The former High Priest of the Isis Temple cleared his throat and said, "My lords, the gods can give instructions to the souls of all believers. Don't you think the gods can't do that? What is the use of priests
Priests represent the people to offer sacrifices to the gods, guide the people to pray to the gods, and also convey oracles to the people on behalf of the gods, so that the people can accept the guidance of the gods. This is honor, responsibility, and the fundamental meaning of existence. If this meaning is violated, the foundation of the temple will be shaken, and the priest will lose the seemingly holy aura.
The vow of God Amon, he does not want to become the gods that he saw in the world, such as Enlil, such as Seth. If the temple is kept in the world, then keep it, which symbolizes the brilliance people are looking for. Priests are just priests in the temple. Whether the temple they control loses this symbolic meaning also depends on the choice of the priests.
Everyone who accepts the guidance of the gods with firm belief will feel the radiance of divinity in his heart, and it does not depend on whether he has the identity of a priest. The god I am talking about is my only god—Amon! "
Yi Bin's forehead was slightly sweating, and a general at the table slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Prince Priest, don't you still announce the oracle?"
Yi Bin turned to look at Rod Dick and said, "My lord, this should be decided by you."
Everyone also looked at the lord of the city. Rod Dick stood up under the eyes of so many people, and said loudly: "The evil god Seth murdered Osiris and stole the throne of Aegy back then but failed. Thousands of years later, he took advantage of When the Uruk Legion came under pressure, they forced Horus back and defrauded the residents of Egypt to offer sacrifices, and now they have been beheaded by the god Amon. At that time, the great general of the empire, Amon, walked in the world to achieve the deeds of the gods, and he is already the main god of the Nine Alliances. From today on, my glory and title belong to Amon, and Allah is the name of Amon."
After reading this passage, he looked around the crowd and said, "This is the content of Allah's oracle. I don't want to explain anything. After hearing it, I think you will understand why Pharaoh didn't let it be made public." Dan Zuo bowed and said, "May I ask God Amon's second question?"
During the banquet, everyone didn't speak for a long time, they were all reminiscing about the meaning of the oracle, and even those generals who had almost drunk seemed sober. I only heard Medanzuo say unhurriedly: "Master Rod Dick, the lord of the cape city and the commander of the An-La Legion, you are the proud son of the cape city-state, and you inherited the title of city lord from your father at a young age. You are praised and respected by all peoples. In the eyes of the world, your life like this is simply the perfect dream you want to pursue.
God Amon just wants to ask you—would you sigh with regret in the middle of the night? Will there be emotion and regret when facing the heart, and feel that this life is not in vain if you cherish the past and present with great ambitions and do passionate things? But you also think that you can only sigh secretly, and you will sigh until the end of your life, is that true? "
Rod Dick was stunned. His background, status, and achievements can be regarded as the perfect dream in many people's minds. What regrets are there in such a life? But the words that Amon asked Medanzuo to ask in public, just hit the secret key in Rod Dick's heart.
This proud son of the cape city-state may have the same regrets about life as ordinary people, and he will sigh in the long night, yearning to show his lofty ambitions and become a legendary hero through the ages. The difference is that the vast majority of people in this world are just thinking about it in their dreams and have no conditions to realize it; but Rod-Dick is not unable to do it.
But Rod Dick has various concerns, and these concerns are not unreasonable. He is a very competent city lord, and people think so, but in his own mind, is everything really so
The banquet was no longer noisy, and everyone was silent, thinking about their own concerns. Rod Dick suddenly turned around and said to the attendant, "Get my sword!"
Everyone was wondering what the city lord was going to do with the sword at the banquet, and they all stared wide-eyed, waiting to see which play he wanted to sing? The attendants brought Rod Dick's sword with a golden engraving on the scabbard and a blue water heart inlaid on the hilt. Rod Dick swung his sword forward, and the sword plunged into the table in front of him with a silver light until it reached the hilt.
Even the generals of the An-La Legion had to praise: "Good swordsmanship, great strength!" The silver light on the sword flashed, and the astonishing power contained in it had exceeded the limit that ordinary people could achieve. Lord Rod Dick, it's hard to see that his cultivation is only one step away from a great warrior.
Rod Dick stuck his sword on the table, exuding an unprecedented arrogance invisible from all over his body, looked around the crowd and said: "Send my order, ring the temple bell tomorrow, and I will read the oracle in public in the square! "
Yi Bin hurriedly said: "My lord, you don't have to take on this responsibility. I am the chief priest, and I will announce this oracle to the people tomorrow as the chief priest of the cape city."
Rod Dick, who was still full of pride just now, suddenly smiled wryly again: "I am the lord of the city and the commander of the legion. Everyone knows my position in the cape city-state. Now that I have decided to do this, why bother to cover it up like this? Thank you, Amon Ask, this is exactly what I want, and it is what I will do today!"
George stood up with the glass and said loudly: "We toast the Lord City Lord!" All the generals also stood up to toast, and even if the other officials had doubts, they could only hold up the wine glasses at this time.
Just now, many officials asked about the content of Yi Bin's oracle, but they just wanted to find out what was going on in private. They didn't necessarily force Rod Dick to disobey the pharaoh's order, but Rod Dick himself made this The decision was beyond the expectations of many people. This is really not like the usual city lord, especially when he drew his sword and slashed, people couldn't help but feel shocked and amazed.
Medanzuo quietly said to George in his soul: "God Amon is really amazing, how did he know that sending the two of us here can make Rod Dick, who has always been impeccable, make such an astonishing decision? "
George smiled slightly, and quietly replied: "I have also been in the officialdom for many years, and I know the thoughts of people like Rod Dick. If he has no desires, no strong will, such a noble background has not achieved high-level Achievement, how could he insist on practicing arduous martial arts for many years? There must be a longing in his heart that he would not give up, which is both his wish and his regret.
It's a pity that his background is too good, his situation is too superior, and he is too smart and capable. When facing various things, there are always too many choices to avoid conflicts, and there is always too much room for maneuver to be both ways. He will make various preparations for what he really wants to do, but he may not be able to do it, because he has many ways to avoid trouble, and he will form a habit over time. But in his own mind, there was another Rod Dick, the Rod Dick he really wanted to be! "
Medanzuo said with emotion: "Isn't this the case for the vast majority of people in this world? People often have another self in their minds—the person they dream of becoming. This dream is often unrealistic, but the reality of encounters eventually makes them Man's vows fade away.
And Rod Dick is lucky, at least he has such an opportunity. You said that he will make all kinds of preparations for what he wants to do, so is the decision he made just now with a generous draw of his sword actually one of the preparations he has made long ago? "
George nodded secretly and said, "Yes, perhaps this kind of scene has been imagined many times in his quiet night reveries, and today he finally did it."
At this moment, the voice of the great magician Yi Bin overwhelmed all the noise at the banquet: "My lord, if you do this, Pharaoh will definitely punish you. How will you face it?"
Rod Dick gently pulled out the saber from the hard wooden table, put the sword back in its sheath and handed it to the attendant, and replied with a sneer, "Punish me? How should I be punished? Have the Pharaoh's orders been made public? Your Majesty dares to face Did the people announce that he had issued such an order? Just like when General Amon killed Prince Snake and left Eju, the pharaoh could only send two adults, George and Gabriel, to pursue him secretly, but he did not give The general is openly convicted!"
Yi Bin reminded again: "Having said that, there are other ways for the Pharaoh to punish you, and the city lord must be prepared."
Rod Dick laughed again: "I've already made the so-called preparations. I've had private letters with the chief executives of the various city-states. Everyone is dissatisfied with the two orders of Pharaoh, and they dare not just do it like this." The destruction of the oracle is all on the sidelines, just waiting for someone to lead the disobedience. Especially Tu Yang of Meng Feisi and the Huanzhang Legion of Isis have the same idea as me. They wrote a letter the day before yesterday to persuade them that if they disobeyed Promulgate the oracle, and hope to get support and response from my side."
Medanzo glanced at George, showing admiration. The former high priest of the Temple of Isis guessed right. Rod Dick had really been making such preparations, just like many other plans he had planned in his life. It's the same thing, but now I finally made up my mind to make a move.
The chief priest Yi Bin nodded: "It turns out that the city lord has already planned, but I was too worried. But I also want to remind you that if His Majesty the Pharaoh wants to punish you, he will find an excuse to order you according to the official practice. You go to the capital. As long as you leave the cape city-state and go to the palace, he has his own means to get rid of you. And if Pharaoh invites you to see him, you have to go."
At this moment, George spoke again: "God Amon sent me and Medan Zuo, and another mission is to protect Lord Dick's safety."
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At noon the next day, when the sun rose to its highest point, Rod Dick ordered people to ring the bell of the temple, which was a signal to call the people to the square to listen to the oracle. The lord of the city, wearing a sword and wearing a military uniform, stood on the steps of the temple, surrounded by priests and personal guards, and read the oracle of Allah aloud.
The people in the square were stunned for a long time, but they didn't realize it for a long time. Everyone was pondering over the meaning of the oracle. Suddenly, someone shouted: "Great God Amon!" Immediately afterwards, the voice of the call rang out.
Rod Dick walked into the temple amidst the people of the city-state calling and worshiping God Amon. He whispered to George: "The statue of Seth has collapsed, so there is no need to build it again. But according to the oracle —'An-Ra is the name of Amon', do we need to replace the main statue in the temple with the statue of Amon?"
George's smile was a bit unfathomable, and he pointed to the statue of An-Ra in the center of the hall and asked, "Of course it's not necessary, my lord, you have been offering sacrifices to this statue for so many years, and you haven't noticed the god's behavior." Does it look like?"
Rod Dick looked up at the majestic statue. It was so tall that it was not easy for ordinary people to see the face of the god when standing in the temple. If it was outside the gate of the temple, they could only see a majestic outline. . What's more, when people offer sacrifices to the gods, they are worshiping and saluting, and it is impossible to look at the statue like a son-in-law. It was the first time for Rod Dick to watch the facial features of the statue of An-Ra so intently, and he couldn't help but open his mouth to show surprise.
What the craftsmen carved was a handsome and mighty man, with an imperceptibly resolute aura in the outline of his facial features, the more he looked the more he looked like Amon! Rod Dick asked secretly in his heart—why didn't I find out before
How can craftsmen in the world know what the gods look like? This is an interesting question. As far as the gods Amon saw, their faces were all similar to the statues in the temple, which showed that the craftsmen did not carve them at will. This situation is also understandable. Some gods have appeared in the world, and people can build them based on oral descriptions and referring to historical relics.
On the other hand, the gods also have envoys in the human world. His first temple is often built by the people under the guidance of these envoys. .
It may be difficult for people who lack spirituality to understand a feeling. When craftsmen who believe in gods carve statues of gods, they are not just completing a work or work, but pouring their souls. The image of gods contains It is their belief in the gods and their understanding of divinity. This is the most essential difference between the real artworks that have been handed down since ancient times and the pure handicrafts in the world.
When craftsmen shape the statues of gods, they are also guided intentionally or unintentionally in their souls. This guidance may come from the gods themselves or the angels left by the gods in the world, or it may be the craftsmen's own understanding or imagination of the gods in their souls.
An-Ra is the oldest deity in the nine-unit pantheon, and was almost a forgotten god before the monotheistic reforms of Pharaoh Eraht. And long before Osiris established the Ecu Empire, An-Ra never left the Kingdom of God and came to the world. The envoys he guided back then have either become gods or are no longer there.
That is to say, in today's Eju, no one knows what An-La looks like, and the craftsmen can only shape the statue based on imagination, but they cannot shape him into the appearance of other gods. But how could this statue bear the shadow of Amon? Maybe it's just an illusion or a coincidence, or there may be a mystery that the world can't understand.
It's normal that Rod Dick didn't notice it before, because he didn't think about it at all, just like Amon saw Yin Nanna for the first time when he left the mountains, and he didn't even think that the girl was Goddess Mu Yun, even though he was young I am used to seeing the statue of Mu Yun in Duke Town.
George also looked at the statue of An-La and muttered to himself: "Who created the gods, and why are gods gods?"
Mei Danzuo looked at Rod Dick and whispered: "Congratulations, Lord City Master, you finally broke through the high-level achievement!"
Why did Medanzo say this? At this moment, Rod Dick, who looked up at the gods, stood there, as if the power in his blood had been integrated into his soul. This was the aura that only a great warrior could possess.
It was thirty years ago that Rod Dick became a sixth-level warrior, and he has been unable to break through to high-level achievements for so many years. There are too many people in the world who have been blocked from this threshold for life. He is not a magician, at the age of fifty-six, although his body is still strong, the hope of becoming a great warrior is very slim. But he just did it! This can be regarded as a miracle, it just happened overnight.
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According to the traditions of the city-states in Eju, when a warrior is promoted to a seventh-level warrior, the city lord must call all the officials to hold a ceremony to express his congratulations. When Amon was in Memphis City, he also received this kind of congratulations. Although Rod Dick promulgated the oracle in violation of the Pharaoh's secret order, he still did things according to the rules. He himself was the lord of the city, so he entrusted the chief priest Yi Bin to call all the officials to hold a ceremony to celebrate his promotion as a great warrior.
At the same time, Rod Dick sent an urgent messenger to inform the chiefs of the city-states that he had promulgated the oracle. In fact, there was no need for him to notify, the news spread immediately, and various people sent letters to various places for various purposes, and Pharaoh Erlakht also learned about it a few days later.
Erlacht was furious, and immediately wanted to punish Roddick, but he calmed down under the persuasion of his confidants. He could not just punish Roddick like this, and had to consider the consequences of the incident. So Pharaoh sent envoys to the cape city-state, ordering Rod Dick to report to the king's capital and meet the king. Get this person under control first, this is also Li Wei, let everyone see what happened to Rod Dick.
Although the cape city-state has already announced the oracle, if the other city-states can implement the pharaoh's secret order, then the pharaoh can definitely issue an announcement-it was Rod Dick who forged the oracle and issued it without authorization. This is a capital offense! Such an outcome is in Erlacht's best interest.
But the pharaoh's wishful thinking fell through. As soon as the envoys sent to the cape city-state set off, urgent reports from all over the world came in one after another. Among the twenty-eight city-states in the entire Eju, fourteen city-states promulgated the oracle of Allah one after another. The first to respond to Rod Dick was Memphis, the most important city-state in Ecu besides the capital, and the person in charge was Huanzhang, the commander of the Isis Legion.