Just being a dark elf in Warhammer

"I don't know what's going on with Alyssa." Dacus, standing on the Western Star Pyramid, sighed, his eyes looking through the cloudy sky, as if he had traveled through an endless distance.

As we all know, there are only two seasons in Lustria: dry season and rainy season.

The dry season lasts from mid-May of the summer month of the imperial calendar to mid-November of the month of Yurik. It will still rain in the dry season, but the river will not overflow the river bank, and you can encounter many pools that appear out of thin air.

The rainy season is a very threatening season in Lustria. Heavy rains and storms frequently hit, rivers will overflow the river bank, and the water level will rise to the treetops in many low-lying areas, so it is still quite dangerous to move on the canal during this period.

He suddenly thought of Alyssa who was still floating in the Amazon River. The central part of Lustria is not like Chapeiuto where he is now. It is the deepest part of the rainforest, and the degree of storm raging is more severe than here.

Even Alyssa's well-trained team has to be vigilant at all times to prevent surprise attacks in the storm. The humid climate makes it easy for diseases to spread. Every battle and every injury may become fatal. Venomous snakes, carnivores, and even those ancient monsters lurking in the dark will become more active and violent with the arrival of the rainy season.

But it should be fine. The team took into account the arrival of the rainy season before setting out and made a lot of preparations for it. Moreover, there are not only elves on the ship, but also lizardmen. If something really happens, the ship will appear in the port of Chapeiuto before it happens.

Chapeiuto is not within the rainforest. Aishriel is different from the rainforest in the north. It can be said that the four seasons are distinct, but Chapeiuto is a little close to the rainforest, which will still interfere more or less.

It began to drizzle in the sky, and the raindrops fell on the steps, making a slight collision sound. He ignored it and still stood on the top of the pyramid with a firm look in his eyes. While thinking about everything that happened in the Moon City, he planned everything that would happen next.

After the meeting ended and the next phase of the plan was arranged, he walked around Taranksla and walked around the Moon City inside and out again. He first checked the defense of the Moon City. After all, the Moon City is the central core of the Lizardmen.

He went out of the city to inspect the patrols outside.

The Skin Patrol is both the first warning system and the first line of defense for the Temple City. Small reconnaissance teams constantly patrol the rainforest and report anything they find. These hidden hunters set up ambush points in the surrounding areas and rarely leave their positions except to hunt down invaders or warn the Temple City that there is a threat greater than they can handle.

When a large threat is discovered, the Skin Patrol will gather at the threat location. Although these Skin Warriors are not like Lizardmen, they have amphibious characteristics and can quickly intercept the enemy in the rainforest, delay the enemy, and prepare defenses for the city. If the threat is high enough, the beasts kept in the animal pens will be released to drive the advancing enemies.

Dams and causeways will be opened to allow the swamp to swallow up the passage. At the same time, the danger of the Piranha Swamp will be utilized. Why is the Piranha Swamp not called something else but the Piranha Swamp...

The monitors hide underwater and attack the careless enemies in a fierce and bloody ambush. Just like what happened when Naika first raided the continent of Lustria. In that attack, the entire team of Duruchi pirates was torn apart by the monitors, and only he survived. When he and Daxus came to Lustria to explore, they had PTSD when they encountered monitors with their heads floating on the water. Even though he knew that the monitors would not hurt him this time, he was still unwilling to go into the water.

If the invaders overcome these obstacles and are still unimpeded, the Skink Patrol will still not take a strong attack. They will send some Skink Boys back to report the news, and retreat to harass the enemy's flanks, or let the invaders face the resting Lizardmen war group, or face the city directly.

Now, the Skin Patrol of Moon City has joined the Velociraptor and the new Pterosaur Legion drawn from Slanwupek, and the vigilance capability has been further strengthened and three-dimensional.

Skin Patrol is very effective in many cases, and the most classic battle example is the battle between Hesiota and "File Destroyer" Vashna.

Vashna is Duruchi (doubtful), and is also a Duruchi who defected to Chaos. As a Chaos Lord, he launched a terrible attack on Lustria. He came from the north under the guidance of Duruchi mercenaries, crossed the Grey Watch Mountains, and entered the Viper Forest north of Hesiota.

Duruchi mercenaries played a huge role in this raid. The legion led by Vashna passed through the winding path of the Viper Forest and was discovered by the Skin Patrol after crossing the Snake Tongue River at a wide fording point.

Tiktato, the Lord of the Heavens, immediately sent the news back to Hexota, but Master Horse was not in the city at that time. He could only immediately send the fastest pterosaur rider to the south to find Master Horse and ask him to bring back reinforcements.

Then, he harassed Vashna's army, surrounded the intruders from the flank, and the pterosaurs launched a surprise attack from above, then quickly retreated back to the top of the tree canopy, and the skin patrols on the ground harassed from the flanks. In the well-managed harassment battle, the skin patrols of the City of the Sun successfully delayed for three days.

On the fourth day, he lured the vanguard of the invaders, nearly 500 plunderer cavalry, into the swamp and eliminated them through a carefully planned ambush. To elaborate, the 500 light cavalry were surrounded by more than 20 giant lizards lurking in the swamp and the surrounding skinks, and then they were wiped out...

The invaders took a week of marching time to reach the City of the Sun under harassment. Then there was nothing else. The Slan in the city opened his eyes, the lizard troops were deployed on the city wall, and Master Ma, who was active in the south, also returned with troops drawn from various temple cities in the south. After exterminating all the cities, Marshal Ku killed Vashna in battle, and Vashna's head was hung on Ku Jia's saddle, becoming another terrible trophy.

This is one of the famous achievements of the Skin Lizard Patrol.

Of course, there are times when it doesn't work. The last time the Savage Orcs attacked the City of the Moon, the Skin Lizard Patrol was out of business. There is no other reason. The Savage Orcs have been active in the rainforest all year round. They are familiar with the fighting methods of the Spirit Lizards with their adaptability to the environment. Another reason is that they are in large numbers and cannot be stopped at all.

At the end of the world, the Moon City was also the first temple city to fall. There is no other reason. They are in large numbers, so large that even the main force of the Moon City cannot stop them.

The slave rats that were driven attacked the city wall like crazy. Since there was not much space for free movement, many slave rats were slowly squeezed to the bottom of the city wall by the reinforcements coming from the back row. As the slave rats were squeezed to death and gradually raised, in the end, the troops behind were able to step on the corpses of the troops in front and slowly climb the magnificent city wall of the Moon City.

This is really a bit difficult for the Spirit Lizard Patrol. Their existence is for reconnaissance, vigilance, reporting, harassment and delaying time. Asking them to deal with large-scale invasions is a bit like: you go and get rid of Tang Monk and his disciples.

Compared with many other temple cities, the Moon City relies more on Lizardman infantry because the surrounding swamps are not suitable for large-scale cavalry combat.

Before a conflict, these warriors would gather, arrayed in perfect formation, led by the Oldbloods and Scarred Veterans. The priests who served Kotego would quicken their cold blood through the power of the pyramids in preparation for battle.

When not in combat, the Saurus would patrol the city, at certain times that all Skinks knew to avoid, as the thump of their footsteps would cause the stone to vibrate. Some of these Saurus had walked these patrol routes for centuries, leaving their marks on the stone from their endless devotion to the city's defense. Others would stand guard along the roads, pyramids, and plazas, not moving unless ordered to do so, as still and alert as the statues of Razkoto.

The walls were exactly the same as when Dakwus had last come, little changed, far from the terrifying, towering presence of the City of the Sun. But unlike the previous predicament, four God Engines were now deployed on the walls, their golden auras slowly spinning, and anyone passing through the city gates could feel the terrifying power of the devices.

In addition, two more have been sealed. When necessary, they are installed on the back of the ancient triceratops through a gantry crane for mobile operations. In fact, a few more can be deployed, but there are not enough skin lizard priests who are responsible for taking care of the engines of the gods. In addition to starting the device, these skin lizard priests also serve as recorders on a daily basis to record the alignment of the marks of each ring at important moments in the lunar cycle.

Unlike other temple cities, the Moon City has many statues paying tribute to Razkoto. These statues are intended to show its essence as an observer of all things. Any invader who walks on the passages, roads, or even tries to approach the Moon City through the rainforest may find himself being watched when passing by these statues.

The largest statue stands in the central square, just like the Ichi Star Monument in the central square of Spica Zuma, but the difference is that the statue appeared in the square at the moment the Moon City was established. The many heads of the statues watch every corner of the city, and the base is surrounded by offerings. The skin lizard priests of the Great Golden Pagoda of Razkoto come here every day to check what the ancient saints have seen.

Dacus has studied the statues in the central square, and he feels that they are a bit like surveillance devices. Unlike the time sentinels in Cuyo Province, which are like idealistic radars, the statues are more like terminals, able to see what is happening within the sight of other smaller statues, and the eyes of the statues will reflect the sight of other small statues.

Of course, this is only the primary function of the statues, and there are more evil ones.

Under the guidance of the lizard priests, he entered a meditative state, and under the guidance of the lizard priests, he found that the statues' sight went beyond the boundaries of the Moon City. He saw something strange, an unfamiliar night sky, a burning world in the abyss of the starry sky. Fields full of symbols and lines, surrounded by screaming supplicants. A dark and silent city, where humans quarreled like rats. Master A couldn't explain these phenomena either, and he attributed them to what Lazkoto saw.

The most core guard system of the Moon City is the Zoga Pyramid on the east side of the central square. If the city is attacked, the Slanns will gather here to stimulate the power of the pyramid, and a flickering magic light will rise to the sky, forming an impermeable dome around the edge of the city.

While the Slann in other Temple Cities can summon similar shields, the dome of Moon City is derived from an ancient artifact, and its power far exceeds what Slann can control except for high-level Slann. Unfortunately, the Zoga Shield has a range limit after it is activated, and not all areas of Moon City are completely within its coverage, as the Temple City has expanded since its construction.

The Zoga Shield is the last line of defense of Moon City, and after it is activated, no one can enter or exit, making many areas of the city vulnerable and preventing the army from maneuvering.

This is also the reason why the Zoga Shield did not activate when the Savage Orcs invaded Moon City last time, when the Slann used their own abilities to activate the beggar version of the shield in the Great Golden Pagoda of Razkoto.

The first time the Zoga Shield was activated was during the Great Invasion, and the artifact successfully saved the core of Moon City.

The second time was at the end of the world.

At that time, the Slann in Moon City fell into a coma when fighting Morsrib, unable to speak a coherent phrase, let alone cast magic. Even the oldest and most powerful Master Ah in the Moon City fell into a coma.

In desperation, Teto Ikao ordered the Skink priests to activate the mummified Slann placed in the secret room under the Zoga Pyramid. The appearance of Slann made some runes on the artifact shine, but the ritual still failed. The magical shield did not appear again to defend the entire city.

Tetto Ikao, who witnessed everything, understood one thing, that they must protect themselves with their own strength.

About the Zoga Shield, and then that was it... But Teto Ikao is still working hard and has achieved corresponding success. Of course, the story of this legendary Skink has come to an end.

Darkius is very satisfied with the existing defense system of the Moon City. He doesn't think there is any rush to strengthen it, and there is no need to further raise the city wall. After all, the city wall is only a part of the Moon City's defense, unless Morsrib suddenly falls down and knocks Slan unconscious.

The rift east of the Moon City was closed, and the underground passage connecting Queza to the Southland was flooded by the sea. During this period, except for the Waaagh! of the Savage Orcs and the Black Sun that might appear when the Wind of Magic rises, most of the time is safe. After a few hundred years, the Lizardmen should take the initiative to attack and go to the Old World to meet the Skaven, instead of waiting for the Skaven to attack the continent of Lustria.

There was nothing to visit after that. He had visited it once after the Battle of the Moon City.

The Eclipse Temple on the west side of the central square is still the same, with the shrines of Typok clustered around the temple. The roads through these shrines seem to be precisely aligned with the city, but without a guide, walking in will only be a ghost wall and keep turning in circles. Only those Skin Lizard Priests who have been granted a deep understanding of the flow of magic by Typok can navigate in the shrines.

The Eclipse Temple is managed by the retired Taito Ikao. In addition to him, many young Slann of the Moon City also live here. They observe the unique flow of energy, follow the guidance of the energy, and make themselves disappear between the shrines.

He has no interest in astrology, feeling the flow of energy, etc., but Belloda does. During the time he was active in the Moon City, Belloda also imitated the Slann and let himself follow the flow of energy. When he left, he was called for a long time before he woke up.

On the contrary, he prefers to stay inside the Eclipse Temple.

All temple cities respect the deceased Slann, and the Moon City is the same, but there are some differences. The mummified Slann here are not placed in the pyramid, but are uniformly placed inside the Eclipse Temple. There are twelve Slann of three to five generations.

This place is only open to Slann, temple guards and skin lizard funeral priests. Funeral priests are dedicated to serving mummified Slann, and unlike the death priests of other cultures, they do not wear the funeral decorations usually associated with this title. They are no different from other skin lizard priests. In addition to serving, bones and symbols related to death are also prohibited from entering the Eclipse Temple to avoid attracting the wind of Shash or Deha.

He likes to stay with the mummies of Shilan, not because he has any special interest in mummies like Europeans, but because there is a unique sense of tranquility here. Here he feels that his thoughts begin to calm down, and an overwhelming and suffocating sense of tranquility envelopes him. Here he can concentrate on thinking, thinking about big plans like Shilan.

In his spare time, he also made a special trip to the Huangqi Pyramid at the southwest end. This place is also very weird. There is no daytime, and time is fixed at night. No light can enter, the sound of the city disappears, and the senses are isolated.

The interior of the tower is divided into different levels. The ground level is a sultry night rainforest where jaguars and other predators roam freely. The skin lizard priests will hold hunting rituals regularly to respect Huangqi.

Above this level, darkness gives way to the star map. And the highest level is the void room, where Shilan meditates, at the extreme of non-existence, and all self-perception is cut off by the strange power of the pyramid. This place is very dangerous and is only open to Shilan, because only Shilan have enough mental strength to find the way back to their bodies. Of course, not all Shilan succeed. Some Shilan fail, and their bodies remain in the void room forever, with their consciousness weaker than that of a dead mummy Shilan.

He only moved around at the bottom and didn't play anything. He woke up in a dark rain forest. After groping for a few minutes, he found himself in front of a stone wall that meandered into the unknown distance. A horn sounded, and the deadly game of hunting began. He was not the prey.

He came to ask for a leopard cub for Watt. He still remembered the eager look of the Arabi leopard when Watt saw it in the market of Krakarond. Now that he has the conditions, he naturally wants to make one, and the environment of Chapeyuto is also suitable for raising. Finally, under the enthusiastic recommendation of the lizard priest, he took away a black leopard cub with shining eyes.

In addition, he went to the hatching pool. The hatching pool of each temple city is different and unique. For example, the outer moat of Itaza now was a hatching pool before the great invasion, and the hatching pool of Spikazuma is located in the mountain. Some are gathered together, while others are scattered and independent. Some have unique outputs, while others are random.

There are four hatching pools in the Moon City, which are scattered. One of the pools is located below the Great Golden Pagoda of Razkoto. All the lizards that crawl out of this pool are skinks, and they are all high-ranking skinks, destined to play leadership roles.

The second hatching pool is in the northeast of the city. The skinks that appear here are very tough and suitable for serving as shepherds, miners, cleaners and warriors.

The third hatching pool is located below the Zoga Pyramid. This pool is very large and is the most numerous and productive pool in the Moon City. It specializes in producing skinks and giant lizards. These beings will be the backbone of the Moon City, serving as craftsmen, recorders and farmers, and have a particularly strong connection with their generation partners.

He went to the fourth pool, located below the Kotego Pyramid, which is dedicated to hatching lizardmen. Since the night when the stars shone, a faint light appeared in the empty hatching pool, and it is gradually growing with time.

There is no need for the Slanns to predict, he will know it. According to his previous nature, this situation must be a big one. Perhaps soon, one or more ancient blood warriors comparable to Ku Dashuai and Ge Dashuai will appear?

He had also been to the floating gardens of Asholanka once. The floating gardens were called floating gardens because they were suspended on large platforms in the air. The gardens were full of vibrant colors and plants. Water flowed from the edges of the gardens, forming continuous rainbow waterfalls, and the air was filled with the smell of pollen and soil. The skink gardeners rode pterosaurs between the platforms to take care of the gardens.

In addition to plants from the continent of Lustria, the gardens also preserved some specimens unique to other continents. He helped to complete some of them and planted the rare plant seeds discovered by Elsin Alvin here as backup.

Of course, these were just handy. He came here mainly to touch it, and he really touched it...

The floating gardens are very popular with the Slanns in the Moon City because they can experience an indescribable sense of peace and belonging when they stay in the gardens.

Most of the time, it is like this, but a few times it is not.

When the time comes and the platforms dance endlessly around each other in complex patterns, the sense of belonging will turn into an uneasy desire to wander. The strong fluctuations will interfere with Shi Lan's thoughts and even make Shi Lan feel uneasy. Especially when the platform is aligned with Ichi's constellation, this desire to wander is particularly obvious.

Ichi and Asholanka are all aligned, and the time for the platforms to circle each other has come. He has no reason not to go. Guided by that strange desire to wander, he wanders with three steps and three shakes. At first, nothing happened, but he was dizzy. If there were no guardrails around, he would have fallen down several times, but in the end...

He came to an ordinary place in the garden, just like the Huangqi Temple that the first two went to without any response. This time, this ordinary place was activated, and a road leading to the deep sanctuary opened. There is no doubt that this sanctuary belongs to Asholanka. Although there is no sign, there is no reason for the sanctuary in the floating garden of Asholanka to belong to other ancient saints.

The Shilans were shocked, especially those who had lived in the Moon City for many years. They had lived here for so long, and it was the first time they knew that there was a sanctuary hidden in the garden.

Under the gaze of dozens of Shilans, he entered the sanctuary alone. There were no stone slabs, no murals, no devices, no strange future technology products, only seeds.

Sixteen seeds, neatly arranged, at least half a meter high, of different lengths, and needed to be pushed to move. (End of this chapter)