Chapter 15 The Preacher Among Us
After Nephthys, Set, and Anubis, the jackal god, this unusual "family of three," left the temple one after another.
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Aroha left the temple with his only priestess, Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh in the history of Egypt.
"In the future, we may never be able to come back."
Hatshepsut did not understand why the god he served would say such a thing.
However, she didn't care. By choosing to become a priestess of the god of miracles, she dedicated everything to Aroha.
With Araha's help, she began to truly understand the world, instead of just studying divine power in the temple and interacting only with the gods, as before.
This is not Egypt in Earth's history; it is far more vast than that Egypt. It can only be said that there are many similarities in some places.
For example, the three most famous earthly cities in the world are Heliopolis, the home of the gods; Thebes, the capital of a hundred kings; and Memphis, the new city chosen by the gods as the destination of Aroha's journey and the future core of the largest pharaoh's kingdom.
Besides this original world, there were also divine kingdoms created by Ra or other rulers. Although they were not as vast as this land on which all the gods walked, they were still far superior to the Earth of the past.
The boundaries of the world are oceans, deserts, mountains, and so on, which are difficult for ordinary people to cross. Various monsters and beasts gather there, so the places where humans can live are actually limited.
The temple of Aroha was originally located near Thebes, between Memphis and countless pharaoh kingdoms.
As a deity, he could have flown there quickly, but Araha chose to go on foot, accompanied by priests.
Although Hatshepsut was reborn and under the protection of the Aramean God, he would not age.
But she was ultimately just a mortal, needing food, clothing, shelter, and basic necessities.
Arakha abandoned his divine identity and, under the titles of "preacher" and "preacher," experienced the various aspects of mortal life with her.
The name "Preacher" is just a transliteration, so the Egyptians he encountered along the way awkwardly called Araha "Puta".
Arohah didn't mind and readily accepted the name.
What Ara saw on the road made him realize the true state of the poorest Egyptians today.
Those who suffered greatly were not only the Hebrews enslaved by the largest pharaoh's kingdom in the central region, but also almost 90% of the Egyptians.
Undoubtedly, this was a country with a slave system.
Perhaps many years ago, when the entire world of Egypt was powerful and constantly conquered other countries to acquire slaves, the lives of Egyptians would have been better than they are now.
Unfortunately, reality is always cruel. Set, who was the main force in the external conquests, was marginalized and became a marginal god.
Even those small deity worlds are now difficult to conquer, and their own worlds have become places where foreign deities can roam freely.
At this time, the priests, who represented divine authority, and the soldiers, who represented royal authority, still had to maintain their superior status, which meant that generation after generation of Egyptians were enslaved.
In an era when gods roamed the earth, royal power could be overthrown, giving rise to new pharaoh kingdoms.
But divine authority cannot be overthrown.
The priests held a position above all else and possessed divine power, which could not be resolved simply by numerical superiority.
When royal power becomes subservient to divine power and rules over humanity, it leads to endless years of decline.
Ultimately, what is needed is a power that allows ordinary people to stand against the priests.
"As for the threat from the gods, let's leave that to the gods."
Aroha knew in his heart that unless he had the power to surpass the sun god Ra, he could never change the world.
However, since he chose to "preach" and began to be known as "Putta," he ultimately had to leave something behind in the world.
Aroha, accompanied by the priestess, observed and pondered as they traveled, until, several years later, they finally arrived at their destination—Memphis.
This city, located on the south bank of the Nile, seems to have been favored by Ra long ago, and many powerful gods built temples there.
The gods who could not enter the city to build temples left temples in a city not far from Memphis, protecting the city.
It can be said that the number of priests in this region is second only to the city of Heliopolis, the land of the gods.
That was, after all, the heart of the Temple of the Sun, the earthly abode of Ra, and a place of worship for all gods and people.
Priests are the representatives of the gods on earth. They have no worries about food and clothing, and even possess divine power and magic.
It can be said that they are the most idle and most "thoughtful" people in the world.
Their exchanges spread throughout Memphis, giving ordinary people in the city a broader perspective and more extensive knowledge than people in other places.
Aroh, in the name of "the preacher," interacted with priests, nobles, soldiers, commoners, and even slaves in Memphis.
His strange behavior naturally attracted the attention of the deity who had been watching him.
First, there was Anubis, the jackal god, who subconsciously believed that Araha's actions were related to his "father," Hades, who had resurrected him.
After all, the new temple that Ara requested to be built, comparable to that of Ra, was located in this city.
More than ten years have passed, and the temple is still not finished, and Aroha has never thought of going to see it.
The second person to notice Arokh's abnormality was the cobra girl Merritt Segal.
She was tasked with becoming Aroha's assistant on the path to rebirth, but now that Aroha is completely "on strike" and not fulfilling his divine duties, she naturally has to come and inquire about it.
Merritt Segal did not receive a definite answer, and then passed the message on to her chief god Hathor.
Hathor, the god of love and beauty, also believed that this was a preparation needed for the resurrection of the gods.
It wasn't until more than a decade later, when Aroha had spent his time in Memphis, that things began to go strange.
He established a unique school of thought in Memphis, or rather, promoted an extremely "paradoxical" doctrine.
This doctrine rejects all Egyptian gods, claiming that the essence of the world, the highest and most primordial force, is without consciousness or emotion.
He is the creator of all gods, all existence and things; he is both the primordial material earth and water, and the announcer of the world's reason and will.
In this propaganda, it seems as if even the great sun god Ra is subordinate to this essence.
Despite the oppression of various temple priests, most of the people in Egypt were willing to listen to this new doctrine.
Because this doctrine does not give the priests of the gods a high status.
The will of the gods does not represent the will of the world, and the words of the priests on behalf of the gods are not absolute truth.
This caused panic among the priests of Memphis.
They informed their respective gods of the emergence of this doctrine and requested their permission to execute those who spread heresy!
However, the gods only had one opinion on this matter and followed the actions of Ra's priests.
The emergence of the new doctrine naturally surprised the gods, but since Araha was plotting to resurrect Hades, they were not sure if this was related to the resurrection.
Ra is aging and about to be reborn once again. No one would choose to provoke Isis, the goddess of life who possesses Ra's true name, at such a time.
Of course, if Ra himself delivers the divine message, that would be a different story.