Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Law Field
It was almost dawn when the east showed a glimmer of light, but the Dharma field had already been arranged in front of the sealing tower of the Shark Palace.
The two rows of sea dragon totem pillars are hung with torches, and the flames are swaying, and a mysterious dance is danced.
The totem pole leads to the Seal Tower, and at the end of it is a groomed clearing surrounded by lit red candles.
In the center of the clearing rises a wooden pillar several feet high, and the pillars are densely covered with mysterious symbols.
A man dressed in a wide exotic robe, holding a deadwood scepter, stood in a circular clearing. He wears an eerie beast-shaped mask on his face and is surrounded by bird feathers that are characteristic of the island of Sharks.
The masked man muttered words as he danced around the stake. This dance is also very bizarre, but it makes people feel uncomfortable.
After a while, an old shark man came over surrounded by several merman maids. The yellow shark man had a haggard face, gray hair, and even black spots on the yellow scales on his body. But judging from the glittering crown on his head and the exquisite clothes on his body, this old man is undoubtedly the city lord of Shark City.
The city lord was followed by several of his own concubines and sons, and it was obvious that this sacrifice was particularly important, and it actually alarmed the powerful figures of the entire Shark Palace.
The city lord was supported by several people and sat down on the arranged seat leisurely. He obviously didn't have much interest in this sacrifice, and with little life left, there was no life in his distracted eyes.
The young and beautiful concubines also sat down, but they exchanged heads and ears with great interest, they lived in the palace, but this kind of exciting scene was the first time they saw it, and they were naturally very excited.
Several of the sons of the city lord stood side by side behind his seat, and one of them turned out to be a blue shark, which was really unexpected.
This young blue shark man is tall and handsome, and at first glance he is not an ordinary person.
However, several of his brothers deliberately distanced themselves from him, glancing at him with disdain from time to time.
"Le Marquet, don't come to this occasion, look at your humble blue scales, I'm ashamed of you," the merman brother on one side whispered to him.
But LeMarquette still had a resolute face, as if he hadn't heard the sarcasm just now.
"Hmph, don't you even pretend not to hear! Wait for the sacrifice to end, you look good!" another shark brother threatened.
As if hearing the whispers of the men behind him, the city lord turned his head and said to Le Marquet:
"Come here, come here, sit next to me..."
Le Marquette was stunned for a moment, then walked forward as ordered, bowed to his father, and sat down next to him.
The brothers were dumbfounded, jealousy and hatred filled their hearts, but they were helpless, it seemed that the most important thing for the city lord was the son of the blue shark people.
The city lord looked at Le Marquette kindly, and said to him slowly: "Quit, as soon as I saw your appearance, I remembered your mother..."
"At that time, she was the one who saved me and helped me seize the position of the city lord of the merman clan. However, she died after giving birth to you..."
"When she was alive, she always told me that the blue shark people and the yellow shark people are all shark people, and they should be treated equally. But under pressure from other nobles, I was unable to fulfill your mother's wish to abolish the status restrictions of the Blue Shark people..."
"However, his greatest legacy is you, Le Marquet, my son. My time is running out, you have to inherit the glory of our merman clan, protect the merman island, and complete our family's mission..."
"Most importantly, you have to inherit your mother's spirit of fraternity and eliminate the mustard between us shark people..."
The city lord said so much, he couldn't help but cough again and again, already old. Le Marquette hurriedly shook his father's hand and comforted:
"Father, you have to take care of your health, Quite must listen to you and inherit the mission of the Lema family..."
The city lord nodded, he obviously pinned the family's hopes on Quite.
Of course, these words were also said to the other sons behind him, so that they could understand that Quite was already an official prince in his heart.
The other sons were angry, but they couldn't do anything. However, each of them had the support of a different nobleman behind them, and what did this Blue Shark Clan's Quit have? Thinking of this, several of them smiled secretly.
Seeing that it was not too early, the lord of the city said to the masked man, who was still dancing intoxicatedly:
"High priest, don't jump yet, my old bones can't stand any wind and grass. Let's get started..."
It turned out that the masked man was the presiding officer of this sacrifice, the high priest. When he was ordered, he immediately stopped dancing and commanded his subordinates:
"Bring that offended mainland human race up!"
A sturdy yellow shark man* struck a large animal skin drum on his upper body. The drums sounded, and then a Terran boy slowly walked from the road in the middle of the totem pole, escorted by two soldiers on both sides.
The Terran boy was covered in wounds, and it was clear that he had suffered a long time in prison. Looking at that appearance, there are many similarities with Lin'er, but he is a little immature, but his eyes show stubbornness and perseverance that are inconsistent with his age.
When Le Marquette saw this young man, he felt a strange feeling in his heart, and he secretly felt that this young man had an indescribable sacredness, the same as the sea god worshipped by the merman race, and there was a kind of aura of worship.
"Father, are you really going to kill the Terrans of this continent?" said Le Marquat to his father.
"Alas... It's not that I'm going to kill him, it's the high priest who wants to kill him, because he's offended the high priest, or he's offended the god of the sea," said the lord of the city, shaking his head.
With a compassionate gaze, Lemarquette looked at this Terran boy who was walking towards death step by step, what was he thinking at this time?
The high priest ordered the two soldiers who were escorting him to tie the boy to a pillar and let him retreat, leaving only the high priest and the boy in the central circle.
The high priest lifted the young man's chin with the deadwood staff in his hand, and looked left and right at his still slightly immature face.
"Boy, it's all come to this point, you still don't admit your mistake? I've always been soft-hearted, if you apologize to me in front of the city lord, I can consider letting you die a happy death..."
The young man stared at the high priest with a disdainful expression, and said:
"Adversary, why is there so much nonsense, I really regret why I broke into Merman Island alone and fell for you old bastard!"
"Quack, quack..."
The High Priest made a terrible sound in his throat, and he trembled with excitement and danced with his hands.
"Despair, cry, poor Terran, I have been waiting for a long time, your blood will be sacrificed to the great gods!" the High Priest raised his hands to the sky, and the flames around him seemed to dance wildly.
The high priest raised the staff of dead wood in one hand, and the tip of the staff was aimed at the young man's heart, and was about to stab it.
Several of the city lord's concubines covered their eyes at this time, but they secretly watched through the gap between their fingers.
Le Marquette's brothers widened their eyes, for fear of leaving out some details, these were all their conversations after dinner.
"Stop! I'll see who dares to kill him!"
A voice burst in out of thin air, because it was mixed with strength, and the penetrating power was very strong, and the mortals of the merman clan couldn't stand it, so they covered their ears one after another.