Section 99 Chasing soldiers

In the sky, I don't know when it was already overcast. Perhaps it was Nurgle, the great Lord of Decay and the Father of the Plague, who realized the danger to his darling, and personally summoned a storm of darkness. But even a roaring and howling storm was too late to affect the battle.

The battlefield was temporarily in an indescribable tranquility, and everyone, even the soldiers who had been charging before, stopped, and there was a tacit understanding throughout the battlefield that made people realize that this was a decisive moment......

The Chaos Lord, known as the Immortal Master, has come out of the crowd at this moment, standing at the forefront of his ranks. As mentioned earlier, his size is not so much tall as fat. This bloated body is very conspicuous even in the crowd. In his hands, he held a giant flail that matched his size, and the flail was already covered with blood and brains.

In front of him, twenty paces away, stood another Chaos Lord. The Chaos Lord looked much smaller, his armor as fine as enamel and the emblems of both the Prince of Pleasure and the Lord of Trickery. He held a two-handed greatsword in his hand, the tip of which was pointed at the ground.

"Ashrufat?!" the voice of the Immortal Juggernaut gurgled from the opening of the helmet. "How did you get here?" he asked. His voice seemed calm, but it was mixed with unspeakable anger and hatred. He, Jacks, Nurgle's favorite child, was herded around like a wild beast in his lair, and eventually fell into the encirclement.

"It's so easy, all the way. Ashrufat replied. The scuffle was nearing its end, and the fighting elsewhere had largely subsided, with the Nurgle either dead or fleeing. Then again, the battle ended sooner than expected, because there weren't many of the warring sides. There were only a few thousand people in the village, and there were only a thousand of Ashrufat's men. The moment the horn sounded, the outcome of the war was already decided.

"Impossible...... How did you know I was here?"

"It's never been a secret, okay. I just found a Nurgle believer and asked, and he told him everything. Ha...... It's simpler than I thought. He's probably the same as you, thinking that even if I knew where you were, it didn't matter. So he told me everything he knew. ”

"You let him lead the way?" Jakes tightened his grip on his weapon, a tingle in his pride and pride at the thought that he had ended up in this predicament because of a traitor. He was too careless.

"No need to lead the way. "Ashrufat doesn't hide it. He pointed to a Tzeentch wizard with a magic disk on his feet (several wizards with his feet on the magic disk had already gathered here at this time), "It is true that ordinary people have difficulty determining their direction in the swamp, except for those who can fly. ”

"But...... Even if there was a guide, you wouldn't be able to come!" Jakes was full of anger, but the doubts in his heart kept him calm. In fact, having said that, it is not really difficult to find a guide who is familiar with the swamp environment, but how to move around the swamp. Starting from the swamp border, even if it is a qiē shun lì, it will take at least fifteen days to get here all the way. Because there are no straight roads in the swamp, and the quagmire that is dangerous for anyone is everywhere. The roads that can be navigated by humans are winding and twisty, and a short distance on a map often takes more than half a day.

But the fact before us is that Ashrufat is coming, and he is coming with an army. What's going on? Could it be that he's found a shortcut that no one else is aware of? It's a joke. How is it possible that the inhabitants of the swamp did not discover this shortcut, but that the foreign invaders found out? The only reliable explanation is the interference of divine powers......

"I know you must be very unwilling," Ashrufat nodded, his voice suggesting that he understood Jakes' mood at this time. "So I'll tell you the truth. Actually, I only walked for a day and a half. He said. "I didn't take the winding and winding paths, I just followed a straight line, and every now and then people stepped on the magic disk and went to the top of the trees to determine the direction and determine the position—it was easy. ”

"Impossible......"

"Nothing is impossible. I once saw a group of Tzeentch wizards freeze a flowing river and create an ice bridge to cross it...... It lasted for a day and a night, maybe longer. It's much easier to build an ice bridge in the swamp than in those mud puddles that don't flow. Besides, the weather is not warm...... It's a lot easier to do this. ”

I see!The Immortal Lord looked around him with hatred at the sorcerers who were stepping on the magic disk. These are the main culprits who have fallen into such a predicament.

"Throw in the towel. Ashrufat said. The difference between victory and defeat is already clear. Jakes' team was surrounded, and he was sure they couldn't escape.

The Immortal Juggernaut was calm on the surface, as if he was contemplating the Tiyì of Aerufat. But in fact, he cried out to his loving father in his heart, asking him for help and salvation.

As if in response to his prayers, a deafening thunderclap interrupted the conversation, and everyone present, including Ashrufat and Jakes, couldn't help but look up at the sky. They saw sickly green lightning pierce the sky, and for a short time, a torrential downpour of rain poured down.

This...... Everyone instinctively realizes that something is not right. When the battle broke out just now, the sky was fairly clear. Why did it rain all of a sudden? The supernatural component is so obvious that you can't notice it.

There was a scream from the crowd. Because someone found out that this is not ordinary rain, but acid rain full of sourness. The wounds of the warriors, who were exposed to the armor, immediately began to fester, suppurating, after coming into contact with acid rain. The dark energy is condensed in this rain. Raindrops fell on the dead bodies, and it was found that the flesh of the dead had melted like candle wax.

Not only people, but also wizards' magic disks are affected. After this rain, the magic disk ignored the wizard's orders and flew them outside. One wizard was even thrown off by the magic disk and fell into the crowd. On top of that, more screams as their eyes fall into acid rain - the damn rain has a direct effect on the fragile human eyeballs.

This terrible scene quickly caused repercussions and confusion among Ashrufat's men.

"Haha...... Haha......" The laughter of the Immortal Lord was particularly loud in the sound of the wind and rain in the sky. "Ashrufat, you are indeed very clever and cunning. Maybe you did have the upper hand this round. But do you think you're really winning? Do you see," the Immortal Juggernaut raised a hand, pointing to the sky. "This is the help my father gave me. The thunder of this storm is the laughter of my loving father Nurgle!"

"Kill!" Jakes' voice couldn't even hide the storm. "Get out!"

His men were all demoralized and charged the chaotic enemy from the front, led by the Chaos Lord.

"Damn it......" Ashrufat cursed softly, retreating to his men, commanding his troops to resist with all their might.

But this sudden acid rain greatly affected the battle. For the breakaway side, the rain curtain has little impact as they just need to rush forward. For the besieging side, the rain curtain had a very severe effect, as it was difficult for them to tell which side the enemy was breaking through. In addition, acid rain is no threat to Nurgle's followers (especially the high-ranking believers), but it is a nuisance to others. Everyone quickly realized that if the rain fell on their eyes, they were in danger of going blind.

This was the first time that Ashrufat had seen divine power interfering in human battles.

In this near-blatant cheating situation, the orchestrated siege by Ashrufat was pointless. Nurgle's followers didn't even need to look for any gaps, they rushed straight from the front. After a fierce battle, they broke through the enemy's encirclement from the front. The fence around the camp, which used to be the biggest flaw, is now the biggest help. Because everyone was able to cross with ease, so that the Nurgle warriors were able to break through from many positions, it was a completely impossible task to pursue the scattered enemy in such a heavy rain.

This acid rain is undoubtedly Nurgle's masterpiece because it came and went suddenly. It was only about ten minutes before and after, and as soon as the battle ended, the pouring rain suddenly disappeared. The rest of the battlefield was not surprised to find that Immortal Juggernaut Jax had broken through the siege and rushed into the depths of the swamp with a handful of his men - since he couldn't be found among the corpses (although the corpses had melted in the rain, the Chaos armor could still tell them), he must have fled. As for the other believers, they killed quite a few in the melee...... Although Nurgle's divine power helps, to be honest, the battle between those who are not wearing armor and those who are wearing armor is too much of a loss.

But it didn't matter if you didn't catch the Immortal Juggernaut himself, the surprise attack itself was a failure.

Several of the old warriors sighed—warriors from Perilous Peak City, who had seen too many meaningless victories and heavy casualties. As mentioned earlier, the Chaos Lord Astiana has repeatedly defeated the Immortal Juggernaut and crushed his armies. But as long as the Immortal Lord is alive, this war is not over - and perhaps never will be.

"Where's Lord Aerufat?" Examining the corpse, the man who was about to report to the general suddenly realized something: not only did the Immortal Lord break through and escape, but even their leader, the Chaos Lord Aerufat, was gone.

"What happened?" Before the rain fell - or before the battle broke out - everyone remembered that Ashrufat had retreated into battle, trying to direct his troops against the enemy's assault. But after the battle, he was gone. Of course, Ashrufat was apparently (and unlikely) killed in battle, and the corpses here and there didn't have his striking Chaos armor.

As the attackers were bewildered and searching for their leader, a little distance from the village, the Immortal Juggernaut stopped under a large tree.

It must be said that this swamp is really a very suitable place to hide. Although it was not too far to break out of the encirclement, the Chaos Lord of Nurgle was not worried about the enemy catching up. The swamp was full of tall trees known as "swamp trees" - there were few scholars in the chaos, and no one had a particular interest in giving the plant an official name (and they didn't have an official name), so the vernacular name has endured.

Relying on the cover of such a tree, the fleeing party can easily escape the pursuit unless it is very close. In addition, the complications of the subsurface - that is, the waters that are everywhere - also add to the difficulties of the pursuers. Ninety percent of the swamp's ground is covered with dark green, stinking water. But unless you experience it yourself, no one can tell whether the water is just over the surface of your feet or bottomless.

The giant tree was rooted in a swamp full of rotting and suffocating vines, its jumbled thick branches twisting and stretching like countless arms struggling in pain stretched out from its trunk. The Immortal Juggernaut paused and rested. With his experience, he had already seen that he had escaped the pursuit of the enemy, so he raised his arm and let out a curse of vengeance.

In the next second, his mind changed. On the other side of the tree, a familiar figure circled out.