The turning of the new year was the movement of sun and moon. The vast Caribbean Sea still heaved with surging waves. The "demons'" fleet raised sail and departed, cutting through a thousand li of breakers. Yet on the great island of Cuba, the raging "tide" continued to spread among the Taino Tribes!
"The Main God bears witness—the miracle has descended! The prophecy the Longship Great Shaman brought three years ago has truly come true! White-Skinned Demons never seen before have arrived in Cuba's Hot Land aboard great ships! Their vanguard fleet has already been defeated by the Longship Tribe, leaving behind great ships hung with white sails and long-bearded captives!... But they will come back! They will come again with great ships and beasts, bringing cruel slaughter and plunder, bringing endless plague and death!..."
Over the past month or two, one Taino Canoe after another, carrying the kingdom's tribal envoys, had hurriedly set out from Iron Bay Town, more than a dozen groups in all. They did not merely circle the great island of Cuba to notify the large Taino tribes all along the coast; they also ventured deep into Cuba's interior, and even went farther east to the Great Island of Haiti, notifying the western Haitian tribes that had trade ties with Iron Bay Town. And the envoys who arrived one after another brought not only the miracle proving the prophecy true, but also an even more important invitation to an alliance gathering!
"The Main God blesses us! Tomatl, the Longship Great Shaman, has sworn a blood oath in the Main God's name to guard Cuba's Hot Land! The Longship Tribe is willing to unite the tribes of the Hot Land and form a tribal alliance to resist the demons!... And the Longship Great Shaman invites the chiefs