MTL - Warhammer: The Beginning is the Crisis of Annihilation-Chapter 325 Slaughtering the Skaven (subscription required)

  Chapter 325 Slaughtering the Skaven (Subscription required)

  The huge kingdom of the Skaven is located underground, and it is a huge global intercontinental underground empire with countless tunnels and passages.

  Those complex tunnel networks connect all parts of the world, extending from the glacier land in the north to the humid swamps and scorching deserts in the south, from the prairie and sea island countries in the east to the dense jungle in the west.

  The scope of activities of the Ratman Empire is much larger than that of humans, dwarves, elves and many other races.

  The ruler of this huge underground country is the Thirteenth Council approved by the Horned Rat.

   That is, the patriarchs of the thirteen most powerful clans.

  In addition to the Thirteen Councils, there are countless big and small clans in the underground kingdom.

   Together they rule this huge underground empire.

  When the Horned Rat issues an oracle, these kingdoms, large and small, will unite to wage war on the surface.

  According to the records left by some scholars who have been persecuted long ago, there may be strongholds of Skaven under every human town.

   Below those larger human gathering places are often large strongholds of Skaven rat people.

  Those cunning brutes cleverly link man-made tunnel systems, natural mines, sewers, caverns dug by other creatures, and subterranean networks they build, allowing them to easily access the surface.

   Countless slaves worked day and night, maintaining the operation of the Skaven industry. New tunnels appeared every day, connecting new places.

   Where humans can reach, there are traces of rat people's activities.

   There are traces of ratmen in places that humans cannot reach.

   They are everywhere, all over the world.

  Dax has extensive experience in fighting the Ratmen.

   Of course, much of the experience is outdated.

   After all, a thousand years have passed in this world.

   Few experiences survive a thousand years and are still relevant.

   Fortunately, with the help of Imperial technology, he and his team were still able to use those outdated experiences to teach the Skaven a lesson.

  The lair of the Skaven is just below the village where the man who asked for help is.

   Those cunning beasts hollowed out the walls, hollowed out the floors, hollowed out the paths under people's feet.

  They would come out at night to take away children and women who could not resist, and use them as slaves or food.

   They scratched the walls, terrorizing people in the dark.

  When Dax arrived, the whole village was already in great panic.

  Those ignorant villagers have been terrified.

  Some people with some assets chose to sell at a low price and fled the village in a hurry.

   Those who have no way to leave can only put a sickle for self-defense under the pillow, praying that bad luck will not come to them.

  However, even if they shut the door tightly, installing traps will not help.

  If they resist, they will invite even more terrible revenge.

  Those Ratmen would always come quietly, killing those who resisted, gnawed them into inhumanity, and frightened those who still wanted to resist.

  The villagers looked at Dax and the others with contradictory emotions of anticipation and fear.

  They hope that Dax and others can solve the threat posed by the Skaven.

   And afraid that the Skaven who could not be wiped out would take more cruel revenge on them.

  Ambivalence caused them to escape Dax and his party far away, only the man who asked for help did his best to assist Dax and others in their investigation.

   The investigation was not wasted much time.

  Dax and others used detectors to quickly scan a downward tunnel.

   It is located under the altar in the village.

   When the altar was removed, a wide tunnel appeared in front of people.

  The Ratmen also built an irregular stone staircase for the tunnel.

  The stone steps are severely worn, and the middle part is almost an inclined plane.

   Walking down the stairs, the first thing I saw were scattered human bones.

   There are adults and children.

  What they have in common is the traces of animal bites on the bones.

   Seeing this scene, Dax felt angry.

  Those **** ratmen.

   They have to pay for these sins.

   Below the stairs is a huge cave.

  Fluorescent plants are planted on the top of the cave, and the faint light shrouds the stone wall, providing illumination for everyone.

  The two warriors released several detectors, and then, led by Dax, headed toward the depths of the cave.

  The data sent back by the detector is processed to form a 3D stereoscopic image.

  The caves are intricate.

   Ratmen are much shorter than humans.

  But among the Skaven, there are also special and powerful units used to fight against other races.

   Such as the rat man troll, heavy shield giant rat.

   There are even giant mechanical units such as dimensional cannons and dimensional tanks.

  The tunnels they built for this purpose can generally be passed by humans.

  Dax and the others followed the map to the Skaven's lair.

  The Skaven reacted very quickly to the invasion of humans.

   Not long after going deep, I heard a roar coming from the darkness.

   After the Skaven guards noticed the human invasion, they quickly assembled and launched an attack.

   They rushed out of the darkness with primitive swords and muskets.

   Horrible creatures with humanoid bodies and huge ugly rat heads.

  Waving a weapon, roaring, rushed towards Dax and his party.

   There are also skaven priests with staffs, howling ancient and dark spells in their language, casting vicious spells.

   Ratmen have their own civilization.

   They are good at learning and applying knowledge of other races.

  In the society of humans and dwarves, they learned the forging technology of muskets and tanks.

  Using dimension stones to create muskets and tanks that are more powerful than humans and dwarves.

  They also have all kinds of magic, the dimensional magic that uses the dimensional stone, and the dark magic that they learned from the horned rat.

  Plague spells and curse spells from cultists and more.

  The warriors activated their weapons.

   Jumping arcs around sword blades or spears.

  They chanted the name of the holy and all-knowing Emperor of the Empire, preparing to bring purification to the world.

  The impact of the explosive bomb is too great.

   A little carelessness will cause a large area of ​​collapse, and it is very likely that Dax and his party will be buried directly.

  They don't have the same digging ability as the Skaven.

   At that time, you have to call for backup or be forced to abandon the mission.

  In such a narrow underground environment, using melee weapons is more convenient than bombs, and the killing efficiency is faster than bombs.

  Dax also turned off his long-range attack system to avoid damage to the tunnel.

  He drew his weapon, activating it.

   It was a power sword with a silver cross guard and a black pommel.

   Modified to be usable by mortals.

  The power sword is extremely sharp and can cut through the enemy from the molecular level.

  The azure blue light emitted by the blade illuminates the dark tunnel.

  Dax displayed the superb swordsmanship that he had honed for many years.

   The first Skaven who charged up had his weapon cut off by his sword.

  The rusty armor was also cut.

  The whole body of the Rat Man was cut into two pieces, and after a while, blood spurted out.

  The second Ratman who rushed over was pierced by Dax's sword, then he picked it up and tore it open.

  The third Ratman who charged towards Dax was sent flying by a punch from the passing Primaris warrior, and the crisp bone cracking sound echoed in the air.

  The original cast warrior showed a killing efficiency far exceeding that of Dax.

   left a trail of death behind him.

   Scattered limbs and gushing blood splattered everywhere.

   They are the strongest fighters of the Emperor.

  Existence itself is synonymous with killing and death.

   "For the sake of the holy light, the all-knowing and all-powerful emperor of the empire, may he protect my soul." Dax imitated those soldiers and prayed.

  The number of ratmen is extremely large.

   One step forward requires killing dozens of Skavens.

  The sound of killing echoed in the winding tunnel.

  The Skaven's screams before dying also echoed in it.

  Dax and his party fought a **** road with a powerful force that the Skaven had never seen before.

   Like a spear, it pierced the Ratman's underground town.

  The local Ratmen clan tried to stop them, but no matter how many Ratmen they sent, they would all be easily crushed and slaughtered by the opponent.

  The dimensional magic released by the Ratmen, and the muskets and cannons used are useless.

   Those human beings will release a faint halo, which will block the dimensional bullets and magic, and transfer them to the subspace.

   Such technology has never been seen before, and it is not magic.

  This kind of untouched method caused the Skavens to fall into despair.

   Their resistance is pointless.

  The pace of human progress is extremely firm.

   Soon, they will enter the underground towns and kill them all.

  Dax felt a little excited. The screams and blood of the Skaven gave him a sense of familiarity.

  His armor has been stained with countless blood.

   Not a single drop was his, it was all those skavens.

  A strong ratman troll rushed over.

  These fearsome creatures are beloved throughout the Skaven Empire.

  Usually used as an attacking unit.

   Rat trolls are heavily armored and have huge boils all over their furry fur.

   Mutant marks all over their skin, and their claws are as big as shovels.

   Each finger ends with dagger-length claws.

   Its mouth has huge fangs covered in saliva.

   Even on the noisy battlefield, their low roars can be clearly heard.

  Dax escaped the claws of the rat troll.

  Using the power sword in his hand, he cut off one of the opponent's thighs.

   When the mouse troll fell to the ground, Dax cut off another arm of the opponent with a sword.

  The thing covered the **** wound with its intact paws, lying on the ground and screaming in pain.

  Dax just wanted to chop off the opponent's head.

  Another roar sounded.

  The Ratman warrior rushed out of the darkness.

   Dax, unable to dodge in time, was slashed by the opponent's sawtooth scimitar, and a series of sparks appeared on the high-density alloy armor of the empire, leaving no trace.

  The ratman warrior was stunned for a moment.

  One blow from him is enough to cut down the giant tree.

  Why can't even leave a trace on the opponent's armor?

  Dax seized the opportunity and pierced the opponent's chest with the power sword in his hand.

  The Ratman uttered a terrible howl, and fell down dead, clutching his chest.

  Dax drew out his sword and walked to the side of the rat troll who wanted to crawl away again.

   "Do you still want to live? Beast."

  The mouse troll made a painful sound, still struggling to crawl.

  The dark red blood was left behind.

"Stop dreaming."

   Dax slashed down with his sword, cutting off the opponent's head directly.

  The rat troll's head fell to the ground and rolled several meters on the battlefield.

  The dark red blood spurted out from the flat incision, mixing with the dull air of the cave, it was very pungent.

  Dax looked around, and those original warriors walked in front.

  Those Ratmen are as fragile as ants in their eyes.

  Wherever they walked, fragmented bodies were scattered.

  Dax hurried up.

  At the end of the road, Dax saw a strange mountain, which is simply an underground town of garbage in terms of human aesthetics.

  The building materials they used were a mess.

  Wood, dung, mud, marble, sand, bone, gold, etc. are common building materials.

   Their buildings can be described as inferior.

  When Dax walked into the town, what worried him most was not the raiding Ratmen, but the crumbling houses.

  The Ratmen in the town were also vulnerable, and were slaughtered by Dax and his party.

   Blood and broken limbs littered the streets of the town.

  The last elite guard the temple and altar of the Horned Rat, ready to defend their faith.

  The ending hasn't changed much either.

  A gigantic rat troll was lifted up by the Primaris warrior, and then slammed into the statue of the horned rat.

  With a loud bang, the entire sculpture was destroyed.

  The Ratmen were slaughtered by Dax and the others, and even those who survived had already fled.

  Dax searched the town and found a dimensional stone mine that was just about to be mined.

  Dimensional Stone is a unique product of this world.

   At least no such ore has been found in the fog world and the empire.

  Dimensional stone is emerald green and is the solidified form of chaotic energy.

  According to some ancient documents, Chaos poured into this world along the gate of the two poles opened by the Old Sage.

   was decomposed into eight magical winds, permeating the whole world.

  The wind of magic is the source of power for magicians, wizards, arcanists and other groups in this world.

  However, not all chaotic energies will be broken down. Those knights and warriors who possess extraordinary power are closely related to those energies that have not become the wind of magic.

  Part of the chaotic energy that cannot be decomposed and cannot be absorbed by living things will condense into a solid.

   Some scholars believe that the Warpstones were intentionally created by the Old Ones in order to use those Warpstones to power their mysterious devices.

  Dimensional stones are not popular in the order camp.

  Dwarves distrust the chaotic nature of Warpstones.

  Elves use their own knowledge to make power stones instead of dimension stones.

  The Imperial Code states that possession and trafficking of Warpstones is punishable by death.

   Of course, some dark magicians, alchemists, and ignorant fools will go after these things.

   believe they can turn stones into gold, cure diseases, and even bring the dead back to life.

   The Skavens are the ones who demand the most dimension stones.

  Warpstones serve as currency in Skaven society.

   It is the power source of the Skaven's twisted magic, advanced technology.

   Can also be used in potions and devices in the field of reproduction.

  Use the uncertainty of dimensional stones to induce mutations in Ratmen and obtain powerful warriors.

  In addition to the Skaven, the second is the undead creatures.

  Warpstones spawn easily wherever undead are or used to be active.

   These things are useless to humans, but they are treasures to ratmen and undead creatures.

  Dax picked up a dimension stone emitting green fluorescence.

   Various desires in the heart also sprouted.

   It stimulates the user's emotions.

   Individuals who have been in contact with the dimension stone for a long time will inevitably fall into madness and confusion.

  Dax looked at the mine opened by the Ratmen. It was huge, and the captured slaves reinforced it to ensure that it would not collapse.

  According to the panorama obtained by the detector, there is an unfinished dimensional train track in this underground town.

  This kind of track is generally only used to connect places deemed important by the Thirteenth Council.

   Obviously, this place has been targeted by the Thirteenth Council.

  Dax regretted not keeping alive.

  Maybe we can get something out of those guys.

"It seems that some people are busy." Dax threw the Dimension Stone away and said to himself, "I have to make a report and mobilize two vehicles that drill into the ground. To make the Thirteenth Council pay so much attention, The scale of the dimensional stone veins here is probably not small."

  PS: Another four thousand and five.

  (end of this chapter)