Chapter 170: Divination
"Godfather, I miss you so much!"
This heartfelt godfather directly shocked Catherine completely, looked at the five-meter-tall horse, and then looked at Ling Mo, who was hugged tightly and a little embarrassed, at this moment, Catherine was shocked! Countless inappropriate clips flashed in her mind, her brain made up one hundred and eight positions, and her thinking even diverged to the point that the master's body could be scaled up and down at will, just to deal with this situation, this is really far-sighted...
Noticing Catherine's eyes, Ling Mo glared at her and said, "Although I don't know what you're thinking about, but Xiaoka was brought up by me and my ex-girlfriend since childhood, she was a baby more than thirty years ago, and I changed her diaper by hand! I took care of her like her real father, but it's not the messy godfather culture of human society!"
As he spoke, Ling Mo's expression was a little embarrassed, not because he was embarrassed to be hugged by a female centatrium, but mainly because the other party had a huge amount of water, and after a while, his chest was covered with tears, which looked very funny, he patted the female centaur in his arms, and said softly: "Okay, Xiaoka, don't cry, I'm still on the live broadcast now, you look like this, it's not very elegant." ”
"Live broadcast?" Although it is an isolated race, as a big chief, Casablandon still knows some about modern human society, she glanced at the translucent magic eye elf next to her, stood up a little embarrassed, wiped the tears on her face, and took out a handkerchief from her arms, making a gesture to help Ling Mo wipe his chest clean, but Ling Mo stopped her.
"Well, live broadcast," Ling Mo raised a slight flame on his body, steamed his body dry, pointed at Catherine and Wayne, and said with a smile: "In order to promote martial arts, I recently accepted two apprentices, and they are both more curious about you centaurs, so I brought them over and opened my eyes to you." ”
"Hello, hello!" Casabrandon immediately became enthusiastic about Catherine and Wayne when she heard that it was Ling Mo's apprentice, she thrust the giant axe on her back into the ground, and after performing a unique etiquette of the centaur clan, she introduced herself: "I am the current great chief of the centaur clan, Casabrandon Dadazara! Since I am the apprentice of my godfather, then our relationship is relatively close, don't be polite, just call me sister!"
Sister?!Your children are more than three meters tall, so you are embarrassed to let us call you sister?Catherine and Wayne complained in their hearts, but after thinking about it carefully, Master's apprentice doesn't seem to have anything wrong with calling Master's daughter his sister...... With all the entanglement mentality, Catherine and Wayne reluctantly shouted:
"Hello sister, I am Catherine, Master's eldest apprentice. ”
"Hello sister, I'm Wayne, Master's second apprentice. ”
Hearing the two of them call her sister, Casabrandon's expression was obviously a lot happier, and she said enthusiastically: "Actually, there is nothing mysterious about our centaur clan, if you usually come here, you will definitely feel bored, today coincides with the 'Naadam' conference, and there will be a sacrifice later." Divination activities and bonfires, be sure to eat, drink and have fun with us!"
"Naadam convention?" Catherine asked curiously, "Is it the 'Naadam' assembly of the Northern Orc Empire?
"Of course, the orcs are all the children of Tengger's protection, so naturally they all have to hold the Naadam Assembly," Casablandon explained simply: "It's just that, according to the 'Tribal Pact', the silver bloodline will sacrifice Tengger ten days earlier than the ordinary orcs, and the gold bloodline will be ten days earlier than the silver bloodline." ”
"And what is the Tribal Pact?" asked Catherine, blankly.
It seems that she didn't expect Catherine to even know this, Casabron was stunned for a while, and didn't know how to explain it to Catherine, but Wayne on the side spoke: "More than 1,200 years ago, twelve orc races met on the banks of the Duck River in the Plains of Despair, and agreed to stop the internal disputes of the orc tribes, known as the 'Tribal Pact', and at the same time, they cast four giant golems, engraved the content of the Pact on them, and handed them over to the gold bloodline and the three silver bloodlines for safekeeping as a testimony of the Pact. It's just that less than three hundred years after the signing of the treaty, all the four bloodlines disappeared, and even the golem was missing, and this history was no longer well known. ”
"I see!" Catherine suddenly realized, she was not brain-dead enough to ask why the orcs of the four bloodlines had disappeared, and the scene fell silent for a while, but Casabron looked at Wayne in surprise, and praised: "The little girl is really amazing, not to mention that she is already a great mage at a young age, and she still has such a deep knowledge reserve, even if she is placed in our four bloodlines, she is also a top-notch young talent!"
"I don't ......" Wayne originally wanted to say that her sister was a Dharma Saint, but she was currently in the 'magic suppression' area, and if she couldn't get her sister's spiritual power to exert the level of a great mage, she swallowed back what she wanted to say, and said instead: "I'm sorry, without your consent, I let Miss Xingji be my senior sister's mount, and we just want it to be fun for a while, and we don't really want Xingji to become a mount, if you don't agree..."
"It's okay, it's okay! I don't agree with anything!" Casablandon waved his hand, as if the person who was angry just now was not himself, and said indifferently: "Xinghime, she is an adult, and she can be responsible for all the decisions she makes, since she thinks Catherine is good, then be her mount." ”
"Xingji is already an adult?!" Catherine had already turned over from Xinghime at this time, and when she heard this, she looked at Casabrandon's figure of more than five meters tall, and then looked at Xingji's body size of about three meters at most, as well as her immature face, and asked in disbelief: "Sister, are you sure Xingji is an adult?"
"Of course, I'm pretty sure that Hoshihime is nineteen years old this year," Casabrandon's tone was very affirmative, and then she sighed and said, "It's just that Hoshihime's father is a human, which causes her to be congenitally deficient, and her body size is much smaller than the average clansman. ”
"Human?!Hoshihime's father is human?!" Catherine's eyes almost burst out: "Is it a human like Master?!"
"No, it's just a normal human being, and he hasn't cultivated martial arts. Casabbrandon's expression was a little nostalgic, "Because he was brought up by his godfather since he was a child, he has a good impression of humans, and twenty years ago in the rainforest, he met a powerful human adventurer, and after all, he was pleasing to the eye, so he got married, and then there was Xingji." ”
Hearing this, and looking at Casabrandon's huge size, Catherine's admiration for Xingji's father was like a surging river, especially when she saw Casabrandon's horse buttocks, which was bigger than the millstone, the image of Xingji's father suddenly became infinitely taller in her heart! With this kind of reverence, Catherine was about to say where this warrior was, she really wanted to see it, but Wayne was keenly aware of the remembrance and sadness in Casabrandon's tone, stopped Catherine, and asked:
"And then?"
"Later, ten years ago, when our centaur clan was allied with another silver bloodline, that is, the Minotaur clan, he was seduced by the holy daughter of the Minotaur tribe, and ran away in the middle of the night with the cow whose milk was bigger than his head. Casabbrandon's tone was flat, but the armor leaves all over her body were rattling, obviously her heart was not as calm as it seemed: "Since then, Xingji and I haven't seen him again, maybe he has now had seventeen or eighteen children with that stinky bitch like a minotaur saint, and lives happily in which corner of the Warcraft Rainforest?
“...... Sister don't be so sad, think about the good thing, maybe he's dead?" Wayne didn't know how to comfort Casabbrandon, hesitated for a moment, and the ghost made God hold back such a sentence. Kasabbrandon didn't react yet, and Xingji took the first step to express her dissatisfaction: "Aunt Wayne, don't let you curse your dad like this! He didn't die! My dad didn't ...... if your dad died." Sorry, I said the wrong thing. All in all, he won't die! I guess I'm in some trouble, I can't go back to the tribe to see me, it must be like this!"
This weak little girl is the first time to speak to others in such a heavy tone, it seems that for her, even if her father has done such a scumbag thing, she still trusts her father as always. Facing Xingji's innocent and determined eyes, Wayne sighed, and did not continue to dwell on this issue, but echoed: "Well, that's right, Xingji's father will definitely come back, and, Xingji, you have to call Sister Wayne." ”
"But mom is your sister?" Xingji was puzzled: "Since it's mom's sister, it should be completely normal for me to call me Auntie, right?"
Wayne was speechless, but Casablandon laughed and said, "Okay, let's not talk about that negative man, it's just the right time for you to come back, come with me, the sun is about to set, and the divination ceremony of our clan is about to begin!"
With that, Casablandon turned around first, flicking his tail and walking towards the tribe. Her steps were very light, it seemed that Ling Mo's arrival had put her in a very good mood, and Xingji greeted Catherine and Wayne, and followed her mother's footsteps and walked towards the tribe.
Walking into the tribe, Wayne was a little surprised, originally in her imagination, the tribe of the centaur tribe should be very primitive, just like those black tribes on the Niula River prairie, with fences, thatched huts, and animal skin skirts. However, when she stepped on the main road of the tribe, she found that although the architectural style of the centaur clan is relatively ancient, it reveals an antique charm in it, which is like many tourist attractions that use ancient culture as a selling point.
The houses are made of wood, and the centaurs are generally taller, with the lower floor resembling a stable, and the top floor is typical of the southern style of wooden houses. The buildings are staggered, and mysterious stripes are painted with various colored dyes, which are connected together, revealing a primitive and rugged flavor, but also an intoxicating artistic atmosphere.
After a cursory look, Wayne estimated in his heart that the houses around here are probably enough for more than a thousand centaurs to live in, even if they are crowded a little, there will not be more than two thousand people.
She couldn't help but think about what Casablandon had just said, her sister's Great Magister-level strength, in the eyes of this Great Chief, was just a 'top-notch young talent'. Could it be that in this inconspicuous little tribe, there are still so many great mages, and even Fa Saints? This is a little too mysterious, right?
"Ahh
Wayne's train of thought was interrupted by Catherine's whispered exclamation, Wayne raised his head and looked around, it turned out that following Casablandon through most of the village, they had already walked to the square in the center of the tribe at this time, almost all the centaurs gathered here, the tall horses on the left were like an array of cavalry charges, and the horse-headed orcs on the right were all the same, although they looked a little scary at first glance, but after a few more glances, they always felt that these horse-faced people had a feeling of being ugly and cute.
This was certainly not the reason for Catherine's exclamation, the centaurs were in two semicircles, and in the middle of them, in the middle of the square, there was a high platform that seemed to be very old. This high platform is completely made of bluestone, which is incompatible with the surrounding wooden buildings, and the entire bluestone high platform is painted with blood-red dye.
This should be the altar of the centaur clan, at this time, on the table of the altar, there is a pure white unicorn tied there, this sixth-level demonic beast called the 'elegant forest elf' is very embarrassed at this time, its limbs are completely broken, its neck is also soft, and the cervical vertebrae should also be broken, at this time it is just barely holding on to death. Next to it, sat four horse-faced men wearing feather headdresses and strange totems painted on their faces, although they were dressed differently, they had one common characteristic, that is, they were old and intellectual. Yes, it is intellectual, obviously with a horse's head, but it gives Wayne a very wise feeling.
Is it the elder of the centaur clan? Wayne thought secretly in his heart, with the arrival of Casabrandon, the four elders who had closed their eyes slowly opened their eyes, and their eyes fell on Ling Mo, and their eyes suddenly froze! One of the elders' hands shook suddenly, and a whip with a faint golden light fell out of its cuffs, but he didn't make any drastic movements, looked at Ling Mo carefully for a while, and then put the whip back.
Originally, the centaurs on both sides of the altar looked at Vayne and his party curiously, whispering, waiting for the Great Chieftain's explanation, but the sun happened to completely hide its traces at this time, and the oldest of the four elders stood up at once, raised his hands high, and uttered strange syllables from his mouth, shouting as if in prayer:
"Kasuna Raka!"
The surrounding centaurs stomped their feet in unison, raised their hands above their heads, and responded, "Kasuna Raka!"
The elder had a satisfied smile on his face, waved his hand, and the other three elders immediately took action, two of them pressed the unicorn that was still struggling, and the remaining one walked to the unicorn with a solemn expression, touched his chest with one hand, and covered the top of the unicorn's head with the other hand, and read a long string of obscure syllables in his mouth, along with this strange rhythm, the unicorn's struggle gradually became slighter, and the big eyes eager to survive gradually calmed down, revealing a detached sense of relief.
Then, two sharp blades appeared in the elder's hand, the one in his left hand pierced the unicorn's eyebrows, and the one in his right hand stabbed it directly into the unicorn's throat, and with a circular cut, the unicorn's head was cut off!
Blood was furious! The qi and blood of a sixth-level demonic beast were so vigorous, and the blood that spurted out simply formed a blood curtain ten meters high! The oldest elder pointed with his hand, and the blood hovered in the air, and after a pause, it flew upward, forming a constantly wriggling blood cloud in mid-air. Blood continued to pour out of the unicorn's headless corpse, and its body dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye, until not a drop of blood could be shed, and the blood cloud suddenly closed and rose, bursting out, enveloping the entire small square, merging with the water vapor in the air, and a burst of red rain fell in mid-air!
The centaurs, male and female, raised their hands and shouted 'Kasunaraka!' in unison to meet the rain in the air and let the red raindrops fall on them as much as possible. Xingji quietly tugged at Catherine's sleeve and urged her to take more, this rain is not common in the tribe, the raindrops can cure a variety of diseases, and have the effect of permanently increasing strength.
Just as Catherine hesitated, the rain of blood stopped, and the two elders lifted the unicorn upside down and lifted its hind legs, and the elder with the knife used extremely skillful knife techniques to open the unicorn's intestines and stomach, and split it into seventeen or eighteen pieces in an instant, but did not hurt any internal organs at all. Then he pulled his hand into the unicorn's belly and pulled out the shrunken intestines!
The intestines that had lost their blood did not look disgusting, the outer casing was a little pink, and the elder held the coiled intestines in both hands, and respectfully offered it to the oldest elder, who coiled the intestines in the center of the totems of the altar, the area with the densest runes, and then took two steps back, bowed respectfully to the ground, and prayed reverently:
"Kasuna Raka!"
All the elders on the field, and all the centaurs who were onlookers, fell to the ground and prayed:
"Kasuna Raka!"
Seeing that Catherine and the others did not bow down, they were a little overwhelmed, Xing Ji hurriedly blocked them with her huge body, and explained in a whisper, with indescribable pride in her tone: "This is the most powerful secret technique of our clan's 'visceral divination', only the most intelligent and powerful Great Elder can perform it, it can bring us the prophecy of 'Tengri', and it is with these prophecies that our centaur clan can always walk on the right path!"
This is obviously a deception, and it is obviously feudal superstition, right? This method of sacrifice and prophecy is the most cruel kind of feudal superstition, that is, the so-called 'blood sacrifice', right? Is it true that the centaur clan is still in such an ignorant and barbaric social form?
Wayne opened her mouth, not knowing whether to explain this to the innocent Xingji, for fear of breaking the other party's illusions, however, in the next second, she was shocked by everything in front of her:
All the patterns on the entire altar were lit up, and even the coiled intestines were slightly shining, especially the eight bright spots in it, which were a little too bright! These eight bright spots reflected each other, and they were connected with each other with light, and together they formed a mysterious pattern, and Wayne covered her mouth in surprise, she had already recognized it, this pattern turned out to be the first house of the 'Zodiac', the star map of the constellation Azathos!
With the appearance of the pattern, all the sounds between heaven and earth disappeared, and the surroundings suddenly became as black as ink, and above the distant firmament, all the stars and moons were covered by the brilliance of the eight main stars of the 'Azathos' in the extreme eastern sky. Moreover, this monster has an 'indescribable' terrifying aura, as long as you look at it, you can feel a lot of incomprehensible information in your head, and your whole headache is about to explode!
In the middle of the countless random waving tentacles arch guard, the huge one-eye of the monster phantom slowly opened, and an inexplicable flow of information swept through the audience, although it was not a 'language', everyone understood the meaning of this monster:
"Mortals, what do you call to the great Azathoth!"