Chapter 321: Death, Pocket Watch, Negotiation
"Have you seen what's inside?" After Tang Bai got the spell from Immorton, he did not personally open the Bible of the Dead and verify it as Immorton wished, but asked out again.
"Every high priest has read what is in it." Immorton, who had recovered a little vitality, glanced at the silver dragon standing on Tang Bai's shoulder with fear and disgust, and lowered his head and replied.
"Can't tell?" Tang Bai frowned.
"It cannot be said that the gods have put some kind of prohibition on it. That's not even a language. Immorton understood the meaning of Tang Bai's "can't speak" without hindrance. "This spell is one of the greatest secrets that every high priest needs to protect."
"You should know exactly what the price of deception is, right?" I don't know why, but Tang Bai's heart is faintly worried and uneasy.
This anxiety stems from suspicion of Immorton. According to Tang Bai's understanding of Immorton, this mummy, who was cursed for more than 3,000 years before being resurrected, is really not a character that people can believe 100%.
Let's not talk about his deception of Evelyn and O'Connor and others, that is, when facing the Scorpion King, when he saw that he was invincible, he immediately made a surrender form, begging the Scorpion King to let him go, and waited for the opportunity to move, judging from it, he obviously also has some potential to be a hero.
wanted to see something from Immorton's face and eyes, but the result made Tang Bai feel disappointed. There was only a skeleton left, a rotten skin Immorton, and there was no subtle expression on his face at all, and even his eyes were quite calm, without the slightest fluctuation of heart.
"I've said what I know. You've purified me with this thing, and that's all I can tell you. The corners of Immorton's lips twitched visibly, revealing a ring of rotten yellow teeth.
Tang Bai was silent for a moment.
To be honest, if it were possible, Tang Bai would never touch and participate in some uncertain and incognito things and events. But things can never be as smooth and flawless as he imagined.
Risks and opportunities have always been a pair of twins who do not leave Meng.
It is prudent to take it step by step, but if it is too conservative and prudent, it will inevitably lose a lot of opportunities and progress. The greater the risk, the same high reward if successful. And what Tang Bai needs to do is to make a choice between being safe and risky.
What Tang Bai needs to consider now is whether to take this possible risk?
Although there are gods in the mummy world, these gods are no longer as active and intimidating as they were in ancient times. Even the flow of miracles has not appeared for a long time. The only two times in this world that I have the impression of a god making a move, are the same god.
Anubis, the god of death!
Once it was to fulfill the scorpion king's contract promise and give him an undead army that could conquer everything and would not die or be destroyed; The other time was when Immorton and the Scorpion King were in a death match in the ring, for the sake of fairness and balance, Immorton was deprived of his mana.
The only two times were only indirect shots, and even the true body was not revealed.
No matter what happened to the gods in this world, which caused their influence in the human world to be greatly reduced, there is no doubt that in places like Hamnata, those gods still have the ability to intervene.
This time it's not like facing the female sea god, and Aslan. Although the female sea god is moody, she is in a sealed state. Her power wouldn't allow her to use it too much. Aslan was a relatively gentle deity, and there was no conflict of interest with Tang Bai.
But Anubis is different.
Tang Bai was not sure what kind of attitude Anubis would have towards a person who dared to peek into his secrets.
After pulling out the book from the train and seeing those meaningful words in it, Tang Bai couldn't help but feel a little more anxious and urgent in his heart. He was eager to read what was written.
Right now, for Tang Bai, it is a rare opportunity in front of him.
It's an opportunity to gain enough that he needs to be ruthless.
The Undead Bible came out of Evelyn's arms, who was unconscious, as if an invisible silk thread was violently pulling it in the void, and flew straight in the direction where Tang Bai was. Tang Bai tapped his wand at the Bible, and the flying Bible, the Bible, spun in a circle in the air, rotated and adjusted the angle, and quietly suspended in front of Tang Bai.
The wand was changed to the left hand, and the palm of the right hand was lightly fanned against the undead bible in the void, and the unlocked undead bible, with Tang Bai's gesture, immediately seemed to be lifted by a void hand, revealing the contents inside.
The meticulous, solemn and rhythmic aria flowed out of Tang Bai's lips after the mouth of Immorton. The long, full mantra of about a minute, was easily recited by Tang Bai without any mistakes.
Just after Tang Bai's last syllable landed, the entire Bible of the Dead suddenly rippled with a hazy brilliance. A grand and mysterious energy surged out from the body of the book along with the circle of misty black pure energy.
Touched by that energy, it was like frantically spinning in place fifty or sixty times, and then suddenly coming to a standstill. The whole person has a sense of dizziness of consciousness that the soul has been thrown out. But Tang Bai's body did not have that weightless sense of balance and direction, and he was still standing firmly on the ground like an old stump.
Looking at Tang Bai, who was a little illusory, Immorton who was holding the sarcophagus to stabilize his body, a wanton smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "The answer you are looking for, the great god Anubis will personally answer it to you." ”
When Tang Bai woke up from his dizziness, he found that he had been dragged into a dark space. In front of him, there was a jackal-headed human body with a huge figure, the ancient Egyptian god of death - Anubis. A grand and melodious voice, which made it impossible to distinguish between men and women, sounded from all directions of this strange space, but it was not noisy at all, and it fell neatly into Tang Bai's ears.
"Outlander, this is not the place you should be."
The same words were spoken by different gods in different worlds.
"Anubis the Grim Reaper?"
Tang Bai couldn't help but be surprised, although he had prepared for the worst in advance, when this situation really happened in front of Tang Bai's eyes, he could only smile bitterly.
"Get out of here, this is not yours, and it's not where you should be."
Anubis's voice rang out once again in this dark space with no end in sight, stained with black. With his voice, Anubis's body gradually became illusory in Tang Bai's eyes, and it was obvious that he was planning to leave.
"Wait! Please wait! Perhaps it was Anubis's attitude that made Tang Bai break free from the initial panic and impact and sober up in one fell swoop. Seeing that Anubis was leaving, Tang Bai didn't even think about it and kept his voice.
However, Anubis didn't seem to hear Tang Bai's retention, his body was still fading, and even Tang Bai could feel that an inexplicable suction behind him was trying to pull him out of this space that was gradually restless and collapsing.
Tang Bai couldn't tolerate taking such a big risk, and as a result, except for some ancient Egyptian spells and being expelled by the "master's family", his important purpose was nothing, although he didn't know why Anubis didn't deal with him and just expelled him, but he sensitively grasped one thing from Anubis's attitude, that is, Anubis had no hostility towards him.
Of course, there was no hostility, and there was no good feeling either. Otherwise, Anubis would not have been able to ignore Tang Bai's retention at all.
Tang Bai was now thinking about how to keep Anubis, and as for other considerations, he was temporarily put aside. Seeing that the phantom of Anubis was about to dissipate, Tang Bai, whose brain was spinning rapidly, subconsciously shouted: "Don't you want to restore your glory as a god?" ”
Anubis's illusory figure trembled violently, and then quickly re-solidified from the phantom. Seeing this scene, Tang Bai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Obviously, the words he had just fought hard for were finally ignored by Anubis no longer
Before Tang Bai could feel at ease, an unpredictable force instantly invaded his body from the darkness. It was like being watched by someone with a regent's mind. Tang Bai instinctively launched the brain occlusion.
However, the Occlumency Technique, which could easily resist the prying thoughts of an elite Death Eater, was like a small dam trying to withstand the waves of a flood that would not be encountered in a hundred years, but it was broken and drowned by that power in an instant.
Tang Bai tried his best to maintain the Occlumency Technique that was on the verge of collapse, and he didn't even have a flawless distraction and anger at Anubis who made a sudden move.
“…… It's strange that I can't even peek into your mind......"
“…… Is it the pocket watch on your chest that does the job? ……”
“…… There is only another god who can resist the prying eyes of the gods......"
“……”
The ethereal voice came faintly, and the wisps sounded in Tang Bai's heart, and then, the snooping energy quickly dissipated like a fading tide.
Tang Bai felt a sense of exhaustion and weakness.
"Now, prove it, how do you restore me to my former glory?" Anubis's voice softened a little, and it fell directly into Tang Bai's ears.
"I can help you re-establish a powerful empire in this world that believes in you and honors you." Tang Bai suppressed his turbulent thoughts and maintained his calm return.
"Worthless." (To be continued.) )