From Concubine to Pharaoh [Transmigration Book]

Craftsmen and civilians gathered by the steps of the Saqqara Palace, and witnessed a scene where alligators hunted down a wounded giant crocodile, many to one, and a few small crocodiles killed a huge one.

The two young men who returned to the land safely came to Nanna with fear on their faces, bowed their bodies, and saluted to express their thanks.

With a proud face, Nanna accepted the gratitude from the two boys, but secretly regretted——

Her golden feather arrows are made of expensive special materials, and if one is used, one is missing, but now she is used to hunt crocodiles...

Suddenly there was another change on the surface of the water.

The giant crocodile struggling on the water was dying, and it was about to die in the mouth of its own kind. At this time, it seemed that an invisible giant hand lifted the water suddenly, raising a wall-like water curtain as high as a person.

I saw those smaller alligators suddenly flew into the air and landed around them, raising large swaths of water.

Where the giant crocodile used to be in the water, a hippopotamus shaped like a hill appeared——

Just now, it was this guy who quietly dived under the giant crocodile, got up suddenly, and flew away the alligators that were hunting the giant crocodile.

At this moment, the giant crocodile was facing the sky, floating motionless on the blood-red water.The giant hippo turned a blind eye to the dead crocodile and walked away.

Looks like this big guy just came out and ruined the alligator's good deed, only at the expense of others.

But the sight has dealt a heavy blow to those guarding the water's edge.

The faces of the two youths rescued by Nanna were pale at the moment, they couldn't speak a word while looking at the water.

After witnessing this great battle, everyone knows in his heart that only the small and light papyrus boat was used.Once in the water, it is absolutely impossible to resist all kinds of beasts and giants from underwater.

The vast country after the flood of the big river is far more dangerous than the dense jungle.

People dejectedly lifted the light papyrus boat ashore, drained the water inside, and carried it back to the small square of the Saqqara Palace.

The person who was hit the hardest was Karam, who was the leader of the craftsmen. The papyrus boat made by him and his men looked so weak and useless in the face of the vast swamp.

Karam hangs his head, lagging behind the people.

His son Hansu came over, held the man's hand, and called daddy sweetly.

Kalam could only smile reluctantly, stretched out his hand to touch his son's head, and let out a helpless sigh.

"Kalam..." A clear female voice sounded behind him.

"Sister Wangfei..." Hansu recognized the person and greeted him crisply.

Karam was scared out of his wits by this title, and almost reached out to cover his son's mouth, "King, princess... Your Highness, Your Highness..."

"I'm just here to tell you that if two papyrus boats are lined up side by side and fixed together, they will be much more stable than the current small boats when traveling on water."

Erich explained to Karam calmly, she doesn't care what she is called.

In the knowledge base brought to her by reading, the ancient ancestors of the earth, the Chinese, the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Polynesians...

Before the invention of keel boats, when only papyrus boats and canoes were available, they could also cross dangerous oceans with such simple boats, relying on fixing the two boats in parallel to enhance stability and resist larger The wind and waves are the prototype of the later generations of double row boats.

She is not an expert in shipbuilding, she can only give Kalam a hint.

After hearing her words, the leader of the craftsman stood there in a daze for a few seconds, without speaking or making a sound, and his whole figure seemed to freeze.

Hansu tugged at his father's sleeve worriedly.

Kalam stretched out his right hand and slapped his forehead violently, and gave an ah if he realized something, but he didn't bother to say goodbye to Alicia Nanna and the others, turned around and left, as if he had forgotten that he had a son. Hansu left directly behind.

Hansu hurriedly followed, not forgetting to turn around and shrug and spread his hands to Alixie, as if to say: "Look at me, old man."

Alixi could only shake her head helplessly, she kind of understood why Karam almost lost Hansu yesterday.

At this time, Senmut took a step forward and said to Erich: "That one is the favored one of Knum, the god of craftsmen."

Erich has also noticed that Kalam is also an Asut. There is an oval-shaped beam of light on his right arm, and there is a shaft in the middle, which looks like a pottery wheel used by potters to make pottery.

It turns out that this is the symbolic form bestowed by the God of Craftsman on His favored ones.

She remembered that the cock of the God of War was shaped like an arrow cluster, and the cock of the God of Craftsman was shaped like a potter's wheel. Then, as the priest of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, what shape was Senmut's cock?

Alicia became curious and was immediately sensed by Senmut.

The priest of the god smiled kindly, gently rolled up the right sleeve of the linen robe he was wearing, and actually showed Erich his right arm.

On the ivory-white skin on the inside of Senmut's right arm, there is a bright and dazzling beam of light, which looks like a key, with an elegant shape.

Alicia: ...ashamed of myself.

Compared with Senmut's, the beam of light on the inside of her own right arm is not only not as bright as his.

And the most terrible thing is that Alixie's bar is an extremely simple long strip until now, without any change in shape - from the shape point of view, her bar is exactly the same as that of ordinary people who are not Asut .

God Amon is indeed a brand new god, probably not even the form of the personality mark given to the favored ones has been designed yet.

Alicia warned herself not to be impatient, and then calmly nodded to Senmuter—affirming his generous solution.

But she herself absolutely refused to turn her arm over to show Senmut the inside of her arm.

After the failed papyrus boat experiment, Saqqara's artisans were mostly frustrated.Most of the other civilians who gathered here were panicked——

The water level was getting higher and higher, and the lower buildings of the Saqqara Palace were submerged a little bit.

Yet the rising waters show no sign of letting up.The abundance of water brought by the overflow of the great river seems to be able to sweep everything.

At night, Ailixi ordered people to light a fire on the outer wall of the highest courtyard in the palace, so as to prevent the wild animals fleeing everywhere from being forced into the courtyard by the flood.

The rain stopped temporarily, and people gathered in the small square silently.The firelight illuminated one anxious and bewildered face after another.

All the servants, artisans, and civilians who were evacuated from the construction site of the royal tomb in Saqqara, Erich and her entourage brought from Memphis temporarily put aside all their current affairs and gathered here.

They are all people trapped in this palace by the flooding river, and they will share a common fate in the next ten days.

As the person with the highest status here, Alixi didn't say a word, just sat and observed silently.

Senmut is the person with the highest godhead, but at this moment he is sitting next to Elyse on a long stone, and together with Nanna, he continues to play the role of Elyse's left and right guardians.

Erich heard from him that the High Priest, who is a strong empath, lost the protection of evasion, and what he is most afraid of now is the occasion with a large number of people. Mixing too many different types or too strong emotions will make him feel as if he is suffering. A critical attack may be irresistible at any time.

At this moment, Senmut could only follow Erich closely, and at the same time, a little nervous, looked at the civilians sitting around the fire.

Karam and a few craftsmen showed a new idea after they experimented with papyrus boats this afternoon-putting several boats side by side and fixing them together.

These ships looked large and stable, and they were no longer so afraid of wind and waves. When encountering attacks by underwater creatures, they could rely on the strength of multiple people to defend them.

This news somewhat boosted morale, and people seemed to see hope.Sitting not far from Erich, the little boy Hansu stared at his father Kalam with bright eyes and full of admiration.

But soon someone asked: "Kalam, how many papyrus boats can be made out of the existing materials?"

When the question came to a crucial point, Karam scratched his head and replied, "Ten... ten or so..."

At most, it can only build a large raft that can accommodate more than [-] people.

Everyone looked at Karam silently.

Erich was keenly aware that after Karam poured such a big basin of cold water, the emotions of the civilians present were considered stable, and they were not overly disappointed.

It seems that they can build a big boat that can carry 20 people. For them, they are already overjoyed.

"Let's... let's discuss the next plan."

The older and prestigious Uncle Deca saw that Erich and Senmut didn't speak, so he took the initiative to act as the host.

He cleared his throat and said calmly, "The flooding of the big river will bring fertile black soil to Lower Egypt. Those who survive will definitely have a good harvest next year."

"But now it seems that if the water continues to rise like this, not everyone will be able to see next year's harvest."

Although the words were euphemistic, the meaning couldn't be clearer. With so many people gathered in the Saqqara Palace, I am afraid that only some of them can survive this flood season.

Who should live and how should they live are issues that everyone cares about.

"The princess and the high priest saved our lives yesterday. At this moment, our hearts are filled with deep gratitude."

Uncle Deca took the lead and bowed to Alicia.The others also saluted along with him.

"But the water rose too fast, faster than we expected."

"We thought that Her Royal Highness the Princess has provided us with a safe haven with her kindness..."

What Alixie didn't expect was the civilians in front of her.Although there was more or less sadness and frustration, but she did not see any excessive tension and resentment-people seemed to accept this reality calmly: that's how it is... just that there will be some lives. A certain day after rising, go to the end.

"Everyone, please forgive me for relying on the old to sell the old. Deka has experienced floods for more days than these children were born."

"Now that we are trapped here, and the river continues to swell, there are only two ways to escape."

Alicia immediately regained her spirits and listened carefully.

"The first is to board Kalam's new papyrus boat and row out of here."

"The second is that everyone avoids to a place higher than this - the astronomical platform."

After hearing this, Alixi thought to herself that the first plan could only save the lives of more than 20 people.

And what these 20 people will face next is to drift endlessly on the vast water, to starve and face unknown dangers all the time.

As for the second plan, it is even more unreliable. Although the terrain of the astronomical observatory is higher than that of the palace, there is no shelter on the stage, and there is no building that can shelter from wind and rain. It has to survive the rest of the flood season there. Time can be very difficult as well.

Besides, how many people can be squeezed on the astronomical platform? Can 100 people have it?

Thinking about this, Alixi suddenly remembered one thing: she actually has another way out, and Senmut still has a travel ticket left in her hands.

It's just that the limit of this trip is to take away 50 or [-] people at a time, and it can't save everyone. It can only be used as a last resort.

"Of course, we must also pray for the blessing of the gods, and bless the young, strong, and most hopeful of us to reach the water's edge smoothly and escape this catastrophe...Let's start, everyone."

Uncle Deka said in a deep voice, and the men and women gathered around him knelt down one after another, bowed their heads and prayed.

Erich thought: These Egyptian people are probably suffering too. If the flooding of the Nile River is reduced, they will be able to save their lives, but the harvest may be poor next year;

The flooding of the Nile has increased, and next year will usher in a bumper harvest.But there's a chance they'll never see the harvest again...

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a branch-shaped lightning strike suddenly in the dark night sky in the distance, followed by thunder rumbling over.

Alicia sighed deeply and helped Nanna stand up.

This sudden rain reminded her that the astronomical observatory might be struck by lightning in a few minutes, and it was definitely not a good place to take refuge.

As soon as she stepped into the main hall of the Saqqara Palace, it began to rain outside.

To her surprise, not many people followed her back to the main hall to shelter from the rain.

Erich thought it was because the civilians were afraid of her authority, so she asked Nanna to call everyone in to shelter from the rain.

Although the palace itself is also in danger, it is still possible to shield ordinary people from the wind and rain for a while at this moment.

Unexpectedly, Nanna only greeted a small half of the people, and the rest, a large group of men and women headed by Uncle Deka, braved the heavy rain and stayed outside the hall, discussing for some reason.

Beside Nanna, Senmut frowned.

When Alixi looked at him, she happened to see that his eyes were slightly red, and there seemed to be a faint glimmer of water in his eyes.

She stared at this high-ranking high priest who was far more crying than ordinary people. Just as she was about to ask, Senmut lowered her eyes, suppressed the color of water in her eyes, forced a smile, and pointed at the carved statues in the hall. Bronze gates of acacia flowers, saying, "Look, here they come."

The person who walked in was Uncle Deca, who was leading men and women behind him, most of whom were older.

After entering the hall, these people raised their left arms one after another, facing people they knew and unknown, young people, men, women, children...

Someone was roughly rolling up his sleeves and shouting, "Come on!"

There were also older women who said softly to the young men who greeted them: "My child, you are welcome, this is the only thing we can do for you..."

Erich didn't understand yet, she turned her head to look at Senmut and Nanna.

Senmut sighed, showing an expression that really was the case.

And Nanna looked resolute, staring straight at the person who walked in, as if to say: If you encounter such a situation on the battlefield, it should be so.

"The kind and honorable first princess, may I ask, do you need more cards?"

At this time, Uncle Deca came to Alicia, knelt down on one knee, and exposed his left arm to her.

On the thin left arm, apart from the faintly visible blue blood vessels under the skin, is the beam of light called Ka.

The uncle had just helped the young man whose foot was scratched the day before yesterday, and donated a lot of cards to him. Now the beam of light on the uncle's arm is only about half of that of a normal person, and the light is dim.

Alicia looked at Uncle Deca again, only to see that his face was tired and haggard, with many wrinkles, and even clear age spots appeared on his dark skin.

The generous donation the day before yesterday, coupled with the running and worrying in the past two days, seemed to make Deka more than ten years old all of a sudden.

Looking at the uncle's appearance, he has been taught to respect the old and love the young since he was a child. How could Erich, who had to give up her seat on the bus to the elderly, accept the old man's card for no reason?

"Your Highness, Deka knows that his status varies greatly, and he was not qualified to dedicate his life to you."

"But in this world, people's lives come to an end every moment, and Deka is no exception. Before leaving this world, I can make a small contribution to you who are young and kind. Even if you can't go to the underworld in the future, Deka will also think that his life has had some value..."

"We are too old to help you against the forces of nature."

"Please take all my cards away."

"Egypt will belong to you after all."

Faced with such an old man, Alixi suddenly couldn't hold on any longer, stood up abruptly, began to shake her head vigorously and backed away.She said repeatedly in her mouth: "No... no..."

For the first time, she felt touched by the piece of ice that had tightly sealed her heart——

It turns out that there really are such selfless people who can give their lives without hesitation for the sake of unrelated strangers.

What's more important is that she is not enjoying any special treatment as the first princess.

Standing beside Nanna were two middle-aged women, who were looking up at her tenderly and lovingly, which made the mighty and majestic God of War's Blessed One hesitate for a moment.

The same goes for Senmut's side.

It wasn't just them, those young people who had been gifted to Elyse by the wife of the great priest as a spare card also stared dumbfounded at the elders walking towards them, and stretched out their left arms to them one after another.

At this moment, class and status are completely invalid. There is no distinction between civilians and nobles in the entire hall. There is no difference between craftsmen and coolies. The only thing that matters is who can survive better in this catastrophe.

Kalam was stretching out his arms to his son Hunsu, but someone stopped him immediately: "No, Kalam, don't... let us..."

"You are the descendant of the god Knum. You want to save your life and shoulder the heavy responsibility of building boats and houses for these children, and pass on your knowledge and skills to future generations."

As soon as the person who stopped Karam grasped Hansu's left arm, from Erich's perspective, he could just see the light flickering between the arms, and the energy was being transmitted.

Hansu was confused at the beginning, and then saw his father nodding to him with tears in his eyes.

Hansu looked at all this with a sense of enlightenment, and looked at his eyes. This child must remember everything he saw today, and he will never forget it forever.

Even though he doesn't quite understand it now, as he grows up and encounters more things...he will understand one day——

This is human beings.

Even if they are humble and lacking in strength, they will bravely live a short life, leave everything to future generations, hold them up on the shoulders of their predecessors, and continue to move forward.

Therefore, people who know that they may not be able to survive this disaster choose to donate their lives to others, hoping that they can rely on these cards to support them for a period of time.

The more you do this, the better your chances of survival—in terms of the whole, of course.

As long as some of them can survive, all the sacrifices made by these people are meaningful and valuable.

Even if these ordinary people do not have the opportunity to become mummies that can entrust their souls through the hands of the embalmers, they do not have the opportunity to board the ship of the dead and go to eternity like the nobles after death.But they all had smiles on their faces, as if they had no regrets in this life.

There was a low sobbing sound in his ear, Erich as an anchor had already been shaken, and Senmut was even more moved. Tears had already soaked his eyes and crawled down his cheeks at this moment.

Facing Uncle Deca who was eagerly asking, Alixi couldn't bear it anymore.

She suddenly supported Nanna, stepped onto the high-backed chair she was sitting on just now, stood out of the crowd in the main hall of the Saqqara Palace, and said loudly: "Everyone, I have another way to make everyone, The way to live smoothly and safely!"