Chapter 540: National Consciousness
Masno reached out to stop Creon. As a champion warrior, he had the same military level as the prince when he went on the expedition. The Flameborn knight temporarily became the escort.
He looked at the general with a helpless tone, "It's really a headache. If you can just kill the undead and save people like Mazov, maybe Creon won't have so many opinions." "But I can promise you something
. One thing, the Patriot Army only needs to deal with battles within its capabilities. Hesiota's Sun Army is already on its way to the old world, and the dragon will arrive soon. Your current task is just to recover Erlen first. Geler."
The general snorted coldly and left. His clenched hands were full of sweat. He knew the nature of these dragon princes well, but Mrs. Kisli's dignity could not be lost, so she could only take a tough stance. Handle.
The person in charge here is simply the relatively peaceful Masno. If it were a few other people, I'm afraid they wouldn't mind supporting Mazov as a general.
After the Patriot Army left, Creon expressed that he was a little unhappy with it. Caledor had become such a monkey and dared to question his actions. He really thought that becoming the leader of the monkeys would make him a good person.
Masnow rubbed his brows. It was not because he was tired from fighting. Ever since Abrash appeared on the scene that night, vampires have not had such an ancestor-level figure.
But our own side cannot be dispatched at will. In many cases, strong combat power is just a guarantee, making each other wary. Unless they are people who can really dominate the battlefield, they will be found if they show up easily, catching the enemy by surprise.
On Caledor's side, only the Champion Warrior and the Iron Wolf are stable first-line figures, Creon is considered a quasi-first-line figure, and Oliveira is not even half of them. On the vampire side, this kind of combat power may not be rare.
After there were only elves in the command room, Creon expressed his doubts,
"Is the prince really not ready to send more people? I'm afraid Eltharion and Belannar will not be able to bring troops." "
Yes. The lizardmen are enough. The undead are good at mincing meat, but the lizardmen are better at zero-distance combat. In terms of the grassroots army, we will not be at a disadvantage. As for the top-level combat power, Ku·Jia and Pakal will lead the vampires. Here's a surprise." Masno played with the giant bear wood carving on the table. He was very curious about whether Esun had control over Kislev. From the beginning to now, the only trace of the four gods appearing was Mazov.
Being beaten to the point where the country is about to perish, Esun, as the patron saint, has not even canonized a single divine choice, and the people who vaguely support it are also very interesting. Rascal has never taken the flag of the Four Righteous Gods, from beginning to end. They are all calling for love for the motherland.
He seems to want to strip away the influence of religion and replace people's attachment to their motherland with a more abstract concept: national consciousness.
The Lady of Kislev who fights against the forces of chaos and darkness, rather than the Lady of Kislev who believes in the Four Gods and obeys the God-given power of Queen Khan.
"He's very interesting, isn't he."
Masno's inconsistent words left Creon a little confused. He could only nod vaguely, and he chose to change the subject and ask what happened next.
"Then our task is to wait for Davian to arrive and ensure that the Book of Nagash is always within a safe and controllable range." "
Well, your duty is not to fight the enemy many times, but to appear as the final word. On the battlefield, this is also the purpose of forming the Flameborn Knights."
"Understood."
There was a slight friction at the command center, and when the elves and Kislev humans did not get along happily, the elves on the Snake Nest got along with the Kislev vampires. It's pretty good.
Since joining the Patriotic Army, the Blood Snake Brotherhood has always maintained a common front with its comrades and is responsible for dealing with some things that are difficult for humans to solve, such as counter-reconnaissance against vampires or the perception of the undead. The night is never the home of humans. .
In line with the dramatic increase in physical fitness after the racial change, he has fought many tough battles for the Patriot Army. Now the internal opposition has become much smaller. After all, these warriors with faith can also be regarded as Keith fighting against the forces of chaos and darkness. The Reeve creature, although a vampire, also fits the General's purpose. The Blood Snake Brotherhood, kneeling in front of the Blood Pyramid, began to pray to the snake god in translated Kislevian. There were hundreds of vampire corpses placed on the stone steps. Pakar, the monitor lizard priest, felt a little disgusted when he passed by. In his eyes, he smashed it into mincemeat as a sacrifice to Sotek.
Gods like carrion. These vampire things have been dead for who knows how many years. They should be considered sacrifices.
Pakal was thinking about smashing the vampire's corpse with an obsidian sledgehammer, but the movements in his hand were not ambiguous at all. As a blessed monitor lizard, his way of performing rituals was far simpler than that of a skink. He didn't dissect his body too much and bleed it out. He just smashed it into minced flesh with a hammer and left it in place to wait for the snakes in the pyramid to move out. , even if the ceremony is completed.
By the way, the prophet didn't seem to say whether the god liked vampire meat... After pondering for a long time, he couldn't find any result. He could only think that he just liked it. After all, the prophet was quite nagging sometimes, so he couldn't be sure. There is a vague hidden meaning of wanting vampire flesh and blood.
Compared to the giant lizards who were still thinking about the teachings during the ceremony, the vampires in front of the pyramid looked much more pious. They deliberately imitated the tongue-licking sounds of the lizard people when they spoke and kept speaking from their mouths, praying devoutly to Sotek. of gifts.
As spectators, a group of people watched this strange behavior. The Patriot Army sent Mazov as a representative. If Sotigo really accepted the Blood Serpent Brotherhood as followers, then they would have a reasonable identity.
As Elvis, who is responsible for everything in the sect in the old world, he can only pray for him for a moment. He can feel the piety of Dettlaff and his group.
The constant threat from Chaos gave him a desire for revenge. As a kind of creation of Chaos, Sotek, the terminator of the Horned Rat, was expanded by the Blood Serpent Brotherhood and believed that he was only responsible for all creations of Chaos. the Avengers.
"At least Sotigo is better than Kane. He didn't ask for his parents to be killed." Elvis thought about this in his mind. There were many secret followers of Kane in Caledor in the past, and they may still be there now, but since After the Battle of Krakalund, I'm afraid it will gradually decrease.
Who can resist an ancient giant lizard that can kill half of the city, and a giant toad that drowns the city? This is much better than Kane's teachings of killing and burying.
Only Gaguiar, who assisted Pakal in the sacrificial activities, was a little troubled. The red-crowned skinks were much stronger and smarter than their kind. Staying in the society of humanoids in the past few years also allowed him to understand some of the differences between humans and elves. common sense.
But what are the initiation rites of the Sotigo Cult? This is something that the Skink Priest has never thought about. In the past, when he was fighting guerrillas in Lustria, the Sotek followers who followed the prophet were the Sotek followers, and the one who returned to the temple city was the eldest son of the ancient saint. This is really a bit embarrassing, friends. , the prophet did not say how the initiation ceremony should be held.
He could only wield a curved obsidian dagger and sing praises to Sotek in conjunction with Pakal's violent movements.
Duofang fell into an eerie silence, waiting quietly to see if the snakes hidden inside the pyramid would appear. The mortals offered sacrifices. This was a unilateral prayer, but whether the gods accepted it or not was something that could not be guessed.
After waiting for a long time, a large number of snakes' unique hoarse tongue sounds began to appear in the gaps between the bricks and stones. The cold-blooded snakes from Lustria did not mind enjoying these long-stiffened corpses, opening their mouths full of fine teeth, and sucked the Karl swallowed the minced meat carefully prepared into his belly.
There was ecstasy on the faces of Dettlaff and the vampires. The successful completion of the ceremony meant that Sotek accepted the sacrifice, and more importantly, accepted the creature that offered the sacrifice.
As a reward, some venomous snakes with scarlet scales climbed up the vampire's body and pierced the neck that had lost its temperature with its fangs.
They could feel something pouring in, and the blood thirst originating from their race was dissipating.
The Blood Serpent Brotherhood was kneeling in front of the pyramid, and suddenly understood one thing. All the blood should be given to Sotek first, and let only the people decide how to use it, not the believers.
(End of chapter)