"I've thought about it."
The old man raised his head, his face calm.
"I believe in the supreme sun god Ra."
"You can start now."
The old man's words sounded like a bolt of lightning in this dark and silent environment.
His words made the already silent environment even quieter.
Even the sounds of everyone's breathing and heartbeats became much more obvious.
Remheb could even hear someone next to him taking a deep breath but not exhaling it.
He looked towards the place where the old man was with concern, but the old man's expression remained unchanged, still the same as before.
Remheb, I saw the dark shadow slowly bend its body down.
Under the flickering firelight, his shadow actually curved like a long snake.
"You dare to refuse to become the servant of the Great Apep for the second time?"
"You must know that it was not you who chose the Great Apep."
"It is the Great Apep who has chosen you to be his servant."
His voice was so low that it seemed as if even the air was vibrating slightly.
"You have rejected the gift of the Great Apep."
"So, you are..."
"Our enemy!"
The black shadow raised his voice, while the robed people around him simply lowered their heads a little more.
Remheb and Nantong followed suit and immediately lowered their heads.
But the old man still had no expression. He just stared at the other person's eyes calmly.
"You claim to be the chosen ones of Apep."
"But the blood of the Egyptians flows in your veins."
"The blood flowing in you is from our Egypt's greatest sun god, Ra!"
"Do you think that by putting on a robe, you can completely erase your original identity?"
When the old man said this, he suddenly felt short of breath, and his chest rose and fell violently several times.
Remheb lowered his head and could not see what was happening in front of him.
He didn't dare raise his head because the unusual movement would be very conspicuous in the crowd.
At this moment, the black shadow came in front of the old man.
"The blood of the Egyptians?"
"You are right. The blood flowing in our veins is the blood of Egyptians."
"But so what?"
“And what blood is to be found in the children born to the Hebrews and the Egyptians?”
The black shadow continued to bend down as he spoke, like a coiled snake, playing with his prey.
"The blood of the Egyptians and the blood of the Hebrews, of course!"
Hearing what the old man said, the black shadow laughed.
It was as if he knew that the old man would say that.
"You are right."
"So, should he believe in the Hebrew gods, or the so-called long-dormant sun god Ra?"
The old man was about to continue speaking, but a black shadow flashed quickly past his mouth.
In just one blow, many of the old man's teeth were broken. When he found blood flowing out of his mouth, he just screamed "Hoo-hoo-ah-ah".
"We are all the same."
"We all thought that the sun god Ra could bring salvation."
"We all believed that as long as we prayed sincerely, the sun god Ra would send down his divine power to tear the invaders who trampled on us into pieces."
As the black shadow spoke, he came back behind the old man. He stood up straight and looked taller.
"But the fact is, the sun god Ra has already fallen!"
"Those gods had long since abandoned Egypt, leaving their followers to be slaughtered by their enemies!"
"Is it our fault? Is it because those devout prayers had their throats slit alive?"
He continued to raise his voice, but the old man just frowned. His old bones could not bear the severe pain in his mouth.
"I once thought that God could bring salvation."
"But now I understand that I was wrong and it was just lies that manipulated me."
"But now, we are no longer the people who can be bullied by others!"
"Now, we are followers of the Great Apep!"
"It will destroy the entire world and take us to the 'Holy Land'!"
"We will be reborn in the cycle of reincarnation! Become the king of this world!"
As soon as the black shadow finished speaking, those people in long robes roared "Huh!" "Huh!"
That made Remheb's scalp tingle.
Only then did he realize that the people gathered here were not just "believers", but a group of lunatics!
At this time, the black shadow grabbed the old man's hair with one hand.
"The Egyptian priest once told me that only sincere prayers can be heard by the gods."
"But now I understand that prayer is nothing more than cowardice dressed up in the guise of 'God'."
"I, we, now believe only in the truth proven with blood."
As he spoke, he pulled the old man's hair even harder.
The blood in the old man's mouth kept flowing down along the corners of his mouth, revealing his neck covered with rough lines.
Remheb had a bad feeling and his breathing started to quicken.
He seemed to understand what the old man's fate would be.
He glanced at Nan Tong, whose eyes were frighteningly calm.
Nan Tong also looked back at him. He wanted to know what choice Remheb would make.
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