Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!

Chapter 1890 1363: The Evil Demon's Trail Disappears into the Deep Sea

"Praise the Chief Divine Huitzilopochtli! He is supreme and great, His divine might is omnipotent, from the Highland Jungle to the Hot Land Islands!…""Fight for the Divine, die for the Divine! Kill! Kill! Roar! Roar!…"

"Boom! Boom boom! Boom boom boom!!…"

The formation of three hundred Kingdom's Warriors, the cannon fire from six Oar-sail Ships, brought unmatched shock to the Havana Taino Tribe! This savage ferocity was beyond their imagination, and this was an army of warriors they had never seen before. The tribe's two thousand strong men, in front of these three hundred warriors, seemed as fragile as a turkey in front of a pack of wolves, or like a tomato before a Hutia rat, easily devoured…

"Good, good, good! The divine might of the Chief Divine indeed makes the hearts of the tribes submit!…"

After this grand ceremony of power, the tribe elders of the Havana clans finally bowed their heads and chose to convert to the Chief Divine. Though they were aware of the power of the Longboat Tribe, it was their first time truly witnessing the "army" of three hundred Kingdom's Warriors. This was because, before the arrival of this batch of reinforcements, the Kingdom's own forces on Cuba's Hot Land numbered only about six or seven hundred, mainly concentrated in Eastern Cuba Snake Head. In other words, this was the first time the Kingdom's army had demonstrated such invincible strength before the elders of the Havana tribes!

"Great Banner Head Kepili! The Havana tribes are extremely important on the land of Cuba, the Tomate Chief Priest has granted me the authority for situational decisions… Let us leave behind two squads of warriors, forty Kingdom warriors, to assist in the preaching of the Chief Divine to the Havana tribes!… Rest assured! Their food, clothing, housing, and marriages will all be fully provided by me!…"

Before the fleet continued east, the Tai Star Priest detained forty Kingdom's Warriors to stabilize the newly gained faith of the Havana tribes in the Chief Divine. Kepili naturally had no objections, as these supporting warriors were originally meant to be distributed across the various tribes of Cuba. The position of the Havana Tribe indeed called for a division of forces to guard it. Moreover, considering the status of the Tai Star Priest himself, his relative Priest Taisir's position in the Black Wolf Army, it was a connection worth fostering…

"Chief Divine's protection! Tai Star Priest, I'll leave one ship and fifty warriors directly to you! Help me properly replenish the remaining ships, tomorrow morning, the fleet will continue eastward!…"

From the Havana Tribe, continuing eastward, the whole of Central Cuba is relatively flat, suitable for development. Although there are many muddy swamps, once canals are built, there is potential to turn them into fertile fields of tens of thousands of acres! The sixty thousand Taino tribes of Cuba are yet far from reaching even one-tenth of the island's abundant support capacity…

The fleet traveled two hundred miles eastward, arriving at the Jing River Tribe of the Taino People, where they left ten Kingdom's Warriors to assist the local Chief God Priest in preaching.

The resources of Jing River Tribe are quite ordinary, there is a sand gold mining point beside the water pond in the southwest of the tribe. Some of the tribe elders have small gold ornaments handed down by their ancestors. This is probably one of the very few sand gold production sites on the entire mineral-rich island of Cuba, which has copper, iron, chromium, and nickel. Such small, barren gold mining sites might see the tribe digging and smelting tirelessly all year, barely producing a hundred pounds of gold sand… The Kingdom has no interest in them whatsoever; rather than wasting time on barren gold mines, it's better to plant more productive cassava fields!

From the Jing River Tribe, continuing east another three hundred miles, is the Salt Shore Tribe. As the name suggests, it has natural tidal salt flats that can easily produce low-toxicity sea salt by boiling. For a tribe with such valuable resources, the Kingdom pays much more attention, having already embraced the Salt Shore Tribe within the Chief Divine's fold! The support fleet, at the request of the local priest, has left an entire squad, twenty Kingdom warriors, to help train the Taino Militia. Indeed, a salt-producing tribe is certainly more valuable than a gold-producing tribe, there's no doubt about it!

Continuing eastward from the Salt Shore Tribe, over three hundred miles, lies the Gabi Tribe of Cuba Snake Island's middle segment, with four to five thousand people. West of Gabi is Western Cuba, and east is Eastern Cuba. This central Taino Tribe, due to insufficient influence from preaching, has yet to fully convert to the Chief Divine.

The local Preaching Priest Keryan, who has been preaching among the tribes for a little over half a year, is naturally delighted to see the support fleet of warriors. Eagerly, he clung to Warrior Captain Kepili, shamelessly demanding twenty Kingdom's Warriors to stay! His reason for this request is simple enough to warrant Kepili's attention…

That is, to the south of the Gabi Tribe, a large copper mine was discovered, and slightly further southeast of Gabi Tribe, there is also a small tin mine!

Copper mine and tin mine, undoubtedly, are equal to a future bronze smelting center. In the Mexican Plateau and Maya Jungle, copper mines are scarce for thousands of miles, and iron mines are even more scarce, not a single one for thousands of miles. Yet, on this Cuba Snake Island, copper mines are almost everywhere, and there's the staggering Mayari Iron Mine! Indeed, the world created by all gods is somewhat biased…

No, the reason that Cuba Snake Island has so many rich mines must be because of the Divine Revelation Prophecy stating that the Feathered Serpent Divine fell dead here, its body transformed into Snake Island, its bones into mines!

"Whew! May the Chief Divine bless us! ... Keryan Priest, I'll leave twenty samurai and a longship here! ... Could you please draw a receipt board with twenty little figures ... so I can report to Chief Priest Tomate!"

"Alright, alright! I'll sign and draw for you right away!"

The kingdom's directive system has always been so plain and unadorned. Most samurai officers do not know how to read, so they use easy-to-understand traditional simplified drawings to handle military affairs. After Kepili pocketed the wooden boards given by four priests along the way, the three hundred samurai in the support fleet were down to just two hundred. The fleet still had a thousand miles left to reach its destination, Iron Bay Town at the eastern end of Cuba Snake Head. But just as they were about to set sail again, they encountered a fast-moving light sailing ship, flying the Chief Divine's Hummingbird flag, returning from a patrol of the northern Bahamas Islands!

"Hiss! May the Chief Divine bless us! Is this the longship captured from the evil demons by the kingdom? So many complicated sails, and it sails without needing sailors to row, fast as the wind?! ... Hmm? Damn! Why are there two white-skinned demons on the ship?!"

"Yes! This is the evil demons' longship... Ah! Kepili, put down the battle axe! Those are white-skinned tribes who have repented and converted to the Chief Divine! ... They are excellent craftsmen from the Eastern Sea, possessing special skills from the Eastern Sea, and important followers purified and converted by Chief Priest Tomate!"

Upon seeing the formidable "Cipangu Warriors" and the "Warrior Leader" raising his battle axe, Sailor Chief Bartomele and sail handler Gonzalo exchanged a glance and both gasped! They quickly raised the Hummingbird talisman in their hands and loudly chanted the name of the Chief Divine.

"Ah! Praise to Huitzilopo the Holy Father! Praise to Huitzilopo the Holy Spirit!"

"Are they... converted white-skinned tribes?"

Kepili squinted his eyes, hesitated for a while, then slowly lowered his battle axe. He looked towards the "Pinta," oh no, it's rightly the "Huitu" large ship named by Huitu himself, and the kingdom captain commanding this large ship is none other than the loyal samurai Tai Sun, of Prepetcha origin.

"May the Chief Divine bless us! Captain Tai Sun, we were sent by Black Wolf Legion Commander to support Cuba against the invading evil demons, with three hundred samurai! Hmm, we left a hundred along the way in the tribes, now there are two hundred skilled hands left... Are you the patrol ship from Iron Bay Town? Have you found any traces of the demons?"

"Ah, may the Chief Divine bless us! May His Majesty bless us!"

Captain Tai Sun prayed devoutly for a few moments, then sighed and pointed northward. To the north lies the vast sea, and beyond that sea is the Bahamas Islands, which the light sailing ship has just scouted, and the swampy, flood-ridden barren lands of the Florida Peninsula stretching southward...

"We've been searching northward for over three months and indeed found traces left by the demons... After being defeated last year, they originally fled to the northern islands, reaching what the local Taino Tribe calls 'the big, good, middle island,' the Bahamas! In fact, they first arrived there before moving south to Cuba..."

"They deceived the local tribes, erecting a wooden cross of an evil god, rested in the Bahamas for one or two months, and repaired the 'particularly large ship'... Then, they even plundered a dozen or so tribes of their strong men, including the old chieftain's grandson, raised the sails on three masts, and headed straight into the depths of the Eastern Sea!"

"After learning all this, we immediately exposed the true nature of the white-skinned demons to the local Taino Tribe! We told them about the demons' greed, cruelty, brutality, and insatiable hunger for gold... But those island tribes are too scattered, and their temperament too mild and peaceful, lacking metallic weapons... Even if they encountered the demon fleet, even if it's just one or two ships, I'm afraid they still couldn't resist, at best knowing to hide and flee..."

"Then, we while visited various islands, spreading the evil of the demons, while pursuing the demons' resupply trails to the end of the archipelago... Undoubtedly, they sailed into the vast depths of the sea, returning to their tribe's lair across the sea! And that lair is probably over ten thousand miles away, requiring a fast ship to sail continuously for two or three months to reach..."

"Alas! These evil demon scouts have left, bringing back intelligence on Cuba... The next batch of evil demon army is probably already gathering! Who knows when and where they will appear next?... May the Chief Divine bless Cuba and bless the rubber people brothers of the island clusters!"