"Chapter 37: Obtaining the Idol of God"
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After entering the temple of the druids, Bai Feng's eyes never left the twelve statues enshrined in the temple, and the druid who entered the temple with Bai Feng and Gatus spoke proudly to Bai Feng.
Bai Feng didn't need to be translated by Gatus to know that the druids must be showing off these gods standing in the temple, but Bai Feng was still willing to listen carefully to Gatus's translation, if he didn't have a full understanding of these gods, how could Bai Feng deceive the druids?
"Governor, the four idols you see now are the four supreme gods of our savage land: Sananos, the god of abundance, Kerena, the goddess of life, Diana, the goddess of the forest, and Belona, the goddess of war.
These four great gods are the patron saints of all our tribes, and they are also the gods that our revered druids worship, and as long as these four gods protect us, each of our tribes can always survive in the wilderness!"
Gatus's words obviously carried the subjective thoughts in his own heart, but Bai Feng thought of a good way to deceive the god statue from his words, so Bai Feng asked Gatus with a solemn expression:
"Tell me the truth, Gatus, when you were in Rome with five hundred Tasyan warriors, would you want to worship these four gods on a regular day, just like those who were worshipping outside this temple. ”
This question is not easy to answer, Gatus has no idea why Bai Feng asked such a question, and he doesn't know how he should answer; adhering to the principle of telling the truth, Gatus still mustered up the courage to tell Bai Feng the truth in his heart.
"Well, the warriors of our Tasya tribe have worshiped the four great gods every day since childhood, and even in the city of Rome, we will habitually pray to the goddess of war among the four gods every night. ”
After getting a satisfactory answer, Bai Feng immediately followed this topic and asked Gatus:
"Gatus, if I told you that I would build you a small temple in the city of Rome, would you accept it?"
"Of course, all of our warriors of the Tasya tribe will be grateful to you for this, the Governor!"
"Okay, then you can help me relay it to this Lord Druid, we in the city of Rome want to build a temple dedicated to the four gods in the city, and I hope that the druids can lend us a few statues in this temple for us to build a temple!"
Gatus didn't expect the White Summit to pay attention to the statues in the temple, and he didn't understand what was good about these old statues, if it weren't for the limited strength of the Tasya tribe, the Tasya tribe would have forged new idols for the temple a long time ago.
Gatus, who didn't know why, still told the druid on the side of Bai Feng's needs in one hundred and fifty ten, and after the druid heard Gatus's words, he refused and shook his head on the spot, Bai Feng didn't need to translate Gatus to know that his proposal was rejected.
Could it be that these idols with the power of faith also have a great significance in the Druid religion?Or are these druids simply unwilling to lend them out of order to maintain the dignity of the idols and the majesty of the temple, Bai Feng can only wait for Gattus's answer.
This conversation between Gatus and the druid lasted for a long time, and it was not until Bai Feng was already a little impatient that Gatus explained to Bai Feng in frustration:
"Doge, our druids are not willing to lend the temple to the city of Rome, they don't even have the will to talk about it; ”
Bai Feng would not be satisfied with Gatus's answer, not to mention that Gatus had obviously been talking to this druid for so long just now, how could it be such a simple two sentences?
"Gatus, if you ask your druids to make conditions, if they are willing to lend us the idol of this temple, we will definitely agree to any conditions they offer!"
Seeing that Bai Feng was so obsessed with borrowing the statue to build a temple, Gatus mistakenly thought that Bai Feng was simply thinking about himself and the warriors of the Tasya tribe, and his heart was like a warm current flowing through, but he could only sigh helplessly and explain:
"Alas, Governor, it is not that the druids are unwilling to lend the idols of Rome, but that the conditions they offer are too much to bear, and at most they are willing to lend the small idols to the city of Rome, and the city must give them new idols of the same size. ”
Such conditions are not difficult for Bai Feng, what he wants is to accept the worship day and night with the power of faith, not a few old wooden statues, as long as the druids are willing to give themselves such gods, Bai Feng is willing to pay any price!
"Gatus, it's just a few new idols, tell the druids directly, all the idols in this temple we want in the city of Rome, and what kind of new idols they want, just ask, we will be satisfied!"
Seeing Bai Feng's rich answer, Gatus's heart was also moved, and he didn't know what to say, in addition to secretly making up his mind to swear allegiance to Bai Feng and the city of Rome, Gatus could only bargain with the druids as much as possible.
As a warrior of the Tasia tribe and a believer in the druids since childhood, Gatus is now bargaining with the druids for the White Peak and the city of Rome, which can be regarded as a kind of transformation for him.
After some discussion and argument between Gatus and the druid, the other two druids in the temple also came here and joined in the argument with Gatus, and Bai Feng quietly watched the four of them argue, waiting for the answer he wanted.
It wasn't until the druids had a smile on their faces that Bai Feng knew that the argument was finally coming to an end, and sure enough, Gatus quickly ended the argument and turned around and explained to Bai Feng with a guilty face:
"Doge, the druids have promised to give us all eight small idols of this temple to the city of Rome, but we must provide the temple with eight statues of equal size made of silver, otherwise they will not accept our terms. ”
It seems that these druids are not stupid, at least they have the ability to ask for the sky and sit on the ground, but Bai Feng will not have the slightest hesitation in this matter, let alone eight silver statues, even eight gold gods, Bai Feng will agree.
With Bai Feng's consent, Gatus immediately reached an agreement with the druids, considering that the casting of statues in Rome City needs to be compared to the existence of god statues, the druids agreed that Bai Feng would take the four small idols with him when he returned to Rome this time, and the remaining four small idols would have to wait until the eight silver idols were sent before they could be taken away by Bai Feng.