The Beacon of the Gods

The Deity's Beacon

On the morning of the 29th, the Two Suns rose. Wofi, granddaughter of Priest Waldi, followed all her clansmen from the enormous city gate toward the towering temple. This was Wofi's first time entering a human city—though, more accurately, it was the first time walls dozens of meters tall had risen from her own clan's territory.

On the way to the temple, the clansmen were all discussing how their great Holy Wolf, Totapara, had already decided to bring all the tribes and followers like them to an even larger human city: Night-Kirin City.

Wofi had not understood why they had to leave the forest and enter a city. On the way to the temple, the clansmen around her kept talking.

"Have you heard? The children from every tribe are going to be gathered together?"

"I don't know, but all the Priest Apprentices have already assembled."

"Did you eat the wheat porridge at the temple entrance? It was so good. Everyone got a bowl."

At last, they arrived at the temple. Towering stone pillars, a snow-white altar, a majestic divine statue—the moment the clansmen stepped into the temple, they consciously closed their mouths. Some had even just entered the hall before they instinctively prostrated themselves before the statue.

The little girl knelt before the statue with the others, listening to High Priest Panita recite the doctrines and scriptures. By chance, she lifted her head and looked at the winding dragon-shaped sculpture behind the divine statue.

"Big sister?" By chance, Wofi saw a mysterious lady sitting atop the Dragon God, her eyes narrowed as she smiled at her. But when the girl looked more closely, the woman had vanished.

When Priest Panita finished reciting the doctrines, she began touching each Wolf-Barbarian's head and granting blessings. When Wofi walked up