The humans and ratmen in the cave gathered together and built a platform as high as the ratman priest in front of the statue of the Goblin God. This platform was made of soil, stones and wood brought in from outside the cave.
.It looks like three cakes of different sizes stacked up from large to small.
At the top of the platform is a recently carved statue of the Horned Rat. Different from the evil god of the same name in a game that Lawrence had heard of in his previous life, the appearance of this main rat god called the Horned Rat actually looks like an upright animal.
A prairie dog holding a spiked whip and a flintlock gun in his hands. There is a small and cute-looking horn in the middle of his forehead.
The horns of the so-called big horned rat are actually not big at all, and there is only one reason why this god chose this name, that is, rat people don't actually have horns, so as long as they grow horns, they can be called big horns.
When everything was prepared, the rat-man priest took the other rat-man extraordinarys and wore colorful clothes and weird-shaped hats to move out all the sacrifices and ritual tools that would be used later.
.Then he placed it respectfully at the feet of the statue of the horned rat on the stage.
In addition to the temporarily collected flowers and branches exuding a certain fragrance, they also piled a series of sparkling things on them, such as wind chimes and handicrafts made of pearly shells on the seaside. Human beings
Made some very beautiful stirred glass beads.
As a necessary part of the ceremony, Lawrence also presented on behalf of mankind seven or eight pieces of natural nugget gold, the size of the smallest pinball, the largest size of a baby's fist, and dozens of bottles of fine ointment packed into alabaster bottles. Naturally,
These things from the astral plane were all erased by Nola using her own authority to carry all the information on them, so it was impossible for any god to trace their origins from here.
But this does not hinder the excellent quality of these ointments, which are added with the petals, nectar and lotus seeds of the golden lotus, a specialty of the temple in the astral plane. After Lawrence took out the ointment, the rat priest just sniffed it
After sniffing it, he said on the spot that he was willing to spend a lot of money to buy such a good thing.
After Lawrence said that he had taken out all the inventory in order to kill this important goblin altar, the rat man could only shake his head helplessly. He was not curious about why Lawrence had such a treasure.
After all, Lawrence is a spellcaster, so he must have a lot of good things.
After making an agreement with Lawrence not to forget him if he had such good things in the future, the priest climbed up on the platform and began to perform the consecration ceremony of the statue. He first embedded the holy emblem that Lawrence had just carved in gold into the heart of the statue.
In that groove, the entire statue was then anointed with the oil that Lawrence had dedicated.
In addition to these sacrifices that will be consumed in the ceremony, some weapons are also enshrined at the feet of the statue. Weapons that can be used by the rat people are now piled here. From sharpened sticks to
Short swords made of fine steel, from slings to the short-barreled pump-action shotguns that Lawrence and the others gave to the rat people this time.
According to the rat people, the heroes under the Horned Rat will need these weapons when the gods fight. So they are very serious about consecrating these weapons with various ointments and spices.
"It feels a bit strange." Lawrence thought of Nora's curious voice in his mind. "In my memory, it seems that ceremonies held for human gods do not require the preparation of so many varieties of things."
"This kind of ritual is actually similar to some of the rituals of the God of the Wilderness. Among some of the allies of mankind, this kind of ritual derived from shamanic sacrifices is relatively common." Lawrence explained.
From the moment he built the platform, the rat priest had been staring closely at the statue of the goblin god carved from pyrite. He needed to always pay attention to the changes in the goblin statue, especially its color.
The golden appearance like now means that the gods have not paid attention to this place yet, and it is a safe color. But once these colors change, it means that the gods have noticed this place, and the statue will turn into a goblin god to project power.
Important media will also turn into a huge source of pollution and curse.
Fortunately, the statue did not undergo any changes before the preparations were completed. But just when everyone was ready and the statue of the Great Horned Rat began to radiate a faint golden light, the goblin god carved from pyrite
Traces of jet black and blood red mist began to appear on the surface of the statue.
As soon as the first wisp of mist appeared, the rat priest put on a helmet made of boar tusks with a neat circle of pearl shell discs falling from the edge, and then, just like the old general on the stage in Lawrence's previous life, he put on a helmet.
The flag with various sequins on its back jumped up in front of the statue of the horned rat. While jumping, it swayed and beat the tambourine in its hand.
The other rat people also began to vigorously shake the brass bells in their hands, singing songs praising the horned rat in their mouths while shaking.
Lawrence and the other humans on the outermost edge were divided into two groups. One group held shields and daggers in their hands. After seeing the rat priest announcing his attack, they struggled to knock the shield in their hands with the dagger in their hands. The other group held a shield and a dagger in their hands.
There were only two people in the group, Lawrence and Nala. They each held a whale oil lamp in both hands, and they circled the huge cave hall clockwise and counterclockwise.
After the goblin god's idol changed, the surrounding shadows seemed to come alive and spread towards Lawrence and the others in the center of the entire space. At the same time, everyone present began to smell a faint smell of blood on their noses.
However, as the humans and rat people started the ritual, these evil changes were suddenly contained. The shadows that seemed to be revitalized into some evil creatures suddenly dispersed. At the same time,
, the bloody smell in the space was also dissipated by a faint sweet scent of lotus.
At this time, Lawrence discovered that the originally shining golden statue of the Goblin God had completely turned into some kind of ominous black, with only the eyes and heart turning red, as if it were bright blood. Lawrence could feel the unknown
Power is slowly seeping out from this statue.
These obviously ominous forces were restrained by the power of the horned rat within a palm's length of leaving the statue. What followed was a collision of forces between the two gods. Because this place was on the edge of the extension range of the gods' power,
So the scene of this collision of gods didn't look that intense.
In Lawrence's eyes, he only saw two rays of light, one gold and one red, representing the gods, colliding between the two statues. Then amid the dancing and tapping sounds of everyone present, the golden light representing the horned rat would
The goblin god's blood-red divine light pressed back on the statue step by step.
When the last ray of blood-red divine light was pressed back onto the statue of the Goblin God, the rat priest first prayed to the statue of the Great Horned Rat and then touched the pure gold holy symbol on the statue with his forehead.
The now consecrated ointment was stuck to his forehead. Then he stepped off the stage and took out a small hammer from his waist with a hammer head the size of a baby's fist.
As the rat priest walked step by step towards the statue of the Goblin God, the golden sacred light on the hammer in his hand became brighter and brighter. Until he walked to the statue, the hammer
The light emitted was so bright that it was impossible to see directly with the naked eye.
"Squeak--" With a loud shout, the rat-man priest raised the hammer in his hand above his head, and then slammed it towards the statue of the goblin god in front of him.