Warhammer Wizard - Chapter 857 Lord of the Highlands

Unify the Saine Plateau?

Ren looked at Captain Marius and did not answer immediately.

During the third era, when Gilman was not seriously injured and fell asleep, the Macragg tribe did not unite the plateau at its peak, occupying a quarter of the entire plateau, but that was already the most glorious glory of Astarte. .

Since the new era, the Saine Plateau has always been a mess of sand.

Dozens of barbarians of different branches, hundreds of large and small tribes, as well as an equal number of trolls, ogres and many primitive and backward intelligent races, scattered on the vast plateau, never really appeared. the overlord.

This situation has a lot to do with the empire. The empire does not allow the Saine Plateau to be unified, and then threatens the empire.

However, the Sion Plateau is not the territory of the Empire.

With a thoughtful look on Ren's face, he asked, "Captain Marius, do you know why the empire has not incorporated the Saine Plateau into the territory?"

"Because it's not worth it." Marius replied immediately.

Ren nodded.

Yes, not worth it!

The area of ​​the Sain Plateau is too large, almost equivalent to half an empire. Although it has not been accurately surveyed and mapped, it is estimated to be 40% of the empire's area.

However, there are not many valuable resources in such a large territory. It is not completely absent, but the number is very small. The steep terrain and extremely high altitude make it difficult to transport even if there are resources, and the freight cost exceeds the resources themselves.

The environment of the Sain Plateau is also very harsh, with a huge temperature difference between day and night, lack of oxygen, hurricanes, extremely cold weather, etc., making it unsuitable for ordinary people to live in. Only the naturally strong and stubborn races like barbarians, ogres, and colossi can adapt, but it is also very uncomfortable, just barely getting by.

The intelligent races living on the plateau may add up to less than 20 million.

You must know that Congatro, which is only one-twentieth of the Saine Plateau, has a harsher natural environment and has a population of 30 million.

And the tribes on the Saine Plateau are very scattered.

Barren resources and sparsely populated land, these two factors make the Sain Plateau almost worthless to conquer. Since the establishment of the empire, no one has ever thought of unifying it.

Further west is the insurmountable world mountain range, which together with the Sain Plateau forms a natural barrier to the west of the empire. There will be no enemies to invade the empire from here, and there is no need to conquer. The Sain Plateau is also the sphere of influence of the empire, but it is only a name.

"Since Captain Marius knows the difficulty of unifying the plateau, why does he still have this idea?" Ren asked strangely.

The Macragg tribe has developed rapidly in recent years, following itself to become an extreme warrior, but the total population is still less than 10,000.

If there are no Ultramarines, let alone the unification of the Sion Plateau, it will be difficult to even keep Astarte.

There is no such obligation in the covenant between Glamorgan and Astarte.

Marius looked at Lei Zhu Tianbing in the mechanical alchemy room with a bit of scruples on his face. He didn't know that Lei Zhu Tianbing was a clone, and Ren was unwilling to explain and opened a portal.

"Come with me."

Ren took him through the portal and came to an unmanned meditation room at the Fort Kong base.

"My lord, I think the unification of the plateau is not for myself, nor for the tribe." Marius' expression was very serious, like Ming after thinking for a long time, he finally decided to tell a big secret, and solemnly said: "I am for my lord. Gilman."

"Oh?" Ren vaguely guessed.

Marius whispered: "My lord Gilman fell for thousands of years. My people thought that he fell into a deep sleep and could not answer prayers, but one day he will wake up."

"Isn't that so?" Ren asked knowingly.

"no!"

Marius shook his head, "My lord did not fall, but was seriously injured. At the end of the last era, Gilman was attacked by the Lord of Darkness in the battle of the gods, leaving a terrible wound on the body of the god. The divine power of the Lord erodes my Lord, and it is difficult to expel it. Gilman can only close the kingdom of God and use all the divine power to heal the wound, but it has not been completed until now..."

"My lord concentrates on healing wounds, and there is no superfluous divine power to bless, and believers are gradually dispersed."

"Later, even the 'Glory' priesthood was taken away, the prestige of our Lord declined, and the number of believers became less and less, and only we Macragg people are still holding on."

Marius' expression was heavy.

Having said that, he stared at Ren: "Actually, my lord Gilman has always been able to respond to believers, but in order to save divine power, only the patriarchs of Macragge know this secret and will communicate every few years. once."

"The last time I communicated with my lord, it was the eve of your visit to Astarte."

Ren looked a little surprised, his face still stunned, and sighed: "So it is." He had already guessed Marius's purpose, or rather, Gilman's purpose.

What the unification plateau wants is not territory, but the population of 20 million.

"Gilliman wants to redevelop believers?" Ren asked.

"Yes!"

Marius nodded heavily and said with hope: "My lord's injury has gradually improved, but there is a lack of believers to provide divine power. If the barbarians on the plateau can return to my lord's arms and pray to him, it will only take a few years. I can completely heal and wake up."

"Is this what Gilman told you, or is it your own speculation?" Ren asked thoughtfully.

"My lord said it himself." Marius said with certainty.

Ren nodded slightly.

The Eye of Soul confirmed that Marius was telling the truth, and he had seen Gilman with his own eyes in the Temple of Astarte. His situation was consistent with what Marius said, so there should be no falsehood.

To be honest, he didn't want Gilman to wake up.

Ultramarines are very important to themselves, each Ultramarine is their own symbiosis, but at the same time, they are all followers of Gilman, pious and firm, even if they have built them into the most powerful legion in the world, Nor did they shake their faith.

The real deity of Gilman is in the Temple of Astarte, which is his kingdom of God. When he wakes up, he will definitely rely on the Ultramarines to restore his prestige and regain his "glory" priesthood.

At that time, he was inevitably involved in the struggle between the gods.

The priesthood of "Glory" now belongs to Vivian, the "God of Knights and Glory". He is usually called "The Fairy of the Lake". He is located in the "Knightland of Brantania" in the northern part of the empire. The people of the entire kingdom are in the lake. Believer of fairies.

Although the fairies in the lake were not the most powerful among the gods, they were second only to a few gods, and they were definitely much stronger than Gilman, who almost fell.

Ren was reluctant to fight against the fairy in the lake and his kingdom for Gilman.

The interests of the two sides are inconsistent, who should the Extreme Battle team listen to?

He was not sure that Ultramarines would give up their beliefs, and more importantly, the power of the entire Chapter was based on the transcendent element of "Primarch Symbiosis", and "Primarch Symbiosis" was the savagery that Gilman gave to Macragge. human.

God can bestow blessings and take them back.

"grown ups!"

Marius seems to have guessed Ren's thoughts, and he has been thinking about this matter for more than a month, "My lord specifically explained to me that the unification of the Ultramarines is not free, and my lord is willing to give an equivalent, or even more. Something of high value as a reward."

"What's the reward?" Ren raised his eyebrows, quite interested.

"Lord, please see."

Marius took out a map of animal skins from the dimensional space attached to the power armor. Ren recognized at a glance that it was the map of the Sion Plateau. Mountains, river trends, marked with a large number of locations.

He noticed dozens of red markers on the map that stood out.

"This is the map of the mines on the Saine Plateau," Marius said. "Everyone knows that the resources on the plateau are barren, and it is true on the whole. But even if it is barren, such a large plateau will always be buried underground. For some huge mines, the biggest difficulty is finding a location.”

"My lord was the lord of the plateau more than 10,000 years ago. The mortals who rule here are familiar with every place on the plateau."

"Where there is a mine, no one knows better than my lord."

He pointed to a mark on the map, "For example, this is a huge mithril mine, no less than the largest mithril mines in the empire. If it is mined, the annual income can reach tens of millions of yuan. Golden Shield."

"And here."

"There is a gold mine buried under that mountain. It is of high quality, and it is not difficult to mine, and it is not far from the Osian province on the border of the empire."

Marius pointed to several red marks in a row, like a few treasures, and said the mine represented by each mark. There are as many as five gold mines, other magic metal mines, iron ore, copper mine, and coal mine. Wait, there are dozens in all.

These mines are distributed on the whole Sain Plateau. Some mining and transportation are not difficult, and some are too far away, and the mining cost is very high.

But there is no doubt that the value of this map is immeasurable.

This is not a map, but a treasure map!

If it spreads out, the Sain Plateau will attract the madness of the upper class and nobles of the empire, and in a blink of an eye, it will change from a barren land that no one cares about to a place of gold that is coveted!

Ren was suddenly heartbroken.

Needless to say about the economic benefits of the mine, its greatest use is to provide materials for the construction of Star Destroyer. , and it will become bigger and bigger, and its power will become stronger and stronger.

Each Star Destroyer consumes countless metal materials, and if you buy all of them, you will have to pay a very high procurement cost.

And even if you have so much money, you can't buy enough materials on the market.

Mining mines from the Saine Plateau and providing raw materials can minimize the cost of manufacturing Star Destroyer, and use the excess profit elsewhere, such as purchasing other manufacturing materials, which perfectly solves your own shipbuilding plan!

Making Star Destroyers on the Sion Plateau is also stealthy.

For the mining work, you can consider working with the mechanic union, and then bring in dwarves who can adapt to the plateau climate. It just so happens that the dwarves' population is exploding now, and they can promise to give them some territory to build a new home and move out of the world's mountains.

Ren's mind flew around, thinking of many plans.

You must take down the Saine Plateau and become your own base for making Star Destroyers!

But he didn't get carried away by the interests, looked at the tall Captain Marius, and said with a smile: "I haven't agreed yet, you show the map of the mine, aren't you afraid that I will object?"

"My brothers and I have complete confidence in your noble character."

Marius's heartfelt praise.

Then he said: "My lord said that this map of the mine distribution is only one of the rewards. When he wakes up, he will give the adults a more precious gift."

A more precious gift?

Ren couldn't help but be a little curious. From the perspective of a god, he felt that it was precious and more valuable. Could it be that Gilman wants to give him an artifact?

He thought about it seriously.

Gilman is a well-known good deity, loyal and upright, noble and brave, cherishing glory more than his own life, and has never lied before. very low.

There is no problem in unifying the plateau to help him wake up, and with the strength of the extreme battle group, it is not difficult to do.

The difficulty lies in possible future disagreements.

One minister does not serve two masters, and the Ultramarine cannot have two masters.

Unless you and Gilliman are high and low, one is allegiance to the other. But Gilliman is a god, and he is only a mortal, will God give allegiance to mortals?

Ren didn't think it was possible.

Well……

He fell into deep thought, since he could not resolve the conflict between Gilman and himself, then resolve the source of the conflict, that is, the Ultramarines. The Ultramarines can have the prestige and strength they have today, with half of the Ultramarines and half of the power armor.

However, when you think about it, the Ultramarines are not irreplaceable.

If Lei Zhu Tianbing wears power armor, it can also exert the power of the armor, which may be slightly worse, because Lei Zhu Tianbing's own strength is only the Legendary first-level.

If you upgrade the Heart of the Mastermind and raise the upper limit of Thunder Casting Heavenly Soldier to the mid-level Legendary, then it will not be bad at all.

Even stronger and more reliable!

In fact, he had the idea of ​​making Lei Zhu Tianbing wear power armor a long time ago, but Lei Zhu Tianbing is more suitable for being a tool man, and the number of divided brains created by the mind of the master is limited. Did not try.

Maybe it's time to give it a try now, just in case the Ultramarines really go wrong.

Ren's thoughts spread out.

It can also go a step further. Power armor does not need to be worn by people, and it can remotely control the armor to control the armor to fight, so as to achieve the effect of "cloud" combat.

Reverse thinking, now secretly modify the control system of the power armor, leaving a back door.

If the Ultramarines do not listen to their orders and disobey their own orders, they can release their authority to the power armor with a single thought, and then release the symbiotic relationship. The strength of the Ultramarines is greatly reduced, and they are immediately trapped in the armor. The armor became their prison.

Marius waited for a long time.

Seeing Ren's eyes flickering and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he couldn't help but ask, "Sir~www.novelbuddy.com~ How are you thinking?"

"I agree with you to unify the plateau." Ren replied readily.

Marius was overjoyed, and then heard Ren continue to say: "However, the Saien Plateau must be unified in my name and make it my territory."

"Your territory?" Marius was a little puzzled.

He doesn't care who the Sain Plateau belongs to, he only wants the residents on the plateau to believe in Gilman. Ren wants to make the plateau his own territory. He doesn't mind, but he doesn't know how to achieve it.

Ren smiled, "Captain Marius, have you forgotten that I have just been promoted to the Holy Soul Wizard. The law of the Empire stipulates that the Holy Soul Wizard of the Supreme Council is qualified to canonize a duke and designate a piece of empire land as a duchy. "

Marius was stunned, and immediately understood.

Ren has taken a fancy to the entire Sain Plateau. If this land becomes his territory, it will be the largest duchy in history!