He Meng should know what Aesop and Joshua were up to, and what kind of stories were circulating among the people, but this was not something he wanted to know. The angels in the Garden of Eden were also aware of these things, and they found it very interesting, especially Link, who had nothing better to do than to make up stories with Aesop when he was in Leng.
Of course, there were also military and political affairs. After Lorad became the governor of Enril, his first task was to replenish the Giant Legion and organize a larger logistics team.
All of this was carried out using the influence of the Lorad family, and the recruitment of manpower and supplies was a task that offended many people. This was no longer the era of Emperor Sinnach. If Enril was in a position to win, there would naturally be people willing to contribute to the cause. However, the current situation of Enril was obviously not optimistic.
After the city of Leng became strong and prosperous, it adopted a strategy of "cold war". Not only did it take back the traditional mines belonging to the Ducians, but it also opened new mines along the Syah Plateau, gradually encroaching on the strategic space of Enlil City and forming a situation of outflanking it from the rear.
The sphere of influence of Leng was getting closer and closer to the supply route through the Syah Plateau to Enril. Once there was a conflict, it would be easy to cut off their reinforcements. In fact, Enril was being watched so closely that it could not move at all. Enril also gained land, but its production was only enough to sustain the survival of the citizens. More strategic resources still needed to be replenished from Assyria.
Enril was built as an offensive stronghold, and it could only play its role during expansion. But when the strategic situation changed, maintaining defense became a pointless consumption. Well, it would be a pity to give up, but not giving up would not bring them any benefits. Instead, they would have to suffer losses every day.
Leng was not in a hurry to start a war. It only adopted a strategy of blockade and restriction, and naturally, it would be able to make Enril last until the day it could not stand it anymore.
The divine emissaries in the Garden of Eden also had the rare leisure time since they followed Amon. This year was very happy and peaceful, and there was another divine emissary, Rulio. Rulio had long wanted to enter the Garden of Eden, but it was not until Amun returned from the Rose Garden that he officially accepted the guidance.
Rulio entered the Garden of Eden after he was freed from his status as a summoned beast. This was related to another joyous event, which was Michael Haiming marrying Princess Silia. How could a supreme mage, a noble princess of a kingdom, marry a man of unknown origin? Logically speaking, such a marriage would be opposed by the Hittite royal family.
But Sylvia was very straightforward. She sent a letter to King Asher, the contents of which were as follows: "I want to marry Michael-Heminges. He is an emissary under the guidance of Amon. If you object, I will ask Amun to speak to you personally."
When King Asher saw this letter, he immediately sent an emissary, not only agreeing to the marriage, but also sending a generous dowry. In his opinion, as an emissary of the gods, Seagull's status was worthy of a princess. On the other hand, Asher did not dare to let Amun personally come to talk to him.
Amon now had the title of "Mortal Emperor Killer", and whether this was a joke or not, Asher, who had become King, would rather believe it than not, and naturally did not dare to test the miracle of this god with his own body.
Once Sylvia got married, she would become Lady Seagull, but the surname Seagull represented her birth, and Sylvia was a human, not a seagull, so she gave herself the surname Ruoshui.
The meaning was obvious. If Michael was a seagull, then she was like the waves that held up the seagull, and her name in the Garden of Eden was Sylvia Ruoshui.
Link was a person who liked to follow the fashion. Born as a caveman, he naturally did not have a surname, so he claimed that his surname was Link, and then gave himself the name Uriel, calling himself Link Uriel.
When Seagull married Sylvia, she made a request, and that was to undo the soul contract with Rulio, freeing the Charm Mermaid from her status as a summoned beast. When Rulio came to the continent to become Sylvia's summoned beast, he was willing. Otherwise, with his strength, it would have been difficult for Sylvia to subdue and sign a soul contract with him. Now that Seagull had asked Sylvia to release Rulio, Rulio was willing. After all, their circumstances were different.
The first thing Rulio did when he came to the Garden of Eden was to also cultivate the pair of angel wings. When he summoned white wings in the form of a young man, it was naturally very good-looking, but when he revealed his original form as a Charm Mermaid with those big wings, it looked a little funny.
But Rulio did not feel that he looked funny, because there was still El Mar at the bottom. Since ancient times, have you ever seen an Ironback flying in the sky with its wings spread? Today, there was a mermaid flying next to it, and they all had the same wings!
These two grotesque angels flew out of the Garden of Eden, flapped their wings and flew over the Euphrates River Valley, landed on the edge of the mountains and returned to their normal appearance, and happened to stop a person. It was the Dark Wolf God Mingye of the Anunnaki divine clan. After the fall of Enril, Mingye also faced a new choice. Should she leave the divine clan or accept the guidance of another god?
For the divine emissaries, of course, they hoped to continue to stay in the divine clan and receive guidance. Kibir, the god of fire, the god of gray, Nugus, and others all accepted the guidance of the god of storm, Adado, and remained the divine emissaries of the Anunnaki divine clan. On the other hand, the power that Mingye trained in was very special. It was a violent power that could be transformed and controlled by a god into one's body and mind, and it must be guided in order to continue training.
After the fall of Enril, the origin of that inexplicable trap was finally found out, and it turned out to be set up by Mingye back then! Mingye failed to assassinate Amon twice, and was still one point away from success.
He was beaten into a cripple and did not play any role in the important battle later on, and was despised by Adado.
Mingye became a divine emissary exiled by the divine clan, and who in this world could guide him? And he also heard that Adado was resentful and might punish him, so who in this world could protect him? The Dark Wolf God could only think of Amun, and other than the gods of the Anunnaki divine clan, he had only dealt with this god.
Mingye remembered the agreement he had with Amon, and so he came to the city of Taleng to pray to Amun. Because Amon had promised that when Mingye recovered to his peak state, he could come to him again for a duel, but before that, Mingye was not allowed to hurt Amon's disciples and the people of Taleng. This was a chance that Amon had given him to free himself from his mission.
Mingye abided by this agreement, but used this as an opportunity to summon Amon and request to give up the duel, hoping to receive Amon's guidance!
He had fought with Amon before and knew that Amon also mastered that violent power, and now that Amon had become a god, it meant that Amon understood the path to ultimate transcendence through the cultivation of this power, and the only person who could guide him was probably Amun. Amon happened to leave the Rose Garden and return to the Garden of Eden, and heard Mingye's prayer, so he sent two disciples to see him.
After seeing Mingye, El Mar tilted his head and looked at him for a long time, then said angrily: "You are that Dark Wolf God, known as the number one assassin on the continent? It was because of you that I drilled in the Charcoal Marsh for more than half a month, but unfortunately I couldn't find you! Since you have assassinated Amun before, you still have the face to ask for his guidance today? "
Rulio also shouted from the side: "Back then, I was also sent to guard the trade route of the Charcoal Marsh, just to guard against people like you causing trouble, I worked hard for more than half a year!"
Mingye hurriedly bowed and apologized: "What I did back then has caused trouble for the two of you, I am willing to make up for it with my future actions! Today I came to ask for Amun's forgiveness, and swear to accept his guidance, and become Amun's Oracle like the two of you. " There is one thing you don't know, I am not only an Oracle guided by Enril, but I also signed a soul contract with him like a summoned beast. Assassinating Amun was Enril's order, not my original intention! "
Upon hearing this, Rulio showed some sympathy, but El Mar still scolded with a straight face: "This does not absolve you of your guilt! You did it, so you have to bear the consequences, you cannot be absolved of your responsibility just because someone instructed you. It is understandable that you had no choice, but it does not mean that it did not happen! "Amun asked us to ask you, why did you make such a request?"
Mingye Yue Ye replied: "What I practice is a violent power, like a beast lurking in my body and mind that will explode at any time, and now only Amun can guide me. As far as I know, only he can truly master the mystery of this power. "
El Mar sneered: "Only Amun can guide the power you practice, but that is your own business, it has nothing to do with Amun! Amun can also guide others, why you? "
Rulio asked in a low voice: "Mingye Yue Ye, Amun also asked us to ask you another question, if he refuses, what are you going to do?"
Mingye Yue Ye could not hide the disappointment and regret in her eyes, and she prostrated in the direction of the Euphrates River Valley: "Amun! Even if you refuse my request, I still want to ask for your forgiveness! I also have one more thing to tell you this time, God Kibir and Nugus have both accepted Adado's guidance. I know them, because they have hurt you before, so they are even more afraid of your existence, and are tempting Adado to continue to be your enemy. "
At this moment, Amon's figure suddenly appeared and said: "Thank you for bringing me this news and kind reminder, although I already know. If you want to ask for my forgiveness, then do one thing for me, come with me! "
Seeing Amun appear in person, El Mar and Rulio both retreated to the side, and Amon ordered the two divine emissaries to return to the Garden of Eden, while he left with Mingye Yue Ye. Amon did not intend to meet the dark wolf god, but because of another matter, he changed his mind at the last minute and decided to take Mingye Yue Ye to meet another person.
Cain, the supreme mage of the Kingdom of Bablon, did not expect that Sinnach would be assassinated. Fortunately, although he had been bribed by the Assyrian Empire in an attempt to frame Prince Benut for Gekait's assassination of Princess Sissila, this matter was not exposed in the end.
After Prince Benut succeeded to the throne, not only was Gekait not punished, but he also became one of the three high priests of the kingdom. On the surface, Cain had always supported Benut, and Gekait had also recommended Cain to King Benut I. Now was a time of need, and a supreme mage like Cain, who was born among the common people, did not have a complicated background, so he should be promoted by the new king.
Benut I approved all of Gekait's other recommendations, but he did not express his opinion on the recommendation of promoting Cain. Cain waited for a long time for the opportunity to meet with Benut I alone. Benut I praised him verbally for his achievements and said many words of praise and encouragement. Finally, he asked him to carry out a task, and if he completed it well, he would naturally receive the reward he deserved.
Reward.
This task was similar to the one that Amon had accepted in the Temple of Isis, which was to visit the Plains of Duc, but in a different way. Simply put, Benut I was going to send a delegation of emissaries to the cities of Budamia and Meso on the borders of the Hittite Kingdom, accompanied by representatives of various trading companies in Hittite.
This was naturally also an activity to promote trade, and to examine the various opportunities for cooperation between the two countries was very symbolic in terms of diplomacy.
The last stop of the delegation was also the city of Taleng, which was their real destination. Now, the tables had turned, and the area around Taleng had become the most important producer of refined iron and parangons on the continent. It also had the best craftsmen on the continent, and many of the products were currently needed by the Hittite Kingdom.
The delegation was led by a diplomat, and Cain was the priest who followed the delegation. His position was very noble and special, and he was responsible for supervising the activities of all the members of the delegation.
Benut I also gave him another task, which was to inspect the customs of the Plains of Duc and the development of the various cities.
Important information about the development of each city was recorded with divine spells.
At the thought that Taleng was Amun's territory, a secret that had been hidden in Cain's heart for many years was touched. He instinctively did not want to go, but Benut I had given the order, and he had to accept the task!
Along the way, Cain's delegation was received very politely, and even when they reached Taleng, nothing unusual happened. What he was worried about did not happen.
After the visit and the completion of the task, the delegation left Taleng, and Cain finally breathed a sigh of relief. When they left the Plains of Duc, crossed the Euphrate River and returned to the Kingdom of Bablon, Cain was finally completely relieved. It seemed that Amun's friends had either forgotten about him, or they did not pay attention to him at all.
After crossing the Euphrate River, it was still three days' journey to the main city of Kish. The next night, the delegation rested in the town of Akkad, where Amon and Medanzo had been. As a high priest of the kingdom and a supreme mage, Cain naturally stayed in the best room of the shrine in the town.
That night, Cain still persisted in his daily meditation and training as usual. There seemed to be a power in his blood that was ready to stir. This was a power that he had discovered and mastered on his own after Amon had left.
Although Amon did not continue to teach him the power of two sides, Cain also guessed the truth when he heard that Amon was a god. In fact, Amon was a mortal who had become a god through practice, and not a god who had come to the human world as people had said. He had also been taught by Amon in the past, so the path he was exploring might also lead to the realm of immortality. "Immortality" had become Cain's vow.
As soon as he felt the power surging in his blood, as if it contained some kind of thirst, he suddenly heard a voice in his soul, "Cain, do you still remember me?" This voice was unforgettable for Cain. The speaker was the sorcerer he and Abel had helped in the farm, and also the savior of the two brothers and all the people on the boat on the Euphrate River, Amon! Amon taught them the power of two sides and left after they had awakened it.
Later, the two brothers were appointed by the city of Uruk as mages, and they also joined Gilgamesh's guards. The guards trained by Gilgamesh were all ordinary nobles who had declined, and all of them were advanced mages. Gilgamesh taught them to practice low-level body arts like warriors, so that they could become knights who could carry weapons and charge. They were a formidable force on the battlefield.
Since Cain and Abel practiced the power of two sides, after becoming advanced mages, they naturally also had the achievements of advanced body arts. They did not reveal this secret, but they performed extremely well in the guards and were praised and valued by Gilgamesh. At the same time, they also became priests of the Uruk Shrine.
In the battle of Khenmet, the Eygut Army led by Amon had a fierce battle with the Uruk Legion led by Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh's guards charged at Amon's personal guards. After a round of battle, the cavalry regrouped. Cain was safe and sound, but Abel was lying in a pool of blood.
Before the battle, the two brothers had an argument because they knew that the commander of the other side was their savior, Amon. They had a secret, the secret of practicing the power of two sides. (Author's note: See the end of Chapter 133 of this book, "Dialogue on the Battlefield.")
In a chaotic battle of ten thousand people, the fall of one person might not be noticeable, and it was even difficult to tell whose sword or spear Abel was killed by in the chaos. But Amon noticed the two brothers at the time, and later carefully observed the scene in the battlefield information recorded by the priests. The scene was very chaotic, and he could not see clearly.
When Amon became a god, everything that he had experienced in this life was so clear that he could even "observe" everyone he knew and everything he had experienced, like a replay. This was the difference between gods and mortals. Amon finally confirmed one thing: Abel was secretly ambushed by his brother when he was charging, and that was the main reason why he died. At that time, almost no one on the battlefield could see clearly.
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