Aztec Eternals

"I am happy here and don't miss Shu..."

The eagle is thrown into the cage and sings like a bird. The sun sets in the valley, dimming like the stars and the moon. As soon as Shulot entered the royal capital, he was also prepared for this. He has to indulge in leisurely pleasures so that all those who are secretly paying attention to and wary of him can relax! …

"Chewami, during the month I was away from the capital in the lake...how was it in the capital?..."

"Your Majesty the God King, everything is stable in the capital city of the lake. The great nobles, priests and elders are following the instructions you left, focusing on spring plowing in the lake area and accumulating food for the southern expedition. And the craftsman camp in the capital is also working day and night. Accumulate the new gunpowder that has just been imitated, and cast three different bronze cannons..."

The flag of the Mexica King with the bloody sun is erected in the mountain city of Huactepec State. It is a full two hundred miles away from the lake capital at the center of the alliance. It is the easternmost side of the three southern states and is connected to the Huastec people in the southeast.

At this moment, three royal legions were stationed in the three southern states, plus a royal legion patrolled by the God King, four thousand Broken Hair Guards... that is a total of thirty-six thousand Mexica warriors. Enough to suppress all the city-state nobles in the southern part of the alliance, as well as the disloyal Mixtec tribes!

The setting sun sets over the mountains, reflecting the bloody light all around. Avit, wearing a bloody sun cloak, stood in the main temple of the mountain city. Calmly and indifferently, he looked at the sacred fire in the temple altar and the dozens of heads burned in the flames, just like looking at dead "ants".

However, the owner of these dozen heads is not an ant. On the contrary, they are all nobles of the three southern states of the Alliance, and they were once high-ranking "cocoa trees". And the reason why they died was either because they were unwilling to transfer to the land of Tlaxcala, or because they were intermarrying with the Mixtec tribes and had too close relationship with the people in the clouds...

Of course, God King Avit didn't care about these unimportant nobles who were sacrificed. What really made him care and keep one eye open was...

"Where's Shulot? Apart from seeing Uncle Kakamazin, what else has he done in the past half month?"

"His Majesty the God King, His Highness Hulot has been with Princess Alyssa all day long, focusing on the continuation of the royal family... He did not meet with the nobles of the feudal kingdom in the lake, nor did he have a private meeting with the envoys of the Coastal Alliance. Apart from Ka Except for Chief Kamazin, he did not meet with other royal elders..."

Chevamitel lowered his head, wearing an inconspicuous black robe, and knelt down behind the God King. In the Nahua language, "Chewamitl" means a dagger in the shadows. And the task he is engaged in is, obviously, "a gaze in the shadows."

As the new leader of the secret guards, Chivamitel took over the intelligence duties of the snake girl Gillim, and became the most hidden "eyes of the God-King" in the center of the entire alliance. As for the female snake Gillim, she stayed in the lake capital and was responsible for various administrative affairs of the alliance.

In fact, after Avitt made the decision to establish Xiuhua as the Son of the Sun God, he divided the huge authority of the female snake Gillim into three parts: administration, logistics and intelligence, and handed them over to different people...

"Huh? Focus on the continuation of the royal family? No private meetings with elders, nobles and envoys?"

Hearing such a reply, Avitt frowned, but felt a little more relaxed. He glanced at the respectful and ordinary-looking Shadow Daggerwami, and asked again in a deep voice.

"How did the secret guard respond? Did Shulot show dissatisfaction? Did he show resentment?..."

"Your Majesty the God King, except for the first few days, His Highness Shulot was a little depressed. In the other days, he has been... um... indulgent in pleasure, singing with the eldest princess day and night... The secret guards couldn't tell what he was dissatisfied with. The anger and resentment may be very deep..."

"Indulging in pleasure? Singing with Alyssa day and night?..."

Avitt's frown deepened and he pondered without speaking. This doesn't seem to be Shulot's style. Did he really give up his power and want to live comfortably in the capital? Or is it just on the surface, a show for him? …

"Chewami, any more news?"

Hearing this, Shadow Dagger Chewami hesitated for a few breaths before carefully lying on the ground and replied.

"The secret guard in the mansion reported... In the past few days, the eldest princess is planning to go to the temple of the Goddess of Spring with Her Highness Shulot to summon the goddess priests and hold a ceremony to pray for heirs!..."

"What?! Alyssa is going to summon the goddess priests to hold a child-seeking ceremony for the Goddess of Spring?... What a nonsense! What a nonsense! ..."

Upon hearing his daughter's plan, Avitt's eyelids twitched, and the solemn expression on his face could no longer be maintained for an instant.

Of course he knew what the Spring Goddess Ceremony was like, and he had even experienced it himself. It was very unforgettable when he thought about it. That kind of ritual that combines extravagant music, charming dance, light and shadow, evil sacrifices, intoxication and joyful singing is simply more soul-breaking and will-consuming than holy water and divine smoke...

"Lord God! Damn it! I shouldn't have left the temple of the Goddess of Spring to Alyssa in the first place... What did those charming priestesses teach her? What a mess!..."

"Your Majesty the God King, do you want to...send an envoy to stop it?..."

".never mind!…"

Avitt thought for a long time, sighed softly, and shook his head.

"Keep an eye on them, but don't interfere!...Those lascivious rituals are, after all, the preference of the goddess of spring. They are divine rituals for begging for children...If the two of them could settle down and have more children, it would be great. It’s not a bad thing... The royal family of the solar system needs more heirs to stabilize it!... And little Chimalpilli is only 13 years old, so there is still no hope for him right now..."

"Well, that's right! Chewami, Asuka Shah, the chief leader of the Nishui City Department, how is the current progress? What's the reply from the envoy sent to the Coastal Alliance?"

"Your Majesty the Divine King, Asuka Shah has secretly arrived at Qinbo Ali to contact his old headquarters in Nishui City... The royal envoys also communicated with the divine descendants of the Seaside Alliance... But the kingdom has cleaned up the old nobles in the seaside, and The various tribes were dispersed, a flag force was established for farming, and military merits were awarded and land was awarded... In such a hurry, I am afraid there will be little progress..."

Shadow Dagger Chewami lowered his head, looking ashamed. This overt and covert contact between the two seaside alliances has yet to see any results.

"On the surface, the tribes of Xitotonac obey the Mexica Alliance, but in fact they do not obey the orders of the Alliance Central Committee, but obey the king's order of the Kingdom of the Lake. The influence of the Alliance Center can only reach Wushan City... and Baihai on the seaside The Vantotonac tribes nominally worship the goddess Xiu Light Snake of Mexica-Totonac, but in fact they are united by the snake girl Miava, the black wolf Toltech, and the East China Sea Marshal Bertad. Take control…”

"The seaside alliance of the Totonac people, the seaside tribes that are connected into one...Mexica-Totonac goddess cultivating the light snake?...Xulot, you have left this arrangement!..."

Thinking of the situation at the seaside, Avitt lowered his eyes and felt a rare difficulty. The reason for this difficulty lies not in the force of the Coastal Alliance, but in the distance from the Alliance to the East China Sea!

After all, the distance to the seaside land of Totonac is simply too far. The broken and difficult jungle terrain also seriously hindered the army's ability to move.

Within three hundred miles of the Mexican Alliance, the Alliance can easily dispatch a hundred thousand warriors to fight and recruit more militiamen to join the expedition. But at a distance of 600 miles, this number must be reduced by at least 30%, preferably less than 70,000 warriors. And in a distant place a thousand miles away, without sufficient local food supplies, only about 30,000 warriors could be maintained. And such a force, for the Coastal Alliance with millions of tribes, naturally does not have superior strength...

"Witness the Lord God! Since the treatment of the seaside land belongs to Shulot's lake kingdom, there is no need to rush it. Well, Shulot gave birth to a daughter, and the goddess cultivated the light snake... but we can use a longer-term approach. Solve... And the current Seaside Alliance is also undergoing the missionary work and Mexicization of the Lord God, so let’s put it aside for now!...

After thinking for a moment, Avitt gradually had a clear idea in his mind. However, whether and how to use this idea... we have to wait until he returns to the capital to see Shulot's performance before making a decision.

In addition to these long-term plans, the most important purpose of his inspection to the southeastern Gaoshan City this time was to make more preparations for the upcoming conquest of the People in the Clouds! …

"Chewami, send more merchants and secret guards to spy on the details of the Mixtec and Zapotec tribes and produce a more detailed map!..."

"Yes! His Majesty the God King! The conquest of the people in the clouds?..."

"With the blessing of my ancestors and the Lord God, I have made my decision!"

Avitt squinted his eyes and looked at the mountains and valleys in the southeast. It was like a fire was burning in his chest, he was so impatient!

"After the autumn harvest in October this year, the alliance armies will set off south one after another to conquer the thousands of miles of jungle in the south and conquer the last Yunzhong tribes!..."

Upon hearing such an order, Shadow Daggerwami fell on the ground, suppressed the excitement in his voice, and solemnly agreed in a respectful voice.

"Yes! Follow your will, supreme God King! Under your glorious leadership, the powerful Mexica Alliance will surely dominate the world!..."