Chapter 249: The God of Faith (Aloy)
Aloy is a man of great physique, but he will only bend before her unwavering faith. As the seer of the sea beast, she wields a giant golden idol to drain the souls of her enemies from her body, completely destroying their perception of reality.
All who challenge the "True One of Naga Kapolos" will soon discover that Aloy is never alone—the gods of the Anaconda Islands will fight alongside her.
Everyone who has seen Eloy has been struck by her physique. This priest was never shy about expression and was fully immersed in the experience of life. If you want it, you will take it, and if you hate it, you will destroy it; She is obsessed with everything that makes people linger.
However, if you want to truly understand her, you must understand the teachings for which she dedicated her life. Naga Kapoulos is the deity she longs for.
In the usual description, it is a large, friendless sea monster with tentacles curling over its head and neck, cruising back and forth in a never-ending manner.
People would also call her the Mother Snake, the Sea Beast, or the Bearded Lady. Naga Capolos is both the god of life in the Anaconda Islands, the storm of the deep sea, and the supreme movement itself.
(The true meaning of the name should be "the endless monster that moves the sky and the sea.") At the heart of the doctrine are three tenets: that every soul is born a servant of the universe; All the desires of life are planted by the universe; The universe is surging forward, all because all things draw from it to pursue their own desires.
The low-ranking priests had a variety of tasks, such as cleaning temples, calling the serpent, teaching the way of Naga Kapoulos, and so on.
As a true member of the sect, Aloy directly serves her gods, removing all obstacles to the continuous flow of the universe. As a result, she is burdened with two major responsibilities at once.
First, in the war against the undead, the true is the spearhead. The undead are seen as a blatant provocation to Naga Capolos because they are outside the normal flow of the universe.
While the other priests of the Mother Serpent are busy protecting the inhabitants of the Night's Eclipse, the True One rises to the black mist and relies on the Sea Beast's most powerful intent to repel it.
Second, Aloy needs to find people with potential and test them with the trials of Naga Kapolos. That's Eloy's job.
Borrowing the huge sacred relic "Shenxi" in their hands, the true ones strip the human soul from the body, forcing the subjects to face their own torture and prove their qualifications.
Although she knew very well that failure in a trial meant total annihilation, Mother Serpent could not tolerate cowardice, hesitation, or restraint. It must be understood, however, that destruction is by no means an end in itself. The surviving subjects will be forever changed and will heartily follow their true destiny.
Although Aloy was the most powerful and revered true in the centuries, she broke the tradition that had always been so proud of her:
After she was admonished to become the True One, she left the golden temple of Barjou with majestic divine powers and stepped onto the sewage-ridden Bilgewater.
This pirate city is the only place in the Anaconda Islands where outsiders are allowed to land, and for this reason the Eloy people are disgusted. The former Truthful completely ignored the existence of the city, and regarded the Outlanders as creatures that were only slightly better than the undead.
So when she tried to protect the inhabitants of Bilgewater, she was violating her own traditions. What's even more exaggerated is that Aloy even thinks that there are souls here who can pass the trial.
Despite this, only a handful of temples have been built in Birgewater, and few "little pink faces" (a contemptuous term for the islanders' landdwellers) can set foot in them. Either way, it was Aloy who brought the teachings of the Serpent Mother to Bilgewater, allowing them to take root, and it was her unbreakable will that allowed the ideas of the sect to be sown.
Rumor has it that Bilgewater's most notorious bloodthirsty pirate was once grieved by this tower-like priest. Not at all a surprise to anyone who has met her. Underneath Eloy's rugged demeanor lurks wisdom, strength, and admirable confidence.
Many people were impressed by Eloy's charm and welcomed her to Bilgewater. However, everyone was afraid of being chosen by the Sea Beast Priest as the next person to participate in the trial.
"The True, so we must withdraw to Bajou. We can't save these laity," said the messenger. The stocky woman grinned, and evidently couldn't hide her joy at the thought of the prospect of leaving Bilgewater.
"You've mentioned all of this," Aloy said, pacing around the stone table in the middle of the room. She moved her shoulders, loosened her muscles, and held back the yawn that came to her lips.
Next to the messenger stood an elderly snake caller. He wore a robe made of coarse hemp rope, each of which was dyed indigo, unevenly thick, and curly.
The mottled and faded ink of the sea monster gave the illusion that the old man was draped in a tentacle.
His face is covered in black tattoos depicting the countless teeth in the sea monster's giant mouth. Monks and snake callers always want to dress up as scary. Most men have this boring problem.
"The holy beasts won't come near Bilgewater," the snake caller gasped. "They're all under the depths of the sea, far from the stench of the slaughterhouse. At most, there will be only hungry young beasts who will answer our call. ”
Only the most powerful descendants of Naga Capolos will be able to devour the mist and hold the city through the Night of the Eclipse. Other parts of the Anaconda Islands don't have this problem.
This is yet another reminder of how ignorant the Bilgewater people were. These land-based residents never wash away the filth from the docks with clean water.
Instead, permanent anchorages were erected along every tidal flat in the bay. Stupid. Many of the priests in the Order have therefore asserted that the laity were simply swallowed up by the black fog of their own free will.
"Bullshit." Aloy said. If she wants to stay, she'll have to figure out a way to defend the city without the sea serpent. She picked through the bowls full of tributes and finally found a mango. She needed a plan, and the two next to her were embarrassed.
A loud cracking sound interrupted her thoughts. A heavy wooden door downstairs was slammed open.
Planck's roaring voice was heard, his voice muffled and echoed within the stone walls of the temple.
"Following your instructions, we fished him up." The messenger smiled and said, righting the jade neck ring that symbolizes her rank. "Maybe he should return his energy to Naga Kapolos?"
As the prophet of the sea beast, Aloy possessed a strong physique and infinite strength, and anyone who tried to contend with her was severely punished.