272. Allah is also the name of Amun
Amon smiled and replied: "Thank you for reminding me, I came from the human world, and I have comprehended the power of the origin to transcend eternal life, and of course I understand that the affairs of the human world still need to be solved by the means of the human world." Now that Eju is in turmoil, I accept your name and your true language, and ask you to send an oracle to the main temple of Eju and to the various city-states.
I will guide the disciples and the people of Egypt to deal with the rest. In addition to Seth, there is one other person I will not let go, and that is Pharaoh Elahet. But I'm not going to kill him with my own hands, as an emperor, let him face the fate of the emperor. ”
Ann-la looked relieved: "I almost forgot that you don't know how to do it, and there are some things you haven't done, and it doesn't mean you won't do it. Then I will wait for your arrival in the Nine Divine Kingdom, and goodbye will be goodbye. ”
...... Amun's creation of the Kingdom of Heaven and the beheading of Seth coincided with the civil strife in the Poz Empire. At the time of Seth's fall, shortly after the unexpected death of Cyrus' son Cambyses, the high priest of Poz, Gometa, seized power and usurped the throne, Darius was still waiting and watching, and the civil strife of the Poz Empire had just begun**.
As soon as Eju surrendered to the Poz Empire, he was immediately freed from his de facto control, and everyone from the pharaoh to his courtiers breathed a sigh of relief. Cyrus died at the right time, and the Poz Empire, in the midst of civil strife, had no time to pay attention to the affairs of distant Eju.
Pharaoh Elahet even regretted it, knowing why he had to do it in the first place? He himself canceled the title of emperor and ran to the border to bow down to Cambyses as a sign of submission, and Eju called the vassal of Nagon to become a vassal state of Poz, and the crisis passed in a blink of an eye!
Elakht also wanted to take the opportunity to repent, retract his order, restore the title of emperor, and let Eju nominally leave the status of a vassal state. There were cautious ministers who advised him that state affairs were not child's play, and that the promises made should not be reversed for no reason, and besides, although the Poz Empire was still in turmoil, if he turned back and relieved himself, wouldn't Eju be self-defeating by doing so?
Anyway, the current submission is only a name, Eju is actually still outside the control of the Potz Empire, and there is no way to talk about Nagong for the time being, so it is better to continue to wait and see how the situation changes. It would be best if the civil strife in the Poz Empire did not stop and then decline, and it would be no harm to Eju to maintain the status quo anyway, and more would be better than less.
Therefore, Eju is still nominally subordinate to Poz, but in fact it has been out of his control, and has not paid tribute to Poznazi for the time being, let alone built a temple of the Fire Cult in the territory. At this moment, another astonishing event occurred, and the statues of the god Seth in the temples of the city-states of Eju collapsed at the same time one night, and fell to pieces on the altar!
If the gods fall, will the statues in the temple also collapse?
When Marduk beheaded Enril, the statues of Enril in the temples of Hati and Assyria were unharmed, and only a master like Faust could sense the subtle changes. When Amon beheaded Adador, only one idol collapsed, the idol of Adador in the temple of Enriel, while the statues of Adador in the other city-states were still intact.
There are many things that the gods can do, but they don't necessarily need to be done, and that proves that nothing is meaningless. For example, Amon can gnaw on a stone like eating bread, but why should he? If he wants to make the idol collapse while cutting down the gods, he must meet two conditions, one is not hesitating to use ** force, and the other is that the idol has the incarnation of the gods on it.
Amon naturally hated Seth very much, and did not hesitate to use his ** force to smash all the statues of Seth in the world that were attached to the incarnation. This was undoubtedly another great earthquake for Eju, and many people were shocked when urgent reports were sent to the capital to report to the pharaoh and the high priests.
This kind of thing has happened before, thinking that the statues of the god Seth in the main temples of the fourteen city-states of Eju were all smashed by a sword. But at that time, after all, someone had destroyed the idol, and the pharaoh and the elders of the Aegus Academy of Divine Art knew that Amun had done it, but the name of the "assassin" announced to the public was "Satan". It was at that time that the collapse of Seth's status in the minds of the people began, and some people even privately speculated that the person who destroyed the statue of Seth was Amun.
But now almost all the statues of the god Seth in Eju have collapsed at the same time, which can no longer be explained by common sense, and can only be regarded as a miracle. To explain in good faith, it can be said that Seth abandoned all the people who believed in him in Eju, and left from now on, no longer giving guidance and shelter. Malicious guessing, it is naturally Seth's fall.
Good intentions or malicious intentions, these speculations no longer mean anything to the fallen Seth himself, but they mean a lot to others - how will Eju face and resolve this change?
Pharaoh Elakht absolutely wanted to defend Seth's position, because he had no way out, the glory and authority of this pharaoh were tied to Seth, and the title "Elahet" was not a casual joke, but represented his legitimate surname to obtain the status of king.
On the third day after the incident, before the city-states had yet to receive the full message, Elahet, without receiving any oracle guidance, urgently issued a new decree in consultation with his henchmen, announcing to the whole nation that "the great archangel Seth's idol collapsed among the city-states, and it was the archangel who expressed his anger and displeasure." Since the implementation of the New Deal, many people have abandoned their devotion to the gods, and their faith has been tempted by demons, lacking sincere sacrifices and pious prayers. So the gods punished him, and the Eju Empire was put to the test.
In order to appease the wrath of the gods, skilled craftsmen need to be urgently summoned to build a more magnificent and exquisite statue for the archangel of Seth in the shortest possible time at all costs, and to perform the greatest ceremony to sacrifice to the archangel. Let all pray and repent with the most pious faith, or they will be punished by the gods and the angels!"
When Pharaoh's order was officially given, the city-states had to do it, but the people were full of complaints. The priests who had come from the time of Horus and held real power did not have a good impression of Seth, the "archangel", and knew in their hearts that all this was just a means for Pharaoh to implement a new policy. And most of the people have long since abandoned their reverence for Seth in their beliefs, and if they want to call a god, many people are willing to choose Amun!
The construction of the new capital was huge, but it was not completed for so many years, not only did the craftsmen and people from all over the country be recruited, and countless slaves worked in the new capital, but also half of the financial income of Eju was also consumed in this matter. At this moment, it is necessary to build so many statues of the god Seth in such a short period of time, and the requirements are extremely strict, which is also a heavy burden for the city-states. Not to mention the common people, even the nobles and adults also complained.
But if there is a complaint, it must be carried out, unless you want to rebel and overthrow Erahet, you must build a more magnificent and exquisite idol for Seth.
Seth has fallen, the idols have collapsed, can they be rebuilt? Of course, but the idols no longer have the incarnation sustenance of Seth, they are just cold stones. Eju could build as much as he wanted, and if Pharaoh wanted to, even if he ordered a pig to be offered on the altar, it was up to the Eju people to agree or not.
Elahet thought that he had made the right choice at the right time, but he was also uneasy, and he went to the temple to pray all night, even though he knew that there was little hope, but he still tried to hear Seth's guidance. As for the rest of the Empire, whether it was the patriarchs of the Aegus Academy or the magnates of the city-states, they had doubts in their hearts, and they also prayed to the gods, hoping to be guided by the oracle to find out what was going on.
Just as Pharaoh's urgent order was delivered to the city-states, the oracle finally came, and it was a slap in the face to Erahet! The priests heard the voice of the main god An-la in their souls—"The evil god Seth, who failed to murder Osiris and steal the throne of the god Eju. A thousand years later, when the Uruk army was pressing the border, they forced Horus back and deceived the people of Egypt to sacrifice, and now they have been beheaded by the god Amun. At that time, Amon, the general of the empire, walked the world to achieve divine deeds, and was already the main god of the Nine Alliances. From now on, my glory and title will be to Amun, and Allah will be Amun's name. ”
The oracle was so appalling and incomprehensible that the priests, of course, did not know what was happening in the kingdom of God, and could only guess as they understood it. Most people have a sudden sense of enlightenment, thinking that Amun was An-la who came to earth, and in this way, many things can be explained clearly!
It is then speculated that when An-la was walking on earth as Amun, Seth in the kingdom of God took the opportunity to do a lot of bad things, and now that Amun has returned to heaven, he punished Seth, which is what happened today. This speculation is reasonable, and the vast majority of people, if not sure, prefer to believe that this is the case, and that it is all in line with their wishes.
There is no need to dwell on how An-La's latest oracle shook the upper echelons of Eju, but the most frightening was Pharaoh Erahet, who was questioning the legitimacy of the pharaoh's succession to the throne and denying his authority to continue to rule Eju. For the first time in his life, Pharaoh made the decision to confront the gods, and he urgently ordered the city-state not to divulge the contents of the oracle and to destroy all records of the oracle!
If it was a problem that could be solved by a secret decree, it was never a problem, if it was in the time of Lassis II, the authority of the pharaoh might have temporarily suppressed the matter, but now in the turbulent kingdom of Eju, Elahet can no longer control the situation. An-Lah changed the situation in Eju with just one oracle, and Amon himself did nothing but send two messengers.
...... The city-state that first announced Allah's oracle and did not carry out the pharaoh's latest orders turned out to be the city-state of the headland, which was beyond most people's expectations. The Lord of the Cape, Rod Dick, is a veteran of officialdom who handles almost everything and has never caused trouble for himself, but this time he stepped forward, isn't this his usual style of acting?
Rod Dick's decision was related to the arrival of two guests. Just after the oracle of Allah came, two guests came from afar, Medanzo and George, whom they had not seen for many years.
The identities of the two men are delicate, Medanzo was the captain of the personal guard of General Amun, and later followed Amon to the city of Salem, defeated strong enemies in battle, and established a city-state on the plain of Duk. George was the chief priest of the An-La Legion, and later was ordered to hunt down Amun, and after leaving Eju, he followed Amun, and once became the chief priest of Salem City and the commander of the Salem Legion, and established a remarkable feat.
These two people are so bold that they dare to come back and openly visit Lord Rod Dick!
However, it should be noted that it was more than twenty years ago that Amon killed Prince Snake, the eldest son of Rasis II, and crossed the border to leave Eju. Back then, the heavenly god Seth sent the Lion King Renyun to leave the Nine Divine Domains to go to the Syrian Desert to find Amon to duel, and the pharaoh of the world also sent the great warrior Gabriel and the great sorcerer George to secretly rush to the Duk Plain to hunt down Amon.
Neither of these events succeeded or been made public, and there is no official record in the official documents of Eju, except for a vague mention of the fact that the general Amun left the border for a fiefdom on the plains of Duk in a certain year and month.
The Eju Empire never officially convicted Amun, and the area around Salem was also a "domain" given to Amon by Lassis II that year, and Amun did not violate any laws when he went there. As for his killing of Prince Snake in front of the army, all the soldiers present can testify that it was Prince Snake who called the general back, and then ordered the bow to be fired, and His Royal Highness tried to kill the general first.
Therefore, these things could not be discussed openly, and Pharaoh and his ministers deliberately did not mention them, and everything was no longer mentioned with the passage of time. Amun founded the city of Salem on the plain of Duk and guided the people to repel the invasion of the mighty Assyrian Empire, and was worshipped as a god. His legend spread on the continent and was even worshipped by the Eju people.
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 commander of the Salem Legion. However, the Eju Empire did not dispose of him, but appointed a high priest, and at that time, the Temple of Isis had become the Temple of Seth, and many ordinary people thought that George was sent by the Eju Empire to the city of Salem to be the chief priest.
As for Medanzo, he was even more innocent, he was originally a Barun warrior and the captain of the general's personal guard, and of course he had to follow Amun.
...... When these two people came back more than 20 years later, although their identities were embarrassing, they were not charged. The two of them did not sneak into Eju quietly, but were driven by Medanzo in a car, in which George sat in broad daylight, along the avenue to the border checkpoint, revealing his identity and being interrogated.
The arrival of these two men made all the garrisons guarding the border checkpoint boil, and of course they did not take up arms to stand on guard, but rushed out of the barracks to the avenue to bow and salute. The prefect of this border checkpoint personally led the horses and chariots and welcomed Medanzo and George into the territory as if they were welcoming the gods.
Garrisoned in the border headland city-state is still the An-La Legion, the leader of the legion is still the lord of the headland, Rhodes Dick, and the main priest is the great magician Yi Bin. More than 20 years have passed, and the soldiers who followed Amun into battle are no longer young, and the soldiers who served have also changed several times.
But an army has its own spiritual traditions, and veterans will tell the recruits about the past, the exploits and the glory of the army. Amun, George, John, and Medanzo are the founders of the An-La Legion, and their story has long since become a legend on the continent, and it is the pride of the An-La Legion. The soldiers came to meet the legendary heroes with a sense of worship.
There are some veterans of those years who are still in the An-La Army, and those who can stay until now have been more or less promoted, because the military exploits of those years and the seniority of these years are now all officers of all ranks. For example, the commander of the border checkpoint, who was only eighteen years old at the time, was an ordinary soldier under John, and now he is in his early forties, a centurion, and has become the lowest-ranking noble general in the military sequence.
These generals, who were born as civilian samurai and performed feats on the battlefield, ignored the intrigues and shady past of imperial officialdom more than 20 years ago, and they greeted the arrival of Medanzo and George like gods, and sent soldiers to ride fast horses along the official road to deliver messages to the next checkpoint.
Medanzo and George traveled 300 miles from the border to the main city of the city-state of the headland, and along the way, they saw swords and guns, chariots and horses, and the soldiers of the An-La Army stationed in various places came to meet the escort, and those who did not know the situation thought that the emperor had come to inspect the frontier!
Rod Dick had of course gotten the information in Headland City, and learned that it was these two "big guys" who had been a headache coming. And the soldiers of the An-La Army drank and feasted all the way, and the generals flew horses to meet each other, and the momentum could be described as mighty, and Rod Dick was also secretly bitter in his heart.
Rod Dick was a brilliant politician who knew in his heart how to best accommodate these two talents. Since the Eju Empire has never convicted Medanzo and George, they can't be openly embarrassed, and they have such prestige, let alone offend, and they need to be entertained well. But you should eat, drink, give gifts, and you can't be too enthusiastic, but don't make a big deal. To make such a big move now, lest others not know about it, is to embarrass the high-level of the Eju Kingdom, especially His Majesty Pharaoh.
It's a pity that those who have been in the army for decades don't pay attention to these doorways in the officialdom, which makes Rod Dick also a headache. If he had known that these two people were coming, he would have greeted him, but unfortunately he didn't know in advance, and now it's too late to dissuade those generals, so let's pretend to be deaf and dumb.
From a selfish point of view, Roddick also wanted to meet these two people, have a good chat in private, talk about all the things that have happened in the past twenty years, and ask their views on the latest situation in the Tianshu Continent, especially if he wants to ask Amun God about the current situation and whether there is the latest guidance?
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(To be continued)