The torch of the Thunder God Pyramid Temple burned throughout the entire night and gradually extinguished at dawn. This night, this bright fla was deeply imprinted in the eyes of tens of thousands of Totonac people, leaving a fear carved into their very bones and unforgettable!
However, the terrifying torch did not end there. Under the guidance of the chieftain’s trusted aide, the dark green figures moved grimly through the firelight, appearing one after another in the center of the city-state and the residences of various divine descendants, chieftains, and priests. Then, the screams of fear and panic, the brief and intense sounds of killing, echoed throughout the entire city-state, and quickly subsided into silence. Along with them vanished the esteed tribal leaders and all tribal warriors who dared to resist.
"Thunder falls, flas sweep the mountain forest. Beasts flee, dead wood burns to ashes!... However, in the terrible wildfire, small ants huddle together, hiding deep underground. The outer ants die, charred, but the queen ant survives. She clings tightly to her body, waiting for the fire to pass, waiting for the charred forest filled with food and free of predators..."
Chief Serpent Mother Miyava, wearing a feather crown and a chieftain’s short robe, sat cross-legged atop the pyramid, gazing at the flas and destruction below. She was barefoot, her calves exposed, her short robe fluttering, outlining a captivating curve, a sacred smile on her face. The forr Serpent Priestess looked upward, her short hair fluttering, feeling the warmth and intensity of the firelight in the night wind. She couldn’t help but hug herself, like a girl warming by the fire on a winter night.
The faint light of dawn shot from the eastern sky, reflecting in the woman’s slightly raised eyes, brighter than ever before. The long night of fire finally passed, and the solemn chanting of the Chief God Priest began outside the western city gates, gradually resounding through the clouds!
"Praise the Chief Divine Huitzilopochtli! He is supre, omnipresent, and omnipotent!..."
"What is this? The Chief God’s conversion ceremony?... The xica people, they are really impatient..."
On the ancient pyramid, Miyava turned her head to look, a look of surprise on her face. In the western wilderness outside Golden Bay City, a row of newly lit Sacred Fires had already been ignited in the morning sun. The xica War Priests, wearing leather armor and carrying bronze axes, raised their hands high, praying to the morning sun. And a Divine Platform five or six ters high had been built overnight, enshrining the Chief God’s emblem and wood carving!
At this mont, tens of thousands of xica warriors, armored and ard, lined up and gathered in the wilderness, forming a giant circular sacrificial ground. Under the light of dawn, the neatly organized formations represented a reverence and murderous intent the Totonac people had never seen before!
Then, the sound of restless commotion accompanied the escorted allied forces’ prisoners, pouring into the circular center surrounded by xica warriors, one team after another. Rows of towering long spears shone with bronze’s sharp golden light, symbolizing the impending conversion and judgnt, rebirth or death!
"Praise the Chief Divine Huitzilopochtli! He will take away the converts’ hair and blood and control the believers’ souls! Believers in the divine will receive forgiveness and salvation, ascending to the beautiful Divine Kingdom! Non-believers will face divine punishnt and retribution, forever falling into the cold Black Abyss!..."
"Please, co! Supre Chief Divine! Oh, Huitzilopochtli!..."
The Chief God Priests chanted fervently, passionately calling out the divine na. The Assistant Priests spared no expense in throwing bags of expensive spices and rosin into the burning Sacred Fire!
Soon, faint Divine Smoke rose over the wilderness outside the city. The golden flas and gray smoke shifted and expanded, appearing to the Totonac warriors as volcano demons devouring the earth. Then, these volcano-born demons exhaled sulfurous volcanic breath, suddenly painted in ghostly blue under the horrified gaze of the Totonac people!
"The divine has arrived! It descends from the dawn, appearing in the bluish flas, gazing upon us with majesty!"
In the awe-filled and fearful eyes of tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers, Xiulote, wearing a stone crown and a complex black god robe, ascended the high Divine Platform.
This grand conversion ceremony would convert more than twenty thousand prisoners of the Eastern tribal allied forces and over forty thousand tribespeople of the Golden Bay tribes. This grand conversion includes multiple stages such as praying to the divine, sacrifice, judgnt, blood oath, conversion... lasting several days, determining the life and death of seventy thousand people, must be personally presided over by him!
And with his appearance, the fanatical shouts of the Kingdom’s Warriors bood like thunder, instantly silencing all noisy waves.
"Praise the Chief Divine! Praise His Highness!!... Praise Him! Divinely inspired His Highness! King in the Lake!!..."
Amidst the shocking shouts, Xiulote’s expression remained indifferent, head raised, looking towards the East. His solemn gaze paused slightly on the towering pyramid within the city before looking at the newborn sun over the sea and sky.
"The divine has arrived! It transforms into a divine being, casting divine spears, shooting out streaks of lightning!"
With Xiulote’s declaration, twenty copper cannons thundered into the sky with a deafening explosion! And under the terrifying thunder, seventy thousand startled Totonac prisoners finally prostrated themselves on the ground, bowing in submission to the inscrutable xica divine!
"Thunder explodes, thousands prostrate... that is the powerful God of Death His Highness..."
The Copper Beast roared with thunder, demonstrating an irresistible force to the Totonac people. On the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, the forr Serpent Priestess sighed softly. She gazed into the distance, unable to discern the King’s expression, but she could see the smoking and booming golden Copper Beast, the neatly guarded devout military corps, and the vast expanse of prostrate ants like the arrival of true divinity.
"The Thunder-summoning Copper Beast, the invincible corps... the powerful King, supre authority! Ah!..."
Miyava tightened her legs, greedily gazing for a mont, a slight blush suddenly appeared on her face, its thoughts were unknown. After a mont of intoxication, the forr Serpent Priestess breathed softly, suppressing all her desires. She bowed her head, bent her body, sincerely saluting the power-holding King from afar, regardless of whether anyone could see.
Subsequently, the Serpent Mother Chieftain, with a solemn expression, adjusted the feather crown on her head, then silently rose and walked down the pyramid. After the blood oath and conversion of more than twenty thousand allied forces, it was the turn for the grand conversion of the Golden Bay Tribes! This was a mont that truly decided life and death, and no matter if there was still half a day or a whole day left, she had to prepare early, daring not to remain seated on the pyramid overlooking the true King.
The spring breeze blew across the tall pyramid, bringing a still unscattered scent of blood. Miyava slled the scent of blood, wearing her feather crown, taking small steps, walked very slowly. And behind her, a clear announcent echoed as it was relayed by hundreds of Chief God Priests, like a wave gradually rising between the sea and sky, forever etched into her heart!
"The divine has arrived! It guides the souls of the pious believers to the red realm! It says, beneath the red sky, there shall be a red dawn!"
Xiulote’s eyes deepened, carrying a faint killing intent, watching over the seventy thousand kneeling Totonac people. He knew that the upcoming pronouncent would be punctuated with blood. But to unify the world, to integrate nations and beliefs, such blood and sacrifice, what does it count for?...
The Kingdom’s Warriors cheered, subrging the desert in their eerie silence. Xiulote, his expression indifferent, looked up at the East. His solemn gaze paused briefly at the towering pyramid in the city. And in the trembling silence of tens of thousands, he, unperturbed, shouted the bloody prelude.
"Where the divine eye sees, there shall be blood-red heaven and earth!"
"He says, those who convert to the Chief Divine, shall live! Those unwilling to convert, shall die!"
"The sacred grand conversion, begins now!..."
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