Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Sacrifice
South of the city of Jukeson, in front of a sea cliff on the Great Island of Howorth facing the depths of the Twin Seas, a group of white-clad priests were carrying heavy boxes of tribute under the silvery moonlight.
Not far in front of them, an altar camouflaged by tree branches was rapidly being erected.
The sea cliff where the Tide Stone is located juts out more than ten meters from the shore, and behind the cliff is a lush hillside jungle.
Within this hillside jungle, hundreds of Punisher Sentinels scattered out, and under the leadership of their Patriarch Nuam, they surrounded the entire hillside.
These punisher guards divided the open and dark guards, showing the utmost vigilance, and staring at every path that could lead to the sea cliffs.
Some of them stood guard on the avenue with bows, arrows and spears, warning and repatriating those who inadvertently intruded, while others hid themselves in disguise, hiding in the treetops, using their inward vision skills to watch over any paths that might infiltrate their cordon.
Hannah, the Sea Spear Queen, was right, there were indeed people in these outposts who were responsible for monitoring the movement underground, in case someone sneaked in, but even at the level of the three Storm Queens' internal vision skills, they couldn't see through the tunnel network of the swarm from the ground, because they were buried too deep.
With the help of these channel networks, Xue Hua and the four of them effortlessly bypassed the bright posts and secret posts set up by the punishers, and directly drilled out of a temporary exit in the bushes near the altar.
After leaving the ground, the two queens immediately unfolded their primordial force field and enveloped everyone inside.
Chanting Queen Fina is a legendary powerhouse, her perception ability can even be captured by the Surveillance King Worm at a height of 10,000 meters, unless there is a powerhouse of the same level using the primordial power to blind her perception, no one will want to easily approach the area where she is.
This is one of the important reasons why Kane insisted on bringing the two queens here.
The four of them were wrapped in the Primordial Force's perceptual obstruction shield, and then Kane unleashed the group invisibility spell, and then carefully pushed aside the bushes in front of them, and looked from between the trees to the tide stone at the end of the sea cliff.
"The altar... Fina has indeed resumed the sacrifice of the Tide Stone! ”
Sarah's first glimpse of the altar was obscured by the camouflage of branches and vines—a level of camouflage that could only deceive remote observers, and when seen closely, it was instantly revealed.
"Don't be impulsive just yet, we're not here for this." Hannah patted Sarah on the shoulder, signaling her not to rush and take a look first.
The four of them lurked in the bushes less than two hundred meters from the altar, silently watching the priests of the Yin Clan finish building the altar and place the tribute on the sea cliff.
As it approached midnight, all the preparations were finally complete.
A figure armed with a dark gold spear stepped out of the woods - it was none other than Fina, the queen of the Clan.
She looked at the altar and nodded in satisfaction, then walked over to the white-robed high priest on the side of the altar.
"Everything is ready, Your Majesty."
"It's good, no one else notices, right?"
"No, it's been quiet here, Your Majesty."
"Well, let's start now!"
Fina nodded, a little impatiently to Lenia.
"Yes." The high priest agreed, and quickly led the priesthood to the altar that had been erected.
In the bushes on the other side, the hidden Xue Hua and the other four quickly cheered up.
"It's going to begin, and let's see what kind of trick they're playing."
Sarah muttered something to herself, then watched the sacrifice intently.
On the altar in front of the sea cliff, the high priest led a group of priests in white to place a stone basin in the center of the altar, and then arranged it in the four corners of the altar to begin the sacrificial ceremony.
The high priest stood beside the stone basin and recited a prayer in a strange and trembling tone that Xue Hua did not understand at all.
Each time she recited a sentence, the other priests at the four corners followed suit.
The white-robed priests chanted prayers along with the high priest and danced on their knees on the altar in a strange way, and the whole ritual process was full of strange and mysterious meanings, which made people get goosebumps all over their bodies.
As the sacrifice progressed, a large blue mist suddenly began to evaporate from the stone basin placed in the center of the altar.
Seeing this, the two storm queens' expressions immediately became solemn, they didn't remember when such a vision would appear in the ritual and sacrifice activities in the clan.
"It does seem that something is wrong, I can feel a strange power in the fog... A new power that is completely different from what we have ever seen......"
Hannah, the queen of the sea spears, began to look solemn, she had just felt an energy that she had never seen before, which suddenly raised an ominous premonition in her heart.
"Yes, I also feel the power... Some of them are original, but not exactly the same......"
Sarah frowned as well, she had originally come with the intention of dismantling the Fina Diorama, but now it seemed that things were not as simple as she had imagined......
Above the altar, more and more blue mist poured out from the stone basin, and Fina, who was standing under the altar, had a look of ecstasy on her face.
The goddess answered her!
The goddess responded to her request without hesitation!
What does this prove?!
This proves that the Goddess has approved of her!
She's not far from everything she wants!
But now is not the time, she must endure until the goddess returns strongly!
Fina thought so, then took a step to the front of the altar, crossed her arms over her chest, and slowly bowed down to the side of the altar.
"Revered Goddess, your devotees have requested to meet you......"
Then, a voice suddenly rang out in Fina's head.
"Come to the Tidestone, my devotee... We have to be more cautious in our communication......"
Fina bowed respectfully, then turned around and walked towards the Tide Stone at the top of the sea cliff surrounded by blue mist.
At the same time, a dark cloud drifting from nowhere suddenly obscured the moonlight in the sky, and the entire sea cliff suddenly fell into darkness with no fingers in sight.
The priests lit their torches, only to find that their queen had walked to the Tidestone.
She stood there with her head up, her eyes white and looking at the sky, as if she were experiencing some kind of vision.
In the small bushes on the other side, not long after those blue sea mist emerged from the stone basin, the fragments of World Will in Xue Hua's inventory suddenly shook.
Fortunately, this time, although its abnormal movement was more intense than the previous one, the time was much shorter, and Xue Hua was full of cold sweat and worked hard, and finally covered it up.
At the same time, the Queen of the String Song and the Queen of the Sea Spear were looking at Fina in front of the Tidestone with shocked faces, the gesture of rolling her eyes and looking up at the sky had appeared in the ancient texts of their tribe.
This is typical of the high priest of the clan when he communicates with the gods before offering sacrifices to the goddess!