67 The heirs of Baiaki
Baiaki, a race of dependents who serve the Wind Phaser. It appears to be the product of a cross between multiple species, with a withered body with membranous wings, a pair of arms with palms and a pair of arms with hooked claws, legs like insect branches, and a praying mantis-like head.
The Baiaki can fly through space on their own wings, so they follow their master like a swarm of flies wherever he goes, and they have absolute loyalty to their master and their own intelligence. And after they lost their master in Azeroth, they gradually turned into a new race, the Mantis.
Amy accidentally planted a few mantis demons who called themselves Calax next to the Xuanniu Temple, and thus learned the secret of a mantis demon, and the mantis demon queen wanted to sacrifice the lives of the whole clan to summon their master. After learning the news, Amy was instantly shocked, after all, he had seen the crazy actions of the Poseidon Sect, and the Poseidon Sect was also a force composed of the Dominator Clan Order. If the Poseidon Cult can successfully summon the Dominator Master, then the Mantis Demon will have the same possibility.
"How long are you left to complete the summoning ritual?" Amy asked the mantis demon "Poison Heart", whom she had saved.
"The ritual was divided into ten times, and the previous nine attacks of the previous 9,000 years were all sacrifices. The sacrifice has been completed nine times, and now it is the last one, and this time the queen intends to sacrifice the entire Mantis Demon clan, and the war with the Pandaren Kingdom has been just a cover for the sacrifice. The Poison-Hearted One replied.
"Then why are you resisting?" asked Amy.
"We can expand our territory for the mantis demons, but none of us mantis demons have volunteered to die as sacrifices. We Calaksi also knew this inside story by accident. Most of the mantis don't know anything about it now, and we originally thought that the war was about building a mantis empire in Pandaria. So we've been getting more of our companions to wake up now, and we're secretly stopping the Queen's sacrificial rituals. The Poison-Hearted One said.
For a race, this group of mantis demons named Karaxie is a group of veritable traitors, but now Amy is very happy that the mantis demon has a traitor, so that he can find out the secret of the mantis demon.
"If it's your Mantis Demon Queen who kills, can you stop the current sacrifice?" Amy asked again.
"The queen only gave the order to attack, the other mantis demons just carried out the orders, and finally the master of the mantis demon was the majority. Mantis demons with independent intelligence like us are not the majority. The Poison-Hearted One said.
"Do you mean that even without the Queen, the Mantis Demon will continue to complete the ritual of sacrifice?" asked Amy.
"The ritual has already begun, all that remains is enough sacrifice, and there has always been a prophecy within our mantis demon clan that when the blood of the mantis demon is spilled all over the continent of Pandaria, the master we believe in will once again rule the land. That's why the Mantis Demon has been waging wars against other races. The Poison-Hearted One said.
"Then the war must be stopped now to stop the sacrificial rites?" Amy asked.
"We have been trying to find a mantis demon with the same will as we are, and we want to overthrow the queen's rule and re-establish the order of the mantis demon's kingdom. The only way we could think of us was to avoid the sacrifice of the whole race. The Poison-Hearted One said.
"What should I do if I want to help you?" asked Amy.
"Come with me on a trip to the Dreaded Wasteland, we have a secret base there, our anti-queen forces are there, and perhaps the other leaders of Calaxy would like to talk to you about it. The Poison-Hearted One said.
Amy had originally come to settle the Mantis War, and initially he thought that as long as he helped the Panda People defeat the Mantis Demon, his goal would be accomplished. However, a chance encounter with the rebels in the mantis demon gave him a new understanding of this war, and the mantis demon originally planned to sacrifice the lives of the whole clan, so it was not easy for Amy to kill the mantis demon.
At this time, Amy had no other way, he felt that if he wanted to stop the mantis demon from completing the sacrifice, he could only help this group of rebels to ascend to the throne, and he was also glad that there was a group of rebels with a desire to survive among the mantis demons.
Led by the Poison Heart, Amy and Dia traveled from the Mantis Plateau to the Mantis Demon's control, control the territory, and fear the wasteland. At this moment, Amy is not afraid of the trap set by the mantis demon at this time, after all, he now has the strength to easily kill any Azeroth creature in an instant, and Amy's goal is actually the same as the goal told by the Poison Heart.
Next to an area completely polluted by black evil, in a hidden highland, Karaksi's base is located. When Amy arrived in the Dreadful Wasteland, she saw first-hand what would eventually become of the ground affected by the evil energy, and here he also found that some of the mantis demons in the evil energy had also mutated, with twisted tentacles and excess tissues growing on their bodies.
"Are there many such mutations among mantises?" Amy asked, pointing to the mutant mantis he had found, to the Poison Heart.
"We are the forward base of the rebels, and the mantis demon you see is the mantis demon that has been brainwashed by the queen with the yellow seal, and they are now completely controlled by the queen without their own will. Now we are all enemies of the mantis demons, so don't disturb them. Said the Poison Heart.
Once pulled to the Dreaded Wasteland, the Poison Hearts took Amy on a detour, and after a few hours they finally arrived at the secret base of Karaksi. And the base is full of mantis demons, and Amy can't even tell the difference between them and the hostile mantis demons outside.
"Karaxie has the leaders of the Calaxi Council, and they are the elder priests among the mantis demons, so if you want to know the specific questions about the mantis demon's sacrifice, you can ask them. I am the Heroic Warrior of Karaksi, and there are 13 of us in total, leading the Resistance and the Queen in battle. Upon arriving at the base, the Poison Heart said.
"Then please take me to meet your council and the rest of the heroes, and I hope to be able to clarify the sacrifice of your mantis demon, and help you stop the sacrifice. Amy said.
The buildings that the Mantis Demon wants are not like those of other races, their buildings are more like giant hives, and soon the Poison Heart leads Amy to one of them.
When she came to the inside of the hive, Amy instantly felt a little like she had gone to the nest of the Angela wormmen, but there was still a layer of transparent yellow solid material inside the mantis demon building, and even some branches of trees in the hive, and these branches had been cut and were flowing out of yellow transparent liquid.
"What you see is amber resin, which we mantis demons use in our daily lives, so our nests are usually built next to trees that produce amber. Said the Poison Heart.
Amy thought about it, and indeed there was a giant tree on the outside of this base, and this nest was indeed just below the giant tree.
"What do you usually use amber for?" Amy asked casually.
"Amber is an essential resource for us to produce weapons and maintain special abilities. Amber is needed when I secrete toxins in my body, and we are kept in amber when we are dormant. In this way, our body will not be eroded from the outside world. In the heart of the mantis demon's hive, there are still some of our ancestors who have been preserved in amber, and this tradition is supposed to be passed down from them. The Poison-Hearted One said.
Hearing the Poison Heart mention of her ancestors, Amy felt that it was the same family who had come to Azeroth with Ashy. And this group of guys sealed themselves, apparently already having the idea of resurrecting or resummoning their masters. However, Amy is not too sure now, whether the owner of the mantis demon refers to the sub-evil or a higher-level existence. If it was Assha, he estimated that he could handle it, but if it was the Dominator itself, Amy would have nothing to do.
And Amy's concern about this place is because Abigail had previously shown him the scene of the Dominator descending on Azeroth, and Enzos had also said that without the restrictions of their Water Ancient Gods, Azeroth would face a real crisis.
That's why Amy didn't dare to underestimate the sacrifice that the mantis demon was carrying out now, even if it was just a little flame, Amy had to make sure that it didn't have the possibility of turning into a prairie fire. I want to talk about "The Journey of Azeroth Heroes" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "Youyue Literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~