Immorton

Spirit and State—What Is the Cause and Effect?As the leader of the priests, you have great responsibilities, and it is your duty to be loyal to the monarch, the country, and the gods.Now you tell me that this kind of loyalty has a premise, and this premise is that you can't meet the Pharaoh's lover. He paused, "This is not even considered a test. It is the basic duties of a close minister to have a certain understanding of the king's private affairs and to respect them."Or, you feel, it all started with the fact that Ansuna was so irresistibly beautiful that you lacked self-control, that's all.So the person who made you meet Ansuna, and even Ansuna herself, is to blame.There's nothing you can do anyway. He stood up and concluded in a calm, mechanically steady voice, "I feel sorry for those who trusted you. "

There was the sound of clothes rubbing against each other, followed by light and steady footsteps heading towards the door.However, these tiny movements made the stone room even more silent.The last rays of daylight faded from the walls, and the stone chamber became dark.Chu Xuan walked to the door, as if he didn't feel the almost stagnant air, and reached out to knock on the door.At this time, a voice came from behind: "I know it's my fault. I never said it was someone else's fault."

Chu Xuan turned his head halfway, and Imerton was still sitting where he was, looking at the empty chair opposite, with a suppressed anger in his eyes: "I love her. That's not allowed, but, I fell in love with her. Anyone, Nothing, including myself, can change this. It's just that although things started because of her, they are determined by my will and are done by my hands, and have nothing to do with her. She hasn't done anything." His voice, revealing With a strange roughness, the tone is like a tense bowstring, "Another person, even if they love her equally, may not do those things. I know this very well, and I never thought that anyone else needs to be responsible for those things. I I have been receiving punishment all the time, and I have never really escaped, even... it was the punishment of insect bites at that time."

Chu Xuan calmly said, "So what if you are punished. Can you make up for your betrayal of loyalty?"

"Ah..." He sighed in a low voice, turned to Chu Xuan very slowly, his round eyes flashed in the twilight, ferocious and desperate like a wild beast cornered: "Make up...Give back your life to the king, and make up for it... Father to children? I have not been able to correct anything other than saving Ansuna." His voice was so deep that he could barely hear it, but he could see every syllable smashing into the air, causing ripples, waves, Julang, "There is no way to make up, only to repay. I can only offer my life and soul, let the avengers exercise their rights, and at the same time look forward to the day when she feels that everything is enough. However, this day may never come, since the dead The king will never come back." He laughed, full of bitterness and strange anger, "It will never be enough. I will never be forgiven, will I?"

Chu Xuan stood there quietly, after a while, he knocked on the door.

He didn't want to answer that question.

[-]. War and prison

Dusk and dawn alternated, cold and hot, but he didn't pay attention to how long he sat by the window.

The door opened again, and someone walked up to him and put his shoulders on his shoulder: "What's wrong? Are you in a daze?"

He raised his head in surprise: "It's you." He lowered his head and rubbed his face several times before relaxing, "What's the matter?"

Zheng Zha was a little embarrassed. Imerton's face in front of him was too haggard and sluggish even for an undead... He sneered: "Chu Xuan never speaks well. He didn't mean to target you, don't... er, don't be too Take it to heart."

"What he said is the truth." Imerton turned his head away and looked at the stone wall under the window, "But you should come to me for more than that."

"That's it, we still want to challenge the Scorpion King, and we want to see if you are interested in coming together." Zheng Zha explained the ins and outs of the matter a little, and finally said, "I have always wanted to try to fight with you, it should be very happy What Eve means is that as long as you follow me and don't act alone, she is more than happy to have more people help. But this is actually quite dangerous, you see..."

"That's why." Imerton closed his eyes and said softly, "That's why your companion came here to question my loyalty. You know, he is right. You really don't mind?"

Zheng Zha grinned: "It's not that I don't mind. But, I really think you're not a bad person, so it's a pity to be stuck here like this. Come on, I just happen to have more contact with Eve." He thought for a while, and added He said, "Although it is indeed dangerous."

Emerton pressed his forehead: "Go to the capital of the dead first. I need weapons, magic weapons. Besides, I have to see if you have dug up any disasters." The corners of his lips were slightly raised, stood up, followed Zheng Zha walked out.

Zheng Zha's eyes lit up: "There are magic weapons in the capital of the dead?"

"Please don't shout loudly, it's not suitable to announce to the world. You will see, since Eve wants you to look at me..."

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The ruins of the capital of the dead have been roughly cleaned up. On the cliff in the middle of the bottom, Imerton looked at the altar placed in the middle: "You mean this? Can it revive your teammates?"

"Yes, plus the Book of Living Things."

"Lucky."

"I think so too. To have a chance to do it all over again..."

The two stood silently for a while, Zheng Zha took the lead and walked towards the newly built wooden ladder on the edge of the cliff: "This way."

There were still a lot of collapsed rubble left at the bottom of the cliff, and the two of them walked around slowly, one step deep and the other shallow.Suddenly Imerton leaned over and pulled a long stick from among the rocks.Zheng Zha recognized it at a glance: "This is that one...that one..."

"That walking stick, yes." The long stick is ordinary, old and simple.Emerton held it tightly in his hand.

"What is it for?" Zheng Zha asked curiously.

"It is at least related to the inheritance of priests. After the death or resignation of the high priest, the successor needs to be finally confirmed by the king. Independent inheritance. The leaders of these two priests sometimes overlap, sometimes not. The priest who was granted knowledge and power also got this walking stick, which means that he has embarked on an endless journey from then on." Imerton's sad and guilty eyes stopped On the stick, "I failed to pass it on. In front of you is the last complete priest leader." Before Zheng Zha could speak, he continued to walk forward.

Near the corner, there is a small piece of stone wall that is smoother.Emerton stepped forward, raised his hand, and knocked on that place with a series of fast and distinct rhythms.Then he took a few steps forward and turned suddenly: "Follow."

Zheng Zha followed closely and saw a passage on the stone wall behind the corner.Emerton walked in and explained in a low voice, "Starting from this corridor, it is the territory of Anubis, and the living of this world are not allowed to set foot in it. Since you do not belong to this world, it doesn't matter. But wait For a while, no matter what you see, don't touch it, and don't talk."

At the end of the aisle was a stone room. They opened the door and went in. They saw an altar in the center and some utensils in twos and threes by the wall.Emerton looked around, walked to one side, put down the wooden stick with both hands, picked up a long weapon with curved crescent blades on both ends, bowed slightly, took three steps back, and then grabbed Zheng Zha, Turned around and walked out.

The door closed silently behind him, Zheng Zha couldn't help but suddenly pulled up his hair, and asked thoughtfully, "Equivalent exchange?"

Emerton glanced at him with a little surprise, and said approvingly: "There is no need for absolute equivalence. Bring one thing, take one away, and the same kind of thing is fine."

"So that staff is also a magic weapon?"

Imerton smiled.

"Then what if you don't find the walking stick?"

"And this." Imerton raised his left hand and shook it, and the long chain between his hands hit the semicircular blade, making a crisp knocking sound, "Of course we can't take weapons in that way, we can only choose among magic items , there is a staff in it, which is pretty good. But since I have a weapon..." He turned the long handle lightly with his right hand, "If possible, I don't want to disturb Eve and the others."

"Looking at so many good things and not being able to move, it's too much a test of willpower..."

Imerton couldn't help showing a smile: "Well, after beating the Scorpion Queen, you can take this double-edged long knife away. You can't take it into the cell, right. Besides, you can come next time, but you have to first Call me, there are actually a lot of taboos here, it’s not suitable for intrusion.”

Zheng Zha was both embarrassed and couldn't help being happy, and laughed haha.

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They joined the rest of the people, left the capital of the dead on the same day, arrived outside the dense forest the next day, and were forced to set fire to the forest by the monkeys... On the tenth day, everyone stood in front of the pyramid that shone with golden light .

Zheng Zha looked at the giant diamond, joked with Jonathan, and then walked towards the pyramid.Suddenly, someone reached out from behind and pressed his right shoulder heavily.He turned around unexpectedly, and Imerton was staring at the entrance ahead, his face was surprisingly serious, and the left hand on his shoulder was trembling slightly.The high priest has been so quiet for many days that people can hardly notice his existence, and now he stands up to stop him... Zheng Zha felt that the hairs all over his body seemed to stand on end: "What's wrong?"

Emerton's voice was gloomy: "I've been a little uneasy for the past few days. After arriving here, I feel even more... I just realized something. The Scorpion King exchanged his soul with Anubis for power, and Death promised him, Let him command the undead army under his command... Zheng Zha, I usually don't think about this, but... I am also an undead, who was sacrificed to Anubis' undead, which means,