282 、 The Gods Leave the City of Salem
Mourrin asked: "If the people of Salem oppress the believers of Amun in the name of Allaha, or vice versa, and the believers of Amun harm the believers of Allaha in the same name, will your kingdom still guide them?"
Amon replied without batting an eyelid, "I'm ready. Hell will be waiting for them. Whether it is oppression or harm, it is a sin on earth no matter in whose name it is, and the desires of the world will not be elevated by the name of the gods, let alone be redeemed. "
Mourrin asked again: "What about David Solomon, will he also go to hell?"
Amon shook his head. "I can't decide for him until the last moment comes, it depends on how his own soul faces the test. I have no doubt about his devotion to my faith, and he needs to receive guidance from the one and only God in some form to strengthen his faith. Since he controls the city of Salem, I do not blame him for using the Shrine of Allaha to represent His Highness Amun. "
Back then, he was just a young slave, and now he has great power, controls the city that produces the most parangons on the continent, and will become an excellent king. The faith and sacrifices of the people to Allaha will be carried forward in his hands, and this is not a sin.
As Allaha, I have given him everything that I can guide him, and if he does not transcend in the end, it will only depend on his soul and this life's search. And the descendants of David may turn this firm belief into a selfish desire, which will instead lead to a sin on earth. "
Mourrin: "The descendants of David, aren't they still your people?"
Amon nodded helplessly. "Yes, they are still the descendants of the people who made a pact with Allaha, and their ancestors were also people of Duc. You were once the patron saint of Duc, and didn't you also witness the destruction of Duc? It has nothing to do with them being the sinners of the gods or the people of the gods. "
Mourrin was also smiling bitterly. At this moment, Amon suddenly frowned, "You advised me not to rush to the human world. I should wait for the right opportunity, the time when my soul is truly touched. The time has finally come. I heard someone calling me, asking me to leave Salem and return to his distant hometown. He is old and has given his whole life to Salem. "
Mourrin seemed to have heard something as well. She nodded and said, "Is it Aesop? You should go and meet him in the human world. "
Amon said thoughtfully, "No, I'm not just going to see him. I'm going to be his attendant and personally drive him back to his hometown. His hometown is in the Hilton United Kingdom, which is where I want to go. "
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Aesop was almost eighty years old this year. He was not a supreme warrior or a supreme mage, and it was quite rare for him to live to this age. Those who lived to this age were already respected, not to mention that Aesop himself had been respected for many years.
He was a slave Amon rescued in the Syah Desert in his early years, and his master was the wealthy merchant Sio of Montefiore. Later, Amon bought Aesop from Sio and gave him the status of a freedman. The origin of Aesop's status as a freedman could be traced back to when Rod-dick went to Duc in search of the Gods' Tear, and that was also the first time Amon and Maria met.
At that time, Rod-dick gave Mayor Dusti a gift. It was a certificate of his identity as a freedman of Eygut, signed and signed by himself. In order to thank him for getting the Gods' Tear in Duc and for the iron smuggling business between him and Mayor Dusti, Rod-dick gave him a large number of valuable gifts. This certificate of identity was probably the most special of them all.
At that time, the miners of Duc were not allowed to leave without permission. If someone was convicted and wanted to escape, he could take this certificate to Eygut and live a new life. When Amon was banished to the mountains, Crazy 'Ole and Mayor Dusti came to see him off. Mayor Dusti gave the certificate to Amon.
Amon did not use it himself. After he entered Eygut, he became a Supreme General with the help of Maria, but he gave the certificate to the slave Aesop. Aesop was freed, but his name was still Aesop, and if nothing happened later, he might have spent his life in Eygut as a freedman or returned to his hometown.
Later, Amon ordered Medanzo to bring Aesop to the Plains of Duc, and Aesop became the first governor of Salem after the official establishment of the city, and his experience was no longer a secret. From slave to governor, it was a miracle, just like the appearance of the city of Salem on the Plains of Duc, where there was nothing. It symbolized the dreams and wishes of many people, attracting more and more people to the city of Salem, and they were the first generation of citizens of Salem.
After Amon's departure, Aesop gradually stopped managing the city and devoted most of his energy to sorting out and collecting legends about the city of Salem and Amun. His good friend Joshua was also engaged in the same work, and the two of them each wrote a Bible, describing the same god.
When Aesop grew old, Ussir and Tich-Zhou also grew old, and Salem entered the era of the Judges, and when David Solomon came to power, it was already the era of the Salerians. Although he had never heard Amun say it explicitly, Aesop also guessed that Allaha was Amon's other identity, so in the scriptures he compiled, he did not write the name Amon, but referred to him as "God".
Aesop was highly respected in the city of Salem, and David Solomon respected him very much. Aesop lived in a luxurious mansion and enjoyed high courtesy, and although he did not agree with David Solomon's decision to demolish the Temple of Amun, David Solomon did not change his attitude towards him because of it.
But David's respect for Aesop was one thing, and what he wanted to do was another, and he would not not demolish the Temple of Amun out of respect for Aesop.
On the day that the main shrine of Amon in Salem was demolished, Aesop stood in front of the window and looked in the direction of the city's square, calling out to Amon in his heart: "My god, the only god! Whether your name is Amon or Allaha, you will always be the one who saved my life in the desert, the one who gave me freedom in Eygut, and the one who made my dream come true in the Plains of Duc.
I built this city with my own hands and countless people, and it was you who guided my people here, allowing them to return to their homeland that flowed with milk and honey. Now it has become a city of the Salerians, and the Allaha that the Salerians believe in is still you, but for many of them, it is no longer you.
Your temple is only a symbol of their desires. They destroyed your first temple because of this. You may sigh or smile as you watch all this happen in the Kingdom of Heaven. And I have witnessed it all with my life, and perhaps I have lived too long, and I thought I would rest here forever, but when I saw your statue being demolished, it awakened a wish that had been buried in my heart for many years.
When I looked up at the stars as a slave, my soul was free, and I have been looking for my home, just as the Salerians are looking for theirs. Thanks to you, although I am not young, my body is still strong enough to travel far again. I want to return to my homeland before the end of my life and take a look at my former homeland. "
The old mayor quietly shed tears as he prayed, and at this moment a voice said: "Aesop, are you leaving here?"
Turning around, he saw that Medanzo had come behind him at some point.
Aesop replied: "Yes, I want to return to my homeland, this wish has been buried in my heart for many years. I have stayed in the city of Salem all my life, and now I am no longer needed here, and the Bible I wrote has been sent to Eygut for the descendants of Sio to pass on. Now it is time to fulfill my last wish, and while I can still drive the carriage, I will leave Salem for my hometown. "
Medanzo sighed and said: "If David Solomon is disrespectful to you, I can reprimand him; if you don't like living here, Amun doesn't mind taking you to the Garden of Eden; if you are going on a long journey, you can ask the city to send guards and servants to escort you."
Aesop shook his head. "I will go back the way I came, and I don't want to disturb or bother anyone. My homeland is not the homeland of guards and servants, I will go back by myself, I only need a carriage and two horses. "
Medanzo dissuaded him: "How is that possible? Not to mention your age, I know you are still in good health, but the war between the United Kingdom of Hilton and the Boz Empire is not over yet, and it is too dangerous to travel like this. "
Aesop: "With my age and life experience, this little bit of danger no longer matters. It is precisely because my homeland has been ravaged by the flames of war that I want to go back and see it even more. As long as I embark on this path, my wish will be fulfilled, and I don't mind if I can reach the end. I once promised Amun to build a new city on the Plains of Duc, so when I leave, I will make a request to Amon, hoping that he will hear my call and prayer. "
"Aesop, you have fulfilled your promise, and I hope to help you fulfill your wish. Back then, it was Medanzo who escorted you to the Plains of Duc, and as you said, you can go back the way you came, and now it is Medanzo who will send you back to your hometown. The first time I went to Eygut, it was you who drove me, so this time I will drive for you. "— Another voice sounded, and Amon appeared in front of Aesop.
Aesop suddenly saw Amon appear and hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground and saluted: "My god, thank you for allowing me to leave Salem to fulfill my last wish, but how dare I let you drive for me?"
Amon reached out to help him up and said: "I am going to the Kingdom of Hilton as a mortal, I have my purpose, and I will send you back to your homeland on the way."
Aesop grabbed Amon's arm, tears welling up in his eyes again: "But you are my god! I used to think that I would never see you again before the end of my life … "
Amon smiled and said: "This time, I am both escorting you and you are helping me. If I were just a mortal, I would never be able to thank you enough for what you have done for me; if you think of me as your god, then what I am saying now is an oracle, please do not refuse. "
Aesop had not seen Amon for decades, and at this moment when the god suddenly appeared in front of him and said such words, he was so excited that he grabbed Amon's arm that his whole body trembled slightly. But Medanzo suddenly asked: "Aesop, have you ever yearned to fly in the sky?"
Aesop was startled and replied: "When I was very young, I did have this yearning, hoping that my body could fly like my soul, but I can't fly."
Medanzo smiled and said: "Then you can fulfill a wish, Amun and I can take you across the sea, avoiding places where there is conflict. I have long heard a lot about the Kingdom of Hellas and have always wanted to see it, thank you for being my guide. "
Amon also smiled and said: "Aesop should be the best guide on the continent, and this trip is not only to send Aesop back to his homeland, but I also want to meet the various sages who are famous on the continent. Mr. Aristotle is also there, and I hope to have a chance to meet him again. "
Amon was also going to the Kingdom of Hellas, and traveling as an ordinary person, he naturally needed a guide who was familiar with the local situation. Aesop hurriedly replied: "I would be happy to introduce you to everything about the Kingdom of Hellas, but I have not been back for decades, and things have changed, I don't know if I am still familiar with it."
Amon replied: "The homeland is the homeland after all, I can accompany you to find traces of the past."
The next day, Aesop packed his things and left with two horses and a very sturdy carriage. He did not bring any other servants or guards. Amon drove the carriage himself, and Medanzo accompanied him in the carriage, and just like that they left the city of Salem. Aesop did not bid farewell to anyone in person, and only left a letter in the mansion.
Heading west out of the city, Amon's carriage ran very fast, but very nimbly avoided the pedestrians and carriages on the main road, almost as if it was flying close to the ground, but sitting in the carriage felt very stable without the slightest bumpiness. Amon held a horsewhip in his hand, tied to it was the whip rope that Enril had given him outside the town of Som.
Enril had long fallen, and the Anunnaki divine clan no longer existed, but the horsewhip was still the horsewhip, and Amon was now a coachman.
After a night's rest on the road, they arrived at the entrance of the post road by the Charcoal Marsh at noon the next day. This post road was opened by Amon himself back then, and Goliath mobilized the laborers of Syah to pave a trade road that could allow two carriages to pass side by side, and three posts were built along the way. Now, decades later, it has become a major transportation route between the Plains of Duc and the province of Syah, and the road has become more spacious and flat.
Originally a military defensive fortress was built here, and now it has developed into a large town, the size of a small city. There were three shrines here, the Shrine of Allaha built by the official order, the original Shrine of Amun, and the Shrine of the Marsh Goddess built with the funds of passing merchants.
El Mar was the legendary Goddess of the Marsh, the patron saint of this trade route, and the passing merchants were willing to offer sacrifices to her. Amon rested his horse in front of the Shrine of El Mar and deliberately went in to take a look. Many of the coachmen in the caravans were offering sacrifices to the Goddess of the Marsh, and they were all people who made a living on the trade route, so of course they hoped that the gods would protect them.
Amon did as the Romans do, and he also paid homage to the Goddess of El Mar with the coachmen, and then he heard the statue let out a panicked voice: "My god! How can you pay homage to me? "
Amon replied quietly in his soul: "El Mar, don't be surprised, my current identity is a coachman on earth, and I offer sacrifices to you like the other coachmen who pass through this post road. You have to thank Raphael, it was his casual joke that resulted in the legend of the Goddess of the Marsh in the mortal world. "
El Mar, who was far away in the Garden of Eden, did not know what to say, and hurriedly spread her wings and flew out of the Garden of Eden, rushing to the sky above the Charcoal Marsh, ready to watch Amon drive through the post road. El Mar had not arrived yet, but another person had arrived first. Amon was offering sacrifices in the Shrine of El Mar, smoke and dust were rising from the direction of the city of Salem in the distance, and David Solomon came with his guards on horseback.
Aesop was standing on the side of the road, and when David saw him, he hurriedly ordered his guards to stop, jumped off the horse and ran over quickly, bowed to Aesop and said: "Why did you leave without saying goodbye? If you have any dissatisfaction in the city of Salem, please let me know; if anyone offends you, I will order him to be punished immediately. Whatever you need, I will do my best to meet it, I only hope that you will live a comfortable and peaceful life in the city of Salem. "
Aesop replied: "Thank you for coming to see me off, I have only one wish, and that is to return to my homeland. Salem no longer needs me, and while I can still walk, I want to return to my hometown. "
David Solomon looked a little frightened: "But the city of Salem is your home, everyone respects you, and it was you who led my fathers to create this city. Now that you are old, why don't you live the rest of your life comfortably? "
Aesop looked at David and replied calmly: "After Joshua's death, I had this idea, and now I have finally made up my mind. Joshua gave you the Bible he recorded, and I have also left my Bible, and I have no more regrets in the city of Salem. … David, do you remember when you were a child? Why did you and your people walk out of the Eygut and return to the Plains of Duc? The me at this moment may be the you of the past. "
David wanted to say something more, but suddenly heard a voice in his soul: "Child, people have their own pursuits, and I will escort Aesop through the long journey, you don't have to say anything more."
It was Medanzo speaking. David was taken aback, he had never seen the true face of the oracle who guided him to the power of origin, and he was not sure that the oracle was the Medanzo he had seen in the city of Salem in his early years, but hearing this voice naturally triggered the imprint in his soul.
He hurriedly replied in his soul: "So it is you, if your will is to send Aesop away, of course I will not dissuade you, and I also wish him a safe journey, and everything will be as he wishes!"
Medanzo's voice asked again: "David, you have never forgotten my guidance, so may I ask you, what is the vow you want to fulfill in this life?"
David Solomon's expression became respectful, and he replied solemnly in his soul: "To build the country of my people's dreams, this is the guidance of Allaha, and the city of Salem will become the Kingdom of Salem for the Saleans, this is my vow in this life!"
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