The reason why the rat priest is so excited now is very simple. In addition to feeling the approval of the gods he serves for what he is doing now, he also finds that he now has hope of getting his favorite one from Lord Lawrence.
A treasure.
The things captured by the human coalition forces in the previous battles can be said to be terrible. After all, whether it is a leather armor full of holes and entangled with smelly goblins or a crude weapon with many impurities, it is no better than the original ore. To humans,
Basically worthless. The remaining sharpened sticks and the goblin loincloths made of grass and vines are worthless, and it takes manpower to destroy them all to avoid getting fleas or bed bugs.
In other words, if the strategic significance and the land that may be obtained after the battle are not considered, this war will be a loss for Lawrence. It is obvious that the captured items cannot even be reimbursed for ammunition.
But this does not mean that the goblins have no good things at all. For example, the mobile altar that was carried out by the goblin priests is such a good thing. Although this thing is of no use to all creatures except goblins,
If you sacrifice it to a god who has enmity with the goblin god, you can easily gain divine favor from the god.
The rat priest is actually staring at this altar right now. Unfortunately, in the previous battle, he was only preparing for the battle and could not make any contribution. Therefore, the war merits he could obtain after the war were only a little. Obviously, it was impossible to redeem the altar.
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In order to ensure the smoothness of the next move, the priest simply counted his military exploits among the large group of ratmen like other ratmen. Because of the outstanding performance of the ratmen in the previous night battle, their collective military exploits were exchanged directly from Lawrence
I exchanged 300 short-barreled pump-action shotguns and enough shotgun shells for the next cave fight.
However, because Lawrence basically treated everyone equally when recording his military exploits, the Ratman Priest's recognition of Lawrence was greatly enhanced. For him, as long as his lord who is not of the same race can achieve the general goal,
Fairness means that he is a reliable lord and worthy of his loyalty. Not to mention that the will of the gods just now also instructed him to cooperate closely with these humans.
For Lawrence, although it was a bit surprising that the rat gods paid attention to this place just now, it was not unreasonable. After all, the rat gods Great Horned Rat and the goblin god could be regarded as a pair of mortal enemies. In this city, tens of thousands of people had just been wiped out.
On an island where the goblins have the strength and plan to plow the goblins' dens, Bigfoot will naturally express his joy to his clergy who participated in the battle.
As for the hatred between these two gods, it is impossible to reconcile them. Let alone the two opposing camps of civilization and wilderness. Just as racial gods, the living spaces of the two races overlap a lot.
It's enough to keep them from dying. Not to mention that the two gods have a lot of overlapping priesthoods.
To be honest, the captured altar was useless to Lawrence. It had no use other than being sealed in a temporarily excavated treasure house and waiting to be redeemed by the rat priest.
Because for other people, even if they are hostile to the goblins, or even plan to exterminate all the goblins on this island, it will not attract much attention from the goblin god. But if you destroy this high-level mobile altar, it is equivalent to asking the gods.
Hey, if you get targeted, you'll be in big trouble.
But the rat priests don't have to worry about this at all. As priests who serve the Great Horned Rat, the sworn enemy of the goblin god, it is their obligation to desecrate the altars of those sworn enemies of their gods and offer sacrifices to their own gods. Not to mention that for devout priests like them,
It is said that the more you can arouse the hatred of the enemy gods, the more you can gain the grace of your own gods. Even if you die in the hands of the enemy gods, it is extremely glorious in their eyes.
Because of the encouragement of the priests and the attention of the gods, the morale of all the rat people is now high. The morale of the humans is also high because of the friendly forces. Under such circumstances, Lawrence and the others divided into small teams and entered the cave to start the cleaning work.
As the entrance for goblins to enter this plain in large numbers, there are naturally many goblin guards in this cave. However, due to the previous fiasco, there are only a handful of goblin elites left here. What's worse is that the goblin priest before
After the regiment was wiped out by mortar shells falling from the sky, the goblins here completely lost their command.
Goblins lacking command can only be said to be a piece of loose sand, especially for goblins, if there is nothing that can suppress them. Their chaotic and timid nature will make them completely lose their organization and become as chaotic and chaotic as wild beasts.
Ignorant.
All of this led to Lawrence and the others finding that the cave's defenses were extremely weak when they entered the cave. After the rat people who led the way cooperated with Lawrence's monster phantoms and paper man's reconnaissance to destroy the traps and mechanisms along the way, this
A coalition of humans and ratmen easily defeated the remaining guards and rushed into the most important cave hall in the entire mountain.
"Uh-" A goblin holding a weapon guarding the entrance of a cave let out a short and low groan and then fell to the ground. Then a large amount of blood came out from his neck. If he got closer, he would
It was found that there was a huge wound with a smooth cross-section on its neck, which even severed the cervical vertebrae.
"47." Nora's little face was expressionless as she retracted the silk thread that had just cut the goblin's neck, and then flew forward. As a little doll that can always float in the sky, she feels at home in this kind of place.
feeling.
After all, those triggering mechanisms placed on the ground have no effect on her floating in the sky. The characteristic of being able to find the opponent's position without any light also allows her to ambush the original owner of the place, the goblin.
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Because there were no survivors and the road was too narrow, all the teams could not advance very fast. Lawrence and his team used the puppets to quickly kill all the enemies on the road. When they arrived at the central cave hall, they found that other teams were
Haven't been able to reach the planned location yet.
Fortunately, the other teams did not encounter too many obstacles with the Ratmen leading the way. Except for two or three teams, the road ahead was designed with a collapse trap. Even if the Ratmen were able to eliminate it in advance, they still failed to secure the passage. They were forced to
Despite taking detours from other passages, most of the people arrived at the designated location on time.
The subsequent general attack seemed a bit lackluster. After getting rid of the previous narrow terrain, the excellent weapons gave the human and rat-man coalition a great advantage. In this unprotected place, the goblins were quickly wiped out.
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After the battle, Lawrence and the others confirmed that no fish had slipped through the net and lit up the oil lamps they carried with them to illuminate the entire space. Before that, they only dared to put a little fluorescent powder on the heels to let the people behind them follow them.
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After all, it is not a very wise thing to light a lamp in the darkness where there are enemies before. Even if you can get a more suitable field of vision this way, it is also easy to point out your position to the enemies in the darkness. Let yourself
Become a living target.
As the lights were lit one by one, this vast space like a cathedral appeared in front of everyone. The stalactites on the top of the cave and the stalagmites below the cave decorated the entire cave hall like a gorgeous palace.
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And just when the entire space was illuminated by lights, everyone figured out the important reason why even though the cave had so many vents, the entire space was still filled with a rancid smell:
In the center of the cave hall is a large hill, which is entirely made of the bones and remains of uneaten creatures. When the light shines on it, countless hollow skeleton eyes seem to be looking at Lawrence and the others.