Chapter 22: The Mystery

"Ah, I'm sorry. www.biquge.info Professor Alexander smiled and looked up as he withdrew his hand from the carving knife, "I'm too wordy, welcome back." ”

"You may need a good rest, and a good dinner, in short, put it aside. ”

Having said that, there were no professors at the table at the welcome dinner, and in fact only the Countess and Magellan and Miss Betty were present.

"Why didn't Chef Pi come?"

Sitting at the empty round table, Magellan suddenly remembered his old friend.

"He doesn't like the desert," said the countess, gracefully picking up a piece of fish from her plate and placing it in front of Miss Betty, "Chef Pico thinks that an area as diverse as the rainforest is the best place to find ingredients, and that the desert is better off than for efficiency." ”

"I still can't fully understand his emphasis on new ingredients......"

"Meow. ”

The kitten interrupted Magellan with an elegant meow, and the latter picked up a piece of meat from his plate and placed it in front of Miss Betty.

"Meow. ”

Magellan smiled and shook his head, and in his eyes, the black kitten seemed to bear a striking resemblance to the countess, noble, and elegant...... At the same time, it also holds countless secrets.

"What do you get in the desert?"

"Part of the talent I lost. ”

Both understood what the other was saying, but the countess didn't seem to be so quick to believe Magellan's claims.

"It's not a delusion, but it's more like I'm used to not having talent. ”

"I'm a little curious," said the countess, pouring clean water into a shallow glass dish in front of Miss Betty, "did you meet a robber before you lost your talent?"

Magellan put the cup to his lips, took a sip of water, and held it for a long time.

"Encountered many times. ”

"They're your friends?"

"Yes. ”

"Meow. ”

"We're going to five temples yet, and if possible, it's best to avoid the sand thieves who are with the camels. ”

"Where there's a desert, there are sand pirates, but they don't know each other. The Nile separates the two banks, and the desert is an insurmountable barrier. Among the sand pirates, only the vicinity of the Great Pyramid was originally the camel's friend, but now it seems that the sand pirates of the West Bank have united. ”

"Don't worry about the temple of Horus in the royal capital, then the next step is to find Nephthys's collection from the pearls of the south, or...... Delve into the dark crypt that leads to the underworld in search of Anubis, the guide of the necromancy, and then find clues to the location of the temple of Osiris, the master of the underworld. ”

"Go find Nephthys. ”

The countess looked at Magellan who said this with undisguised astonishment, and she heard exhaustion in the latter's tone.

"You stay here to help the professor find the way to resurrect the gods, and the clues to the Temple of Osiris that we don't know yet. ”

"No, Nephtith's temple is the only place where camels can't get support from the Sand Pirates, and we'll meet them there who have just left the temple of Anubis. ”

"You want to?"

"The camel doesn't know you, and neither does the Holy See, and I want to end this matter quickly. ”

......

"The gods of ancient Emunchet were fleshy. Professor Alexander circled around the left arm of the god on the table, as if to give a lecture to Magellan, and as if to say aloud to himself, "They are born of great stature, far superior to mortals, majestic and noble, and born with some kind of beastly character." ”

"It seems that every god is born to be this way, and each god favors a tribe, and the tribe offers absolute piety and sacrifice to the guardian deity. It wasn't until later that the canoes sailing on the Nile allowed the tribes to meet. It was the beginning of a millennia of chaos, the war never stopped, and even the gods inevitably died at the hands of another god. ”

"Thoth's death came long after the chaos was over, but in reality, the chaos was far from over then. ”

"The murderer was not premeditated, but acted in a tacit manner, like an alliance that had existed for a long time, including Isis, the goddess of mystical wisdom, Seth, the master of sandstorms and power, Horus, the guardian of kingship and order, Arubis, the protector of the necromancy, Osiris, the lord of the underworld, the living sun pharaoh himself, and, most surprisingly, Nephthys, the mother's patron goddess. ”

"They covet the wisdom of Thoth, the god of wisdom, the most widely circulated and least improbable, that the gods will never seek what does not belong to him. ”

"Then came the proverbial cruel and grand festival, where the failed gods were killed and their bodies were divided into seven parts. But there was something obscure hidden in it, and Thoth's followers disappeared quietly without the slightest resistance, and the tribe that originally belonged to Thoth did nothing, and Pharaoh did not give the order for slaughter. ”

"It's a professional dismemberment, but it's an amateurish murder. ”

Then, as if taken for granted, some people began to say that Thoth would return, and that gathering his body would resurrect the god. Almost all of Emunchet believed it, as if you were born with the feeling that you were going to fall in love with a girl, and even the gods did not deny it. ”

"It's a puzzle with no answers, but we still chase the ethereal legend, a living god...... That's immeasurable wealth. ”

Professor Alexander snapped the god's fingers, picked up the gold-forged knife and stared at it in front of his eyes, silent for a long time.

"Sorry, I'm too wordy. ”

"Nope. ”

Magellan shook his head.

"Nephthys was a goddess, she was the patron saint of wives and marriages, of pregnant women and babies, and in any case, it didn't look like she would have been involved in a murder, but she had taken Thoth's right hand. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't think of where it could be hidden. ”

It was a chance encounter, and Magellan looked at the left hand of the god next to the baboon's head, and listened to the professor say a long part of what he had heard many times but still forgot most of it, and his face was expressionless.

"The temple of Nephthys in the oasis, maybe it will be there. ”

"Countless people have searched the temple, including many true magicians, and all of them have come back saying that there is nothing there. ”

Magellan sat in the light from the rooftops, knowing in his heart what difficulties they would face, but not the slightest bit worried.

"The Earl will take care of this. ”

He smiled at Professor Alexander, not hiding his absent-mindedness.

"Ah......" the professor smiled, heartily, "yes, Lord Earl always solves these problems. ”