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"What's the charge?"
Sitting beside Osiris, his wife and Horus's mother, Isis, the Goddess of Life, magic, Marriage, and Fertility, asked expressionlessly.
Khonshu blurted out without thinking, "That fool is plotting to release Amit!!"
"This is a very serious accusation, isn't it?" Osiris settled back onto his divine throne, his gaze playfully fixed on Khonshu. "If I recall correctly, that human was your avatar before, wasn't he?"
"While I don't care why he abandoned you and started worshiping Amit, even if he truly became Amit's avatar, he still wouldn't be able to find the tomb where the ushabti sealing Amit's power source is kept."
"However, to put your mind at ease, I can give you an opportunity to confront him directly… Summon the accused!!"
As his words fell, a dazzling light suddenly shone from a passage on one side of the tomb, then quickly dimmed again.
Through powerful divine energy, members of the Nine Pillars Gods could open a portal anywhere within Egypt, allowing the target avatar to directly enter the Khufu Pyramid for questioning or judgment.
Soon, footsteps approached from a distance.
A middle-aged man with a double-headed crocodile scepter and shoulder-length hair stumbled out of the passage.
"Tsk tsk tsk, look who's here?"
As soon as Arthur Harrow entered the tomb, he couldn't wait to taunt Mark Spector, "Isn't this Khonshu's temporary replacement for his avatar?"
"This makes me suspect that the purpose of this meeting will be a malicious and unjust accusation!"
"Nonsense! You clearly know why you've been summoned here!"
Khonshu had no goodwill whatsoever towards this traitor who had once betrayed him and sided with the Loki Amit.
A smug look flashed across Arthur Harrow's face as he continued to provoke him, "Ah, esteemed My Lord, the Moon God, I must admit, I haven't missed your voice one bit all these years."
"But as my previous Master, whom I once worshiped, please state directly the purpose of summoning me here this time?!"
"You… are you trying to find the tomb containing Amit's ushabti and planning to release her?!"
Facing the accusation from his former Master, Khonshu, Arthur Harrow deliberately feigned an innocent expression and said, "This is a blatant slander. For years, I have been conducting archaeological research in the desert.
If digging in the sand can be called a crime, then perhaps Egypt will be full of criminals!"
He then looked at the five Gods seated on the divine thrones with a helpless gaze, "Gods above, if anyone is truly looking for Amit's tomb, it must be Khonshu!!"
"After Khonshu lured me into becoming his avatar, he secretly sent me to search for information related to Amit's tomb.
He has long been blinded by jealousy and paranoia… That's why I changed my faith and joined My Lord Amit."
"And the best evidence is that he previously tried to use an eclipse to find My Lord Amit's tomb."
"No… you liar!!"
Seeing Khonshu on the verge of breaking down, Arthur Harrow decided to push harder, "Gods, you absolutely cannot simply believe the words of this tainted God.
Because he was exiled, he has always harbored resentment towards the Gods. Now, his mind is probably already deranged, and even the mind of this servant he chose is not normal."
Hathor, the Goddess of Love and Beauty, asked with some confusion, "What do you mean by that?"
Arthur Harrow spoke eloquently, "This temporary avatar he chose, even when mostly sober, can't distinguish who he is or what his name is… His name registered for marriage is Mark Spector.
But the name recorded on his driver's license and social security card is Steven Grant. I've even personally seen him talking to himself like a madman in public, threatening himself, and denying things he's done.
No one knows how many personalities he has, or which personality is telling the truth!"
"So, in my opinion, this person is a lunatic, just like his Master Khonshu, driven by jealousy and hatred and…"
"Bastard, shut your mouth."
Khonshu, not good at arguing, was completely enraged. He swung his fist, imbued with divine power, intending to teach this traitor, full of lies and nonsense, a good lesson.
But the next second, his swinging arm was bound by a divine force.
Osiris slightly rotated his finger, and the divine power binding Khonshu's arms gradually increased, forcing him to kneel helplessly on the ground.
"No transgressive behavior is absolutely allowed at a meeting of the Nine Pillars Gods!!"
Arthur Harrow, whose scheme had succeeded, immediately feigned a look of great grievance and said in a heavy tone:
"Esteemed Gods, I must tell you that this poor human is currently in deep trouble. The Master he serves is using him, just as he used me back then… And at this very moment, he is preparing to use the same trick again, using the judgment of the Gods!!"
"So I implore the Gods, before Khonshu makes a grave mistake, quickly take action and seal this unstable element away?"
At this moment, Khonshu, bound by divine power, was completely bewildered.
Now, even he himself felt a little like he was wrong.
No, when did your eloquence become so good, kid?
You can actually turn black into White?
If I had known you had such eloquence back then, I would never have let you leave!
"Next, we want to speak with Mark Spector."
On the divine throne, Horus raised his hand and released a divine power, completely blocking Khonshu's power.
Then he asked Mark Spector, who had regained self-awareness and looked bewildered, "Did you ever feel uncomfortable while serving Khonshu?"
"Don't worry, it's safe here. You can bravely tell us what's on your mind. Do you feel that Khonshu used you?"
"…Yes." Mark Spector said with a trembling voice, "I once felt fear, and I tried to seek help from others, but none of that seems relevant to today's judgment."
Then he raised his hand and pointed at Arthur Harrow, who was standing beside him, and said angrily, "This person is lying, he is very dangerous. He is the one you should really be paying attention to!!"
Osiris corrected him impatiently, "But in my opinion, he hasn't committed any crime yet… Huh? Wait, what did you say?"
Osiris suddenly started talking to himself, seemingly speaking to someone, then his expression drastically changed. He turned to the other Gods on either side and said:
"Put this trivial matter aside for now. Khepri is in trouble. We must return to Celestial Heliopolis immediately."
With that, he directly ended the possession.
The divine light in Osiris's avatar's eyes flickered and then vanished, and the original consciousness was restored.
The remaining four Gods also immediately ended their possessions.
Except for the Goddess of Love and Beauty's avatar, the other avatars, after regaining their consciousness, directly ignored Mark Spector, who was kneeling on the ground, and left through the surrounding passages without a word.
"Heh heh…"
Arthur Harrow glanced triumphantly at Mark Spector, then hummed a tune and walked into the passage.
After completely leaving the Khufu Pyramid, Arthur Harrow returned to his mansion.
He first rolled up his sleeve and looked at the "double-headed crocodile scale" Mark on the inside of his right forearm, which symbolized the blessing of the Loki Amit.
A cunning smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He then lowered his sleeve, came to the mirror, and looked at the slowly emerging, twisting blue Flame of Change on his forehead in the mirror, whispering with utmost piety:
"Great Lord of Change, thank you for granting me the wisdom to adapt to circumstances…"
"I am willing to sweep away all resistance for you, making them humbly submit…"
"Wherever there are believers of false Gods, I will make them obedient to the Lord of Change…"
"As long as our enemies still live, I will bring them the death visit of the 'Changer'!!"
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"Mark, don't be discouraged. If everything you said is true, then I think there are other ways to prevent Amit from resurrecting."
Inside the Khufu Pyramid, after confirming that everyone had left, the avatar of the Goddess of Love and Beauty, a middle-aged woman with long, flowing hair, softly said to Mark Spector:
"Now, you must listen carefully to me… The God I serve just secretly told me that Amit is buried in a secret tomb that even the Nine Pillars Gods don't know about.
This is because Amit has many followers in secret, so the Gods don't know who to trust."
"However, I remember there was a God's Servants guardian named Senfu. His original task was to record the locations of these tombs, to prevent the Nine Pillars Gods from suddenly changing their minds one day."
"So, as long as you can successfully find Senfu's sarcophagus, you will find the tomb you are looking for within it!!"
Mark Spector asked somewhat bewildered, "Then… what's my first step?"
The female avatar immediately replied, "I received news earlier that Senfu's sarcophagus was stolen and then apparently sold on the black market. I think you can start there… Good luck!!"
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Celestial Heliopolis.
The Gods, led by Osiris, rushed to the temple of Khepri, the Scarab God.
At this time, Osiris had already reverted to his original appearance—a robust man with light blue skin, a long goatee, holding a golden scepter symbolizing supreme power, wearing a white, bowling pin-shaped crown adorned with red decorative feathers.
"Huh?"
Osiris squatted down, placing his hand on the patch of yellow sand left behind after Khepri's death, and his expression suddenly changed drastically.
"How could this be… Not only is Khepri dead, but even his soul has completely vanished from this Universe?!"
In that patch of yellow sand, apart from the faint aura Khepri had left behind in life, Osiris could no longer sense anything that could be linked to him.
Undoubtedly, the God of Scarabs was dead!
And it was a true death, meaning both body and soul were destroyed!
"This… what exactly happened?"
Osiris's wife, Isis, who had a pair of golden wings on her back and light blue skin, exclaimed in disbelief:
"Even setting aside the power of the Scarab, Khepri still had the power of Ra within him. How could even his soul be destroyed?!"
Isis was so surprised because Khepri was a divine aspect split from Ra, the Sun God.
So, under normal circumstances, even if Khepri's body was destroyed, his physical form could be reshaped afterward using the residual divine power of Ra.
But now, Khepri had inexplicably perished, body and soul… Didn't this mean that the person who killed Khepri also had the ability to kill Ra??
Thinking of this, Isis felt an inexplicable surge of fear.
Because if the opponent truly had the ability to kill Ra, then dealing with them, the Nine Pillars Gods, would be even easier!
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Among all the pantheons, even Zeus, the King of the Gods, probably couldn't easily kill Ra, the Sun God!
"Don't jump to conclusions before the truth is investigated!"
Osiris glared at Isis with some displeasure, as he had already seen signs of panic on the faces of the surrounding Gods.
Standing up with a solemn expression, he looked at the female God's Servants, who was waiting to be questioned with a panicked face, and asked in a stern tone:
"What did Khepri say before he died? Don't leave anything out, tell me everything!"
"My Lord Khepri said… he felt that the scarabs he left on Earth were rapidly dying out. This situation is clearly abnormal, and he told me to quickly inform the Nine Pillars Gods…"
The female God's Servants said with a trembling voice, "But he hadn't finished his last sentence when his head suddenly disappeared into thin air, and then… then it became like this."
Upon hearing the keywords "Earth" and "scarabs are dying out," Osiris's brows instinctively furrowed.
Because in his knowledge, even with the rapid development of human technology, it was still impossible to instantly kill a legitimate Egyptian Gods across dimensions.
And even if humans exterminated all the scarabs on Earth, Khepri would lose the power of the Scarab, but under the divine protection of Ra, the Sun God, he would still not be annihilated!
Therefore, the killer should not be an ordinary human.
Then the most likely potential culprits would only be certain demon God's Servants, and the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj, Ancient One.
"Could it be Ancient One's doing?"
As the God of magic, Isis had a very clear understanding of Ancient One's strength.
If she made thorough preparations in advance and launched a sneak attack, Ancient One could indeed achieve the level described by the God's Servants just now.
"It shouldn't be her."
After a moment of contemplation, Osiris slightly shook his head, "Firstly, she and our Egyptian Pantheon have always kept to themselves, with no reason to risk a full-scale war by attacking Khepri."
"Furthermore, for the past thousand years, Khepri has never interfered with affairs on Earth, except for lending his Scarab power to his worshipers…"
Osiris did not continue, but the answer was already much clearer.
If it wasn't Ancient One, then there was only one last possibility left… it was the doing of some demon God's Servants on Earth!
Combining this with Khepri's last words before his death, this matter must be related to the worshipers he bestowed the power to summon scarabs upon.
This way, the target range was significantly narrowed.
As long as someone investigated thoroughly, an answer would surely come quickly!
It was just unknown whether there was some powerful entity behind the perpetrator, intentionally targeting the Egyptian Pantheon?
Osiris thought for a moment, then said to the surrounding Gods, "Everyone immediately inform your avatars on Earth to fully search for any clues related to the disappearance of the scarabs."
"Please rest assured, as the King of the Gods, I will absolutely not let Khepri die so unclearly!"
With that, he whispered to his wife Isis and son Horus, who had approached him, "You two keep an eye on things here for me. I need to personally go to the Hall of All Gods to inform My Lord Zeus of this news…"
"If someone is truly plotting against the Egyptian Pantheon, then we might need a strong helper!!"