The Gray Goose messenger who was full of wine and food left the galloping horse camp.
"We have to hurry," the messenger said to his men.
"Brother, we will get to the Eagle Tribe soon, don't we need to be in such a hurry?"
"No, that galloping horse tribe just now was very wrong!"
"What's wrong, brother?"
"I can't explain, I just feel something is wrong. There are too many tents in their tribe and they are too clean. The leader does not look like a leader on the grassland, but more like a nobleman in a castle."
The messenger saw the danger, and Lant saw the opportunity.
In Lant's tent, Rolle saw off the Gray Goose messenger and rushed over to report the news during lunch.
"So there must be 230 cavalry on the Gray Goose front now?"
"Yes, with such a scale, I'm afraid even the Earl will be unable to withstand it."
The two were chatting, and Albert opened the tent curtain and came in. He was about to speak and ask why Lant didn't get rid of Gray Goose's messenger when he heard the conversation between the two.
"They also sent people to the tribe in the iron mine?"
"Yes, that's the brown bear tribe. According to the messenger, the brown bears are more powerful than the gray geese, but they are very low-key. The leader of the gray geese does not expect the brown bears to send people."
"It seems that the Gray Goose tribe is waiting for our support," Lant said in a joking tone, "Then let's gather the warriors from each tribe and go to the south to help the Gray Goose leader."
"Lant... you..." Albert knew that Lant definitely didn't really intend to help Gray Goose, but he didn't dare to think about what he was going to do.
"Neal! Greyhound! Fang!" Lant yelled for his men to come in.
"Chief", "Lord", "Sir"
"Greyhound, you take a few cavalry, stick to the messenger, and just keep an eye on it. Find out which camps they have gone to, especially find their salt mines for me."
"Yes, Lord Lord"
"Henya, you follow your dad first, communicate in the middle, and find the Eagle Tribe first. Your mission is to come back and report to me after they find the Eagle Tribe."
"Yes, my lord"
"Neil, take your people and make a flag exactly like that of the Gray Goose Messenger. The Gray Goose leader is fighting in the south and needs support from all the tribes on the Benma Plain. We are going to send the other tribes to him now. Join us together and go south together. Whoever rejects me will have trouble with the Galloping Horse Tribe and the Gray Goose Tribe." Lant laughed.
"Ah, we still have to swallow the eagle and fly the flag of Greylag Goose?" Neil grew up on the grassland and has never seen the routine of raising a flag and pulling the skin of a tiger.
"Of course, as long as our cavalry holds the Gray Goose flag and follows the Gray Goose envoy to visit the Eagle, will they still think that we are here to attack?"
"However, there should be less than 30 cavalry in the hands of the Eagle now. If we go over openly, they will not be unwary."
"I'm not afraid that they will find out, I'm afraid that they will run away!"
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There is a very impressive barbarian camp on a mountain 40 kilometers east of Lant. There are more than 30 large and small tents in this camp, most of which are Bedouin tents, with a few round tents in the middle. At the highest point, there is a particularly tall Bedouin main tent. The tent is 8 meters high and 30 meters long. From a distance, it looks like a white rock on the hillside. Behind the tall tent, there is a 35-meter-high dark wood-colored pillar. The pillar is less than half a meter in diameter. The lower 1/3 part is tied with a large number of ropes and fixed to the surrounding ground. A large number of cloth strips and animals are tied to the ropes. The tail is used as a decoration, which is the sacred pillar in the tribe. At the top of the sacred pillar, there is a golden eagle statue spreading its wings. The eagle's eyes are inlaid with gems. Every feather on the eagle's body is fully visible. There is a magic circle on the eagle's belly.
Emperor Yang is in the sky, and the rays of the two suns are shining fiercely on the plain. Although it is October now, the grassland is still hot at noon, but it is very cold at night. In the Eagle Tribe at this moment, the battle priest Kansa Eagle is performing sacrifices at the altar under the sacred pillar. Kansa, who is less than 3 meters tall, is wearing a leather coat covered with colorful feathers, and his sleeves are full of Feathers of large birds, a huge crest on its head, and a golden mask in the shape of an eagle's face. There is a long eagle beak on the front of the mask, and the eagle eyes are inlaid like the eagle statues on the pillars. Two gems.
The battle priest danced a unique sacrificial dance in the open space below the sacred pillar. He spread his arms, imitating the flying eagle, and jumped and ran under the pillar. All the barbarians and non-demon people in the camp knelt outside the range of his dancing. Everyone was waiting for the priest's dance in awe and fear.
The priest's dance area is about 50 square meters, and there are four priest apprentices standing around it who are wearing similar clothes to the priest and wearing wooden masks painted with bird faces. These four girls were carefully selected by Kansa and are his apprentices. Also his servant. While Kansa was running around with dance steps and claws, the four apprentices were dancing in circles around the entire dance area in a counterclockwise direction.
After noon every day, the fighting priests of the Eagle Tribe will hold an event to worship the Eagle God. Whether they are demon-supporting or non-demon barbarians in the camp, they must kneel outside the priest's dance area to wait for the Eagle God's favor. Almost every month, when the priest is dancing, he will randomly select a barbarian to offer to the Eagle God. The process of human sacrifice is very cruel, and the sacrifice may be a demon possessor or a demon-free person.
When someone is determined to be a sacrifice, the priest will use brute force to lift the person directly to the pillar and sacrifice on the spot. Every barbarian in the camp believes that their terrible priest is favored by the Eagle God. people. However, the irony is that in order to generate income for the entire camp, all captured human demons must be locked in other tents in the camp, and they are never sacrificed to the Eagle God.
Today's sacrifice went smoothly again. No one was sacrificed. Everyone stood up carefully and left the area around the priest's tent. The combat priest also returned to his huge tent, and the four apprentices were in charge. Clean up the entire site and butcher the day's food for the hawks and falcons kept in the camp.
"Hey...it's finally over." Kansa put down a handful of magic crystals in his hand as soon as he returned to the tent. This time of day is Kansa's rare alone time, and he is able to take off his mask. Sweat had soaked his thick leather jacket and crown. He had an hour to dry the leather jacket and hat, and he also had to use this time to eat more dried meat. The dance just now was actually meaningless, but it consumed a lot of energy. He had to eat more when no one saw him, and then show a mysterious sense of not needing to eat in front of others.
This year is Kansa's 10th year as the leader. The previous generation of Eagle leader was Kansa's biological father. Before he died, he told Kansa the secret of their Eagle tribe.
The Eagle Tribe was once the descendant of the Eagle God Tribe among the orcs. The strongest member of this tribe was the Eagle God's Favorite. His body had been covered with downy hair since he was a child, like an eagle. When he grew up, the downy hair turned into short feathers and he walked like the wind. During battle, the beloved can transform into a giant eagle and fly high into the sky.
The Eagle Tribe's current eagle god has a weak bloodline, but it can communicate with eagles, falcons, eagles, vultures and other raptors. After sacrificing its life to the eagle god, it can share vision with the most powerful eagle in the tribe.
A powerful ability like sharing vision is naturally not obtained in vain. It requires the priest to dedicate his life force, which takes about half an hour each time. Sharing vision requires the priest to rest for at least a month. No matter how powerful the vitality is, it cannot withstand such consumption. Therefore, before Kansa, no eagle leader could live beyond the age of 35.
Kansa didn't want to be as short-lived as the previous leader, so he took advantage of the fact that many tribes were dispersed after the barbarian invasion of the dragon eight years ago, and reorganized the Eagle tribe, allowing the tribal elders who knew the secret of the Eagle leader to stay in human territory.
A year ago, a divine pillar was erected in the tribe. Although the divine pillar had nothing to do with the Eagle God, there was a magic circle of the Mage's Eye on the golden statue at the top. This magic circle was made by Kansa. The price is paid to be drawn by a magician. Using a mask and consuming magic crystals, one can see the situation within a 30-kilometer radius. From now on, the Eagle Tribe’s battle rituals no longer need to be watched for a month, but the surrounding situation can be observed at any time. In order to enhance his own sense of mystery, Kansa also wrote and performed the so-called sacrificial ceremony at noon every day, finding reasons to cleanse those barbarians who might discover his secrets to enhance his sanctity.
The only fly in the ointment is that such an activity consumes too many magic crystals. Magic crystals are needed to link the Mage's Eye Pillar and to ensure combat effectiveness. That's right, Kansa can kill other barbarian demon possessors by consuming magic crystals. Kansa's "robe" also has strength bonus properties. The principle is very similar to the magic pattern armor of the Wandering Badger Tribe, both of which consume magic crystals. The magic crystal increases the wearer's strength, or it is a piece of leather armor decorated with feathers.
Kansa was finally able to take some time to rest and put on his mask that could see 30 kilometers around. It was also a golden mask with several runes on it, the eyes were protruding, and there was a special tool for consuming magic crystals on his forehead. pedestal.
When Kansa lay on the bed of animal skins and put on his mask, he saw another group of cavalry approaching his tribe. The leader of the cavalry held a flag with the Gray Goose flag on it.
