Chapter Seventy-Four: Undercurrent
After booking a mount with Buddy, Duanmu Huai opened the door and returned to Mordheim.
It's not a good feeling to be back in the squatters of a squalid slum from a scenic tourist area.
"Is anyone looking for me?"
Duanmu Huai walked out of the portal and asked as he looked at Ogis, who was sitting quietly at the table reading a book, and the latter thought for a moment, then nodded.
"General Pastor sent someone to inform the meeting to begin in the afternoon."
"Then I'll take a look."
Duanmu Huai glanced at the time, then touched Ogis's head, turned around and walked out of the house, and came to General Past's base campβββ after recovering the market area, General Pastor used the town hall as a base camp, because the functions here are quite perfect, so it didn't take much effort.
Duanmu Huai walked into the town hall and immediately saw General Pastor and several other representatives of the warband, in addition to a new faceβββ it was a woman in heavy armor, she was the head of the Rock Monastery, and she was also a high-ranking nun, who had joined as a representative after the previous archbishop was revealed to be a cultist.
Everyone welcomes this, after all, it is more convenient to have a snake in the ground.
"Here you are, Iron Warrior."
Looking at Duanmu Huai, General Pastor also nodded and said hello.
"It just so happens that we're discussing the next battle."
"What's next?"
Duanmu Huai walked over to the table and looked at the map of Mordheim placed on it.
"That's right, with the assistance of the Battle Nuns of the Rock Monastery, we already have a preliminary understanding of the current situation in Mordheim."
As he spoke, General Paster pointed to the map.
"At present, the followers of the evil gods almost all occupy a separate areaβββ the believers of the god of desire are entrenched in the aristocratic district, and the followers of the tyrannical god are in the military zone. As for the slums that were smashed by the comet, they have now become the territory of the god of the plague. β
"But now the situation is quite serious."
At this time, the senior nun also chimed in.
"According to what we have received, these believers want to use Mordheim as a base to build a portal and open the way to the Demon Realm, so as to gain the praise and blessing of their mad god. They are currently collecting dimension stones within the city for this purpose. β
"That's really ..............."
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.
The so-called dimensional stone is actually the fragment of the comet that hit the ground before, and this stone has mysterious and powerful power that can be used for various things. And the cultists of the evil gods in this city obviously intend to use these dimensional stones as a medium to open the portal to the subspace.
These Mabao believers are really hopeless.
"Before you arrived, the Chaos cultists in this city were trying to build portals and fighting for dimensional stones. The followers of the Tyrannical God even tried to exterminate everyone else in the city as a sacrifice to open the portal, but they didn't succeed, and they fought with the followers of the God of Desire, the God of Plague, and the Nezumi, and they were much weaker to each other, which is why the other forces did not target the Sigma Temple before. β
Good fellow, worthy of being a believer in the tyrannical god, curved loyalty, worthy of a medal of praise.
Duanmu Huai is not surprised by this, basically as long as it is in the melee of the chaos army, the tyrannical god and its followers are basically half of the player's allies.
"However, because of our arrival, these forces have now begun to step up the construction of the portal."
Well, that's bad news.
"So the next step is to defeat these cultists and disrupt the ritual?"
"Almost, we have one more thing to do before that."
General Pastor reached out and pointed to the map.
"The first thing we need to do now is to recover the bridge and defeat the nezumiβββ our scouts have found these nezumi poisoned the river, and if we continue like this, we will have a problem with drinking water."
"Isn't it necessary to prioritize slums?"
In Duanmuhuai's view, the ghetto is the biggest threat, where the comet fell, and where believers of the god of plague operate. Although the rats are annoying, they are not so threatening compared to the god of the plague.
"We can't do it."
Speaking of this topic, General Pastor also frowned and shook his head.
"The coma's crash site is filled with a terrifying and strange power, and anyone who enters it will feel unwell, even sick or mutated. In fact, no one can survive in that kind of place except for the believers in the god of the plague. β
It's not surprising, after all, the god of the plague likes all kinds of mutations very much, but if you look at it this way, then the radiation level of the ghetto should be off the charts.
"Then I'll go to the slums."
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai made his own suggestion, and hearing his words, the others were taken aback.
"Is that okay?"
"Of course, my armor will be able to withstand the invasion of that force, and my men will be fine."
The Inquisition Power Armor worn by Duanmu Huai can make his body break through the atmosphere, and his radiation resistance is first-class, as for Lorena and Meletti, they are strictly speaking, projection, so they will not be contaminated by any radiation. Not to mention O'Gis and Fia, no matter how powerful the radiation is, they can't take wood.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
General Pastor also sighed, to be honest, the slum is indeed a problem, but even the soldiers dare not approach at will, they have no good way, and now Duanmu Huai took the initiative to go there to investigate, and he was relieved.
However, at the same time, in the hole dozens of meters deep under their feet, a group of strange shadows were rapidly shuttling among them.
"Strange stones! Strange stones! Strange stones! β
A nezumi angrily waved the spear in his hand and hissed and screamed.
"People and things! Bad! Stop the bad stuff of the warlike bands! No exotic stones! The lord is not happy! Need more exotic stones! More! People stuff! Bad! They want to exterminate the nezumi! Let's go extinct! The nezumi will never say yes! Capture the Stone and you will become the most powerful warlike group! Top top good battle group! β
Along with the nezumi screaming, the other nezumi also raised their heads.
"Tin Ghost! Horror Tin Ghost! Can't win! Thick iron sheet! There's no way to kill him! The tin ghost of people and things is very powerful! β
Hearing this, the rat was very popular, but there was no good way. The rats, by virtue of their strength, do occupy a part of Mordheim. However, this did not work, as the fragments of the comet were almost all scattered on the surface, and the nezumi would have to fight them if they wanted to take the Dimension Stone from the other forces.
However, after a few battles, the clan suffered heavy losses, and for this nezumi clan, this was originally their chance to improve their status, but now, they are stuck in the mire.
In particular, the terrible tin ghost brought unimaginable fear to the rats, the knife could not pierce, the bow and arrow could not penetrate, and it was useless to poison it. And every time the tin ghost wields a sledgehammer, several compatriots will be smashed into meat sauce by the sledgehammer, and even the belt bones will be smashed to pieces! Even the offal! I can't tell the difference!
"Dada!!"
Just as the rat people were venting their frustration angrily, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps, and then a rat man rushed out of the other side of the tunnel, pointing behind him excitedly.
"Great Strange Stone! Scout rats have found out! Big, big stones! Very big! β
"The Great Strange Stone?"
Hearing the scout's report, the rat man's eyes lit up.
"Good stuff! Go now! Dig out the big strange stones!! β