With Yousendu at their side, they soon entered the heart of La Ribela: the church.

The church of La Ribera was once known as a marvelous building, and even walking to those hills may be a long way from discovering the church. The church of La Ribera is not as grand and solemn as those in Europe, with towering spires to represent the exaltation of God, and wide and magnificent vaults to show the grandeur of God. In Africa, the soil in which Christianity survives is completely different. In order to hide from political and religious enemies, African Christianity is ill-fated, and this part of the enemy is still very strong. To this day, neighboring Sudan still exerts all kinds of pressure on Ethiopia to renounce the Christian faith among some people, and the last refuge of these people on earth may be La Ribela.

There is more than one church in La Ribera, 16 in total, to be exact. Walking on the hill, when you see a neat ditch on the ground, it may be the entrance to the church. The churches here are all hewn out of the rock straight from the ground down. What's even more amazing is that the 16 churches are also connected to each other through tunnels, forming an orderly underground network.

In churches, apart from some of the most conventional symbols, there is practically nothing to be seen that would be reminiscent of the Holy See. Christianity here has a strong African identity. There are also rituals and choirs, but it's hard to say what they are when the choir sings native African music, and the rituals incorporate elements of the primitive totem worship of many tribes. However, there is no doubt that the believers here are just as religious, if not more religious, than those in any corner of the world. Compared to the slippery migrants elsewhere, believers here are truly able to shed their blood for their faith, just as they would fight to the death to defend their tribes, their families and friends.

Yuchendu is not a believer, and he cannot be a believer. He is the son and successor of a famous dark wizard in Central Africa. He was now one of the strongest among the younger generation of practitioners in Africa. Back then, Pauletta knew him, that is, because he accidentally broke into his father's cultivation place while taking pictures, and inexplicably got into a fight with You Chendu. Later, the two became more like-minded friends, and Pauletta entered the most mysterious realm in Africa.

But why did you see Yuchendu here? Then, after a little attention, there were so many warriors of the tribe gathered here in La Ribela. Each tribe has its own set of methods and symbols for drawing body patterns, which is the most concise and effective way to distinguish different tribes. On these patterns, experienced people can even see where a person is from in Africa and what are the characteristics of the tribe to which he belongs.

If a semiotician and a sociologist were to see so many clan warriors in the same place, he would be ecstatic, but both Zorin and Pauletta were a little shocked. To be able to gather the power of so many tribes, then something serious must have happened. Many of the tribes in Africa still retain the most primitive customs, and only one of the strongest warriors in a tribe can draw a full set of patterns on their bodies.

In order not to let everyone, especially Hemin, feel anything unusual, Zuo Lin played the role of a tour guide. It is also thanks to the fact that when he was learning shamanic witchcraft, in order to better understand the difference between shamanic witchcraft and black witchcraft, and to better understand the cultural jīng essence of primitive totem worship, he really put some effort into it. At this moment, he pointed to the patterns on the black boys' bodies and explained them to Hermione, and he actually had the same head. Every totem cult and every symbol has extremely complex factors behind it, which can be traced back to the history of the formation, reproduction and development of the tribe. And these histories are closely related to the development of the African continent. Hermione grew to admire Zolin, who knew so many things, and Hermione was also a supporter of semiotics and a user of semiotics, but the way she used it was music. With a respectful expression, she followed Zuo Lin's explanation and examined them one by one, reading the marks on the bodies of those brave warriors, and gradually formed a map in her mind. This continent full of suffering, but it has raised these indomitable warriors. From the moment they are born, they have to chase not the footsteps of ordinary people, but the birds in the sky, the fish swimming in the water, the primates climbing and jumping in the mountains and rivers, or the invisible wind. The lives of these warriors are tied to the fate of their clan, and they will not hesitate to die when they need to, and that will be their highest honor.

These people, if they appear in the Olympic Games, on the world's sports stage, in the arena that shows the limits of human beings, may be a force that will make the whole world scream. Almost every one of these fighters can break any world record, even when they are hungry, and that is a state that many of them are familiar with. What prevents them from entering the world visible to ordinary people, in addition to their isolation from the world, may still be their fate and honor. As long as it is related to the honor of their clan, they will fight hard for victory. Audiences around the world were probably not prepared to see the blood on the field, and these warriors were inseparable from their own clans.

Although the skin was different, Hermione's respectful demeanor and the growing admiration in her eyes made these warriors who were very wooden except for fighting not resist her gaze. Zuo Lin can even speak a few words to them in some simple African native language. There are too many languages in Africa, and even the two tribes who are dozens of miles or hundreds of miles apart use completely different languages, but in order to communicate, there is still a set of relatively common languages, so that different tribes can avoid misunderstandings when they meet and be fair when making transactions. And this simple language, Zuo Lin learned it for not even a day.

Beside one of the warriors, Zolin stopped. African tribal warriors don't live too long, and this warrior looks to be in his 40s, with scars all over his body and bloodshot eyes, but his calm expression and motionless posture of hiding in the corner of the wall make people feel so serious, even majestic. Hermione lifted the digital camera in her hand and gently pressed the shutter. The warrior noticed, bared his snow-white teeth and smiled, waving his hand, not minding at all. Zuo Lin was secretly glad that such a move would have a good explanation for encountering other tribes and being accustomed to different tribes.

Hermione walked over to the warrior, and Zolin acted as an interpreter and began to ask about the origin of the warrior's scars. …… Wrestling lions, battling crocodiles, stabbing their commanders in the middle of armies and mercenaries armed with modern weapons, and escaping, snatching playful children from the wildfires that stained the land, every scar is his medal.

In the time that Zolin was wandering around with Hermione, Pauletta had already learned about the situation through Yusendu and the person who was now in the center of Laribera. Not all of the people gathered here are Christians, most of them are not. The reason for this is that a large number of werewolves, vampires, and necromancers have come to the vicinity of this place in search of the Earth King's treasure spot. Hidden there are powerful weapons that were once used by the earth king to command all the tribes.

Yes, a weapon full of mystical power cannot help the earth king lead his tribe against the colonists, but for the supernatural, it should be of great use to the cultivator. The kings of African tribes have disappeared for almost 300 years, and the weapons and battles of those years have become legends and are gradually disappearing. "History has become a legend, and legend has become a myth......" The things in this world are probably like the memorable lines at the beginning of the "Lord of the Rings" movie.

To fight these invaders, Africa's tribes, large and small, had to unite. The Dark Council has followed in the footsteps of the legend and wiped out several tribes, and the treasures of those tribes may be the keys to the treasures, or they may be of no value. However, the Dark Council has always been indifferent to means, and it is equally indifferent to the number of kills. And now, they are approaching the treasure of the Earth King. It is said that the treasure is in the area where the borders of Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya meet. Not only in Laribera, but in fact there are several places in Africa where jīng warriors of various tribes, and those shamans, are now gathering to fight to defend the glory of Black Sè Africa. The army will set off in a few days, and by these days they have stored a lot of food and water, and prepared some transportation......

When Hermione returned to the tent to record what she had heard today and how she felt, Pauletta pulled Zolin aside and told him what was going on. "In the village we saw, there was only one person alive in their tribe right now, and that was the one who came to report the news. But it's also dying, corpse poison, the dark wizard here's treatment methods are a mess, and there seems to be no way. ”

"Then I'll take a look. Zuo Lin stood up, "No problem?"

"Are you ready to be involved in this?" asked Pauletta, "once you are considered your own by these clan elders and warriors, you can have high authority. Here, the physician is absolutely covered. But is now a good time to clash with the Dark Council?"

Zuo Lin smiled bitterly and said, "Then what should I do? Do you stand and watch people die when you know that you can save them? Or watch these people die? These are not my style. ”

Pauletta smiled and said helplessly, "Okay." They'll be very good friends. I've always believed that. ”

Zolin called Irina and ordered: "From here, I will give you two days to get to Somalia." Remember that you're only one person, and when you get there, go to the U.S. military base and use the secret line there to tell Insula about the situation. And also...... Notify the Operations Division to go on full alert. I want a six-man squad to come to Africa in the shortest possible time. ”