Amanet understood Amun's situation and felt there was nothing for her to do now.
But she had worked hard to build up her momentum, and she couldn't just let it go to waste.
Amanet was about to say a few polite words when the elderly commoner version of Amun stepped forward and stopped in front of her.
"I am the sunlight that falls on the farmland, and the sun that shines down on the heads of the serfs as they work. They pray for the sun to be weaker while they work. They pray that they won't be scorched to death.
All these years, I have heard their voices in the Underworld.
At first, I never wondered why anyone would pray for the sun not to be so strong.
Your choice just now showed me a different path.
It's such a waste of the sun's power to consider only the paths of time and space.
You have carved out a new path.
You have my approval. Join us in Thebes.
Once you join, I can give you a share of the hunters' faith, just as you wanted."
As the elderly Amun spoke, the other two Amuns nodded along. They didn't care in the slightest that every sun god in Egypt was watching them.
Amanet knew there was no such thing as a free lunch. A gift always came with some other price.
She calmly asked, "What do you want from me?"
"You're clever. How about becoming my Subordinate God? My last failure taught me that I can't become an all-encompassing sun god. I can't walk the same path as Ra did back then, and Ra won't let me walk it again. If I want to break through level 20, I have to take another path.
"I need to give away