39. Eagle Tribe
The well-fed Grey Goose Messenger left the galloping horse camp.
"We need to hurry," the messenger said to his men.
"Big brother, we will be able to reach the Eagle Tribe soon, don't be in such a hurry, right?"
"No, that galloping horse tribe just now is very wrong!"
"What's wrong, big brother?"
"I can't say it, I just don't think it's right, there are too many tents in their tribe, it's too clean, and that leader doesn't look like a leader on the grassland, but more like a nobleman in a castle."
The messenger sees danger, and Rand finds an opportunity.
In Rand's tent, Rohr sent off the Grey Goose and the messenger rushed over to report the news from lunch.
"So now there must be 230 cavalry on the Grey Goose front?"
"Yes, on such a scale, I'm afraid the Earl will be difficult to handle."
While the two were talking, Albert opened the tent curtain and came in, and he was about to open his mouth and ask Rand why he didn't get rid of the messenger of the grey goose, when he heard a conversation between the two.
"They also sent people to the tribe of iron mines?"
"Yes, it's the brown bear tribe, according to the messenger, the brown bear is stronger than the gray goose, but it is very low-key, and the gray goose leader does not expect the brown bear to send someone."
"It seems that the Grey Goose tribe is waiting for our help," Rand said in a playful tone, "then let's gather the warriors of each tribe and go south together to help the Grey Goose leader." ”
"Rand... You... Albert knew that Rand was not really going to help the Grey Goose, but he didn't dare to think about what he was going to do.
"Neil! Greyhound! Fang! Rand shouted for his men to come in.
"Chief", "Lord", "Lord"
"Greyhound, you take a few cavalrymen, stick to that messenger, just keep an eye on it. See which camp they all went to, especially for me to find their salt mines."
"Yes, Lord"
"Inuya, you follow your dad first, contact in the middle, find the Eagle Tribe first, your task is to come back and report to me after they find the Eagle Tribe"
"Yes, my lord"
"Neil, you take people and make a flag that is the same as that of the gray goose messenger, the leader of the gray goose is fighting in the south, and we need the support of all the tribes on the galloping horse plain, and we must unite the other tribes now and go south together. Whoever rejects me will not be able to get along with the Galloping Horse Tribe and the Grey Goose Tribe together. Rand laughed.
"Ah, we still have to swallow the eagle, and we still have to fly the flag of the gray goose?" Neil grew up on the prairie and had never seen a tiger skin routine.
"Of course, as long as our cavalry carries the banner of the Grey Goose and follows the Grey Goose Messenger to visit the Eagle, will they still think that we are here to attack?"
"However, now the eagle should have less than 30 cavalry in his hands, and we are in the bright past, they will not be unvigilant."
"I'm not afraid that they will find out, I'm afraid that they will run away!"
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On the dirt hill, 40 kilometers east of the Rand, there is a very imposing barbarian camp. There are more than 30 large and small tents in this camp, most of which are Bedouin tents, with a few round tents in between. At the top, there is a particularly tall Bedouin main tent, 8 meters high and 30 meters long, which looks like a white rock on the hillside from a distance. Behind the tall tent there is a 35-meter-high dark wood-colored pillar, the pillar is less than half a meter in diameter, and in the lower 1/3 part is tied to the surrounding ground by a large number of ropes, and a large number of strips of cloth and animal tails are tied to the rope as decoration, which is the sacred pillar in the tribe. At the top of the pillar, there is a golden statue of an eagle with its wings outstretched, the eagle's eye is inlaid with gemstones, every feather on the eagle's body is visible, and there is a magic circle on the eagle's belly.
Although it is October now, the noon of the grassland is still hot, but it is very cold at night. At this moment, in the Eagle Tribe, the battle priest Kansa Eagle is holding a sacrifice on the altar under the pillar, less than 3 meters tall Kansa is wearing a leather coat covered with colorful feathers, the sleeves are covered with feathers of large birds, the head is wearing a huge crown of feathers, and the face is wearing a golden mask in the style of an eagle's face, the front of the mask has a long eagle's beak, and the eagle's eyes are inlaid with two gems like the eagle statue on the pillar.
In the open space below the pillar, the battle priest danced a unique ritual dance, and he spread his arms to imitate an eagle that was always flying with its wings outstretched, and ran as if he were jumping under the pillar. All the barbarians and demonsless in the camp knelt outside the range of his dance, and everyone waited in awe and fear for the priest's dance.
The priest's dance area is about 50 square meters, and there are four priest apprentices wearing similar costumes to the priest and wearing wooden masks painted with bird face patterns, all of whom are carefully selected by Kansa, both his apprentices and his servants. While Kansa was scurrying around with his dance steps and teeth and claws, the four apprentices were dancing in circles around the entire dance range counterclockwise.
After every noon, the battle priests of the Eagle Tribe would start a war to worship the Eagle God, and the barbarians, whether they possessed demons or not, had to kneel outside the priest's dance area and wait for the favor of the Eagle God. Almost every month, when the priest dances, he will randomly pick a barbarian to come out and pay tribute to the eagle god, and the process of human sacrifice is very cruel, and the sacrifice may be a demon bearer or a demon non-demon.
When a person is identified as a sacrifice, the priest will use brute force to lift the person directly under the pillar and sacrifice on the spot, and every barbarian in the camp believes that their fearsome priest is the one favored by the eagle god. Ironically, all captured Terran demon lovers had to be kept in other tents in the camp for the sake of income for the entire camp, and were never blessed to be offered to the Eagle God.
Today's sacrifice was once again in danger, no one was sacrificed, everyone carefully stood up and left the area around the priest's tent, the battle priest also returned to his huge tent, and the four apprentices were responsible for cleaning up the whole scene and slaughtering the day's food for the eagles and falcons raised in the camp.
"Hey... It's finally over," Kansa returned to the tent as soon as he put down a handful of magic crystals in his hand. This time of day was a rare time for Kansa to be alone, and he was able to take off his mask. Sweat had soaked the heavy leather coat and tiara, and he had an hour to dry the coat and hat, and he had to use that time to hurry up and eat more jerky. The dance was meaningless, but it was very physically demanding, and he had to eat more when no one was in sight, and then show the mystery of not needing to eat much in front of others.
This year marks the 10th year that Kansa has been the leader, and the previous generation of Eagle Leaders was Kansa's biological father, and on his deathbed, he told Kansa the secrets of their Eagle Tribe.
The Eagle Tribe used to be the descendants of the Eagle God Tribe among the orcs, and the strongest of this tribe was the Eagle God Dependent, who had long fluff since childhood, like a young eagle, and when he grew up, the fluff became short feathers, and he walked like the wind. During battle, the family can transform into a giant eagle and fly high into the sky.
The Eagle Tribe now has a thin blood of the Eagle God, but it can communicate with birds of prey such as eagles, falcons, eagles, and vultures, and after sacrificing their lives to the Eagle God, they can share their vision with the most powerful eagles in the tribe.
Such a powerful ability as a shared vision is naturally not obtained in vain, he needs the priest to sacrifice his life force, and each time he exchanges it for about half an hour to share the vision, he needs to rest for at least a month or so. No matter how strong the vitality is, it can't withstand such consumption, so before Kansa, no eagle leader could live past the age of 35.
Kansa didn't want to be as short-lived as his previous leader, so he took advantage of the fact that after the barbarian invasion of the dragon eight years ago, many tribes were broken up and the Eagle tribe was reorganized, so that the tribal elders who knew the secrets of the eagle leader remained in human territory.
Since that year ago, the tribe has set up a divine pillar, although the divine pillar has nothing to do with the eagle god, but on the golden statue at the top, there is a magic circle of the mage's eye, this magic circle was carved by Kansa at a great price to hire a magician, using a mask, you can see the situation within a radius of 30 kilometers by consuming magic crystals. From then on, the battle sacrifice of the Eagle Tribe was no longer a month off, but a time to observe the surrounding situation at any time. In order to enhance his sense of mystery, Kansa also wrote and performed the so-called sacrificial rituals at noon every day, to find reasons for those barbarians who might find their secrets to purge and improve their sacredness.
The only fly in the ointment is that such an event is too costly for magic crystals, and magic crystals are required to link the mage's eye pillar, and magic crystals are also needed to ensure combat effectiveness. That's right, Kansa can kill other barbarian demon supporters, but also by consuming magic crystals, Kansa's "magic robe" also has a strength bonus performance, the principle is very similar to the demon armor of the badger tribe, it is all about consuming magic crystals to increase the strength of the wearer, or it is a leather armor full of feather decorations.
Kansa was finally able to take his time to rest, bringing on his mask, which could see 30 kilometers around, it was also a golden mask, with several runes on it, some protruding eyes, and a pedestal on his forehead that was dedicated to consuming magic crystals.
As Kansa lay on his fur bed and put on his mask, he saw another group of cavalry approaching his tribe. The cavalry was headed by a flag with the flag of the gray goose on the pole.