Pharaoh

In the dark and empty bluestone corridor, a huge bronze door stands at the end of the corridor like a towering mountain, blocking all thieves who tried to disturb the Pharaoh's sleep.

In the bluestone corridor of nearly a kilometer, there are only a few weak torches burning, embellishing this silent underground cemetery palace with a little light.

In a messy corner full of rubble and broken pillars, it was quiet, only a slight breathing sound could be heard.

The little black cat, which was squatting on the ground obediently and flicking its tail for a long time, finally got impatient. It stood up, walked to its little master with light steps, and rubbed against him with its fluffy little black head like a baby. ankle.With the shaking of its little head, the small golden bell tied around its neck also made a crisp sound.

The young Wangdi was sitting under a half-collapsed huge rock with his knees in his arms, his chin resting on his knees.

His head was tilted slightly, and his light purple eyes kept looking at the huge mountain that looked like black iron diagonally opposite him. He was as quiet as a stone statue, and he could only feel the breath of life of this stone statue from his slight breathing.

Emma rubbed against him for a long time, but never got a response.

"Meow~"

It barked a few times in dissatisfaction, but its little master still ignored it.

The little black cat turned and walked away in frustration, and ran to the feet of another person present, meowing as if accusing.

The blond boy standing against the wall with his arms folded looked down at it, smiled, and bent down.

"Don't make trouble."

He said, tapping its fluffy little forehead with his fingertips.

The little black cat stretched out its paw unhappily, trying to scratch him, but he flicked it out with his finger and rolled around again.

It hugged its head, squatted down aggrieved and calmed down.

Seeing its aggrieved look, Yaden couldn't help raising the corner of his lips, but it fell down quickly.He looked up at Yu Yu who was sitting opposite, with a worried look in his eyes.

Yaden originally thought that the game would do something unwise, but contrary to expectations, the game seemed very calm. After listening to his explanation, he has been quietly paying attention to the black mist entity of the Wraith A gigantic peak formed by melting and solidification.

Tired of standing, he sat down by himself.

Give him the water sac and dry food that were dug out from the tomb robbers, and eat them honestly.

It's just that although he was quiet, he didn't speak, his expression was a little dazed, and he was a little dazed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Arden hesitated for a moment, straightened up and walked towards the game.

Anyway, it's not the way to go on like this.

"Arton."

Before Yaden had time to walk over, he suddenly heard the silent game speak.

Startled for a moment, Yaden saw Yuyou, who had been sitting still since just now, lowered his head, holding up the golden building blocks hanging on his chest with both hands.

Then, he raised his head, and a slight smile appeared on his immature face that was stained with dust and looked a little dirty.

"Stay here with me for a day, okay?"

The young king smiled at the blond boy who inherited the same ancient and sacred bloodline as the pharaoh.

He said, "In one day, I'll give you the golden brick."

"……What's the meaning?"

Yuyu smiled slightly, looked away from Adun's face, and once again landed on the golden building blocks in his hands.

"Brother Wang put this on me... I guess, he probably didn't intend to rely on your help to get out of trouble from the very beginning."

"He only believed in his own strength," he said.

The help of others is just an insult to the proud Pharaoh.

He only believes in himself.

He will only rely on his own strength.

"Brother Wang asked me to bring this out, not to let me hold it."

The young prince smiled self-deprecatingly, "If I become a pharaoh, I probably won't live for a few days. He knows it, and I know myself too."

He lightly touched the smooth golden building block in his arms, "So, in case..."

Having said that, he paused and his throat trembled slightly.

"In case..., Adun, I will give you the golden building block and the throne."

"Wait here with me for a day. If Brother Wang is not out of trouble after a day, I will give you the golden building blocks."

The dark pupils of the blond boy narrowed slightly. He stared at the younger brother who was holding the golden building block, and a flame like anger flashed in the depths of his pupils.

"Give it to me?" he asked, with a half smile on his face.

"Ah."

"and then?"

"what?"

"You stay here to die?"

"..."

The young Wangdi didn't answer right away, he looked up at Aden in confusion, and blinked with a dazed look on his face.

"I don't think so." He replied blankly, "It's just that I don't know..."

He murmured, "At that time, where should I be, what should I do, I can't think of..."

"I'm here because Brother Wang is here."

Having said that, the game suddenly stopped.

He let go of the golden building block in his hand, stood up and walked forward.

The giant black peak that solidified as hard as black iron protruding from the bottom of the palace in the cemetery was in front of him. He walked over and pressed his porcelain white hands against the hard peak. Under the contrast of completely reversed tones, It became more and more abrupt.

"I have been a timid guy since I was a child, but my mother said it's okay to be timid, because timid people are very smart."

He said that he pressed his fingertips deeply, wanting to embed them in, but because of the exposed hardness of the substance, there was not even a slight depression.

"I wish I could be a little stupid, so I wouldn't be smart enough to hold on to the memories of the past."

He wasn't talking to Arden so much as he was talking to himself.

"I can't agree with Brother Wang's way of life and philosophy. Although I am already here in Egypt, I always use the past to measure and judge everything here... I even always thought that I was patiently staying with such a brother. .”

"The proud one has always been me."

The voice of the young brother Wang was very soft, but it was very clear in this silent corridor.

The fingertips pressing on the iron stone with all their strength trembled because of the fluctuation of its owner's mood and the strength that almost made the knuckles turn white.

A layer of watery light emerged from the violet pupils, refracting the faint firelight and flashing a star-like luster.

"I always thought that I stayed with Brother Wang because of the past."

He said, "I just forgot one thing..."

A very simple but very important thing that is always ignored by him because it is too simple.

"Actually, from the day I came to Egypt, until now, those memories with Brother Wang have long been lost to no one."

Yaden stood behind Yugi, his dark pupils staring at his back.

That handsome face was slightly gloomy at this moment, looking a little scary, and his eyes showed displeasure unabashedly.

To be honest, he didn't quite understand what the game said.

The faint cluster of anger that suddenly burst out from the bottom of his heart, even he didn't know why, was quickly suppressed by him who was good at controlling emotions, and that rare stern look flashed across his face.

His lips pursed slightly, and there was something flickering in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, he spoke again.

"Game, if you really want to save him, get out as soon as possible." Arden said, "We can't help him by waiting here. But just because we can't do anything, doesn't mean others can't."

The young Wangdi was startled, his mind, which had been in a trance just now, tensed up, and he immediately came to his senses.

"You mean..."

"Well, that guy should have brought the high priests, right? Instead of staying here in a daze, it's better to go to them to discuss it. Also, the high priest has many special abilities, maybe he can find a way."

"But……"

"Or do you want to continue standing here and wait?"

The game didn't answer.

From a rational point of view, Yaden's proposal is indeed a good suggestion.

For the problems they can't solve, maybe Seth and the others will have a solution, and they can ask Simon for help.

But for some reason, he always felt that he shouldn't leave here.

Seeing Yu Yu's hesitant expression, Arden thought for a while and spoke again.

"Game, I don't want to get golden blocks from you."

"Hey……?"

"For me, if it is not taken from that guy, this golden building block is meaningless." Said the blond boy who also has the ancient and noble blood of the royal family and is as proud as the Pharaoh. His dark pupils With a radiance hotter than a flame, "He doesn't need my help, and likewise, his act of giving me a golden building block is an insult to me."

He said, "I don't like him, but like you, I don't want him to die."

The young prince raised his head, and met those bright and proud dark pupils for a moment.

"……I understand."

he replied.

Although I experienced many twists and turns when I came in, it was much easier when I walked back along the same path.

Along the way, it can be seen that the violent vibrations just now have caused many places in the underground cemetery to move slightly. Some stone walls and statues also look a little distorted, but generally speaking, they still retain their original and intact appearance.

The gloomy stone corridor stretches out in a winding way, under the faint firelight, the end cannot be seen at a glance.

Yaden walked in front, and Yuyu followed behind him, his hands tightly holding the golden blocks on his chest, as if this would make him feel more at ease.

The little black cat also followed at the foot of the game, occasionally meowing a few times to make the empty corridor echo a few times.

At another turn, Yaden stopped and looked around.

"Want to take a break?"

The questions asked were answered as expected.

Yugi shook his head at him.

Arden just asked casually, he turned around again and strode forward.

However, just one step forward——

The stone slab under his feet suddenly vibrated violently, causing Arden to slip and hit the stone wall on the right.He subconsciously supported the wall to stabilize his swaying body, but the trembling from under his feet was getting stronger and stronger, so he could barely stand still, unable to take a step forward.

He turned around abruptly, ignoring that he almost fell down.

The scene in front of him made his eyes widen suddenly.

Because of the endless shaking of the ground, a huge crack was broken on the floor in front of him, and as the ground shook, it was torn wider and wider, and quickly spread across the ground.

The hideous crack that looked like a giant mouth of a monster separated Yu Yu who was walking behind him from him.

"Jump over!"

He steadied himself, reaching out to the game across the gap.

"I'll catch you—quick!"

Yaden has already felt that there is a huge burst of magic power deep in the ground under his feet, which caused the violent vibration of the underground king's tomb.

The huge cracks on the stone floor were spreading rapidly, the stone pillars along the way collapsed one after another, and countless huge rubble rolled and fell from his side.

After feeling the unstoppable magic power, Arden suddenly became anxious.

That huge magical power is definitely enough to collapse the entire underground king's tomb into the depths of the ground. This place is about to collapse, and we must escape as soon as possible.

Standing on the other side of the gap, the game also seemed to be unsteady, barely holding on to a stone wall to stand still, and looked up to the opposite side.

Seeing Yaden's hand stretched out, he subconsciously raised his hand to reach out and grab it.

……

The hand that stretched out suddenly stopped halfway.

The young brother's movements froze in half.

Violet pupils stared blankly at Adun's outstretched hand, as if stunned.

"game?"

Once again, he took a deep look at Adun, and the game's hand that was extended halfway retracted abruptly.

He lowered his head and clenched the golden blocks on his chest.

"Aden... let's go."

He said, turning suddenly and running quickly in the direction they came from.

The moment he lifted his back foot, a huge boulder fell from the top and hit the place where he was standing just now, causing the gravel to splash all over the ground.

The few faint fires in the bluestone corridor were extinguished because of the collapsed stone pillars, making the corridor even darker and gloomy.

The shadow of the golden hair covered most of Adun's cheeks, making it difficult to see the expression on his face.

He stood where he was, slowly clenched his outstretched hand, and then retracted it.

The gravel that fell from the top rustled and fell from his side, and as the last light of fire in front of him was extinguished, everything fell into darkness.

-

The mountain that protruded from the ground like black iron trembled violently. As the surrounding stone walls cracked and collapsed, cracks like spider webs appeared on its originally smooth and hard surface, and they continued to extend and intertwine.

It made an overwhelmed creaking sound, mixed with the ugly crackling sound when the gap widened, and the trembling became more and more intense, as if it had reached its limit——

With a loud bang, the entire Black Iron Mountain peak exploded, and the iron-hard thing was shattered into countless tiny fragments in an instant, splashed in all directions, and abruptly turned into traces of gloomy black mist.

They twisted and seemed to want to come together again.

The golden-red light, like the hottest red sun flame burning out before falling into the horizon, shoots out from the huge ruptured underground black hole, and the shattered strands of black mist burst into flames as soon as they meet the golden-red radiance. With a hissing sound, it melted like ice and snow.

The young Pharaoh floated up from the black hole and landed on the ground.

His whole body seemed to be burning with a cluster of huge and fiery flames, the slightly torn white linen clothes on his body were constantly agitating, and the dark blue cloak was billowing endlessly behind him, the golden red light when the flames were burning filled the opponents. They are too narrow for the promenade.

The young pharaoh took two steps forward, but his steps were a little staggering.

On his forehead, the imprint of the Eye of Horus seemed to be burning on his forehead, making his light brown face present an extremely abnormal bright red hue.

The crimson pupils are bright, but they are eerily bright with a void where no human emotion can be seen.

The young king's stern face was almost distorted at the moment, completely devoid of his usual calm demeanor.

He clenched his teeth, as if he was in great pain, and his twitching eyebrows made the expression on his face even more terrifying.

Yatum staggered and took two steps forward, and suddenly staggered, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold the door in front of him.

boom--

The solid giant gate, which was five people high and poured with hard bronze molten iron, was wiped out the moment the boy king touched it.

The little bit of bronze powder remaining on the top fell with a clatter in front of the Young King, turning into charred black powder.

Red-golden flames emanated from the young Pharaoh's body, dancing enthusiastically and playing the most beautiful and dangerous rhythm.

The golden hair fluttered fiercely in the flames, and every thin golden hair seemed to be burning in the flames.

The Boy King looked at his hands in a daze, the almost transparent fingertips seemed to burn into a hot flame.

The red golden flame is translucent, burning on him.

It was the most beautiful and pure flame like the sun's rays, as if it could burn away all the darkness and decay in the world and regenerate into a bright, fiery flame.

Wherever it touches, it will destroy everything.

Maybe soon, along with his body...

"Brother Wang——!!!"

The crimson pupils that had gradually begun to lose consciousness suddenly shrank, and the young Pharaoh turned his head.

Even with the interference of the flames burning around him, his eyes, which were widened from astonishment, still clearly reflected the figure of his prince.

The young Wangdi stood in front of him, pressed his hands on his knees, bent over and gasped for breath, his immature face was flushed red probably because of the violent running just now.

Stains of sweat streaked across the dust on his face, making him look very messy.

His breathing was extremely messy, his chest heaved and fluctuated, and he stood panting for a while before walking towards Yatum.

"stop!"

Yatum's yell made Yugi startled, and he froze in place.

The young king looked at him, and suddenly stretched out his hand to press on the stone wall beside him. With a very soft hiss, the whole stone wall was instantly reduced to ashes.

"Get out of here immediately."

The young Pharaoh said that he gave perhaps the last order to his brother in a commanding tone.

But the game didn't move, he just looked at Yatum blankly, and suddenly pursed his lips, his light purple eyes showed a resolute look.

He walked forward, with outstretched hands, reaching towards the young king who was surrounded by flames.

"Brother Wang..."

"I told you to go away!"

Seeing that Brother Wang's hand was about to touch him, a sharp light flashed in Atum's eyes.

The red golden flames burning around him trembled violently as if sensing his emotions, and a strong stream of flames rushed out, knocking the game away——

Maybe Yatum just wanted to knock him away, but he was too big to bear the huge magic power that he couldn't control at this moment, and the game was smashed so that the whole person flew out.

He slammed into the half-collapsed stone wall heavily, then fell to the ground, and remained silent for a while.

The young king moved, as if he couldn't bear to step forward.

But he still didn't move in the end, just staring at his younger brother with crimson pupils, which were cold and sharp, with a hint of anxiety.

After a long silence, You You put his hands on the ground to prop up his body, and the bright red blood dripped from his forehead, drop by drop on the uneven stone floor.

He stood up slowly and with difficulty.

The impact just now seemed to have caused him a lot of damage, making his arms supporting the ground tremble slightly.

He finally stood up, raising his left hand to cover a long bloodstain on his right arm.

His footsteps were a little staggering, and his body was shaking a little. He lowered his head, and the drooping golden forehead covered the expression on his face.

He once again walked towards Atum who was standing opposite.

"Don't order me."

He said, one step at a time.

The blood that flowed from his forehead ran into his eyes and seeped out again, making his vision blurry.

"I won't listen."

He said, moving forward unsteadily, but with great determination.

The blood dripping from his arm dripped down the road he walked.

"You didn't do any of the things you promised me before. So at least, this time..."

The blood dripping from his cheek slowly flowed into the imprint of the golden life talisman on his chest.

Then, it continued to flow down, sticking to the swaying golden building blocks on Brother Wang's chest.

"You said, don't let me go."

The outstretched hands of the young brother pierced through the burning flames, and tightly hugged the young king's neck.

His eyes stared at the pair of pupils that were so beautifully red because they were soaked in the flames, his eyes were brighter than the flames.

"I said it, I will do it!"

The red-golden flames exploded violently, devouring everything in an instant——

-

In the royal palace of Thebes, the capital of Egypt, there was a loud noise in the high priest's residence deep in the main temple of the sun god Ra, and the awakened attendants rushed to the door of the high priest's room, calling out worriedly.

The door didn't open, but High Priest Simon's calm voice came through the door, making them retreat.

In the room, Simon frowned at the shattered mirror at his feet.

Because the golden bell he wore on Emma's neck couldn't withstand the shattering of the soaring magic power from the outside world, so the corresponding mirror that allowed Simon to see what happened there also burst open.

"Troublesome..."

The old high priest muttered to himself, "My brother's body has actually become the key for the Pharaoh to control his magic power."

Owning the key means that you can control the huge magic power.

The so-called trouble is that once the pharaoh loses the key, or even if he just stays away from the key, his magic power may go out of control again, leading to the tragic and dangerous situation just now happening again.

The old man frowned and thought hard for a while, then suddenly shook his head.

"never mind."

The high priest of Ra drew irresponsible conclusions.

"The results seem to be good."

Turning around, Simon leaned on crutches and walked slowly into the bedroom.

"I'm such an old bone. In the middle of the night, I still have to toss and toss about their crap. I can't even sleep."

At this moment, the old priest, who was completely relieved because he knew that the matter had almost come to an end, was like an ordinary old man, talking non-stop.

"Hey, a group of little guys who don't know how to be considerate of the elderly..."