Chapter 15: The Ten Plagues (1)
Thank you for the tip......
Moser said, raising his staff and proclaiming, "This is the will of our gods, if you don't obey it." Then our Lord will bring calamity, and the whole river of Nilo will be stained red with blood!"
The corners of Lacis's mouth twitched slightly, and there was a feeling that the wheels of history were finally starting to turn.
I remembered the prophecy that the goddess Neve had told herself in her dream: "When the waters of the Nilo River are dyed red, it is when the gods begin to fall." The Nine Pillar Heavenly Gods will fall one after another in this catastrophe. In the end, the sun will be completely darkened on December 25......"
And this qiē is finally about to open the curtain in front of his eyes.
He pretended to sneer and said, "Okay, I'll wait for your gods." Wait for your god to come and bring down divine punishment, let me see his power!"
Without speculating, Moser gave Lasis a deep look: "Honorable Pharaoh, you will regret it!"
As he spoke, he strode out.
Lasis looked at Moses's back and fell into deep thought.
That night, his spirit left the dream. Coming to a verdant oasis, it looks like it's in the rainforest, not like a desert oasis. 】2
But this is indeed the kingdom of the goddess Neve, and when she walked here, the soul of Lasis was covered with a faint golden light, restored the god of gods, and became the emperor of the north again.
In the kingdom of God, countless powers of faith surged like clouds. Refined by the Emperor of the North!
"It's really an interesting scene, for us Nine Pillar Heavenly Gods, these powers of faith are just some tonics. Priesthood and Godhead. It's the most important thing for us. And you, so dependent on the power of faith!"
Goddess Neve smiled shallowly. She stood on top of a giant turquoise frog. Wearing a tight-fitting nuge white, worn from the chest to the heels. Tie it with a cloth strap under your chest.
A large area of young wheat-colored skin is exposed, only the suspender belt is very wide, faintly covering the firm breasts, avoiding the leakage of spring light, but in the faint appearance, it looks more attractive.
However, this did not attract much attention from Lacis. The body of this goddess, which Lacis has enjoyed countless times in all the years they have worked together.
It's just under the cover of the goddess Neve. Only then was the Northern Emperor able to absorb the power of incense and continue to regain his strength.
At this moment, he did not speak. Just staring at the eight suns in the distance.
In this piece of space, everything is so dark, like a cosmic starry sky. However, there are not so many stars, only nine suns of different sizes hang in them.
This is the Divine Kingdom of the Nine Pillars Heavenly God, among which, the Divine Kingdom of the Goddess Nefu was originally the weakest one. But. With so many years of cooperation with Lasis, more people worship the goddess Neve, and it has also made her much stronger.
At this time, I saw countless bright stars. And they approached from the west. The entire canopy trembled violently.
"At this time, the Olympus gods of the earth and sea!" the Northern Emperor watched coldly.
The gods of Olympus have finally begun a fierce battle with the Nine Pillars of the Kingdom.
One of the huge suns. In the dark space, a raging fire burns. Then it fell.
"That's the kingdom of Ossaith, he's fallen!" said the goddess Neve with some mockery.
The Northern Emperor did not speak. Also with a hint of mockery.
Among the nine-pillar gods, except for the god of pulling. The most powerful god, if it is so easy to fall, then he is not Ossaith!
"In seven days, it should be me!" Goddess Neve laughed at herself at this moment: "Who made me the weakest god......"
"Let's do it according to the plan!" The Northern Emperor was unmoved: "You have long expected that there will be such a day!"
The next day, early in the morning. Some people rushed into the palace in a hurry, and cried out, "Great Pharaoh, it's not good, it's not good." All the waters of the Nilo River have turned to blood!"
Lasis slowly ate the last bite of breakfast, and it would not be so easy to have such a pure moment in the future.
This year, the climate in the kingdom will be hotter, and what used to be humid and warm has turned into very hot and dry, and the flow of water has decreased dramatically. The river has calmed down, and in many places there are even muddy river channels.
At this moment, the entire royal capital of Thebes was in a panic. Countless people surged beside the Nilo River, which flowed through the city, and looked at the original turquoise water, which was now not only greatly reduced, but also thinner, and the whole river had turned blood-red.
Huge swaths of fish flipped their bellies and floated on the water.
As the sun rises, the weather gets hotter. These fish will rot quickly......
Countless fishermen wanted to cry without tears, kneeling by the river and praying continuously.
But he saw the river rolling down the kingdom's well-developed water conservancy facilities, flowing into the fields everywhere, watering the crops. All of a sudden, it was as if countless farmlands were also soaked in blood.
These flowing red rivers are naturally not blood water.
Lassis himself came to the riverbank, but he didn't smell the pungent smell of blood.
He was about to go down to the river to see it himself, when he was stopped by the panicked attendants: "Honorable Pharaoh, this is an ominous omen, the blood of demons...... It is something that must not be touched. So many fish died in the river!"
When Lasis heard this, he said without anger: "Go away!"
Some of the guards were frightened by the majesty of the pharaoh and retreated in fear. There was only one young man standing in front of Lacis: "Father, this kind of blood is too dangerous. You must not touch ......"
A smile appeared on the corner of Lasis's mouth, this is the heir he left behind in this world. Of course, it's more just the blood of the flesh.
"So. Go down and see the rivers for me!" Pharaoh commanded.
Seth, the son of Lasis, listened with a look of fear. But under the majestic gaze of his father. I had no choice but to go down to the river and look at the water.
"Huh......"
As Seth stiffened his head and put his hands into the river. It was strange to find that these were not the sticky and foul-smelling demonic blood that I imagined.
He took a handful of water and put it in front of him to look closely, and found that it was not the water that turned red. It's a tiny algae in the river.
"Why is this algae, and so grown?" Seth was stunned.
This kind of algae is no stranger to everyone in the kingdom. Every year, some of these algae grow in the river. Let the pieces of the river turn a pale red color.
But never before has it been so numerous and dense as it is today, and it has actually covered the entire river!
"It's not demonic blood, it's just a massive breeding of this algae!"
Although the problem is still very serious, a large school of fish in the river has died. But strangely. At this time, Seth suddenly settled down inexplicably.
Everyone's greatest fear is often those things that are too far beyond their consciousness.
Demon's blood is too scary. There was blood flowing through the whole river, and it was unbelievable, it was shocking.
But, as you know, it's just some algae that stains the river red. Then a qiē becomes, can be understood.
Although how did this algae grow like this. Nobody knows. However, this algae is at least something that people are familiar with.
"Father, did you already know these things?" asked Seth when he returned.
Lasis said lightly: "I know it or not, it doesn't matter if it's a qiē. The key is to get people to believe. These are just algae breeding in the water, not the blood of demons that poison the fish!"
Seth looked at it with admiration. Listen.
"Great Pharaoh, this is divine punishment. We are going to sacrifice to the gods. Seek the protection of the Nilo and the protection of Ossaith. Only he can purify the river......"
It wasn't long before countless priests and ministers poured into Pharaoh's presence.
Countless ministers shouted in a panic in front of Lasis, they had never seen anything like this happen.
"What about the priest of the temple of Ossaith, and why hasn't he appeared yet?"
But listening to the priest of Orseth, he ran from afar with a bitter face, and cried out: "It is useless, our prayers will not receive the slightest reaction from the gods......"
Lasis sneered: "In this case, this Thebes city is already a place that the gods reject. Let's move the capital, find another good place, and establish our capital!"
This is an action he has been planning for a long time, and he has long wanted to build a new capital. To rebuild a great capital at the mouth of the Nilo River into the sea of the earth.
In Lacis's view, the future kingdom will be close to the Earthsea, competing for the hegemony of the Earthsea and controlling the trade rights of the Earthsea. That's the most important thing!
And in the vicinity of the royal capital of Thebes, the priests of these gods had too much power. Leave this place, just away from where their influence lies.
This is something that has been planned for a long time, but I just take this opportunity to bring it up.
Originally, the proposal to move the capital would definitely face huge resistance. But at this time, people were panicked, and for a while, no one was strong enough to stop them.
It was only after a long time that the priest of the god Ra said, "Maybe it's just the god Ossaith, who has fallen into a deep sleep." It's not that the gods are disgusted with this land!"
"But some of the madmen of the Guards, they actually took to the streets and claimed that these were the work of their gods...... said the guard officer of the royal capital.
Before he finished speaking, Lasis looked at him coldly, his eyes as cold as ice and snow: "Why didn't you take action against these crazy people who bewitched the public?"
The guard officer's frightened cold sweat immediately flowed out, and he shouted desperately: "Pharaoh, respect and mercy Pharaoh, I will do it immediately!"
At this time, Lasis didn't want to pursue the calculation, but said lightly: "I don't want to live to see those people appear in front of me!"
The guard officer immediately reacted with another stirring, "Yes, Pharaoh. I know what to do!"
Lasis nodded, although the guard officer of this royal capital is not a particularly outstanding talent, but he is loyal and reliable. This is far more important than ability for the people who guard the royal capital.
Fortunately, this guy didn't get confused at a critical time!
That's enough!
Seeing the guard officer walking out murderously, Lasis was half relieved.
In the royal capital of Thebes, there were 5,000 permanent guards. There are also 2,000 direct Pharaohs and my Praetorian Guard.
These were first-class armies, the tightest grasped by Lacis.
The commander of the guard, with the king's order, was able to mobilize two thousand men and horses, which would be enough to suppress any rebellion in Thebes!
Sure enough, it was only a short hour or two later. As soon as I heard the news, the entire royal city of Thebes had been placed under martial law. A large number of rioters who were inciting on the streets were all killed on the spot, and bloody heads hung all over the city!
Then, let people spread the word that the blood in these rivers is nothing more than algae.
It is because the current Nilo people have turned their backs on the gods and begun to believe in heretical gods, so the gods began to rain down to punish Yunyun.
Under the spread of this same rumor, those who know how to spread information know that when many kinds of rumors begin to spread, the truth will be hidden in it.
So, under the terrifying high pressure outside, coupled with all kinds of rumors attacking each other. Although the people were panicked, it made the situation of the undercurrent in the entire Thebes completely calm down at once.
However, Lasis knew that this qiē was just the beginning.
The blood-red waters of the Nilo River flowed as if the whole earth was bleeding!
In the prophecy, this qiē is only the beginning of some calamities!
Seven days later, a large number of tadpoles were born and a large number of frogs hatched from the algae that grew in the slow-flowing but nutrient-rich water.
Then the frogs jumped ashore and jumped around in swarms. Even the streets and alleys of the entire royal city were full of these jumping frogs.
Only, limited to Pharaoh's harsh orders in advance. The entire royal city of Thebes has undergone several major cleaning campaigns. All the ditches and waterways were rigorously cleaned and then equipped with protective nets.
The preparations are excellent, although there are countless frog spawns. But it was never as predicted, and even the entire palace was occupied by frogs, and even crawled onto the Pharaoh's bed.
Then Pharaoh decreed that no one should harm the frogs. Kill the violators!
Under the rule of Lacis, he has always inherited the style of Hanfa. The laws are strict and strict, and they are very efficient. (To be continued......)