Egyptian Mythology: Daily Life of the Desert God

Chapter 68 The spreading black spot disease
Yellow Sand Temple.

Seth looked at the empty temple and felt very happy.

Earlier, Shu's seven-day detention had finally come to an end.

This means he can enter the underworld.

And integrate the power of faith he accumulated to continue trying to weave the spider's thread of fate.

However, he was happy and Seth did not immediately go to another temple.

Suddenly, a palm-sized sea buckthorn with red fruits floated into the temple.

It’s a letter from the Sea Buckthorn God.

Seth waited curiously for the letter from the Sea Buckthorn God to come to him.

These gods are all as timid as mice, why do they suddenly dare to look for me?
After touching the sea buckthorn, a series of words from the holy book collapsed.

After reading it carefully, Seth looked solemn.

The Sea Buckthorn God Thorns told him something bad.

A black spot disease suddenly broke out in many oases in the desert!

People infected with melasma will only experience itching at first.

However, soon dark spots appear on the itchy body parts.

Then comes the heart-pounding pain, and death!
This black spot disease spreads very quickly.

Even animals such as camels, cattle and sheep have been infected.

The gods in the desert tried to use their powers to eradicate the disease and cure the infected humans.

However, the source of this disease is still unknown to the gods and cannot be eradicated.

After infected humans are cured, they quickly become infected again.

This is what was detailed in Thorns' letter.

At the same time, he also said that he had told Shu about this and asked Sekhmet to come over and heal him.

Set dispersed his divine power and took out the Ankh. He had to personally visit the oases he blessed.

Especially the water plant oasis, Seth was very optimistic about Damses.

He wanted to expand his faith without arousing suspicion from the gods, so he needed a capable believer.

The Gate of God opened, and Seth came to the temple sealed underground.

Lifting the sealed temple to the ground, Seth walked in.

The spacious and exquisite temple is as bright as day, and two statues of gods stand side by side.

The white and red blank power of faith kept falling from mid-air.

It fell into two statues, one was absorbed by the golden feathers, and the other was stored in the statue.

Confirming that there were no traces of other gods' visit, Set drew upon the power of faith stored in the idol.

"A lot less." Seth looked at the blank power condensed in his hand with a solemn expression.

As a human god, he naturally knows how much faith each tribe can provide.

For now, he has little power of faith in his hands.

The most likely thing is that the entire tribe died from black spot disease.

Sighing, Seth integrated the blank power in his hand into himself.

Although the power of blank faith is not as good as the divine power of authority, it can still alleviate some of his pain.

After covering up the human and broken fate and authority, Set sealed the temple underground again.

Then, Seth rushed towards the water plant oasis.

Going to the underworld can be postponed, and the black spot problem needs to be solved.

After all, he is now a human god, and killing people on a large scale will also undermine his authority.

……

In an oasis in the desert.

Under the moonlit night, Shu frowned as he looked at the people wailing in pain.

"Master Shu, what should I do?" Seabuckthorn God Thorns asked respectfully.

"Use divine power to heal them over and over again." Shu said helplessly: "One god is responsible for an oasis."

"The rest awaits Sekhmet's arrival."

"Yes." Thorns nodded and turned to inform the other gods.

Shu took out a golden dagger with the divine pattern of order engraved on it.

The moment the dagger appeared, the aura of order permeated the entire oasis.

Mobilizing authority, endless divine power of order is injected into the dagger. "The order of the night." Shu raised his dagger, looked down at the oasis, and said, "One, everyone and livestock sleep at night."

As soon as he finished speaking, the humans and animals who were still wailing in pain a moment ago stopped making any sound.

They returned to their house in silence.

Then he lay down on the bed and in the circle and fell into a deep sleep.

For a time, the entire oasis became quiet, and under the moonlight night, it seemed like an ordinary oasis.

Jisi and other gods who were watching looked at Shu in fear.

The powerful power of order made them admire the God of Order even more.

"Order two, disease does not exist in this oasis." Shu continued.

The divine power of order radiated from the dagger permeated the entire oasis little by little.

The corresponding order is also executed at all times, and the dark spots on the sleeping people slowly fade away.

After doing this, Shu looked at Jisi and other gods: "Just like me."

"Yes." Jiesi and other gods nodded.

Then they dispersed to protect humans.

……

Aquatic oasis.

Damses knelt in the temple and prayed.

"Great Desert God, please protect your believers!"

"A disease that will quickly destroy an oasis is spreading among the tribe."

"Those who are infected are all your believers."

"Their destiny is to fight against the ignorant tribes who do not believe in you, not to die of disease."

"I beg you to give the tribe new life, great desert god!"

Prayers went unanswered.

Damses then prayed again.

He is the priest chosen by the desert god, a priest favored by God.

As long as he prays sincerely, it will surely reach God’s ears and receive God’s response.

"Master Priest."

Suddenly, the voice of a servant came from outside the temple.

Damses stood up and walked out of the temple.

Before entering the temple, he told his servant that if there was an emergency, he could call him.

Seeing him coming out, the old servant quickly saluted and said: "Master Priest, the madmen who preach the omnipotent God are here again."

"They also cured thirteen infected tribesmen who were sealed in the west of the oasis."

"Cure?" Damses was very surprised.

"Yes." The old servant nodded and said, "After seeing this, some people in the tribe asked them to heal everyone."

"The lunatics suggested that in order to heal others, one must believe in an omnipotent god."

Damses mused.

After the black spot disease appeared, Damses quickly isolated all infected people to the west of the oasis.

Then let the people in the tribe practice water magic, plant magic, and fire magic.

The place where they stayed was first washed with water, then burned, and finally planted with flowers and plants.

In the meantime, no one is allowed to go to Oasis West.

Guarding the isolated ones are the sincere followers of the Desert God trained by Damses.

Now it seems that there are traitors who have betrayed the Desert God.

Otherwise, those lunatics would not have a chance to cure the infected.

However, now is not the time to deal with traitors.

A cure for black spot would jeopardize faith in the desert god.

As a result, the tribe will no longer be united.

After thinking about it, Damses had a solution.

He walked quickly to the tribe leader's residence.

The idol given by the Desert God is still in the hands of the commander.

The next plan must have the statue of the Desert God to kill all the betrayers!
(End of this chapter)