General Amun originally had five titles, but now one has been cut down to four, the first title "Favor of the Great God Horus" is missing, and the other title "Inheritance of the Glory of An-La" has been raised to the first place and changed to "Glory of the Radiant An-La".

This change was of course, as Horus not only lost his status as the god of Aeju, but also ceased to hold the title of deity, and An-la became the only supreme god by law. The monotheistic reform of Erahet, which first started with the title of the famous imperial general Amun, was both a temptation and a proclamation.

Amon couldn't say anything but thanks, and the ministers knew where the empire was going. Don't look at it, it's just a change of title for the general, but its actual role is very important.

Amun's meritorious glory was obtained on the battlefield and enjoyed great prestige among the people. I don't know when and where there is a rumor that it is because of the protection of the god An-la that the An-la army can achieve miraculous victories on the battlefield. The defeat of the Horus Legion, the most elite main force of the Empire, naturally symbolized Horus's injury and retirement.

The Emperor [***] Regiment was named after the gods, which naturally had another meaning, and the soldiers believed that the name of the regiment was the protector of the battlefield. The Horus Legion was almost wiped out in the first battle, and the An-La Legion, which had just been formed from a ragtag army, performed miraculous feats and saved the fate of the defeat of the Eju Empire. Once this rumor spread, it did have a considerable impact on the people, and it was also contributing to the monotheistic reform of the Elakht pharaohs.

Even if the gods have the realm of the gods, in order to turn it into a real "realm of the source of divine power", they still need to truly believe and dedicate, and the establishment of the monotheistic system must have a corresponding social foundation, so that Seth can enjoy the status of the veritable main god with the name of Allah.

After Amun replied thanking Pharaoh for his reward, Elakht issued a series of new edicts requiring the city-states to replace the main deity of the temple with An-Lah. The rest of the gods, including Horus, did not cancel the sacrifice, but had to be ranked after Seth. At the same time, he built a magnificent temple of the Lord of An-la in Sylmore, and made Shimmore the new capital of the empire.

The monotheistic reform of Elahet also had a very practical significance in the secular world of the Eju Empire, which was aimed at centralizing and strengthening the rule of the king. After a nationwide mobilization war, the conflicts between various factions within the empire became more and more obvious, especially between the emerging aristocracy and the lineage nobles of thousands of years.

Lasis II died too suddenly, and Elahet was not the eldest son of Lasis II, but the luckiest of the princes, who ascended to the throne with the support of his ministers. Much of the power in the Eju Empire was in the hands of the traditional lineage aristocracy represented by the clerical clique, and Elacht's reforms amounted to the centralization of power from the bottom of the kettle.

There is still a certain difference between the concept of lineage priests and magicians, and great magicians like Maria and George do not belong to this force, but are nobles who have emerged in recent years. And a man like Rod Dick, although he is not a magician himself, is still the chief priest of the city-state of the headland, and has held the local military and political power for generations, which is a typical representative of it.

For example, the Lington family from which Nero was born is also a member of the lineage priest group, and Amon has had a strong conflict with this family, if personal factors are put aside, this is also one of the inevitable contradictions caused by the rise of the new forces represented by Amon.

When the position of the king is not stable, the power is easily held by the local lineage group. The change of the Nine Divine System was an opportunity, and Elahet took the opportunity to implement the reform of the monotheistic religion, which was also a measure to weaken the various conflicting forces in the country and strengthen the centralization of power, and the most important symbol was to change his name and build a new king.

For the time being, Elahet did not have the temple of Isis, but according to the oracles and decrees, the goddess Isis also became an angel, and the pharaoh gave this angel a special title "Virgin Angel", and also gave the original goddess Isis the guardian of the latest title of the Virgin Mary - the guardian of the Virgin Angel.

The temple of Isis is still dedicated to the "Angel of the Virgin of Isis", but the most important east and west side halls on both sides of the main temple have been rebuilt, the place where the sun rises on the east side is dedicated to An-La, and the west side is dedicated to the angels led by Seth, in fact, this is the temple of Seth, and the angels behind are just foils surrounding him.

To Amun's surprise, he soon received a warrant from the pharaoh from the city-state of Herac to summon the craftsmen of Duk to Sylmo to build the main temple for the god An-La. General Amun's first title was "Glory of Radiant An-La", and he had no reason to refuse this trivial matter, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the gods. Pharaoh ordered the city-states to recruit artisans, specifically mentioning the miners of Duk.

If Lassis II had not died, and the Nine Divine Lines had not changed, and Amon had made a big fuss about his dreams, ordinary people would no longer deliberately find fault with him, unless there was conclusive evidence that the general had committed serious crimes. But now everything has changed, the power structure of the empire is being reorganized, and the prime minister, Lord Joseph, is the staunchest champion of the new pharaoh's monotheistic reforms, and perhaps he tells the pharaohs where the best craftsmen on the continent are.

Even if the prime minister didn't say it, Pharaoh himself would make Amon take a stand, which was both the will of the gods and the national policy of the empire. Amon said apologetically to the messenger of the city-state of Herak, "I can't predict what will happen today, but the craftsmen have already been sent to the territory of the Duk Plains. ”

The messenger said: "This is Pharaoh's order, it must be carried out, Your Majesty has just rewarded you with a large amount of territory, but it is only the requisition of dozens of slaves, this is the most important thing in the empire at present, the general should immediately recall those slaves." ”

Amon nodded, "I'll immediately send my guards to call them back." ”

The messenger said, "Thank you, General, I'll wait for news in your territory." ”

John crossed the Ronnie River with a group of guards, and "recovered" Moses and the others along the official road, and returned two days later, reporting to Amon with a look of trepidation: "Oh no, General, your slaves have abandoned their chariots and fled! The mountains were so desolate that we searched all day but couldn't find them. ”

Amon slapped the table and said, "What, they dare to run away?" Keep looking, and when they find it, they will be taken directly to the city-state of Herak!" and then said to the messenger: "I'm really sorry, those slaves have fled, please report to Pharaoh truthfully." I would like to donate a large sum of money to the Empire for the construction of the Temple of An-La. ”

Slave escapes happen from time to time, the facts are clear, the general Amon did not lie, he is also a victim, besides, Amun's donation of a lot of money is not empty words, he took out the equivalent of a thousand divine stones, which is far more than the value of dozens of ordinary slaves.

The envoy did not know what was going on, and thought that his task had been accomplished, and that although the general's slaves had escaped, he had offered a thousand sacred stones, so he comforted Amun a few words and returned to the city-state of Herac, where he reported the situation to the king.

However, when Pharaoh saw the report, he took it very seriously, and immediately sent an order to reward the great general Amun with 200 slaves, in recognition of his heavy sacrifice to the temple of An-Lah, and at the same time to compensate him for the loss of his slaves who had fled. Pharaoh also ordered the city-states of the country to assist the general in recovering the fugitive slaves, and emphasized the importance of these craftsmen in the divine instructions.

Amon frowned after receiving the order, Elahet's move was unusual, not simply to gather the craftsmen, but to want this group of people, and actually personally ordered the city-states of the country for the sake of dozens of fugitive slaves. But Pharaoh was unable to punish the general himself, and Amun's slaves ran away and suffered losses, not to mention that he also donated a lot of money.

In the face of such "love" from the pharaoh of the empire, General Amon was also very "grateful", and reprimanded John and other "incompetent" guards in the territory, and angrily dismissed John from his position as the captain of the personal guard, and wanted to drive him back to Monfils. John pleaded, "General, please give me a chance to make meritorious deeds, for although you have relieved me of my position as captain of the guard, my mistakes still need to be made up for." ”

Amon nodded and said, "John, you have nothing to do with me anymore, since you have a desire to help General Ben, for the sake of Pharaoh, I will give you a warrant." You lead all my guards along the official road to find them, even if they are chased out of the border of Eju, you must find them!"

John bowed to the ground and said, "Thank you, General, if I can't find them, I will never come to see you!"

John was relieved of his duties by Amun, and in order to atone for his mistakes, he begged the general to let him continue with his guards in search of the fugitive slave, all voluntarily and apparently on Pharaoh's orders. In fact, before that, Amon had asked John privately: "Pharaoh has given orders to the city-states of the country for dozens of fugitive slaves, which is an extraordinary move, and it seems that I will have to leave Eju sooner or later." What will you do after I'm gone?"

John replied without thinking, "Of course I will continue to follow the god Amun and go with you with Themis Scarlet." ”

Amon smiled: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave at that time, I will give you two choices now, one is to remove you from the position of captain of the personal guard, which has nothing to do with me, and Hui Mengfeisi will continue to be an idle general." The second option is still to dismiss you, but to give you a chance to go where I'm going. ”

John: "The second option, of course, and to tell you the truth, all your guards will follow you to the death." If you leave Eju, their fate will be miserable, please consider it as well. ”

Amon nodded: "You think very thoughtfully, then I'll let you leave with them all." ”

Amon asked John to lead all his guards along the official route to chase the fugitive slaves, just to give them a chance to leave the border of Eju and go to the plains of Duk. General Amon dismissed the people around him so cleanly, the people fled, Medanzo and Link left, and now even John is gone, not even a single personal guard left!

Now he only has the slaves on the territory by his side, which is equivalent to living alone in a huge unfamiliar territory, but he seems very calm. Amun thought very clearly, if Pharaoh really wanted to be unfavorable to him, he could leave at any time, but the people around him would inevitably be implicated, so it was better to prepare early. He is now a bare-bones general, accompanied by a cat.

Amon didn't want to take the initiative to "commit treason", if he was convicted of this crime, too many people would be implicated, and his subordinates and the adults who recommended him would not be able to get out of the relationship. What's more, after John left, Amon had already begun to unlock the seal of the prison for Schrödinger, and he had no time and energy to deal with other things.

However, Pharaoh Eju attached much more importance to the recovery of the people of Duke Town than ordinary people expected, and behind Pharaoh's orders, there was even the shadow of a god.

...... Moses led his people along the barren hills on the east bank of the Roni River through the inaccessible jungles from the city-state of Helio to the territory of the city-state of Burgas. Here, the official road turned east, and they had to cross the official road and walk into another mountain to avoid tracking, and Moses led his people to hide in the mountains, wanting to wait until late at night when there was no one on the official road.

However, during the night he heard the voice of the oracle again, and Medanzo told him not to leave at night, but to wait until dawn. Sure enough, that night, the garrison of the city-state with torches passed by the official road, and there were several groups in a row, and if they saw Moses and the others, they would not be able to escape.

As it was nearly daybreak, Moses heard Medanzo's voice again: "You may go." ”

Moses woke up his sleeping people, crept onto the official road, and walked some distance along the road. It was far from the town, and the hurders had not yet passed, and the nearby farmstead was still asleep, and a cloud in the sky always obscured them. They ventured through this densely populated open area into another desolate mountainous area, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After several days of trekking through the shrub-covered hills, many of which had to be slashed through the thorn bushes to make the way, everyone carried heavy things on their backs, and even the able-bodied miners were tired. That afternoon they came to a river, a tributary of the lower Ronnie River and an important source of water for irrigating the land near the city-state of Bombas, and Moses ordered them to stop and rest and take out their utensils for cooking.

The people set up earthen stoves and collected firewood, and Moses ordered six of the twelve judges to be on duty and cast a magic spell not to let the smoke from the fire rise, lest it be discovered. As soon as the fire was lit, the tribesmen sent to the river to fetch water stumbled back and reported: "Oh no, there has been a terrible miracle, and the river has turned into blood!"

Moses hurried to the river, where the water glowed with a dark red glow and vaguely smelled of blood. Someone cried out in horror, "Didn't we say that the gods would protect us?" ”

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(To be continued)