si-mexico Chapter 647 The Dark Clouds Looming in the Sky
Chapter 647 The Dark Clouds Looming in the Sky
When Babel saw that Jade was standing in front of him unharmed, he couldn't help but turn his gaze to Xu Ning behind Jade.
The arrival of this man brought his tribe an unprecedented opportunity for breakthrough, but also plunged the tribe into an unprecedented crisis.
Babel was genuinely frightened by the power Xu Ning displayed yesterday.
That is a reverence and fear of storms rooted deep in the genes of desert people.
That terrifying power now seems to be in the man's hands.
"Jede, you're back."
Babel stretched out his hands, like welcoming a prodigal son home, "It's good that you're back. Put everything else aside for now, let me take good care of you..."
Jade interrupted Babel's pleasantries abruptly.
"No need. I was already very well 'treated' yesterday. I just need an explanation now."
Babel saw Jade's icy face and gracefully tucked her slightly stiff arms into her abdomen.
"Alright, then listen to me."
“Jed, remember what I told you from the beginning? The Eternal Oasis is Tanit’s hope; it will bring prosperity to our home.”
“You need to find it, and I need to find it, which is why you are loyal to me. Now we have both gotten what we wanted. All we need is an eternal oasis that belongs only to us.”
"We must ensure that the Tanit tribe is the most favored people of the Oasis Queen. We will use the oasis to make Tanit the center of the desert, and with the guidance of the Oasis Queen, rebuild the oasis kingdom, build our own palace with the help of faith, develop our own knowledge, and even be able to stand on equal footing with the god who grew up in that greenhouse cage!"
"puff!"
Xu Ning was drinking in the back when he heard the last sentence and almost choked on his drink. Seeing that everyone, including Jiede, was glaring at him, he quickly apologized.
"I'm sorry, I usually eat peanuts with my drinks, but I genuinely forgot this time. Chieftain, I'm starting to regret missing the chance to have a long talk with you that night. I had no idea you had such lofty ambitions..."
Jade retorted angrily, "What nonsense are you spouting! We all know that the Oasis Queen has long since passed away, there is nothing in the Oasis, and she cannot possibly be resurrected..."
Babel coldly replied, "Whether she lives or dies, whether she can be resurrected, as long as the oasis remains under our control, these matters will be decided by me. I will become the oracle of the sleeping goddess, and the decrees of Tanit are the decrees of God. This is the only certain oracle, and there is no room for dissent."
“As long as you don’t say those words again, you will still be Tanit’s daughter. I will make you my successor. In the future, you will be the new mistress, another oracle of the goddess of flowers.”
"Think about it, the future and the tribe are in your hands. I have only one request: make that man leave our tribe and never come back to bother us again."
Xu Ning took a sip of his drink indifferently. "You play your sandbox game. Why are you dragging me into this? I'm not planning on eating sand here forever."
Jade completely disregarded the rosy prospects Babel had promised, shaking her head decisively and saying, "Forget it, I've had enough of your lies. I saw through you the moment you first tricked me into believing that everything you did was for the tribe."
Babel's face darkened. "What do you mean by saying such things? Are you trying to slander your mistress, your mother..."
Jade calmly said, "It's not slander, but I knew all along. But I considered you family because you gave me a sense of home. For you, for Breda, who treated you like a daughter, and for that elder who doted on me even more, I plunged a poisoned dagger into his arms..."
"What nonsense are you talking about..."
“The young and beautiful Elder Theya was more competitive than you. She even thought I liked her, but for you, I made her disappear in the desert… Elder Gowafa, I used the jawbone of a pack animal, again and again…”
Jade's story made the crowd behind Babel uneasy.
Xu Ning could tell that the falcons had once served the elders that Jade had mentioned.
Just as Tadella once thought, even without a master, the falcon could not live without a tribe, and these people found a hunter who would take them in again within the tribe.
However, after hearing Jade's words, these people only made a commotion, and none of them came out to question their mistress.
"enough!"
Babel's words were cold and resolute: "The daughter of a traitor is ultimately an ungodly brute, just like her father. It makes me angry and sad. My people, you know what to do."
As soon as Babel finished speaking, the people standing around her quickly took out all sorts of weapons and surrounded her.
Tadella reached out and took out her longbow, immediately summoning the Evil Spirit Kite, and said calmly to Jade, "I will support you."
Jade hadn't spoken a word to Tadra since they met yesterday, and she still hadn't said a word to her, but she did nod, acknowledging Tadra's right to fight alongside her.
Xu Ning looked at Babel, who was standing behind the crowd just like him, as if he were a dead man.
“Go, Jade. Believe in your own strength. Although the only people you have seen who love you so far are your parents, in this desert, you are the only darling of this world. Show them the power in your blood. A little anger is enough.”
This time, Jade didn't even take out her usual short blade; her claws crossed and sparks flew.
“I am angry enough right now to tear these despicable dogs apart.”
As Jade charged toward the crowd, shielded by long arrows, she suddenly radiated the light of the sun.
This light caused the sun patterns on all the falcon goggles to light up as well, and their eyes, which were covered by the goggles, once again felt the pain of being exposed to the sun. At the same time, their bodies also felt pain.
Xu Ning looked at the blood splattering below and thought to himself, "How did that genius recruit come up with the description of 'colored paper'? Damn, the more I look at it, the more it seems to be true."
These so-called tribal falcons may have once been considered strong in this desert, but now they can't even withstand two blows from Jade's talons, they are no better than chicks under the claws of a cacophony cat.
Even Tadora, who later wielded a longbow, ultimately became nothing more than a means to clean up Jade's mess.
Often, when her arrows pierced the mangled remains of those bodies, the owners of those remains would give her a grateful and relieved smile.
Babel was on the verge of collapse.
From the moment Jade made her move, Babel's eyes remained fixed on Xu Ning.
In her view, this man, who was hiding his true intentions, was undoubtedly the only force that could decide the outcome of this struggle, since she had not thought of anything that could restrain him until just now.
After all, from the moment he arrived at this tribe, Xu Ning had not shown any interest in anything from his tribe, making him a flawless individual.
The only excuse he could use was to describe the fight as a family matter that outsiders were not allowed to interfere in, which might leave him with no grounds to intervene.
Now she got what she wanted; Xu Ning indeed didn't make a move, or rather, he didn't need to make a move at all in this fight.
When Babel saw the golden light shining from Jade, as bright as the sun, she finally realized what Xu Ning meant by those words.
"By the way, have you ever seen Jade's eyes?"
That traitor! Even when I wiped away her tears, she never took off that damned eye patch!
If he had known that she carried the blood of the Red King, why would the Tanit tribe have sacrificed so many outstanding members of their tribe every year to explore the oasis in the eye of the storm? And why would he have secretly drugged her and sent her to those damned northerners to do those dirty experiments?
The Oracle Project may have begun on the very first day she arrived at the tribe.
Why wait until that drunkard arrives and then gradually push this traitor to the opposite side?
"Jed, stop! You've killed enough. You've completely turned against Tanit and the tribe you've always wanted to integrate into. Is this all you want in the end?"
Jade looked through the torn flesh and cursed at Babel, "Say less, Babel, so you can say more when you give your last words later."
“If you keep killing, no one in Tanit can forgive you anymore. You will be despised by your own people, and there will be no place for you in the entire desert.”
Xu Ning frowned upon hearing Babel's words.
If this is true, Jade's future in the desert may be even more difficult.
Xu Ning fixed his gaze on Babel, trying to discern the meaning behind those words.
"It's too late. I had already sent scouts to inform all the tribes about your betrayal of the clan before you arrived..."
Xu Ning sighed. This Babel was ruthless, always plotting to wipe out the tribe. Of course, it seems that in the end, it all came back to haunt the tribe.
But at least I have to help Jade and Tadella solve this problem.
Xu Ning tucked the wine gourd into his waistband and slowly opened his arms.
Yellow magma and purple lightning began to condense in his hands, and the corresponding celestial phenomena slowly began to appear.
For the first time in centuries, dark clouds and thunder rumbled over the arid desert.
In an instant, people from all the tribes in the entire desert turned their gazes toward the sky above the Tanit tribe.
"Heh, who angered this big drunkard? Such a big commotion, it's almost as big as what happened at the Order House."
A female mercenary with long black and gold hair laughed and called out to those behind her, "Dina Zede, we need to hurry, or we might miss the show."
A group of ragged mercenaries were squeezing the blood out of a black weasel to quench their thirst when they suddenly heard a rumbling thunder and turned around in astonishment.
"What...is that...a sign that the God-King is about to be resurrected? Will the scorching sands finally receive rain? Oases are spreading across the desert. Are the days coming when we will enjoy glory at the feet of the God-King? Hurry, let's go!"
A brown-haired boy with white highlights was pointing the way to a caravan. "That place has become a huge pit, and we can't go any further. Go south on this road. There's an oasis in the middle where you can get supplies and rest. Then cross the canyon, and you'll reach Aru Village. It's a very safe route, just a bit far."
Suddenly sensing the immense gathering of lightning elements behind him, the boy turned around, his pair of emerald eyes gazing towards the place shrouded in dark clouds.
"Such a powerful gathering of lightning element, is it a lightning elemental life form or... a demon god? I have to go and see!"
In a corner of a canyon, a burly man carrying two blades crossed his arms and looked at the sky above the Tanit tribe not too far away, frowning and deep in thought.
"Boss, something serious must have happened there. Shouldn't we... go check it out?"
The leader sighed in a low voice, "Tanite has always used our tribe as weapons. He wasn't even willing to share the path to the oasis with us. Now that this strange celestial phenomenon has appeared, it's possible that something went wrong during the exploration of the oasis or that he accidentally provoked an enemy he shouldn't have. I'm afraid we might not make it back alive. Hmm... wait, you guys go and take that person with you. We'll take a look from a distance."
Meanwhile, in the Tanit tribe's camp, Babel was terrified by Xu Ning's performance.
What incredible power!
Is this also a great power and authority that humans can manipulate?
Seeing Xu Ning wielding lightning, Babel had no doubt that if any bolt of lightning struck from the sky, he would be reduced to dust by its terrifying power.
And then there was that traitor's daughter; even a weapon imbued with shattered evil spirits couldn't harm her in the slightest, and she was about to tear apart all the falcons in front of her to kill her.
Babel finally decided to run away.
"I need to get away from here, as far away from these two monsters as possible..."
Babel suddenly turned and ran back into the tribe.
"Damn it, are you trying to run away, you despicable, cowardly bastard..."
Jade was about to reach Babel when she saw her trying to escape, and she became even more enraged. She tore apart the two falcons blocking her way and quickly gave chase.
"Don't hide, come out! You sent these people to stop me? Look at them, your people, your Tanit, they are about to be destroyed by my hands!"
Chaos erupted in the canyon, and Jade, who had suddenly lost sight of Babel, flew into a rage and began killing indiscriminately, hoping to force Babel out of the canyon.
“Babel, come out and see their fear and groans. You brought this on yourselves…”
Belial, standing on high ground watching Jade begin her killing spree, said to Xu Ning with some concern, "Jade's emotions are starting to spiral out of control again."
Xu Ning withdrew the lightning from his hands, glanced down at his Dust Concealment Gourd, and said calmly, "It's alright, let her kill!"