Aztec Eternals

"Priest! The raiding fleet attacked at night, captured a large ship of the demon, captured eight white-skinned captives, and set the second large ship on fire!... But in the end, the second ship escaped!..."

"May the Lord bless you! I have seen it. The warriors fought very well and did their best! I will report to the High Priest Tomat in person and commend the raiding fleet!..."

"Ah, thank you! Respected Priest!"

The sun rose to the sky, and the brilliant light fell on the sea surface of Gonaf Bay, flashing with sparkling waves. The sea water here is clear light green, symbolizing the shallow sea close to the continental shelf. At present, hundreds of Taino canoes, carrying two or three hundred militiamen, are swimming in the sea area where the battle took place, looking for possible gains.

Some militiamen picked up the wooden barrels thrown by the "white-skinned demons". When they opened them, they found that the things inside were in a mess, with everything! Some of the barrels were filled with ship equipment and planks, and the most were iron blocks and stones for ocean-going counterweights. Some of the barrels were full of precious salt, but the next barrel was filled with extremely smelly, dizzying pickled fish!

"Evil! These white-skinned demons are really weird! How can they swallow such smelly pickled fish?..."

From time to time, Taino militiamen rowed small boats to bring back "trophies" to the respected "Priest of the Lord God". And the object of their respectful return was the "ordinary militia" who had communicated with Shushu before. At this moment, he changed into a priest's costume and was standing on a larger canoe, staring at the messy battlefield after the battle with the "demon fleet", and fell into deep thought from time to time.

"Hey! The wooden barrel thrown by this demon is actually full of iron blocks? And there are more than one such barrels?... Could it be that this is their counterweight for sailing? But can they have so much iron to use as ballast?..."

"One barrel of salt, two barrels of salt, three barrels of salt?... Is this the salt eaten by the demons themselves? Or is it the cargo loaded on the ship? The color of this salt seems to be of high quality!... It seems that the tribe where this group of demons came from is rich in salt!..."

As a coastal country, the Kingdom of Portugal does have the leading salt-making industry in Europe, and the salt-drying technology is already very mature! Both Lisbon and Setubal have coastal salt fields of astonishing scale. The "salt goods" trade, and the accompanying "pickled fish" goods, are the most common materials that the Portuguese used to open up the southern African continent and trade with the chieftain kingdoms of black Africa!

After all, in this European continent at the end of the 15th century, in addition to re-export trade, the only products that the Kingdom of Portugal could produce were "a lot of salt", "a lot of fish", "a small amount of pearls" and "some ironware". Well, the sugar industry that has begun to develop in the Azores and Madeira Islands is also a potential product and a real money-printing machine in Europe. This is also the reason why King João attaches great importance to the Azores, an originally desolate fiefdom...

"Praise the Lord! Respected priest! The warrior captain Copili presents you with the totem flag of the evil demon! May the glory of the Lord shine, the wings of the hummingbird fly, and all the evil demons turn into smoke!..."

"Bless you, Captain Copili, you are extremely brave! The Lord witnesses your bravery. The front lines of the hot land of Cuba and the front lines of the mountainous islands of Haiti need outstanding warriors like you!"

Under the guard of the kingdom warriors, the captured "evil sailor" slowly drove the captive ship to the shore of the Marion tribe. And the warrior leader Copili personally brought the "evil demon totem" to present a gift to the "respected priest". The respectful attitude he showed clearly proved that this "Priest" was extraordinary!

In fact, if this "Priest" had not sent an envoy for help, the Cuban fleet would not have assembled and set off so quickly, and it would not have taken only four or five days for the rapid support to arrive and block the evil demons!

"Strange! The evil demons captured this time seem to come from different tribal kingdoms than the previous batch! The totem of the previous tribe was the "Castle Jaguar". And now the totem of this tribe is the strange "Blue and White Cross"?..."

The "ordinary militia" took the flag of the Kingdom of Portugal and turned it over and over in his hands for a long time, trying to recall the memory in his mind. Unfortunately, although his brother told him about the prophecy related to the East China Sea Continent, he did not remember it clearly and it was difficult to really understand it.

Yes! The identity of this "ordinary militia" is Xiu Luote's fourth brother, the fourth of the eight sons currently born to Xiusoke, Xiu Maoying!

The reason why he is called "Cat Owl" is because he was born at night and there were owls calling, so Xiusoke gave him this name. Just like his second brother "White Eagle" and third brother "Grey Dog", they were all "good names" decided by Xiusoke after seeing flying eagles and coyotes!

Fortunately, Xiu Luote's name was given by his grandfather Xiuter himself, using a divine pseudonym. Otherwise, it would probably be "Xiu Hummingbird" or "Xiu Redbird". If it was a little worse, he would have been like his fifth brother who was still studying at Shenwei University, because his father Xiusoke saw a mole digging a hole the next day, so he named him "Xiu Mole"...

As the fourth of the eight brothers, Xiu Cat Owl is 20 years old this year and has just graduated from Shenwei University. He arrived at the forefront of resisting the invasion of evil demons at the beginning of last year and started as a first-level main god priest.

In Xiu Maoying's heart, his eldest brother Xiu Luote has been very mysterious since he was a child. He has the divine aura of "smart and precocious" and "reincarnation of ancestors", and is loved by his grandfather. He never plays with his younger brothers, but often discusses important matters with the elders. He even led troops to fight in his teens and went out for years! The feelings of the younger brothers towards their elder brothers are more awe than closeness, and there is a sense of elder brother being like a father.

And when Xiu Luote divided the Kingdom of the Lake, he became more and more like a king. He selected a large number of talented priests, rewarded brave warriors, and never used people based on blood ties. He was quite strict with his brothers and relatives, even a little harsh!

Of course, his father Xiusoke gave him enough brothers. Even if one or two died in the battle, the rest would be a reliable family force as long as they were tempered.

For example, the second brother White Eagle and the third brother Greyhound were always brought by Xiu Luote and thrown into the guard camp for tempering. The two participated in the Tlaxcala and Totonac expeditions, and were wounded many times, but never received any obvious preferential treatment. Even though they fought bravely and made military achievements in the two expeditions, the current positions of the two brothers were only the commanders of two thousand warrior battalions, and they were truly trained and promoted from the bottom!

Before returning to Trochtitlan, Xiu Luote left these two brothers in their early twenties, one in the capital of the Lake Kingdom and the other in the Totonac Seaside Alliance. This can be regarded as a "royal family" that has been tempered for six or seven years and can be trusted a little more.

As for the younger "Cat Owl" and "Mole", they are younger and Xiu Luote has trained them earlier. They were all thrown into Shenwei University to study culture and took the path of priests. But after they graduated, they still did not receive any obvious preferential treatment and had to go to the bottom or even the front line for training.

This is the case with the fourth brother Xiu Maoying. At the request of his brother's letter, he "volunteered" to come to the front line of Cuba, the island of Haiti!

At that time, the Xishi tribe, with a population of tens of thousands, was threatened by the Xiri and Zhongrishi tribes and was in urgent need of external assistance. Chief Marion even wanted to convert to the Lord God and offer his daughter, who had the right of inheritance, for marriage to gain the support of the "Xidao Longship Tribe". After searching all over Cuba, only Xiu Maoying had enough status and the most suitable identity. He also volunteered to "dedicate himself to the Lord" to control one-fifth of the island of Haiti...

"Well...it seems that the white-skinned demons that appeared this time were not the 'castle tribe' that my brother estimated?!...Then are they the 'Port Tribe', which is the west of the 'castle tribe'? Or are they the 'Port Tribe', which is the 'Freedom Fighter Tribe', in the north? Or is it the 'France', the 'Freedom Fighter Tribe', in the north? Or, is it the 'England', the 'Corner Tribe'?..."

"According to my brother, the white-skinned demons in the early stage could only come from these three tribes! At most, there are some 'merchant city-states'..."

"Ordinary militiamen" frowned, while Copili looked respectful and waited patiently. He bowed his head and saluted until the other party looked up, and said with a smile.

"Respected priest! Please give this demon ship we captured a pious name!..."

"Haha! Kopili, you led people to board and captured this ship yourself... According to Huitu's previous practice, you can name it yourself... Okay, okay! No need to be so polite!... Well, since this is the ship you captured, I will name it after you! From now on, this ship will be called "Leopard Head"!..."

Hearing the words of the priest Xiu Maoying, Leopard Head Kopili was overjoyed and grinned. Being able to name a demon ship with your own name is naturally the best reward for bravery and piety!

The only three ships in Cuba now are the "Gray Earth" captured by Huitu, the "Stone Spear" captured by the warrior Stone Spear, and the "Leopard Head" he captured! Red-haired Chapo failed this time, otherwise he could have named the ship "Chapo Tree" after himself...

"Priest! Priest!"

Just as the two were talking happily, two small boats arrived from different directions almost at the same time! Red-haired Chapo's dog-born subordinate glared, and another Taino militiaman shrank his neck, letting this fierce warrior speak first.

"Priest who is bigger than the sky! Boss Chapo sent me to report... He found the location of the large thunder weapon, right where he anchored his ship!"

"Oh! Did you find that large weapon? The cannon that fell from the demon ship?..."

"Yes, priest! Boss sent many sailors to the sea to search until the sun rose to the middle of the sky... The sun was best around noon, and a brother with the best eyesight saw the reflection of the cannon!..."

"Good! Good! Lord God bless me! I want to go and see it myself! Brother... His Majesty told me that the demon's cannon is the most sharp, the bigger the better! If this cannon can be fished up, it will be a real thunder weapon!..."

Priest Xiu Maoying was very happy, and took two priest apprentices who were rowing to rush to the place where the "Stone Spear" was anchored. Copil quickly extended his hand and invited the "Priest" to board his "Gray Earth". Before boarding the ship, Xiu Maoying remembered another Taino militiaman who reported the news, and asked with a kind smile.

"By the way! You haven't told me yet, what 'trophies' did you get?"

"Ah! The priest from the west, the powerful son-in-law of the great chief... We just fished out two people who were hugging each other tightly and were drowned and unconscious! One of them was a white-skinned 'evil demon', very scary, with golden hair and light blue eyes! The other one was yellow-skinned, with a tattoo on his face, which was completely different from ours... No matter how you look at it, it looks like the vicious 'Caribs' from the east!..."