Chapter 373 Sacrifice and Poetry

Strong winds are followed by heavy rains, and the continuous natural disasters show no signs of ending.

Mortals in the world of Hermione have never had such an experience. The heaven and earth seemed to be venting their anger and punishing the ant-like creatures.

On the thick clouds, the stars twinkled slightly, as if echoing the heavy rain in the world. Their trajectories began to deviate little by little; in the desert far away from the Nile River, poisonous insects, rats, and ants gathered into a tide, but as if they were waiting for something, they did not move their positions.

At the same time, Pharaoh's order was also conveyed from the city of Memphis, and quickly came to the Hebrew settlement outside the city.

The heavy rain continued and the roads became muddy. However, along with the messenger came a hundred thousand elite guards. Even in the heavy rain, they still obeyed the orders of the God on Earth and were willing to sacrifice their lives for him.

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"Ridiculous, this is simply murder!"

Snapped--

The speaker's anger was clearly visible as he banged the table loudly.

"It is simply impossible for us to build a city in such heavy rain! The rain will wash away the foundation and prevent the materials from drying. Such a project is simply a dream!"

A tall middle-aged man said loudly in the temporary meeting hall, and many people around him nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, that's true."

"We were exhausted before braving the wind and sand to build the temple. But the wind and sand only made the construction more difficult and caused a lack of water, but the heavy rain - I have never heard of any construction being done in It was built in heavy rain, let alone a city!”

"Yes, in such weather, if you have to worry about falling into a pit even when walking, how can you go to build a city?"

"..."

Dong dong dong——

"Quiet, I know you are angry, but everyone, we have no choice."

Frowning slightly, Aaron knocked on the table amidst everyone's discussion.

"Pharaoh's army is outside, and there is no way we can stop them."

"Of course, they can't kill everyone, but most of us will die here. You are all famous and capable people among the Hebrews, and you should know how dangerous the situation is. Do any of you want to go? Want to bet on your luck?"

The voice was serious, and Aaron knew that Moses was not good at dealing with this.

This blood relative of mine always has some unrealistic and beautiful illusions about many things, and therefore is often unable to make some decisions.

However, Aaron didn't change his mind about this situation. He just chose to stand up and help him deal with these problems.

After all, this kind of fantasy may be one of the reasons why Moses came here. Without these, he might not have risked his life to save his own people whom he had not seen for decades. For this reason, he went to meet him several times. Pharaoh gave up everything early and became one of God’s chosen people.

Compared to him, Aaron is more pragmatic.

"You are right, Pharaoh's army is indeed powerful, but Sir Aaron, I think there may be some fallacies in what you said. Perhaps you should use the word 'you' instead of 'we' to describe it."

With a sarcastic tone in his voice, a young man said: "As far as I know, Lord Moses who came from afar has some extraordinary abilities. He can even sneak into the Pharaoh's palace and be wanted without dying."

"We may die under the blade of Pharaoh's army, but you probably won't. Although... before you arrived, I never knew that I would have to face a life-and-death crisis."

"But this is a revelation from God!"

Speaking in a deep voice, Moses said loudly: "This is the omen God gave me in the flames. The gods of Egypt will send down divine punishment on us——"

"——Yes, Lord Moses, you said so a long time ago."

With a sneer, the young man continued: "But thinking about it from another direction, maybe it is because of your arrival that we will suffer divine punishment."

"Just like the previous disaster, drinking the water sent by Pharaoh, didn't I still live to this day?"

There was no politeness in his words. Although the young man's words were sharp, they did arouse the approval of many people.

The future may be beautiful, but if possible, no one wants to be a slave for the rest of his life, which is why they easily believed in Moses at first.

But a bright future cannot be eaten for a living. Even though many people still support Moses, pressure is gradually gathering invisibly.

Seeing this scene, Aaron couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He had said before that those who attributed disasters and suffering to God should be killed, or at worst expelled. Even the solution is simple, just poison the water sent by the Pharaoh to put people who drink it in danger.

At that time, the believers of God can be cured by drinking the spring water sent by the lady, while the pagans can only wait for death. This could further arouse the Hebrew people's gratitude to God and their common hatred towards Pharaoh. Invisibly, they used the hands of their enemies to cleanse them.

But Moses refused. He believed that those unbelievers could still be civilized, but they could not be cleansed so simply.

But to be honest, Aaron is not denying the usefulness of education, but it requires sufficient time. Where do they get so much free time now. What's more, God is far away in heaven, so how can he understand people's hearts all the time... Putting away the messy thoughts, taking a step forward, Aaron looked at the young man and asked calmly:

"So what are you going to do? Tell Pharaoh that the Hebrews are not capable of these things, and that you are willing to surrender to the Egyptian gods - and then you think he will let you go, sparing you and your followers the labor of building a city. ?"

"If you think so, then you can go ahead and carry it out. I will never stop you."

"...Ha, that's easy to say, but you have already caused trouble. How can you avoid it by hiding?"

"It's just that since you created the problem, you must be able to solve it!"

Raising his hand, the young man pointed to the clouds in the sky outside: "The city is built by all of us, but you must be responsible for solving this heavy rain. Isn't the so-called power of God reflected in this?"

"you--"

"You are right, I will solve this matter."

After interrupting Aaron, Moses spoke calmly.

Moses walked down from the wooden platform and walked through the crowd, all the way out of the house, standing in the heavy rain.

The wind and rain wet his clothes, and water flowed across his body like a pool of water. Although many people did not understand him, Moses was not angry about it, he just felt sad for them.

"It's normal that you can't understand the existence of God, because you don't accept divine revelation like me. But I still hope you can understand, because this is the only possibility for you to survive..."

Tear--

He cut his palm with a sharp instrument, and blood fell on the cane along with the rain.

This divine vessel would be strengthened by the calamity that befell the Hebrews, but it was not strong enough now to contain the disaster.

Aaron had suggested that he clean up those unbelievers, but he actually wanted to help him enhance the power of this sacred object. But for Moses, if he had a choice, he would rather bear this disaster himself.

God said that he was more important than the entire Hebrew people, so the harm he suffered should be equal to the harm suffered by the entire Hebrew people.

Buzz——

There was a sound, and when blood fell on the cane, a force was indeed stirred.

Visible to the naked eye, intertwined patterns of gold and silver circle around the body of the snake staff.

As if it had absorbed something, the holy object suddenly shone brightly, and Moses also felt an omnipotent power being held in his palm.

"Omnipotence...it's just an illusion."

"But it should be more than enough to block the heavy rain."

Looking up to the sky, his pale hands raised the scepter, and Moses thrust the scepter into the ground.

The next moment, nine of the ten springs that previously contained life force dried up in an instant, and the scepter immediately took root like a plant.

In an instant, the plant transformed by the scepter rose up from the ground and transformed into a giant tree with an umbrella covering dozens of miles. The heavy rain was instantly blocked above the giant tree, and underneath it, everything returned to normal climate.

"Ahem—that's enough."

After coughing twice, Moses, who was in his eighties and had always been healthy, felt uncomfortable at this moment.

Moreover, the cane turned into a giant tree, so he had no other means for the time being.

"Aaron, arrange for everyone to build the city. I hope Pharaoh will keep his promise."

"...as you command."

Looking up at the huge tree that was born in that instant, Aaron was in a daze for a moment.

Although he had seen Moses' methods before, this was the first time he had seen such a shocking one.

But the effect was really good... Looking around from the corner of his eye, Aaron clearly saw the changes in the demeanor of the people around him.

Sure enough, the vast majority of people are afraid of strength but not virtue.

"Let's get started. You should have no objections now."

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Aaron said to the young man before him.

If there are remaining springs to restore strength, and if there are giant trees to cover the sky and build a city, it may not be impossible.

But will Pharaoh keep his promise...Aaron actually doesn't have hope.

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Meanwhile, on the hillside outside Memphis.

It was here that Moses met Isis, and he came here again later to thank this righteous man for his help.

But unfortunately, he never saw her again.

But in fact, Isis never left here. Moses couldn't find her, but she just didn't want to see him.

"I really didn't expect that the cane could have such power?"

"The fall of Shu did make the power that descended upon it stronger, but it shouldn't be able to do such a miracle all at once. The damage suffered by the Hebrews actually allowed it to gain strength..."

A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and Isis felt that there might indeed be some secrets in the blood of these people. But Moses has secrets from his bloodline to his soul.

However, the birth of the Hebrews happened after she passed on the "ka" that carried her authority. Without authority, she naturally had no way to detect the deeper mysteries.

I don’t know what the bloodline of that woman from a foreign land is, the divine descendant she is carrying, and what kind of status it has in the foreign land? But no matter what, it looks like a blood sacrifice ceremony.

Using their bones and blood to enhance the power of this god-given rod, perhaps this was the great man's original plan.

He didn't count himself in it, but that didn't affect his success. Because the more Hebrews died, the stronger Moses had the power, and the less likely he was to die... He might even have some special secrets within himself.

So He agreed to Moses's wish to save his people, because He knew that most of those people were sacrifices to achieve his own success.

"Forget it, this is not something I should consider."

"He is the enemy I should deal with now, Thoth..."

Isis shook her head gently and disappeared.

After a while, she came to the top of Heliopolis.

As soon as she arrived here, she noticed that strands of divine power were descending from the sky, and along with it, the familiar magic was pouring in from all directions.

Thoth, who replaced herself as the nine-pillar god, the wisdom of the god Ra, was descending here.

Now Isis could even stop him, but it was meaningless.

In a chess game, you can eat the opponent after he makes a move, but you can't interrupt him before he makes a move. If you do this, the opponent can just take out a new chess piece.

So Isis just waited on the top of the city, waiting for Thoth to come.

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Bang…

Hua——

Time passed slowly, and at a certain moment, the sun was in the middle of the sky, and a hole appeared in the dense dark clouds.

The sunlight shone into the holy city, like a beam of light falling from the sky.

"...When Ra came down from heaven to earth and breathed life into people's nostrils, people stood up..."

"...When Ra came down to earth again and gave people reason, people built cities and cultivated fields..."

"...Praise you, your beauty is incomparable, your light illuminates the earth..."

"...You rose from the east, your light illuminates the whole world..."

"...Great God, your power is endless, your wisdom is unmatched. You created everything, you rule the world..."

"...Praise you, you are our creator, you are our protector. We pray to you, may you bless us with peace..."

"...Praise you, your name will be remembered forever, your glory will last forever. We will always praise you, we will always love you..." [Note 1]

Poems praising Ra on earth rose and fell, and at the front of the crowd, a man in gorgeous priest robes was singing and dancing to please God.

The whole ceremony was as if God had not descended Thoth, but Ra.

"This is history... In the eyes of mortals, Shu is the breath exhaled by Ra, and Thoth is his wisdom. In fact, only Amon Ra Atum is the source of all things in this world, and the rest of the gods are his creations."

If time is long enough and there are no foreign invaders, perhaps Ra will develop into a true monotheistic belief... Isis sat on the top of the city without commenting on this.

She looked at the temple with increasingly magnificent divine light, silently waiting for Thoth's arrival.