Although he knew that Matthias was the villain boss, Lu Qi did not immediately take action to kill the guy in front of him who might cause trouble. Instead, he cooperated with the other party and acted.

It is very easy to kill Matthias, a throwing knife is enough. However, how to explain it to Laura and Samantha is the real problem.

Lu Qi can't say that he knows that the bald man is a bad guy, but he still plans to sacrifice Samantha to Himihu, the Queen of the Sun, right?

You can kill, but not now...

Matthias didn't know that he had already walked around the gates of hell.

He just felt aggrieved by the strength of Lu Qi's handshake.

This guy has something...

"You must be exhausted, sit down and rest!"

After being greeted by Samantha, Lu Qi and Laura had just sat down by the campfire when they heard Matthias say:

"Samantha just told me the story of the Sun Queen..."

"Yeah, Himiko."

"Can you tell me more about it? I'm very interested."

Faced with the audience's request, Samantha, who had told the story countless times, still enthusiastically agreed.

"Whether you believe it or not, thousands of years ago, Queen Himihu almost ruled the entire Neon..."

"She likes to tell this story the most..."

"Himihu is a mysterious beauty, but at the same time she is cruel and ruthless and does whatever she wants. It is rumored that she can do shamanic magic..."

"I just don't understand this."

Regarding Laura’s views, Matthias, who was sitting aside, had a different view:

"Well, there is always some basis for legends..."

This sentence is exactly the same as one of the words Laura said on the Endurance when she was trying to persuade others to go to the Dragon Triangle to find Yamatai!

Obviously, Laura also realized this.

Looking at the sparks jumping and flying in the bonfire, she couldn't help but pursed her lips, her eyes blurred, and she fell into memories.

Not noticing Laura's distraction, Samantha's legendary story program continues:

"She has an army of samurai under her, the powerful Storm Warriors. They can ride on the wind to conquer and kill all enemies without leaving a trace. They say that Himihu can control the sun, and the land where the sun shines is her territory. From then on

From the mountains to the deep sea, to the ends of the earth..."

"It is said that Himihu will never marry. Whenever he gets old, he will select civilian girls and enter the palace to receive education. These girls are the priestesses..."

"The next queen will be from among these priestesses..."

Don't listen to legends that are so mysterious and think that such stories are not true and are just legends fabricated by later generations.

Lu Qi and Matthias present knew very well that the story told by Samantha was at least 70% true!

Himihu is indeed the first queen of the ancient Yamatai Kingdom. She has powerful magical power and can control storms and waves. She is called the "Queen of the Sun"

And each generation's heir to Queen Yamatai is indeed selected from among the priestesses.

The priestess will select the heir through a fire ceremony.

The ceremony is very cruel. First, a group of female priests are tied to a pillar in turn, and then burned with fire. If the woman is not the heir chosen by the queen, she will be burned to death; if she is the heir designated by the queen, the queen will rise up.

Strong winds blew out the flames.

The chosen heir to the queen will be taken to the throne room by the leader of the storm warriors, General Storm, for a coronation ceremony.

There, the old Himihu will cast a spell to inject his soul into the body of the heir.

After the ceremony, the body of the original queen will die immediately, and the soul will be reborn in the body of the new queen.

As for the new queen's original soul, it was driven out of her body and has since dissipated into eternity.

It can be seen from this that the coronation ceremony is the process of Himihu's soul constantly changing into fresh bodies.

And among all the Yamatai queens, there is only one from beginning to end, and that is Himihu!

These secrets were all learned by Lu Qi from the game!

While playing the game, Lu Qi discovered that this coronation ceremony was very similar to the "body seizing" in the Xianxia novels he knew. They were both a form of soul seizing other people's bodies to achieve rebirth.

So, I was relatively impressed by it...

Himihu has been using this evil magic to continue his life. Until hundreds of years ago, a priestess discovered the secret of the queen's coronation and inheritance. She discovered that inside the queen's body, there was actually a person who had lived for more than a long time.

Evil, twisted evil spirit.

In order for her soul to rest in peace, and to prevent evil spirits from continuing to rule Yamatai, this brave priestess secretly hid a dagger, and then stabbed Himihu who was instilling her soul during the coronation ceremony!

At the same time, she committed suicide with a knife.

In this way, the priestess destroyed the queen's existing body and also destroyed her own body, making the queen unable to use it.

The soul of Himihu, unable to perform the ritual, can only remain in the original body, gradually rotting and dying, turning into a "half-dead" body.

Himihu, who failed in his coronation, was extremely angry. Although he could no longer govern the country, he still possessed powerful magical power.

She began to cast spells around Yamatai Island, setting off storms and waves, destroying any aircraft or ships that dared to approach!

This is the fundamental reason why Matthias is here and why the Endurance was shipwrecked...

In fact, Matthias, Endurance and others have the same goal, which is to get out of this island and return to civilized society.

However, there are only two ways to leave this island surrounded by storms and waves.

The first is to find a new heir, complete the coronation ceremony, release Himihu trapped in the decayed body, and let her be reborn to eliminate the storm.

This is the method Matthias has chosen for decades.

The other is to completely eliminate Himihu and let the storms and waves around the island disappear with the death of the user!

And this will be the method chosen by Lu Qi.

Accompanied by the campfire and the chirping of insects, Samantha's story about "Hemihu, Queen of the Sun" has finally come to an end:

"...Just like that, Yamatai disappeared into history..."

"It's a very wonderful story, especially your description. It's so fascinating that it feels like you have experienced it yourself. By the way, where did you hear this story?"

"This is a story that has been passed down in my grandma's family. I grew up listening to it..."

Hearing Samantha's answer, Matthias couldn't help but be startled for a moment, and then smiled meaningfully:
Chapter completed!