Chapter 726 – The Sun Covers the Sky (1)
The morning of Earthlan Continent is slow.
A city with a subtropical climate, a short distance from the jungle.
The small stream, built by cutting rocks, was filled with the sense of life of people starting their day again in the late morning. This is because a market was opened to trade vegetables and meat that were transferred.
【Herbalist. Do you have any left over toxin?]
【Are you working all night? I heard the blacksmith is busy these days. Just wait for a while.]
【The blanket is a bit expensive, can you shave it off if I buy 2?】
【Buy it without looking at it. I bought it while swearing at the city next door.]
A marketplace that opens once every 15 days.
As such, today’s Scolaco was full of vitality, and the flow of the economy in motion was also great. There are even peddlers from nearby city-states to sell their products.
Civilization in a sound and rational culture that no one can deny.
It was a sight that would be a flagship for intellectuals in the Western continent who call the continent of Earthtlan ‘Azteca’ and dismiss it as a savage and uncivilized land.
【Moan, tea. Moan, tea…】
And Pocasoca, a resident of Scolaco, carried a long pitcher of water on his head and crossed such a marketplace. She’s not yet 15 years old, and she’s a decent workforce in Scolaco.
The weight of the jar and the water far exceeds half of the girl’s weight.
Normally, you can’t even move it, but the girl who can move it isn’t normal either.
Nails so strong that they could not be cut and scales on the body.
Small skin wings attached to the arms. These are characteristics that are avoided even by the inhabitants of the Earthtlan continent. Not only her, but all the inhabitants of Scolaco were alike.
Still, it was quite helpful for daily labor, so it had its own merits.
【Whoa~!】
A break once in the central district of the city.
Focasoka scooped a bowl of water from the jar that had been moved and splashed it on her head. It is a small reward given to oneself for diligently drinking water.
─Brurrr! She brushed her body like her dog.
The resident of the neighborhood smiled bitterly while baking bread.
【You woke up early, Pocasoka. Pretty brave?]
【Her sister went to the far sea, so I have to work harder.】
Pocasocca stuck out her tongue and giggled.
It is a savage continent where survival is harsh, but they start working later than the countries of the outer continent. Of course, the Aztecs who know that fact are rare.
There is only one reason why they barely start working when the sun rises.
The ‘gods’ who rule this continent.
It is because they have a territory not only on the land, but also on the day and night.
Pocasoca glanced at the sky.
─When the sun is high.
—When the night was over.
-When the dawn breaks.
The gods of Ostlan do not sleep unless they can clearly dominate the ‘other two’. Because of that, the activity time of humans was also influenced by the god’s cough.
【The jungle at dawn is the time when the “Moon rising on the ground” Gazes up at the sky. Even if you are busy, be a little more careful when you go to draw water.]
【I know~.】
Pocasoka answered with a pout of her mouth.
If you get up as soon as the sun rises and walk to and from the jungle, you risk encountering a god as tall as a mountain range. That’s why the Aztecs, including Scolaco, wake up late in the morning.
Still, the other two gods are on the safe side compared to ‘the moon that floats on the ground’.
They only stay in the eastern and northern parts of Earthtlan.
Whoops-! Said Poca Soca, wringing out her hair.
【Rather than that, Mr. Tolinelli? I’ll give you some leftover firewood, so please share some bread.]
【Give money and buy it. Did you sell firewood?]
【Sheesh.】
Pocasoca handed over the coin and took freshly baked bread, and put the jar back on his head.
‘The money left by her sister is also slowly running out.’
Should I use the savings I saved up? Pocasoca sighed as he thought about that. Her older sister, who had gone off to find her sick, still seemed unlikely to return.
‘… He probably didn’t die on the outer continent.’
It was Pocasoka, who would wake up spontaneously even while sleeping when such anxiety overtook her.
【Ehh. It’s my sale.]
What the hell is that god?
Pocasoca sighed and glanced at the sky again.
The days are long these days. Strangely enough.
‘… My sister said that the change in the sky was an ominous omen.’
The gods who even control the skies of Earthtlan.
A mythical monster that is more than a master class, called a ‘transcendent species’ by the outside world.
Something had happened to their balance of power.
Maybe that’s why these days, adults whispered that the ‘moon floating on the ground’ was seriously injured, or that the ‘sun covering the sky’ had become stronger.
The night of Earthlan is the realm of the ‘moon floating on the ground’.
So, if something happens to his body, the night on this continent is shortened.
It was completely different from the common sense of the outside world, but the monsters worshiped as gods had the power to do so.
To a mere girl like Pocasoca, after all, both were damned monsters who would sacrifice people as they pleased.
──Perhaps, it might not have been good to harbor such blasphemous thoughts.
【… Aaaaa!!!]
【Aztecada!! It’s Azteca’s God Guard!]
Startled by the screams he heard, Focasoka dropped the manned jar on his head. She soaked her feet in the cold as her sister and her baked pot crackled.
Roaring—!!
Golden flames soared. The north wall of Scolaco melts like snow, and soldiers without weapons advance silently.
【Warrior Class!! Intercept!!]
The warriors, who sharpened their natural teeth and claws more than anyone else, bravely faced them, but were heavily outnumbered in both numbers and quality.
Pocasocca sat down in her horror. Her soldier, who was close to her, had his heart removed alive by an Aztecan soldier in front of Focasocca.
【Keep, gagging… 】
【Your complexion is good. The heart of a warrior is the most delicious.]
─That’s right. The Aztecan soldier kicked the soldier and chewed the plucked out heart, as if he were digging out only the delicacies from a slaughtered pig. The wound on his face healed in an instant.
【By the way, the warrior class is very poor. Did you go on an expedition?]
A man who swallows a person’s heart in two mouthfuls and talks like it’s trivial. The elder of Scolaco, who had come running in search of him, bared his teeth with his face darkened and sunken.
【… What’s your business? He would have said he would die fighting instead of offering a living sacrifice. Have you finally made up your mind to die with us?]
【We also gave up trying to convince you. I’m busy taking care of my mother, but I can’t lose a warrior with a supply source that can’t offer even 100 people a year.]
The soldier said, not paying attention to his bloody chest.
【Have you given up? Sophistry is also at a high level.]
If he had really given up, why would he make such a sudden attack?
Azteca’s method had no precedent for changing hundreds of years ago. While subjugating the nations of the continent of Earthlan, they demand sacrifices in exchange for the grace of ‘Mother’, who serves as a god.
The sacrifices taken are offered to the mother on the altar of human sacrifice, and sometimes served on the table of Aztecan nobles. As a daily meal for one meal.
So Skolakice, a resident of Skolacco, resisted their oppression.
The soldier smiled kindly at the elder who stood up and glared at him.
【You guys noticed too, right? The moon that floats on the ground has been seriously injured. The evil god who was equal to my mother is dying for some reason.]
【… These crazy bastards, no way.]
The elder widened his eyes.
The god that these people, the Aztecs, worship as one is none other than ‘the sun that covers the sky’. He was the rival of the now weakened God of Night and Earth, and the enemy of Cheolcheonji.
【You’re going to kill God?! A jungle dragon that has lived for thousands of years?!]
【Yes. Isn’t it the duty of a child to provide a spacious house for your mother?]
[I knew he was crazy, but I didn’t know he was stupid! He is a god greater than your citadel! How are you going to kill it!]
【It’s not what we’re fighting against. Your mother will come out on her own. We have come to shake the dust off the road her mother is walking on.]
Is the ‘sun that covers the sky’ in person?
The elder unknowingly took the strength out of his hand.
A gigantic god that covers the sky, and a god higher than a mountain range. It meant that the battle between the gods, which had dragged on for thousands of years since the Age of Gods, would resume, only keeping each other in check.
【… Her. I’ve lived too long.]
【Don’t say it like you’ve been swearing at me so much. So? What should I do?]
The soldier spread his arms and pointed to the walls that had been melted by his own fire.
【Mother misses you. First of all, you Skolakiche are also cousins to us. As a child of another ship, if you want to return to Azteca, I will welcome you with both hands.]
【Ending of a word? They are just ancestors from thousands of years ago.]
The soldier, who had always been smiling, erased his smile at that answer.
【Indeed. If the roots of distrust deepen, it seems to rot from the stump.]
【There is no Skolakiche who has not regretted being born with the blood of a monster claiming to be a god. I have never been home educated by ancestors who do not come down to earth.]
【Good or bad. Then hand over the woman and perish.]
─Shhh! The soldier’s eyes slit lengthwise as he made a snake cry.
[Traitors of the motherland without foundation. I’ll make you regret leaving your mother.]
Golden flames scorched the ground in a luxurious splendor. The Azteca soldier who raised mana released the power inherited from his mother’s lineage.
As it has always been to this day, so that we can dedicate delicacies to her honor.
***
My throat was dry and my eyes were open.
“Aaaaa… “
Waking up, I rubbed my eyes. Did I forget to close the curtains and go to sleep? The sun was hot behind it.
“… I think I had a strange dream.”
I murmured as I opened the water jug.
I don’t remember much about the details, but it was certain that it was an ominous dream. It was the first time the morning after a hot night was so uncomfortable.
“Huh… “
Anyway, as I was frowning like that, Lari Lura, who had passed out lying on my bed, let out her moans. I touched her soft ass and covered her with the blanket.
Kitai-style Yame Yin-Yang union, in other words, super mana recharge.
Among my wives, it was a skill that only Lari Lura could do, but on the other hand, Lari Lura meant that the more she slept with me, the higher her mana potential.
That’s why I went to bed like this… It’s hard to say that it’s a good morning, but it’s hard to feel that way. I got up and walked through the window.
Outside the window, the endless expanse of the sea.
A long time after Queen Ivaldi came and went. Atlantis was currently sailing to the continent of Earthlan. She expects that in a few days she will see the southern part of the continent.
‘Wasn’t the bed good?’
I knocked on the outer wall of the newly built Atlantis-side mansion.
It was a mansion built by Dwarven artisans sent by Queen Ivaldi and reinforced with magic by our bicorns, but the grounds may have been a bit bad.
“… It would be nice if it wasn’t just a precognitive dream.”
The nightmare, which was not very memorable, disappeared leaving only a vague feeling of foreboding.
I think it’s because the remote monitoring function was added to Odin’s Eye. He grumbled, changed his clothes and came out. It was beautiful to see the sun shining into the mansion.
“Nord, you overslept.”
While standing in the hallway, Nefertiti appeared. Before I could ask what was the matter, she noticed the whip in her hand and asked.
“Are you here for morning training?”
“Yes.”
“Sorry. I have to leave immediately.”
Members of the Azteca Expedition would have been on standby. It’s not too late to be late, but training takes at least an hour, so it’s a bit tight to train and leave.
“Yes.”
It was a cool answer, but it didn’t seem to stop the eyebrows from lowering.
If you look at it closely, it’s Nefertiti, which has a lot of emotional expressions, so it’s worth watching, but I’m sorry about this. I shrugged and said.
“… Shall we go and come back?”
“Yes.”
Do you want to answer how good is that
Is it better to use your body, or is it better to be with me? If it’s not excessive self-consciousness, I feel like the latter is more important.
“Please wait. I will go to the room.”
“… Have you prepared the scented candles and wait?”
“… Let’s have sex after training.”
It’s a bit like lying around in the middle of the day, but it’s really fucking big, so it’s no different from a boat trip. I’m almost a face madam + driver, so I’m not busy.
“Okay.”
She said and stretched out her arm towards me.
An arm raised to an ambiguous height. The slightly blushed cheeks are lovely.
But I don’t know what it means. Even if they exchanged glances, they remained silent. As I stared, Nefertiti soon realized she needed an explanation and whispered.
“I feel lonely being rejected.”
Nefertiti stretched out her arms as if to show me.
“… Hug me before you go Then I’ll wait patiently.”
Aha, did you mean that?
Who would stop this fourth-dimensional lady? I shook my head, saying I couldn’t help it, and hugged her and patted her. Anyway, I don’t know why you’re so aegyo or complaining.
The gap from usual is so big that it’s cute.
─Like it.
I hugged her Nefertiti until her face loosened in her languor, and I exchanged her brief greetings with her other wives as well. And go straight to Ammuna Ho.
The Hittite’s powerful ship, the Ammuna, was in fact the frontline base for this expedition.
To the extent that meetings and other expeditionary affairs are almost settled here.
〈The destination, the southern coast, will arrive around dawn today.〉
Asherad explained in the conference room of the Ammuna. Intelligibly—except for my Reptillian cousins—it was Romanian. Their translation was done by Chiara.
〈After arriving, go up to the northern part. However, this is the task of the advance team. We need to be careful not to be discovered by Azteca.〉
The members of our expedition group are largely divided into 4 categories.
1. My family, Valkyrie, and some bicorns.
2. The Asherad Kiara team and the archaeologists they picked—and I identified—.
3. Elephant Mask Pharaoh and Golem friends.
4. Reptillion Team led by Istetil.
This time, the main members go on an exploration of local Hittite traces with the help of Istetil. The bari-bari-packed troops are scheduled to appear later when Azteca attacks.
‘If it ends without a fight, that’s the best thing.’
As far as I can tell, it is two to three times as large as Romania, the largest country in the Western continent.
There is a possibility that it will end without meeting at all.
Hearing Ashelad’s words with one ear, he opened Odin’s eyes.
Beyond the limitations of space, you can see distant scenery. Even at the speed of Atlantis, the eye caught even the continent of Earthlan, which was more than a day away.
“… …”
The sea area of Earthlan where the sun had just risen.
The sky that illuminated the vast land was strangely bright, discoloring the dimly shining horizon. It seemed that only the continent of Earthlan ignored time and the will of the sun and the sky was fixed at noon.
It was as if the gods were watching over them.
