Chapter 209: The Sacrifice of Dancing Wild
How and when these two species appeared, the White Ghost and the Blue Man, is still unknown.
The earliest reliable record of the appearance of the White Ghost was around a millennium ago, when the War of Avenger had just ended, the Great Sage Laxis and the Barbarian King Richard had just died, and the loose alliance of the Nord tribes under the command of the hero was once again torn apart. Then, these powerful races, whose average strength was above the Silver Rank, suddenly appeared wielding ice crystal weapons that could freeze and shatter steel swords, riding domesticated white bears, and descending the mountain to attack the Nord tribe south of the Atlas Mountains. The number of them who appeared at any time was not much, as few as seven or eight people, and at most only two or three hundred, but it was enough to become the biggest nightmare for the Nord people living in the northern part of the Ariel Plateau.
The prophets believed that the white ghosts were the servants of the demon gods who had been defeated in the Kaiming War and fled to the land of eternal winter north of Atlas, and that they had to twist themselves into such a hideous and withered form in order to survive in the land of eternal winter.
This unsubstantiated claim was complained about by the mages of the Alliance and the scholars of Neosfia, but until more conclusive evidence could be presented, the above statement was naturally accepted by the majority of the small people, especially the Nords.
As for the blue people, it was even earlier.
This small monster with a short stature and rickety bones is probably the same size as a goblin, but its combat power is far from being comparable to the latter. They have a crippled appearance that looks like their facial features are being artificially squeezed together, a pair of elf-like ears, hairless, and blue-white skin. It looks very thin, but the real explosiveness is not to be underestimated. They like to walk and run with their bent over. But he still walks like a fly.
These blue people were 10,000 years ago, in the Age of the Gods, when the progenitor hero of Nord, Beauf, killed the demon dragon Osha of the Plateau. And before the Valhalla was established on the body of the demon dragon, it was already inhabiting the Atlas Mountain vein. They have a low IQ, but they have the spirit of racial unity and division of labor like ants or bees, collecting the furs of snow-capped beasts to make clothes, collecting the shells and pincers of giant pincer insects in the mountains to make weapons and armor, and gradually breeding a small stone-like tribal civilization.
Before the White Imps came to Atlas, the Blue and Nords were fairly fine, but then the Nords found out. Every time the white ghost descended the mountain to attack, he would drive a larger number of blue people as the leader and servant army, and the Nord tribe would be overwhelmed by the current and fragmented Nord tribe.
All the way to Arthur? Pendragon truly unified the Arel Plateau, set up a central imperial court in Skyrim Fort, and unified the northern part of the plateau to appoint strong lords and garrison the central army, which was alleviated.
Since you are going to be a group of outsiders and wolves to bully your old neighbors who have been around for 10,000 years, the Nord Pure Masters naturally have the Nord Pure Masters' way of coping.
Since then, the war in the north has not been peaceful. The north of the Vekia Empire. It has also become the front line after the East and the Orc War, and the easiest place to achieve military merit.
When the overlord Stemsund had just ascended the throne, the twenty-year-old overlord led his army to fight fiercely in the north for three years, during which he went deep into the mountains to clear the mountains twelve times. In the end, brilliant results were achieved.
More than 20,000 heads of white ghosts and ten times the number of blue heads piled up, and they were built into a huge Jingguan by the overlord, standing at the foot of Mount Atlas. It is used to deter the monsters in the mountains.
Since then, the alliance between the White Ghost and the Blue Man seems to have been completely shut down. Harassment of the Empire's northern frontier has dropped to one-tenth of what it used to be, and its number is becoming scarcer. One of the biggest attacks took place a decade ago. That's less than a hundred white ghosts with five or six hundred blue people to make soy sauce near Cold Frost City, and then they were dispersed by the local legions.
However, to the surprise of these Nords, under the tomb of their greatest ancestor, there was such an underground town belonging to the white ghosts and the blue people.
The valley is dotted with dwellings made of rudimentary leather and cloth, and pointy triangular tents scattered loosely and irregularly, full of Neolithic style, which fully reflects the mixed society of white ghosts and blue people, and has not yet developed the high-end East of urban planning.
The outer walls were covered with thick plush and cloth, and there was a large tent about two meters high, which was supposed to be the residence of the white ghosts, while the much lower small cloth tent was fastened with hard insect shells and stone slabs, and it looked like at least one blue man could be stuffed into it. Of course, caves of different sizes have been artificially carved out of the stone walls on both sides, which should also be regarded as the houses of local residents.
These two unrelated species, such a harmonious and strange tribe formed a strange tribe.
Of course, in the inefficient Stone Age, what should have been in the Stone Age is also preserved. For example, in the square in the center of the town, and in the middle of the square a small altar.
Lu Xi and Artoria, who were lying on the cliff, should be a thousand meters away from the small altar in a straight line, but with their strength today, their eyesight is definitely beyond the reach of others. In Lu Xi's eyes, he could see the small totem in the center of the altar, a statue of a female magician carved from a single piece of bluestone, draped in a cloak and holding a scepter in her hand. On closer inspection, this statue is almost exactly the same as the statue seen in the dungeon before, at most it is only a difference in size.
"Is this the situation with dried shrimp? In the underground town of the White Ghost and the Blue Man, there is a statue of the great sage Laxis? ”
Lu Xi felt that his brain was a little insufficient, he looked at Artoria next to him, and naturally saw a heavy doubt in the other party's eyes.
"Lu, Lu Xi...... This is ......," Artoria asked in a low voice. She has basically developed a habit now, just ask Lu Xi directly if she doesn't know, and she can usually get answers.
It's a pity that she was disappointed this time, Lu Xi just shook her head, and then motioned for her not to speak.
In front of the small square in front of the altar, a large number of white ghosts and blue people had gathered, and it was estimated that there were at least three or five hundred people, all of whom looked like young adults. It is estimated that most of the strong laborers in this town have gathered there, and there must be some kind of event being held.
Because it was in the dark underground, neither of them could judge the current time, but it seemed that it should be a hotel. A few tall white ghosts dragged a few cages to the center of the square, and then set up a few more shelves, and then, in the cheers of the surrounding clansmen, opened the cages, and forked the giant prey inside one after another, and it was a snow monster, two white bears, and three winter wolves.
These apex predators on the snowy mountains have become the prey of others in this way, and they are not dead yet, and they all let out a desperate struggle and hysterical roar.
Lu Xi and Artoria were shocked, and after looking at each other, they began to move little by little towards the stone steps that led to the town in the valley.
At this time, this strange activity seems to have come to a climax. Three figures taller than the blue men, but much smaller than the white ghosts, walked to the center of the altar, and all the monsters fell silent. At first glance, these three people thought they were human women, although they were slightly taller than humans, but they were also graceful and concave, with pale and bloodless skin, cold eyes, long eyelashes, three-dimensional nose and lips, and long hair that seemed to be made of snow. Of course, if you look closely, the bridge of their noses is a little protruding, and their cheekbones are slightly high, like statues. It is unlikely that humans will look like this, but this appearance gives people a sharp attraction.
Generally speaking, the appearance of these female creatures is not beyond the aesthetic category of humans, and it is much easier to accept than the orc "beauty", and it can be regarded as a beauty.
They were dressed in robes made of fur, with wooden staff in their hands and necklaces of animal teeth around their necks. Although this kind of dress is simple, at least it looks much more civilized than other people who are naked.
Of course, Lu Xi would not regard these tall and beautiful ladies as human. In fact, they are also white ghosts, but they are female white ghosts.
The battle between the Nords and the White Imps has been fought for nearly a thousand years, and although the glorious tradition of the Nord people who do not leave prisoners is preserved, some basic common sense is still clear. For example, the society of the white ghost should be a matrilineal clan society - this can be seen from the fact that the white ghost army is always commanded by women; For example, white ghosts are not afraid of steel swords, but they are afraid of fire, while female white ghosts can use magic; For example, the legend of the white ghost and the Asura tribe is very similar, the men are ugly and hideous, but the women are extremely beautiful......
In Lu Xi's point of view, "extremely glamorous" is a bit exaggerated. Of course, it may also be because there will always be a large group of green leaves around the white ghost woman.
Just when Lu Xi was thinking nonsense, this activity seemed to reach a climax. The most elaborately dressed of the three white ghost women walked up to the statue and spoke loudly to the people in an unknown language. Lu Xi didn't know what she said, but all in all, the white ghosts and blue people in the square raised their hands and began to cheer feverishly as if they had eaten gunpowder.
The white ghost woman then gestured to her other two sisters. They walked over to the white bears pinned to the shelves, took their daggers from their waists, and cut their throats with a clean motion.
In the white bear's weak moan, blood suddenly gushed out. The white ghost women took off their robes, revealing a bumpy and tall and fit, but bloodless ketone body, and leaned up naked, letting the blood drench themselves, and the white skin like a corpse was drenched with bright red blood, and there was gradually a sense of rhythm of life.
Lu Xi stared intently at this cruel and fragrant picture, his mind was almost blank, and then, he felt that the soft flesh on his waist was choked by something, so he had to subconsciously turn his head, and what caught his eye was naturally Artoria's red-eared and puffed face.
"Don't look at it!" The girl knight said with a red face. (To be continued.) )