Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

"It's quite fast."

The already empty Yuanhai Sea, as the Thoth Divine Pillar gradually disintegrated, his body began to be covered with cracks like broken porcelain.

From a little bit, to pieces, like scattered cherry blossoms. The fallen fragments were submerged in the ‘ocean’, leaving no trace of waves.

Quietly waiting for his death and rebirth. From now on, he will no longer exist in the world as an Egyptian god.

Maybe he will briefly become a mortal with extraordinary power and longevity, or maybe soon... he will find an opportunity to become a new god in a foreign land.

For a moment, Toth felt relaxed and heavy at the same time. After all, not everyone likes the feeling of starting over. However, just as he was enjoying the last silence, a voice suddenly came from beside him.

"...Thoth, you are going to die too."

The voice was very soft, but Toth immediately recognized its owner.

It was Nephthys, patron of the dead, protector of the home, and the last remaining member of the Ennead.

"Am I going to die?"

Turning around, I hadn't noticed before. It wasn't until the other party spoke that Toth unexpectedly thought of her.

Nephthys, it seems that she has not said anything since she came to the Origin Sea.

She carried out any task that fell to her, but never expressed an opinion. Until just now, it seemed like she had spoken for the first time.

"Haha, Nephthys, let's not talk about me first. You and your wife are really different. Seth bravely launched a desperate charge against the foreign gods, but you chose to wait for death to come."

With a smile on his face, Thoth didn't mind chatting with his former colleagues at the end: "Ah - sorry... Nephthys, I almost forgot that you and Seth did not become a real couple."

"This is still a trouble caused by Isis, so is this because of the influence of your priesthood? As the patron of the dead, you have taken a dim view of survival and decline?"

"No, I have not seen through the fear between life and death, not even the God of La. Even if the world does not want itself to die, how can I do it."

Shaking his head slightly, Nephthys repeated again: "Thoth, you are going to die too."

"No, I won't die. On the surface, life and death are not absolute. Just like Isis, everyone thinks she is dead."

As he explained with a smile, Thoth's body collapsed faster.

He felt that the destiny and priesthood belonging to the Nine Pillar God Thoth were leaving him, but this was a clear proof of his new life.

"If I remember correctly, you and Isis should still be sisters. If there had been no invasion of foreign lands, you would have married Seth after she married Osiris and became his wife."

"It's a pity that all this came to an end due to changes outside the territory... As the mind of the god Ra, I once heard him talk about a corner of the future. You and Isis were supposed to have a famous heir in the world. The world of the living is famous, but the world of the dead has a name that lasts forever, but fate seems so pale in front of the power of the world."

"But your current mentality is quite good. Mortals die in the same way as mortals, and gods should also die in the same way as gods. Being as ugly as Shu at the end of his life is not what a god should do. "

"Just like me, if death is unavoidable, I will face it calmly."

The body has dissipated, leaving only the head talking. Thoth looked up to the sky, wanting to take one last look at the legendary Outer God.

But unfortunately, he saw nothing.

"No matter what, I will remember you, Nephthys. At the end of this period of my life, you will accompany me through this journey... Everything in Egypt will be engraved deep in my memory and will be remembered by me forever. . From now on until the end of time.”

Bang bang——

With the last soft sound, Thoth's figure was completely shattered into pieces.

The fragments scattered all over the sky like rain, leaving behind only the divine power he once had.

The authority originally carried by his 'ka' seems to be at a loss, because their owners are not dead in theory, but their connection is constantly weakening.

A little black-gold light surrounds it. As a pillar god who fell early, this power from the world will not dissipate until Thoth completely 'fails'.

But now, Nephthys is the only one left in the endless source sea of ​​Hermione.

"..."

"...I've already told you, Thoth..."

"...You are going to die too."

Shaking his head slightly, he lay on his back on the last sacred pillar of Yuanhai.

Thoth had seen nothing before, but Nephthys's vision was somewhat different. At infinite heights, she could vaguely see the confrontation between the two gods.

The infinite power falls from the void to another 'Ra God'. Every minute and every second, his proportion and size in the entire world are increasing. Opposite him are the alien gods who have invaded the world.

"……die……"

"All things are mortal."

Chanting in a low voice, Nephthys looked relaxed.

"I don't know what day it will be when I die?"

boom--

One moment, everything was calm; the next moment, the earth was turned upside down.

From an infinite height, the power of the alien gods fell from the sky, piercing through the space where the nine pillars had gathered not long ago like a thin layer of paper.

In just an instant, Nephthys was wiped out in front of it.

And the power of God did not stop because of her. It continued to move downwards, toward the human world.

There, above the city of the sun, the real sun shone brightly.

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Da...

Ka...

Buzz...

...

Outside the city of Heliopolis, the location of the Thoth ritual.

Not much time had passed, but the entire ritual had been completed for the most part. With a crisp sound, the most critical and least reversible step was completely completed.

In the sky, Thoth's pillar had collapsed, symbolizing that the 'Ka' that carried his authority was completely destroyed. In theory, he should also die with the loss of half of his soul.

However, the life force maintained Thoth's vitality under the effect of the ritual, and his fate fell into a state between life and death.

The gods of Hemenu could have died, so their fate was not impossible to die. When its master was on the verge of destruction, it would also change.

At this time, the former Isis chose to let Io take her fate and then die in her place.

The fate of the goddess of life Hemenu changed from "life" to death, and she escaped from it and became a half "transparent person".

However, Thoth obviously did not have such an easy-to-use object, so he simply took a simpler but not at all concealed method. He directly guided his fate to the authority he left in the source sea, deepening the existing connection between the two.

This behavior could not be hidden from anyone, and it was completely impossible to hide his survival like Isis hid from Ra, but as the owner of wisdom and authority, Thoth did not think that anyone would care about his life or death at this time.

Authority is left there, and fate is also left there. The outer gods want to give it to Him; Ra personally descends to the world, and regardless of victory or defeat, Hemenu will inevitably suffer a heavy blow.

In this case, who would care about his life or death?

"Well~ Of course I care."

"The life of all things except myself... No one cares more than me-"

The eyebrows are curved, and the voice is sweet and gentle.

Just like her former priesthood, the goddess of life shows her love to all things, and all things must respond to her with love.

Opening her arms, Isis looked up at the sky. There, an indescribable pressure was falling, and everything that stood in the way would be worn away.

Only above the source sea, black and gold were still hovering. As long as Thoth's mission in the world had not "failed", the power that surrounded him at the beginning would not be withdrawn.

In theory, if the outer gods took away this power, Thoth would be able to complete the ritual, and he would fail; if he failed, the power of protection would disappear.

Everything old would be crushed, and the new Thoth would be completely reborn. Looking at the experiences of the previous pillar gods, this should not take long.

"But this time, I am still here~"

Indeed, she did not tamper with the ritual given to Thoth, and Isis did not intend to interfere with the other party's completion of this step. What she wanted was always what the other party did not want.

Since the soul reshaped by her ritual has the attributes of both "Ka" and "Ba"... then why can't Isis become a god again at this moment?

"Use it first. I have made a lot of contributions. He shouldn't care, right..."

"——Come!"

With a light shout in the sky, the magic priesthood and Thoth's original fate moved slightly.

At this moment, it is Isis's life force that keeps Thoth alive. As the former goddess of magic, how could she not have the corresponding divine power storage?

Useless does not mean nothing. Her use of life force has always given everyone an illusion that Isis only retains part of her so-called goddess of life, but how could it really be so.

Another completely different divine power aura emanates from her body. The connection between priesthood and fate directly makes Isis another carrier of Thoth's fate.

If he is still alive, then this "similarity" is meaningless, but Thoth at this moment is half alive and half dead.

Wow——

But after a moment of hesitation, the divine light fell from the sky, and the magic priesthood and Thoth's fate directly crashed into Isis's body. It's just that the black and gold light still exists, making the connection between the two a little difficult.

The next moment, driven by fate, Thoth's original wisdom priesthood followed closely. When it also fell into the slender figure, an aura close to the ultimate of the true god immediately spread out.

Not far away, Thoth, who was still performing the ceremony, suddenly felt a great sense of alarm in his heart. He seemed to have discovered the changes outside, but he was unable to see the root of it.

"Well-it is indeed so."

"Compared to life, wisdom and magic are more compatible."

With bright eyes, Isis's mouth curled up.

She gathered her strength in a familiar way, and then looked at Thoth who was still in the ceremony in front of her.

The barrier presided over by the artifact was still running, and all the power brought by Thoth's descent was maintaining its operation.

Theoretically, Isis, who had lost her priesthood, could never break it, and even weaker gods could not do anything about this barrier in a short time. Thoth believed in its power, just as he believed that the ceremony tested by the wisdom priesthood would never have hidden hands.

"It turns out that what you believe is indeed correct."

"There is no problem with the ritual, and the previous me could not interfere with your ritual."

The fingers slid forward, and the indestructible barrier was easily torn apart in front of Isis.

With the power of [Wisdom] in her body at the moment, it was basically like holding a key, and there was no obstacle in unlocking the lock in the middle.

Step——

Thoth's artifact book struggled for a while, but finally fell into Isis's hands.

And until this moment, Thoth finally realized what happened.

"Isis——"

"What do you want to do? You finally got rid of the fate of the god Hemenu, and now you want to take it back? You took away my divine power, do you think the outer gods will let you go?"

"Don't be naive, He came for the power of the gods and the power to divide the world. Even if you did something for Him before, He would not——"

Ka——

The sound stopped abruptly, and under the gaze of Thoth's half-dead spirit, he clearly saw that his artifact book had a crack.

The gods of Hemenu did not have such a strong vitality, and their artifacts were no different.

And as the artifact collapsed, a ray of light was drawn out of it by Isis, and then hovered in her palm.

"You see, we all have bad intentions."

"You abandoned wisdom and magic, but brought your artifact down. In fact, you have thought of a way to survive without me."

"You probably figured out a way to become a 'spirit of artifact' with intelligence? After all, words can carry information and wisdom, and you can do this with your authority."

"But you never expected that I would give you a better way. If you can live and become a god, who would want to become the 'spirit' of an artifact? So you finally decided to cooperate with me, but in fact, you neither intend to stand on the side of Ra nor want to surrender to the foreign gods."

"When you have a complete soul, you can smash this artifact and take back the priesthood of books and words. At that time, no matter what choice you make, you will be able to move forward and backward freely."

The artifact has a master, but it cannot be considered a part of the master.

If it is said that the world of Chaos cannot devour each other's priesthood, it may be possible, but there is no such saying in Hemenu.

So this is Thoth's greatest reliance from beginning to end, and he has always had a way out. But at this moment, his support collapsed in Isis's hands and turned back into his original appearance.

"I, who possess the priesthood of [Life], have never avoided death, and Ra, who is the [Sun], may not be able to stay bright forever. Smart people always die in their own brains, Thoth, the priesthood of [Wisdom] is different from wisdom."

Isis walked forward slowly, of course, she was not prepared to really take on Thoth's fate, fortunately, the other party had not yet completed the ceremony.

So the last step she needed to take was to kill him with her own hands, remove the protection of the black and gold interweaving on the authority, and let Thoth's fate die completely, and then return to the original master.

"——Wait, Isis, we can still talk!"

His expression changed, until this moment, feeling the undisguised murderous intent, Thoth finally panicked.

But he felt that he still had a chance. As the god of wisdom, he had actually made many arrangements for a rainy day a long time ago.

"Isis, listen to me. I have other plans in the human world. I have secretly killed several patron gods of Nomes (city-states), but I did not seize power, but stayed!"

"And, and! In the underground, the serpent of destruction, Apophis, I once took a little of its power when I accompanied Ra in the battle on the sun boat. I want to know whether the gods can accommodate the chaotic divine power. I have some clues!"

"Isis, what's the benefit of killing me? Do you think the foreign gods are good men and women? Look, those Hebrews are bleeding like a river. Did He take a look? He didn't!"

"Let me go, I can do a lot for you-"

Holding the 'throat' of the spirit-although the spirit does not speak with this, Thoth's voice did stop.

Just like when I first saw Io, on the banks of the Nile, Isis stepped barefoot on the sand, where flowers bloomed and the breeze blew.

"Thoth, you just think too much."

"But from now on, you don't have to worry anymore."

"——No!"

"Isis, I curse..."

Ka——

The spirit body shattered with the wind and gradually turned into nothingness.

The goddess separated the power of wisdom and magic from the body again, and then waited for a while, but everything around was normal, and nothing happened.

"Yeah, then I'll use it for a while~"

With a slight smile, Isis looked at the place where Thoth lost his life.

The other party's resentful and fearful eyes are still vivid, and they are comparable to Shu's appearance at the beginning.

"Tsk, it's so ugly."

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The world, the City of the Sun.

'Ramses' looked around with a sword, and around him, there were countless fights and wails.

There were dead souls and Hebrews, Hebrews fighting each other, and Egyptians he brought with him and those sinners.

His sword almost set off a riot in the city.

But just now, millions of dead souls were shattered by the wind, and Ramses seemed to have sensed something.

"Are they all dead... Thoth, I have given you a chance, but you still couldn't escape."

Even if I didn't see it with my own eyes, the surge in Amon Ra's power was the clearest proof. And now, it's my turn.

"The sun will set more than once... but no matter how many times, it will rise as usual."

"Me too."

With the [Benben Stone] in hand, Ra thought he still had a fighting chance.

At least, he could test Amon Ra's final trump card.