Section 4 Leader

"Carrie, what the hell is that rat god?" Ashrufat asked inadvertently.

"If I'm not mistaken," Carrie's voice was still a little weak, but she replied anyway. "His essence should be the same as mine. ”

"Like you?" Ashrufat was stunned. "What do you mean...... He's just like you...... Is it an artificial intelligence?"

"Think so. Carrie replied. "But it's not just an artificial intelligence anymore. He now gathers the energies that emanate from the intense subconscious of those who believe in Him...... So he is far more powerful than ordinary artificial intelligence. But don't worry, master, I won't lose in this area. If computing power and databases ...... I mean, in terms of intelligence and experience, I'm a lot better than his antique as the latest model. ”

Ashruphat shook his head. Carrie's words confused him a little, that an AI could become a god, but it didn't surprise that Ashrufat immediately thought of it. Aren't they the same as the Ilam who call themselves gods? Not because they have divinity, but because they have knowledge and techniques that others don't know, so they can perform miracles through these knowledge and techniques, and falsely claim to be gods.

However, because Carrie was not in good shape, Ashrufat did not continue to ask. Rat God - and whatever he was, at least he kept his word.

"Lord...... "The brown-furred rat-man walked in from the outside, his eyes purring. "Ash ...... The Grey Prophets are looking for you. ”

"Why didn't they come in?" asked Ashrufat.

He ...... They...... Say you're going over there...... Front...... That one...... Square. ...... of all Baku ethnic groups Member...... It's all there. ”

The nezumi dig tunnels to live, but there are also many naturally formed cavities in the Underground World, and some of them are even very large. Once the nezumi excavate this cavity, they will use it as an underground settlement, similar to a human village. They use these holes to grow strange crops that even Carrie doesn't understand. These crops do not need sunlight, but they do require special fertilizer made from magic stones. In addition to this, the nezumi also own some territory on the surface and grow and gather food on the surface on these lands. But to be honest, their food supply was very bad, and Ashrufat felt that ordinary nezumi were basically born without a few meals.

"Okay, I'll go over...... Wait, what's your name?" Ashrufat asked the brown-furred nezumi.

"Lord...... Master...... My name is Shaka. The servant of Ashruphat humbly introduced himself. However, as far as Ashruphat was concerned, the mouse's eyes were always spinning, as if he had been secretly calculating something. "I ...... I'll take you there......"

This nezumi named Shaka was given to him by the Great Prophet. This is because Ashruphat said that he had always accepted the will of the Rat God and did not know much about "mundane matters", so the Great Prophet was very considerate to give him this servant. According to the rules of the nezumi, from now on, everything about this brown-furred nezumi - including life - belonged to Ishrufat. It's because he's a slave.

Ashrufat now knew that the society of the rat people was based on slavery. But they are not the same as the Dark Elves. In Dark Elf society, making a living and betraying are common, but their arrogance and self-esteem keep them from enslaving their kind. And the nezumi don't spare even their own kind. To put it mildly, since the Underground World Realm is really not a suitable world realm, alien alien slaves usually die quickly, so most of the slaves in the rat society are their kind.

However, Shaka is different from ordinary slaves, because he has been following the Great Prophet since he was a child, so he has learned a lot of knowledge, which can be regarded as well-informed. He was considered an intelligent slave, so he was not put on a slave's collar. Previously, he was even in charge of the Baku tribe. In a way, Shaka was on the verge of slavery and freemen. So he tried his best to curry favor with Ashrufat, in order to free his master for a moment's pleasure.

Shaka led the way, so it didn't take much effort for Ashrufat to come to that square. As Ashrufat had predicted, it was a large underground cavern - the whole was in the shape of a long and narrow strip, which should have been washed out by an ancient underground river. In the middle of the square, a large group of rat people is gathering.

Ashruphat noticed several gray prophets in front of the rat crowd. This is because the gray prophets have gray coats and are very conspicuous among the rat crowd. One of them is none other than the Great Prophet.

The Great Prophet also took note of the arrival of Ashrufat. As Ashrufat approached, he met him.

"Dear brothers, these are the members of the Baku tribe. The Great Prophet said. It must be noted that don't look at these rats are selfish and cunning, but they are always very polite and affectionate on the surface. The twelve Abyss Lords, in particular, all refer to each other by their compatriots, family, or various nice titles, which is in stark contrast to their actual actions.

Ashrufat and the Great Prophet exchanged a few casual words, then looked at the clan that was about to belong to him. Every Abyssal Lord (with the exception of their status as an Abyssal Lord) is an authority figure among the Nezumi. They are either the bosses of a large clan, or the generals of a certain important land, or the princes of one side, or the commanders of independent power. Only the new addition, Ashrufat, is nothing. It is for this reason that the Great Grey Prophet suggested that Ashrufat be appointed as the patriarch of the Baku tribe.

The Baku are an ordinary clan among the countless clans of the rat people - technically, a very unlucky clan. Not so long ago, a large part of the clan's forces had been brought to attack Karak-Grom. As mentioned earlier, the army was nearly completely wiped out by the dwarves and greenskins, and the clan's patriarch (the word "chief" is not appropriate to refer to these nezumi leaders, but rather "warlord") died.

So the strength of the Baku tribe immediately plummeted, and even their own survival became a problem.

Under normal circumstances, no one would care about the survival of such a clan. In the society of the nezumi, it is extremely normal for new clans to be born and old clans to perish. The fate of the Baku was predestined: sooner or later, they would be attacked by a powerful clan, and those who dared to resist would be killed, and the rest would be reduced to slavery. However, thanks to the Rat God, the Great Grey Prophet didn't know which tendon was twitching in his head, and he actually openly sheltered this clan that was no longer able to protect himself - and even asked them to relocate their entire clan to the vicinity of the Rat God Temple to ensure its safety.

Even if someone coveted the fat piece of the Baku, they would have to consider the consequences of annoying the Grey Prophet. This is not only because the Grey Prophet is the representative of the Rat God and has a very high status and prestige in the Rat World, but also because all the Grey Prophets are powerful magicians. Offending a Grey Prophet, even if it is just a show of disrespect for an ordinary Grey Prophet (let alone the Great Prophet, the leader of all grey prophets), can have serious consequences. At best, the blades of the Black Assassins will soon arrive, and at worst, a crisis of extinction is imminent.

"So little......" Ashruphat muttered inwardly as he looked at the members of the clan. In front of Ashruphat was a group of rat men with a total number of about two thousand. These rat people are almost all variegated fur, slightly smaller than humans, and their bodies are dry and very slender, and they appear to be malnourished. Under the scrutiny of Ashruphat and the Grey Prophets, the nezumi were nervous and constantly whipping their hairless, bug-like tails.

However, Ashruphat found that a few of the nezumi were taller. These taller nezumi have black fur and stand out among their fellow citizens. Ashruphat saw that the black nezumi were not thin, they had muscular necks and muscular physiques. But the number of these nezumi is very small, no more than a hundred.

"From now on," the Great Prophet announced loudly to the rat people of the Baku tribe as Ashrufat looked closely. "Lord Ashrufat is your master......"

The process of handing over the relevant appointments is quick. The rat people are not a race of red tape, and by the time the Great Grey Prophet was gone, Ashrufat had become the leader of the clan. At first, he thought that there would be some trouble in this process—in the original expectation, there might be some members who had hoped to win the patriarch's throne, but now lost that opportunity. This kind of guy will find a way to stumble on the envoy of Eshurufa out of his own self-interest. But the reality is that there are no clan members of this type at all. Because every member knows that the Baku tribe survived only because of the Great Prophet. Once the Great Prophet withdrew his protection from them, it meant that they were completely finished. Such a clan with weak strength and inability to protect itself has no ambition to become a patriarch at all (even if it once had, it has now been abandoned), because this position is far more dangerous than obtainable. On the contrary, they very much wanted Eshurufat as their leader, as Eshurufat was a member of the Abyssal Council, and his power could protect the clan.

In short, Ashruphat took over the entire clan without any trouble or resistance, and the members of the clan immediately agreed with him and were willing to obey him.

After the Grey Prophets left, Ashrufat began to sort out the situation within the clan. The Baku people are really a fat mass, because on the one hand, they are weak in strength, and on the other hand, because of the accumulation of the past, they have quite abundant materials and wealth. In the entire clan, there are about two thousand two hundred warriors. Of the two thousand two hundred warriors, most of them were ordinary clan warriors, and only about a hundred were elite warriors—the black-furred ratmen that Aeshurufat had noticed before. In addition, there were about 3,000 slaves. These numbers are all the remaining combat power of this weakened clan.

And a normal clan—those that are neither strong enough to swallow up others, nor weak enough to be coveted by others—has about five thousand or so ordinary clan warriors, a thousand or so elite warriors, and thirty or fifty more slaves than the two combined.

But that wasn't the point, as Ashruphat quickly realized one thing - the nezumi weren't mighty warriors.

At the time of the Rat God's introduction, he already had a little understanding of the Rat Army, but when he actually inspected such a clan army, he understood its seriousness. Not to mention a well-trained and warlike race like the Divine Warrior Elves and the Dark Elves, even if compared to human beings, these nezumi are far from being skilled and brave warriors. They are timid and weak, poorly equipped and poorly trained. Ashrufat quickly determined that the strength of an ordinary clan warrior was not even comparable to that of a militiaman.