Acting Warchief

Overall, the words left behind by the gods leaned more toward blessings. Once they had reflected on them, Zul'ra, Cairne, Vol'jin, and the others who had presided over the rites were all greatly enthused. The gods' words had been vague, yet they faintly foretold that an age belonging to the Horde was arriving.

An age belonging to the Horde—what exhilarating news that was. Cairne was tremendously excited and even proposed on the spot that they send word across the world, announcing the matter as an auspicious omen.

"We can only regard the words of the gods as encouragement, not prophecy. Everything still requires us to act and work to make it happen. There is no need to publicize it specially or announce it to the whole world." Zul'ra immediately rejected Cairne's idea of promoting the day's events as an auspicious omen.

To be honest, Zul'ra did not oppose auspicious omens. A prediction that the Horde was destined for greatness would be good for raising everyone's initiative and enthusiasm. But with gods involved, such extensive publicity would indeed raise the people's enthusiasm and passion—but it would also increase the gods' influence.

Once the gods' influence reached a considerable level, a faction that championed divine authority would emerge. That was something Zul'ra did not want to see. He clearly analyzed the gods' words for Cairne. Though those words contained blessings, before the Horde's age had truly arrived, they could still be interpreted in more than one way.

Cairne was a clever man, and Vol'jin was no fool either. After giving it careful thought, the two abandoned the idea of advertising the matter as an auspicious omen. They should simply get down to work.

After the grand ritual concluded, Zul'ra, Cairne, and Vol'jin distributed the fruits, vegetables, and meat used in the ceremony