Chapter 117: The Prophecy of the Storm (1)
The next day, Cheberkeley did not speak, and he did the work of a coolie with meticulous care. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After a day's work, the two low huts were thoroughly fortified. In the evening, when work was over, Cheberkeley sat on a large rock in the doorway, in a daze.
Tabrich walked over, sat down next to him, and said, "Don't think about it, nothing will come of you and my two sisters." β
Cheberkeley smiled faintly and did not answer.
Tabrich was shocked: "Oh mother, what is the matter with this wise man's light, it is so dazzling, my eyes, wow!"
Cheberkeley couldn't help it: "Did you come to see my uncivilized savage joke?"
"No, looking at the way you think quietly, I thought you were constipated. β
"You little devil who hasn't grown all the hair!"
"Don't, sister, he's going to beat me!"
Cheberkeley was startled, and quickly put away his fist and looked backβthere was no one.
Tabrich fled far away and laughed: "Just you two times, it's far from it!"
Cheberkeley, angry and amused, shook his head, and sat down again.
Tabrich leaned over and said, "Why, I was stimulated by what I watched last night, and I feel that my tribe is not a thing? and I feel that I can't do anything, and I am depressed, right?"
"Hmph, what a big ghost!"
"Thanks for the compliment. If you're depressed, how about asking Sister Belle to give you a divination? She was free at this point. β
Cheberkeley sneered: "Thank you, divination or something, it's all a trick to deceive people, so I won't be fooled!"
"You're worth a lion, don't put gold on your face. I'm telling you, you won't be able to beat me -- who's going to beat me?
It was Julius who gave Tabrich a light punch to the head in the back, and he snorted coldly: "You are talking nonsense here again, what should you do!"
Tabrich hugged his head and scurried, and Julius laughed: "This little guy, the least worrying thing is him!"
Cheberkeley said: "Lively and cheerful, I like it." We just talked about divination, do you believe in this thing?"
"Of course, otherwise how can mortals comprehend the will of God?"
"I'm afraid it's the will of the priests. β
"Wouldn't it be better to choose people who have no stake in the divination?"
Cheberkeley paused for a moment and asked, "Is this Gutnottilan's method?"
"No, this is the method that our ancestors came up with after the fall of Gutnottilan, but alas, there will never be a chance to experiment. So you see, there is no problem that cannot be solved, there is only a way to go the wrong way. β
The priests would not agree. β
"So the samurai must lead the country. The advantage of the samurai was that they stood with the 'people', and the priests' appeal to the people came from the 'gods' - whether it was the will of the true gods or their words, only they knew. β
Cheberkeley nodded, and returned to the topic of divination: "Sister Belle's divination is a secret technique from Gutnotiran, right?"
"Yes. Improved. β
Cheberkeli stood up: "If the Gutnotiran people are so powerful, why didn't they foresee the destruction of the kingdom?"
Julius sighed: "It's not that they know too little, but they do too little." None of the priests of Tenotiran told this secret. β
"Why?"
"If you were a priest who foresaw exactly what was terrible, when would you say it, when would you have spoken out, when the kingdom was first founded, when it was prosperous, or when it was in crisis?"
"Well...... When the kingdom was first established, it was in ruins, and the people had not yet fully returned to their hearts, so talking about the destruction of the kingdom at this time must be considered to have ulterior motives. β
"Boom?"
Cheberkeley smiled bitterly: "Jumping out to pour cold water when you were busy, thinking that you didn't die fast enough?"
"It's not good in prosperous times, so what about when it's full of crises? Why not come out and be a hero to help the crisis and overcome difficulties?"
"Crises are lurking, people's minds are changing, and they should seek stability. At this time, jumping out and talking nonsense is pushing the kingdom into the fire pit. β
"yes, it's that hard to be honest. The king is not happy because you have created a mess, the priest is unhappy because you have betrayed it, the samurai are unhappy because you have upset the dangerous balance of opposition between the two sides, and the thousands of tribesmen are even more unhappy, and the country is about to be destroyed, so what is the point of what I have done? When a man has offended all those who can offend, how can he save the country?"
Cheberkeley stood up and let out a long sigh. After a long time, he turned back and asked, "If, I say, you can go back to the year before the destruction of Tenotiran - no, a month, can there be a way to redeem it?"
"A month is too short a time to take decisive action and make a desperate bet. β
"What if it fails?"
"At worst, it's better to be labeled as a rebel and have your head cut off than to do nothing. β
Cheberkeley smiled bitterly: "After talking for a long time, it's not that I can't do anything, what can I do alone?"
"The great gods did not create mankind to look at them wagging their tails and begging for pity. I used to think I was a servant of God, but then ......," Julius smiled, as if remembering something inconvenient to talk about, and continued, "Don't underestimate the power of man. The storm is coming, and you're going to see something different. β
"What?"
"Rest early, tomorrow, no, you'll know tonight. β
That night, Cheberkeley had insomnia, and the two big men on the left and right snored like thunder, which shook him and made it difficult for him to sleep.
In the wee hours of the morning, he fell asleep in a daze, perhaps not even ten minutes, when a thunderbolt roared overhead, and the whole cabin seemed to shake, and almost threw him out of bed.
"The storm, the storm is coming! Belle's prophecy is correct!"
The door was slammed open, and Julius rushed in: "Get up, the storm has begun!"
Outside the door, there was a shout of thousands of troops and horses, and torrential rain poured down! Angry thunder roared one after another, shaking people almost unsteadily!
"Can the house hold it, and why do I feel like the lightning is swirling around us?"
"If you can bear it, the thunder and lightning will circle around us!"
Chebock grabbed the plank on the wall with all his strength: "What's right?"
"Kill two birds with one stone, come outside with me!"
Cheberkeley followed Julius into Belle and Belliana's room, and when he entered, he found that not only Belle, but also Darmont and Tabrich were there.
Belle was dressed in a beautiful priestly dress, her eyes were slightly closed, and her mouth was chanting, as if she was praying for something. Darmont was armed with the same pair of steel fists as they had met when they first met, and Tabrishi was also armed with runic swords, and the two stood on either side, one on the left and one on the right.
Cheberkeley couldn't help but ask, "What is this for?"
Julius replied, "The prophecy priests have no ability to protect themselves when divination, and need the protection of warriors. You must not talk nonsense. β
Cheberkeley nodded hurriedly.
Belle picked up a handful of blue fluorescent powder from the pottery bowl and gently sprinkled it into the air, and the powder suspended in the moist air to form a wide blue light curtain.
Several huge ant towers were reflected in the light curtain, and the next moment, a blast thunder roared above the ant tower, and a huge purple-red thunderbolt fell from the sky, blasting the seemingly indestructible ant tower to pieces!
Julius patted the stunned Cheberkeley: "See, in the future, those giant ants will no longer be a threat to humans." β
Cheberkeley's heart was shocked, no wonder, when Beryana mentioned that the giant ants threatened safety, Belle just said lightly "storm", it turned out that she had long expected these ant towers to be destroyed in the storm!
The prophetic priest is really powerful!