Section 119 Scouting

A long time ago, Ashrufat heard rumors of a "sadistic bride" from other people's mouths. This rumor says that if someone can find the right female Chaos Lord for Sadism, then Sadism will give that person an incredible reward. This rumor was scoffed at by many people (because it was really outrageous and did not conform to the common sense of Chaos), but Sag, who is the abusive Chaos Champion, proved the rumor to be true.

It was for this reason that the Lord of the Blood Fang came all the way from the south with the Star Carving. This is also the origin of the Qiē incident, the reason why Ashruphat came to the Chaos Realm.

Now, the truth of this rumor has been demonstrated. The Bloodfang Lord had apparently received the reward he wanted from the Dreadnought, having been promoted from a Chaos Lord to a Demon Prince. Not only did he become a demon prince, he also became the supreme ruler of the Blood Fortress.

As mentioned earlier, becoming a demon prince, or rather, ascending to demons, is the ultimate goal pursued by all Chaos believers. But to put it mildly, the Demon Prince is really uncommon. Although the Chaos Lord is rare, even if you haven't seen it, you've heard of at least a few, and the Demon Prince is completely legendary.

The so-called demon prince, in the concept of chaos, is the demonization of the human body. The benefits of demonization are many, first of all, it is to permanently get rid of the lifespan limit that is limited to human heads, secondly, it is a powerful force, and thirdly, it solves all kinds of limitations unique to human flesh, and even permanently avoids some problems that are still not understood to this day, such as magical talent or something - all demon princes are born with certain magical abilities, and if they are willing to learn, they can master more. This is why the ascension is the ultimate reward for the cultists of Chaos.

As for why there are so few demon princes in the world, a common theory is that they have all gone to other worlds. The people of this world have long embraced the concept of "multiple worlds", and Chaos Believers are no exception. The concept of "multiple worlds" is simple: not all of the material worlds that ordinary humans live in, and there are other worlds (of course, how many worlds there are, that is a question for scholars). Although it is good to ascend to demons, the demon princes have received great power at the same time, and at the same time have accepted the power from the other world, so they are rejected by this material world just like the demons. As a result, these semi-demonic Chaos believers left this world and went to worlds that were more suitable for their own existence.

Only on relatively rare occasions - such as being summoned by a sorcerer, or arranged by the gods - will the Demon Prince return to this physical world.

According to legend, every time these creatures with the power of demons and the cunning of humans descend on the mortal world, they are bound to cause a terrible storm. A storm of killing.

"Demon Prince......" Ashruphat repeated the word again.

He has also ascended to the devil - he has been granted eternal life according to Tzeentch's promise. In a sense, he's already a demon prince - though he still retains his human form. However, perhaps because he didn't get the demonic body, Ashruphat didn't notice the difference between his body before and after his ascension.

It was already dark. There was no noise in this chaotic wilderness, and the surroundings were as quiet as if they were not in the world. Except for the few sentries in charge of patrolling the camp, nothing else made a sound. Now Ashrufat, sitting alone in his tent, he does not need to sleep, so he reclines in his chair and thinks about his future and future.

After reading the inscriptions of those victory tablets during the day, Ashrufat already knew that although this was an ancient battlefield, it was not the main battlefield. The challengers before him almost unanimously chose to camp here because of the terrain. So when they were defeated under the Blood Fortress, they retreated to their camp and fought a second battle with the pursuing Terrorists - and then a second large-scale battle and massacre. Each of them had been crushed under the Blood Fortress, and here - their own camp - was struck by the near total annihilation of the army, without exception.

Even without considering the identity of the Demon Prince of the Blood Fang Lord at the moment, Ashrufat also knew that the Blood Fang Lord was a pretty good commander - if it wasn't for Marven making trouble behind his back, he would have a better chance of winning at most, let alone a certain victory, let alone completely annihilating the enemy army. And this time, there is no more Tzeentch wizard behind the Bloodfang Lord who is trying to dismantle the platform. In fact, the situation is reversed - the Bloodfang Lord's internal will be united by the desire to kill, and Ashrufat is not sure if there will be another Marven behind him.

His army, as everyone knows, is mostly cobbled together along the way. It was built with the support of the will of the gods. Although it is huge, it is actually integrated internally by the power of faith, and it is not an army that can be dispatched at will like a general. Who knows how many of them are speculative, and how many of them plan to flee as soon as the situation is not good?

However, now that the Bloodfang Lord has been promoted to the Demon Prince, it means that the Dreadmill has accepted the Star Carving as a sacrifice. From this point of view, if you want to take her away from the blood god, you have to rely on violence. This war is inevitable......

He had to find a way to increase his odds.

Ashruphat did not move the next day. The place was close enough to the Blood and Blood Fortress that they could reach the Blood Fortress in just a day's march. According to a very common way of thinking, it is necessary to arrange a rear base in such a position. Honestly, since the previous pioneers (although they all failed) had made the same choice, Ashrufat didn't consider himself superior to them in this regard. In addition, due to the trek, his soldiers also needed a little rest time to recover so that they could go into battle in the best condition.

He left the rest to his subordinates to arrange, and he took a few personal guards, under the guidance of the scouts, to personally inspect the blood fortress that had only been known by its name.

It is only after witnessing the Blood Fortress that one can understand what magic is.

Ashrufat had seen magnificent castles. For example, the city of Eagle Falcon, the capital of Gruny, and the White Castle, which is a border fortress. Both of these famous cities were designed by Garunas, the sage of the wilderness. And Garunas is a genius recognized all over the world. Although this great man has the name of "sage" mainly because of his political, military and economic capabilities, the level of engineering design and castle construction is also admired by countless descendants. At least there is the fact that it has been nearly a hundred years since Garunas' death, and in these hundred years no human architect has dared to claim that his architectural work surpasses that of the White Castle, and there is not even a recognized work comparable to the White Castle.

But when you compare it to this castle, you can understand that human skill has its limits. Rumor has it that the Blood Fortress is a projection of the castle inhabited by the Sadist in the material world. After seeing the Blood Fortress with your own eyes, you can tell that this rumor is not a hot-headed delusion of some fanatical believer, but a heartfelt sigh from a large part of the population about such a building.

It doesn't look like it was built by humans - nay, it should be said it doesn't look like any intelligent being. You don't have to go very close to see the castle built on the mountainside from a distance. Due to the distance, it is difficult to judge the true size and size of the castle with eyesight, and it is impossible to see the details of the buildings, let alone the defenders and fortifications in the city. But even so, the towers and towers that towered in the fortress were enough to make people jaw-dropping.

In the middle of the castle, a series of unimaginably tall towers were erected. The towers are connected by bridges that only the Hand of God can build. No civilization, whether an elegant elf or a capable dwarf, could have created something that defied common sense.

Compared to such a "miracle" building, the White Fort is far from it. No matter how gorgeous and magnificent the White Fort is, at most it will give people the impression that it is "a strong city!", and it will never make people sigh "How is this possible?". Because with human imagination, it is hard to believe that such a towering tower could be built. It is only in the hands of painters who do as they please, without fear of the collapse of the building, that such towers can appear.

This incredible castle sits right on the main road.

As mentioned earlier, the Blood Fortress was built on the side of a mountain known as the "Spine of the World", but the location of this mountainside was not chosen at will - or more specifically, it was built on the edge of a canyon that controlled the canyon artery. Behind this artery is the heart of the Blood God Cult - a fertile land surrounded by mountains that supports a sizable population. As you can see from the map, unless you conquer this fortress, you can't go deep into the core realm of the Blood God.

However, this is only a topographical condition. Because the Blood Fortress is not so much the gate that guards this area, but the logistics base that maintains the Blood Fortress. In fact, according to a lot of undoubted information, the fortress itself is the core of the blood god's rule. If you don't conquer this fortress, then a single qiē is meaningless.

Ashruphat was probably the first to come to his senses. When he looked back, he found that his entourage, with the exception of Gander (whom he had already seen), had all stayed there, struck by the architecture beyond human power.

In the Blood Fortress, the sound of war horns can be faintly heard.

Yesterday, Gander was lucky enough to bump into a who wanted to leave the Blood Keep. He lost four of his subordinates, including himself, before he captured them. After using some torture techniques that were enough to please the Prince of Joy, he got what he wanted to know from the sadistic believer.

But unfortunately, it was just an insignificant low-level believer, and his knowledge was very limited. Although Eshuruphat now knew that it was the Blood Fang Lord who ruled the Blood Fortress, that he had been promoted to the Demon Prince, and that the entire fortress was preparing for war, he did not know the opponent's strength, composition, and other more specific information. Not to mention what the Bloodfang Lord plans to use to meet it.

"Let's get a little closer. Ashrufat said.

"My lord, there are also their people outside the city. Gander reminded. "Although most of the followers of the Blood God are in the city, not all of them are in the city. ”

"Where can we get close lately?"

"Ahead, you see...... It's the little slope...... That's it, no further can be moved. If you go any further, you will be discovered...... In fact, even in that position, it is very risky. ”

"Then go there. Ashrufat said.

Human eyesight is not very good at distinguishing between distance and proximity. Don't look at the small slope before, it wasn't particularly far away, but it actually took a lot of time for Ashrufat to reach the predetermined location. As Gander said, traces of the movement of the brigade can already be found on this small slope, which indicates that this place has entered the control of the Blood Fortress patrol. Further on, the likelihood of encountering a patrol increases dramatically.

Although Ashrufat is the Chaos Lord, at this time, there are only twenty or thirty people around him, and in such a big city, the patrol team can easily be hundreds. No matter how you look at it, it's quite dangerous.

This time, though, their luck didn't seem to be good. Ashrufat had just stopped his mount, and before he could even take a closer look at the Blood Fortress, he heard the sound of horses' hoofs rushing out.

There is a problem with the vertical and horizontal, and there has been no way to update it......