Chapter 45: Weeping
After three days of anxious waiting, Green was the first to rush in the direction of the altar, and the others couldn't stay any longer, they all came to the altar of the god of the forest, and everyone sat on the ground, waiting for Red's return.
But one day passed, nothing happened, two days passed, it was still empty, and the third day passed, it was still the same, many people had lost faith, they had accepted the reality, and Red, like those before him, disappeared.
Only Green refused to give up, and he asked the witch doctor vigorously, what was the reaction to the mark she made for Red?
The Witch Doctor nodded and shook his head, "The mark is still turning normally, which means that Red is still alive and not dead, but Red hasn't come back either, it seems that he is trapped somewhere." ”
Based on her experience, the witch doctor judged that the biggest possibility was that the teleportation circle was in disrepair, its function was damaged and affected, and it was very likely that it could only complete one-way teleportation, that is, to send people away, but it could not teleport back.
No one knows exactly where this place of trial is, whether it's somewhere far away, or if it's just another world or another plane.
None of the tribes have recorded this trial activity at the Altar of the Forest God in great detail, except for the spells that must be passed down to run the teleportation circle, and the method of activating the teleportation circle.
The witch doctor whispered to Grimm that in the beginning, the altar of the god of the forest was guarded by people all year round, and they were the highest level of worshippers of the god of the forest, priests and high priests.
But this was thousands of years ago, when the altar was a temple-like existence with many priests presiding over the worship of the god of the forest.
The witch doctors of each clan have the opportunity to be selected by the high priest to enter the altar to become priests when the tribal alliance assembly is held.
At that time, the teleportation circle was functioning normally, and it was presided over by the high priest himself, and there were never accidents.
At that time, there was also a large library under the altar, which contained thousands of parchment books that had been collected by the various tribes of the steppe and sacrificed to the altar over thousands of years.
The witch doctors of various tribes could even go to the library to borrow books on the aspects they needed, and the steppe tribes at that time were many times more civilized than they are now.
Then the altar suddenly declined, the high priest and priests disappeared, the library ceased to exist, and there is no record of the decline or destruction of the altar by the various tribes, not even oral legends.
Even today, perhaps many of the clan's witch doctors are unaware that priests and libraries once existed.
The witch doctor of the Wolf tribe only made a vague record in a witchcraft book, and this record was seen by the current witch doctor, and there was no record of how the predecessors who made the record knew about it.
The witch doctor told Green and asked him not to say anything to anyone, not even his father, wife and children, and Green swore to God.
In the end, after waiting for a full week, the tribe returned to the tribe in vain.
Only Grimm and the two war pets refused to accept this fact, and they continued to linger around the altar, and Buzz was very depressed, often screaming inexplicably, as if to vent his emotions.
The war pet actually has a telepathic connection with his master, so Buzz is not desperate enough to live, and it can sense that Red is not dead, but he can't come back.
Green reassured Buzz as he thought about his good brother, and he had other important things on his mind.
According to the plan made by the two of them and the Council of Elders before leaving, once Red disappeared, Green would act as the patriarch until there was a more suitable person to replace him.
And this more suitable candidate needs to be elected by all the fallen warriors, and then the Council of Elders and Witch Doctors will vote by a show of hands.
Red was elected patriarch eight years ago, and in the days since his father's disappearance, Grand Elder Stone has acted as patriarch.
This time, Green's acting patriarch was unanimously agreed by the Council of Elders and the witch doctor, and Green's contributions to the tribe were second only to Red's, so Green's acting patriarch was also expected.
So Green still has to think about how to be a good patriarch, it was Red who used to think about it, he just obeyed Rhett's arrangement and cooperated with Rhett's work.
Now that he is the sole leader, he is really a little scared, the patriarch needs to manage the eating, drinking, and Lazar of all the clan members, as well as commanding wars, commanding hunting, and so on.
So he didn't stay any longer, he stayed alone for three more days, and finally died of this heart, and returned to the tribe with two war pets.
When Buzz left the altar, he turned back one step at a time, as if there was still the smell of Rhett in the air, and when he left the forest, Buzz let out a wail, like the loss of a companion.
Green could only keep stroking Bass's head and comforting him with kind words.
After a few days of trekking, it was finally back to the camp of the Wolf tribe.
Far away, Green could see Mary holding Emily in her arms, standing at the camp gate and looking in this direction.
Blue sat on the floor, leaning on Mary's calf, asleep, and didn't know how long they had been waiting here.
Mary saw that only Green came back with the two war pets, and there was no familiar figure around Green, so she finally couldn't help crying.
Emily didn't know why her mother was crying all of a sudden, and she was so frightened that she cried loudly.
The cries of his mother and sister woke up Blue who was napping, he rubbed his eyes, looked at his mother and sister who were crying, and looked up to see Green returning with two war pets.
But there was no father, in fact, when the teachers and elders came back two days ago, he didn't see his father and Uncle Green, so he asked the teacher.
The Witch Doctor told him that his father and Uncle Green were at the back, and that it would be a few days, so his mother took him and his sister to the gate every day to wait, and kept looking.
But today Uncle Green and Buzz are back, but Dad is not back together, and Blue is full of questions.
Green came to Mary with his head drooping, "I'm sorry, Mary, Red hasn't come back yet, he's still in the Land of Trials, I've been waiting for him for ten days, and he hasn't come back." ”
After that, two lines of tears flowed from Green's eyes, he felt sorry for this orphan and widow, yes, Red didn't come back, and probably won't come back, the mother and son in front of him are orphans and widows.
Confirmation from Green that Mary knew that she was going to come, and that it was his destiny to go.
Although there was some mental preparation, but when it really happened, it was still difficult to control the emotions, Mary cried even more, and the two children were also at a loss and cried with Mary.