Alexis's proposal made people a little confused. At least they still had some doubts when they set off with the lizard people on the journey to the festival venue the next day, but fortunately they got along well with each other. Not bad, or mutual silence is also a good way to get along with each other. Of course, except for Kaludia and Selian, the former is a standard familiarity, although the previous lizard people's prejudice against Selian made Kaludi Ya was a little unhappy, but Kalutia's big boy-like enthusiasm led to him becoming friends with several more outgoing lizardmen and chatting with him, and the latter was with Eva, who is also a believer of the Moon Goddess. The conversation started.
Originally, Eva had some tentative attitude when talking to Celiane, but as a believer in Eilistraee and also a priest, Celiane obviously understands a lot of the goddess's teachings. After a little testing, Eva was surprised to understand, The dark elf girl in front of her was indeed, as Alexis said, an elf who had escaped the evil god's spell and returned to the embrace of the moon god.
Driven by her love for the house and Wu, Eva's attitude towards Cillian has become better and better.
Seeing the believers of the same goddess, Selian didn't feel any joy at the moment but was extremely worried. The white dragon Alexis suddenly proposed to go with the lizard people. At first, she didn't know what she was planning. But when the direction of travel still did not change and continued to point directly in the direction of the Star Children, Selian suddenly realized a dangerous signal. Could it be that the Star Children were at the scene of the orcs' giant thanksgiving ceremony
Eva had already told Selian along the way that the Thanksgiving Sacrifice was an important sacrificial activity held by the orcs to thank Uznok, the God of the Earth, for bringing harvests and resting places to the world, and the God of the Earth was Youxuan. Countless orcs in the grassland have the strongest belief in the supreme god. This important sacrificial event is held in rotation among the four major tribes every time. It can be regarded as a grand gathering among the orc tribes on the Youxuan Grassland. When it is held, orcs from many tribes will come to participate in the festival.
The more she thought about Eva's explanation, the more frightened Selian became. If the Star Child was really hiding in the orc tribe, and if Alexis found the Star Child and tried to capture her, once the two sides fought, no matter it was Whether it's the dragon or the child of the star, their power will cause heavy casualties at the festival.
The scene of corpses strewn across the fields, burning buildings, screaming and fleeing people, and blood all over the ground almost appeared in Selian's mind. The original sacred ceremony turned into a purgatory-like Shura field.
Perhaps Eva, who was involved in it, will also die as a result. Not only that, but Eva’s tribe and many innocent people will also die because of this┉┉
"What's wrong~hiss? Your face doesn't look good~hiss~" Eva noticed that Selian's expression became dazed, and she seemed to be in an extremely tangled state.
"I'm fine, I┉┉not┉┉I~I┉┉"
Celiane opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say anything. Because Selian has been able to sense that the contract in her body is beginning to move. The contract that binds her soul can be said to be monitoring her all the time. Compared with the white dragon Alexis, who can only monitor her own actions, the contract He was always monitoring his thoughts, even if his thoughts just showed a little bit of intolerance and desire to save Eva, he was instantly aware of it.
Faced with this soul contract that was more evil and terrifying than the devil's curse, Celiane felt that she was simply helpless. If she thought about it carefully, Celiane also felt that even telling Eva some truth now would not help, and would actually harm her. If she and her people were killed, Alexis might become so angry that her identity was exposed, and she would go on a killing spree to silence her. Facing the giant dragon, several lizardmen were as innocent as babies in front of Alexis. No resistance.
"Leanne~ What are you thinking about?"
Suddenly, Alexis hugged Celiane's neck from behind. In the eyes of others, it looked like a group of close sisters playing together.
'Don't think about things you shouldn't think about. I think as a priest of Eilistraee, you wouldn't want to kill a believer of the goddess you love with your own hands. '
However, Alexis' cold voice full of dangerous tone that echoed in her ears made Celia fall into the ice cellar. The danger of Alexis was no joke. Celia was bound by the contract. She knew very well how terrifying the power of the contract was. If Alexis really gave the order, she would definitely be forced by the contract to kill Eva and her people.
Celiane's whole body trembled slightly because of fear, and she whispered softly, almost in a pleading tone: "Please don't do this, I┉┉I won't do this."
'That's right~ you wouldn't do that┉┉Know how to cherish your own life, Celiane Shadowspark! ' Alexis patted Selian's cheek gently and whispered in her ear: "┉Don't forget, this is not only related to your life but also to your compatriots, don't forget Our compatriots are still sleeping in the Yanold Mountains."
Baruts! !
Selian suddenly thought of her captured companions, who are still frozen in ice crystals and imprisoned in the Yanold Mountains.
Seeing that Celian finally had to succumb to fear and nod her head, Alexis finally let go of the girl with satisfaction. After being given partial authority, under the restraint and supervision of the soul contract, Celian's every move None of them can escape Alexis's eyes. What Alexis has to do is to let Celiane further understand her situation and completely dispel any inappropriate thoughts she may have.
This team composed of an abnormally twisted relationship continues to move forward. For Selian and the unknowing Saints, no one knows what will happen to this twisted team in the future.
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As the largest festival for the orcs in Youxuan Grassland, the Thanksgiving Festival has been held in turn by the four most powerful tribes on the grassland over the years. In addition to the grand ceremony held by the elders of each tribe, the tribes also have their own It has its own style of sacrificial activities and celebration banquets.
Different from the harsh attitude of various religions in the past that the process of religious rituals must be carried out strictly in accordance with the doctrinal requirements, the orcs do not care much about the way the ritual is performed, as long as it is not deliberately blasphemous. Any behavior is acceptable, because in the concept of orcs, the worship of gods should come from the heart, rather than just showing in the external form. Moreover, just like the sun in the sky, no matter what names mortals use to describe the sun, the sun is the sun and it will not change because of the different names of mortals. Similarly, the gods will not change because of the different ways of worship in the world. , in the eyes of the orcs, sometimes in history, humans clearly worshiped the same god, but they accused each other of blaspheming the god because they had different names, and started wars in the name of the god without authorization. This is really stupid. In the eyes of the orcs, the idea of humans putting their own ideas above the essence of the gods is the real blasphemy against the gods.
For gods, it is far more important for mortals to build temples in their hearts than to spend huge efforts to build temples and worship mundane things in the secular world!
On the Youxuan Grassland, due to differences in shapes, physiques, and customs, there are probably hundreds of tribes of different sizes and sizes. In the distant past, when human power had not yet spread to the Youxuan Grassland, this prairie had The orcs are also constantly fighting against each other. However, under the influence of the gradual spread of the belief in the God of the Earth in the Holy City over the years, the tribes of all sizes in Youxuan Grassland have ended their disputes. Recently, especially in the Holy City, After the local conflicts with humans were resolved through coordination, the orcs also enjoyed a rare period of peace, which was replaced by increasingly frequent trade between various tribes and the prosperity it brought.
The warlike nature of the orcs is not to fight for the sake of fighting. The reason for fighting is simply to plunder the materials for life. When various materials began to become abundant due to trade and they could exchange for food through work, most orcs He also didn’t want to waste blood and life and go back to the years of plunder, which shocked some scholars who predicted that the nature of orcs is warlike and excessive. No one thought that after the material needs were liberated, the mentality of orcs would be far worse than that of humans. Much more simple and plain.
As for the Earth Mother Tribe among the four major tribes on the Youxuan Grassland, this year's thanksgiving ceremony was held by this orc tribe, which maintains a matriarchal society.
Preparations for the thanksgiving ceremony are also being carried out rapidly. The tall orcs covered in fur are busy building various high platforms for holding ceremonies. After the Earth Mother tribe became peaceful in Youxuan Grassland, they are no longer as herdsmen. The Dimu tribe, which has recently taken root and started to move closer to agricultural production, has established quite large towns. As the population has begun to increase, the entire town has gradually begun to move closer to the city level. In the entire Youxuan Grassland It has become the leader of the four major tribes.
The preparation process for holding a festival is sometimes more interesting than the festival itself!
This sentence is the same for the orcs. At least for the orc children, they can say goodbye to the annoying word learning these days, and can play carefree for several days, even if they are helping their parents. Shopping for food and supplies is better than holding a pen and writing every day.
Laughter filled the entire town, and the orcs from other tribes who came from other places also made the entire Earth Mother Tribe town more lively. Even before the festival started, a huge trade fair had been formed outside, and countless people came from all over the place. The orcs did not forget to bring some special products to take advantage of this lively day to make a small fortune. It can be said that this is also an unwritten feature of Thanksgiving Day over the years.
In the Patriarch's Hall in the inner city of the Earth Mother Tribe, a beautiful human girl was sitting on a high platform with her bare feet, her blue pupils looking at the bustling town below from time to time, and behind the girl were two people. A slightly petite orc maid is combing the girl's long hair, and puts on the girl's head bit by bit the precious hair accessories that seem to be rough in workmanship, but are made from the cores of various rare monsters strung together. superior.
It took an hour to complete this long and delicate work. After the two orc maids left, the girl finally stood up and rubbed her numb legs.
The man with blond hair and golden eyes appeared behind the girl as if he had walked out of the void. (~^~)