Tritas Coward, the scum of the rats.
Even among the Skaven Ratmen, who were known for their despicable, shameless, lowly, and scheming ways, Tritas Coward could be called the scum of their existence. This was already mentioned before and will not be repeated here.
However, the fact that Coward was able to survive despite being so scum proved that he was a very capable Skaven warlord. Tritas Coward was a master of judging the situation on the battlefield and the direction of the wind. This cunning fellow could accurately judge the situation of the battlefield and react accordingly in any situation.
In the Battle of Black Cliff, Tritas keenly discovered the Dwarven catapults and Dwarven ambushes along the way, causing the Dwarves' determined ambush plan to be ruined. In the Battle of Black Cliff, Tritas predicted the direction of the Black Orc warlord's attack and successfully escaped from the Goblin ambush. In the battle against the Empire's navy, Tritas was the only one who managed to escape from hundreds of cannonballs.
Tritas' judgment of the situation was too sharp.
For the Skaven Ratmen, this battle was already a failure.
In other words, the entire Brittany invasion plan was a complete failure. As the Brittany army continued to arrive, the Skaven Ratmen could no longer defeat the Brittany and crush their resistance.
Tritas Coward wasn't the knowledgeable Ickart Talon, nor was it one of those powerful Scourge Lords. It wasn't like the assassins of Essien who had been to the Dark Realms, Lucia, or the Far East. It didn't understand what the golden-armored giant that couldn't be defeated despite using countless armies was. It didn't understand what the anchored battleship with black smoke was. It also didn't understand why the three Scourge Lords and their elaborate trap couldn't deal with the bald man.
The battle was lost. It was time to retreat.
The sharp sound of a horn was accompanied by an ear-piercing shout. A Pit Abomination charged out from the ranks. It was clear that the Old Guard could not resist this bizarre and ultimate distorted creation. Bertrand and Kalad remembered Laing's orders and immediately ordered the Old Guard at the front to move aside.
"Aysle! Help our allies! " In the air, the Twilight sisters quickly noticed the appearance of the Pit Abomination. Nestra was first worried about the safety of their human allies, while Alohan revealed the joy of a hunter seeing his prey. The Twilight sisters gave the order almost simultaneously. Dozens of meteors fell from the sky and blasted the Pit Abomination's location into a cloud of dust.
Unfortunately, it was of little use.. Even though the monster's body was full of arrows, it did not feel any pain. It only instinctively followed the order and charged towards the Brittany.
A beam of light blasted the Pit Abomination's body. The power was so strong that the giant monster took a few steps back. Veronica stood on the Dreadnought. The female president was proud. "Even if the Dreadnought can't move, she can still be of use. Because Veronica Benadotte is here, witness my power!"
Meteor shower! "
After a series of meteorite bombardments, a delicate shout rang out from another part of the battlefield.
"Potion Comet Holy Grail!"
Morgiana, the witch of the Lake Goddess, had also arrived. She used her strongest spell, Potion Comet Holy Grail, to completely destroy the body of the Pit Abomination. However, it also gave the Skaven Ratmen a chance to breathe. Veronica and Morgiana's spells divided the battlefield.
At this time, the foreshadowing that Tritas had set up beforehand came into effect. Several teams of dimensional stone flamethrowers moved forward. Green dimensional flames engulfed the battlefield. Both the Holy Grail Knights and the Old Guard had to temporarily avoid them.
Here's the chance! Tritas Coward immediately gave the order.
"Hold on! I'll go find someone! "
The five armies of Graymouth Clan's Storm Rats immediately rushed forward and got into formation. However, Tritas Coward herself was nowhere to be seen.
The battle at the city gate was the first to end. At the gate of Gene City, the big man of the Imperial Guard seemed to not be tired as he waved his halberd and killed one enemy after another. The number of rats was so large that the Imperial Guard's hearing was covered by countless "yesyes", "break break", and "diedie".
The Imperial Guard was proud of his unworthy achievement. He had once again completed his mission. Although compared to the countless difficult feats he had completed in the long past, this time was not worth mentioning. However, the big man still thought that he had fulfilled the Imperial Guard's orders well.
At this moment, he suddenly sensed a strange movement behind him.
Something was approaching at a high speed!
However, the Imperial Guard did not panic at all. This could not even arouse his emotions. He had faced similar threats thousands of times in the Trial of Blood in the Holy Tyra.
With a contemptuous snort, the big man turned around. The halberd in his hand was like a golden stream of light that drew an insurmountable river of stars. After forcing the Essien assassin to change his attacking route, the Imperial Guard hit the Essien assassin master Wester's body at an incredible speed. The Storm Halberd pierced through Wester's chest. At the moment of his death, the incomparably huge threat forced Wester to use his life-saving Substitution Technique!
"Boom!" Wester exploded on the spot. The Imperial Guard found that he had stabbed a wooden stake. A green leaf fluttered in the smoke.
The Imperial Guard did not stop moving. The big man held the halberd in a reverse grip and rose up, drawing a golden light in the void!
Steel Swan!
Master Assassin West fell to the ground and knelt on the ground. Enduring the pain, he let out a sound of acknowledgment towards the Imperial Guard. West's head had been split open by the Storm Halberd. Large amounts of blood spurted out from the wound, seeping through the gaps between his fingers and dripping onto the ground. Plop plop.
The Imperial Guard coldly drew a black dagger from his waist. Seeing the Imperial Guard's action, Wester was stunned. The master assassin suddenly sighed in satisfaction and nodded. He stopped struggling. "Please forgive me for my mistake. Please!"
With a clean cut, Wester's bloody head fell to the ground.
One of the best master assassins in the Essien clan, Life Destruction Zeon.
The Skaven Rat Men smelled the scent of defeat in the air. They ate the weak and threw them to the Brittany. The remaining ones who could still fight fled in panic. The war had already been lost. This was the judgment of all the Skaven Rat Men. When the moment came when they lost all hope, the Rat Men were on the verge of collapse.
To make matters worse, Laing had joined the battle. After catching the nuclear bomb with his bare hands, Laing had finally arrived. The Sun King personally led the nine Gray Knight recruits, the Old Guard, and the Holy Grail Guards to launch the most fatal attack.
Under the bombardment of psionic lightning, the Skaven Army covered their heads and fled. The Graybeak Clan panicked. Veronica's Light of Exile dispelled the Skaven Rat Men's plague and super dimensional corrosion. Then came Morgiana's Blessing and Life Magic.
The Brittany was like a merciless storm, sweeping and destroying the resistance of the Skaven Rat Men.
The old guards shouted the slogan of "For the King" as they charged from one end of the plains to the other, all the way until they reached the city of Gene. They gave their highest regards to the Imperial Guards who were still defending the city. The Knights of the Holy Grail and the Royal Knights chased them all the way along the plains, leaving behind countless corpses of the Skaven Ratmen. In the chaos, the Skaven Warlords who had lost Tritas Coward first tried to escape but failed. Then, they decided to fight with their lives on the line to fight for a future for themselves.
What suppressed the Rat Men's fighting spirit was the roar of Gryphon Impris. The Gryphon spread its wings and spat out lightning from its sharp beak. Laing summoned lightning from Thor's Hammer swept back and forth. Then, Impris dove forward and tore apart the Skaven Rat Men's fragile armor with its sharp claws, throwing their heads, flesh, and internal organs into the sky.
Laing was even more ferocious. The power of the Sun King was unstoppable. The combined attacks of Nemesis and Thor's Hammer had destroyed his territory. His people were suffering, and his admiral had died in battle. All of this made Laing furious. He turned into a lightning bolt and charged back and forth among the Skaven Army several times.
As dusk fell, the battle finally ended. A total of sixteen Skaven Warlords, Engineer Warlocks, and Captain's heads were hung on Impris's body. Laing looked at the afterglow of the setting sun and finally found a reason to calm his anger.
On this day, the Skaven Rat Men suffered the most painful defeat.
A total of 120000 Skaven Rat Men fell in front of the city of Gene. The knights chased them for nearly thirty kilometers.
They wiped out the Skuri Clan's army and the Graymouth Clan's army. They also wiped out all the Rat Men's war machines except for the Dimensional Stone Rat Tanks.
They wiped out the Supreme Scourge Lord Essex, Scourge Lord Bunker Hill, and Shangri-La. The only regret was that Anglo had acted too quickly and Laing did not have the chance to purify them.
They killed the Skaven Rat Men's Chief Engineer Warlock, Eckart Talon, and the Isin Clan's Master Assassin, Wester.
Tritas Coward was nowhere to be found. He had probably escaped.
However, the Brittany also suffered heavy losses. Their army suffered more than 38000 casualties, of which 20000 died. Most of them were Carcassonne's troops.
In total, nearly 200,000 civilians died in the Skaven Invasion, and millions of people lost their homes.
Grand Admiral Bodrick, Duke Carcassonne, Duke Theodoric, and Duke Boleon had all died in battle.
Laing put down the Nemesis and looked at the chaotic sky and the sunset. He thanked Anglo and the Imperial Guard. "Thank you."
"They forced me to do this." Anglo was still showing off the two halves of Eckart's corpse. He seemed to understand the importance of this fellow to the Skaven Rat Men. However, when he saw Laing's sad expression, Anglo stopped smiling. His Redfish Village also lost nearly a hundred people after he left. "Those damn rats! I really want to kill my way into their rat nest! "
"Don't go. They have many rats," Bounty Hunter Brenner said calmly. "And I think you'll get lost."
After confirming that the danger had passed, the gates of Gene City finally opened wide. The elderly, women, and children inside came out of the city. They offered blankets, food, and water as much as they could, bandaged the wounded, and offered food and water to the hungry troops who had been fighting all day. Although this victory was glorious, the bitter process made it impossible for anyone to smile and celebrate.
"This is why I like to fight in expeditions and not in my own country." Laing said to Veronica and Emilia who were beside him. Not far away, Morgiana and the Lake Prophet were casting magic to heal the wounded and even regrow limbs.
Veronica had contributed greatly to this battle, while Emilia was just a bystander. The little maid had arrived with the last wave of reinforcements and pretended to follow the dragoons to fire two volleys at the Graymouth Clan's Storm Rats. She had participated in the battle.
"My dear, we all agreed that I contributed to this battle against the rats. You should reward me." Veronica looked a little tired. Her originally smooth dark brown hair had become like straw due to the blood of the rats and the excessive use of magic.
"We? Where did we come from? " Laing rolled his eyes at Veronica, but still nodded. "You can say that. I'll remember your contribution. When the battle is over, I'll think about the reward."
"Give me the title of Count, or a Baron … Ahem, a Duchess is fine too." Veronica could not help but want to take credit.
"You think too much." Laing directly complained. "Let's not talk about other things. During the Black Death War in the Empire, the 'Rat Exterminator' Emperor Mandrade's Empire General Sterlich von Brunner fought with him for more than ten years. Until the battle was won, he was only given the title of Count."
"So stingy." Veronica pouted unhappily, her face puffed up like a little bun. "I was the first to follow you, and what happened? Knight King's Queen? Empire's Duchess? Dark Elf Goddess? Lake Goddess Witch? "
Laing was a little embarrassed. "Didn't I make you a Duchess?"
"But …" "Laing, Veronica, look!" Emilia fully demonstrated what was called emotional intelligence. The little maid interrupted their conversation and pointed forward. "Look, it's Xhex. He's still riding a horse. The battle is over! The way I see it, he is the hero of this war and the defense of Jean. "
"Well, yes, you're right." Leon also noticed that Hex was still on her warhorse. Sun King quickly went over to stop Hex. He used his psionic power to stop Hex's warhorse. Then, he patted Hex's shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Hex. You are the biggest contributor to the resistance against the Ratmen."
"…" Xhex's head was covered by the cross helmet. He did not answer.
"Count Xhex, His Majesty is talking to you," Veronica reminded.
"…" Hex still didn't respond. The two guards of the Heath family behind him ran up and stood behind the horse.
"Xhex?" Laing felt that something was wrong. He reached out to shake Xhex's body, only to find that the count was tied to the horse. The king's expression changed drastically. He shouted at the guards, "What's going on? What happened?! Tell me! "
"Your Majesty … Your Majesty … Sob … Sob … Sob …" The guards of the Heath family had just called out 'Your Majesty' twice before tears began to flow. They sobbed and said, "The count is injured … The blood won't stop … He, he … Sob … He's decided …"
Laing's mouth was wide open. He reached his psionic power into Xhex's armor.
There was a fatal wound on Count Devin's chest. The wound was deeply infected. It was forcefully burned with fire and bandaged with bandages. It was now seriously diseased.
Laing was stunned. Amidst the cries of the guards, Knight King slowly got off his horse.
Veronica and Emilia were shocked by the scene in front of them. They quickly got off their horses as well.
Chairwoman Garland covered her mouth hard, while the Empire's Countess shook her head and sighed.
The marshals came, the Knights of the Holy Grail came, everyone surrounded Hex in the middle.
Count Devin was still on his horse, not moving at all. He did not react to anything.
So, you're already dead.
"My earliest follower, son of Le-Angouland, Count Devin, descendant of the Heath family, guardian of Gene City … So, you've already returned to the embrace of the Lady, but you're still using your soul and will to protect this land." Laing said slowly. Knight King's eyes were already filled with tears. He knelt on one knee and bowed slightly, performing the highest level of knight salute to Xhex's body. "On behalf of Gene City and Brittany's citizens, I thank you for your sacrifice! Xhex de Heath, my Count, your will and sacrifice will always inspire us to continue fighting. May the kingdom prosper, and may the hero be immortal! "
"May the kingdom prosper, and may the hero be immortal!" Thousands of people knelt on one knee and offered their final praise to Xhex.
Xhex was still standing on his horse, motionless. When the wind blew past his body, his cloak and robe fluttered. He was dead, but his spirit had already turned into a monument, illuminating the Knight King's kingdom and the path of knights.
This was the backbone of Brittany that had stood for thousands of years!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
