Pirate Kingship

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is July 20, the day of the "Holy Lake Coronation Ceremony".

It was clearly the rainy season that day, but the sky was clear throughout the empire, with only white clouds drifting by.

The high priest in charge of divination was obviously very good, and he had predicted the weather half a month in advance, which was much better than some weather forecasts that were inaccurate except for the date.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Before dawn, golden streams of light rose from all over the country, flying towards the capital of the empire like countless meteors.

There were thousands of sun chariots in total, and in addition to the hundreds of princes who were about to compete for the throne, there were even more attendants and guards.

The team of the four princes of Chinchasuyu was naturally among them. Not only was their scale extremely large, but it was unknown how many brothers had been secretly bribed by money.

Atahualpa, Byron, and Violet, the substitute guard captain, Cinch Roca, rode in the same car.

Looking at the huge city on the mountain in front of him, and a mountain lake as wide as the sea outside the city, he proudly introduced to them:

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, Your Majesty, the capital of our Sun Empire, Cusco, happens to be located at the junction of the four Suyu, and it is also the heart of the entire empire.

The four Suyu all started from this city, and it took nearly a thousand years to uproot countless totem god tribes and open up little by little.

Therefore, in Quechua, the Sun Empire is called 'Tawantinsuyu' and 'Four Directions'.

The holy lake Titicaca, where the ceremony is about to be held, is 20 miles outside the capital.

The vast plateau spanning 200 kilometers from north to south, covering 8,300 square kilometers, ranks among the top three in the entire Beast Paradise.

The 52 secret islands within the holy lake are the key to this fight for the crown of the empire."

Byron and Violet have heard him talk about the specific information of the coronation ceremony many times, and have also collected documents from previous years.

But it is not as shocking as coming here to see it in person.

The Sun Empire is a millennium empire ruled by an immortal god. Its civilization has a long history, and the fusion of myths and history is unique.

Because many of the fourteen kings in the past dynasties were promoted to gods, the history of the succession of the throne is a history of myths.

Perhaps only in this kind of country where people and gods coexist in the mythological era can such a peculiar heritage remain.

The most famous one is the legend about Manco Capac, the first king who founded the empire:

"Legend has it that [the Sun God] Inti felt the hardship of the primitive humans in the Ring of Fire Mountains, so he sent his son and daughter, Manco Capac, and his sister and wife Mama Ocllo Huaco, to lead three brothers and three sisters from the sky city of Machu Picchu to the ground.

And gave them a golden rod. As long as they encountered a place suitable for building a city and building a temple of the sun, the golden rod would drill into the ground by itself.

The eight brothers and sisters searched for twenty years in the dangerous Ring of Fire Mountains.

Period Some brothers died, some got separated, and some turned into stone. In the end, only Co. Capac and his sister successfully arrived at the city of Cusco by the Holy Lake.

The golden staff then automatically drilled into the ground.

The couple then taught the savages here to respect the [Sun God] Inti, worship and honor him as their god, formulate rules and laws, and make everyone live like rational and polite people.

They were also crowned as the first king and main queen as a matter of course. "

In short, Manco Capac was not only the first king of the Sun Empire, but also regarded as a great hero who created the entire civilization.

In the end, the couple gave birth to more than 400 children, making these children the earliest batch of nobles in the empire, and they themselves successfully promoted to the fifth level and became the [Sun God] Inti's subordinate gods.

Returned to the sky city Machu Picchu.

The so-called "Holy Lake Coronation Ceremony" is to let these descendants repeat the hardships of the founders and select the real winner.

This process is acting as a god!

Injury, falling behind, death, curse, etc. are all possible fates that the brothers may encounter. In the end, only one person can reach the end.

He will be crowned in the Holy Lake, wearing a [Sun Crown] blessed by the gods, and become the new king of this country and the successor of God.

At this moment, they looked down at the Holy Lake from a high altitude. Even outsiders like Byron and Violet could feel the heavy inheritance meaning in it.

But Byron and Violet looked at each other and saw a hint of darkness in each other's eyes:

"This way of ascending the throne with the help of the 'God-playing Ceremony' is definitely not risky in the extraordinary world.

Once the god has ill intentions towards the successor, the result will not be very good."

But this ceremony has been passed down for fourteen generations in the Sun Empire, and it has little to do with outsiders like them, and they are not qualified to say anything.

At this moment.

Bang!

A gunshot that the two were extremely familiar with, but should never appear here, suddenly exploded.

What followed was a sound of breaking through the air much slower than the sound. Byron subconsciously raised his hand, and his thumb and index finger, like a pair of pliers, grasped a lead bullet flying towards Atahualpa.

He looked up in the direction where the lead bullet came from, where the largest fleet of sun chariots in the entire venue was parading through the city.

He didn't need to look at the emblem, just the size of this air force to know that this was the team of the third prince [Blood of Heroes] Anqui Capac.

He served as the governor of Contisuyu in the western coastal area and was famous for his bravery and skill in warfare.

He has the smallest territory in the country, but he has the strongest air force in the empire under his command, and all the islands in the nearby sea are his strongholds.

This is also a [Bacchus] who prepared his own escape early and allowed many island tribes to worship him.

Of course, whether he can succeed in the end is another matter.

Sure enough, a voice in the team sounded like he had been drinking early in the morning, and he was a bit drunk:

"Fourth brother, you came very early!

Where is your captain of the guard, Xinchiroca?

Your confidant almost died on the woman's belly. Did you temporarily find two fourth-level totem gods from some small tribe to help?

It’s so shabby! Hahaha"

The convoy dispersed, revealing a strong young man behind him who smelled of alcohol but had very clear eyes. He was also playing with an ivory-handled gold matchlock gun.

"Huh, it's early for you too, Third Brother."

Atahualpa just snorted at the third brother's provocation, without any unnecessary sarcasm. He would see the truth later in the battle.

Instead, he was a little curious about the musket in his hand.

"Musket? Have you also encountered outsiders from the north?"

To these fourth-level players, a mere ordinary musket without enchantment, no matter how well-made it is, poses no threat.

Firing a shot is no different than saying hello to a kid with a water gun.

To be useful, it would have to be the batches of artillery sold to him by Byron, as well as a complete set of war solutions.

At this time, Atahualpa was more concerned about whether any white-skinned barbarians would join the ranks of this third brother.

The third prince [Hero's Blood] An Kui thought he was envious of the good things he had just obtained, and quickly loaded up the gunpowder and projectiles.

A Son of the Sun does not need to use a matchlock to light a fire. He can simply put his finger into the medicine pool and it will be easily activated. It is much more convenient than an ordinary matchlock gun.

This time, before the projectile could fly in front of Atahualpa, the golden camel-headed sword on his waist was slightly unsheathed. With a flash of flame, the lead bullet turned into lead water and fell to the ground.

The third prince was overjoyed:

"Hahaha, is it fun? This is the gun I bought from those white-skinned outsiders, so-called Remites.

A musket only cost me."

Byron and Violet raised their eyebrows and cursed in their hearts:

"Damn Remit people, are you coming to steal business from us so soon?"

And when two sellers appeared, the arms business immediately changed from a seller's market to a buyer's market.

I'm afraid their 39 times profit will be exposed today! I don’t know how Atahualpa, a big dog, will react.

However, the next moment, the third prince said a converted number:

"A mere 200 pounds! Yes, it is this unit common to outsiders. A gun only costs 200 pounds.

It was so cheap that I bought a hundred of them and distributed them to my guards. "

Byron and Violet breathed a sigh of relief.

It's really not expensive, but it's only a hundred times the cost price.

Obviously, the other three governors were only as poor as the fourth, Atahualpa. They were still extremely rich compared to the poor people in the north.

But essentially they are all stupid sons of landlords.

There are labels plastered on their foreheads that say: "People are stupid and have a lot of money, so come quickly!"

Atahualpa didn't know this, but he knew the price Byron gave him, which was less than half of that.

To be precise, it was 40%, and it was only sold for a mere 39 times. It is a very conscientious company!

Seeing Atahualpa's suddenly moved eyes, what could Byron and Violet say?

All I can say is: "It all depends on the support of my peers."

In an instant, he held his head high and accepted the gratitude of the fourth prince openly.

Yes, we are serious arms dealers with conscience and bottom line.

After Atahualpa was moved, all he had left was to laugh at his third brother, the man who had taken advantage of him.

"You didn't know you were fooled by someone for more than twice the price? What a fool!"

The latter suddenly became furious:

"Fourth, who are you calling stupid?!"

However, before the two brothers who disliked each other started fighting.

Behind them, another group of sun chariots flew out from the capital city of Cusco.

What was surrounded in the middle was not any prince, but a mummy that had been dried using a special technique!

He is thin and gaunt, but he wears a gorgeous golden royal robe and an alpaca sun crown on his head.

Regardless of whether they are the fourth prince or the third prince, when they see anyone coming, they immediately lower their heads and salute subconsciously:

"Father!"

"His Majesty!"

This mummy turned out to be the former king Huayna Capak.

Byron, who lowered his head along with everyone, was slightly shaken.

Because he discovered it through Skull No. 1 [Lord of Heaven].

Among the last four crystal skulls he is looking for, the most important one, No. 13 Crystal Skull [Suicide Goddess] Isitabu, is on the opponent's body!

[Secret: The clouds surrounding the throne change of the Sun Empire, historical influence 30] The solution density also suddenly jumped from 42% to 50%.