"Ah! A giant snake!"
"A monster!"
"Ah! A giant snake!" a tribesman screamed and pointed at the treetops in the distance of the rainforest.
His voice was almost trembling and breaking.
"Monster!" another tribesman exclaimed, and the cassava in his hand fell to the ground.
His eyes were fixed on the huge creature above the swaying tree shadows in the distance.
In the rainforest, the trees shook violently, as if they were pushed down by an invisible force.
A flock of birds took flight in fright, their screams piercing the sky.
The tribesmen stood up one after another, the children cried and the adults retreated in panic, and the already crowded place immediately became chaotic.
In the distance, a terrifying giant snake slowly emerged, its scales gleaming like obsidian in the dim light.
Its snake pupils were like a full moon shrouded by dark clouds, emitting some kind of terrifying oppression.
Its body crushed trees, causing mud to splash.
That caused the mud and rocks on the ground to flow like a flood, approaching the Rainforest Pyramid.
"Isn't that Kukulkan, the feathered serpent?"
"That's not a god at all, it's a monster, a giant beast!"
A tribesman collapsed on the ground, his voice choked with sobs: "Did we anger the 'Mother of the Rainforest'?!"
Hearing this, another priest shouted, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Then, he raised the feathered scepter high, his face tense: "'Mother of the Rainforest' protects us! This monster is an external threat!"
"Maya warriors, assemble!"
"Protect our people! Protect the 'Mother Rainforest'!"
The priest's shout was like thunder, shocking the slightly panicked soldiers.
A dozen warriors quickly gathered, armed with spears and wooden shields.
Sweat flowed down their foreheads, and it was obvious that this was a battle with a huge disparity in strength.
They stood in a row in front of the camp, ready to fight the terrifying giant snake.
Smoke filled the air as priests waved sweetgrass and murmured prayers, trying to invoke the protection of the 'Mother of the Jungle'.
"My people, hurry up! Hide in the rainforest pyramid!"
A soldier shouted, waving his hand towards the stone door of the pyramid, his voice urgent: "Don't run around, go in quickly!"
Another priest urged, pushing the hesitant tribesman: "Bring the child!"
"'Mother Jungle' will guide us, quick!"
The tribesmen were still in shock and stumbled into the rainforest pyramid with their remaining corn.
Women picked up their crying children, old people staggered forward with their wooden sticks, and young people supported the sick and weak.
Some people fell in the chaos, and even corn was scattered on the mud, but no one cared now.
The stone door of the pyramid is narrow, only wide enough for two people to walk side by side. The tribesmen are crowded together, with pushing and screams coming one after another.
"Don't push! Let me in!" a tribesman shouted, his voice mixed with fear, his hands tightly grasping the child's arm.
"Let the child go first!" Another tribesman pushed through the crowd and tried to protect a thin girl.
"Don't step on her!"
"Look at the child! Look at the child!"
"Stop pushing! Please!"
The interior of the Rainforest Pyramid is even more crowded, the stone chamber is small, water seeps through the walls, and the air here is as hot and stuffy as a steamer.
The tribesmen were crowded on the stone platform, shoulder to shoulder, with almost no place to stand.
The child was held in his arms, the old man was gasping for breath against the wall, and the young man had his eyes wide open, looking back from time to time towards where he came from.
"What the hell is that monster!?"
The light from the torches was dim, illuminating the pale faces of the tribesmen. The carving of Quetzalcoatl on the stone wall seemed to be watching these refugees.
The bag of corn was held tightly to the chest of the priest inside, and the tribesmen prayed in a low voice. Fear and hope were intertwined at this moment.
"Can this place stop that monster?"
A tribesman whispered, his eyes cast towards the stone gate, his voice trembling: "That giant snake... is taller than the pyramids in the rainforest!"
A priest stood in the center of the stone chamber, tapping the ground with his staff, trying to calm people down: "The feathered serpent god Kukulkan will definitely protect us!"
"The Lord has gone out to look for help. He will definitely be back in time!"
A tribesman smiled bitterly when he heard this: "The flood has destroyed everything. Now, even the food left is just this little bit of corn."
"We are in danger of losing our lives now... We haven't heard from the Lord for two days. Will he really come back?"
The priest took a deep breath and said, "The Quetzalcoatl God Kukulkan will definitely protect us!"
"The Lord will surely bring back hope. Let's pray! Our piety will surely move the 'Mother of the Jungle'! She will surely tell the Quetzalcoatl God Kukulkan everything that happened here!"
Outside the stone chamber, the shouts of the warriors could be heard faintly, and their spears struck their shields in an attempt to intimidate the giant snake.
“Roar! Roar!”
"Get away! Monster!"
"Get out of our rain forest!"
The tribesmen huddled together and prayed in a low voice: "Quetzalcoatl God Kukulkan, please protect your people..."
Someone secretly looked at the stone gate, and the sound of the ground shaking became increasingly louder.
At this time, fear surged into people's hearts like a tide.
"It...it stopped?" a tribesman whispered, his ear against the stone wall.
"Hush!" Another tribesman lowered his voice and held the bag of corn tightly.
Just then, the Mayan soldiers saw the "thing" on the giant snake's head.
There were several people standing there.
Even the Mayan lord, Bigtik, is on it.
Of course, the giant snake was not some scary monster.
That's Apep.
"Apep, be careful about the route you choose to travel."
"How can I explain to the Mayan lord Bigtik how I have trampled the Mayan Kingdom into this state?"
When the Mayan Lord Bigtik heard what Lin Ke said, he quickly shook his head.
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh, the Mayan Kingdom has been destroyed beyond recognition by this natural disaster!"
"The god Apep is not at fault!"
At this time, the Mayan lord Bigtik only wanted to return to his people as soon as possible.
However, choosing to come by Apepu is the fastest option.
But the Mayan lord Bigtik could not return to Maya first. After all, in his opinion, he could only put his heart at ease when he saw the Holy Pharaoh come in person.
Otherwise, he didn't know whether His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh would wait until all matters were dealt with before offering help to him.
Therefore, he did not transform into the feathered serpent god Kukulkan again, but chose to return to the Mayan Kingdom with Linke on Apep.
Of course, there is another reason besides this.
Only when the Mayan lord is above Apep will the Mayan people not rashly attack Apep.
Otherwise, if they launched an attack on Apep, the nature of the situation would be completely different.
This is what the Mayan lord Bigtik is most worried about.
"If Lord Maya is willing to forgive you, I will not hold you accountable for the time being."
"Well, it's about time."
At this time, a coffin lid behind Lin Ke was slowly lifted up.
"Follow my orders! Answer my call!"
"Sekhemet, the Lioness Goddess, please show yourself!"
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