165 、 Ah-Shah Killed Pharaoh's Eldest Son
Prince Snek, who was sitting in the carriage, finally spoke: "Ah-Shah Pharaoh ordered me to bring you back."
Ah-Shah's voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by the more than a thousand people on the opposite side: "Your Highness Prince Snek? It must have been hard on you to bring so many people and travel so far for me. Now that you've seen me, please tell Merneptah that Supreme General Ah-Shah has resigned! "
Prince Snek shouted angrily: "The reward of the Empire, the glory bestowed upon you by the gods, do you think you can give it up just because you want to? Are you going to give up your territory, your title? Even if you resign from your post as Supreme General of the Empire, you still have to obey the orders of the Empire! "
Ah-Shah sighed softly and replied: "Snek, I don't think you understand one thing. I have done enough for the Empire of Eygut, and it can only be said that your father, Lasith Ii Pharaoh, owes me, and I don't owe you anything. What orders Merneptah gave you has nothing to do with me! "
Prince Snek's face was very ugly: "Supreme General Ah-Shah, do you know the consequences of speaking like this? No matter what, you have to come back with me, and I also want to tell you that your fugitive slaves, the Ducians, have been found, and they are trapped on the Red Coast. I sent cavalry to capture them this morning, and if they can't be captured alive, they will be executed on the spot. If you are willing to go back with me now, I can send someone to take back the order. Otherwise, you and your people will suffer the same fate! "
Ah-Shah's face did not change, but his pupils were contracting. He calculated in his heart that if the cavalry had set off from Cape States to the Red Coast in the morning, as long as they knew where Moses and the others were hiding, they would have caught up by now, and it would be too late for Prince Snek to send someone to take back the order. All that had been said just now was nonsense, and he hoped that Medanzo and Link could guide Moses away in time.
Snek saw that Ah-Shah was silent and thought that his threat had worked, so he softened his tone a little and said: "Supreme General, I don't want to make things difficult for you, as long as you are willing to go back with me, everything can be discussed. You have made immortal contributions to the Empire, and no matter what mistakes you have made, they are forgivable. "
Ah took a step forward and said, "Snake, did you really give that order?"
Although he was a hundred paces away, Snek's heart still raced under his stare, but he could not lose the dignity of an Imperial Prince, so he swallowed and nodded. "Yes, if the Supreme General is willing to turn back, I will immediately rescind the order and send someone to chase after the cavalry. Those people are your slaves. You can personally order for them to be captured. "
Ah took another step forward and asked, "If I refuse your request, will you give the same order?"
Snek's forehead beaded with sweat involuntarily, and he shouted in a deep voice, "Ah, don't you dare lie to me!"
Ah slowly walked with his hands clasped behind his back, his voice echoing across the wilderness. What right do you have for me to control you? I'm not from Eygut. Back then, I traveled thousands of miles to Eygut in order to return the belongings of the Chief Priest of the Cape Shrine, Nero. I received a gift from Nero when he was still alive. Because of this gift, I was hunted down by bandits of noble status and almost died on the banks of the Nile River.
It was the Holy Maiden and the supreme warrior Gabriel who passed by and saved me, making me an honorable warrior. Because I was a miner in the town of Duc, I once offered the Gods' Tear that I mined to the goddess Isis. I intercepted the assassins at the blessing ceremony, and as a reward, I had the opportunity to go to Mount Horeb. This was my greatest gain from coming to Eygut, I found my own people.
I diligently studied the art of war, trained hard in martial arts, and went deep into the wilderness to investigate. After becoming a supreme warrior, I passed the assessment and was appointed as the Head of the An-Ra Legion. It was I who formed and trained this legion and made countless contributions on the battlefield. I went deep into the enemy's rear and captured King Hittite alive, saved the Eygut Army from destruction, facilitated the peace talks between the two countries, and saved the lives of countless people.
When the army returned home, the Uruk Legion attacked, and in the face of danger, I was ordered to command thousands of troops and repelled the most powerful enemy on the continent. The glory I received was deserved, not a gift from Lasith Ii. I don't care about titles and titles, I only have one wish, and that is to be able to return my people to their homeland.
I have done so much, but your father Lasith Ii still refused this request, so they became my slaves. I have a territory in the Plains of Duc, and I ordered my slaves to reclaim it. This is not against any law, but the reality is that they have to flee. It was I who acquiesced in their escape, and it was they who were willing to flee. Let me tell you, this is not a secret, and His Highness Prince Snek should be aware of it.
Now I am going to a faraway place to participate in a duel, and the reason for this duel is that I once captured King Hittite alive, and I captured King Hittite alive to save the Eygut Army and your father His Majesty Lasith Ii.
You are just an ordinary stranger to me, but you are leading an army that I have trained myself, preventing me from fulfilling my promise, ordering the killing of my people, and threatening to give me the same fate. If you were me, what would you do at this moment? Do you laughably think that I would be afraid of death, and that a person who is afraid of death would capture King Hittite alone? "
As he spoke, Ah had already walked about seventy paces away from the army formation, and his expression became more and more gloomy. Prince Snek suddenly felt a trace of danger, and shouted hoarsely: "Ah, stop!"
Ah ignored him and continued to walk forward slowly, saying as he walked: "You were the one who wanted me to come back, and I am walking back now, so why do you want me to stop?"
Prince Snek shouted: "Ah, the lives of your people are still in my hands, don't act rashly!"
Ah sneered and said: "That is the fate they will face, I have my own choice and will bear the consequences of it. Snek, are you afraid? Have you already seen your own end?"
Snek raised his arm and said: "Why would I be afraid of you? I am the Prince of the Empire of Eygut, you shall not be rude!" In the army formation, the commander-in-chief making such a gesture was a command. The archers nocked their arrows, and the cavalry also raised their spears, twisted their waists, and spread their arms back.
Ah sighed: "It's a pity that Lasith Ii is already dead. You wanted me to come back, well, I'm coming back!"
As he spoke, he was only about fifty paces away, and for a supreme warrior, he could launch a fatal blow at any time. Snek couldn't believe that Ah would take the initiative to attack. He had never been on the battlefield, nor had he seen a person like Enkidu, but Ah's advancing step by step also made him panic, and he shouted: "Ah, please kneel down and be bound, don't come over. … Go back, or I will order an attack. "
Ah sneered. "Kneel down and be bound, why should I? Aren't you here to ask me to go back? What right do you have to order an attack? Snek, do you dare to make a bet? A bet on what will happen to you. "
Ah's voice carried a strange power that attacked the soul, and Snek's ears buzzed, his mind filled with a feeling of being torn apart. Seeing Ah's murderous aura rising with every step, he finally couldn't help but raise his arm and wave it forward. "Attack, this is God …"
He wanted to say that this was an order from the Oracle, but Ah didn't give him a chance to continue speaking. Only a few dozen paces away, Snek's arm fell, and Ah's slow figure suddenly turned into a shadow and pounced straight over. Without a weapon, he threw a punch with his bare hand.
Arrows and spears rained down, and Snek set up a battle formation with his own guards in the middle, and the chariots and cavalry of the An-Ra Legion lined up on both sides. The arrows and spears of the An-Ra Legion soldiers were all empty, and they passed behind Ah and landed in the open. Ah's speed was too fast, and by the time the soldiers attacked, he was no longer where he was.
In fact, even if he wasn't fast, those arrows wouldn't have hit him. The soldiers of the An-Ra Legion were unwilling to attack Ah, but they were under orders to complete the mission. Trained soldiers knew that when attacking a moving target from the side with a projectile weapon, one must consider the flight time of the weapon and the speed of the opponent's advance, and one must not aim directly. But these soldiers deliberately attacked behind Ah. Anyway, everyone was attacking together, and no one would care who missed.
But the personal guards around Snek would not show mercy, and arrows and spears flew head-on towards Ah. Ah waved his fist, and the air in front of him erupted with a faint silver light. A storm-like force shot out, and the arrows and spears were all swept away.
The guards felt the surging pressure whistling in their eardrums, and for a moment they couldn't even hear anything. Ah's punch sent several knights in front of Snek's chariot flying along with his horse. Several mages around Snek had just raised their staffs, and a colorful shield rose in front of the chariot, among which there was a transparent air elemental armor, and a fire dragon shot out to meet Ah's incoming figure. The prince was accompanied by several mages, one of whom was a supreme mage.
The methods of these people were brilliant, and if they had launched a joint attack from the beginning, even if they couldn't take Ah down, they might not have given him a chance to get close. But now the time to react was too short, and they could only do so in a hurry. Ah Dan punched out with explosive energy and surging silver light, sweeping away the arrows and javelins flying towards him. He scattered the fire dragons that were flying out, and with a series of explosive sounds, he shattered the layers of barriers.
In the end, there was only a muffled bang, and the air elemental armor that the supreme mage had blessed Prince Snek was forcibly shattered. Ah's fist did not directly hit Snek, and he was sent flying backward by the powerful impact. Just as Ah's right hand shattered the air elemental armor, his left hand also threw a punch, meeting a sword thrust from his side.
Rod-dick was sitting in the same chariot as Snek. The governor was also a sixth-level warrior, and when he saw Ah get in the chariot, he gritted his teeth and drew his sword. Ah punched back without even looking. His fist was covered with a thin film of silver light, like an invisible glove, and it shattered Rod-dick's sword from the tip all the way to the edge. The governor flew out and was caught by a mage before he hit the ground.
From the moment Snek gave the order to attack to the sound of a bang on the chariot, it was only the blink of an eye, and then two figures flew out one after the other, Ah and Rod-dick. Prince Snek sat motionless in the chariot, leaning against the back of the chair and tongue-tied, like a stone statue frozen in fear.
Rod-dick was caught, and he fainted as soon as his eyes closed. Several accompanying mages hurriedly cast healing magic, but they did not wake the Head of the Legion up for a long time. It seemed that he was badly injured. The center of the army formation was in a mess. Without the Head of the Legion's orders, the soldiers of the An-Ra Legion did not act rashly, and Snek's personal guards were, of course, most concerned about the safety of His Highness.
Snake was completely unscathed, and Ah's fist only hit three feet in front of him, breaking his air elemental armor, and then flew back after a sword fight with Rod Drick. His Royal Highness the Prince was probably scared out of his wits. The captain of the guards and the accompanying court supreme mage jumped into the chariot, and the guards surged to the front of the chariot like a flood, raising their shields high, and the magical formation was activated to guard the area tightly, protecting the safety of His Highness.
The captain of the guards gently patted Snek on the cheek. "Your Highness, are you all right?"
The court supreme mage's face immediately changed, and he said, "Don't touch His Highness, healing magic, quick, first aid!" He raised his staff high and chanted, and the mages around him also cast their spells, and countless soft rays of light fell on His Highness. But Snek still sat there without any reaction, staring straight ahead, his pupils gradually dilating.
With his eyes closed, Rod-dick heard the anxious voice of the mage: "Lord Head of the Legion, please wake up, His Highness is dead!"
In fact, Rod Drick did not faint at all. Ah Na's punch had caused his Qi and blood to tumble, but there seemed to be a tacit understanding between the two of them. Rod Drick was sent flying with a somersault, but he only suffered a slight shock. Rod-dick was caught, and he closed his eyes, and no matter how the mage treated him, he "insisted" on being unconscious.
Ah's punch had saved him, and as the Head of the An-Ra Legion, he was sitting next to Prince Snek with more than a thousand troops. If Ah had killed the Prince in person, and he, the Head of the Legion, was unharmed and had not been caught, Ah would definitely have been severely punished.
This was the best outcome, with His Highness the Prince dead on the spot, and Rod-dick seriously injured and unable to get up. At least he was loyal to his duty. At that time on the chariot, he had no choice but to stab Snek with his sword, and he could only pray in his heart that Ah would be gentler, but not too gentle.
Rod-dick saw Ah's punch with his own eyes, and it vaguely had the power of Enkidu back then, and he understood in horror that Snek was definitely dead. Snek had never been on the battlefield, and had no experience in commanding battles at all, let alone seen a warrior who could take the head of a commander in an army of ten thousand. He probably did not expect this scene before he died.
In order to catch up with Asnek, it was impossible to bring infantry, and whether it was cavalry or charioteers, their real power in battle was to charge at full speed, not to put on a show to scare people.
Although there were a thousand soldiers, they could not all be piled in front of him, and Snek still had to talk to Ah at the very center of the battle formation. If it had been a battle, letting Ah swagger to a distance of thirty paces in front of him would have been no different from courting death.
If Ah had been the enemy, Snek should have set up a military formation in front of him, and then let the mages operate the magic formation to cover the formation, and the cavalry and charioteers on both flanks would have opened their heavy crossbows and stood ready. Unfortunately, Ah was not guilty after all, and Snek had only come to ask the Supreme General to go back. At first, he did not realize that Ah would dare to kill someone, and take the life of a Prince of the Empire in the middle of the army.
Ah smashed the air elemental armor with a punch, and the impact drilled into Snek's body and spread out. Snek's whole body was paralyzed and unable to move, and his heartbeat and breathing stopped in an instant. This was the mining technique of the town of Duc. Ah used his fist to take someone's life through the air, but Snek looked unscathed.
The personal guards were not sure at first that His Highness the Prince was dead, and their first task was to protect the Prince and prevent Ah from attacking again. The shield formation and magic formation were immediately set up, and the guards at the back were also blocked. The An-Ra Legion on both sides did not receive orders and stood still. In fact, even if they wanted to give chase, they could not catch up with Ah.
Ah flew backward and landed steadily a hundred paces away, then walked away with his hands clasped behind his back. It looked like he was taking slow steps, but his back was blurred for a moment, and he soon disappeared into the horizon at the end of the road, while Snake's personal guards had yet to react. By the time they confirmed that His Highness the Prince was dead, Ah was long gone. The Supreme General killed the Prince with one punch, and then just walked away with his hands behind his back.
The captain of Snek's personal guards shouted in grief and indignation: "Go after him, catch him! Ah assassinated His Highness the Prince!"
Not far away, a general shouted in a low, muffled voice: "Are you in command here? Your duty is only to protect the Prince, and more than a thousand pairs of eyes saw it clearly. The Prince asked the Supreme General to come back, and the Supreme General really did come back, but the Prince suddenly gave the order to kill the Supreme General, and the Supreme General punched out in self-defense. It was the Prince who gave the order to attack first, may I ask if this is called an assassination? Who on earth wants to assassinate who? "
This general was a cavalry captain who had been with Amon since the formation of the An-Ra legion. After many battles, he was now a general who commanded thousands of cavalry. He did not want to be enemies with Amon in the first place. What Ah had just said was true, and it made people sigh with emotion. The Supreme General himself also walked back towards Snek, and it was His Highness the Prince who gave the order to attack first.
The court supreme mage had given up on saving Snek. The Prince was dead, but Commander Drick was still alive, and now only he could give the order, so the court supreme mage came to save Commander Drick. Rod-dick knew that he couldn't pretend anymore, so he had to open his eyes and let out a long breath, and asked in a weak voice: "What's wrong, what happened?"
The mages replied: "The Supreme General killed His Highness Prince Snek with one punch, and has left, the soldiers are waiting for your orders."
Rod-dick punched himself in the chest, and blood spurted out of his mouth. "How could this happen, Your Highness the Prince, I couldn't save you … Send someone to report what happened here to the Pharaoh, don't miss a single detail. Notify the entire territory of the city and all the passes along the border, take Ah down on the spot when you see him. "
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