Chapter 428 Common Characteristics of Each Other

He waved his hand to indicate that Oliveira should not take it too seriously. Imrik still admired this soldier whose experience was quite inspiring. He was considered one of the best young people in Caledor besides the Dragon Prince class.

Taking a few steps forward, he looked at the deep pit that Oliveira had been looking at. A large group of jungle snakes lay on the body of the rat man who had been dead for a long time, tearing off the smelly carrion from the body with its sharp teeth.

Dark red blood that had lost its temperature seeped into the ground. Snakes of various colors, which were supposed to be snakes, kept walking through the pile of corpses and were dyed blood red.

There were at least a hundred rat-man corpses in the pit, and each corpse was wrapped with more than a dozen snakes, like red tentacles that were constantly twitching, making it look particularly cruel and bloody.

"Tell me what you found." Imrik did not show any abnormalities. The cruelty of the Sotek sect's sacrifices may only be comparable to that of Norska, but as long as you are dealing with destructive forces, the more cruel you are, the better.

Seeing that the prince was not angry, Oliveira turned around and continued to squat, telling what he had seen and heard in the past few years,

"I feel that Sotek and the Rat Man seem to be in a very contradictory state. It does not refer to a war opposition, but a kind of thinking on both sides."

"For example, these snakes in the deep pit eat the carrion of rats. According to the military mage's research on Lustria species, almost all snakes are not interested in carrion under normal circumstances, but the influence of Sotek Now, even the nature of these snakes has been changed."

"This seems to be a normal thing. Even those red-crowned skinks might eat some carrion to show their loyalty to Sotek." Imrik crossed his chest and continued to watch the movement in the pit. Wait for Oliveira to explain clearly, otherwise he will return to the country to serve in the mine.

Oliveira paused for a while, as if thinking about the words to use. After thinking clearly, he explained, "But if you put the matter of eating carrion on the Rat Man, it will become a very normal thing. It seems that the way for the Sotek Sect to grow is to use the Rat Man’s method to continuously strengthen itself.”

"Whether it's the carrion of rats in these deep pits, or the snake god prophet using endless blood to sacrifice in the pyramid, this is completely different from other sacrificial methods of the lizard people."

"State your conclusion."

"I speculate that the Sotek sect revived Sotek by absorbing the characteristics of the rat people. A hatred for the rat people made the doctrine full of blood, but the result was that they themselves also took on the characteristics of the rat people." Oliveira thought for a moment and asked a question that he had been thinking about for a long time.

"Furthermore, according to the prophecy of the snake god prophet, Sotek will swallow the horned rat. Legend has it that Illinir will destroy most of his offspring to restore his authority. Can we speculate that Sotek will swallow the horned rat?" If the horned rat swallows it, it will gain the power of the horned rat, or in other words, these are the powers of the rat. The prerequisite for this is that Sotek itself has the possibility of swallowing the horned rat."

After finishing speaking, Oliveira seemed to feel that this speculation was a bit unrealistic. After all, speculation about gods is the most ridiculous. They don't even know what they are, so how can mortals speculate on their essence.

"Of course, this is just my personal unrealistic guess. The Sotek Sect's hatred of the rat people is obvious to all. If Sotek and the Horned Rat really have some mysterious connection, it seems that this attitude should not be true."

"What you said is very interesting. Write a detailed report and submit it to me before tonight." Imrik was somewhat interested in this, although Oliveira's example was a bit unrealistic. Illinir is the father of the underground god of the elven pantheon, but this idea is very interesting.

A kind of presupposition appears in this line of thinking. The Sotek sect has developed to this day because it can use rat men to perform blood sacrifices, so that Sotek can continue to send blessings; and Sotek can also use powerful enemies to To wake up with the blood of two completely opposite things, it is impossible to coexist. Only the existence of a common trait can allow it to continue to develop.

The Sotek sect gained power by sacrificing the ratmen, but what did the ratmen gain from this?

Imric thought that after the End of Time, the Horned Rat had successfully replaced Slaanesh as one of the Four Gods. He couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly and looked at the squirming snakes in the pit. He no longer seemed so disgusted.

Oliveira nodded slightly to show that he understood. He stood up and bowed his head and asked the prince, "Any other orders?"

"Hurry up and write this report out. I don't like adjectives, and I don't care whether the words express respect."

In the end, Oliveira nodded to the two people behind him, then took a tall sword and decided to return to his residence. Since the prince said so, there must be no way to deal with the next military affairs.

After listening to the conversation between the two, Creon took two steps forward, took a position with Imrik, and looked at the carrion ritual that was still going on in the pit.

For this seemingly barbaric and bloody ceremony, although the battle-experienced Flame Knight would not have any physical disgust, he still had disgust on his face and asked the prince who was still watching,

"Do you think Oliveira has a point? It sounds like a third-rate tavern poet singing about what a war hydra looks like that he hasn't even seen."

"There are some problems, but it is still a possibility. We need to find any clues. Even the nonsense of the tavern poet needs to be analyzed for a moment." Imrik responded to Creon, although in just a few years, , his personal guards have changed a few people, but fortunately they are strong enough and loyal enough, so they don’t need to pay too much attention to what they say.

Creon continued to frown. Oliveira's words were actually not difficult to understand. The traditional dualism of elves is deeply rooted, especially the relationship between the gods in the sky and the gods in the underground. The two sides are not absolutely opposite. There is a relationship between the two. There is a common characteristic that can be converted into each other at some point.

This is why Asur, even though he hates Druzi, still thinks that they are just like him, one of the few elves in this world, and every life is very precious.

But when it comes to Sotek and the Horned Rat, it seems that there is no clue at all about the integration of binary opposites. There is only absolute hatred and contempt, just like Caledo towards Drucci.

"I still can't understand the meaning of these words, but since you think what Oliveira said makes sense, I will ask someone to urge him to complete the report."

Elvis, who has been listening, wants to interrupt. The so-called supervision of the Flame Knight is definitely not to supervise the completion of the writing, but to let Oliveira consider every word and sentence. If there is a place that is not clearly explained, I'm afraid it's just a friendly education.

However, seeing the two elders remaining silent, the young man could only cover his mouth and suppress his inner thoughts.