Chapter 44 The Ceremonial Altar

Before the werewolf chief could say more, the high priest couldn't bear it anymore and coughed heavily. Among the werewolves, the High Priest still had some prestige, despite the lack of bright feathers on his head. The chief glanced at the face of the high priest, said no more, and sat back in his place.

Qianye pondered for a long time, and said: "Let's discuss the matter of equipment production, first take out the batch of valuable jewelry in the warehouse, and let Zining help us change a batch of equipment back." The ratio of Terrans to Werewolves...... Purchase on a two-to-one basis. ”

This ratio made the mercenary general and Xu Jingxuan slightly dissatisfied, but they didn't say anything. The werewolves were beaming with joy. The number of werewolves is many times higher than that of the human race, and this proportion is still extremely low, but Qianye's willingness to arm werewolves means that his promise can be expected.

Logistics and military supplies are a complex project, and there is still a lot of work to follow, Qianye put aside the discussion of details for the time being, his eyes swept over the werewolf nobles, and said: "I already know the reason for Eskar's service, and now what I want to know is why you are willing to serve me as king." ”

"You are the child of darkness......" The high priest was halfway through his words, looking at Qianye's face, and immediately stopped. He understands that Qianye's sudden question at this time has its own deep meaning, and he will never accept excuses, let alone lies.

The High Priest didn't know how to phrase it, and he didn't know whether to say it or not, and the other chiefs didn't dare to speak up.

Eskar stopped talking, scratched his head or leaned back in his chair, after all, he represented the werewolves of the Great Corridor, not long ago, the Great Corridor and the Emerald Sea were still hostile, and he really had no position to fight this round.

"Because you avenged us!" a sudden voice sounded, startling everyone.

It was the chief with bright feathers on his head, and he was also taken aback by everyone's reaction to this sentence, but then he raised his head and said with a stiff neck: "What is there to say about this! We have long wanted to chop up the Duke of Bones and feed it to the fish, but no one dares to say it." Which of our older tribes did not have ancestors, siblings, or even children who died at the hands of the Duke of Bones? Didn't you, Os, just send your young son to the Duke's Mansion last month, and never appear again?"

The named priest lowered his head and sighed heavily.

"What's going on?" asked Chiya.

The High Priest sighed, instantly seemed to be dozens of years old, and said, "Every year, the Duke of White Bone asks the tribes to send the most outstanding young people of the clan to the Duke's Mansion to participate in a ceremony. After the ceremony, many people disappeared forever. The duke said that this is to select strong people and send them to the secret realm for intensive training, and those who can come back through the trial will get more powerful strength. But we know that it was actually a sacrificial ritual, and that the disappeared young children were actually sacrifices. ”

"You don't resist?" Xu Jingxuan asked.

The High Priest smiled bitterly, "Who can resist the power of the Duke? In the early days, some tribes rebelled, or hid their most outstanding children. But all the tribes that resisted were slaughtered, and there was no need for the Duke himself to intervene, and his immediate guards and the armies of the other tribes he had mobilized were enough to wipe everything out. As for the tribe that hides its children, it doesn't end well. The Duke was able to discern whether the child he sent was the best genius of his generation. If not, then that tribe will be just as unlucky. After several times, no one dared to rebel against the duke, and no one dared to deceive the duke. ”

Qianye said lightly: "If they don't dare to resist the duke, they dare to resist me?" It seems that these tribes in the marginal areas can't be too good. Let's just kill them all. ”

The high priest hurriedly said: "There is no need to do this! When the meeting is over, we will go to those tribes separately and persuade them to submit to Your Majesty! ”

Qianye nodded and said, "It's okay, then you have to move faster." In addition, even if they are willing to submit, they must be slaves, and only after they have made meritorious deeds can they have the opportunity to obtain status. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The werewolf sacrifice chiefs agreed in unison, and their attitudes were much more respectful.

Qianye nodded and said, "Where is the place where the duke holds the sacrificial ceremony, take me to see it." ”

The high priest said: "The altar is in the mountains in the north, and I only know the general range, and no one was allowed to approach the altar during the duke's lifetime. The children of the tribe were placed at the foot of the mountain, and the duke would personally take them up the mountain. ”

"Then take my warship. You show the way. ”

The high priest leaned over, respectfully agreed, and followed behind Qianye and walked to the top floor of the Duke's Palace.

Song Lun had already sent out a signal, and after everyone reached the top floor, the huge hull of the battle cruiser had appeared over the Duke's Palace, slowly descending, and only stopped when it was less than ten meters away from the top floor.

At such a close distance, the sense of oppression brought by the huge hull of the battle cruiser was really incomparable, even if the werewolf nobles had long known about the existence of the Thousand Nights Battle Patrol, and at this moment they saw it with their own eyes, they were all silent. The city was boiling, and countless werewolves poured into the streets, looking up at this never-before-seen behemoth.

Thousand Nights rose to his feet and jumped onto the deck of the Battle Patrol. The werewolf nobles got permission and immediately rushed to board the ship, and as soon as they got on the ship, they looked east and west, and their eyes were straight.

"Such a big thing, it can really fly!" said a werewolf chieftain subconsciously.

The priest next to him said: "This is a floating boat, what's so strange about being able to fly!"

The chief glared back, and said, "Have you ever seen such a large float boat? This is bigger than the Duke's Elephant! All the houses in your tribe combined, they are not as big as this, are they?"

A series of questions immediately stopped the sacrifice.

At this moment, the hull of the ship shook slightly, and the battle cruiser jumped into the sky with an elegant attitude, then adjusted its course and flew towards the north.

Qianye stood on the bow of the ship, overlooking the mountains and rivers below, and quickly retreated.

To the east and south of the Emerald Sea is an endless grassland, with slightly undulating ground and werewolf tribes scattered among the long grass hills. To the north of the Emerald Sea, the terrain began to undulate, gradually taking on the shape of a mountain range. Further afield, the mountains become more and more steep, and the tops of several towering peaks are already covered in snow and ice.

And between the mountains and the emerald sea, it is like a green carpet, scattered with patches of fields, like a fairyland on earth. The fields are growing very well, and they are both pleasing to look at and surprising at the same time.

Qianye didn't expect werewolves to be able to grow such fields, so she asked about it. The high priest next to him was a little embarrassed, and said, "It is a heaven-sent land, no matter what you plant, it will grow extremely well, and you don't need extra care at all." The fields are planted with cloud wheat, which can grow except in winter, and it is harvested twice a year. As long as the wheat is harvested after it is ripe, no more sowing is needed, and it will not be long before the new wheat will grow on its own. ”

Song Hui next to her listened, and there was a faint flash of light in the depths of her eyes.

Qianye nodded and said, "Yes, it's really a heaven-sent land." ”

The high priest said: "It's a pity that only that area is a godsend, and there is no such miracle in other places." ”

After sighing, the high priest pointed to the snow peak in the distance and said, "The duke's ceremonial altar should be on that snow peak." The terrain is extremely dangerous, and the foot of the mountain is full of deadly beasts, which is difficult for us to climb in normal times. ”

The High Priest is also the Earl of Guardian, that is to say, the Duke of Bones has created a natural line of defense against the Earl's powerhouse. He chose this place as an altar because of this consideration.

The natural danger that the werewolf count can't get over is no different from the flat ground in the eyes of a thousand nights. He didn't even bother to pay attention to what danger was on the ground, and directly commanded the battle patrol to fly over the snow peak.

The summit of Snow Peak was artificially flattened, and a dark red light covered the entire peak.

The peak is extremely steep, the mountains are covered with snow and mist, and the wind is fierce. There are also several gray shadows passing through the wind and snow, moving like electricity, and the speed alone is not an ordinary fierce beast. Usually the viscounts and barons come here, and it is completely to add food to them.

The Duke of White Bone has been dead for so long, no matter how dangerous the arrangement he left behind, no one presides over it, and Qianye doesn't pay attention to it. However, for the sake of caution, he called Carol anyway, and the two of them flew down from the battleship and landed on the peak. The two gods will join forces and be able to suppress the arrangement of the Duke of Bones.

As if seeing them descend from the sky, the gray shadows in the wind and snow approached the peak, and let out a sharp cry as a warning. However, Qianye released dark gold blood, and when the first town came, those gray shadows immediately lost their fierce attitude, screamed in terror, turned around and rushed into the wind and snow, and refused to come out again.

Senya hovers above the shield and pops several Force Bullets that land on the shield. The shield immediately fluctuated violently, and there were signs of collapse under the attack of the Thousand Nights' finger bullets. It seems that the defense is extremely limited, and the main role is only to block the wind and snow, as well as some birds that accidentally sneak up nearby.

Those gray shadows seemed to be the last defense means of the Duke of Bones.

After the temptation, Qianye no longer hesitated, and went directly through the defensive shield and landed on the peak. Carol lagged behind a little, waited for a while, and saw that there was nothing unusual, before she followed and landed beside Qianye.

The summit of the Snow Peak resembles a huge smooth stone face, surrounded by columns of different shapes. These black-and-red, mottled pillars are constantly spewing out the Force, which is the source of energy that supports the defensive shield.

As far as the eye can see, there are thousands of pillars standing on the entire peak, and although the force emitted by each pillar is not much, it is impressive together, forming a defensive shield covering the entire snow peak.

This kind of technology has never been seen before by either Qianye or Carol.

Carol was extremely curious, "What are these?" she walked over, and with a whip of thunder, pulled a pillar out of the ground, and then let out an exclamation. The pillar came out of the ground, dropping pieces of dark red unknown substance, revealing a piece of white bone!

This scene was so unexpected that Carol, who had seen a lot of bloody scenes, was shocked. She froze down, took a closer look at the white bones, and the section where she fell, and suddenly sighed, "I know, these are those missing werewolf children!"

"What?" Chiya was also taken aback, and came over to take a closer look, and finally made out that the coiled on Carol's whip seemed to be legs, but the extra part was cut off, and the thin part was pasted with flesh, making a neat cylindrical shape, and buried in the ground.

Looking at the thousands of pillars around them, Qianye and Carol were secretly frightened, how many dead werewolf geniuses have been planted here?