The fast running engineer warlock’s flesh pads stepped on the cold stone ground without making any sound.
Even without the assistance of the magical wind, this is something that Skaven can easily do.
A group of rats have already passed through the front hall and the simple living rooms belonging to ordinary acolytes that can be seen everywhere in the corridor.
With their rapid actions, the rats' route left only a few corpses and fresh blood containing vitality.
As long as they don't stand up to block the way, the Skaven don't have the time to go to the monks' rooms and kill them one by one. For engineering warlocks, time is precious.
After a period of running, the shadows that could be seen everywhere were replaced by abnormal brightness.
This is a hall with a huge statue of a god. Judging from the seats, steps, and surrounding furnishings, this is the place where the owner of the Blood Temple receives guests, or it is where the believers of the Blood Temple hold large-scale religious ceremonies.
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Red water drops continue to hang down from the front of the goddess statue, like a rain of blood, and like the tears of the goddess.
The smell of lotus incense filled the entire room, and at the source of the incense, ten pale and blood-stained priestesses knelt around, forming a strange but regular shape.
In their mouths, they chanted scriptures praising the goddess Asaf, as if it was just an ordinary chanting ceremony.
"Ritual magic?"
Esky asked aloud.
Although common sense in the past told him that without the wind of magic or the dimension stone, it would be impossible to release magic.
However, he still increased his vigilance and pulled out the Hell Blade from his waist. The sharp serrations on the blade were aimed at the throats of those women.
The priestesses closed their eyes gently, and the chanting in their mouths became louder and louder. A few drops of red water fell on the corners of their eyes at the same time, leaving "tear marks" on their faces.<
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However, after waiting for a long time, the engineer discovered that nothing seemed to happen.
"I just said, the covenant is destroyed, how can the gods respond."
The engineering warlock licked the remnants of the newly bitten dimension stone in his mouth, and more pure energy was guided into his blood vessels. The blood transported these magical things to every part of Eski's body.
In a cell.
The scorching sweat evaporated, and the engineer warlock's body erupted with astonishing heat, making the surrounding rats think that they were in the furnace area of the underground fortress.
The rats all looked at the engineering warlock, and saw that the front and back of his white robe were slightly burnt at the same time.
Except for Toxid, the other gophers dispersed with fear on their faces.
According to the rumors among the scouts in the past, whether they are warlords or any other high-level rat people, if their bodies show abnormalities, it basically means that the rats around them will be involved in something and die. However, compared to the actions of the rats, the reaction of the priestesses was beyond the expectations of the engineering warlocks - they stopped chanting for the first time.
The leading priestess carefully observed every muscle exposed on the Engineer Warlock's body, and her ears felt every heartbeat and every breath of the Engineer Warlock.
The power within it, as well as the astonishing heat in front of her, led her to the conclusion that the engineering warlock had already passed the realm of transcendence and sainthood.
So, she stood up amidst the surprised gazes of the surrounding priestesses, and said to Eschi with a slightly dry red mark on her face.
"I will not betray my master."
The eyes of the priestess are so firm, and those dark pupils carry a will called willingness to die.
"Did you get up just to tell me this?"
The engineering warlock stepped forward in surprise, and gently opened her neck with the hell blade in his hand.
"However, I don't have time to waste with you."
As he said that, the engineering warlock gently supported the priestess and let her body fall down the back, so as not to destroy the young appearance that the undead had managed to preserve.
There was a moment of fear on the faces of the priestesses behind.
If it's just a cut of the throat, it shouldn't be able to kill a vampire.
There was a buzzing sound in Eski's mouth, and the 500CN of mana in the mana pool in his body was instantly drained.
Under the second vision, blue-purple light spots filled this originally pure area, and Eski's eyes were once again covered in blue-purple.
This time with the deep magic vision, Eski felt the sting of his own will for the first time - the magic energy emanating from his body was being repelled by this temple, and many of them were beginning to be unable to maintain.
Control.
However, taking advantage of this short period of time, the engineering warlock still clearly saw a hidden passage, hidden in the completely dark shadow behind the goddess statue.
"Here?"
Esky suddenly realized that his previous torture was a complete waste of time.
Rats who can see in the dark can quickly find this place if they search carefully.
"You go in through the small wooden door behind the shadow first, I will be there soon."
With that said, the engineering warlock walked behind the priestesses and raised the Hell Blade.
"Stand up. If I just cut off your heads while you are kneeling on the ground, there will be no honor at all."
The priestesses were unmoved, closing their eyes tightly, and still chanted the incantations they had used to sing praises to Asaf, but their voices became more rapid.
After a while, ten more headless corpses appeared on the ground, as well as ten female heads carefully placed in the gods' tribute trays.
In the passage illuminated by orange lights behind the wooden door, the mice felt the temperature even hotter than before.
If the temperature just now was just standing next to a red-hot iron block that needed to be forged, now it is a distance of one or two meters from a crucible filled with molten iron.
The Engineer Warlock is experiencing the new power brought to him by the Hellblade.
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The souls of ten vampires were absorbed by the Hell Blade, making the engineer's body stronger. However, the growth effect was not as great as the engineer's imagination.
He can clearly feel that the upper limit of the mana pool in his body is still 4000CN.
On the contrary, the muscles in the arms, waist, abdomen, chest, and legs are all active as if they have self-awareness and are cheering, but that's it. The extent of the increase in physical strength is not very detailed.
While his consciousness was moving along with the activity in his blood vessels, Esky was vaguely aware that there was something hindering his further strengthening.
In a place that he is very familiar with, where he can see sounds, smell images, and hear flavors - the Chaos Demon Realm, a figure on a throne.
"Big Horned Rat, at this time, respond to me, even if it's your usual ridicule."
The engineering warlock muttered in his mouth, and at the same time he took out a dimensional stone coin and put it into his mouth and bit it into pieces. He murmured to himself in his mouth along with the fragments.
"I was wrong to challenge your authority before. Now come out quickly, one of the most hard-working racial gods in the world."
Although he wanted to use the curses commonly used by Skaven to call out to the gods, the engineer warlock did not dare to shout curses unique to Skaven to the figure on the throne.
The last time we sent a vampire, there was something wrong with his soul. If he continues to offend, he doesn’t know what kind of beatings he will get in the future.
Vaguely, the engineer warlock heard a chuckle, and that familiar voice was the horned rat.
Immediately afterwards, Eski bumped into something. When he looked up, he saw that it was Toksid's back. He and the other two scouts were looking at Eski with wide eyes.
"Master, do you hear any rats laughing? That holy voice is the big horned rat. It's the big horned rat smiling at you!"
"Of course I know it's a horned rat. I'm blessed by the gods with white fur, so there's no need to make a fuss."
The engineering warlock used gestures to stop the two scouts who were still trying to flatter him, and led the three rats to the front, stepping in the passage, causing dust to fly in this place that seemed to have not been disturbed for a long time. p>
After passing through these signs of dilapidation, there is a magnificent inner chamber.
Almost all the utensils here are carefully carved from alabaster and marble. On the bevel decoration closest to Eschi, you can still see some residual round and subtle impact marks, as if the craftsman's processing was still yesterday.<
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But the slight traces of elegance on it tell everyone that these decorations are at least hundreds of years old.
The entire room is filled with wide sofas that can accommodate two or three people. The cushions and cushions on them are all made of high-end silk from the East. They match these sofas made of dark polished wood.
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But...
"I don't think Lahmia would leave her precious collection of books in a place like this and keep walking."
Eski judged and gave orders to the other rats.
Neferata would not place important magic books in an area used for pleasure.
Continuing through these numerous interior rooms, the rats came to a bamboo forest.
No, it’s not just the bamboo forest.
In the stream that makes a faint sound of water, there are some plants that are unknown to the engineering wizards. A pond full of lotus flowers is on one side of the stream, surrounded by thick cypress trees.
Peach trees, guavas, oleanders, orange trees, and a large group of plants that Esky also didn't recognize were intertwined with each other, but not in a messy manner, covering the area behind the plants.
The sight in front of him made the engineering warlock even doubt whether he was in the desert. Even though the temple was located in an oasis, he was shocked by the scenery that clearly did not belong to this area.
Neferata's Royal Garden?
"Stop!"
Esky stopped a rat who tried to nibble on these plants he had never seen before to see if they were edible.
"Don't destroy this place, sooner or later it will belong to me."
The engineering warlock showed his powerful teeth and warned.
Walking through the well-constructed grassland under the woods, a refreshing smell appeared in Eski's nostrils.
However, if this place is not destroyed, Skaven's poor eyesight will easily get lost in such a large jungle of ornamental plants.
The engineer warlock took a deep breath of fresh air and made up his mind.
We can only turn on the deep magic vision again.
Once again, there was a rapid buzzing of incantation, and the remaining mana in the engineering warlock's body was less than a quarter, about 800CN.
The answer to the question was soon revealed. Behind the Imperial Garden, there was no road.
Such a vibrant place cannot be the location of Nagash's legacy.
So, Nagash's legacy was in the room they passed by before?
At this time, a large swath of linseeds flew in from the air like mosquitoes in the garden.
Their situation is quite sluggish. They rely on black magic as their energy source. In this forbidden magic field, they can only be said to be slightly stronger than the wind of magic.
The engineering warlock drained all the energy from a piece of dimensional stone, and the dark and sticky Dahl wrapped these withered flax seeds. Only then did Eski hear what the rejuvenated flax seeds were saying.
"Neferata? You came too soon."
Then, Esky turned to the other rats and said.
"It's been surrounded outside."
Flaxseed brings the latest situation outside.
Hundreds of chariots and soldiers surrounded the so-called Blood Temple from four directions.
Among the rat scouts who had been dispersed before, four of them had been killed by the reconnaissance cavalry and chariots. Although the remaining few were relying on the sand to hide their bodies, there were no underground passages there.
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It is only a matter of time before they are found and killed.
Teleport!
Eski recited a foul curse from the Skaven system, trying to move the rats into some caves that would exist underground at any time.
The release of the spell ended in failure. This spell really cannot be used here.
Eski looked at the green mist that couldn't even cover his chest in surprise, and secretly said something bad.
The role of these green mists in teleportation magic is roughly the same as the green screen in PS and PR, which is to "cut" the casting object out of the space.
Regardless of whether it can be successfully transferred to the destination, without these spell media, this spell cannot even be released.
Unexpectedly, Neferata's methods were more difficult to deal with than Nagash's methods last time.
The engineer warlock gritted his fangs.
Even if we retreat immediately, it is too late. Although the running speed of the rats can be compared with human cavalry, they also have no endurance and there is no way to rush out.
Then, we can only start a bloody battle with Alkadiza's troops in this blood temple, but how much can four people fight?
Wait!
Esky pinched his beard and squinted his eyes. He noticed something was wrong.
Neferata actually has the guts to call this temple the Blood Temple?