272 、 Allah is also the name of Amon
Amon smiled and replied: "Thank you for your reminder. I came from the human world and have comprehended the power of origin on my own, transcending eternal life. Of course, I understand that human affairs still have to be solved by human means. Now that Eygut is in turmoil, I accept your name and your true language, and ask you to send an oracle to the main shrine of Eygut and the various cities.
The rest, I will guide the disciples of the human world and the people of Eygut to deal with. In addition to Seth, there is one more person I will not let go, and that is Pharaoh Merneptah. But I will not kill him myself. As an emperor, let him face the fate of an emperor. "
Allah showed a look of relief: "I almost forgot, it is not that you do not know the means of the human world. There are some things you have not done, but that does not mean you will not do them. Then I will wait for your arrival in the divine kingdom of Aeru, and when we meet again will be the time to say goodbye. "
… …
Amon's creation of heaven and the killing of Seth occurred at the same time as the civil strife of the Potz Empire. At the time of Seth's fall, shortly after the accidental death of Cambyses, the son of Cyrus, the high priest of the Potz Empire, Gomtar, usurped the throne. Darius was still holding back and watching, and the civil strife of the Potz Empire had just reached its climax.
As soon as Eygut surrendered to the Potz Empire, it was freed from the real control of the Potz Empire, from Pharaoh to the ministers, all breathed a sigh of relief. Cyrus died at the right time, and the Potz Empire, which was in civil strife, had no time to pay attention to the affairs of Eygut in the distance.
Pharaoh Merneptah even regretted it. If he had known this would happen, why did he do it in the first place? He canceled the imperial title himself and ran to the border to kneel to Cambyses to show his allegiance. Eygut became a vassal state of Potz, and the crisis passed in the blink of an eye!
Merneptah also wanted to take the opportunity to go back on his word and restore the imperial title, so that Eygut would no longer be nominally a vassal state. A cautious minister advised him that state affairs should not be taken lightly, and promises made should not be broken without reason. Moreover, although the Potz Empire was in chaos, it had not yet declined. If it recovered, wouldn't Eygut be destroying itself by doing this?
Anyway, the current surrender was only in name, and Eygut was actually still outside the control of the Potz Empire. There was no way to pay tribute for the time being, so it was better to wait and see how the situation would change. If the internal strife in the Boz Empire did not end there, that would be the best. Anyway, maintaining the status quo would not do any harm to Ejypt, so it was better to avoid trouble.
Therefore, Ejypt was still nominally subservient to Potz, but in reality, it had already broken away from Potz's control. For the time being, Ejypt did not pay tribute to Potz, nor did it build a shrine to worship the Church of Light in its territory. The statues of the gods of the statues of the gods. By Seth, Seth, the gods of the gods, the gods of the shrines of the Empire, of the gods.
When the gods fell, would the the statues, the statues of the gods would the gods. and. That was not necessarily the case.
When Marduc beheaded Enril, the statues of Enril in the shrines of Hittite and Assyria were safe and sound, and only a master like Faust could sense the subtle changes. When Amon beheaded Adado, only one statue collapsed, and that was the statue of Adado in the shrine of Enril, while the statues of Adado in the other cities were still intact.
There were many things that gods could do, but not all of them needed to be done, as it would not prove anything and would be meaningless. For example, Amon could have chewed a stone like eating bread, but why would he? In order to make a statue collapse while beheading a god, two conditions must be met: one was not stingy with the use of great magic, and the other was that the statue had an avatar of the god attached to it.
Amon naturally hated Seth to the extreme, and he did not hesitate to use great magic to shatter all the statues attached to Seth's avatar in the world. This was undoubtedly another major earthquake for Eygut, and urgent reports flew to the capital to report to Pharaoh and the high priests, and many people were in a state of shock.
This kind of thing had happened before, and back then, the statues of Seth in the main shrines of the fourteen cities of Eygut were shattered by a single sword strike. But at that time, someone had destroyed the statues, and Pharaoh and the elders of the Academy of Magic of Eygut knew that it was Amon who did it, but the name of the "assassin" announced to the public was "Satan". The collapse of Seth's position in the hearts of the people began at that time, and some even privately speculated that the person who destroyed the statue of Seth was actually Amon.
But now that almost all the statues of Seth in Eygut had collapsed at the same time, this could no longer be explained with common sense, and could only be regarded as a miracle. To explain it in good faith, it could be said that Seth had abandoned all those who believed in him in Eygut, and had since left, no longer giving guidance and shelter. To speculate maliciously, it was naturally Seth's fall.
Whether it was good faith or bad faith, these speculations were no longer meaningful to the fallen Seth himself, but they were of great significance to others – how would Eygut face and resolve this change?
Pharaoh Merneptah absolutely had to maintain Seth's position because he had no way out. The glory and authority of this Pharaoh was tied to Seth, and the title "Merneptah" was not a joke; it represented the legitimacy of his monarchical status.
On the third day after the change, the urgent reports from the various cities had not yet been fully delivered. Without any oracle guidance, Merneptah urgently issued the latest decree after consultation with his confidants and announced it to the whole country –
"The collapse of the statues of the great Archangel Seth in the various cities is the archangel's expression of anger and dissatisfaction. Since the implementation of the new reforms, many people have lost their pious worship of the gods, and their faith has been tempted by the demons, causing them to lack sincere sacrifices and pious prayers. Therefore, the gods have sent down punishment, and the Empire of Eygut has also suffered a test of danger.
In order to appease the wrath of the gods, skilled craftsmen must be urgently summoned from all places to build more magnificent and exquisite statues for Archangel Seth in the shortest time possible at all costs, and the grandest ceremony must be held to offer sacrifices to the archangel. Everyone must pray and repent with the most pious faith, or they will be punished by the gods and the angels! "
Pharaoh's order was officially issued, and the various cities had to comply, but the people were full of complaints. The priests who had held real power since the era of Horus actually did not have a good impression of Seth, the "archangel," and understood that all of this was just a means by which Pharaoh implemented the new reforms. And in the beliefs of most of the people, they had long since abandoned their reverence for Seth. If they were to call upon a god, many people would rather choose Amon!
The construction of the new capital was a huge project that had not been completed for so many years. Not only were craftsmen and laborers from all over the country conscripted, but there were also countless slaves working in the new capital. Moreover, half of Eygut's revenue was consumed on this matter. Now that so many statues of Seth had to be built in such a short period of time, and the requirements were extremely strict, it was also a heavy burden on the various cities. Not to mention the ordinary people, even the nobles had some complaints.
But even if there were complaints, they had to be carried out. Unless they wanted to rebel and overthrow Merneptah, they had to build more magnificent and exquisite statues for Seth.
Seth had fallen, and the statues had collapsed. Could they still be rebuilt? Of course, but those statues no longer had Seth's incarnation as sustenance, and they were just cold stones. Eygut could build as many statues as he wanted, and if Pharaoh wanted, he could even order a pig to be sacrificed on the altar. It all depended on whether the people of Eygut agreed or not.
Merneptah thought that he had responded quickly and made the right choice at the right time, but his heart was also uneasy. He also came to the shrine to pray day and night, and although he knew that the hope was slim, he still tried to hear Seth's voice for guidance. As for the rest of the Empire, whether it was the elders of the Eygut Academy of Magic or the nobles of the various cities, they all had doubts in their hearts, and they also prayed to the gods, hoping to receive guidance from the oracle to figure out what was going on.
Just as Pharaoh's urgent order was delivered to the various cities, the oracle finally came, which was a hard slap to Merneptah's face! In their souls, the priests heard the voice of Ra, the Lord God.
"The evil god Seth, who plotted to murder Osiris and steal the position of Eygut, failed. A thousand years later, he took advantage of the Uruk Legion's pressure to force Horus to retreat and deceive the people of Eygut for sacrifice, and now he has been beheaded by Amun. Back then, the Supreme General of the Empire, Amon, walked on earth and achieved the achievements of the gods, and was already the Lord of the Ennead. From today onwards, my glory and title belong to Amon, and Ra is the name of Amon. "
The oracle was shocking and puzzling, and the priests, of course, did not know what had happened in the divine realm, so they could only guess according to their own understanding. Most people had a feeling of sudden realization that Amon was Ra who had descended to earth, and if that was the case, many things could be explained!
People then speculated that while Ra was walking on earth as Amon, Seth in the divine realm had taken the opportunity to do a lot of bad things, and now that Amun had returned to heaven, he had punished Seth, which led to today's change. This speculation was reasonable, and even if most people could not be sure, they would rather believe that this was the case, as it was all in line with their wishes.
There was no need to elaborate on the shock that Ra's latest oracle had caused in the upper echelons of Eygut. The one who was most frightened was Pharaoh Merneptah, as the oracle was tantamount to questioning the legitimacy of Pharaoh's succession and denying his authority to continue to rule Eygut. For the first time in his life, the Pharaoh made a decision to go against the gods. He urgently ordered the city lord and the chief priest not to reveal the contents of the oracle and to destroy all records related to the oracle!
If it was a problem that could be solved by a secret order, then it was never a problem. If it had been in the era of Lasith Ii, Pharaoh's authority might have temporarily suppressed the matter, but now that the people of Eygut were in turmoil, Merneptah could no longer control the situation. Ra changed the situation in Eygut with just one oracle, and as for Amon himself, he did nothing but send two messengers.
… …
The first city to announce Ra's oracle and not carry out Pharaoh's latest order was the Cape States, which was beyond most people's expectations. Rod Drick, the Lord of Cape, was a veteran of officialdom. He handled almost everything well and had never caused any trouble for himself. But this time, he stepped forward bravely. This wasn't his usual style of doing things, was it?
Rod-dick's decision was related to the arrival of two guests. On the day of Ra's oracle, two guests came to visit from afar, Medanzo and George, who had not been seen for many years.
The identities of these two men were very subtle. Medanzo was the captain of Supreme General Amon's guards back then, and later followed Amon to the city of Salem, where he defeated a strong enemy in battle and established a city on the Plains of Duc. George, on the other hand, was once the chief priest of the An-Ra Legion, and later received a secret order to hunt down Amon. After leaving Eygut, he instead followed Amon, becoming the chief priest of the city of Salem and the head of the Salem Legion, establishing remarkable achievements.
The two of them had the guts to come back and pay a visit to City Lord Rod Drick in public!
But it needs to be said that it had been more than twenty years since Amon killed Lasith Ii's eldest son, Prince Snek, and crossed the border and left Eygut. Back then, the god Seth sent the Lion King Ugallu to leave the divine realm of Ennead to fight Amon in the Syah Desert; Pharaoh on earth also sent the supreme warrior Gabriel and the supreme mage George to secretly rush to the Plains of Duc to hunt down Amon.
Neither of these two matters was successful, and neither was made public. There was no official record in the official literature of Ejypt, and it was only vaguely mentioned that Supreme General Amon left the border to go to his fief on the Plains of Duc.
The Empire of Eygut never officially convicted Amon, and the area around the city of Salem was also the "territory" that Lasith Ii had conferred to Amon back then, and Amon did not violate any law by going there. As for the fact that he killed Prince Snek in front of the army, all the soldiers present could testify that it was Prince Snek who called the Supreme General back, and then ordered the bow and arrows to be fired, and that His Highness the Prince had attempted to kill the Supreme General first.
So these things could not be discussed openly, and Pharaoh and the officials deliberately stopped bringing them up, and everything came to an end with the passage of time. Amon built the city of Salem on the Plains of Duc, guided the people to repel the invasion of the powerful Assyrian Empire, and was already worshipped as a god. His legend spread on the continent, and he was even deeply worshipped by the people of Eygut.
George was once one of the three high priests of the Temple of Isis, and later became the chief priest of the city of Salem and the head of the Salem Legion. But the Empire of Eygut did not punish him, and only appointed another high priest to settle the matter. At that time, the Temple of Isis had become the Temple of Seth, and many ordinary people thought that George had been sent to the city of Salem by the Empire of Eygut to be the chief priest.
As for Medanzo, he was even more innocent. He was originally a warrior of Bablon and the captain of the Supreme General's guards, so of course he had to follow Amon.
… …
When the two of them returned more than twenty years later, although their identities were awkward, they were not guilty of any crime. The two of them did not sneak into Eygut quietly, but Medanzo drove a carriage, and George sat in the carriage, which was in broad daylight, along the main road to the border checkpoint, and showed their identities to be interrogated.
The arrival of the two men caused the entire garrison guarding the border checkpoint to boil, and of course they did not take up their weapons to stand guard, but rushed out of the barracks to the main road to kneel and salute. The commander of this border checkpoint personally led the horse and carriage and welcomed Medanzo and George into the territory, as if welcoming a god.
The An-Ra Legion was still stationed at the border of the Cape States, and the head of the legion was still the Lord of Cape, Rod-dick, and the chief priest was the supreme mage Ibin. More than twenty years had passed, and the soldiers who had followed Amon were no longer young, and the soldiers who served had changed several times.
But an army had its own spiritual traditions, and the veterans would tell the new recruits about the past, the achievements of the army and the glory it had inherited. Amon, George, John, and Medanzo were the founders of the An-Ra Legion, and their stories had long become legends on the road, and they were the pride of the An-Ra Legion. The generals and soldiers came to see the legendary hero with worship in their hearts.
Some of the veterans were still in the An-Ra Legion, and those who were able to stay to the present were more or less promoted. Because of their military achievements and experience over the years, they were now all officers of various ranks. For example, the commander of the border checkpoint was only eighteen years old, and he was an ordinary soldier under John's command. Now he was in his early forties and was a commander of a hundred paces. In the ranks of the army, he had become a noble general of the lowest rank.
These generals were born as civilian warriors, and they had made meritorious contributions on the battlefield. They paid no attention to the intrigue and shameful past of the imperial officialdom more than twenty years ago. They welcomed the arrival of Medanzo and George as if they were gods, and sent soldiers on horseback to the next checkpoint along the official road to deliver the message.
Medanzo and George traveled for three hundred miles from the border to the main city of Cape States. Along the way, the soldiers of the An-Ra Legion came to greet and escort them. Those who didn't know the situation would have thought that the emperor had come to inspect the border!
Rod-dick, of course, had received information in Cape that these two troublesome "big shots" had arrived. The soldiers of the An-Ra Legion did not stop drinking and feasting along the way. The generals all rode on horseback to greet them, and the momentum could only be described as magnificent. Rod-dick secretly complained in his heart.
Rod-dick was an excellent politician. He knew in his heart how to receive these two talents. Since the Empire of Eygut had never convicted Medanzo and George, they couldn't openly make things difficult for them. Moreover, they had such a high reputation, so they couldn't afford to offend them. They needed to be treated well. However, they should eat, drink, and give gifts. No amount of enthusiasm could be too much, but they must not be too ostentatious. If they made such a big move in public, they would embarrass the higher-ups of the Kingdom of Eygut, especially His Majesty Pharaoh.
Unfortunately, those uncouth men who had been in the army for decades didn't pay attention to the ways of the officialdom, which gave Rod-dick a headache. If he had known that these two people were coming, he would have greeted them. Unfortunately, he didn't know beforehand. Now it was too late to dissuade the generals, so he simply pretended to be deaf and dumb.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
