Dawnlight rose from the edge of the sky, shining over the jungle and coastal city-state, and another bright spring day began. In Golden Bay City, fresh shoots sprouted from grass and trees, and ancient, simple stone carvings gleamed. The towering Sun God Temple and the immense Feathered Serpent Temple faced each other, standing together at the center of the city-state. And when the sun climbed to its zenith, grand prayer rites were held at the same time before the two sacred temples!
"The Sun God sends down Divine Force, and the Feathered Serpent soars through the sky! The evil demons of the Aztec, their divine thunder, shall lose its soul-corrupting power under the protection of the gods!"
The Priests of the city-state lit blazing Sacred Fires and raised curling Divine Smoke. They chanted amid the Divine Smoke, danced in sacrifice before the Sacred Fire, waved sharp Obsidian daggers, and offered up the chosen human sacrifices.
Apart from the several thousand warriors defending the city, more than forty thousand Totonac warriors and tribespeople gathered on the plazas before the temples, prostrating themselves in prayer together. They carried ignorant expectation in their hearts, yearning for the descent of Divine Force to protect the city-state and the tribes, and resist the Mexica People's conquest!
"O gods! Please protect your children, protect the Totonac!"
Devout cries rang out all across the city-state, carrying far into the distance. The Mexica Legion outside the city seemed to hold the gods in awe as well; shaken by the rites praying to the gods, they temporarily slowed their cruel siege. The prayer rites inside the city thus grew ever grander, ever more fanatical. The Totonac shouted the names of the Sun God and the Feathered Serpent, tears streaming down their faces in excitement, and some even cut open