Fifth Sula Meeting

The scimitar waved, and more than a dozen human heads rolled to the ground.

Starch Spencer sent Druid Kermansha Quay to oversee the execution, and he tucked his hands into brown robes and wrapped them tightly to keep out the humidity. Like other druids, Kermansha disregarded jewellery and extravagant clothing, wearing no ornaments other than this modest robe, and wearing straw sandals underfoot.

The executions were carried out by the Pasha's guards, most of whom were black-skinned people who were native to the area, like the Pasha himself. Unlike the Atas, the natives of Namibi are dark-skinned, with broad lips and prominent jaws. Their limbs are strong and powerful, and most of them are water-based, making them excellent warriors and fishermen. The Namibians of these guards, like their vassals, had converted to the First Cause Faith, dressed in white robes similar to those of the Atas, covering most of their heads with turbans, revealing only keen and wary eyes.

The sinners are native Namibian indigenous witch doctors who are accused of poisoning the bodies and souls of their neighbors with evil heretical witchcraft. It wasn't a felony, but more importantly, they practiced medicine illegally, breaking the taboo of the Starch Spencer Druids.

In the traditional Starch Spencer Druid's view, only surgery was allowed to exist in medicine, and the rest was the cancer of the human race. Medicine allowed the weak to survive and leave offspring, violating the Starch Spencer discipline of survival of the fittest. In their opinion, the race of the weak will become poison that will prevent the human race from embarking on a higher, faster, stronger evolutionary path.

"The strong survive!" Colemansha shouted with a wave of his hand. The guards and the locals watching the execution were shocked. His own druid apprentice shuddered as if frightened. Kermansha didn't like his apprentice, he was as feminine as a woman. The character is also as weak as some women. The druid even checked on the other party himself to make sure he wasn't dressed as a man. Colmansha felt that he was like a fish on this planet, usually male, but when the water temperature changed, he became female.

Pasha stood on a makeshift wooden platform and looked down at the execution ground in front of him. Public executions outside the harbor were the idea of the Pasha himself, and recently sea monsters have been raging, with heavy losses to fishermen and merchant ships. Some of the restless resisters began to stir again, and the Pasha felt that killing in public would frighten them.

Kermansha scoffed at the idea. If indiscriminate killing can frighten potential rebels, there should never have been a tyrant who has been overthrown. In the current situation, if you don't solve the sea monster quickly, it's useless to do anything.

The druids themselves could dismantle a dozen of those sea monsters. He personally participated in the creation of fortress fish that can swim in the Namibi Ocean. As a result, he was beaten by the local sea monster. In this way, Pasha didn't have a good face for him.

Some adventurers and charlatans also approached the Pasha Gate, claiming that they had a way to deal with the sea monsters. None of these guys have worked so far, and a team of adventurers claim that the sea monsters are all followers of the demon Dagon of the Abyss, and as long as they go to the Abyss to defeat Dagon, those sea monsters will naturally scatter and flee and kill each other. The Pasha paid the adventurers a deposit, and they all became known as the Devil of the Bottomless Abyss. The water eel demon and the water lizard demon served lunch.

There is also a charlatan who claims that sea monsters are wreaking havoc. It is the result of the wrath of the ancient sea god who is incomprehensible to mortals. He said that during the Great Conquest, the divine beings who were hunted down by the mummy of the gods of the Atas army were mere modern gods with little power. There are still ancient gods in Namibi's world who have been sleeping for a long time, and they are so powerful that they will make waves as soon as they wake up from their slumber.

The crooks claim that the only way to appease the Old Gods is to offer a suitable tribute. The tribute he demanded was five young maidens of immaculate beauty, and a whole shipload of fine spices imported from the distant heavens.

Strictly speaking, this is blasphemous heresy, because there is only one true god in the multiverse, and the others are false gods with a bit of divinity, both ancient and modern. The Pasha pretended to agree to the liar's request, but secretly instructed the Raksha mages in the court to disguise themselves as tribute maidens by transfiguration, and take the opportunity to slaughter the ancient god who was making waves. As a result, instead of sailing into the ancient god's coral temple at the bottom of the sea, the spice ship carrying five "maidens" sailed into a hidden harbor of smugglers. The liar had planned to have a good time, but found that the five lovely girls had suddenly turned into five big and three thick and had a tiger's head.

Now, Pasha was meeting again to discuss how to deal with the sea monster. The druid was upset about this, but he didn't say anything to stop it. Kermansha wanted to wait for Pasha to make his own mistake so that he wouldn't blame himself too much for his previous defeat. What's more, this time the seeker had the emir of Mosa as a guarantor, and there was no need for him to deliberately refute others and make enemies for himself for no reason.

"Go and hear what they're saying!" said Colemansha to his apprentice, who snorted, i.e., did not move or speak. This apprentice is like this, he has neither the courage to do things, nor the courage to refuse. Once, because he was always too smiling, he was dragged by three strong men into a room where no one was and rode and rode again. When he complained to himself, Colmansha slapped his boss and told him to go back and deal with the three guys himself. The apprentice didn't dare to say no, and promised his master, but in the end he didn't take revenge.

The druid was furious and kicked the apprentice in the ass, finally giving him some motivation. The apprentice stumbled to the high platform where the Pasha was, unaware that his master had hidden an inconspicuous animal companion in his robe.

On the high platform, the man with his face covered and only a pair of eyes exposed in the Atas custom was talking to the Pasha. His introducer, the Emir of Musa, stood a few steps away, looking unconcerned about the conversation. A woman dressed as a mage stood beside a man, and although she only showed a pair of eyes, she was still impressive.

Seeing the Druid apprentice coming, none of these people paid any distraction to him. There is no sense of existence, this is some kind of talent of his apprentice. Kermansha thought. Forget it, I didn't expect him to do anything. He just had to stand there honestly.

Just as he had hoped, the Druid Apprentice hid in a corner of the platform. Without saying a word, he wished that no one would notice him.

β€œ...... If it weren't for him, you'd be the most daring liar I've ever seen!" said Pasha Farouk, a tall black man, muscular, with oil paint on his face. The Pikan shoulders and scimitar on his body are valuable magic items, and the anti-magic rings on his hands slowly reveal his identity as a former mage hunter. "If I hadn't become a witness to the Second Coming. The biggest fool in the world!"

"He's that guy, but he's also a big liar. The emir of Musa stood at a distance and said without looking back. He told his wife that he was going to go out. Go and go back, and it will disappear for seventeen years. ”

When the masked female mage heard this, she smiled seemingly imperceptibly.

"You can have a trusted psionic priest confirm this," Muhadi said. "The soul cannot be faked. ”

β€œ...... I don't know about priests from other places...... We're a bit of a level of psychic magician, the Great Mufti (Judge Shakti). Still a shameless profiteer. I don't believe anything he says. Pasha shook his head. There was a rattle of the enchanted ornaments on the ears and necks. "Fatimids, Kalamites...... Originally, I thought that the dispute between the sects would be enough of a headache, but I didn't expect it to come out like this again!"

"You can ask your court mages to verify that they must know some prophetic spells. The masked mage suggested.

"That's good, but those Raksha mages are asking for a lot of money. Pasha glanced at the female mage in some surprise, and then muttered to himself, his beard shaking. "And the Psychic Warlock is so cunning that I think the Masters may be tricked by them. ”

"Sounds like you don't have a good impression of psykers. Muhadi frowned.

"Not for psionics. Farouk Pasha said. "But I know how to be careful. Otherwise, I'll become a fool who buys blessing water. ”

"What is the Blessing Water?" the Psychic Warlock wondered. He looked at Satili as well, and found that the female mage was not clear either.

"Your psyker companion and the local Grand Mufti made something out of it. It is known as the blessed water of a hundred trials. Drink it, then you will immediately meet a good thing. Of course, it's expensive, at least twenty nanopee silver coins. The Emir of Musa explained. "There weren't many missionaries in this remote world, but he made a lot of money with this little invention. And so that many foolish men and foolish women have taken refuge in the first cause. ”

Muhati had never heard of Fu Lingshui, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled. "Is there such a thing? I've never heard of a psychic that can do thisβ€”100 percent of the time. If this psychiocrat did invent such a remarkable creation, then it would be fine for him to sell it for a high price. ”

"That sounds like the ability of a Heavenly Fortune Mage...... But I never knew that these abilities could be made into magic items, let alone sell for twenty silver coins. Changing people's luck is the ability to directly affect the nature of the world. The female mage commented. "Unless your coins are unbelievably large, or your recognition of precious metals is very different from the rest of the world. ”

"A big silver coin means a big wallet, do you see any of us walking around with a huge wallet, ma'am? Of course our silver coin here is about the same size as the one on Atas. And here, silver is still not as valuable as gold, but it is much more expensive than copper and iron. Pasha shrugged his shoulders and said. "That guy is a liar, and you seem to be a powerful mage, so you don't really think that a psychic warlock has the ability to make something so powerful, do you? ”

Sadiri first figured out how the blessed water worked, and Muhadi was half a step slower than her. "Does it work the other way around?" said the mage, with some incredulity. "It predicts that a person's luck will be better next, and then makes people drink it?!"

"Of course that's the case, how else is it possible?do you really think that a second-rate psychic sorcerer can change a man's luck with twenty silver coins, and he sells hundreds of bottles a day!" "A simple prediction spell and a psionic ability that makes people feel the urge to drink water are much simpler, don't you say? But thanks to him, First Cause was able to spread so quickly in this world. Although the local shamans will perform healing magic. And most of our missionaries can't, but how can divine magic be so cheap and close to the people. ”

"So you see, I can't believe the psychic mancers. They know too much to play with your brain. Pasha said, his eyes back and forth at the two men who had suddenly appeared. "Before the Great Conquest, I was a local bounty hunter who made a living hunting down lawless mages. But even the most cunning mages don't have you Attas-like psychic sorcerers to wary me of. Of course, if it turns out that I was really mistaken, then I will apologize to the adults. If you want my sword, my life will be ...... But not beforehand. ”

"Whether or not I imagined the opinion of the Kalamites before...... Since then. I will trust and obey you alone. ”

"Fair enough. Sadiri made the decision in Muhadi's place. You'll find out what he said...... And unlike the scammers you've met before, we're not here to demand your belongings. On the contrary, we only intend to help solve the difficulties encountered on this planet. ”

"But we have only one request...... Postpone the execution of the extinction order on the planet. Muhati added.

"Who's talking......" Pasha glanced at Mousa quickly. And then said. β€œ...... I can't make a decision on this. Lord Danjar is in charge of enforcing the extermination order, and he only obeys the orders of Lord Kamila himself. Our local Pasha or druids can call him for help when they are in trouble, but what to do with the trouble after that is up to him. ”

"There's definitely something you can do. Muhathir said.

"Okay. I'll find a way to delay him...... If he gets here. But to stop the extermination order. Or some other large-scale destruction method, you'd better get rid of the sea monsters in this world quickly. ”

Through the animal companion hiding in the apprentice's body, Kermansha stood far away, but he also listened to most of the conversation.

The Great Druid was puzzled, saying that they were liars, and that they did not behave and talk like ordinary liars. Kermansha wanted to get his animal companion closer to observe, but the brainless stupid bug actually cowered, as if he was afraid of the woman dressed as a mage.

Not good!, Kermansha thought to himself. Pasha must have been overwhelmed by the sea monster, and simply asked for help from the Fatimid faction in Mystarastan. The two men were unidentified. But their actions and rhetoric undoubtedly came from Attas, which is also currently under the control of the Fatimids.

Since the disappearance of the Prophet and the split of the believers into two factions, there has been constant friction between the two sides. Although there has been no open war so far, many people already think that it will be sooner or later. The followers of the Kalamites have a large fleet of magical ships and the powerful biotechnology of the Starch Spencer Druids, but the Fatimid followers are even larger, with control of the Holy Star Atas and a large number of psionic missionaries and guardian mages. It is difficult to predict which one will be stronger or weaker. The defection of the Pasha from one side to the other in every world can tip the scales of power.

As a Starch Spencer Druid, Kermansha naturally supported Lord Camilla. If Farouk Pasha really had the intention of betraying, he had to find a way to stop it-

"So, how are you going to get in touch with the polyids and corals of this world?" asked the Coral Witch.

"Find their masterminds. The Psychic Warlock simply said they were standing in an abandoned fishing port. "Let's say they're really a global whole nervous system. I guess it's easy to find out where the center of this nervous system is. ”

"We just need to give it a little bit of stimulation at the end and we can find the center through its feedback. While it may be possible to communicate directly through a single hydra coral, it is certainly not efficient. Muhadi continued. "Are you going to see me go into the water to find coral?"

"I didn't know you could swim. Satili replied with a smile. "As a cancer patient, I think your swimming skills must be top-notch. ”

"Pain is nothing but freshness to a psychic mancer. Although my physical function has decreased a lot, it is not so bad that I will not fall to the ground in the next second. Muhathir said. "When I find the mastermind, you can teleport us together. ”

"Gladly. ”

Hydra corals are found in every body of water in the world, from shallow to deep seas. It didn't take the Psychomancer much time to find a piece of polyp coral, in fact he had almost just plunged into the sea when he found a small cluster in a crevice in the rocks underneath.

Muhadi concentrated on the small clump of polyid coral, showing his psychic acupuncture abilities. At the same time, he watched intently as the other party reacted.

When the ability was active, he sensed the direction of the hydra coral's stimulus. It was a deep sea, far from the main fishing areas, and when the conquistadors arrived in Namibi, there was no decent survey of the area.

The Psychic Warlock surfaced and walked towards Satili waiting on the beach.

"So fast?" the female mage seemed a little unexpected. "I thought it would take a little more work. ”

"Can't you keep another coral waiting? The Psychic said to the Coral Witch. "I've found the location of their mastermind, in the depths of the ocean. To find out where to go, we first have to be prepared to deal with water pressure and lack of oxygen. ”

"Leave it to me. Sadiri said. (To be continued.) )