Chapter 36: Promotion Ceremony: Conflict
On the upper floor of the presbyterian cabin, in the incense-filled room, Sarah, the storm queen of the String Song Clan, was standing directly opposite Fina, the Storm Queen of the Singing Clan, with a cold face.
The breath between the two of them was sharpening each other like wheat, and they were completely in a posture of starting a fight if they didn't agree with each other.
Fortunately, there is another Storm Queen on the side, Hannah, the queen of the Sea Spear Clan, the eldest of the three queens, and the teacher they share together.
With her here, even if the conflict between Sarah and Fina intensifies seriously, the two will never really fight with each other.
"What do you mean? You say that I intend to endanger the safety of my people, what evidence do you have?! ”
After a few minutes of confrontation, Fina finally couldn't take it anymore and coldly questioned Sarah.
Just after the first challenge of the promotion ceremony, Sarah, who had returned to the Presbyterian Church, suddenly turned a havoc on her, and the hateful woman accused her of trying to jeopardize the well-being and safety of the Amazonian people, and demanded that she clarify all her whereabouts in the past few days!
What a faux psalm to ask!
She, Fina, is the queen of the Chanting Clan!
Why does Sarah, who is also the queen, ask her to disclose her whereabouts?!
"Don't you know what I mean? Or do you think you're doing it yourself? No one else knows you're trying to contact Storm Goddess? ”
Hearing Fina's quibble, Sarah's eyes narrowed.
The String Song tribe is responsible for training young female warriors throughout the Amazon tribe, as well as safeguarding the Howorth Islands proper.
In this case, a lot of things simply can't escape Sarah's eyes.
She had known for a long time that the Chant tribe had continued that ancient ritual in an attempt to connect with the legendary "Storm Goddess" and her attendant, the Sea Giant.
But at first, Sarah had always believed that the so-called Goddess of the Storm was not real herself, and although she had a goddess belief like the other Amazons, she saw it more as a belief than a real deity.
Sarah, like most Amazons, would say "Storm Blessing" in her heart when things were tough, but she never really thought that Storm Goddess would lend a helping hand to her.
Therefore, she has been alone through the ups and downs for so many years, which also makes her more and more convinced that the so-called "Goddess of the Storm" is just a sustenance of her beliefs.
Therefore, Sarah did not bother with them at first, because in fact the rituals and ceremonies were indeed part of the work of the chanting tribe.
However, when Shevar and Kane sent her the news that they had encountered a mature sea giant on their route to the Howorth Islands, Sarah thought it might not be an accident.
For the sake of prudence, she sent someone to investigate all the rituals held by the Yin Yong tribe in the past two days, only to find that on the surface, a normal sacrifice ceremony was actually mixed with several strange and inexplicable rituals.
And one of them is suspected of being a blood sacrifice.
Several white-robed priests were seen bringing several male animals into their sacrificial chambers, but the male animals were never seen coming out again.
You know, the sacrificial rooms are all very simple independent wooden houses, and there are no windows on all sides of the building except for a door, and it is impossible for those male animals to leave through other exits!
This discovery immediately alerted Sarah, and she continued to investigate the situation of the male animals in the Yin Yong tribe in detail, and found that on the day Xue Hua and they encountered the sea giant at sea, two or three hundred male animals in the Yin Yong tribe actually disappeared en masse.
Although the men mysteriously returned to the city of Yuxon the next morning, Isha had already guessed the idea through the connection between the two events.
The Chant seems to have somehow managed to get in touch with something that calls itself the "Lady of the Storm", and that thing should be able to control the sea giants as well.
It convinces the Chant tribe that it is the Storm Goddess, and asks them for a "sacrifice".
But unfortunately, the sea giant was accidentally killed by Xue Hua before landing on the shore to enjoy the sacrifice, so the chanting clan priests who had waited all day and did not wait for people could only bring the sacrifice back to the tribe in the end.
Moreover, after the sea giant was killed, the priests of the Singing tribe seemed to have lost contact with the "Storm Goddess" at once, so much so that they had to risk violating the rules of the clan by using blood sacrifices to try to re-establish communication with the "Goddess".
In this way, everything is explained.
And Sarah even got a witness from the Sea Spear tribe.
A sentry on a coastal patrol clipper confirmed that she had spotted the priests of the Wing Clan on a reef northwest of the Howorth Islands as she used her clairvoyance skills to scan her surroundings, followed by a large herd of male animals numbering about two or three hundred.
She was surprised by this and told the clipper leader about it, though her leader thought the priests might just be doing a ritual as the Chant clan often did.
So I asked her not to worry about it.
It wasn't until later, when she told a sister of the String Song tribe who had come out of the same training ground as her, that Queen Sarah found her.
In the presbyterian cabin, Fina's scalp tingled when she heard Isha mention the word "Lady of the Storm".
What did this woman know?
How much does she really know about this?
The Queen of Chant became a little nervous, and her emotional change was all seen by the Queen of the Sea Spear tribe on the side.
"Fina!" Hannah, the queen of the sea spears, stood up from her wicker chair, her oil-painted square face full of regret.
"Let's be honest! After so many years, your habit of rubbing your fingers whenever you are nervous has not changed! ”
"Teacher! You ......"
Fina pursed her lips unwillingly, then suddenly turned her face in Sarah's direction.
"How do you know? I mean, how did you find out about this all of a sudden? ”
"Hehe... Sorry, no comment. Sarah looked at Fina for a long time, and of course she wouldn't tell Fina that Xue Hua had inadvertently and completely ruined all her plans.
This will definitely make Fina hate Xue Hua completely.
“... Hum! Fina snorted, and the expression on her face returned to an extremely cold state.
"This matter was Anji's idea, she said that she contacted the Storm Goddess not long ago, and said that the goddess needed a sacrifice to be freed from the seal, and she also said that the goddess would send a messenger to ask for the sacrifice, but she didn't tell me what the sacrifice was."
"And then? You just let her do it? Didn't even bother asking? ”
"How do I know what she wants to do? She's the high priest, I'm just the queen, and you don't know the inside story of the chanting tribe... Scold! ”
Fina was very direct and simply pushed two, five or six, and pushed everything cleanly.
The high priest, Anji, became her ready-made scapegoat.
The most important thing is that Angie is still at a loss for words, because from the beginning, everything was indeed done by her.
Fina, at best, is in the know.