Chapter 90 16. The operation logic of the Skinks:
"Calling the army to Lustria and conducting a survey of the Kauchen Plains are all things that will happen later. This time we will investigate first. We have to examine the Kauchen Plains first before deciding, but we should No problem. If it doesn't work, just build a port in Chapeuto and use it as a transit station."
Darkus was thinking as he wandered around, but after thinking about it for a while, he stopped thinking about it because it was too noisy.
The wide streets were crowded with skinks of various professions. The skinks chattered endlessly with clicks, hisses and other strange high-pitched sounds. The color of their crests kept changing with the tone and content. Just like the RGB marquees in the chassis, what makes Darkus even more troubled is that he can understand what these skinks are saying.
Chupa Coco wore a mask exclusive to the Skink Priest today, as well as various gold jewelry and gorgeous feathers. He was walking forward with his waist hunched over, holding the staff given to him by Darkus in his hand. Although he had not cast magic once with this staff, he liked it very much and thought that this staff had some kind of meaning. Meaning, a symbol of his friendship with Darkus.
Chupa Coco was followed by two fan-waving waiters to fan him. Maybe in the hot and steamy jungle, keeping cool is a very important thing, right? But Darkus always wanted to kick his ass hard with his boot when he looked at him like this.
The central parade avenue of the city seems to be like Chang'an's Suzaku Street, dividing Hesiota from the left and right. The Skink Residential Area forms the main body of the city, where tens of thousands of bar friends live.
Led by the Slann Demon Priests who interpreted the grand plan, the light and swift skinks, numerous lizard warriors, fierce and ferocious monitor lizards, and many other wild beasts and behemoths all firmly followed the grand plan laid out by the Old Ones.
The skinks play an extremely important and critical position in the grand plan and the lizardman society. They are an indispensable part of the lizardman society and are like lubricants.
Skinks are alive, but they have no gender. They have a natural affinity for water and can swim quickly through dark jungle swamps and rivers, often staying in the water for up to an hour.
Skinks have many occupations, including astrologers who calculate when the Old Ones will return, administrators of big plans who arrange schedules, fishermen who fish and catch frogs in the swamps, ministers who travel between temple cities, and those responsible for cleaning incubators. Pool cleaners, miners who dig Osinite ore, supervisors who ensure supplies and equipment for the army, librarians who keep stone tablets, architects who direct the construction of temples, rare and experienced meteorite forgers, domesticated and fed beasts breeder.
These professions ensure the smooth running of a temple city; without them, lizardfolk society would collapse. Of course, they will also perform the task of patrolling the vast jungle. They have extremely high organizational and teamwork skills and always act in groups. They are also one of the few who have the ability to drive the giant beasts and monsters that are larger in size and have more primitive minds. Creatures of the Old Ones that beasts fight against.
As a military force, Skinks range between recklessness and sudden panic. The light and agile Skinks stand out among the other bulky Lizardmen. Their nature makes them easier to escape than the stoic Lizardmen. Their nature makes them Lizardmen prefer to surprise their enemies rather than being conservative.
Skinks will seek out opportunities to attack and outflank their enemies from unexpected places, or they will be active on the flanks and rear of lizardfolk armies, harassing enemy forces with a hail of javelins and blow darts. Their spears and blowpipes are quite threatening, because their weapons are coated with poison extracted from poisonous frogs, poisonous insects, and poisonous snakes that inhabit the swamps of the Lustrian jungle.
Standard jungle special forces and skirmishers make it difficult to guard against intruders entering the jungle.
Skinks also have a hierarchy, which is structured in a pyramid, with the highest ranking being the Skink Priests. (The Skink Priest Peach Poch has been introduced in the chapter, and other encounters will be introduced later.)
Secondly, there are Skink Seers riding cave dragons, or Skink Oracles. Their numbers are extremely rare and there are none in the city. He usually spends his time in the wild, traveling in the jungles of Lustria and abandoned temple cities. Next are the Skink leaders, who are similar to generals responsible for commanding the army. The lowest level of Skink is the group that Darkus is looking at now. In addition, chameleons and red-crowned skinks are both variations of skinks.
At this time, Mazdamudi was still soaking in the divination pool. The gold-inlaid stone slab was suspended in front of him, and he was interpreting the content on the gold-inlaid stone slab.
This kind of gold-inlaid stone usually records very important things, such as magic that can move mountains and reclaim seas, the manufacturing of certain magical equipment, the use of equipment left by ancient saints, etc.
Three of the stone tablets indeed record an extremely terrifying and magical magic "Razkoto's Golden Sphere". This spell is needed.
Only the content of the fourth tablet is unique.
The content on this stone tablet is very simple, as simple as only one sentence, which reads: "An ancient saint's ** will come to this world, * will adjust and create a new big plan, and **** arrival. 』
Mazdamudi was meditating on the sentence on the slate repeatedly, including every punctuation mark on it.
At this moment, Darkus has arrived at the extremely lively grand market, which is a trading market for skinks. The society of the lizardmen does not have the concept of shells and precious metal currencies, and transactions rely entirely on barter.
The skinks were quarreling and gesticulating fiercely, trying to increase the value of the items in their hands in this way. In Darkus's eyes, these skinks were full of cunning and philistine, and at the same time there was a strange sense of contradiction, as if they were like A certain setting also dominates this group of skink lizards.
A skink was showing off the weaving of bird feathers. He kept bragging about the handicrafts in his hands, saying that he had worked hard to collect the feathers of parrots, hummingbirds and other precious birds and carefully woven them together. The skink in front of him was holding gold bracelets, anklets, earrings and nose rings, and was also boasting about his handicrafts with a hissing sound.
Darkus was watching there. He was particularly curious as to whether the two skinks could trade. The logic actually ran smoothly. After 5 minutes of arguing and haggling, the two skinks finally exchanged the handicrafts, which were exquisite. The bird feather braiding was replaced by a pair of anklets. The two skink lizards put on the handicrafts on themselves on the spot, and their faces seemed to be filled with an expression of joy, and everyone was happy.
With the help of half-step translator Ren, the Druchi began to exchange items. The Druchi were very restrained and did not pick up weapons to rob. Instead, they took their belongings to exchange.
(End of chapter)