Unlike the Sharak Monastery, the construction of the Bear God Temple will take at least half a year to complete, and this does not include the severe winter, because during the two coldest months of the year, almost all outdoor activities are cancelled.
Even if Rhodes increases his salary, no one is willing to do it, because it is impossible to do it. When the Black Hammer Castle is the coldest, water turns to ice. All projects cannot be carried out. Therefore, if this time is deducted, the Bear God Temple's
Construction will take at least eight months, and everything must go smoothly without any problems such as interruption of work, worker illness, or building collapse.
You know, construction is like this. Low-rise buildings are no problem, but high-rise buildings are different, especially buildings with more than three floors. The difficulty increases with each additional floor. Even if Rhodes invented cement
This kind of thing, but without qualified engineers, many ideas still cannot be put into practice.
However, at present, there is no rush to build the Bear God Temple. After all, even without this temple, the people in the north know the existence of the Bear God. It was originally the protector of Mrs. Kislev.
Besides, building a temple does not have much economic benefit, so he can wait for a while. Rhodes remembered that there was a temple of the bear god Esun in Iron Ring City, but there were not many people praying in the temple.
In recent years, the empire's god, Yurik the White Wolf, has spread widely in Kislev, tending to replace local religions.
Originally, Rhodes planned to build sewers and improve the sanitation of Blackhammer Castle. Don't let the manure collectors pull a truck full of feces outside the city every time. This is very unhygienic.
When passing by, the stench in the town was unbearable. However, the construction of Sarlacc Monastery and the Temple of Esun consumed the financial surplus of the fourth quarter, so the idea of building sewers could only be put aside for the time being. Wait until next year.
We'll see if there are conditions to start construction in the spring.
Before the cold winter comes, Rhodes only wants to do one thing, strengthen the defense of Blackhammer Castle. Because the last full moon in winter is when the evil moon comes. Although almost a year has passed, the beastmen in the evil month last year
The horrific scenes of the siege are still vivid in my mind. Rhodes believes that many people who experienced that battle still have fresh memories of that battle. That night, the beastmen attacked the city with thick battering rams.
Not only did he smash the ice wall, but he also almost captured the castle. But in this evil month, Rhodes believed that he had the strength to block the attack of the beastmen. Because of the opening of the Dulong City trade route, Black Hammer Castle gained valuable war resources——
Firearms. Dulong City’s dwarf muskets may not be as accurate as the Empire’s muskets, but they are definitely powerful enough.
Just in case, Rhodes also purchased some additional kerosene. If the beastmen attack the city again, they can use oil and fire to drive them back when they are close enough. At the same time, Rhodes also asked the carpenters and blacksmiths to cooperate.
He made a crazy city-defending weapon - a rolling wooden hammer. To put it simply, he found a thick tree trunk, rounded it, and then asked the blacksmith to drive nails into it. In this way, it was made from top to bottom.
A rolling log.
You can imagine the destructive power caused by a giant log that usually requires several people to lift when it rolls down from the city wall. Coupled with the terrifying nails all over the body, it is enough to crush the beastman into pieces.
In order to maximize the use of the rolling logs, Rhodes also asked the soldiers to tie ropes to both ends of the rolling logs, so that the rolled logs could be recycled and repeatedly thrown at the enemy.
Compared with last winter, Blackhammer Fort's defense capabilities have improved by several levels. Rhodes believes that there is no need to borrow troops from Iron Ring City and Heidelberg this year.
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As winter approaches, Blackhammer Castle welcomes the first batch of refugees from Erengrad. As Laheim said, these people all have a common characteristic - fear.
Fear drives these people who originally lived in big cities to seek refuge in remote places like Blackhammer Castle.
And through the descriptions of these refugees, Rhodes can already clearly understand what happened in Erengrad. This is probably what happened - a few months ago, Erengrad, an important trading port city in the north of Kislev
Traces of vampires appeared. In the past, vampires existed occasionally. They made a living by sucking human blood, but unlike in the past, the vampires who appeared in Erengrad this time were not individual individuals, but appeared in groups.
They were cruel and bloodthirsty, and killed many residents of the city. In order to find vampires and calm the panic in the people's hearts, Erengrad's municipal officials sent additional guards and had soldiers patrol the streets to ensure that
City security. However, the number of vampire killings has not decreased, but has continued to increase. Sometimes these monsters hiding in the dark even kill patrolling guards.
So, in desperation, the mayor of Erengrad went to the capital Kislev to report the situation to the Snow Queen, hoping that the Queen could dispatch troops to suppress these vampires. However, the Snow Queen did not agree.
A few days later, people discovered that mysterious men in black began to appear in the city of Erengrad, arresting murderous vampires. However, these men in black were very few in number, and they all acted at night, so no one saw their true faces.
After the men in black appeared, the vampire killings did slow down, but just a month later, more vampires emerged from the darkness and killed more civilians in Erengrad. The nobles began to panic, fearing that one day
Vampires came to the door, killed themselves, and took away their property. So the nobles began to put pressure on the city officials, demanding that the vampires be eradicated completely.
However, the Queen's army has not arrived. With Ehrengrad's own strength, it can no longer control the situation. In desperation, Ehrengrad's mayor invited a mysterious religious team to annihilate the enemy.
vampire.
"They are very mysterious. They are as mysterious as the men in black, but there are more of them. Moreover, they kill vampires in an organized and planned way. Few people see them during the day, but they are often seen fighting vampires at night. Moreover, they are very mysterious.
, each of them has their face covered and wears a long gray or brown cloak. They wear some simple weapons, but flames are a necessity. Also, they can pray. They usually pray before fighting. Even if a vampire rushes up, they will
I will also wait until I finish praying before going up to fight the vampire..."
A refugee who fled here said this.
A mysterious religion that fights against vampires. Such an organization, Rhodes guessed, was either a witch hunter or a Moorish believer. Reminiscing that the witch hunters were not fanatical religious believers, Rhodes guessed that the mayor of Erlengrad would bring people from the Moorish sect.
It is more likely that you are invited to enter the city. These people are followers of the God of Death. The duty of the God of Death, Moore, is to protect and guide the souls of all the dead, ensuring that they are safely sent to the dark and peaceful Kingdom of Shadows. And vampires, to a certain extent,
In terms of destroying the normal death process, as long as they are not severely traumatized by external forces, they are almost immortal and will not age... Moreover, some vampires can also use dark rituals to resurrect and manipulate the undead. This is essentially against Moore.
.Thus, it is easy to understand why the followers of the Moorish sect are against vampires.
It is conceivable that if the mayor of Erengrad really can't help but introduce the Moors into the city, then the melee with the vampires will be very brutal. The streets, alleys, various dark corners, even the city sewers, may be there all the time.