Chapter 467 Sudden Ritual

Eight hours later, Elvis's originally upright posture had become shaky, and he didn't know what he wrote at the end of the notebook in his hand.

But looking at Tehenhuoyin who was still telling Sotek's teachings, he could only remind him in a low voice, "Prophet, do you need to take a rest? It's not easy to talk for so long."

Tehenhoin was a little unhappy to be interrupted from narrating the fulfillment of the prophecy, but he still endured it when he thought that the brat in front of him would be the first elf believer to believe in Sotek.

"Well, these are the general teachings. Is there anything else you don't understand?"

"No, no more." Elvis immediately shook his head, indicating that he had deeply understood Sotek's teachings, which is to fight rats first, fight chaos second, and make time for blood sacrifices.

After seeing that Tehenhoin seemed to be in a good mood and the red crown was also tense, he carefully asked, "Prophet, since our knights believe in Sotigo, can you provide some support."

Tehenhoin was very cheerful. He was not stingy like Imrik and only gave gold leaf coins. His thick and powerful tail slapped the ground.

"What do you want, a Triceratops or a Tyrannosaurus? An improved solar engine was recently made."

"No, no, it's just to ask for funds." Elvis immediately objected. The prince's two wild beast mounts alone were already a headache. If there were a few more, he wouldn't know how to raise them.

Tehenhoin, who had spent some time in Qingyan Port, understood what Elvis wanted and motioned for him to follow him, saying as he walked,

"Chakua has the largest gold mine in Lustria. As long as you avenge Chaos in the name of Sotek, you can get as much as you want."

"Approximately how many reserves are there?" Elvis was a little curious. The palace's financial reports in recent years have never been released because of the gold mining in Chakua.

Tehenhuoyin stretched out four fingers and let the elf cub feel it for himself.

"Four hundred tons?" Elvis tried his best to guess as big as possible. Based on ten grams of gold leaf coins and a gold content of 95%, these four hundred tons can smelt at least three million gold leaf coins. .

"Four extra-large gold veins, these were all formed under the divine power of the Ancient Saint. They are larger and more pure than the gold veins in other places." Tehenhuoyin felt that he was underestimated, and he has also experienced this in the past few years. With the benefit of some gold, a large amount of necessary building materials were transported from the Queza River, and some elven mages played a great role in it.

Gold can make these elves go crazy, this is Tehenhoin's judgment.

As expected, Elvis's breathing began to become heavy. Assuming that the total output of a very large gold mine was one thousand tons, there would be four thousand tons of gold.

No wonder the prince never mentioned Chakua. If he said that there was such amazing wealth here, it might be crowded with people after a while.

A smile that looked even uglier than crying appeared on his face.

"I need a little support."

"Gold is not a problem. Sotek's followers only need to focus on the fulfillment of the prophecy, and the rest will be taken care of by the prophet."

After Tehenhoin finished speaking, he led Elvis through the large and small construction sites, came to a pyramid with the Ichi logo, and signaled that he had arrived.

Under Elvis' puzzled gaze, Tehenhoin explained, "Your prince asked me to look for the giant horned cold lizard some time ago. In addition to my mount, there are five Chacua, and one of them is the only one." Only those chosen by Sotek can fight with him."

"What do you mean?" Doubt appeared on Elvis's brow. He didn't want to ride a cold lizard. This thing was unreliable, easy to go crazy and very smelly.

"Tame it and prove that you are qualified to believe in Sotek!"

After finishing speaking, a giant-horned cold lizard with deep red scales was brought not far from Elvis under the awe-stricken gaze of the red-crested skink responsible for pulling it.

The six-meter-long body is covered with blood-like scales, the fangs and claws seem to glow with cold light, and there is a huge scarlet horn on the tip of its nose. Its body shape is similar to the cold lizard Elvis has seen before, but the overall shape is more... Smooth.

"Wait, you just let this crazy beast roam the city?"

After saying this, Elvis was looked at as a fool by the snake god prophet, which made him quickly react and recall the legend about the giant horned lizard.

As a subspecies of cold lizards, they are smarter and more agile than their stupid counterparts. The giant-horned cold lizard in front of them with the mark of Sotek is probably not inferior to ordinary people in terms of IQ.

Why do you feel that the Mark of Sotek can be found on any living thing? Is it so cheap?

After complaining again, Elvis carefully approached the giant horned cold lizard. The years of war with Druchi made him understand that these cold-blooded animals are sometimes more deadly to riders than their enemies.

Tehenhoin took a few steps back. The so-called person chosen by Sotek was an excuse. This cold lizard was originally intended to be kept by Imric for fun.

But seeing that Elvis didn't have a suitable mount, after learning that he had gone to Chakua, he entrusted the snake god prophet to hand it over to the future Grand Master of the Knights.

And this prerequisite is that the elf cub has the courage to ride on the back of the cold lizard.

Slowly walking towards the giant horned cold lizard, Elvis felt a pressure. The beast's originally calm eyes began to become bloodthirsty, and the red scales on its body became darker.

Calm down, Elvis, this is just a beast. You are the one who will find a dragon partner in the future. How can you be afraid?

When he stepped forward, Cold Lizard had already moved, spreading his legs and pounced on Elvis, with the narrow steel teeth in his open mouth exposed to the air.

Damn it!

The distance of twenty meters was greatly shortened by the terrifying speed of the giant horned cold lizard. In the blink of an eye, it appeared in front of the target. Elvis didn't even pull out his sword, so he could only choose to hold the sword in front of his neck with both hands. The beast's mouth.

The elf cub held the horns at the tip of the cold lizard's nose and its lower jaw respectively, but soon his hands began to tremble. It was obvious that he could not defeat the giant-horned cold lizard in the wrestling, and he would die after a while.

The short claws of the giant-horned cold lizard kept swinging, tearing the elf's clothes, which made Elvis's situation worse.

But he made an astonishing choice. He held down the sliding direction of the giant-horned cold lizard's hand and let the spikes on the scales scratch the skin, causing streams of blood to flow out.

Pushing the ground with both feet to exert force, using the palms as the fulcrum, the body rotates to ride on the back of the giant horned cold lizard.

This situation made the giant horned cold lizard become more and more violent, swinging its body vigorously in an attempt to fly the elf baby on its back, but Elvis just strangled the cold lizard's neck tightly, intending to stun it by depriving it of oxygen.

He kept whispering, "Sotek, Sotek..."

The giant-horned cold lizard began to run towards the surrounding buildings, slamming into the stone walls. When the gravel splashed down, several of its spikes were broken.

Blood spit out from Elvis's mouth. He didn't expect that the power of this giant horned cold lizard was so terrifying. It also had a pretty good IQ and knew how to use buildings to get out of trouble.

"But this will only make me work harder!"

The hands that strangled the neck of the giant horned cold lizard became harder and harder, letting the body hit the wall. The bones and internal organs seemed to begin to break, but there was still no sign of letting up.

After a long time, most of the spikes on the scales of the giant horned cold lizard were broken, and Elvis's eyes were shrouded in blood mist. The ceremony under the auspices of the snake god prophet was finally completed.

In a daze, Elvis felt like he was already lying on the ground, with the blood on his face being licked by a giant horned cold lizard, as if he was considering when to eat.

"Treat him. This elf boy has completed the ritual."

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Am I dead?

A vague idea appeared in Elvis's mind, and he vaguely remembered what happened before, as if he was seriously injured while taming a cold-blooded beast.

That person shouldn't be dead yet. He seemed to have finally heard the words of the snake god's prophet.

When the idea first came to his mind, Tehenhuoin had already felt that the elf cub had woken up. He walked to the bedside with bent legs and slapped the wounded man's face roughly with his hand.

"Follower of Sotek, now is not the time to sleep, you must act quickly!"

Elvis opened his eyes and wanted to refute that he was not a Sotek believer, but when he saw Tehenhoin's eyes, he immediately gave up.

The Prophet's reputation in Caledor was not very good. Fighting against the rats for two thousand years relied not only on will, but also on strength.

"Where's the giant horned cold lizard?"

"It's licking its wounds under the Ichi Pyramid. As for you..." Tehenhoin squinted his eyes, seeming to be thinking about something.

This gave Elvis a bad feeling. Is it like the prince's favorite joke? Slan likes to throw people into the Tyrannosaurus pit if he doesn't like them.

But the snake god prophet did not intend to send the elf kid into the blood sacrifice pit to feed the snake. He patted his body a few times and when he felt that there was no problem, he signaled to continue to follow.

Elvis, wearing tattered robes, followed the snake god prophet with a full face. If things took an unforeseen turn, he would run away immediately.

But the two of them did not go to a place like a deep pit. Instead, they found themselves in front of a weapons store that made jingling sounds from time to time.

Entering the weapon shop, there were only a few skinks maintaining the equipment, and there were even fewer people making weapons. Only one person was hitting the anvil with a hammer.

The snake god prophet walked up to the skink who was forging the weapon and said, "Quizama, has the weapon been polished?"

The Skink named Quezama stopped concentrating on blacksmithing, bowed to the Prophet to express his surrender, and explained the specific situation, "Prophet, the Blade of Vengeance has been polished, and I am making the final placement of the hilt."

Elvis touched his head and looked at the rough weapon on the anvil, an obsidian sword with a rough blade and obvious irregular bulges.

The blade was slightly uneven, and apart from a mysterious red line on the sword's spine, this weapon simply insulted the blacksmith's profession.

"A dog will shake its head when looking at this weapon. Anyone who uses it will probably be laughed at for the rest of his life." After expressing his disdain for this weapon in his heart, Elvis turned to Tehenhoin and asked, "Prophet, you take me What are you here for? Now that the ceremony has been passed, I think the top priority is to complete the preparations for the knights."

"A suitable weapon symbolizes your status of being chosen by Sotek." Tehenhoin spit out his forked tongue, folding his chest and waiting for the completion of the weapon.

"You mean, this weapon was prepared for me?" Elvis's face was full of fear. If he went to the battlefield with an obsidian sword, he would not be laughed to death. Where did this barbarian come from?

Tehenhuoyin nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case, and began to explain the origin of this weapon.

"After the Holy War a few years ago, I presided over the largest blood sacrifice in history to awaken Sotek. The surging blood from the pyramid dyed the earth red, and finally flowed into the deep pit, infecting a piece of obsidian."

"This weapon is polished with the accompanying creatures of blood sacrifice. I named it the Blade of Vengeance."

While Tehenhoin was speaking, the skink craftsman had finished splicing the sword body and hilt, and carefully raised it to indicate to the prophet to watch.

The prophet pointed at the obsidian sword and asked Elvis to raise it.

Although he was reluctant, but thinking that the prophet might become the biggest sponsor, Elvis still raised his sword.

A kind of doubt emerged in my heart, "When did my strength become so strong?"

After waving it randomly a few times, I found that it was as natural as using my arms, so I asked Tehenhoin,

"This sword seems a little strange. It is not a simple obsidian sword."

"With the technology of the Ancient Saint, plus Sotek's blessing, you will understand the use of this sword later, but now there is another thing." Tehenhoin motioned to Elvis to stop, and from the giant lizard Pakar's He took a snake skull in his hand and handed it to him.

"The skull of an albino snake gives the wearer the sense of smell of a snake. It also ensures that it will not be corroded by chaos. Wear it."

Although Elvis felt that his painting style was getting weirder, there was no reason not to bring good things with him.

After wearing it around my neck, I really feel that the world has undergone some strange changes. Every object has turned into a red and blue gradient, and distant objects that cannot be seen in the field of vision seem to be in my mind through smell. form an image.

Under conscious control, he seemed to be able to use this ability smoothly without any instructions. After a short period of adaptation, his vision returned to normal.

Why give me such a good thing. Elvis was about to speak, but stopped immediately because the Snake Prophet had pulled out a bank card.

"There should be some gold in it, leftover from the last time I bought building materials."

Elvis was suddenly a little touched. Who had ever seen such a good sponsor? They gave him mounts, weapons, magic props, gold, everything. How could he be so stingy as the prince?

"I'm going to put this money to good use."

After the snake god prophet handed over the bank card, he asked Elvis to find the giant horned lizard and said that he would send him back to Qingyan Port after preparations were completed.

Carrying the obsidian sword on his back, Elvis felt particularly happy today. The weapon behind him looked unusual. It was a bit ugly, but it couldn't be used easily.

Looking at the standard magic sword distributed by the palace on his waist, he snorted coldly and sold it when he got back, just to fill some financial gaps.

But an unusual figure caught his attention. After deliberately turning a few corners and wandering unconsciously for a long time.

Looking at the five-meter-tall giant lizard that was hiding in the corner, Elvis wondered what was going on with the lizard man and why he still had the habit of tracking.

"Pakar, why are you following me?"

Knowing that he had been discovered, Pakal circled around, walked out from the corner, opened his mouth wide and said,

"I'm just curious about what elves are like. The elf mages I saw before all ran away after finishing their work, leaving no time for observation."

Are you sure you are a giant lizard and not a Slann toad, and you actually observe what other races are like?

Elvis forgot how many times he complained today, and could only echo, "What else could it be like, other than a pair of eyes, a mouth, and a nose."

Pakar clenched his fists and beat his hands in agreement, and kept nodding his head and saying,

"It makes sense, so humans are also like you?"

"No, humans are much uglier than us, but the ugliest ones must be the Bretonnian monkeys. Let me tell you..."

The Elvis kept exchanging their views on various races as they walked towards the Pyramid of Ichi, but most of the time it was Elvis who was talking, and Pakal couldn't help nodding to remember.

The young monitor lizard has a high IQ and an unusual curiosity for a lizardman. (End of chapter)