Chapter 111: The Death of the Hyena
Xue Hua held the ornament in his hand, and a clear expression appeared on his face.
The ornament is a very ingenious recording tool that does not rely on psionic powers, as if the gem itself had the function of a recorder.
All you need to do is point the back of it at the light source to get the information hidden inside.
The skilled craftsmen of the Cat-People tribe also got this magical gem out of nowhere, and they worked on it to disguise it as a beautiful ornament and set it on a stone pillar.
This gem records the origin of this oasis and the true function of the stone pillar in front of it, as well as the history of the escape blood and tears of a huge cat-man tribe.
The former owner of the gem was the cat man named "Doppok".
He was the leader of this group of fugitive cat-people and the first to awaken from the so-called "Gospel of the Sages".
At the same time, it is also the narrator of all the records in this gem.
However, for some reason, Dopdoc does not mention anything about the "gospel of the saints" in the record, and the whole record begins directly with the flight of the "hyena" tribe.
The record briefly tells the story of Niraninan and the other three "traitors" bringing "terror" as the "gospel of the saints" to all the cat-people tribes, followed by Dopdoc's awakening and the escape of "Iguana".
Dopodoc sensed the true nature of the so-called "gospel" by some clue, and then he returned to his tribe with the evidence, and led the tribe on a great escape "on a night when the clouds covered half the moon".
They fled from a "moving oasis" and a "ubiquitous shadow" across the entire Aranok Desert, paying the price of countless people's deaths, and finally found this "distant oasis".
The Iguana tribe settled in the oasis and began casting stone pillars using the ancient secret method of the cat people.
The towering stone pillar that Xue Hua saw now was one of the four stone pillars cast by the Iguana tribe at the beginning.
Cat people are the oldest indigenous people in the desert, and there are many secret methods passed down from their ancestors to their people.
Among these secret techniques, the "psychedelic" spells are the most exquisite.
In forging these pillars, Dopdoc and his magicians and lapagilayers poured all their heart and soul into the psychedelic secrets of the ancient cat people.
They hope that these secret methods will help them evade the pursuit of "terror".
After the stone pillars were cast, the cat people erected the four giant pillars to all corners of the oasis jungle, enveloping the entire oasis inside.
The moment the four stone pillars were erected, the oasis disappeared forever from the land, hidden by the psychedelic spells of the cat people into a chasm between reality and illusion.
Since then, this oasis has become the last Eden of the cat people.
In the process of forging the pillars, most of the cat-man illusionists and lapsartists died of mental exhaustion, except for the most powerful Dopdoc, who survived, but he was only surviving.
Still, despite the huge cost, Dopodoc was glad that his people were able to live a happy and peaceful life in the rainforest again.
At one point, he thought that the last descendants of the cat people could be passed down under the protection of the stone pillars.
However, just as the "terror" sent to them when they fled.
- As long as someone dares to betray it, it will eventually find you wherever you flee to.
"Horror", but in the end they were found.
Doppdoc recounts the events of that day in a voice of utter confusion and fear.
He said: "On a sunny afternoon, the messenger of 'terror' broke through the protection of the stone pillar with a shadow that 'followed him', and it possessed all the most evil characteristics of the world, as it was rumored, and was the sum of all the calamities of the world.
The Emissary found one of our 'Protectors' and launched a devastating attack on it, its wings like steel javelins and its claws like golden spears.
Our warriors resisted with all their might, but they could not hurt it in the slightest.
The arrows were ricocheted off by the round shield-like scales, and the iron spears were blown away by the howl that tore through the sky.
Our Warrior Commander assured me before going to battle that they would fearlessly defend our last home to the last man.
I have no doubt about his determination, but I doubt the point of doing so......
The final battle was fought by the side of the 'Protector', and the warriors went to the battlefield one after another.
But I don't want to look at it anymore, because it's not a fight... That's a massacre!
Feathers of steel fell from the sky, slaughtering our warriors in patches, leaving deep scars on the protectors.
On the battlefield, corpses were strewn all over the field, and stumps and severed arms were spread all over the land.
Blood flowed like rivers, and wailing and weeping became songs.
Death is spreading, and terror is fermenting among my people.
In the end, even mothers and the elderly took up arms and walked towards the battlefield.
I dragged my crippled body, and I also wanted to do my last bit to survive, to be free, and to be our last blood.
But the mothers stopped me, and they wept and begged me to send away the last hope of the clan, the kittens who had just been born.
I don't want to leave my beloved people in this most dangerous time, but I have to.
For the sake of the future of the cat people, and for the sake of leaving traces of our existence on this land, I must keep them.
A moment before turning my back to the battlefield, I gave the jewel to my beloved, who had been the most powerful warrior and the most beautiful lady of our people, but whose back was now as bent as mine.
I want her to hide this gem, in a corner where the monster won't find it.
In this way, even if we all fail in the end, at least, we have a final warning.
- Don't believe the Gospel! That's all a lie! Don't believe in salvation! That's all a scam! ”
Dopdoc's blood-seeming words came to an abrupt end, but then a hoarse female cat man continued his words.
The voice was weary and weak, and from time to time there was a terrifying roar around it.
"Dock, I don't know where you are now.
I don't know if our children are safe or not, but if the Holy Heaven opens his eyes and sends mercy down on you to finally get this gem back, then I just want to say to you - I love you.
I've never said this to you in my life, but if I don't say it today, I'll never have a chance again......
My people and I will die here today, but we have nothing to fear because you have saved us from the fog of lies and blindness, and let us enjoy a rare time of peace.
So today, we must fight to the end, even if there are no bones left......
It's not just 'messengers' who come to us... And the 'shadows'.
You've seen its mystery, you've seen its weirdness, and it's integrated into the land.
I'm sad, but not because we're going to die, it's because we're going to be the nourishment of the 'shadow' when we die......
So, once again, if God has mercy on you or someone else to discover this gemstone......
Whoever it is, I just want to say to you – run! Get out of here! ”
"Boom !!!" A loud bang interrupted the cat-man's narration, and the voice in the gem and the colorful light began to tremble wildly.
It wasn't until a few minutes had passed that the last words came from the gem with an extremely faint breath that would almost be choked in the next moment.
"The 'protector' is dead...... Doc, don't be in... Come back... ......"