252. The master of the soul
Amon did not answer and would not give him an answer, for the order had been given, and the golden shuttle that Medanzo had lifted must fall, depending on what he thought in his heart? The chief of the angels in the Garden of Eden remembered the scene when Amunger killed Nugus, the god of ashes, and looked into Pruli's eyes and replied slowly—"The weak may be sympathetic, but in the eyes of the gods, all the creatures of this world are weak. It has nothing to do with your strength or weakness, but because of the arrow that God Amun shot, is it because Amun wounded you with an arrow? ”
After speaking, a golden light pierced down, and the ninth-level god envoy Pruli also disappeared from the world.
After killing Pruli, according to Amon's account, Medanzo was to watch the Assyrian plateau from the top of the mountain, and if there was any change in the direction of other gods or Hades, he was to immediately inform the Garden of Eden and the god Amun. If nothing is found, he will have to stay here and wait for Amon to arrive.
On this desolate mountaintop, Medanzo stayed alone for more than a year, without even a chat around to relieve his boredom. There was no movement in the direction of the Assyrian Plateau, and after the fall of Adador and Adad, it seems that no one of the gods of the Anunakai system had any intention of bothering Amun, even on the side of Hades.
Mei Danzo was so bored, he only realized that God Amon deliberately let him stay here to sharpen the impetuousness in his surname. This huge mountain range on the edge of the Assyrian plateau, with its summit above the snow line with bitter cold winds all year round, is desolate except for snow and ice, and is a silent and resolute rock as far as the eye can see. This mountain seems to be a symbol of calmness, and it is also invisibly reflected in Medanzo's state of mind.
When Medanzo finally realized the intention of the god Amun, he also cried out and prayed in his heart: "My God, I understand, even if you let me stay for another hundred years, I will not get tired of it." But you're still going to attack Hades, so please show up quickly!"
Medanzo prayed to the rising sun once a day, but I don't know if Amon heard it, and no one answered. At that time, Amon was with Artemis, and he probably didn't have time to pay attention to him. Medanzo watched from the plateau, but it was not that there was no movement, and he saw very clearly what was happening in the city of Enriel at the foot of the mountain.
After receiving Empress Sémir's reply, Faust sent someone to negotiate with the city of Salem, agreeing to the request of the lord of Aesop that the city of Enriel and the land it belonged belong to be sold to the city of Salem for a symbolic price. The people who specifically handled this matter were Yusir and Diqi Zhou, these two are not fuel-efficient lamps, and a few bargains are almost equal to buying for nothing, and the attitude seems to say - you love to go or not!
Faust and the others have made up their minds, even if they give away this city-state for nothing, they have to leave, compared to the menacing Assyrian Empire when the city-state was established, now it seems to be gray. Faust did not negotiate, but only made one condition, and Aesop agreed.
Crossing the Elevates to the city of Enriel were not only legions of giants, but also slaves captured by the Assyrian Empire during their conquests, as well as many wandering explorers and vagrants. Sinach had promised them freedom and land to bring them here, but now the Assyrian Empire was withdrawing from the Duc Plain. Slaves who were freed were reluctant to leave, and the unemployed vagrants who had cultivated the granges regarded it as their homeland and refused to give it up.
Aesop promised Faust that the city-state of Salem would retain their land and freedom as long as they volunteered to stay, as long as they were loyal to the new city-state.
The military and political personnel of the Assyrian Empire and the legions of giants withdrew from the Duc Plain, and Aesop took the opportunity to take over the city of Enriel and the thousands of people they left behind. The city of Salem is no longer a city-state in the simple sense of the word, it controls the Assyrian Plateau in the north, the Eudes in the east, the Black Fire Swamp in the west, and the city-states of Meso and Budamia established by the Hati kingdom in the south, which happened to be the province to be opened up in the blueprint of the Assyrian Emperor Sinakh.
The city of Salem is the center of this territory and the capital of the future kingdom, and in addition to the city of Enriel, two auxiliary cities can be built in the east and west within its control.
Faust was the last to leave the city of Enriel after the retreat of the army and civilians returning to Assyria, and he slowly rose high into the air with his staff in hand, glanced back at the plain of Durk, and then flew over the huge barrier-like mountains on the edge of the Assyrian plateau. When he flew up to the plateau, Medanzo heard a phrase in his soul: "Lonely watchman, you have worked hard! Although you are alone on the desolate plateau, you are guarding the light of hope." And I am in a high position admired by thousands of people, and in my heart is the real lonely wasteland. ”
Medanzo was taken aback, it turned out that Faust had already discovered him, and this sage national teacher was not small. I heard that the god Amun gave him another kind of guidance or guidance, Faust was already one of the most powerful magicians in the world, and now he may have more sophisticated means, but the god Amun did not introduce him to the Garden of Eden as a formal disciple.
Medanzo watched Faust leave, still alone waiting for Amun's arrival. The gods really came, but not his god Amun.
On this day, when Medanzo prayed to Amun at the rising sun, he looked up and found that the light had disappeared, and he knelt on the cold boulder, and the Assyrian plateau to the north and the plain of Duk to the south had disappeared from view and detection. Surrounded by a bewildered darkness, he heard his own heartbeat, echoing between heaven and earth.
Medanzo reacted immediately—he had been struck by a god or a more powerful oracle than him, using a method he had never encountered before, very similar to the legendary undead magic. He jumped up with the Key of Destiny in his hand and shouted, "Who is it, is it Erebi?"
While asking, he called out to the god Amun in his soul. According to the original plan, Medanzo was to come to guard the sentry, and once he found out about the change, he had two options, the first was to rush back to Salem to report the news, and if he couldn't get out for a while, he would call Amon. Since the gods have sent him here to wait, they should hear his voice.
The call from the soul was inaudible to others, but Medanzo heard the echo of the call in this dim world—"O god Amun, someone has suddenly struck at me, and it must have been a necromancy! I have been trapped, but I have not seen who my opponent is. ”
Hearing this voice, Medanzo was taken aback, like a person who whispered silently in his heart but shouted out inexplicably. Then he heard a voice that came straight into his ears from a distant place: "Are you the messenger of Amun, Medanzo? Are you calling on the god Amun? This is the world of the soul, and all the voices of the heart cannot be concealed." ”
Medanzo realized the wonder of the situation, he was still on the top of the mountain, but someone used some kind of magic to separate this time and space, and it became a kind of environment for the manifestation of the soul. He couldn't even directly use the power of his body's bloodline, and everything seemed to be in harmony with his soul's will.
Mei Danzo calmed down instead, he couldn't get out if he couldn't break the other party's magic technique, so he simply stood there and asked: "If your voice can't be concealed, then your voice shouldn't be Erebi, who are you?"
The voice replied, "I am Nelgal, the god of the undead of the Anunnaqi gods. ”
As soon as he heard that it was Nergale, Medanzo breathed a sigh of relief, and replied with the key of fate: "It turned out to be you, why did you come first?" As he spoke, he heard an echo from heaven and earth: "It doesn't matter if Nergal comes, he has discussed it with the god Amun." This was Medanzo's heart, but in this strange world, it is equivalent to openly "saying" it.
Nelgal's voice could not be heard to be angry or laughing: "Medanzo, you haven't learned how to communicate with a god, and in such a world, don't you know how to control your own soul? You have two choices, either be killed by me, or make a pact with me not to follow Amun to attack Hades. ”
Since Nelgal said so, he wanted to be serious, and he didn't just do it to help Erebi protect Hades. Seeing that the situation was not good, Medanzo quickly struck first, although he didn't know where Nelgal was, he waved the key of fate and sent out a dazzling golden light, and struck it in one direction at will.
The attack of the Key of Destiny is undodgable, and Nelgal can either use his mana to support the space built by the Necromancy and let Medanzo attack again and again, or he will have to appear directly. The golden light shot out, but Medanzo felt that the opponent he met this time was very peculiar, and he couldn't tell how powerful it was, but the means made him very uncomfortable.
The key of fate was literally waved out, and a surge of energy surged in the confused darkness, and then quickly disappeared. It's like a person throwing a stone with all his might, flying far away and finally landing on the ground. Like a person's journey from birth to death, this irreversible process is accelerated in a short period of time, and Medanzo can't even tell if the blow has had an effect.
The gray annihilation golden light rolled back, Medanzo felt a wave of weakness inexplicably, the fear in his soul could not be concealed here, and his usual majestic style was useless at the moment. He seemed to have seen the death of countless living beings, and at the moment of death, all kinds of thoughts turned into attacks, and he seemed to have seen his own death.
In this space, all attacks are directed at the soul. Even a ninth-level divine envoy like Medanzo who has the realm of endless life, in fact, life is not eternal, and he knows that even an eternal god will fall. So what would be the situation when he was likely to be killed, and what would he think in his heart?
Nergal's attack made Medanzo can't help but think about these questions, and then a series of questions came from heaven and earth, and it was Medanzo's own voice, as if it was another Medanzo pestering.
Medanzo waved the key of fate into a ball of golden light, blocking the confused and dim invasion, and shouted, "Nergale, you shouldn't have taken the initiative to attack me!"
At the same time, a rolling echo came: "If you don't take the initiative to attack, wait for the god Amun to attack Hades first before attacking, and Anuna will inspire the gods to keep their oath and not help Amun." And if you start a battle first, there will be gods who can help Amun, such as the goddess Mu Yun, it's too stupid to do so! Look at the magic you cast, people can't hide their hearts, but why aren't you smart at all when you do things yourself......"
This is the style of Medanzo's usual speech, saying a word on his lips, but muttering so much in his heart. When he heard the echoes, he realized that the space was strange, and then he heard the echoes coming: "Why am I so verbose?"
Medanzo finally understood what he meant by "mastering his own soul" when he said "mastering his own soul" was a proof of the fact that in this world the soul does not say what it does not want to say. It seems simple, but its realm is extremely profound.
So Medanzo didn't say or think about it anymore, just brandished the key of fate and fought hard. Nelgal never appeared, only a continuous attack, as if testing Medanzo's soul. The golden glow emitted by the key of fate is dazzling, but it never pierces the dim confusion.
Although I can't see the Assyrian plateau where I am in, I can feel that the momentary desires of many beings when they are dying are awakened, including all kinds of painful fears and helpless weakness, which are constantly imprinted into Medanzo's soul one after another. Goddess Mu Yun had already reminded Amon that if his disciples met Nergale, they would definitely suffer if they were not careful, and now Medanzo had tasted the lesson.
Fortunately, the combat power of this oracle is quite strong, and it will not be easy for Nergal to take him down in a short time if he does not appear directly. This is hard for Medanzo, just like carrying a thousand pounds of weight in his soul, but he has to keep hurrying under his feet, but he can't see the final goal. The key to his destiny must be waved constantly, but he cannot get out.
I don't know how long later, the voice of Medanzo was heard between the heavens and the earth: "God Amun, you are not coming, I have to explain here today, is this Nergale trying to exhaust me?" and then shouted: "What does it feel like to be tired to death?"
If someone were to watch from the sidelines, they would feel speechless and even funny about this bizarre battle - how can there be any reason to shout out any discouraged words during the battle, how can this battle be fought?
At this moment, he suddenly heard Amon's voice: "Mei Danzuo, both are ninth-level divine envoys and have different realms. In such a situation, the soul has its own master, and you have to unite your selves in order to see through the darkness of confusion. ”
Medanzo heard Amon's voice, his spirit was lifted, and twenty-four fire wings opened behind him, and the fire wings stretched and turned into twenty-eight, and then they closed and merged into a pair, and the golden shuttle in his hand stabbed forward with brilliance, and finally saw Nelgal standing with his back in the void, and opposite Nelgal stood Amon and Artemis.
Amon heard Medanzo's call, and had arrived at this time, and all attacks on Medanzo suddenly stopped.
Nelgal and Amon looked at each other, looking into each other's eyes as if an invisible confrontation had taken place. After a while, it was Nergal who spoke first: "If I stop you from attacking Hades, I will really stop it, so I don't care who takes the initiative, it has nothing to do with the oath of the gods." God Amun, I want to make a pact with you that if I can overcome you, you will give up, is that okay?"
Amon nodded: "Of course, if you can defeat me, I will not attack Hades again." But I will not stand still and let you block the way, and my disciples will not interfere in the battle between us. ”
At this moment, a silver light flew in, and Gabriel was the first to arrive on the battlefield, followed by Link and the seagulls, and Medanzo took the opportunity to put away the key of fate and stand with them. There was another long howl in the sky, accompanied by a green light, and two more divine envoys arrived, and it turned out to be the dark wolf god Ming Yueye and the "ex-husband" of the goddess Mu Yun, Dumuz.
Amon and Nergal spoke at the same time, and Amon asked, "Why are you here on a moonlit night?"
Mingyue Ye replied, "I'm here to help you, and I'm here to help Dumuz." ”
Dumuz replied, "I am an envoy of the Anunnaqi gods, and the battle between you may not have anything to do with me, but Peranrose is still in Hades, and I am here to save her." ”
Nelgal said, "On a moonlit night, you are finally free. ”
Amon said, "Dummz, you finally know what to do. ”
The two gods had already moved their hands as they spoke. After becoming a god, Nelgal still dressed as a warrior, and at this moment he drew the sword at his waist and stabbed at Amun, this sword stabbed out with a yin wind, and only then did he trap Medanzo's confused dim and strange condensation on the tip of the sword.
Amon swung out the Eye of the Seal to block, and the two swords struck each other without making a sound, but it shook the gods and made the souls trance, as if imprinted with countless desires. If they hadn't passed the test of life, they would have all fallen from the clouds at this moment.
As soon as the two gods moved, the Assyrian plateau was immediately cloudy and windy. The wind can't blow a speck of dust or a blade of grass, but it rolls up the breath left by the dead creatures on the earth. Nelgale's necromancy could not help Amun, and the two gods looked like two warriors fighting swords in the air.
Artemis stood in the distance with her arms crossed and watched the battle with interest, she really came to see the excitement.
If Nelgal had defeated Amun, Amun would no longer have attacked Hades. However, Amon did not allow him to stay in place and fight, and in the fierce battle, he swung his sword and forced Nergale back, taking the opportunity to break away from the battle and shoot in the direction of Hades. Nergal hurriedly rolled up the yin wind to intercept Amon's figure, and chased after him for another round of entanglement.
It was naturally not easy for Amon to behead Nergal, but it was not difficult to get out in battle. The fight between the two was obviously Amun's upper hand, but it became a scene where Amon was fighting and running, and Nergal was chasing and intercepting him. The disciples followed the two gods in the fierce battle and walked all the way to Hades.
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(To be continued)