Chapter 522 Revelation, Snake Staff, and Blood
A revelation.
A dream.
The fire is burning.
The Nile River was stained red with blood and emitted a fishy stench. Swarms of frogs and flies scampered through the streets before dying, their bodies decaying and releasing large swaths of poisonous gas.
The animals fell to the ground, and the people's bodies were covered with hideous sores. Black pus and yellow blood rolled down, and they wandered around like corpses, crawling, and making wailing sounds like evil ghosts in hell.
The city is burning.
Fires burning corpses were scattered at various intersections, and half-dead people covered in black veils stood together with the dead corpses. Those young corpses have the emblem of the eldest son on their foreheads, and the hearts of their parents have already died with their children.
Why is this happening?
What happened to make this happen?
The oldest child of the Pharaoh struggled to get up from the fire. His flesh and blood fell off in the flames, and crimson blood flowed from his empty eye sockets. And the mandible with exposed gums kept opening and closing, roaring at the only spectator of this revelation.
"Stop it! Stop them!"
"Only you can do it, only you can represent the power of the gods!"
"Ramses!"
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"ah--!!!"
The young Pharaoh's eyes flew open and he screamed in terror. Without even wearing shoes, he strode out of his palace under the panicked eyes of his attendants. Door after door was pushed open by him until his eldest and most beloved child appeared in sight.
"My child, my child!"
Pharaoh held his child in his arms and kissed him until he heard his breathing and heartbeat. The scene he saw before seemed to be just a bad dream, just a bad joke of the gods.
Should we be relieved about this?
No. This is a revelation and a sign. The god of the past is admonishing the god of this world. Turning a blind eye is the most stupid thing to do!
"My Pharaoh, my Pharaoh, what makes you so panicked?" The favorite concubine came to the Pharaoh, and the guards quickly approached and guarded him - he calmed down and hugged his eldest son He stood up and looked around, and once again saw a terrifying vision in his eyes.
He saw the guards' faces covered with abscesses, saw flies swarming around the palace, and saw the sun dim and no light. He saw the beautiful concubine Nefertari withered and decayed, like a corpse.
A dead skeleton was already held in his arms, and his eldest son had turned into a small skeleton at some point. Waves of sigh-like whispers came from the smooth skull, and that confirmed that he was not in a dream.
"Go and save your kingdom, Ramses."
"Go and save your people and the end of your dynasty."
He was no longer losing his composure, the thing that could shake him the most was already evident in his eyes, and then only the most blazing anger filled his heart.
Someone wants to overthrow Pharaoh's country.
Someone is going to take everything away from him.
And whoever that man was, he was destined to face the wrath of Pharaoh.
"My Pharaoh?" The beloved concubine's voice was full of worry, and all false scenes were erased from the Pharaoh's eyes. Once again he returned to the world of order. And he knew he needed help.
"The gods have revealed it to me. This land will face a great disaster, and I will be the one who protects it, and I must protect it."
There is no need to be secretive. Pharaoh is a living god, and Pharaoh must be decisive. He immediately issued orders and drove his subjects towards his will.
"Gather the ministers, gather the generals. Let them wait for me in the hall... I am going to meet the gods, Nefertari, you come with me."
The Pharaoh's court sprang into action, and even though he was still young, he had already accomplished brilliant feats. Possessing the absolute power in this dynasty - he took his eldest son and beloved concubine and walked quickly towards the great temple connected to the palace - this era was not yet the era of Nine Pillar Gods, but Ra's divine power was still a myth Core.
His pace is fast.
The noisy palace soon became orderly, and he walked quickly, thinking at the same time.
What went wrong?
Are they gods? No, there is no need for the gods to warn themselves of their wrath, not to mention that there is no disrespect to the gods in Egypt. They are undoubtedly on the same side as the Pharaoh, so they are a reliable help.
Canaanite? No, they had been weakened for a long time, and it took a lot of effort on their part to drive out the Hebrews. They don't have much force now. Even those wizards who mastered strange magic techniques were determined not to test Egypt's strength.
Are they Hittites? This is even more impossible. In the battle of Kadesh a few years ago, he and the Hittites had a mutual victory. Not long ago, peace was concluded due to heavy casualties on both sides. They have no energy left to do unnecessary things, and the Hittite king has foresight. Perhaps as long as they compete with each other for a while, he will choose peace sensibly.
So... are they Hebrews? Yes, I just received the news of the Hebrews' unusual movements yesterday, although the messenger's report of the mass exodus of the Hebrews was false news. But since such rumors came from various places, then yesterday, many Hebrews must have left the land promised to them by Pharaoh.
A bunch of ungrateful things.
A foreigner who was unwilling to believe in the gods, a refugee expelled by the Canaanites. Pharaoh accepted them and gave them land to live in, but this does not mean that they can come and go wherever they want!
And Egypt also needs these laborers now - Egypt lost too many strong men in the war with the Hittites. Farmland requires human care, and herds also require human management. The Hebrews had to work for this, and unless they believed in the gods like the Egyptians, they should use their own labor to pay for the lease of the land!
This is sound logic—except for one problem.
That is, how could these idle Hebrews, who didn't even have a few warriors, bring such a terrible fate to their beloved Egypt?
Pharaoh's thoughts were interrupted.
The great temple was already in sight, but there was a strange silence in the temple. In the past, the high priest had already gone out to greet him in person, because the pharaoh was a living god, and the high priest was just a servant of the past god.
"The high priest is waiting for you, noble pharaoh." The guards of the temple still maintained basic obedience, but they were not sufficient.
The Pharaoh glanced at his guards and led them towards the entrance of the great temple - he would not do this normally, because he also needed to maintain respect for the gods of the past. And this time...
The guards of the temple didn't make a sound of admonishment?
His feet stepped into the temple door...
"Stay outside! Don't come here!" He immediately understood the meaning of the actions of the temple guards.
It was not the high priest, not the high priest he was familiar with - standing in the center of the temple was a woman, and she possessed a beauty that he had never seen before.
But there is not only beauty in the temple - there is also light, light that ordinary people cannot see directly and cannot touch. That woman was clearly just standing there quietly, but she was resisting all life like a blazing sun. Even though the Pharaoh was the most powerful champion warrior in the world and could easily kill ten Canaanite warlocks on the battlefield, he felt his blood boiling when he saw her, and his soul was almost leaving his body!
That is not human, no warlock can have such a great life. That is undoubtedly one of the gods from the past, or the carrier of their arrival!
Is it Sekhmet or Isis?
The Pharaoh protected his wife and children behind him and wanted to push them away before they could look directly at the gods of the past.
"Come in." The woman-like thing had a clear voice.
The light suddenly dissipated.
The Pharaoh took a silent breath. Without hesitation, he straightened his chest and walked towards the temple.
"The gods of the past should not interfere with the gods of the present. You have violated the rules." He still wanted to regain some initiative and maintain the majesty and power of the pharaoh.
However, he received no response.
"Egypt is in danger." The woman turned her eyes, and the beauty that transcended the world was equivalent to the fear that transcended the world.
"You will know your fate tomorrow."