The Holy Grail War of God's Blessing

Manshu did not sense a very strong aura here, nor did he smell any divine scent, so he removed some of his disguise and walked to the residents of Ur who were working nearby.

Chapter 130 Sacrifice

A river runs through the city, which must have existed originally. The farmland and irrigation facilities on the side look like they have been used for some time.

The climate in the Sumerian region is not very good, and the average annual rainfall is quite low. Therefore, the only rivers that can be relied on for planting are the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Therefore, agricultural production in Mesopotamia mainly relies on irrigation.

However, the Euphrates and Tigris rivers are not gentle and kind waters, especially the Tigris River, which has a fast-flowing water flow and a deep valley, making it difficult to be used.

Although the Euphrates River is relatively docile, it is an unpredictable object. Floods often occur in the spring, but the water volume is insufficient in summer and autumn. In addition, due to its shallow river channel, it frequently changes course.

Of course, there seems to be no need to consider those things now. The power of Quetzalcoatl brought the American Gods to the land, and this dense jungle also changed this land.

It can be seen that many of the farmlands along the river have actually been abandoned, and of course it is also possible that they are now in a period of fallow.

But in fact, if we think about the extreme shortage of men in Ur, we can understand that the city actually lacks the power to farm, but it is also not so short of food.

There are many foods that can be picked in the dense forest. Early agricultural life is still not as good as hunting and gathering. The harvest is less, but more effort is required.

Although the people look normal, they are indeed living a normal life. It's just that with fewer people living there, it seems like the city has lost its vitality.

Perhaps it is because although the temperature here is acceptable, it is still much hotter than outside.

Manshu walked over to a middle-aged woman who was fanning herself with leaves in a pavilion, cleared her throat, and asked her:

"Excuse me ma'am, is this the city of Ur?"

Although she had been warned, the woman was still startled. Perhaps it was because Manshu had walked up to her side silently. After all, Manshu had only taken off his disguise when he arrived here.

However, the woman still took Manshu's question to heart, quickly regained consciousness, nodded, and asked back:

"Ah...?" 8+§物■∵柒[⒍″∏⑹散≥驷—°四′★②找◇♀蜀〗群: Yes... Who are you? Did you come here across the river and through the forest?"

"Yes, I came here from Babylon in the north along the Euphrates River out of curiosity to know about the cities that were swallowed by the forest."

"Oh, are you from Babylon? There are still people living in that city. It must be hard for you to come from such a far place."

Quetzalcoatl was a chain reaction to the summoning of the Gorgon, and by the time the forest had engulfed the city of Ur, the beast had already appeared on the land and was wreaking havoc on the city.

"I hope you didn't get bit by a poisonous snake or stung by any venomous insect while walking through this forest. I can take you to a good doctor."

The citizens here know exactly what the jungle looks like. In fact, such a dense forest must contain many threatening creatures.

If you really get stung, you have the opportunity to enjoy the old Sumerian Western medicine from more than 4,000 years ago.

"That's not the case. I can still wander around this land at this time with some security in my hands. I didn't expect that the city of Ur would be like this now, completely integrated with the forest."

However, Manshu had no intention of experiencing the old Sumerian Western medicine techniques. While refusing, he planned to change the topic to the sacrifice that Quetzalcoatl wanted.

Should he take the initiative to say that he is willing to be a sacrifice and wants to take a look, or should he pretend to be an ignorant traveler who was lured over?

Wu: "Ahaha... That's right, the sea of trees surrounds the city of Ur and also protects it.

As long as Qi stays here, the monsters can't get in. Here you have to follow the rules of the Jungle Goddess. As long as you follow the rules, this is the safest place and no one will be killed by monsters. "

However, the woman on the other side took the initiative to talk about the safety of the city and talked about Quetzalcoatl.

6 "Oh, the Goddess of the Jungle? It seems that she is the same as the Goddess of Warcraft who controls the Warcraft. Perhaps that is why she can protect this city. That is really an interesting thing. I plan to learn more about this city before leaving."

Shan Manshu said casually, and he had almost taken the whole city in.

Thinking "Are you...still planning to leave?"

A strange emotion flashed across the woman's eyes. She shook her head and said regretfully.

And "Hmm? A safe place is nice, but if I wanted safety, I wouldn't have walked through the jungle to get here."

"No, that's not what I meant. Since you came to this city through the forest, you have never left here. This is the rule set by the goddess of the jungle.

This is an absolutely safe place, but if you leave here, the goddess will no longer guarantee your safety and will instead grant you death. Before you, there were also people who were unwilling to enjoy the safety here and wanted to go to support Uruk, but most of them were killed by the beasts lurking in the jungle, and only a few escaped and never dared to go out again. "

The woman shook her head and said that this was also the reason why she told Manshu everything she knew without reservation.

Now that we have come here, the final outcome is to stay here and become a resident, or to go out and die in the woods.

"Since you came from Babylon, you must have stopped by Uruk and rested there. You probably haven't heard of anyone escaping from Ur, because this jungle will not only stop the monsters but also anyone who wants to leave."

"So, if I come here again, I can only do nothing and stay in this city?"

"Yes, that's right."

"So what's the price? What kind of sacrifice does the Jungle Goddess need to pay to protect your city with the jungle? The sacrifices in this era can't be too simple."

Since the other party took the initiative to bring up this topic, there was no need for Manshu to waste any more words and he could just ask directly.

"Ah... the matter of sacrifice... I'm just an ordinary citizen, how can I know about this... This is all the business of the priests... I think it should be not much different from before."

Hearing Man Jiushu asking about this woman, he was a little flustered, but he soon calmed down and found an excuse to evade the question.

"Oh, then it seems that most of the men in this city are unwilling to stay in safety and choose to rush out of the city. Otherwise, the number of men is too pitiful."

Manshu looked around pretentiously and spoke with a smile.

"This……"

"So where do the priests live? Are they near the pagoda temple? I'll go ask them and visit the pagoda temple in this city and tour this temple dedicated to the moon god."

Manshu continued to ask, and the woman knew that Manshu knew it very well, but he was still asking her.

So the woman did not hide any more, but instead she shouted loudly with some emotional breakdown:

"There is no other way. If you want to pray for God's protection and gain peace, a living sacrifice is the necessary price!"

In this era, human sacrifice is indeed not a shocking thing, and it is obviously understandable.

The First Dynasty of Ur is the period with the most archaeological evidence during the Early Dynastic Period of Sumer, mainly because archaeologists have excavated the royal tombs of the First Dynasty of Ur.

Many burial pits were excavated in the royal tombs of the First Dynasty of Ur. Among them, the tomb of Queen Puabi contained the largest burial pit in the entire royal tombs of Ur, which buried seventy-four sacrificial victims and a chariot.

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In order to appease the anger of the god of Paris, sacrifices must be offered to him. It was common and even necessary to offer living people in sacrifices.

The fire god Moloch was a god created by human sacrifice, born from the custom of using children as burnt offerings.

The valley of Hinon, where the Shroud of Jerusalem was found, has been called the Valley of Death since ancient times. The Gospel of Matthew calls it the place of bloodshed, and the ancient Israelites gave the name of hell to that land. It is where the followers of the fire god Morocco burned children as sacrifices and pushed people off the cliff as scapegoats.

"Everyone chose to accept this. The selection was made based on their approval. Just pick one person a day and send him to Eridu as a living sacrifice. The devil's appetite is not big and it can be satisfied very easily.

If you don't agree with this, it's because you haven't seen how terrifying the Jungle Goddess is. Just go out, walk into the forest, and you will see the monsters that live in the forest!"

Apparently the woman had seen something that made her tremble and terrified, so much so that her body couldn't stop shaking when she thought about it now.

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Enduring tremendous psychological pressure, filled with fear and terror, not knowing when it will be my turn, I can only continue to endure.

"I don't mean to blame you. A goddess is certainly not an opponent that ordinary people can resist. It is not the extent of forcing people to resist regardless of the cost and life and death."

Manshu did not continue to provoke the woman in front of him. Instead, he spoke to her in a calm tone to comfort her.

"However, I still have no interest in the safety here, and I still intend to move forward and continue to explore the scene I was seen in."

"Are you...are you...crazy?"

The woman recovered a little from her hysteria and asked in disbelief.

"If I stay where I am, I might as well be killed. If I hadn't taken the first step forward, I might have been able to accept staying where I am. But now, I can only keep moving forward."

"As expected, there are no normal transit groups in any corner of Mesopotamia! There are no normal people in the world. If you still want to commit suicide after hearing these words, then go ahead. But it's better this way. At least you don't have to continue to torture yourself with fear and guilt."

The woman didn't try to persuade him any further. Her mood was also getting a little difficult to calm down, so she planned to go back and rest.

"But since we are going forward, we should go to some meaningful places. You said that you will choose a living sacrifice to go to Eridu every day, so I will be the living sacrifice next time. It is a good opportunity for me to visit Eridu. I heard that the city is the first city in the world, and the temple of Enki in the city is larger than all the temples in other city-states."

No one would refuse such a thing. A stranger who had just arrived in the city was willing to serve as a living sacrifice. Not only could it save the trouble of drawing lots for a day, but it could also reduce the guilt of sending an acquaintance to his death.

However, the woman still looked at Manshu with a very confused look, and felt very sure that the man in front of her must be a lunatic.

"This is not a joke. Are you really going to die?"

"There's no point in joking about this. Since leaving this city means death, it's better to die after seeing Eridu than to die in the jungle."

"If you really want to do this, then come with me. The priests should still be at the tower temple. The drawing of lots and execution of the daily sacrifices are done there."

The woman did not say anything more. It would be meaningless to continue. This could barely be considered a good thing. Why bother wondering whether the person in front of her was a lunatic or something else?

Anyway, this was the other party's own decision, I also persuaded him, and it could also soothe his inner guilt, so what else is there to say?

The conversation between Manshu and the woman attracted people nearby because of the amplification of sound. After hearing that Manshu was willing to be a living sacrifice, they followed curiously.

So in the end, dozens of people followed behind and walked towards the pagoda temple with Manshu and the woman.

"Huh? What happened?"

People near the pagoda temple saw dozens of people gathering together and were full of doubts, so they also gathered together.

“Huh… When I saw you all gathered together and ran here, I thought something had happened. The current situation at least allows you to survive for a while.”

The priest presiding over the pagoda temple breathed a sigh of relief when he learned the purpose of the two men's visit.

The Sumerian civilization was a city built around temples. In the early days, priests were the king's duties. It was not until the Early Dynastic Period that the need for military affairs arose and the king was born.

However, the need for military power disappeared at this time, but the priests did not have too many powers. It was only the existence of God that allowed them to regain the power to organize order.

"You plan to volunteer to be the next living sacrifice, just to go to Eridu? You're such a weirdo, but as long as you're willing to do it, there's no reason to refuse."

Chapter 131 Priest

The priests in the pagoda temple had no reason to refuse Mansu's proposal, so they immediately agreed and dispersed the crowd gathered there.

9 Although he was a stranger who came to Wuer City for the first time, since he was going to be a living sacrifice, the priests would grant Mansu's every request.

After all, Zero, logically speaking, being a living sacrifice here should not be a despicable thing, on the contrary it is an honor.

The lowly are not qualified to be sacrifices, and even the leopards in the jungle are unwilling to eat the hearts of the cowards.

Only when the loquat has flesh and blood with fighting spirit can it be a qualified sacrifice and be accepted by the gods.

4 At least that was how it should be in the Aztec world. The most precious sacrifices were naturally the nobles, because the blood of the gods flowed in their bodies. The nobles who faced death bravely without fear and won were the most perfect sacrifices.

② Although this is Sumer, this tower temple that once worshipped the moon goddess Nanna still exists.

The Jiuta Temple is still performing its functions, but the deity it is serving has undoubtedly changed, even though nothing in the temple has changed.

０But Manshu didn't really need anything from this place. Although Ur was considered a big city in this era, after all, in the world before 4000 AD, cities only appeared in such a small area of land.

⒌ But precisely because this is the world before 4000 AD, the available resources are still scarce. At least Manshu does not seem to be interested in the meals for living sacrifices sent by the priests.

Zhong Manshu only accepted the fruits and returned the food to the priests for them to enjoy.

The Transmugam fruit is a good thing thanks to the magic power of the Age of Gods, and there is no need to prepare any seasonings or spices, you can just eat it directly.

Qun Manshu only asked the priests for local clothes so that he could put them on and pretend to be a citizen of this city, so that he would not be discovered too quickly when he arrived in Eri.

: Disguise is of course impossible to deceive until the end. As for what the people of this era are like, the answer that Mansu can give is still vague.

Now all that was left to do was to wait. Manshu asked the priests about the rituals and behaviors when handing over the sacrifices, but after he had asked, Manshu felt as if he had done something in vain.

"The living sacrifices delivered every day are received by the leopard goddess in the forest?"

Who else could be the leopard goddess of the forest? Although the leopard woman looks funny, she is indeed a deity.

It is indeed impossible for Quetzalcoatl to do everything herself, and it just so happens that the Leopard Man is here, working under her.

No wonder the Leopard People were wandering around in the woods near Ur. Quetzalcoatl must have handed over all management matters here to the Leopard People.

Although Quetzalcoatl had some governance over this land, after all, Quetzalcoatl was not just a conquering king of the Maya, he also existed as a holy king who governed the country among the Toltecs.

During the heyday of Quetzalcoatl worship in Toltec history, Toltec rulers were often viewed as incarnations of Quetzalcoatl.

The names of many of them were simply recorded as Quetzalcoatl, so the images of the king and the god were naturally merged.

According to the legend, the Toltec Empire was established with the city of Tula as its political and religious center. It was Tolpichn, the greatest Toltec priest-king, who brought the faith of Quetzalcoatl to replace the faith of Tezcatlipoca.

According to legend, Topilchin was born in the year of the reed, and his mother miraculously gave birth to him after swallowing an emerald.

Green is also the color that symbolizes Quetzalcoatl. People often use the green feathers of the Quetzalcoatl bird and emeralds to represent her. The priest-king who believes in Quetzalcoatl will wear these things to symbolize that the gods have given him royal power.

At the beginning of this sacred story, Topilchin became a warrior and, after seven years of penance, emerged as a priest of Quetzalcoatl.

Topilchin preached that the sacrifices required by the gods were not human blood and human hearts, but flowers, birds and butterflies, in order to shake the worship of Tezcatlipoca and the tradition of human sacrifice.

But in the end Topilçon was defeated, and a war broke out between Tezcatlipoca's worshippers and his followers. Topilçon lost Tula and led his followers to flee to the coast of Mexico, where he died.

This is the story recorded by the Toltecs, and in Aztec times, the story was mythologized.

The Toltec royal family has the blood of Quetzalcoatl flowing in their veins. In the Mesoamerican world, the ruling power of the royal family and the nobles comes from the god from whom their blood comes. This shows that they are completely different from ordinary untouchables. They who have the blood of gods flowing in their veins should naturally rule the world.