Your war hammer is too fake

The Imperial Knights under Egwene were never organized into a Knight Order. They were integrated into the provincial infantry system. The upper political structure of the Empire was scattered, which was a historical problem. The group members had no good solution. Unless there was a full-scale civil war, it would definitely not be solved. However, the armed forces of the Empire were also scattered, which was really unbearable for the Lords of the Holy Scripture.

The training process of the Imperial Knights in Westland is exactly the same as that in other provinces, except that the Knights' Order is removed. Regardless of whether they are recruited directly from the War Codex or trained in the future, all the Imperial Knights in Westland are members of the regular army and are ready to be dispatched by the Candidate Emperor and the Elector's generals at any time.

Those knightly orders with branches in Westerland can still exist and operate as usual. Egwene will not interfere in their internal affairs, but she will not provide them with any donations or seek their help in the war. Basically, she will treat them as if they do not exist, and they'd better not bother Egwene.

The situation in Westland stabilized and gradually got back on track. Anyone who could see the overall situation knew that Ulthuan would never let it go, and the next intervention force would be much stronger than the previous blockade fleet. Only by winning the second victory would the arrogant high elves accept reality and recognize Egwene's right to rule.

However, the Imperials generally have great confidence in Egwene. The fleet flying in the sky - even if there are only four gunboats - is too visually impactful, and their previous record is also dazzling enough. In fact, according to the news from the witch hunters Egwene sent to Altdorf and Nuln, the Imperial Engineering School in Altdorf and the Imperial Gunnery School in Nuln, after learning about this, both sent engineers to visit this powerful war machine.

Even Karl Franz and Emanloli von Libervita personally inquired about the matter and wrote to Egwene to seek some kind of military technology exchange and cooperation. In response, Knight Ji wrote back to inform the emperor and the Elector of Wiesenland as agreed with the governor, saying that this thing was actually made by the Zhendan people in the Three Rivers, and the designer was "Ms. Young Moon" herself. That's right, the one who created a mountain range out of thin air and purified Mordheim.

Middenheim, in the Elector's Palace.

"So you ended up asking me for information?" An Jiuyue shook the letter in her hand, with a playful expression.

The governor disguised as a wood elf has lived in Middenheim for nearly half a month. Because Walkermar insisted on being present at the meeting with Carl that day, there were many in-depth topics that could not be discussed. In the end, they just discussed the troubles in Midden County and that was it.

Carl decided to publicly send "Arwen Duskstar" over in the name of the emperor. On the one hand, this could ease the relationship between Reikland and Middenland, and even between Sigmar's followers and Ulric's followers. On the other hand, the emperor also needed this incident to gradually establish his prestige as the only leader of this bulk country.

When An Jiyue saw the Wolf Lord again, she almost didn't recognize who this haggard old man was. The first meeting between the two sides was not friendly, especially when An Jiyue introduced herself as Deedlit's apprentice, Boris Todbringer almost drew his sword and chopped him.

Fortunately, the elder Eurik Emil Valjir, who came in with them, knocked down the old wolf with a powerful right hook. Then, under the gaze of the people around who were hesitant to speak, he asked An Jiyue to lift the "curse" quickly in a bad mood.

The "curse" was lifted neatly, and the cat ears and cat tail that had troubled the old wolf for several months finally disappeared. Also gone was the "meow" habit that was not cute at all on such a burly man.

Boris, who seemed to have recovered some of his spirit, thanked An Jiyue in a tired tone and prepared to see him off. However, An Jiyue not only did not leave, but walked to Stephen's bed with her head tilted, looking at the only remaining son of the Elector, who was also the only legitimate heir of the Elector.

"I have a way to cure him," the girl said before the Wolf Lord got angry, "It's not to restore him to his original state, but to make him become a normal person."

As soon as he finished speaking, An Jiyue saw flames bursting out from Boris's eyes.

Chapter 254: Lightspeed Sending Away

An Jiyue and Jin Zhifan lived in the Wolf Lord's palace.

Once again, An Jiyue is not good at prophecy spells, but she is almighty as an alchemist. After taking a few pills prepared on the spot, Stephen's physical condition has improved visibly. This noble young master, who was born weak and sickly, and whose mental state was obviously not normal, had been getting worse before An Jiyue's arrival. Recently, he began to cough up blood and couldn't eat anything. He vomited whatever he was fed. He could only barely drink some warm water to avoid dying of thirst.

On the second day after the governor arrived in Middenheim, Stefan drank a large bowl of barley porridge for the first time and ate half a boiled egg. Boris, crying with joy, hugged his son. His actions also let the girl see another side of the Wolf Lord: an ordinary father.

On the fifth day, Stephen walked around on his own without anyone's help. The Elector immediately announced that Lady Arwen Duskstar was his most distinguished guest, and anyone who offended her was offending the Elector himself!

On the sixth day, Catalina appeared in the palace with a large crowd. Not surprisingly, the first time she saw An Jiyue, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "Arwen?! The Ring has also come in?" She spoke Mandarin with a slight Star City accent, which completely confirmed her identity as a time traveler.

Maybe because Boris was also present, this fellow time traveler who was suspected to have traveled through time did not do anything out of the ordinary. He just kept staring at An Jiuyue with an expression of surprise and doubt on his face.

By the tenth day, probably because she couldn't hold it in any longer, and her number one licker and right-handed henchman was nowhere to be found (see Chapter 247), and hadn't appeared recently, Katarina decided to go it alone. Under the secret surveillance of Shigeru Nishikori, this fellow time traveler assigned her gang thugs to kidnap the family of a maid working in the Elector's Palace, and then threatened the maid to tamper with the medicine made by An Jiyue.

【Dustan Falcon: ←_←Fuck, shouldn't we bribe and threaten her under normal circumstances? She has no money?】

[Group leader #An Jiyue: How could she be poor? The illegitimate child just doesn't have the right to inherit. From what I've seen, Mr. Bao treats her very well, and he doesn't let his illegitimate daughter down in any way in terms of material matters.]

Katarina thought that she could use this trick to drive away the female elf who seemed to be an intruder. Maybe if she worked harder, she could put the female elf in prison and torture her severely. When Stefan died, her path to power would be unimpeded. However, the whole thing went wrong from the beginning. Katarina, who didn't bother to understand the low-class people in her eyes, overlooked a very important thing: the maid was a devout believer of Thalia.

The teachings of the goddess of mercy require believers to help those who are suffering and do their best to relieve their pain. To harm or even torture others is the ultimate blasphemy for the followers of Sallya. The threatened maid chose to tell An Jiyue about the incident. This unexpected development made the Jiedushi who was waiting to see the show confused.

An Jiyue's original plan was to wait for the maid to make her move and catch her red-handed, so that Boris could see the true face of his precious daughter. However, although the specific process was different, her goal was still achieved. Under the guidance of the maid, a team of inner circle from the White Wolf Knights captured the gang thugs, but unfortunately they failed to rescue the maid's family - Katarina never considered releasing them at all. After capturing the maid's family, she ordered them to be buried alive.

What happened next was logical. Boris, furious, put on his armor, rushed into Katarina's residence with the Rune Fang in his hand, and threw her into the dungeon while she screamed.

At first, even though the Wolf Lord's courtiers produced a series of evidence, Katarina still denied all the accusations against her, as if as long as she insisted that she was innocent, no one could convict her. Especially when An Jiyue brought the maid into the cell, Katarina screamed hysterically.

"It's her! It's that despicable bitch who colluded with that servant to frame me!" Katarina subconsciously used her real mother tongue, not caring whether her cheap father could understand her or not. After shouting for a long time, she realized that something was wrong, and stuttered a little to switch to a language that Boris could understand: "Catch her quickly! Kill her, no, sell her to the worst brothel, let those stinky men...ah!!"

Boris Todbringer raised the whip and hit Katarina's face hard. He didn't hold back at all, and a bloody mark of flesh and skin split Katarina's left face into two parts, causing her to gasp in pain.

"I..." The Elector began with difficulty, "I need some time to make up my mind. You are more like your mother than you think, which is why you are still alive. I am not ready to kill you yet."

Putting away the whip, Boris turned and left, leaving only An Jiyue and the maid.

The maid first looked at An Jiyue, and then said to Katarina who was tied to the rack with blessed chains: "No matter who you believe in, Miss, may He forgive your soul." After that, the maid bowed to An Jiyue and left.

"(Rickspell) I should probably say something," An Jiyue crossed her arms, a half-smile on her face, "but I don't want to say anything, so that's it. Anyway, they've ruled out the possibility that you're possessed by a demon, or that you're a Lamia vampire. In other words, everything you did before was out of your own will... I understand Boris's hesitation, although I always feel that his hesitation will lead to disaster, but there's no reason for me to kill you."

Katarina looked like she wanted to speak, but accidentally pulled the wound on her face, causing her to cry in pain.

"Try to get used to your new life. You won't live long anyway," An Jiyue turned around and walked towards the dungeon exit amidst indistinct curses. "Be brave enough to take responsibility for your actions. This way you can at least be respectable."

When they returned to the ground, An Jiyue found that Boris had not left. The Elector was bathed in the winter sun, and his whole body seemed to be glowing.

"What did you say to her?" asked the Wolf Lord.

"Just a little test. I can only tell you that it is no longer your daughter," the alchemist girl said, "The one living in that body now is another soul, a vicious, selfish, greedy and incompetent soul."

"...Is there any way to save my daughter?" the Wolf Lord asked again.

"If it was within a week of the incident, I could still give it a try," the governor shook his head. "I heard that your daughter's personality suddenly changed a year ago? A year has passed. It's been too long."

"Thank you, ma'am. Please continue to treat my Stefan," Boris Todbringer looked as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders. "Whatever that comet believer did to get you here, I owe you a favor."

A few days later, Boris still couldn't make up his mind to execute Katarina, so he could only keep her in prison. An Jiyue continued to take care of Stephen's body, while remotely controlling the development of the situation everywhere. Especially the Chaos Army that was gathering at the Brass Fortress. It was said that someone saw the figure of a demon in this dark army.

Several provinces near the Midden Mountains are strengthening their vigilance, adding more sentinels and patrols, alerting any disturbances from the mountains. So far, the Chaos army has not made any clear moves, but a letter from Altdorf has been delivered to Middenheim by raven, and the recipient is Arwen Duskstar.

The letter was written by Karl Franz. Apart from some meaningless compliments, its main content was to ask how much "Arwen" knew about An Jiuyue, what kind of gifts the powerful "Ms. Youyue" liked, and whether there was anything that needed to be paid attention to when sending envoys to visit the Aurora witch?

In the emperor's opinion, whether it is Evelyn, Deedlit, Arwen or An Jiyue, these ladies with both strength and beauty are all members of the mysterious "Rhodes Island". Maybe they are quite familiar with each other in private?

Looking at this letter, which was quite subtle for her, An Jiyue thought about it and decided to remind the emperor. She wrote a reply to the emperor, saying that if he wanted a flying ship, he could just ask directly, and a certain governor would sell it to him. Of course, the core technology, that is, the technology of the anti-gravity engine, could not be exported, so forget it.

Carrying out limited and controlled technology output was originally part of An Jiyue's plan. The empire was too much constrained by all kinds of monsters and demons within the country. Introducing flying ships could greatly enhance the imperial people's control over their own territory, thereby freeing up more resources for external use. Therefore, as long as the price was right, An Jiyue would indeed sell the Grasshopper-class to them.

As for whether the larger and more powerful ships can be sold, that depends on whether the imperial people are willing to listen.

Chapter 255 Kingfisher Class

On February 2503, 2 of the Imperial Calendar, the first Kingfisher-class frigate made its maiden flight.

After continuous and vigorous expansion, Xuanshui Arsenal currently has five 800-ton slipways, of which, except for one slipway that has just been vacated, all have a Kingfisher-class ship under construction. The fifth ship, Thrush, has just begun to assemble the keel, while the second ship, Partridge, has entered the outfitting stage.

The second and fourth ships, "Liu Ying", were both ordered by the Shuofang Army. Although the Grasshopper class alone was enough to deal with the Lizardmen's flying units (Quetzalcoatl was extremely rare), Xiao Yiyue, who was used to leaving some room for himself, still wanted to take two frigates as his trump card; the first and third ships, "Oriole", and the fifth ship would be delivered to the Anxi Army's aviation force.

In addition to the above five ships, the Kingfisher class has three more intention orders, one for each of the Anxi Army, the Shuofang Army, and Aiwen's West Territory. The reason why it is an intention order is mainly because the Kingfisher class is positioned as a transitional equipment. An Jiyue itself does not plan to produce too many, just enough to use. When the next generation of Swift-class frigates comes out, the Kingfisher class will withdraw from the front line, either sold to allies or modified to carry Lei Zhenzi - it can be said that the Kingfisher class was born to be Mrs. Niu's destiny.

In any case, the Aurora Air Force finally had its first proper warship. After all the Kingfisher-class ships were delivered, the flying ship department of the Xuanshui Arsenal would be separated and reorganized into the Tianhe Shipyard while the Swift-class ships were still in the design stage.

As a small-scale but comprehensive military-industrial complex covering a wide range of fields, the splitting of the Xuanshui Arsenal is inevitable. After all, An Jiuyue does not want to raise a group of eldest sons who fill in N gaps in the country every day, and the independence of the airship department is just the beginning.

If the Swift class can be put into practical use in the first half of this year, Aiwen is ready to go all the way and directly use this more advanced design. If not, Knight Ji is ready to purchase a Kingfisher class as a temporary flagship.

While the Kingfisher frigate was conducting tests intensively, on the other side, after three weeks of treatment, Stefan had basically recovered his ability to take care of himself. His son's condition was getting better, and Boris Todbringer also regained his spirits and cheered up again. The long-silent Wolf Lord appeared publicly at a large gathering of Yurik's followers, gave an exciting speech to the subjects below the stage, and then began to deal with the mess left behind.

The Middenland provincial infantry stationed in various places began large-scale mobilization and rotation. Pistol cavalry and pioneer cavalry patrolled back and forth on the main roads in companies. When they encountered small groups of raiders, they would use precise lead bullets to eliminate them. If they found a large group of enemies that they could not deal with alone, they would immediately notify the nearby provincial infantry and then cooperate with the large force to encircle and suppress them.

In addition to the regular troops, Boris also wrote letters to the various knight orders stationed in Middenland for help. Although in theory the knight orders were highly independent and whether to respond to requests for help depended on their mood, and even the emperor had no right to force the knight orders, generally speaking, the imperial knights would never sit idly by and watch the empire being threatened.

Including the White Wolf Knights, more than a dozen Knights responded to the Elector of Middenland's request for help in just one week. Perhaps because Karl Franz had introduced "Arwen Duskstar", the Wolf Lord even wrote a letter to the Rick Guards in Middenland for the first time.

In addition to their headquarters in Altdorf, the Reik Guards have fortified strongholds called "Reik Castles" throughout the empire. After receiving Boris's letter for help, the Reik Guards thought someone was impersonating the Wolf Lord to tease them... Fortunately, the wilderness is too dangerous these days, and even fully armed patrols can disappear at any time, so there are usually more than one messenger. When the second messenger visited the castle with the same letter, the Reik Guards realized that the proud old wolf was serious.

After carefully weighing all aspects of the situation, especially political factors, the Reiksguard decided to respond to the Wolf Lord's call with all their strength. After all, there were not many opportunities to ease the relationship with the followers of Ulric. The Reiksguard left only the minimum number of people to guard the house, and hundreds of Reiksguard and their servants went out in full force.

However, this group of Reik's Guards did not see Boris himself. When they arrived in Middenheim with a group of Flame Sun Knights who were traveling along the way, they learned that the Wolf Lord had led his army to the battle a few days ago.

While the Elector had been lazy and indifferent to what was happening in his domain, the beastmen in Duncanwald Forest grew rapidly. A beastlord named Graktar defeated all his competitors and gathered a huge herd that had not been seen in the Old World since the death of the legendary beastlord Gothel.

Graktar's beasts have already broken through several towns of the Empire, leaving no one alive in their path. Boris is extremely angry about this, and believes that it is his negligence that has led to the looting and slaughter of his people. In response, the Wolf Lord decides to personally lead his army to destroy Graktar and use the beast king's head to wash away his hatred.

Before setting off, he specifically left an order that the reinforcements that would arrive later, especially the Imperial Knights, did not need to rush to catch up with the main force, but should stay in Middenheim first and act as a group after everyone arrived, so as to avoid being defeated one by one by those cunning beasts.

Although the Electors and even the Emperor did not have the power to force orders on the Imperial Knights, the Imperial Knights who were well versed in the art of warfare would still obey reasonable orders.

About 500 Imperial knights followed the Elector, more than half of them were White Wolf Knights, and hundreds of Imperial knights arrived in Middenheim one after another. Except for the Northern Cross Knights whose monastery was located in the Midden Mountains, they did not move because they needed to be on guard against the enemy in the direction of the Brass Fortress. Basically, all the knights who could make it in time came.

An Jiyue did not go out with him. "Arwen"'s job was to cure the Elector's beloved son, not anything else. Stephen's condition was that his physical foundation was too poor, and many of his problems were brought from his mother's womb. It was impossible to cure him with medical skills alone. Fortunately, the alchemist girl was actually better at metaphysics: the vitality system among the four major spiritual energy systems was just a professional match.

Vitality psychic energy is the art of manipulating organic matter. It can be used to heal wounds or aggravate them, strengthen individual body functions or weaken them. An Jiyue dared to guarantee that she could turn Stephen into a normal person, and she was not just talking nonsense. The early drug conditioning was just laying the foundation. When Stephen's physiological indicators stabilized, she immediately began to use vitality psychic energy to strengthen the body functions of this sick young master bit by bit.

By mid-February, Stephen looked no different from a normal person except for his thin body. With An Jiyue's repeated assurances, the Wolf Lord's courtiers began to let Stephen receive physical fitness, horsemanship, and swordsmanship training with some doubt. Although even An Jiyue thought the sickly young master's riding was horrible, the courtiers were still very happy. They did not expect Stephen to be as brave and good at fighting as his father, but it would be a miracle for him to have the average level of the imperial nobles.

[Barel Hammer: So how long do I have to stay in your house? ]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Well, I have almost finished my work here, I will pick you up right away. ]

At about the same time as the Jiedushi went to Altdorf, the Lord of Plateau Castle, accompanied by his adopted daughter Valeera and several trusted followers, boarded the Grasshopper-class transport boat that An Jiyue had used when she went to the Southland before. After refueling, they took off and headed north, passing through several fortresses and strongholds in the southern part of the Mountain Kingdom, and finally arrived at Xuanshui.

Although the Dwarf King repeatedly said that he could take care of the meeting with the kings at Yongheng Peak, the Jiedushi was not at all reassured. She tried to persuade the restless Dwarf King in the chat group and it took a lot of effort to calm him down. This meeting that had been scheduled long ago was destined not to be held in a friendly atmosphere, and An Jiyue was not afraid that Barel would suffer a loss in the quarrel. On the contrary, she was afraid that Barel would not suffer a loss.

If she was there, she could help smooth things over no matter how fierce the quarrel was. But if she wasn't there, who knows how the situation would develop.

So Barrel stayed in Xuanshui for more than a month... Even when the Kingfisher took off for the first time, it was Barrel who went there instead of An Jiyue. The Dwarf King was not in a hurry, after all, it would take time for the kings to gather from various fortresses to Yongheng Peak, and the snacks at the Xuanshui night market were really delicious... Well, he urged An Jiyue to do something more like a routine, reminding the Jiedushi not to forget the business.

"My hometown will hold a very important meeting soon," An Jiyue said to Boris's palace butler, "I have to go back immediately. Don't worry, I have prepared all the medicines for the next month, and I have taught your doctor the treatment methods. I will be back in two weeks at most. Remember to supervise Stephen to take the medicine honestly!"

An Jiuyue hurriedly led Jin Zhifan out of the city. When there was no one else around, the two changed back to their original appearance and flew southeast on the clouds.

The day after the Jiedushi left, everything was normal. Boris, who led the army to fight on the front line, killed many blind beastmen and greenskins, but he never stopped Graktar's main force. The other side seemed to be avoiding him intentionally. Nothing happened on the third day. On the fourth day... the fifth day... until the ninth day, after being sure that An Jiyue had really left and was not setting a trap, a being who had been secretly observing for a long time began to act.

Its first stop was the dungeon where Katarina was imprisoned.

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Note 1: This guy is a stepping stone for Kazak in the original work. Kazak defeated Graktar in a duel and successfully became the new Beast King. Then he and Boris began their endless love-hate relationship...

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Star City is another name for Changsha.

Chapter 256: The Great Devil's Plot

Empire, Middenland, deep in Duncanwald Forest.

The two-story-tall hunched figure of Tzeentch's great demon, Sasoril, the "Eternal Watch", emerged silently from the shadows of the woods, and through the trees that had undergone severe mutations under the erosion of the power of Chaos, he looked at the figures dancing and shouting around the campfire on the opposite side.

The Wolf Lord would never have expected that the main force of Graktar's beasts was actually less than fifty kilometers away from him. The air was filled with the stench of beastmen, the thick smell of blood, and the nauseating smell of decay, mixed with the heavy breathing of horned beasts and the painful moans of human women.

There is no reproductive isolation between beastmen and humans, and the beastmen's revenge on humans is not just looting and slaughtering. The Lord of Change carefully felt the various emotions coming from the surroundings, and the deep despair of the captives captured by the beastmen was particularly displeasing to him. They were destined to survive today. The grand ceremony dedicated to the dark gods must be a large number of sacrifices as the main course, and before the ceremony really began, it was also necessary to "relax" appropriately.

Sasoril used his staff to block the thin arms that grew out of the tree trunk and stretched out to him, letting these deformed limbs scratch the air unconsciously. The huge body immediately attracted the attention of the beastmen. The split-toed beastmen subconsciously picked up their weapons and looked around nervously. Even the busy horned beasts hurriedly climbed up. After seeing the face of the newcomer clearly, they carefully put down their weapons, lowered their heads, and offered their insignificant respect to the messenger of the dark gods.

The big demon didn't care about the horned beasts and walked to the center of the camp. Katarina followed closely behind with a look of disgust. "Is there no cleaner place? These things are disgusting!" The time traveler pinched her nose in disgust. Her eyes swept across the horned beasts with naked lower bodies, and she compared them with her boyfriends before she traveled through time.

A dozen naked human women, with bruises and scratches all over their skin, were lying on the ground sobbing. One particularly young woman's chest had stopped rising and falling. Seeing Katarina in her gorgeous attire, especially the white wolf pattern embroidered on her coat, these women cried and reached out to her. Some of them even stumbled to their feet and ran over. The horned beasts looked at Sasoril who was walking forward without looking back, and just growled a few times, without making any move to stop him.

"Don't touch me, you lowlife!" Katarina screamed, cursing at the women who tried to seek hope from her: "Your family can't even afford this dress if you sell it! ... Sasoril, get them out of here!"

The great demon laughed softly. The Lord of Change, who had been walking inside the previous moment, appeared in front of Katarina the next moment. His bird-like head looked down at the traverser and said, "As you wish."

As he spoke, the Lord of Change said something to the beastmen around him in a language that Katarina could not understand. After hearing what he said, the horned beasts immediately rushed over, dragged away the women who were still crying and begging, and continued to abuse them. Amid the women's screams of complete despair, Katarina turned around and walked away without paying any attention. "How far is it?" she asked impatiently.

"Here he comes," said Sathoril, looking to the other side. "Hello, Graktar."

"You're late," a tall and strong beast king with scars all over his body and extremely majestic horns on his head came over, surrounded by the big horned beast guards. "The Wolf Lord caused me to lose a lot of warriors."

"I assure you that it's all worth it," the big devil nodded slightly, "as long as I..."

"Are you that Gra or something?" Katarina frowned and looked the Beast King up and down, then nodded reluctantly: "As long as you help me become the Elector, you can kill as many of those untouchables as you want."

Behind the traverser, the screams of those human women became more and more shrill.

The Beast King stared at Katarina upon hearing this, then turned his gaze to Sasoril: "Is she really the daughter of the Wolf Lord?"

"Can it be that the offspring of the Beast King can also become the Beast King?" asked the Lord of Change.

The Beast King nodded in agreement. "The ritual is ready, and my warriors are almost unstoppable," Graktar said, turning around and walking towards the Ten Thousand Demons Rock that stood in the center of the camp. "Let us begin."

"Hey! I'm asking you a question!" Seeing that the beast king completely ignored her, Katarina stamped her feet in anger. She ignored the big horned beast guards whose appearance was extremely terrifying to ordinary people, and wanted to catch up with them, but was immediately held up by two big horned beasts on the left and right. The strong stench made the time traveler vomit.

Ignoring Katarina's weak kicks, the bighorn carried her to the Ten Thousand Demons Rock. The sacrifice ceremony had already begun, and human captives were dragged up one by one, and then a warhorn chopped off their heads with an axe. The hot blood splashed on the pile of stones in front of the Ten Thousand Demons Rock, and the heads were stuck into the ground with sharpened wooden sticks.

The captives included men and women, captured soldiers, captured civilians, and a few children. The last group to be driven over were the young women just now. Under normal circumstances, the beasts would keep them alive and use them as reproductive tools until they were ravaged to death in endless rape, or died for other reasons, and their bodies became a snack for the horned beasts.

Katarina was thrown into the pile of headless corpses with a scream, amid the indistinct chanting of the dancing and screaming Great Shaman. Sasoril walked forward slowly with a staff in hand, and the screaming Great Shaman retreated respectfully, but the chanting did not stop, but became strangely louder.

"Saint Tzeentch!" The great demon opened his arms and called out the name of his master loudly: "Witness me!!"

After saying that, Sasoril waved his staff, and nine daggers made of pure silver with chaos runes engraved on the blades turned from virtual to real in front of the big demon, and then stabbed into various parts of Katarina's body one by one. The traverser did not die, although two daggers pierced her chest and forehead respectively, but under the influence of the chaos sorcery, she was still able to scream with amazing lung capacity.

"Keep her here and don't move her," said Sathoril to Grak'tar, who had watched the whole thing. "My spell will keep her alive."

"Your magic was successful?" the Beast King asked, "Is it that simple?"