Chapter 39: Lake of Blue Fire

“Mazoi sent a word, my king.” A messenger bowed and kneeled in front of King Hor-Aha who was seated on his throne that night.

“Speak,” he ordered.

“The army of Te-Mehu is following him and the foreigners toward the desert. They need an army to assist them against our enemies.”

“Very well. Send my assistant general and two of our battalions to the desert to meet them. Alert the Medjays and our other allies for an inevitable battle as soon as possible! I believe that the Nubians will attack us from behind if the army is coming in our direction. And so, send a message to our southern fortress army to leave it and come right outside the capital city to await further orders from me,” the king instructed the messenger. He had already anticipated this scenario since a long time ago. He thought that the First Cataract would not hold off the incoming Nubians. Therefore, there was no need to shed important lives whe