Aztec Eternals

The sea and sky are vast, the east is boundless waves, and the land looms in the southeast. The kingdom's exploration fleet departed from the mouth of the Owl River and headed east along the extended land. After traveling for 120 miles, we will arrive at the mouth of the Rio Filobobos; after another 60 miles, we will reach the mouth of the Pingsha River (Rio Colipa).

The Cathawk River, the Jianjiao River, and the Pingsha River, the three long rivers are lined up like the roots of trees, extending inland and branching out into more than a dozen tributaries. The tributaries of these long rivers connect the four states of Tlaxcala, the coasts of Vastek, and the coasts of Totonac. They even extend all the way to the southeast, reaching seven hundred miles away, at the border of Totonac, Mixtec, and Zapotec, the vast Lake Miguel Alemán. In other words.

"Lord God! This eastern seashore is really a wild place, full of trees, connected by these rivers!"

Puap took off his eagle helmet and wiped the sweat from his brow and neck. Then, he took a shriveled dried tomato, threw it into his mouth, and chewed it one after another. The very sour and slightly sweet taste spread in the gray soil warrior's mouth, which lifted him up again.

"After coming down from the plateau, the lowland along the coast, apart from the continuous rainforest, is just one river after another! If there were no rivers of all sizes, it would be fatal to drill everywhere in the woods for hundreds of miles! "

Hearing this, the Mayan merchant Tikalo shook his head and laughed. Where is this? Next, when you arrive at the Mayan tribes in Yucatan, there are rainforests more than 2,000 miles from north to south, and 1,600 miles from east to west. There are green oceans everywhere, and the inland is not connected by long rivers. That is what really kills people!

Without local guides and support from local city-states, any legion that goes deep into the rainforest will be a dead end! Well, no matter how powerful the legion is!

Thinking of this, Ti Kalo lowered his eyes and fell silent. Some long-standing family records flashed in his mind, making it hard to let go. After a while, he said with a smile.

"After crossing three big rivers, we left the scope of existence of the Wastec tribe and came to the territory of the Totonak people. Going southeast, one hundred and twenty miles away, we are the feathers of the respected tribes of the Totonac tribe. Snake City! According to ancient legends, this is where the Feathered Serpent God left the mainland and sailed to the East China Sea on a snake raft!."

"Therefore, hundreds of years ago, the seaside tribes who believed in the Feathered Serpent God established an ancient city-state here, and built the revered Feathered Serpent Ancient Temple! Then, the Totonak people who came south from the northern wilderness , after settling in the seaside, he also gradually converted to Feathered Serpent God"

"It's mid-January, which happens to be the first Feathered Serpent Day after the New Year! Various ministries in Totonac along the coast will hold extremely grand festivals and sacrifices that last for several days. If the fleet speeds up, it should be able to catch up superior!"

The oarsmen take turns to row, and the fleet keeps moving forward. Two days later, the kingdom's exploration fleet finally arrived at Feathered Snake City. At this time, in Feathered Snake City, a celebration ceremony for worshiping the gods is being held. And tens of thousands of Totonak tribes are dancing and celebrating inside and outside the city-state!

".The benevolent Feathered Serpent God, He has the most beautiful feathers in the world! He rides the hurricane through feathers, and dances in the storm by the sea! His beard flutters, with a smile on his face, and sings with us!"

The celebratory singing echoed throughout the city-state. The nobles and the chieftains, all dressed in brightly colored costumes, with tall bird feathers, surrounded by gold, silver and precious stones, raised their hands and sang. The young girls, on the other hand, wore scantily clad blouses, bare wrists and ankles, strung with colorful shells, and danced youthful and lively dances amidst the sound of "ding dong".

The whole city is immersed in a sea of ​​festive joy. The arrival of the kingdom's fleet did not attract much attention. Although the kingdom's longships were large, they were similar to the galleys that the Mayans often traveled with. In fact, at this time, several Mayan merchant ships were docked on the coast of the city-state. On such a festive day, nobles and chieftains never spare their wealth, and it is the best time to do business!

Under the vigilant eyes of the Mayan colleagues, a group of people stepped off the long boat and entered the ancient city in front of them. Although the Feathered Serpent City of the Totonac people has the same name as the Tlaxcala Feathered Serpent City, the architectural style is more primitive and very different.

The Feather Serpent City of the Tlaxcalans is a small but strong castle with a complete bluestone exterior wall and tall twin temples. The Feathered Snake City of the Totonac people is an open market city-state with a vast area, only simple wooden fences, and most of the houses are low grass houses and wooden sheds. In the city-state, the only stone building with more than two floors is the single pyramid more than ten meters high, and the most revered Feathered Serpent Temple built on the top of the tower!

"Huh? This is the statue of Feathered Serpent God? It looks really strange."

The old militiaman Chihuaco stood near the temple, raised his head, and looked curiously at the carvings of the pyramid temple. The Prepecha people believe in the three gods of the sun, the earth, and the moon, and the Mexica Alliance has given up the belief in the feathered snake and completely destroyed the feathered snake sculpture. Therefore, this is indeed the first time he has seen Feathered Serpent God.

The reliefs are vivid and have been carved for hundreds of years. Among a long feathered serpent circling around, stands a sharp feathered serpent. The Feathered Serpent God's eyes are two huge sapphires, and his forehead is extremely broad, his nose is high and straight, and his appearance is very deep, which is completely different from the rest of the Nahua gods. more importantly

"It's really strange! Feathered Serpent God, why does he have such a long beard? Hey! It's really ugly, much uglier than His Majesty!"

Seeing this, Chivako shook his head and sighed. In this era, all the ministries of the world do not have the habit of growing beards. And genetically, Native Americans also have the least body hair, skin follicles the least sensitive to male hormones, and almost no lush beards. This pair of gods fell in the eyes of Chihuaco, just like the people of the ancient Chinese dynasty felt when they saw "Yang Yi" for the first time.

Two steps away, Puap's eyes widened. The beard sculpted by the Feathered Serpent God was dyed with a gray-red dye and inlaid with rubies. And Feathered Serpent God's face was plated with some silver particles, shining brightly in the sunlight.

"Broad forehead, high nose, blue eyes, white skin, and a gray-red beard?. Hmm? I seem to have heard someone say that this is"

"This is a foreign demon! Damn it! These depraved Totonak people not only believe in the Feathered Serpent God, but also portray the Feathered Serpent God as a white-skinned demon!"

Seeing the carvings of the temple, the main god priest Tomat stared angrily, shaking his hands in anger. Although the Feathered Serpent God of the Alliance also has a big beard, but he didn't carve it into the appearance of the demon in the apocalypse!

"Ah! Supreme Lord God! May you send down thunder to punish these lost tribes! The legions of the alliance must come here, destroy the statues, and burn the demons to ashes!"

"Tsk tsk! The feathered snake gods of the Totonac people are indeed very strange. I don't know who they learned from, but they are not the same as our Mayan feathered snake gods!"

Not far away, the Mayan businessman Tikalo touched his bright bald head and looked at the sculptures of the temple with puzzlement and confusion in his expression.

However, at this moment, several aged Feathered Serpent priests suddenly walked out from the high temple. Holding corn and feathers, they walked down the pyramid singing and dancing. And a dozen or so apprentice priests, carrying a gorgeous bamboo raft, carefully followed behind.

The young Dark Snake stood on tiptoe and watched. On the raft stood a two-person tall wooden statue of a Feathered Serpent decorated with gold and silver carvings. At the bottom of the wooden statue is a row of several long wooden snakes. This is the sculpture of Feathered Serpent God riding a snake raft.

"...the benevolent Feathered Serpent God, He suffers a sad heartbreak.

He was murdered by the dark gods and witnessed the decline of the doomsday!

He took out the obsidian stone mirror and looked at his pale face.

He stretched out his old hand, leaving the last handprint on the stone

"

The Feathered Serpent Priests sang and danced, while carrying the raft, they walked towards the sea several miles away. The people of the city-state also sang loudly, following in the footsteps of the priests. The nobles took out thin obsidian mirrors, which reflected the sun's rays and fell on the undulating sea like dots of shining stars.

Everyone in the fleet looked at each other, and followed the residents of the city-state to the sea.

"O benevolent Feathered Serpent God, He chose to exile himself!

He left the people he loved and went to the endless eastern lake.

There is his homeland, and the beauty of countless birds and flowers.

His loving subjects wept and pleaded. they said:

O merciful and bright God, when will you return? .

"

After singing here, the Feathered Serpent Priests have come to the seaside. They lowered their splendid rafts into the open sea. The nobles and leaders immediately stepped forward, scrambling to be the first to put their gold, silver and precious stones on the god-worshiping raft. The young and pure city-state girls are holding tropical flowers and dotted around the raft.

Soon, driven by the current and tide, the tall Feathered Serpent Statue, loaded with gold, silver, precious stones and flowers, slowly sailed into the depths of the sea. Tens of thousands of Totonac people stood by the sea, staring blankly at the raft going away. Sadness gradually appeared on their faces, and even tears flowed down their faces.

It wasn't until a big wave hit that the statue on the raft disappeared, and the Feathered Serpent Priests sang again in sad tones.

"O merciful Feathered Serpent God, He left the weeping people!

He traveled to the far east on the raft of the green serpent.

He made the promise of the gods to those who love him and the loved ones!

The beautiful feathered snake will return in a certain spring,

End short-lived withering with flourishing flowers.

"

"He said: I will return from the lake in the east,

Take a boat like never before!

Bring back peace and prosperity, bring back light and wisdom,

Save you again!

"

The Feathered Serpent Priest's singing came to a sudden halt in the wind. The apprentice priests blew low conch shells, like weeping at the bottom of a lake. The myth of the Feathered Serpent God has been circulated in ballads. Up to this point, there are only endless regrets and the last elusive hope left.

A sad atmosphere enveloped the crowd. Tens of thousands of Totonak people couldn't bear it anymore. They knelt down by the sea in groups, with tears in their eyes. They stretched out their hands tremblingly, facing the boundless sea in the east. Under the guidance of the priests, they made a hysterical call:

".Come back! Merciful Feathered Serpent God!."

".Come back! Bright Kecharcoatl!."

". Please come back from the eastern sea on a big ship! Use light and prosperity to save your people!"

". Please, please come back!"

The sound of weeping blood is heartbreaking. The cries and wailing of tens of thousands of people resounded on the beach outside Feather Serpent City, spreading far and wide. However, on the far east skyline, there are only empty seas and seabirds flying alone.

Chivaco stood among the crowd, staring blankly to the east. He has never participated in such a celebration, but he can really feel the people's desire for the Feathered Serpent God, for peace, light and prosperity!

However, in the past hundreds of years, during the thousands of sacrifices, the benevolent and bright Feathered Serpent God has never returned. In the world of Central America, in the constant division and fighting, the balance of the population limit is maintained. The world is struggling towards the Bronze Age, waiting for a breakthrough that has been accumulated for thousands of years.

In the original history, such Feathered Serpent God Ceremonies would continue to be held. Such calling and waiting will continue forever!

Thirty years later, a tall three-masted sailing ship actually returned from the eastern coast on the day of the festival and sailed towards the ecstatic crowd. Then, it is full of "messenger and incarnation of Feathered Serpent God", with cruel greed and desire, bringing endless darkness and death!