Yuanshen: The sea of ​​sand at the beginning, straight to the seat of God

Chapter 15 14- Am I not in vain?
Babel held a meeting as scheduled.

One thing that is a little funny is that Rama, who proposed to control the desert and was also the core of the meeting, did not have the right to speak at the meeting.

The proposer and implementer of the plan needs to apply for consent from others, and he must wait for the elders to ask before he can speak.

Rama wasn't even qualified to speak until they asked.

Even if this is your plan, you are at the heart of it.

But that is the reality.

No wonder Babel laughed at Rama.

Among the entire tribe, although he has a reputation, it is not enough.

Fame is a valuable resource, it determines how many people are willing to pay how much to support you when you do something.

The desert is a relatively simple environment.

You are either a warrior—shown your prowess in many hunts, and are praised by your fellow clansmen for this.

Either you are a wise man—during multiple hunts, you used your wisdom to bring greater casualties to the enemy and bring more benefits to the tribe.

In this way, the tribe will recognize your ability, and then on the basis of the ability value, they will wear a crown of glory for you.

And Rama never went hunting, in fact, he was adopted as a slave in the first place.

The Horde instills honor and devotion in them, only really requiring them to die for the Horde, and embarrassing themselves with honor without asking for actual supplies.

As we all know, honor is something that can be paid by a piece of paper and a touch of one's upper and lower lips.

The core is rare, rare and precious, it has value but the cost is very low.

You ask for credit without actual benefit, which is what the elders expect.

They are stingy with giving but want you to give everything, so they wrap everyone in honor.

This is also Babel's training path.

She showed her talents among the many children, and then she has the qualifications to become a falcon——no, no, no, it's not right to say that, it's better to use another way of saying it.

Among the many children who were trained, she was the only one who eventually became a falcon.

Whether you are talented or not, first undergo rigorous training.

Those who survived in the end are naturally gifted.

Not talented?

Tribal orphans can choose other paths, while non-tribal children who are robbed or picked up for adoption can only end their lives early.

Babel was honored on the way of falconry, but she was honored so much that the Horde had to grant her powers.

Rama should follow the same path.

But in the process of growing up, he chose to show his talent in academics.

This is Rama's own choice.

When Rama discovered that a group of people who grew up with him were all educated with the purpose of training bravery, he understood that he should be different.

The advantage of being different is that you can quickly gain attention among a group of people.

The result was indeed the same. He quickly gained the attention and training of the tribe. During a relatively long period of growth, he helped the tribe improve many technologies and made some useful props.

For example, looking for an oasis with abundant water and grass, improving the forging process of weapons, and more effective healing drugs...
Compared with one or two fighters, Rama's displayed talent is naturally more important.

So logically, like Babel, he was accepted as one of his own.

Scholars are more important than fighters, because Tanit is not a weak tribe, it has many relatively good fighters.

But they didn't have a single scholar who could refine these techniques.

So Rama immediately got rid of his status as a slave and became a tribal deserter.

The improved technology naturally brought enough honor and fame to Rama, and this reputation was useful most of the time.

For example, Asarig, for example, the elders have to treat a 16-year-old boy with a pleasing face.

But war is another story.

Would you trust a 16-year-old known for making alchemy or medicine in war?

Do you believe that he can lead the tribe to victory and lead the tribe to plunder more resources and land?

The elders did not believe it.

A war is presided over either by a brave general or by a wise man of wisdom.

But no matter how you say it, you won't be a scholar who studies mechanics.

This is far too bad.

"He concealed his strength. He had the Eye of God a long time ago, but he didn't want to tell the tribe."

Tanit is a matrilineal clan that believes in the God of Flowers, and [Nine Elders] share the highest power of the tribe.

One of the elders was so harsh that he didn't care that Rama was right in front of him.

"This is disloyalty to the tribe."

He questioned.

Babel didn't make any cover-ups. Rama told her that she had obtained the Eye of God a long time ago, and she didn't use lies to pretend, but she really told the truth.

"Disloyal?" Babel raised his eyebrows, "But if I remember correctly, my children have brought a lot of benefits to the tribe, and this part of the benefits is even more than what you have brought to the tribe."

"Where did he do something wrong, so that you, the elder, are so suspicious of him and charged him with disloyalty?"

"Just because he has his own little secret, he's not being loyal enough to the Horde."

Babel smiled sarcastically, "Then all the elders who are doing it, who put everything on the bright side?"

"But the eye of God..."

He wanted to refute, but didn't continue.

Some people regard the God's Eye as the crystallization of faith, but people in the desert see it more simply.

The Eye of God is just a useful weapon.

Since it is an easy-to-use weapon, like the longbow and double-edged swords that inhabit the Erling...these are of course the property of the tribe.

Because the weapon is to pay everything for the tribe to be able to make people feel at ease.

But Rama concealed the fact that he possessed the Eye of God. According to Babel, he had obtained the Eye of God earlier, but deliberately did not report it.

The act of concealing weapons is of course bad.

However, the Eye of God is different from ordinary weapons after all. It is indeed a person's private property rather than the public property of the tribe. It is unreasonable to punish Rama because he has the Eye of God but did not tell him.

To be fair, of course Rama concealed the fact that he had the eyes of God selfishly.

Every elder can see it, but just like what Babel said, this cannot be regarded as evidence of punishment.

The Eye of God was not a bad act that he obtained from the tribe's hunting and then took the tribe's property as his own.

This is what the gods gave him alone.

Of course people should have their own selfishness, even if you are the elders of the tribe, it is impossible to contribute everything to the tribe.

When I was an ordinary tribal warrior, I had to contribute everything to the tribe. When I became a tribal elder, I also wanted to contribute everything to the tribe, leaving nothing for myself.

Then this elder, am I not in vain?

(End of this chapter)