Chapter 3 Chapter One

A bull with thick limbs like stone pillars and brown-black fur was staring at the young Ramses with breathless concentration. Ramses was attracted by the horns on the bull's head, they were sharp enough to tear the flesh of any enemy with ease. Ramses had never seen such a huge bison, he took a step back. The buffalo raised its tail into the air and glared fiercely at the foreigner, who dared to trespass on its territory and intrude on the pastures where the huge miscanthus grew close to the swamp.Not far away, a cow is giving birth, surrounded by her companions.On the lonely banks of the Nile, the beast rules his pack and rejects the approach of strangers.

The young man had hoped to hide behind the grass, but the buffalo's deep-socketed maroon eyes never left him for a moment.Ramses knew he couldn't hide from it. His face was ashen, and he turned slowly towards his father. Seti, the Pharaoh of Egypt, nicknamed the "Victorious Bull" by the people, stood about ten steps behind his son.His mere presence, it is said, is enough to crush the enemy.He is smart, as keen as a falcon, omnipresent, and omniscient.Tall and serious, with his full forehead, aquiline nose, and prominent cheekbones, he was the embodiment of authority.He is admired and feared, and has restored the glory of Egypt.

At the age of fourteen, the strong and fit Ramses met his father for the first time.Before that, Ramses had been taken care of by the royal tutor and received noble education. As the son of the emperor, he would hold the post of high-ranking official in the future and enjoy a comfortable and comfortable life.But Seti took him from language class to the field, away from town.Seti didn't say a word on the way. When the grass grew thicker, the king and his son abandoned the two carriages and hid in the tall grass.They passed the barrier and entered the territory of the bison. Which one is more terrifying, the beast or the pharaoh?Both the former and the latter exuded a full-force power that the young Ramses felt could not be controlled.The storyteller did not explain that the bison was a celestial beast whose life was endowed by fire from another world, nor could it explain that Pharaoh and the gods were like brothers, but fortunately he was tall and strong and did not fear its existence .Young Ramses felt himself in the midst of two evenly matched forces.

"It saw me," he said in a forcedly calm voice. "Just right." These two words uttered from his father's mouth carried a critical tone. "It's huge, it..." "What about you, who are you?" This question was beyond Ramses' expectations.The left front hoof of the bison rubbed vigorously on the ground, while egrets and herons fluttered their wings high, as if they were about to escape from the battlefield. "Are you a coward or the son of an emperor?" Seti's eyes could pierce people's minds. "I want to fight with my life, but..."

"A real man will fight to the exhaustion of his body, and the emperor is more than that. If you can't do this, you will not be able to rule the country, and we will never meet again. No test Shouldn't put you off. Go, if you want to leave, otherwise, grab it!" Ramses boldly raised his eyes to meet his father's gaze. "You want me to die?" "Be a wild bull forever young and strong, strong-willed, with sharp horns, and invincible. You, Ramesses, came out of your mother's womb like a wild bull, and you shall become the sun of radiance and blessing to all. You Always like a star hiding in my palm; today, I open my palm to see whether the star rises and shines or disappears and falls!"

The buffalo began to growl, enraged by the intruder's dialogue.Within a radius of tens of meters, the noise of the countryside stopped abruptly. From rodents to birds, every animal could smell that this battle was about to start. Ramses faced the enemy. With the hand-to-hand combat skills taught by his tutor, he has defeated opponents who are heavier than him and stronger than him, but what kind of strategy should he adopt in the face of such a huge monster? Seki gave his son a long rope with a slipknot. "Its brute force is in the head, hook it by the horns and you win." Young people rekindled their confidence.The water competition in the palace pond had already taught him how to use the rope.

"When the buffalo hears the whistling of your lasso," Seti warns, "it's going to charge at you. Make sure you catch it, because you can't get a second chance." Ramses practiced the movements repeatedly while thinking, and silently encouraged himself.Despite his young age, he is already 1.7 meters tall and muscular, comparable to an athlete who is proficient in many sports.But he hated the baby rings tied around his ears with ribbons, even though the traditional ornament matched his pretty golden hair braided nicely!He thought it was childish, and when he was appointed to a post in the palace, he would have the power to switch to another hairstyle.

But will fate allow him to live to that time?Although it has been many times, and it is no exaggeration, this vigorous young man has always hoped to have the opportunity to face the test of his ability, but he never expected that the Pharaoh himself would respond to his request in such a cruel way. . Stimulated by the smell of the human body, the bison could no longer hold back.Ramesses gripped the rope tightly, and when he got hold of the beast, he had to exert a giant's strength to subdue it.Since he has not yet possessed such physical strength, then he has to go beyond the limit of his own ability, even heartbreaking.

No, he will not fail Pharaoh. Ramses swung his lasso, and the buffalo ran forward with its horns down. Frightened by the bison's speed, he stepped back two steps to the side, extended his right hand and threw the rope, which snaked like a snake, and hit the monster on the back.After the action was completed, Ramses lost control and slid towards the muddy grass, and fell to the ground just as the horns were about to poke him.The bull's horns passed close to his chest, and he didn't blink.He thought he would die on the spot. The bison ran wildly to the end of the miscanthus and then turned around and jumped.Ramses stood up, his gaze was overwhelming.He would fight it to the last, to prove to Seti that the King's Son knew to die with dignity.

The bull stopped running, and the rope that Pharaoh held tightly in his hand was around its horns.Terrified, the buffalo tossed its head about without risking a broken neck, and tried in vain to escape, but Seti pulled him to his side with all his mighty energy. "Hold on to its tail!" he ordered his son. Ramesses ran to grab the tail, which was almost bare, except for a small tuft of hair at the end - such a ox tail hung from the belt of the Pharaoh's loincloth, which symbolized that he was the master of the bison . The beast fell silent after being caught, gasping and moaning.The emperor gestured for Ramses to stand behind him, and let go of the bison.

"The animal is very difficult to tame, a bull like this can fly through fire and water, and knows to hide behind trees so he can attack his enemies." The bison swung its head from side to side and looked at its opponent.Knowing that there was nothing he could do against Pharaoh, he retreated quietly to his place. "You are better than it!" "We are no longer enemies because we have an agreement." Seti drew a dagger from the holster, and with one quick and precise movement, severed the ring. "dad……" "Your childhood is over. Life begins tomorrow, Ramses." "I didn't defeat the beast." "You defeated fear - enemy number one on the road to wisdom." "Are there a lot of other bad guys?" "Probably more than there is sand in the desert." Young people can't help but ask questions like: "Is it okay for me to think that... You chose me as your heir?" "Do you think you can rule people by mere courage?"