Pirate Kingship

"The mummy of the previous king? And my suicide goddess? Why are they here?"

The two things that should have been unrelated not only came together, but also pushed the solution to the problem of [the dark cloud of the succession of the throne of the Sun Empire].

This discovery made Byron frown subconsciously, his mind racing, trying to think about what the connection was between them.

"Atahuallpa told me about the empire before.

The average life expectancy of mortals is 35 years old, and their limit is about 150 years old.

If you cannot be promoted to the fifth level [false god] before your life is exhausted and forge your own immortal godhood, you will begin to age rapidly, and in the end you may even explode or collapse into a sun holy stone.

It sounds similar to the end of the sun when it reaches its twilight years.

His father, the previous king Huayna Capac, failed to take that critical step, but he was much luckier than most of the descendants of the sun god.

There was no explosion or collapse due to old age and death. Instead of dying like a normal person, he left behind a complete body.

It is said that among the descendants of the Sun God, only those who died suddenly can preserve such a complete body.

These descendants of the Sun God are also strange, and they are the opposite of normal humans.

Others pursue a natural death, but they pursue death on the battlefield. The latter has a much greater chance of leaving a complete body than the former, and they have the opportunity to be made into mummies. "

Byron's intelligence channel is not just Atahualpa alone. He has long relied on the power of the [Lord of Heaven] to infiltrate the collective subconscious of the Quechua people in the Sun Empire and learned a lot of secrets.

This continent is truly spiritual.

Most people will return to the collective subconscious sea after death. A small number of people with particularly noble bloodlines will enter the Sky City of Machu Picchu and fall asleep at the feet of God. Another part will become natural spirits by accident.

In other words, in the Beast Paradise where the blood moon is in the sky and the source tide is particularly active, life and death are not clear-cut.

A very small number of natural spirits can even become new totem gods, reincarnate from death, and return to the empire.

Of course, these totem gods are just exceptions, and no one can guarantee that they will still get such a heaven-sent opportunity after death.

The key is that because the "Holy Book of the Sun" is too different from death, the [Sun God] and a group of gods have not yet involved the power of the underworld among their many powers.

Regardless of their noble birth, even the gods can hardly interfere too much after death, and cannot open a back door for their descendants.

Therefore, most of the nobles of the gods will be made into mummies after their accidental death, serving as the anchor of the soul in the material world, at least one more chance than the lonely ghosts.

And during family celebrations or sacrificial ceremonies, these mummies will also be carried out and fed with food, wine and tributes to maintain their survival in the spiritual world.

If they cannot become a fifth-level [pseudo-god], they can also return in the form of natural spirits or [totem gods].

Under this tradition, it is normal for the old king's mummy to be invited out to witness history at the coronation ceremony to determine the next king as an anchor for communicating with his soul.

As for why the crystal skull was on him?

The only connection between the two that Byron could think of was:

"Could it be that the previous king, Huayna Capac, saw that death was inevitable, but was unwilling to enter the sky city of Machu Picchu and fall into eternal sleep.

So, he did not actually die of old age, but used the power of Crystal Skull No. 13 [Suicide Goddess] to protect suicides and ended his life in advance?

Since it can promote the decomposition density, it always feels that it is not as simple as increasing the probability of reincarnation as a totem god."

Byron always looks forward to collecting thirteen crystal skulls and synthesizing his first zero-level holy relic [Heaven on Earth]!

Among them, Skull No. 13 [Suicide Goddess] and Skull No. 1 [Lord of Heaven], who act as gatekeepers of Heaven and protect suicides and various undead, are equally important.

This time, he returned to his old business of "Pioneer Navigation Military Dispatch Company" and promised to provide military support to Atahualpa. One of the main purposes was to take away this crucial treasure from the royal treasury.

I thought the so-called "dark clouds" referred to the open and secret struggles of various forces behind the four princes.

Previously, his main focus was on totem gods, old god families, and foreign colonists.

At this time, he unexpectedly discovered that this treasure was involved with the dead king, and his face suddenly became a little uncertain.

It was not until the sun chariot escorting the king's mummy passed through the road cleared by the two groups of people and flew to the island in the lake that Byron and the others straightened up and thought to themselves:

"I'm afraid something unexpected will happen at this coronation ceremony.

Since we have come to this point, we can only be extremely careful and take it one step at a time.

At least I have the logbook, and the information I have is far more comprehensive than others. After getting close, I can directly usurp the supreme control of the [Suicide Goddess].

The most important thing is to help Atahualpa get through this level first.

As long as you get the throne, you can slowly plan later. At worst, you can find an opportunity to come up empty-handed. After all, pirates are also pirates!"

At this time, the third and fourth princes, who were originally tit-for-tat, were interrupted by their father's mummy and felt that it was meaningless.

Each of them snorted coldly and led their own teams, following the mummy to land on an island at the outermost edge of the holy lake where a magnificent sun temple was built.

The troops from all parties arrived one after another before the sun rose completely.

Byron and Violet also saw the other contenders for the throne and their guards for the first time.

The distance was too far for the [Ship Log] to reach, but Atahualpa, who had bribed the servants in advance and collected a lot of information, introduced them.

The first one was the eldest prince [Earthquake Light] Ninan Coyuchi Capac, born to the previous king and the earthquake dragon.

The real body was extremely majestic, and even if he maintained his human form, his height was close to a floor. There were two other guards standing beside him with impressive momentum.

One guard who was only a circle smaller than him was his son, [Son of the Sun] Leo Capac, who also had the blood of the earthquake dragon.

The age of this eldest prince [Earthquake Light] was also an advantage to some extent. At least his sons had reached middle age, older than many princes of the same generation, and stronger.

The other one looked like an ordinary native. He looked like an ordinary [Son of the Sun], but his aura looked slightly different and his face was too pale.

"Your Majesty, Lord of Heaven, it's a strange thing. My eldest brother obviously has the blood of the totem god, but he usually refuses to contact the totem god.

He regards himself as the orthodox of the empire all day long.

The second brother has pure blood, but he likes to mix with those totem god tribes the most and never avoids suspicion.

It's just two extremes."

Atahuallpa still has little experience, but Byron has long been accustomed to this situation.

The more you have a relationship with a foreign race and come from a foreign race, the more you have to take the initiative to avoid suspicion, and even become more and more opposed to it. This is the fanaticism of converts.

It's mainly because of the inferiority complex. He uses all means to please others. No wonder he has a bad temper and gets angry when he is ridiculed for his origin.

On the contrary, the less problematic your identity is, the less you need to care about these details.

Byron looked at the team of the second prince [Playboy] and [Flirtatious] Huascar Capac.

Standing beside him were obviously two female totem gods. As the legend goes, they trusted outsiders and did not even recruit a relative of the Sun God.

A woman with transparent fly wings, six slender arms, and a pair of compound eyes is [Totem God·Poison Messenger].

She is also the mother of the fly girl in the gossip story.

Looking at their overly intimate appearance, it is hard to describe.

The other one is a beautiful girl with a flower growing out of her left eye, the fourth-level totem god [Flower Fairy].

The powerful succubus Therese Ashbell that Byron expected disappeared.

Looking from a distance, it is impossible to tell where she is hiding without the logbook.

But Byron knew that in order to successfully hold the promotion ceremony to usurp power, the other party must have come here.

I just don't know what the mythical form of this succubus is, and what identity she is disguising. The fourth-level and third-level people present are actually possible.

Moreover, even if the succubus's whereabouts can be found, she cannot be touched before the ceremony begins.

Finally, two guards came out of the team of the third prince [Blood of Heroes] and stood beside him.

Both guards were wearing black hooded robes that were obviously strange objects, covering their own appearances. Even the appearance could not be seen clearly, let alone the extraordinary abilities they were good at.

Atahualpa glanced at it and curled his lips:

"Third brother really learned bad things from those white-skinned barbarians, hiding his head and showing his tail.

His territory is by the sea, and there must be many outsiders going to his territory. I guess there is at least one white-skinned barbarian among them."

Except for these brothers who observed each other and confronted each other, most of the rest were third-level, and they all avoided them from a distance, obviously not wanting to confront the four of them at the first time.

The old king had more than 200 sons and daughters, most of whom were assigned to administrative positions at all levels or border tribes.

Whether in terms of manpower, financial resources, or strength, they could not be compared with the four governors.

But no one knew whether there was anyone among these people who wanted to let the four of them fight for their own benefit.

Soon, when the sun rose completely, a group of senior nobles from the Council of Nobles carried the old king's mummy to the main gate of the Temple of the Sun.

The "Holy Lake Coronation Ceremony" was opened by the high priest.

"Bring the sacrifice!"

A foreign alpaca with golden wool, shining in the sun, was led up by the priest.

After Atahualpa's whispered introduction, Byron learned that this was the beast-like descendant of Uchichoy, a fifth-level subordinate god [Alpaca God], who had both the blood of the descendants of the sun god and the blood of the alpaca.

If you really want to be serious, this alpaca might even be their cousin.

Referring to the earthquake dragon and alpaca., it is obviously a fine tradition of the Capac royal family of the Sun Empire.

Anyway, the Totem God has been able to break reproductive isolation since the third level. There are countless such hodgepodge creatures in the Beast Paradise.

The sailors on the ocean-going ships of the Old World also love sheep, but they are completely in a different dimension compared to them.

I can only say one thing: awesome.

It's just like the god king in ancient Greece who is in charge of breaking reproductive isolation.

"Mee mee mee"

The high priest took out an enchanted golden ritual knife, pressed the very strong golden alpaca to the ground with one hand, and muttered something.

To others, it sounded like ancient Quechua language whose meaning was difficult to understand, but it seemed to communicate with some great existence in the dark world at once, attracting His attention.

The ceremonial knife in the other hand cut open the alpaca's belly with great skill, and the bloody internal organs with fascia and fascia flowed out instantly.

What—!

The strange thing is that the alpaca did not move at all after the high priest let go of his hand, even though it must have been in extreme pain.

Just stretching his neck hard, his originally clear and pure eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of shadow, reflecting a brilliant spiritual world.

The high priest stared intently at the internal organs flowing out of it, and even stretched out his hand to hold part of it, his eyes shining like an alpaca.

This is [visceral divination], which can not only predict good and bad luck, but also communicate with the gods entrenched in the sky through the dying state of a creature like the golden alpaca, which is between life and death.

The incantation chanted by the high priest in Quechua became louder and louder, and the 52 secret islands in the lake suddenly became ablaze with auras, and each had a colorful beam of light rising into the sky.

Intertwined in mid-air are scenes of hardships and dangers experienced by the founding fathers.

Manco Capac and his eight sons of God traveled in the Ring of Fire Mountains for twenty years, encountering countless dangers along the way.

The history of the founding of the country represents where this country came from. In the collective subconscious of the 20 million people in the Empire of the Sun, it is also one of the most critical collective memories.

The cracks in the world in the lake carry the tide of source matter, and the integration of that period of history manifests into 52 islands in the lake, each representing a crisis they have encountered.

There are 52 secret islands, but that doesn't mean there are only 52 kinds of dangers. It's no problem to make it up to 9981.

It’s just that these 52 are the most typical representatives.

Of course, no one expects the princes to complete the complete route that the founding ancestors walked. Is it possible to expect that these descendants who have grown up in a honeypot can reproduce the great achievements of their ancestors?

As long as you offer sacrifices, only three to five of them will be randomly opened here, forming a simple "King Trial", and the end point is the [Sun Crown] that symbolizes royal power.

Whoever can put it on his head is the final winner.

"Your Highnesses, every time you pass through a level, you must find a sun badge. With the badge, you can enter the next level until you finally come to the [Sun Crown].

No means are restricted in the middle.

Now, the trial begins! "

Following the high priest's order.

Rumble.

A stone door rose from the ground. Behind the misty door was obviously the starting point leading to the "King Trial".

Under the leadership of the eldest prince [Earthquake Light], hundreds of princes and twice their number of guards walked into the gate very consciously.

The moment Atahualpa, Byron, and Violet entered the stone door, a voice suddenly sounded in their ears:

"Level 1: The Lake Demon Jibalo's Trial."

call--!

A gust of sinister wind blew across the backs of all the testers' heads, and even the fourth-level [Sons of the Sun] couldn't help but suddenly have their hairs standing on end.

It was as if I could hear the sound of gold coins colliding and women laughing coming from the depths of the lake behind the mist.