Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 41 39. Eagle Tribe
The envoy of Gray Goose, full of food and drink, left the running horse camp.

"Let's hurry up," the messenger said to his subordinates.

"Brother, we will be arriving at the Eagle Tribe soon, don't be in such a hurry, right?"

"No, that galloping horse tribe just now is very wrong!"

"What's wrong, brother?"

"I can't say it, but I just think it's wrong. There are too many tents in their tribe and they are too clean. The leader doesn't look like a leader on the prairie, but more like a nobleman in a castle."

The Messenger saw danger, and Rand saw opportunity.

In Rand's tent, Rolle rushed over to report the news during lunch after seeing off the Gray Goose messenger.

"So there are now 230 cavalry on the Gray Goose front?"

"Yes, with such a scale, I'm afraid the Earl will find it hard to resist."

The two were chatting, and Albert opened the curtain of the tent and came in. He was about to ask Rand why he didn't get rid of the messenger of Gray Goose, when he heard the conversation between the two.

"They also sent people to the tribe of the iron mine?"

"Yes, it is the brown bear tribe. According to the messenger, the brown bear is stronger than the gray goose, but it is very low-key. The leader of the gray goose doesn't expect the brown bear to send someone."

"It seems that the Gray Goose tribe is waiting for our support." Rand said in a joking tone, "Then let's gather the warriors from each tribe and go to the south to help the Gray Goose leader."

"Rand...you..." Albert knew that Rand definitely didn't intend to help Gray Goose, but he didn't dare to think about what he was going to do.

"Neil! Greyhound! Fang!" Rand shouted for his subordinates to come in.

"Chief" "Lord" "Sir"

"Greyhound, take a few cavalrymen and stick to that messenger, just keep an eye on it. See which camp they all went to, especially find their salt mine for me."

"Yes, my lord"

"Qianya, follow your father first, contact in the middle, find the Eagle Tribe first, your task is to report back to me after they find the Eagle Tribe"

"Yes, my lord"

"Neil, take your people and make a flag that is exactly the same as that of the gray goose envoy. The gray goose leader is fighting in the south, and we need the support of the various tribes on the Galloping Horse Plain. Join together and go south together. Whoever refuses me will have trouble with the Galloping Horse Tribe and Gray Goose Tribe." Rand laughed out of his mouth.

"Ah, we still want to swallow the eagle and fly the flag of the gray goose?" Neil grew up on the grassland, and he had never seen the routine of pulling the big flag and pulling the tiger's skin.

"Of course, as long as our cavalry hold the gray goose flag and follow the gray goose messenger to visit the eagle, will they think we are here to attack?"

"However, there should be less than 30 cavalry in the hands of the eagle. Let's go there in the open, and they will not be unvigilant."

"I'm not afraid that they will find out, I'm afraid that they will run away!"

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On a dirt hill 40 kilometers east of Rand, there is a very impressive barbarian camp.There are more than 30 large and small tents in this camp, most of them are Bedouin tents, and there are several round tents in the middle.At the highest point, there is a particularly tall Bedouin main tent, which is 8 meters high and 30 meters long. From a distance, it looks like a white rock on the hillside.There is a 35-meter-high dark wooden pillar behind the tall tent. The diameter of the pillar is less than half a meter. The lower 1/3 part is tied to the surrounding ground by a large number of ropes. A large number of cloth strips and animals are tied to the ropes. The tail is used as decoration, which is the sacred pillar in the tribe.On the top of the sacred pillar, there is a golden statue of an eagle spreading its wings. The eagle's eyes are inlaid with gemstones. Every feather on the eagle's body is clearly visible, and there is a magic circle on the eagle's belly.

Emperor Yang was in the sky, and the rays of the two suns shone viciously on the plain. Although it is October, the grassland is still hot at noon, but it is very cold at night.In the Eagle Tribe at the moment, the battle priest Kansa Eagle is performing sacrifices on the altar under the sacred pillar. Kansa, who is less than 10 meters high, is wearing a leather jacket covered with colorful feathers, and the sleeves are covered with The feathers of a large bird, with a huge feather crown on the head, and a golden mask in the shape of an eagle face on the face. There is a long eagle beak on the front of the mask, and the eagle eyes are inlaid like the eagle statues on the pillars. Two gems.

The battle priest danced a unique sacrificial dance in the open space under the divine pillar. He opened his arms, imitating an eagle that had been flying with wings, and ran under the pillar like a pact.All the barbarians in the camp, the demonless, knelt outside the range of his dance, and everyone waited in awe and fear for the priest's dance.

The dance area of ​​the priest is about 50 square meters, surrounded by 4 apprentice priests who wear similar costumes to the priest and wear wooden masks with painted bird faces. These four girls are carefully selected by Kansa, and they are his apprentices. Also his servant.When Kansa was scurrying around with dancing steps and claws, the four apprentices circled around the entire dancing area counterclockwise and danced in circles.

After noon every day, the battle priests of the Eagle Tribe will start a battle to worship the Eagle God. Whether they are demon-owning or non-magic barbarians in the camp, they must kneel outside the dance area of ​​the priests and wait for the Eagle God's favor.Almost every month, when the priests were dancing, they would randomly select a barbarian to sacrifice to the Falcon God. The process of human sacrifice was very cruel, and the sacrifice might be a demon possessor or a demonless one.

When a person is determined to be a sacrifice, the priest will use a brute force to lift the person directly under the sacred pillar to sacrifice on the spot. Every barbarian in the camp believes that their terrible priest is favored by the eagle god people.Ironically, however, for the sake of generating income for the entire camp, all captured Terran demon possessors had to be kept in other tents in the camp, never blessed to be dedicated to the Falcon God.

Today's sacrifice went through again without any danger. No one was sacrificed. Everyone stood up cautiously and left around the priest's tent. The battle priest also returned to his huge tent, and the four apprentices were responsible for the sacrifice. The whole site is packed and the day's food is butchered for the hawks and falcons kept at the camp.

"Hey...it's finally over." Kansa put down a handful of magic crystals in his hand as soon as he returned to the tent.This time of day is Kansa’s rare alone time, and he can take off his mask.Sweat had already soaked the heavy leather coat and crown, and he had an hour to dry the leather coat and hat, and use this time to eat more jerky as soon as possible.The dance just now was actually meaningless, but it was very exhausting. He had to eat more while no one was watching, and then show a sense of mystery that he didn't need to eat in front of others.

This year is the 10th year that Kansa has become the leader. The Eagle leader of the previous generation was Kansa's biological father. Before he died, he told Kansa the secret of their Eagle tribe.

The Eagle Tribe used to be the descendants of the Eagle God Tribe among the orcs. The strongest in this tribe was the Eagle God's Blessed One. He grew up with fluff, like a young eagle, and when he grew up, the fluff turned into short feathers and walked like the wind.During the battle, the favored one can turn into a giant eagle and fly high into the sky.

The eagle tribe's Eagle God blood is thin now, but they can communicate with birds of prey such as eagles, falcons, eagles, and vultures. After sacrificing their lives to the Eagle God, they can share their vision with the most powerful eagle in the tribe.

A powerful ability like shared vision is naturally not obtained for nothing. He needs the priest to sacrifice his vitality. It takes about half an hour each time to exchange for shared vision, and the priest needs to rest for at least a month.No matter how powerful the vitality is, it cannot withstand such consumption. Therefore, before Kansa, no eagle leader could live beyond the age of 35.

Kansa didn't want to be as short-lived as the previous leader, so he took advantage of the fact that many tribes were scattered after the barbarians invaded the dragon eight years ago, and reorganized the Eagle Tribe, so that the tribal elders who knew the secret of the Eagle leader stayed in the human territory.

From that year ago, a sacred pillar was erected in the tribe. Although the sacred pillar had nothing to do with the eagle god, there was a magic circle with the eyes of a mage on the golden statue on the top. The price was painted by a magician. Using a mask, you can see the situation within a radius of 30 kilometers by consuming magic crystals.From then on, the battle priests of the Eagle Tribe no longer just watch once and take a month off, but can observe the surrounding situation at any time.In order to improve his sense of mystery, Kansa also wrote and performed the so-called sacrificial ceremony at noon every day, to find reasons to cleanse those barbarians who might discover their secrets, and improve their sanctity.

The only fly in the ointment is that such activities consume too much magic crystals. Magic crystals are needed to link the mage's eye pillar, and magic crystals are also needed to ensure combat effectiveness.That's right, Kansa is able to kill other barbarian demon possessors by consuming magic crystals. Kansa's "robe" also has the ability to increase power. The principle is very similar to the magic pattern armor of the Badger tribe. The magic crystal increases the strength of the wearer, or it is a leather armor full of feathers.

Kansa was finally able to take some time to rest and put on his mask that could see 30 kilometers around him. It was also a golden mask with several runes on it, some protruding eyes, and a magic crystal on his forehead. base.

When Kansa lay on the bed of animal skins and put on his mask, he saw another group of cavalry approaching his tribe.The leader of the cavalry carried a flag with the gray goose flag on it.

(End of this chapter)