From Concubine to Pharaoh [Transmigration Book]

Gerry held a torch in his hand and lit a huge fire beside the pier of Thebes.

This fire is usually lit in the evening to guide ships returning late.

But today the sky was different—Grigor looked up at the sky worriedly. At this moment, the brilliance from the sun had almost completely disappeared, giving people the feeling that night fell suddenly.

The wind blowing from the big river is also chilly, blowing on the back of the heart, making people feel a chill from the soles of the feet.

"Quick, all ships hurry back to port!"

A sailor who had come with Gregor shouted into the water near the pier.

But his Lower Egyptian accent only made the eyes of those ships give him a curious look.

People then looked up at the sun hanging on the night sky—the sun at this moment, like a dark black light spot inlaid with gold, stuck to the deep sky.

"Amon God's envoy said that there will be danger near the pier. Those who plan to sail, please wait until dawn. All ships that have already sailed, please dock quickly. In short, don't leave Thebes port..."

Gregor stayed in Thebes these days, but he failed to learn how to speak the Egyptians. At least he learned all the expressions among sailors and crew members. When he shouted loudly, many people really noticed him.

"Yo, it's the envoy of Amon who sent someone to pass the message."

Encountering such a strange celestial phenomenon, the ships that have not left the port naturally do not plan to leave the port again.But most of the ships that have left the dock are still on the sidelines.

"Look, it's dawning again!"

"Thank God for blessing, I knew it would be fine."

"I still have to go to catch fish in the big river later. I have been delayed for a long time. I can't catch fish, I can't exchange food, and the whole family has nothing to eat."

"Lower Egyptians have always been timid. Just listen to what they say..."

At this moment, someone suddenly noticed movement on the water.

"No, that's not right..."

The sky had just turned bright, but the surface of the river was still dark.But some sharp-eyed people have already noticed pieces of dead wood-like things floating on the water.

Suddenly someone shouted in horror: "It's a crocodile, a crocodile... on the water, there are many, many... crocodiles..."

As the light came back bit by bit, more and more people noticed something strange: "Why are there so many crocodiles all of a sudden?"

"Could it be the prophecy spread in the city these days..."

At this moment, a small boat that had been driving slowly in the waterway in front of Thebes Wharf suddenly flew into the air.

The people on the boat shouted the reason in horror: "Hippo—"

Immediately there was a thump, thump, thump, thump, thud, and the boat fell back to the surface of the water, and the person fell into the water.

"what--"

Then there was a scream.

The miserable cry didn't last a few times, and the water surface became calm again.

But a bloody smell began to spread on the water surface, and those with good eyesight noticed a bright red circle on the water surface.

For a few breaths, the surface of the river remained silent.

Immediately afterwards, everyone shouted in horror, and all the boats staying on the water started to move at this moment, struggling to paddle towards the pier.The waterway in front of the pier was a mess.

Originally, people dismissed Gregor's warning, but now they deeply regretted that they had not acted earlier and paddled first, at least they could seize the opportunity on the channel entering the port.

But now, more than a dozen boats are crowding into the port, you squeeze me and you squeeze you. Suddenly, some boats were knocked over. Just as people were going to rescue them, they encountered crocodiles again. The screams in the water kept coming. Some fell into the water again.

Seeing this, Gregor looked a little sad.

He instantly understood why Erich told him: Except for those who have not left the port and those near the port, don't take the risk to save them.

Gregor had always considered himself a rather timid person.But in the past few days, he has been following Erich, and he has been influenced by his ears and eyes. Now he witnessed the tragedy in front of him, and Gregor suddenly felt a sense of injustice in his heart.

He suddenly said firmly to himself: It's already like this, no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be?

"Forget it, if you can save one more, save one more!"

Thinking of this, Gregor suddenly jumped onto the mast of the nearest ship and climbed to the top like an ape. He carried a red cloth banner from Tanis with him, which was flying high in the air at this moment, very conspicuous.

"Crowded like headless chickens, it must be a dead—"

Gregor climbed onto the mast and shouted with all his strength, "Anyone who wants to live will obey my orders!"

He was the navigator in the first place, and he was familiar with the habits of sailors, so he gave orders and commanded them at will, and three or five ships landed smoothly immediately.

Gregor asked them to tie the boats to the stone pillars on the bank, and then threw the cables to the boats behind them, and fixed the boats one by one. Heart.

The boats sailing towards the shore in a panic now do not need to dock, as long as they can touch the pontoon bridge, it is as if they have touched the flat ground.

People panicked a little, and hurriedly obeyed Gregor's instructions, and continued to tie the boat to the side of the boat, fixing and lengthening the pontoon bridge.

Seeing that a safe path will be formed.At this moment, a bang was heard suddenly, and a ship that had been firmly tied to the pontoon bridge was directly smashed from the bottom cabin.

A huge hippopotamus with fangs protruded out of the water——

There were still people on the broken boat, and they were completely shocked by the situation in front of them.

Fortunately, the people on the surrounding boats were vigilant, stretched out their hands to drag him away, and scrambled to hide on the other side. Fortunately, no one was injured or injured.

Gregor, who was climbing on the mast, witnessed this scene from beginning to end, and was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat.But the cold sweat dried up in an instant after being exposed to the sun.

At this time, the sun had almost completely returned to normal, and the dazzling sunlight shone on the water surface, reflecting light spots one by one like fish scales.

Gregor looked far into the distance, and saw sections of dead wood floating on the river, which were obviously large and small crocodiles, and groups of deep-colored shadows were hippopotamuses that the Egyptians considered to be monsters in the water.

Crocodiles and hippopotamuses are pouring into the waterway leading to the Thebes wharf one after another. There are more and more of them gathering, and it is unknown how many are outside the waterway.

Gregor thought for a while, and shouted to the local sailors in Thebes: "How can we lower the obstacles blocking the waterway?"

The obstacles he was talking about were naturally the tall wooden fences that blocked the king's ship on the day Erich arrived in Thebes.

Those wooden fences had been hoisted by winches since the day when the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the god Amun was over.

Gregor has temporarily established some prestige in the hearts of the Thebes by virtue of the swift command just now.

Immediately someone ran towards the winch and answered loudly, "Do you want to lower the fence?"

Gregor replied loudly, thinking: When the barrier is lowered and blocks the waterway from the great river to the pier of Thebes, those hippos and crocodiles will no longer be able to come in continuously.

In defending the safety of their city, the people of Thebes were as active as the rest of the world.

Not long after, the winch creaked and the huge wooden fence made a creaking sound, and then it touched the water surface, making a loud plopping noise and splashing countless white water splashes.

So far, the waterway between the broad river and the Thebes dock has been completely separated.

Most people breathed a sigh of relief and turned their attention to the crocodiles and hippos in the waterway.

Although the sky was dark before, an unknown number of beasts had flooded into the waterway in front of the pier.

But fortunately, at least their number will not increase any more.As long as the people of Thebes unite and concentrate on dealing with it, they should be able to deal with it.

Gregor guided the ships blocked in the waterway to dock safely one after another. He wiped the sweat from his brow with his hand, slid down from the mast, and stepped onto the ground.

This time, he finally did something for Thebes temporarily.

The queen navigator thought to himself—at least the hard work was not in vain.

But those boats that were fenced off the waterway, the people on that boat...

Gregor suddenly recalled the expression on Alicia's face when he left the hotel. It was a strange, compassionate expression—it seemed to say that for the safety of most people, some sacrifices are inevitable.

Now he understands it thoroughly.For the safety of most people in Thebes, the ships that have sailed on the big river... really can't help them any more.

When Gregor thought of this, he kept looking at the row of wooden fences that separated the river from Thebes, and his gaze never shifted from beginning to end.

Suddenly, Gregor's eyes froze, and the muscles on his face began to contort.

A voice was stuck in his throat, making a soft click.But that call sign could not be uttered no matter what.

Fear quickly became the uniform expression of Gregor and the people stranded near the big river.

A huge, slender black body suddenly rose from the other side of the huge wooden fence that blocked the entire river.

The body was at least the width of a boat, and it was pitch black, with soft scales appearing on its surface.Therefore, even under strong sunlight, there is not much reflection and it looks extremely dull.

I saw that black body jumping up from the big river and slamming into the obstacle that the Thebes had just put down to resist the beasts in the water.

There was a loud bang, and sawdust flew everywhere.

Some tiny fragments hit Gregor's cheek, bleeding out, but Gregor didn't notice it at all.

The Thebes around him were like him.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the huge black body in the distance, and the completely vulnerable obstacles in front of it.

The giant black beast looked like a long snake moving in the water.But its size is countless times larger than that of the long snake, and its strength is boundless. While rolling and rolling, it has already smashed the wooden fence that the people of Thebes are proud of.

"Apep, Apep..."

A voice sounded in Gregor's heart.

He recalled going to the Saqqara palace with the pharaoh and seeing the scene after the water level of the great river fell—the place that was ravaged by Apep, even the stone tablets left by the previous pharaohs were not spared.

It turned out to be Apep——

Apepu who brings chaos, disaster and destruction to the world.

Sitting in the hotel, Erich put her hands on her waist and said to Senmut and Nanna: "I'm fine, it doesn't matter—"

There seemed to be light in her pair of bright black eyes, and she stared closely at Senmut: "Master High Priest, please put on the evasion, otherwise I dare not talk to you."

She was in labor, and Senmut was able to divert her pain through his special ability-but Erich didn't think it was necessary.

Because the price is too high, if Senmut doesn't wear evasion, according to his character, I'm afraid he will take all her pain.

Why?

It is she who is giving birth.

It wasn't Senmut who was alive.

Under Ailixi's gaze, Senmut paused for a moment, took it out of his cuff calmly and avoided it, and hung the baboon disobedience amulet with a golden thread in the middle around his neck.His pair of golden eyes immediately shone with a calm and alienated brilliance.

Alicia took a deep breath, feeling the pain ease slightly.

She thought: Judging from the experience of most people, there is still a relatively long period of time from the beginning of labor pains, to the beginning of unloading, and then to the successful unloading. She must use this time to deal with the crisis that Thebes is facing.

And everyone around her has to come in handy.

She took a deep breath, temporarily forgetting about her physical problems, dipped her hand in a ceramic cup with some water, and drew three lines on the table: "It is known, crocodile, hippopotamus, Apepu..."

Alicia draws two more under the third line: "I'm afraid there will be snakes and scorpions."

This is for the time being assuming that the one who has opposed her has swarmed up.

"Rumours against God Amon."

Senmut added on the sidelines.

"And your body that is about to give birth."

Nanna pouted next to Erich.

"So, our difficulties are limited, aren't they?"

Alicia answered with a smile on purpose.

In fact, she was smiling wryly in her heart: Could it be worse than this?