As soon as they met, they laughed at each other, leaving Amon to the side. Amon put down his cup and asked: "Lion King, do you want to duel me? You've even invited a referee, but you haven't asked me if I like it. If you want to use a duel to prove Mourin's love, I think you're using the wrong method. "
The Lion King turned his head and said: "I'm not dueling with you to prove who loves Mourin, let alone to decide who the goddess will fall in love with. Drink this cup of wine, and then tell me the reason. Actually, I'm from the Ennead. "
Amon drank his cup in one gulp and said in a deep voice: "The Ennead? Did Seth send you to duel me? "
Ugallu's voice shook the surrounding air with the echo of metal clashing: "It was Seth who asked me to come, the Shrine of Eygut will send people to kill me. Zhai Te asked me to follow behind those pursuers and help at critical moments. But I don't want to do that, I only want to solve it in my own way, so I rushed to meet the pursuers. "
The Scorpion King interjected: "This lion didn't listen to Seth's warnings. Didn't Seth tell you that Tiamat's Wrath is in Amon's hands, and you still want to duel him? "
The Lion King stared at Amon and said: "I know you have a Tiamat's Wrath in your hands, but do you have the control to unfold it before I kill you?"
Amon could only smile bitterly to himself. The real Tiamat's Wrath had been taken away by Maria, and the one he had was only a fake. Although it looked flawless, it was uncertain whether it could fool the eyes of Oil and the Lion King. Unfolding it also meant death, and no one would use it unless it was absolutely necessary to perish together with the enemy.
Moreover, this scroll was not necessarily something that could be used when one wanted to use it. Amon had experienced this when facing Enkidu in the army, and when he was fighting Enkidu, he didn't even have time to unfold the scroll. Usually, this was just a simple action, but in the end, it required time and energy. Moreover, using it on the battlefield was equivalent to killing everyone within the scope of the attack, regardless of friend or foe.
Today, Amon's achievements and realm were higher than before, and his strength was also much deeper. He was confident that even if he encountered Enkidu again, even if he wasn't a match for him, he would still have the opportunity to use Tiamat's Wrath. He replied nonchalantly, "I can try."
The Lion King smiled and waved his hand. "I'm not a fool. After several hundred years of cultivation, I have achieved what I have today. Naturally, I know how to cherish life. I will not fearlessly perish together with my enemies. Even if I want to force him to use Tiamat's Wrath, I'm afraid Girisui won't agree to it. He promised to be the arbitrator, so of course, he won't get himself involved. "
Amon asked again, "Then what do you want? Don't you want to duel with me?"
The Lion King said, "A duel is just a kind of agreement. It's to separate the two parties and keep the promise. There's no need to kill the opponent. Of course, the prerequisite is that you have the ability to activate Tiamat's Wrath in front of me. "
Oil Water interjected again, "Ugallu, there's too much empty talk. How exactly do you want to duel?"
The Lion King unhurriedly raised the jug of wine on the table. He did not pour it into a cup, but drank it directly into his mouth. After putting down the jug, he said, "It's very simple. As long as Amon can withstand three of my roars, he wins."
Girisui hugged the two scorpion monsters and laughed. "Three roars, he can still withstand it. If I really wanted to kill him, I would have thrown out Tiamat's Wrath a long time ago!"
Ugallu replied nonchalantly, "Yes, I don't want to force him to perish together. If I can make him unable to even throw out the scroll, how would he be qualified to duel with me? If he can still sit still after my three roars, then he is qualified to sit here and drink with me. "
Oil Water tilted his head and glanced at Ugallu. "After your injuries are healed, your realm is even higher than before. Are you going to roar now? Then I'll hide away first!"
Ugallu laughed. "Scorpion King, you don't even have this little ability? I invited you to be the arbiter, yet you still have to hide! "
Oil Water pinched the waist of the two scorpions. "I'm not afraid, but I'm afraid that my two beloved concubines won't be able to stand it.
Ugallu: "Then take care of them and let Amon see the magical powers of the Scorpion King. In short, he has to sit still and not move. If he moves, it's my loss."
Oil Water snorted. "This lion is really stubborn. Alright, I'll hold my two beloved concubines and not move, and roar as much as I want. I'll start first. "
Ugallu asked Amon again, "Are you ready?"
Amon raised an arm. "Wait! You still haven't figured out why you want to duel with me? And I didn't promise to duel with you. "
Ugallu looked at Amon with interest. "You're a very interesting person, I can tell you what happened. In the past, when I wandered far away with my injuries, Seth helped me and allowed me to recuperate in the Ennead divine realm. Later, he allowed me to cultivate in the Aeru divine palace.
As a reward, I helped him when he defeated Horus, so I don't owe him anything anymore. But to leave the Ennead divine realm for free, he asked me to do him another favor, that is, as an emissary, to act in the dark when I was being hunted by the Temple of Eygut. But I refused to do that, and publicly showed up to duel with him before the pursuers arrived. This was already giving face to Mourin. "
Amon smiled bitterly. "In that case, do I have to sit and listen to three roars?"
The Lion King blinked. "You can also run, if you don't want to duel with me, you can run away now. I will only see you as prey that has been scared away, don't forget that I'm a lion. But in that case, I can't disobey Seth's instructions and help the pursuers in the dark. Are you willing to be watched by me all the time? "
Amon poured himself a full glass of wine and picked up the glass. I'm not planning to run, I just want to ask clearly. Since it's an agreement, there has to be something to pay attention to after the outcome, right? "
The Lion King said to the Scorpion King: "Since he has been invited to arbitrate, it's up to you to tell him our conditions."
Oil said: "If Amon can still sit there steadily after Ugallu roars three times, even if Ugallu loses, he will have done what he should have done for Seth, send a gift to Zhen Meng, and be done with it."
Ugallu: "The gift is ready, as long as Amon has the ability to obtain it, consider it my apology. But if he loses, it will be equivalent to Seth winning, and don't forget that I am here for Seth's mission. Amon wants to promise to build a shrine for Seth in the Plains of Duc and hold a ritual to summon the gods. "
Oil laughed. "That would also be equivalent to us winning, Lion King. That gift still has to be given to Amon, and in exchange, he also needs to build shrines for us in the Plains of Duc and hold a ritual to summon the gods."
Ugallu said to Amon: "That's how it is, there are two choices: either promise to duel me, or run away now."
Amon took a sip of wine and took a deep breath. "The conditions seem fair, but I don't understand, why does Seth want to build a shrine in the Plains of Duc, and why do you two want to get involved?"
Ugallu and Giraffe looked at each other and said: "There's no need to worry about that yet."
Amon didn't want to explain too much to these two, but in fact he understood many of the secrets involved, so he just looked at the wine glass and said: "I know one thing, if there is no sincere sacrifice and faith from the people, the statue is like a soulless shell, do you two care about this form?"
Ugallu laughed loudly, and it seemed as if the clouds in the sky were trembling with his laughter, and even the wine jug on the table jumped up. The Lion King did not let out a loud roar, he was just talking and laughing, and already had such power. He smiled and said: "You're right, but you haven't fully understood many things in the human world. Not only will we build a shrine, but we will also hold a ritual to summon the gods.
In this way, we will be able to understand a lot of things that happen in the Plains of Duc, and through the wishes people make in front of the statue, it is also a kind of practice to experience everything in the human world. As for whether there are sacrifices or faith, there is no need to worry about that, because the shrine is there, and there will always be people who will come to the shrine to express their desires for various reasons such as awe or expectations. "
Oil also added with a smile: "The Lion King is doing this in a fit of pique, it was originally Mourrin's divine realm, but he insists on building a shrine. As for me, I also want to vent my anger and show Marduc and Enril. "
Amon nodded and said: "I understand, then please begin."
Ugallu put away his smile and asked again: "Don't you want to see what the gift I'm going to give you is?"
Amon shook his head and said: "Whether you're going to give me a gift or not, this duel will be accepted by my city, and it won't be too late to see after the duel is over, and I don't want to ask what it is first."
The Lion King said with slight approval: "Truly a man who will not be tempted by temptation, the power of hope is as strong as the will."
Amon had thought he would open his mouth to roar, but Ugallu sat there without moving at all, just looking at him quietly. Amon was never afraid to look anyone in the eye, and he also looked at Ugallu and suddenly found that his eyes were somewhat familiar, very much like the pupils of a dark cat, and these pupils were actually roaring!
In this moment of illusion, the surrounding scenery changed, the desolate desert became a vast grassland with no end in sight, the tent and table disappeared, and only a giant lion the size of a mountain stood in the distance, opening its bloody mouth and roaring at the sky.
He was actually sucked into the illusion that Ugallu had unfolded, the lion's roar shook the heavens and the earth, and Amon seemed to be just an unknown creature, all the creatures on the grassland trembled and prostrated themselves in the lion's roar.
Amon was very clear-headed in the midst of the shock, and gently placed his right leg over his left leg, then a chair appeared under him, and a wine glass appeared in his hand. Then all the scenery returned to normal, and he "returned" to the tent on the sand dune, sitting opposite him was still the Lion King Ugallu.
Oil Water laughed and said: "This roar didn't knock him down, if it was a battle, he could already unleash Tiamat's Wrath."
Ugallu replied with a calm face: "No one will choose to self-destruct before falling into a desperate situation, this boy's willpower is very good, not like those demons we once killed." "Pay attention, there are two more roars!"
As soon as he arrived, Amon could not hear anything, the tent and the table in front of him disappeared. This time it was not an illusion, but was forcefully shattered, and not in pieces, but instantly turned into powder under the violent tremors. The roar was so intense that there was silence between the heavens and the earth.
Amon closed his eyes, neither looking nor listening, but he could feel the intense impact, like two mountains colliding and crushing together. This soundless roar could turn everything into powder, and under its impact, people could not control their own power, as if their bodies and souls were separated. If Amon was suppressed by the roar, he could not use any of the scrolls, and it was too late to perish together.
Oil Water sat to one side, the ice scorpion and fire scorpion in her arms showing pained expressions. The surrounding sand rose up, wrapping around their bodies in a strange flow, with a sharp tremor blocking the impact of the roar, allowing the two scorpion demons to barely withstand it.
After an unknown amount of time, Amon finally opened his eyes, and was shocked to find that the sun had already risen to the highest point. He had met Ugallu not long after sunrise, waiting for the Lion King to appear. They did not talk for long, and now it was actually noon.
His eyelids twitched, and the soundless roar disappeared. The quicksand that enveloped the Scorpion King fell, and Oil Water patted the shoulders of his two beloved concubines: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's all right!" "Ugallu, don't ruin the banquet, I haven't had enough yet!"
The Lion King stared at Amon with wide eyes, a trace of fatigue in his eyes. The two roars just now were very exhausting. Amon also felt waves of weakness, but he did not say a word and continued to look at him. Ugallu waved his red sleeves, obviously also wearing a spatial item. In the blink of an eye, another banquet was set up.
Oil Water's hands rubbed the chests of the two demon scorpions, the ice scorpion and fire scorpion had already softly leaned against his arms. The Scorpion King finally reached out to pour wine, and said while drinking: "Amon, you really have some skill. Ugallu's roar was unable to make you lose the ability to resist, and if it was really a life and death struggle, you can no longer stop the Tiamat's Wrath from unfolding. He still had one last roar. In fact, it was not only about strength, but also about heart.
Ugallu, who had been sitting all this time, finally stood up, and reached across the table to point at Amon. As he extended his finger, the world suddenly became silent and colorless. Everything disappeared, there was no sound, no image, no sense of feeling. The existence of the human body depended on feeling. If the body could not be felt, there would be no way to command it to move, no way to sense external stimuli, and no way to react.
The world disappeared, and he himself also disappeared. Just like when Amon did not pass the strange test when he broke through to the eighth level, his soul would be lost in this instant, and he would lose control of his body. If this was a battle, he should have broken the opponent's technique long ago. But this was not a real struggle, it was just a kind of agreement, a competition of realms.
Amon's lonely soul was like a peaceful home, the so-called body was nothing more than a reflection of the soul, the so-called light that could not be seen and did not need to be seen in a world that had nothing. Immediately after, a roar came from the endless void. This sound was not heard, but the vibration of the soul in a world that had nothing, as if it was about to shatter the consciousness.
Those countless past events that were hidden in the memory suddenly appeared clearly, taking people away from the world and pulling them into the ridges of space and time. As long as they thought about it, they would be lost in the river that their own soul imprint passed through. This was a real illusion. If it was the Amon of the past, perhaps he would have immediately thrown out a scroll of space turbulence to quickly escape this invisible imprisonment, because he simply could not see where the enemy was.
But at this time, Amon did not move at all. Not only was his body sitting there steadily, but his heart did not waver in the slightest. When the sun finally pierced through the void and sprinkled down, he returned to the desert by the sea, holding half a glass of wine in his hand.
Ugallu looked at him with a disbelieving gaze and said: "With this last roar of mine, even if I am not a match for him, I can still use my magic to resist the test and break free. But it was not bound by me at all, how is this possible, could it be that it is also a confirmation of the endless gods? "
Amon smiled and let out a long breath: "Maybe I am luckier, so I can withstand the third roar. The Lion King is stronger than me, and his results are also higher than mine, but it is not that I do not have the strength to fight. If you really want to kill me, even without the Tiamat's Wrath, the price you have to pay is very high. Thank you for using this method to solve the problem, and thank you for the wine! "
He slowly drank the half glass of wine, and only now felt a buzzing echo in his mind. His spirit was exhausted, and his joints were sore, as if he had gone through a fierce battle. The sun was already setting in the west, and looking at the ice scorpion and fire scorpion in Oil Water's arms, they had already fainted. Amon was able to withstand this roar thanks to his experience in Schrodinger's spiritual imprint, and he naturally could not tell Ugallu and Oil Water about this.
Oil Water sighed and said: "Ugallu, according to the agreement, Amon has won!" "I didn't expect it to be a bait. Amon, congratulations!"
Oil Water waved his hand, and a tool flew towards Amon. Amon stretched out the horn that he had sharpened. It was completely different from an ordinary horn. It was more than three feet long, curved with a slight spiral arc, and had obviously been tempered by power. It was flawless, translucent with agate-like patterns.
Amon asked in surprise: "Is this a well?"
The Lion King looked at the horn in Amon's hand with a sad look in his eyes: "You should have heard of our legends. Back then, during the war of the gods of the Anunnaki divine clan, Oil Water and I were both beast kings on the side of Tiamat and Kingu. He was the human-faced scorpion, and I was the giant lion. In that battle, there were also the nine-headed snake monster and the Charm Mermaid. The Charm Mermaid is still missing, and later the nine-headed snake monster, Humbaba, was killed by Enkidu.
In that battle, one of the nine beast kings, Barbarian Bull, was killed by Mourin. This is the horn of Barbarian Bull, which Mourin gave to me as a souvenir. It is a material for forging sacred artifacts, and it is already an extremely powerful artifact. I don't want to keep it anymore. If I see Mourin, I will take out this horn and tell her what happened today. "
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