Capítulo 657: Chapter 226 Pharaoh

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Hemenu, Mortal World.

Outside the City of Memphis, on the road built along the Nile River.

The setting sun was blood-red, and a gentle breeze blew in gusts. The wheels of the ox cart rolled on the road, attracting the gazes of passersby.

The sound of whips cracking could be heard from time to time, accompanied by bouts of whimpering.

This was the royal capital of the Egyptians, as well as a great city that stood alongside Heliopolis and Thebes in fame.

If the latter two were renowned for their theological sanctity, Memphis, as the dwelling place of the Pharaoh, represented the secular sense of a capital.

Located at the heart of Upper and Lower Egypt, it wasn't far from what would later be Cairo. The dynasty's decrees emanated from here, reaching all the city-states of Egypt.