Chapter 857

Name:Warhammer Wizard Author:Emperor
Unify the Sain Plateau?

Ren looked at Captain Marius, but did not answer immediately.

During the third era, when Gilliman was not seriously injured and fell asleep, the Macragge tribe did not unify the plateau at its peak, occupying a quarter of the entire plateau, but that was already the most glorious glory of the Astartes .

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

Dozens of barbarians of different branches, hundreds of large and small tribes, and an equal number of trolls, ogres, and many primitive and backward intelligent races are scattered on the vast plateau, and there has never been a real overlord.

This situation has a lot to do with the empire. The empire does not allow the Sain Plateau to be unified, which then poses a threat to the empire.

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

Ren thought thoughtfully on his face and asked, "Captain Marius, do you know why the empire has not incorporated the Sain Plateau into its 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 of the 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 that there are no resources, but the number is very small. The steep terrain and extremely high altitude make it difficult to transport resources 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, extreme cold weather, etc., making it unsuitable for ordinary people to live in. Only the naturally strong and tenacious races like barbarians, ogres, and colossi can adapt, but they are also uncomfortable and barely get by.

There may be less than 20 million intelligent races living on the plateau.

You must know that Congatro, whose area is only one-twentieth of the Sain Plateau, has an even harsher natural environment and a population of 30 million.

And the tribes on the Sain Plateau are very scattered.

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

Further to the 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 it. The Sain Plateau is also the sphere of influence of the empire, but it is just a name.

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

The Macragge tribe has developed rapidly in the past few years, following themselves to become Ultramarines, but the total population is still less than 10,000.

If there were no Ultramarines, it would be very difficult to even keep the Astartes, let alone unify the Sain Plateau.

There was no such obligation in the covenant between Glamorgan and the Astartes.

Marius looked at the Stormcast Soldiers in the mechanical alchemy room, with a bit of scruple on his face. He didn't know that the Stormcast Soldiers were clones, and Ren didn't want to explain, so he opened a portal.

"Come with me."

Ren led him through the portal to an unoccupied meditation room at the Fort Vajra 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 thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to tell a big secret, solemnly said: "I am for my lord Gilliman."

"Oh?" Ren vaguely guessed.

Marius whispered: "My lord Gilliman has fallen 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, Gilliman was attacked by the Lord of Darkness during the battle of the gods, leaving terrible wounds on the body of the god. The divine power of the Lord erodes our Lord, and it is difficult to get rid of it. Gilliman 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 has no extra divine power to bless, and the believers are gradually scattered."

"In the end, even the priesthood of 'Glory' was taken away, the reputation of our Lord declined, and there were fewer and fewer believers. Only we Macragges are still holding on."

Marius' expression was serious.

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

"The last time I communicated with my lord was the eve before your lord came to Astarte."

Ren looked a little surprised, with a daze on his face, and sighed: "So that's the case." He had already guessed Marius' purpose, or rather, it was Gilliman's purpose.

What the unified plateau wants is not the territory, but the 20 million people.

"Gilliman wants to re-develop believers?" Ren asked.

"yes!"

Marius nodded heavily, and said hopefully: "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 the embrace of our lord and pray to him, it will only take a few years. To fully heal and wake up."

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

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

Ren nodded slightly.

The eyes of the soul confirmed that what Marius said was true, and he had also seen Gilliman in the Temple of Astarte with his own eyes. His situation was consistent with what Marius said, so there should be no falsehood.

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

Extreme warriors are very important to themselves, each extreme warrior is their own symbiote, but at the same time, they are all followers of Gilliman, devout and firm, even though he has built them into the most powerful legion in the world, Nor did it shake their faith.

The real body of Gilliman's god 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 the "glory" priesthood.

At that time, I will inevitably be involved in the struggle between the gods.

The priesthood of "Glory" now belongs to Vivienne, the "God of Knights and Glory". She is usually called the "Fairy of the Lake". Followers of fairies.

Although the Fairy of the Lake is not the most powerful among the gods, she is second only to a few gods, and she is definitely much stronger than the almost fallen Gilliman.

Ryan was reluctant to make enemies of the Fairy of the Lake and her kingdom for Gilliman.

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

He was not sure that the Ultramarines would give up their faith. More importantly, the strength of the entire battle group was built on the transcendent element of "Primum Symbiosis", which was bestowed by Gilliman on Macragge's savagery. human.

God can give blessings and he can take them back.

"grown ups!"

Marius seems to have guessed Ren's thoughts. He has been thinking about this matter for more than a month, "My lord specifically confessed to me that the Ultramarines unify the plateau is not free, and my lord is willing to offer an equivalent price, or even more Something of high value as payment."

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

Gu "My lord, please take a look."

Marius took out a map of animal skin from the dimensional space attached to the power armor. Ren recognized it at a glance as a map of the Sain Plateau. Mountains, river trends, and a large number of locations are marked.

He noticed that there were dozens of red markers on the map, which were very conspicuous.

"This is the distribution map of the mines on the Sain Plateau." Marius said: "Everyone knows that the resources on the plateau are poor, and it is true on the whole. But no matter how barren it is, there will always be buried underground on such a large plateau. For some huge mines, the biggest difficulty is how to find the location."

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

"Wherever there is a mine, no one knows better than my Lord."

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

"And here."

"There is a gold mine buried under that mountain. It is of high quality and 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 named the mines represented by each mark. There were as many as five gold mines alone, and other magic metal mines, iron mines, copper mines, and coal mines. Wait, there are dozens of them in total.

These mines are distributed on the entire Sain Plateau. Some mining and transportation are not difficult, while 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 gets out, the Sain Plateau will attract the madness of the upper class and nobles of the empire, and it will turn from a barren land that no one cares about to a golden land that is coveted!

Ren's heart skipped a beat.

Needless to say, the economic benefit of the mine is that its greatest use is to provide materials for building star destroyers. In my own plan, there must be more than one or two star destroyers, or even three or five ships. More than ten ships are possible , and it will grow bigger and bigger, and its power will become stronger and stronger.

Each Star Destroyer consumes countless metal materials. If you buy them all, you will have to pay a very high purchase cost.

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

Mining mines from the Thain Plateau and providing raw materials can minimize the cost of manufacturing Star Destroyers, and the extra profits can be used elsewhere, such as purchasing other manufacturing materials, which perfectly solves your own shipbuilding plan!

Building a Star Destroyer on the Thane Plateau is also stealthy.

For mining work, you can consider cooperating with the Mechanics Union, and then recruiting dwarves who can adapt to the plateau climate. It just so happens that the population of the dwarves is exploding now, and they can be promised some territories to build new homes and move out of the world mountains.

Ren's mind was spinning, thinking of many plans.

We must take down the Sain Plateau and make it our base for manufacturing Star Destroyers!

But he was not dazzled by the interests, looked at the tall Captain Marius, and said with a smile: "I haven't agreed, but you show the distribution map of the mine, aren't you afraid of my objection?"

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

Marius sincerely praised.

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

A more precious gift?

Ren couldn't help being a little curious. From the eyes of the gods, he thought it was precious and even more valuable. Could it be that Gilliman wanted to give him a divine weapon?

He thought about it seriously.

Gilliman is a famous good god. He is loyal, upright, noble and brave. He cherishes glory more than his own life. He has never lied before. The promises he made can be believed, and it is possible to deceive yourself to help him wake up very low.

It is no problem to unify the plateau to help him wake up. With the strength of the extreme battle group, it is not difficult to do it.

The difficulty lies in possible differences in the future.

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

Unless he and Gilliman are divided, one of them is loyal to the other. But Gilliman is a god, and he is only a mortal. Will the god be loyal to the mortal?

Ren didn't think it was possible.

Well……

He fell into deep thought, since he couldn't solve the conflict between Gilliman and himself, he should solve the root of the conflict, which was the Ultramarines. The Ultramarines can have the prestige and strength they have today, with Ultramarines accounting for half and Power Armor accounting for half.

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

If the Thundercast Heavenly Soldiers were to wear power armor, they would still be able to exert the power of the armor, but perhaps it would be a little worse, because the Thundercast Heavenly Soldiers' own strength was only at the beginning of legend.

If the Heart of the Mastermind is upgraded and the upper limit of the Thunder Cast Heavenly Soldiers is raised to the legendary middle level, then it will not be bad at all.

Even stronger and more reliable!

In fact, he had the idea of ​​letting the Thundercast Heavenly Soldiers wear power armor a long time ago, but the Thundercast Heavenly Soldiers are more suitable for tool people, and the number of brains created by the Mastermind Heart is limited. If you use one less and one less, you must save a little, so that's why. Did not try.

Now maybe it's time to give it a try, to prevent the Ultramarines from really going wrong.

Ren's thoughts spread out.

It can also go a step further, the power armor does not need to be worn by humans, and the brain-splitting chip can be controlled remotely by oneself 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 disobey the command and disobey their own orders, they can release their power armor authority with a single thought, and then cancel the symbiotic relationship. His 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, "My lord, what are you thinking about?"

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

Marius was overjoyed, and heard Ren continue to say: "However, the Sain 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, as long as the residents on the plateau believe in Gilliman, Ren wants to designate the plateau as 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 as a Holy Soul Sorcerer? According to the imperial law, the Holy Soul Sorcerer of the Supreme Council is eligible to be a duke and designate a piece of imperial land as a duchy. "

Marius suddenly understood, and immediately understood.

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