Myth: The Spiritual Dominator

The strong winds were followed by heavy rains, and the continuous natural disasters showed no signs of stopping.

The mortals in the world of Hemenu had never experienced anything like this before. It seemed as if the heaven and earth were venting their anger and punishing the ant-like creatures.

The stars twinkled faintly above the heavy clouds, as if echoing the heavy rain on earth. Their trajectories began to shift 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 transmitted from the city of Memphis and quickly reached the Hebrew settlement outside the city.

The heavy rain continued, and the roads became muddy. However, along with the messenger came 100,000 elite guards. Even in the heavy rain, they still obeyed the orders of the God of the World and were willing to sacrifice their lives for him.

……

"Ridiculous, this is murder!"

Snapped--

The speaker's anger was clearly visible as he slammed 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 pipe dream!"

A tall middle-aged man spoke loudly in the makeshift meeting room, and many people around him nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, that's true."

"We were exhausted from building the temple in the sandstorm. But the sandstorm only made the construction more difficult and caused a shortage of water. But the heavy rain - I have never heard of any building being built in the rain, let alone a city!"

"Yes, in this kind of weather, we have to worry about falling into a pit even when walking. How can we possibly go and build a city?"

"..."

dong dong dong-

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

Aaron frowned slightly and knocked on the table amid the discussion of the crowd.

"Pharaoh's army is outside. We can't stop them."

"Of course, they can't kill everyone, but most of us will die here. You are all well-known and capable Hebrews, and you should know how dangerous the situation is. Do any of you want to try your luck?"

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

This blood relative of his always has some unrealistic and beautiful fantasies about many things, and therefore often cannot make some decisions.

However, Aaron did not change his mind about the situation, he just chose to step up and help him deal with these problems.

After all, this fantasy might be one of the reasons why Moses came here. Without these, he might not have risked his life to save his fellow tribesmen whom he had not seen for decades, and went to meet Pharaoh several times for this purpose. Instead, he would have given up everything early and become one of the chosen people by God.

Compared to him, Aaron is more pragmatic.

"You are right. Pharaoh's army is indeed powerful. But Sir Aaron, I think you may have made some mistakes. Perhaps you should use the word 'you' instead of 'we' to describe it."

With a sarcastic tone, a young man spoke up: "From what I know, this Lord Moses who came from afar has some extraordinary abilities. He can even sneak into the Pharaoh's palace and survive even though he is wanted."

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

“But this is a revelation from God!”

Moses spoke in a deep voice and said loudly: "This is the sign God gave me in the fire. The gods of Egypt will punish us--"

"——Yes, Lord Mercer, you said so early in the morning."

With a sneer, the young man continued, "But think about it from another perspective. Perhaps it is because of your coming that we are being punished by God."

"Just like the previous disaster, I drank the water sent by Pharaoh, and I am still alive today, right?"

The young man's words were blunt and sharp, but they did arouse the approval of many people.

The future may be bright, but if possible, no one would want to be a slave for a lifetime. This is why they easily believed Moses at the beginning.

But a bright future cannot always be eaten. Even though there are still many people supporting Messi, the 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 natural disasters and suffering to God should be killed, or at worst expelled. Even the solution was simple, just poison the water sent by Pharaoh, making it dangerous for those who drank it.

At that time, the believers of God would be cured by drinking the spring water sent by the lady, while the pagans could only wait for death. This could further arouse the Hebrews' gratitude to God and their hatred of Pharaoh, and invisibly, they were cleansed by the hands of the enemy.

But Moses refused, thinking that those unbelievers could still be educated and could not be cleansed so easily.

But Aaron was not denying the usefulness of education, but that required sufficient time, and they didn't have so much free time now. Besides, God was far away in heaven, so how could he understand people's hearts all the time... Putting aside his messy thoughts, Aaron took a step forward, looked at the young man and asked calmly:

"So what do you plan to do? Tell Pharaoh that the Hebrews are incapable of doing this and that you are willing to submit to the Egyptian gods - and then do you think he will let you go and exempt you and your followers from the labor of building the city?"

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

"...Oh, that's easy to say, but you've already brought me trouble. How can I avoid it?"

"But since you created the problem, you have to be able to solve it!"

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

"you--"

"You're right. I'll take care of this matter."

Interrupting Aaron's words, Moses spoke calmly.

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

The wind and rain soaked his clothes, and the water flowed over his body like a lake. Although many people did not understand him, Moses was not angry about it, he just felt sad for them.

"You cannot understand the existence of God, which is normal because you have not received divine revelation like I have. But I still hope you can understand it, because this is your only possibility to survive..."

tear-

He cut his palm with a sharp object, and the blood dripped onto the cane along with the rain.

This divinely gifted vessel will become stronger as the disaster befell the Hebrews, but it is not yet strong enough to contain this natural disaster.

Aaron had suggested that he cleanse the unbelievers, in fact, he also wanted to help him strengthen the power of this holy 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 nation, so the harm he suffered should be equal to the harm suffered by the entire Hebrew nation.

hum-

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

Visible to the naked eye, patterns of gold and silver intertwined are swirling on the body of the snake staff.

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

"Omnipotence...just an illusion."

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

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

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

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

"Ahem—that's enough."

After coughing twice, although Messer had always been in good health at over 80 years old, he felt unwell at this moment.

Moreover, his cane turned into a giant tree, so he temporarily had no other means.

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

"...as you command."

Looking up at the giant tree that was born in an instant, Aaron was a little dazed for a moment.

Although he had seen Moses' methods before, this was the first time he had seen something so shocking.

But the effect is really good... Glancing around, Aaron clearly saw the changing expressions of the people around him.

As expected, the vast majority of people fear strength rather than virtue.

"Let's get started. Now, I think you guys have no objections."

Aaron suppressed the excitement in his heart and spoke to the young man before him.

With surplus spring water to restore strength and huge trees to block out the sky, building a city might not be impossible.

But whether Pharaoh would keep his promise...Aaron actually had no hope.

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Meanwhile, on the hillside outside Memphis.

It was here that Moses had met Isis before, and he came here again later to thank this righteous person for her help.

But unfortunately, he never saw her again.

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

"I never thought that the cane could have such power?"

"Shu's fall did make the power that descended upon it even stronger, but it shouldn't be able to perform such a miracle all at once. The damage to the Hebrews actually gave it strength..."

With a hint of doubt in her eyes, Isis felt that there might be some secrets in the blood of these people. And Moser had secrets from his blood to his soul.

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

I don't know what bloodline that foreign woman is carrying, and what status she holds in the foreign land? But no matter what, this looks like a blood sacrifice ceremony.

Use their bones and blood to enhance the power of this God-given staff; perhaps this was what the great man originally intended.

He did not include himself in the calculation, but this did not affect his success. Because the more Hebrews died, the stronger the power Moses had, and the less likely he would die... Even he himself might have some special secrets.

So He agreed to Moses' wish to save his own people, because He knew that the vast majority of those people would be sacrifices for His own fulfillment.

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

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

Shaking her head slightly, Isis disappeared in a flash.

After a while, she arrived at the city wall of Heliopolis.

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

Thoth, the wisdom of Ra, who replaced himself as the Ennead, is performing a divine descent here.

Now Isis could even stop him, except that it would be pointless.

In a chess game, you can capture the opponent's piece after it is placed, but you cannot interrupt him before he places his piece. If you do this, the opponent can just take out a new piece.

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

……

bang...

wow——

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

The sunlight shines into the holy city like a beam of light descending from the sky.

"…when Ra came down from heaven to earth and breathed life into the nostrils of the people, they stood up…"

"... when Ra came again to earth and endowed men with reason, they built cities and cultivated the fields..."

"…Praise you, your beauty is unparalleled, your light illuminates the earth…"

"...you rise from the east, your light illuminates the whole world..."

"...Great God, your power is infinite, and your wisdom is unmatched. You created all things, and you rule over all things..."

"…Praise you, you are our creator and 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 praise you forever, we will love you forever…"[Note 1]

Poems praising the god Ra were heard one after another on the earth. At the front of the crowd, a man in gorgeous priest robes was singing and dancing songs to please the god.

The whole ceremony was as if the god who descended was not Thoth, but Ra.

"This is history... In the eyes of mortals, Shu is the breath of 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... Without commenting on this, Isis sat on the top of the city wall.

She looked at the temple where the divine light was growing more and more magnificent, silently waiting for Thoth's coming.