Ella hurriedly chased in the direction where Bjorn left. When he saw Bjorn, he had already gathered part of the scattered team. Realizing that Ella was leading the troops, those troops seemed to be facing a formidable enemy. They hurriedly organized the team. Bjorn stood at the front of the queue and asked with a livid face:
"King of Sweden, do you want to tear up our armistice agreement?"
Ella shook her head: "No, I just suddenly thought of something and wanted to ask you. Now that the armistice agreement has been signed, I will definitely not take action against you."
Bjorn's troops would be defeated by the English army sooner or later after returning to Scotland, and there was no need to break the agreement here. As the saying goes, don't chase the enemy when you are poor. Ella doesn't want her soldiers to increase their casualties for no reason.
Moreover, she does need Bjorn's help for something now.
Seeing that Bjorn was still alert, Ella motioned to the soldiers behind her to put down their weapons first. Then he asked aloud:
"Bjorn, you came back from Aztlan, do you know what Quetzalcoatl means?"
Seeing that Ella really had no intention of attacking, Bjorn lowered his guard.
"The capital of Aztlan is in a city called Tenochtitlan. There is a pyramid in the center of the city." Bjorn replied, "The top of the pyramid is dedicated to two gods, one named Vicki. Lobochitli, another name is Quecharcoatl. Wichilopochitli is the sun war god they often mention, and Quetzalcoatl refers to Quecharcoatl, who is Az One of the main gods of Tran.”
Ella nodded—her inference about the identity of Quetzalcoatl was correct.
She asked again: "Are there only two gods? I heard from the Aztlan people that there is a god named Tezcatepolica who is also the main god. Isn't it on the temple?"
"The gods worshiped by various Aztlan city-states are more or less different, but Tezcatpolica is indeed not worshiped in Tenochtitlan. He is the god of witchcraft and death, and he appears in the mortal world every time , will play tricks on people's fate. The Aztlan people are afraid of him."
"I heard that Tezcatpolica was the creator god?"
"Yes, in fact, so was Quecharcoatl. They worked together to defeat a monster that ate everything, and the world was created. Texcatepolica even lost a leg because of it."
"It sounds like the relationship between Tezcatpolica and Quetzalcoatl is quite good?"
"No. In Aztlan mythology, the world has been destroyed four times, and we are now in the fifth era. The sun of the first era was Coscatepolica. After defeating the monster, he sent the giant Supporting the world, Quecharcoatl instigated cheetahs to attack the giants, causing the giants that supported the world to fall. The first era was destroyed; the sun of the second era was naturally Quecharcoatl, who created it for the first time. They married each other, but Tezcatpolica invaded the world with a storm and destroyed it again. I think their relationship is not much better, right?"
"Of course, this is just one of the versions." Bjorn added intentionally or unintentionally, "Aztlan has many different versions of the legend about the creation and the five eras. Almost every city-state has its own legend. Slightly different.”
Ella nodded and continued to ask:
"So what about the Sun War God? What has he done to be able to be ranked with Quetzalcoatl, one of the creator gods? I often hear the name of the Sun War God from the mouths of these Aztlan people. But Quetzalcoatl is rarely Listen to them mention it. These Aztlan people seem to be protected by the Sun War God, and they sacrifice their hearts to the Sun War God. Why is this?"
Bjorn shook his head: "I don't know much about the Sun God of War. After all, I haven't been in Aztlan for a few years. But I do know a little about Quetzalcoatl. According to the Aztlan people It is said that Quetzalcoatl has left Aztlan."
"left?"
"Yes, he left the sea and headed east. That's what the legend says."
"Huh? You said you sailed west and arrived at Aztlan..."
Amy pointed to her feet in surprise
"Isn't this the east of Aztlan? I've never heard of a Quetzalcoatl floating over from the sea. If there had been, this matter would have caused quite a stir!"
While Amy was surprised, a line gradually became clear in Ella's mind - in the myth of Aztlan, the ruler of the first era was the one-legged God of War, while the creator of mankind was the feathered serpent of the second era. god. The one-legged God of War destroyed the Second Age and was naturally unfriendly to humans, so he was often associated with disasters. They saw the Black Death in Winchester, an unprecedented and terrible disease that led them to mistakenly believe that it was caused by the one-legged war god. As she is located in the east of the sea and has the power to fight against the one-legged God of War, she is associated with Quetzalcoatl.
"I see." Ella lowered her head and muttered to herself, "No wonder Tesosomok has that attitude towards me. They seem to have recognized me as the messenger of Quetzalcoatl."
Bjorn and Amy exclaimed at the same time:
"King of Sweden, when did you trick and abduct you to Aztlan?"
"Your Majesty, what kind of misunderstanding do you have? If they believed that you were the messenger of Quetzalcoatl, Izcoatl wouldn't have said such harsh words when he escaped!"
"But Tesosomok has already called me that!" Ella argued, "Izcoatl should be a little suspicious, right? Maybe we just lack the most critical finishing touch? Just like a total solar eclipse?"
"The finishing touch... Quetzalcoatl..." Amy suddenly clapped her hands, "By the way, Your Majesty, can you release that super big snake from your crowbar? Maybe the other side will believe it!" "
"That's what I thought just now!" Ella puffed up her chest confidently, "This snake requires alchemical magic to get out. Dan happens to be in Winchester, let's find him to try!"
——"Give up, this won't work."
Bjorn poured cold water over Ella and Amy.
"Huh? But my snake is very big..."
"Listen clearly, it's Quetzalcoatl, a feather-snake! Do you think it's an ordinary snake that can be counted?"
"Feathered! Someone in the Island Republic not long ago added a pair of small wings to my snake..."
"The 'feather' of Quetzalcoatl refers to the quetzal feather, a bird with jewel-like green feathers. Its feathers were used to decorate the clothing of kings and high priests in Aztlan, and only Only people of this status are allowed to use this kind of feather, which is much more valuable than gold!"
"Huh? Does that mean it's similar to my purple robe...?"
Bjorn glanced at Ella coldly:
"Absolutely. The so-called Quetzalcoatl refers to a snake covered with quetzal feathers. For the Aztlan people, this is a very noble gesture. It cannot be done by a snake with wings. Just pretend!"
(End of chapter)
