*Meanwhile..
Herald had just entered the right gate.*
'As soon as he passed it, it closed down automatically.'
'Herald though, does not look back anymore. He kept on walking. The walls were still tight arround him from all sides, barely can walk straight.'
'He took a moment to look and analyze the walls, the light in here is a bit more shiny than the first place he was in. He can see better what's on them.'
'The walls are all filled with texts, drawings and codes.. In a language he certainly cannot understand.
As he was walking slowly while trying to understand some of what's on the walls, his eyes laid on a drawing that he immediatly recognized.'
He stood up in front of it and said.
"..Wait..This is!!!
THIS IS THOTH!! I am sure of it!!
He got the same characteristics..."
'Herald keeps looking closely at the drawing, it is quite big! Almost the same size as himself.'
'Just like the dream, Thoth is holding in his right hand what seems to be a brain, on his left a heart.
But In this drawing, Thoth looks to have a human body and face.. Although the face lacks every sort of details.. Herald recognized it was thoth just from the rest of the body. In his dream Thot appeared just like Old Egyptians depicted him. a man with the head of an ibis and a lunar disc on top of his head. the other difference is that in this drawing Thoth has a big Necklace that goes down onto the lowest part of his chest. Herald took a very deep look at it.'
"....I didn't see this in the dream..It looks really aesthetic...
*Herald notices that the necklace has an eye so identical to the one on his forehead...*
"HEY!! This is the same as mine... Just..Kinda bigger and it's wide open unlike mine.
Well it makes sense.. He's the one who bestowed these powers upon me...
I guess he had the same ability as i did, but obviously much much stronger...Does that mean mine have the ability to evolve? Is this what the paper hinted on?"
*At this moment, Herald thought about something.*
"...Like the other previous times, whenever i opened my third eye something gets activated...
Oh God!! I am sure this one will be terribly terrifying...
But i guess i have to"
'Herald sloowly opens his third eye and looks at the drawing...
He opened it as wide as he could.'
*Immediatly*
'The drawing started to change... The lines got much clearer and the face details appeared.'
'Herald backed off a bit, his heart started racing as he was witnessing this.
'Luckily for him, there is no headache this time...
The drawing finished re-formulating.'
'Herald quickly admired how beautiful and precise the portrait is...It was even more impressive to draw such thing on a wall!'
'Only a delusional person would think that humans of today are the most capable, creative and intelligent.. This popular opinion in modern times is as wrong as it can get. Only those who took time and digged deep in history would know.'
'Herald gets back again in front of the drawn wall.'
"..Beautiful...and Majestic!
This is Thoth then.. The Thrice Great...
I have to say he's a very good looking man...
And that is the least important remark ive made the entire fucking day..."
".....Is it?"
*a deep sound came out of nowhere to pierce Herald's ears like Thunder.*
'Herald felt weak on the knees...Raally weak!!!
He froze in his place and as slow as a turtle...He looked up towards Thoth's face.'
*The same sounds says again*
"..Are you scared??
Scared of what Herald? This is your place.."
'Herald finally reached up towards Thoth's face,
It's him...
It's him who's speaking...
Thoth's face is moving as if it was real...The wall bricks are moving so fluidly as if it were flesh and bones...'
'The scene was so surreal that Herald almost was about to faint....'
He barely could keep on looking, then said. ".....Master....Thoth, Is...it...Is it....."
Thoth replies before Herald could stop stutering.
"Yes it's me, whom else could it be?
But unlike the time i've visited you in your dreams.
This is the real me. The one who lived on this earth for more than i could count..Except that i am stucked on a wall hahaha..."
Herald slowly regained his composure, hearing Thoth talking so casually brought him a little bit of comfort. "..Is that so?
I still don't understand it much...
May i ask Master..
Who are you? I mean...What are you?"
Thoth laughed when hearing Herald's question, it looked really weird on the wall though.
"..Well, I would say am a human just like you in basics.
But I've been chosen by God and his seven Archangels.
In other words I am a prophet. The first ever to be a prophet and a messenger at the same time.
Given the conditions, i was bestowed powers that ordinary humans would never dream of possessing. Like this one on my neck right here. And it was my duty to pass those powers down on other Atlantean descendants..."
'Herald immediatly understood that he's referring to the eye.'
'Herald also thought about something really fascinating...All along, thoth was none other than....'
Herald. "....Was there any chance that you might have been called other names, Master Thoth?"
Thoth. "Good question my son. You're pulling the strings.
Yes i was, throughout many centuries and different cultures i've been called and described of different attributes. As i think you know.
I was even called A God by those crazy Egyptians.. I teached them so much that i actually regret it."
Herald. "...Yes! You were worshipped as one of the most important, if not the most important God in Egyptian Mythology...
I never believed in it but i found it to be....quite an interesting mythology. That's why i've read the Emerald Tablet in the first place..."
Thoth. "Yes i am aware. The book is actually mine, although much of it was lost in time....
They only started worshipping me and the other Gods while after my departure...My first death..
Well i don't know if i should even call it death to be honest...
Sigh..
*Thoth smiled*
Good times...
Long story short, I was given life again twice after that..Hence why i am called the Thrice Great...
Hmmm..I got carried away!
It happens when you live the things i lived....
To answer your question i was called many names..Part of it was God's will as well..
The names i've got from God are ENOCH and IDRISS. Thoth is more of a nickname that symbolizes some things..."
'Herald's mind was about to explode from the excessive amount of infortmation that is given to him right now, not only that but the various realisations he's having are incredible.'
He said, shakingly.
"....So you're the same person...in all those cultures???
I would have never believed it...if it wasn't coming from you....
You.....
PERSONALLY!!!!!"
'Herald reminded himself that...THAT HE IS NOW STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MAN HIMSELF... THIS IS THE MOST SURREAL PART OF EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING NOW.'
Thoth knows that Herald cannot handle this. So he decided to give Herald something.
"Herald. with your right hand, touch the brain.
With your left, touch the heart."
'In Herald's religion, Idriss is the first messenger and one of the most important. He was given wisdom and power that little to no men have had in the history of mankind..'
'To give an example of how Great he is, Just like in Egyptian and Greek mythology (Where his name is Hermes Trismegistus) He is the first man to bring Science and literature to humankind.
It was all cool and interesting seeing him as Thoth, "The Egyptian God".
But now it is as real and spiritually crushing as it can get for him.'
'Herald is sweating like a dog's mouth right now, just from realizing the surreal place and the importance of the man standing next him in a form of bricks!!!'
'He can barely breath let alone move..
but he did what he was told, without replying...
How could he not if it's Idriss himself...'
'Herald would still reffer to him as Thoth, he would do anything to lessen the spiritual intensity of the situation.'
Thoth. "Now i want you to open the eye i gave you, The eye of wisdom! look at the one on my necklace, directly."
*Herald does so...
Divine light appeared from both the necklace and Herald's eye. Herald completely lost consciousness at that moment. But he stood still, while touching both the brain and the heart with his hands..*
Thoth then, recited.
"List ye, O man,
To The Words of My Wisdom,
list to The Voice of Thoth, The Atlantean.
Conquered Have I The Law of time-space.
Knowledge Have I gained of the Future of Time.
Know Ye, O Man,
That All of The Future Is An Open Book
To Him Who Can Read.
All Effect Shall Bring Forth Its Causes
As All Effects Grew From The First Cause.
Know Ye The Future Is Not Fixed Or
Stable But Varies As Cause Brings Forth An Effect.
Look In the Cause Thou Shalt Bring Into Being,
And Surely Thou Shalt See That All is Effect."
*Herald regains consciousness as soon as Thoth ended his holy speech.*
'But,
He feels different...
As if he was born again!
Fresh, New...And POWERFUL!!
He is no more halting or sweating, he stands strong and prideful as he ever did.'
He said calmly.
"...Master! What did you do to me?"
Thoth. "I gave you of my soul... This i had never done before.
But i was destined to do to you Herald.
The reason why am here on this wall was to wait for the one who would choose this gate.
No one ever did, in fact no one ever saw the gate to begin with, except you!
Now i will finally, wholly join The one and only in the pure heavens, I gave you the last of what was left of me, My third life ends here. You are ready to take, not only yourself! But everyone that merits.
To the promised land.
It is true, Herald."
Herald, Unlike all the previous times he was given such speeches, doesn't seem to be confused and lost...
"I see, Master.
I will make sure to never disappoint you, while you're looking at me from above."
Thoth. "Before i completely vanish, You still have some tests before you make it out of this Labyrnith.
It is nowhere but inside of you. It is your mind and soul you have to purify, from every earthly thing that harms it."
Herald. "I understand.
Before i go my way, I would only want to ask you one more thing...
I don't believe i am a prophet yet, even when having all these events...EVEN WHEN MEETING YOU! The first of them all..
Please tell me, What am i?"
'Thoth laughs, this time its clear that the drawing on the wall isn't moving as fluidly as it did before, it means his soul is quickly fading away from the wall...'
"If i told you who you are? what's the point Herald?
What i will tell you is...You're not a prophet. You're just a good man..
One of God's last..sol...diers...o..n thi..s....eph..em.....er..."
*The drawing stopped moving, the sound faded away.*
Idriss, Thoth, Enoch, Hermes....THE THRICE GREAT!
"Is no more, For God took him"
'Herald cried when witnessing this...
This moment is without a doubt the biggest, most surreal and heavy he had ever lived...'
'But he can clearly feel the strength that was given to him!
He felt at that moment, that he could face any situation he can be in, without breaking a sweat.'
*Herald kneeled down for Thoth's last small lines left on the wall, payed his respect and stood up.*
'To continue what he started...