In the Gray Goose left-behind camp, the two largest tents belong to the leader who went south, and the second belongs to Old Priest who stayed behind.
Old Priest is neither the most powerful Priest in the tribe, nor the person the leader relies on the most, but Old Priest is currently the oldest Priest in the entire Southern Gallop Plains, and is also the master of most Priest, and every Barbarian in Gallop Camp Priest was taught by him personally.
According to word of mouth in the Barbarian camp, Old Priest is almost omnipotent. From the gods that Barbarian mainly believes in to the gods believed by the main Beastmen tribes nearby, he knows the corresponding sacrificial methods and can communicate with those gods.
Old Priest can infer the weather, is familiar with the calendar, can communicate with plants and animals, and can also configure various herbs, Magic Potion.
It was when Grey Goose Tribe, now Head Goose, was 10 years old, Old Priest took a fancy to this child and told the tribal leader that this child would definitely inspire Bloodline in the future, so the previous generation Head Goose began to train the successors who are now all-powerful in the territory of the Dragon Kingdom.
Today, Old Priest is no longer the most trusted person by his Head Goose disciple. A few months ago, because he disagreed with Head Goose's plan to go south, he did not hesitate to quarrel with Head Goose several times, and rejected his proposal to attend the Winter Conference.
Old Priest's stubbornness even made Head Goose a little annoyed. In Head Goose's view, this battle going south was a ceremony for him to be crowned the king of Barbarian. He longed for the teacher who first discovered his potential to personally offer Barbarian God's blessing to him in Rothe Castle.
However, Old Priest firmly refused. Head Goose knew that no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could not force Old Priest to go south with him. It was not easy to make God happy, but to make God unhappy, he only needed to anger Priest.
Head Goose, who had not been dazzled by the victory at that time and was just planning to take down Rothe Castle, asked Old Priest to defend his headquarters camp for him. After all, the camp and Salt Mine are Grey Goose Tribe's biggest support.
This time Old Priest agreed. He took Chieftain who was left behind in the Grey Goose Tribe and sent Head Goose and most of the young people in the camp away. At that moment, Old Priest felt that his time was running out.
In Old Priest's tent, not only was the foundation fully compacted, but the ground was also covered with a thick layer of pack animal skin, which was hard and waterproof.
The most notable thing inside the tent is a Altar. Altar is engraved with some Holy Emblem in blood. Under the detective are some tributes, including grains, pickled Magic Beast Meat, and Barbarian incense burner.
Old Priest's bed is very simple. There is only a small bed on the left side of the tent. There is a wooden bookshelf next to the bed, which is filled with Magic Scroll and animal skin books. There are several Old Priest books. Notes and notebooks were placed directly on the ground. On the right side of the tent was a small classroom surrounded by several animal skin cushions. This was the place where Old Priest inherited the Barbarian sacrificial ceremony.
The Priest inheritance of Barbarian is very different from that of Human Race. Priest of Human Race has its own sect, and the sects can all be traced back to a certain True God or a certain Demigod.
But the belief in Barbarian is very mixed. From wild Beast God to the Human Empire to True God, to Two Suns Three Moons, everyone believes in True God as long as it still works.
Before entering Gallop Plains at the earliest, Barbarian did believe in a certain Human Gods, but with the influence of Magic Turbulence, Barbarian and his The gods have lost contact, so every time Priest makes sacrifices, he will call the gods one by one. Whoever can be shaken will be counted. Whichever god can respond will be worshiped more. If there is no response, the next sacrifice will not be missed. Who knows whether there will be a response next time?
Within Gray Goose Camp, every Barbarian who inspired Mana-Wielder Bloodline will follow Old Priest and Old Priest in the first month after being successfully inspired. Apprentice will be asked to try to communicate with each True God. If no True God responds within a month, it means that the child is not suitable for Priest Apprentice.
For Barbarian on Gallop Plains, the probability of becoming Mana-Wielder is 1/5, and the probability of becoming Priest is 1/100. Through his lifelong teaching, Old Priest has not taught a few juniors who can stably call the gods.
But in the past two years, Old Priest finally found the most suitable successor. Now in the camp, Old Priest is busy taking care of his apprentices all day long, and does not manage things in the camp at all. If Head Goose hadn't asked him before leaving, he really planned to take his apprentices to travel to other tribes this winter, so that the apprentices can learn more knowledge and broaden their horizons.
After the Gray Goose messenger who came in the morning took away the cavalry in the camp, Old Priest hid in his tent.
I was teaching a few Apprentice on the animal skin cushions when I heard someone shouting outside.
"Master Priest, Master Priest, there is a tribe coming outside, there are quite a few people, a few Chieftain don't know what to do!"
"They don't know what to do? I know that?" Priest has been repeatedly interrupted in the past two days to participate in camp activities, and he is very impatient.
"There are more people on the other side."
"If there are too many people, call back all the people who left in the morning."
"Master Priest... they... they are from the south, they should..."
Old Priest heard something was wrong, he put down the scroll in his hand and walked out of the tent.
"Tell me, how many people are there?"
"Minimum 200 people"
"I understand, tell those Chieftains that I will come right away." Old Priest's tone was very calm at this moment. When the messenger left, he returned and entered the tent.
"Wendy, take the four of them, take the Priest robes I made for you, and hide in your own tent." Old Priest walked to the teaching area and said to several Apprentice.
"Ah, grandpa, are there any enemies outside the camp?" The person speaking was Wendy, Old Priest's newly found apprentice. She and the other four Human Race girls are all Old Priest specially found Human Race with Witch, which can be said to be the rarest Mana-Wielder in the whole Gallop Plains and Dragon Kingdom northwest region.
Wendy is just 17 this year. Because he has inspired Mana-Wielder Bloodline, he is now almost 1.9 meters tall. In the entire camp, only Mana-Wielder, Human Race and Barbarian, can surpass Wendy in strength. The remaining four girls are slightly petite, and they are all over 1.8 meters tall.
Wendy are far better at learning and learning faster than Priest Apprentice of Barbarian. Old Priest regarded it as a treasure as soon as they discovered it, but Mana-Wielder in the Barbarian camp are all men and have a very rude attitude towards women. Old Priest, who was afraid of hurting a few girls, kept them secretly in several tents and even made Priest Apprentice robes and masks for several girls.
Girls must wear robes and masks when leaving the tent. Their height makes Mana-Less and Barbarian in the camp unaware of their female identities.
Only Head Goose has seen them in the entire camp. He regards Wendy girls as his future Wealth, and agrees to let Old Priest hide the girls.
"Take my scepter. If our camp is really attacked, ride on Black-Scaled Horse behind my tent and escape into Salt Mine. Go there to find the intermediate demon Mage Gandalf. He will take care of you."
"Grandpa, are you so good this time?" asked another girl Lily.
Old Priest did not speak, but turned to the bookcase next to his bed and found a few notebooks.
"In the future, if you don't have my guidance, you can just read these books. These are all the notes I wrote in Human Race when I was traveling in the interior of the Human Empire. You can understand them." Old Priest handed a few books to Wendy. "Go to the stables and ride the horses you used before. Remember to wear a mask and a robe, and don't be exposed."
Wendy and the other girls looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
"Hey," Old Priest looked at the five girls. At this moment, his mind was full of the scene when he saw Wendy for the first time. At that time, Wendy was dressed as Grassland looked like a girl, wearing a feather-decorated hat, leather clothes, blue and lively eyes on a small face with some baby fat. Old Priest looked at them, knowing that this was probably the last time they would see her.
"Go quickly." Old Priest didn't ask that in the end. Do they resent him for buying them this Gallop Plains? They originally thought that these girls were rejected by the people around them. Maybe they were still emotional when they first came here, but in the future they really became Priest of the big tribe, and the resentment in their hearts melted away. Maybe they could even thank themselves.
But God did not give Old Priest enough time, nor did he give Grey Goose Tribe the opportunity to continue to grow bigger.
In the end, none of the five girls said a word, they just left the tent silently.
"I have finally waited for this day." Seeing the five girls walking out of the tent, Old Priest let out a sigh of relief.
When the previous Gray Goose Leader occupied Salt Mine 10 years ago, he knew that there would be such a day. In these years, Salt Mine and Iron Mine have brought more and more benefits to Barbarian on Gallop Plains, which has also led to more intense conflicts between tribes than in the past hundred years.
Several large tribes, Gray Goose, Eagle Tribe, Bull Tribe, and Wandering Badger Tribe, have replaced the traditional small and medium-sized tribes of Barbarian. Barbarian has a cavalry team of more than 100 people. The small tribes that were once independent of each other are now tied together by alliances.
But all this comes at a price. Mining requires technology, workers, and the support of magic and alchemy equipment, but there is none in the Barbarian tribe. Therefore, Grey Goose Tribe is entangled with Blue Dragon, Bristle-Wolf, Frost-Wolf and Palace Front Department and multiple Human Race forces.
Salt Mine made Gray Goose no longer a simple nomadic tribe. A large number of Human Race demon-loving slaves were found from the Human Empire and entered the mining areas to mine. The tribes on the plains also relied heavily on Black-Scaled Horse, Iron Armor and other industries, and relied on grain input from the empire.
After several years of development, Grey Goose Tribe has been stationed semi-fixedly outside Salt Mine. All Black-Scaled Horse in the camp are no longer riders' partners, but commodities to be exchanged.
The product and Gold Coin connect the originally independent tribes into a network.
Old Priest knows that sooner or later, a powerful force will appear on the plains, integrate the tribes on the entire plains, and establish a new era.
But he didn't expect that this era would come so quickly, and that his tribe was being crushed by the new era.