Mount & Blade: Wind of War

When Rhodes worked hard in his poor version of the Immortal Kingdom, letting the petitioners headed by Elder Eng to farm, preach, and build the Kingdom.

In the outside world, there were hurried footsteps approaching the room.

Although Rhodes' spirit was in the black iron ring, he could also pay attention to the outside. Just from the footsteps, Rhodes had sensed who was coming, and from her footsteps, he sensed that her mind was quite anxious and panicked.

"Yamila, what happened?"

When the beautiful half-elf girl walked into the bedroom, she heard such words.

After hearing the words and seeing the black-haired and black-eyed young man in front of her, the half-elf girl, who was originally frightened, suddenly calmed down and no longer felt so scared.

"My husband, the Mage Kingdom sent a special message. After I saw it, I thought I should show it to you."

"It's rare for Yamila to care so much."

Rhodes smiled and walked forward and took the document.

He had a point in saying that, because her life was comfortable and she didn't face any survival crisis. Yamila didn't study magic for fighting and killing, so it was more in line with the tradition of the elves: she learned whatever she wanted to learn, and she would stop learning if she lost interest halfway through. Therefore, she had dabbled in all kinds of magic, including prophecy magic.

Prophecy magic, the stronger the desire for gain and loss, the harder it is to cultivate to a high level. Yamila only studied because of interest, and after reaching a certain level, she stimulated related characteristics. Although she didn't know it herself, Rhode knew that Yamila was more likely to see what was hidden under the river of fate.

If she could be afraid, there must be a reason to be afraid.

The news was transmitted by the Mage Empire, but the place where the incident happened was the Merchant Alliance area:

"Recently, some powerful ratmen suddenly appeared in the Merchant Alliance area, causing considerable casualties and affecting dozens of villages and towns..."

Along with the documents, a magic ball was also sent.

After reading the document, Rhodes injected energy into the magic ball. After a while, the magic ball was suspended and lit up, and began to project very clear virtual images one after another.

It was a group of upright rats wearing strange armor on their upper bodies and holding crossbow-like weapons in their hands. In addition, there were rats holding double knives and rats holding scepters.

"Yamila, what do you think about this kind of thing?"

"My husband, although the report shows that the matter does not seem serious, I have never seen any records about this kind of rat people in any document, so I feel a little uneasy. Did I bother you?"

"Of course you won't find their existence in any document. Those idiots in the Merchant Alliance thought it was a small-scale orc invasion. This group, huh, come here, convey the order immediately. The five major legions will stop advancing and suspend the combat plan from now on."

Rhodes suppressed his anger and issued his order as the ruler of the empire.

"Ah? Your Majesty, is this too serious?"

The frontline soldiers are advancing triumphantly, expanding the territory, and the enthusiasm in the country is rising day by day, because the losses are too small and the gains are too great.

When the entire Bright Empire, even the most ordinary civilians can benefit from the war, stop it just like that?

Your Majesty is fearless, but Yamila is still afraid that she will be blamed.

"With the consistent virtues of those guys in the Merchant Alliance, in order not to affect economic benefits, no matter how serious the matter is, they will downplay it, unless it is really impossible to cover it up."

"These ratmen's weapons and equipment, as well as the style of clothing and armor, are not from this world at all. In other words, I suspect that they are not creatures from this world at all!"

When Rhodes finished speaking, a row of system prompts fell in front of him:

[Task Log]

[Investigate the true identity of the exterminator:

In the territory of the Merchant Alliance, disappeared villages and uninhabited towns suddenly appeared. In the darkness, it seemed that there were eyes full of resentment and hatred staring at us.

Task Objective:

Investigate the true identity of the exterminator and make initial contact with them.

Task Reward: Unknown. 】

Just as Rhode had guessed, the Merchant Alliance hid the news.

Because the Skaven did not leave any survivors when slaughtering humans, and because of their strong military force, the Merchant Alliance lost control of a region every time they invaded, just like a map that was originally lit up, and darkness suddenly spread.

The first to be alert was the Mage Empire, which was closer to its border, because the Mage Empire implemented universal education to increase the probability of the birth of mages. Therefore, the middle and lower-level officers of this country also had high quality and sensitivity, and they might even be low-level mages themselves. Under such conditions, they keenly discovered the phenomenon of going to the "dark area without returning".

As the Mage Kingdom, the Light Empire, and the Holy Empire reacted one by one and became alert, the Merchant Alliance finally reacted and was no longer eager to divide Styak, but instead invested its strength in its own country. The intelligence obtained was extremely terrifying:

The Merchant Alliance had lost one-sixth of its territory and one-tenth of its population without reacting at all.