Chapter 412 Intersubjectivity
After a long march, the Caledorian army arrived at the outskirts of the Sky City. The first thing they saw was a large area of foul-smelling rat-man corpses.
These piles of corpses filled every corner, and even Lustria's powerful purification ability could not successfully eliminate them.
After hearing the news, Pestilon had given up on forcibly breaking through the Sky City during this period, leaving only a field of unrecovered corpses, and retreated further south to plan the next attack.
Masnuo immediately emerged from the city after hearing the news that the legions were here, his tired face showing some relief. The rat offensive made everyone feel a little numb, and they were facing bombings from various catapults all day long.
He, Damian, and Agrim had killed some rat trolls who ran out of nowhere during this time.
Originally, the snake god prophet could also deal with these guys, but he seemed to fall into a state of silence, like a snake hibernating, staying at the top of the pyramid and watching everything happen.
Imrik, who understood the situation, nodded to express his understanding, handed over control of the army to the Champion Warrior, and took the Flameborn Knight to the pyramid where Tehenhoin was located.
Imrik, who came to the city, didn't pay attention to any movement. Even if someone took the initiative to bow, he didn't care. His eyes were fixed on the red-crested skink at the top of the central pyramid.
Many mysteries may be solved here, whether it's the strangeness in his body or what's going on with Sotek now.
The war against the rats no longer seemed important at this moment, and an inexplicable feeling appeared in Imrik's heart.
Can he feel a hint of sadness in Tehenhoin's figure?
It seems that this kind of emotion should not appear in the snake god prophet. Imric did not hesitate to object to this. Any fierce words can describe the snake god prophet, but sadness cannot.
The group of people gradually came to the pyramid covered in blood. The legions guarding the snake god prophet did not stop them. Some red-crowned skinks with red scales on their backs even took the initiative to express their surrender to Imric and lay on the ground to express their respect.
Imric, who noticed this situation, came to the steps below the pyramid, rolled over from Mortellius's back, and ordered Creon without looking back,
"You guys wait here."
"Yes." The loyal royal guard understood. , turn your body around, stand on the land that has turned red, and watch for possible threats in every intentional field of vision.
The combat boots stepped on the blood on the steps, wiping it away step by step, and there was a heavy echo.
The pyramid gradually emits a red mist, from the cracks in the walls, from the ancient holy words carved on it, from the surrounding land, and from Imric's body.
The snake god prophet noticed the prophet and just stood there waiting, watching the elf slowly walk up the steps.
Finally, the person the Snake God Prophet had been waiting for for a long time finally came in front of him. He had seen this scene hundreds of times in the past few years, but only this time it was so clear.
"You are finally here, the one who realizes Sotek." Tehenhoin spit out his forked tongue without any fierce words, allowing Imric to immediately attack the rats. There was no anger as to why it took so long to come here, it was so bland that it was just a greeting.
But Imrik was not as calm as Tehenhoin. His eyes were surrounded by a thick layer of red light, and his whole person seemed to be shrouded in blood mist.
"Tell me everything you know! Especially about me and Things between Sotek!"
Imric gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger. The snake god prophet has done a lot of good things in the past few years. Since the third sacrifice was successfully sacrificed, he has spent most of his time. Spend time in Hesiota and let Master Ma help suppress the abnormality of the body.
Afraid of being dominated by strong hatred if he didn't pay attention, he ran to the southern forest sea alone to carry out a massacre of rats. But who knew that Tehenhuoyin, who was supposed to know Sotigo the best, shook his head and said the words that Imric least wanted to hear,
"Believers cannot understand gods, because everything is created by Sotek." Ge Ge, how can I explain everything about Sotigo? Moreover, everything I said about Sotigo is true in your opinion. I know that what I said is true, but in your perception , but you still have doubts."
The Snake God Prophet babbled out a bunch of words as if a big toad was coming in person, not caring at all about the bloodthirsty eyes of the elf in front of him who was already boiling with murderous intent.
Unexpectedly, Imric immediately took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to grab Tehenhoin's prophecy plaque as his armor, and lifted it up.
"Are you kidding me? If you didn't even know what Sotek was, would you still persist in the war with the Skaven for two thousand years in Lustria? Would you still use blood sacrifices to strengthen the sect? Would you still use Seven sacrifices to bring Sotek down!"
Yes, Imric was filled with anger, not from Tehenhoin, but from Sotek. Only by personally experiencing the blood mist Only with the pervasive hatred can you understand how compelling this is.
If you change to a person with a slightly weaker will, he will become a machine that only knows how to revenge and kill Skaven. It can be said that Tehenhoin's various actions are turning himself into a revenge machine!
The snake god prophet faced the scarlet gaze, stuck out his head to look at Imrik, and looked at Imric with the same animal eyes. His tone still maintained the mysterious tone before,
"I am waiting for Sotek's arrival. For me, It is said that Sotek symbolizes blood oaths and revenge, is the hope of the eldest son of the ancient saint, and is the god who kills all the rats." "
But to you, Sotek will never have this meaning. If I tell you, Sotek is the god of blood oaths and revenge. This is just a conceptual deception." "
You and I have different positions, and your understanding of Sotek will be different. What is Sotek? You need to find the answer yourself!"
Imrik stared at the snake god prophet, and he could immediately snap his neck and stop these nonsense. Yes, this is not a difficult task, just like squeezing a bird to death. As simple as a mouse.
But the premise of all this is that what he said is nonsense, even more unreliable than the grand plan that Master Ma keeps talking about.
But as a well-educated prince, Imric could understand what Thenhuoyin wanted to say. Depending on each individual's cognition, the understanding of the concept would also be biased.
Not to mention that his own thinking mode is very different from Tehenhoin's. The Sotigo he interpreted may be two different concepts from what he thinks.
If you want to eliminate this difference between subjects, you may have to let the ancient sages try.
And it is extremely stupid to define a god. Mortals can often only understand its denotation but know nothing about its connotation.
Even if it is possible to understand a little bit, with the ability of mortals to understand it, they can only use pathetic rationality to ascertain it, and there is a high probability that it is still wrong.
"Tell me about the sixth and seventh sacrifices." Imrik released his palm. Since he couldn't find the answer from Tehenhoin, he let himself do it.
"The sixth sacrifice, Negrich, the leader of the Pestilen Rats!" Tehenhoin raised the plaque on his left hand and motioned Imric to read the content on it.
Imrik, who was enlightened by Master Ma, could understand the contents on the plaque. The sixth sacrifice was indeed Negriq, but only the seventh one was blank.
After calming down some of the anger in his heart, he asked Tehenhoin,
"The seventh one."
The snake god prophet did not answer immediately. He walked alone to the northwest of the pyramid, stared at the dense rainforest for a long time, and then slowly said,
"Itaza, the seventh sacrifice is in Itaza. ”
(End of chapter)