There is no border between the desert people and the barbarians. One is to the west and the other is to the north. They are both powerful enemies of the Kingdom of Pontos.
Since the founding of Pontos, there have been countless conflicts with the desert people and barbarians, and they even broke out into brutal wars. However, due to geographical constraints, the desert people and barbarians have never joined forces.
Moreover, the barbarians are arrogant and straightforward by nature, and they firmly believe that they can solve everything by relying on their own strength. Therefore, even if the desert people wanted to join forces with the barbarians to besiege the Kingdom of Pontos, they have never been realized.
But today, Shiloh discovered the sacrificial magic of the desert people in the barbarian wilderness and in a cave of a monster. Why didn't this scare him?
Just when Shiloh was surprised, Bullock suddenly said: "Boss, there are murals on the walls here to worship ancestors!"
Shiloh responded and noticed that on the stone walls of the cave, there were strange murals painted with red, white, and blue paint. The characters in the paintings shone under the green firelight.
It was as if it had come to life, twisting wildly.
Shiloh looked carefully and saw many figures on the mural, holding various weapons in their hands, surrounding a snow bear as big as a small mountain, as if hunting, while a barbarian with a mask on his head stood there.
In front of the bear, it waved its hands and feet, seeming to be dancing a strange dance.
Behind this man, several barbarians were kneeling with painful expressions, not knowing what was going on.
Shiloh couldn't understand the meaning of the mural and asked Bullock: "Brock, this mural looks like it has been there for hundreds of years. Can you understand the message in it?"
Bullock rarely spoke. With a straight face, he looked at the mural carefully, not missing even the slightest clue. By the time he had seen it all, several minutes had passed.
"Boss, the people on the mural are making sacrifices."
"Sacrifice?"
"That's right, we barbarians believe that all things have animism. After death, all animals will turn into spirits and return to the world. By communicating with spirits, you can gain powerful power and gain the favor of God."
"What is described in this mural is that the barbarians of this tribe are offering sacrifices and prayers to their totem spirits... which is what we often call the ancestor spirits, hoping to get the help of the spirits so that the tribe can give birth to warriors with the power of gods.
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"This man is a wizard, and the entire ceremony was performed by him." Bullock pointed to the masked figure.
"And these are the warriors who participated in the sacrificial ceremony." He pointed to the kneeling figures and said silently.
Only then did Shiloh understand the meaning of the entire mural. He couldn't help but marveled and asked: "The barbarian wizards are so powerful? Can they create extraordinary warriors out of thin air?"
Bullock shook his head and said: "No matter how powerful the wizards are, it is impossible for ordinary people to master the power of gods... which is what Pontos calls the extraordinary power. However, during these sacrifices, the wizards have mastered various
Magical witchcraft can help warriors strengthen their bodies, heal wounds, and even drain the enemy's life, making them weak."
Shiloh thought to himself, isn't this magic, but he just doesn't know what the difference is between witchcraft and magic.
The bear hunting operation has ended. Although a shocking discovery has been made, Hilo has not found any traces of the desert people yet, so he can only keep this matter in mind and prepare to continue the investigation later. He is preparing to call Bullock to take the snow bear.
As the head left, Bullock suddenly frowned, walked over to the dead snow bear, brushed aside the fur on its belly and looked at it carefully, and then looked at the mural.
He looked at it once or twice, as if confirming something. Shiloh followed his line of sight and saw that the giant bear on the mural had a strange pattern on its belly. If you didn't look carefully, you would mistakenly think that
It's a stain.
As for the snow bear that had just been hunted by Bullock, where its fur was pulled back, a pattern was revealed that was exactly the same as the one on the mural, and even the location was similar.
"Boss, we seem to have killed a tribe's totem spirit."
Bullock looked serious and smiled wryly at Shiloh's silly voice.
Shiloh was stunned, and suddenly a bad premonition surged in his heart. He asked tentatively: "Brock, what is the status of this totem spirit among your barbarians?"
"Probably, it's similar to the ancestral graves at your home, boss."
Shiloh:……
Shiloh suddenly jumped up and cursed: "Damn! Are we just going to dig up other people's ancestral graves quietly?"
"Then why are you still standing there? Let's go quickly. Do you have to wait for someone to come to your door?!"
"Brock, please remove all the spears from the body. Don't leave the murder weapon. As for the fingerprints... forget it, there is no such thing as fingerprints in this era. Let's leave quickly!"
"Boss, what should I do with this little bear?"
Shiloh suddenly stopped, turned his head slightly, and looked at the cub lying on the mother bear, constantly squeezing the mother bear's fur that was slowly getting cold, and calling to its mother with a milky sound.
This cub hasn't even opened its eyes yet, just like a puppy. It's extremely pitiful.
Shiloh gritted his teeth and said: "Bring it with you! If people from this tribe really catch up, use this cub as a threat!"
Bullock yelled, bent down, grabbed the cub by the back of the neck, carried it, strode forward, and climbed up.
In the process of returning to the ground, Shiloh always felt that something was wrong. He thought about how his group was so unlucky and how the randomly selected prey happened to be the totem spirit of a tribe. In this way, they had done nothing.
He also offended a tribe.
Now Shiloh and others are isolated and helpless. If they really make too many enemies, they will be in a dilemma in the wasteland.
The more Shiloh thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. When he almost reached the ground, Shiloh raised his head and looked at the white sky through the entrance of the ice cave, and suddenly realized that something seemed wrong.
He grabbed Bullock suddenly and told him, "Wait a minute, Bullock, be careful. The situation seems to have changed."
Bullock scratched his forehead and said oh. His reaction seemed like he didn't take Shiro's warning to heart at all. However, when he walked out of the ice cave, he cautiously stuck his head out and looked around carefully.
Looked around.
This sight made Bullock stunned.
On the wasteland outside the ice cave, a large group of barbarians in white fur coats appeared at some point. There were at least more than 200 people, and the more than ten members of the Skull-Crushing Tomahawk tribe they brought with them were
He was tied up with five stripes and his mouth was stuffed with linen, and he was thrown aside.
Shiloh also forced his head out. Seeing this scene, he immediately understood the source of what he felt was wrong before.
I saw the leader of the beast teeth standing beside the barbarians in white fur coats, his eyes full of hatred looking towards this side.
They were actually tricked by the beast-tooth leader and fell into a trap.