Aztec Eternals

The stars are shining in the night sky, and the bonfire is illuminating the earth. In the barracks where he was stationed, Battalion Commander Pimon gathered dozens of personal guards to hold a welcome dinner for the kingdom expedition team that came from afar.

A large pot of black bean paste is enough, and a basket of tortillas is enough. In addition, there are rich tropical fruits, delicious fish soup with spices, and the special treatment of the chiefs, a deliciously roasted deer.

Everyone ate big pieces of cakes and drank soup, feeling very happy. Pimon told the story of His Majesty's invincibility since the Eastern Expedition. Puap also boasted about what he had seen and heard while exploring the Northern Continent. The two were in high spirits, talked all over the world, drank a jar of fruit wine, and sang songs from their hometown when they were drunk.

"Oh oh oh! Goddess of the water, He is the mother of the lake!

His milk fell, and in the vast Patzcuaro Lake, delicious fish multiplied~"

"Oh oh oh! Goddess of the water, she is the mother of the sky!

Wander alone in the silence, looking for the flying child, until dawn~"

"Oh oh oh! Goddess of the water, mother of the Prepechas!

He never differentiates, doesn't care what the children look like, no matter where they are~"

The two sang here, and their cheerful singing echoed in the barracks. All the Prepecha warriors smiled sincerely, and even the old militiamen who had been silent all the time smiled. The crowd echoed loudly, singing the song by Lake Patzcuaro in their memories.

".Oh! That's the light of the mother god, shining on our feet, shining on our faces. He is our mother, no matter what we are! Sweaty, dusty, or bloody~"

The simple but gracious banquet reached its climax. Pimen stood up drunkenly, waved his hands freely, and shouted loudly.

"Bring them up, bring them all up! Warriors, two each! Two captains, four each! I, Pimon, will definitely manage enough!"

Before the words were finished, a group of slender Tlaxcala ladies, topless, were brought in by the guards. The small wooden barracks were immediately filled to the brim. The swaying feminine aura rushed towards the face, making the young warriors who are full of vitality straighten their eyes and react instantly.

Seeing this, Pimon laughed "haha". He stretched out his big hand, made a perfect demonstration, and shouted again.

"Come on, Eagles of Prepeca! Stretch out your sharp claws, grab the serpent-born noble ladies, and spread your wings and sing on their slippery bodies!"

"Huh! This is my old life."

After a long while, the old militiaman Chihuaco got out of the barracks with difficulty, looked at the stars in the sky, and sighed faintly. He turned sideways, looked at the swaying bonfire, and shook his head helplessly after hearing the passionate and rapid eagle cry.

"Can't recruit, really can't recruit! Better slip away earlier."

The old militiaman walked slowly through the noisy barracks, walked through the dead market town, stepped on the stars in the water, and boarded the long boat. His eyes became deep, looking at the boundless and bright night sky, like an old goat looking up alone.

However, in this day and age, there are no goats. Chivako looked around the bow, only seeing the young Dark Snake crouching in the corner of the deck. Dark Snake wore a sailor's tunic, crossed his legs, raised his head, and looked at the stars in the sky. Well, like a curled up little snake with its head raised.

Chivako was silent for a while, adjusted his clothes, and sat next to the dark snake. Dark Snake shrank nervously, and did not relax a little until he saw the appearance of the person coming. He could keenly feel that the old captain on the opposite side was someone who could be trusted.

"Perhaps, it is the only reliable one on the whole ship."

"have you eaten?"

Chivako spoke softly, keeping his eyes on the sky. The Milky Way on the tropical plateau is so prosperous that you can see thousands of stars, even more than people on the ground.

"have eaten."

Dark Snake replied in a low voice. He has been unwilling to go ashore, and dare not go ashore. Fortunately, the old captain acquiesced to him and stayed on board.

"what did you eat?"

"I ate the pie."

That's the end of the conversation. Neither the old nor the young spoke. After a while, Chivako stood up, took out two clay pots from the cabin, filled them with fruit wine, and sat back down. According to His Majesty's instructions, the kingdom's expedition fleet has been carrying a large amount of light wine to replace fresh water.

"Drink it."

"Um."

Dark Snake took a sip of the wine, his face flushed quickly. He turned his head and looked carefully at Chivaco. The other party looked at the starry sky, his old face was slightly drunk, as if he was muttering something in a low voice. Seeing this, Dark Snake moved a little closer, and could barely hear it clearly.

"Blind God! A deer puts on a wolf's skin, and becomes a wolf, and eats people."

"Is this still the warrior of Repecha? In the old kingdom, the lords were also fierce to the weed-like civilians, but in fact they were just deer eating grass. Now, after they follow the Mexica, they are not the same as before It's changed, even the bones have changed, and the eyes are glowing red."

"Ha! I can understand their words and recognize their faces, but I always feel that there are more and more Mexica in this kingdom of fierce Mexica! They are all wolves. "

"It's great to be a wolf! There are wolves everywhere in this world. Either I eat you, or you eat me. It's better to eat others than to be eaten! But, I don't want to be a wolf."

"? Wolf? Eat?"

Dark Snake opened his eyes wide and listened hard. It's a pity that he can't understand the dialect of the old militia, and can only feel the emotions of the other party. Well, this feeling is like a star, high and far away, empty and empty, and still shining.

"Do you want to listen to music?"

"Um?"

Hearing this, Chivako was taken aback. He was drinking, his face was flushed, he turned his head, looked at the young man for a while, and then asked curiously.

"What song is it?"

"The song of the stars. It's sung by the priests of the Holy City. It's very nice. It's a very old song. I heard it when I was young, and I remember it."

Dark Snake pursed his lips, memories appearing on his face. The holy city he mentioned naturally refers to the city of Cholula.

"This song is about a star, the origin star. A year in the solar calendar has 365 days, which is the cycle of the sun's changes. A year in the sacred calendar has 260 days. Actually, this is also a star. Cycle. It’s just that, that star, a long, long time ago, suddenly disappeared.”

"."

The old militia didn't understand Dark Snake's words either. He just looked at the boy's serious face, smiled and nodded.

"good!"

Dark Snake cleared his throat, looked at the position between Mars and Jupiter in the night sky, and sang leisurely.

".You are the origin of the gods, floating for thirty-seven million years in the desolate and ancient star world.."

Thirty-seven million years? How much is this? The old militiaman thought about it for a while, but he couldn't figure it out, and he didn't care. He just listened quietly, drinking and smiling.

".The jaguar of the star world, stepping on the footsteps of the wind. He came to the boundless river, the tree of life, sitting on the top of the withered tree, looking at the star of origin like a seed."

In Mayan mythology, the Milky Way is a sacred tree of life. The stars of the Milky Way are located in different corners of the tree. The astral jaguar is one of the four creation gods in the Mayan records, and in astronomy, it represents Mars. The position of the origin star in the poem is opposite to Mars.

The city of Cholula has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, and many of their myths, like the Mayans, originated in the ancient Olmec era.

"Seeds germinated in the sea of ​​stars, and gave birth to the gods of heaven. The astral world is a beautiful garden, and the gods walk under the trees, and everything is so beautiful until the darkness of death, rushing from the deep shadows, like lightning falling from the sky , smashed the home of the gods!"

When Dark Snake sang here, for some reason, tears flowed from his eyes. There were tears on his face, and there was sadness in his singing.

"...everything collapsed, the tree of gods overturned. The origin star fell, the gods died in darkness, and the flood flooded the galaxy!."

"After many years, the remnants of the people built tall towers. They prayed, they offered sacrifices, and they waited on the earth, waiting for the return of the gods~"

Chivaco pursed his lips, his eyes softened. He didn't know what the boy was singing about, he didn't know the origin of the stars, and he didn't care about the amazing secrets that might be hidden in this poem.

"Phew! He's also a poor child."

The old militiaman sighed. He can understand the voice of the boy. It was a foreign aristocrat, even a descendant of God, who lost his home, relatives, and all status in the era of wolves, and became a humble captive.

After the clear singing, the boat was silent again, only the rushing water. The old and the young sat together and did not speak again. They look at the Milky Way in the sky, think of someone far away, their thoughts are far away, and their hearts are very close.