The sun was high in the sky; this was what the Adaklis people considered "morning."
In the resource-rich Rainforest, filling one's belly wasn't difficult. Although the Adaklis people liked to fight, they never rushed their lives and preferred to sleep in late.
Around nine or ten o'clock, many Gavialmen had just woken up from the hangovers of the previous night, yawning as they walked out of their rooms.
"Yo, Goki, did you sleep well last night! Didn't you feel lonely without Skadi—what the heck?"
Before he was seen, his voice was heard first. Accompanied by the loud voice from outside the door, Gavial pushed open Goki's door in a boisterous manner.
But as soon as she entered, Gavial couldn't help but raise her light green willow-leaf eyebrows.
In the small room, Goki was sitting by the bed, holding a small bottle filled with dancing flames in one hand, and a piece of cloth carved with several runes, soaked with fuel and blood, in the other, with half a blood-sampling tube in his mouth, earnestly making fire paper.
Beside Goki, Chief Temimi was lying limply on the bed with tears in her eyes and her clothes disheveled, her fleshy arms and legs motionless, and her dark golden eyes seemed to have lost their luster.
The already tattered black stockings were completely torn to shreds, and the layers of clothes were also torn to pieces, revealing the little Gavial's pale and tender skin.
"Wuu wuu wuu, Gavial, I'm not pure anymore, wuu wuu wuu..."
Seeing Gavial at the door, a light appeared in Chief Temimi's eyes, but she hurriedly turned her back, deliberately revealing her small buttock constricted by the triangular fabric, and the red palm prints covering her thick and large tail.
However, this palm print was noticeably smaller than Goki's large hand.
Seeing this scene, Gavial couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, and the slender tail behind her swung twice.
"Hmm...am I going to be an aunt?"
In response, Goki could only shrug his shoulders, putting the several sheets of newly made, already dry, dark yellow paper directly into his arms.
"That's right, I not only want to win over the older sister, but also conquer the younger sister. Is there anything in the world more satisfying to a man's terrible desires than taking in twin flower sisters?"
The "poor thing" curled up by the bed finally became obedient after Goki's earnest explanation after being beaten up last night.
After all, she was just a child. After making a fuss for a while, Chief Temimi began to yawn, and Goki held her in his arms, gently stroking the reddened areas while lightly patting her back, and she slept especially sweetly.
Goki didn't know how to coax children, but the Doll Nona in his mind was used to coaxing Goki, this giant infant, so he just needed to learn from her.
Until Goki got up at five in the morning to make fire paper and repair his equipment, Chief Temimi still dislikeed him for being noisy, slapping him with her big tail while sleeping.
It wasn't until she heard Gavial's loud voice that she tore her clothes at an extraordinary speed, and slapped herself hard with more strength than Goki, before lying on the bed and pretending to be pitiful.
"Stop it, you wish—alright, Chief Temimi, I heard your crying from outside, it was so loud."
Giving Goki a glare, she went up to him, poked his forehead with her finger, grabbed Chief Temimi by the scruff of her neck, and lifted her directly off the bed.
"Looks like you two are getting along well?"
"Not at all! I don't like Goki!"
"That's not up to you—what about you, Gavial, how's it going with Skadi?"
Ignoring the little Gavial jumping up and down, Goki put away his props, got up and straightened his charred Hunter uniform, and looked at the Gavial sister in front of him.
"Well, Skadi seems particularly lonely without you. I coaxed her to sleep by telling her many stories about when I was a mercenary—but she slept soundly at night and didn't break my arm into three pieces."
Hammering Goki's chest, Gavial's golden eyes showed a hint of hidden envy.
"Let's go, let's go to Mavesotia. Whether it's the temple or the chieftains of the other Acahuala tribes, they're all there now."
Perhaps the most carefree side of Skadi would only ever be shown to Goki.
"Is that so? Never mind, I'll leave Chief Temimi in your care afterwards. Without Skadi's beatings, I feel empty myself—ah, she's here."
Shrugging his shoulders, Goki walked out the door and looked at the girl not far away, running over in a hurry, her silver-white hair swaying in the scorching sunlight, and greeted her with a smile.
"Goki—let's sleep together next time!"
Running up to Goki, Skadi, who also felt incredibly lonely after not having anything to hold onto for a whole night, opened her arms and crashed directly into the Old Hunter's arms, giving him a fierce hug.
Crack—
Under Chief Temimi's horrified expression, and Gavial's already accustomed sigh, the bones in Goki's body made a tooth-aching cracking sound, as usual.
It hurt, but as long as Goki thought that this was a service that only he could enjoy, he felt that the pain was greater than the pleasure.
"Let's go fight!"
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Goki and his party did not go directly to the festival venue in Mavesotia with the other awakened tribe members, but first went to visit the unconscious Surtr.
The Sarkaz girl was still sleeping, and after the previous venting, she seemed much quieter, but it was unknown when she would wake up.
The Old Witch Doctor had been taking care of her, and this time, he had also placed many buckets of water in the house.
Goki didn't know why this True God would appear in the Rainforest of southwestern Terra, but from her brief words when she was awake, Goki learned that she had found that laevatein in the temple in the dense forest.
Whether that was the Divine Artifact of Ragnaros, the Fire Lord of the South, or the sacred object that sealed and expelled Him, Goki wasn't sure, but he would find the answer in the future.
Of course, that guy named Elwin also reminded Goki that those people from Rhine Lab, who also had Pasha's edict, and came to explore the Acahuala temple, were also looking for a "thief who stole experimental materials."
Rhine Lab, thinking of these guys, Goki directly thought of the plot related to this Columbia research company.
Adding to that, Alfonso, who had transformed into a fire giant and gone berserk, and Kal'tsit's warning to him before she left, Goki understood that this company definitely had big problems.
Therefore, Goki temporarily entrusted Surtr to the Old Witch Doctor and hid her.
In order to explore the secrets of the gods, in order to retrieve his own power, and even more to repay Surtr, the old acquaintance with the highest attendance rate in pioneering, Goki had to protect her.
Then, Goki and Skadi left the tribe, walked several miles, crossed two small rivers, and waded through the muddy swamp, before arriving at a large open space surrounded by lush forests.
From a distance, Goki could see an ancient ruin in the center of the open space, somewhat dilapidated, but still able to see a part of its outline.
Most of the ruins were buried underground, and the part exposed above the ground was just a spire, about two stories high, with various incomprehensible patterns carved on it, wrapped in various vines, and also covered with a lot of soil and shrubs, and the wall skin had been worn and peeled off.
Obviously, this was the "temple" that the Witch Doctor spoke of.
Stepping onto the open space, Goki felt the temperature rise a few degrees. With the temple as the center in a circular shape, the surrounding soil was almost barren. This most natural open space was just chosen by the Tiakau people as the festival venue.
And everyone was gathered around a competition ring built of wood and animal skins.
"Chief Temimi, Gavial!"
"Goki, Big Sister Skadi!"
After bringing the four to the festival site, the Aegir warriors immediately spotted them and surrounded them eagerly.
"Come on, we can't beat her. The chieftain of the Boa tribe is too strong. Gavial, you used to be able to beat her all the time. You can definitely do it this time!"
"Hey, when did you become Big Sister?"
Goki turned his head and looked at Skadi, who was excitedly turning her head to look at the surrounding scenery, wondering why the Adaklis people called her that.
"I don't know—"
Before she could finish speaking, Skadi flashed and stood in front of Gavial.
Clang—
A sound of metal clashing came, and the next second, Skadi's hand was unharmed, and a metal wrench, bent from the violent collision, was knocked into the sky.
"Ha...you didn't come to participate in the festival when I left, did you? I thought you would continue to tinker with your weird things this time."
Resting the emerald scepter on the ground, Gavial flicked her long hair, hooked the corners of her mouth, and looked at the girl on the ring with short black hair and various strange equipment on her body.
"—Zumama."
And Goki's gaze was also attracted by that voice, and under Skadi's somewhat resentful expression, he widened his eyes at the girl on the stand.
Although the temple was important, and the secrets of the gods were also crucial, but...he would always love Boa!
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