A team traveled from south to north through the mountains and plateaus of Aztlan.
Eighty percent of this team are from Texcoco State, that is, Nezahualcoyotl's troops; another 10% are soldiers transferred from the island by Osomat, and the remaining 10% are from the island. The lords of various states and their entourage came up to observe the ceremony. The entire team together numbered about fifteen thousand people.
This did not include Ella's army - although Nezahualcyotel made it clear that he hoped that Ella would also bring his own troops to help in the battle, Ella did not agree. Ella herself is in this team, and in addition to Amy and Dust, there is also a guard team of less than a hundred people. As for the remaining three members of the staff group, I don’t know where they were sent by Aila.
The journey is long.
At the beginning, Ella could rest in various city-states along the way, take a bath, drink some wine, and have some local snacks. But as it approached the northern border, the distribution of city-states gradually became sparse, and finally disappeared completely into the borderless swamps and jungles. Aztlan had no carriages, horses, or pack animals, so all supplies were transported by manpower. Some lords had blisters on their feet, and they relied on several strong men taking turns carrying their luck to keep up with the team.
But Ella will definitely not accept this "mode of transportation". She proudly showed these lords the great invention of the "wheel". She installed four wheels on a wooden board and asked the soldiers of Ousomalt to pull it in front with ropes, and it became a simple small trailer. She sat cross-legged on the small trailer. Although she was shorter, it saved a lot of energy in walking.
This invention caused a huge sensation among the lords, but as they went deeper into the borders of Aztlan, Ayla soon discovered that this "great invention" was actually useless at all: the city-state of Aztlan and the city-state There are no smooth roads, but instead forests and swamps. The role of wheels is completely inferior to that of feet. In seven days, the wheels of the small trailer broke fourteen times, and Ella fell down countless times due to slopes and bumps.
After another wheel broke, Ella got angry and converted the trailer into a stretcher, which was carried by eight big men. Although it was so simple that it only had a plank of wood, four poles, and no guardrails, it was still very impressive to look down at a group of Aztlan lords who could only walk on two feet from a high place.
"Even if there is sorrow and pain/Even if there is moisture and dryness/Even if there are sighs and tears, I will go/Then the scorpion man spoke and said to Gilgamesh:/Go, Gilgamesh/Permit You go over Marsh Mountain/Go over those mountains and mountains/May your feet bring you back here, have a safe journey..."
As an envoy of God, you must impart God’s teachings to everyone from time to time. But Ella really knew very little about this area of knowledge, so she could only find an epic poem in the library and recite it.
"Then what?" Lord Mastra, who often came to Ella to listen to her teachings, asked impatiently, "Has Gilgamesh seen Enkidu?"
Ella sat on the stretcher and coughed a few times: "I have said it so many times, you cannot interpret oracles from their superficial meanings. All oracles are fables, and you must look past the surface of the story to understand the deeper meaning... "
Lord Teaneck, who was also listening to the teachings, tilted his chin and thought: "It sounds like he is giving instructions on how to return the soul from Damictlan to the world after death..."
Ella didn't know if this thing had such a deep meaning. From the fact that the creator of the story definitely didn't know about Aztlan, she speculated that there wasn't.
While talking, the entire team stopped, and Ella's stretcher was placed on the ground. This means that today’s march is over and “God’s teachings” have come to an end for the time being.
"The sun is still shining brightly, it's just after noon, why did it stop so soon?"
The lords murmured in confusion, but dispersed obediently. As a messenger of God and a priest accompanying the army, Ella can be said to be the most important person in this team. She is always in the middle of the team. The only ones who can be stationed around are herself and Tesosomok's hundred-man guard. Even Nesa Hualcoyotl’s position is further forward. On occasions other than "teaching", these small lords on the edge of Aztlan are not allowed to approach.
As soon as the troops settled down, Ella saw Dust running from the rear of the team with a bulging bag in one hand.
"Disciple! Look what good things I picked up along the way!"
Dust happily opened the bag on his left hand. Inside was a variety of fruits that Ella couldn't name, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. He opened the bag on his right hand again, and inside was a variety of fruits that Ella couldn't name. There are all kinds of wild vegetables that you have never seen before, including square, flat, round and pointed hooks.
"They are all picked along the way and are fresh. I recommend this orange wild fruit that is as small as marbles. It has a sweet and sour taste. And these wild vegetables can make the little maid stew a pot of soup..."
Ella stuck out her neck curiously: "Can these be eaten?"
"Who knows. If you don't eat it, how do you know if you can eat it?"
Ella sounded very reasonable. So she picked up an orange wild fruit recommended by Dust, threw it into her mouth, and tasted it with her eyes closed: "It's really good. It has a natural fragrance. Although it's a bit astringent, the sweet and sour taste makes people want to stop." …”
"Your Majesty! Why are you eating here again???"
Amy's angry voice came over. Ella opened her eyes and saw Amy riding Fenrir towards this side. Her hair was a little messy, and she had obviously just gone through a vigorous run.
"What's wrong Amy? What happened?"
"Is there nothing going on? We are on our way to fight Hestein! With your Majesty's lord, the Hero King Hestein!"
Amy was obviously anxious and spoke twice as fast as usual.
"I don't understand why His Majesty is so relaxed on the way! Have you forgotten that we are here for trade this time? Do we really want to help Aztlan attack Hestein? I just climbed a mountain peak, We find that we are almost out of the mountainous area. We are about to collide with Hestein's troops! What are you going to do? We didn't even bring our own troops!"
"Yes, I didn't bring any troops, so even if there is a fight, it has nothing to do with me." Ella ate the small orange fruit one bite at a time. "I'm just a priest, and I can also spy on Aztlan's intelligence here. , isn’t that great?”
