058, Amon's request
Amon was silent for a long time, and a lot of thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment. Finally, he nodded and said, "Of course I think that it is my hometown after all, but there is only me left in Duke Town. What's the point of doing this?"
Yin Nanna hugged her arms tighter: "Of course it's meaningful, it's meaningful to you and me. It's the land of Duke Town and my divine realm. You can build a kingdom and become a king, and our descendants will pass on it from generation to generation, and I will become the main god of the kingdom... You are not alone, and Duke Town has surviving people wandering far away. You have to lead them back to your hometown and build your own country home."
Amon said in surprise and joy: "I am not the only survivor of Duke? Who else is alive, are my father and mayor Dusty?"
Yin Nanna: "All the people in the town were dead at that time, and your father and the mayor were not spared. But there was also a group of survivors who were now living in a foreign land and becoming slaves. If you want to lead them back to your hometown to establish your homeland, I will guide you how to find them and how to do it... I have an agreement with Enriel that as long as you don't take the initiative to challenge him, he will no longer hurt you, nor will you stop you from returning to your homeland. This is what I can do as a protector."
Amon: "Challenge Enriel? How can I do this?" Of course he has no ability to challenge the gods, at least not yet, but in the future, it may be possible. The mission given to him by the old madman is to unlock the secrets of the gods, find a way to become a god, and even become a god himself. Of course, these words cannot be said.
Yin Nanna smiled: "So there is no need to worry about these things. All you have to do is lead the descendants of Duke Town back to their homes and build their own eternal kingdom. The gods will not directly interfere in these things. You have to do everything yourself, but I can give you guidance and help."
Amon: "Can you tell me where they are now? I'm going to find them."
Yin Nanna shook her head gently: "No, it's useless to tell you now. I will tell you until I see you can do it and are working hard to realize this ideal.... I heard that you have a good relationship with the Cave Savage Tribe, and I know that you have been there for a long time. You can actually do what Princess Xiao Qian, guide the Cave Savage Tribe to move out of the mountains to build a village, first gain a foothold, train and arm them to protect their homes."
Amon frowned: "Will they want to?"
Yin Nanna giggled: "You are smart, but sometimes you are stupid and cute! With abundant fertile soil, who will be willing to continue to be trapped in the dangerous mountains? They will only be grateful for your help and guidance."
Amon asked again: "But the plateau giant tribe has gone, will there be no conflict?"
Yin Nanna explained: "It is fertile land thousands of miles away. A few tribes are like water droplets sprinkled from the ocean. You can choose where you want to stay without competing for one. At present, it is still a Jedi surrounded by swamps. Only from the direction of the Youdi River Valley can you reach a small island exposed to the water.
The savages in the deep mountains walked out of the wilderness and came to the plains, which would not attract anyone's attention for the time being. It is the best time to build a home first, otherwise Princess Xiao Qian would not let the plateau giant do that. I can also tell you that the surviving descendants of Duke Town still retained the original land deed and would be the legal owner of the large fertile land."
Amon continued to ask, "You said that the terrain and landforms are still changing slowly and have completely become a fertile land of thousands of miles?"
Yin Nanna: "At least three years later."
Amon: "How long does it take to live in the original site of Duke Town if it is exposed to the water?"
Yin Nanna: "One year."
Amon finally nodded: "Then the cave savage tribe can build a new house for at least two years. Their life in the deep mountains is really hard. I should help them. Thank you for your suggestions. In a year, I will guide the cave savage tribe out of the deep mountains and first arrive in Duke Town to settle down."
Yin Nanna smiled happily: "Okay, I'm waiting for your news, you want to guide them to build the temple of the patron saint."
Amon: "I will tell them all this and believe they will make the choice they deserve, but I think the contribution to the gods must be from the heart and no one can force them."
Yin Nanna tilted her head and looked at Amon with a very special look: "Why do you want to say this to me?"
Amon answered honestly: "This is what I think in my heart. You just told me that as a god, I can see if I am lying, and I should have told you the truth... This truth was what I figured out after meeting Gilgamesh, because of the matter of Hombaba."
Yin Nanna looked at him, her eyes seemed to want to penetrate his heart. After a while, she smiled and said, "My little Amon, this time you mistakenly thought I was Princess Xiao Qian. I should thank you for coming to the Giant Tribe to save me. I will tell you the whereabouts of the surviving people in Duke Town in the future, but you can make another request to me now. As long as I can do it, I will not refuse."
Amon turned his head and looked at her, and asked seriously: "Really?"
Yin Nanna: "Of course it's true, I am your patron saint."
Amon: "I want to ask you the secret of the gods, whether mortals can become gods, and if so, how can they become gods?"
Yin Nanna let go of her hand and stepped back and said, "Oh my God, Amon, you are so bold! Gilgamesh asked the same question, but he didn't get the answer, that's not possible!"
Hearing her tone, I don’t know if it was a mortal who could “not” become a god or she could “not” tell Amon. Amon had no hope of getting an answer from Yin Nanna, so he said, “Then I only ask you for another thing. I heard that people will go to the underworld after they die. I also want to meet my father and the villagers who died in Duke Town, even if it is just the soul after death.”
Amon is most concerned about these two things. It is his responsibility and commitment to unlock the secrets of the gods, and seeing his father again is his deepest desire. A young man who left his hometown suddenly heard that his hometown was destroyed by a disaster and did not see his relatives for the last time was his greatest regret and pain. Since he could make a request to the gods, how could he not speak?
Yin Nanna's face changed, she finally lost her smile, and she looked at Amon without saying anything for a long time.
Amon took a few steps back and knelt down again and said, "My patron saint, Duke Town, once and now the patron saint, can you do this request?"
Yin Nanna stood up straight, her skirt fell, and her tone changed. She was a majestic god: "Not everyone will enter the underworld after death, and the so-called underworld is not what ordinary people imagine. I do know where the souls of many residents of Duke Town belong to. But I advise you to change your mind. That is not a place you can go, and you may not be able to come back if you go."
Amon asked, "Can you do it?"
Yin Nanna nodded expressionlessly: "Yes, I can do it."
Amon said again: "There are many things that I don't know whether they can be accomplished. For example, if you asked me to lead the descendants of Duke Town to return to my hometown to rebuild my home, I can only do it as much as possible. But this is my most urgent wish now. May I ask the guardian god, if I go there, I may not be able to come back, or may I be able to come back?"
Yin Nanna: "Yes, it may not be possible to come back, or it may be possible to come back. If you want me to help you come back, it will be another request."
Amon: "I dare not make any extra requests to the gods, but if you are really the patron saint of the people of Duke Town, let me enter the underworld to meet my father, Mayor Dusty and others. If you can protect me and return to the world safely, I will do my best to rebuild everything in Duke Town, become a brand new home or even a country, guide the tribesmen to rebuild your temple, sincerely offer sacrifices, and worship you as the eternal patron saint."
Yin Nanna was silent for a long time, as if thinking about something. She seemed a little hesitant, while Amon knelt down and waited for the gods' answer. After a long time, Yin Nanna finally sighed and said, "The so-called underworld is in the world. I will send you there. As for whether the person you want to see is there, I am not sure... I will try my best to take you back. If you are unfortunately trapped in it, you can also find a way to get out of it yourself."
Amon leaned down and kissed the dirt under Yin Nanna's feet and said, "Thank you for your kindness! When will we go?"
Yin Nanna: "I'm going to make some preparations. I'll wait for you here in three days. You'll come back in three days." When Amon raised his head again, the goddess had disappeared.
That night, Medanzo was packing his luggage excitedly. In fact, there was nothing to clean up, but he wiped his weapons and armor and shiny under the light. The more he looked, the happier he felt, because he would follow Princess Xiao Qian back to the capital tomorrow. He still remembered how he left his hometown in disappointment, but he never expected to go back in such a glorious way!
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone behind me say: "This armor can shake off all the dust with a bounce with a splash, so there is no need to wipe it like this!"
If it were someone else's voice, Medanzo would definitely pull out his weapon and jump up, but at this moment he turned around in surprise and said, "My God Amon, why are you back?"
Amon pointed to the stool next to him: "Sit down and say slowly, I forgot one thing, need to come back and explain it, and I heard about another thing, need to explain it to you."
After Amon sat down first, Medanzo sat down and asked, "What have you forgotten and didn't explain?"
Amon: "That car and two horses are not mine. It was lent to me for temporary use by a merchant named Lescott Lee in the Uruk city-state, and I will return it to him."
Medanzo: "You'll take it away this time. I'll buy a real war horse in the town. Although the horse that pulls the cart is good, it's not a knight's war horse."
Amon waved his hand and said, "When you leave, leave your carriage and horses in the inn, pay enough money for them to take care of, and I will come back to get it."
Medanzo: "No problem, what else do you have to explain to me?"
Amon's expression became serious: "The carriage matter is just mentioned by the way. Another thing is very important. You must pay attention. I heard you talk about the princess summoned yesterday. She specifically asked if you have a good relationship with the cave savage tribe and may have to send you a task, just like sending Usir."
Then he leaned over and whispered to Medanzo for a long time. Medanzo's expression became more and more shocked, and he nodded repeatedly. After Amon finished speaking, he patted his shoulder and said, "This is just my guess. If His Royal Highness really ordered you to do this, I don't think you can refuse, but this involves the matter of the gods. Don't make a big promise."
Medanzo breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "God Amon, fortunately, your reminder, if this really happens, I know what to do." After thinking about it, he smiled again, lowered his voice and said quietly: "If Link's tribe really builds a village and builds a temple, they will not worship any other gods. You are the only god!"
Amon punched him hard: "You can just think about this kind of thing yourself, you can't just say it casually."
Medanzo stuck out his tongue: "Of course I understand this, so don't worry."
Amon: "It's good to understand. In a year, we will meet in Link's tribe. Whether Princess Xiao Qian asked you to do this or not, I will guide them to build a home in the fertile soil in the swamp. Three years later, I will lead the descendants of Duke Town back to their hometown. That fertile soil will be very large, enough for hundreds of thousands of people to live in. But all this is still a secret at present. Don't reveal it to anyone, and don't let anyone know you already know."
Medanzo nodded seriously and said, "God Amon, I remember, I will do as you say."
Three days later, Amon came to the plateau again. Yin Nanna was already waiting for him here. No, it should be said that Goddess Mu Yun was waiting for him, because she looked like a god today.
It was still the golden long skirt, and her figure was still so charming, but the dress was shining brightly in the sun, as if it was cast by flowing metal. She wore a golden crown, a headdress woven with gold silk; she held a staff in her hand, which looked like an ivy with green leaves on it; she wore a bluestone necklace on her chest, which was the best bluestone produced in Duke Town; there were earrings hanging on her earlobes, and the pendant was like shining stars; she wore a pair of golden bracelets on her arms like tender lotus roots; on her towering chest, the long skirt had a golden flower ornament.
This is how Amon saw her statue in the temple since he was a child, but the cold bluestone statue was not as illuminated as the living goddess. He saluted her and said, "Great Goddess Mu Yun, thank you for agreeing to my request. I am ready to follow you to the underworld."
Goddess Mu Yun looked at him and shook her head gently: "No need to thank you, this is just to thank you for saving me, because no one has done that....I am not sure that I can bring you back from the underworld on the spot. Please be mentally prepared. If you fall into the underworld, don't eat anything there, and don't drink a sip of water. Only by protecting your soul can you have hope of getting out of trouble... I will meet again in the sun in the future. You should call me Yin Nanna. I like this name."
Mu Yun asked Amon to get up and follow her, not asking any questions along the way. The direction they were heading towards the depths of the Syrian Plateau, towards the birthplace of the Youdi River, with the mountains and steep mountains and ridges full of rugged and dangerous obstacles. With her divine power, she could take Amon to float or fly quickly, but she did not, but let Amon follow him behind, as if she was deliberately testing him.
Amon is better than a great magician when hiking through the mountains and fields. If he really wants to change to a great magician or a great magician, he might fly directly, but Amon can't fly, so he can only walk honestly. He found that no matter how fast he walked, Yin Nanna was walking slowly a few steps away, but she would never be able to catch up.
There was no stop, no rest, and the goddess didn't turn back and say a word, from noon to night, from night to early morning, from early morning to dusk... Another person might have been exhausted, and even if he didn't lie down, he would fall off the cliff by accident. Amon had no time to stop and eat along the way, and used the magic of water element to condense the water droplets in the environment and quenched his thirst directly. Following the goddess's footsteps, he did not fall down.
When night fell again, Goddess Mu Yun finally spoke: "Among, this road is very difficult. I am surprised that you can stick to it until now. But we have to walk like this for three days and three nights, and you can give up at any time. Although I promised to take you to the underworld, I also want you to walk to the gate of the underworld by yourself. If you really can't hold on, I won't blame you. If you accidentally fall down the cliff, I will save your life, which can be regarded as repaying your rescue."
It seems that the goddess was unwilling to bring Amon into the underworld, but had to agree to this request, but used this method to test him. If Amon could not follow her to the gate of the underworld, then it would be no wonder that Goddess Mu Yun did not keep her promise. Her speed happened to be able to keep up with Amon's efforts, but it would be too exaggerated if it was for three days and three nights in a row!
Amon answered with a cane, "I understand what you mean, and I will try my best to follow you and will not give up."
Goddess Mu Yun stopped talking, and the two kept walking forward without stopping or resting for a while. The speed did not change, but the road became more and more dangerous, but it happened that Amon could climb and did not need to fly over. Ammon gritted his teeth and followed, unable to catch up with the goddess, but he was not one step behind.
On the third day, they came to a strange and desolate plateau. There were no green colors around them. There were exposed rough rocks everywhere, and the bushes were low and sparse. Occasionally, the traces of snow could be seen. The wind was very cold and it was blowing on the face like a knife cut.
After crossing this cold plateau, Goddess Mu Yun walked down and entered a narrow and deep valley. As he walked deeper and deeper, the air became wetter and wetter. There were steep cliffs on both sides. The valley became narrower and narrower, and the light became darker and darker. There was an inexplicable gloomy atmosphere around him. Although it was no longer as cold as on the plateau, Amon felt that he couldn't help but fight a cold war.
Chapter completed!