107, Ansarullah

  107, Ansar Brigade

  The world outside seems to have a soul of its own, with the heavens and earth breathing in harmony, full of vitality. How to communicate with it using one's own body and mind is the source of power bestowed by the gods, and also the origin of the various magical techniques. Ah, 'Meng' forgot that he was already a great magician, just like welcoming a new life at dawn, to re-experience the awakening of the source of power.

  It's as if I saw the energy of life pulsing between heaven and earth, and in this ritual, I grasped a thread of inspiration that merged with my body and mind. Later, when I can recall this state on my own during meditation, it will be the second awakening of power.

  To hold such a ritual for a samurai, only a great divine master could accomplish it. Maria's ritual for A'men'g took almost twice as long as usual, pouring her heart and soul into the ceremony without reserve. To outsiders, this was also the first time that the Holy Maiden had performed the second awakening of power, so naturally she needed to get familiar with the process.

  Warriors generally do not immediately awaken the power bestowed by the gods after the ritual is over, but start practicing from the most basic divine technique meditation, and only find back the state guided into during the ritual can be considered successful.

  This ritual is usually only held once, and it's also a huge consumption for a great divine master. If it can't succeed at one time, theoretically, it can still be done again, but the probability of success is already very small, and no great divine master will repeatedly bother with a warrior.

  Even if the effect of holding the ceremony again was very small, Maria seemed to be willing to give A'meng a few more chances. A few days after the ceremony ended, she specially sent someone to ask A'meng whether he could feel the power of being awakened from his meditation state? A'meng replied: "Thank you for your concern, Holy Lady, I have succeeded."

  Maria ordered George the Great Priest to send a teacher to teach Amen the Egyptian hieroglyphs.

  A'meng pretended to study the sacred text again, and the teacher praised A'meng as a great warrior with unparalleled intelligence, mastering the sacred text in the shortest time. People didn't find it strange that A'meng became a great warrior at such a young age; how could he not be a naturally talented person? Moreover, if one is familiar with writing secular texts, learning the sacred text isn't too difficult, as long as one understands its special and complex rules.

  The temple also specially sent two fifth-level divine masters to guide A'meng in practicing low-level divine techniques. As a great magician, A'meng was quite humble and listened carefully to the guidance, not putting on airs but rarely asking questions. In short, he learned very quickly and soon began to touch on the content of intermediate divine techniques.

  These two fifth-level divine magic instructors found it difficult to continue teaching A'mon, so they went back to report to their superiors and requested that another divine magic instructor be assigned to teach the great warrior A'mon. As a result, the old madman Nietzsche's friend from those days, who is now the high priest of the Isis Temple, George, said: "Let me personally instruct the great warrior A'mon."

  George took on the task, but didn't teach Ameng any divine techniques. He just gave him permission to browse through all the divine technique books in the archive library on his own. If he couldn't understand something, he could come and ask again. The high priest was usually busy and couldn't possibly teach Ameng divine techniques one-on-one. The archive library was managed by George, and Ameng was very familiar with that place anyway, so there was no need to waste effort explaining things to him.

  With this convenient condition, Ah Meng finally had the opportunity to look up another book that Xue Ding recommended for him to read, but before he could do so, he was entangled by another matter.

  It came suddenly, the Holy Mother herself ordered that the idle Glory Warrior Ameng be made to live alone in a large courtyard with a meditation room, and for these few days he was not allowed to go out or bathe. If he wanted to read any scriptures, he would write down the catalog and have the servants send them over. He was asked to calm his mind and wait for the envoy from the capital of Egypt, as something important was about to happen.

  The Saintess sent someone to deliver some military books and documents to Arin, which were all things he had read before, but Maria wanted him to review them again. At the same time, various military equipment was also delivered, including topographic maps of the Egur Empire's borders, sand table models of various marches and camps, as well as diagrams and models of supply and transport ships at sea, allowing Arin to familiarize himself with the documents.

  Maria's move was clearly a hint that the capital would send someone to test A'Meng. If A'Meng, the great warrior, could pass this test, he would soon receive an important appointment, probably as a general in the army. If so, it also meant that the war between countries around Duketown was about to begin.

  But the reality was even more astonishing than Al'men's guess, Maria recommended Al'men not to be an ordinary general, but the legion commander of a newly formed legion.

  The Aegyptus Empire has three legions ready to go, the names of which are named after gods according to custom, including the empire's most elite Horus Legion and Isis Legion, while the Seth Legion, as a vanguard, had already gathered in the coastal city-state of Border.

  The commander of the Saite Legion is Rodick, the lord of the city-state of Cape, and the chief priest of the legion is Julian, an eighth-level great wizard. It is said that at least one imperial legion commander should be a great warrior, but as the lord of Cape, Rodick's position is honorable and more suitable for managing this legion.

  The Saite army was mainly responsible for the logistics management of the expeditionary force, base supply, and transportation of grain and heavy equipment. The necessary combat materials had been stockpiled in the previous period through various channels to the front line of Haicheng, and Pharaoh sent a great warrior Peter-Mosen as the commander of the vanguard from Wangdu.

  The true elite of the Empire are the Horus Legion from the Imperial Capital and the Isis Legion from the city of Mofeng. The commander of the Isis Legion is Long Teng, the chief martial artist of the Isis Temple, the main deity officer is the 9th-level great divine magician Walde, and the vanguard commander is the great martial artist Long Ying.

  The main deity of the Horus Legion is the High Priest of the Temple of Horus, 9th-level Divine Mage Le Quaid, and the previous commander was Imperial General, 8th-level Great Warrior Fan-Breiz. The legion's commander is actually Egyl Pharos himself, the big and joyful Lascis II, who will lead the expedition in person this time.

  A fully-fledged legion has 5,000 warriors and 50 clerics, which is the formal combat force to be put into battle. The daily consumption of materials for food and horse feed is piled up like a mountain. If you add servants and civilians who provide various logistical services around the legion, there are at least more than 20,000 people.

  These three legions were not the only military forces of the Egu Empire, but it was impossible to launch an expedition abroad with all the country's strength, and this time the strongest ' elite' troops had already been dispatched. The Pharaoh led the expedition in person, and one legion would be left behind in the capital city of Dis to guard the northwestern border of the empire, while the Holy Maiden would also sit in the city of Meng Fei Si, where there was another garrison legion.

  If the goal was to directly occupy the Hittite Kingdom, the most convenient route would be to depart from Mophet City, follow the Roni River out to sea and land for battle. However, Pharaoh's goal this time is to establish a strategic base in the original capital of Kadesh, so he chose to depart from Cape City-State, crossing the desert by land to attack. According to the plan formulated by the Military Affairs Committee, in addition to the above three main force legions, another legion needs to cooperate and advance together, which is the newly formed miscellaneous legion, named "Anra Legion".

  "An" and "Ra" are names of the same deity, the first of the nine gods worshipped by the Egyptians, said to be born from the primordial lotus flower as the father of all the gods, also the oldest sun god. His titles are many, at night called "An", in daytime called "Ra", in morning called "Hepri", in evening called "Atum", and generally referred to as "Nun" in the nine gods.

  According to human understanding, although this heavenly god is the "oldest" and called the father of all gods, he is not the most important main god worshipped by the Egu Empire. In ancient mythological legends, the goddess Isis used a clever strategy to defeat An-Ra, obtaining the secrets of this heavenly god and gaining even greater power. The son of Isis, Horus, later became the king god worshipped by the Egu people and is also the most important god among the nine heavenly gods. It is said that the ancient god An-Ra has retreated to the source of the Roni River.

  Interestingly, among the long string of titles for Al-'Men'g, is also included the title "Anla", which can be understood to mean "black night and white day".

  The Anlar legion did not merge with the main army, it followed along the northern coastline in the flank and rear while the Pharaoh's army advanced. On the one hand, as a response to the flank, on the other hand, the more important task was to guard against the Hittite kingdom's troops landing from the sea to launch a surprise attack, cutting off the main army's supply line.

  Such a legion's strategic position is very embarrassing. If the Pharaoh wins, it will not make the most important contribution; if the Pharaoh retreats in defeat, the Anra Legion needs to leave the coastline and advance in a big circle to resist the pursuers and cover the Pharaoh; if the Hittite kingdom really launches a large-scale sneak attack from the coastline, this legion is just cannon fodder before the main force counterattacks.

  However, the most likely scenario is that this legion has always been responsible for covering and guarding the coastline, and a few thousand miles of marching would not have participated in the real main battle. As long as this task is completed, the legion commander will also be credited with meritorious service to the empire, and the prominent people naturally do not want to take this hard job, so Saint 'girl' took advantage of the opportunity to recommend Ah'men'g.

  However, this involves the appointment of a legion commander, and it is not easy for the empire to hand over 5,000 warriors to Ameng's hands. Therefore, a special person was organized to conduct an assessment. Ameng lived alone in the courtyard for more than ten days before being invited to the official residence of Meng Fei City, where he met several prominent imperial ministers.

  In a large hall, seven people sat in a semicircle, with Saint Maria at the center. To Maria's left was Eisen, the military minister from the royal capital of Todes, next to him was Suthga, the high priest from the main temple of Horus in the royal capital. On Suthga's left was Daja-Turan, the lord of the city of Mufliis. To Maria's right were three high priests from the Isis Temple: Volde, Bulke, and George.

  These elders formed a temporary evaluation committee, and they decided whether to appoint Ameng as the legion commander of the Anluo Legion.

  PS: When preparing the offerings for worshiping the moon at night, I opened a box of 'delicate' mooncakes and surprisingly found that they were filled with train tickets hahaha, happy holiday, just kidding:)

  Wishing all book friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a harmonious family reunion.