Pharaoh

In a huge and beautifully decorated stone room, thick black stone pillars rose from the ground.

A slightly higher stone platform occupies most of the room, and several flame stone lamps inserted obliquely on the stone pillars illuminate the whole room extremely brightly.

Dozens of men and women wearing robes stood on both sides of the room in an arc. The color of the robes on their bodies was black or gray-black, which was extremely rare among Egyptians.

They stood quietly, or bowed their heads in silence, or exchanged glances with each other, or frequently looked at a gate on the side of the stone platform.

There are different expressions on young and bright faces or calm and old faces. There are dozens of people with dozens of thoughts. They are companions of each other, but guard against each other.

Everyone standing here climbed up by stepping on the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

At a glance, most of them are handsome, gorgeously dressed, and even pure-faced girls, but they know each other's characters well, greedy, vicious, vicious, and cruel, this is what they can stand here with common traits.

They are allies, but they are also enemies.

"Once today's ceremony is successfully held, it will be equivalent to recognizing that person's status."

The deep voice came from the middle-aged man who was sitting on the right side of the room with his lean body and no sitting posture. He had a simple face and could be drowned in the crowd at a glance. The ferocious gaze like a wolf showed the evil spirit held deep in his bones.

He made a voice that he didn't know whether it was a sneer or a sneer, "Is that how you recognize it?"

There was no response for a long time.

Most people just turned their heads to glance at the man, and some people didn't even look at him.

"Why don't you take the lead and express your dissatisfaction to that person?"

The gloomy voice came from the right corner of the room. In the darkness where the flames couldn't find it, the old man with only half of his body coughed twice.

"That pile of corpses is still piled up in the hall."

"shut up."

The black-haired girl, who had been ignoring the intrigue among the crowd all this time, just eagerly watched the gate on the side of the stone platform let out a voice of scolding.

She still looked very young, the red fire light fell on her ice-like face, her eyes were cold when she turned her head to look at everyone, and even her voice was as cold as ice hitting and hitting.

"The position of that person is recognized by the High Priest, do you want to go against the will of the High Priest?"

The old man whose body was half hidden in the darkness twitched his lips mockingly, and fell into silence again.

But the man who was scolded by the girl face to face couldn't hold back his face under the eyes of everyone, and sneered back.

"Come on, who doesn't know what's on your mind? I really don't believe there are any pious guys in our group. It's not that group of old guys. They haven't even seen the face of the high priest, so they just think about it." Climb into his bed, you woman is quite naughty..."

Keng——

The sound of sword clashing suddenly resounded in the room.

In the blink of an eye, the cold dagger that the girl pulled out from there and then stabbed at the man's throat was stopped by the iron ring on the man's arm that he raised quickly.

"Anyone who insults the High Priest must die!"

The black-haired girl said coldly, her piercing eyes were as cold as ice blades.

"It's just a slut, and you can't let others say that you have done it?... If you have the ability, try to kill me!"

The middle-aged man had a look of disdain and disdain, his squinted eyes flashed a ferocious look like a beast, and a few poisonous thorns the size of little fingers suddenly slipped out from between his fingers, as if to fight back.

Seeing that they were about to fight, the others just watched from the sidelines without saying a word. Many people had obvious gloating looks in their eyes, and they obviously hoped that the two would die together so that they could take over the power of the two. .

The gate on one side of the stone platform was suddenly pushed open, and dozens of maids filed in, standing on both sides of the stone platform with their heads bowed.

The man clicked his tongue and withdrew the stinger between his fingers, took a step back, bowed his head slightly with a respectful face.

The dagger in the girl's hand disappeared in her hand in an instant, and she seemed to take a step forward eagerly with burning eyes, but then she seemed to be aware of her disrespect and then took a step back, kneeling down on one knee.

And other people in the room also stood or knelt, expressing their devotion to the coming high priest with their own gestures.

The high priest in a black robe stepped forward from the side door. The wide cloak covered most of his face, and only a few strands of black hair on his forehead could be seen slipping from the black hood, as if dyed by night ink.

The arms protruding from the black cloak have almost transparent white skin that seems to be shining, and the slender black scepter that seems to have magical power is held in his right hand.

The moment the radiance of the bright flame shone, that light would be completely absorbed by the black scepter, always making the High Priest's body appear a slightly dark and mysterious space.

No one has ever seen the true face of the high priest. From the very beginning, the high priest who appeared beside the Thieves King as the messenger of the evil god has always been like this.

The maid who served the high priest personally may have seen it, but every time before the high priest left, all the maids who served him willingly followed the high priest's order to cut their throats and kill themselves, but the eyes of the only middle-aged priestess who survived all the time is blind.

Therefore, until now, the true face of the high priest is also a mystery.

No matter how rebellious the guy is, there will always be a sense of fear from the flesh and blood to the depths of the soul in front of the high priest.

If it is true that the High Priest returns and continues to support the Thief King, basically no one would dare to make a mistake.

However, precisely because no one knew the true face of the high priest, the high priest brought back by the thief king who had been missing for more than half a year... really made people doubt the authenticity.

After all, there is no one here who is easy to get along with and willing to be inferior to others.

"The time is coming, please come forward."

The middle-aged priestess spoke and knelt down in front of the high priest.

The head covered under the black cloak hood nodded slightly, and took a step forward, as if about to walk down the stone steps.

Under the curved stone platform, several people looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes.

People like them who have worked together in a sea of ​​corpses and blood are most sensitive to the feeling of a person's aura.

I always feel that the high priest in front of them seems to be different from before...

The sense of coercion that oppresses the soul and makes people subconsciously hold their breath seems to be...

The middle-aged man who had lowered his head raised his head at some point, narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the high priest who was covered by a black cloak, and there was a strange look in his eyes.

His eyes moved, and he suddenly took a step forward.

"Your Excellency the High Priest." He said, lowering his head, his demeanor seemed extremely respectful, "You just came back yesterday, today's sacrificial ceremony is too hasty, why not another day..."

"Presumptuous! Retire immediately!"

The one who screamed was the middle-aged priestess who stood up. Although her eyes that could not be opened were closed, she pressed towards the man who dared to stand in front of the high priest with a threatening aura.

The man frowned, moved his eyes, and took a step back hesitantly.

The high priest still stood quietly, saying nothing.

Under the guidance of the Priestess, he stepped down. The large black cloak hid his hand holding the black scepter in the darkness. Others could not see his white knuckles because he was holding the scepter too tightly. .

The other hand, covered under the black cloak, had already clenched into a fist, and the palm was faintly sweating.

When the man proposed another day to sacrifice, he almost agreed.

It's just that he held back the eyes that almost pierced him from all directions like sharp knives, and didn't speak.

Can't be impulsive.

he warned himself.

You must see Dia first, as long as you can see Dia, everything is easy to talk about.

The priestess just said that Dia will come here to greet her soon.

Compared to himself who could be exposed at any time, Dia, who is now the king of thieves, is the one who has the right and the ability to decide to temporarily postpone the sacrificial ceremony.

The high priest, who attracted everyone's attention, walked down the stone steps, step by step, slowly, with an elegant and calm posture.

Although some people became suspicious, they still didn't dare to speak, they just exchanged glances with each other.

No one noticed that the black-haired woman was kneeling near the stone platform. At this moment, she raised her head and fixed her eyes on the high priest who was walking towards her.

Her face was cloudy and uncertain, and the expression in her eyes was even more hesitant.

Growing up in the temple, she has almost fanatical reverence and belief in the high priest. She is confident that she knows the breath of the high priest better than anyone else.

But the high priest in front of him seemed to be, and there seemed to be something missing...

Seeing that the high priest was about to walk past her, the girl gritted her teeth, and suddenly got up and grabbed the black cloak that passed by her.

"Excuse me for being rude—"

Before she finished her sentence, she jerked her hand violently.

The black cloak flew up in the air, and together with her long black hair, it fell down softly.

The girl's eyes opened wide suddenly, and the flames were burning, which clearly reflected a young and immature face looking back at her.

For a while, there were surprises in the room.

"Not the High Priest!"

"is fake?"

"That guy actually dared to deceive us..."

The soft black hair dyed with ink brushed the night-like jet-black pupils, and the young man with a complexion completely different from the others looked back in surprise, with a look of astonishment and a hint of panic.

The woman's face turned cold and cloudy, and anger ignited in her eyes.

She looked at the black-haired boy with a slightly immature face, his eyes were vicious like a poisonous snake, devouring flesh and blood.

"Pretending to be Your Excellency the High Priest... There is no pardonable crime!"

She said, what should have been a girl's crisp voice was actually gnashing her teeth, with a vicious tone as if she wanted to swallow her blood and flesh.

The girl raised her hand, and in the blink of an eye, a gleaming dagger appeared in her hand again. It was about to slip through the throat of the black-haired boy with a flustered look, but suddenly a hand stretched out from behind, grabbing the boy's back clothes drag.

The big hand pulled the boy away at once.

The middle-aged man pulled the young man pretending to be the high priest to his front, and lifted up his clothes suddenly. Because of his height, the young man had to stand on tiptoe, but he was still strangled and his face turned pale.

The man looked him up and down, and with a click of his tongue, he threw the boy to the ground.

"That guy is using this kind of thing to perfuse us?"

He said disdainfully, "If you use such a kid to pretend to be the high priest, he won't even be stupid if he disappears for half a year!"

He glanced at the black-haired woman who was still staring at the young man pretending to be the high priest with murderous eyes, and suddenly smiled.

"Killing this useless boy is just a temporary relief, you don't want to just fall out with 'our king' like this?"

I have exposed that person's deception, but I can't turn against him for the time being, so this boy can't be killed.

But he had to use this debunked deception to slap that person hard, then...

The man's simple face smiled and waggled his fingers.

"I do have a suggestion."

……

The Thief King with gray hair sat on the stone seat, his dark brown fingers caressing his smooth chin unhurriedly.

He was leaning back, with one leg crossed on the knee of the other, in a completely devoid of dignified sitting posture, and the whole person looked like a loose slouch.

He leaned crookedly on the stone seat, but unexpectedly gave off an evil aura that was in harmony with his appearance.

The blood-red pupils leaked out from the gaps in the gray hair, and looked at the guys who were obviously here to demonstrate to him in place of the master with a somewhat ambiguous expression.

After listening to their accusations against Huai Ming and secretly accusing and ridiculing the clumsy deception, the violent thief king still remained motionless and indifferent, which made those people feel a little panicked.

They thought that the other party would furiously deny the scam, get out of their way, and shirk all responsibility, but in the end they could only succumb to their punishment of the boy under the threat of all of them.

But at this moment, the Thief King just looked at them with a sneer, as if looking at a clown.

"... That's it, that's why we have always decided to banished the sinners who pretended to be high priests to our slaves. I don't know if you have any objections to this? If you refuse..."

The visitor raised his voice, acting as a provocation on behalf of his master.

"It doesn't matter."

The sudden voice of the Thief King made the man choke, and the next few impassioned condemnations had to be swallowed back in his stomach aggrieved.

He opened his eyes wide and looked at the Thief King in astonishment.

"what do you mean……"

"Do as you please."

The young thief king said that he waved his hand impatiently, making those people retreat like flying flies, obviously he was too lazy to chat with the other party.

The man was still about to say something, but when he saw the blood-red cold pupils that were staring at him, he was shocked and retreated in a cold sweat.

The room fell silent, Diabondo still stroked his chin unhurriedly, his eyes drooping slightly as if he was thinking about something.

But the servant standing beside him hesitated for a moment, and spoke in a low voice.

"Really...is it okay?"

"what?"

Diabondo raised his eyes and lazily leaned over.

"The group of guys who don't know what to do is using this to demonstrate to you, you really don't care about that..."

This loyal servant obviously also believed that the fake high priest was sent by his master.

A mocking snort came from the mouth of the young Thief King.

The corners of her lips raised, pulling at the hideous scar on her cheek.

His expression was lazy, and his tone of voice had a hint of ridicule, but it was so cold that it made people tremble in the bones.

"Those guys are going to kill themselves, sir, why should I stop them?"

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A huge stone door covered with moss was opened, and the men standing on both sides pushed it hard.

Yugi staggered and was pushed in, the stone steps under his feet slipped, and he couldn't stand still and fell directly from the moss-covered stone steps.

The huge stone door behind him creaked shut, and the firelight from behind disappeared little by little until nothing, as if shutting out all hope and sunlight.

You You propped up his body from the ground. Fortunately, the stone steps were not high, and he only scratched his body when he fell, so there was no serious problem.

There was darkness in front of him, and only a faint glimmer of light could be seen in the distance.

You Yu pursed his lips, stood up, and walked forward in the dark.

He had heard from others just now that this was the place where the underground slaves lived, and it was also the place where those people raised living sacrifices.Just now he was thinking about how to save those living sacrifices, but he did not expect to become one of them now.

To be honest, the young Wangdi didn't worry much about what would happen to him from the very beginning.

From the conversation with the evil god not long ago, he felt that the evil god attached great importance to this body that was lodged by him, so he would definitely not put his life in danger.

In any case, now he can only take one step at a time.

The winding dirt road under the feet is about to come to an end, and it can be seen that there is a hole emitting a very faint light.

He walked over, turned a corner, raised his head, and immediately stayed where he was.

A huge beehive shrouded in darkness appeared in front of him.

Numerous densely packed paths interspersed and stretched out in a mess, and people were climbing up and down on the layered stone walls, which looked like a maze at first glance.

Many people can be seen moving about in the holes that were randomly dug out on the stone wall, as if they were poked out by people's fingers.

In this huge underground cave like a beehive, countless men, women and children are walking through it, like a city that exists underground.

However, although the people living here are walking through in a hurry, their faces are numb, without any expression, and their dull eyes are as dull as a dead person.

Their clothes are ragged, most of the men are naked like this, and the women just wear a piece of rags around their lower body casually, letting their shriveled breasts hang down, and their hair that looks like grass and greasy is scattered indiscriminately. .

If he saw a topless woman on a regular basis, he would blush and run away in a hurry during the game, but now he just stared blankly for a long time with his eyes wide open, unable to recover—there is nothing to be shy about, those skinny girls look dull The zombie-like woman doesn't even look like a person at all!

This is the feeding ground of the living sacrifices... the slaves.

It's almost like a slaughterhouse in this world——

Yu Yu resisted a feeling of nausea spreading from his body and walked in.

Although the skin color was different and the clothes were wrong, no one paid attention to him, and the slaves still hurried past him in the same undead manner.

He walked on the densely crisscrossed cobweb-like stone road that only one person could walk on, because he was just walking indiscriminately for no purpose, and his brows were always furrowed by the sight that caught his eye.

He didn't know where he was going, but there was always an inexplicable feeling that made him randomly go in a direction that he didn't know.

Not long after walking, the crying sound from not far away attracted his attention. He was stunned to see a few children not far in front of him hitting a child lying on the ground with stones, while the adults on the side just He just glanced at them mechanically, indifferent.

Seeing that the stone was smashing down on the child's head, obviously intending to kill him, You You finally couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed the hand of the child who was carrying the stone.

"What are you doing!"

Although Yu Yu's body is not strong, it is much taller than those six or seven-year-old children.

The child caught by him showed a frightened expression, and suddenly broke free from his hand, and disappeared together with several other children.

The young brother Wang looked at their backs with an ugly face, and when he turned around, he found that the child who was lying on the ground with his head covered in blood also ran away at some point.

Yugi let out a deep breath, as if trying to exhale all the suffocation gathered in his body.

But he didn't have time to think about it now, because he was already in trouble.

He could feel that the eyes that shot at him were obviously greedy and weird.

Different from the healthy white bodies of these slaves in the stone cave hive, and the excellent clothes in comparison, they finally attracted the attention of some people with malicious intentions. The game saw dozens of tall men not far away. They approached him from different directions.

Seeing that there were many people on the other side, You You resolutely turned around and ran away. He heard many people shouting and chasing after him.

He ran very fast, trying to get rid of the people behind as soon as possible, but wandering around these messy paths, he had already lost his direction, and instead was frequently blocked by them.

Obviously, he is not familiar with the terrain here. If this continues, he will soon be blocked by slaves who have lived here all their lives and have been familiar with the road.

Suddenly turning around a turning, suddenly a pair of hands protruded from the side hole and grabbed him and dragged him in.

Yu You subconsciously wanted to shake it off, but when he turned around, he saw a young girl's face. The girl covered his mouth and shook her head vigorously at him.You You hesitated for a moment, but when he lowered his head, he saw the kid with blood stains on his forehead grinning happily at him, so he nodded slightly.

Seeing that Yuyou had quieted down, the girl turned around with big energetic eyes, listened to the movement around her, and then took Yuyu's hand and carefully slipped into a narrow stone crevice.She walked through the trail for a long time with You, turned several turns, turned so many turns that made You feel dizzy, and finally got into a dark cave.

"New here?"

Drilling into the cave, the girl seemed relieved, turned around and asked questions about the game.

"It's really... dressed like this and wandering around, isn't this clearly asking for trouble?"

She crossed her hips impatiently, showing contempt for the Egyptian prince.

"If it weren't for the sake of you helping my brother, I wouldn't risk offending those guys to save you idiot!"

Looking at the girl's skinny face, which was still full of youthful vigor and vigor, his heart, which had been heavy for some reason, suddenly heaved a sigh of relief, not as heavy as it was just now.

He didn't care about being scolded, he just smiled at the girl.

The girl was taken aback, probably because she didn't expect to be able to laugh at herself after being scolded, and she wanted to say something, but Yu Yu's eyes fell on the girl who was huddling behind her sister, grabbing her sister's clothes and only poking out a head to look at him. On the little boy.

Yugi smiled, squatted down and stretched out his hand.

The child looked at him, hesitated for a moment, came out from behind his sister, and walked towards him.

"Does it hurt?"

He asked gently, looking at the blood that was dripping from his forehead.

The child grinned at him, "My sister said that a man with such a small injury should not cry out for pain."

Yu You wiped the blood from the child's head, and saw that the blood was still oozing out, so he tore a piece of cloth from his clothes and tied it on him, then smiled and patted the child's head.

The child stared at him with a strange look, and stretched out his dirty hand to touch his face.

The girl standing aside didn't stop her, she just watched the game, her eyes rolling around, not knowing what to write.

"Don't you have a place to live?"

she asked suddenly.

Game shook his head.

The girl frowned, "If you don't have a place to stay, you can't receive food."

She motioned the game to look at the stone cave where she is now, and said, "There are a number of residences in this place, and the number of food is based on the number of stone caves. You are new here, and you must either starve to death or kill the stone caves. Only when the original owner moves in by himself can he get the food that belongs to you."

She raised her slender eyebrows, looked at the game who looked at her in astonishment because of what she said, and twitched the corners of her lips.

"Looking at you like this, I know that you are a cowardly waste." She said, and immediately stretched out her hand and pinched the face of the king of Egypt, showing a malicious look, "The flesh is soft..."

The girl stared at the Egyptian prince in front of her eeriely with eyes like watching prey.

"If some of our fellows get hungry, they can eat human flesh."

You Yu watched the girl staring at him for a while, then suddenly smiled.

"Don't worry, I won't steal your place."

He tried his best to soften his voice, because he noticed the vigilant look hidden deep in the eyes of the girl who deliberately threatened him.

The girl was clearly warning him that if he tried anything bad, she would kill him first.

Thinking of this, he is not only a little emotional, it is very difficult for this girl to live here with a child... He can't help the others now, or else, take them later...

You Yu's answer stunned the girl, and then she let out a clear laugh. She stared at You You's eyes without blinking, and the look in her eyes became more and more strange.

She turned around suddenly and coaxed her younger brother out to play, as if she was going to have a private talk with You Yu.

"Anyway, it's time for me, instead of being randomly assigned to someone by the higher-ups..."

She was talking to herself, rolled her eyes, turned around and squinted at the game with a smile, and said, "What's your name?"

"My name is... Keya."

"Really, then listen carefully, Keya, I can let you live here."

"Ah? Don't bother you, I'll wait..."

You You knew that he wouldn't be here for long, and he was about to tell the other party that he would be leaving soon, when the girl suddenly walked up and hugged him tightly, causing his next words to choke back in his throat.

"Hmm~~ It's quite clean, at least better than those guys."

"W-what... wait, you, you let me go first!"

He didn't hear the low murmur of the girl who was close to his body, and felt his chest was pressed against by the soft chest, and the young king's fair face suddenly flushed red.

While girls are clothed, that thin layer can almost equate to nothing.

The girl's soft arms went around and hugged his back tightly, and her soft chest pressed tightly against his chest.

He struggled for a while, and immediately felt the soft tip of the opponent slide over his chest, and immediately his hands and feet became stiff and he dared not move.

"Is that Keya?"

The girl repeated it once, maintaining this close contact, raised her head and raised her eyebrows at the game.

"Okay, I decided to find you for breeding!"

"what--?"

"Then come now! Mmm~~ It would be even better if I could give birth to a white-skinned child~~"

"Wait...wait for me first!"