Chapter 143 68. I have an announcement.
Mask Graypaw begins his magnificent adventure in Lustria.
The Emerald Pool is located north of Itaza and is composed of dozens of calm and scattered ponds. The pools emit a sparkling emerald light, which is really a wonder. These pools are especially sacred to the Slann, who make pilgrimages there approximately every century. No lizardfolk other than a Slann are allowed into the Emerald Pool. Skinks, Saurus, and Monitors are under strict instructions to await the Slann's return from the Emerald Pools. Slann spend many days in the emerald pools, the sacred waters nourishing their bodies and perhaps washing their ancient souls.
It is said that no invader has ever entered the jungle surrounding the Emerald Pool, even during the turbulent years during the wars with the Snakes and Rats. The only hotbloods who know of the existence of the emerald pool are the Amazons who haunt the jungles of the area, but they revere the water as much as the Slann who bathe in it.
Darkus' team deliberately avoided the emerald pool and did not choose to enter hastily. The team was extremely misguided. Besides, he is just Umak, a Druchi, not Slan. He is engaged in diplomacy, not to cause conflicts. If he really wants to go there, there are many ways. But he still kept looking in that direction, with an unexplainable feeling in his heart. It seemed that there was a key point there? Incubation pond?
The team soon arrived at Itaza's satellite temple city, Itaza Chingida. However, in his eyes, this place was not a temple city. It was just a settlement with only ruins, no incubation pool, and only a watchtower. Looking at the broken pyramid that was about to topple over at any time, he even had the urge to go up and kick it.
The white rat skin seems to have some kind of miraculous curative effect. Akadan is now showing off all day long, wagging his tail, attracting the envious eyes of the skinks. During the break, he told Darkus an extremely outrageous story, saying that the wild orc war general of the Red Snake tribe led more than five thousand crazy wild orcs through the jungle in an attempt to occupy this place. During the march, these wild orcs were often ambushed, led into hunting trails, or killed by ruthless poison darts. It seemed that only seven chameleons wiped out this green-skinned army!
"What Lustria Superman? What about that time in Moon City?" Darkus was speechless and thought, but he didn't take it seriously and just listened to it as a piece of entertainment.
No excavation and exploration work was carried out. Darkus walked around and there was no sign of the existence of stone slabs. The next day, the team rejected the kindness of the skinks stationed here to lead the way and continued to set off.
The first city, the original city, Itaza, is the greatest temple city. According to legend, the mysterious ancient saint built a temple city on the land where he first landed. This temple city It survived the Great Invasion and the War of Snakes and Rats and still stands strong to this day. Itaza is located in the most inaccessible interior of the Lustrian Jungle, far from any coastline that might be threatened by the landing of explorers and invaders.
Except for the lizardmen of Lustria, it is extremely difficult for adventurers and intruders of any other race to find Itaza, because there are no obvious and intuitive roads around Itaza, except for Itaza itself. Also stay away from any rivers. Expeditions across the Amazon were forced to abandon their ships and trek through the densest jungle without any guidance in order to find Itaza inland. Of course, all this was based on the permission of the lizard people. The premise. To the west of Itaza is the towering mountain range known as Sotik's Ridge, which extends throughout the entire continent of Lustria, with only a few passes in the south to pass through.
Condor Canyon is Itaza's closest pass to the city, and the lizardman sentries stationed there are always vigilant, ready to send back news if the invaders try to approach from the west.
The Skink riders who were conducting final flight training and vigilance in the sky discovered Kalien and the others, and quickly gathered around to start negotiations.
Darkus' team began to pour out of the dark green bushes in a mighty manner, arriving at the outskirts of Itaza filled with lizard-style stone monuments carved into rocks. The lizardfolk guarding Itaza's walls spotted them the moment they emerged from the jungle, but the guards had advance notice from Itaza's skink riders.
The avenue leading to Itaza is lined with giant lizard statues carved from stone when it was built, stretching for thousands of meters, and this is the only normal entrance to Itaza. The skinks from Horotho were silent. They looked in awe at the giant statue with a ferocious face looking down at them as they passed by. The skinks from Hesiotar were talking and even swore to the Old Ones. The colossus moved slowly just now. Darkus put on a mask. The swamps with a large number of dangerous predators hidden on both sides of the road were really smelly. This was the most smelly swamp he had ever visited since traveling to the Lustria continent.
Thick shadows pass over Itaza as the hot afternoon sun is obscured by dark clouds from the coming rainy season. The air became heavy, and in the dim light of Itaza's large and small pyramids, the entire temple city seemed to be dyed in a red-black coat. Kalien, who was flying in the sky, was shocked when he saw Itaza not far away. He had lived for hundreds of years and had been to the six core cities of Druch. The capital city of Nagarond had been there frequently for a while. , but no city could bring him such a shock, let alone Anaheim, the Asur Elf colony located south of Krakarond.
Under orderly guidance, Darkus' team entered Itaza through the towering gate. The height of the city wall was almost as exaggerated as Hesio's tower. What surprised him was that he didn't see many skinks. Logically speaking, shouldn't there be a lot of skinks in Itaza? He called Chupa Coco softly.
Under the long-term tacit understanding, Chupacoco understood what Darkus meant and began to ask the leader of the skinks who led them into the city. The two skinks chatted excitedly for a while, while talking. At the same time, his crown began to change like a marquee.
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Darkus, who was standing not far away, heard the conversation. After hearing the content, he was immediately confused. The general meaning of the conversation was that the skink priests were cleaning the mummy made from the body of Lord Slanxilipepa. At the time, doubts and disagreements were raised about the omens of the flight of mosquitoes surrounding Lord Shilipepa's head. As disagreements continue to escalate, today two opposing factions are preparing to use physics to decide what is right and what is wrong.
Renne and Walter, who were following Darkus, looked at each other in confusion, as if to confirm whether there were any discrepancies in what they heard the skink leader said or whether there were any differences in grammar.
"Two factions of Skink Priests are fighting, and most of Itaza's Skink Priests have gone to watch! Hurry! Go and have a look, it will probably be over soon."
Chupa Coco said with an expression on his face after getting the accurate news . He ran back quickly in excitement, started to dance and hissed, and after finishing speaking, he began to urge Darkus.
"Let's go! Go and have a look."
Darkus immediately agreed. This kind of fun must be seen. After giving the order, a group of Druchi rode cold lizards on the central avenue of Itaza.
Chupa Coco and Akadan stood on the shoulders of the giant lizard Kami, one on the left and the other on the right. Chupa Coco kept patting the giant lizard Kami's back to tell him to go faster. The giant lizard Kami just carried Osi with one hand. Nite Crescent Shovel, holding the battle flag of Hethiotar's Sun in one hand, ran closely behind the Cold Lizard on the central avenue.
"Call! Call!"
While running, the giant lizard Kami suddenly turned his head to a position and looked around. He felt that something was calling him faintly, and then his speed slowed down. Chupa Coco quickly patted his back again, urging him not to stop. When he came to his senses, he turned back and continued running. The quick-reacting skink directly grabbed the position on the shoulders of the other monitors, while the slow-reacting skink lay on the monitor's back. The skinks began to direct the monitor to follow Kami. A group of skinks that didn't get a seat could only run behind on foot. The skinks from Horotho have never seen such a big world. They only saw one skink priest in the first half of their lives, and that was Coptiti. Not to mention Holoto, even the skinks from the big city Hesiota were running excitedly, and they had never seen this kind of world.
"Is there really not going to be a stampede? Oh! My dear, big white lizard!"
Darkus' team couldn't squeeze in at all. The three floors inside and outside were all filled with skinks, and the scene was extremely noisy. Skinks hissed and cheered and commented. The crests of these skink lizards are constantly changing colors like a marquee. Tens of thousands of skink lizards are crowded together, and the color-changing scene of their crests is really spectacular. If you turn on a light at night, it will be like holding up a light stick at a concert. .
The monitor lizards crowded in the group of skinks are covered with skinks. The skills displayed by these skinks can even be exchanged in India. The skinks standing on the ground can only try to jump up, hoping to see. to a specific battle at a glance.
Darkos looked back and saw that several nearby pyramids were also filled with Skinks, so densely packed that there were only a few melon and fruit vendors missing. There was also the roar of the lizard man. He followed the roar and saw a white lizard man leading the lizard man warriors to push the skinks and monitor lizards in front of him.
Gorok the Great White Lizard is one of the greatest and most famous lizardfolk in living memory. When he first emerges alone from Itaza's hatching tank, his size and albino coloring immediately indicate that he will be a future champion.
This is also true, because Grok has experienced countless fierce battles, and his scarred body proves countless hard-won victories. He is the most powerful of warriors, the solid center of the advancing Saurus line, and the rock against which Itaza's foes smash. He knows no pain or fear, and he is relentless in battle, always looking for another opportunity to strike and never taking a step back.
"Young Master Newkel and Butler Dia should have a lot to say to him."
At this moment, Grok didn't look like a legend at all. He was constantly maintaining order. It's not war time either, so the skinks didn't buy his account at all, and they were just showing off when he passed by. After he walked over, the skinks started to mess up again, because this kind of excitement was even in Iraq. Taza is also rare.
In the circular pool in the center where the Skinks were watching, two gorgeously dressed Skink Priests were fighting with each other with sticks. They were fighting each other while hissing and greeting each other. There was no trace of the decency and dignity of a high-level Skink. Sven, there doesn't seem to be this idea in the lizard people's concept.
The two Skink Priests became so anxious at the end of the fight that they dropped their sticks and tried to push each other into the pool that could only submerge the Skink's ankles. Skink Priests were aquatic and would not drown. For a moment, the Skink Priest pinned the opponent into the pool. After a while, the Skink Priest who was pinned in the pool pushed the Skink Priest into the water with his backhand. The scene was extremely funny and interesting. The gorgeous decorative feathers of the Skink Priest were covered by the water. It flew into the air and then fell into the pool. More colorful feathers were directly soaked in the pool.
Thanks to the holographic vision brought by the helmet, Carlion in the sky could keep watching in circles. He watched the whole scene. Watching the two bad guys fighting without any rules, he called him expert and wonderful. , he even recalled the time when he was in a gang before his talent for empathy was discovered in Krakarond and he became a beast tamer.
But Darkus didn't even see it, but was noticed by Gorok. After seeing Hesiota's flag, Gorok still leaned towards Darkus.
"Quiet! Praise the Ancient Saint! All eyes are on me! I announce something!"
When Gorok walked in the direction of Darkus, the two skink priests in the pool also decided the winner and lay on their backs. The Skink Priest who could no longer stand up in the pool was gasping for air. The Skink Priest who stood up was also in an extremely embarrassed state. The golden mask on his head was smashed and deformed, and blood dripped down his head into the pool. The Skink Priest stood up, raised his hands in the air, and shouted hysterically.
Chupacoco and Akadan were already standing in front of Gorok, ready to negotiate. When they heard these words coming from afar, they paused and prepared to listen carefully. Grok's steps also paused, tens of thousands of skink lizards also fell silent, and the scene was suddenly silent.
"At that time, the flight path of the mosquitoes in the respected Lord Slanxilipepa foreshadowed that a great being would soon come to the equally great first city, Itaza! Now this great being has arrived! Let us Welcome him!" The skink priest with a deformed helmet raised his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs. Finally, he pointed his hand in the direction of Darkus.
All the Skinks present looked in the direction of the Skink Priest's finger. All the Skinks present began to spread from the inside out, like dominoes. For the first time, Darkus was stared directly into by tens of thousands of pairs of eyes. Stare.
"? Is it so outrageous? Did you know that I was coming based on the flight path of a fly? Isn't that right? Lord Slanthlot will probably mention that I am here after he returns to Itaza."
Darkus began to think. He got up, thinking without delaying his movements. He took his feet out of the saddle stirrups and jumped nimbly on the big guy's back. The big guy didn't move but cooperated with him quietly, just tilting. The eyes that turned his head and looked back were full of contempt and disgust, with an expression on his face that said, "I'm just watching you quietly." He stood firmly on the big guy's back and showed off his signature move, extending his hands half-raised in the air, palms up.
Signature pretending action.
Chupa Coco looked back at Darkus, his eyes also full of contempt and disgust. But this didn't stop him from being a supporter, and he cheered among the Skinks. His call made the Skink Lizards who were looking at each other start cheering, although the Skink Lizards didn't know what they were cheering for.
The things in this chapter that seem to be bullshit are not bullshit
(end of chapter)