Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 579 Speculations about Imrik
After a short inspection, the master and apprentice came to a wooden house to meet. Berannar rubbed his arms, seeming to be chilled by the cold wind.

But Eltharion understood that this was just a symbol of the teacher's efforts to be ordinary. The magic swordsman's physique was much stronger than imagined.

Belannar stretched out his hand in front of the stove, trying his best to get some warmth from it, without turning around to ask,

"What do you think of this kingdom?"

"It's very ignorant and barbaric. Even the Nagarethians are much more civilized than them. Even under military control, there are still people who are drinking, fighting, gambling... and even doing business in skin and flesh. Ineffective spells are circulating in the black market. People who believe it are true spend all their money buying it, and all they get is psychological comfort.”

The old mage nodded, "I was a little surprised at the "History of Kislev" compiled by Tigris. If it is true as what he wrote, the level of civilization here can even be compared with Norsca, but After real contact, I found that this is indeed the case.

Except for the ice and storm systems recognized by the church, I cannot be called a mage. I should call them a warlock.In addition to these witches being worshiped, other talented people hide in the forest and become secret and scary legends. "

"I have also roughly read that book. Although there are many bad habits about civilization, Teclis also wrote that these barbarians are very brave and have strong reproductive ability. As long as there are sufficient material conditions and medical guarantee, a couple can even raise a child. Seven or eight children are like the reproduction rate of fleas.”

Elsharion expressed some pessimism about this. Yris and Caledor were the kingdoms with the smallest population, but the environment was much worse and the national strength was far inferior.

If Mr. and Mrs. Iris have the idea of ​​raising seven or eight children, the towns that cannot be filled will soon become crowded, so there is no need to worry about the great business failing.

He could sense a possibility. If human beings became more civilized and reproduced at such a terrifying rate, they would be seen in every corner of the world.

"Well, their reproduction speed is indeed indescribable to the elves. In our colonies in ancient times, even if the captive humans were in the best living conditions, they could only give birth to five children on average."

Berannar didn't want to delve too much into this kind of thing. The increase of human influence is something that all wise people can detect. Asur's weakness can be seen in the war with Druzi a few years ago, and it can also be seen now. Only Caledor suddenly emerged.

He threw a few pieces of wood into the stove and gave Eltharion a pass. "Do you know what Imrik and I did yesterday?"

"If I knew, teacher, you wouldn't ask this question. You assume that I don't know about it."

Hearing the student's answer, even the good-tempered Berannar could only feel a headache, but if he wasn't like this, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so close to him.

"The Church of the Four Righteous Gods, he made me feel whether they still have influence on the mortal world." He glanced at the thoughtful Elsharion and continued, "But it's not the stealing of divine power as you imagined, Im Rick seems to want to help the church.”

"What is his motivation? This seems to be contrary to his current philosophy. Assuming that the Four Righteous Gods Church still maintains its influence, the ruled humans will still have nationalist ideas."

"I don't know." This answer made Elsarion extremely surprised. In his impression, as long as the teacher asked the question, there would be an answer.

"Don't be surprised, even I don't dare to think too much about this kind of thing." B'Elannar rubbed his brows. After Imrik said the pronoun that symbolizes equality with the gods yesterday, he thought carefully about it. One day.

I was surprised to find something. In addition to showing respect to Val during the succession ceremony and kneeling on one knee in front of the high priest to receive the crown, Imric only offered some to the volcano at the end of the Dragon's Back Mountains at regular intervals as usual. Sacrifice, never showing due respect to any god.

From Asuryan, who symbolizes the ruler of the heavenly system, to Lilith, who protects dreams and luck, the Dragon Prince has no faith at all, but is in great conflict with the Lilith Temple.

Father of Dragons, is that legend true and Ulthuan is really made from his remains? Then it becomes very interesting for Imric to mention this belief...

"Elsharion, my students, what you are about to face may be an unprecedented change. I can vaguely sense that a storm is sweeping towards this fragile world. Endless darkness is enveloping despair. From then on, It pours out from every corner until it’s hard to breathe.”

The words that lamented the unnecessary analysis made Elsharion feel that things were not simple. These words, like those recited by a third-rate poet, came from the mouth of the Supreme Mage and were by no means unfounded.

"Teacher, please explain that I am not good at inferring words that are full of metaphors and guesses. Your teachings always allow me to use concise language to explain my ideas."

"Imrik is maintaining the stability of this world." Belannar rubbed the bridge of his nose, feeling that this was almost ridiculous. The biggest warmonger in Ulthuan today is actually a man with the world at heart, sparing no effort to help the vulnerable. The Old World is a rare wise sect among Asur.

But Eltharion still hasn't figured out the cause-and-effect relationship. Imric's actions must be to protect the world and fight against Druzi, Rats, and Chaos. This is already a very significant impact.

"But this doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Four Gods. With Caledor's production capacity, as long as Imric is willing, maybe a steel wall will be formed in the north of the old world in ten years."

"Yes, the wall of steel, but productivity is not the only factor that dominates the war. The gods maintain the stability of the country, protect the purity of the people's faith, and resist the penetration of chaos. Imrik is helping Kislev establish order with a The brand-new form is the pioneer of the old world, and you can imagine how serious things are that make him feel such a strong sense of crisis."

The two fell into silence. The greatest threat in the world was the Chaos Gods, and based on Imric's unpredictable actions before, he was most likely preparing something.

Belannar sighed deeply and decided to tell the students what he had speculated since the day.

"And have you noticed that there is no symbol of the gods in the Dragon Palace? Even Vaal's hammer is difficult to find. It relies entirely on magic to maintain safety. Imric doesn't care about the elves and gods at all, but he cares about the elves and gods. Human gods value so much..."

The old mage felt very headache. The divine magic system that he originally had great enthusiasm for had turned into a piece of hot iron. Thinking about the worst, since Imric dared to take the initiative to intervene in the affairs of the four gods, he might not dare to attack the elf gods. .

(End of this chapter)