Quetzalcoatl
The Jaguar Man was indeed more familiar with this rainforest than Manaka. Before long, the group spotted Eridu in the distance. The most prominent landmark in the city was a Maya pyramid that stood out starkly from its surroundings.
The tower is inlaid with a prominent Sun Stone, with five sun patterns carved on it. The ancient carvings radiate a strange power under the sunlight.
"It really Quetzalcoatl. Mery, are you sure Nobunaga can defeat this thing?"
Bai Mo looked at Mery beside him, his tone full of doubt.
"Haha, maybe a miracle will happen, right? Perhaps that Quetzalcoatl just isn't in good shape or something..."
But before he could finish speaking, a shout came from the direction of the city gate. Everyone looked up and saw Oda Nobunaga hanging like a silkworm in its cocoon at the city gate, shouting at them:
"You've finally come! Please come and save me!"
As he swung like a pendulum at the city gate, he yelled at Mery, "You bastard, you're just messing with me! What kind of divine cavalry is this?!"
"Huh? I didn't say anything wrong."
"Hey, you idiot! This thing is a god-level being! How could I possibly beat it?! Do you know how powerless I felt when I fired at her and saw her catch my bullets with her bare hands? And that's a pterosaur! It's way beyond my bullet range!"
Nobunaga lodged a strong protest, but Mery seemed intent on playing dumb and getting away with it. Kawakami and Anna, who were traveling with him, also made no attempt to help him.
"Why don't we just leave it hanging here?"
"Agreed, idiots should end up as idiots, that way we don't even need a second."
"What?! Aren't we on the same side? How can you be so heartless as to watch us die?"
Nobunaga, who was being hung up, could only express his dissatisfaction by shaking his body, which earned him nods of deep agreement from the two men.
"Hahaha, don't waste your energy, meow! Once I regain control of this city, I'll offer your heart. Don't worry, I'll do my best to meet all your needs before the sacrifice."
The Jaguar Man laughed heartily, as if the immense pressure she had been under had finally been released. Now, she was like a tormented office worker who had finally achieved financial freedom and couldn't wait to take a dump on her boss's desk.
"Really? Then you all go back first. Let me enjoy myself for a while, and then come back to save me the day before I'm to be sacrificed."
Oda Nobunaga, on the contrary, seemed delighted, Bai Mo simply couldn't bear to watch.
"Are you even conscious? And there's the Jaguar Man. For your own sake, I suggest you get out of there right now, up on the pyramid..."
"Ha, an attack by Kukul? I'm not afraid..."
With a deafening roar, a massive, heavy stone sword slammed into the head of the laughing Jaguar Man, who was standing with his hands on his hips, like an anti-aircraft shell. Once again, everyone heard that familiar, teeth-crackling sound of bones cracking.
A figure descended from the sky, raising a cloud of dust. A goddess dressed in strange attire, exuding primal vitality and wildness, appeared. She raised her stone sword and slammed it heavily onto the Jaguar Man.
"Quack!"
"Looks like he's still alive. He's got real resilience."
Bai Mo sighed as he listened to the Jaguar Man's screams, then turned his gaze to the goddess before him. They sized each other up, and Quetzal's gaze finally settled on Bai Mo's palm, on the spot marked by the Tezcatlipoca.
"Oh, you must be Bai Mo, right? Big sister, I've been wanting to meet you for so long. Let me introduce myself. I'm Quetzal. I was originally sent by the King of Magecraft to destroy humanity, but due to some other factors, I'm temporarily serving as the guardian deity of Eridu."
Arcueid looked at Bai Mo with a puzzled expression. "Does Bai Mo have a lot of friends here? He seemed to be afraid of trouble when he saw me before, but he knows so many people here?"
"I don't recognize them... I also want to ask, why do I always feel like these named deities all know me?"
Although he was puzzled, he was helpless. Instead of dwelling on unchangeable facts, he should focus on the present. Bai Mo stepped forward and said to Quetzal:
"Although this is our first meeting, I have met Tezcatlipoca several times before. This item was given to me by him in the Underworld the other day. However, as the guardian deity of Eridu, I think we have no reason to fight."
Bai Mo quickly surveyed the situation in Eridu. This isolated city seemed unaffected, with both its people and infrastructure thriving. Therefore, from any perspective, they had no reason to fight Quetzal.
Moreover, in Aztec mythology, the Quetzalcoatl was undoubtedly extremely fond of humans.
But Quetzal winked at Bai Mo and said playfully, "Indeed, we have no reason to fight, and we can barely feel the King of Magecraft's restraints anymore."
But— Bai Mo uttered those two words in his mind first, as if he could already foresee the goddess's next thoughts.
"But, as Tezcatlipoca's friend, how could I not give you some 'special treatment'? Besides, this lady behind me came to challenge me with great fanfare earlier."
She drew the stone sword from her hand, and despite lacking Magnetic Field Power, she remained confident.
"Ah, so it was Nobunaga who angered her? Is it too late to sever ties with her now?"
"At this distance, Anna, could you at least cut her head off?"
Kawakami and Anna discussed Nobunaga's fate on the castle wall with expressionless faces. Bai Mo sighed deeply, thinking to himself, "Goddesses are such a hassle." He stepped forward.
"Okay, you should have guessed it when you saw the Tezcatlipoca. But there must be other reasons besides that, right?"
"That's right. After all, the humans here now have absolutely no future. As the god of creation and reincarnation, I will take on the responsibility of saving humanity after this era ends, just as I once saved humanity in the Fifth Sun Age."
If you want me to give up, then show me a future where humanity can continue! It starts with physical strength. If you win, I'll tell you everything you want to know.