Chapter 42 Beforehand, the Wrath of the Gods
After the "teacher's" body was burned, Moses spent a night in the manor, perhaps his last night there.
I didn't sleep at all that night; I spent the entire night arguing with the desperate.
The two old men hadn't seen each other for forty years, so naturally they discussed scholarship, just as they had done back then.
The desperate man discovered that Moses' path was going further and further astray. He used to believe that the essence of the world should be a definite God, which he could barely accept.
Now, the desperate listen to his words as if this god had materialized.
When the desperate asked for the name of God, Moses solemnly replied, "God is not to be named, but is himself eternal."
"So, the person the teacher was talking about who betrayed him was you!"
This kind of understanding, which is completely contrary to the original intention of the teacher in establishing the "Putta" school, should naturally be corrected by the Desperate One, who is the inheritor of the "Putta Pearl".
So they argued all night long, and in the end neither could convince the other.
Even after dawn, the despairing man was still filled with resentment. He returned to his dwelling and tore the "Book of Moses" he had written to shreds.
But soon after, he sighed again, found all the fragments, and began to piece them together.
Halfway through, the despairing man stopped again. He found a brand new papyrus and began to rewrite the beginning of the Book of Moses, but he didn't know how to begin.
"So, Arakha, is this the disciple who has betrayed you? It seems that this disciple of yours may destroy your 'Ptah' school in the future."
The argument between the Desperate One and Moses that night was witnessed and heard by Aroha and the other gods in the sky.
Even if these deities had no interest in the teachings of the Arhats, they still had some understanding of them.
If Moses had claimed that the god who represented the essence of the world was named "Putta," they would not have mocked Aroha in this way.
But now, the god he speaks of is clearly the God of the Hebrews.
Upon hearing the words of the crocodile-headed deity, Aroha calmly replied, "Whether he will destroy the 'Putta' school, I don't know."
"But many of the Egyptian gods will probably perish because of him."
He made this assertion as he watched Moses's retreating figure heading towards Thebes.
"Haha, God of Miracles, are you trying to make me laugh? A mortal causing the fall of a god, that's not a funny joke."
This crocodile-like deity is quite famous in the Egyptian world; his name is Sobek.
After Osiris was killed by Set, he protected the young Horus and assisted Isis and Nephthys in fighting against Set.
Because of this merit, he became a god recognized by Osiris, Isis, and Horus, and they all considered him a friend.
He was involved in some of Isis's reproductive rights, the Nile River's authority granted by Osiris, and Horus's royal power.
Even among the main gods, he is a powerful being.
Arakha chuckled and ignored him, continuing to look down at the human world.
The next morning, everyone in Memphis knew that the saint who had preached in the manor had passed away the night he returned to Memphis.
After the news spread, there was no reaction on the streets.
However, many of the former disciples broke down in tears after returning home.
While the disciples wept, Amun and Muth, following their teacher's instructions, led the children to Thebes, the city of a hundred gates, the residence of the most powerful pharaoh on earth.
Moses' destination was also Thebes, but before that, he needed to go to Goshen, the land inhabited by the Hebrews.
Dionysus, Mi, and the mysteriously appearing "homeless people" had all vanished on the very night shortly after their teacher's death.
Only Hatshepsut and the desperate saw them off.
Despite their loathing for Moses, the Desperate Man still came to see him off, though he remained silent with a cold expression.
Moses sighed deeply, said nothing more, and headed toward his destination.
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"Let's go, it's time to go to the temple to resurrect your father."
For Arakha, everything concerning "Puta" has come to an end.
Whatever the future holds for this school of thought, it's none of his business. He should return to his divine identity and do divine things.
Anubis was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately led the way for Aroh.
On the way to the newly built temple, Horus casually asked Aloh, "Aloh, is that mortal named Moses special?"
Clearly, he also wanted to test just how deep the connection between Aroh and the foreign deities was.
Aroha paused for a moment, then replied, "Indeed, he is very special and will become the prophetic leader of the Hebrews, leading all the Hebrews out of Egypt."
He felt there was nothing to hide since the event was about to happen.
As for the idea that these gods would eliminate Moses prematurely upon hearing this, Aroha didn't care at all.
Furthermore, Aroha wanted to see if they could actually kill Moses before he reached Thebes.
He didn't have a deep impression of the Exodus chapters, only remembering the general outline. He felt it was rather childish, as if the Egyptian gods were all dead, leaving Yavi to do whatever she wanted.
He genuinely wanted to see the great battle between Yavie and Ra, the clash between angels and gods, not for any other reason than to feast his eyes and have some fun.
"What?!"
Before Horus could speak, Sobek, the crocodile god, shouted, "These stubborn fools, who have lived under the protection of Ra for hundreds of years and have never shown any gratitude, actually dare to dream of leaving Egypt?"
"I don't believe the gods would allow them to leave!"
Not only Sobek, but the other gods also appeared extremely angry.
To the gods, humanity's existence is due to their grace, and it is only right to be grateful and offer sacrifices to them.
Even the "Putta" school, which claimed that there was an essence of the world above the gods, never prohibited its disciples from worshipping the gods.
This is why the priests of the major temples targeted the "Ptah" school—they were afraid of being replaced.
If they were to prohibit the worship of Egyptian gods like the Hebrews did, they wouldn't care too much.
"What, are you planning to stop the Hebrews from leaving Egypt?"
Araha gazed at the angry gods with a leisurely look, sensing that there would be no shortage of good shows to watch on the land of Egypt in the days to come.
"Of course we must stop them! We absolutely cannot let these damned blasphemers leave Egypt so easily!"
The gods were in turmoil, and almost all of them shared the same idea.
"This matter is not urgent. Let's focus on protecting Father's resurrection first