Chapter 139 64. The low point of Snakes and Rats (6K, make up for the previous chapter)
After confirming that the city of Horotho was safe and sound, in the open space by the river at night, the skinks were fighting for the two hearty victories they had achieved today. The wrestling performances performed by the monitor lizards in a cheerful manner attracted applause from Druchi and the skink lizards, but they were limited to applause, and no one would gesticulate with the monitor lizards. The lizard warriors patrolled when they needed to and ate when they needed to eat.
"It's for you. I left in a hurry before. It's a meeting gift." Darkus took out the black necklace that Chupa Coco got at the Hesiotahong market from his luggage and gave it to Coptiti.
Coptiti showed no politeness and bowed to Darkus before placing it directly on his neck.
The lace necklace is made of pearls, turquoise beads, small red shells and small gold beads. It is connected with a gold ring at regular intervals. The outer ring is a row of twenty-four small gold bells. The necklace had a magical effect after being put on Coptiti's neck. He was like a skink, his temperament immediately changed. He shook his neck, and the golden bell on the necklace made a pleasant sound. The ringing sounded as if the hot and steamy air around him had been driven away.
"Yo! Not bad, it suits you very well." Darkus lay on his side on the mat on the ground, made a thumbs-up gesture with his hand holding the fruit, and raised it in the air and exclaimed in surprise.
Lord Tenukli watched the noisy carnival quietly from a distance under the protection of the temple guards. He was thinking about some questions, maybe thinking about the past, maybe about the present. And Chakas is still by his side. This is Chakas's duty.
The next day, the skinks of Holoto brought out a large number of handicrafts and exchanged gold gem jewelry and bird feather ornaments with the skinks of Slanwupek, as well as exquisite satchels made of alpaca hair and gold gems. In his eyes, all kinds of things are decorations and handicrafts, and they will exchange them as long as they like them. There is no concept of gold as a currency, and there is no such thing as one gold and gemstone jewelry can be exchanged for ten satchels.
Before leaving, Lord Tenukli expressed his welcome to Umak to visit Slanwupeck. After the exchange, Slanwupeck's army continued to set off.
Not long after Lord Tenukli set out, Lord Mazdamudi came. He looked depressed and had not gotten over the pain of losing his bond. Akadan hesitated, but in the end he didn't say anything.
Darkus also comforted Akadan once, but it was only limited to comfort, and it had not been twenty-four hours. He didn't say anything about whether Akadan would get a better or bigger cave dragon in the future. This wasn't a new car. Maybe only time would heal Akadan's pain.
"Dear Umak, the spiritual network here has finally returned to stability." Lord Mazdamudi nodded to Darkus and said.
"Coptiti!" Darkus did not respond, but shouted, calling Coptiti back from the distance who was about to go into the water and return to Horoto.
"Here, let me introduce to you. This is Lord Mazdamudi, the leader of the Slann Demon Priest. This is Coptiti, a Skink Priest who cannot cast spells, and the former manager of Holotor." Keus introduced Coptiti, who was running back, to Lord Mazdamudi.
Lord Mazdamudi only bought Umak's account. He did not speak and looked at Coptiti seriously. Then a fiery light burst out from his eyes. He read Coptiti's memory. After a while, He nodded slowly and said.
"Yes, very good! If the skinks are not properly guided, they will degenerate into beasts. You have done a good job and used the limited conditions to maintain the city well." "
Look at his eight-wind magic talent. How about that? Or study with you?" Darkus then recommended. He didn't want Coptiti to believe in any ancient saint and then study with a skink priest. It would be too tedious. He thought Just skip the steps.
"Quish!" Lord Mazdamudi looked at Coptiti for a while and then nodded.
Darkus also nodded without saying anything. He understood what Quish meant. A very small number of spellcasters are able to control all types of magical winds. They use a purer energy obtained by blending the eight winds, which is called "Quish", or higher magic. Perhaps Coptiti was destined to be extraordinary the moment she was born in the hatching pond. At least he has not heard of any Skink Priest who can control high magic. Before, he thought about sending Coptiti to the Tower of Destruction in Krakarond. Learning dark magic from the clan mother is just a thought. There are too many troubles. Besides, if you don't kill Coptiti, you will be in trouble.
Darkus is still waiting for Coptiti to manage Spicazuma, which is his money bag and the large arsenal of him and the lizard people. After he invites the soul of the first Slamblot Bova, he will cast it. The chamber must be expanded on a large scale. Maybe there will be ten, twenty or even more casting chambers in a hundred years. These casting chambers will produce war equipment and god weapons 24 hours a day and night. There will also be A large number of old world new life experiencers came to dig that mine. This city with a majority of lizardmen must be managed by a skink priest, but he did not think that a skink priest with the level of management like Chupa Coco could handle the daily schedule and production plan. Don't let him run around and fight in front, and then work for eight hours a day. His mentality will explode. As for Walter, he has other plans.
Darkus now somewhat understood why Tzeentch suddenly looked at him. One was his special soul, and the other was that Spicazuma's work was too big. Nothing can be seen from restarting Spicazuma now, but if it continues like this, it will cause too many variables in the future. He couldn't help but laugh as he thought about the scenes of God Engines, Sun Engines, Eternal Glory Armillary Sphere, Ballistas and God Weapons coming off the assembly line and a large amount of gold and gems as his military expenses.
Lord Mazdamudi turned his head curiously and looked at Darkus who suddenly laughed.
"I remembered something happy."
Then the leader of the lizard people and Umac of the ancient saint Iqi chatted on the bank of the unknown river, chatting about the unstable spiritual veins. While chatting, they Wait for the coordinates to be transmitted. The two of them talked about a lot of things like good friends reminiscing about old times. Umak's feelings about confronting the Chaos Demon again made Mazdamudi think new about big plans during this time. The main content of the conversation is still the plan for Horoto. They are now planning to dig a tunnel and continue to expand it. It will wait for a while or simply use it as a large military camp and a place to raise alpacas. Darkus's idea was to directly transmit the entire directional portal to Spicazuma, but since he didn't have the technology, they decided to keep it as is.
"It's strange. Triceratops usually live alone in resource-rich jungles, but triceratops that eat grass in the desert live in groups? Is this considered species diversity?"
Darkus started after chatting for a while. To get down to business, he consulted the opinion of the Triceratops tribe. This is a tribe whose main food is desert plants. Their paint is the unique tan stripes of the desert. Apparently, this tribe has adapted to the environment there after living in the Huahuan Desert for a long time. There are as many as nine in number. During the battle, the tribe wandered nearby, and after hearing the sound of the horn, they ran over to help. There are two big males and three females, two of the females are already showing signs of hatching, there are also two young medium-sized guys and two small guys that look like calves, but overall, compared to the triangles that forage alone in the jungle, For a dragon, it is relatively thin and weak.
After learning that meat was provided for every meal and that skinks were always attentive to the service, the triceratops of the tribe readily agreed. In their opinion, working was a trivial matter. Darkus then consulted the opinions of the temporarily recruited giant beasts. These giant beasts generally agreed. Only one Triceratops and Ankylosaurus expressed their intention to return to the jungle. Based on the principle of freedom of coming and going, he readily agreed. When there is no war, he doesn't need so many giant beasts, and he has no interest in using a huge army of giant beasts to show victory. He can just wait for the war to recruit. Besides, you can't rely on him to do everything, and the Skink Giant Beast Egg bounty hunters in various temple cities are not just for free. Mazdamudi then teleported the disassembled behemoths and solar engines to the corresponding cities, and at the same time, an Eternal Glory Armillary Sphere appeared in the open space.
After the teleportation, Mazdamudi teleported him and Darkus to the city of Horotho. Surrounded by the fanatical and enthusiastic support of the skinks all over Horotho, he purified the previously contaminated magical farmland. It won't be long before these farmlands next to the river will come back to life again. After that, nothing happened. He and Darkus went to the incubation pool for a walk, and then teleported a Skink Priest, a Lizard Scar veteran, a large number of Lizard Warriors and food supplies.
As for the lizard warriors in Horotho, Darkus is preparing to strengthen their bodies during the next journey and add them to the elite lizard warrior group. Without elite or titled troops, they can only remain Speaking of hundreds of people, the battle flag made of Amazonian pythons has been sewn with the lizardman characters and dates of Talaxlan and the hall of unknown constellations.
Darkus's team was repairing, and Druch and the lizard people were enjoying a rare rest. Except for Naika, who had a double shadow in his heart, they were swimming in the unknown riverside, or lying next to the riverside to bask in the sun.
The time soon came for the parting day again, and Darkus began to continue his journey. Horotor was handed over to the Skink Priest for temporary management. Without detailed management operations, any Skink Priest could do the job. Mazda Lord Moody took Coptiti back to Spicazuma.
"Malexigor?" Before leaving, Darkus asked Lord Mazdamudi casually.
"I think you, as Umak of the Ancient Saint Ichi, should know what that is." Lord Mazdamudi understood what Darkos meant and looked at Eye of the Storm who was napping in the distance and said.
After speaking, Lord Mazdamudi and Darkus nodded to each other and then teleported away with Coptiti.
Leaving Dacus without a clue, he asked about the word Malexigor three times. After three different master charade responses, he could roughly guess what it was. Both Slann had seen Eye of the Storm's vocal problem before, and it couldn't be cured because Eye of the Storm had no tongue and vocal cords the moment it was born. Malesigar should also be the pet left behind by the ancient saint Iqi. It is a creation of magic or genetic modification. It may have some flaws. He can even figure out what kind of giant beast it is. But he was not going to turn back, and he had no intention of suddenly climbing a snow-capped mountain. This time he came to the Lustria continent to inspect and prepare to redefine the big plan, not to collect Pokémon.
"Umak, the respected Lord Mazdamudi asked me to tell you, try not to go deep into the Thorn Valley where a thunder lizard is active." Akadan's eyes glowed blue and he said.
Darkus nodded, and the team continued to set off. He was planning to return along the edge of the Thorn Valley and find a place to cross the Amazon River. There was still a long time before the rainy season came. He was planning to go to the City of Gold. Chakua meets Tehenhoin, the prophet of the serpent god.
A month later, Darkus' team was traveling smoothly! Unimpeded traffic! Successfully arrived at the outskirts of Chakua, but there was an ancient fire-breathing salamander in the team.
Encountered during the team's journey across the Amazon basin, this ancient salamander is a giant predatory reptile that is supported by four muscular legs and a powerful tail, both on land and in the water. , it can move quickly. Once the prey enters the hunting range, it will eject a highly corrosive liquid from its esophagus. This substance is very volatile and will catch fire when it comes into contact with the air. The burning pitch-like substance adheres to the victim, burning and digesting them alive. The animals' neck folds and dorsal sails act as their coolers, ensuring that these cold-blooded animals don't die from the heat they generate.
Darkos liked this ancient salamander very much and decided to take it with him. The main reason is that he wants to study what the highly corrosive flammable liquid is, whether it can be mass-produced and used in military, production or assembly work, and the fire-resistant mechanism of the neck pleats and dorsal sail. As for other ordinary salamanders, he had driven them away. He recorded the location of the salamander branches on the stone tablet, and he would come back when needed.
As he got closer to Chakua, Darkus ordered the skinks not to cause trouble for him. Not all skinks living on the Lustria continent were cold to Sotek, at least this group of people living in Hercule The northern skink folk of Stotar have not experienced the ravages of the Skaven. All the Hesotah Skinks that participated in the Snake and Rat War have passed away at this point in time. The current Hesotah Skinks are all new generations and have changed several generations ago. They have no idea about Sotek. Not to mention the skinks of Holoto, they are purely out to see the world.
The team was still heading towards Chakua, and Darkus seemed to notice something. He waved his hand and loudly ordered the team to prepare for battle, and then blew the horn. The team tried their best to form a relatively loose formation in the jungle with the Sun Battle Flag of Hethiota as the center. After waiting for a long time, there was no feedback or neighing from the giant beast.
"Come out! I've seen you a long time ago!" Darkus suddenly shouted, and then adjusted his position on the big guy.
Soon, a strange skink holding a Sotek Slate appeared in the front right of the team, followed by a group of red-crowned skinks all in red.
Darkus was speechless. This almost hit his face, and the outpost Skink in his team didn't notice it. He observed this skink, and he was sure that it was most likely Tehenhoin. It had an exaggerated red crown, a strong and powerful body, a white skin that was different from many skinks, and the iconic forked legs. tail. If he guessed correctly, the group of red-crowned skinks behind Tehenhoin should be the famous Sotek War Group. This group of skinks, like Tehenhoin, were selected by Sotek. , it is impossible for a Skink's lifespan to extend from the time of the Snake and Rat War to the present. There are rumors that they will shed their skin like snakes and grow new skins.
As for the story of the snake gods Sotek and Tehenhoyne, it is a bit long.
The most important event for the Lizardmen since the Great Invasion was the rise of Sotek's Snake God Cult. Traditionally, the gods worshiped by the lizardfolk are the Old Ones. For example, Kotego, Quiteli, Tarancsla, Zongqi, Shapati, Huangqi and the mysterious Taibok. With the disappearance of these ancient saints after the great invasion, they gradually became a kind of similar The existence of ancestral beliefs. Sotek is an emerging god. He is the god of snakes and the god of skinks, similar to a god of faith.
"When the world reaches its third round after a hundred cycles of reincarnation, and the two moons in the sky merge into one, the Rat God will appear with his evil minions, spreading plague and suffering to the continent of Lustria!"
Sotek's prediction of fate did not It's unclear, and the warnings are also vague in details. These prophecies were only recorded on a stone tablet, which was once stored in the golden city, the pyramid of Chakua. The former Lords of Chakuashlan believed that the Sotek Tablets contained the true words of the Old Ones, but unfortunately, no Slann could understand its secrets and glimpse the future predicted by the tablets. Unbeknownst to the Slann, Sotek's prophecy foretells not only the Great Invasion, but also another imminent disaster, a catastrophic invasion of Lustria by the Skaven. Starting from that deadly plague, it gradually swept across the entire continent of Lustria. By the time the deadly disease raged across Chakua, killing countless lizardfolk, it was already too late.
Soon, the unsuspecting Slann lords of Chakua were also overwhelmed by disease and death. As the hatchery ponds became infected with the virus, and countless skinks either fell ill or died, the disaster predicted by the Tablet of Sotek finally began. Death enveloped Chakua, and the city eventually fell into decay. The surviving lizardmen in Chakua were leaderless, but a few survivors became a particularly adaptable generation of skink people. It's called "Red-Crowned Skink". They are faster, stronger, sharper and smarter than their kind. Therefore they answered Tehenhoin's call and gathered under the prophet's banner to serve the coming of Sotek, the serpent god. As survivors of the massacre and subsequent Great Plague that spread throughout Lustria, they carried the words of Sotek's prophet to all lizardfolk, urging the lizardfolk in the various temple cities to respond to the abominable Sth. The Skaven wage an all-out war.
The greatest of the Red-crowned Skinks is Tehenhoin, the Sotek Seer who is keen on killing Skaven. With his gradual growth and the propaganda of the Red-crowned Skinks, the Sotek Cult soon spread across the world. It has become the focus of the lizardmen society. The skinks cannot forget the vicious invasion of the Skaven and want to take revenge! He led the remaining troops of Chakua and moved out before the plague broke out. After that, no matter where the Skaven were found, he would lead the charge of the Red-crowned Skinks while holding the Sotek Tablet in his hand triumphantly. And the attack strategy he usually uses is similar to that of his twin-tailed god: attacking the enemy from both sides. His attacks are as sharp as a snake, and he will deploy his troops with poison attack capabilities at the enemy's weak points. He enjoyed many victories over the Rats, such as the Battle of Marent Marsh near Holotho.
With each poor Skaven slaughtered and crushed, Sotek's mortal power grew stronger, and so did his followers. Sotek's arrival is about to come true, so Terhenjo sets an elaborate trap for the Skaven who still lurk beneath the jungles of Lustria. Everything went according to his plan, the battle lasted for several days, and the lizardman army finally emerged victorious. The remaining Skaven tribe was dispersed, and thousands of Skaven slaves were driven into the Guicomo Ring Pit in the Amazon River Basin, where the remaining Skaven faced an inescapable fate. On a long-forgotten crumbling altar, hundreds of Skaven are sacrificed every hour. He personally presided over the ceremony, and countless lizards and giant beasts cheered loudly or neighed loudly as the Skaven were sacrificed. According to records, the blood of countless Skaven sacrifices dyed the lower reaches of the Amazon red, and it did not fade for months.
Sotigo's almost infinite desire for sacrifice has been satisfied! He came after drinking the blood of the Skaven! He drowns the world in a crimson wave!
Sotek's prophecy spoke of destruction, of course, but it also spoke of hope. With the Skaven threat eradicated, the lizardfolk will rebuild their homeland. Now the manager of Chakua is Tehenhoin, and he is also the actual controller.
Although Chupa Coco, who was the manager of Hesiota, did not like to see this group of compatriots who were different from him, he still walked out of the battle to negotiate with Tehenhoin. There is no way, Akadan, who has been traveling around, has not recovered from the pain this month, and his condition is not suitable at this time. The negotiation was not as difficult as expected, but went surprisingly smoothly. Tehenhuoyin had already received the foretelling of the arrival of Umak of the ancient saint Iqi.
This is not the place to talk. At least Darkus is not willing to argue in the jungle, and the other party is not a giant beast. Soon he blew the horn and the procession continued to move. Although the size of his team was relatively small, the ridiculously luxurious configuration still made Tehenhoin and the Red-crowned Skinks secretly gasp in surprise, especially when they saw Eye of the Storm following the team to relocate the Armillary Sphere of Eternal Glory.
This group of antique red-crowned skinks have seen arcane dragons before. The first time arcane dragons were used was when Tehenhuoyin commanded the lizardmen army to besiege the Tainted City, Queza. However, at that time, arcane dragons carried all kinds of weapons. God Engine, they didn’t expect that they would encounter the arcane dragon again thousands of years later, and it would still be painted in such a strange way.
Soon Darkus' team entered the golden city, Chakua.
There is indeed a Triceratops population in the Huahuan Desert. .
(End of chapter)