"Startling news? Something that shook all the Lowland Maya? Thoughts of converting to the Main God?... Mm... Then it has to be related to the Cocom family, and also to the Main God..."
"Exactly! As the Highland Main God bears witness, not only that, this news is also tied to the origins of the Golden Age, to the legendary ancient sage of the First Era..."
The night wind of December was cool, blowing over the shores of the Caribbean islands, refreshing as a fine drizzle. Iron Bay Town's Main God Temple was not tall or grand. Starlight from the Milky Way fell through its airy courtyard, like broken white foam drifting by the sea. Seen from the red hills, this brand-new stone temple stood on Cuba's eastern snake head like a reef. It was like a stone nail the Main God had driven in with his own hand to pin down the Feathered Serpent, containing the power to decide life and death, and also flashing with the radiance of faith.
At that moment inside the temple, the kneeling Maya noble Yan Hu was helped up by High Priest Tomatl, and he faced the statue of the Main God. He looked somewhat nervously at the Main God's abstract, solemn face, licked his dry lips, and unconsciously lowered his voice.
"Several months ago, during the talks between the Highland Black Wolf Legion and the Canul Clan, the head of the Cocom family, Tiakin, brought out the inherited divine object of the Mayapan royal house, the Skull of the Ancient Sage from the First Era! As the divine-descended heir of the Mayapan royal house, Tiakin proclaimed himself the Maya 'K'uhul Ajaw' (k'uhul ajaw), meaning 'sacred lord,' 'the king who leads all the clans'..."
"Then he announced to the Lowland tribes that, under the