has reached 70MM, just like a humanoid fortress, and the power armor used by the future Space Marines may not have this armor thickness.
They held a large shield in one hand and a wild sword in the other, and the conical spear stuck on the side of the mount like a helicopter hose, and the spearhead poked out of the mount like a ramming horn.
The Notai knife does not need to be deliberately wielded, but the classic usage of the saber, slashing! Using the speed of the mount, the power of diagonal cutting is formed, and when it hits, the skin will open and the flesh will be opened, and the bones and tendons will be broken.
THE BLADE OF THE NOTAI KNIFE IS 160CM LONG, WITH A THICK BLADE ON ITS BACK, AND IT SHINES WITH THE SCARLET MAGIC LIGHT OF DESTRUCTION.
Xi Man, who had received the information in advance, either advanced or avoided, avoiding the day's charging trajectory and killing range. And the rats suffered, and they were killed, trampled to death, and slain...... The scene was much worse than the scene of the car accident, where the day passed, blood splattered one after another, like a fluttering long-tailed flag, and the red cloak hunting in the wind reflected each other, extremely cruel.
On this wave of cutting assault, the rat's morale collapsed directly, just now the morale was high, screaming, and now it is also screaming, but frightened, scurrying around.
The Nezumi Grey Prophet who cast the spell earlier attempted to escape surrounded by several Storm Rat Guards. As a result, he was confronted by Kane, who was standing in the air.
"Not an ordinary Calamity Lord, but a Grey Prophet, the Skaven has a lot to do with the number 13, and the Grey Prophet will always have only 169, 13 squared. If I can meet one today, I am qualified to do it myself. ”
Taking advantage of Kane's pretense, the Grey Prophet had already made the first move, and directly shot a fireball of flame poison.
However, Kane pretended to be in full suit, unhurriedly raised his hand to catch the poisonous fireball, and then directly pinched and exploded, the green poisonous fire could not even surpass in front of the black light flame around him, like water poured on the burning red iron plate, turned into light smoke and dispersed.
Kane was as casual as if he had just picked up a piece of candy thrown by the other party, and he didn't bother attacking the stubble at all, and continued to speak: "What did the Bighorn Mouse promise you? A cake that looks very round?"
"Hmm... I'm afraid not!" Kane read the Grey Prophet's micro-expression and continued to squirt, "You are not the representative of the clan he picked out from the Grey Prophet, a member of the council. You just want power, but you can only run to the down-and-out prophets who have made achievements on the front line, maybe the prophet qualifications are no longer guaranteed. ”
The Nezumi Grey Prophet's face twitched twice, and even his breathing became heavier.
"The loser in the power struggle! Hehe, in Skaven's society, if you want to get to the top, you don't rely on merit, but by backstabbing. If there is no evidence, it does not happen. Isn't it......"
Perhaps because of Kane's understanding of the nezumi society, and at the same time fearful of Kane's strength, despair that he could escape from the Ascension, and of course the treacherous mind of the nezumi to drill into the camp, the Grey Prophet finally acquitted: "I, Tulum Greyhorn, am a genius! I ......"
"Oh, your name is Tulun, and it's the same name as the river here, and that's one of the reasons why you're here for this?" Kane directly interrupted the Nezumi Prophet's rhetoric, and said with a smile: "You want to turn Worcesterburg into ruins and build Tulunburg? Give up this hopeless wish! I can give you better, the only question is, what can you give?"
In the Hells of Bato, in the Endless Abyss, in the cities of the Dark Elves or Grey Dwarves in the Dark Regions, in the gathering places of most cult and fanatical creatures, Kane's scheme rarely fails.
Interests first, cash on the spot, Tong Su is not bullied. He often asks for things that others don't care about, or don't care about as much as what he wants. For example, the soul.
Lord of the Death Star, in addition to the second in the name, comics, also has a characteristic, that is, it doesn't sound like a good person, but like the kind of strength that is bullish, but the luck is super bad, and the stepping stone villain BOSS who gives treasure and experience to the real protagonist, and is finally sent to the end by the protagonist.
From the perspective of the reincarnation emperor, it seems that this is really the case.
However, avoiding this kind of supernatural power, Kane's majesty is revealed, in his words: "Desire and ambition are sometimes really a good thing, you can use it yourself, and others can use it." ”
Tulum Grayhorn knelt like this.
Pumping hard, and adding a mouth****** Lun once secretly scolded Kane in his heart for being a stupid fork, and actually thought he was domineering and leaking, in fact, it was simply false and wronged, the first was to survive, and secondly, when he saw the opportunity, he took advantage of the rod, and as a result, he got a big benefit.
However, the more time passed, the more Tulum cared about the things it had used in exchange for Kane, and that it didn't care much about.
It tried everything it could, even the Great Horned Rat asked for help, trying to snake and mouse at both ends, but it was useless, the deed of sale was too strong, the stronger it was, the stronger the contract, and it was really ambition that helped itself and others.
As for now, although the Grey Prophet was defeated this time, he had obtained the source of his most desired power, knowledge!
While continuing to pretend to be an embarrassed escaper, it gasped and muttered: "Absolutely! Absolutely! It is all the best knowledge, the best knowledge brings the best power, the best power makes Tulun extremely powerful, Tulun will go against the sky! Tulun will sweep away! Tulun will be a god! Tulun will talk about the council to be trampled underfoot!"
This is also now, the Great Horned Rat has not yet exerted its strength, the Skaven Rat Man has not yet seen the power of the Great Horned Rat, and in another thousand years, the Gray Prophet Tulun will not be so arrogant.
Of course, in another thousand years, when the Great Horned Rat will unify the Rat clans, strengthen the authority of the Council, and make the Rat people work hard for a vision, then there will be no room for Tulum to toss.