"this......"
The moment everyone set foot on Philae Island, they felt an unusual atmosphere.
Of course, except for Elsa, who is a mortal, she did not notice anything unusual as she was in a mortal body.
But others noticed the difference immediately.
Nan Tong immediately frowned slightly, and the succubus turned her head left and right, as if searching for something.
Ramses' eyes flickered frequently, as if he was searching for the source of that strange smell.
Lin Ke lowered his head and looked at the green bandage on his wrist.
Sure enough, the green bandage was now faintly glowing with an emerald green light.
There was a force in the air, as if it had come from nowhere across time and space.
Elsa didn't notice anything unusual about the others, she just continued walking forward.
"It's still the same as before, there's no difference."
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh, we..."
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh?"
As she spoke, she turned her head and saw everyone's strange reactions.
"Keep going, Elsa."
"Take us to the center of the temple."
Lin Ke responded, then glanced at Ramses, and then everyone continued to move forward.
The ruined Temple of Isis sits in the center of the island, surrounded by lush vegetation.
As they walked through the overgrown courtyard, the sight before them made everyone gasp.
"Gods be upon you."
Nan Tong looked at the temple of the Supreme God and couldn't help but sigh.
"The temple of the Supreme Goddess Isis has become so desolate..."
"No wonder before His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh ascended the throne, our Holy Egypt received no help from the gods."
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh, look! The temple of Isis is in such a state of disrepair!"
Most of the exquisite reliefs on the limestone of the temple's outer walls have peeled off.
The murals that once depicted Isis and Horus have almost completely faded, with only a few traces remaining.
Fallen pillars were scattered all over the ground, and spider webs covered every corner.
Lin Ke looked at the murals and just frowned slightly.
Because he knew very well what story these murals told.
The Isis in the mural is the patron saint of life, magic and motherhood. In the mural, she is depicted as a dignified woman.
Lin Ke continued forward and saw other, dilapidated and blurry murals.
The mural tells the story of the most touching side of Isis when her husband Osiris, the kind and wise god-king, was murdered by his brother Set, the god of storms and chaos.
At that time, Isis traveled throughout Egypt, collecting the pieces of her husband's dismembered body and resurrecting him through her divine magic.
This feat not only brought Osiris back to life but also became the origin of the sacred Egyptian funerary rite.
Lin Ke continued to move forward, and soon he saw a god with an eagle's head and wings on the mural.
Horus, the sky god.
Horus is the love child of Isis and Osiris.
Horus spent his childhood in hiding, and his mother Isis tried her best to protect him from the persecution of his uncle Set.
As he grew older, the seeds of revenge took root in the heart of the young god.
Horus is not only the god of the sky, with double pupils symbolizing the sun and the moon, but he is also the legitimate heir to the throne.
But while Isis searched for the fragments of her husband, Set forcibly seized Horus's rightful throne.
Ultimately, his ambition for the throne spawned rebellion and bloodshed, tearing the sacred order apart.
Of course, Set is not purely evil, because he is the guardian of the edge area and a barrier against external threats.
Due to his wife's betrayal and the lack of understanding from others, he finally decided to seize the throne.
The decisive battle between Horus and Set lasted for decades and became the most intense power struggle between the gods and the human world.
This war not only involves the ownership of the throne, but also represents the fundamental conflict between order and chaos.
Although Horus gradually gained the upper hand with his strategic wisdom and the magic taught by his mother, Set's power should not be underestimated. He forced his nephew Horus into desperate situations many times.
On the day of the decisive battle, Horus exerted all his divine power and summoned the stars in the sky to bless himself.
His golden pupils radiated a dazzling light, as bright as the sun.
Set took the form of a ferocious red bull, and the earth shook under its hooves.
The fighting between the two sides lasted for seven days and seven nights, causing the Nile River to tremble and the desert to shake.
Eventually, Horus succeeded in subduing his uncle and gouged out his eyes in revenge for his childhood blindness.
But Isis, moved by pity, begged her son to spare Set's life.
Although Horus had complaints, he ultimately obeyed his mother's wishes.
So, he stripped his uncle of all his power and exiled him to the edge of the desert.
This protracted war of revenge established Horus's position in the divine world and laid the ideological foundation for the sacred kingship of Holy Egypt.
From then on, every pharaoh was regarded as the incarnation of God on earth, carrying the sacred mission of maintaining "Ma'at", that is, "order".
Lin Ke finished looking at all the murals, while the succubus on the other side curiously touched a broken statue of the god Isis.
"Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh, no one has been here for a long time."
"But, I have a vague feeling that something is secretly watching us."
As she spoke, she rolled her eyes slightly to check her surroundings.
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