Chapter 31: Give Up?
"Actually, the City of Death is just another name, and its real name should be Hamna Tower, which means the place of resurrection!"
"Legend has it that in ancient times, Egypt had a very good monarch named Osiris. He was very talented, very capable, and the founder of agriculture throughout Egypt. ”
"Osiris had a younger brother named Seth, and Seth was not very special, so he was often overlooked. As a result, Seth was jealous of his brother Osiris. ”
Later, Seth used a plot to kill Osiris and cut his body into forty-eight pieces and dumped them in various places. It's just that he overlooked one person, and that was Osiris's wife, a powerful priestess - Isis. ”
"When Isis learned of Osiris's death, he immediately set out, recovered all the pieces of Osiris's body, and prayed to Anubis, the great god of death."
"Anubis sent down an oracle to build a city deep in the desert. On the day the city is built, Osiris will be resurrected. ”
"Isis, with the help of Osiris's widow, spent nearly five years building the city. After the city was built, Anubis gave Isis a powerful magic spell called resurrection. ”
Thus Osiris was resurrected. However, the resurrected Osiris did not know that this magic was flawed, that is, the resurrected person and the caster bound life together. ”
However, this can be regarded as the fulfillment of Isis, and the two of them spent the rest of their lives in this city. The city was named Hamna Tower, which means place of resurrection. ”
Later, Seti I found this place and made it his treasure. After his death, the city disappeared from the eyes of the people. Therefore, it is also called the City of the Dead or the City of the Dead, which means a place where only death can be found. ”
Weston quietly listened to Hussein's introduction, nodded slightly, and then pretended to be puzzled and asked, "If that's the case, there's nothing terrifying about this city!" ”
Hussein didn't think that Weston knew the inside story at all, and thought that he really didn't know, so he smiled bitterly: "You're right, if it's just like this, there's nothing scary at all!" ”
"I don't know if you've heard of 'insect devouring'?"
"Insect devouring?" Curator Dino's face immediately changed when he heard this word. He would have thoroughly understood why Hussein had been holding him back.
"That's right, it's insect devouring!" Hussein looked at Dino's face, and it was rare that there was no mockery.
"No wonder! In that case, it makes sense! Dino smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It seems that I really don't have a chance!" ”
Looking at Dino's depressed appearance, Hussein said sorry, but the look on his face showed that it was impossible to get him to agree to Dino to enter the Tower of Hamna!
"Hey, shouldn't you talk to me!" Weston feigned displeasure.
Hussein nodded, glanced at Dino, and spoke again: "Worm devouring is one of the oldest and most evil curse rituals in Egypt!" This is the punishment that can only be inflicted on the most sinful criminals! ”
"This curse ritual has been lost, but I still know the general process!"
"Tell me about it!" Weston looked at Hussein with interest.
"Yes!" Hussein nodded, "It is said that this punishment requires the prisoner's tongue to be cut out, then wrapped in a shroud with a spell applied to it, and placed in a sarcophagus of idiosyncrasies. Next, pour the scarab swarm that has been hungry for three days into the sarcophagus, and then seal the museum! ”
"It can be said that the living are mummified by the scarab beetle! In this way, the prisoner will experience the pain of life worse than death! Even if you die, because the Shroud is the reason for the spell to be cast, the soul cannot leave the body, but is combined with the broken body, and cannot be liberated from life to life. ”
Weston shuddered when he heard this, although he had seen some of it in the movie, how could he know so many details, this is the pain of both the living and the dead!
Seeing that Weston's face also became ugly, Hussein stopped talking, and to be honest, after he learned about this punishment, he was also chilled all over.
Hussein didn't say anything, but Dino said: "Although it is said that a person who has been devoured by insects cannot be liberated for life, once he is resurrected, he will be immortal, and it will also bring ten plagues in Egypt!" It can be said that at that time, if not the end of the world, at least it was the end of Egypt! ”
"Hussein," Dino asked, looking at Hussein, "if I'm not mistaken, the one who was devoured by the worm must be Immorton, the chief priest who killed the ancestors, right?" ”
Hussein nodded and didn't say anything.
"No wonder you're holding me back!" Dino smiled bitterly, "Three thousand years! Once he is resurrected, he will be an undead priest with some three thousand years of magical power! He used to be the head of the priesthood, and if he is resurrected, who will be his opponent?! ”
Seeing Dino's disheartened appearance, Hussein wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, he still didn't move. It's too big for anyone to take on this responsibility.
"Weston!" Dino took a deep breath, as if making a big decision, "Let's go back!" I gave up! ”
"You've decided?" Weston looked at him calmly and asked.
"It's decided!" Dino nodded, a smile on his face, "Actually, I should have given up a long time ago, didn't I?" ”
"Although I am very unwilling, but ...... I still love this country! After speaking, Dino's voice was a little choked.
Weston was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Well, I support your decision!" ”
"Looks like I'm going to overturn my evaluation of you!" Hussein looked at Dino and a smile appeared on his face, "Although you are still so stupid, at least you are not hopeless!" ”
"Thank you!" Dino squeezed out a smile, "Your mouth still stinks!" ”
"I guess I'll leave first!" Dino reluctantly nodded at the two, "It's nice to meet the two of you, I hope we can see each other again!" ”
With that, he stumbled aboard his camel and left without looking back.
Weston watched Dino leave and didn't say anything more, he knew that Dino didn't need words at this time, but what he needed was to vent.
After all, a long-cherished wish is about to be fulfilled, but it has to be abandoned, which is a huge blow to anyone.
"Then I should go too!" Hussein nodded at Weston and wanted to leave.
"Wait!" Weston stopped Hussein.
"What's wrong?" Hussein looked at Weston suspiciously.
"Man, there's a way to get rid of Immorton, I don't know if you want to?" Weston leaned in and said mysteriously. In that way, it is exactly the same as selling small CDs at the subway entrance.
Hussein didn't care what Weston looked like, he was a little skeptical that there was something wrong with his ears: "What..... What? ”