Author's Note: Every time I write about war, my subscription will drop. Sigh.
In the muddy and rotten environment of the Withered Swamp, Angelang led his Hippogryph and moved carefully with the bounty hunter Brenner. Angelang was obviously quite interested in the life of a bounty hunter. "So, you still accepted the mission despite knowing that it is a dangerous one?"
The bounty hunter moved quickly. He was highly focused and vigilant of his surroundings. Brenner nodded. "It's rare to earn a thousand crowns from a single investigation. I'm a bounty hunter, Mister Anglo. I want to make a living."
"I've heard of your name many times, Brenner. You once took care of a dark prince of Mu Xilon on your own. You also took care of a green-skinned warlord who wreaked havoc in the Black Mountains. You also stole an elven relic from the dwarven mines." Anglo had heard of Brenner's name back in Tyrell. The bounty hunter's reputation and skills shook the old world.
"That's nothing. In our line of work, the most important thing is reputation." The bounty hunter was curious. "Mister Anglo, I've never heard of your name before. Judging from your skills, you shouldn't be a nobody."
"Ha, who knows?" Anglo didn't think much of it. "I'm Laing's brother. You should know that, right?"
"Laing? Count Laing Macado of Glamorgan? The champion of the Lady of the Lake?! " The bounty hunter sounded shocked, but he soon understood. "No wonder. No wonder you're so strong. I was wondering why such a strong human suddenly appeared."
"Heh heh heh ~" An Gelang thought to himself that it felt good to have a little brother who was famous outside. He felt proud of himself.
The two hurried on for a while. Brenner didn't seem to like talking much, so Anglo asked, "How long have you been investigating?"
"Two weeks, Mr. Anglo." The symbol on Brenner's golden sun helmet was exuding powerful divine power. Since this was a mission with no confidentiality requirements, and Anglo's strength had passed, the bounty hunter was willing to say a few more words. "I've been in trouble several times along the way. That damned rat had discovered my existence. After I killed the Gray Prophet and two Rat Trolls, the rat had sent an assassin after me. I almost died a few times."
"So, I was the one who helped you block the Ratman Assassin's attack?" Angelo's expression darkened.
"The Ratman Assassins will destroy all other creatures that enter this land." The bounty hunter knew what Angelo meant. His hawk-like eyes scanned the path on the swamp and the traces of the army. "Even if it's not because of me, you'll definitely run into them. That's why I'm asking for your help. It'll be safer for the two of us to work together. When we're done, I'll give you 300 crowns as a reward. It's a deal."
"Yes." This was a relatively acceptable explanation, so Anglo nodded.
A real battle was not a game. Even if the bounty hunter Brenner was a Sanctuary-realm expert, he would still be killed by the Ratman Assassin's precise backstab. It did not mean that he had dozens of times more HP than ordinary people just because he was a Sanctuary-realm expert. It did not mean that the Ratman Assassin could not break through his defense and could only deal a little damage to him.
That was the treatment of divine armors, such as Suria's Vibranium Plate Armour, which was blessed by the emperor.
Bounty Hunter Brenner's strength was great. At best, it gave him faster reaction time, stronger HP, more room for error, and stronger attack power.
"Around two or three years ago, a war broke out in the depths of the swamp. A vampire count led an army in search of something," Brenner explained. Brenner explained the situation of the mission, "For this reason, the rat men's army has fought with the undead army many times. Even the vampire count was killed by the rat men once, but the war is still going on. After the vampire count was resurrected, he once again led the army to look for something in the swamp."
"Last year, there was a change in the war. The rat-men army no longer had an absolute advantage in the war. The vampire count seemed to have found his target. He gathered more ghouls and increased the offensive," the bounty hunter continued. "That's why His Majesty Prince Milagliano asked me to come here and investigate."
"Lost their absolute advantage?"
"Yes, according to the information I received, the rat god that the rat-men worshipped seemed to have been severely injured by some very powerful being last year. Recently, the rat-men's Gray Prophets have been unable to receive the oracle or divine blessing. Moreover, without the suppression of the rat god's will, the rat-men warlords have begun a large-scale civil war. This has severely weakened the rat-men army's numbers and strength. I don't know which powerful being was able to severely injure the rat god."
Angelo was speechless.
He seemed to have remembered something.
"Are you always like this? Relying on missions to make a living?" Anglo changed the topic somewhat rudely. "Someone of your level can win a noble title wherever you go, can't you?"
"In fact, I already have a noble title, but I like to take risks. I can't just sit at home and make that much money." The bounty hunter was obviously a little impatient. "How much money can I make by just collecting rent? I'm willing to sell my sword and gun to anyone, as long as the price is right and I don't accept assassinations and massacres of humans. "
"Then you have a bottom line and a conscience."
"In this line of work, we are all about credibility. Having no bottom line means that it's hard to be trusted."
The two of them walked in the swamp for three hours.
"You and your hippogryph are a little too conspicuous." Soon, the bounty hunter found five Skaven Halberd-Wielding Storm Rats patrolling not far away. Among them were two Plague Monks and a Skaven Dimensional Stone Machine Gunner. Brenner carefully calculated for a long time. He found that because of Angelo's large size and his mount, it was impossible for the two of them to pass by without alerting the patrol team.
The bounty hunter snorted coldly. "We should change the way of sneaking in."
"Change the way? Tell me, what are you going to do? "Angelo took down a pair of axes from his back.
"Kill them. Then no one will know that we're sneaking in." Brenner smiled. He took out an eight-shot rune revolver. "How about this, Mr. Angelo, help me pay attention to the back. When I'm focused, it's hard to pay attention to the back."
"You're going to kill them all in one go?" Angelo nodded in agreement.
"Watch carefully." The bounty hunter nodded proudly. He began his calculations. Distance, wind, light.
After calculating, Brenner's body flew out like an arrow. In the blink of an eye, he rushed out more than 30 meters. Then, with a roll, he landed not far away from the patrol team.
Just like that, the bounty hunter and the patrol team came face to face.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! " The Skaven Rat Man patrol team immediately noticed the bounty hunter's appearance. The leader of the patrol team screamed, "Enemy! Enemy! Skaven! Gogo！”
"Ahhhhh!!" The Plague Monk let out a sharp cry. The Dimensional Stone Machine Gunner raised his machine gun. The Storm Rats held their halberds and rushed toward Brenner at the same time.
The bounty hunter's eagle-like eyes were full of strong fighting spirit. Hot blood and wildness boiled in his chest. Facing the Skaven patrol team, the strongest bounty hunter in Tyrell raised the eight-shot revolver in his hand and pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunshots rang out. Eight consecutive gunshots.
The swampy plain quieted down again.
Eight Skaven Rat Men fell on the spot. A smoking bloody hole was left in the middle of each Rat Man's head.
Eight bullets, eight Rat Men, all headshots.
The battle was over.
"This is your skill? I must say, it's not bad. "Angelo put away his axe.
"This is just the basics." The bounty hunter frowned. "If I'm not wrong, the battlefield should be not far from here!"
"Let's go!"
Sure enough, after walking for more than 30 minutes, Angelo and Brenner arrived near a huge swamp basin.
There was a terrible war going on here.
"It seems that the Undead and the Rat Men are in a fierce battle. I just don't know what they are fighting for." Lying behind the hillside, the bounty hunter said to Angelo, who was lying on the side with a serious face. "But no matter what, we shouldn't get involved in this war. It won't do us any good."
"Undead, Rat Men, I really want to kill them all," Angelo muttered. "Okay, maybe you are right."
Thousands of clan rats and slave rats were entering the battlefield one after another. The Skaven Rat Men's army was on one side of the basin, ready to welcome the Undead Army's attack. The Skaven warlord was riding on a storm rat. It was loudly commanding the army.
In the Rat Men's camp, three Plague Claw Trebuchets were throwing poisonous plague shells at the Undead Army's formation. There were also four Dimensional Lightning Cannons that were charging with Dimensional Stones.
The Skaven Rat Men's army was frighteningly large. Even with the geno prototype, Angelo could not estimate how many Skaven Rat Men had joined the war. From unknown tunnels and inside the swamp forest, the Rat Men's army entered the battlefield one after another. After countless slave rats and clan rats, there were groups of Storm Rats and Plague Monks.
One by one, Rat Troll and Storm Rats entered the battlefield. The shells from the Plague Claw Trebuchets and the spells of the Plague Priests turned the whole battlefield into a mortal hell covered by the plague of the Rat Men. If the Rat Men's opponents were mortals, they might have already succeeded.
But their opponents were the Undead.
Facing the terrible suppression of firepower, Vampire Earl Man Frey Von Karstein chose to attack. He and his Undead Army became unstoppable under the powerful spells. Dozens of corpse carts were burning with green will-o '-the-wisps. The Tomb Ghouls and Tomb Demons waved their sticks. The short Rat Men were hit into the sky by these monsters. The Giant Bloodthirsty Batwolves reached out their claws and crushed the Rat Troll in front of them, tearing it in half.
The Undead were not afraid of the plague. These creatures that were already dead would not die again. In the poisonous fog, they moved forward without consciousness, crushing all the Rat Men that were in their way. The zombies and skeleton warriors formed a tide of the Undead. The Barren Graveyard Guard Army formed a strong line, crushing any resistance of the Rat Men.
"Nagash's Gaze!" Man Frey Von Karstein chanted a spell. The Vampire Earl released a light beam and directly destroyed two Dimensional Lightning Cannons. Then, the Vampire Earl summoned a dark purple sun.
The Rat Men's front line was crushed. Countless Rat Men were sucked into the dark purple sun and turned into dust. The Barren Graveyard Guards and skeleton warriors braved the flames of the Dimensional Stones and rushed into the Rat Men's formation, opening one gap after another. The Zombie Tide broke the resistance of the Rat Men like water. The Dire Wolves rushed into the Rat Men's formation and tore the bodies of the Skaven Rat Men.
The Rat Men's resistance was defeated by the attack of the Black Knights. The iron hooves of the Undead Knights crushed the heads of the Rat Men's army and pierced through their bodies. Facing the Black Knights' charge, the Skaven Warlords were a little flustered. The Storm Rat Men were called back to resist the Black Knights' attack. The Rat Men soon found that they were unable to fight the Vampire Earl's Undead Army head-on. But it was too late. The whole basin had become a slaughterhouse. Only one side could escape.
It seemed that Man Frey Von Karstein and his Undead Army had gained the upper hand in this battle. The Rat Men were retreating, and the Undead Tide was advancing.
Behind the hill, the bounty hunter Brenner lay on the ground. He stared at the battlefield. "It seems that the Vampire Earl's army has gained the upper hand."
"No …" Angelo shook his head. "Let's wait and see."
The battle continued. Man Frey Von Karstein and his army did seem to have gained the upper hand. The Undead Tide had penetrated deep into the Skaven Rat Men's army. Even the craziest and most determined Plague Monks had begun to waver.
However, the Rat Men's reinforcements were endless. Every minute, every second, more Rat Men's army and war machines poured out from the ground and the swamp forest. Under the endless support and attack of the Rat Men, Man Frey Von Karstein and his Undead Army were forced to face a severe test.
The Skeleton Guard Army and the Graveyard Guard Army were gradually overwhelmed by the Rat Men's army. After suffering a shocking loss, the Rat Men finally got their wish to plunge the Undead Army into a chaotic battle. They gradually surrounded and destroyed the Undead Army. The Black Knights were surrounded by the halberd-wielding Storm Rat Army and the Spear Clan Rat Army.
Man Frey Von Karstein's Bloodthirsty Batwolves and the Graveyard Wraiths were gradually losing their strength. The Bloodthirsty Batwolves' huge bodies had already been slashed by the Rat Men's weapons hundreds of times. The Gutter Rats' despicable wandering attacks were especially torturous. These Giant Beasts suffered countless stabs and stabs, bites and scratches from the Rat Men's army, and attacks from the Dimensional Stone Machine Guns and all kinds of poisonous fog.
The Rat Trolls continued to join the battle. The Storm Rat Trolls raised their arms that had been modified into Dimensional Stone Cannons, and the cannonballs that shot out dealt a fatal blow to the Bloodthirsty Batwolves. The Undead Behemoths howled in pain and fell one after another in front of the Skaven Ratmen.
The Undead Army collapsed one by one. After more than four hours of bitter fighting, the Rat Men's army of more than twenty thousand Undead Army was completely defeated and turned into dust.
“yesyes！ The Plague Era! It's destined to come! What a bone! Destined, diedie! "The Skaven Warlord was still cheering for victory when the Dimensional Stone Machine on its body suddenly rang." Hello? For the Horned Rats! "
"Idiot!" A very angry voice came from the phone. "Nono! The Sword of Nagash was, was taken away by that baldy! "
"What?!" The Skaven Warlord suddenly raised its head. It recalled that the Vampire Count Man Frey Von Karstein had disappeared two hours after the battle began.
High in the sky of the Black Mountain Range in the west.
Vampire Count Man Frey Von Karstein rode on the Undead Dragon's body with a faint look of satisfaction on his face. He played with the Sword of Nagash in his hand, wanting to know his master's secret.
While the Rat Men's attention was focused on the battle, Man Frey Von Karstein sacrificed his own army and killed his way into the Skaven Magic City alone to take the Sword of Nagash.
"Now that I have it, it's time to find Akerhan and carry out the next step of the plan."
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