Menes stayed awake all night excited about the discovery of the coal mine, and immediately arranged for someone to return to the Holy Cat City early the next morning, informing Butehamon to come to the mine, and at the same time asking Rasim to leave a few people to teach the local villagers how to raise camels, and these animals would be of great use in the future.

It is not enough to mine so much coal, it must be transported out, and it is best to use camels in the short term, but it is best to build a track here in the future, and run it with horses or camels, so that the carrying capacity is greater, and of course it is better to get a steam engine to transport it directly by train in the future.

After Menes made arrangements, he left the village with the rest of the people and continued towards the fortress of the nine gods.

The sun was setting in the west, and Menes saw vultures hovering in the sky, pointed ahead and said, "It seems that there is a beast corpse ahead."

"I think it's a dead man, there aren't many beasts here!"

When the vulture saw a crowd approaching and flew away, Menes jumped off his horse and said, "Bata, you're right, it's a dead man, but there are also animals!"

There were two horses and seven human bodies on the ground.

Bata looked at it and said, "Not long after he died, it seems that the battle was fierce, and they are all guards from the border mining field. ”

As soon as the words fell, a faint moan was heard, and the sound came from under the horse's belly, and Bata ran over to remove the horse, and the person lying below let out a weak breath, and his mouth was full of blood, and his internal organs and lungs were squeezed out.

Bata asked in a low voice, "Can you speak?"

The man snorted weakly, "Help!"

Bata opened the kettle to moisten his lips.

"Hey...... There's another one that's not dead. ”

Another soldier spotted the tenacious Izu.

Bata let go of the soldier and walked over, and Menes followed.

Izu's injuries were severe, and only a faint breath proved that she wasn't dead.

Bata pointed to Isu's forehead and said, "Mining slaves of Kaha!"

Menes looked at Bata curiously.

"This brand on the forehead is a mark of the Kaha mining site, in order to prevent the slaves from escaping. Bata explained.

Menes frowned, Kemmer was a legal slave, and Nana of Menes was also a slave.

It was difficult for Menes to accept the idea of treating people as slaves, but some of the country's customs could not be changed casually, so Menes reluctantly accepted them.

Menes had heard about the slaves in the Kaha mining farm, and it was hell there.

"It seems that he is a fugitive slave, and the guards came to arrest him, but this guy is very powerful, with one enemy and six, he kills all of them, and he is ruthless enough!"

As he spoke, Bata lifted Isu's shoulder, pointed to another brand, and said, "The soldier of the Seventh Legion of the Kingdom of Babel should still be a centurion. ”

"You know that, you just joined the army, don't you?" Menes asked, looking at Bata curiously.

"My lord, I have only joined the army, but my grandfather and father, who participated in expeditions with His Majesty, used to talk to me about these things, and this brand is very famous, it is the strongest army in the kingdom of Babel, and my grandfather fought with them before, and often praised their bravery. Bata said with a bit of pride.

"Really, it's so powerful, no wonder it can hit six!" Menes also exclaimed.

"Is there any salvation?" Menes asked Jet, who had arrived.

Jett glanced at it and shook his head.

"Well, the other one isn't saved?" Menes said, gesturing to the soldier.

"I've closed my eyes!"

"Oh, forget it, clean up, tomorrow morning we can arrive at the fortress of Rashen, take all these people with us, and find a place to bury them, and we can't give them to vultures!"

"There should be materials for the fortress, and when the time comes, Jet, you remember to make a mummy according to the procedure, maybe there are wicked people here, and I can increase my team of divine punishment mummies. Menes said.

Since Menes has the power of the King of Mummies, as long as he sees a dead person, he asks to make a mummy, so that the entire Holy Cat State and Ram State generally dare not make mummies, for fear that Menes will harass the dead.

In fact, Menes has never touched the idea of ordinary people, even if he is not a good person, after all, people have families, and such behavior will be cursed.

So this kind of unjust soul killed in battle is the main target of Menes, and this bad habit of Menes has spread throughout the kingdom.

Jett and Bata frowned, a little uncomfortable with Menes' perverted request.

Regardless of these for now, it is estimated that these people are not so sinful, and they should be able to pass through the scales of Ma'at and rest in peace!

Early the next morning, Menes took the team and the corpses of these men to the fortress of Rashen.

At dusk, a cavalry brigade of the Nine Gods Legion came to meet them, and they got the news of Menes' imminent arrival, so they came to greet them, after all, Menes gave so much material support, and now they are personally leading the team to come to reinforcements, and the basic etiquette is still to be there, but the commander Zose did not come to greet Menes.

The fortress of Rashen gradually unfolded in front of you, this is a magnificent and strong fortress, the entire circumference of the fortress reaches 4,000 meters, basically the size of a city, there is a wide moat around the fortress as a moat, but there is no water because it is very dry, the river water has evaporated.

The walls of the entire fortress are thirty meters high from the bottom, a height that basically does not exist in the mortal world, and there is no need to exist, and no ladder or engineering tower can have such a height.

Normal buildings can't be built to such heights, they have long since collapsed, only the fortress of the god of Ra is so high, because the fortress of the god of la is a magical fortress.

The Rashen Fortress is the largest fortress in the Nine Gods Legion, the most powerful fortress in the first defense chain, and the most frequently attacked fortress by the undead beasts, so Commander Zo Sai spends most of his time here.

The fortress is rectangular, narrow from east to west, wide from north to south, and the walls are all made of granite, and it is said that it has a history of thousands of years, and it has been continuously built and renovated to achieve its current scale.

The fortress had protruding towers every fifty meters, which could form crossfire with the walls and shoot from three sides, leaving the attackers with nowhere to hide.

There are a total of eight doors in the entire fortress, and it is said that there are actually nine gates, but the ninth gate is a secret door, and only the commander of the Nine God Legion knows where it is.

The Fortress of the Gods is an independent fortress that hides the magic caba of the Fortress of the Nine Gods, providing magical protection to the Fortress of the Nine Gods and forming a defensive chain in the Desert of Death.

The fortress is mainly a barracks and weapons depot, of course, there are also some civilian buildings, because in addition to soldiers, there are actually many ordinary people in the fortress, and they are all personnel who serve the fortress.

At the same time, there are also a small number of adventurers every year who enter the Desert of Death to obtain wealth, and the Rashen Fortress is their last foothold before setting off, and it is also the paradise in their hearts and the shelter they will never forget.

Menes and his party entered the fortress through the largest main gate, which was very wide and tall, which in Menes' opinion was not conducive to defense, but it was very imposing.

The fortress has already received the news that Menes is coming, so the common people in the fortress are also excited, such a team of dignitaries and nobles come here, it is indispensable to eat and drink, the Nine Gods Gang is estimated to be unaccustomed to this group of people, so they can take the opportunity to make a lot of money, in addition, they must have brought a lot of materials, and it is estimated that there is also a need for trading.

The shops in the fortress are all ready, especially those that sell the undead Kaba, just waiting to collect the money.

Menes looked at the whole fortress, it was generally a barracks, although there were civilians, but all the buildings and people were prepared for battle, every house could be turned into a fortress, every merchant could become a warrior at any time, even a woman or a child wielded a bow and arrow or a dagger back and forth.

There were a lot of slaves here, but these guys were very arrogant and didn't care, and they didn't shy away from Menes' team when they saw it, and they grinned.

Menes' team passed through a colorful, brightly decorated tavern, and the girls on the second floor were laughing at Menes?

Soon Menes came to the main fort, and everyone dismounted and entered on foot.

At the bottom of the fortress was the conference hall, which was empty and empty of seats, not a single chair, and no chairs at the top of the steps.

Everyone had to stand still and wait for the arrival of Commander Zose.

In the middle of the day, at the main entrance of the hall walked a man in heavy armor, covered in dust, like a walking arsenal of weapons, full of weapons, short swords, bows and arrows, daggers, shields, broadswords, and a battle axe pinned to his waist.

The man walked in quickly, first saluting everyone's standard army, and then said loudly, "I'm Zose, thank you for your support, who is Menes?"

Zose's introduction is simple and clear, without the cumbersomeness of the valley area, no title, no father's name, no honorific title, only a name, and asking for other people's names is also extremely concise.

Menes came out of the crowd and said, "I'm Menes!"

Zuo Sai glanced at it and nodded in thanks, walked quickly to the front of the hall and said, "The undead beasts are gathering, I just came back from the west, and there are already more than two hundred undead beasts gathered. ”

"Huh?" shouted Menis in surprise.

"Don't be nervous, it's powdered now. The officer who brought Menes in added.

"The commander has just returned from the battlefield. ”

Menes was taken aback, this commander has a different way of doing things, no wonder he didn't come to greet us, it turns out that he has just returned from the battlefield?

"There are no welcome banquets, no comfortable bedrooms, only barracks, if you are not used to it, you can find your own accommodation, there are merchants in the fortress that can provide food and bedrooms, or if you wish, you can go to Heron, and he will arrange accommodation and food for you, free of charge. Djose gestured to the officer who had brought Menes in.

"I still have some military business to deal with, and we'll talk about it in detail tomorrow morning. With that, he turned and left.

This guy's style of acting is simply rude, no matter what, Menes was the first to give material support, and he was the only one to bring reinforcements with an army, so this guy sent Menes so rudely?

Menes' team members were indignant, what the hell is this? We've come all the way to help you, and this guy treats us like this? It's so rude.

Jett had heard of Dzose's rudeness and arrogance before, but he really didn't expect it to be so rude, but what if he had already arrived?