Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 425: Thanks to the good comparison of peers
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is July 7th, the day of the "Holy Lake Coronation Ceremony".

It was clearly the rainy day, but the sky was clear throughout the empire, with only white clouds floating by.

The high priest in charge of divination was obviously quite skilled as he could predict the weather accurately half a month in advance. This was at least much better than some weather forecasts that were inaccurate except for the date.

call out!call out!call out!
Before daybreak, golden streaks of light rose from all over the country, like countless meteors flying towards the imperial capital.

There were thousands of sun chariots in total, and in addition to the hundreds of princes who were about to compete for the throne, there were even more attendants and guards.

The team of the fourth prince of Cumans was naturally among them. Not only was their scale extremely large, but no one knew how many brothers had been secretly bribed by the money offensive.

Atahualpa was riding in a car with Byron and Violet, who was serving as a replacement for the captain of the guard, Sinch Roca.

Looking at the huge city on the mountain in front of him and a mountain lake as wide as the sea outside the city, he proudly introduced it to them:

“Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, Your Majesty, the Queen, our Sun Empire’s capital, Cusco, happens to be located at the junction of the four great Suyus, and is also the heart of the entire empire.

The four great Suyu all started from this city. It took nearly a thousand years to eradicate countless totem god tribes and develop it bit by bit.

Therefore, in Quechua, the Empire of the Sun is called "Tawantinsuyu", "the Kingdom of the Four Sides".

The sacred lake Titicaca, where the ceremony was to be held, was just twenty miles outside the capital.

The vast plateau stretches 8300 kilometers from north to south, covers square kilometers, and ranks among the top three in terms of area in the entire Zoo.

The fifty-two secret islands within the Holy Lake are the key to this fight for the Imperial Crown."

Byron and Violet had heard him talk about the details of the coronation ceremony many times and had also collected documents from previous years.

But nothing is as shocking as coming here and seeing it in person.

The Empire of the Sun is a thousand-year-old empire ruled by a true immortal god. It has a long-standing civilization and a unique fusion of mythology and history.

Because many of the fourteen kings in history were promoted to gods, the history of the succession of the throne is a history of mythology.

Perhaps only in a country like this, where humans and gods coexisted in mythological times, would such a unique heritage remain.

The most famous of these is the legend of Manco Capac, the first king and founder of the empire:
"According to legend, the Sun God Inti felt the hardship of the primitive humans in the Ring of Fire Mountains, so he sent his son and daughter, Manco Capac, and his sister and wife, Mama Ocllo Huaco, to lead his three brothers and three sisters from the sky city of Machu Picchu to the earth.

He also gave them a golden rod, which would drill into the ground by itself whenever they came across a suitable place to build a city or a temple of the sun.

The eight brothers and sisters searched for twenty years in the dangerous Ring of Fire Mountains.

During this period, some of the brothers died, some got lost, and some turned into stone. In the end, only Co Capac and his sister successfully reached the city of Cusco on the holy lake.

The golden rod then automatically drilled into the ground.

The couple then taught the local savages to respect the sun god Inti, worship and honor him as their god, and made rules and laws so that everyone could live like rational and polite people.

They were also crowned as the first king and main queen as a matter of course.”

In short, Manco Capac is not only the first king of the Empire of the Sun, but is also regarded as a great hero who created an entire civilization.

Eventually, the couple gave birth to more than 400 children, who became the earliest group of nobles in the empire. They themselves were successfully promoted to the fifth level and became subordinate gods of the [Sun God] Inti.

Back to the sky city Machu Picchu.

The so-called "Holy Lake Coronation Ceremony" is to let these younger generations repeat the hardships experienced by the founding fathers and select the real winner.

This process is just like acting like a god!
Injury, falling behind, death, being cursed, etc. are all possible fates that the brothers may encounter, and only one person can reach the finish line in the end.

He will be crowned in the Holy Lake, wearing a [Sun Crown] blessed by the gods, and become the new king of this country and the successor of God.

At this moment, they looked down at the holy lake from high above. Even outsiders like Byron and Violet could feel the profound heritage contained in it.

But Byron and Violet looked at each other and saw a hint of darkness in each other's eyes:
"This method of ascending to the throne through the 'God-playing Ceremony' is definitely not without risks in the extraordinary world.

If that god has ill intentions towards his successor, the consequences will not be pleasant."

But this ritual has been passed down in the Sun Empire for fourteen generations and has little to do with outsiders like them, so they have no right to say anything.

at this time.

boom!
A gunshot suddenly rang out, which was extremely familiar to the two men but should never have appeared here.

What followed was a sound of breaking through the air that was much slower than the sound. Byron subconsciously raised his hand, and his thumb and index finger, like a pair of pliers, grasped a lead bullet flying towards Atahualpa.

Looking up in the direction where the lead bullets were coming from, there was the largest fleet of sun chariots in the venue, parading through the streets.

You don't need to look at the emblem, just look at the size of this air force and you will know that this is the team of the third prince [Hero's Blood] Anqui Capac.

He served as the governor of Conti-Suyu, a coastal region in the west, and was known for his bravery and military prowess.

Although he has the smallest territory in the country, he has the strongest air force in the empire, and all the islands in the nearby waters are strongholds he has conquered.

This was also a prepared [God of Wine] who had prepared a way out for himself early on and had many island tribes worship him.

Of course, whether he can succeed in the end is another matter.

As expected, a voice from someone in the team sounded like he had been drinking since early morning and was a little drunk:
"Fourth brother, you're here early!
Where is your captain of the guard, Sinchiroka?

My confidant almost died in a woman's belly. Did you temporarily find two fourth-level totem gods from some small tribe to help him?
It’s really shabby! Hahahaha”

The convoy dispersed, revealing a sturdy young man who was drunk but had clear eyes. He was playing with an ivory-handled gold-wire matchlock gun in his hand. "Hmph, good morning to you too, Third Brother."

Atahualpa simply snorted coldly at the provocation of his third brother, without any unnecessary retorts, and the real battle would be fought later.

Instead, I was somewhat curious about the musket in his hand.

"Musketeer? You also encountered outsiders from the north?"

To these fourth-level warriors, an ordinary musket without any enchantment, no matter how well-made it is, poses no threat.

Firing a shot is no different than a kid using a water gun to say hello.

If anything was useful, it was the large batches of artillery and a complete set of war solutions that Byron sold him.

At this time, Atahualpa was more concerned about whether there would be white-skinned barbarians joining the ranks of his third brother.

The Third Prince [Hero's Blood] An Kui thought that he was envious of the good stuff he had just obtained, and he quickly loaded the gunpowder and bullets.

A Son of the Sun does not need to use a fuse to light the fire. He can just put his finger into the medicine pool and it will be easily ignited. It is much more convenient than an ordinary matchlock gun.

This time, before the bullet could fly in front of Atahualpa, the golden camel-head sword at his waist was slightly unsheathed, and with a flash of flame, the lead bullet turned into molten lead and fell to the ground.

The third prince was overjoyed:

"Hahaha, isn't it funny? This is the musket I bought from those white outsiders called the Remits.

A musket cost me nothing."

Byron and Violet raised their eyebrows and cursed in their hearts:

"Damn Remit people, are they here to steal our business so soon?"

And when two sellers appeared, the arms business immediately changed from a seller's market to a buyer's market.

Their 39-fold profit is likely to be exposed today! I don’t know how Atahualpa, the big dog, will react.

However, the next moment, the third prince said a calculated number:
"Only 200 pounds! Yes, it's the unit commonly used by outsiders, a gun costs only pounds.

They were so cheap, I bought a hundred of them and distributed them to my guards."

Byron and Violet breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s indeed not expensive, just a hundred times the cost price.

Obviously, the poverty of the other three governors was only relative to the fourth one, Atahualpa. Compared with the poor people in the north, they were still rich.

But in essence, they are all stupid sons of landlords.

There's a label on their foreheads that says: "Stupid, rich, come quickly!"

Atahualpa didn't know this, but he knew the price Byron gave him, which was less than half of this.

To be exact, it is 39%, and it was only sold for times the price. It is truly a conscientious enterprise!

What else could Byron and Violet say when they saw Atahualpa's suddenly moved look?

All I can say is: "It's all thanks to the comparison with my peers."

He immediately held his head high and accepted the fourth prince's gratitude with an open mind.

Yes, we are such serious arms dealers with conscience and bottom line.

After Atahualpa was moved, all that was left was to sneer at his third brother, who had been taken advantage of.

"You didn't realize you were tricked by someone who paid you twice as much? You're such a fool!"

The latter was immediately furious:
"Old Four, who are you calling stupid?!"

However, before the two brothers who disliked each other could start fighting.

Behind them, another team of sun chariots flew out from the capital city of Cusco.

The person surrounded in the middle was not any prince, but a mummy that was dried using a special method!

Although he was skinny and haggard, he was wearing a gorgeous golden royal robe and an alpaca sun crown on his head.

Whether it was the Fourth Prince's faction or the Third Prince's faction, upon seeing the newcomer, they immediately bowed their heads and saluted:
"Father!"

"His Majesty!"

This mummy turned out to be the previous king Huayna Capac.

Byron, who bowed his head along with everyone else, felt his body tremble slightly.

Because he discovered it through Skull No. 1 [Lord of Heaven].

Among the last four crystal skulls that he was looking for, the most important one, Crystal Skull No. 13 [Suicide Goddess] Yishitabu, was on the other person!
[Secret: The shadow of the succession of the throne of the Solar Empire, historical influence 30] The decryption density also suddenly jumped from 42% to 50%.

(End of this chapter)