313 Kohor people
Similar to Lan Li's treatment in the Iron Islands, and even more serious, in Kohor, one of the nine free trade city-states, the belief of the Black Goat God is unique, supreme, and undesecrated.
It's just because the black goat god can indeed appear to people and perform all kinds of miracles that are classified as black magic.
In this case, its prestige is not comparable to that of the Westeros, or the believers of the Old Gods and the Seven Gods, and even the most devout believers in the Seven Kingdoms are probably not comparable to the ordinary people of Kohor.
It's just that the old gods or the seven gods have basically never shown miracles in front of believers.
And because the city of Kohor was founded on the basis of faith, it was a place of climbers, and it was basically the most devout of the believers.
Therefore, the note thrown in from outside the city of Haijiang was considered by the Kohor people to be the most insulting insult, even more annoying than threatening their own lives.
In this case, the Kohor people in the castle were not only not threatened, but one by one they decided to defend the sea frontier city one by one, and even if there was no fleet, they probably had the intention of going to sea to defend against the enemy.
However, this kind of hatred and hatred quietly appeared a crack the next day.
The custom of the Kohor people is to sacrifice to the black goat god once a day, and in the past the sacrifices were chickens, ducks, cows, and various livestock, but after coming to Westeros, the conditions were relaxed and became human.
Before the threat incident, their black goat god liked the current treatment very much, and would respond positively to each sacrifice, but in the sacrifice the day after the threat, the black cloaks recited it several times before they felt the divine will coming, which was completely different from the previous situation.
This left the black-cloaked people in charge of the sacrifice at a loss, and although their gods did not have any explanation, they vaguely guessed some truth.
"Could it be that the great black goat is wounded?"
"Impossible, how could the gods be injured? Are you human? ”
"But I feel something is wrong, and I ...... yesterday"
"Maybe we misheard yesterday's events."
"Maybe ......"
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In the dark hall, the priests looked at each other, and felt that something was clearly wrong.
However, they tend to have some unknown things happening at this time that they don't know about, but none of them believe that the anomaly of their gods is connected to the supposedly savage iron people outside the city, and even more so that the threatening note is a coincidence.
However, on the third day of the sacrifice, there was a new twist.
During the sacrificial ceremony of offering a baby sacrifice because of suspicion, they heard a short, high-pitched and strange scream!
The voice was shrill and piercing, neither human nor any Holy Spirit, faintly similar to the voice of a goat, but like the cold wind of the abyss blowing into a crack in the rock, revealing mystery and horror.
In the past, priests rarely heard the voices of the gods, but few did not mean that there were none, so the day before yesterday they were able to recognize the origin of the screams, and now they can recognize them as well.
"Truly our god!"
"What the hell is going on?"
"Could it be related to sacrifices?"
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The sacrifice had to be terminated by screaming, and the Black Cloaks panicked.
Kohor's prosperity depended entirely on their belief in the Black Goat God and the power they borrowed to wield the Dark Magic, but now, their foothold seemed to have been hurt at all, and they couldn't even figure out the general situation!
This kind of thing has never happened since the establishment of Kohor, or since the birth of the belief in the Black Goat God, and no one has heard anything like it—
The gods are injured?
Not to mention that no one has ever encountered this kind of thing, and even their legends and allusions have not recorded it!
The Kohor people in Haijiang City could no longer be calm, and they naturally thought of the note that had been shot in by arrows.
However, the Kohor had no intention of giving in, as they were not yet sure that the note had anything to do with it, and they could not have given up their military operations in Westeros, nor could they have betrayed their allies and left alone.
With no solution, or even a way to figure out what was going on, they had to send messengers out of the city, urgently contact their allies for covert advice and help, and offer more sacrifices in the hope that the great black goat would recover.
However, these measures were useless, and when a bearded monk ally hurried from the nearby Twin Rivers City, as they offered sacrifices of various ages one after another, a third scream suddenly struck!
This time the sound was even sharper than the last time, and even the black cloaks who were holding the sacrifice had a splitting headache and clenched their heads when they heard it, and at the same time, they vaguely seemed to hear the rich emotions contained in the screams—anger, confusion, anxiety, and anger......
Co-authored with the great black goat god is also not clear what happened?
The thought came to mind from Prut, the head of the Kohor people in this area, and it startled him, because in his understanding, the great black goat god was omnipotent and omniscient, and he was also one of the few true gods in the world, how could he not even figure out his own situation?
Even the word incompetence is full of blasphemy!
Pruitt was filled with guilt.
In the gloomy hall, the bearded monk who came to the aid did not feel the corresponding situation, because he was from Norvers, one of the nine free trade city-states, and he did not believe in the black goat, so he could not feel any trace of the existence of the black goat god, and naturally he could not hear any screams.
But when the priest of the black goat god told the details, the bearded monk was equally at a loss.
Obviously, this must be the black goat god that these people worship is seriously injured, but the god is injured and is perceived by the believers...... There's no precedent to follow!?
The nine free trade city-states inherited from the ancient Valyrian civilization knew much more about the gods than the Westeros, because the Valyrian Free Fortress contained hundreds of sects of gods before it was destroyed, and like Braavos today, it was very tolerant of all kinds of god beliefs.
Correspondingly, the sons and daughters of Valyria, the nine free trade city-states, also inherited this kind of legacy, and even the establishment of some free trade city-states was completely driven by corresponding beliefs.
Therefore, they vaguely understand the war between the gods, but that kind of war is a contest between believers and believers, or in other words, the power of various gods can only be released through the hands of believers, and only their own believers are hit.
I've never heard of gods being hurt too...... Except for the kind of gods with physical beings born in ancient times.
However, although the name and idol of the black goat god are the appearance of the black goat, it has no substance?
In Haijiang City, neither the Kohor people nor the foreign aid they invited could figure out what the truth of the matter was, and they couldn't even say that they didn't know anything about it, and they couldn't even do anything about it.
And just then, a second arrow flew in from outside the city!
Eternal death is one step closer to your God. 】
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The contents of the note made Pruith, the leader of Kohor, furious, and the other high-ranking members of the castle also gnashed their teeth at it.
"Fake, all fake!"
"The people of Kohor will not give in!"
"How could the great black goat be injured, someone must be blinding us!"
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The Black Cloaks in the dark hall were outraged, but there was a faint rift in the belief in the Black Goat God.
However, they still did not intend to give in, but after a while, they gritted their teeth and decided what to do to contact the great black goat god by means of sacrifice.
Whether the god is injured or not, it would be presumptuous and disrespectful to inquire about his status, and it would seem blasphemous to even ask the god about it, but now there seems to be no other way.
Thus began the third sacrifice, and the sacrificial spell was mixed with some syllables that were not present in the first two.
The reply of the gods is incomprehensible to ordinary people, nor can it be described by words, and can even be called obscure and messy, just because the gods are not living beings, and their thinking will is different from that of human beings.
In the past, every time the priests of Kohor received an oracle, they would gather around and study it carefully before they hesitated to come up with the result, for fear that they would be mistaken.
However, the meaning of the reply obtained this time is very clear, but after the "translation" came, they couldn't help but look at each other-
Go fight back!