Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 338: Wait for the destruction of the country, idiot
This dragon lizard warrior was none other than one of Byron's three [Wild Hunt Servants] who still retained their self-awareness - Alvin, the [Falcon] of the Flayed Order.

He was also the super spare tire who licked the feet of "The Enchantress" Beatrice until he was left with nothing.

The reason why he appeared here was not because Byron had foresight and knew in advance that Tayapan was going to have problems.

It's just a routine matter.

Governor Violet sent him, a fur-covered man who was very familiar with the indigenous civilization, as an envoy to convey a stern diplomatic note to Tayapan.

When [King of the Curled Nose] Teohuacan convened the upper nobles for a meeting, he naturally sneaked in by relying on the black magic "Ceremony of the Thousand Faces" which was very good at disguise.

The branches of the Vanguard Colonial Trading Company stationed in various city-states, in addition to trade, also serve as intelligence stations.

It is reasonable to prepare one or two internal identities.

Hearing Teohuacan's brazen declaration of war, Alvin realized that something unexpected had happened. He immediately summoned the consciousness of his master, Byron.

"You want to steal foreign trade swords and weapons without anyone noticing, so that you can use them to attack Torrent Fortress and steal my five crystal skulls?
I didn’t expect that Skull No. 1 actually has the ability to command the other twelve crystal skulls.

However, the epic poem that sang the merits of the holy relic had been lost for hundreds of years, and it was suddenly found by this [King of the Curled Nose]. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

After receiving Alvin's information, Byron couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

The case now presented by the new king was powerful and irrefutable.

According to the King of Curly Nose.

The dragon-shaped Itsumna is the chief of the Taya gods.

As long as he could grab the five skulls in his hands, plus the one in their hands and the one in Uxmal City, he would have a total of seven.

Combined with the power of Skull No. 1 [Commander of the Gods], it is enough to call the wind and rain and summon the dragon. Oh, it is the dragon-shaped [God] Itsumna.

He shouldn’t be much worse than Xipetotec, the Lord of the Flayed and the God of Tyranny, who devoured all the gods of the Azik Empire (Chapter 142).

Taking advantage of this Crown War that has been suppressed for more than half a year, a grand blood sacrifice will be held, which will be enough to push the opponent to an unprecedented level of strength in one fell swoop!
This plan is perfect.

In addition, Byron looked closely at the huge five-colored, five-headed light and shadow on the altar, which reminded him of the legend of the Five-Colored Dragon King in the Old World, and he had to pay special attention to it.

“Is there any connection between the two?”

Keep silent and continue listening.

Now that leaders have set the tone and strategic goals, the next step is to figure out how to achieve them.

The nobles who were still rational and sober said with some concern:
“Your Majesty, our senior warriors suffered heavy losses in Azik Royal City, and most of them died from the smallpox plague.

I also heard from those foreign merchants that the strength of Hastings and Mr. Sea Hunter has grown rapidly, and is now second only to the Kingdom of Castile.

Even if we raid the Torrent Fortress under the pretext of making an apology, we may not be able to successfully capture the enemy's bastion."

Upon hearing this, [King with the Curled Nose] Teohuacan laughed so hard that the whole temple was buzzing.

"Have you forgotten where our extraordinary powers and forbidden knowledge come from?
It was a problem in the past, but is it still a problem for us now?"

The noble who spoke first hesitated:
"You mean the earliest shamans, emperors, and great [god] Itsumna of the Imperial Age?"

Byron naturally thought of the same question.

In the mythology of the Tayal people, the thirteen gods (nature spirits) living in the crystal skull are one with their ancestors.

Every ancestor who made outstanding contributions and taught the tribe specific knowledge was usually also the emperor at that time.

After death, a skull will be left behind, which will continue to receive blood sacrifices and eventually become a nature spirit living in the crystal skull and gain corresponding powers.

In fact, it is a kind of black witchcraft similar to the life box.

However, after death, one will soon lose his humanity and only retain his divinity, becoming a rule god.

For example: Crystal Skull No. 3 came from an emperor named Yum Kax, who taught his people agricultural knowledge about how to grow corn during his lifetime.

After death, one of the skulls was offered blood sacrifices and eventually became the "Corn God" who resided in the crystal skull and possessed the power of life, prosperity, and abundance.

As for the series of black magic techniques mastered by the Taya Empire, which is also the foundation of their existence, they were bestowed upon the Taya city-states by the first emperor and shaman [God] Itsumna.

The Azik Empire, which rose later, also inherited the black witchcraft knowledge of the Taya Empire, which enabled it to catch up step by step.

Byron's extraordinary knowledge at this time was already rich enough. He interpreted the origin of black magic from the perspective of an inhuman black wizard, which was actually closer to the truth of the matter:
"All the forbidden knowledge in the hands of the Dark Wizard Cult has a source, which is 100% directly or indirectly pointing to an old god who has long died.

The "Beast Spirit Warriors" that are prevalent throughout the Bantaan Islands are of course no exception.

The earliest source in the legend is the Book of the Families of Beasts (Volume 1) from [Echidna, the Mother of Monsters] and her series of monster offspring. It was obtained through the blood sacrifice of Itsumna, who was still a shaman.

Until now, many fallen natives can hear the mumbling and roaring of those monsters.

Speaking of blood sacrifices, is there any dark wizard cult that can hold blood sacrifices longer and on a larger scale than the indigenous peoples?
After hundreds and thousands of years of uninterrupted wars of glory and blood sacrifices, each city-state had already gathered the [Bloodline Codex] used to transform mythical creatures.

I would like to make a bold guess: to what level has the person or even the monster gods that those blood sacrifices are targeting recovered?"

[King with Curled Nose] Teohuacan could not hear his thoughts, but he waved his hand and uncovered the silk covering the skull, revealing the true appearance of the crystal skull underneath.

It was indeed a corrupted half-human, half-dragon, and the half-dragon face had not only scales, but also swollen, disgusting tumors.

A thick evil spiritual light instantly filled the entire temple and transformed into the appearance of a giant five-headed dragon.

The deformed face of the [King with Curled Nose] was also illuminated, appearing to flicker and look like a demon.

"Rakamha, you are the first one, come up and receive the gift from the God."

Before the tribal leader, who had his mouth opened wide, could react.

The white ice dragon with the same attributes as him suddenly spewed a breath towards him.

"Ow—!"

Rakamha raised his head and wailed, and involuntarily transformed into a white dragon lizard. The spiritual light all over his body rose steadily, but also became increasingly turbid.

Obviously, strength has indeed been enhanced, but it has also inevitably degenerated into bestiality.

The so-called "blackened is ten times stronger" is just this.

Seeing that the situation was not good, someone in the temple wanted to sneak away, but the heavy temple door suddenly closed with a "bang".

But it was the great shaman Karakol who was blocking the door with a grim smile on his face.

"No one can leave. Let's welcome the great evolution together! Hahahaha."

The face of [King with Curled Nose] Teohuacan became more and more deformed, and the colorful dragon breath behind him drowned everyone present.

"Ow—!"

"Roar--!"

Screams of pain came one after another.

“Hahahaha, the thirteen crystal skulls and the throne of emperor will eventually belong to me, Tiouhuacan!

The eldest daughter of my Lord Monster Mother [Tiamat, the Hundred-Headed Dragon Mother] will return first."

The thirteen crystal skulls, due to thousands of years of blood sacrifice, have gathered the knowledge contained in countless sacrifices and embody the essence of the entire Taya civilization.

A single crystal skull is a [Second Level Holy Relic] whose influence is limited to one city or one place.

But once someone can gather all thirteen, they can enhance each other and reach the level of a zero-level relic.

The last great shaman of the imperial era once left a prophecy:

“If someone can gather all thirteen crystal skulls in the future, he will become the new emperor of the empire.

The thirteen crystal skulls will reveal to us the secrets of the past and the future through the mouth of skull number three [the Corn God], which is the only talking skull and symbolizes life and abundance.

Eliminate the conflict and reunite the Taya Empire."

This is also the confidence of [King of Curled Nose].

But listen to the very unfamiliar name he called out.

It was obvious that he had been accidentally contaminated by the forbidden knowledge in Skull No. 1 and had become a follower of one of the offspring of the mother monster behind the knowledge.

Just like the former [Nightmare] Jörmungandr, he became a devout follower of the old god [Tiamat, the Hundred-Headed Dragon Mother].

Byron, who was in Alvin's body, looked at the laughing [King of the Curly Nose] and the Crystal Skull No. 1, and whispered to himself:
"Why did you carve your name on my crystal skull? You've already got a way to die!
In the future, the third brother will only shout: "Tayaxing, King Byron!"

Just wait for your country to be destroyed, you fool who overestimates your own abilities!"

Consciousness was instantly withdrawn.

Immediately afterwards, Alvin was also hit by a dragon's breath.

(End of this chapter)