Aztec Eternals

The king stayed in the ancient city for two days, listening to the high priest interpret the murals of the ancient holy city, and Shulot also listened to the fairy tales for two days.

".Therefore, the world was born from nothing, when there was no heaven and underworld, nor gods and mothers. At the beginning of all things, there was only the first god, Omet Otl, also named after the Otomi. source, object of reverence."

"He has two opposing divinities, both heaven and earth, both fire and water, light and darkness, order and chaos. The opposite divinity gave birth to two godheads, one male and one female. The combination of the two gave birth to Vitzilopochtli, the God of War, Tscatlipoca, the Primordial Sun God, Shulotel, the God of Death and Rebirth, and Ketsalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent God.”

Shutter stroked the ancient murals and stone carvings, and slowly read to King Tisok.

"I see. Since the god of war, Vitzilopochtli, has inherited the position of the sun god and promised us the Mexica a fertile valley, he is the only main god." Tisok nodded, "Otomi Claiming to be the descendants of the ancestors. This expedition must make them hand over the stone carvings of the temple, destroy the statues of the old gods, and convert to the great sun god."

"Very good. The sun god will bless the king."

Tisok smiled with satisfaction. Then, he seemed to ask unintentionally: "Speaking of which, your grandson's name seems to be Xiulot? He is twelve years old this year?"

"This," Shutter was slightly stunned, remembering the other party's theological attainments, and his impulse of excitement back then, he couldn't help but clutched his palm.

The high priest replied as truthfully as possible, "Go back to your lord. When Shulot was born, it coincided with the death of the great Montezuma I. That night, the evening stars were shining brightly in the sky. He changed his name to mean the evening star enlightens the light."

"Indeed. On the night of my grandfather's death, I also paid attention to the sky. The morning star was bright." Tisok stared at Shuttle's face, paying attention to the old man's expression, "Shotel, the morning star, also symbolizes death And the new student. In the past two days, I have heard that this child has always been smart, and seems to know something from birth."

"Sholot is indeed precocious, but he is only good at numbers, and is ignorant of personnel." Shutel hurriedly bowed his head, and the tattoo on his cheek seemed to be soaked with sweat.

"The great Montezuma I is a descendant of the Sun God. He has made sacrifices and conquests. On the day of his death, he must have been received by the Sun God himself and introduced into the Kingdom of God. He will never return to the world. The evening star shines brightly The sign of the coming of the sun god!"

"As for Xiutel, he is just a tengu who escorts the sun at night, how can it affect the death and rebirth of the sun." Xiutel raised his head again, his expression was as sincere as usual.

Tissok didn't speak. There was murderous intent and suspicion in his eyes, and he just stared at Xiutel closely. Xiutel's face was sincere and frank. The hall suddenly fell silent.

Shulot is looking at the simple and abstract murals, thinking that these myths are old and have obscure meanings. How to explain them all depends on the priest's mouth? Suddenly, he seemed to hear his own name?

When the young man turned around, he saw that the field was solidified like a sculpture carved in stone. The king and grandfather looked at each other "affectionately".

He approached curiously, suddenly felt blessed, looked innocently at the king, then at his grandfather, and blinked.

"Haha." Tisok suddenly laughed heartily, and glanced at Shulot's unaware innocent face.

"The high priest is right. I also received a message from God in a dream. My grandfather had already returned to the Kingdom of God under the guidance of the Sun God to help the patron saint manage the world. The prosperity and prosperity of Mexica over the years are all Blessings of the gods and ancestors."

"However, being born on the day when the sun god descends is also a good omen." Tisok turned to laugh again, "The sky dog ​​Shulotel escorted the sun to travel at night, and naturally escorted grandfather back to the kingdom of God. Shulot's birth was thus The manifestation of things in the human world. This child is a blessing from the Tengu."

"Come here, give me the clothes." Tisok beckoned to the rear, and a hair-cut guard had already stepped forward and unfolded a delicate black feather coat. The feather coat is quite gorgeous, and behind it is a tengu suit with a beast body of Shulotel protecting the sun, which has obviously been prepared long ago.

As for whether there are other preparations, Shulot looked at the group of silent warriors with broken hair behind him, but he had no way of knowing.

Putting on the tengu suit, Xiulot felt that the size fit him just right. He was slightly surprised, and thanked the king, unaware that he had passed by a fatal disaster.

The king touched his head with a smile, and then said to Xiutel: "I think this kid is quite clever, and I like him a little bit. Let him follow me on this expedition. First, it is safe, and second, I can also follow him." Learn something about marching and fighting. When the expedition is over, it will be returned to the high priest."

Shutter looked at the boy and then at the king, and could only nod his head and said: "The king values ​​it, it's the child's honor. Shulot's calculations are not far behind me. It's just that he is naive and ignorant in his life. If he inadvertently offends, I ask the King to forgive me a thing or two."

Tisok let out an "oh". Then, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, High Priest, they are all of the same blood, and I will treat him as my descendant."

Then the two bid farewell. Shulot didn't know what happened in the middle, but saw his grandfather handing himself over to the king. The boy suddenly felt sold out. He bid farewell to his father with a question mark on his face, and followed the king out of the city.

"What did the two pretending to be talking about just now?" Shulot recalled for a while, only remembering some things like stars and gods. "Astronomy and prophecy are really difficult to understand." The young man muttered a few words.

By this time the king's servants had reached their camp by the lake. The continuous army covered the entire lakeshore, and more than ten civilian legions have arrived. Plus a mixed legion in Teotihuacan, a full army of 20 legions, 160,000 people.

Although the officers tried their best to maintain order in the camp, the camp was still full of chaos. The warriors stayed for a day and still maintained a good military appearance. The militiamen who had just arrived had turned into a mess, taking water for cooking at will by the lake, playing and making noise.

Tisok happened to see this scene when he returned. With an unwavering expression on his face, the king ordered a few words to a tall man beside him.

The boy nodded when he saw the tall man. He has a cold appearance, broken hair, and a face, wearing a special double-sided cloak, a bit like a person wrapped in a quilt. The cape features a classic Aztec sunstone on the front and a feminine serpent on the back.

The tall man then walked towards the officer corps behind his shoulders. Xiulot saw that there were several men with double-faced cloaks. The front of the cloak is engraved with sun stone gods of different sizes, and different weapons are painted on the back, including throwing spears, batons, shields, stone spears, obsidian daggers, slings, bows and arrows.

After a few people said a few words, a man with an obsidian dagger painted on the back of his cloak hurried away. Not long after, there was a commotion in the camp, and then it quickly quieted down.

I saw a group of guards with severed hair holding up their spears several meters high, with more than a dozen human heads still dripping blood on the spear points. Seeing this scene, Shulot felt a little cold in his heart. There has also been some speculation about the meaning of the obsidian dagger.

The man showed the guards along the lake for a week, and the village leaders were also yelling at them to organize the team. Soon, the originally chaotic militia returned to normal order.

The man with the dagger painted on the cloak returned immediately, and he respectfully returned to the king on his shoulders. Immediately, Shulot saw that the king nodded slightly, as if he had ordered something to him.

The man nodded yes. Then he got up and strode towards Shulot.

Only then could Xiulot see clearly that the man should be about the same age as his father, with a strong figure and rather handsome appearance, but there was always a faint smile on his face. It may be a psychological effect, the boy seems to smell the smell of blood.

The man carefully looked at the boy for a while, and then he showed a sincere smile with teeth showing: "Hello, Shulot. I'm Avit Sotel."

For the convenience of remembering the names, let me explain a bit: In Nahua, Shulot is the "Wolf of Death", Avitsotl is the "Ghost in the Lake", and Tisok is the "Repentant Sacrifice". Bertard can be abbreviated as "Mr. Bert", and Totek is "The First Warrior". The holy city of Teotihuacan is the city of Austria, that is, "the place where the gods left", and the capital of Tenochtitlan in the lake is the city of Teo, that is, "the land of prickly pear cactus and rocks". The name of the main god of Mexica is Vitzilopochtli, which can be homophonic as "Go radish is strange"!