Chapter 13: The Sacrifice
"Divine Sleep", outside the base.
Lias, who was directing the workers to build an armed guard tower, received an internal communication.
It was Jim's call: "Lias! Lias! Three men approached us from the other side of the ridge and were about to enter the alert range. ”
Lias frowned: "Jim, does the other party carry weapons, is there any hostility towards us?" ”
Jim: "I think they have bows and crossbows and forked spears, and they're towing a flatbed cart with ...... on it It seems to be a deer. ”
Lias replied, "It may be the Orion of Lingqi Village, if they continue to get closer, you can bring someone up and ask." As for diplomacy with Lingqi Village, you can ask Mamie. ”
So Jim came to the three men in a multi-legged chariot, and when the three men saw the multi-legged machine from a distance, they fell to their knees on the frozen ground and bowed to Jim.
Jim jumped out of the chariot: "Who are you?" What's the matter here? ”
One of them raised his head and said, "We are the hunters of Lingqi Village, and we heard that the divine envoy came down to the 'Divine Sleeping Place' to send the prey we caught today. ”
Jim had never seen such a battle, and he didn't understand for a while: "What are you doing with our prey?" ”
His little head was confused: "Oh, by the way, you're here to make a deal, right?" Anyway, our 'caravan' went to your village and told you about it? ”
Orion waved his hand again and again and said, "Don't you dare, this is our sacrifice to the Divine Envoy, and please bless our Lingqi Village, and bless us Orions to catch more prey." ”
"This ...... This ......" Jim scratched his head, a little confused, and he hurriedly informed Mamie: "Mamie, three hunters in Lingqi Village have dragged a deer over, saying that it is a sacrifice for the 'divine messenger', what should we do?" ”
Mamie replied, "Then you tell them to wait first, and I'll come here." ”
The internal division of labor in the "Journey to the Underworld" is clear, and Mamie is in charge of external affairs, and she has the final say in foreign affairs.
Seeing a multi-legged machine running over, the hunters knelt on the frozen ground again.
Mamie turned over and got out of the car, walked up to the three men, looked at the deer they had dragged and said, "The Lord does not ask anyone, and you do not need to offer sacrifices to the Lord." ”
Orion looked up and said to her, "We ask the divine messenger for protection so that we can get more prey." ”
Mamie frowned, she and Fran did not exactly agree on the understanding of the "Lord", in her opinion, all people were the people of the "Lord", including those who did not know the "Lord" and did not believe in the "Lord".
All people, including the core members of the Journey to the Underworld, the workers, and even the slaves, are completely equal in the light of the Lord, but some are still lost and cannot perceive the favor of the Lord for them.
Therefore, she was very disgusted with Fran for making herself a messenger of God, so that the gifts of the "Lord" were classified, which was a blasphemy against the omniscient and omnipotent "Lord".
Mamie stepped forward and picked up the Orions and motioned for them to stand up: "The Lord will shelter all the Lord's people, and as long as you believe in the Lord, you will be able to bask in the glory of the Lord." ”
"As for this deer......" she thought for a moment and said, "our team has always been a fair trade, and this is your hard-earned prey, and it deserves to be rewarded." ”
Mamie turned back to Jim and said, "Jim, let's take this deer, we haven't eaten meat for a while, let's have a meal today." ”
"As for the deal...... So, you take them to the warehouse, and after Catherine is gone, the warehouse is now in Selena's hands. ”
"Let her pick out some metal spears and a few hook claws for these hunters, these weapons and tools will help them in their hunting, and they can be used in exchange for this deer."
Jim nodded: "Okay, then you bring the deer back, this deer is so strong, we have dinner today!" He swallowed as he spoke.
He turned back and called out to the three of them: "Come on, you guys get in the car, I'll take you to pick up some equipment." ”
The three Orions climbed into the manned bucket behind the chariot in fear, and when the chariot started running, the three of them almost peed in fright.
After all, in their consciousness, the so-called mechanical chariot is a tamed mechanical beast, and sitting on a running beast is indeed quite exciting.
However, even more shocking was still to come, when the hunters came to the "Giant Rhino" and "Iron Bull" in the base, they were completely shocked and speechless.
For them, the impact of these three-story tall steel behemoths when viewed up close is definitely no less than a miracle.
"Really a messenger of God...... It is really a messenger of the gods......" one of the Orions muttered, and the other two followed him.
"It's here! Everybody get off! Jim led the three to the warehouse at the base, and when he looked back, he saw that all three had straight eyes.
Finding Selena, Jim explained his intentions and picked up six metal spears from the warehouse, along with six hook claws.
These weapons and equipment have basically been eliminated by the "Journey to the Underworld", since there are multi-legged chariots, the "Journey to the Underworld" has directly entered the field of mechanized modern warfare, and such cold weapons are placed in the warehouse to eat ashes.
The hunters who received these weapons were overjoyed in their hearts.
Metal spears are a good thing to round up their prey, and the spears and forks they used to use can basically only scratch people when they encounter thick-skinned beasts, which is like now, and a casual poke is a transparent hole.
As for the hook claw, under Jim's teaching, they also quickly adapted to this three-dimensional combat tool.
I'm sure they'll love the feeling of freedom flying back and forth between the mountains and forests.
"Thank you, thank you!" Although a deer is indeed a lot of income for the hunters, compared to these weapons and equipment, the hunters feel that they have taken advantage of it.
Jim was also very happy here, dealing with some of the backlog in the warehouse in exchange for a good meal, and everyone was a win-win.
After getting their weapons and equipment, the Orions didn't want to stay long, and they took their leave to Jim.
Jim was a sincere man: "Don't worry, you see, it's getting so late, just come with us, finish this venison feast, and I'll drive you back." ”
So, today's dinner has three more guests from afar.
This was the first dinner party after the "Journey to the Underworld" and the "15th District" arrived at the "Divine Sleeping House" to establish a base, and everyone ate barbecue and drank fine wine, and the scene was very lively.