"It's quite fast."
On the empty Source Sea, as the Pillar of Thoth gradually collapsed, his body began to be covered with cracks like broken porcelain.
From a little bit to a piece, like scattered cherry blossoms, the fallen fragments are submerged in the "ocean" without splashing a single wave.
Quietly waiting for his own death and rebirth, from now on, he will no longer exist in the world as an Egyptian god.
Perhaps he will briefly become a mortal with extraordinary power and longevity, or perhaps soon... he will find an opportunity to become a new god in a foreign land.
For a moment, Toth felt both relieved and heavy. After all, not everyone likes the feeling of starting over again. However, just as he was enjoying the final silence, a voice suddenly came from beside him.
"...Thoth, you are going to die too."
The voice was soft, but Thoth recognized its owner immediately.
That was Nephthys, patron saint of the dead, protector of the home, and the last remaining of the Ennead.
"I'm going to die?"
Turning around, he hadn't noticed it before. It wasn't until she spoke that Toth was somewhat surprised to remember her.
Nephthys, it seemed that she had not said anything since she came to the Source Sea.
She performed whatever tasks fell upon her, but never expressed any opinions. Until just now, it seemed that she spoke for the first time.
"Haha, Nephthys, let's not talk about me first. You two are really different. Set bravely launched a desperate charge against the foreign gods, while you chose to wait for death to come."
With a smile on his face, Thoth didn't mind chatting with his former colleague at the end: "Ah - sorry... Nephthys, I almost forgot that you and Set didn't become a real couple."
"This is still the trouble caused by Isis. So is this due to the influence of your priesthood? As the protector of the dead, you have become indifferent to life and death?"
"No, I have not yet seen through the fear between life and death, not even the god Ra. Even if the world does not wish for its demise, how can I do it?"
Shaking her head slightly, Nephthys repeated again: "Thoth, you are going to die too."
"No, I won't die. Life and death on the surface are not absolute, just like Isis, everyone thinks she is dead."
As he explained with a smile, Thoth's body crumbled even faster.
He felt that the destiny and priesthood of the Ennead Thoth were drifting away from him, but this was also the proof of his rebirth.
"If I remember correctly, you and Isis should be sisters. If there were no foreign invasion, you would marry Set after she married Osiris and become his wife."
"Unfortunately, due to the changes outside the domain, all of this has come to an end... As the mind of the god Ra, I have heard him talk about a glimpse of the future. You and Isis should have each had a child who was famous in the world of the living, one of them was famous in the world of the living, and the other was famous in the world of the dead. But in the face of the power of the world, fate seems so pale and powerless."
"But your current mentality is quite good. Mortals have their own way of dying, and gods should also have their own way of dying. To be ugly at the end of life like Shu is not something a god should do."
"Just like if death is inevitable, I will face it calmly."
The body had dissipated, leaving only the head still talking. Thoth looked up at the sky, wanting to take one last look at the legendary Outer God.
But unfortunately, he saw nothing.
"No matter what, I will remember you, Nephthys. At the end of this period of my life, it was you who accompanied me through this journey... Everything in Egypt will be engraved deep in my memory and will be remembered forever. From now on, until the end of time."
Pah--
With the last slight sound, Thoth's figure was completely shattered into pieces.
The debris scattered all over the sky like rain, and all that remained was the divine power he once possessed.
The authority originally carried by his 'cards' seemed to be at a loss, because their owners were not dead in theory, but their connection was constantly weakening.
A little black and gold light surrounded it. As a pillar god who made his move early, this power from the world would not dissipate until Thoth completely "failed".
But now, Nephthys is the only one left on the endless source sea of Hermeneus.
"…"
"...I've already told you, Thoth..."
"…You're going to die too."
He shook his head slightly and lay on his back on the last divine pillar of the Source Sea.
Thoth had seen nothing before, but Nephthys' vision was somewhat different. At an infinite height, she could vaguely see the confrontation between the two gods.
The boundless power fell from the void to another 'God of Ra'. Every minute and every second, his share and size in the entire world were increasing. Opposite him was the outer god who invaded the world.
"...die..."
"All things are mortal."
Nephthys chanted in a low voice, looking relaxed.
"I don't know when I will die."
boom--
The previous moment, everything was calm; the next moment, the world turned upside down.
Infinitely high up, the power of the outer gods fell from the sky, piercing through the space where the nine pillars had gathered not long ago, like piercing through a layer of thin paper.
In just a moment, Nephthys turned into ashes in front of it.
And the power of God did not stop because of her; it continued to move downward toward the human world.
There, above the City of the Sun, the real sun shines brightly.
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clatter...
Click…
Buzz...
…
Outside Heliopolis, where the ritual of Thoth took place.
Not much time had passed, but the ritual had been mostly completed. With a crisp sound, the most critical step with no way out was completely completed.
In the sky, the pillar belonging to Thoth has collapsed, symbolizing that the 'Ka' that carries his authority has been completely destroyed. In theory, he should also perish with the loss of half of his soul.
However, the power of life maintained Thoth's life under the effect of the ritual, and his fate fell into a state between life and death.
The gods of Hermeneus are mortal, so their fate is not immortal. When its master is on the verge of destruction, it will also change.
At this time, the former Isis chose to let Io bear her fate and die in her place.
The fate of the goddess of life Hemenu changed from "life" to death, and she escaped from it and became half a "transparent person".
However, Thoth obviously didn't have such an easy target, so he simply took a simpler, but not at all hidden approach. He directly guided his own destiny towards the authority he left behind on the source sea, deepening the existing connection between the two.
This behavior could not be hidden from anyone. It was impossible to hide its survival like Isis hid it from the god Ra. But as the owner of wisdom and authority, Thoth didn't think that anyone would care about his life or death at this time.
The authority remains there, the destiny remains there, and the foreign gods want to give them all to Him; the god Ra himself goes down to the world, and regardless of victory or defeat, Hermeneus will inevitably suffer a heavy blow.
In this situation, who would care about your life or death?
"Well, of course I care."
"Except for my own life, no one cares more about me than I do—"
Her eyebrows are curved and her voice is sweet and gentle.
Just as she once did in her divine ministry, the Goddess of Life shows her love to all things, and all things must respond to her with love.
With arms outstretched, Isis looked up at the sky. There, an indescribable pressure was falling, and everything that stood in the way would be dissipated.
Only the black and gold colors were still hovering above the source sea. As long as Thoth's mission in the human world had not failed, the power that surrounded him from the beginning would not be withdrawn.
In theory, if the Outer Gods took away this power, Thoth would be able to complete the ritual and he would fail; if he failed, the power of protection would be gone.
Everything old will be crushed, and the new Thoth will be completely reborn. Judging from the experiences of the previous pillar gods, this should not take long.
"But this time, I'm here too~"
Indeed, she did not tamper with the ritual given to Thoth, and Isis did not intend to interfere with the other party's completion of this step. What she wanted was always what the other party did not want.
Since the soul reshaped by her ritual possesses the attributes of both 'Ka' and 'Ba'... then why can't Isis become a god again at this moment?
"Use it first. I have made a lot of contributions. He shouldn't mind, right..."
"--Come!"
With a light shout in the sky, the magic priesthood and Thoth's original destiny moved slightly.
At this moment, it was Isis's life force that sustained Thoth's life. As a former goddess of magic, how could she not have the corresponding power stored?
Not using it does not mean not having it. Her use of life force has given everyone an illusion that Isis only retained part of her so-called goddess of life, but how could it really be true?
Another completely different aura of divine power emanated from her body. The connection between priesthood and fate directly made Isis another carrier of Thoth's destiny.
If he were still alive, this 'resemblance' would be meaningless, but at this moment, Thoth was half alive and half dead.
Wow——
But after a moment's hesitation, divine light descended from the sky, and the magic priesthood and Thoth's fate directly crashed into Isis's body. However, the black-gold light still existed, making the connection between the two somewhat difficult.
The next moment, driven by fate, Thoth's original wisdom priesthood followed closely. When it also fell into the slender figure, an aura close to the ultimate of a true god immediately spread out.
Not far away, Toth, who was still performing the ceremony, suddenly felt a surge of alarm in his heart. He seemed to have discovered the changes outside, but was unable to see the root of the problem.
"Hmm - that's exactly what happened."
"Compared to life, wisdom and magic are more compatible."
Her eyes were bright and the corners of Isis' mouth curled up.
She gathered her strength skillfully and looked at Thoth who was still in the ceremony in front of her.
The barrier presided over by the artifact is still in operation, and all the power brought by the descent of God Thoth is maintaining its operation.
Theoretically, Isis, who had lost her priesthood, would never be able to break it, and even weaker gods would not be able to do anything about this barrier in a short period of time. Thoth believed in its power, just as he believed that rituals that had been tested by the wise priesthood would never have hidden tricks.
"It turns out that what you believe is indeed correct."
"There is no problem with the ceremony. The me before could not interfere with your ceremony."
The fingers slid forward, and the indestructible barrier was easily torn apart in front of Isis.
With the authority of [wisdom] that she possessed at the moment, it was like she was holding a key, and there was no hindrance in opening the lock at all.
tread--
Taking a step forward, Thoth's artifact book struggled for a moment, but finally fell into Isis's hands.
It was not until this moment that Toth finally realized what was happening.
"Isis—"
"What do you want to do? You finally escaped the fate of the god Hemenu, and now you want to take it back? You took away my divine power, do you think the outer gods will let you go?"
"Don't be naive. He came for the authority of the gods and the power to divide the world. Even if you have done something for Him before, He will not—"
Click——
The sound stopped abruptly, and under the gaze of Thoth's half-living, half-dead spirit, he clearly saw a crack in his artifact book.
The gods of Hemenu do not have such a strong vitality, and their artifacts are no different.
As the artifact disintegrated, a ray of light was drawn out from it by Isis and then hovered in her palm.
"You see, we all have bad intentions."
"You abandoned your wisdom and magic, but brought your own artifacts with you. In fact, you have figured out how to survive without me."
"Have you researched a way to become an intelligent 'divine spirit'? After all, words can carry information and wisdom, and you can definitely do that with your authority."
"But you never expected that I would give you a better solution. If you can live and become a god, who would want to become the 'spirit' of an object? So you finally decided to cooperate with me, but in fact, you neither intend to stand on the side of Ra nor want to surrender to the Outer Gods."
"When you have a complete soul, you can smash this artifact and take back the priesthood of books and words. Then no matter what choice you make, you will be able to move forward and backward freely."
An artifact has a master but it cannot really be considered part of the master.
This might be possible in a world like Chaos where priests cannot devour each other's duties, but there is no such thing in Hermeneus.
So this was Thoth's greatest reliance from the beginning to the end, and he always had a way out. But at this moment, his reliance collapsed in Isis's hands and turned back into his original appearance.
"I, who hold the ministry of Life, have never been able to avoid death, and Ra, who is the God of the Sun, may not be able to shine forever. Smart people always die in their own brains, Thoth. The ministry of Wisdom is different from wisdom."
Walking forward slowly, Isis was certainly not prepared to really accept Thoth's fate. Fortunately, the other party had not yet completed the ceremony.
Therefore, the last step she needed to take was to kill him with her own hands, remove the protection of the black and gold intertwined on the authority, and let Thoth's fate die completely, and then return to the original owner.
"—Wait, Isis, we can still talk!"
His expression changed, and it was not until this moment, when he felt the undisguised murderous intent, that Toth finally panicked.
However, he felt that he still had a chance. As the god of wisdom, he had actually made many arrangements for the future a long time ago.
"Isis, listen to me. I have other plans in the human world. I have secretly killed several gnomes' (city-states') guardian gods, but I did not seize the power. I stayed!"
"And more! In the underground, there is Apophis, the serpent of destruction. I once absorbed a little of its power when I accompanied the god Ra in battle on the sun boat. I want to know whether the gods can accommodate the power of chaos. I have some ideas now!"
"Isis, what good will it be for you to kill me? Do you think the foreign gods are good men and women? Look, those Hebrews are bleeding like a river. Did He even take a look? He didn't!"
"Let me go, I can do a lot for you——"
Holding the spirit's 'throat' - although the spirit did not make any sound, Thoth's voice did stop.
Just like when she first saw Io, on the banks of the Nile, Isis walked barefoot on the sand, with flowers blooming and the breeze blowing wherever she walked.
"Toth, you just think too much."
"But from now on, you don't have to worry anymore."
"--No!"
"Isis, I curse..."
Click——
The spirit shattered with the wind and gradually turned into nothingness.
The goddess separated the power of wisdom and magic from her body again, and then waited for a while, but everything around her was normal and nothing happened.
"Yeah, I'll use it for a while then~"
Smiling slightly, Isis looked at the place where Thoth had lost his life.
The other party's resentful and fearful eyes are still vivid in my mind, and they are very similar to Shu's appearance at the beginning.
"Tsk, that's ugly."
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The human world, the City of the Sun.
'Ramses' looked around with sword in hand. All around him were countless fights and wailings.
There were souls of the dead and the Hebrews, souls of the Hebrews among themselves, and souls of the Egyptians and those sinful people he brought with him.
His sword almost caused a riot in the city.
But just now, millions of dead souls shattered in the wind, and Ramses seemed to sense something.
"Are they all dead? ... Toth, I've already given you a chance, but you still couldn't escape."
Even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the sudden increase in Amon Ra's power was clear enough to prove it. And now, it was his turn.
"The sun may set more than once…but no matter how many times, it will rise again."
"Me too."
With [Benben Stone] in hand, La asked himself if he still had the strength to fight.
At least, he could help Amon Ra find out the other party's final trump card.
Chapter 389: Sunrise and Sunset
"Messer!"
Aaron still couldn't believe what he saw when he called out the name again.
A meeting, a meeting that made Moses happy, but the result was his life.
With just one simple blow of the sword, the prophet who once could call the wind and rain was dead. Aaron had foreseen Pharaoh's betrayal, but he never thought that this would be the result.
brush--
The sword blade cut through the air and pierced the gap in the armor of an Egyptian guard to death. Only the ministers who followed Pharaoh were left in front of Aaron.
However, these high-ranking officials were equally panicked at this moment. Apparently, even they had not expected that Pharaoh would do such a thing while being surrounded by the Hebrews.
Even though in their eyes, these poorly armed criminals were not worth mentioning at all, this definitely did not include asking them to brave the arrows and charge into the battlefield.
The son of a wealthy family should not sit in the hall, the son of a hundred gold pieces should not ride on a saddle, and a wise ruler should not seek fortune by taking advantage of danger. Although there is no similar saying in this world, there is the same truth.
"What should we do now? What should we do now?"
"There are so many of them! This is their territory! How could you kill their leader here? How are we supposed to escape?!"
The voice was somewhat lost, a life-and-death struggle was taking place before their eyes, and in terror, even the majesty of the Pharaoh was forgotten.
However, Ramses ignored them. These ignorant mortals were not worth his words.
He simply took a step forward and approached the cane standing on the ground.
Without its master, this previously powerful divine weapon was now like an ordinary object. Ramses stretched out his hand and tried to hold it in his palm.
However, the next moment, as if he had touched red-hot metal, he loosened his hand again.
"…This feeling is a bit strange."
"Forget it. Now is not the time. You won't have anywhere to run once you've dealt with other things."
With a frown on his face, as if he had discovered something wrong, Ramses finally gave up trying to take the scepter by force.
The current changes are very good. The offensive from the foreign land has come to a temporary halt. There is really no need for him to provoke Him at this time, no matter whether the result is good or bad.
"Oh, I'll leave it to you."
After taking a look at Aaron in the distance, Ramses glanced at the ministers present.
Panic, anger, blame…it's so shitty.
With a thought, the light of the [Benben Stone] no longer locked onto the silent scepter, and it began to emit a stronger buzzing sound.
All of a sudden, the minister who had just reprimanded Pharaoh suddenly woke up. Now is not the past, and Pharaoh has also mastered the power given by God.
He wanted to say something, but Ramses still ignored him.
Although most of these people are useless, they can still be put to good use.
Let them fight, it doesn't matter whether they live or die.
A bright light flashed, and half of the people in the field disappeared immediately. The remaining ones were those who had been disrespectful in the life-and-death crisis before.
Those who left arrived outside the City of the Sun, where the Egyptian military camp was located, in a trance. Along with it, there was also an order floating in the air.
"Use troops."
"I mercifully forgave these sinners and allowed them to leave, but I judged one person who deserved death in the end. But they dared to resist, and that was a capital crime."
"Send out all the soldiers in Egypt, all those who can bear arms, to kill these sinners who have violated the law. Not a single Hebrew will be left alive."
Ramses pointed and assigned a task to someone who was still somewhat useful.
[Benben Stone] immediately emitted an unprecedentedly bright light, echoing the increasingly scorching sun in the sky.
Then it turned into a stream of light and rushed straight towards the direction where the sun was.
The human world is over, and what remains belongs to God.
…
Clang——
The light connected the sky and the earth, mixed with various voices.
Aaron blocked the weapon of the last guard in front of him with his sword and stabbed him in the vitals.
With heavy breathing, Aaron saw the ascending [Benben Stone] and 'Ramses'.
Legend has it that this is the gate of the sky in the eyes of the Egyptians, which can connect heaven and earth. Those who pass through it will enjoy the power of God. Now, the legend seems to have come true.
But Aaron didn't care about this. He strode forward and no one dared to stop him.
He walked to the body of Moses lying on the ground, looking at the blood flowing all over the ground. After hesitating for a moment, he finally stretched out his right hand and grasped the scepter.
…
…
…
Three breaths passed and nothing happened.
"…It's actually true…"
His expression changed. Although he had expected this, when the result really happened in front of Aaron, he had to accept this fact.
In his hand, the scepter given by God was just a stick. The once powerful force was now gone.
brush--
He swung his sword and cut off the neck of an Egyptian who was trying to sneak attack him. Aaron took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Gather, kill them, and then break through!"
"The Egyptians will not let us go. Only by escaping their encirclement can we have a chance of survival!"
Hanging the scepter around his waist and carrying Moses' body on his back, Aaron only needed to think about it to know where they were going.
Moses told him that he had seen a bush on a mountain that ignited spontaneously and received a revelation from God in the fire. He would go back there and explain to God the disaster they had encountered.
"Egypt...I will be back."
"Even if I can't, my descendants will."
After looking back at the land, Aaron turned and left.
He didn't know how many people could successfully escape from the Egyptians' pursuit, and even orders were difficult to convey in the chaos.
I hope it's not too little, as we don't know how many dangers there are along the way.
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There is peace in the starry sky.
Unlike the vast starry sky of Chaos, the starry sky of Hermeneus is so small.
There are countless celestial bodies, and the few stars are also descendants of the gods of heaven and earth.
Here, the sun is the center of everything and nothing can compare to it.
Sitting on his golden throne, the sun sank behind his head, but there was a tiny dot of light in its center.
The [Benben Stone] was there releasing its own power. After all, it did not have a huge killing power. As the first treasure born in the Hemenu world, it was like Chaos's oracle tablet, and was not born for destruction.
The oracle slate can reveal fate and carry everything, while the [Benben Stone] symbolizes the source of all creation.
It rose from the primordial water and brought the initial vitality to the world. So as long as it hangs in the back of the mind, the power of Nara will never decline.
"It's almost there. The power over there has reached a limit again."
"The fall of just one or two Pillar Gods is not enough to make the world give me more power. After all, the offensive of the foreign lands is slowing down, and the foreign gods don't seem to be in a hurry to take back the authority they lost after their fall."
The classification of the levels of great divine power was only Ryan's own judgment, and it was naturally impossible for him to be known by La in the world of Hemenu.
That was his subjective judgment based on the summaries of the various great men of different strengths in Chaos, and among the Egyptian gods, only Ra and Apophis were in this field before, so he had no way of judging.
But now, with the continuous infusion of the power of the Eight Spirits, La gradually developed his own standards.
If two of the eight gods were combined into one, that would be the pinnacle of great divine power. He even suspected that once that point was reached, the combined eight gods might possess certain higher-level characteristics, which would involve the power of the origin of the world.
As for the complete unification of the eight gods... that would be almost as close to the Hemenu world itself. After all, the name "Hemenu" is actually the transliteration of the divine text of "Eight Gods".
"The best outcome would be for me to completely carry the power of Absolute Void, and then forcibly control some of the Primordial Water through the Benben Stone - but the possibility of achieving this is not great, so I can only regard it as a goal."
"The next best result is to only inherit [Absolute Void]. As long as I can do this, I will still be invincible. Even if I cannot retain all of this power in the future, as long as I have reached this height, perhaps many things that I could not see clearly before will be visible to me now."
"It's still difficult to do this."
"It's difficult... but not impossible! There is no other 'god' recognized by the world in Hemenu now."
The golden flame burned fiercely. It was just the sun one moment and the entire starry sky the next.
He stretched out his hand and the moon of Hermanu rose from a corner of the starry sky. It was like a shield, firmly blocking the sun, which was much larger than it.
Thoth was once an ancient moon god who once walked the earth in the form of a baboon bathing in the moonlight.
But he later lost this authority. Raben intended to grant it to a new god who met the requirements in the future, but now it seems there is no need for that.
There is no future, it should be destroyed, destroyed along with everything that came before at the hands of the Outer Gods, and all because his power is not enough to fight against the Outer Gods.
Then, right in front of Ra, as an invisible force passed by, Hemenu's silver moon was like a fragile bubble and was easily extinguished.
"Heh... Kill him, kill him..."
"In the name of Ra-Atum—"
"--Light!"
The silver moon and stars stood in front of him. The wind, rain, earth and sky had all been taken away by the foreign gods. At this moment, after who knows how many years, in this broken world, the Sun God once again displayed all his power in the world.
Infinite light, infinite heat, the golden flame that burns the world is ignited. The sun is the center of all things, and everything revolves around it.
The loss of these powers is a loss to the world, but in a sense, it also gives the Sun a greater place in what is left of Hermanus.
Whether in heaven or on earth, whether on earth or in the void that trapped the Devil of Destruction, at that moment, all life saw that bright light.
It illuminates everything and points the way for all living things. Countless creatures kneel down to sing praises to the glory of the god Ra, and hymns are heard in every nome.
If it weren't for the sound that followed, this day would probably have been recorded as an eternal holy day by all Egyptians.
"separate."
The sun brings light to the world; God sees light.
God saw the light, that it was good; and He separated the light from the darkness.
…
On the original water, everything is exactly the same as it was at the beginning.
Amon Ra felt the power growing stronger in his body, while the god opposite him was no different from when he came.
Neither the death of Moses nor the retreat of worldly forces caused the slightest ripple in God's heart.
Chapter 390 Swallowing the Sun
is like a center line, dividing yin and yang.
The original world above the water seemed to be cut in half, one half was filled with infinite light, burning with eternal golden flames; the other half fell into darkness, without a single ray of light.
Day and night seemed to be born from the same sky. Looking at this scene, Amon Ra was actually very shocked.
He did this without moving his body, directly using a form close to the 'Spirit of Words'. If he had not embezzled the power of [Absolute Void], then as a mere Sun God, he would probably be like what he saw before him. Once the opponent attacked with all his strength, he would not be able to fight back at all.
And if it weren't for the world's favor brought by the successive deaths of the Nine Pillars, he, as Amon-Ra-Atum, would still find it difficult to compete with the other side.
After all, it was the massive invasion of foreign lands that allowed Ra to completely master the masculine symbol of "Amon" of "Absolute Void" among the Eight Primordial Gods, and then erode the feminine symbol "Amunet".
Before this, a mere reincarnation was far from enough for him to replace the real Eight Spirits.
"Huh...but there are no ifs in reality..."
"The most important thing about a priest's duty is 'purity'. Atum didn't understand this, so he died. I understand this, so I only kept the [Sun] and have dominated the world ever since."
"Now, it's my turn to make the third decision."
Amon Ra, who had been silent for a long time, sighed slightly and then took a step forward.
The entire void shook with his breathing, and when the alien forces retreated and the sun fought on earth, the God-King of Hermeneu seemed ready to go all out.
In an instant, the unique authority of God Amon was displayed in this world for the first time. This is a divine power that has never appeared in the world of Chaos and is one of the cornerstones of the world's existence.
The underlying order of all things began to be erased layer by layer, and even the "existence" of the incarnation of divinity seemed to be shaken.
This is the [absolute void], the "existence" born from the "nothingness" outside the world, and the "nothingness" corresponding to all the "existence" within the world. Everything that is not recognized by it is false and does not exist, and everything that is denied by it will lose its foundation in the world.
In an instant, it seemed as if the situation was reversed, the strong and the weak were swapped, and the location of the divinity became blurred.
But soon, under Ra's gaze, this blur was stopped. A reciprocating force surrounded the Outer God out of thin air and resisted his attack.
"Heh...as expected."
His expression changed slightly, as if he was shocked and angry at the enemy's strength, but in fact, La was not shocked at all.
He did not really use his full strength. In fact, at this moment, La only used the strength he had at the beginning.
With the world's favor brought by the fall of the Nine Pillars Gods, he did not use even a little bit of it. At this point, La no longer wanted to stop the other party from destroying the sun.
The sun of Hemenu is the real pillar of the world. It also possesses the divine powers of "resurrection", "light", "flame", "celestial body" and "all-seeing". It is the result of their integration and is also the only power and authority of Hemenu that is superior to the true god besides the eight gods.
It was so important, so powerful - so only if it was destroyed would Hermeneus truly be at the end of his rope and devote more of his power to Ra.
Are you reluctant? To some extent.
After all, in terms of the versatility of authority, even among the Chaos gods, no priesthood is more omnipotent than the Egyptian 'sun'.
But when the time comes to make a decision, La will never show mercy!
"That's it!"
boom--
Thinking does not affect action, the sky and the earth cooperate with each other. When Amon Ra on the primordial water began to exert force, the sun shone brightly again.
Endless divine light shines into the darkness, as if to drive the existence of foreign gods away from the world.
The earth seemed unable to withstand such force, and cracks kept appearing on it; the surging Nile River beat against its banks, and the blood-colored river water foreshadowed something ominous.
The pulling action seemed ruthless, but due to the difference in strength it was difficult to reverse the situation.
The power in his body grew stronger, but what Ra showed remained unchanged. He didn't want to stop the Outer God now, but he had to take action.
Watching the other half of the sun fall without any reaction was the biggest absurdity. So Ra could only make the most standard reaction, attacking the external god with anger.
Boom!
The sun began to move and crashed into the dark area.
And in the face of its moving trajectory, all matter turns to dust.
"I have almost touched upon your power."
"This is the other world... But when you are about to succeed, you need to be most careful. Before the decisive battle, you can't leave any fish that slip through the net."
His eyes flickered slightly, and he glanced slightly downwards.
He was naturally not looking at Isis. When everything was over, he would personally end the life of this traitor, but at least for now, the other party was not qualified to influence the great divine power.
What he was looking at was the secret void behind the world, and the chains that were gradually breaking.
Apophis, the ancient serpent of chaos, the embodiment of the destruction of the world. It must be said that in most myths and legends, snakes often play some negative and terrible roles.
In the world of Hermeneus, Apophis is such an existence. Perhaps because the world itself is weak, order cannot completely dominate the world. This demon god, who was born at the beginning of creation, is immortal and has brought endless troubles to two generations of sun gods.
Now it is the last one that has the chance to influence the situation. La can even notice that the opponent's strength is also increasing.
If the sun is the beginning of all things in Hermeneus, the embodiment of positive and masculine, then Apophis is the end of all things, the embodiment of negative and feminine.
The purpose of its birth is to destroy the world and restart everything. Even if the world does not give it the same favor at this critical moment, it is still getting stronger as the destruction of everything intensifies.
Click——
Even though they were separated by the vast void, Amon Ra could hear the chains on the giant snake breaking.
If he wanted, he now had the energy to continue suppressing it.
But he did nothing, instead drawing away the power of the seal, as if he was no longer able to maintain the seal under the pressure of the Outer God.
Silently, the light released by the sun became stronger, and its moving trajectory was constantly and subtly adjusted.
At a certain moment, shrouded in the endless void, La smiled slightly.
"For hundreds of thousands of years, you have been trying to swallow the sun."
"Now, you have this chance."
Beneath the earth, in the dark void illuminated by light.
Apophis opened his eyes.
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hiss--
There is no light in the chaotic darkness.
But as the sun god exerted his full strength, light finally shone in even on the back side of this world.
The pale golden sunlight seemed to contain the will of Ra Atum and the power of two generations of sun gods. It brought vitality to everything in the world and dispelled all dangers and disasters.
But Apophis did not like this light, because it was inherently dangerous and a disaster.
The only meaning of its existence is to destroy the world, and if you want to destroy the world, you must first destroy the sun.
Since the day when ancient Atum was born from a stone egg beside the Benben Stone, it was born in the darkness where the sun could not reach. When it saw the light for the first time, it knew that only one of them could exist in this world.
So even without wisdom and rationality, Apophis still remembered one thing after millions of years.
Destroy the sun!
hiss...
The giant snake opened its chaotic and confused eyes, having long forgotten what had happened before.
His old enemy suddenly became so powerful that he was no match for him. But Apophis didn't care about that at all, he just knew that he had to fight again.
Crash——
The sound of chains sliding rang out as the giant snake's body twisted. The shackles that once bound it tightly did not seem so scary at this moment.
The chains broke one by one as it moved. After clearing away the things that bound it, Apophis finally began to look for the thing that made it uncomfortable...
sun!
The light of the sun!
A low roar came from the snake's mouth, which contained excitement, murderous intent, and joy, but there was no fear or hesitation.
In the past, whenever it woke up from its slumber, the gods who ruled the human world would ride the sun boat here to fight it and never give it the chance to come onto the ground.
But this time, Apophis found that there was no obstacle in front of him!
"…It's the sun…"
"…sun…"
"--sun!"
The voice echoed in the void. Apophis's intelligence was not even as good as Typhon's. The demon god of destruction had no ability to communicate, and 'sun' was the only word it understood.
But it didn't need to understand. The snake moved its body, and with a series of "cracking" sounds, the remaining shackles bound on its body all turned into smoke and dust.
Looking around, even though it was far away, Apophis's chaotic eyes could still see the source of light shining on him. It was the sun, and it was right above him. As long as he leaned forward, it would be in his pocket!
"roar--!"
The endless winding body first coiled up, then suddenly moved upwards.
Egypt's afterlife was easily penetrated, and the Yalu where the gods once placed the souls of their believers collapsed one by one.
A hole appeared in the earth, and the giant snake poked its head out. Above it, the sun was moving at a speed that seemed slow but was actually fast. It tried to crash its body into the dark realm and disperse the power that the outer gods projected on the human world.
Then the next moment, Apophis opened its mouth wide, and there seemed to be a crack in the sky.
With one bite, the source of light of Hemenu, the origin of all life, became its food.
…
On the primordial water, when the sun was swallowed, Amon Ra's face changed drastically. He seemed to step back subconsciously and raised his hand in defense.
The destruction of 'half' of the power seemed to have frightened the Egyptian God-King, but in Ra's heart, feeling the power rising again, he felt as steady as a rock.
This is just the beginning. Apophis swallowing the sun does not mean that the sun is destroyed. In fact, in the long history of the past, it has also gained the upper hand in the battle with the sun.
This is where the so-called "solar eclipse" comes from. This shows that being swallowed by it for a short period of time will not really lead to the destruction of the sun.
But this is not important, because looking down at the earth, Amon Ra clearly saw that when Apophis swallowed the sun, its body seemed to expand again.
There was a flash of black light in its chaotic pupils. It first looked at the ground beneath its feet, then at the sky above its head.
It was looking for other enemies, those little things that had fought against it. But what Apophis couldn't understand was that the power corresponding to these two places had long dissipated, and it was meaningless whether it was destroyed or not.
In today's world, those once delicious snacks have long gone, with only one or two still existing. Only in the sky, there seem to be two feasts.
"hiss--"
The burning pain from the sun in his stomach only made Apophis more excited.
For any rational person, the most important thing it should do at this moment is to quietly digest the sun in its body until it is completely destroyed, or bring destruction to the human world and let its symbol of world destruction rise.
But Apophis thought differently. He raised his snake head again, and his scarlet tongue swayed in the air.
In its eyes, there is no fear, only greed in the face of things.
Amon Ra... That is the power of the void, and it has no conflict with the Chaos Serpent. Even if it wants to return everything to chaos, it still needs the void to carry everything.
So in Apophis' instinct, Amon Ra was automatically pulled to the last priority, and it set its sights on the existence on the other side.
The world was in darkness at this moment. Out of the instinct of life, it could feel the terrifying power of the other party, which was even more powerful than it was now.
But this was not what Apophis considered at all. It only knew that if it destroyed Him, it might be able to enjoy the joy of truly destroying the world!
"Hiss..."
"roar--!"
The body moved again, and Apophis's body expanded ten thousand times.
Its head slowly poked out of the human world, out of the world, and above the primordial water, and then it rushed towards the target without hesitation.
Success? Failure? That's not what it considers.
Over millions of years, it has failed countless times, but as long as it is still alive, it will not stop!
"Oh, I knew it. It's true."
He simply took a step back, as if wanting to watch the two enemies fight each other, and a hint of joy rose in Amon Ra's heart.
Even though Apophis wants to destroy the world, it is actually part of the world, just like in Scandinavian mythology, Ragnarok is also the destruction of the world, but that kind of destruction can actually be considered part of the world cycle.
So looking at Apophis's determined figure, La knew that the last piece of his puzzle was complete.
The last two are packaged together and sent to you.
Then I'll stand on top of the world and take you to them.
Chapter 391: Forging the Sword
Wow——
Penetrating the sky, across the ocean, through the places where Amon Ra had fought the gods before, nothing could stop Apophis.
As the world-destroying demon god who was born almost at the same time as the first sun god, Apophis felt as comfortable as if he were back home while wandering in the void outside the mortal world.
It had been restrained for too long, and swallowing the sun only slightly appeased its endless desire for destruction. So when another delicious oversized "snack" was in sight, the Chaos Snake's eyes could not help but shine brightly.
It looks like it's not easy to mess with, but it's the hardest one to mess with! It opened its mouth wide again, like a python swallowing an elephant. Endless chaos and destruction entangled between its lips and teeth. The implication of the end even made La, who was standing by, feel a little frightened.
That is, the sun has not been truly destroyed, and the symbol of the world's destruction has not yet reached its peak. Otherwise, even Ra could not be sure how powerful Apophis would become.
"roar--"
The roar was like a dragon or a snake, and golden light emerged from Apophis's belly. The sun was still struggling, and from God's perspective, it was like a black snake holding the sun in its mouth and emerging from the sea.
I don't know how high it is, I don't know how long it is, but huge waves are rising on the primordial water. The giant snake, which is growing stronger every moment, swallows the sky and the earth, and takes the existence in front of it into its mouth.
"roar..."
There was a hint of joy in his low voice, and at that moment, Apophis felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.
It seemed as if the meaning of its existence was about to be fulfilled, and its eternal and boring snake life had come to an end.
But the next moment, a tearing sensation spread from the snake's head, and the snake heads that were biting together were forced to separate. With eyes wide open, Apophis swallowed hard, and nothing that went into its mouth could come out!
tear——
Like rotten leather, little cracks began to appear along the edge of the snake's mouth.
The big mouth that should have been closed was stretched open little by little, and then became bigger and bigger.
It was as if gods and demons were wrestling with each other, but Apophis was clearly at a disadvantage. Even though the destruction between the worlds was constantly increasing its power, since the Eight Primordial Gods were still there, the world was far from the brink of destruction.
It seemed like only a moment, but it also seemed to last for a long time. At some point, Apophis finally reached his limit.
Along the gap between the upper and lower jaws, the sound of flesh tearing echoed over the primordial water.
Painful roars continued to be heard, and the huge snake body was split into two.
"roar--!"
brush--
The sun that was swallowed by the snake jumped out, dotted with black spots. But no one cared about the sun at this moment, Ra's eyes were completely fixed on the outer gods.
Tearing Apophis' body apart is indeed very powerful, but he knows that the reason why this world-destroying demon has made all previous suns helpless is not because of his simple strength, but because of his immortality.
It has no such thing as a priesthood, no concept of soul, and no "Ka" and "Ba" like all Egyptian gods.
It is the embodiment of chaos itself, the embodiment of the destruction of all things. Ra has no way to destroy it at all. I wonder if the world outside the domain has such ability?
"hiss--"
"hiss--"
It was split into two, and the sun that had been swallowed escaped into the sky, but Apophis's ferocity remained unchanged.
In other words, as the world decays and power grows, it is losing even its remaining instincts.
The more powerful a being is, the more difficult it is to maintain its personality; the closer one is to the source of power, the more one is assimilated by it.
Without even a pause, the two torn body halves automatically repaired themselves in the rolling black air, and then turned into two black snakes that bit forward.
The gap between him and the god in front of him was clearly visible, but it only wanted to destroy, whether it was destroying others or destroying itself.
Boom!
The primordial water stirred up a raging wave, and it seemed that a long-lasting battle was about to break out between the gods and demons.
Amon Ra sat on the sidelines, and it was not a bad thing to be able to watch his two biggest enemies fight each other before the final battle.
However, the next moment, La's eyes suddenly narrowed.
The scene before him was really beyond his expectations.
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The fourth level of the spiritual world, the world of all spirits.
The black and white colors are rotating, and the huge Well of Samsara stands in the center of the world.
The River of Forgotten flows in a winding manner, and countless souls have their memories sucked away, undergo judgment, and then reincarnate.
As one of the three innate Styx rivers that possess partial authority over the underworld, just as Styx continuously draws strength from the oath, it also gains something from the memory of the sinking.
These creatures' most precious treasures continue to nourish it, allowing it to become stronger and stronger like its neighbors.
Standing beside the Well of Samsara, Autumn and Eirene of the End performed their duties as usual.
Points of divine light fell in all directions, and the dead souls immediately reincarnated according to the standard. Because their memories had long been washed away, there was no struggle, and the scene was quiet and peaceful.
Wow...
…
Crash...
…
Crash...
"Um?"
Her expression changed, and Erinye's eyes became sharp.
The water of the River of Forgotten suddenly rolled abnormally, which instantly caught her attention.
In today's world of all spirits, only the River of Oblivion is connected to the outside world, and other communication channels have long been locked.
This strange change is likely a sign of outsiders.
The water splashed against
the riverbed, and countless souls floated in it.
Eirene acted decisively and tried to connect reincarnation with her will.
In the world of all spirits, the three goddesses who possess the power to control reincarnation are not afraid of any enemy at all. Even if the God King from the outside world comes in person, he will only be suppressed by the power of the entire spirit world, and then be easily suppressed in front of the Well of Reincarnation.
Of course, Eirene didn't think that the gods in this world would be so stupid as to sneak into the spirit world secretly.
Soon, Eirene's consciousness touched the power of reincarnation that spread throughout the world of all spirits, which was also the place where they were born.
This vast and endless power made her feel intoxicated every time she came into contact with it. No matter what happened to the River of Oblivion, she could -
"——What's going on? Is the reincarnation 'empty'?"
Her face changed, and Eirene found it difficult to describe what she felt.
The [Well of Samsara] is still there, and it is still performing its duties, but in Eirene's perception, it is now like an empty shell.
The power in it had long been drained away and gone to who knows where, and the same is true of the Forgotten River. The reason why it surges is actually because its power has been drained away, but it does not have the essence of great divine power.
The countless souls in the river brought it "pressure", making it impossible for it to maintain stability and tranquility.
"call--"
She took a deep breath, and was panicked for only a moment, but Eirene reacted quickly.
This is the spirit world, and the Well of Samsara is a sacred object of the level of a creation artifact. Even if all the great powers in the world join forces, it is impossible to silently drain its power in the spirit world.
So there was no need to ask whose will all this came from. At this moment, she just needed to fulfill her duties.
"--town!"
With a light shout, Eirene stepped onto the River of Forgotten.
The boiling river water was immediately suppressed by her, and at least on the surface, everything returned to calm.
Being in the core of the spirit world, no one noticed the changes here. Four spiritual moons hung in the sky, illuminating the countless dead souls in the spirit world.
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Hemenu, the primordial water.
The changes in the spiritual world are far away, but Apophis never stops moving.
The two snakes that were split into two did not hesitate at all, and they bit each other again at the moment of splitting.
The breath of destruction circulates around it. This is its innate mission.
However, the next moment, a drop of extremely refined liquid appeared out of thin air in front of Apophis.
Out of instinct, the snake swallowed it without hesitation. It might be a trap, but it had neither the intelligence to recognize a trap nor the need to recognize it.
As an immortal demon, nothing in this world can really hurt it. So it opened its mouth wide and swallowed the liquid into its stomach.
Then in an instant, under the influence of some force, Apophis seemed to have forgotten where he was and what he was going to do.
It suddenly became quiet, as if there was no longer any threat. Only in its belly, the drop of liquid began to decrease madly.
It cannot control Apophis for long. It won't be long before the immortal demon wakes up and responds to the world with a more violent attitude.
But for God, this is enough.
He reached out and grasped the two separated snakes, uniting them into one again. The sacred fire ignited in his palms, burning the dazed bodies of the snakes.
The scales gradually began to glow with a metallic luster, and a black aura seeped into the snake's spine. The Hemenu world began to tremble, as if indignant at the actions of the Outer Gods.
However, watching this scene, La was shocked and puzzled. It was indeed surprising that the other party could make Apophis lose consciousness, but what was he doing now?
Refining a divine weapon? It was a bit ridiculous.
If this simple method could wipe out Apophis's existence, why would he still exist today?
Apophis is indestructible, and only by destroying its will can it be destroyed, otherwise any action is meaningless.
But is it possible to destroy its spirit with such a simple method?
But no matter why, he just hesitated for a moment and then raised his hand.
The sun emits an extremely scorching light, and even the few black spots lingering on it do not diminish its majesty.
Like a weapon, he threw the sun mercilessly in the direction of the outer gods.
The golden wheel passed through the sky, and its trajectory was reflected on the water.
Ra-Atum was at the center of the sun, with the Ben-Ben Stone hanging above his head.
The foreign gods were right before his eyes. This outsider who had never taken him seriously from the beginning to the end had now trained Apophis's snake head into a 'handle' and the snake body into a scabbard.
But Ra knew that all this would be in vain as long as Apophis woke up. Even if the Outer Gods could restrain its body, they could not restrict its will and make it work for them.
"Take that—"
clang——
The sword split it in half, cutting into the core of the sun.
La Atum looked at the black sword that pierced his chest with no expression of either sadness or joy.
I have to say, this thing is quite powerful. The Outer Gods seem to have added the power of "death" and "destruction" from their world here, acting as the core and controlling the power of Apophis.
However, La could also find that the will in the sword seemed to be awakening under the stimulation of facing the sun.
Does it make sense? No. If the Outer Gods did all this just to have a way to kill the sun with one strike, Nara-Atum said that this might be exactly what he wanted.
Indeed, as the sun's arch-enemy, Apophis's power is particularly harmful to the sun, and he himself was severely injured by the attack that was equivalent to the combined power of the Outer Gods and Apophis, but in terms of the result, isn't this exactly what he wanted?
With a smile on his face, La Atum stretched out his hand and grasped the black sword that had pierced his chest.
The palm was easily cut, and with the severe damage to the sun, the black sword seemed to absorb even more powerful destructive power from all things.
Yet in the face of all this, La Atum simply took a step forward.
"You have been severely injured and will hardly be of any use in the subsequent battles."
"Therefore, for the great world of Hermeneus, as the sun of Egypt, I choose to die with the enemy!"
It seems like he is convincing himself, but he is probably speaking more to the world.
Facing such a powerful enemy, any price to win is reasonable.
So in an instant, liquid slurry overflowed from the sun, igniting blood-red flames, just like the blood and fire of the sun god.
Ra Atum itself was also ignited, and the entire sun was like a bomb about to be ignited.
Hemenu's shaking became more and more intense. If there were no external enemies, the gods would never allow such self-destructive behavior, but now it seemed like they were seeing off their offspring.
At the same time, in Amon Ra's perception, a force that was infinitely stronger than before was surging towards him, and on the contrary, the constraints of the world's laws on him were reduced by more than a level.
If the sun is destroyed, the world will only be left with the eight gods who carry all things and some scattered divine powers, which will have a devastating impact on him.
Fortunately, he killed the mortal before, which slowed down the attack of the alien world. Otherwise, Amon Ra even suspected that if the alien world continued to fight against Hemenu's will with the same crazy and powerful rhythm as before, then when the sun fell, the world would no longer be able to resist the attack of the alien world because of the severe damage to the internal cycle.
At that time, the barrier of the world will be broken, and the main body will be dismembered. In a very short time on the world level, Hemenu will be swallowed by the other side, and neither himself nor the Outer Gods will be able to snatch it from the mouth of the foreign land again.
"Um?"
Suddenly realizing something, La was shocked.
If you look at it this way, killing that mortal seems to be more than just beneficial to yourself...
So if the Outer God actually predicted his prediction, then did He know that He could actually gain strength from the destruction of the world?
If he didn't know, it would be fine, but if he knew, why would he cooperate with his actions?
He raised his head suddenly, and in front of Amon Ra, he saw the expanding sun, the burst of light, and the black sword with the same explosive power, which completely cut the sun and corroded it with death and doom.
Apophis' will was stimulated by this, and it was only a little bit away from awakening. Once awakened, it would become even more powerful.
His own strength also began to become complete, and the yin and yang forces of [Absolute Void] began to undergo final integration in his body.
The full picture of the great divine power realm has opened up before Amon Ra, and the power that he could not even imagine in the past is now in his hands.
Even as one of the four levels of the world, once the symbol of [Absolute Void] is complete, Amon Ra can be sure that he can obtain some even more incredible benefits.
What about Him? How can He defeat me?
A shadow flashed through his mind. Amon Ra was sure that no matter how powerful the Outer Gods were, they were still far from reaching the pinnacle of great divine power.
If "He" could bring back the power of the foreign world now, then he could just run away with the money. Anyway, with the rigid laws of the world, Amon Ra didn't think he would be blocked here.
What's more, [Absolute Void] itself is the outermost barrier of Hemenu. It naturally has an advantage in fighting against the "nothingness" outside the world, allowing it to exist for a longer period of time after leaving the world.
In this situation... the level of power is absolutely dominant, and the existence of the world is not enough to bring destruction to itself. Amon Ra can't think of how he can lose.
"Maybe... this is just the aftereffect of the sun's fall."
Regardless, La Atum was a part of who he once was.
When the sun died, he was inevitably affected, whether it was the pain of facing death or the sadness of the world itself.
After all, it wasn't just him. From this moment on... the Egyptian world also lost its light forever.
Chapter 392 God Says Forty Days
Far away from the heart of Egypt, an old pastureland.
In the eternal darkness, a long snake made of torches is slowly crawling on the earth.
Occasionally a torch would suddenly go out and a small disturbance would break out, but calm would soon return.
In an open space a few hundred meters away from the Long Snake, small storms rushed left and right. In another place thousands of meters away, hail fell from the sky.
The whole world is like a game with a messed up program, and the code for simulating the climate has many loopholes.
In this situation, unless it is torn down and rebuilt, I am afraid no one can restore it to its original state. But no matter how difficult the situation is, all living things are still trying to survive on this broken earth.
There are black cats hunting in the night, and jackals hiding in the darkness and attacking by surprise.
Without light, the team cannot move forward and cannot gather together; with light, it will attract moths that fly into the fire, and they will continuously rush towards hope.
There were casualties and chaos, but over the months, the adaptable humans had gotten used to it.
They found ways to survive, just as people in ancient times had found ways to survive in the wilderness.
"…"
"Prophet, as you instructed, we are almost there."
"The road ahead...how should we go?"
Near the head of the team, a beam of fire moved from the front to the back.
After a while, Aaron saw one of the leaders he had appointed.
The migration team was still too long, and even after several casualties, there were still many people left. In this case, he alone could not control everything, so these leaders came into being.
Fortunately, Aaron's authority in the team remained. Even though Moses was dead and there was no deterrence from his power, they were still willing to follow Aaron's leadership.
After all, the more desperate people are, the more they crave hope; the more powerless they are, the more they place their hopes in gods.
The sun was dead, and Egypt's faith that had lasted for thousands of years was directly shattered. In this desperate situation, they had no choice.
Aaron had personally seen many people who initially made the choice out of helplessness, but eventually became devout believers. God's salvation was their only light in the darkness, and even though they knew it might only be a desperate situation, they still refused to let go.
Well...actually, if you think about it carefully, Aaron himself is no different.
"Wait and see. I will personally take Moses up the mountain. You all stay at the foot of the mountain so as not to offend the Almighty God."
"Don't worry, Moses received divine revelation here and received instructions in the flames. Although he was killed by the treacherous Pharaoh, God still cared for him."
Along the way, before the sun set, the Egyptian pursuers once again made the Hebrews suffer.
The hunt did not end until eternal darkness fell.
"The sun went out. That was the main god of the Egyptians, Ra, who was high in the sky and looked around the world."
Taking a deep breath, Aaron noticed that many people around him were looking at him.
Facing the expectation in their eyes, Aaron said loudly, just like every time before: "This is God's punishment!"
"God has brought punishment upon the Gentiles, bringing suffering upon their gods and people. He is the protector of the Hebrews, and He will make the perpetrators of violence receive the retribution they deserve!"
"forward!"
"Under God's gaze, the pious will be saved."
Believe it or not, at this moment, the crowd around Aaron was indeed inspired.
In other words, they also hope from the bottom of their hearts that all this is true.
…
Boundless darkness, endless silence.
One step faster than Aaron, when his life was ended by Pharaoh's sword, Moses came to this space that seemed isolated from the world.
He didn't know where this was, the world after death, or the gap between life and death.
However, in the darkness, Moses could vaguely sense some information from the outside world.
He watched his body being carried onto the gallows, yet it remained intact; he watched Aaron guide the Hebrews southward toward the land of Midian.
He saw the Egyptians chasing him and the sun going out, but he could only watch quietly and be a bystander to witness everything happening.
In this state, Moses clearly felt the power that he once controlled. It was a power beyond the mortal world, which could easily solve all the troubles Aaron encountered. But for some reason, the power that was originally closely connected to him seemed to be separated by a layer of shackles, making him unable to touch it.
"Is this what I gave up?"
Although no one explained it to him, Moses suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.
[You will give up your future, eternal life, and everything you have, and together with your people, you will suffer the disasters brought down by their gods. Those who do not believe in me will all die, and the pious will also suffer disasters.]
This was originally his glory and right. If he had followed God's will and served merely as God's messenger rather than a prophet of the Hebrews, all of this would have belonged to him.
But he voluntarily gave these up and returned them to God, so now that he is dead, they should be taken back.
So from the moment he lost his life, his first covenant with God was fulfilled.
God killed all the nine pillars of Egypt and allowed the Hebrews to continue living in this world.
He had fulfilled his promise—[Those who live on earth will be punished by earth, and those who live in heaven will be punished by heaven. Whatever they have done to you will be repaid on them and their gods]—and now it was naturally Moses' turn to fulfill his promise.
However, despite realizing all this, Moses became even more anxious, because in addition to this, he also remembered what God had said last.
[This world does not belong to you, so you must go to the place that belongs to you. You must leave here and go to the end of the sea.]
Before, he always thought this was an easy task.
As long as he could get rid of the Egyptian gods and the Pharaoh's pursuit, this journey could be easily completed with the power given to him by God.
So even though God did not promise, 'You will return to where you came from, to the place I promised you,' Moses still thought it was not a problem.
Until now, he has been killed.
It was not man who killed him, but the sun; the sun fell because of him, but he could not be resurrected.
Until this moment, he felt as if everything had been arranged from the beginning. His choice, his sacrifice, everything he had, were all in the future planned by God.
In the dark, Moses saw Aaron holding his body and starting to climb the mountain.
It was the same mountain he had climbed when he was a herdsman in Midian, hoping to find a chance to change their predicament there, but only Moses knew that his covenant with God had ended.
Aaron would not get what he wanted, this was destined, because Moses never told them that God's eyes never stayed on the Hebrews.
"…"
[So... do you regret it?]
Wow——
Suddenly waking up, at this moment, Mercer felt that he had "opened" his eyes.
The darkness around him was swept away, and he seemed to have returned to the day when he saw God.
The world in layers rises and falls beneath me, with seven layers of vast light and shadow flashing in the middle.
As if standing in the center of the universe, Moses once again saw the shadow that transcends the world.
As if it had never changed, and as if it was changing every moment, Moses fell to the ground again, expressing his piety and humility to God.
"god..."
The words trembled as they came out of his mouth, because with just one glance, even though God did not explain, Moses already knew why he came here.
His first covenant with God ended, and he used his life and everything as a bargaining chip.
But God now told him that he was different from others. He had more than one life, so he could have a second chance at fulfilling his covenant with God.
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Moses always knew that he was different.
After all, God never shied away from His attention, and He told Moses in person that he was different, a special case from other Hebrews.
Before today, Moses didn't know what was different about himself. Only during this period after his death, when he felt the power beyond the mortal world, did he have some guesses.
But guesses are just guesses after all, just like a blind man touching an elephant, he cannot see the whole picture.
What he could see was only a glimpse of the truth, but at this moment, when he stood here, even though God had not spoken, he just 'knew' it.
Moses was his name when he was a mortal, but he also had two names that did not belong to this world.
One is called Pallas and the other is called Horus. They are born with them and are the source of everything.
Two names, belonging to two divine beings, to two masters of the earth and the sky; although these masters are future, not present.
One died before he was born; the other should have been born, but someone else was born for him.
But no matter what, under God's will, these two names were eventually given to Moses, and also to the Hebrews through their bloodline.
In the destiny of Egypt, Horus is the offspring of Osiris and Isis, and this reflection is natural; in the destiny of Chaos, Pallas is the 'dead' descendant of Zeus, and the Hebrews are his descendants.
So as long as the rest of the Hebrews died, their physical life would end, and their bloodline would end with it.
Moses does not need to do anything, he will automatically gather all the scattered powers and become the one who inherits the fate of the future God King of both worlds.
The fate of the world would stand with him—or against him. That was why God had singled him out for attention, and why he was still here.
So at this moment, Moses understood what God meant.
He paid with his life and destiny, and paid the price for his past choices; so God let him experience it all personally and told him the ugliness of human nature.
God made him realize how powerful the power he should have been, and God made him witness the indelible gap between the Egyptian gods and mortals.
One is eternal life and honor, the other is eternal sleep on earth.
God also knew that he would be killed, but He still let Moses experience the process himself.
Until now, God asked him, 'Do you regret it?', but Moses knew that God was actually asking him, 'Have you given up?'
As long as he said he gave up, even if he only had one life and one destiny left, he could still continue to live, reborn from death. Even God would return to him what he had taken away, allowing him to have everything he had again.
As long as Moses nodded, as long as he gave up those people, God would bring disaster down from heaven. He would kill all the remaining people, regardless of whether they were pious or unfaithful.
Because in God's eyes, they never existed.
At that time, Moses will ascend to heaven immediately and inherit the noble and sacred destiny. He will become the angel before the Lord and spread His eternal glory in all the worlds.
Now, all that was left was his own will.
So Moses looked up and gave God his answer.
"... God, I... don't regret it."
Snap——
A flash of lightning flashed by, but it seemed to be just Moses's own illusion.
God is still there, but He seems to be more distant.
But this may not be accurate, after all, He is always so far away... God is omniscient and all-seeing, and He should know everything.
"So the decision I made today should be within God's expectations, right?"
Being in the Kingdom of God, Moses could still see Aaron on the mountain, and the Hebrew people kneeling down at the foot of the mountain praying for success.
He knew that these people were not necessarily kind or pious. If they were given a chance, they would commit sins. If they were in his position, they might even make another choice without hesitation.
But Moses did not hesitate because he chose to save them, not for their thanks.
He just wanted to do it, that's all. Even the actions of a saint are not understood by everyone, let alone he doesn't think he is a saint.
"I offer you all I have, Almighty God. I offer you everything I have, both past and future, though it all comes from you."
Chanting softly, Moses' calm voice echoed throughout the universe.
"May your way be done on earth as it is in heaven."
"Please allow me to return to the world, guide your believers, go through trials, and return to the kingdom you promised us."
"…"
He did not look up, but at that moment, Moses seemed to see again that God standing outside of time was smiling at him.
He was making a promise to him and also giving him advice. He promised Moses a time to walk on earth and gave him one last chance to regret.
"...I will give you forty days, from east to west, from south to north. You and your people will cross the sea and return to your old country..."
"... when the last day comes, you will see it from my mountain... everyone who sees it will be able to reach it, except you."
"You will stop there, on the last day before your return. Everything I have given you will be taken back. This is your future destiny."
"You can choose to refuse, but if this is what you want, then..."
God said, "I establish my covenant with you."
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A day in heaven is one year on earth.
God said forty days, which is forty years on earth.
Since the fall of the first pillar god, Hermeneu's time has been disrupted.
At first, the time slowed down, and only one year passed here instead of ten years. As the end of the world approached, this slowdown became even more obvious.
But perhaps because the nine pillars of gods fell one after another and the sun went out, time on earth was no longer restricted.
It returned to its original speed, and even became a little faster. So that even though the fight in the sky had only lasted a short time, it seemed like quite a while had passed on earth.
So when Aaron began to climb the mountain, above the primordial water, the sun had not even gone out yet.
The second agreement was made, and the sun was freed. Endless light shone on the earth again, and then it was split into two, completely collapsed and disappeared in the world of Hemenu.
The devil sword that destroyed the sun seemed to become more magical under the burning of the sun's fire. Wherever the tip of the sword reached, the [Benben Stone] collided with it.
At this moment, only Amon Ra was left on the huge surface of water, and opposite him, the god holding the black sword.