Egyptian Mythology: Daily Life of the Desert God

Chapter 42 Reeds

Desert edge.

Seth watched as the last ray of light disappeared.

Dark night falls, a full moon hangs high, and the stars twinkle.

At this moment, a piece of papyrus flew in front of Seth.

Seth was surprised that Thoth responded so quickly, and sincerely hoped that Thoth's records would record the Reeds.

After touching the papyrus, a series of words from the holy book collapsed.

What fell out at the same time was a piece of folded papyrus.

After reading the letter carefully, Seth looked complicated.

Thoth told Seth that the underworld was desolate.

Except for a river of Styx that runs through the existing land of the underworld.

There are just countless undead souls wandering in the underworld.

Apart from this, there is nothing else in the underworld.

Meanwhile, Thoth tells Seth that the underworld itself has not grown.

Can't afford any god at all.

Therefore, he originally asked the god Ra to obtain arbitrary authority in the underworld, but the god Ra refused.

Seth understood this sentence because Thoth told him from his own experience.

The idea of ​​using the power of the underworld to make up for one's own losses will not work.

As for the folded paper, it is a map of the underworld as a whole.

Seth scattered the letter and opened the map.

In the middle of the irregular land, a river runs through it.

This is Thoth’s map of the underworld.

The crude map left Seth speechless and very disappointed.

However, the above lines caught Seth's attention.

The undead wandering in the scorched earth of the underworld possess wisdom and their souls are not missing.

But they cannot communicate, even if they are given more wisdom, they cannot communicate.

It seems that the underworld has given them wandering duties.

The reason behind this can only be explored after the underworld recovers.

It's Thoth's handwriting.

However, there is no help in finding the reedbeds of the underworld.

Sighing, Seth folded the map and wrote a letter to express his gratitude.

At the same time, it shows that he knows about the authority of the underworld and will not think about it anymore.

Seeing the birds leaving the yellow sand, Seth also rushed to the underworld.

Entering the underworld via the River Styx.

Set had become accustomed to the dim sky, dim sun, and omnipresent smell of death.

Fly to the farthest distance where the giant birds of the yellow sand searched yesterday.

Set once again released the giant birds from the yellow sand and let them search all over the place.

At this moment, there are still nine solar hours before dawn.

Standing on the scorched earth of the underworld, Seth waited.

One solar hour passed...

Two solar hours passed...

Three solar hours passed...

When the fourth solar hour was about to pass, a giant yellow sand bird rushed back.

It rushed to Seth and said excitedly.

"Master, we found the reed marsh!"

Seth was first surprised and then delighted, and couldn't help but ask: "Have you really found the reed marsh?!"

"Yes, No. 330 dare not lie!" No. 330, the yellow sand giant bird, answered resolutely.

"Okay, take me there!" Seth said, unable to suppress his smile.

Then the yellow sand giant bird led the way.

Two solar hours later, Set saw the reed swamp that the yellow sand giant bird said.

It is said to be a reed marsh, but it is actually a reed grove.

At a glance, there are several clusters of white reeds growing in a small golden pool.

An undead boy who looked like a boy lay in the reeds.

Seth frowned, he was sure that Sobek was talking about the reeds.

He looked around and saw only the empty scorched earth of the underworld.

There are no other reeds except this one. Exploring with divine power, there is nothing strange about the reeds, and there is no aura of divine power.

Seth couldn't help but focus on the undead in the reeds.

Coincidentally, this undead was the young man Seth had met before.

The lucky man washed ashore by the waters of the River Styx.

He actually ran here.

Just when Seth was about to call him out, the young undead opened his eyes and woke up on his own.

Seeing Seth and the giant yellow sand bird, the young undead was startled.

He stood up and was about to run away.

Seth locked him in place and asked casually: "Why are you sleeping among the reeds?"

As he asked, Seth explored the reeds inch by inch.

The young undead was scared, but still answered the question with a puzzled look on his face.

"Besides the reeds, there is only water, and of course you have to sleep on the reeds."

Seth raised his eyebrows and said, "Just pull off the reed and sleep on the ground."

"There is no land." The young undead said aggrievedly: "It is surrounded by reeds and golden water."

Seth was stunned by these words, and he quickly realized what the problem was.

He pointed to the scorched earth at his feet and asked the boy.

"Is this land or golden water?"

The young man did not dare to look directly at Seth, shrank his body, and replied: "It is golden water."

After hearing this, Seth reached out and grabbed a handful of dark scorched earth.

The cold, scorched earth gathered into loose chunks in his hands.

Exploring with divine power, it was still scorched earth.

After thinking for a moment, Seth used his divine power to transform the scorched earth on his hand.

The dark scorched earth quickly turned into golden sand.

"Is it still water now?" Seth stretched out the yellow sand in his hand and asked the boy.

The young man nodded slightly and looked at Seth with confusion.

Seth threw the yellow sand down and asked the boy: "In your eyes, does this world always have only golden water and reeds?"

"No." The young man shook his head: "There is also black land and black rivers."

"After I was washed ashore, I wanted to go back and find my mother."

"But I can't find my way back."

"I came across a patch of reeds by chance, and I wanted to live by the water."

"While pulling reeds to build a house, I felt very sleepy, so I lay down on the reeds and fell asleep."

"When I opened my eyes the next day, I found that there were only reeds and golden water around me."

After saying that, the young man looked disappointed and asked, "Is this really the world after death?"

"Yeah." Seth replied thoughtfully.

Hearing this, the young man became even more disappointed, but he mustered up the courage and looked at Seth.

"You look so awesome, and you have the monster bird, can you take me home?"

"I don't want to leave my mother and brother."

"You can't go back." Seth shook his head and denied the young man's expectation: "The moment you enter the underworld."

"You can no longer return to the human world."

The undead cannot see, touch, or cross the gate of the underworld.

This is also the reason why the gate to the underworld is there, but the undead people who wash ashore cannot leave it.

The young man cried when he heard this.

Seth touched his head and said, "Your experience is very useful to me."

"I will protect your family."

Originally Seth wanted to protect the young man himself.

But before, he attached divine power to the undead, and the undead turned into ashes, making him change his mind.

"Thank you..." the boy cried.

Seth pulled him up, set him aside, and walked into the golden pool.

Coldness was the only feeling Seth felt, and nothing happened.

After reorganizing the boy's experience, Seth stretched out his hand and tore off all the reeds.

Seth held the white reed in his hand before he could react.

Those white reeds disintegrated into white spots of light, emitting white light.

The light was so dazzling that Seth had to close his eyes!
(End of this chapter)