King of kings, Nadir Shah.
The Persian king, who ruled the most powerful empire in the world at that time, was stunned after hearing Lin Ke's seemingly calm but actually extremely provocative words.
"...turn hostility into friendship?"
"I summoned the gods, and behind me were hundreds of thousands of troops from the Persian Empire."
"This Holy Pharaoh actually... actually dared to act like a victor, so confident, and ask me to choose?"
"How arrogant is he? How dare he say such words here?"
Nadir Shah was talking quietly to himself, and now he was frozen in place like a statue.
He looked at Lin Ke, his brows furrowed and veins bulging on his forehead.
Even her lips were tightly pursed together, and even twitched from time to time.
In his weathered imperial eyes was a mixture of disbelief, confusion, anger and an indescribable, inexplicable fear.
These emotions continued to mix and change on his majestic face, eventually solidifying into a complex expression.
He didn't understand, let alone comprehend it.
This holy pharaoh, not even half his age, looked like a mere new king.
"Impossible... Why on earth is this happening? Why?"
"Why don't the gods bring down divine punishment?"
"Why does this holy pharaoh dare to take a step forward?"
Nadir Shah repeated this quietly to himself, and it was obvious that his thoughts were as chaotic as a storm.
"All I'm facing is a new king, his two followers, and a fleet!"
"What if the Greek fleet arrives?"
"Behind me, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the empire, as well as many divine messengers!"
"Even if a war breaks out here, Persia won't necessarily be at a disadvantage!"
Nadir Shah's jaw muscles, which were clenching his teeth, began to tremble slightly uncontrollably.
"But why do I feel so much pressure?"
"Why would my god flinch like that?"
Nadir Shah said this softly, just closing his eyes slightly and taking a deep breath.
You know, during Nadir Shah's long and glorious reign, he had faced countless powerful enemies.
There are brave and warlike nomadic tribes and rich but cunning city-states.
There were defensive empires and even a peripheral confederation of Greek city-states united under the leadership of Sparta and Athens.
Each time, he defeated his opponents one by one by relying on the powerful military force of Persia and his own outstanding strategic vision.
However, at this moment, standing in front of this seemingly powerless young Holy Pharaoh, Nadir Shah felt an unprecedented threat.
He couldn't even put it into words, couldn't understand the feeling of oppression that the other party brought to him.
It wasn't a display of physical force or verbal threats from the other party.
It is something deeper and more essential.
It was an existence that made even this emperor, who had experienced countless bloody storms, feel palpitations.
"Who exactly is this Holy Pharaoh?"
Nadir Shah looked at Lin Ke, and a bead of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Holy Egypt? It's just an ancient kingdom in the desert!"
"Now, one of their new kings dares to challenge my authority? The authority of the Persian Empire? Isn't that ridiculous? Isn't that courting death?"
"But why...why does it make people feel so dangerous?"
"What on earth is going on?"
Nadir Shah looked at Lin Ke and swallowed again.
The air in the distance became hot due to the energy released by the god Rashinu.
The ridge behind him began to smoke, and the sea water that the end of the whip touched began to boil.
Although the Persian army was still cheering, the cheers had long been different. They became somewhat mechanical and empty.
To be precise, the cheers were even accompanied by questioning and begging.
Because, the incarnation of fire who should have been fearless, the great god who should have killed the enemy instantly, was now retreating in front of a young holy pharaoh.
"O great Rashinu! Why don't you take action?"
"Are you doubting our loyalty and faith?"
"We ask you to bring down divine punishment!"
"We are your people, your believers!"
However, no matter how they begged, Lashnu, the God of Judgement, still did not raise his whip.
He just stood there, blankly and quietly staring at the Holy Pharaoh, as if there was something extraordinary about the Holy Pharaoh.
Of course, this kind of behavior of the gods will naturally cause the collapse of faith among many believers.
They would first attribute the problem to reasons such as "impure faith", but once a Persian raised a question, the question would spread quietly in private.
Like a plague.
As a result, the originally neat Persian Empire troops began to shake, and those heads that were originally held high began to droop gradually.
Some people would even occasionally steal a glance at the young Holy Pharaoh standing before the King of Kings.
The guy still looked calm, and even gave people a feeling of strolling leisurely and confident of victory.
It was as if what the Holy Pharaoh faced was not a huge army at all, but just a group of unarmed civilians who posed no threat or value to him.
Of course, Nadir Shah could also clearly feel the changes that were secretly happening around him.
He knew clearly that if there was no good solution to today's incident, the stability of the empire would be seriously threatened.
This would seriously affect the morale of the army and shake the Persian warriors' trust in the messenger of God. They might even think that the messenger of God was unreliable.
Nadir Shah could even imagine how those officials who were already somewhat dissatisfied with the Persian Empire would talk about him in private.
"You know, our King of Kings was frightened by that young Holy Pharaoh! He was still a brat!"
"Even the gods of the Persian Empire don't care about our King of Kings!"
"The era of the Persian Empire is over!"
"Now, it's time for us to reclaim ourselves!"
......
Just the thought of this scene made Nadir Shah feel dizzy.
The beads of sweat on his forehead became more and bigger.
The lands he had spent decades conquering, and the ruling order he had invested countless money and lives in establishing, were they going to fall through because of a young holy pharaoh from the desert?
At this moment, Nadir Shah raised his head and his expression changed drastically.
His brows were furrowed and his eyes looked as if he wanted to eat someone alive.
"No! I will never let that happen!"
Nadir Shah slowly turned around and faced his massive army.
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