Your war hammer is too fake

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Author's words: Make up for yesterday's update

Chapter 73: Recasting Ceremony

The roar of the Eternal Furnace gradually subsided.

The astonishing heat receded slightly, and the wind of the pious gate outlined a golden figure in the air. The strange energy blowing from the chaotic country of Ithil, after being cooled by the vortex and most of the energy was sent back, was divided into eight magical winds of different attributes. Compared with the original magical wind Dhar, these secondary products of Dhar were significantly weakened in power, but they also became relatively more controllable and derived a variety of unique effects.

The wind of metal, Chamon, and the wind of fire, Aqshy, together formed the core of the complex system of the Reforged Triangle. Under the gaze of An Jiyue and Barrel, the wind of Chamon continued to gather, compress, sort in a specific way, and finally materialized into a set of bright golden armor that perfectly fits the user's body.

Even though she had seen Granny's design manuscript, An Jiyue, who also possessed the [Technical Master] attribute, was still greatly inspired by the scene in front of her. The Wind of Magic can indeed transform between energy and material forms, but due to its inherent instability, except for naturally formed dimensional stones and the like, no one usually uses the Wind of Magic directly to create a specific substance.

Casting spells with the help of this two-phase conversion property is one thing, and using it as a unique technology is another. Even An's Aurora has not gone as far as Granny in this regard: An's Aurora has "Spirit Stone", a man-made object that looks like a controllable version of Dimension Stone at first glance, but the Spirit Stone is first made by mixing sand with other substances to create a blank energy storage structure, and then filling it with the carefully blended magic eight winds.

The whole process is just charging the battery. Although the energy-matter two-phase conversion is involved, it is just a small "chemical reaction" when the magic eight winds are filled into the energy storage structure, and it is not the result of deliberate action. The armor and weapons prepared by Granny for his little golden man are completely different. From the beginning, he aimed to use the wind of the pious gate to directly create physical equipment - even with rune enhancement!

In just a few deep breaths, a set of gleaming golden armor was completely formed. During the formation of the armor, its mirror-smooth surface was simultaneously engraved with dwarven runes. The wind of Aksha rolled up violently, and the angry roar of the air being rapidly heated resounded in the echoing hall. The newly formed armor was first burned red, then changed from red to orange, and finally to a dazzling white. This process lasted for about half a minute, and then the wind of fire suddenly disappeared, and the wind of heaven Azyr swept through the entire hall with a biting chill, quickly cooling the armor back to normal temperature.

"This is probably the coolest quenching method I have ever seen." The Jiedushi complained to the Dwarf King beside him.

Perhaps it was because all of this was essentially metaphysics. After the "quenching" was completed, An Jiyue did not see the tempering step. The recasting ceremony directly entered the last step, and the returning ancient dwarf began to take on flesh.

Due to the full-coverage armor, An Jiyue was unable to see the specific process of incarnation. The wind of heaven had not yet completely dissipated, and a new magical wind blew in the echoing hall. Through the magical senses, the girl felt the rhythm of the wind of life, Ghyran, without surprise. The wind of Ghyran, which brought life and resuscitation, flowed into the armor, creating from nothing an extraordinary body with the same body temperature and heartbeat as ordinary people, but no longer needing to eat or drink water.

Under the expectant gaze of An Jiyue and Barel, the fingers of the little golden man's hands moved. The hand armor that completely covered the palm first opened suddenly, and then clenched tightly. Gotrek o Shattered Star, the ancient Supreme King opened his eyes again after four thousand years.

"Hello, lady," Gotrek O Brokenstar greeted the girl first, then turned his gaze to Barrel, "Shortbeard boy, are you ready to fight alongside our ancestors?"

"Of course, your majesty," the Dwarf King replied immediately. "It would be my pleasure."

"No, I am not some 'Your Majesty'," the ancient Supreme King corrected, "All those who choose to be recast will swear an oath to their ancestors in the hall of Gazul, vowing to give up everything they once had in their lifetime, except hatred! We no longer have wealth, spouses, titles, and power. The only thing we have is hatred, and the sacred responsibility to settle all hatred!"

The ancient High King took a deep breath, and his loud voice was as deafening as a bell: "The Eternal Kingdom (Note 1) will be restored - the mountains bear witness to our oath!!"

……

As part of the agreement, after the second batch of hundreds of ancient dwarves completed the recasting and confirmed that there were no problems with the ritual process, An Jiyue lifted the War Codex's control over the Recast Triangle and returned it to Gazul.

More ancient dwarf souls were thrown into the Eternal Furnace, ready to fight for the Mountain Kingdom once again. After several tests, the Reforged Triangle entered full capacity, and the reforged ritual was performed twice a day. Barel had to order the Engineers Guild of Plateau Castle to act quickly and expand the barracks as soon as possible to ensure that the subsequent reforgers would have no place to live.

Naturally, the Dwarves did not receive all good news. Not all the ancestors who participated in the reforging could return to the world. Some ancient Dwarves were too deeply entangled with Chaos during their lifetime, and their souls were polluted and distorted. When their souls were purified, they were missing too many parts to complete the reorganization. In the end, they could only turn into a wisp of green smoke in the Eternal Furnace, and then annihilated and drifted away.

About one in ten souls fall into eternal sleep during the reforging process. This does not scare the dwarven heroes waiting in line for reforging, but only makes them more angry. All dwarves - both living and dead - unanimously believe that the enemies who have hurt the dwarves must be responsible for these tragedies.

The expedition stayed in Plateau Castle for a while. Grimm Brockson finally decided to stay. Barel Magichammer's attitude towards engineering was so open that it was unbelievable to the engineering master. At the same time, the Lord of Plateau Castle also promised to strongly support all his research. Of course, the premise is that Grimm must first complete the directional research task assigned by Barel.

As a dwarf engineer who was born in Eternal Peak but could only stay in Torrent Pass for a long time, the more Grim communicated with Barrel, the more he felt that Plateau Castle was the most suitable place for him to show his talents. In addition to the master engineer, another person who decided to stay was beyond everyone's expectations.

"I met Master Kurgaz."

Krag the Grim looked even more gloomy than before. The old dwarf was covered in a wool blanket, his rune staff was placed within reach, and his rune hammer and rune armor were nowhere to be seen: "The master has agreed to teach me how to make the Doomsday Anvil."

Kurgaz, the greatest runesmith of the dwarves except for Granni, is the one who found the method to smelt and process star iron, and he was also the one who invented the Doomsday Anvil. Historically, not long after the outbreak of the Longbeard War, a giant dragon attacked Kurgaz's rune forge, killing the rune master and destroying most of the Doomsday Anvils. Kurgaz did not teach anyone how to make the Doomsday Anvil during his lifetime. The processing technology of the Doomsday Anvil was lost.

Now, the great Rune Master has returned as the Reforger, ready to serve the Mountain Kingdom once again.

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Note 1: The official name of Aduan’s country is actually the “Eternal Kingdom”, and the Kingdom of Mountains is a colloquial name.

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Author's note: Cleaning up the mess. I slept for a total of seven hours in the past two days, and I feel like I'm not far from dying on the spot.

Chapter 74: The Problem of Long-Range Weapons

The winds of magic were stirring, and everyone with magical senses could sense it.

The Reforged Triangle works day and night, and more ancient heroes are able to return to the world. After entering full capacity, two thousand noble souls will enter the Eternal Furnace every day to accept the test designed by Granni himself. Among them, one tenth of the souls will usher in a real and complete death in this process, and the rest will take the oath to restore their homeland and breathe, smell, see, and touch this world again.

The glittering army of recasters grew larger every day, and the Engineer Guild of Plateau Castle had to work in three shifts to build more barracks to accommodate the returning ancestors. After swearing to give up everything they had in their lifetime, the reborn dead were able to devote themselves to the greatest cause until they once again headed to the kingdom of Gazul.

Well, like the Sigmar figurine, the Granni figurine can also be resurrected. The ancestral gods protect their souls, and the recasters who died in battle will return to the place where they were recast at the call of the old beacon. As long as they are willing, they can recast again until the mountain kingdom no longer needs them to fight.

"Strictly speaking, the Reforgers are still a semi-finished product as an army," An Jiyue drank a sip of iced juice, which was specially prepared for her by Barrel. "The most fatal problem is that they only have melee troops for now... The armor and weapons of the Reforgers are all formed by the materialization of the wind of metal. Granni named this artificially created extraordinary metal Orichalcum, or you can also call it Orichalcum. Orichalcum is both light and strong, and is particularly suitable for engraving dwarven runes."

The governor looked at the crystal cup in his hand, and the wall of the cup was covered with cold water droplets. "The only problem is that this thing can't be made into any kind of long-range weapon commonly used by dwarves. Don't mention throwing axes to me. Except for rangers, almost no one uses that thing. Whether it's a musket or a traditional crossbow, they all need to be made of a variety of materials, and there is also the problem of ammunition. In theory, the wind of magic can be converted into a variety of substances, but the actual operation is another matter."

The Little Golden Man Project was only a semi-finished product, it was not really completed. Granni only dealt with the most critical part of it, and there was no time to deal with many minor details, and the God of Forging disappeared.

"This isn't a big deal," Barrel said. "We can have living warriors help our ancestors fight. The Emberstone Clan is a ranger clan. I don't have anything else here, but I have plenty of crossbowmen and rangers."

"I have discussed this with Gazul. He believes that the Recasters should have the ability to fight independently," An Jiyue raised the crystal glass and drank the last bit of juice in it. "He told me that Granni actually designed a crossbow specifically for the Recasters, but found that the problem with the crossbow arm and the crossbow string could not be solved."

"Uh..." The Lord of Plateau Castle scratched his head, "Can't we just give them our weapons?"

"This can be used as an emergency measure, but it can only be an emergency measure," the governor replied. "There is only one set of the Reforged Triangle at present, and it is impossible to have a second set in a short period of time. However, the dwarf strongholds are widely distributed in various mountain ranges. So the question is, how do you think other strongholds can get reinforcements from the Reforged Legion in time?"

"I guess our ancestors must have a solution."

"Yes. Granny had already fully considered all aspects of the problem. He even thought of what to do if the underground tunnel network was paralyzed and could not be used for some reason. As for how to quickly deploy the Recaster, Granny's method was to give his little golden man the special ability of energy - when needed, the Recaster can be transformed into a ball of amorphous magic energy and then fly to the destination."

"That's why the equipment used by the Recasters must be converted with the Wind of Magic. Only in this way can their equipment be restored to magical energy and fly with their masters to where they are needed. After reaching their destination, they will transform their equipment back into material form. It's not that Recasters can't use the equipment of living people, the problem is how can the equipment of living people follow them? We can't let these ancestors go into battle naked with bare hands."

"By the way," Barrel's train of thought suddenly went off the track when he heard this, "Is the Reforger wearing clothes under his armor?"

Hearing this, An Jiyue was shocked. The governor and the dwarf king looked at each other and decided to ignore this topic.

"Well, anyway, Gazul said that His knowledge and wisdom cannot solve this problem," the girl changed the subject abruptly, "He hopes that we can think of a solution, so He specially arranged for Master Kulgaz to come and help."

"Old man Kurgaz? I saw him this morning. He doesn't look easy to get along with. He only gave Krag a so-so rating," the Dwarf King complained. "I don't know what kind of rune blacksmith he considers to be excellent. It can't be that he has to be at Granni's level, right?"

"Anyway, the issue of long-range weapons is not very urgent," An Jiyue said, "but it must be resolved."

"In fact, we can change our thinking," Barrel thought for a moment and said, "In terms of the equipment manufacturing method of the Reforged Triangle, a single-soldier crossbow is indeed not feasible, but what about a ballista? A ballista can be made of pure metal, and the animal tendons used as a power storage structure can be replaced by bronze. The ancient Romans had this technology. After testing, the ancient Roman master concluded that no matter how well the bronze structure is made, it is not as good as animal tendons, but it is not unusable."

"That's a good idea... and there's a trebuchet, which is even simpler." Thinking about it carefully, Barrel's idea was really wild: if a single soldier's long-range weapons couldn't handle it for the time being, then he could just pile up heavy firepower to solve the problem. Thinking this way, the girl said, "Let's try the trebuchet first. I'll go discuss it with Master Kurgaz later."

At this point, An Jiyue suddenly frowned and looked towards the northeast. Under Barrel's puzzled gaze, the girl suddenly stood up, closed her eyes and carefully felt it for a moment.

"Fortunately, I asked you to give the order to prepare for war a few days ago," An Jiyue opened his eyes with a serious expression, "Send a battle alert, the enemy is coming! Ask your people to quickly go up to the city wall to deploy defenses, and those who need to withdraw should withdraw immediately!"

"Enemy?" Barrel immediately obeyed and issued a series of commands through the mental link with the system unit: "What enemy?"

"Chaos Demon!"

……

Fort Plateau was attacked unexpectedly, but the defenders were prepared.

After slaughtering most of the greenskin tribes on the Lost Plateau and razing several Skaven underground strongholds, Amon'Chakai, the oldest and most powerful Lord of Change (Note 1), finally gathered enough souls for the sacrifice.

Breaking free from the seal does not mean it is free, because the real shackles are not tangible. That day, Amon'Chaka just managed to escape, and then Tzeentch sent his order: destroy the reforged triangle and extinguish the dwarves' hope!

The existence of the Reforged Triangle meant that fate had endless variables. This should have made the Lord of Change ecstatic, but certain factors caused the Supreme Eagle to make a 180-degree turn in his opinion on the matter after a brief moment of joy.

No Tzeentch demon could disobey the will of Tzeentch himself, not even Amon'Chaka. The Lord of Change, who wanted to leave this place and recover his strength first, had to work hard to gather the army. Because Barel put his main anchor point in Plateau Fort, the gradually expanding and solidified order domain made it impossible for Amon'Chaka to tear open a space rift near Plateau Fort, let alone throw the demon directly into the fortress.

Unable to conquer the center, the Lord of Changes could only choose to surround the enemy from all sides.

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Note 1: Amon'Chaka is a special character in the ancient version. "The oldest" and "the most powerful" are also the descriptions of it in the military books at that time. This guy is extremely strong in the setting. His melee ability is better than Skarbrand, his spellcasting ability is better than the two-headed old hen, and his special ability is also very powerful. Then he disappeared...

Chapter 75 Hello Devil

Somewhere in the tunnel network beneath the main city of Plateau Castle.

With the exception of Seagate, all dwarven strongholds are built on some kind of large mineral vein. Mining is the most common profession in most strongholds, and it can even be said to be the cornerstone of the Mountain Kingdom. Dwarven miners work tirelessly, and the precious ores they mine are smelted into metal ingots in smelters filled with pungent smells all day long, bringing endless wealth to the clan, the Miners' Guild, and the stronghold - and also bringing a wide range of winding mine tunnels.

The man-made tunnels, the impact of geological movement, and the activities of some creatures living underground all together constitute the extremely complex underground environment of the Dwarf Fortress. For the dwarves, this means only one thing: the fortress's defense system, which should have been impregnable and strong enough to break the head of the most stubborn attacker, has a loophole that can be exploited by the enemy.

Since the Goblin Wars, the Dwarven Keep has been attacked from underground more than once. The greenskins, especially the night goblins, always manage to find and use a forgotten passage to bypass the Dwarven Keep's solid frontal defenses. In the original history, the orc warlord Gorga O'Dare used this trick to raid Ironforge. The numerous evil deeds he committed in Ironforge directly caused the King of Ironfort, Kazador Dragonslayer, to change from a cheerful warrior to a gloomy and cold avenger.

In order to deal with the threat from underground, the Ironbreakers came into being. These warriors who are proficient in underground combat have a long history. Long before the Skaven first appeared in the mortal world, in order to deal with the nightmarish and horrible twisted beings living deep underground (Note 1), the dwarven society had warriors who patrolled the underground tunnels and were responsible for guarding the most dangerous areas. These were the earliest Ironbreakers.

Their numbers remained small until the Age of Mourning, when underground wars became more frequent and larger, and the dwarves began to train and deploy Ironbreakers in large numbers.

These carefully selected warriors wear expensive star iron armor, wield one-handed axes and large round shields to form the strongest shield wall in the mountain kingdom. The training they receive, their courage, and the responsibility they bear make them steadfast in defending their positions and swearing to keep all threats firmly outside the city, as they did in the past and today.

“Iron Box!!”

With the hoarse roars of Ironbeard, all the Ironbreakers raised their shields at the same time. The huge round shields could cover most of the dwarf's body. Such star iron shields were connected and overlapped to form a thick shield wall. The next moment, the scarlet magic tide crashed into the shield wall.

The vampire wielded the Hellblade, slashing the weapon forged from the demon's forge heavily on the Star Iron Shield. The Chaos Soldier, who could cut through steel as easily as chopping wood, only left a shallow scratch on the Star Iron Shield before being blocked or deflected. Then, the large round shield moved slightly to the side, and the one-handed axe engraved with bright golden weapon runes cut the vampire's sturdy etheric flesh from bottom to top without any effort.

The Ironbreakers of Plateau Fortress are not equipped with Cinderblast-Bombs, after all, this place "is set" to not even have black powder. However, this does not mean that their performance on the battlefield will be weaker than their counterparts in other Fortresses. As a place where runes are thriving, Plateau Fortress has the highest penetration rate of rune equipment among all existing Fortresses.

With the support of the talented Runesmith Guild of Plateau Fort, Plateau Fort can provide rune weapons and rune armor to all Longbeard Warriors, and even equip each Longbeard Warrior Regiment (Note 2) with a permanent runesmith, and the treatment of the more elite Ironbreakers and Hammer Warriors is even better. When these warriors with rune brilliance all over their bodies step into the battlefield, even Chaos Demons must stop at this barrier woven by responsibility, courage, and oath.

The Khorne demon army attacked the Dwarf's defense line with endless fury, and then turned into ashes in pieces under the blows of axes and hammers. Their career of pursuing endless violence and bloodshed ended here. Every demon that was too badly injured to maintain a physical body met true death, although these twisted residents of the warp were not a kind of life at all; and every time a demon turned into ashes, a Dwarf king would immediately have dozens of points on his account.

The demons have not yet realized this. Most of them don't know what it means to fall here, and the few demons who understand this hide behind the battle line, silently watching their fellow demons rushing towards doomsday one after another.

Before the battle began, Barrel O Magic Hammer spent all the initial capital of 30,000 points in one go to convert a group of elite troops from Plateau Fort into system units: as long as they were armed forces from the Holy Book of War, they could be regarded as "system units" in a broad sense, such as the Lu Hou and tower soldiers in Xuanshui City, who were also absolutely loyal to the holders of the Holy Book of War.

However, only the troops recruited through the War Codex have the ability to ignore resurrection and immortality and completely kill those things that should not be dead. At the same time, only the Chaos Zombies killed by these narrowly defined system units can provide the vital points for the Lord of the Codex.

Fortunately, the rules of the War Codex are not so rigid. As long as they meet the conditions, troops not recruited through the War Codex, including "locals", can be converted into system units. This conversion requires points, but it does not consume precious recruitment cards.

The specific price of the conversion is usually the same as the recruitment price of the converted object in the Codex of War. If there is no corresponding recruitment option in the Codex of War, the Codex will give an estimated value.

After eliminating the huge cost and unstable profit link of card drawing, 30,000 points can transform thousands of dwarf troops into system units, and the battle with demons continuously brings more points.

The entire battle started deep in the tunnel. Because An Jiyue had issued a warning in advance, and the dwarves were already preparing for battle, the Chaos Demons' unexpected surprise attack had to be transformed into a strong attack on the enemy's preset positions from the beginning. While the Tzeentch Vanguard, who was in charge of the team and had the highest status, was still weighing the pros and cons and thinking about whether to retreat, his temporary partner, a Khorne Vanguard who came with him, had already rushed out without hesitation.

"【Chaos Curse】!!" Seeing this, the Tzeentch army jumped up and down, cursing as they issued the order to attack. Chaos demons never had the "defects" of friendship, bondage, mutual assistance, etc. that only mortals have, but it couldn't just watch this reckless man die, otherwise Amon Chaka would eat it alive when he returned!

The fire demon stretched out its body structure, which was probably its arms, and released witchfire towards the dwarven battle line. The changing dimensional flames drew a conspicuous parabolic trajectory on the battlefield, and fireballs with tails flew over the heads of the bloodletters in the front row, and finally smashed down into the ranks of the Ironbreakers.

On the star iron shield of the Ironbreaker Warrior of Plateau Castle, the Rune of Shielding suddenly lit up. The witch fire that melted gold and iron hit the dwarves, but it was like a breeze blowing on their faces without causing any damage. At the same time, dense crossbow arrows splashed on the fire demon, shattering the magic screen and biting deeply into the etheric flesh.

When the fire demon fell, groups of pink horrors stepped on the hot ashes left by the fire demons and jumped closer to the battle line. Each group of pink horrors was led by a rainbow horror. Under the command of the latter, they chanted spells in a language that mortals could not understand. The wind of magic turned into vicious spells (Note 3) in the strange laughter of these demons, attacking the unmoved Ironbreakers.

"It's our turn!" The runesmiths, who were mixed in the crowd and protected by layers of shield walls, shouted loudly. The pink horrors' spells collapsed when they were about to touch the dwarven shield wall. Seeing this, the pink horrors cursed loudly in anger. They cast several different spells in succession, and all such attempts ended in failure.

Their magic was indeed successfully cast, but it was defeated by the Runesmith's magic resistance aura. They wanted to try again, but a large group of flesh hounds rushed out from behind the horror monsters. The hounds of Khorne, with contempt for witchcraft and disdain for Tzeentch demons, knocked down a large number of horror monsters and flew towards the dwarf shield wall.

The star iron shield wall, which had remained standing firm under the violent attacks of the vampire, finally showed a slight sign of loosening.

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Note 1: Don't ask me what exactly they are, because GW didn't write it. GW has always hinted that there are things underground in the Warhammer world, but until ET, no one knew what the underground races looked like.

Note 2: The basic military organization of Gaojing and Aduan is called "Corps", which is equivalent to "Company" in size.

Note 3: Pink Horrors are actually spellcasters, using Tzeentchian spells. Fire Demons are the real shooting type.

Chapter 76 Goodbye Devil

Plateau Fort, core city area, Barrel's bedroom.

Barel Magichammer lay on his bed with his eyes closed, his hands folded over his protruding belly, looking peaceful as if he could be buried directly. An Jiyue, dressed in military uniform, found a stone chair and sat beside him, boredly flipping through a chronicle of Plateau Castle, or the history of the Cinderstone Clan's pioneering work in this place.

"The enemy is at the main gate of the fortress," Barel said suddenly with his eyes closed. "Tsk, they are all Nurgle demons."

"After all, they are the most resilient among all the demons," the governor said, turning the page of the tome in his hand without even looking up. "The demon's strategy is very clear. The frontal attack is just a diversionary attack. The real killer move is underground in the city, in the deep and complex tunnel network."

"I just checked, and there is no trace of the Slaanesh army on any of the battle lines that have been in contact," Barel frowned slightly, "Do they think there is nothing fun to be had here, or are they waiting for the best time to strike?"

"Maybe both." An Jiyue shrugged.

The Lord of the Holy Scripture does not need to open his eyes to view the Holy Scripture, because all the information is directly mapped into the Lord of the Holy Scripture's mind. The Lord of the Holy Scripture can not only communicate with his subordinates through the mental network, but also unilaterally obtain everything perceived by the latter's senses. Of course, both functions are limited to system units recruited through the Holy Scripture. For this purpose, Barrel specially converted a team of the best rangers and deployed them in groups of two on the entire battlefield.

Through the eyes of these rangers, Barrel could directly see every corner of the battlefield. Under his repeated strict orders, these experienced rangers would not participate in the battle and would even be closely protected by others.

For the Lord of Plateau Castle, relying on a well-defended dwarf fortress to fight against Chaos Demons is undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal. An ordinary bloodletter can provide 45~50 points, and the price of a plague carrier is about the same. The price of a pink horror is more than two hundred. In this regard, An Jiyue speculated that it might be because all pink horrors are spellcasters: According to the girl, in the tabletop rules, the bloodletter is actually the most expensive of the four basic demon arms.

The price of recruiting system units from the War Codex is the same as its value in the corresponding rulebook. Even though the dwarf warriors in Plateau Castle are all enhanced with greatly enhanced equipment, the price of the War Codex has not increased. As the two top infantry of the dwarves, the Iron Breaker Warrior and the Hammer Warrior are both 14 points per person, which means that killing a bloodletter can get three in return, and if you are lucky, you can also get an extra blank dwarf warrior... If you kill a pink horror, it will be even more profitable.

Demons are powerful. As the embodiment of the negative emotions of mortal beings, the individual combat power of Chaos Demons is much stronger than that of mortal warriors of the same level. Moreover, they can spread Chaos corruption, silently polluting and distorting the mortals who come into contact with them.

But for the Lords of the Holy Scripture who also opened it... why kill rats! Rat's life is worthless in every sense, and fighting with rats may not even make back the cost. Unlike Chaos Demons, as long as you can win, no matter how brutal the bloody battle is, you will not lose money, it's nothing more than how much you earn.

The fierce battle in the underground tunnel had just begun, and Barel had already made his money back. Every swing of the rune axe in the hands of the Ironbreakers meant that their king had more chips to change the world. Whenever he accumulated 10,000 points, Barel would immediately spend them, converting more Plateau Fort warriors into system units one by one in order of eliteness from high to low; and these newly converted system units brought more points to their lord in the battle with the demons.

The first batch of Nurgle demons who joined the battle were lucky, because the dwarves responsible for entertaining them, although also from the Codex of War, were not system units. Being killed by them would just roll back to the Chaos Realm and wait for resurrection. And when the first drop of pus splashed onto the wall of Plateau Castle, all the dwarf warriors fighting on the front line had been transformed.

The transformation process does not have any sound or light effects and is completed instantly. The only limitation is that this process can only be carried out at the location of the anchor point - the anchor point of an ally is also acceptable.