Immorton

The assistant is missing.

My guess was confirmed, and the Pharaoh's smile was like a roaring lion: "No wonder you only said that you left people by the Nile River. The Nile River is so long, who would have thought that it was to get close to the Valley of the Kings..." People kept bowing their heads. , did not dare to make a sound, only heard the laughter getting louder and louder, like a storm blowing over everyone's heads, and then suddenly stopped and turned into a murmur: "You said, where did he go? Why did he want Ansuna?" He wants to resurrect Ansuna!" He yelled violently, jumped up and walked out, "Go to the capital of the dead. Call Nefertili, she will want to see it with her own eyes."

The dense sound of horseshoes across the land like thunder, the city trembled, the wilderness fell silent, and the roaring dust and smoke in the desert lingered for a long time behind.After a long gallop, the pharaoh felt his boiling anger begin to subside.He still couldn't believe that someone would dare to blaspheme the gods so thoroughly—the resurrection of living beings was the exclusive domain of immortals.Ah, of course he guessed that the relationship between Immorton and Ansuna was extraordinary-everyone with long eyes could see the longing in their eyes when they looked at each other, but to bear God's punishment for this?Simply unimaginable!

Ahead, the sentry turned around and turned back. The pharaoh raised his hand, and the speed of the cavalry gradually slowed down.The sentry circled half a circle, side by side with the Pharaoh, and reported loudly: "We encountered resistance at the gate of Hamna Tower, and it was the priest's summoned warrior."

Pharaoh's anger flared up again. He looked forward and let out each word in a low voice: "Then, you used the Book of the Dead. You are very well prepared, Emerton—"

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Imerton suddenly stopped what he was doing, raised his head and said in a deep voice, "They are here." Then he smiled wryly, "It's so fast."

"Is there enough time?" Ness asked.

"It should be enough." He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, "It will take some time to come in. Deflotis," he turned his face and asked, "Is the teleportation array ready?" The latter nodded, and the open space behind him made a bunk There are four large pieces of sheepskin painted with strange patterns, embedded with precious stones.So, he picked up the big black book, "Then, the defense is also temporarily handed over to you. Let's hurry up."

Dephrotis took out a bronze plate with engraved lines and set some small gemstones on it. He gestured strangely and complicatedly. After finishing, he said: "The entrance is sealed."

Imherton nodded, and kept his hands like the other priests. After a while, the preparations were completed, and everyone stopped one after another.He took a deep breath, looked around, and said, "Start."

Everyone knelt down, and the prayers sounded.He flipped through the book of the dead in his hand, leading or responding from time to time, not daring to be distracted.Deflotis behind him occasionally whispered a hint, full of bad news, "The entrance is broken." "The second barrier is activated." "The second barrier is broken." "The last defensive formation." He chanted intently, As if he had never heard of it, the sweat on his head was protruding densely and dripping non-stop.The people on the altar finally reacted. He continued to cast spells, but immediately gestured. The auxiliary priests retreated, and stood in front of the teleportation formation in groups of two.

At this moment, Deflotis spoke, and the bronze plate in his hand shattered at the same time: "The last defensive formation has been broken." Without waiting for Imerton's answer, he turned around and started the teleportation operation.The priests stepped onto the center of the sheepskin one by one, and disappeared in the suddenly bright white light.Deflotes then destroyed the two arrays that had been used on the ground.There was a woman's scream behind him, and he didn't have time to look back, only to hear Emerton's words: "Nice, I'll leave it to you." Immediately afterwards, Ness dragged the terrified and dazed woman stumbling over, and pushed her onto the ground. teleportation array.Already heard the footsteps, Deflotis thought, gestured skillfully, the white light flashed, Ness immediately stood up, and the white light flashed again.Imerton's voice was low, and he began to cast a curse. The ground shook violently, and there were screams and curses at the entrance of the sacrificial room.He immediately destroyed the third teleportation array. Looking back, Imerton was holding a thick black book, looked sideways at him, and stood still.He stepped onto the final formation in one step, and after being dizzy, the blue Aegean Sea was in front of him.

Imerton's apprentice jumped up from behind the reef and asked, "How is it, how is it?" His tone was anxious.He stepped out of the teleportation circle, momentarily in a daze, and then he gestured, and the lines carved on the rock gradually disappeared.He said, "I'm the last one. He's somewhere else. Now, do as he says, don't look for each other, live your life." Good friend, he thought, and he'll miss this priest, even though they serve different god.

From the corner of his eye, Imerton saw the sheepskin and gemstones on the ground silently turning into ashes.He didn't think too much, and concentrated on controlling the spell, preventing people from entering and preventing the sacrificial chamber from collapsing.When he heard footsteps, he saw the panic on the always peaceful Naith's face. She had been by his side for so many years... Besides, no matter who stays, he knows where everyone is going, doesn't he?Especially Deflotis, he can directly send the tracker to all locations, as long as the gems and magic power are enough.In the final analysis, he is not a qualified organizer of secret operations, but at least Ansuna is temporarily out of danger, and the others are still alive, in the countries behind Greece, the Caucasus, and the Hiti Kingdom...

A loud command came from the hallway: "Back! Everyone back five steps!" He lowered the intensity of the spell.The guard at the entrance disappeared, and there appeared the Pharaoh and Nefertirie, staring at him with angry, sad eyes.

He lowered his head and heard Pharaoh's suddenly rough voice: "Why? Why do you want to revive a regicide woman regardless of the taboo?!"

how to answer?He had seen his end in the oracle—it couldn't be worse, but it was conceivable, if everyone was caught, why wouldn't they be able to ask... Pharaoh snapped: "Answer me!"

He suddenly woke up, looked up at the young king, and made his final decision: "It's not her." His voice was trembling, weak, and full of fear, "It's me." He slowly calmed down, "Kingslayer, yes I."

"What?" The Pharaoh was shocked, "What did you say? You swore allegiance to him in the name of a warrior under the witness of God, and you killed him? Killed him?" His tone weakened, with a look of fear confidence.

"It was me." Imerton repeated, "I saw Ansuna, I couldn't control myself, I possessed her. She just couldn't resist," he smiled strangely, "That day, King Seti saw me pestering her and came to stop her , I grabbed the knife and killed him. I didn't think about it myself. I instinctively threw the knife and ran out of the room. Ansuna picked up the knife at that moment and committed suicide. I think that's because she had no future and she was very desperate at that time .” He stopped, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, except for the flickering lights on the wall.In the dead silence, he continued, "No one knows, including the priests around me. They only thought I was obsessed with her. However, I have been restless, so I resurrected her. It was me."

Still no one made a sound.After an unknown amount of time, Nefertili choked up and asked, "How can you? How can you?" She sobbed and kept repeating this sentence.The pharaoh put his arms around her tightly, and she buried her head in his arms.

Imerton looked at them. The young king's face was calm, but his eyes were as cold as stones at the bottom of the Nile.Facing that gaze, Imerton could only lower his eyes.

The crying stopped slowly, and the pharaoh said, "What do you want?"

"Please forgive Ansuna and the rest," Imerton said in a very low voice, "Ansuna didn't do anything, and my priests, they didn't know anything. It was me who lied to them. "

"No!" Nefertili cried, "No forgiveness, never!"

"Then I will destroy Hamna Tower and bury everyone." Imerton held up the Book of the Dead, "My judgment and punishment will come from Anubis, which must be severe and just." He read the spell, The ground shook violently again.

"At the same time, let our country lose its protector," the Pharaoh's voice was extremely clear amidst the chaotic exclamation, "I haven't made a crown yet."

Imerton interrupted the spell.

The young king's expression was stern, and his words were brief: "I can spare the accomplice. If you swear to Nefertili, she will have the right to dispose of you in the next life until eternity."

Suddenly, Imerton's mouth was full of bitterness: not long ago, he felt that his fate could not be worse... But if he was really tortured by insects, handing over the future wouldn't be so bad, since she wouldn't need it anyway.Besides, if he backs down now, the Pharaoh will be even more angry—this is the "King of Conquest and Unity", the last king in the records who was inspired by this god ruled Greece and the Mesopotamia...the capital of the dead cannot be lost... He said: "Okay. Your Majesty will no longer pursue the actions of all the subordinates in the sins I committed. After this life, I accept all the disposal of Nefertili, as long as I and her soul are in this world of the living at the same time. He flipped through the Book of the Dead and picked out the spell, "Please allow me to make an oath with you."

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The magical voice was like rolling thunder, slowly dissipating in the air, and everything was a foregone conclusion.Pharaoh looked at him: "Then, face your punishment."

Emerton lowered his eyes, he clutched the thick spine of the book, felt his internal organs shrinking into a ball, insects eating... There are many ways in the book to make him die now... The Pharaoh took a step forward, he raised his head sharply, and saw A pair of predator's eyes.As long as you look for it deliberately, all oaths have loopholes, if the pharaoh's anger needs to be vented...Ansuna...

Trembling, he put down the Book of the Dead.

The guards rushed in.

[-]. First contact

The shock that directly reached the soul of the living passed through the sky and the earth.

The world has been changed.

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