king of ros

Chapter 194 Pagan Holy Land
Following Rostislav's order, the entire Moscow court became busy, preparing for the prince's trip.

Rostislav's trip was a big event, and the entire Red City was busy because of it. As everyone was busy, the news that the prince was about to leave spread throughout Moscow.

For most ordinary people, the departure of the prince has little impact on their lives. How should the prince live or how to live after leaving.

But in the eyes of those who are interested, this is a major event. The departure of the prince means that the political economy of Northeast Ross will be temporarily reshuffled in the next period of time.

For those who are ambitious, if you seize this opportunity, you may be able to soar into the sky.

Some people left Moscow in a hurry. They needed to bring the news to their masters as soon as possible. For those people, news was money and an opportunity.

Among other things, traveling to the west with the prince can save a lot of guard fees.

Others immediately started to move and started jumping up and down. The departure of Rostislav would inevitably lead to the departure of a group of people in high positions.

And as these people leave, their positions will also be vacant, and those who remain will have the opportunity to temporarily perform their duties. This is an opportunity to gain power.

Although, when those people return, they will definitely lose their current jobs, but these experiences will definitely make them potential successors. If they have the opportunity in the future, they will be able to take over the position. This is a very precious experience.

So the news of Rostislav's imminent departure spread throughout the back of the forest at an extremely fast speed, until no one knew about it.

And in such an environment, other people also began to move around, and they had different ideas.

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In the wilderness of northeast Ross, a team is advancing on the road.

However, the way they advanced was not the dirt roads built under the orders of the princes, but the hidden animal paths in the forest.

Few people know about this kind of path, basically only local people know something about it, and only local people can walk it.

And the non-locals who walk on this road are either business travelers who want to take the small road for convenience, or people with other thoughts...

At first glance, this is a team of foresters that is very common in the wilderness. Everyone is wearing simple clothes, carrying food or various daily necessities purchased from the town, and has self-defense such as hatchets and knives on their waists. arms.

However, if you observe carefully, you will find that this group of people is still weird. Their positions are very regular, and they are obviously defending against something.

These people are too disciplined to be like the loose forest folk.

The group of people quickly walked to the end of the beast path, and what appeared in front of them was a mountain wall covered with countless vines. In some places, there were so many vines that even completely covered the mountain wall. It looked like a green wall, but everyone It didn't stop there.

The leaders of this team first knocked regularly on the mountain wall for a while, and then directly turned over a vine.

And as the vines were opened, a dark and narrow passage appeared in front of everyone's eyes. This was a cave, a cave whose entrance was covered by vines.

Torches were lit on the narrow walls of the cave, obviously for lighting purposes. At the same time, there were several sentinels in wooden armor, who were pointing spears at the comers, and someone was preparing to ring the copper bell.

And when they saw the face of the person who came in, they also put down their weapons. In fact, the knock on the mountain wall just now had already let the sentries know the identity of the person who came in, and now it was just the last layer of insurance in practice.

The two groups of people talked briefly, and then the team continued to move forward along the cave.

This cave is very long and quiet, and branches out from time to time. If you don't pay attention, you may get lost here. Fortunately, the torches on the cave wall pointed out the way for everyone.

Proceeding along the correct path, everyone can see some openings on the cave wall from time to time, but if it is not illuminated by torches, everyone can't see them at all.

Everyone knew that it was a killing cave. If someone attacked the cave, they would encounter these attacks from the dark when they passed by, and because of the darkness, these people would not even be able to find out where the attack came from.

And not long after passing through these killing caves, the exit of the cave also appeared, facing the oncoming sunlight, everyone saw the scene of their destination.

The first thing they saw was a lake, and there was a small village beside the lake. There were many farmlands beside the village, and the crops on it were ripe and people were busy harvesting them.

This village is not big, with only a few hundred residents. It is the kind of village that is very common in the Northeast Ross Wilderness, but many places in it are abnormal:

There are trained militiamen in the open space, middle-aged men brandishing spears and shields under slogans, and on the other side of the militiamen are children studying under the guidance of warlocks, and horse-riding archers are running horses and archery.

Even one of them is a scene that is difficult to see in most Ross villages, but it has appeared here, all of which make this place more like a military camp.

Not far from the village, they saw a rough statue with a huge painted totem next to it. Everyone who looked at the statue prayed silently subconsciously, because it was the statue of Villes, the farmer of Ross. God of Shepherd, God of the Underworld.

The realm of this deity is related to important aspects of life and death, so even though warriors worship Perun, the god of thunder, the majority of the people still believe in Veles.

The leader of the team glanced at the sun, then at the nearby stones, and roughly judged the current time.

"It's not a good time to come, the revered master is praying."

Although he said so, the leader continued to move forward with the people. The team went straight to the village. The villagers they met greeted them happily, and they responded happily.

But if you pay close attention, you will find that the villagers here are basically men and women in their prime, and neither the elderly nor children can be seen.

It's a rare sight, but it happens.

The leader of the team asked everyone to unload the supplies they brought, and then disbanded the team, letting everyone go to meet with family or friends, while he himself went straight to the tall Villes statue.

As he got closer to the statue, the awe in his heart grew. This is the largest polytheistic holy place in Northeast Ross. The statue of Navigles was carved by several generations of warlocks, and its sanctity is self-evident.

Next to the statue of Navigles, the totems representing the gods also stand here. These totems are very sacred. They are also carved by warlocks, and then painted with corresponding precious oil paints to form a paper fierce face, representing With the majesty of the gods.

But more than he was in awe of the statue, he was more in awe of the man wearing the coarse cloth praying under the statue.

This place was originally a place where pagan warlocks worshiped the gods. Of course, it is impossible for ordinary believers to come here, but the master opened it and brought everyone to this great place. Here they train, they study, and they work for Prepare for the future war.

The leader didn't go directly to the place of prayer, but found a random place to sit down, then lowered his head in awe, watching the man in coarse linen praying, there are many people like him waiting here.

Finally, the prayer was over, and the prostrate pagan magician stood up, and then he turned to look at the crowd.

This person was none other than Lev, a pagan warlock who had cooperated with Jan Vishadich and was tracked down by the nobleman.

And the first thing he saw was the leader, and he called out the name of the leader.

The man humbly came to the master, knelt down devoutly, and Lev asked.

"Xie Miao, what news did you bring?"

"Respected Master, as those news said, we have confirmed that Rostislav Vladimirovich will leave the Land of the Queen of the Woods."

The man named Semyon was a little excited to report what he knew. The excitement was because the opportunity he had been looking forward to had arrived, but Lev was not so happy, he just sighed, and then continued.

"In this case, then ring the big bell and let us have a meeting to discuss under the watchful eyes of the Great God Veles."

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(End of this chapter)