Chapter 176

The banquet is not a good one if the heart is not sincere.

Daro naturally knew that the other party had bad intentions and wanted to use the banquet as an excuse to monitor Daro and his friends and find out their purpose.

Daro also had ulterior motives. He wanted to find out what the prophet had in his hands. After all, no matter how strong Daro was, he was not sure to pry open the mouth of such a fanatic.

After passing through a winding cloud ladder, Daro and his friends soon reached the highest level of Bika Island, which is the area where the temple is located. It is called a temple, but it is actually a whole group of magnificent palaces. The surrounding buildings and towers are surrounded by a temple that reaches the sky.

"The temple is in front of us. You need to disarm before entering. Please cooperate." After leading Darrow and his men to the temple gate, Kulwin said to them.

As soon as he finished speaking, before Darrow could say anything, two guards in metal armor came over and crossed their long spears in front of Darrow and his men, stopping them.

At the same time, a group of female preachers in priest robes also came out of the side door and led Darrow and his men to a side hall at the side door and asked them to hand over their weapons.

However, this group of clergymen had not seen Darrow's fruit ability, so they did not notice the grenade bag on Darrow's waist and the golden revolver that was compressed and shrunk by Darrow.

"Sophia, find a way to keep Li Qian's knife." Darrow handed over the remaining ordinary revolver in his hand and whispered to Sophia beside him.

In the entire group, except for Darrow and Izumi Reiken, most of the others fought with physical skills and fruit abilities, and they didn't worry about their weapons being confiscated.

But Izumi Reiken was different. As a swordsman, almost all of his combat power was in the three-foot green sword, and Izumi Mamoru Kanesada was also of great significance to Kanesada, so he still had to think of a way.

"Leave it to me!" Sophia blinked at Darrow, then secretly activated her ability, using the ability of the Nine-tailed Fox Fruit to create an illusion, confusing the minds of several preachers.

At the same time, Darrow secretly replaced the Izumi Mamoru Kanesada, used her ability to reduce its size, and returned it to Izumi Reiken.

After completing all this without anyone noticing, the people in the temple did not continue to embarrass them, and directly led Darrow and the others through the temple gate to the entrance garden.

"They are here with bad intentions." Rector narrowed his eyes and stared fiercely at the two rows of soldiers in armor and the three men in the lead who were wearing robes similar to those on Neyufa. The wine was already flowing slowly at his fingertips.

Even a fool could see that this group of people must have been specially arranged here, and if Daro and the others refused to cooperate just now, this group of people would rush in to carry out armed suppression.

"Don't get excited." Daro pressed his hand and soothed Recte, who was about to explode. At the same time, he turned his head and looked at Kurwin, the leader, with a sneer on his face, and said, "Such a big show! You are really enthusiastic!"

Kurwin naturally heard Daro's sarcasm, but he didn't care. Instead, he bowed to Daro and the others expressionlessly and said, "Please, the prophet is still waiting in the hall!"

It is called a temple, but it is actually three tower buildings located in the center of the building complex. The towers are in a classical Baroque shape, and the outer walls are also carved with various lifelike mythological statues. In the statues, countless servants of God kneel on the ground and worship the gods in the "highest".

Izamna - the supreme god believed by the people of Sky Island, controls all the power of the sky and the earth. According to legend, his feet are the vast earth, and his hands are transformed into the vast sky. He is the only god between heaven and earth.

In the devastating flood tens of thousands of years ago, He, who had compassion on the world, gave the [Ark Proverbs] to guide the people on earth who were affected by the flood, and cut off the thumb of his right hand and threw it into the air as a place for the survivors to live.

This is why the people of Sky Island are so obsessed with land (Bath in the comics, which means soil), because in their beliefs, land is part of the body of the gods and a gift from the Supreme God to them.

Darrow has never been very interested in these bizarre myths and legends. After a quick look, Darrow and his companions walked into the temple in the center.

Da... Da... Da...

With a sound of unhurried footsteps, a hunched man came in.

The old woman slowly walked down the three steps in front of the statue and came to the hall in the center of the temple.

This is a short old man with white hair and wrinkles on his face. He is wearing a priest robe with gold edges and holding a scepter inlaid with various shells in his right hand.

The whole person does not look kind and calm after years of worshipping the gods and cultivating his character. Instead, he faintly reveals the corruption and viciousness of an old man.

This person is the Lord of Bikka mentioned by Gwent, the prophet of the earth - Iht, and behind her on both sides, there are eight cloud officials, namely Yun, Yu, Feng, Frost, Fire, Iron, Xia, and Sen.

Looking at Darrow and others who strode from the gate of the temple, Iht raised the scepter in his hand and looked at Darrow with curiosity and vigilance.

Yihte, who was proficient in the Heart Net, noticed this man who was as dazzling as the blazing sun the first time Darrow landed on the island. During the Heart Net test, Yihte also knew what kind of powerful strength this man had hidden.

Because of this, Yihte was so careful to test. At this critical moment before the sacrificial ceremony, she didn't want to make any mistakes.

"Dear guests from Qinghai, Bika welcomes you." Yihte's hoarse voice sounded in the vast hall, full of old air like an old bell.

"Thank you very much." Darrow would respond politely, while staring at Yihte's old face with burning eyes, pretending to be surprised and said: "The prophet is really powerful. He can know everything about our landing on the island in the first place."

"I can know everything that happened on Bika Island. This is the authority given to me by the Supreme God Itzamna." Darrow's knowing question made Yihte frown, but still did not make it clear, but said ambiguously.

"What an old fox! Could it be that the god asked you to use the [Heart Net] to detect us?" Darrow smiled, but cursed in his heart.

It must be said that the other party attributed everything to the behavior of the god, which is really unsolvable. No one can say anything more, otherwise it would be against the will of the god.

Although both sides knew it well, the old fox Iht still didn't want to continue this topic, so he took the lead in changing the topic: "The banquet is almost ready, let's go over."

After saying that, without waiting for Darrow and the others to respond, he walked to a side hall on the left side of the temple with his crutches. There was a long dining table in the side hall that could seat 20 to 30 people.

"In order to test us, it's really a big deal." Looking at the various dishes and fine wines on the table, Darrow raised his eyebrows and complained in his heart.

With the spirit of coming here and eating to make up for the cost first, Da Luo and his party did not hesitate at all and finished all the food on the table in a whirlwind.

After eating and drinking, Iht looked at Darrow who seemed to have let down his guard completely, and finally asked the question: "I wonder what is the purpose of your visit to Bica?"

Darrow certainly would not say that he came for the Thunder Fruit and [Proverbs]. As a master of playing dumb, Darrow continued to be drunk and said: "Purpose? What purpose can we have!"

"To be honest, we are actually a group of pirates in Qinghai who can't make it. It's just that we heard that there are huge amounts of gold and treasures on Sky Island, so we took the risk and rode the upwelling current to Sky Island."

It must be said that Darrow's words really had some effect. Looking at Darrow with a "sincere" face, Iht's guard was obviously reduced a little, but in order to make the ceremony foolproof in a few days, she still wanted to ask Darrow and others to leave Bica.

So Iht said, "You came for the treasure, then you really came to the wrong place. There is nothing valuable here in Bica, but there is a lot of gold in Arpaiado, and it is said that there is a priceless golden bell."

"Really? You really came to the wrong place!" Daro acted quite "money-obsessed" and interrupted directly.

Seeing Daro's very sad look, Iht was also a little happy in her heart. She had been laying the groundwork for so long, just to let this group of powerful but unknown guys leave Bica?

"But don't feel sorry. If you want to go to Arpaiado, I can arrange someone to send you there with Weiba." Iht put down the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile.

"That's great!" Daro said with pretended surprise, and bowed to Iht who was sitting in the main seat: "Thank you very much, when we get the treasure, we will definitely give you half!"

Seeing that Daro agreed, Iht was in a good mood. He didn't expect that this sudden variable could be solved so easily.

"It's a deal, I'll send you to Arpaiado tomorrow afternoon!"

...

After some small talk and some probing, Iht, who was busy preparing for the sacrificial ceremony, immediately ordered them to leave and arranged for Daro and the others to live in Neyoufa's house to monitor them. What she didn't know was that Neyoufa, the traitor, had already turned against them.

In Neyoufa's house, Gwent, sitting on the sofa, looked at Daro with some confusion and asked, "What are your plans?"

Gwent didn't understand why Daro agreed to leave Bika and go to Arpaiado tomorrow when Iht was going to hold the sacrificial ceremony the day after tomorrow.

Could it be that he heard that Arpaiado had a huge treasure and planned to leave her behind?

Thinking of this, Gwent panicked a little. After all, she didn't have many chips in her hand, and to overthrow Iht's rule, Daro's power was indispensable.

Looking at the anxious Gwent, Darrow patted his hand and explained, "If we don't leave tomorrow, Ihate won't take out the real good stuff. Don't worry, we will come back."

Obviously, Darrow intends to kill Ihate with a surprise attack. After all, the golden bell and treasure are there and can be taken at any time, but the thunder fruit and the motto are what Darrow must get.

Thinking of this, Darrow showed a meaningful smile. Darrow did not gain nothing from today's banquet. Although Ihate hid it very secretly, she still inadvertently revealed an ornament with a strange pattern of three magatama, and this pattern is exactly the thunder drum pattern behind the Ark motto and Enel.

So just as Darrow expected-

At least one of the two, the Ark motto and the thunder fruit, is in Ihate's hands.