Chapter 1015 Tradition (1/2)

Li Du returned to the camp. Remonin was also back.

Most of the deceased soldiers were from the Gold Grass tribe. As the leader of the tribe, he was responsible for handling the process of the entire funeral.

According to their tradition, before burial, the Golden Grass tribe would send representatives to look for a fortune teller that they did not know from afar, which was an African shaman, to have them search for the souls of the deceased and bring them back to where they belonged.

They believed that the soul would wander on the grassland after a person passed away. The shaman searched for the soul so it could be buried with its body. The reason they did not approach shamans for divination was that they had to go through the shaman to find the cause of death.

Li Du was confused when he heard this. As he listened to Remonin's explanation, he blankly said, ”Cause of death? Weren't they shot dead? Weren't they warriors who died in the war?”

Remonin said, ”We don't want to know that, but whether they died because they offended a god. And which god they offended.”

Li Du rashly said, ”But you know they died in the war.”

Remonin looked at him and said, ”You can say this to me, but when the people come, when the funeral begins, you must not say it.”

Li Du understood now. Lu Guan and the rest also understood. They laughed softly, ”Ha, what a tradition.”

Remonin became annoyed. ”This may be our tradition, but it is based in science.” He began to talk about a popular scientific inquiry. ”You see, every war involves a lot of people, but why doesn't everyone die? Why do some survive? Why?”

”Because the others were lucky and the deceased soldiers were not.”

Remonin nodded. ”You're right. But why were they unlucky?”

Li Du and his group looked at each other in dismay. They could not give an answer. It was a good point—why were these deceased unlucky?

Remonin was very pleased by their reactions. ”No answer, right? It's because they offended a god and it caused them bad luck.”

What could Li Du and the rest say? This was their tradition, and they should respect the traditions of these people.

Hence, they all nodded and asked, ”These poor friends, which god did they offended?”

”Terra,” Remonin said.

Li Du said, ”I'd like to hear the details.”

Remonin patiently said, ”Terra is our sun god. The soldiers who died were followers of the sun god, but they fought at night, which angered him. Hence, he took their lives.”

Godzilla whispered, ”These gods are horrible. Fortunately, I don't believe in god.”

Li Du gave him a look which meant, Cut the nonsense. We'll attend the funeral sincerely and then leave.

Three days passed. When the morning sun rose, the funeral officially began.

Since the soldiers who passed away offended the sun god, Remonin led the tribe to worship him. They offered wine and sacrifices in order to appease the god.

In the meantime, the oldest man from the tribe kneeled on the grassland and whispered to the east in a tribal language. This was a display of remorse, to plead to the god not to bring harm on any others.

On the other hand, Remonin had arranged for the elite young people from the tribe to perform. They wore traditional robes and danced with bows, spears, and swords as they roared in the direction of the sun.