Saying farewell to the gods

  That night, everyone in the town of Du Ke had the same dream, even those who hadn't fallen asleep seemed to have dreamed it, and even the Iron Armor Beast King Yun Meng was no exception. In the dream, a radiant goddess appeared, wearing a long dress shimmering with golden starlight, her figure beautiful and captivating, holding a holly wand, claiming to be the guardian deity Mu Yun, issuing an oracle.

  The goddess will bestow blessings upon those who arrive here to establish their homes, and a mysterious and wondrous treasure will be given to them to build the city-state. The divine messenger Amun will guide them in finding this hidden treasure and holding a sacrificial ritual to open the treasure trove. The things left behind by the goddess Mu Yun are not only enough to forge various magical artifacts but also can hire wandering warriors of adventure, craftsmen from all over the continent, and merchant caravans from various countries. This treasure will be kept and used by Amun.

  Just out of the deep mountains, the cave-dwelling savage suddenly dreamed of a goddess like this, and they all thought it was unbelievable. But when they heard Amun's name, they saw their god Amun embracing the goddess Mu Yun in a very intimate manner in their dreams. So they deeply believed in this divine revelation. After dawn, Link gathered his people to hold a prayer ceremony, set up an altar, offered sacrifices and thanked Amun and Goddess Mu Yun.

  Interestingly, these cave dwellers put Amun's name before Mut's when praying, doing so naturally. In the scenes they saw in their dreams, Amun was embracing Mut with his arm around her and was half a head taller than the goddess Mut. The Linke tribe originally worshipped only a pile of fire in the mountain caves, but later Amun became their sole deity, and there was also a cat that served as the messenger of the gods.

  Now offering sacrifices to the goddess Mu Yun, not only because of the blessings in the oracle, but also because of Amun. All the tribes are eagerly awaiting the return of the god Amun, making the symbolic hints in dreams come true.

  Mei Danzuo also participated in the prayer ceremony, praying while marveling in her heart: "Amen God, Amen God, you are really incredible, when did you get to hold such a goddess in your arms? There's nothing you can't do, only what you haven't thought of!"

  Medli had always been clear that Ghirahim was not a true god spirit. When she first met him, Ghirahim was just an immature child who possessed divine techniques and saved Medli's life. At the beginning, Medli called him God Ghirahim, on the one hand to learn divine techniques, and on the other hand also followed Link in teasing him.

  However, later on, Ahmon gradually imparted to Medanzo the power of being both a mage and a warrior at the same time, making him a 6th-level magician and a 6th-level warrior, which is an unthinkable miracle in any country on the continent. Just like what Link said earlier: "You are my only god", Medanzo also said it without hesitation in his heart. When he passed the test of "firm belief", he had already regarded Ahmon as a divine being.

  Who says the gods are just statues in temples, and can't be a living person? Medanzer would rather that the true gods were like Amun, at least more real than the idols in the temple.

  ……

  Without mentioning Link and Midna's expectations, Armon carried the staff through the Black Fire Forest and finally saw the high walls of the Xuya City-State from a distance. He grew up in the territory of Xuya City-State, traveled to so many places on the mainland, but today is still the first time he came to the main city of Xuya City-State.

  Yin Nanna did not follow Amun to the city-state of Syria, and the two parted ways at the edge of the Black Fire Forest. Before leaving, the goddess-like woman asked with a hint of a smile: "Amun, who is Aiko?" Apparently she had also seen the other message left in the Earth's Pupil.

  "An old acquaintance," Amun replied, "she once came to Duke Town."

  Yin Nanna playfully pointed to the tip of his nose: "Is it a girl, making you hard to forget? Mortal youth and life will eventually pass away, any unforgettable moment is a wealth of memories. I'll leave this message for you, maybe one day you'll erase it yourself. Whispering to you, Pearl Rose ridiculed me that the men I loved all had no good results, just because they were loved by me, regardless of whether they loved me or not, actually she was wrong."

  Ammon didn't want to discuss this topic, but had to ask: "What was her mistake?"

  Yoon Na-na: "All mortals have birth, aging, sickness, and death. In the eyes of a god, none of these outcomes are good. What is the curse that has been troubling me? I've also been thinking about it - is it because the man I love cannot live forever, or does he need to have no regrets in this life for his own choices?"

  As he entered the city-state of Xuya, Amun was also thinking about this issue. Did the sentimental Yinnana really fall in love with him? That's not necessarily true, she had good feelings and wanted to use and tempt him, but Amun didn't mind that. Yinnana had helped him and hadn't harmed him, even when he fell into the underworld it was his own choice, and as for guiding the people of Du Ke Town back home, that was also Amun's own wish.

  Yoon Nana may just be solving a puzzle, it seems that even gods have their own troubles.

  The guards of the city-state of Syria were not strict, and Amun entered the city without any checks. Located on the southeastern edge of the Hittite Empire, it was originally a key town on the border and an important producer of fine iron and divine stones. However, since the Great Flood cut off land transportation with neighboring countries, the city has been peaceful for several years, and people seem to be leisurely and lazy.

  Amun came to the city-state of Syria for two purposes, one was to retrieve the deed of Duke Town, and the other was to see Ge Lie. When Moses was forced to leave here at the beginning, the deed of Duke Town was still hidden somewhere in the city-state. He didn't tell Amun, the envoy of the Isis Temple, but told that "Arohan" who appeared as a divine spirit.

  In the old madman's message, he specifically mentioned Ge Lie, hoping that Amun would have the opportunity to meet Ge Lie in person, and said with certainty that even if Ge Lie wouldn't help him, he wouldn't make things difficult for him. Now Amun understands that when he was sent to Du Ke Town, he narrowly escaped a disaster that was about to befall, which was also done at Ge Lie's private behest to the mayor of Da Si Town. A great godlike mage going all the way to Du Ke Town for a small miner is no small favor.

  He came to the city-state of Syria and only after inquiring did he realize that things were no longer what they used to be. Whenever anyone mentioned Ge Lei, it was with a look of reverence on their face. If someone's words showed disrespect towards Ge Lei, they might even get beaten up. Ge Lei was now a 9th-level Grandmaster, still staying in the city-state as the main deity officer, his status in Syria equivalent to that of an unnamed divine spirit.

  Kale said a word, in the city-state of Syria may be more useful than Enlil's oracle, only people here will not call Kale a god. In recent years, Kale has rarely appeared, and is said to have devoted himself to cultivating divine techniques in the temple, leaving all matters in the city-state to the governor Xiao Mo, his disciples Hua Leite and Raphael, as well as officials from various departments to handle, and there are not many things here, people live and work in peace.

  It's not easy to meet Song Lie, and Ah Mon's identity is quite sensitive. The Hati Kingdom had ordered his beheading and even sent an envoy from the capital, but this order was never carried out because he had already been sent by Duke Town to execute another decree. Now that he's back, there are still some things that need to be taken care of.

  Amon met Hualet and Rafael, two high priests of Galatea, in the desert under the name of Arokh. They had warmly invited him to visit Syria as a guest, which could be a way to meet Galatea.

  Amon also heard another thing that made him slightly surprised. Huarui had returned from the city of Uruk, and before he left, he was a sixth-level divine master, but when he came back, he had already been promoted to a seventh-level great divine master. The people of the entire city-state were delighted about this, thinking it was an honor for the city-state, a symbol of the blessing of the gods, and they admired Huarui's teacher, Ge Lie even more.

  It seems that there are many young and talented cultivators on the mainland, Ahmon has just been promoted to a great magician, Hualeite also has a seventh-level achievement, and before that, Maria, the holy maiden of the Isis Temple, had already become a great divine manipulator.

  Rumors had it that Raphael was still away on a visit to the city-state of Cape Horn, and Amun wasn't in a hurry to look for Huaileite. Instead, he went to retrieve the land deed. The land deed of Du Ke Town was hidden in a place where everyone could see but no one would think of, in the manor bought by Das Ti, the mayor of Das Ti Town. Amun also bought a manor in Meng Fei Si City, with a private temple in the backyard that originally enshrined Horus, but he replaced the statue with Bestia, the goddess. The manor in Das Ti was much larger, and there was also a small temple dedicated to Enlil in the backyard.

  After Moses and the others left, this magnificent mansion was occupied by a group of vagrants from nearby villages. Each courtyard was inhabited by people who claimed to have relatives and friends injured in the conflict, and that this residence was compensation owed to them by the miners of Du Ke Town. Governor Xiao Mo also found it difficult to manage, but for these two years, everything had been peaceful.

  But the temple in the backyard was not dared to be occupied by anyone, after all, it could not desecrate the gods, and it was left there alone. The deed was under the base of the statue of Enlil, where a stone slab at the bottom of the stone statue was connected to Enlil's feet, even if it was lifted up, no signs of excavation and re-closure could be seen.

  Amun sneaked into the backyard of the manor under the cover of night, a great warrior and magician with agile movements and skilled in hiding his tracks, making it impossible for anyone to detect him. He quietly entered the temple, carrying his staff, where no one had been for a long time, the altar was empty without any offerings or lit lamps, Enlil's statue stood silently in the darkness.

  Amun stretched out his staff and pointed, the stone statue of a real person floated in mid-air. He muttered to himself, and a square crack appeared under the base of the statue. A stone slab floated down gently, with something on it. It turned out that there was a hollow inside the base. Amun waved his hand and put the things into the Wind Dance, then pressed his staff downwards, and the statue fell back to its original position.

  Inside the base of the statue are all the deeds to the land in Duckburg, as well as a special gemstone and twenty gold coins. This must be the handiwork of the Mayor of Duckburg, he's certainly thorough. Even if this place is demolished, people won't dare destroy the statue of Enril, they'll just move it somewhere else, so the things hidden inside won't be discovered, only Moses knows this secret.

  Apart from the land deed, there was also money inside. The divine stone was the most precious Wind Dancer among special divine stones, worth five hundred ordinary divine stones, a huge fortune. As for the other twenty gold coins, they were even more thoughtful. The Wind Dancer couldn't be easily sold for cash, while gold coins could be conveniently exchanged for small change in the market. Even if future generations fell on hard times, inheriting this legacy would allow them to live comfortably for a lifetime.

  Amun had been to many temples, but the feeling was different. In some temples, the solemn statue seemed to have a mysterious life, watching people who were kneeling and worshiping. It's also interesting that Amun set up a statue of Bastet, the cat god, in his own garden to make Xue Dingyan happy, and this feeling is strongest there, as if the statue was alive, and when you walk in, you can vaguely feel a gaze watching you.

  But in this temple, there was no such feeling, the statue of Enlil was just a cold stone. Amun took something and turned to leave the temple, but suddenly turned back at the threshold, as if muttering to himself, saying...

  "Enlil, great god, your gaze has not fallen upon the people of Du-Ku town who have offered their last wealth at your feet in search of refuge, only to be forced to flee and serve as slaves in a foreign land. Today I come to take it away; these shall no longer belong to you. This is not betrayal, but rather the abandonment you chose, Enlil. From you we ask for nothing more, nor do we wish for anything. I take away the legacy of Du-Ku town and bid you farewell."

  Amon said this, unaware of the great flood that destroyed Duketown and even more so, unaware that Old Crazy had died in a challenge to Enlil. The only person who knew this secret was Goro, whom he sought to meet on this trip.

  ……

  When Ahmon entered the manor to take away Duke Town's deed, in a secret room of Enlil Temple in Syria City-State, Gail was watching a segment of divine technique information recorded by Hua Le. The scene where Hua Le and others encountered the Scorpion King in the desert, among which there was a section that Gail watched repeatedly, pondering silently for a long time.

  "Scorpion King and Ah Mon's voices echoed again and again - 'If I break my oath, then I will never become a true god.' 'If I break my oath, then I will forever be the lowly human in your eyes.'"

  After a long time, Hua Lai Te carefully asked: "Respected teacher, why aren't you speaking? I represent the Xuya City-State and made an oath with the Scorpion King. Did I do something wrong or go against your teachings?"

  Ge Lie shook his head and said, "No, you did the right thing. This agreement should be announced to all citizens of the city-state in the form of a law, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties in the desert in the future... I was just thinking about the oath between Scorpion King and A Luo. That young man is not simple at all. You have become a great divine magician, and his achievements are probably no less than yours."

  Hua Lai Te nodded and said, "Yes, at that time he saw the hand, the power was above me. Looking at his oath with Scorpion King again, although it's absurd, but both of them were extremely serious, not joking around, so there must be some secret I don't know about, so I'll record it down and ask teacher for guidance."