A native priest stepped outside of the temple. He had asked the priests below him to assemble the people. As a high priest, he was given revelations by the great god quite often. Surprisingly, the great gods ssenger was a rabbit, but the high priest didnt think there was anything wrong with that. To his own people, the great god would appear approachable and nonthreatening. Anyway, as the high priest, after receiving a revelation, it was his duty to transmit the words of the great god to the populace. Outside, most of the natives had already assembled save for the few who had gone hunting.
My people! The high priest raised his hands up towards the sun. The great god has spoken! We must prepare for a war, a battle of survival. The great god has been weakened, using up all his energy to save us from the wretched plague. Soon, a trial shall co; the foreign devils will invade our lands, burn our villages, enslave our people, loot our wealth. These are the sa foreign devils who have brought the plague in the first place!
The crowd stomped their feet and jeered, booing at the high priests words. He watched them, let their emotions rile up before stomping his feet. Silence! he shouted. Soon, the din of the crowd died down, and the high priest lowered his arms. The great god has been expecting this. He had us build the roads and construct this massive city to protect him as he recovers. Even as we speak, hes lending us his powers, granting us the strength of the guardian spirits of the land, all so we can defend him when the ti cos. And that ti is coming upon us! The foreign devils shall soon invade; their goal is to take away our great god!
How dare they!?
Protect the great god!
Death to the foreign invaders!
The high priest tilted his head back, staring up at the sun. Beside him, a priest handed him a flint knife, and he raised it up, pressing it against his chest. Blood oozed out of him as he stabbed down, giving himself two shallow cuts. A sickly scent filled with iron drifted through the air as hundreds of natives below copied his actions, inflicting injuries on themselves to let their blood flow. The chanting got louder and louder, and as it hit its peak, the high priest let out a bestial roar, and the faint image of a spirit bear materialized in the air behind him. The natives gathered below the temple also let out roars, dozens of animals appearing in the air for a brief mont before disappearing, blown away like a cloud of smoke in the wind.
In the distance, four elentals were sitting on top of Vurs head, watching the proceedings. Sheryl leaned over and whispered to Zilphy, What do you think theyre saying?
Zilphy rolled her eyes. What do I think theyre saying? I know exactly what Im saying thanks to my understanding of the wind. Theyre celebrating a successful harvest, and theyre hoping for another one while sacrificing so of their blood.
Mistle snorted. The last ti you said you understood things through the wind
Look, Zilphy said, cutting Mistle off. If you dont believe , then thats your problem, but dont try to ruin it for Sheryl and Deedee. You think Mistle talks too much, dont you, Deedee?
Diamant sighed. Where was the rabbit when he needed it? Such an adorable little thing, it was extrely useful for distracting Zilphy and Mistle. It mightve been a bit weak and nothing more than a mascot, but its not like Vur needed any more overpowered abilities. He had a contract with four elentals, when it was already admirable for soone to create just one. Speaking of which, since Vur was sleeping, he wouldnt notice if an elental were to slip away, right? Sure, there might not be any other earth elentals in this world, but mountain elentals were used to solitude. If Diamant slipped away, and Tafel teleported everyone ho, maybe, just maybe, hed finally be free!
Deedee? Mistle asked, breaking Diamant from his train of thought. Are you okay?
Hmm? Diamant cleared his throat. Yes, of course. Why?
Mistle humd. No reason, she said after a while. She shook her head, which was her body. You just seed distracted for a bit, almost like soone plotting their escape, but that could never happen, right? As a mountain elental, youre always paying attention and giving things your full focus. I really admire that about you.
Stop buttering up my husband! Zilphy growled and pounced on Mistle, the two rocky elentals tumbling off of Vur and landing by Prikas feet. She was sleeping next to him, and the lake beside them that Mistle had created had the faintest tinge of yellow in it.
Diamant glanced at the two wrestling elentals before focusing his gaze onto the crowd of natives. So, I might not be able to understand the wind or whatever, he said to Sheryl, but it seems to like those people are getting ready for a war. Ive lived through many wars, and I recognize the signs when I see them.
Sheryl blinked her coallike eyes. But who would they go to war with? she asked. Didnt Vur basically connect the whole place? Her eyes narrowed. Do you think theyll try to attack us?
Diamant shrugged. They shouldnt if they feel the tiniest amount of appreciation for what Vurs done, he said. Arent we waiting for soone to co find us? We explored this whole landmass, and we havent seen Tafel. Its easy to conclude theres another part of this world we havent explored. These people are probably getting ready to go to war against the people who live in those areas.
Should we help them? Sheryl asked. Her brow furrowed. Tafel did tell Vur to make as big of a ss as possible. If we help them, theyll make a huge ssextrely easy for Tafel to find.
Yes, Diamant said and narrowed his eyes. Lets help them create a ss. And once everything was nice and ssy, hed conveniently get lost. It wouldnt be considered a breach of contract if Vur forgot about him and accidentally left him behind in a different world, granting him his freedom. For Vurs sake.
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