In the Gray Goose camp, the two largest tents were one belonging to the leader who had gone south, and the other to the old priest who had stayed behind.

The old priest is neither the most powerful priest in the tribe nor the person the leader relies on the most, but he is currently the oldest priest in the entire southern Benma Plain and the master of most of the priests. Everyone in the Benma camp

All the barbarian priests were taught by him personally.

According to the oral tradition in the barbarian camp, the old priest is almost omnipotent. From the gods believed by the barbarians to the gods believed by the main orc tribes nearby, he knows the corresponding sacrificial methods and can communicate with them.

gods.

The old priest deduces the weather, is familiar with the calendar, can communicate with plants and animals, and can also prepare various herbs and magic potions.

It was when the current head goose of the Gray Goose tribe was 10 years old, the old priest took a fancy to this child and told the tribal leader that this child would definitely inspire blood in the future, so the previous generation of head geese began to train the successors who are now all-powerful in the dragon territory.

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Today's old priest is no longer the most trusted person by his Touyan disciples. A few months ago, because he disagreed with Touyan's plan to go south, he quarreled with Touyan several times and refused to allow him to attend the Winter Conference.

proposal.

The stubbornness of the old priest even made Touyan a little annoyed. In Touyan's view, the battle going south was a ceremony for him to be crowned the king of the barbarians. He longed for the teacher who was the first to discover his potential to personally offer him the title of barbarian king in Lot Castle.

God's blessing.

However, the old priest firmly refused. Touyan knew that no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could not force the old priest to go south with him. It was not easy to make the god happy, but to make the god unhappy, he only needed to anger the priest.

At that time, Touyan, who had not yet been dazzled by the victory and was planning to just take Lot Castle and put it away as soon as possible, asked the old priest to guard the headquarters camp for him. After all, the camp and the salt mine were the Gray Goose tribe's biggest support.

This time the old priest agreed. He took the remaining leader of the Gray Goose tribe and sent away the head geese and most of the young people in the camp. At that moment, the old priest felt that his time was running out.

In the old priest's tent, not only was the foundation fully compacted, but the ground was also covered with a thick layer of pack animal skins, which were hard and waterproof.

The most notable thing inside the tent is an altar, with some holy symbols engraved with blood stains on the altar. Under the detective are some tributes, including grains, pickled monster meat, and barbarian incense burners.

The old priest's bed is very simple. There is only a small bed on the left side of the tent. There is a wooden bookshelf next to the bed, which is filled with magic scrolls and animal skin books. Several notebooks of the old priest are placed directly on the ground.

Above, on the right side of the tent is a small classroom surrounded by several animal skin cushions. This is where the old priest passes on the barbarian sacrificial rituals.

The priestly inheritance of the barbarians is very different from that of the human race. The priests of the human race have their own sects, and the sects can all be traced back to a certain god or a certain demigod.

However, the beliefs of the barbarians are very mixed. From the beast gods to the righteous gods of the human empire, to the two suns and three months, they believe in some righteous gods as long as they are still effective.

Before entering the Galloping Horse Plains, the barbarians did believe in a certain human god. However, due to the influence of magic turbulence, the barbarians lost contact with their gods. Therefore, every time they offered sacrifices, the priests would call the gods one by one.

Whoever shakes it counts, and whichever god can respond will offer more. If you don't get a response, you won't be left behind in the next sacrifice. Who knows whether there will be a response next time?

In the Gray Goose camp, every barbarian who inspires the demonic bloodline will learn from the old priest in the first month after successfully inspiring them. The old priest will ask the apprentice to try to communicate with every righteous god. If within a month

, there is no response from any righteous god, indicating that this child is not suitable to be a priest apprentice.

For the barbarians on the Galloping Horse Plains, the probability of becoming a demon possessor is 1/5, and the probability of becoming a priest is 1/100. Through his lifelong teaching, the old priest has not taught a few young people who can stably call the gods.

But in the past two years, the old priest finally found the most suitable successor. Now in the camp, the old priest is busy taking care of his apprentices all day long, and does not manage things in the camp at all. If Touyan hadn't entrusted him with it before leaving, he really planned to do this

In winter, he takes his apprentices to travel among other tribes, allowing them to learn more knowledge and broaden their horizons.

After the Gray Goose messenger who came in the morning took away the cavalry in the camp, the old priest hid in his tent.

I was teaching a few apprentices on the animal skin cushions when I heard someone shouting outside.

"Master Priest, Master Priest, there is a tribe coming from outside. There are quite a few people. The leaders don't know what to do!"

"They don't know what to do? I know?" The priest had been repeatedly interrupted in the past two days to participate in camp affairs, and he was very impatient.

"There are more people on the other side."

"If there are too many people, call back all the people who left in the morning."

"Master Priest...they...they are from the south, they should..."

The old priest heard something was wrong. He put down the scroll in his hand and walked out of the tent.

"Tell me, how many people are there?"

“Minimum 200 people”

"I understand, tell those leaders that I will come right away." The old priest's tone was very calm at this moment. When the messenger left, he returned and entered the tent.

"Wendy, take the four of them and hide in your own tent with the priest robes I made for you." The old priest walked to the teaching area and said to several apprentices.

"Ah, Grandpa, are there any enemies outside the camp?" The person speaking was Wendy, the old priest's newly found apprentice. She and the other four human girls were all human demon-possessed girls specially found by the old priest. It can be said that they are

The rarest possessor of demons in the entire Galloping Horse Plains and the northwest region of the Dragon Kingdom.

Wendy is just 14 this year. Because she has inspired the demon-hugging bloodline, she is now almost 1.9 meters tall. Only the human and barbarian demon-hugging people in the entire camp can surpass Wendy in strength, and the remaining four girls are the same size.

They are slightly petite, and are all over 1.8 meters tall.

Wendy and the others are far better at learning than the barbarian priest apprentices, and they learn faster. The old priest regarded them as treasures as soon as they discovered them. However, the demon embracers in the barbarian camp are all men, and their attitude towards women is very rude. They are afraid of hurting a few.

The old priest of the girls has been keeping them secretly in several tents, and also made robes and masks for the priest apprentices for these girls.

Girls must wear robes and masks when leaving the tent. Their height makes the demon-free and barbarians in the camp unaware of their female identities.

Only Touyan has seen them in the entire camp. He regards Wendy and the girls as his future wealth and agrees to let the old priest hide the girls.

"Take my scepter. If our camp is really attacked, you can ride on the black scale horse behind my tent and escape to the salt mine. Go there to find the intermediate magician Gandalf. He will take care of you.

of."

"Grandpa, are you so good this time?" asked another girl, Lili.

The old priest did not speak, but turned to the bookcase next to his bed and found a few notebooks.

"If you don't have my guidance in the future, you can just read these books. These are all notes I wrote in human language when I was traveling in the interior of the Human Empire. You can understand them." The old priest handed a few books to Wendy.

"Go to the stables and ride the horses you had before. Remember to wear a mask and a robe. Don't be exposed."

Wendy and the other girls looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Hey," the old priest looked at the five girls. At this moment, his mind was full of the scene when he saw Wendy for the first time. At that time, Wendy was dressed up like a girl on the grassland, wearing a hat decorated with feathers.

, wearing leather clothes, with bright blue eyes on a small face that was still a little fat. The old priest looked at them, knowing that this was probably the last time they would see them.

"Go quickly." The old priest did not ask in the end. Do they resent him for buying them here on the galloping horse plain? They originally thought that these girls were rejected by the people around them, and maybe they were not so good when they first came here.

There are emotions, but in the future, when they really become the priests of a large tribe, the resentment in their hearts will disappear, and maybe they can still thank themselves.

But the gods did not give the old priest enough time, nor did they give the Gray Goose tribe a chance to continue to grow.

In the end, no one of the five girls said a word, they just left the tent silently.

"The day we have finally waited for." Seeing the five girls walking out of the tent, the old priest let out a sigh of relief.

When the previous Gray Goose leader occupied the salt mine 10 years ago, he knew that there would be such a day. Over the years, the salt mines and iron mines have brought more and more benefits to the barbarians on the Galloping Horse Plains, which has also led to conflicts between tribes.

The conflict between the two countries is more intense than in the past hundred years.

The large tribes of Gray Goose, Eagle, Bull, and Wandering Badger have replaced the traditional small and medium-sized tribes of the barbarians. The barbarians have a cavalry team of more than 100 people. The small tribes that were once independent of each other are now tied together by alliances.

But all this comes at a price. Mining requires technology, workers, and the support of magic and alchemy equipment, but the barbarian tribe has none of them. Therefore, the Gray Goose Tribe and the Blue Dragon, Maned Wolf, Frost Wolf and the Palace Master

The clan forces are entangled.

The salt mine has made Gray Goose no longer a simple nomadic tribe. A large number of human demonic slaves have been found from the human empire to enter the mining areas to mine. The tribes on the plains also rely heavily on black scale horses, iron armor and other industries, relying on the empire's

Grain input.

After several years of development, the Gray Goose tribe has been stationed semi-fixedly outside the salt mines. All the black-scaled horses in the camp are no longer riders' partners, but commodities to be exchanged.

Commodities and gold coins connect originally independent tribes into a network.

The old priest knew that sooner or later, a powerful force would appear on the plains, integrate the tribes on the plains, and establish a new era.

But he didn't expect that this era would come so quickly, and that his tribe was being crushed by the new era.
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