The two had a friendship. At the beginning, John was the front-line commander of the An-La Legion, and Xiou was the logistics quartermaster, and they were also comrades-in-arms who went to the front together. John had nothing to do with him, so he took Xiou back in a carriage to meet the general.
As soon as Amon saw Xiou, he laughed and said, "Why are you getting fat again? You can't be pampered all day long, and you have to pay attention to sports and labor. I think you were a very hardworking businessman back then. If you didn't go across the desert to Barron Collect the bill, we will not know each other."
Xiou saluted and said: "Because of working day and night during the war, I was so tired that I was dark and thin. When I came back, my family was heartbroken when they saw me. They advised me to take a good rest and take supplements. As a result, I overdid it in the past six months, and I was even fatter than before."
John kicked him lightly: "You still have to work day and night like that?"
Amon asked John again: "How is the matter going?"
John replied, "It's done."
Amon nodded: "Go and invite Miss Themis to come here, I have something to say."
Scarlet Themis came to the front hall, and as soon as she entered the door, she knelt down and saluted Amon: "General, I don't know how to express my gratitude. You and General John not only punished the criminals, but also made the original things public. Everyone, this is the wish I swore to fulfill in front of the gods at the cost of my life. It seems that the folklore is true, you have been favored by the gods, and you have the brilliance of the gods in the world!"
Amon hurriedly motioned for John to help her up, and sighed: "Young lady, I am ashamed to say that. Jules is a warrior who fought with me. He gave his life on the battlefield, but we failed to protect his family. It was too late for all of this... If you must thank General John, he is the one who went to the farm to investigate, and he is also the one who formally lodged a complaint with the city-state."
Themis is about to kneel down to John again. John was holding her elbow, so he hurriedly stopped her, looking like he was about to hug her, and his face was a little red. Seeing this scene, Amon asked again: "Miss Themis, John has redeemed your slave bond today, and your revenge has been avenged, what are your plans for the future?"
Themis burst into tears: "I thought my fate was to die with Sheng Yi. The general not only took revenge, but also left me in this world. My life belongs to you. Doing this life I'm afraid it will be difficult to repay my servant."
Amon waved his hand: "Don't say that, you didn't do anything wrong, and you shouldn't suffer such a tragedy. Since that's the case, I have something to ask you alone, and the others go out first."
John was still there in a daze, Xiou grabbed his arm and pulled him out, winking and smiling. They waited outside, and after a while Themis came out. Her eyes were red and her face was also red. She lowered her head and glanced at John and said, "General, please go in and talk alone."
After a while, John came out, lowered his head and peeked at Themis, grinning silently at the corners of his mouth. Xiou asked puzzledly: "General John, why are you smirking? I have never seen you like this before. Is there any happy event?"
John still laughed and did not answer, Amon walked out the door and said: "Of course there is a happy event. I have met all troubles for so many days. Today I finally have a happy event. It just so happens that Lord Xiou is also here. Let's have a banquet tonight and have a drink. Tomorrow, go to the blessing ceremony of Goddess Isis."
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The annual Blessing Ceremony of Goddess Isis finally arrived. This year's ceremony was extremely lively. People from all the nearby city-states came to participate. And just a few days before the ceremony, the great general of the empire, Amon, made a big fuss in Mengfeisi. Become a topic of conversation in people's spare time.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the huge square, but under the command of the warriors, it was in order, without crowding and pushing. When the blessing ceremony started, no matter where they stood, the holy light from the sky would fall on everyone body. Amon held a shuttle gun and wore armor, like an ordinary guard standing among the crowd at the edge of the square, responsible for maintaining order in this area. The people around were all looking at the high platform in front of the temple in the distance, not knowing that standing beside them was Amon, who was famous all over the continent.
The warriors in bright armor formed a semicircular military formation in front of the long steps of the temple. In the military formation was the high platform where the saintess held the ceremony. Behind the high platform was the divine magic formation formed by the priests. They watched the ceremony on the long steps. Maria wore a golden crown and held a staff on the high platform. The bell in the temple rang, and everyone knelt down towards the high platform. Amon also knelt down and put the spear on the ground at hand.
The general did not lower his head to kiss the ground, but looked up at the Holy Maiden. Maria slowly raised her staff, and glanced at the people in the square. She seemed to see everyone clearly, but there was a fixed frame, and she looked at a pair of eyes on the edge of the square in the distance. Smile, then close your eyes slightly and start singing.
Amon didn't know what Maria was chanting. At this moment, the saint was in the center of a powerful magic array. Amon couldn't sense it with the detection magic, but he could feel it in his heart.
The tears of the gods on the staff gave off a faint golden light, which became stronger and stronger, but it was not dazzling, spreading towards the surroundings and the sky. The magic array began to operate, and the golden light gathered in midair to form a bright beam of light that shot towards the sky, and the entire sky turned golden.
The beam of light disappeared, and the sky of Mengfeisi seemed to be so golden since ancient times. With the melodious bells, there were white rays of light like gauze, like waterfalls, like flying snow, like milk drops, like floating feathers, silent and silent. breath spilled. This is the divine spell of Isis's blessing, and hundreds of thousands of people in the square felt its miraculous comfort, including Amon.
Everyone was bowing their heads and praying devoutly, only Amon looked up at Maria. Standing in the middle of the crowd, she exudes a holy light. Amon didn't pray, he didn't think about anything, he just looked at her. The light fell on him, as if accompanied by a soft singing, just like the words that Mary answered "What is a blessing" in the temple——
"With the power of longing in the heart, the gods will not close their eyes to the people, witness the sin and goodness, let love and honesty meet, justice and peace meet each other, the abundance of the earth is accompanied by the peace of the soul, and wash away the unclean The soul, it is both a gift and a review, and this is the real blessing."
If the so-called gods are really like what Maria said, then Amon will use the most pious oath to dedicate his body and mind. They are Mary's gods, the gods she believes in! Soothed by this light, Amon felt weak among thousands of people, like a newborn baby with nothing but a brand new life and future.
This weakness is not weakness, but the germination of pure and vigorous vitality. Amon had already forgotten whether he had lost his power, and he didn't think about it at all. He just felt the inspiration of this magic spell like a new student. He was the only person in the square who didn't pray, and he was also the most focused person who experienced this ritual.
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There were assassins in the Blessing Ceremony the year before last, and there was a big battle with the two kingdoms last year. Will there be any accidents in this year's Ceremony? Many people raised their vigilance in secret. At the climax of the ceremony, Wald, the ninth-level magician on the steps of the temple who was in charge of monitoring the audience, suddenly frowned because he heard the sound of thunder.
Amon, who was in a state of ecstasy at the edge of the square, suddenly "woke up". He also heard the sound of thunder. The muffled sound of rolling thunder did not come from the sky, but came from the depths of the ground in the east. Accompanied by a slight tremor, the whole The ground of the city-state is trembling, but ordinary people have not noticed it yet.
How is this going? Before he had time to think, Amon immediately used his mana to cast space magic, trying to fix the ground under his feet as much as possible. His mana stretched out, and then he felt the confluence of several other powerful mana. It was Wald and other great magicians who also took the same measures.
The strongest force to hold the ground is of course the magic formation behind the high platform. The main function of this magic formation is to assist the saint to complete the ceremony and ensure that it will not be disturbed by any accidents. The people in the square neither heard the muffled sound of rolling thunder from the ground, nor felt the slight tremor of the ground, and were still immersed in the brilliance of Isis's blessing.
But Amon and other great magicians feel completely differently. The ground trembles slightly, but the power is so huge that it is almost irresistible. So many people cast space magic at the same time, and they can only barely hold the square as the center of the dream. The ground in the central area of Feisi city-state did not tremble accordingly. They felt the impact of the mana so violently, although they didn't move, they felt like boats being tossed around in the wind and waves, the horror in their hearts can be imagined!
The trembling of the ground didn't last long, and it stopped before the end of the blessing ceremony, and Amon finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the legend of Tianshu Continent, the earthquake was the gods' anger at the sins of the world. However, I felt the tremor of the earth during the blessing ceremony of Isis, and it is absurd to think of such a legend.
Amon gently wiped the fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, but his movements suddenly stopped. He realized something, and his mana recovered! If not, how could he have used the magic of space just now? It was recovered without him realizing it at all, and Amon didn't even think about it when he cast the magic spell.
Has he completely passed the test, and has the eighth-level achievement of one body with two sides? Amon moved his body, and suddenly realized another thing, he had not fully recovered his strength. The mana of using divine spells has indeed recovered, and it is far stronger than before, but the strength of the blood in his body is still the same as yesterday, and has not recovered or increased. His current situation is similar to that of an ordinary eighth-level great magician.
Amon closed his eyes to carefully understand his situation, and suddenly smiled again. The strength of the blood vessels in his body can be said to have recovered or not. It still needs a process of re-growth, and it will slowly become stronger like a baby growing up. It is no longer clear whether it is the power of divine art or the power of physical art. The two sides of one body finally merged into a real one, as if reborn.
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Of course, Maria on the high platform also felt the tremor of the earth, but continued to complete the ceremony calmly, calmly and calmly even more than when she was assassinated back then. After the blessing ceremony, the crowd sang a poem praising the goddess Isis, and Maria stepped down from the high platform and led the priests and city-state officials into the temple to offer sacrifices to the goddess. The ceremony was successfully completed.
However, all the great magicians present had an ominous premonition that something big must happen in the distance. That night, Mary sent envoys to the city-states overnight to ask what happened. And on the second day, all the important officials in the city-state of Memphis were summoned to the temple, and Amon did not return to the territory immediately, but stayed in Memphis city to wait for the news.
Something really happened, something earth-shattering, and three things happened at the same time!
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The ground tremor occurred in the cape city-state, and the exact source was the red cape defense line where Amon once fought against the Uruk army. The entire lower Egypt felt the tremor, but it did not cause too many casualties.
According to a soldier who was on duty on the East Gate Tower of Hongjia Town at that time, it was a sunny day, but the sky suddenly darkened. If you can't see the dark clouds when you look up, it's just a dark sky, and you can't see the stars and the moon like you can at night. All the residents of Hongjiao Town walked out of their houses, and the soldiers in the barracks also walked out of their tents.
People's hearts were shrouded in a huge unknown fear, and they gathered in the square in the center of the town to pray to the gods. While everyone was looking up at the dark sky, all kinds of light appeared in the sky, like huge colorful and rootless flames shining and circling, accompanied by the sound of impact, roar, and explosions like thunderbolts. Then the ground began to tremble, and three of the four towers in Hongjiao Town collapsed in the violent tremors, and more than half of the houses were destroyed. Fortunately, people gathered in the square because of the vision from the sky.
According to the memories of a boatman who was on the beach tens of miles north of Hongjiao Town at that time, he was repairing a damaged boat on the beach when he suddenly felt that the sky was getting dark. dark red. There was a strong light flashing in the sky, and clusters of light balls burst like sparks in the extremely high altitude, and then the earth began to tremble violently, as if the rocks underground had turned into monsters, colliding and biting each other. The sea water receded suddenly, exposing a large area of the seabed on the shore, leaving behind many stranded fish and shrimp.
The boatman ran towards the high place on the shore, stumbled and stumbled a lot along the way. He felt the ground moving, and looked back in horror, and then his whole body went limp from fright, and he sat on the hillside and couldn't move a step. The receding sea roared and formed a high wall of waves and rushed back, sweeping away the boats on the beach. The coast not far away trembled and was torn open by an incredible force, and the sea water poured in along the gap toward the depths of the land.
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It was as if a gigantic blade had been slashed on the ground, forcibly cutting a gap. The land moved to both sides along the edge of the red cape defense line laid down by Amon Zeng, and the seawater poured in from the north to form a crack-like bay, shaped like a dagger inserted into the land. The seawater engulfed the battlefield where Amon fought fiercely with the Uruk Legion, passed through the east gate of Red Cape Town and passed through nearly four-fifths of the land, leaving only a narrow passage at the southernmost end.
A long and narrow inland sea was newly formed in the territory of the cape city-state. When the sky cleared up again, the sea water under the sun was reddish like a faint blood, so this long and narrow inland sea was later called the Red Sea. The main city of the cape city-state was one hundred and sixty miles away from the source of the tremor. It was the nearest large city, and the tremor was felt most strongly. Many deep cracks appeared on the solid city walls, and many houses in the city-state suffered damage to varying degrees, with hundreds of casualties.
However, the most serious accident occurred in the temple. The sturdy temple building was not damaged, but the right wing of the statue of Horus enshrined in the center of the hall was broken. The huge stone sculpture fell from a height and broke into many pieces, causing the priests to panic.
If the shaking was too strong, the entire temple and surrounding buildings would collapse, and the statue would inevitably be damaged. However, the temple and the solid buildings around the square are intact, but only the most important Horus statue has a broken wing. This is a catastrophic sign, and the consequences may be serious.
The god statues in the main temple of the city-state are not ordinary things. The whole process from quarrying stones to cutting into stone billets, transporting them in place, and carving god statues is under strict supervision. The names of all the craftsmen involved are recorded in the book. This huge statue has a history of a hundred years, majestic and strong without even a single crack, how could it suddenly lose its wings
According to regulations, responsible craftsmen will receive the most severe punishment, but the craftsmen a hundred years ago can no longer be held accountable. The city lord, Rod Dick, organized manpower to investigate the disaster, and at the same time sent people to send an emergency report to both Memphis and King Eju, waiting anxiously in his heart.
News from various places came back quickly, making Rod Dick heaving a sigh of relief while being terrified. The same thing happened to the temples of Horus in all the city-states of the entire Eju. The body of the man, the head of the condor, and the statue of Horus with wings like a huge cloak were damaged, and the right wing was all broken off. Smash down the altar.
This can only show one thing, the destruction of the statue has nothing to do with the craftsmen who built it, and it is not only the fault of the Cape City. But the same thing happened to the statues of the gods in the temples of Horus in various city-states across the country. Only in some small private temples, the statues of the emperor's gods are still intact. What does this mean? It makes people dare not think deeply, and makes all Egyptian residents shudder!
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The earthquake formed a long and narrow inland sea in the territory of the cape city-state. Goddess Mu Yun once told Amon that this is the boundary of the divine domain of the Aiju Jiulian God System. The statues of Horus in the temples of city-states all over the country had their wings broken and damaged, even the distant and shockless capital city of Des was no exception.
According to legends since ancient times, this may not only symbolize the anger of the gods, but also the fall or injury of the gods. The pharaoh who claimed to be the human incarnation of Horus should be the most frightened and uneasy, but he must stand up to appease the people in order to maintain his theocratic status. But Lasis II didn't need to worry anymore. The third major event that happened at the same time was the sudden death of Pharaoh Eju.