Your war hammer is too fake

"Madam," said Prince Hertwig, "you look very much like an Elector now."

"It seems I'd better find a fortune teller," Aiwen said in a way that only time travelers could understand, "Let him help me see what my face looks like."

……

The purification ceremony began at around three in the morning of the second day after the meeting.

The majestic wind of magic gathered under An Jiyue's will, and turned into her power to pry the corruption deeply rooted in this land. If the curtain separating the material world and the realm of chaos is a wall, then the traces of corruption engraved by the power of chaos on the mortal land are the holes drilled in the wall - they are shallow or deep, and their existence alone weakens the barrier effect of the curtain, allowing the terrifying residents of the chaotic kingdom to descend into the mortal world more easily.

The corruption that Mordheim has endured is undoubtedly deep-rooted, and if the corruption is to be removed and the loopholes are to be filled again, the power of Chaos must be dispelled with great force.

In this place, which the Imperials fearfully called "Hell City", the veil was even weaker than many areas outside the Arctic wasteland. When the power of purification cleansed the evil, the aftermath of the collision between the two energies would further weaken the veil, and then the demon army of the evil god would descend directly without sacrifice until the purification ritual rebuilt the veil.

For the locals of Warhammer, repairing the damaged veil is an impossible task. The best they can do is seal it, even for the most magically skilled Slann. Every time the destructive force opens a hole in the veil, the world is one step closer to destruction, and the whole process is slow and unstoppable.

However, all the Lords of the Holy Scripture, including pure warriors like Egwene, have ways to heal the wounds caused by the power of chaos and truly repair or even reinforce the veil. Of course, the Warrior-type Lords of the Holy Scripture can only deploy anchor points, and then rely on the order field unfolded by the anchor points to passively and quite slowly purify the corruption and close the rifts, but they cannot do it themselves like the Mage-type Lords of the Holy Scripture and finish the work neatly.

In a realm invisible to the naked eye of mortals, the winds of magic gathered from all directions, with the central bridge of Mordheim as the eye, spinning like a typhoon, and gradually expanding as time passed. In the first hour after the ceremony began, nothing happened. The mortals did not take it lightly, and everyone stood silently at their posts, quietly waiting for everything that was bound to happen next.

Nothing happened in the second and third hours, until the time on the war scripture with its own timing function reached 6:06:06 on that day, when a sudden change occurred.

The musky scent that came from nowhere suddenly filled every corner of the battlefield. Soft, teasing laughter drifted into the ears of mortals on the wind, dissolving their determination, shaking their will, creating illusions that pointed directly to the deepest desires in the hearts of mortals, trying to seduce them into the most extreme indulgence and sensory stimulation.

A red sun rose from the central bridge, shining with a thousand-foot-high light. Wherever the red light of [Xihe's Descent] reached, the originally refreshing musk turned into a foul stench, and the pleasant whispers turned into shrill screams like a shrew scolding a street woman, and all illusions disappeared. The mortals who suddenly woke up had not yet reacted, and they were retching against the wall because of the terrible stench.

An angry curse was heard in the distance, but even with Egwene's hearing, she couldn't hear clearly where the sound came from. Knight Ji leaned against the parapet and looked out. Purple demons appeared out of thin air in the ruins of the city, rushing towards the mortal defense line with incredible speed and agility.

In the Zhendan army, the gray-haired old soldiers waved their drumsticks and struck the huge war drums made of Kui cow hide. The heavy drum beats seemed to hit the listeners' hearts directly. With the drum beats as a signal, the central army sounded a series of low horn sounds, and the flags on the three large enemy towers fluttered, followed by earth-shaking shouts from inside to outside.

"wind!"

The ends of the spears slammed heavily on the ground, and the sharp blades slapped against the round shields. Different voices roared the same roar, and the sound waves overlapped, undoubtedly covering the noisy sounds of all kinds of demons.

"wind!!"

On the enemy tower, the General Cannon, which had been loaded long ago, fired in sequence from west to east. The spherical cast iron shells rolled out of the barrel and smashed into the surging demon army along the trajectory that had been repeatedly calculated.

"wind!!!"

The soldiers worked together to erect a three-meter-high flagpole, and the three-star banner symbolizing the emperor fluttered in the wind. Under the rising morning light and the shining of another red "sun", the battle that had been prepared for a long time was declared to have begun.

Chapter 196: Wind! Wind! Wind! (Part 2)

The pink and purple demonic tide quickly rushed towards the defenders' positions where gunfire was raging.

The first three lines of defense of the Chinese people did not form a continuous battle line, so the Slaanesh army passed through the square formations that were constantly spewing flames and thick smoke, and crashed into the fourth line of defense supported by three large enemy towers at an astonishing speed.

Among the demon armies under the command of the four great destroyers, the Slaanesh demon army is the fastest. Not only does it move the fastest, but the attack movements of these pretentious beings are also the fastest. In addition, the bodies of Slaanesh demons always have various sharp claws, pincers and claws. These absurd organs are incredibly sharp. Even the thickest mortal iron armor can be cut and pierced by them effortlessly. Only a few armors in the mortal world, such as star iron armor, can withstand its cutting.

Fast and sharp, these are the main characteristics of the Slaanesh demons. However, correspondingly, the Slaanesh demon army is also the most fragile among the four gods of demons. They are neither as tough as Nurgle demons, nor do they have the natural hard skin and brass armor of Khorne demons, nor do they have the most powerful magic screen among all the demon armies like Tzeentch demons (Note 1). All they can rely on on the battlefield is the ability to distort people's hearts and supernatural swiftness.

Mordheim is a deeply corrupted land, and the evil denizens of the Chaos Realm should have found it easy to fight here. However, the mortals were prepared, whether it was the mahogany nails buried everywhere by the Cathays and the banners hung in specific locations, or the holy water poured by the Imperial priests and the sacred scriptures hand-copied on parchment, all of which weakened the power of the Unborn, making them more vulnerable and easier to be exiled.

The commander of the demon army soon realized that it was a wrong decision to let his army cross the first three lines of defense and go straight to the central bridge. The Zhendan people carefully set up a killing trap for them. Although the first three lines of defense did not have a blocking function, the Zhendan people basically flattened the buildings between the square formations, leaving only the houses behind the walls for the defenders to use after repair and reinforcement.

The members of the Divine Machine Battalion extended their gun barrels from the second floor and even higher floors. These experienced shooters decisively pulled the trigger the moment the demon army rushed through the shooting range. The hot lead bullets soaked in talisman water drilled out of the wrought iron barrels, flew a short distance in the air, and forcefully penetrated the weakened thin magic screen on the evil creatures of the subspace.

Lead bullets shattered the flesh and bones made of evil ether, and spurted out from the other side of the demon's body with twisted organ fragments and unknown body fluids. The succubi that were shot shouted in dissatisfaction, complaining that they were exiled before harvesting any souls. Their physical bodies collapsed and disintegrated due to the heavy blow, turning into a handful of hot ashes scattered all over the ground. Until the moment before death, they did not realize that this was their end.

They will never appear in this world again, and not even Slaanesh himself can bring them back to life.

Every time they crossed a line of defense, the surging demon tide would be stripped of a layer by the lead bullets fired from both sides. When they reached the fourth line of defense, the formation of the Slaanesh demon army had become much thinner, and what stood in front of them was a complete fortification, with barricades, chevaux de frise, and various Chinese-style traps.

The demons rushed towards the position with piercing screams, and the lead bullets flying in front of them further weakened their numbers. Every time Luo Yanlang, who was wandering in the Zhendan formation, fired, the special ammunition engraved with talismans would turn an important target into ashes. After firing a round of volleys, the Shenji Battalion lined up in front of the fortifications did not continue to fire, but threw all kinds of explosives forward, then trotted away from the front of the formation and retreated to the back of the defense line along the pre-set passage.

If the opponent was the Nurgle demon army, the Shenji Battalion would have more than enough time to fire another ten rounds of volleys. Before the battle, Feng Xizhao had issued a strict order that the Shenji Battalion must retreat after firing a round of volleys, and at most drop one more round of bombs before retreating.

The slender line of the God Machine Battalion still had a small tail left outside the formation, and the Slaanesh demon army had already smashed the smoke and dust raised by the bomb explosion. The next moment, the Jumping Battalion squatting behind the barricade stood up in unison and threw pottery jars filled with kerosene across the parapet. The crisp cracking sound was continuous in front of the position. On the enemy platform, a captain in a helmet and armor pulled the iron frame bow into a crescent moon, and a small flame jumped on the arrowhead of the pierced (Note 2) rocket.

The wall of fire rose up with a "boom" and quickly spread to both sides. The Slaanesh demon army almost rushed into the sea of ​​fire. The pain of the flames made these demons scream obscenely. Coupled with their strange appearance that was extremely challenging to normal people's aesthetic taste, the central army camp could only pass forward their spears. The small spear heads weighing half a pound pierced through the flesh, sending the demons on their way with their screams that suddenly became louder.

The demons felt that they had enjoyed themselves, so they decided to make the other side enjoy themselves as well. The seeker cavalry ran at full speed on the street, and then jumped up when they were about to hit the barricades, trying to jump into the gun formation of the central camp to harvest souls. Most of the demons failed. When they were still in mid-air and had not yet fallen, long spears were raised in unison at the orders of the squad leaders and corporals, and the spear heads pierced through the flesh and blood made of evil ether, holding up the demon cavalry.

The Slaanesh warhorse, which looked nothing like a horse, turned to ashes on the spot, but the rider on it lived for a little longer. The Seeker cavalryman, who was pierced by bullets, let out a cry of extreme joy. The organ with both male and female characteristics in its lower body stood up straight, and some kind of sticky liquid was sprayed through the thin cloth that barely covered that place. There was a burst of angry curses in the central camp below. These veterans who were unshakable even in the face of the most terrible enemies stared with horror. They almost watched some of the liquid dripping down, but they did not dare to move their bodies at all because of the strict discipline.

Fortunately, what they worried about did not happen. The demons whose injuries exceeded a certain limit immediately turned into ashes along with the liquid they ejected. Even so, when the hot ashes fell on their helmets and shoulder pads, the warriors still shook their bodies uncomfortably, and this action that would have inevitably attracted scolding in the past was ignored by the officers.

After all, the team officer and the sergeant were doing the same thing.

Most of the Seeker cavalrymen who leaped into the air were killed before landing. The few who managed to crash into the crowd were quickly killed by the spears stabbing from all directions. In front of the position, the repeatedly reinforced barricades separated the enemy and our side. The huddled succubi found that their sharp limbs could hardly reach the humans behind the barricades, while the five-meter-long spears of the humans could pierce them like skewers. It was not until the Slaanesh army summoned a group of Slaanesh Soul Grinders and broke through the barricades under the gunfire pouring down from the enemy platform that the demon army finally opened a breakthrough in the defense line of the Zhendan people.

However, the demons' offensive momentum had already been exhausted. When they passed through the first three lines of defense, the evil creatures under the Dark Prince had been greatly weakened. The three large enemy towers kept firing fierce artillery fire, destroying more than half of the large units of the demon army on the way.

In the sky, groups of Slaanesh Angry Demons swooped down, trying to get rid of those annoying, boring and clumsy iron pipes, and Feng Xizhao, who was always paying attention to the battlefield, immediately responded. Yingyang Guard and Lei Zhenzi took off one after another, Yingyang Guard flew high in the sky and directly attacked the rear of the demon army, while Lei Zhenzi, relying on his tonnage and size advantages, rushed directly into the group of angry demons.

In the three front positions, the Luoyan Lang who received the latest orders through the mental network fired the bullets in the barrels and then loaded the heavy weapon, which was copied from Hawke's long gun, with marking bullets. After a short observation, one round of marking bullets after another drilled out of the muzzle in the accompaniment of flames and thick smoke. These special ammunitions without any lethality spun across the battlefield and finally smashed into a high-value target, bursting into countless powders and creating a signal invisible to the naked eye.

As the product of the materialization of the wind of magic, the demons immediately noticed the abnormality happening to them. Just as they were confused about the use of this powerless and non-cursed thing, the tracking rocket, with a long tail flame, came closer with a shriek, and finally exploded in front of the marked demon.

Of course, these tracking rockets also received special treatment before the battle began. The lead bullets distributed to the Shenji Battalion could only be soaked in magic water, while the expensive tracking rockets were each blessed by the alchemists.

The high-value demon individuals such as Slaanesh Vanguard and Slaanesh Maiden who were targeted did not even have the time to feel the pleasure transformed from pain. Their magic screens, which were much stronger than those of ordinary demons, were blown through, and their evil etheric bodies shattered, leaving only an abrupt scream echoing in the warp.

The leading keeper of secrets looked at the battlefield with heavy losses but little gains, thinking about how to explain his failure to the Dark Prince when he returned. He did not participate in this battlefield. As one of the few demons who knew the truth, all his colleagues who participated in the Battle of Plateau Castle did not return... When they really face death, most demons will be less brave than goblins. Of course, if the evil god himself gave an order, they would have to bite the bullet no matter how scared they were.

The thinking demon suddenly raised his head, and a giant bird of prey with thunder wrapped around its body flew over the battlefield. The keeper felt fear inexplicably, even though in theory demons did not have the emotion of fear.

The next moment, a figure jumped down from the Thunderbird's back. When the figure was about to hit the open space in front of the Secret Keeper, the Great Demon swung out its pincer-like limbs with all its might, trying to knock it away before it landed... Then the Secret Keeper heard a crisp cracking sound. It lowered its head and found that its pincer-like limbs had broken.

"Hmm~"

The big demon let out a groan of pleasure that went deep into his bones.

……

Note 1: The magic screen is not exclusive to Tzeentch demons, but a natural ability shared by all demons, including the Lord of Disaster of the Horned Rat family and K'Dayi of the Black Dwarf family.

Note 2: qiong, the second tone. Behind the arrowhead is a thin metal strip, and the arrowhead is inserted into the arrow shaft; behind the arrowhead is a sleeve, and the arrowhead is sleeved on the arrow shaft. Chinese arrows are basically all with a collar. The advantage of this design is that the arrow has stronger penetration and is more suitable for dealing with armored targets. Only arrows with special purposes such as rockets are equipped with a collar.

Chapter 197: Wind! Wind!! Wind!!! (Part 2)

The first blow smashes the claws.

Holding the Hammer of Black Crag, Egwene de Richelieu stood before the great demon like a hero in ancient mythology. This rune hammer was a gift from the High King Thorgrim the Grudgebearer to the new King of Black Crag, Oakley Philipson. An Jiyue personally came forward and borrowed this ancient legacy from Oakley.

Second strike, the other pincer limb.

The Knight rushed forward, took advantage of the Secret Keeper's slowness to leap up, and smashed the other upper limb of the big demon with a hammer. Aiwen didn't have any preference for weapons. [Supreme Martial Arts Genius] allowed her to master all the mainstream melee weapons in the old world. Her only requirement for the main weapon was that it was strong enough to withstand the destruction of her strange power.

Third strike, left leg.

The Keeper staggered back, trying to distance himself. The Hammer of Black Rock Castle could greatly increase the user's reaction speed, and the target hit by this heirloom would become abnormally slow. Aiwen did not give the demon a chance to retreat and regroup. After a crisp sound of bones breaking, the demon fell to his knees.

Fourth strike, right leg.

"No, don't be so violent!" The demon panted with a flushed face, "If I'm treated so roughly, I will..." The following words were drowned out by a moan that was much louder than before. Egwene withdrew the hammer expressionlessly. Now both knees of the Secret Keeper were smashed to pieces, and he could only lie face down in the ruins.

With the fifth and sixth blows, the Knight used her irresistible brute force to break the other two slightly smaller hands of the Secret Keeper. Now, the Great Demon had completely lost the ability to resist and could only allow the Knight to slaughter him. A cold laugh echoed in the sky, and Aiwen felt a loving gaze falling on her.

[Unauthorized mental link has been blocked]

The reminder of the War Codex popped up at the right time, and at the same time, a slightly dissatisfied smacking sound came from the sky. Knight Ji knew very well who was looking at her, and she would not give any response. A sick green mist appeared in the ruins of the city at some point, lingering outside the coverage of the red light of [Xihe's Descent].

"No, this is really not possible!" The keeper shouted in a hoarse voice: "Don't kill me, maybe we can talk, great being. I know there are many joys that you have never experienced..."

Jumping onto the back of the great demon, Egwene raised her hammer with both hands and then brought it down. The seventh blow shattered the head of the Keeper of Secrets into pieces. The smooth body, shaped with a morbid aesthetic, turned into ashes in less than the time it took to take a deep breath. A gust of wind blew from nowhere, and the ashes fluttered away into the distance.

With the death of the Great Demon, while the Maelstrom was still alive, the Slaanesh demon army, which had lost its power anchor, was exiled back to the Chaos Realm. The Slaanesh demons that were still attacking the defense line the moment before, faded and disappeared completely the next moment.

In the southern part of Mordheim, the imperials who didn't know what was happening cheered enthusiastically, and the combat priests who fought alongside the soldiers took the opportunity to preach, loudly proclaiming that this was a miracle brought down by Sigmar/Ulric. In the northern part of the city, the Chinese, who had long been informed of the complete battle plan and the enemy's situation, quietly seized the time to repair fortifications and replenish ammunition, while evacuating their injured comrades and taking a bite of the freshly-cooked meat buns.

Even when the battle was the most intense, the firemen did not stop cooking.

The human coalition rested for only ten minutes before the timer on the war bible reached 7:7:7. The green mist lingering in the ruins of the city rolled over, and many fat figures slowly emerged from the mist, with smiles that could be described as simple and honest and decayed bodies riddled with diseases.

The Nurgle demon army did not go straight to the central bridge like the Slaanesh demon army did, but headed towards the first line of defense of the Cathay people. Compared with the swift Slaanesh demons, the Nurgle demons moved at a crawling speed, but fortunately they made up for this with their unparalleled ability to withstand blows - even lead bullets soaked in rune water would need to hit the torso two or three times in a row to kill a Nurgle Plaguebearer, and even if the Nurgle beasts were full of bullet holes, they could continue to move forward without caring.

One thing that is extremely beneficial to mortals is that the most powerful weapons of the Nurgle faction are useless to the Cathay. Nurgle's plague is essentially a manifestation of its power, a manifestation of Nurgle's corruption, and the system units are immune to corruption. System soldiers from the war codex will be knocked down by the common cold, but those Nurgle plagues that can infect even inorganic matter are useless to them.

The demon army moved enthusiastically towards the human position, wanting to share the father's love with those ignorant mortals. However, when they found that even though the rotten etheric flesh and blood splashed all over the Zhendan people, and the terrible stench made those unfortunate guys vomit out the breakfast they had just eaten, these humans did not show the slightest sign of infection, the Nurgle demons suddenly felt bored and lost all their fighting spirit.

When Evelyn endured her nausea and rode on Chu-chan to go out again, and knocked down the leading Great Unclean One with a hammer from the sky, the Nurgle demons who were still alive on the battlefield were exiled back to the warp as if they were finally liberated.

Compared with the Nurgle army that was almost a formality, the Khorne army that arrived on time at 8:8:8 finally made the people of China regain some of the feeling of cruel and bloody battle.

Unlike the reckless Slaanesh or lazy Nurgle armies, the Blood God's army showed excellent military discipline and tactical accomplishments (Note 1). Eight neat bloodletting phalanxes were lined up in a straight line and pressed forward, with no demons advancing and no demons falling behind. Galloping and leaping flesh hounds spread out on both wings of the bloodletting vampires, preempting the defenders' possible reinforcement channels, while the Blood Grinding Cavalry were behind the flesh hounds, ready to take advantage of the opportunity of the flesh hounds to entangle the enemy reinforcements for a short charge.

Eighty-eight skull cannons were lined up behind the bloodletting phalanx, forming the long-range force of the Khorne army. A bloodthirsty demon flapped its wings and hovered over the skull cannons, observing the battlefield from a high position with a pair of brass-colored animal eyes.

The battlefield was quiet for a moment, and then the bloodthirsty demon raised his brass and obsidian battle axe and shouted, and the Khorne demon army responded with a mountain-shaking war cry. Unlike the previous two families, Khorne had already told his demon army that the opposing army had the ability to completely end the demons. Even so, they still roared and launched a charge.

"Get down!" The officers and squad leaders on the first line of defense shouted in unison. As soon as the Aurora soldiers retreated behind their bunkers, the canisters fired by the skull magic cannon swept across the parapet, sending rubble and bricks flying. The next moment, groups of bloodletting vampires jumped onto the barricades on chevaux de frise and collided with the Aurora soldiers who had just stood up.

The demon's Hell Sword and the Ordinary Iron Spear crossed each other, cutting through the thick armor of the Zhendan people like cutting tofu, and they themselves were stabbed by the spears in the process, turning into a handful of ashes and disappearing. The defense of both sides was almost useless in this bloody close-range fight, and their attacks were equally deadly to each other.

Thanks to the close coordination between the bloodletting vampires and the skull magic cannons, the demons briefly gained the upper hand, forcing the mixed formations of the Central Army Camp and the Jumping Camp to retreat continuously. The God Machine Battalion poked its head out of the building behind the wall, and the skull magic cannons fired at the floors occupied by these long-range warriors. The dense cannonballs knocked down rows of warriors, but the God Machine Battalion remained unmoved and fired outwards despite the cannonball bombardment, greeting the back row of the bloodletting vampire phalanx with accurate volleys.

The alchemists assigned to each building used the true Qi in their bodies as a guide to gather the wind of magic to form spells. They did not waste energy using spells to attack demons - Khorne's demons all have magic resistance, and the more powerful the Khorne demons, the stronger the magic resistance - but used buff spells to support their comrades.

They injected their magic power into the armor of their front-line comrades, and the heavy armor plates emitted a gentle glow. When the bloodletting vampire's sword of hell chopped it, the demon's weapon did not cut through the armor and the flesh underneath as before, but instead scratched a streak of sparks. Then the human soldiers' counterattack fell on the bloodletting vampire, giving these unborn demons true death.

On the first line of defense, the situation was reversed. However, there were too many demons. Fewer and fewer Aurora soldiers were still standing, and even the captains began to suffer casualties. Anyone with military common sense knew that if reinforcements were not sent, the soldiers on the first line of defense would die sooner or later, and this was exactly what the demons expected.

The highly mobile troops in the Khorne army had already cut in through the gaps between the squares and were deployed in advance near several important roads that the reserve troops of the Cathay people had to pass through to support the first line of defense. They hid behind the buildings that had not been demolished, relying on the latter to block the range of the Cathay people's long-range firepower, and if the Cathay people on the second and third lines of defense dared to leave the fortifications to drive them away, they would charge without hesitation.

It takes time to set up a formation, and the Khorne demon army will not give humans this time. Fighting a close combat with a Khorne demon without a formation to rely on is no different from suicide. More importantly, in addition to the flesh hounds and blood grinders, the bloodthirsty demon who led this demon army still had a large group of angry demons and more than 20 soul grinders in reserve, and the Zhendan people's Lei Zhenzi suffered a lot of losses after the first two rounds of consumption, so the Eagle Guards must take over in the air battle.

"The Blood God's army is indeed worthy of its reputation," Feng Xizhao, who was standing on the enemy platform, watched all this, with the nine big tails behind him swaying gently, "It's a pity that you don't know the secret method of the Heavenly Dynasty, and don't know why I arranged the formation like this!"

After saying that, the Nine-Tailed Fox turned around and nodded slightly to the Yulin cavalrymen who were ready to go behind the enemy platform. The next moment, the alchemist assigned to the Yulin Guard activated the long-prepared [Shrinking the Earth into an Inch], and 500 armored cavalrymen crossed half of the city in the blink of an eye and appeared behind the skull magic cannon!

The bloodthirsty devil was stunned at first, and then roared in anger. Although the operator of the skull magic cannon was also a bloodletter, they could only struggle a few more times in front of the guards of the imperial guards, who were the leaders of the twelve guards of the central army.

"Wind! Wind!! Wind!!" the Yulin cavalry shouted in unison.

The skull cannon, which was essentially a chariot, tried to turn around, but it was too late. The Yulin Guards used the speed of the mechanical horses to thrust out their horse lances, stabbing the bloodletters off the chariots one by one. Then, they kept running past the skull cannon that had lost its operator, and at the moment when the two crossed, the Yulin Guards in the back row threw a bomb mixed with curse salt at the cannon.

The big demon uttered a curse of extreme hatred. It flapped its wings and rushed towards the rear group that was being slaughtered, but a flash of lightning came from the side and intercepted the bloodthirsty demon.

"Your opponent is me!"

Evelyn raised her hammer and pointed it at the great demon, saying so.

……

Note 1: There are two groups in Warhammer whose tactical capabilities are often underestimated, one is the Orcs and the other is Khorne.

Chapter 198: The group leader has made a decision

At 9:9:9, the Tzeentchian army stopped coming.

This made Evelyn, who was eager to try with her warhammer in hand, quite regretful. She originally thought that she could achieve the rare achievement of killing one of each of the four great demons in a row within one day... However, looking at the heavy losses suffered by the Ostermark people in the southern city, Knight Ji felt that it was fortunate that the Tzeentch army did not come, otherwise the defense line of the imperial army might really not hold.

From the beginning to the end, the Chaos Demons focused most of their attention on the Cathay people in the northern city. The demon army that descended on the southern city could not be compared with the demons in the northern city in terms of quantity or quality. Even so, the imperial army still experienced an extremely arduous and bloody battle, and many companies were wiped out.

Although the number was similar, the quality of the Ostermark army was far inferior to that of the Cathay Expeditionary Force. Prince Hertwig brought a total of 3,000 provincial infantry, 800 light cavalry, 400 imperial knights, and the rest were all free militia, whippers, and a miscellaneous group of noble private soldiers. These people had a passion for fighting and fanatical beliefs, but they generally had not received proper training, and except for the noble private soldiers, they were all poorly equipped, and could only be slaughtered when facing the demons.

Even as provincial infantry of the standing army of the empire, thanks to the financial situation of Ostermark, which is only slightly stronger than that of Styria, the infantry under the Elector are basically spearmen and crossbowmen, with very few firearms and only one cannon company.

Crossbows were effective against fragile Slaanesh demons, but were almost useless against Nurgle demons. Fortifications could block claws and evil iron, but they could not stop the pervasive Nurgle plague. Many imperial soldiers fought while coughing up blood.

Prince Hertwig also arranged four lines of defense in the southern city. The Slaanesh army put a lot of pressure on the first line of defense of the Empire, but ultimately failed to break through. The Nurgle army that came later overwhelmed the first two lines of defense with plague, and the third line of defense was also in danger. If Egwene had not killed the Great Unclean One in time and banished the remaining Nurgle demons back to the Chaos Realm, the Elector would have been ready to lead the Greatswords to counterattack.

After three rounds of fierce fighting, the Cathay Expeditionary Force suffered thousands of casualties, most of which came from the Khorne army; the Ostermarkers alone lost more than 4,000 people, half of which were caused by the plague of Nurgle demons. For the Imperials, the only "good news" was that most of the losses came from the free militia, and the crazy group of whippers were killed without a single one left. The casualties of the provincial infantry were still acceptable.

At 3 o'clock that afternoon, the purification ceremony was completed on time. When the cavalrymen galloped through the streets of the ruined city and announced the news loudly, the imperial people were collectively stunned. The next moment, a huge cheer went straight to the sky.

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[Second-level Chaos Synapse Purification Completed, Feedback Settlement in Progress...]

[Settlement completed, 1015833 points obtained]

Without a doubt, this was the highest single income that An Jiyue had ever earned since she traveled through time. Even the oldest ever-changing demon king, Amon Chaka, who was picked up by the girl, was not worth this much.

In addition to the points income, according to the agreement reached between An Jiyue and Prince Hertwig before the war, the Elector also needs to pay a considerable amount of precious metals to the Zhendan people - as the former capital of Ostermark, the ruins of Modheim are buried with an astonishing amount of treasure. Although explorers, mercenaries and even worse guys have come here driven by greed for five hundred years, most of them have never returned. The very few lucky ones who walked out of the dead forest alive can't actually take away much wealth.

Prince Hertwig originally proposed to distribute the spoils according to a certain ratio, but An Jiyue thought it was troublesome, and most importantly, she didn't have time to argue with the imperial people, so she only asked for a fixed amount of money. The price she offered was not low, not that she cared about this "small amount of money", but she didn't want to give the imperial people the wrong impression that her help was cheap.

Ever since Barrel Magic Hammer started a live broadcast in the chat group and showed the group members the treasury of Plateau Castle, An Jiyue had a distorted perception that "those with less than ten tons of gold are poor"...

The day after the battle, Prince Hertwig sent someone to deliver the reward to the Zhendan camp. This straightforward attitude satisfied An Jiyue, so the governor condescended to the camp where the imperials were accommodating the wounded, and used a large-scale [Plague Curse] to dispel the Nurgle Plague on the imperial soldiers.