Link and the other cavemen who arrived at the town of Duc all had the same dream that night. Those who did not fall asleep also seemed to have a dream, even El Mar, the King of the Ironbacks, was no exception. In the dream, a radiant goddess appeared. She wore a long dress that flickered with golden starlight. Her figure was dainty and her face was moving. She held an ivy staff in her hand. She claimed to be the guardian of this place, Mourrin, and gave an oracle.
The goddess would bless the people who arrived here to build their homes. A magical and amazing wealth would be given to them to build a city-state. The messenger of the goddess, Amon, would guide them to the buried wealth and hold a sacrificial ceremony to open the treasure. The things left behind by Mourin could not only be used to build all kinds of magical instruments, but also to hire wandering warriors, craftsmen from all over the continent, and caravans from all over the world. This wealth would be kept and used by Amon.
The cavemen who had just walked out of the mountains suddenly dreamed of such a goddess. They all felt it was incredible. But when they heard the name of Amon and saw their Amon holding Mourin's arm intimately, they believed in the oracle. After dawn, Link gathered his people and held a prayer ceremony. They put up an altar and offered sacrifices to thank Amon and Mourin.
Interestingly, when these cavemen prayed, they put the name of Amon before the name of Mourin. They naturally did so. In the dream, they saw Amon holding Mourin, and he was half a head taller than Mourin. Originally, Lynk and the others only worshipped a fire in the cave. Later, Amon became their only god, and there was also a cat who was the god's messenger.
Now they offered sacrifices to Mourin, not only because of the blessing in the oracle, but more importantly because of Amon. All the people were eagerly looking forward to the return of Amon, so that the prophecy in the dream would come true.
Of course, Medanzo also participated in the prayer ceremony. While praying, he marveled in his heart, "Amun, Amun, you are really amazing. When did you hold such a goddess in your arms? There is nothing you can't do. "
Medanzo had always known that Amon was not a real god. When he first met him, Amon was just a child who had not yet grown up, but he mastered magic and saved Medanzo's life. At first, Medanzo called him Amun, on the one hand, to learn magic, and on the other hand, to follow Link's lead.
But later, Amon taught Medanzo the power of two sides step by step, making him a sixth-level magician and a sixth-level warrior at the same time. This was an incredible miracle in any country on the continent. Thinking back to Link's words, "You are my only god," Medanzo also said it without hesitation. When he passed the test of "firm faith", he had already regarded Amon as a god.
Who said that gods were statues in the temple and not living people? Medanzo would rather a real god like Amon, at least more real than the statues in the temple.
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Leaving Link and Medanzo's expectations aside, Amon carried his staff through the Charcoal Forest and finally saw the high wall of Syah in the distance. He grew up in the territory of Syah and traveled to so many places on the continent, but today was the first time he came to the main city of Syah.
Yoon Namna did not follow Amon to Syah. The two parted at the edge of the Charcoal Forest. Before leaving, the goddess asked with a faint smile, "Amon, who is Eco?" Obviously, she also saw another message left in the Terroculus.
Amon replied, "An old friend, she came to Duc."
Yoon Namna playfully reached out and touched the tip of his nose, "She is a girl, isn't she? Is she unforgettable to you? The youth and life of mortals will eventually pass away, and any moment of forgetfulness is a treasure of remembrance. I will keep this message for you, maybe one day you will erase it yourself. Let me tell you a secret, Peloponnus laughed that the men I fell in love with all had no good ending, just because I fell in love with him. Whether she loved me or not, she was wrong. "
Amon did not want to talk about this topic, but he had to ask, "What did she do wrong?"
Yoon Namna: "Mortals all have birth, old age, sickness, and death. In the eyes of a god, of course, there is no good ending. What is the curse that haunts me? I have been thinking about it. Is it because the man I fell in love with cannot live forever, or does he need to have no regrets in his life? "
When walking into Syah, Amon was also thinking about this question. Did the amorous Yoon Namna really fall in love with him? Not necessarily. She had feelings for him, and she definitely wanted to use and seduce him, but Amon did not dislike it. Yoon Namna helped him and did not harm him. Even when he fell into the Underworld, it was his own choice. As for guiding the descendants of Duc back to their homeland, it was also Amon's own wish.
Maybe Yoon Namna was just solving a puzzle. It seemed that gods also had their own troubles.
The security of Syah was not strict. Without any interrogation, Amon easily entered the city. Located on the southeast edge of the Hittite Empire, Syah was originally an important border town and an important production area of fine iron and parangons. But since the flood cut off the land transportation with the neighboring countries, Syah had been peaceful for the past few years. People seemed to be leisurely and lazy.
Amon came to Syah for two purposes. One was to retrieve the Title Deed of Duc, and the other was to see Goliath. When Moses was forced to leave, the Title Deed of Duc was still hidden somewhere in the city. He did not tell the envoy of the Temple of Isis, Amon, but he told the "Allaha" who appeared as a god.
In Crazy 'Ole's message, he specifically mentioned Goliath. He hoped that Amon must see Goliath when he had the chance, and he was very sure that even if Goliath did not help him, he would not make things difficult for him. Now Amon knew that when he was sent to Duc to avoid an impending disaster, it was also Goliath who privately instructed Mayor Dusti to do so. A supreme mage went all the way to Duc for the sake of a small miner. This was not a small favor.
When he came to Syah, he found out that the situation was not what it used to be. No matter who mentioned Goliath, there was a look of reverence on their face. If anyone said anything disrespectful to Lord Goliath, they might be beaten. Goliath was now a ninth-level supreme mage, but he still stayed in the city as the chief priest. In Syah, his status was equivalent to that of a god without a title.
A word from Goliath might be more effective in Syah than the oracle of Enril, but the people here would not cross the line and call Goliath a god. In recent years, Goliath had hardly shown up. It was said that he only concentrated on practicing magic in the shrine. The affairs of the city were handled by Governor Xiao Mo, his disciples Walter and Raphael, the three high priests, and various officials. There were not many things to do here. People lived and worked in peace and contentment.
It was not easy to see Goliath, and Amon's identity was sensitive. The Hittite Kingdom had ordered him to be beheaded and sent an emissary from the capital, but this order was not carried out in the end because he had been sent by Duc to carry out another decree. Now that he was back, there were still some things that had to be dealt with.
Under the name of Allaha, Amon met Goliath's disciples Walter and Raphael in the desert. The two high priests had warmly invited him to visit Syah. If he wanted to see Goliath, he could go through this channel.
Amon also heard something else that slightly surprised him. Walter had returned from Uruk. Before he left, he was a sixth-level mage. When he came back, he had advanced to the seventh level. The people of the city were overjoyed. They thought it was the glory of the city and a symbol of the gods' blessing. They admired Walter's teacher, Goliath, even more.
It seemed that there was more than one young genius on the continent. Amon had just become a supreme sorcerer, and Walter had also achieved the seventh level. Before that, the Adoratrice of the Temple of Isis, Maria, had become a supreme mage.
Hearing that Raphael had not yet returned from his visit to the Cape States, Amon was not in a hurry to find Walter. He first went to get the Title Deed. The Title Deed of Duc was hidden in a place that everyone could see but no one would think of. It was in the manor that Mayor Dusti bought. Amon also bought a manor in Montefiore. There was a private shrine in the backyard, originally dedicated to Horus, but he replaced the statue with the goddess Bastet. Dusti's manor was much larger, and there was also a small shrine dedicated to Enril in the backyard.
After Moses and the others left, this luxurious manor was occupied by a group of vagrants in the vicinity, and every courtyard was occupied by people. They claimed that their relatives and friends were killed or injured in the conflict, and this residence was the compensation that Moses and the other Duc miners should give. Governor Xiao Mo was not easy to manage, so the past two years were peaceful.
But no one dared to occupy the shrine in the backyard. After all, they could not blaspheme the gods, so it was left there alone. The Title Deed was in the pedestal at the foot of the statue of Enril. There was a stone slab at the bottom of the statue that was connected to Enril's foot. Even if it was lifted up, there would be no trace of it being hollowed out and closed again.
Amon climbed over the wall and entered the backyard of the manor. He was already a supreme warrior and a supreme sorcerer. He was agile and good at hiding his tracks, so it was impossible for people to find him. He carried his staff and quietly went to the shrine. No one had been here for a long time. The altar was empty. There were neither offerings nor lamps. The statue of Enril stood quietly in the darkness.
Amon stretched out his staff and pointed at the statue. The life-sized statue floated in the air. He mumbled an incantation and a square crack appeared at the base of the statue. A stone slab floated down with a pile of things on it. It turned out that there was a hole in the base. Amon waved his hand and put the pile of things into the Ventussalam. He pressed his staff down, and the statue fell down and returned to its original state.
Hidden in the base of the statue were all the Title Deed of Duc, a special parangon and twenty gold coins. This should be the work of Mayor Dusti. He was really thoughtful. Even if this place was demolished, people would not dare to destroy the statue of Enril. Instead, they would move the statue elsewhere so that the things hidden inside would not be discovered. Only Moses knew this secret.
In addition to the Title Deed, there was also money. The parangon was the most precious of the special parangons, the Ventussalam. It was worth five hundred ordinary parangons, which was a huge fortune. As for the other twenty gold coins, it was even more thoughtful. The Ventussalam could not be easily exchanged for cash, and the gold coins could be easily exchanged for pocket money in the market. Even if the descendants fell, they could live comfortably for the rest of their lives with this inheritance.
Amon had been to many shrines, but the feeling was different. In some shrines, the solemn statue seemed to have a mysterious life, watching the people kneeling in worship. It was interesting to say that in order to make Schrödinger happy, Amon erected a statue of the cat goddess Bastet in his manor. The feeling was the strongest there. The statue seemed to be alive, and one could vaguely feel a kind of gaze when walking in.
However, there was no such feeling in this temple. The statue of the Great God Enlil was just a cold stone. Amon took the things and turned to walk out of the shrine. At the threshold, he suddenly turned back and said something as if he was talking to himself.
"Enril, great god, your eyes do not look here. The people of Duc offered the last of their wealth at your feet in an attempt to get protection, but were forced to go far away to be enslaved by a foreign country. Today I come to take it, and it will no longer belong to you. This is not a betrayal, but your choice to give up on Enril. We have nothing more to ask of you. I take the inheritance of Duc and bid you farewell. "
When Amon said these words, he did not know the cause of the great flood that destroyed Duc, nor did he know that Crazy 'Ole died in the challenge to Enril. The only person in the world who knew this secret was Goliath, whom he wanted to see.
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When Amon entered the manor to take the Title Deed of Duc, in a secret room in the shrine of Syah Enril, Goliath was watching a piece of information recorded by Walter. It was the scene of Walter and Amon's encounter with the Scorpion King in the desert. There was a paragraph that Goliath watched over and over again, and he was silent for a long time.
The voices of the Scorpion King and Amon sounded over and over again, "If I break the oath, I will never be a true god.", "If I break the oath, I will always be a lowly human in your eyes."
After a long time, Walter asked carefully, "My dear teacher, why are you not speaking? On behalf of Syah, I made a covenant and oath with the Scorpion King. Did I do something wrong? Did I go against your teachings? "
Goliath shook his head and said, "No, you did the right thing. This covenant should be announced to all the people of the city in the form of a decree, to avoid unnecessary casualties in the desert in the future. I was just thinking about the oath made by the Scorpion King and Allaha. That young man is not simple. You have become a supreme mage, and I am afraid his achievements are no less than yours. "
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