Chapter 12: The Sacrificial Ritual
Chen Xu, Evelyn and Suleiman came out of the hotel and drove around directly, looking for Immorton.
But after turning around the entire Egyptian Cairo, he didn't find Immortun, Chen Xu couldn't find Immorton with the help of the Black Sutra of the Undead, even reciting spells and casting magic.
In desperation, he left a note in the hotel and left Egypt in a hurry.
In the port of Giza in Cairo, Chen Xu and Evelyn saw many fleeing people, carrying large bags and small bags, as if there was a fire burning behind them, rushing up to the boat.
It was a crowd of fleeing people, many of whom had black faces, as if they had been smoked by fire.
There were many children in it, and these children were squeezed by the crowd a little painfully, and the cries rang out again and again, but not too many people paid attention to them, and what they paid attention to was either harsh or angry.
"It's all our fault." At first, she didn't think that when she saw this scene, Evelyn suddenly realized that she had made such a big mistake, "If it weren't for us, they wouldn't have left their homeland." ”
Originally, she just wanted to find the Golden Sutra of the Sun to fulfill her childhood dream, but at this time she woke up from her dream, and she suddenly realized what kind of disaster she had brought to Egypt.
Looking at the fleeing crowd in front of her, Evelyn was particularly uncomfortable: "Chen Xu, can we go back and kill Immorton and end this disaster." ”
If at the beginning, the relationship between Immorton and her was just a relationship between chasing and being hunted and killed, then now she has realized that her relationship with him is not only the relationship between chasing and killing, but also the relationship between the demon king to destroy the world and the brave to protect the world.
It's like in the novel, the protagonist accidentally released the demon king, and he needs to kill the demon king or reseal it so as not to bring disaster to others.
This is a responsibility, not a responsibility that can be shirked as soon as she leaves, a responsibility that has been set since she released Immorton.
"...... you want?" Chen Xu looked at Evelyn and knew a little in his heart.
"It's our fault and we should be held responsible." Evelyn said firmly, "Running away is not my style. ”
"Then let's go back." Chen Xu said indifferently.
Meteor fire rain and blood water mean little to Chen Xu, this kind of magic that changes the environment on a large scale is just a little trouble for him, and the reason why he wants to leave Egypt is more because of protecting Evelyn.
Protect Evelyn and maintain the plot so that the Bracelet of Death and the Spear of Judgment can be successfully revealed and captured years later.
Since Evelyn didn't want to leave Egypt, he didn't want to leave Egypt.
"Thank you." Evelyn smiled ugly, obviously sad, but forced to smile.
In her eyes, Chen Xu stayed here for her.
"If you want to thank me, give me the Golden Sutra of the Sun." Chen Xu peeped at the Golden Sutra of the Sun all the time, peeking at this golden scripture of the sun, which recorded the true names and mantras of the gods and the secrets of the gods of ancient Egypt.
Evelyn was speechless, she looked at Chen Xu deeply, it seemed that from the moment she recognized Chen Xu, Chen Xu was a cheerful and neat man who was full of longing, and he would do everything he could.
"If you can kill Immorton and save all of Egypt, I will give you the Golden Sutra of the Sun." Evelyn and Chen Xu made a pact.
The Golden Sutra of the Sun itself belongs to Egypt, and it belongs to the common property of the Egyptian people, so giving the Golden Sutra of the Sun to the heroes who saved Egypt must be regarded as returning to its original owner.
For her at this moment, the heart of saving Egypt has defeated her dream, and she feels that she has committed a sin, and the best way to eliminate it is to eliminate the root cause of sin.
"Of course." Chen Xu said happily, he had reason to be happy, he was still worried about how to snatch the Sun Golden Sutra from Evelyn's hands without hurting his friendship with Evelyn, but he found that happiness came so suddenly.
Anyway, he wants to destroy Immorton, and Immorton is a hidden danger to him, a hidden danger that could explode and kill him at any time.
"Come, let me find Immorton, but before that, there is still a sacrifice." Chen Xu said excitedly.
Evelyn wondered, "What sacrifice?" ”
"A sacrifice to Anubis, the god of death, of course." Chen Xu said casually, "To find Immorton, it is simply impossible with our current strength, in terms of magic, Immorton is more proficient than me, so we need to use the power of Anubis, the god of death." ”
"And with the power of Anubis, the god of death, it is necessary to perform sacrifices."
"You're getting more and more mysterious, Chen Xu." Evelyn looked at Chen Xu with a complicated expression.
Since Chen Xu got the Black Sutra of the Undead, it has become very mysterious, compared with the previous Chen Xu, who was full of wind and fire, thick and fine, the current Chen Xu is a nervous wizard: holding a book, and a black cat with him, in a dark corner, holding the blood of a virgin, muttering and chanting, cursing others.
Evelyn's face flushed slightly at the thought of virgin blood, and she shook her head, shaking out all the filthy thoughts in her mind.
"It's not mysterious at all, it's just a gap caused by the difference in how you look at the world." Chen Xu smiled slightly.
He is a little helpless, it seems that the world has a respectful attitude towards the mysterious, whether it is a priest or a wizard, Yang or a priest, as long as it is a real person with power, there is always a kind of estrangement between ordinary people, whether they are in awe or worship, they will reject them, and they will not easily talk to them, even new friends like Evelyn have begun to vaguely reject him.
Maybe she didn't feel it herself, but Chen Xu could feel it, for example, when sleeping, no one wanted to be in the same room with him, although he himself was used to sleeping alone.
"Alright, we should have a ritual as soon as possible, but this ritual might be a bit cruel."
Cruel rituals are not cruel, at least for those who are burned by flames, the so-called cruel rituals are nothing more than a joke.
When Chen Xu found a person who was contaminated with flames, he summoned sand and extinguished the flames, but even so, the person was still dying.
"Kill me." The man who couldn't see whether he was strong or obscene before his death looked at Chen Xu longingly, hoping that Chen Xu could end his pain.
"I would like to ask you to help me perform a ritual, a ritual of sacrifice to Anubis, the god of death, if this ritual is completed, I may be able to banish this sudden catastrophe, would you like to?" Chen Xu squatted down, looked at him and said, in order to prove his identity, he had to summon the mummy again, "I am an Oriental, but I am also a priest, a real priest, a priest who sacrifices to the gods." ”
"I do!"
I don't know if it's wrong, Chen Xu felt that the person in front of him who was scorched black and couldn't see clearly was laughing.
"Alright, I'm going to start the ceremony." Chen Xu stood up, "Once the ritual is completed, you will become a hero, but you are not destined to go down in history, probably you will exist in some myth and legend." ”
"Begin, Evelyn, turn around and don't look, Suleiman, you watched me perform the ceremony, and maybe you will need to perform this ceremony in the future." Chen Xu said.
The ritual is cruel, but not cruel, because this ritual requires the voluntary sacrifice of the sacrifice, that is, he performs the sacrifice voluntarily.
"Amp, Amp, Amp......."
Chen Xu called out to Amp with a solemn expression.
Ampu is the pronunciation of Anubis, the god of death, in the ancient Egyptian era, and it is the initial trace left by Anubis, the god of death, calling him, Chen Xu can obviously feel the peep from the underworld.
"The first sword, dedicated to the supreme god Osiris."
Chen Xu lifted the knife that had been prepared a long time ago, fell down, and slashed hard at the man's body, but unfortunately there was no blood left.
The man did not make any sound, as if the knife had not cut his body.
"Is the blood burned dry?" Chen Xu's eyebrows furrowed fiercely, "You have even lost your sense of pain?" So will such a ceremony be successful? ”
The painful torture of the sacrifice that Anubis needed by the god of death, without the painful torture, whether this ritual can be completed is still two theories.
"Forget it, at this time, you can't give up."
"The second sword, dedicated to Isis the king."
Chen Xu raised the butcher knife again and landed on the man's body, and the man's face changed slightly at this time.
Seeing this, Chen Xu knew that the man still felt pain, and immediately started the third knife.
"The third sword, dedicated to Anubis, the god of death."
The cold wind blew violently, making Chen Xu's body stiff, Chen Xu's knife fell on the man's heart, but it couldn't fall again, and a carriage came with the cold wind, passing through the man's body and taking his soul away.
Chen Xu clearly saw that the carriage was pulled by four nightmares, flew towards the other side of the sky, and slowly disappeared.
The Knight of Hell, only the most honorable people in Egypt can make the underworld send such a being to attract souls, and at the end of the movie "The Mummy", it is the Knight of Hell who takes away Immorton's mana.
These are enough to prove that the person in front of him is either the direct bloodline of the pharaoh or the direct bloodline of the high priest, and his status is extremely noble, and the knights of hell in the underworld are so noble that they have to give him courtesy.
"But who can tell me that before my ritual is completed, the person dies, is this a success or a failure?"
Chen Xu looked up to the sky and roared, wanting to cry without tears, and finally found a person who was not afraid of death and was willing to exist as a sacrifice, so he died before the last knife.
"Look." Evelyn behind her said suddenly.
In front of Chen Xu, a black skull was smashing and looking at Chen Xu.
"Say your request, young priest."
Seeing this, Chen Xu hurriedly said, "Please help me find Immortun." ”