The Witcher: The Journey to Transcendence from Marvel.

Chapter 78 A good show

"Is he hiding or has he left the underground palace?"

Weiss carefully explored every corner of the underground palace. The passage of the underground palace was dark and silent, with only his light footsteps echoing in the air.

However, after a thorough search, no trace of Imhotep was found.

This made Wes certain that Imhotep had left the underground palace.

Then Wes also left the underground palace and headed for Cairo. He drove a flying car, and the legend of the "Ten Plagues" emerged in his mind.

He longed to witness the legendary "Ten Plagues" with his own eyes and feel the shock brought by the power beyond nature.

Wes skillfully controlled the flying car, passing through the sky above cities, and the scenery along the way flashed before his eyes.

He successfully arrived at the hotel before O'Connor and his group.

Not long after, O'Connor, Evelyn and Jonathan rushed back to the hotel and saw Wes sitting leisurely in the hotel lobby waiting.

"Aren't you still in the underground palace?" O'Connor asked in surprise. O'Connor's hair was a little messy and there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead. It was obvious that he was quite tired from traveling all the way.

But the next second, he no longer cared about this question, because his mind was already occupied by the thought of leaving Egypt. "We must leave here as soon as possible. This place is too dangerous."

Evelyn had different plans, she wanted to stay.

"Are you crazy?" Not only O'Connor, Jonathan also had no idea what his sister was thinking.

"Didn't you see that mummy? Guns are useless to him!" Jonathan said anxiously. He looked at Evelyn worriedly, fearing that she would make some unwise decision.

Evelynn firmly believed that it was her fault for releasing Imhotep, and she wanted to stop all this from happening and make up for her mistake.

The two of them kept arguing, their voices getting louder and louder, and their emotions becoming more and more excited.

O'Connor tried to convince Evelyn that the most urgent thing was to protect herself and others rather than risk staying in a dangerous place, but Evelyn's stubbornness made O'Connor feel helpless.

In the end, they parted on bad terms, and Evelyn returned to her room, feeling as heavy-hearted as if a huge rock was pressing on her.

O'Connor and Jonathan went to the hotel bar to have a drink and relax.

They sat in a corner, silently gazing at the liquid in their glasses. O'Connor's brow was furrowed, Jonathan's face was blank, and they were both silent, each lost in their own thoughts.

As for Weiss, he was completely ignored by them once again.

Wes didn't care about their attitude at all. He sat quietly aside. He didn't join their argument, but silently observed everyone's emotional changes.

The adventurers who had been to Hamunaptra were now gathered in the bar, celebrating their escape from that ghostly place.

They talked and laughed loudly, and the glasses in their hands kept clinking together, making crisp sounds. The bar was filled with laughter. Everyone was sharing their own adventures and proving to each other how lucky they were to have escaped.

Someone excitedly poured the wine from their glass into their mouth, but the next moment, they immediately spit it out. "Puff!" For a moment, the bar was filled with the sound of spitting wine, and everyone put down their glasses.

"What's that smell?" He frowned tightly, his eyes fixed on the wine glass in his hand. The wine in the glass gave off a strange smell.

"Why does it smell like blood?" another man said in horror. He put down his wine glass tremblingly, his face turning pale.

O'Connor keenly noticed that the water in the hotel's fountain had turned into blood, and the red liquid was flashing strangely under the light.

Various shrill wailing sounds began to be heard outside the hotel. The people of Cairo were horrified to find that the river water had turned blood red. The fish that had been swimming freely in the river died one after another. The river water emitted a disgusting stench and could no longer be used by people.

"The Ten Plagues!! The Ten Plagues have arrived!!"

Suddenly, huge hailstones fell from the sky, accompanied by the roar of thunder and the howling of strong winds, like the hammer of judgment at the end of the world.

Hailstones, like cannonballs, mercilessly destroyed crops, houses, and livestock. Pedestrians on the streets panicked and sought shelter, but the hailstorm was too powerful. Those who could not escape could only huddle in corners or under eaves, praying that the disaster would end soon.

Now, those who had been holding on to hope had to believe that the legendary "Ten Plagues" had really befallen them.

But Weiss keenly noticed something unusual.

The scale of the "Ten Plagues" was limited to the city of Cairo. According to ancient records, the "Ten Plagues" should have affected the entire Egypt.

So far, there have only been "locust plagues", "hail plagues" and "bloody floods".

Everything seems to be under control and cannot be compared with the legendary "Ten Plagues" at all.

The streets and alleys of Cairo were filled with people kneeling, praying devoutly to the Egyptian gods. Some elderly people knelt on the ground, clasped their hands together, and muttered something, while children hugged their parents tightly, crying one after another.

The sound of their chanting grew louder and louder, gradually becoming one and the same, impacting people's hearts wave after wave. Some things invisible to the naked eye slowly floated into the air with their prayers, and then disappeared, as if pulled by a mysterious force.

"Is this faith?" Wes stood outside the crowd, observing all this. What exactly do these invisible forces mean?
Weiss increasingly felt that Imhotep's resurrection was no accident, but was carefully planned. He recalled his previous experience in Hamunaptra, and there seemed to be a deeper reason behind all this.

During this period, Egypt was colonized by Britain, and its economy, culture and beliefs suffered a great impact.

Britain's powerful ships and guns shattered the country's former confidence, and their prayers were not answered in the face of Britain's powerful army.

The lives of the Egyptian people became increasingly difficult. They began to doubt everything they once believed in, and everyone began to believe that the guns in their hands were the only power to protect themselves.

In this context, releasing Imhotep to cause natural disasters and reap faith, is this the real purpose of the Egyptian gods?

Through these natural disasters, the gods seemed to be trying to restore people's reverence for their ancient beliefs.

As for those who died among them, the gods didn't seem to care.

"What a great show! Imhotep, O'Connor, and Evelynn are just pawns." Wes couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

(End of this chapter)