Your war hammer is too fake

After consolidating his own authority and eliminating the old party of the former archbishop and William's biological father, Oberstein, William handed over the command of the next operation to his most trusted General Yegor.

Originally, this honor belonged to General Carter, but unfortunately the veteran general inexplicably lost his life in the Altdorf riot (see Chapter 154)... After William overthrew Oberstein and successfully established a loving father and son relationship, Yegor, a Kislevite who had served in the Imperial Army for many years, was appointed as the new commander of the Order's army.

Yegor did not play any tricks in his siege tactics. After setting up the artillery positions, all the siege artillery continued to bombard the city walls until the barrels were exhausted. Afterwards, the general who always led the troops personally led the team and rushed up the slope formed by the collapsed city walls. Just half an hour later, the army of the cult broke through the city walls, and they did not even deploy any reserve troops or those extremely precious combat priests.

After the city wall was breached, except for a few die-hards who still resisted in the city, most of the militia and mercenaries were quickly defeated and eliminated by the enhanced people. During this period, there were also mercenaries who were confused and tried to bargain with the enhanced people, wanting to temporarily change their camps. Unfortunately, the enhanced people without emotions would not pay attention to such unreasonable requests.

Only those who voluntarily laid down their weapons and raised their hands in surrender could be saved from death, but there were not many smart people who knew the situation. They always tried to get some kind of promise from the enemy before considering surrendering. Some people only asked the Order to guarantee their personal safety, while others, whether they were really stupid or pretending to be stupid, not only asked the Order to guarantee that they would not touch their property, but also allowed them to continue to maintain a certain amount of weapons "in order to help defend the colony."

William's attitude towards the above-mentioned people was clear and firm: kill them all and leave no one alive.

"…Currently, the last group of enemies are gathering in the parliament building, which is a sturdy building," said Yegor, whose armor was stained with dried blood and gunpowder. "They asked for negotiations, but I have rejected them according to your order. I have sent people to mobilize artillery, which will take some time."

"We are not followers of the Blood God. Killing is only a means for us, not an end in itself." William stood beside his most trusted general, looking at this city without any municipal planning. "Tell the soldiers to kill all the resistance, but do not harm those who have not taken up arms against us."

"Yes, Archbishop."

Yegor turned and left to carry out the order of the leader of the cult. When he reached the entrance of the corridor, William's close friend, high-ranking priest Kevin, ran over hurriedly and passed by Yegor.

"I heard you were looking for me," Kevin stood in front of his friend, trying to catch his breath, "What's the matter?"

"Sardenburg is ours. Paradis finally has a piece of land that belongs to us," William said. "This is a good start, but if we want to maintain this mini kingdom, we still have to face many difficulties... Kevin, I need you to visit our neighbors as an envoy of the church and bring gifts."

"The Crucified Wood King's Court?" Kevin asked, "Or Ka-Sabai?"

"You have to go to both places," William replied. "Go to the Crucified King's Court first. We must find out what these Kaldorei think of us, otherwise we will not be able to gain a foothold here. The Evergreen King and the Elector Count of Westerland are allies, but the Witch King may not be an ally of the Empire. In addition, you have a secondary mission. Do you remember the doctor Arwen who cured you?"

"You want to know why the Kaldorei have psychic powers?"

"You know, Kevin, this is very important, more important than their diplomatic stance," William said solemnly, "We once thought we were the only psykers left in the world, but apparently we were very wrong."

"I understand...I'll leave tomorrow."

“May the spirit enlighten your path, brother Kevin.”

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Author's Note: A map of the Southland has been uploaded to the work to help readers better understand the locations of several major cities.

Answer to reader "zzz17746":

Of course there are, such as throwing it to Nurgle. The protagonist did not dare to push too hard, and the nameless insects protected her because they did not want to force Namtaru to have nowhere to go and then turn to her loving father.

Answering the reader's "Always Glowing":

At this point in time, the protagonist's overall strength is only slightly stronger than Namtaru, and most group members cannot beat the latter.

Chapter 465: Lizardman in Action

Kigal raised his head and looked at the land in the distance that was distorted by the power of the evil god.

Noticing the movements of the magic toad, the Lingxi priests standing on both sides, wearing gorgeous feather crowns, tilted their heads, and their big watery eyes blinked, ready to record and convey their master's orders.

However, the giant bullfrog sitting on the floating stone chair did not make any further moves. Holding long-handled war clubs and scaly leather shields, wearing triceratops skulls on their heads, and wearing bronze armor on their sturdy and strong bodies, the temple guards lined up neatly around the magic toad. When on standby, they were as motionless as lifelike statues.

Farther away were groups of noisy Skinks, with some tall figures mixed in with the short ones. They were the cousins ​​of these noisy little guys, the Giant Lizards: Due to unknown reasons, the number of Lizardmen hatched in the hatching pools in the Southland has been greatly reduced since a certain point in time, and all newly hatched Lizardmen will be trained as temple guards. Due to the serious shortage of Lizardmen as warriors, the Lizardmen in the Southland have to use Skinks as the main force of the army.

The fighting power of Skinks is hard to describe. They are not strong enough and are easily frightened by nature. Their weak physique makes their individual fighting power even worse than that of goblins. Even the Red-crowned Skinks, which are specialized in fighting, have individual fighting power that is only comparable to that of ordinary human soldiers.

In a typical Lizardmen army, Skinks are mainly used as light infantry/light cavalry, ranged units, and beastmasters, and are only used as a last resort. Thankfully, in addition to Lizardmen and Skinks, the Old Ones also created Giant Lizards, which are stronger and larger than Lizardmen, but also have lower intelligence than Lizardmen. Lizardmen are so incompetent that they cannot use any ranged weapons, not even javelins, while Giant Lizards are even more powerful.

Looking at the entire Warhammer world, only the trolls, a race with a low intelligence per capita, can be "better" in terms of intelligence. Fortunately, the poor brain does not prevent the giant lizards from having well-developed muscles. Although they are not designed to be warriors like lizardmen, their amazing brute force is enough to make up for this small shortcoming.

When the stars brought the omen of war, Zetland, the largest temple city in the Southland, took action immediately. Kigal, the magic toad priest in charge of Zetland, interpreted the stars and read disturbing revelations: one of the dark enemies was watching the Southland, his power was spreading wantonly in the sacred rainforest, something ominous was brewing, and when it made its first cry of birth, an unprecedented catastrophe would follow.

The few remaining magic toads in the Southland had a quick and fierce debate through telepathy, and then the Southland Lizardmen began to mobilize. The Southland Lizardmen first shrank as much as possible, abandoning those remote strongholds and withdrawing their garrisons, and gathering as many troops as possible.

Then, under the auspices of the oldest and most powerful Kigal, the energy dome of Zetland was activated. Although it was already in ruins, the huge spiritual network in the south still surged with extremely huge energy. They were extracted and used through a mysterious device that only the magic toads knew how to use, to generate a transparent hemispherical shield covering the entire temple city. Before the energy in the spiritual network was exhausted, even the demon army could not break through this barrier.

The energy dome can ensure the safety of Zetlan during the army's expedition. After all, Kigal took away almost all the troops, leaving only a minimum number of people to maintain the basic operation of the temple city.

Unfortunately, even with the extreme mobilization, the army assembled by Kigal was still limited: 40,000 skin lizards formed the main part of the army, and there were also thousands of giant lizards mixed in. In comparison, the number of temple guards was even slightly less than that of giant lizards... Fortunately, the number of various war beasts was still sufficient.

The expeditionary force assembled in the square in front of the Great Pyramid of Zetlan, and the next second they were teleported to one of the seven surface incubation facilities. There were no exciting pre-war speeches or inflammatory mobilizations, only hot-blooded people needed such things. Kigal observed for about half a minute, and then a short holy word rolled out from the depths of the magic toad priest's throat: "Attack."

Without the need for messengers, all the lizardmen realized what they should do at the same time. The pterosaur riders and beaked dragon riders whizzed over their comrades' heads and took the lead in launching the attack. On the ground, countless short blue figures walked side by side, and the lizardman-style "battle flags" were particularly conspicuous among the forest of spears.

Lizardmen never use textiles to make their "war flags". In fact, this race, which is essentially a biological weapon, has no concept of textiles. Their "war flags" are usually made of wood or rock, and decorated with gold, bronze and colored feathers. The skilled Skin Lizard craftsmen carve the "war flags" into abstract animal shapes, the most common of which is the snake representing Sotek, but sometimes the Lizardmen also use the skins of their enemies to make flags.

For example, ratmen, ratmen, and ratmen. In fact, in the expeditionary force led by Kigal, many battle-hardened skin lizard war groups held high the battle flags made of whole ratmen skins peeled off alive, all of which were the "trophies" obtained by the southern lizardmen in the battle with the plague clan.

It was not until the first leech ball hit a group of beepers that the Chaos Hive guarding the hatchery realized that they were under attack. The flying winged bees twisted by Nurgle's power rose into the sky like a dark cloud, and like a green and stinking cloud, they surrounded the Lizardmen's air force from multiple directions at the same time.

This was a duel of completely disproportionate numbers. The Lizardmen had only two squadrons of flying cavalry (Note 1), while the Chaos Hive had equipped each hatching facility with thousands of Winged Bees in order to guard against certain enemies. Even though the individual combat power of these things was not high, numbers themselves were the greatest violence.

It should have been a one-sided massacre until the sacred behemoth suddenly swooped down from the sky onto the battlefield with supernatural storms and crackling thunder - a feathered serpent that was extremely rare even for Lizardmen, sweeping across the battlefield with a long hiss and the roar of Aegir, the wind of heaven. The fierce gale tore apart the morbid green "clouds" in the blink of an eye, and the surging lightning turned all the festering and pus-oozing flying insects into charcoal.

If it were a warm-blooded army, they would have cheered loudly and boosted their morale. But the lizardmen did not show any reaction to the feathered serpent's might, they just followed the orders of the magic toad.

Sudden and severely damaged, the Chaos Hive responded by sending out all the reserve Winged Bees to fill the gaps left by the Quetzalcoatl's spells. The Zerg without blood and tears never worried about morale, and the number of Winged Bees increased instead of decreasing after receiving reinforcements from the reserve. They divided into several smaller groups in the sky, and pounced on them in batches while avoiding the Quetzalcoatl, using their absolute numerical advantage to block Typok's pets from leaving.

The claws of the flying winged bee cannot poke the thick scales of the feathered serpent, not to mention that as a semi-elemental creature that is closely connected with the wind of heaven, there is a natural layer of magical energy around the body of the feathered serpent to provide additional protection; however, the various strange diseases of the flying winged bee cannot be ignored even by a being like the feathered serpent.

The two sides crossed back and forth in the sky, and the whistling of the wind and the roar of thunder were heard continuously. Taking this opportunity, the troops on the ground quickly closed the distance between them and the incubation facility.

With the help of the unique legion-level teleportation capability in the entire Middle Ages, the Lizardmen's raid began.

……

Note 1: Although the Lizardmen are one of the few races with organized air knights, their number is very small. In the final battle between the Lizardmen and the Ratmen in the End of Time, they brought out a large group of flying cavalry, including two squadrons of pterosaur riders and a squadron of beaked dragons.

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Author's words: Another day when I spent more time looking up information than typing... (paralyzed

The above are the "battle flags" of various Lizardmen. Among them, the English meaning below the battle flag 5 is "Lizardman Scar Veteran Flag Bearer".

Chapter 466: The Sorrow of the Master (Part 1)

The ritual to purify the underworld has begun.

The Nameless Worm opened its spiritual realm to An Jiyue. From that moment on, the life and death of this pan-conscious collective was completely controlled by the thoughts of the Outer God's leader. Theoretically, as long as An Jiyue was willing, she could "accept" the spiritual power of the Nameless Worm, destroy his soul, and then guide the magma to destroy the underground world according to the original plan. The Nameless Worm had no ability to resist at all - but she would never do that, and the Nameless Worm knew this.

The Nameless Bug cannot read An Jiyue's thoughts, as the latter's psychic power is too strong to resist any spying from any existence; but at the same time, as a super psychic beyond common sense, even An Jiyue cannot lie to Him. The Nameless Bug can vaguely feel the girl's emotions, which is the basis for the establishment of the contract.

When An Jiyue walked into the center of the ritual field and began to mobilize his power under the gaze of thousands of recasters, the nameless insect let out a long sigh that only psychics could hear. This ancient yet young existence ignited its soul, and psychic power so huge that it could make An Jiyue change color began to be generated.

Unlike lengthy spell rituals, the process of psychic rituals has always been much shorter. After all, the latter requires guiding and mobilizing the wind of magic from the outside world. Even if the psychic energy mobilized by the latter is not one's own, at least it is fully under the caster's control, and the "charging" speed is naturally much faster.

Since the Nameless Bug needed to serve as an energy source, He withdrew the previous psychic barrier. The Chaos Nest and the sick plague cloud that were blocked outside then poured into the Holy Insect Mausoleum like a flood... The only good news was that when the cavemen were about to be defeated, they deliberately destroyed the only main tunnel and some small roads leading to the Holy Insect Mausoleum. The Chaos Nest can now only attack through some branch roads, and they have an absolute advantage in military strength but cannot use it.

"Hold the position!" Namtaru, who was personally on the battlefield, held high the Void Nail. The entire artifact spear shone with the silver light of spiritual energy. "Let the surface people see the courage of the Nest Clan!"

The Holy Insect Mausoleum was very large, and the ceremony was held at the deepest part of the cave. In view of the fact that both sides seriously lacked mutual trust, Namtaru took the initiative to propose that the Nest Clan be responsible for the outer defense line and block the entrances to those paths, while all the Recasters gathered at the ceremony site to form the last line of defense. Before the ceremony began, the Recasters, led by Mogrim, solemnly swore that before the last Recaster fell, no minions of Chaos would be able to hurt An Jiyue.

The flames of war invaded the most sacred place of the cavemen, but not even a single caveman could be found on the scene. The Nest Clan had been under incredible pressure from the beginning. Even though the Nest Clan network had been closed indefinitely, the Chaos Nest Clan was still able to pass on the "blessings" of the grandfather god, which were either dry or sparse, to the relatives who were still resisting in close contact. The lower-level nodes of both sides would often join the enemy camp when fighting.

The supernatural plagues spread by the Chaos Brood raged in every battle site, and their kin would be infected with various diseases at the slightest contact, many of which were obviously specially designed for the Brood.

Their chitinous shells become soft and thin, with large patches of dull yellow color spreading on them and mold growing wildly; blue blood mixed with wriggling maggots coughs up from their respiratory holes; their compound eyes are covered with white film, and their auditory organs and olfactory organs for receiving pheromones also become dull or even completely ineffective.

The limited military strength was depleted at a desperate rate, while the number of enemies was literally endless. The overwhelmingly unfavorable situation oppressed the minds of the superior nodes, but when Namtaru rushed into the enemy camp wielding the Void Nail, even the youngest clan mother and clan champion could muster up the courage to follow the master and fight bravely. The thin defense line was shaky under the impact of the enemy, but it was never broken.

The Brood held their line of defense without retreating, just as they had done countless times before when Nurgle's corruption swept across the underground world. However, unlike the previous desperate situation, this time they truly saw hope, rather than just fighting for dignity - the Brood had no slaves, and they would not become slaves of any existence, even the Chaos God!

On the battlefield, Namtaru dominates the battlefield like a god. No action is needed, just a thought or a glance, and surging psychic lightning and psychic flames burst out of thin air, and each strike turns hundreds of fallen relatives into charcoal. When encountering a relatively strong enemy, Namtaru will first throw out a mind blast, and then take advantage of the enemy's brief dizziness to rush over and pierce it with a spear.

The Overlord's performance boosted the morale of the upper nodes of the Hive Clan, and also attracted more attention to her. Amidst a hoarse and broken roar, a particularly large stone-smashing dragon, which had been favored by Nurgle too much, shook its rotten body and appeared in Namtaru's sight.

A stone-crushing dragon of the level of an emperor dragon (Note 1) - even though it had been highly mutated, Namtaru still recognized its origin at a glance. This was an extremely ancient creature, the Faceless Ones called it "Rock Scourge" and the Hives called it "Bottomless Maw". It ruled over more than a dozen caves, and even the armies of the Faceless Ones or the Hives would avoid its territory.

The size and intelligence of dragons in the Warhammer world will continue to grow with age. As long as they live to the age of the Emperor Dragon, there is a high probability that they will master the ability to cast spells, thus making a qualitative change in their strength. In the Warhammer world, there are very few creatures that can fight against an entire army on their own, and the Emperor Dragon happens to be one of the few exceptions.

The special environment of the underground world is extremely unfriendly to spellcasters. Fortunately, dragons are a highly adaptable race with high potential. They often undergo corresponding physiological changes due to different living environments: the special environment of Athel Loren gave birth to the Forest Dragon, a peculiar subspecies that spews hypnotic gas instead of flames; the Chaos Wasteland is home to Chaos Dragons corrupted by the power of darkness; and even some seas have sea dragons.

The Stonecrush Dragon is a kind of dragon that lives in the underground world. Many dwarven strongholds have records of this thing. Compared with those distant relatives, the Bottomless Maw may have stayed with the two psychic races for too long. After living to the age of the Emperor Dragon, this thing did not gain the ability to cast spells, but instead mastered the power of psychic energy.

Even after the Faceless Ones fled and the Hives took over the Underworld, Namtaru only found time to meet the Bottomless Maw once and asked him not to invade the Hives' territory, instead of summoning an army to defeat him. When the Nurgle corruption broke out, Namtaru sent people to contact the Bottomless Maw, hoping to form an alliance with him to suppress the corruption. As a result, her men came back and told the Overlord that the Bottomless Maw defeated and devoured a large number of Chaos Hives that broke into its territory, and then some rather disturbing changes occurred in the old dragon...

“Namtaru!” The roar of the Emperor Dragon shook the tunnel, and gravel fell down: “Kill me!!”

The master looked at the pair of dim yellow vertical pupils. "Okay." She said.

The leader of the Nest Clan held the Void Nail and pressed her body down slightly. When she began to mobilize her spiritual energy with all her strength, she immediately felt a stinging pain in her internal organs, especially her lungs. The internal injuries she suffered when she collided with An Jiyue's telekinesis yesterday could not be repaired within a day even with the recovery ability of the Nest Clan's upper nodes.

Namtaru did not show any sign of discomfort in front of her subordinates and enemies. The huge stone dragons filled the entire tunnel, and the Overlord knew that this was her best opportunity to take action.

Ignoring the increasingly severe pain coming from her internal organs, Namtaru poured her spiritual energy into the Void Nail. The Overlord took a few steps forward and then threw the artifact spear out fiercely.

……

Note 1: In Warhammer, the Imperial Dragon is not a species but a level, the oldest and most powerful dragon. With a few exceptions, Warhammer dragons can only gain spellcasting abilities when they reach the Imperial Dragon level.

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Author's words: Reply to reader "Sun ttlyy":

Not included, what kind of Warhammer is AOS? Slaanesh can even lock up the Ty brothers and play vomiting play, Sigmar's rule-level ability of "winning in single combat" is gone, even the dwarves can mutiny on the spot with the possession of the Imperial Guards because they were not paid enough money... The setting of the Caradon Sky Overlord is completely out of the book... Can this still be considered Warhammer?

Chapter 467: The Sorrow of the Master (Part 2)

An Jiyue was suspended in mid-air, surrounded by psychic energy visible to the naked eye.

In a realm invisible to the mortal body, the nameless worm was emitting a dazzling silver light. When this pan-conscious collective ignited its soul, An Jiyue saw its complete form for the first time: a translucent rift worm with its own double image, and some details on its body surface were changing at any time. Its body was coiled into a perfect circle like an Ouroboros, but there was a small distance between its head and tail, and they were not actually touching.

The rift worms that live deep in the earth's crust don't have eyes, and the nameless worms that are their souls naturally don't have eyes either, but An Jiyue can still feel that they are "looking" at her. In order to transmit spiritual energy, the souls of both parties established a deep connection, but some kind of power isolated the thinking of both parties, and no one could use this to spy on the other's mind.

【What is that?】the Nameless Worm asked in the realm of mind and spirit.

[My power.] An Jiyue replied. [Although I still cannot fully control this power.]

The Holy Scripture of War is part of the soul of the Lord of the Holy Scripture and the embodiment of their power. As incomplete Outer Gods, the group members can only use this method to exert power beyond mortals without side effects.

[Why do you resist opening your heart?] The nameless insect asked again.

[As for your question, I can tell you a lot of mysterious philosophical concepts, brother and sister. But I am An Jiyue, and An Jiyue can only give one answer in this situation, and I am happy with it! ]

The soul of the nameless insect became more and more dazzling, and the majestic spiritual energy obeyed the guidance of the soul level and was controlled by the governor. The girl carefully controlled this huge power even for her, and more spiritual energy continued to flow in. The mind engine was suspended behind the girl, doing nothing for the time being.

【Your answer is reserved. We can sense that there is more to your self-perception than this.】

['An Jiyue' will answer your question.] The girl said. [And 'Ishamara' will ignore this question.]

[But you don’t have multiple personalities, and your soul is not split. You are whole. ]

[You don't have a body, so there are some things you are destined not to understand.] The girl explained. Her heart suddenly ached without warning, and she knew it was the sequelae of the telekinetic battle with Namtaru yesterday. The elixir suppressed her internal injuries, but it was just suppression. [The body and soul will affect each other, and I happen to have two bodies. When my soul enters another body, I am still me, but my personality and behavior patterns have indeed changed significantly.]

[Interesting. Is this phenomenon of one soul and multiple bodies common among people on the surface?]

[I guess it's not common...wait, what is that?]

The round crystal sphere of the spiritual engine suspended behind An Jiuyue suddenly flashed.

[The Faceless Ones call it 'Stone Trouble', and the Nest Clan calls it 'Bottomless Stomach'. It originally came from somewhere else, and accidentally came to our world during a major earthquake, and settled here. ]

[I'm not asking about its origins... This guy is very difficult to deal with. Namtaru's internal injuries are more serious than mine. Even if the Nest Clan has a strong recovery ability, it will not be easy for her to destroy the opponent while holding the defense line.]

[Aren't you going to help your temporary ally? While you still have the strength to spare. ]

[Chaos is a great enemy, but are Namtaru and her bugs not?] An Jiyue asked. The next moment, she coughed violently a few times, and dots of blood foam passed through the silver psychic vortex visible to the naked eye, leaving a pool of radiating marks on the rocky ground. The recasters exclaimed, and the expressionless Jin Zhifu immediately wanted to rush over, but was pushed back as gently as possible by a telekinesis.

[Something is wrong. The effect of the Nine Deaths Suspension Pill is wearing off... some of my alveoli have exploded.]

[As a psychic, you have too many distracting thoughts. You subconsciously don't trust the medicine you took, which causes your psychic energy to attack the drug components in your body. Under normal circumstances, this should not happen. It should be that you are controlling too much psychic energy, and this psychic energy is not yours, which causes your control to decrease.]

[We have a saying, 'All medicines are three-tenths poisonous', let alone extraordinary medicines.] The crystal sphere at the core of the mind engine no longer flickered, but instead emitted a steady light. An Jiyue connected the control program of this psychic machine to her own mind. With the addition of additional computing power, the girl regained absolute control over her psychic energy, and the medicinal power of the pill she took yesterday no longer faded. [To some extent, elixir poison is much more terrible than ordinary toxins.]

[So you don’t deny that you have too many distracting thoughts? ]

[I have many reasons to defend myself, but I suddenly want to be Ishamara.] Feeling the pain in her lungs, the girl said in a somewhat unpleasant tone in her mind.

The Nameless Worm did not answer immediately. His coiled body suddenly burst into a dazzling brilliance, and even the recasters who could not see the brilliance felt dizzy. Fortunately, this feeling came quickly and went away even faster. After eight seconds of continuous bursting, the silver psychic brilliance suddenly dissipated, revealing the much lighter spiritual body of the Nameless Worm. Starting from the very end of the tail, the slender body of the Nameless Worm began to dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye.