Outside Trout Village, the black wolf walked out from among hundreds of guards. He looked at the warrior leader opposite and asked in surprise.
"God bless you! Huitu Puap, it turns out it's you! Why are you here?!"
Huitu Puap looked at the sudden appearance of General Black Wolf with a surprised expression. He was exiled to the southernmost boundary of the kingdom. Not only did he have to guard the only entrance to the sea for the kingdom, but he also had to set up camps, build houses, and store some wood and food. These tasks cannot be completed by one person. Therefore, your majesty gave him three hundred newly surrendered southern warriors to suppress the Tekos people on both sides of the river mouth, collect tribute from the villages, and recruit local men.
"God bless you! Your Majesty asked me to guard the mouth of the Talsas River. I have just arrived."
Huitu Puap answered cautiously with a smile on his face. Speaking of which, he and the old militiaman had snatched the chief's head from the black wolf, and now that they were living here, they couldn't afford to offend him.
"Dear Commander of the Black Wolf Army, why did you come from the west? Chief Chimali is at war with the kingdom, and I am here on guard day and night. I heard that a large army was coming, and I thought the Tekos Alliance sent troops to conquer..."
"Haha! Chimali is finished! I came from the west for seven hundred miles, burned the Hand Snake City on fire, and confiscated the food along the way. His army has no food and will collapse soon!"
Black Wolf laughed and spoke freely.
"Ah! Burnt Hand Snake City? Traveled around seven hundred miles? He is indeed an unparalleled Black Wolf General!"
Huitu turned pale in shock. This kind of bold strategy can only be accomplished by Black Wolf.
Hearing this, Hei Lang was confident and proud. Then, his eyes sparkled, and he was filled with fighting spirit.
"Huitu, where is your Qincongcan camp? I have three thousand warriors, plus your two thousand warriors. It is not impossible to defeat Haenyeo City in the southeast!"
"Ah!...I, I...don't care about Qin Congcan camp now..."
Huitu looked a little embarrassed and answered in a low voice.
"Gulamo assassinated His Majesty. I had received benefits from him before, but I couldn't catch him to apologize..."
"Um?!"
Hei Lang's face was filled with anger, he pulled out the bronze sword with a "dang" sound, and quickly placed it on Huitu's neck.
"I have also heard about the assassination of His Highness by the Zicao family. I didn't expect you to be involved in it!"
"Ah...no, no, not..."
Huitu's face suddenly turned pale, he screamed in frustration and did not dare to move. He managed to save his life from His Majesty. If he was chopped down by the black wolf here, he would die too unjustly.
"Dear Commander of the Black Wolf Army, I did not participate! I am loyal to His Majesty, and Your Majesty is my only king! As witnessed by the Lord God, I burned down the Zicao family's manor with my own hands!..."
"Well... I'm sorry you don't have the guts!"
Black Wolf glared angrily and stared at Huitu for a moment before lowering his bronze sword.
"I have mobilized your army. How many men and ships do you have now?"
"...Three hundred warriors, seventy canoes."
Huitu pursed his lips and lowered his head to answer.
"This is too little!"
Black Wolf frowned. It would be a bit risky for more than 3,000 people to attack Haenyeo Castle. The main reason is that the opponent's information is unknown, his strength is unknown, and he is not familiar with the terrain... He thought for a moment and sighed.
"That's all, let them go first."
"...Commander of the Black Wolf Army, are you planning to return to the kingdom next?"
"Yes. But before returning to the kingdom, I have to do one more thing."
A smile appeared on Black Wolf's lips.
"Go to the nearby sacred mountain and carve a monument to record your achievements!"
"The sacred mountain west of Trout Village?"
Huitu was a little surprised. He heard his southern warriors mention it.
"I heard that there is a terrible mountain god there who can control thunder and lightning. Whenever the dry season comes, the mountain god will fall into a deep sleep after receiving the blood sacrifice. Whenever the rainy season comes, the mountain god wakes up, and there will be continuous thunder and lightning falling. Hit the sacred mountain! And once the mountain god becomes angry, he will throw thunder and lightning out to destroy the offending person..."
"Um?"
Black Wolf was slightly startled and looked at the personal guard Mavik beside him. Mavik never said anything about this.
Mavik felt a chill in his heart, and piety appeared on his face.
"The Lord God is supreme and has infinite power! Boss, the mountain god here is just an unknown evil god! For the glory of the Lord God, we must destroy the evil god's priest and cut off his blood sacrifice!"
Black Wolf pondered slightly and nodded affirmatively.
"Mavik, you are right! Let us go and take a look!"
Then, he glanced at Huitu.
"Huitu, are you going with us?"
"...go!"
The three of them chatted for a while, then took two hundred canine warriors and headed straight for the sacred mountain. Village Ma Huo's face fell, he looked at the people leaving and murmured.
"This... the priest said that if you offend the sacred mountain and the altar, the mountain god will be angry... If the mountain god is angry, it is a good thing for you to die, but don't harm the village..."
The group of people were all warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles. They walked very fast. It didn't take long to travel ten miles and reach the sacred mountain close to the mountain range.
Black Wolf narrowed his eyes and looked up the mountain. It is said to be a sacred mountain, but in fact it is just a hill with a height of more than 100 meters, which is incomparable with the peaks further north.
On the top of the sacred mountain, there is a black stone altar, surrounded by many traces of lightning strikes. Most of the mountains are made of normal soil, with occasional reddish-brown mottled stones that sparkle in the sunlight. Starting from the middle of the mountain and going down, the vegetation gradually becomes sparse, mixed with dead trees that have been struck by lightning. The partially exposed rocks began to show a gray-black luster, with some dark indigo. When they got closer to the ground, the black-blue rocks were covered with soil again, but there were still few plants.
"Is this the sacred mountain?"
Black Wolf looked at it for a while, feeling a little disappointed. Such a short mountain seems a little unworthy of him carving a monument to record his merits. Then, he looked around and saw several small wooden houses being built in a sparsely forested area near the foot of the mountain.
"Boss, that's where the priests of the Holy Mountain live!"
Mavik whispered, with some inexplicable fear in his recalling expression.
Black Wolf looked at his appearance, raised his brows, and shouted loudly.
"Let's go see the priest of the mountain god!"
Everyone drew their weapons and approached the cabin cautiously. The door of the wooden house suddenly opened, and three priests and several strong mountain-guarding warriors walked out. The leading old priest was wearing a strange black-blue sacrificial robe. Thunder and lightning were painted on the back of the sacrificial robe, and a vague god with two faces was painted on the front.
The most peculiar thing is that there are many indigo stones hanging from his arms to his hands on short ropes, which sparkle with a metallic light in the sunlight. Many stones seem to be alive, reacting to each other and constantly trembling slightly.
"Where are you from? How dare you offend the sacred mountain!"
The leading old priest puffed up his chest and waved his arms suddenly in a strange and mysterious gesture. All the stones seemed to hear the order, suddenly started to rotate, and then clicked together! The fitting stones gathered together into two dark blue stone balls under the two arms.
"Noble mountain god, please grant me divine power..."
The old priest looked majestic and chanted strange prayers, which made people feel awe. Then, he slowly lifted up the two gathered stone balls, made some mysterious movements, and then suddenly rubbed them hard! The two stone balls actually came together again.
"Mountain God Gaze!"
Finally, he shouted loudly and let go of his hand, but the gathered stone balls did not separate, like the eyes of a god, mercilessly watching everyone present!
