Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 142 God is also a sacrifice

Byron could not learn the unconditional obedience of Alvin the Falcon, so he could only act as a loyal admirer in another way.

I didn't expect that Beatrice seemed to have some strange habits.

She actually "responds to hard situations but not soft ones" and her attitude towards him has obviously improved a lot.

He had even secretly expanded the scope of "use" of his confidant.

He made a very tempting suggestion:
"Alvin, as long as you come back after this sacrifice, I will allow you to stay by my side in my bedroom to 'keep watch'.

Oh, and don’t forget to bring your slave-catching rope.”

Of course, the premise is that they can really all come back.

Byron said he had no idea what she was talking about.

I just couldn't help but feel sorry for Alvin, the [Wild Hunt Servant] who licked everything but ended up with nothing for three seconds.

"Queen, watch your step."

When he helped Beatrice out of the palace, the hundred-man guard of honor that had been waiting outside for a long time immediately came to greet them.

Their strength may not be that strong, but they are all tall and mighty, and each of them holds a spear with a huge golden spear head inlaid in his hand.

Just from these hundreds of golden spear heads, one can see how rich this golden city is.

It seemed natural that he would be the Castilian people's number one target.

this moment.

The morning glow in the sky cast a golden glow on the guard of honor and the beautiful queen in the middle, who was wearing a golden dress and holding the [Golden Code] in her hands. Suddenly, the scene was magnificent.

This is not some exaggerated rhetoric, but a statement of fact.

Especially Beatrice's perfect golden ratio figure of 1:0.618, which looks even more dazzling under the reflection of the morning sun.

It was like a stunning goddess descending to the earth.

Even Byron, who had been together for a long time and had long since adapted to the other person's evil beauty, subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

Naturally, the hot-blooded young soldiers in the honor guard were even more out of control.

The member of the team who was closest to Beatrice in the front row was so dazzled by the beauty of the "Enchantress of Change" that he accidentally let go of the spear in his hand without realizing it.

The heavy golden spear head immediately converted potential energy into kinetic energy and whizzed towards Beatrice next to Byron.

If this thing hits an ordinary person, it is possible that the person will suffer a bloody head and broken bones.

And a powerful third-level transcendent would certainly not be hurt by such a thing.

Byron had anticipated this and took a step forward, standing in front of her like the wind. He stretched out two fingers and easily grabbed the fallen golden spear.

"what!"

The member of the honor guard finally came to his senses and his face turned pale.

He didn't even dare to beg for mercy before being dragged away by two guards, grabbing his head and arms.

No one doubted his fate. Today, there would undoubtedly be another strong and high-quality sacrifice on the altar of the Lord of Skinning.

Beatrice rode on the white horse she had exchanged from the outsiders, and the reorganized guard of honor continued on their way.

However, what just happened seemed to be just a minor and insignificant incident.

However, Byron knew clearly that the direction in which the spear had just fallen was supposed to be him.

It was only because the lower end was stuck in the gap of the stone floor that it "accidentally" deviated and fell towards Beatrice.

Ding Dong! Bind a danger source first.

Believe me, as your bodyguard, if I say I won't let you die at the hands of others, then you will definitely not die at the hands of others.'

The sun rose higher and higher, in the most magnificent Flayed Temple in the center of the city.

"No, please spare me, I am from the Empire!"

"Just wait, you killed the princess and now you want to kill us. We, the Taya people, will not forgive you in the future!"

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From the moment the first ray of sunlight pierced through the darkness, the shrill screams were heard continuously.

Under normal circumstances, the sacrifice needs to have its stomach and intestines emptied in advance before being drugged, so as to avoid shouting or even incontinence, which would blaspheme the gods.

But today's blood feast carnival requires too many sacrifices.

Looking towards the square and the central avenue "Death Avenue", the total number of densely packed slaves has exceeded 30,000.

Even if there are so many medicines, there is not so much time to waste.

All the fixed and temporary skinning altars around the pyramid are already operating non-stop.

But the shamans here felt that their movements were not neat enough and their speed was too slow, so they sent up all the trainee shamans who had not yet taken up a job to help.

The scene was so tragic that it was beyond description. Even the artificial river connecting the lake and bypassing the temple had completely turned into a river of blood.

The glaring red color is spreading rapidly across Lake Texcoco.

And it was not only the lake water that changed color, even the golden sun above the city-state seemed to be dyed red by blood.

“In fact, the blood sacrifice in the material world is only a superficial phenomenon. As the ceremony proceeds, the biggest change occurs in the spiritual world.

The red sun is the overflow of spirituality.”

Byron has followed Beatrice, the high priest, to the top of the skinning pyramid.

Compared with the nine-story Quetzalcoatl Pyramid in Chichen Itza that he had climbed before, this one was obviously taller and could rival the thirteen-story pyramid of the former Tayal Empire.

Behind him is the temple where the statue of the Lord of Flaying is enshrined.

Byron opened up his spiritual vision at this dual highest point of the material and spiritual worlds, allowing him to see the entire ritual clearly.

Whenever an indigenous person was skinned and sacrificed with blood.

On the edge of the royal city of Tenochtitlan, which exists as a huge island in the spiritual world, a new small island will emerge and merge with the big island.

As the island beneath our feet grows larger, its appearance gradually transforms into the crescent shape of the entire Yucatan Peninsula.

At the same time, the group concept of the Taino people of the Bantaan Islands was continuously strengthened and gradually forced into a whole.

Byron thought:
"In the spiritual world of the Old Continent, the main body of human collective consciousness is a vast continent shrouded in the [Silver Law], which looks exactly like the shape of the Old Continent.

This is because both the East Coast and West Coast countries share the same source of faith. No matter which side of God each country believes in, the source is ultimately the Bound Creator.

It is precisely because of countless coincidences and religious wars that the continent's beliefs have been unified.

It also connects the collective subconscious ocean of all populations in the Old World closely together.

The Lancaster family, who converted to the church, was one of the links between the church and the people of the Bay.

Of course, there are also a few independent islands like Valhalla that are attached to the mainland.

At this time, the Bantaan Islands are still fragmented in the real world, but are constantly gathering in the spiritual world.

Just like what happened in the Old World thousands of years ago."

[Secret: The Mystery of the Blood Sacrifice of the Azik Empire, Historical Influence 27] The original deciphering density of 72% continued to rise.

Not only the density of the solution, but also Byron's own extraordinary knowledge was increasing rapidly.

There is no better place to study in the world.

"Part of these offerings came from the 'Crown of Honor War' that Azik had just launched against the Southern Taya Empire, and part of them were tributes from the hundreds of small city-states within the empire.

Another part comes from thousands of large and small islands in the east.

Their identities encompassed almost all of the two empires on the Yucatan Island and the Bantaan Islands, as well as all city-states and tribes.

This blood sacrifice is obviously intended to use these sacrifices as a medium to open up the collective subconscious of all ethnic groups.

Once completed, it will become the foundation for building the Taino people's [Golden Code] and unified monarchy.

However, there are also bad consequences.

Without this kind of empathy and deep pain, the Anti-Azik Alliance, which was already full of internal contradictions, would not have been able to unite so smoothly.

This ceremony will not be so successful.”

In Byron's vision, as the number of people participating in the blood sacrifice increased, the land in the spiritual world became larger and larger.

It is just because there are numerous totems, natural spirits and guardian gods on the island that protect each ethnic group.

This ensures that the foundations of these islands remain distinct and cannot be completely integrated into a complete "continental shelf".

Break down the barriers between consciousness, individual subconsciousness and collective subconsciousness.

Seeing this, Beatrice, the high priest in front of Byron, immediately ordered other shamans to start the next stage of the ceremony.

"Begin. The God-killing Feast!"

beep--!
The long buffalo horn was blown.

A group of shamans simultaneously removed the palm leaves covering each layer of the pyramid, revealing a large group of stone statues that looked weathered by the passage of time.

There are dozens of them, big and small:
[Sun God] Tonatiuh, [Moon Goddess] Mysley, [Galaxy Goddess] Sikenleleq, [God of War] Huitzilopochtli
[Water God] Tlaloc, [Storm and Baptism Goddess] Chalchiutriqui, [Fire Chamber and Volcano Goddess] Chantico
Not only the Lord of Skinning, but all the main statues of other gods in the Azik pantheon were also moved here.

They merely symbolize a certain concept and have no self-awareness. They no longer have the majestic appearance they once had when they sat on the throne.

Instead, they seemed to have anticipated their own fate, and tears of blood flowed from their eyes.

"Killing God!"

"Killing God!"

The Azik Empire conquered 371 city-states with a population of tens of millions, so the gods worshipped in the territory were naturally extremely diverse.

But unlike the gods in most civilizations, they remain unchanged unless they are violently converted.

The gods here are constantly adjusted and changed according to a certain time sequence and people's wishes.

As long as a god does not meet people's wishes, the residents of the city-state will not allow him to continue to enjoy offerings, and may even kill the corresponding god.

Therefore, as the Taino mythological world aged, new gods continued to replace old gods.

Replacing the old with the new is done through the "killing god" ceremony.

In the ceremony of worshiping the new gods, the names of gods of some outdated or conquered tribes were marked on the food.

Smash the idols, kill and eat them!

The human world is covered in blood, and the world of gods (natural spirits) is no less so.

"Kill the God! Let's have a feast!"

Except for a small number of defense forces, all the 25 people in the city knelt on the ground around the pyramid.

With the shouts, blood shot up into the sky from the temple at the top of the pyramid and slowly condensed into the image of a god.

He was dressed in bloody human skin, his body was as bright as gold, his mouth was open blood red, his eyes were closed, and his ears were pierced.

There were black lines on his face that ran from his forehead through his eyes to his chin, just like a big corn.

He held a yellow shield in his hand and had a clay container full of corn seeds hanging around his waist.

At the first sight of Him, a series of concepts such as rebirth, agriculture, plants, disease, spring, goldsmiths, liberation, the East, etc. automatically flood into the eyes of the onlookers.

It is as if He is the embodiment of these concepts.

Obviously, this is none other than Xipetotec, the patron saint of Azik, the Lord of Skinning!

With Beatrice's prayers.

He raised his hand and grabbed Huitzilopochtli, the God of War among the gods, and the latter's skin immediately peeled off and fell on his body.

To gods, this is not just a piece of skin, but also represents God's image, person, power, and even existence itself.

But now they have all been taken away.

Next is the Sun God and the Moon Goddess.
Dozens of the most representative Azik gods died one after another, and the statues that had been worshipped for who knows how many years also collapsed.

The huge island representing the entire Azik Empire and even a part of the Taino people was finally bathed in the divine light of the [Lord of the Skinner].

Afterwards, the Lord of Skinning, whose spiritual light was extremely powerful, landed beside the high priest Beatrice.

He placed his right hand, which seemed to be made of gold, on the glittering [Golden Code].

On the other side, the Azca Emperor Montezuma II also climbed to the top of the pyramid and placed his right hand on the [Golden Codex].

Then a majestic voice resounded throughout the entire royal city:

"The kingship is granted by God! The emperor is the son of God. I will make you monarchs and kings in every part of the world!"

(End of this chapter)