Chapter 30: The Temple in the Mountains
Ma Le grabbed Whitman's collar and asked sharply, "What you said is true?!" Whitman nodded, and Ma Le lifted him off the ground, walked quickly to the west side of the palace, kicked through the rotten stone wall, and stretched the famous professor out of the wall, as soon as he let go, Whitman would fall from the upper floor of the palace more than ten meters high.
Whitman screamed in fright, and Ma Le shouted, "Quick, didn't you say it's in the west, show me, where is that bullshit temple?!" ”
Whitman trembled and pointed to the west, "That's it, the ceremony should take place at the top of the mountain......" Ma Le followed his finger and looked at it, only to see that behind the hills and jungles, a snow-capped mountain peak towered, but it seemed to be blowing a lot of wind and snow, and it was not very clear from Ma Le's position.
"Is that the White Mountain?" Ma Le asked, and Whitman grabbed Ma Le's strong arm with both hands and nodded busily. Ma Le frowned and said to himself, "What's so special about this? Why did you choose such a place......" Whitman replied tremblingly, "I ...... I haven't been there either, I don't know, but Matthias told me that the Sun Empress's Sacrament is on that mountain......"
Ma Le looked at the snow-capped mountain and suddenly reacted, although this mountain is not short, it is only a few hundred meters above sea level, how can it be snowy because of this? Not to mention being on such a small island close to the tropics! Looking at the blizzard around the mountain, it is even more closely surrounding the mountain, and the end is weird and abnormal...... Thinking of this, Marley picked up Whitman and hung his trouser belt on a wooden beam that protruded from the palace, and he himself climbed out of the hole and climbed directly from the palace walls to the top of the roof.
Whitman felt the wooden beam tremble up and down, he was terrified, but he didn't move, looking at the distant ground below, the distance of more than ten meters made him feel like hundreds of meters in the air. He could only pray that Mr. "Bell" would be satisfied, and let him go as much as he could. Whitman cautiously looked up, only to see a smile on the corner of Mr. "Bell" on the roof, and suddenly felt much more relieved......
Of course, Ma Le had to laugh, it seemed that what Whitman said was true, and after climbing to the top of the palace, with his eyesight, he could clearly see the whole picture of the White Mountain! It was a snow-capped mountain with a gorge separated from the land on this side of the palace, connected only by a stone bridge. There was a crack in the center of the snow-capped mountain, and the temple was built in the gap, and countless wooden buildings were intricately intricate, spreading outward to the mountain, and even the outer mountain stones were carved into a huge stone statue in the shape of the sun queen, which looked majestic. Probably in contrast to Himiko's sorcery that manipulated the weather, there was an unusual snowstorm around the mountain, and the wind was so strong that even the stones were blown up...... These kinds of visions show that this place is definitely a tomb of Himiko!
Ma Le got out of the palace, took Whitman back, returned to Laura's side and threw it on the ground, and said, "Laura, it seems that we guessed wrong at the beginning, the ceremony was not held here, but in a huge temple to the west. As for this guy......" As he spoke, Ma Le pointed to Whitman on the ground and said, "He is your partner on the same boat, what do you want to ask, what do you want to do, you can do it yourself!" But remember we were in a hurry, so I got ready, packed up and set off! ”
Ma Le had just loaded a few magazines for his harpoon gun and was changing the shotgun when heavy footsteps sounded behind him.
"It's over so soon?" Ma Le didn't raise his head, and with such a heavy mechanical footsteps, he naturally knew that it was Laura.
"Hmm...... He is indeed a traitor...... Reyes: They will be caught, and he will lure them into the trap with a communicator......" Laura said in a heavy tone, "but I didn't kill him...... I don't know why, I've killed hundreds of Solari, and I hate him to the core, but I can't do anything to him......"
"Very well, at least that shows that you are still a human ......" Ma Le smiled with some relief, and turned back to her, "Although I will leave when we break the curse, and I'm afraid we will never see each other again, and we won't have anything to do with it." However, I still want to tell you that when I watched you slaughter Solari with two heavy cannons, I missed the girl who retched when she saw the corpse. ”
Hearing Ma Le's words, Laura also smiled: "It's a pity, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back......"
Ma Le shrugged: "Whatever you want, let's go!" ”
The two of them left the palace and walked to the west, and in one of the rooms of the palace, our Dr. Whitman was lying on a beam of a room, four meters above the ground, and the average person could jump down if he was ruthless, and if he didn't get lucky, he might sprain his foot. But Whitman was frightened out of his fear of heights by Ma Le, and he cowered and didn't have the courage at all. As for when he will be able to get out of trouble, it depends on when he can get out of the psychological shadow.
"Laura, you bastard, when I go back, I will definitely sue you!" Whitman's feeble roar was heard from the palace.
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The worship of the gods has been practiced by human beings since the time of the wilderness. For the mysterious nature, the origin of life and the meaning of death, primitive humans can not give an explanation, so almost all civilizations will rely on imagination to concoct a supreme god or a group of supreme gods who do not exist in the first place, and people fantasize that these transcendent beings grasp the laws of time in the underworld, and mortals in the world are just creations of gods, or even playthings.
The prevalence of the idea that man could not rebel against the gods made the pope a more noble being than the king in medieval Europe. In front of the clergy, ordinary officials and nobles are not superior at all, and even have to be carefully served. It is almost a universally accepted truth that divine power is greater than imperial power.
In contrast, the emperors of China were much more intelligent, they called themselves the Son of Heaven, the spokesman of the gods who were destined to rule over the world by birth, whether the emperor was once a rogue, a shoemaker, or a begging beggar, once he sat on the dragon chair, his birth became extraordinary, and all the previous lowliness were designed to be great things. As the so-called divine power of the monarchy, the unity of politics and religion, the son of heaven, cannot be questioned.
Still, this is not as clever as Himiko. The emperor of China called himself the Son of Heaven, the son of the gods. But on this small island, Himiko, who has the ability to control the weather, is a true god! Where her abilities came from and how they worked, even the Japanese scientists during World War II could not explain it, let alone the ignorant people in the era of ignorance. In their eyes, the Empress of the Sun is a deity, the supreme being who controls all things in heaven and earth. And the mausoleum and temple built for this supreme zài naturally cannot be sloppy.
The temple nestled in the canyon is more majestic, magnificent, and even incredible than the palace in the city.
This is exactly what Ma Le and Laura are thinking now. They had climbed over the hills, through the jungle, and across a ravine from the magical monastery. Standing here, Ma Le had to sigh at the magic of Himiko's mana, closely separated by dozens of meters, the canyon on one side was a warm and humid tropical climate, and on the other side, the wind swept the snow, and the biting cold was almost visible to the naked eye! It seems that the legendary Queen of the Sun will not only shine with sunshine......
On either side of the canyon is a stone bridge with moss at one end and a thin layer of ice frozen at the other. What's even more bizarre is that there are two samurai dressed in ancient Japanese armor sitting on the bridge!
Ma Le and Laura looked at each other, could this also be some fanatical Solari? As the capital of the Yamatai Kingdom, this island is definitely not lacking in samurai armor, but the key is that this kind of antique, which is hundreds of thousands of years old, is not bulky, and the defensive performance is not very ideal, coupled with years of weathering and rust, no one will want to put it on its body......
Ma Le motioned to Laura not to act rashly, for fear that the power armor would frighten these "Solares", and he himself stepped out of the shadows to meet them, wanting to explore the reality of these guys.
As soon as the two "samurai" saw Ma Le, they immediately stood up vigilantly, immediately grasped the handle of the long knife at their waist, and opened their mouths to speak.
"Japanese?" Ma Le keenly recognized the language of the two samurai, could it be that there was still a Solari from Japan on this island? He was wondering when the two samurai had already drawn their swords and rushed up, and when he saw the posture of these two people, Ma Le felt that something was wrong, because this posture was standard Japanese kendo...... No, compared to modern kendo, it should be more aggressive and murderous!
Seeing this, it's not because Ma Le knows how much he knows about kendo, it's just that the slashing movements of these two people are too similar to when Poison Island Tsuneko slashed zombies.
The movements of these two warriors were very fast, and their strength was extremely strong, obviously surpassing ordinary humans, but in Ma Le's eyes, they were still a little insufficient. He lifted up and kicked a samurai in the chest, and the crisp sound of ribs breaking was heard, and the guy fell to the ground. On the other hand, Ma Le simply drove straight in, ignoring the rusty long knife, and grabbed the samurai by the throat, pressing him to the ground.
"Who the hell are you?" Ma Le asked in Japanese. The samurai didn't answer his question at all, just struggled frantically, and kept attacking. Ma Le raised his hand and slapped him, flapped the helmet with the mask, and finally revealed the true face of the samurai.
"This is ......" Ma Le was quite surprised, because it didn't seem to be a human face in front of him......
Looking at the characteristics of his facial features, it should indeed be Asian, but looking at the skin color, Ma Le never knew who would have such an iron and gray complexion, his skin was dry and wrinkled, and there were even cracks in some places, and there was no fresh flesh and blood in the cracks, but like rotten wood, dust would fall off when he trembled. What's even more peculiar is the terrifying eyes, the gray eyes have no eyes, and just one glance makes people feel boundless death.
"Could it be that these ......" Ma Le didn't finish speaking, when he suddenly felt that someone was whipped on the back, and when he looked back, he saw that the samurai who had been kicked and broken by him before actually stood up again, holding a knife and slashing at him!