Horus' Wrath (Part 2)

  "That high and mighty deity may be watching over the mortal world, seeing how people express their devotion and choose their own destiny. I have received the power bestowed by the deity, which was originally for protecting the dignity of the deity and the Empire of Egu. I think this is my fate. Deity, I did not betray you!"

  But it's not just the gods who have willpower, I'm surprised where Bell's strength and courage come from. When he passed by the seaside city-state, I advised him to return to the bosom of the temple, but he didn't stay. Bell told me - mortals can also become gods, on this point, the gods deceived everyone, we are all deceived.

  Great Horus, I confess that I am curious! I once said to Baal 'Do not tempt me', I had long refused the devil's temptation. But the eternal temptation of becoming a divine spirit, is it really the demon in people's hearts? I hope to get an answer, even at the last moment of my life. —— Did Baal also destroy himself because of this temptation?

  I wanted to see Bell prove the answer, so I let him and Ais leave the E-Rantel border. Although I couldn't stop him alone, I didn't use my full strength to block his way. He's a member of my clan and also someone I owe a debt of gratitude to, and at that time, I couldn't bring myself to challenge him with all my might.

  But today I heard the voice of the gods, and Wang Du and Meng Fei's team also came with a decree to order me to cooperate in hunting down Bell. I knew that I couldn't escape this fate. My information magic was taught by Bell himself, and I had left my mark on Qiong Niao's ornament. —— Why did I do this, is it the will of God?

  I set out in secret, without having time to bid farewell to everyone, knowing that once I left, I would never be able to return, whether because of the gods or because of Belle.

  My staff is an object of the Cape God Temple, and I hope that whoever gets it can help me return it. The divine belongs to the divine, and in this life, I don't want to owe anything. You who can read the message I left behind must be a divine technique master. So I also left three scrolls next to the staff as a gift for you, repaying everything you've done.

  I also left a ring, which is the heirloom of my family. Please deliver it to my family in Cape City and you will get another reward. The ring contains my last will, telling my descendants how to repay you. When you return the staff to the temple of Cape God, please find Lord Dick and ask him to invite a great god who is proficient in high-level space magic to take out the will from the ring and make it public. Lord Dick is trustworthy."

  The message from the great magician Nero ends here, and it sounds as if he were speaking in front of you when he was alive. This is information that cannot be forged. At the same time, some other information naturally imprinted itself on Amun's mind, introducing the three scrolls mentioned in the will, which turned out to be the three that Amun could not identify.

  The silver-white core, a relatively slender branch called "Spatial Turbulence", can shatter the spatial barrier's seal and is the best means of escape when trapped by divine spatial confinement. However, casting Spatial Turbulence will produce countless spatial fissures that may harm the caster themselves, making it a very dangerous high-level divine technique. Casting it with a scroll does not require expending one's own magical power, and can also borrow spatial objects to shield oneself.

  Another golden axle core, a relatively short scroll named "Information Oblivion", can disrupt the sealed divine technique information, belonging to a destructive divine technique. A clever combination of information divine techniques and spatial divine techniques can not only be used to preserve and transmit information but also create various disguises and traps. "Information Oblivion" is used to destroy these traps and disguises.

  It seems that this great godlike mage was well-prepared, he clearly knew that Bell excelled in spatial magic and informational magic, so he brought along a specially-made scroll tailored to counter them. For some reason, however, it wasn't used during the battle, possibly because there wasn't enough time or no need to use it.

  These two are high-level divine art scrolls, which theoretically do not require the consumption of corresponding magical powers, but also have requirements for the user. They can use magic to unfold the scroll and control the casting of the divine art, so at least a mid-level divine art master can use it. As for the last gray scroll, Nieru did not introduce what it was, only saying that if he followed his will and sent the staff and ring back to the Sea Ridge City-State, he could inquire about the records of his creation in the temple, and his will would be explained.

  But Nero particularly emphasized that this gray scroll was precious beyond measure, its value even surpassing the staff and ring, and it could not be used lightly without getting his manufacturing instructions.

  After reading it, Ahmon blinked his eyes and thought for a long time. This divine technique master not only left a will in the staff, but also left a testament in the ring. It seems that the ring is also a spatial artifact that can store things. And Nero specifically instructed that when sending the staff back to the Sea Cliff Temple, he would find Lord Dick, the chief official, and ask him to find a great divine technique master who is proficient in spatial divine techniques to open the ring and read the will.

  This shows that it is very difficult to open the ring, and please ask Lord Dick to be a witness, in order to ensure that his will can be executed and his family will not be held accountable. Nero has left three scrolls as a reward for returning the staff, what kind of reward will he give for returning the ring? Amun was very curious, unfortunately, he couldn't see it.

  Amun held the gray, nameless scroll in his hand and played with it for half a day. Nero said that this scroll was more precious than the scepter and ring, but if he didn't carry out his last words, he wouldn't get the instructions on how to make it, no matter how precious it was, it would only be an unusable and unrecognizable object. Amun was skeptical, he suddenly thought of a possibility, that great wizard was worried that the person who got the legacy would not follow his last words, so he said so intentionally.

  Amon was right! That gray scroll is absolutely unusable. If someone got it but didn't fulfill Nero's will, and privately kept everything for themselves, eventually using or selling the scroll, the result would be disastrous. It was the most precious scroll made by Nero in his lifetime, a crystallization of his heart and soul, but its value cannot be measured by wealth, because its use is too special.

  Amon had never heard of Nero's great reputation, Nero grew up in the seaside city-state from a young age and later became the chief priest of the Seaside Temple. He became a great divine magician at the age of twenty and was praised as "the genius Nero". He is also the most outstanding divine scroll maker in the entire Eg Empire, indulging in making various scrolls, consuming countless heart and soul. Perhaps it was because of this that for more than forty years afterwards, Nero never became an eighth-level divine magician.

  Egu's Cape City-State and Hati's Syria City-State are both located at the intersection of various countries, a strategic location. Now, there is an 8th-level Great Divine Spell Master named Korē who is stationed in Syria City-State. Back then, Cape City-State also had a Great Divine Spell Master stationed there, namely Nīló.

  At that time, the power of the Cape Temple was lost in the pursuit of Bell, because it was closest to Bell's last escape route and had the most people withdrawn, including many people who did not return, including the main god officer Niro. At that time, the Egu Empire was already very powerful, and through conquest, the Hatti Kingdom was subjugated, and the border had never been threatened. Moreover, there were no great divine masters willing to reside in this remote city-state, so for thirty years, there had been no great divine master sitting in Cape City.

  Nowadays, Lord Roddick, who is also the high priest of Cape City, is not a great divine magician, but he is also a very capable local official. As for the Lord Dick mentioned in Nero's will, it was not Roddick, but Roddick's father. Although the city-state governor needs to be appointed by Egufa Rao in name, it is hereditary in many places.

  Amon couldn't quite figure out the gray scroll either, and this staff didn't seem like something that could be handed over to Link. Whether or not he followed Nero's will and returned the staff to Cape Town, keeping it would still come in handy. He put both the scroll and staff back into his bones, shook them again, and pulled out a ring.

  The ring's exterior is very ordinary, just a simple circle that looks like bronze in color, with a five-pointed star pattern engraved on it, and there are no other decorations. When Amun took it into his bones, he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, it was an intact small thing, and he casually put it away in the invisible space. Only when he took it out alone did he feel that this small ring was very heavy, almost as heavy as a thick steel shield.

  Amon had experience with spatial objects and knew that there was something inside the ring, not just a will. It's also ironic that a third-rate magician like him possessed three spatial objects. There was something in the ring that he couldn't see, the Wind Dancer couldn't be used, but he could barely activate the bone, though it couldn't exert its true effect.

  These are the treasures that the gods' artisans have been dreaming of, and they actually fell into Amun's hands, which is simply a waste. If the news gets out, who knows how many people will be envious, jealous, and resentful!

  The unexpected event did not make Ah Meng forget his original intention. After putting everything away, he finally picked another staff for Link. This staff did not have a special divine stone inlaid, but it had seven ordinary divine stones inlaid in a spiral shape on its surface, and the material was very special. Ah Meng couldn't tell what it was made of either.

  Inlaying divine stones on a staff is not as simple as just inlaying as many as you want, nor is it necessarily better to have more. The process of making it is quite complicated, and the effect of activating the divine technique needs to be integrated together. The more complex the staff, the higher the requirement for materials, and the harder it is to make. This staff must be a masterpiece of a craftsman, Amun tried it out, and it can significantly enhance the effect of casting divine techniques, especially the speed of launching divine techniques is very fast.

  Amon didn't think much of it, after all, it was far inferior to that bone and obviously not as amazing as the other wands in his hand, only suitable for Link to use. The current Amon has a bit of a "riches are like floating clouds" mentality, having seen and possessed too many divine stones, and everything in his hands is a treasure, unintentionally becoming numb to it all.

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  Character Introduction in this Chapter——

  Nero: Thirty years ago, the chief deity of Cape City-State, a 7th-level divine art master, spent his life studying and creating divine art scrolls, sacrificing himself in the final battle against Bell.

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