Chapter One Hundred and Five: The Beginning

Evelyn, who got up from the ground, looked curiously at Rorschach in front of her.

"What the hell do you know? Why did you lead me here? You've called me Nafidili from the beginning, am I really her? โ€

The question came out of Evelyn's mouth, desperate for an answer from Rorschach.

Rorschach did not answer directly, but told the legend.

"The ancient Egyptians believed that they would go to the afterlife when they died. They believe that the body is the vessel of the soul, and that the soul leaves its body every night and comes back in the morning. They also believed that the soul would be resurrected after death and that the body must be preserved so that the soul could have its own dwelling, so embalming and mummification were invented. They believed that after death, Osiris would weigh his heart to determine whether it was good or evil, and then decide whether the soul would be resurrected or destroyed. โ€

Evelyn said, "So I'm the reincarnation of Nefidili? โ€

"Don't you already have the answer in mind?"

Evelyn stood up, patted the sand off her body, and asked, "What do you want from me?" โ€

"I want to know if there is Osiris in the underworld, and if Anubis exists."

Evelyn didn't answer Rorschach's question, but looked at the Bracelet of Death that she had brought out.

Opening the box, Evelyn stroked the bracelet and said, "I feel like it's calling me......"

Rorschach said, "The former Seti I chose his daughter Nafidili to guard the Bracelet of Death, and it is yours. โ€

Evelyn took out the bracelet and said suspiciously, "But I don't remember any of this, I only saw fighting another woman before." For some reason, I hate her......"

Can you not be annoying! Your father married a concubine about your age. Then this concubine cheated on your father's sacrifice and killed your father by the way.

Hatred that has lasted for thousands of years will naturally not be so easy to eliminate. Just like Immorton who was punished with worm devouring.

Evelyn looked at Rorschach and said, "I can't tell you the answer you want to know right now." I only recall a few things. Maybe it reminds me of what happened before......"

Evelyn picked up the Grim Reaper's Bracelet and put it on her right wrist without thinking.

Suddenly, a wave of malice struck, and it was fleeting.

Various illusory visions were projected from the Bracelet of Death, but all were blurred. Evelyn held the Bracelet of Death, as if she were looking for a signal for an old-fashioned television, constantly trying in all directions.

After much trying, Evelyn finally found the right direction, and the projection became clear.

Three towering pyramids, followed by the desert and the oasis, then the temple in the desert.

"I know! That's the pyramid of Giza, and then along that direction...... It should be the Karnak Desert, and there is the Karnak Temple in the desert, which is exactly like the projection! โ€

Evelyn held the Bracelet of Death, happily analyzing what she saw.

After watching all the projections, Evelyn was still excited, but seeing Rorschach's indescribable expression, she asked, "What's wrong, do I have any problems?" โ€

"No...... It's just that whoever wears the Bracelet of Death will be cursed, and they must reach the Amshei Oasis within seven days before the curse will be lifted. โ€

Hearing this, Evelyn asked with a little fear, "What curse?" โ€

"Nothing, just death. Rest assured, you are the reincarnation of the Pharaoh's daughter, and perhaps Anubis will open the net. โ€

"But didn't you just say that you don't know whether the underworld exists or not!"

"Maybe the curse doesn't exist?"

Evelyn was in no mood to argue with Rorschach anymore, she was carried onto the train by the cats.

For Evelyn, she had to get to the Karnak Temple as soon as possible before she received the next hint from the bracelet.

For Elwin, they waited for the Pharaoh's Guard.

One of the most important duties of the Pharaonic Guard, who guarded Hamnath, was to prevent the return of the former sinner, Immorton.

For 3,000 years, the Pharaoh's Guard did everything they could to prevent outsiders from coming to Hamnat.

These warriors, who have held out for three thousand years, do not look like ordinary people. As a descendant of the captain of the Pharaoh's Guard, Adรจs Bey knows all the details and secrets of history.

For example, in dealing with Immorton, he dared to take the Pharaonic Guard to face the newly resurrected Immorton. This makes one wonder if the Old Guard has any means of hiding.

Although the resealing of Immorton failed, he himself retreated and snatched a sacrifice from Immorton's mouth.

When he saw the Bracelet of Death, Adรจs Beinen blurted out the curse of the Bracelet of Death. The Scorpion Emperor was many years before Seti I.

The Pharaonic Guard lurked in all levels of Egypt, including the director of the museum where Evelyn worked. Later, when confronting Anubis's undead army, there were millions of members who spread over the mountains.

This kind of strength, saying that they have relied on inheritance to stick to today, who would believe it?

Towards night, the sarcophagus that had been chiseled for a day was finally broken. The people who were thinking about it opened the coffin, but saw a different kind of mummy.

"He looks a little damp? Or was he just stuffed in it not long ago? โ€

One of the onlookers spoke everyone's mind. This mummy looks different, with moist hideous limbs, and the posture of wanting to roar, showing a completely different weirdness.

No one spoke at the scene, just looked at the team leader, hoping that the team leader would tell them what they should do.

Pieced together the stone of the coffin lid, the team leader looked at the traces that had been scratched out of the coffin lid. Look back at the hideous wet mummy.

An inexplicable wind blew, and the surrounding torches were disturbed, and a change in light made the original wet mummy stare at them as if with his empty eyes.

A bad premonition in his heart warned him, and the leader threw the stone in his hand, and hurriedly urged everyone to say, "Put him back!" Bury it back again! Fast! โ€

"It's all like this, how do you put it back?"

Fear made the leader even more anxious, and he threw down his archaeological tools, reached out and grabbed the wet mummy, gritting his teeth to lift it up.

"Then find a way to put it back at the foot of the Anubis idol!"

Seeing that the team leader had done it, the Americans hurriedly helped, wrapped the mummy in cloth and stuffed it into the place where they got the five visceral jars.

After repeated inspections, the team leader breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Pack up your things as soon as possible, we'll leave tomorrow, I always have a bad feeling here......"

"But what about O'Connor? He's not going to let us go easily, especially with this stuff back......"

The team leader also showed his ruthlessness at this time, and said: "Then let him shut up first!" โ€

The night was destined to be heart-wrenching, and the Americans loaded their bullets in their tents and waited for the leader's orders.

O'Connor, on his side, sat alone by the fire, his shotgun aside.

O'Connor left his mark on Benny and directed outsiders to come. The death of coolies and hired laborers can basically be counted on him. Even if he persuaded some of the armed guards to surrender, the part that died in the crossfire would still be counted on him.

That is, now only the guards with guns can barely obey his orders for the sake of gold. And after dark, no one wants to trust O'Connor. Even avoid this place when patrolling.

The desert nights were bitterly cold, and the armed guards were in no mood to protect anyone, so they gathered under a wall to resist the cold wind of the night.

O'Connor was happy too, his secrets were so terrifying that if anyone found out, those people would treat him as a curse.

Looking at the controller of the Plaka parasite in his hand, in the desert where no one has been in the past few days, O'Connor has tested the controller with a pain in his heart, and has figured out the basic ways to use it.

O'Connor had already found the location of the parasite, and as long as he didn't make any noise, he would surgically remove it as soon as he left.

Hiding the controller, O'Connor picked up a twig and threw it into the fire, saying without looking back, "Don't hide, Benny!" โ€

Benny stepped out of the shadows behind the rocks, cowering from the others' gaze and coming to O'Connor's side.

"O'Connor! I have new news for you! โ€

"Are they ready to do it?"

O'Connor's words made Benny look at him in shock, and asked unconfidently, "How do you know?" โ€

"It's obvious that tonight's guard has canceled the patrol, and even the leader has taken refuge in his tent!"

When Benny heard this, he became sad and said, "Then what are you going to do, do you need me to find you a way to escape?" โ€

O'Connor looked at Benny and said, "Would you be so kind?" โ€

"You're one of the few friends I've ever had, and of course you'll have to pay a little expense. After all, to buy off some people, you need money. โ€

O'Connor thought seriously about Benny's words, although Benny seemed to be lewd, timid, greedy for money, creditless, and forgetful, as long as he gave money, he would really do things for you.

Just as O'Connor was thinking about whether to give Benny a sum of gold and sneak out of Hamnat by taking advantage of the night, a series of subtle shocks made O'Connor's eyes widen.

The firewood in the fire pit involuntarily erupted more sparks, and small ripples were heard on the hot tea water next to the fire pit.

O'Connor and Benny, who had participated in the war, looked at each other and understood all these unusual signs, all of which were warning them of impending danger.

O'Connor threw away the branch in his hand and reached for his shotgun.

"Benny! Go and call someone...... Shet! โ€

There is also Benny next to him, Benny only left O'Connor with a back that escaped into the darkness.

Everything O'Connor and Benny had discovered before was a harbinger of the coming cavalry.

This is the desert of North Africa where World War I has just taken place, and without formed squad rapid-fire firepower, the hordes of cavalry are enough to overwhelm everything. The ghosts of the Sinai desert can bear witness to O'Connor's judgment.

O'Connor had scarcely shifted his position when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, followed by the black-clad scimitar cavalry leaping from horseback.

The cavalrymen, with torches in hand, rushed through the gaps in the wall and threw their torches at every tent they saw.

Arson is the most disruptive means. Faced with the burning flames, the people who were originally hiding in the tent had no time to think about it, so they could only jump out of the fire ring.

With the help of horses, the scimitar slashes at the flesh with inertia, and can easily split people in half.

However, the camp was not without resistance, and the armed guards far away from O'Connor formed a defensive line against a corner of the wall. Here, relying on the advantage of numbers, they used the weapons in their hands to barely block the cavalry offensive.

As soon as he reached a collapsed stone pillar, O'Connor relied on it as a cover, and the shotgun in his hand never stopped.

The trench broom is not inferior to its nickname, each shot can take away a cavalryman, and sometimes even a horse that wounds the cavalryman's crotch, allowing the sore war horse to create more chaos in the camp.

Neither the black-clothed cavalry nor the residents of the camp had any intention of leaving each other alive. Blood seeped down the sand, creating a blood-colored sand sculpture, which was then crushed by horses' hooves and boots.

Han Ji held up the binoculars, looked at the killing in the camp, and asked Alwin, "Do you want to start testing now?" โ€

(End of chapter)