Chapter 11: The Sacrifice Begins
Sophie lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and stared out the window at the ancient tribe with the bonfire shining, her pretty ~ beautiful face was flickering by the firelight, shhhhhh Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
There was the sound of barefoot footsteps behind him.
"Your Excellency, Chief Chief, invites you to dinner."
"Got it!" Sophie replied without looking back, "I'll change my clothes and go." ”
The person who came was a sturdy and beautiful young man, and although Sophie did not turn back, he bowed deeply to Sophie's back before withdrawing.
Sophie finished her cigarette unhurriedly, and she popped the remaining cigarette butts out the window, and the unburned cigarette butts streaked across the night darkness outside the window like a small meteor.
The next day's dawn crept in Sophie's drunken dreams, and when she woke up, she found that the corners of her eyes were covered with tears.
Sophie hurriedly wiped away her tears, even though she was the only one in the room.
It was almost noon when Chief Jiaxi sent someone to invite Sophie there. The person came and made a special statement that Sophie should bring the items traded.
Sophie was calm on the surface, but her heart couldn't help but get nervous, and Chief Jiaxi was finally about to make a deal.
In fact, she was very confused about Chief Jiaxi's attitude, and she didn't understand why she was reluctant to fulfill the conditions she had promised. And when she and the chief met for the first time, this old woman who had never been in her life actually showed a playful expression of déjà vu, why is this? She couldn't guess.
However, Sophie believes that the conditions she offered are difficult for Chief Jiaxi to refuse, because she does not believe that Chief Jiaxi will give up the opportunity to collect all the king's scepters. However, even if this earth empress does not want to trade fairly and wants to rob her, she is not without room for resistance, and then she will show this arrogant old woman the true power of the Scepter of Death.
Sophie was fully dressed, picked up the metal lockbox with the self-revealing function, followed the messenger, and left the stone house where she lived and walked towards the temple.
Chief Jiaxi resides in the temple.
In the Mayan tribe, the leader of the tribe was usually the most powerful shaman. Of course, Chief Jiaxi is a wonderful flower among the previous chiefs of the King Tribe. She is the only female chieftain of a tribe that has been passed down for thousands of years, and there is no one.
The ancient temple built of huge stone bars and stone pillars has stood in this tribe for I don't know how many years, although the vicissitudes of life are simple, but it is still strong and sacred and cannot be deceived.
Walk up the steps of huge volcanic rocks and walk through the front porch supported by eighteen huge stone pillars thicker than the waist of a horse, and you will reach the entrance of the temple, which is five meters high.
Chief Jiaxi was covered with colorful ~ beautiful feathers, and some retinues, standing at the door of the temple.
The old woman looked like a ridiculous feather duster from a distance, but Sophie couldn't. Because among the countless bone artifacts hanging from the old woman's chest, there is a striking necklace, which is strung together by small skulls, and the whole necklace makes the old woman look very terrible.
Sophie knew that the skulls used in her necklace were made from real unborn baby skulls, and that Sophie didn't want to know how those skulls were obtained. Because just thinking about it makes her feel disgusting and creepy.
"Chief Jiaxi!" Sophie tried not to look at the evil skull necklace on the chief's chest and bent down to salute him.
"Charming Miss Sophie, you are like a bird of paradise in the jungle, a messenger of the gods," said Chief Jiaxi with enthusiasm, "Come, let me, a useless old woman, give me a hug and wash my filthy heart." ”
Sophie had long been accustomed to her hypocrisy in the past few days, and walked up with a faint smile on her face and asked her to hug her.
Chief Jiaxi held her in his arms, her withered arms were unusually strong, and Sophie's ribs were painful like iron tongs. She felt like she was being hugged by a big dumpling that had been tricked into the corpse.
Sophie was let go, and her face turned a little pale. Chief Jiaxi's eyes flickered, as if he hadn't seen it.
"Honorable Chief Jiaxi, we can trade now," Sophie said eagerly, "I only want to borrow the nobleman's Life Scepter once, and then give it to me." ”
When Chief Jiaxi heard the Scepter of Death, his eyes clearly showed a fierce light like a beast, but it was a moment, like lightning, and it was fleeting. Since the expression on which she changed was actually a playful and indifferent, it made Sophie want to stomp on her hypocritical old face.
"My charming bird of paradise," Chief Jiaxi smiled, "may I call you that?" ”
"Whatever you want," Sophie said patiently, trying to squeeze out a decent smile.
"You are wonderful, charming bird of paradise," Chief Jiaxi seemed pleased, "and as for the deal you are talking about, there is no hurry now, and before that, allow me to invite you to join the ancient priesthood that our royal tribe has not held up for many years, as a token of gratitude to you for bringing back the scepter, the symbol of our Mayan king." ”
Sophie knew that she would not go to this sacrificial event, but she hated the other party's pretentious face very much, she hid all her disgust in her heart, with a flattered expression on her face, and bowed down to reply, "It is Sophie's honor to be invited to participate in the ancient sacrificial activities of the nobles, thank you very much for your sincere invitation." I'm willing to participate. ”
"You're so nice!" Chief Jiaxi said happily.
Sophie bowed and saluted, because she didn't see that the old woman's face was instantly covered with haze.
"Woo!" Not far away, the sound of a horn was heard, and the snakeskin drum was beaten. "Wow, wow, wow," a group of people in the square under the temple in harmony, while dancing a strange dance, the strange dance posture is uniform, and there seems to be a very profound meaning in it.
At this moment, a wizard and an attendant came up from under the temple.
The attendant carried a jet-black jar in his arms, while the wizard held a wooden tray with a sharp curved knife and several large pieces of fresh cacti in his hands.
The two men came to Chief Jiaxi and knelt down.
Chief Jiaxi waved his hand majestically at this time, telling Sophie to step back.
She took a step forward and came to the two men, first picking up the fresh cactus that the wizard had raised on the tray above her head and stuffing it into her mouth. She chewed it a few times and swallowed it, then she picked up another piece and ate it all in a few moments.
After eating the cactus, Chief Jiaxi turned to the waiter, pursed his green lips, and whistled.
There was a sudden rustling in the black clay pot in the waiter's arms, and a king cobra as thick as a baby's arm twisted its ugly body and stood up in the jar.
Chief Jiaxi reached out and grabbed the seven inches of the poisonous snake, then reached out and picked up the sharp arc-shaped knife from the tray held by the wizard next to him, and cut the neck of the poisonous snake in his hand. Immediately, a maid came running with a bowl and took the dripping snake blood into the bowl.
Half a bowl of snake blood was released, and the king cobra gradually stopped writhing, and Chief Jiaxi threw the dead snake back into the jar.
Then the attendant and the wizard bowed and took leave.
Behind Chief Jiaxi came an elderly woman, who dipped her finger in the snake blood in the bowl and traced ancient symbols on Chief Jiaxi's face, which seemed to be hieroglyphs or ancient totems, which were not known to outsiders.
When the decoration was finished, the older woman bowed down and retreated, while Chief Jiaxi took the rest of the snake's blood and drank it down.
At this moment, the Mayan people under the square seemed to get some signal, and shouted loudly again, the loud call sign was not a song but had a strong rhythm.
Chief Jiaxi walked down the temple step by step amid the shouts and bows of the crowd, and walked towards the pyramid on the opposite side of the square.
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