The two men had a friendship, John was the forward commander of the An-La Army, and Theo was the logistics quartermaster, and they were also comrades who had been on the front line together. John couldn't help him, so he took Theo back to meet the general in a carriage.

Amon was happy when he saw Theo, and laughed: "Why are you fat again? I think you were a very diligent businessman, and if you hadn't traveled across the desert to Barron to collect your debts, we wouldn't have known each other. ”

Xio saluted: "Because of the hard work during the war, I was tired and dark and thin, and when I came back, my family was very distressed to see it, and persuaded me to rest and recuperate, but I made up for it in half a year, and I was fatter than at the beginning." ”

John kicked him lightly and heavily: "You are still called a night laborer?"

Amon asked John again, "How is it going?"

John replied, "That's it." ”

Amon nodded: "You go and invite the Scarlet Girl Themis here, I have something to say." ”

Themis Scarlet came to the antechamber and bowed to Amon as soon as she entered: "General, I don't know how to express my gratitude, you and General John not only punished the wicked, but also made the original thing public, which is my wish that I swore before the gods to fulfill at the cost of my life. It seems that the folk legend is true, you have been favored by the gods, and you have the brilliance of the gods in the world!"

Amon hurriedly motioned for John to help her up, and sighed, "I am ashamed that the girl said this, Jules is a warrior who fought with me, and he gave his life on the battlefield, but we were not able to save his family, and it was too late to know all this. ...... If you must thank General John, he is the one who went to the farm to investigate, and he is the one who officially complains to the city-state. ”

Themis knelt down to John again. John was holding her elbow and hurriedly stopped her, looking like he was going to hug her, and his face was a little red. Seeing this, Amon asked, "Miss Themis, John has redeemed your slavery today, and your revenge has been avenged, what are your plans for the future?"

Themis burst into tears: "I thought that my fate was to die with Sheng Yi, and the general not only avenged me, but also left me in the world. My life is yours, and it will be difficult to repay you as a slave in this life. ”

Amon waved his hand: "Don't say that, you haven't done anything wrong, you shouldn't have suffered such a tragedy." In that case, I have something I want to ask you alone, and the others go out first. ”

John was still stunned, and Theo grabbed him by the arm and pulled him out, smiling with a wink. They waited outside, and after a while, Themis came out. Her eyes were red, her face was red, she glanced down at John and said, "General, please go in and talk alone." ”

After a few more moments, John came out, peeking at Themis with his head down, grinning silently at the corners of his mouth. Theo asked curiously, "General John, what are you smiling at? I've never seen you like this, is there any joy?"

John still smiled and didn't answer, Amon walked out of the door and said, "Of course there are happy events, all the things I have met in so many days are troublesome things, and today I finally have a happy event." It just so happened that Lord Theo was also there, so he set up a banquet in the evening and had a drink, and tomorrow he went to the blessing ceremony of the goddess Isis. ”

...... The annual Goddess Isis Blessing Ceremony has finally arrived, and this year's ceremony is particularly lively, with people from all nearby city-states rushing to participate, and just a few days before the ceremony, the imperial general Amon made a big fuss and became a topic of conversation in people's leisure time.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the huge square, but under the command of the samurai, there was no crowding or pushing, and when the blessing ceremony began, no matter where they stood, the divine light that fell from the sky would fall on everyone. Amon was armoured with a pike spear in his hand, like an ordinary guard standing in the crowd at the edge of the square, responsible for maintaining order in the area. The surrounding people all looked at the high platform in front of the temple in the distance, and they didn't know that the person standing next to them was Amun, who was famous in the Earthquake Continent.

Brightly clad samurai form a semi-circular military formation in front of the long steps of the temple, in which the holy maidens perform their ceremonies, and behind the high platform is a large array of gods and goddesses, and the nobles and nobles observe the ceremony on the long steps. Mary wore a golden crown and held a staff on the high platform, and the bell in the temple rang, and everyone knelt down towards the high platform, and Amun also knelt down and placed the spear on the ground at his hand.

The general did not bow his head to kiss the ground, but looked up at the Holy Maiden. Maria slowly raised her staff, her eyes scanned the people in the square, as if she saw everyone clearly, but there was a freeze, and she smiled lightly, and then closed her eyes slightly and began to chant.

Amon didn't know what Mary was chanting, the Holy Maiden was in the center of a powerful divine array at this moment, and Amon's detection divine magic could not be sensed, but it could be felt in his heart.

The tears of the gods on the staff emitted a faint golden light, which grew stronger and stronger, but not dazzling, spreading towards the surroundings and the sky. The Divine Array began to operate, and the golden light converged in mid-air into a bright beam of light towards the sky, and the entire sky became golden.

The beams of light disappeared, and the sky of Mefes seemed to shine like this golden light since ancient times, and with the melodious sound of the bell, there was a white light like a light veil, like a waterfall, like a snowfall, like a drop of milk, like a fluttering feather, silently sprinkled. This is the blessing of Isis, and hundreds of thousands of people in the square can feel its magical soothing, including Amun.

Everyone was bowing their heads in prayer, except Amun looking up at Mary. She stood in the middle of ten thousand people, radiating the light of holiness. Amon didn't pray, didn't think anything in his heart, just looked at her. The light fell on him as if accompanied by a soft chant, just as Mary answered in the temple "What is a blessing?" - "When the heart receives the power of yearning, the gods will not close their eyes to their people, and bear witness to sin and goodness, let love and honesty meet, righteousness and peace meet, and the abundance of the earth is accompanied by inner peace, which washes away the unclean soul, which is a gift and a scrutiny, and this is the true blessing." ”

If the so-called gods are really as Mary said, then Amun will dedicate his body and mind with the most pious vows, which are the gods of Mary, the gods she believes in! Under the soothing of this light, Amun felt very weak in the midst of the crowd, like a newborn baby, with nothing, but with a new life and a new future.

This weakness is not weakness, but the germination of pure and vigorous vitality. Amon had forgotten whether he had lost his power, he didn't even think about it at all, he was the only one in the square who didn't pray, and he was the one who was the most attentive to the ritual.

...... There were assassins at the blessing ceremony the year before last, and there was a big battle with the two kingdoms last year, will there be any accidents at this year's ceremony? Many people were secretly raising their vigilance, and just when the ceremony was at its peak, Wald, the ninth-level great magician who was in charge of monitoring the whole audience on the long steps of the temple, suddenly frowned, because he heard the rolling thunder.

Amun, who was in a state of selflessness at the edge of the square, suddenly "woke up", and he also heard thunder, but the muffled sound of rolling thunder did not come from the sky, but from the depths of the earth in the east, accompanied by a slight tremor, the earth of the entire city-state was trembling, but the ordinary people were not aware of it.

What is going on? Before he had time to think, Amon used his mana to cast a spatial magic in an instant, and fixed the ground under his feet as much as possible. His mana stretched out, and he immediately felt several other powerful mana confluences, and it was Wald and other great magicians who also took the same measures.

The strongest force to hold the earth is of course from the Divine Array behind the high platform, and the main role of this Divine Array is to assist the Holy Maiden in completing the ritual and ensure that there is no unexpected interference. The people in the square did not hear the muffled sound of rolling thunder from the ground, nor did they feel the slight trembling of the earth, and they were still immersed in the light of Isis's blessing.

But Amon and the other great magicians felt completely different, the amplitude of the earth trembling was very weak, but the power was almost irresistible, so many people at the same time to cast the space magic spell, they could only barely freeze the central area of the city state of Mengfeisi with the square as the center and the ground would not tremble. They felt the impact of the mana so violently, although their bodies did not move, they felt like a boat being tossed around in the wind and waves, and the horror in their hearts could be imagined!

The earth trembled for not long, and before the blessing ceremony was over, Amon finally let out a sigh of relief. In the legend of the Tianshu Continent, the earth shaking is the wrath of the gods against the sins of the world. However, the earth trembled during the blessing ceremony of Isis, and it was absurd to think of such a legend.

Amon gently wiped the fine beads of sweat oozing from the corners of his forehead, but his movements suddenly stopped, he reacted to one thing, his mana had recovered! If it weren't for that, how could he have been able to cast the spatial magic just now? It was recovered without him realizing it at all, and Amon didn't even think about it when he cast the magic technique.

Has he completely passed the test, and has achieved the eighth-level achievement of having the power of two sides of the body? Amon moved his body for a moment, and suddenly realized another thing, he had not fully regained his strength. The mana using the divine magic has indeed recovered, and it is far more powerful than before, but the power of the body's bloodline is still the same as yesterday, and it has not recovered and increased, and his current situation is similar to that of an ordinary eighth-level great magician.

Amon closed his eyes and carefully experienced his situation, and suddenly smiled again, the power of the body's bloodline can be said to have recovered or not, and it still needs a process of re-growth, just like baby Chengren slowly becoming stronger, it is impossible to distinguish whether it is the power of divine magic or the power of physical arts, and the power of the two sides of one body has finally merged into a real one, as if it has been reborn.

...... Of course, Mary on the high platform also felt the tremor of the earth, but she continued to complete the ceremony quietly, calmly and calmly better than when she was assassinated. After the blessing ceremony, the crowd sang a psalm in praise of the goddess Isis, and Mary stepped down from the high platform and led the priests and officials of the city-state into the temple to offer sacrifices to the goddess.

However, all the great magicians present had a sense of foreboding in their hearts that something big must be happening in the distance. That night, Maria sent messengers to the city-states overnight to ask what had happened to them, and the next day she summoned all the important officials of the city-state of Memphis to the temple, and Amon did not return to the territory immediately, but stayed in the city of Memphis to wait for news.

Something really happened, something earth-shattering, and three of them happened at the same time!

...... The shaking of the earth occurred in the city-state of the headland, and the exact source was the area of the Red Cape defense line where Amun had fought against the Uruk legion, and the tremor was felt throughout Lower Eju, but it did not cause too many casualties.

According to the recollection of a soldier who was on duty on the tower of the east gate of Red Cape Town at that time, it was a sunny day, but the sky suddenly darkened. When you look up, you can't see the dark clouds, it's a dark sky, and you can't see the stars and the moon like you can at night. All the inhabitants of Red Cape Town walked out of their houses, and the soldiers in the barracks also walked out of the big tents.

Surrounded by a great fear of the unknown, the people gathered in the square in the center of the town to pray to the gods. Just as everyone looked up at the dark sky, various lights appeared in the sky, like a huge colorful rootless flame shining and circling, accompanied by the sound of impact, roar, and explosion like thunderbolt. Then the earth began to tremble, and three of the four towers in Red Headlands collapsed in a violent tremor, and more than half of the houses were destroyed, but fortunately the people gathered in the square because of the vision of the sky.

According to the recollection of a boatman who was on the beach dozens of miles north of the town of Red Headland, he was repairing a broken boat on the beach when he suddenly felt that the sky had darkened, and the blue water was churning without wind, reflecting the dark and dull sky in a dark red. There was a strong light flickering in the sky, and in the far air, there were balls of light that exploded like sparks, and then the earth began to tremble violently, as if the rocks underneath had turned into monsters, colliding and biting each other. The water receded suddenly, revealing a large area of the seabed on the shore, leaving many stranded fish and shrimp behind.

The boatman ran high on the shore, stumbling and stumbling along the way. He felt the earth moving, and when he looked back in horror, he was so frightened that he sat on the hillside and couldn't move a step. The receding waters roared and formed a high wall of waves, swooping back and sweeping away the boats on the beach. The shore not far away was torn open by an incredible force in the trembling of a rift, and the sea water poured into the depths of the landing along the rift.

...... It was as if a giant blade had slashed into the ground, cutting a gap. The land shifted to both sides along the edge of the Red Headland line under Amunzen, and the sea poured in from the north to form a chasm-like bay shaped like a dagger inserted into the land. The sea engulfed the battlefield where Amon had fought the Uruk Legion, passing through the eastern gate of Red Headland, passing through nearly four-fifths of the land, leaving only a narrow passage at the southernmost point.

A long and narrow inland sea was formed in the territory of the city-state, and when the sky cleared again, the sea in the sun was reddish like a faint glow of blood, so this narrow inland sea was later called the Red Sea. The main city of the Cape City-State was one hundred and sixty miles from the source of the great tremor, and it was the nearest large city, and the tremor was felt most intensely. Many deep cracks appeared in the strong walls, and many houses in the city-state suffered varying degrees of damage, with hundreds of casualties.

However, the worst accident occurred in the temple, where the sturdy temple building was not damaged, but the statue of Horus, enshrined in the center of the temple, broke the right wing. The huge stone sculpture fell from a high place and shattered into many pieces, and the priests were panicked.

If the shaking is too strong, the entire temple and the surrounding buildings will collapse, and the idol will inevitably be damaged. However, the temple and the sturdy structures around the square were intact, except for the most important statue of Horus, which had a broken wing, which was a sign of a catastrophe and could have serious consequences.

The statues of the gods in the temple of the lord of the city-state were not ordinary things, and the entire process from the mining of stone to the hewing of the stone slabs, the transportation into place, and the carving of the statues were strictly supervised, and the names of all the craftsmen involved were recorded. This huge statue of the god is a hundred years old, majestic and sturdy, without even a single crack, how could it suddenly break its wings?

According to the regulations, the responsible craftsmen will receive the most severe punishment, but the craftsmen of a hundred years ago can no longer be held accountable. The lord of the city, Rod Dick, organized the investigation of the disaster, and at the same time sent people to send an urgent report to both Monfilth and King Eju, and waited with anxiety in his heart.

News from all over the world quickly fed back, leaving Rod Dick horrified and slightly relieved at the same time. The same thing happened in the temple of Horus in all the city-states of Eju, the man's body, the head of the condor, and the statue of Horus, which was covered with wings like a huge cloak, were destroyed, and the right wing was broken off and smashed to the altar.

This can only mean one thing, the destruction of the idol had nothing to do with the craftsman who built it, and it was not just the fault of the city-state of the headland. But the same thing happened to the statues of the gods of Horus in all the city-states of the country, and only in some small private temples did the statues of the gods of the Imperial Kings remain intact?

...... The earthquake formed a narrow inland sea in the territory of the city-state of the cape, and the goddess Mu Yun once told Amon that this was the boundary of the god domain of the Nine Divine Beings of Eju. The statues of Horus in the temples of the city-states across the country were broken and destroyed, even in the distant, undisturbed city of the royal capital.

According to ancient legends, this may not only symbolize the wrath of the gods, but also the fall or injury of the gods. The pharaoh, who claimed to be the human incarnation of Horus, was probably the most frightened, but he had to stand up and pacify the populace in order to maintain his theocracy. But Lassis II had no need to be troubled, and the third major event that happened at the same time was the violent death of Elder Ejuphara*.

(To be continued)