Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator.

Chapter 388 New Saint
“It’s quite fast.”

On the empty Source Sea, as the Pillar of Thoth gradually collapsed, his body began to be covered with cracks like broken porcelain.

From a little bit to a piece, like scattered cherry blossoms, the fallen fragments are submerged in the "ocean" without splashing a single wave.

Quietly waiting for his own death and rebirth, from now on, he will no longer exist in the world as an Egyptian god.

Perhaps he will briefly become a mortal with extraordinary power and longevity, or perhaps soon... he will find an opportunity to become a new god in a foreign land.

For a moment, Toth felt both relieved and heavy. After all, not everyone likes the feeling of starting over again. However, just as he was enjoying the final silence, a voice suddenly came from beside him.

"...Thoth, you are going to die too."

The voice was soft, but Thoth recognized its owner immediately.

That was Nephthys, patron saint of the dead, protector of the home, and the last remaining of the Ennead.

"I'm dying?"

Turning around, he hadn't noticed it before. It wasn't until she spoke that Toth was somewhat surprised to remember her.

Nephthys, it seemed that she had not said anything since she came to the Source Sea.

She performed whatever tasks fell upon her, but never expressed any opinions. Until just now, it seemed that she spoke for the first time.

"Haha, Nephthys, let's not talk about me first. You two are really different. Set bravely launched a desperate charge against the foreign gods, while you chose to wait for death to come."

With a smile on his face, Thoth didn't mind chatting with his former colleague at the end: "Ah - sorry... Nephthys, I almost forgot that you and Set didn't become a real couple."

"This is still the trouble caused by Isis. So is this due to the influence of your priesthood? As the protector of the dead, you have become indifferent to life and death?"

"No, I have not yet seen through the fear between life and death, not even the god Ra. Even if the world does not wish for its demise, how can I do it?"

Shaking her head slightly, Nephthys repeated again: "Thoth, you are going to die too."

"No, I won't die. Life and death on the surface are not absolute, just like Isis, everyone thinks she is dead."

As he explained with a smile, Thoth's body crumbled even faster.

He felt that the destiny and priesthood of the Ennead Thoth were drifting away from him, but this was also the proof of his rebirth.

"If I remember correctly, you and Isis should be sisters. If there were no foreign invasion, you would marry Set after she married Osiris and become his wife."

"Unfortunately, due to the changes outside the domain, all of this has come to an end... As the mind of the god Ra, I have heard him talk about a glimpse of the future. You and Isis should have each had a child who was famous in the world of the living, one of them was famous in the world of the living, and the other was famous in the world of the dead. But in the face of the power of the world, fate seems so pale and powerless."

"But your current mentality is quite good. Mortals have their own way of dying, and gods should also have their own way of dying. To be ugly at the end of life like Shu is not something a god should do."

"Just like if death is inevitable, I will face it calmly."

The body had dissipated, leaving only the head still talking. Thoth looked up at the sky, wanting to take one last look at the legendary Outer God.

But unfortunately, he saw nothing.

"No matter what, I will remember you, Nephthys. At the end of this period of my life, it was you who accompanied me through this journey... Everything in Egypt will be engraved deep in my memory and will be remembered forever. From now on, until the end of time."

blah blah——

With the last slight sound, Thoth's figure was completely shattered into pieces.

The debris scattered all over the sky like rain, and all that remained was the divine power he once possessed.

The authority originally carried by his 'cards' seemed to be at a loss, because their owners were not dead in theory, but their connection was constantly weakening.

A little black and gold light surrounded it. As a pillar god who made his move early, this power from the world would not dissipate until Thoth completely "failed".

But now, Nephthys is the only one left on the endless source sea of ​​Hermeneus.

"..."

"...I've already told you, Thoth..."

“…You’re going to die too.”

He shook his head slightly and lay on his back on the last divine pillar of the Source Sea.

Thoth had seen nothing before, but Nephthys’ vision was somewhat different. At an infinite height, she could vaguely see the confrontation between the two gods.

The boundless power fell from the void to another 'God of Ra'. Every minute and every second, his share and size in the entire world were increasing. Opposite him was the outer god who invaded the world.

"……die……"

"All things are mortal."

Nephthys chanted in a low voice, looking relaxed.

"I don't know when I will die."

boom--

The previous moment, everything was calm; the next moment, the world turned upside down.

Infinitely high up, the power of the outer gods fell from the sky, piercing through the space where the nine pillars had gathered not long ago, like piercing through a layer of thin paper.

In just a moment, Nephthys turned into ashes in front of it.

And the power of God did not stop because of her; it continued to move downward toward the human world.

There, above the City of the Sun, the real sun shines brightly.

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clatter……

Click...

hum...

……

Outside Heliopolis, where the ritual of Thoth took place.

Not much time had passed, but the ritual had been mostly completed. With a crisp sound, the most critical step with no way out was completely completed.

In the sky, the pillar belonging to Thoth has collapsed, symbolizing that the 'Ka' that carries his authority has been completely destroyed. In theory, he should also perish with the loss of half of his soul.

However, the power of life maintained Thoth's life under the effect of the ritual, and his fate fell into a state between life and death.

The gods of Hermeneus are mortal, so their fate is not immortal. When its master is on the verge of destruction, it will also change.

At this time, the former Isis chose to let Io bear her fate and die in her place.

The fate of the goddess of life Hemenu changed from "life" to death, and she escaped from it and became half a "transparent person".

However, Thoth obviously didn't have such an easy target, so he simply took a simpler, but not at all hidden approach. He directly guided his own destiny towards the authority he left behind on the source sea, deepening the existing connection between the two.

This behavior could not be hidden from anyone. It was impossible to hide its survival like Isis hid it from the god Ra. But as the owner of wisdom and authority, Thoth didn't think that anyone would care about his life or death at this time.

The authority remains there, the destiny remains there, and the foreign gods want to give them all to Him; the god Ra himself goes down to the world, and regardless of victory or defeat, Hermeneus will inevitably suffer a heavy blow.

In this situation, who would care about your life or death?

"Well, of course I care."

"Except for my own life, no one cares more about me than I do—"

Her eyebrows are curved and her voice is sweet and gentle.

Just as she once did in her divine ministry, the Goddess of Life shows her love to all things, and all things must respond to her with love.

With arms outstretched, Isis looked up at the sky. There, an indescribable pressure was falling, and everything that stood in the way would be dissipated.

Only the black and gold colors were still hovering above the source sea. As long as Thoth's mission in the human world had not failed, the power that surrounded him from the beginning would not be withdrawn.

In theory, if the Outer Gods took away this power, Thoth would be able to complete the ritual and he would fail; if he failed, the power of protection would be gone.

Everything old will be crushed, and the new Thoth will be completely reborn. Judging from the experiences of the previous pillar gods, this should not take long.

“But this time, I’m here too~”

Indeed, she did not tamper with the ritual given to Thoth, and Isis did not intend to interfere with the other party's completion of this step. What she wanted was always what the other party did not want.

Since the soul reshaped by her ritual has the attributes of both Ka and Ba... then why can't Isis become a god again at this moment? "I'll use it for now. I've made a lot of contributions. He shouldn't care, right..."

"--Come!"

With a light shout in the sky, the magic priesthood and Thoth's original destiny moved slightly.

At this moment, it is Isis's life force that sustains Thoth's life. As the former goddess of magic, how could she not have corresponding reserves of divine power?
Useless doesn't mean non-existent. Her constant use of life force gave everyone the illusion that Isis only retained some of her so-called goddess of life, but how could this really be the case?

Another completely different aura of divine power emanated from her body. The connection between priesthood and fate directly made Isis another carrier of Thoth's destiny.

If he were still alive, this 'resemblance' would be meaningless, but at this moment, Thoth was half alive and half dead.

wow——

But after a moment's hesitation, divine light descended from the sky, and the magic priesthood and Thoth's fate directly crashed into Isis's body. However, the black-gold light still existed, making the connection between the two somewhat difficult.

The next moment, driven by fate, Thoth's original wisdom priesthood followed closely. When it also fell into the slender figure, an aura close to the ultimate of a true god immediately spread out.

Not far away, Toth, who was still performing the ceremony, suddenly felt a surge of alarm in his heart. He seemed to have discovered the changes outside, but was unable to see the root of the problem.

"Hmm - that's exactly what happened."

"Compared to life, wisdom and magic are more compatible."

Her eyes were bright and the corners of Isis' mouth curled up.

She gathered her strength skillfully and looked at Thoth who was still in the ceremony in front of her.

The barrier presided over by the artifact is still in operation, and all the power brought by the descent of God Thoth is maintaining its operation.

Theoretically, Isis, who had lost her priesthood, would never be able to break it, and even weaker gods would not be able to do anything about this barrier in a short period of time. Thoth believed in its power, just as he believed that rituals that had been tested by the wise priesthood would never have hidden tricks.

"It turns out that what you believe is indeed correct."

"There is no problem with the ceremony. The me before could not interfere with your ceremony."

The fingers slid forward, and the indestructible barrier was easily torn apart in front of Isis.

With the authority of [wisdom] that she possessed at the moment, it was like she was holding a key, and there was no hindrance in opening the lock at all.

tread--

Taking a step forward, Thoth's artifact book struggled for a moment, but finally fell into Isis's hands.

It was not until this moment that Toth finally realized what was happening.

"Isis—"

"What do you want to do? You finally escaped the fate of the god Hemenu, and now you want to take it back? You took away my divine power, do you think the outer gods will let you go?"

“Don’t be naive. He came for the authority of the gods and the power to divide the world. Even if you have done something for Him before, He will not—”

click -

The sound stopped abruptly, and under the gaze of Thoth's half-living, half-dead spirit, he clearly saw a crack in his artifact book.

The gods of Hemenu do not have such a strong vitality, and their artifacts are no different.

As the artifact disintegrated, a ray of light was drawn out from it by Isis and then hovered in her palm.

"You see, we all have bad intentions."

"You abandoned your wisdom and magic, but brought your own artifacts with you. In fact, you have figured out how to survive without me."

"Have you researched a way to become an intelligent 'divine spirit'? After all, words can carry information and wisdom, and you can definitely do that with your authority."

"But you never expected that I would give you a better solution. If you can live and become a god, who would want to become the 'spirit' of an object? So you finally decided to cooperate with me, but in fact, you neither intend to stand on the side of Ra nor want to surrender to the Outer Gods."

"When you have a complete soul, you can smash this artifact and take back the priesthood of books and words. Then no matter what choice you make, you will be able to move forward and backward freely."

An artifact has a master but it cannot really be considered part of the master.

This might be possible in a world like Chaos where priests cannot devour each other's duties, but there is no such thing in Hermeneus.

So this was Thoth's greatest reliance from the beginning to the end, and he always had a way out. But at this moment, his reliance collapsed in Isis's hands and turned back into his original appearance.

"I, who hold the ministry of Life, have never been able to avoid death, and Ra, who is the God of the Sun, may not be able to shine forever. Smart people always die in their own brains, Thoth. The ministry of Wisdom is different from wisdom."

Walking forward slowly, Isis was certainly not prepared to really accept Thoth's fate. Fortunately, the other party had not yet completed the ceremony.

Therefore, the last step she needed to take was to kill him with her own hands, remove the protection of the black and gold intertwined on the authority, and let Thoth's fate die completely, and then return to the original owner.

"—Wait, Isis, we can still talk!"

His expression changed, and it was not until this moment, when he felt the undisguised murderous intent, that Toth finally panicked.

However, he felt that he still had a chance. As the god of wisdom, he had actually made many arrangements for the future a long time ago.

"Isis, listen to me. I have other plans in the human world. I have secretly killed several gnomes' (city-states') guardian gods, but I did not seize the power. I stayed!"

"And more! In the underground, there is Apophis, the serpent of destruction. I once absorbed a little of its power when I accompanied the god Ra in battle on the sun boat. I want to know whether the gods can tolerate the power of chaos. I have some ideas now!"

"Isis, what good will it be for you to kill me? Do you think the foreign gods are good men and women? Look, those Hebrews are bleeding like a river. Did He even take a look? He didn't!"

"Let me go, I can do a lot for you——"

Holding the spirit's 'throat' - although the spirit did not make any sound, Thoth's voice did stop.

Just like when she first saw Io, on the banks of the Nile, Isis walked barefoot on the sand, with flowers blooming and the breeze blowing wherever she walked.

"Toth, you just think too much."

"But from now on, you don't have to worry anymore."

"--No!"

"Isis, I curse..."

click -

The spirit shattered with the wind and gradually turned into nothingness.

The goddess separated the power of wisdom and magic from her body again, and then waited for a while, but everything around her was normal and nothing happened.

"Yeah, I'll use it for a while then~"

Smiling slightly, Isis looked at the place where Thoth had lost his life.

The other party's resentful and fearful eyes are still vivid in my mind, and they are very similar to Shu's appearance at the beginning.

"Tsk, that's ugly."

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The world, the city of the sun.

'Ramses' looked around with sword in hand. All around him were countless fights and wailings.

There were souls of the dead and the Hebrews, souls of the Hebrews among themselves, and souls of the Egyptians and those sinful people he brought with him.

His sword almost caused a riot in the city.

But just now, millions of dead souls shattered in the wind, and Ramses seemed to sense something.

"Are they all dead? ... Toth, I've already given you a chance, but you still couldn't escape."

Even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the sudden increase in Amon Ra's power was clear enough to prove it. And now, it was his turn.

“The sun may set more than once…but no matter how many times, it will rise again.”

"me too."

With [Benben Stone] in hand, La asked himself if he still had the strength to fight.

At least, he could help Amon Ra find out the other party's final trump card.

(End of this chapter)