When it was getting late, many villagers from nearby villages came to participate, and most of them were elderly people and women.

The soldiers who closed the giant gate, the 10,000 knights brought by Sailei, and the villagers all stood around the large altar in the center of the training ground.

It was dark, and I could barely see five fingers when I stretched out my hand.

La Nina stood at the top of the altar wearing a mage's robe and holding a scroll, ready to listen to the instructions to recite the sacrifice, which was also the first time she had participated in this kind of sacrifice.

Rhein and Hallest, along with a few other children in their teens, changed into wizarding robes, white, wide and large. They were standing on the second floor of the altar, and when La Niña recited the prayers, they were about to act.

The first floor of the altar was very large, and on it stood a large number of young priests dressed in strange costumes. The main task of these young priests is to play sacrificial music and dance the gods. There were many young girls in the young festival, many of whom had been recruited from nearby villages. These young children have restrained their usual vigor, and at this time they all look old-fashioned, which can be regarded as respect for the gods.

A large circle of dry stone wood is laid around the altar, this kind of firewood has a long growth life, the wood is compact, very resistant to burning, and it is the only material for boarding the sacred fire. The stone and wood were poured with fat from pigs, cattle and sheep, which was conducive to ignition.

The soldiers and villagers stood quietly outside the stone and wood circle, quietly waiting for the sacrifice to begin.

The sacrifice is very particular about the right time and place, and this kind of thing can only be estimated by the old priests. At this moment, the old priest climbed to the top and stood with La Niña.

She looked up at the clouds and the moon shining brightly.

The old priest observed for a moment, then frowned. She had to open the sacrifice to welcome the gods when the clear light was at its strongest, but no matter how she observed, the clouds in the sky would always cover a little bit of the moon.

Time passed one by one, and about half an hour had passed, and the old priest had not yet given the order to begin. The young priests on the first floor were motionless, and their atmosphere was not breathing. La Niña on the third floor stood beside the old priest, of course, and did not dare to complain. And the Rhine and Hallrest on the second floor and the many teenagers were miserable, they were carrying the solid wood shrine, and their shoulders were about to be crushed.

"Friend, aren't you tired?" Harrester turned his head to ask an emaciated teenager on his left.

"Shhhh Don't talk too much during the sacrifice, the gods will blame you! Although the emaciated boy was tired and his shoulders ached, he did not dare to complain or say much.

Harrest pouted boredly, then looked at Rhine on his right. "Brother, are you tired?"

"Don't be tired, don't talk much." Rhine didn't look at him.

"It's good not to be tired, I see that the little brother on the left is a little tired, otherwise you can help him share it." Hallrest said as he stretched out his left hand and raised the portable shrine too high, so that the left side would be easy and the right side would be heavy.

Rhine felt the pressure on his shoulders and looked to the left to see the hand that was making trouble. It's a pity that it's a sacrifice now, so he can't come nonsense, otherwise he has to put that hand on the ground and step on it with his foot.

Just as the Rhine and Hallrest were secretly battling, a wind suddenly broke out in the valley. Many teenagers immediately looked up excitedly at the bright moon.

The clouds drifted faster, and after a large cloud had drifted by, the clouds behind them did not follow, and the moon was completely exposed to the air in an instant, and the dazzling clear light shone down, staining the valley white.

"Welcome to the gods!" The old priest shouted excitedly.

La Niña came to her senses, picked up the scroll in her hand, and read it aloud like a schoolboy reading a text.

"The clear light descends, and the gods appear; In the song of Tianqu, the soul dances; The dragon sedan chair rises, worships the gods, and worships the eternal ......peace of Baoding," La Nina shook her head and tried to make herself look more professional.

Hearing La Niña recite the Divine Word, the band on the first floor immediately played the organ, played the mouth flute, and beat the gongs and drums. The girls in the shrine maiden robes also moved, dancing like a dream. The portable shrine on the second floor also moved, and many teenagers lifted the portable shrine and swayed from side to side, swaying in circles. The old priest on the third floor climbed down a small wooden ladder with La Niña, because the third floor was to be used to cast spells on the gods.

"I'll go, shake it so violently, the gods won't be shaken up when they sit up......" Hallester felt that the magnitude was amazing, and the hardest shakers were the other teenagers, who obviously didn't have the strength to work so hard, it seemed that this god had a very high position in their hearts.

Rhein was secretly surprised when he tried this, but he didn't say anything.

After La Niña stepped off the altar, she used ordinary tinder to light the oiled stone and wood, and a burst of fire immediately rose in the training ground, and the fire slid like a snake towards the place where it was not burning. Eventually, a huge ring of fire burned on the grounds, with a platform dedicated to the gods and soldiers and villagers outside.

The soldiers and villagers are now kneeling on the ground according to custom, and the gods they worship will step through the flames, be attracted by the singing and dancing on the first floor, and then sit on the portable shrine on the second floor, and reach the third floor to cast spells to keep them safe.

Rhine and Hallrest don't believe in God anymore, and it doesn't matter to them whether there is a god or not, of course they don't think that there will be a god coming.

Rhine and Hallrest did not resist the gods, and they maintained a slight reverence for them. But this reverence is not because they want to ask the gods for something, but because they want to thank the gods for providing a false glimmer of hope in the despair of these people. People can't live in despair, but as long as these suffering people believe that the gods exist and believe that one day the gods will come down and bring the gospel, they will live strongly.

The bonfire crackled, and tongues of fire stuck out, as if to lick people's faces. The singing and dancing on the first floor continues, the portable shrine on the second floor does not fall, the shrine platform on the third floor is empty, and the prayers outside the bonfire are gradually becoming clearer. But there was no sign of the gods coming.

This sacrifice, this bonfire, may be nothing more than a feast of delusion.

"The god is coming, and I can sense him walking past me!"

"The god is on the sedan chair, and it is so heavy on his shoulders!"

"Now the gods are already standing on the rooftop!"

"Blessed with peace, Lord God......"

Those who do not believe in God do not know whether they believe in God or falsely, and those who believe in God do not know whether they believe in God or not. Anyway, just pretend to be here.

Harrest and Rhine also pretended to be under great pressure on their shoulders, and joined the others to welcome the arrival of the gods.