Section XXXIV Decisions

Torrison froze, and then the nezumi leader named Ashrufat made a gesture. Several nezumi soldiers who were standing farther away immediately came over and untied Torrisen's ropes. Although Torrison originally planned to pounce on and strangle this rat man, but now he was shocked by the other party's momentum and did not act.

"Go back and tell Prince Hoga. The red-haired rat-man continued. "It's up to him to fight. In five days, I'm going to attack. ”

"We will never give up on our homeland. Captain Ranger replied stubbornly.

"Then it's up to the war to decide who is entitled to stay!" said the nezumi leader named Ashrufat, in a cold tone. "But before that, it's better for you to go back and report the letter. If Prince Hoga were a smart man, he might be able to understand what I mean. ”

Torrison stared at the nezumien's face, anger on his face. Then he turned his head and strode outside. In the dwarven point of view, these rats are all greedy, selfish, and untrustworthy guys, but this time it seems to be a little different. On the way out, Torrison was not attacked in any way. Although several nezumi followed him from a distance, when he left the nezumi control area and entered the underground defense area set up by the dwarves, the stalkers disappeared.

The Ranger Captain soon found his compatriots at a sentry in front of him. Seeing him return alive, the dwarven warriors on duty were surprised and delighted. However, Torrison did not have time to celebrate, and he met Prince Hoga as quickly as he could.

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After the captured dwarf had left, Ashruphat proceeded to the last part of the meeting. This part is mainly concerned with the balance of forces and the construction of various aspects after the war. On the advice of the Great Grey Prophet, once they had conquered Karak-Grom, they were to use the city as the new temple of the Rat God. This is where they will build (or rebuild) the center of domination of the rat people. They will divide the dwarven fortress into several relatively separate parts, and build elevators that will connect to the mines. The Great Prophet even had the ambition to build a large magic stone organ that would spread the sound of the harp throughout the nearby Underworld, singing the praises of the Rat God for its glory and glory.

There was a small scuffle here. Several Abyssal Lords thought that there was no need to build such a thing that consumed magic stones to play music, but the Great Prophet decided that these music would encourage the nezumi to sacrifice everything for the good of the gods, and that it would not cost much magic stones. As is often the case in the Abyssal Council, the two sides eventually reached a compromise. The Great Prophet was the last to reduce the size of the Rat God Temple in the plan (slightly smaller, of course), while the Magic Stone Organ was retained.

This concludes the meeting, as there is no further discussion. Ashrufat stood up and adjourned the meeting, and made clear the time for the future war. He didn't change his promise to Torrison and made it clear that he would attack in five days' time. This is because the dwarves are already ready for war, and there is no point in disrupting the time for the attack. And he was confident that he could win the battle.

The participants left as fast as they could. None of them wanted to stay with the Calamity Lord any longer, even if the Calamity Lord was now a hazy remnant.

"Why is it disappearing?" After everyone had left, Ashruphat stared at the Calamity Lord who had only one remnant left beside him. Just now he had witnessed this demon in its entirety from real to vague, from vague to obscure, from obscure to illusory. Now there is only an afterimage left by his side. This shows that this demon has a limited number of worldly realms that exist in this worldly realm, and it has now reached the time to disappear.

"Well, let's put it this way, the so-called 'demon' is essentially just a digital experience. A demon is essentially a bunch of embodied information, summoning various energies from a higher dimensional dimension to concretize the information and turn it into an entity that can be actually touched. In other words, the form of the so-called demon in this world is just a virtual manifestation of energy. The essence of this Calamity Lord is this Abyssal Stone in your hand, or a part of this Abyss Stone. ”

"Abyss Magic Stone?" Ashrufat didn't quite understand, but he finally understood a little. "This Abyss Demon Stone is the demon's body?"

"That's right. So on the surface, the demon can be killed, but in fact, the data related to it is stored in this abyss magic stone. Destroying its body is, in essence, the same thing as taking off a piece of clothing, a thing that does not hurt the roots. As soon as the energy level is restored, it can re-coalesce into the body. If you really want to completely destroy the demon, the only way is to destroy this abyss magic stone. Do you understand what the Rat God means, but I'm giving you this Calamity Lord. ”

"Really?" asked Ashrufat, a little suspicious.

"Even if he didn't plan to send it, you don't have to pay it back. Carrie replied solemnly. "What is delivered to the door, don't eat it for nothing. When you leave this magic stone, you have an actionable lie detector, a powerful guard, and a scaring doll. In fact, it's pretty good. ”

Ashrufat was still hesitating, and Carrie's voice immediately became sharp.

"Master, you're risking your life to help that rat god fight. We should have stood in a distant place, observing and evaluating everything with condescension and detachment, but now we are forced to get involved in the battlefield, struggling with blood, dirt and death. For that alone, he's going to have to pay a sufficient price!"

"Okay, okay. Ashrufat didn't agree with Carrie, but he didn't want to argue with Carrie about it. And it's also a good thing to have one more Abyss Magic Stone that is useful.

"Anyway, in five days, the war will officially begin. Ashrufat whispered to himself. Although he told the captured dwarven captain to go back, he knew that the dwarves were a notoriously stubborn race, and it was absolutely impossible for them to compromise and let Karak-Grom out with a few threatening words. The ownership of this land is ultimately determined only by blood and fire.

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"Say, the nezumi lord named Ashrufat...... That's how I let you go. Prince Hoga frowned. It would have been a cause for celebration for his Ranger Captain to be released back in this situation, but now his heart had become extremely heavy. There was no torture, no threat of death, just a simple matter of asking him to come back with a message. This in itself portends something unusual.

On the eve of a great war, to let the good soldiers of an enemy go is either an expression of extreme self-confidence or an expression of extreme contempt. And the leader of the nezumi of Ashruphat said that the rats were willing to shed a hundred times more blood for Karak-Grom than the dwarves.

But what a joke!, Prince Hoga thought angrily. He roared inwardly and raised his fist at the imaginary Ashrufat. This is my city, the city I took back from the greenskins, the city of the dwarves. We will never give up our homeland, and we will fight to the end for her.

"However, Your Highness the Prince, I must say that this Ashrufat seems to be different from ordinary nezumi. Torrison continued. "I have a strange feeling that he is not a rat man. ”

"Oh, for what...... But the name Ashruphat ...... It's rare. ”

Prince Hoga also has a slight dabbling in the language of the nezumi. Many people say that the dwarves are stubborn and conservative, but in fact they have always studied their enemies carefully. For example, there are very few scholars among the human race who can find a single scholar who studies the green language, but there are quite a few such scholars among the dwarves, who can even write books. The language of the nezumi is similar, as you have to know the enemy to figure out what they want to do.

"Same name as my brother. Captain Ranger replied.

"It was just a fortuitous accident. Prince Hoga waved his hand. "Your brother is far north, and he is safe with your tribe. But what did you just say...... He's not a nezumi?"

"Just a hazy intuition. Torrison replied. "When he saw me, I didn't know what he was talking about, and I felt that his eyes were a little strange...... It's like he knows me. ”

"Delusion. Prince Hoga said without hesitation. "If you're hurt, it's inevitable that you'll have some delusions. ”

At this time, another Ranger walked in and came all the way to the foot of the steps in front of Prince Hoga's throne.

"Your Royal Highness, the ogre's side has a result. The newly arrived ranger reported.

"How's it going?" Prince Hoga still had a glimmer of hope for the ogre. As long as the ogre agrees to join him, then his combat power will be greatly improved, and he will have a few more chances of winning in future wars.

"They refused to trade with our mercenaries. The Ranger replied. As he said these words, he kept his head down, not daring to look up at the prince. The prince had great hopes for this, but his incompetence disappointed the prince.

"What's the reason?" if Prince Hoga was angry, at least not in the tone of his voice.

"The ogre's reasoning is that they don't want to get involved. They said they were just passing through the neighborhood and wouldn't stay too long, so they couldn't be hired by us as mercenaries. ”

"But haven't they discussed this proposal with us many times before?" said Torrison, who spoke, with some anger.

"I think the ogre's sudden change in tone must have something to do with the rat people. The newcomer replied. "Either the nezumi threatened them, or the elimination of the greenskins made the ogres panic as well. In short, they have no interest in being mercenaries now. ”

"I got it. Prince Hoga let out a sigh, but he immediately perked himself. "It's up to us!" he looked down at the two men in front of him. "But we'll hold Karak-Grom!"

"Beard on it! I swear I'm going to hold Karak-Grom!" Torrison shouted. "For the honor of the dwarves!"