Chapter 34 Two Victories (11)
The leader of the leopard warrior died in battle!
The coalition was still united on the coast, and the retreating leopard warriors brought the unfortunate news back to Tochetpek. For a battlefield where they were still fighting, this was a message that was enough to reverse the world.
As well as the news of the leader's death, there were also terrible rumors - islands that appeared out of thin air, stones thrown by giants, and a group of enemy troops who used flame magic. They were gathering on the coast and would soon launch an attack on Tochetpek!
The morale of the Aztlan soldiers suddenly fell from high places to the bottom. Before the people of Tochetpek could react, Aztlan's army began to retreat. However, because they were too afraid, no one in Tochetpek dared to chase him.
When General Sompankin returned to Tochetpek with a small team of soldiers, the Aztlan troops had already withdrawn. According to witnesses, they ran to Mitra.
"Milat? It has been captured by the Eagle Warriors! They are going to meet with the Eagle Warriors!"
Sompankin was anxious to organize the soldiers of the city-state to pursue, but in fear of the Aztlands, no one obeyed Sompankin's orders. This situation did not improve until Amy brought the coalition forces of the twelve city-states into the city. The soldiers of the coalition forces told each other about the miracle they saw, and the power of the feathered snake god was mentioned again and again in their words.
Not only the coalition forces brought by Amy, but also the remnants of Messik, the remnants of Mitra, and even General Sompanjin, all depicted the sun-like light spot they saw in danger, describing how the light spot guided them out of danger. Finally, they all said confidently: "The sun in the fifth era has disappeared due to the destruction of the new fire ritual, and the feathered snake god will be transformed into the sun in the sixth era again."
That night, Tochetpek put the best meat and wine on the altar, and the fifteen city-states all participated in the ceremony to worship the feathered snake god. After the ceremony, they drank and danced together with torches. There were various conflicts between the fifteen city-states. The last time the ceremony was held together, the Aztlans pressed their shoulders with Maquowit and forced to worship their Sun God of War.
Bjorn sat in a corner of the city-state, silently gnawing on the pumpkin with Kuku.
"Sitralmina seems to believe it, but you know it's fake, right?"
"Yes. It's just to use a smooth prop to throw light on the ground. The message was sent by me, and the staff was arranged by me."
"Isn't it okay to fake miracles like this?"
"You mean?"
"All aspects. Not to mention the divine punishment you may receive, the most intuitive thing is that if the gods hate us, the level of magic may be reduced, right?"
Kuku shook his head.
"You are the master of Master Quilakiri, and you are all attracted by some of his useful skills, but you have no interest in truly precious knowledge. Alas, you can say that you are buying a box and returning a bead."
“How to say it?”
Kuku put down the pumpkin and asked seriously: "Bjorn, can you tell me the legend of Aztland from the beginning of creation to the next five epochs?"
"Why do you want to talk about this? Don't the Aztland people know?" Bjorn was surprised. But after seeing the serious look in Kuku's eyes, he sorted out his thoughts and said:
"There is a monster floating on the earth. She has many mouths and eats everything. This is the earth goddess Traltkutli. The feathered snake god Kcharcoatel and the smoke mirror Tescartepolica saw all this in the sky, knowing that if this monster is not eliminated, anything they created will be eaten. So they turned into two giant pythons and divided the goddess five horses. The smoke mirror lost one leg in this war and became the one-legged war god. The gods used the eyes of the earth goddess to create caves, mountain springs and wells, and rivers flowed out of her mouth, and her nose created mountains and valleys, and her shoulders raised into mountains. But the goddess wailed for her sorrowful death, and she howled because she wanted to drink human blood. So humans fed her human blood and hearts, so that the earth would not produce food."
"This is the legend of creation." Kuku nodded, "What about the five epochs?"
"Five epochs, namely, the five sun ages. The feathered snake god and the smoke mirror were the sun respectively. However, these two gods were jealous of each other and each destroyed the era in which the other party was the sun's command twice. The gods could not bear to see their struggle, so they reached the fifth era."
Bjorn said that the place was stopped. But Kuku urged: "Why not say it? Keep talking."
Bjorn glanced at Kuku and said hesitantly: "So, a timid god named Nanava was pushed into the fire and turned into the sun of the fifth era. Because of his limited power, he needed to constantly eat human blood and hearts to maintain the power of the sun. Otherwise, the fifth era would be destroyed."
"You are absolutely right. This is the origin of the new fire ritual that is once every fifty-two years. People maintain the power of the sun by offering sacrifices to the heart, and destroy it in the fifth era like the first four eras. But, Bjorn, why did you hesitate just now?" Kuku's voice was a little stern, "Have you noticed that from the myth of creation, to the first era, the second era, the third era, the fourth era, and even our fifth era, each of them has nothing to do with the sun war god, Vicillo Pochtli? So where did this god come from? Why did it become Aztlan's sun war god? Why did Aztlan sacrifice tribute to him and maintain his strength?"
"The meaning of the name Vicillo Pochetteli is 'Southern Warrior', and it is said that he is a clone of Scott Polyca in the Smoke Mirror..."
"So, is the smoke mirror in charge of the fifth era? What is the myth of the fifth era?"
"It seems that there are other statements. Its mother became pregnant because her feathers fell on her belly. His brothers and sisters were ashamed of this and chased his mother. The Sun God of War was born from her mother's belly and was fully armed as soon as she was born. He chased his brothers and sisters in the sky, so there was an alternation of the sun and the moon..."
"So, what does this have to do with the legend of the five epochs? Why did the Sun God of War become the two main gods of Aztlan like the Feathered Snake God? And why did he become the Sun God who is worshipped by Aztlan now?"
"I don't know." Bjorn gave up. "I haven't figured out these questions since I arrived in Aztland."
"I don't think anyone can figure it out, except Master Quilakiri. He has almost infinite life and has witnessed this long process. When he came to this continent, the most powerful city-state was Teotihuacan, not Trochititlan. They were conducting huge sacrificial activities. Because of their strength, the Feathered Snake God spread throughout the states of the Aztlan Empire. However, after time, Teotihuacan has been destroyed and has now become a pile of scorched earth."
Kuku closed his eyes and told the history told to him by Quelakiri.
"The reason why the Sun God of War is not in the creation myth is because it is a unique god of the Aztlans. When the creation myth appeared, Tenochtitlan was just a vassal state that was attached to other states. Naturally, there would be no place for such a small state god in the myth."
Kuku's voice was very light, but it seemed to have the power to smash the world.
"The reason why the Sun God of War became the sun worshipped by the Aztlan Empire and became another main god on par with the Feathered Snake God is only because of the expansion of the Aztlans. Master Quilakiri watched the Aztlans conquered this continent and watched the Sun God of War gradually raised into the clone of the smoke mirror. This is the truth of Aztlan's contradictory myth."
Bjorn felt his lips dry: "Kuku...what do you want to tell me?"
"There is someone first, and then there is God - this is the original words of the master and the most precious knowledge he has."
——"Bjorn, why are you sitting here? I've been looking for you"
Amy's voice interrupted the conversation between the two.
Chapter completed!