Chapter Ninety-Five: City of the Dead
The two of them tacitly quarreled, and the high priest was a little confused when he heard it, and asked casually, "Can Kaku beans be drunk?"
"Of course, honorable high priest, if you have kaku beans here, I can make some for you on the spot. Menes said with a smile.
"Then you show me your secret potion coffee, Kaku beans we have here. "The High Priest is really interested!
At Menes' request, the servant came in with a small stove and a kettle, and a small box containing some kaku beans.
Menes grabbed a handful and crushed it directly with her hands, the power of the funeral person's godhead is great, and she directly crushed the coffee beans and threw them in the kettle, Menes looked up and said, "Please bring a little milk and honey, thank you!"
The servant looked at Menes in great surprise, turned and trotted to get milk and honey, this is the holy city, obviously the people around are not used to saying thank you!
In a moment the coffee was ready, Menes poured a little milk for herself, poured the honey into Jett's cup, and handed the high priest black coffee, but not to Sneefru, who did not want to invite him to coffee.
The High Priest took a sip slowly, nodded and smiled, "Well, it tastes great!"
Menes almost squirted coffee, is that an advertising slogan? You think it tastes great? It's hypocritical!
"It's just a little bitter. The High Priest added.
"Your magic is good, can you tell us how to cast it?" asked the High Priest.
"Oh, of course, but it's not magic, anyone can do it, just like I did, it's as simple as that!" Menis said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Oh, well, well, Menes you settle down first, and tomorrow I will tell you the will of God. The high priest said lightly.
Menes and Jett got up and saluted away.
Snefru looked at the departing backs of the two and said, "High Priestess, are you sure you want to tell him?"
"Don't you tell him that the city of the dead guards the undead, and it should also protect him!" the high priest stood up with his hands on the armrest of the chair and turned to leave, and with every step he took, a black liquid flowed from his feet, this guy actually excluded the coffee from the soles of his feet, what kind of magic is this?
Menes returned to the garrison and handed a letter to the servant so that he could return to the realm and hand it over to Batta, then turned to Jett and said, "This high priest has bad intentions, and he wants me to die!"
"Oh, why do you say that?"
He said it tasted great, how did he drink this kind of thing, and he actually praised it? It's so hypocritical, I deliberately gave him black coffee. ”
"It's too arbitrary to say that, didn't Gu Ah enjoy it for the first time?"
But he didn't praise. ”
Or...... Has the High Priest drunk it before?" Menes suddenly realized.
"Forget it, don't think about it too much, anyway, he must be happy for me to die, it really has to say that it is the will of the gods to hear, it's too hypocritical!"
The High Priest deciphered the map not in words or words, but in an ebony box, and instructed Menes to open it at sunset when he traveled to the Arch Rock region to know the exact location of the City of the Dead.
Menes in the Gongyan region still knew that before the last attack by the undead beasts, this group of beasts gathered, and it seemed that all this was arranged.
Menes did not ask for help from the Holy City, and led everyone back to the territory quickly.
It was only three days after Bata received Menes' letter that he was ready to make preparations, and this time almost the entire team was dispatched, and Bata and Nacht gathered an army of more than 300 men, fully armed to follow Menes, and Dill was arranged to stay behind.
Bed crossbows, catapults, cavalry, and all kinds of weapons, and by the way, the latest telescopes.
The whole group rushed to the fortress of Rashen first, where Menes asked Dzose for some more men, including Heron and Isu, who was selling Kaba in the fortress.
When I came to the Tavern of Tears again, everyone found that the name of the tavern had been changed to Stinger Bar, Black Widow Stinger was doing well here, the collapsed houses were all rebuilt with Menes' red brick cement, the tables and chairs in the store were simply connected to the ground this time, and they were also made of stone cement, and everyone would not easily damage the furniture even if they were now, and with Stinger here, there were a lot less fights in the tavern.
When Stinger hears that Menes is going to the City of the Dead again, he hands over the bar to the servants, and happily joins Menes' team, and the undertaker just likes to find excitement.
The Aba Gongya arch rock area is a desert land, and the perennial wind and sand have created a peculiar landform characteristic, with huge stones forming countless arch-shaped rock communities under the action of wind and a small amount of rain.
The Yadan landscape is like an overturned palette, revealing gorgeous and colorful scenery, where the gods have carved magical statues, strange beasts, devils, animals and humans are carved to life, Menes can't help but sigh that the magic of nature is indeed controlled by the gods.
Looking up at the wilderness, the wilderness is densely covered with rust-colored arch-shaped sandstone and fin-shaped rocks, the arch rocks are distributed in the vast desert, the number of them is not clear, the highest arch rock is called the rainbow arch rock, from the ground to the vault is actually as high as more than 300 meters, the bottom diameter is also nearly 200 meters, towering above the surface.
As the sun set and the sun was about to receive its last rays, Menes took out the ebony box given by the high priest and opened it to the setting sun, and a cloud of smoke floated out of the ebony box, which spun in the air a few times and flew quickly towards the rainbow arch rock.
The sun fell, the earth fell into darkness, and the scattered smoke clouds did transform into colorful light under the arch rock, and the arch rock became a door, and the smoke clouds shone in a trance.
Menes turned around and said, "Everyone, the road to the City of the Dead has been opened, and crossing the gate is a life of death, and now those who want to exit can return, and after entering, we can only go all out!"
No one spoke, everyone raised their weapons and beat their shields rhythmically, and everyone stepped on the drum to enter the rainbow gate.
The Rainbow Gate seemed to be long, and the Menes team walked through the fog to the rhythm of the tapping, finally seeing the light again after a long time.
A majestic and shining city of the dead unfolds before the eyes of Menes' team.
The dome was white, there was no blue sky and no white clouds, it was completely white and dazzling, and at the forefront of the field of vision was the city of the dead, and the top of the towering pyramid emitted a dazzling golden light, and the world was full of light.
"Isn't the City of the Dead supposed to be in the darkness?" someone muttered quietly.
"Who said the City of the Dead is a City of the Night, you've ever been there?" someone laughed.
Menes is not in a hurry to enter the City of the Dead, everyone settles down first, has a good rest and listens to the news.
"Goa, have your little birds heard the news?" asked Menes.
"No, this is the City of the Dead, and there is not a single living thing. Gua replied.
"Well, a veritable city of the dead. ”
"Bata, come with me, let's go to the foot of the city wall to see what is going on. Menes commanded.
The others set up barracks in their place, buried pots and cooked food, and Menes' brigade carried all the coal into the city of the dead.
Menes and Bata came to the foot of the City of the Dead, whose walls were not made of mortal stone, but they were not very tall, as if they were made of some kind of white material.
Menes touched it with her hand and said, "Bata, can you see what's behind the walls?"
"My lord, there is a light behind it, and I can't see anything clearly, this wall seems to be made of bones. Bata said, touching the walls.
Menes was startled and immediately retracted her hand, "Bones, human bones?"
"It should be. ”
"How many people are going to die here?" said Menes, exclaimed in surprise.
The two rode along the city wall, and soon came to the main city gate, the city gate was wide open, but they couldn't see the situation inside at all, and there were no undead beasts around to guard it, so how could ordinary people find the city of the undead?
Standing at the gate of the city, Menes shouted, "I, Menes, the King of Mummies, the Lord of the City of the Dead, the darling of the gods, the Undead Beast, come and greet you!"
The shouts were loud, but there was no answer.
The two hesitated at the door, but decided to turn around and return to the camp, there was no need to rush over and risk it themselves.
There is no day or night here, but Menes still arranged for everyone to rest and sleep in place, and then go into the city after resting.
The camp outside the city still has to be kept, as a response, the rainbow door behind it is still wide open, and someone needs to guard it, Nacht is not a demigod, so he stays in place to guard, and other non-demigods also stay in the camp, Menes agrees to play drums if there is an emergency in the camp, and if the rainbow door is about to close, the gong will be struck, and it is not clear whether it can be heard in the city of the dead.
The rest of the men who had enough combat power entered the city together, divided into three teams, Menes himself led a team, Heron led a team, and Bata led a team, and the main direction of attack was the towering pyramid.
After a bright night, the three teams set off and walked in through the main entrance.
Through the light and shadow of the city gates, a quiet, bright and peaceful city appeared before Menes' eyes, the city was clean and tidy, and the white marble paved roads were wide and straight, stretching all the way to the foot of the pyramids.
The wide streets are lined with palm trees, and there are countless people shuttling back and forth throughout the street, and there are shops on both sides of the street, and the cries of hawkers come and go, and the surrounding citizens are busy doing their own things, and no one pays attention to Menes' brigade.
"We're not going to the wrong place, are we?" Rasim was the first to ask the question that everyone wanted to ask.
"Is this a wonderland in the desert?" someone added.
Jett shook his head and said, "Hallucination, all this is just an illusion, there is no wind, the palm trees are swaying, there is no shadow of the people passing by, they are the ghosts of death." ”
"But I have a feeling that we are the ghosts of death, that they are real, and that we are just the product of the distortion of time and space. Menes said.
Someone couldn't help but reach out and touch the palm tree, the rough trunk was real, hard, and even peeled off a piece of bark.
The smell of golden barbecue fills the shop, and the bustling crowd makes all kinds of noises.
Rasim couldn't help but walk to the food store, and without speaking, he reached out and grabbed the bread and took a bite of it, which was soft and sweet, which lifted Rasim's spirits.
"It's delicious, it's really delicious, why don't you try it?" said Rasim happily.
The daring soldiers also followed Rasim to get something to eat in the shop, it was really delicious!
The people on the street didn't seem to see Menes' circle of soldiers at all, and Rasim didn't react when he took the wine and meat?They still lived leisurely, from life to death, this is the city of the dead?