Chapter 994: Sending living sacrifices to gods, some humans kill each other
Chapter 999: How many humans kill each other when sending living sacrifices to gods? (2 updates)
Through the light screen image, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others discovered the fact that Ur City is a widow's village, and many people in the real world also discovered it following Fujimaru Tachibana and the others' observations.
It's just that it wasn't confirmed before, so we can only know now.
Faced with this situation, Fujimaru Tachibana found the person in charge of Ur City without hesitation.
It was a middle-aged woman who lived in the building in front of the city's central square. They were currently the managers of Ur City and were elected priests of the Forest Goddess.
This was done by asking the citizens in the city. When Fujimaru Tachibana and the others found the priestess, the middle-aged woman and the two maids she brought with her were a little nervous. They had the same holy and wise temperament as Siduri.
The priests are completely different. They are obviously just ordinary people who were forcibly elected.
If I have to say it, it is probably the kind of people who are relatively capable and prestigious among ordinary people, so they can be recommended.
It was okay to deal with ordinary things in the neighborhood, but when faced with Fujimaru Tachibana and the others, who were the 'Messengers of King Gilgamesh', they obviously couldn't hold on, and their nervousness could not be concealed at all.
Holding back her nerves and facing Fujimaru Tachibana and the others, the priestess lowered her voice and said: "Messenger of King Gilgamesh, what do you want from me?"
Fujimaru Tachibana subconsciously looked at Merlin, who nodded seriously to the girl.
This was supposed to be done by Merlin, the court mage, but as for the assessment and training of Fujimaru Tachibana, it was all left to the girl.
So, Fujimaru Tachibana, who had experienced a lot, stepped forward without hesitation and said: "It's like this. We came to investigate the situation in Ur City in the name of King Gilgamesh, but when we arrived, we found that the citizens here expressed dissatisfaction.
Need rescue."
"So, we must know the reason, because the city of Ur, as a city southwest of Uruk, is an area outside the absolute Warcraft front line. It is very important, so it must be investigated clearly."
Hearing this, the priestess pursed her lips, but the two female servants couldn't help but speak, and said very nervously that the city of Ur was safe and they did not need help because they were protected by the forest goddess.
If they abide by the rules set by the forest goddess, they can live here safely, and even monsters will not attack them.
After learning this information, Fujimaru Tachibana fell silent, and others also observed silently.
Then, Fujimaru Tachibana closed his eyes and said: "I... don't know much about the theocratic societies in ancient times, but in order to deal with various situations, I have also been given a lot of knowledge."
"Although I still know a little about the myths of various countries, I also know that in ancient times, if the gods wanted to protect humans, humans had to offer sacrifices."
"In the mythology of various countries, the mythology system of South America is full of numerous human sacrifices. Even the Mayan Empire, the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire, which are known as empires, also regard human sacrifice as a national policy.
"
When they said this, the three women had already begun to tremble.
Then, Fujimaru Tachibana opened his eyes and stared at the three of them: "And in this city, men are already extremely rare. So, how many sacrifices did you pay in order to get the protection of the forest goddess?"
The women did not dare to meet Fujimaru Tachibana's sharp gaze and looked away one after another.
Merlin also spoke at this time: "Judging from the ratio of young men to women in this city, it's probably one sacrifice per day."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene was instantly depressing to the extreme, and many people in the real world took a breath of cold air and felt their scalps numb.
Do you want to sacrifice one person alive in one day?
What evil god?
Did South America believe in such gods in ancient times? Did they really perform sacrifices in this way?
Sure enough, it is not unreasonable for the civilized world to be destroyed. Such a barbaric civilization deserves to be destroyed!
The above is what some people think.
However, there are some people who are far-sighted and have seen more. They think that one person a day is actually not too much.
If it can really protect a country's prosperity and peace, it will be an extremely cost-effective deal.
After all, human sacrifices do not necessarily have to be good citizens or soldiers of one's own country, but can be replaced by criminals or prisoners of enemy countries.
Thinking about it this way, let alone one person a day, even ten people a day is a good deal. After all, even if ten people are sacrificed a day, there are only 3,650 people a year.
Such a death toll is nothing even in sparsely populated Europe, let alone in places like East Asia where the population exploded in ancient times. Countless countries would go crazy if it could really bring peace and prosperity to the country and the people.
Rather, the Europeans have already done it.
If nothing else, take a look at the crazy things those people in Europe did in the name of God in ancient times!
If we take into account the massacres that occurred due to greed and deterioration of faith by humans, the living sacrifices in South America are simply a good deed.
Of course, this is all from the perspective of ancient society, but from the perspective of modern values, they are all insane and evil behaviors.
Therefore, at this moment, the Leopard Man, who had won a lot of favor due to his funny behavior before, was instantly labeled as an evil god.
————
In the light screen image, Fujimaru Tachibana frowned deeply, Mashu showed a look of fear and intolerance, and Fu Hua also frowned slightly.
Only Anna was still calm. After all, the girl who complained about hating humans, even if she had a good impression of humans because of Uruk's kindness, it was only for Uruk's special offering, and the city of Ur was not Uruk.
Then, several women became excited and expressed in a rebuttal tone that there was nothing they could do about it. If they wanted to survive in the city of Ur and let the city of Ur exist in this turmoil, living sacrifices were the necessary price.
, this is a deal with the forest goddess.
Moreover, all those who become sacrifices do so voluntarily.
This may be true. After all, in this apocalyptic era, it is an era of simple folk customs. In order to keep family members and compatriots alive, there will definitely be people who are willing to stand up and sacrifice.
In the narration, it was also explained where the sacrificed people went - the Temple of Eridu, and this temple was the temple in the center of Eridu, the ancient and long-standing Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia.
In Sumerian mythology, this temple was built by the water god Enki and was the southernmost of the many city-states in Sumer.
Today, this city-state is also covered by the primitive jungle 65 million years ago, and it has become the territory of Quetzalcoatl.
It can be seen that several women who were driving the ducks to the market were actually resisting this matter, and their husbands had even been sent there as sacrifices.
When I said these words, I almost cried.
The priestess hugged her two servants, and said in a sad and helpless voice: "For weak humans, there is no way at all. We cannot resist the will of the forest goddess, let alone resist.
The more terrifying, devil-like will of the goddess in the south."
"So, everyone, please come back."
"Ur City, no, the entire Mesopotamia has no hope. Now we are just struggling to survive..."
The atmosphere of sadness and despair spread with these words, and even God seemed to be unable to bear this atmosphere. Suddenly, dark clouds gathered and it started to rain.
No one moved in the heavy rain, as if they needed this heavy rain to wash away the negative emotions in their hearts.
Then, under such circumstances, with a burst of laughter and lightning and thunder, the Leopard Man suddenly appeared.
He stood on the tallest building next to the square, laughing very arrogantly, and his laughter revealed a sense of stupidity.
Then, when everyone looked at the Leopard Man, the Leopard Man crossed his arms in front of his chest and said in a very arrogant posture: "Hahaha~~ The sacrifice is here, you don't have to worry!"
"After all, if I kill a living sacrifice, I will be scolded as an old-fashioned person!"
"I just took them to Kukul and handed them over to Kukul!"