After hearing the words of the patriarch, the herdsmen in the tribe showed a sad look on their faces, obviously in a very heavy mood, and this emotion also infected Mo Yu, and even Mo Yu frowned slightly.

Mo Yu didn't know what the ten-year period was, and why those adult herdsmen showed such a heavy look after hearing this word.

"Patriarch, could you be mistaken?" asked one herdsman.

"There shouldn't be anything wrong with that, and counting the last ten years, it's almost this time. The old patriarch said in amazement.

"What is the ten-year period?" Mo Yu turned his gaze to Dorn to the side and asked in a low voice.

"The ten-year period is the day of worship. Dorne whispered.

"On the day of worship, what patron saint do you want to worship, and why do you look so heavy when you mention this. ”

When Mo Yu heard this, he was also a little curious about this day of worship, and he also knew that a nomadic tribe like this would have their own beliefs, just like the beast tribe, they believed in the beast god, and they would hold a sacrifice every year.

"Do you know what we worship?" said Dorne with a wry smile.

"Isn't it just some livestock?" Mo Yu said suspiciously.

"If only it were as simple as that, the object of worship was a pair of boys and girls under the age of ten. Dorne said bitterly.

"What?

When Mo Yu heard this, his heart was also slightly shocked, and his face suddenly showed a look of astonishment, he didn't expect that the worship objects of the Dorne tribe turned out to be living people, and they were also children under the age of ten.

Dorn's face showed a look of helplessness, and his hands were clenched, even the fingertips were pinched into his palms, and the tingling sensation seemed to be unnoticed.

"What exactly does your tribe worship, why do you worship with boys and girls?" Mo Yu frowned and continued to ask.

"This ritual has existed since before my director, and our tribe worships a terrifying beast, and if we sacrifice a virgin to the beast every ten years, the beast will protect us from the beast for ten years. "Dorne.

Mo Yu heard Dorne's words and nodded, which can be regarded as a little understanding of the situation.

"Those who have children under the age of ten are invited to come forward and draw lots. ”

Just as Mo Yu was talking to Dorne, the voice of the clan elder sounded here at this time, and there were two more bamboo tubes with wooden sticks in front of the clan elder.

"Little brother Mo Yu, I'll go back as soon as I go. ”

Hearing this, Dorn did not continue to talk to Mo Yu, and came to the front of the clan elder.

"Hmm. Mo Yu nodded in response.

"There is a clansman with a wooden skewer written on it at the end of the draw, so get ready. ”

The patriarch said helplessly, there were tears in his eyes, no matter which family's children were his descendants, he was also unable to give up, and he could only resign himself to fate as to which two children to be selected as the worship of this time.

The more than 60 herdsmen divided into two groups, gathered around the two bamboo tubes with men and women written on them, and looked nervously at the ones in front of them

The bamboo tube, the palms of the hands are full of sweat, and the forehead is also cold sweat, all worried.

"Open... Let's start. The patriarch said with difficulty.

These more than 60 tribal herdsmen, slowly raised their hands, their fingers gradually approached the bamboo tube, as the fingers continued to get closer, their cold sweat flowed, this wooden stick, will determine the fate of their children's life and death.

When the first herdsman picked up the wooden stick, he was relieved to see that there was no text on it, and his tense heartstrings were also released.

As more and more wooden sticks were drawn, the wooden sticks with the words of dedication had not yet appeared, and the herdsmen who had drawn blank lots were relieved, while the herdsmen who had not drawn lots looked more and more heavy.

"Woo!

When the wooden skewer with the word dedication written on it was pulled out of the man's bamboo tube, a herdsman woman suddenly howled and cried, and the surrounding herdsmen also shook their heads and comforted the herdsman woman.

This herdsman's family is really a disaster, she lost her husband this morning, and she did not expect to draw a wooden skewer with a dedication written on it in the evening, this series of misfortunes made her heart collapse, and she passed out directly.

"Mommy!"

A boy of three or four years old trotted out of the crowd and came to the herdsman woman who had passed out, pushing her body continuously.

When the other herdsmen saw this scene, they could only remain silent, and their eyes were a little red, many of them were parents, and their children could be said to be more important than their lives.

Although the other herders deplored the unfortunate family, they could let their children make sacrifices in place of the children in front of them, but that would never work, they could not help the herdsmen's family.

"Well, let's help her aside. Seeing this, the patriarch sighed heavily, he was powerless to change this kind of thing, no matter which family was asked to dedicate their children, there would also be such a scene.

The surrounding herdsmen nodded and helped the unconscious woman aside.

"Go ahead. The patriarch said slowly, and his gaze was also dim.

The boy's skewer had already been drawn, so it was over, and the other herdsmen didn't have to draw it, and now only the girl's skewer had not been drawn, and there were not many skewers left in the bamboo tube, less than ten left, and Dorne had not yet drawn lots.

Dorn was extremely nervous, stretched out his slightly trembling right hand to the wooden sticks on the bamboo tube, pinched one of the wooden sticks, and slowly lifted it up.

As the wooden stick gradually came up, Dorne's heart became more and more uneasy, as a parent, he definitely didn't want his children to become sacrifices.

When Dorn lifted the stick, his expression was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and he stood in place, with a red dedication written on the bottom of the stick, which was deeply reflected in his eyes.

"How is that possible?"

When Vera saw that her husband had won the sacrifice lot, her expression was also frozen, as if she couldn't believe the truth in front of her.

The rest of the herdsmen, after seeing Dorne draw the sacrificial lot,

They all breathed a sigh of relief, it wasn't that they meant to fall into the well, it was just that they didn't want their children to become sacrifices.

"Mommy!"

Seeing her mother in a daze, Prima called her mother softly, but found that her mother did not respond, so she pulled her sleeve.

Vera came to her senses after being pulled by her sleeves, and hugged Prima and wept bitterly, not expecting fate to play such a trick on her and let this place of sacrifice fall on their heads.

"Mom, did Prima do something wrong? ”

Prima was a little at a loss, and she couldn't figure out about the sacrifice at her age, thinking that she had done something wrong and provoked her mother's anger.

Vera wept even louder when she heard her daughter's words, knowing full well that it would not be long before Prima would be sacrificed to her.

At this moment, Dorne looked sluggish, like a walking corpse, and walked towards the two Vera and took them into his arms, tears welling up in his eyes.

The other herders just watched in silence, even though their children were not chosen to be sacrificed

"Vera, it's all my fault, it's all my damn stinky hands!" Dorne blamed himself, if he hadn't drawn the damn sacrificial stick, his daughter wouldn't have been sacrificed.

When Mo Yu saw such a scene, he was very sad, he pity the hearts of parents all over the world, who is willing to let his child become a sacrifice.

"The matter has been decided, everyone disperse, what compensation you two families need, the tribe will try to meet it. ”

The patriarch looked at the two chosen families, his eyes were full of guilt, he was also forced to be helpless, if he didn't want the giant beast in the wasteland to sacrifice virgins and boys, their tribe would suffer a catastrophe.

"Enough! As an outsider, I shouldn't talk too much about your tribe, but I just want to ask, but you really know what you're doing?"

Mo Yu clasped his hands, anger gradually accumulated in his body, and suddenly asked sharply.

"Outsider, what do you mean by that?" said the patriarch in confusion.

"Why do you want your own compatriots as a sacrifice to that damn beast, where did your bloodiness go?" Mo Yu stared at the patriarch and said in an indifferent tone.

"Outsider, you don't know the horror of that beast,"

Of course, the patriarch heard a trace of sarcasm in the depths of Mo Yu's words, and his face was obviously full of guilt, but there was no way to do it, if I could, I would rather replace these children with myself.

"Outsider, although your strength is very strong, it is nothing compared to that giant beast. ”

An old man said that he had seen Mo Yu's battle with those fierce beasts, and his strength was indeed very strong, even stronger than those fierce beasts, but the giant beast was too far behind.

"Yes, that giant beast is not something that can be pitted by manpower at all, and the patriarch has done his best. Another old man defended the patriarch.

"Both

So, why did you move to other places and stay away from this giant beast?" Mo Yu said in a deep voice.

"Outsider, do you think I don't want to leave? More than sixty years ago, it was because our tribe was unwilling to sacrifice sacrifices and wanted to migrate to other places, that we were attacked by the giant beast and the massive fierce beast, and our tribe of more than 1,000 people, and finally there were less than 300 left, and the giant beast stopped killing. ”

The patriarch reluctantly explained, his mixed eyes revealing a deep sense of fear, he was one of the few survivors of that incident.

Several old men in the tribe also nodded, recalling the situation at that time, they also had a look of fear in their hearts, in addition to the huge size, the giant beast could also shoot flames from its mouth, their swords and guns could not even cut through the skin of the giant beast, this giant beast was not something they could fight against at all.

"When the giant beast left, he said that if this kind of thing happened, it would slaughter our tribe directly. The patriarch said with a bitter expression.

Hearing this, Mo Yu's brows tightened, if his strength still existed, it would only be a matter of raising his hands to solve such a giant beast, but now that his strength is almost completely lost, rashly stopping this sacrifice may kill the entire tribe.

(End of this chapter) I want to talk about "Stars Eternal" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~