Chapter 19: The Sacrifice of the Guards
Zhang Yang rode a camel, led by Adbe, to a large oasis east of the Tower of Hamna, close to Egypt, where the pharaoh's guards were located.
O'Connor and Evelyn returned directly to Cairo, the base of the Pharaoh's guard, and it could not be known to outsiders at will, so only Adebay and Zhang Yang came here, and after turning a sand dune, Zhang Yang stopped advancing and was shocked by the scene ahead.
In the vast yellow sand, thousands of horses were scattered throughout the oasis, and countless tents were tied together around a river near the oasis, which eventually headed in the direction of Egypt and joined the majestic Nile.
"This is the main member of our Pharaoh's Guard."
Adebe stood beside Zhang Yang, proudly watching the scene in front of him.
With Adebe's leadership, Zhang Yang came to the depths of this oasis unimpeded, and in a tent, twelve elders with tattoos on their faces greeted Adebe and Zhang Yang.
"Thank you for helping us kill Immorton, the new priest."
An elder expressed his goodwill to Zhang Yang on behalf of the people, their original mission was to prevent Immorton from reappearing in the world, and this time Zhang Yang completely eradicated them and won their favor.
"He's just summoned the undead, and it will take some time before he can summon them again, and in the evening, I'll tell all the members to watch the ceremony in the square."
Adebe explained as the two elders nodded.
"We have already begun to prepare for the erection of a platform so that everyone can pay homage to the glory of our ancestors and worship them again."
When Adebei returned the Black Scripture to Zhang Yang, he made a request to Zhang Yang, and the content was.
"Zhang Yang, these four undead are the ancestors of our guards, I hope you can re-summon them and let the rest of the guards worship again."
Zhang Yang didn't have anything to lose, except for some spiritual power, and what he could gain was probably the power of faith generated by the huge number of people in the entire guards!
So he agreed to Adbe's request and came here.
Now there are still more than two hours before the cooldown time for him to summon the undead, and when it is almost night, he can summon again, Zhang Yang was led to arrange a haode tent, rest first, and the priestly ceremony at night is likely to be very tired.
The golden sun golden scripture appeared in his hand, he looked at it quietly, except for the incantation, the rest of the contents, most of them were some patterns that Zhang Yang couldn't understand, these were not ancient Egyptian, but some more mysterious hieroglyphs and patterns, Zhang Yang remembered the legend.
According to legend, the Golden Sutra of the Sun records the mantra of the god Atom, the god of the sun, and the Black Sutra of the Dead records the mantra of the god Anubis, the god of death, but the black scripture focuses on spells, and the main content of the Golden Sutra is some patterns that Zhang Yang cannot understand.
"Is this the language of the gods, the words of the gods?"
Zhang Yang's heart had one more thought.
In the movie Shijie, Anubis, the god of death, let Zhang Yang confirm the existence of the gods, in a common understanding, the gods are all high, but in order to maintain a sense of mystery, in order to be feared by humans, so there is a sacrificial existence, to promote the existence of gods to the world.
In order to maintain a sense of mystery, the gods must not use a language that humans can understand, but create a language of their own, that is, the oracle, and at the same time, in order to prevent the fall of the gods, or the severance of the priestly lineage, some gods need what humans know, and in the form of divine words, they are recorded on some items, the most famous representatives are the Golden Sutra of the Sun and the Black Sutra of the Undead.
"These prophecies should require a certain way to be interpreted, and only the priesthood can do it."
As a profession that communicates between gods and humans, the priest has a high status, and the position of the high priest is not much different from that of the pharaoh, and it is rumored that the high priest shares the same status with the pharaoh in other aspects except for power.
Generally speaking, as a person in power, it is impossible to allow other beings to share power with him, but Pharaoh and High Priest are an exception.
The high priest and the pharaoh coexisted, although Zhang Yang didn't know if all the high priests were loyal to the pharaoh, but they wouldn't dare to kill the pharaoh just like Immorton.
"The coexistence of Pharaoh and the priests must have something to hold each other back.
Zhang Yang thought about it, he would not be stupid enough to think that friendship can replace the existence of power, it was just a joke, if a king really did this, he might be a good friend, but from other perspectives, he was not a good king himself.
A true king should be a king who is in power, decisive in killing, and excludes all factors that are not conducive to rule.
"As a country with an ancient history, the pharaoh is definitely not a stupid person, especially the mysterious spells of Hamnata, which shows that in addition to sacrifices, pharaohs also seem to have a special liliang."
While Zhang Yang was thinking about these questions, time passed rapidly, and soon it was night, and when Adebay came over, the cooldown time of Zhang Yang's skill had passed.
"How's it going?"
Adebay asked, Zhang Yang nodded.
"I'm ready to go."
Adebay led Zhang Yang to the center of the gathering place, which was crowded with people, and in front of the crowd, a four-meter-high platform was erected, and countless torches were lit, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime.
Countless men in black stood in a neat row, leaving a wide path in the middle, these adult men, their faces smelled mysterious lines, which meant that they were part of the pharaoh's guard, and behind them, some women and children, these children were not yet adults, but only had a pattern tattooed on their hands.
"Wait for the twelve elders to say something, and then you need to come on the field, summon the undead ancestors, and let everyone worship."
Adebay brought Zhang Yang to the crowd passage, and the twelve elders were standing on the platform at this time, and after seeing Adebe's arrival, Adebay made a gesture without a trace, signaling that it was okay to start.
An elder looked at the crowd in front of him, his voice revealing the roughness characteristic of the desert.
"I am the Grand Elder of the Pharaoh's Guard, Bak Amu, and we, as the descendants of the Pharaoh's Guard, have guarded the Tower of Hamna and the evil spirits within."
His eyes slowly scanned the crowd: "For three thousand years, our ancestors have been dying and countless babies have been born, carrying out the inheritance of the guards. ”
"We have not been to a big city, we have not had a good life, we have taken root in the Sahara day after day, year after year, giving up happiness, giving up life, giving up glory, just to complete our mission, to guard the Hamna Tower!"
Hearing the words of the Great Elder, Zhang Yang felt a vicissitudes that had been passed down for thousands of years, and his heart, as if following the words of the Great Elder, sank deeply, and the blood in his whole body began to boil.
"Now, let our young captain, Adebe, lead our hero, appear before us!"
Everyone's eyes turned to the passage of the crowd, and at the end of the passage, two figures were standing, one of them was familiar to them, it was the famous next captain Adebe, and the other figure was the new priest.
Adebay was already familiar with this kind of scene, and he glanced at Zhang Yang.
"We're going to play."
Zhang Yang raised his head, felt the pressure from countless pairs of eyes, and took a deep breath.
"Let's go, then."
"Da-da."
Everyone held their breath, the sound of footsteps landing was clearly audible, Zhang Yang followed behind Adebe, walking slowly, and the people along the way all looked at Zhang Yang quietly, looking at this young face.
Adebay led Zhang Yang and slowly walked from the passage to the front of the platform, and the twelve elders stepped down from the stage and stood in a row, waiting for Zhang Yang.
After Zhang Yang came over, Adebei led Zhang Yang, turned around, and the Great Elder said solemnly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the lineage of the ancient Egyptian priests, the new priests!"
Everyone looked at Zhang Yang quietly, looking at the new priest, especially Zhang Yang's age, which made them a little surprised, after the introduction of the Great Elder, Adebei gave Zhang Yang a look, Zhang Yang nodded.
In front of the platform, a dirt slope was built, about 3 meters high and 6 meters wide, which was to facilitate the summoning of the undead, and this height could be seen by the people behind.
Zhang Yang walked up to the dirt slope, and at the top was a platform, and according to Adebe's request, the ceremony was to be carried out more solemnly. Zhang Yang deliberately changed into a black robe, except for his head and hands, all hidden in the black robe.
"I am the new priest, and in the name of my priest, I call to the spirits of the dead underground."
A low ancient Egyptian language came out of Zhang Yang's mouth, and a gust of wind suddenly blew around him, but everyone's eyes widened as they watched the changes on the dirt slope.
Zhang Yang raised his hands, and on top of the flat breakthrough, there were suddenly 4 more bulges, which gradually became larger, and then the arms that had been dry stretched out.
Everyone's breathing became rapid, looking at the four dirt slopes that were constantly backboned, they were all seeing the priest casting spells for the first time, so they were all very focused.
Four mummified guards crawled out of the ground, stood in a row in front of Zhang Yang, and then faced the crowd.
Adebay and the twelve elders, seeing the patterns on the mummified guards and the familiar costumes, immediately knelt down, and with their movements, the people in front of them, like fallen dominoes, and like a tide, knelt down one after another.
They could already be sure that the four mummified guards were indeed their ancestors.
A low voice sounded from the mouths of the kneeling people, Zhang Yang was a little incomprehensible, Adebay had reminded Zhang Yang beforehand, this was the ancient language of their guards, which used to be used for secret communication, and at this time, it was used to worship the four mummified guards.
With the sound of worship, everyone lowered their heads, and in the dark night, Zhang Yang was surprised to find that a trace of white light was emitted from everyone's bodies.
Above everyone, the white light converged into the air little by little. The white light continued to gather, becoming dazzling and dazzling, and all the worshippers seemed to have fallen into a strange state, and Zhang Yang glanced at Adebe, as if he was unaware of the white light.
In the white light, a little bit of golden light came out, and in Zhang Yang's surprised gaze, a huge golden eye suddenly appeared in the white light!
Behind the flamboyant back, a creepy feeling suddenly passed.
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