Chapter 186 Skaven Threat

Since the land trade was cut off, and the sea trade was blocked by the emperor’s fleet, the goods exported from Marienburg had to be hoarded in warehouses, and the purchase of food had to be dispatched from the well-off towns in the empire.

Last year was a good year with good weather and no pests and wars. It was a rare and good year. It was a bumper harvest after all, and no one would think that there was too much food.

Baron Draco flipped through the document in his hand, he leaned leisurely on the soft backrest, the heating of the fireplace behind him kept blowing, and he was dressed in casual clothes.

The silence in the room was broken, and the clerk said cautiously: “There is one thing, I want to report to you, my baron, about Miss Eureka and her witch hunters.”

The firewood in the fireplace made a “crackling” sound, and Lallen picked up an old book, looked at his affairs officer flatly, and motioned for the latter to continue.

“My baron, witch hunters exist to eliminate corruption and deal with mutants. Their special identities and unpredictable characters make it difficult for ordinary people to get along with them. Some leaders living near the witch hunters’ guild The people are worried day and night, they are afraid that one night, they will be wiped out in their sleep.” Pittman tried his best to focus on the fireplace, and said cautiously: “More than 40 people moved out of town one after another, and they lived in In villages near towns, just to reduce the chance of being encountered by witch hunters.”

The good wood elf handmade rug is spread on the wooden floor of the big study, Baron Draco breathed a sigh of relief, and Pitman mentioned similar things more than once.

Since the witch hunters were settled in Oak Town, some untimely voices of opposition have also appeared one after another. Regarding this, Lallen rarely bothered, because the efforts to clean up the corruption in the Barondom have greatly increased, mutants, heretics and the like are vicious. The incident has almost disappeared.

“I will find a suitable opportunity to tell Eureka about this, and try to make the witch hunters act more carefully so as not to cause unnecessary losses. As for the people who are worried about their personal safety being threatened, they are willing to move out. Just let them move.” Lallen waved his hand, and this was the end of the matter.

It’s not that Lallen is partial to the witch hunter group. The population of the Baron Draco has exceeded the 10,000 mark. There are eleven villages under the jurisdiction of Oak Town. The increase in the number of people also means the possibility of corruption. With several major churches and paladins in the territory to clean up, the status quo of heresy will only increase, not to mention that most clergy’s job is to preach, of course, faith is a weapon against evil, but Laylen needs to wield the weapon of faith. people.

is the same sentence, professional things, leave it to professional people.

“How’s the preparation at Francis?” Leron asked Pittman.

“The army of 1,200 people has been assembled, and the Teutonic Marshal von Tugenheim sent a message that the electoral army from Middenheim is expected to arrive in the baronies in two days. Now wait for them to arrive. You can go, Miss Rosamina is also ready.” Pittman nodded: “The dwarves and wood elves are also waiting, and engineers Kaggar and Sutsen can’t wait to see the actual combat effect of the artillery, from the previous month. At the beginning, the dwarf warriors of the chief of Langone gathered one after another, and everyone could pay attention.”

“Very good.” Laylen nodded, and he ordered: “For logistics, remember to prepare dozens of carriages and ox carts to go deep into the forest to fight. The supply line is very important. Our army is likely to be surrounded by the Beastmen war gang. Prepare for a war of attrition.”

“Understood, there are still a batch of carriages that have not been installed in the warehouse of the dwarf workshop. I will let the craftsmen assemble the carriages.” Pittman nodded, and at the same time, the door of the big study rang.

“Laylen? It’s me.” The witch hunter’s voice sounded outside the door.

“Eureka, please come in.” Laren put down the book in his hand, stood up, and said to the service officer: “The few barrels of kerosene that Engineer Kag asked for, I will send someone to deliver it to him later, the dwarf rotorcraft. vital.”

“Lailun, did you miss me?” The door of the room opened, and Eureka’s mature figure appeared at the door of the study. The witch hunter’s cold and charming face had only a touch of makeup and a faint smile. She was wearing a The apricot-white lotus-shaped sleeved shirt, matched with a pair of brown and black slim-fit leather pants, perfectly outlined Eureka’s figure and a pair of long legs. The fly in the ointment was that the dazzling blood on her left shoulder attracted Laren. ‘s attention.

Seeing that there were other people in the study, Eureka instantly restrained her smile, she coughed slightly in embarrassment, tapped her toes, and walked to the side of the desk in three steps.

“Pitman, go down and prepare, it’s hard work for you.” Laren couldn’t help but smile and took the initiative to hold Eureka’s little hand.

The officer also smiled when he saw this, nodded yes, exited the room and carefully closed the door.

“Before I came in, why didn’t you remind me that someone was there?” As the door closed, Yurika bit her red lips, pretending to pinch Laren’s palm angrily, her beautiful crimson eyes full of softness, seeing When Laren recovered well, the witch hunter couldn’t help but be happy.

The witch hunter and the young baron are a kind of secret underground love, and few outsiders know about it except for Laylen’s henchmen courtiers.

The request for not to be disclosed was also initiated by Eureka, and for what purpose, Laren had no way of knowing.

The young baron shrugged innocently, his attention was always on the blood on Eureka’s left shoulder: “Go on a mission?”

“Of course, there was a little trouble. Although it didn’t go well, I have already solved it.” Yurika sat down on the chair next to Laren, who poured two cups of hot tea and handed it over to Yurika. Rika took a sip, feeling the warmth of the hot tea in her heart.

“I remember that there are three witch hunters on the mission with you, right? With their strength, the mission is not going well?” Laren asked curiously.

The combination of the witch hunter master and the two elite witch hunters is quite tricky, and it seems that the difficulty of the task performed by Eureka is not ordinary difficulty.

“The task is quite special. It belongs to the advance survey, and the risk is very high, but the reward offered by the employer who issued the task is also very generous.” Eureka’s crimson eyes looked at Laren’s curious appearance, and couldn’t help pinching it. , said: “To put it simply, there is a winding mine in the lower layer of an iron mine fifty miles south of the Baron, and several miners who discovered the tunnel disappeared inexplicably. The merchants in the field had to issue a quest and ask the witch hunters to go down and find out.”

“I see, so what did you and your witch hunter find in the mine?” Laren nodded lightly, Eureka said the tricky task, there must be some important discoveries.

“Dimensional stone.” Eureka raised her head and added: “That’s a dimensional stone vein with scarce reserves.”

This is a bright emerald green crystalline substance that is actually a solidified form of pure chaotic energy.

“What is it that turns saints into murderers, chaste men into thieves, and human beings into mutants? O dear Warpstone, dream-maker, fortune-changer, Mordheim destroyer, and The killer who caused the death of countless alchemists and scholars. But visions, signs, wonders…and of course, the risk of madness, mutation, and death. Will that keep us from doing great things?”—Alchemist Nunn Soren Detrove

There are not a few people in the empire who know about the dimension stone. There are even special scholars and professors in the Imperial College who have studied this special “stone” in depth, especially the witch hunters. The responsibility of the dimensional stone.

The Empire prohibits the private possession of warpstones.

Although the law dates back hundreds of years, it was rarely enforced, and things changed when Magnus the Pious became emperor, under which punishment for possession or trafficking of warpstones was Rising to the death penalty, its traffickers are targeted by witch hunters as Warpstone is one of the substances used to create mutants.

Lyren frowned, thinking to himself, aren’t warpstones and tricky missions two different things? .

“The first time I went deep into the mine, I found traces of dimensional stones in the rock wall of the mine, as well as a few miners’ corpses that were devoured by some kind of rodent. The discovery of the dimensional stones is extremely important, it is a carrier of darkness. The blasphemy of power, so when I informed the mine merchant of the following discovery, the mad guy said we were in a disaster.” Of course Eureka saw Laren’s question, and the witch hunter continued: “The mine guard immediately blocked the dimensional stone vein, waiting for the church’s priest to arrive. As a result, an accident happened that night.”

“The mine where the iron gates had fallen was opened, and countless shadows emerged in the dark night. Half-human-high rodents attacked everyone. They stood on their lower limbs like people, holding rusty daggers and short knives in their hands. In this way, my people and I fought **** all night…”

“They are Skaven.” After listening to the description of the witch hunter, Lallen’s expression was extremely solemn, and the evil creature he was most worried about finally appeared.

“Lyren, you actually…know about the Skaven?” Eureka was very surprised by the young baron’s reaction, her crimson eyes looked at the young baron’s face seriously: “I always thought you would be like other nobles, Strongly deny, or do not believe in the existence of Rat People.”

In the old world, all other races and kingdoms except the human empire created by Sigmar all agree on one thing, that is, the Skaven are real.

The Imperial officials strongly denied the existence of the Skaven, and classified those half-human or even human-high rat monsters as a special kind of beastmen. Imperial officials generally believed that the threat of the Skaven was far greater than that of the Black Forest. The horned beasts are much smaller.

“The threat of the Skaven to the Empire is second only to the evil race of Chaos, of course I have to dabble.” Laylen put a stack of thick parchment scrolls on the table: “Eureka, continue talking. , what happened afterward?”

The witch hunter replied succinctly: “Relying on the stone sentry tower of the mine, I and the rest of the guards survived. When the sun was approaching, the group of rodents retreated. After about an hour or two, The troops stationed nearby arrived, and the follow-up is that the rat people disappeared without a trace, leaving no hair residue. The paladins who came to mine all the dimensional stone ore veins and transport them to the holy place of Mordheim. Comet Chapel.”

Lyren was silent, and the sight of the Skaven appeared less than fifty miles away from the Baron, which was not good news.

“Laylen, Laylen?” Eureka saw the solemn expression on the young baron’s face, and the witch hunter said softly, “I know you’re worried about them appearing in the Draco Baron, trust me, Laylen, They have been resolved.”

“Of course I believe you, my witch hunter, you are not afraid to face the threat of chaos, but this time is extraordinary.” Lailen shook his head gently, “Anyway, I have to prepare some necessary items in advance. measures.”

“Necessary measures?” Eureka asked curiously.

The young baron just nodded without saying a word.

“Well, since you don’t want to say it, then I won’t ask.” Eureka’s eyes looked at the way Laren was hiding something from her, and said unhappily: “I heard that this autumn offensive, Will the dwarves in the baronies also participate?”

“Yes, this war will not be too dangerous. The Beastmen and Greenskin tribes in the outer layer of the Drakovald Forest have been cleaned up by the patrol battalion many times. Last summer’s Beastmen War, although the election The emperor’s army did not gain the upper hand, but the dark power in the forest has also been weakened a lot. In this cold season, the fighting power of the beasts and the greenskin tribe will be significantly reduced, which is a good time for me to launch the expedition.” Lun picked up the teacup and drank the warm tea. He set his eyes on Eureka: “Speaking of which, Eureka, taking advantage of the opportunity to go out, only a part of the garrisoned troops and knights are left in the territory. , I hope your witch hunters act more carefully, or maintain a good, improved image.”

“Huh?” Eureka raised her beautiful eyebrows, sat up straight, and at the same time drew her hand from the palm of the man in front of her. She understood a little what Laren wanted to express.

“Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to blame.” Seeing this, Lailun quickly explained: “Once the witch hunters were highly respected and trusted by people, everyone knew that the witch hunters were fighting against chaos, maintaining order, and fighting among noble children. To join the Knights of Holy Sigmar, but what about now?”

Eureka kept her mouth shut, folded her arms across her chest, and stared at Laren silently.

“As a master witch hunter, you must have a deeper understanding of this profession than me, and you must also know that the witch hunters as a whole are heading towards dusk. If you want to return to glory, the only solution is to get the help of the people of the empire. support.”

“So, I have a few suggestions…”

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