Chapter 425: Invasion of the Temple
Aloy walked up to Sarah, making her seem to grow shorter in an instant. Even with Sarah's height as the most admired template for the islanders, she still exceeded the norm by a lot, even surpassing the buriest northerners.
From a very young age, Aloy knew she was different, and her burly frame made her always feel like she was going to accidentally bump into someone, but she finally understood that when she walked, others should learn not to get in her way.
It was with such a momentum that she became the most powerful and respected true person in Bajou's hundreds of years.
Aloy's approach made Sarah's heart grow more and more apprehensive, and the carving of the beast's head and the tentacles of Discord that had become more detailed because of the proximity had a greater effect on her spirit: "I know you're the most authoritative person in Bilgewater, but could you tell me exactly why I had to take the test?" Instead of fooling me with the will of the Mother Serpent. ”
"You may not know it, but Planck and I have a partnership, and he has always followed the rituals and never stopped offering sacrifices to Naga Kapoulos, so that he has always been supported by the temple. And you take his place, but without a sacrifice, in order to determine your eligibility for the support of the temple, you must confirm your eligibility through a soul trial. ”
"I don't need your support, I can survive the Night of Soul Eclipse without you, I've proven it to everyone!" Sarah gritted her teeth, as if she had a bad breath in her stomach.
"Whether you need it or not, Naga Kapoulos has the final say!" Aloy angrily pressed her face close to Sarah's face, as if she was about to knock Sarah out with her wide brain.
As soon as Aloy's words came out, Sarah's heart suddenly cooled, she knew that no matter what she said, Aloy would use the Mother Snake as a shield, and no matter what she did, she couldn't escape this trial.
So she could only swallow her anger: "Then if I pass the trial, can you make Okhao and those gang leaders stop supporting Planck?" ”
Aloy was silent for a moment, and seeing that Aloy didn't dare to answer directly, Sarah could only laugh miserably: "In the end, you are still favoring that old guy." ”
"Are you ready? The trial is about to begin. Aloy said angrily.
"I admit it, but give me another ten minutes to prepare." Sarah made a look of resignation, and Aloy nodded, turning to pray to the idol.
Ten minutes won't change anything, but if you can drag it out for a while, it's a while.
Long before she was caught in the temple, she felt the vibration of the only communicator on her body that had survived the attack and not been swept away.
Wearing fiery skinny leather pants all year round, where can she hide the communicator?
Naturally, it is in the bottomless business line.
Therefore, she was not connected, but she could sensitively sense the slight vibration of the communicator.
Ten minutes was the shortest time she estimated it would take to get from the cliff to the temple from the time the communicator began to vibrate.
Naturally, she was going to delay until the person who dialed the communicator came to the temple to rescue her, and if the time was up, the person didn't come, then she would have to face the trial of death and death.
……
Jeno crossed the python bridge with the little yellow fur menacingly, and finally stepped onto the extinct volcano where the temple was located.
Along the way, in order to take a shortcut, he didn't know how to crash through a few wooden houses with his body, knock down dozens of passers-by, and the speed was so fast that even Ezreal, who often raced to death, had to keep activating his arm guards and using long-distance jumps of tens of meters to barely keep up with Jeno.
And those innocent people who were accidentally injured by Jeno at full speed forward are even more out of reach to catch up with Jeno. Only a small number of people barely followed the python bridge by relying on the familiar terrain, but after seeing Jeno walking towards the temple without hesitation, they lost the courage to ask for compensation and make a false payment.
This place is like a sacred or forbidden place for the Bilgewater people, and trespassers are punished severely, and it is not uncommon for them to be thrown into the sea to feed sea beasts.
In other words, it is to return the energy in your body to Naga Kapoulos, because "movement" requires energy, and this energy refers to the human soul.
Seeing the strange building located in the depression of the crater, Ezreal immediately pointed out sensitively: "This is a Bajo-style building!" I've seen it on the Python Islands, and there must be a woman carrying a stone ball, a priestess or something, and their job is to protect the temple. ”
"That's called the True One, the highest priest who directly serves the gods." Jeno corrected Ezreal's statement, and they saw a group of temple guards with black tattoos on their faces depicting the countless teeth in the sea monster's maw, swords in hand, walking towards them.
Seeing that someone was coming, Ezreal did not become vigilant, but stepped forward and talked in a big tone: "My name is Ezreal, and I am from Piltover. Please help me convey to your Shin-sama......"
Before they could finish speaking, the group of guards handed out their spears and aimed them at Ezreal's squeaky nest, neck, and other parts, trying to take it down!
Ezreal, who knew little about Bajou culture, suffered a big loss, raised his arm and shot it in front of his feet, and used the air wave generated by the explosion to cover the guards' vision with smoke and dust, and then retreated without danger.
On the other hand, Jeno took advantage of the smoke to rush directly into the smoke and dust to fish in troubled waters, punching and kicking.
Ezreal, who reacted, couldn't make up his mind for a while, and he didn't strike again for fear of hurting Jeno, and when the smoke cleared, he was surprised to find that all eight strong guards had been subdued by Jeno.
They were piled up in a mountain of flesh by Jeno, and their spears were slanted deep into the ground, forming hard angles to each other to limit their movements.
Jeno then walked briskly to the entrance of the temple, and on the lower floor, he walked up the stairs with a stunned old man, also covered in fish teeth tattoos, with a huge fish head on his neck (the head sticking out of the fish's jaw), and a frightening face peeking out of the fanged fish's mouth.
This strangely dressed old man was a snake caller, one of the more important positions in the clergy, and his usual function was to go into the shallow sea and blow a huge spiral bone horn fixed to the reef (whalebone, which has excellent sound conduction?). ), through the vibration of sound (bone conduction), drive away or call sea beasts, and use these sacred beasts to protect the sea they are in.
He also carried another slightly smaller horn with him, which was used to warn and alert other personnel. Seeing that Jeno didn't care about him when he saw his old age, he directly sounded the horn to warn Aloy inside the temple - the temple had been violently invaded!
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