Pivot of the Sky

Chapter 225: Manipulating public opinion and coercing the gods

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Artemis who guarded Amon in the lonely time and space, Seth who waited for Amon in the world, even Amon himself did not expect that he would be "born" in such a way, and descended involuntarily on the Duke Plain .

Artemis watched Amon leave in front of his eyes in astonishment. His figure turned into a ball of golden light in the eternity of immortality. The luster of the tears of the gods. There is also a silver cold light in the golden light, which is the blade of order that changes with Amon's body and mind. The light disappeared with scattered tail feathers, breaking through time and space and going to the human world.

The next moment, Amon appeared in the clouds, and what he saw was an extremely familiar but slightly unfamiliar scene. There are two fortresses separated by three miles on the left and right sides. They are the two strategic strongholds built by Aesop fifty miles north of Salem City, in order to prevent and resist the invasion of Enlil City.

These two strong fortresses are now covered with smoky traces, and there are many damages and incompletes on the top of the city walls. It is conceivable what kind of tragic offensive and defensive battles they have experienced. On the open ground between the castles, the Salem Army of Salem City and the Giant Army of Enlil City are forming an army formation to confront each other.

Among the soldiers of the Salem Army, many of them had broken armor, exhausted after repeated hard battles, and many of them still had injuries. After bandaging and treatment, they still gritted their teeth and stood firm in the battle formation. Looking at the giant army on the opposite side, it is obvious that there are traces of repeated hard battles, but the morale of those burly and tall giant warriors is high, the armor is bright, and the army formation is neat and majestic.

Amon was also a battle-tested general. Although he was stunned for a moment, he knew that if the two armies charged at this time, the Salem Legion would be defeated in all likelihood. This kind of large army is fighting head-on, and if the front line is broken, it means defeat. He unexpectedly appeared at such a critical time and place.

Amon saw the people on the ground, and the soldiers of the two armies also raised their heads and saw the god Amon on the cloud. That majestic figure appeared from the void inexplicably with a golden light and a little silver light. The soldiers of Salem Legion were praying silently just now, and now they cheered earth-shatteringly in unison.

Amon's reaction was almost instantaneous. After he appeared, he turned into a figure of a hundred feet and waved his hand towards the ground. The golden light sprinkled on the soldiers of the Salem Legion. This is the most powerful blessing spell Isis he has mastered. Perhaps it should be called "Guardian of God Amon" at this moment.

Relying on this kind of magic, Amon passed the test of "the test of fate and the judgment of the doomsday" and finally became a god. The tear of the gods sacrificed at that time was destroyed by the black lightning, but it was miraculously refined into a golden one. The droplet has integrated into the brand-new body of Amon. It can be said that Amon's body and spirit contain the magic of the tears of the gods.

Amon became a god, regained his powerful mana and appeared in the world. He used this kind of magic with all his strength. It could heal the pain of soldiers and soldiers, and more importantly, it inspired and inspired their courage and belief in victory.

In the thunderous cheers of the Salem Legion, Amon himself was extremely shocked. When he disappeared in front of Artemis, he suddenly heard the prayers and calls of countless people, like an invisible force Finally, some kind of barrier was broken through and he was forcibly led here. Amidst these prayers and calls, Amon instantly understood what had happened.

Amon didn't expect that such a long time had passed in the human world, and his feeling of being in that lonely time and space was only two days at most. When he appeared above the battlefield and understood the whole story, his first thought turned out to be Horus. He once asked Horus if he appeared on the battlefield because of Inanna's appearance? But Horus was hesitant to speak at that time, and only said: "It's not entirely because...you don't understand the things of the gods yet."

Now Amon finally understands what's going on. Horus was forcibly summoned by the Egyptians back then, and Amon is in the same situation at this moment.

When the Battle of the Red Cape Defense Line was in full swing that year, it happened to coincide with one of the three most important sacrificial festivals held by the Ecu Empire every year. At that time, the people of the entire empire were paying attention to this war. The pharaoh personally presided over the ceremony in the cape city-state to sacrifice to Horus. Almost all the people prayed and summoned Horus to perform miracles in their hearts and help the Ecu army fight Retreat the mighty Uruk legions.

Pharaoh Lasis II also ordered to the whole territory that all the city-states of the empire should perform the same prayer and call in the sacrifice ceremony. The great magician who is proficient in astronomy in the Academy of Divine Art even made calculations based on the law of the movement of the sun and shadow, requiring each city-state to offer sacrifices to God Horus at the same time according to different sun angles. An-Ra was once known as the oldest sun god, and Horus was also known as the sun god. This was the most solemn ceremony held in the Ecu Empire.

Horus is the main god of the Nine-United Gods, and the Nine-United Gods is also the domain of his divine power source, so Horus has a stronger source of power than other gods, and the energy to repair the soul is a great thing for the gods. benefits and assistance. Amon now also has his own domain of the source of divine power, which also played a big role in his fight against "the torture of fate and the judgment of doomsday". Otherwise, Amon is not sure that he will pass that test.

But everything has a cause and an effect, and the gods will be "coerced" by mortals under certain circumstances. The prayers of believers usually contain their own desires, and there is no common law in the chaos. The impact on the gods is minimal. Ruth could ignore it if he didn't want to. But the situation was different that day. The people of the whole country had the same belief and formed a powerful calling force. He was able to "wrap" Horus who was far away in the Kingdom of God, and involuntarily appear in the sky above the Red Cape battlefield.

Today, Amon also encountered a similar situation. All the people who stayed behind in Salem City participated in the largest sacrifice ceremony in history today, praying to the God Amon, summoning him to perform miracles, strike Repel powerful enemies. Everyone's beliefs are the same and they are extremely sincere, and the soldiers on the front line are also praying the same prayer when they face the powerful giant army.

Amon doesn't have any other temples, and all his followers are sending out the same belief at the same time at this moment. Amon could have completely ignored it in the eternal void, but after this power reached a certain level, the god Amon on the altar was "kidnapped" involuntarily!

Why would there be such an organized action in the city of Salem? On the one hand, it was because the situation was indeed precarious, and on the other hand, it was also because of the guidance of the "expert" that it was Goddess Mu Yun who sent down the oracle. Goddess Mu Yun had no choice but to do so, because she knew that Seth and Enlil were guarding at the mouth of the Roni River, and Amon would face the danger of perishing once he returned to the world. If Amon has not come back to his senses in the eternity of immortality, the world does not know how long it will take to see him. Goddess Mu Yun is anxious and worried, so she used this method to try.

Gathering the public opinion of believers to "wrap" a god is very difficult to succeed, and it even has no effect at all for some gods. For example, Horus was inadvertently forced out during the national sacrifice ceremony held in Eju, but he could not "kidnap" An-Ra anyway. There are two prerequisites for doing so: the first is that the god must have his own domain of the source of divine power, and absorb the power to repair the soul in the prayers of the people. The second is that enough believers must summon the god at the same time with the same pure and sincere belief. When the prayers and summons of countless people form a strong enough combined force, the gods can be inspired to appear.

In theory, this is true, but this possibility is very small. It is almost impossible for so many people in the vast God's Domain to issue the same call with the most pious belief at the same time! Because people's hearts cannot be forced, emperors can order the people to pray to the same god at the same time, but they cannot force most people to have sincere beliefs. Maybe some people are thinking about their side when they pretend to pray to the gods. A certain beautiful woman, this is the normal state of all living beings.

Moreover, there is another situation in the world, such as Enlil, who is the main god believed by the two kingdoms of Hatti and Assyria at the same time. There may be the same desire beckoning at the same time.

As for Amon's situation, it is very special, and Goddess Mu Yun has not had the opportunity to use this method until today. Amon only has two temples in Salem City, one is the well-known Amon Temple, and the other is a temple built by the people of Duke Town for Aluohe, and almost all of his followers are here.

Whether they are the original residents of the city-state or the later migrants, their purpose of coming here is to build the homeland of their dreams. When the city of Salem was in crisis, the goddess Mu Yun gave a hint with the oracle at the right time. and guidance, so all of us are united and sincere! At the same time, the tribesmen in Duke Town were also praying to Arhat, and the power of inspiration also flowed into it.

The current population of Salem City has reached more than 20,000, and the vast majority of people believe in the God Amon. If their numbers were less, if their beliefs were more mixed, or the situation in Salem City was not so critical, or the goddess Mu Yun did not issue such an oracle, or Amon's soul power was stronger, such There is a chance that the summoning will not be successful. But this time it just worked!

Mu Yun's original intention was to save Amon, but in fact it might have saved Seth. Neither she nor Seth knew that Amon had regained his strength with the help of Artemis. If Amon returned to the human world in a normal way, he would meet Seth just in time, and the enemy would be extremely jealous when they met. Amon would never let him go.

No matter how much Seth's power has recovered, no matter whether Amon is his opponent or not, a life-and-death battle will definitely break out between the two gods. And if Amon was in danger of falling, it would be difficult for Artemis to ignore it. The location happened to be on the border of the Nine-United God's Domain. Artemis either helped Amon escape, or led the battlefield outside the Nine-United God's Domain to directly help Amon deal with Seth. No matter what the situation is, Seth will pay a heavy price, and may even be regarded as dead.

As a goddess, Mu Yun couldn't predict everything she didn't know, but she used her own way to solve the problem and succeeded. But there was another god, Enlil, who was present at the time. As one of the two main gods of Anuna's enlightenment system, and the leader of the winning side in the battle of the gods, Enlil was more scheming than Goddess Mu Yun.

At that time, Goddess Mu Yun was the first to leave, and Enlil felt very surprised. Then he thought that Mu Yun might use such a method, so he left only a shadow in the cloud, and then returned to his God Realm. In Enlil's view, if Mu Yun didn't intervene, Seth, who had recovered seven or eight percent of his strength, would be enough to deal with Amon who had returned to the human world after being seriously injured.

He left a shadow to pay attention to the situation there, and used this shadow to block Amon when he tried to escape. Enlil's focus was to prevent Goddess Mu Yun from playing other tricks, and secretly made targeted arrangements, which Goddess Mu Yun did not know.

With the lessons learned from Horus, Enlil also thought of what kind of means Goddess Mu Yun would use. As the battle on the Duk Plain reached a critical point, Enlil actually accurately predicted "Amon The Birth of God". Just after Goddess Mu Yun issued an oracle in the city of Salem, Enlil also issued a targeted oracle in the city of Enlil. Only a very few people knew about this oracle.

Enlil predicted that the god Amon would appear on the battlefield where the two armies confront each other, and the giant legion had prepared the deployment in advance. Even the goddess Mu Yun didn't know about this, and Amon, who appeared suddenly involuntarily, certainly didn't know. . But Enlil, who successfully made the prophecy, did not understand another thing. The God Amon was summoned by the people of Salem City, not because he was severely injured in the test, but had fully recovered his strength.

Amon appeared on the battlefield, heard the prayers and calls of thousands of people in his soul, and then learned about the wars that had occurred around the city of Salem in the past two years. He transformed into a majestic figure like a mountain, and cast the patron saint of Isis to sprinkle golden light all over the sky. The morale of the Salem Legion was greatly boosted, and they immediately entered a state of almost fanatical excitement. Everyone forgot their pain and exhaustion, and their hearts were filled with the belief that they must win.

The giant army on the opposite side was in an uproar, thousands of soldiers made a buzzing sound at the same time, it was heavy panting in the nostrils, full of shock and fear. However, at this moment, something that no one could have imagined happened!

I saw the army formation in the center of the front of the giant army suddenly dispersed, and even the chariot of the army leader Philistine flashed aside. A magician wearing a white robe and holding a magic staff appeared. Behind him was a stone platform made of hard boulders, about ten feet square and the height of half a person. Standing on the stone platform was a woman in strong attire. She opened her bow and shot an arrow at God Amon in the air.

What this petite woman drew was an unimaginably huge longbow, and what she shot was a huge black arrow that was covered with the pattern of the magic circle and resembled a spear. At the same time as the woman drew the bowstring, the magician in front of the stone platform swung his staff forward, and the powerful energy magic instantly condensed on the huge arrow that was shot.

That sorcerer was a ninth-level great sorcerer, and he was Faust, the sage of the Kingdom of Assyria. He used the most powerful mana to do two things. One was to stimulate all the arrows on the arrow The engraved magic array was infused with the most powerful energy impact, and the second was Amon who launched the detection magic to lock the sky firmly.

The archer on the stone platform turned out to be Queen Semir of Assyria. Amon recognized her as soon as she appeared. This person was the assassin who had assassinated Mary at the blessing ceremony of Isis. That arrow was unparalleled in power back then, and Amon later only saw Gilgamesh's divine arrow comparable to it, including the bow and arrow skills that Amon himself practiced to imitate and learn from her archery skills.

At this moment, the arrow is far more amazing than back then. She doesn't have to hide in advance like she did back then, and she doesn't have to think about escaping afterwards. She just needs to shoot the arrow with all her strength, and Faust, who is assisting her, can also use his mana to cooperate calmly. , and Semir's strength at this time is also stronger than a few years ago.

Amon was also shocked. Seeing this arrow shot, he realized that this woman was already a rare ninth-level warrior on the mainland, and she also knew magic arts. The power of this arrow is no less than the sword that Enkidu slashed at Horus back then!

What happened in Salem City that allowed Goddess Mu Yun to guide the people to summon God Amon successfully? Not long ago, John, a disciple of Amon, was killed in battle. John's lover was also another disciple of Amon, Themiphis, the "Flower of Memphis" from Eju, who also died on the battlefield in order to save John. martyrdom.

John was the general who ruled and commanded the army of Salem, and the former commander of the Salem army. He also practiced the army formation of Salem for several years. It is conceivable what kind of predicament the city of Salem encountered and what kind of fierce battle it experienced. How could the situation in the Duke Plain develop into what it is today? We have to start from the beginning.

It has been three years and three months since Amon rushed out of the Garden of Eden and disappeared without a word until he became a god and returned to the human world and appeared in the sky above the battlefield.

Not long after Amon left, the Kingdom of Hatti sent the Anu Legion to enter the Duk Plain from the trade road in the Black Fire Swamp.

The head of the Anu Legion is Art Luskin, the great general of the empire, and the appointment of the chief priest is somewhat unexpected. It turned out to be the distinguished great magician Princess Celia, and the former commander was promoted to an eighth-level great warrior Aluka soon. This legion is the absolute elite of the Kingdom of Hatti. Of course, Celia is not the only great magician in its priest team. Raphael was also ordered to join the Anu Legion and become the deputy chief priest assisting Princess Celia.

Of course, many occasions are not suitable for the princess to personally charge into the battle. Raphael, who is young but has been on the battlefield for a long time, is actually a general who directly commands the priest in the battle. Judging from the appointment of the main generals of this army by King Asher of Hatti, it is obvious that he expressed his attitude of frank cooperation with Salem. Several of them have a good relationship with Amon and Salem.