The sky gradually turned into a golden wave, and a few gray clouds clung to the horizon, connecting them with the Makami City below. Suddenly, a fire rose up in the dark clouds, gradually blooming towards the surroundings, and the entire sky was dyed with an orange halo.
Balohad stood on a towering stone hill, and the silver rat mask on his face glowed with a faint light.
"Where is the entrance you mentioned?" Chen Tao stood beside Balohard and followed Balohard's gaze into the distance.
"It's about to appear..." There was an inexplicable light in Balohad's eyes. Chen Tao couldn't see the expression under his mask and could only look at the distant sky together.
The fire clouds on the horizon grew thicker and thicker, and suddenly a beam of golden light pierced everything, like a golden arrow piercing the clouds. Then, an incredible scene appeared in Chen Tao's eyes.
The sun shines on the Maka Lost City, and the stone hills and sand pillars in the entire lost city are glowing with a faint golden light. The entire Maka Lost City seems to be covered with a layer of gold in an instant, with various heights and shapes. The unique natural stone hills seem to be alive, mottled and gorgeous, like a dream.
In this brilliant golden light, a golden light can be clearly seen, like a dragon swimming through the endless stone hills.
"That...that is!" Ye Rong's eyes were filled with little stars. It seemed that women had a natural love for such shiny things. She exclaimed and kept taking pictures of this with her camera. A wonder.
The golden thread stretched from the stone mound at his feet to the end of the maze. Balohad and his men suddenly knelt down, raised their hands high, and then crossed their chests, solemnly kneeling toward the distant sky, mouthing It was chanting words that Chen Tao couldn't understand.
Chen Tao couldn't bear to disturb this sacred moment. He heard from Ye Rong that Balohad and the others were worshiping the gods in the distance. This was the highest etiquette of the Tatunaans and something that every Tatunaan must remember. things.
After paying homage, Balohad called one of his subordinates, and the two of them explained something. Then he took some people, including Suoke, and Chen Tao and three others into the mysterious Maka Lost City, while the rest of his subordinates guarded it. Here, beware of intruders.
The sun has risen, and there are no insects or birds chirping in the desert morning. Except for the occasional whine of the wind, there was no sound anymore.
The group of people walked among the scattered stone hills and sand pillars. There was thin yellow sand under their feet, and the hard sandstone Gobi below them, making a rustling sound when they stepped on it. Barohad told Chen Tao that thousands of years ago, this place was the largest oasis in the desert. The Tatunaan people have lived here for generations. I don’t know why, since the holy city was buried by the storm, the oasis here has also changed. It became more and more desolate, and finally became what it is now.
"You three, follow me closely. This place is no longer as safe as it used to be!" Balohad identified the stone hills around him and called Suok to be on guard.
"Not only the Holy City is cursed, but also the entire Tatunaan. When the Prince of Ulster returned from the war, he led his soldiers to pass through the Lost City of Macca.
But they found that the entire lost city had changed, and they paid an extremely painful price before they walked out. "
"I see...it's nothing to be quiet here? Aren't they just big stone hills made by natural blowing, and they can jump up and eat us?" Haozi turned his head and looked around.
"If it were really that simple, there wouldn't be so many people trapped to death here." Ye Rong said, "No matter what, we have to be careful."
"We are just on the outskirts of Maka Lost City now. The previous route no longer exists. I can only take you one way through Maka Lost City, but this does not mean that it is safe."
Chen Tao nodded, pulled Haozi over and said, "You kid, please stay calm and don't run around without saying a word."
"Hey, it's okay, don't worry about it, just take care of yourself!"
"..." Chen Tao was speechless for a while.
This kid Hao Zi was too restless and playful when he spoke. Chen Tao had nothing to do with him. Anyway, what he said had already been said. It was his business whether he listened or not, so he didn't care about him anymore.
The sun rises higher and higher, and the surrounding temperature slowly rises. The blazing sunlight shines brightly on the earth. At first glance, everything within the sight is rippled. In the lost city, In the middle, people feel like they are in a hot oven, and their heads are about to explode due to the heat.
At this time, the group had gone deep into the Maka Lost City. Chen Tao licked his chapped lips, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip of water, and looked up at the scorching sun. The dazzling sunlight made it difficult to open one's eyes, and Chen Tao couldn't help but miss the underground river. Although there were big bats with man-eating faces and monster insects as big as cars in it, at least he didn't have to be exposed to the scorching sun.
This feeling is unpleasant!
It felt like a pot of soup had been poured into my head, and my head was full of mush. There was nothing else in his consciousness except following Balohad.
At this time, Chen Tao finally understood the horror of this lost city of Maka. Once a person gets lost here, he will be burned to death even if he does not starve to death.
"How long do we have to go?" Chen Tao asked.
"Maka's Maze is much bigger than you think. We're not even half way there now." Balohard was probably too hot. He took off the rat-head mask on his face, and it fell off like a sign. On the neck, the sun shines on it, making it bright and dazzling.
Chen Tao looked at his silver mask, with pointed ears and fangs, and a ferocious face. There was a golden thread between the rat head and the brow, which extended to the top of the mask. Compared with the masks of other people, Balohad's mask is obviously more delicate and mysterious.
Chen Tao looked at the ferocious rat head in the mask, and felt a sense of familiarity in his heart.
"It's strange. It seems like I've seen this mask before somewhere..."
Feeling a little puzzled, Chen Tao couldn't help but ask Barohard: "Why are you wearing such a weird rat-head mask?"
Balohad reached out and touched the mask on his chest, his eyes serious and pious: "This matter is a long story, you
We foreigners regard rats as enemies and one of the four pests, but for Tatunaan, rats are the divine generals and heavenly soldiers under the god of war Nakarosa, and they are the gods who bless Tatunaan's victory in war and save national disasters. "
Then, Balohad told Chen Tao a mysterious legend about Tatunaans and rats.
It is said that the God of War Nakarosa has a powerful general named Kanidoga. His true body is a golden holy rat, as big as an adult giant wolf, and his whole body is golden. On its head, a strand of fiery red hair extends from the center of its eyebrows to the back of its head. The Tatunaan people respect it as the god Dokarna, which means, the King of All Arms.
It is said that this God Dokarna is the ancestor of rats in the desert. In the past, when Tatunaan still existed, the king had a temple specially built for him in the holy city. On the outskirts of the holy city of Tatunaan, there are many large and small earthen mounds, which the Tatunaan people call Gardong, which means the palace of rats. When people pass by the Caer Cave, they can often see large groups of rats coming in and out, and they are not afraid of people at all. There are even mice covered in gold or silver, bigger than hedgehogs. He was regarded as a sacred rat by the Tatunaan people at that time.
It is said that before the founding of Tatunaan, it was a small desert tribe with less than a thousand people. However, it was uniquely blessed to occupy a huge oasis in the desert, which made several surrounding tribes jealous and often came to attack.
One year, several tribes united and tens of thousands of people besieged Tatunaan, intending to annex Tatunaan in one fell swoop and carve up the oasis. The coalition forces stationed troops near the Gardong at that time and surrounded Tatunaan.
At that time, Tatuna'ana only had less than 5,000 troops. His king knew that it would be difficult to resist the tribal coalition, so he thought of the sacred rat in the desert, so he arranged sacrifices and burned incense to ask for help from the sacred rat in an attempt to help Tatuna'an survive. This calamity.
I didn’t expect this trick to be effective!
That night, the divine rat, who had always been golden with a touch of fiery red hair between his brows, entrusted a dream to King Tatunaan. He claimed to be Kanidoga, the god general under the God of War Nakarosa, and inspired King Tatunaan to pray sincerely. Help him, let him prepare early, send troops to fight before sunrise, and he will definitely win.
King Tatunaan woke up from his dream and knew that he had received the help of the Rat God. He obeyed what the Rat God said in his dream, gathered his troops overnight and made preparations, and launched an attack on the tribal alliance before sunrise.
Relying on the strength of their numbers, the coalition forces never expected that Tatunaan would attack overnight, and were caught off guard. In a hurry, they tried to ride their horses and put on armor, but they found saddles, armor, bow strings, and chains to fasten the armor. All the knots used to tie things up were chewed off by rats.
At this time, King Tatunaan led a large army into the coalition camp. The coalition forces were unable to resist and were beaten to a pulp by the Tatunaan people.
A ray of sunlight pierced the sky, and the sun slowly rose.
The cheering Tatunaans were horrified to see a huge rat with a golden body half standing on a mound in the distance, surrounded by hundreds of rats.
King Tatunaan immediately knelt down, and everyone looked into the distance
The sacred rat kept kowtowing. The gasping coalition forces were all horrified when they saw this scene, thinking that there was help from gods on Tatuna. They were all so frightened that they dropped their weapons and retreated in confusion.
In this battle, the coalition forces suffered heavy losses, and several tribes were unable to recover. King Tatunaan took the opportunity to sweep several surrounding tribes and established the most powerful country in the desert, Tatunaan.
King Tatunaan was very grateful to the Divine Rat for his help, so he built a hall in the holy city for the Divine Rat to worship. Since then, the Tatunaan people have respected these rats for generations, treating the Gar Cave as a holy place and sending special troops to guard it. Both kings and ordinary people worship rats as gods, hoping to receive their blessings.
Supplies for worshiping mice include fragrant flowers, food, clothes, bows and arrows. Even Tatunaans must dismount their horses and pay tribute whenever they see a mouse or a mouse burrow anywhere in the desert.
If you don't worship the rat god, or if you conflict with the rat god, you will be in trouble.
(End of chapter)
