"Barracks! The barracks are burning! "
"Charlemagne above, what is this?!"
"Not good! Rats! So many rats! "
"Help!"
The streets of Helmgat were in chaos. Large groups of Skaven Ratmen rushed out of the shadows like a tsunami.
Most of these ratmen wore tattered clothes and only had a few simple weapons in their hands. Logically speaking, humans should have been able to resist.
But there were too many rats! There were too many of them. Laing could see hundreds of ratmen with his naked eyes alone! They were so densely packed that they were trying to kill each other!
"Damn it! What happened?! " Rudolph and Wagner were still putting on their armour with the help of their squires. They were still a little confused. "Ratmen? But … why? "
"Don't ask why. Prepare for battle!" Laing rushed to the entrance of the inn and cast a psionic storm!
A powerful storm of spiritual energy swept across all the Skaven Ratmen in the alley. The lightning tore their flesh from their bones and burned them into a pile of burning ashes.
Laing's first psionic storm killed hundreds of Skaven Ratmen.
"Damn it, what is Count Reinhardt doing? How could he not know that such a large evil army had entered his city without him noticing? "Rudolph roared," There are still defenders! What are they doing? "
"There's clearly something wrong with the defenders. Look in the direction of the barracks!" Wagner put on the breastplate of his armour with the help of his subordinates and pointed in the direction of the barracks.
Thick smoke billowed, and the barracks of Helmgat were covered in smoke. It was easy to guess what had happened.
"Light of Exile!" The women chatting on the second floor had obviously noticed the changes in the city. Veronica poked her head out of the window and raised her hand to cast a powerful killing spell. Three beams of light shot into the crowd of ratmen, causing a huge explosion.
The surrounding Skaven Ratmen were cleared away by Laing's psionic storm and Veronica's light of exile, but this was only temporary. The entire city was flooded by the tide of ratmen!
Teresa cast an ice wall to block the entrance of the alley. Many militiamen tried to resist the attack of the ratmen, but these sporadic resistance were quickly drowned out by the tide of ratmen.
Seizing the opportunity, everyone hurriedly put on their equipment. Suria did not understand what was happening. "Skaven Ratmen? Why are they attacking Helmgat? "
"Helmgat doesn't have enough food, and there are no dimensional stone veins." Veronica changed into a fiery red combat suit. Gallan Witch knew a thing or two about the Skaven Rat Men. "This is really strange, Leon. Are you possessed by the God of Misfortune? Why is there always a battle wherever you go?"
"These ratmen came prepared." Laing did not answer Veronica's question. He quickly put on his Seiko power armor and raised Mjolnir. "They attacked the barracks first and quickly defeated the defenders. We don't know how many of them died, but from the looks of it … there shouldn't be many survivors."
"You should be right." The few of them came to the third floor of the inn. "The city is collapsing!"
Other than smoke and collapse, there was no other reaction from the barracks. The sporadic gunshots were retreating towards the center of the city. The entire city was under attack by the Skaven Ratmen. Flames and smoke were burning everywhere.
"What are the Skaven Ratmen trying to do in Helmgat?" Laing frowned. He looked at the panicking inn owner and asked urgently, "Are there any places in the city that can be defended?"
"There's … barracks, and … and the earl's castle." The inn owner was hit by a falling wine bottle and had a bump on his head. He stuttered, "Just these two places."
"The barracks have already fallen. The earl's castle?" Laing shook his head. "Impossible! There's no way the Skaven Ratmen didn't notice the earl's castle! What other places are there? Think carefully! "
"There's … there's also the church of justice on the cliff!" The inn owner thought carefully and quickly added, "The church of justice is on the cliff on the side of the city wall! It's easy to defend and hard to attack. The church of justice is heavily guarded. There are at least dozens of paladins and a few battle priests stationed there! "
"There's a mine on one side and a sewer on the other. Very good! Rudolph, Wagner, and Teresa, escort the servants and horses. Try to gather as many civilians as possible and gather the defeated army. Gather all the survivors and resistance forces to form a defensive line at the church of justice! "Laing ordered.
"Understood!" The two Rick guards nodded in agreement. This was a special time, and professional soldiers naturally knew their priorities.
"Suria, Veronica, come with me. We'll go to the Red Berry Inn two streets west to find Abel." Laing then said to Veronica and Suria, "The demon hunters can determine where the warlord of the ratmen is. We must find the warlord. Only by defeating the warlord can we stop this plague. Otherwise, under the warlord's command, the ratmen's army will be endless."
The ice wall made by Teresa was clinking. It was obvious that the ratmen outside had discovered that there were humans hiding here. They were crazily attacking the ice wall outside.
Teresa was an advanced legendary ice and psychic sorceress. The ice wall she made was naturally very strong. No matter if it was the lowest ranked ratmen or the higher ranked ratmen, they couldn't do anything to the ice wall. Their spears and swords could only cut off some ice shards.
However, this didn't mean that the ratmen couldn't do anything to the ice wall.
In the midst of the ratmen's shouting, a fire rat appeared.
The fire rat was clad in armor. He carried a copper cannon in his hands and a strange device on his back. The device looked like a backpack. On the top of the backpack was a huge dimension stone. The device was gathering energy from the dimension stone.
The dimension stone was a special kind of ore. This ore didn't come from ordinary mineral veins. It came from the realm of Chaos. When the wind of Chaos passed through the interstellar portal left by the ancient saints and came to the mortal world, the powerful Chaos energy would condense into a dimension stone.
The dimension stone contained a shocking amount of Chaos energy. It could be used directly, but it would also cause the creatures that came into contact with it to mutate. Only a few of the mutations were good, such as the Griffin. Most of the mutations made the creatures more terrifying and twisted.
However, under these conditions, the Skaven ratmen successfully used the energy in the dimension stone to create a series of technological inventions, such as the dimension cannon that blew up Helmgaat's camp and the flamethrower in the fire rat's hand.
"Human stuff, hide, strong, ratmen, use fire, diedie!" The ratmen activated the flamethrower. The flamethrower gathered energy from the dimension stone and burned the ice wall.
The green dimension stone's flame was melting the ice wall made by Teresa.
In the ratmen's shouting, the ice wall melted.
There were a few fully armed figures inside the ice wall.
"???" The ratmen were a little confused.
"Are you ready?" Laing raised his war hammer with both hands and appeared in the alley. Looking at the slave rats and clan rats, he smiled at the ratmen.
"The battle has begun."
The fully armed champion Laing, the valiant female knight Suria, and Veronica, who was wearing a fiery red leather coat and surrounded by flames, appeared in front of the ratmen.
"Hah!" Leon was the first to rush out. With a sweep of Thor's Hammer, the twenty or so Skaven Ratmen that had gathered in front of him were all sent flying. He smashed the Fire Rat into a pile of minced meat with his hammer. Sulia swung the Sword of Lyonasai, the flames on it burning fiercely. Any Skaven Ratmen that got close to her were turned into ashes.
"Flaming Storm!" Veronica raised the Wand of Yuntini, and a red flame vortex covered the whole street.
The ratmen near the Oliver Hotel were temporarily cleared out.
"Split into two, move out!"
"Yes!"
…
Helmgaat, Red Berry Hotel.
The hotel was already in chaos. The huge Skaven ratmen were trying to invade the run-down hotel. Although the people in the hotel tried to use tables and wood to block the hotel door, it was useless. There was the sound of sharp weapons cutting wood outside the hotel.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
"Where's the count's army?"
"Mr. Demon Hunter, please save us!"
The hotel was filled with the cries of women and children. People curled up in the corners of the rooms in despair, waiting for death to come.
Demon Hunter Eiber's face was solemn. He held a thin silver sword in one hand and a short gun in the other.
It's the Skaven ratmen! The Demon Hunter leaned against the door and observed the situation outside through the gap of the window.
The streets were full of ratmen! These rat-men killed and ate the adults, then dragged the children and young people away into the sewers and deep trenches, never to be seen again.
There were too many of them! Eiber's heart turned cold. He looked at the ratmen on the street and gripped his sword and gun tightly. No matter how strong the Demon Hunter was, he did not know what to do in the current situation.
The ratmen had already noticed the commotion in the hotel. The slave rats and clan rats were banging on the door with all their might. Inside the hotel, the adult males were forcefully blocking the door to prevent the ratmen from entering.
"Mr. Demon Hunter, what should we do?" Many of the adults asked Eiber desperately. At this time, only the Demon Hunter could help them.
"Wait, wait, let me think of something." Eiber's forehead was covered in sweat. He really did not know what to do. He had seen the fire in the barracks. How could he count on the soldiers to help them in this situation?
Although he was a Legendary Demon Hunter, it was impossible for him to survive the attack of such a terrifying scale of Ratmen. On the ground, on the roof, in the gutters, in the sewers, and on the streets, they were all Ratmen the size of humans!
One on one and a hundred on one were two completely different things!
Thud, thud, thud! There was a large number of footsteps on the ceiling. It was the sound of the ratmen digging holes in the ceiling!
Kacha! A green glass ball fell in through a small hole in the ceiling. The glass ball fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Green poisonous gas immediately enveloped the entire room.
"Poisonous gas ball!" Eiber shouted. "Quick, dodge!"
It was too late. The hotel was too crowded. People were stepping on each other and squeezing each other, but they still could not dodge the poisonous gas.
In just ten seconds, someone started coughing. Red pimples and pustules appeared on their skin. The elderly had difficulty breathing and could not see anything.
Another green glass ball fell from the ceiling. Eiber knew that the hotel could not be defended. He rolled to the side to avoid the poisonous gas ball and looked at the ceiling.
It was a ratman with green eyes. It was wearing a gas mask and carrying a huge backpack full of green glass balls.
Eiber raised his gun.
"Bang!"
Blood spurted out from the middle of the ratman's head. It fell from the ceiling and landed on the floor.
It was useless. More ratmen rushed in! These rat-men finally broke through the ceiling and the door. They cruelly and treacherously swarmed forward. Although the adults raised their simple weapons to fight against them, the cunning rat-men did not give the humans a chance. Every clan rat that raised a shield and a sword attacked head-on, there were more slave rats that took the opportunity to attack from the back and sides. In the blink of an eye, the resisting adults were drowned by the rat tide, and the slave rats crazily gnawed on the human flesh and blood.
The hotel turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Eiber roared and charged forward. The thin sword in his hand accurately cut off the eyes of two of the ratmen. The Demon Hunter turned around and dodged a spear. He slashed three times with his thin sword.
Three of the ratmen's necks were cut off. The Demon Hunter stabbed twice and forced the nearby ratmen to retreat.
It was useless. No matter how hard Eiber fought, the ratmen continued to rush into the hotel. The frontline was retreating with every passing second. Under the influence of the poisonous gas, many of the adults began to have pus on their bodies. They were quickly drowned by the ratmen. The ratmen laughed coldly as they dragged the children away.
"Damn it! Damn it! " The hotel had turned into a bloody hell. Eiber fought desperately in despair. The ratmen were forcing him into a corner.
At this time, behind the ratmen, there was a Storm Rat with a halberd and red armor commanding the ratmen.
"Human! Diedie！”
That should be the leader of the ratmen! Eiber's mind raced. He thought about the nature of the ratmen and decided to take a gamble.
The Demon Hunter waved his sword and pushed back the ratmen surrounding him. He took out a specially made gun. This gun was enchanted with runes and was loaded with mercury bullets.
Mercury bullets were very expensive, and Eiber had no other choice.
"For Emperor Charlemagne! For the Empire! For humanity!!! "The musket opened fire, and the bullets flew towards the Tempest Assault Mouse.
"Bang!" The Storm Rat's head exploded. Brain matter and flesh splattered all over the floor. It was killed on the spot by Eiber.
"Oh, oh, oh! Humans, strong, strong! Skaven, weak, weak! " The effect was immediate. As the Storm Assault Rat was quickly killed, the entire rat pack immediately fell into chaos. The weak courage of the slave rats and clan rats was instantly shattered. These rats became hesitant about whether or not to continue attacking.
This was the nature of the Skaven ratmen. They bullied the weak and feared the strong. Now, the ratmen's goal of slaughtering the humans had been temporarily shaken by the thought of fighting for the leader.
It was this hesitation that saved the Red-White Fruit Hotel.
"Flaming Skull!" Following the delicate cry of a witch, a huge flaming skull swept across the entire street. All the ratmen on the street were turned into charcoal under the power of magic.
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