I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 292 Ptah Becomes Hephaestus

Memphis, Itawi, Medum, Crocodile, Heracleopolis—

These are five city-states among the thirteen city-states of Northern Egypt in the south of Sun City.

They originally belonged to the Kingdom of Egypt ruled by the Hyksos. Kamose led an army to defeat the Hyksos who ruled these five city-states, making them part of the Kingdom of South Egypt.

Because the city of Memphis is now part of the Kingdom of Southern Egypt, Nafer brought an army of [-] to Memphis. He greeted Nafer outside and expressed his willingness to support Nafer to inherit the throne and become a female pharaoh.

After Nafer let his army take over the city of Memphis, he directly ordered the arrest of the governor and priests and nobles of Memphis city, and sent all the rulers of Memphis city and their families to Sun City to serve as Kamo build pyramids.

If Nafir only dealt with priests and nobles, Puta, the patron saint of Memphis, could still watch all this happen.

After all, Puta is a god, and his interests are different from those of human beings.

As long as Nafer does not shake his seat as the patron saint of Memphis, Puta will not care about those priests and nobles who use their own name to gain status and wealth.

It wasn't until Nafeel ordered a general to lead soldiers to capture the temple priests of Puta's temple and push down the statue of Puta enshrined in the temple that Puta realized his crisis.

"Human, how dare you treat me like this?"

When Roy, Nafir, and Andromeda entered the city of Memphis in the carriage, with a thunderous roar, Puta appeared over the city of Memphis with a height of a thousand meters.

It's a pity that ordinary human beings can neither see the appearance of the gods nor hear the voices of the gods, even Nafer, who is deified as the daughter of the sun god, is no exception.

Nefer, who was sitting in the carriage, could only hear thunder on a sunny day, and an ominous premonition emerged in his heart.

Roy looked at the angry Puta in the carriage, not worried about Nafiel's safety in his heart.

Nafer is the daughter of Amon, the protector of the kingdom of South Egypt, and has the protection of Amon, the king of the gods in the kingdom of South Egypt. Puta, who has already fallen, naturally cannot hurt Nafer, who is guarded by Amon.

Puta was obviously afraid of Amon, so although he stared at Nafer's carriage with anger and hatred, he didn't attack Nafer immediately.

It wasn't until Nafer's generals and soldiers really pushed down Puta's statue that Puta couldn't bear it any longer, and swung his huge fist at the carriage that Nafer was riding in.

Just when Puta's fist was about to hit the carriage, God Amon descended in front of Puta with infinite divine light, and blocked Puta's fist with his body.

"Amon—"

Seeing Amon appear to stop him, Puta growled and complained loudly.

"Great God Amon, look at the good deeds of your Goddess. She not only wiped out my priests, but also ordered the tearing down of my idol. If you are willing to send an oracle to Nafir, let her restore my general Tower God Statue, respect my status as the patron saint of Memphis City, and I will forgive her for her youthful and reckless behavior for your sake."

"Are you threatening me?"

After listening to Puta's request, Amon said coldly.

"Puta! In the myths fabricated by your priests, I have been reduced to your son. Although I am too lazy to argue with you, but my goddess wants to destroy you for me, and I have no reason to stop her. Now I order You leave my territory and go elsewhere to be a wandering god."

"You're going to drive me away—"

Puta said in disbelief.

"I am the ancient king of gods who has been the king of the gods since the third dynasty. It's fine for you to deal with Atum, who is also the sun god with you. Now you can even deal with me. Don't you fear the gods of Egypt? Is everyone in danger?"

"My Goddess will not deal with other gods, even if she does, I will use the oracle to stop her."

Amon urged impatiently.

"Puta! You are like a sub-adult male lion leaving the lions. Leave my territory immediately. If you don't leave, I will hurt you mercilessly."

"Okay - I'm going!"

Puta gritted his teeth and sneered.

"But don't be complacent for too long, I believe you will end up like me soon."

After speaking, Puta turned into a crimson flame and flew towards the city of Avaris in the north.

After watching Puta leave, Amon's body also turned into a golden light and flew to the south.

As the only human being who witnessed the confrontation between Puta and Amon, Roy immediately guessed that Puta's goal was to go to Seth [Zeus] in the city of Avaris in the north when he saw Puta flying to the north.

While Nafer's army wiped out the priests and nobles inside and outside the city of Memphis, and searched for their food as army rations, Ptah soon came to the city of Avaris and entered the sky above the city of Seth. ] The temple of the gods.

The pantheon of Seth [Zeus].

Now only the cat goddess Bastetto, the sun god Ra, and Almighty God remain, standing in the pantheon as subordinate gods of Seth [Zeus].

Seth [Zeus], ​​who was sitting on the throne of the god king, said with a smile when he saw Puta entering the temple.

"Dear Puta, welcome to my temple of the pantheons."

Puta walked to the center of the hall with his head down and said to Seth [Zeus].

"The great god-king Zeus, I was knocked down by Amon's daughter Nafiel and kicked out of the god's seat, and I was expelled by Amon, and I was forced to leave the territory where I have lived for thousands of years. Now I hope to be taken in by you. "

"Puta, you don't want to become a wandering god and disappear in the long river of history!"

Seth [Zeus] said with a smile.

"I can take you in and make you my subordinate god, but you must truly become my son. I will take you to conquer Greece together, and let us father and son become great gods worshiped by the Greeks."

To be the son of Seth [Zeus]—

Faced with this humiliating request, Puta gritted his teeth and said.

"Can you guarantee that I enjoy the same treatment as now?"

"Of course!"

Zeus said without hesitation.

"You were the god of fire and craftsmen to the Egyptians, and you became my son, and you are still the god of fire and craftsmen. In the myths invented by your priests, Sekhmet, the lion-goddess of war and vengeance, was Your wife, my priests will also fabricate myths and make Aphrodite, the goddess of war and revenge known to the Greeks, be your wife. But you can no longer use the name of Ptah, which belongs to the Egyptian god, you To use the Hephaestus [fire and burn] the Hellenistic name."

Hearing what Zeus said, Puta's eyes lit up, with an excited expression on his face.

After the Phoenicians who worshiped Aphrodite came to northern Egypt with the Hyksos as conquerors, Aphrodite was confused with Sekhmet, the queen of the gods who had recently fallen. There the divinity of the Sun Goddess and Nemesis was obtained.

Eumenides, the goddess of vengeance, is another name for Aphrodite.

Zeus was willing to let his priests fabricate myths, and let Aphrodite become Puta's wife in the myth, which is enough to prove his respect for Puta.

"Great Father God, I am willing to be your son Hephaestus."

(End of this chapter)