Struggle in the Steam Age

The reason why the ratman priest is so excited now is also very simple. Apart from feeling the approval of the gods he serves for what he is doing now, he also finds that he now has the hope of getting his favorite from Lord Lawrence. piece of treasure.

The things captured by the human coalition forces in the previous battles can be said to be terrible. After all, whether it is riddled with leather armor that is riddled with stinking goblins or has a lot of impurities, it is no better than raw ore. Crude weapons are for humans. Basically worthless. The remaining sharpened wooden sticks and goblin loincloths made of grass and tree vines are worthless, and it takes manpower to destroy them all to avoid fleas or bedbugs.

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. The seized things are obviously not even reimbursed for ammunition.

But this doesn't mean that the goblins don't have any good things. For example, the mobile altar that was carried out by the clergy of the goblins is such a good thing. Although this item is useless to all creatures other than goblins, it is easy to gain divine favor from the gods if it is sacrificed to the gods who are hostile to the goblin god.

The ratman priest is actually staring at this altar now, but unfortunately he was only preparing for the battle in the previous battle and did not make any contribution, so the combat achievements he can get after the battle are only a little bit, and it is obviously impossible to exchange for that altar .

In order to ensure the smoothness of the next step, the priest simply counted his combat achievements in the big group of ratmen like other ratmen. Because of the Ratmen's outstanding performance in the night battle, their collective exploits exchanged directly from Lawrence for 300 short-barreled pump-action shotguns and enough shotguns for the next cave fight.

However, because Lawrence basically treated them equally when recording military exploits, the Ratman Priest's recognition of Lawrence was greatly improved. For him, as long as his non-family lord can be fair in the general direction, it 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 work closely with these humans.

For Lawrence, although it was a little surprising that the ratman gods paid attention to this place just now, there was nothing unreasonable about it. After all, the gods of the Ratmen, the Bighorn Rat and the Goblin God, can be regarded as a pair of deadly enemies. On this island where tens of thousands of goblins have just been wiped out, and they plan to sweep the goblins, the Bigfoot Rat will naturally fight against those who participated in the battle. His own clergy expressed their joy.

As for the hatred between these two gods, it is impossible to reconcile them. Let alone the fact that they are classified into the two opposing camps of civilization and wilderness. Just as race gods, the living spaces of the two races overlap a lot. That's enough to make them immortal. Not to mention that the two gods also have a large number of overlapping priesthoods.

To be honest, the captured altar was a tasteless one to Lawrence, and it had no use other than being sealed in a temporarily dug-out treasure house and waiting for the Ratmen priest to redeem it.

Because for others, even being hostile to the goblins, or even planning to exterminate all the goblins on the island, would not attract much attention from the goblin god. But if you destroy this high-level mobile altar, it is equivalent to spitting on the gods, and once you are targeted, you will be in too much trouble.

But the ratman priests don't have to worry about this at all. As priests who serve the goblin god's mortal enemy, the Horned Rat, it is their obligation to desecrate the altars of those mortal enemies of their own gods and sacrifice to their own gods. Not to mention that for devout priests like them, the more they can arouse the hatred of hostile gods, the more they can get the grace of their own gods. Even if they die at the hands of hostile gods because of this, it is extremely honorable in their eyes.

With the encouragement of the priests and the attention of the gods, the morale of all the rat people is now high. And the morale of the human beings is also high because of the friendly forces. Under such circumstances, Lawrence and the others entered the cave in small groups and started the cleanup.

As the entrance for the goblins to enter this plain, there are naturally many goblin guards in this cave. But due to the previous fiasco, there are only a handful of elite goblins left here. To make matters worse, after the previous group of goblin priests was wiped out by mortar shells falling from the sky, the goblins here completely lost their command.

Goblins without command are a mess, especially for goblins, if there isn't something that overpowers them. Their chaotic and timid nature will make them completely disorganized and become as chaotic and ignorant as wild animals.

And all this led to the fact that when Lawrence and the others entered the cave, they found that the cave's defenses were extremely weak. After the ratmen who led the way cooperated with Lawrence's monster phantom and paper man's detection 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 in the entire mountain.

"Uh——" A goblin guarding the entrance of a cave with a weapon let out a short and deep moan, then fell to the ground, and then a large stream of blood gushed out from its neck. If you get closer, you will find a huge wound with a smooth section on its neck, and even severed the cervical spine.

"47." Nora retracted the silk thread that cut the goblin's neck with a blank expression, and then flew forward. As a little puppet that can always float in the sky, she feels like a fish in water in this kind of place.

After all, those triggering organs placed on the ground have no effect on her floating in the sky, and the feature of being able to find the opponent's position without any light also allows her to ambush the original master goblin here. .

Due to the fact that there were no survivors and the road was too narrow, all the teams could not advance much faster. When Lawrence and his team used the dolls to quickly kill all the enemies on the road and came to the central cave, they found that none of the other teams could reach the planned position.

Fortunately, the other teams had Ratmen leading the way and did not encounter too many obstacles. Except for two or three teams, because the road ahead was designed with a collapse trap, even if the Ratmen could get rid of it in advance, they still couldn't keep the passage. Forcing them to have to detour from other passages. Most of the personnel arrived at the designated location on time.

The following general attack seemed a little lackluster. After getting rid of the previous narrow terrain, the excellent weapons gave the human and ratman coalition a great advantage. In this exposed place, the goblins were quickly wiped out.

After the battle, Lawrence and the others confirmed that no one had slipped through the net and lit the oil lamp they carried with them to illuminate the entire space. Before that, they only dared to put a little fluorescent powder on the heels so that the people behind could keep up with them.

After all, it is not a wise thing to light up lights in the darkness with enemies before. Even if you can get a more suitable field of vision in this way, it is also easy to point out your position to the enemies in the dark. Make yourself a living target.

As the lights were lit one by one, this vast cathedral-like space appeared in front of everyone. The stalactites on the top of the cave and the stalagmites below the cave decorate the whole cave hall like a gorgeous palace.

And when the whole space was illuminated by lights, everyone also figured out the important reason why even though there are so many vents in this cave, the whole space is still filled with rancid smell:

In the center of the cave hall is a large hill, which is completely composed of unfinished biological bones and remains. When the lights shone on, countless empty skeleton eye sockets seemed to be looking at Lawrence and the others.