Chapter 347 Kum's Mother

Ashanti, the scattered gods.

After Lin An recovered his energy, he recorded the names of the mysterious organizations in Lakongo and listed them in the [World Mysterious Family Encyclopedia], which is his newly created World Tree System Database, with an access level of "Emerald".

It includes the mysterious organizations that Lin An has witnessed along the way, including existing and destroyed families.

If I remember correctly, the Ashanti Empire is the most glorious and huge empire in the history of Lakongo, an ancient country rich in gold mines, controlling gold trade and its transportation channels.

The empire is led by the Akan people who worship the sun god Nyankopon, and supplemented by several chiefdoms similar to vassal states.

The birthplace of voodoo, Ivory Coast is one of the chiefdoms of the Ashanti Empire.

That fat woman, Mother Kum, calls herself a [scattered god]. Could it be that the mysterious family of Lakongo is like the ancient Ashanti Empire, led by the main ethnic group Akan gods, and gathered under its command the ethnic gods that were once active in various parts of Lakongo?

This organizational structure is a bit like the [Thirteen Heavens] in Lower East Continent. The weak and broken gods in the same cultural area elect a strong leader, gather around him as the core, and resist the invasion and attack of other gods.

Regardless of the organizational structure of [scattered gods], Lin An guessed that the mysterious people entrenched in Ivory Coast were inseparable from voodoo, so he told Edward that someone would take care of the aftermath.

Unlike Gielgud, who was an ordinary person, Lin An noticed something as soon as Mother Kum arrived near the building.

She was in a strange state. Lin An turned [God's One Eye] and heard all kinds of sounds coming from her. Different individuals talked, quarreled, and kissed, but they were crowded in the same soul, as if they had schizophrenia.

Lin An, who was not unfamiliar with "Comos", was not surprised. After a little thought, he roughly understood the mystery of Mother Kum - it was indeed related to mental classification.

Voodoo witchcraft, a branch of the three major secret arts of Hermes.

Mother Kum used some means to store a large soul and several small souls in her body, making it as lively as a reality show villa.

Regardless of size, each soul can make a Loa descend and return to the material world.

When she entered the building, a Loa descended with the help of a soul, grabbed Gielgud's soul without saying a word, and dragged him into the "villa".

Mother Kum directly used an irrelevant person as a bargaining chip, and it was obvious that she wanted to have a confrontation with Lin An.

Although she did not have much malice, if Lin An was at a disadvantage, this voodoo god might not be so friendly.

Even if you leave the rainforest, the survival rules there are still valid.

All the animals that Gielgud saw were the incarnations of Loa, and the two humans holding the birdcage were the souls of Mother Kum.

The first to take action was the big soul, which turned into a noisy parrot, chirping and clamoring, taking specific steps under its feet, and walking out a strange, moving symbol.

Orthodox voodoo can carry out rituals to bring individuals into a special state.

The images used in the ritual are crucial in determining the state. The priests draw cognitive symbols, some of which have intellectual meanings and some of which stimulate rational thinking.

For example, when the priests use the "bent spine" pattern, the individual will enter an inspired state, because "bent spine" represents "snake", and the Lakongo people regard snakes as the source of spirituality; using other patterns will make the individual's state different.

The symbol under the parrot's feet looks like a bird and a rooster, full of aggressive and provocative meaning.

It stared straight at Lin An, who immediately had the urge to rush to the parrot and have a fierce argument with it.

However, the parrot is just a bait. The real trap lies in the male and female priests around Kumu's mother. They also take careless steps and form an equilateral triangle with the parrot, waiting for the arrival of prey.

The "statelessness" of the human priests conceals the ability of the loa that is about to descend. If they are really besieged by the three, it will be a surprise for any mystic.

The transformation of animals reminded Lin An of the "Lord of the Earth". The characteristic of this medium is that the more the same kind gather, the stronger the power.

Once the mysterious person rushed into the "Soul Villa" of Mother Kum, there was almost no return.

However, Mother Kum had offended the wrong person. The provoked Lin An did not hesitate to perform the most basic [Ritual of Expelling Souls], destroying her soul field like a tornado.

The two human priests did not even have time to summon Loa. The male priest was hit by Lin An's Hittite ritual, and his soul disappeared. The Loa who was about to lean over fell out.

Loa is the embodiment of the energy of "Komus". There is no consciousness and signs of life. After Lin An left with Gielgud, the image of the monkey gradually dissipated after he lost the medium.

If Mother Kum wants to summon it again, she will have to pay a price.

Lin An wiped out Mother Kum's fighting spirit with overwhelming power. After losing the link of a Loa, she made a truce gesture, and Lin An went with the flow and stopped.

If he really kills this mysterious person who is probably a mythical person, he will have to spend a lot of unnecessary energy and effort, and will also be hated by the family behind this person, which is not worth the loss.

[Sanshen] and the World Tree don't have many grudges, and Lin An doesn't want to make enemies everywhere.

Before long, Mother Kum will tell the [Sanshen] of Lakongo the result of this confrontation and let them know about Lin An's existence.

The slightly fishy smell of animals and herbs brushed across his cheeks, and he lowered his head and laughed.

"Haha!"

The elephant-skin chair sprouted horns and appeared in front of Lin An.

Four waiters struggled to lift the sitting Kum Mama, who was wearing a dark mask made of coconut shells, and her big red lips painted with natural dyes were particularly bright. Her reddish-brown hands held a peacock feather fan and made a shrill laugh.

When Lin An looked closely, he found that under the eaves covered by Kum Mama's huge body, the shadows of small people were busy, some were the size of seven or eight-year-old children, and some were only the size of a palm.

Their form was very similar to the temple system of voodoo. A temple dedicated to orthodox voodoo gods must have two male priests hougan, two female priests mambo, several assistants hounsi and their congregants.

So, where did the origin of them come from?

Lin An remembered that when Kum Mama dealt with the group of people poisoned by the voodoo priests, her main soul turned into a huge glutton, tearing the souls into pieces like eating cakes and stuffing them into her mouth.

The mystery of Mother Kum is a temple dedicated to the gods, with the power of "devouring souls".

She can tear off a piece of other people's souls, sew and patch them into a brand new small soul like weaving cloth, and stuff it into the temple as her servant and the medium for summoning Loa.

When Lin An learned that the Loa corresponding to Mother Kum's main soul, the system should display the corresponding panel.

"Sun God! You are so slender!" Mother Kum looked at Lin An and shouted, "This is the result of drinking those burnt coffee beans! You will never get fat!"

"Kum, do you want to exchange soul skills again?"

Lin An made a Hittite ritual gesture, and the quiet and ethereal birch shadow emerged. Mother Kum subconsciously shrank and fanned repeatedly.

"No, no! I'm fine! Maybe in a place where evil spirits are entrenched, malnutrition is a kind of beauty!"

Strangely, the wind she fanned was just cool enough to make the room temperature comfortable.

This is probably the "Comos" substitute for air conditioning.

"Since you chose to show up, you must know what happened here." Lin An said.

"Haha, I dare not say I know everything! I only know that you drove away the cobra that occupied my front yard a hundred years ago, killed the secretary bird that betrayed us more than seven hundred years ago, and scared away the big bug that came uninvited a few months ago."

Mother Kum said with full energy, her fat body trembling and dancing.

The cobra refers to Jacob, the president of the Red Poppy Merchants Guild, and the secretary bird is most likely a voodoo priest, who is dressed like a colorful secretary bird.

The betrayal she mentioned should have occurred at the small intersection of the "Comos" star track around the Middle Ages, and the various families fought happily during that time.

Lin An was too lazy to ask about the love and hatred between the voodoo priests and voodoo. It was nothing more than the grudges of the [Four Living Gods], backstabbing the whole family, but he was a little curious about who the so-called "big bug" represented.

Unfortunately, Kum's mother continued to speak in rapid succession, not giving him a chance to ask questions. Lin An could only temporarily conclude that the animal represented the Kumasi family who had fled to Lakongo for refuge not long ago.

"Wow, forest ranger!" The voodoo shrine opened its arms, and the chairs under it shook violently. The four waiters had ferocious expressions and were miserable. "I know nothing about the World Tree!"

"I don't know much about [San Shen] either." Lin An smiled in response.

"Haha, this is not difficult to do!"

Kum's mother kicked the ivory stool under her buttocks, shaking the little man's phantom with a grin and trembling.

"For the Ashanti people, the stool represents power and is a symbol of our social unity! It is both an entity and a representation of a position or throne. The chief's accession and dethronement are both related to the stool, which is the most solemn ceremony of [Sanshen]!"

"You mean, in [Sanshen], the stool a mysterious person sits on determines his rating, ability and family status?"

"That's right, forest ranger!" Mother Kum shook her feet, and the elephant skin stool creaked, "Elephant, one of the most powerful animals in South Africa!"

The implication is that her position in [Sanshen] is very important, but Lin An felt that she had something else to say.

"Kum, you should come here to chat with me more than just a chat."

It's better to say that she yelled at the sky than to chat.

This guy has a really loud voice. In just a few minutes, Lin An's head was buzzing because of her noise.

"Forest Ranger!" Even the mask couldn't block the noise from Kum's mother, "Cooperate! We will help you win the Bantu election and make you a friend of Lakongo! In exchange, do us a favor!" (End of this chapter)