Four-Armed Divine Emperor

With such an unknown past, he was so lucky that he could get a glimpse of the past of the gods as a mortal!

"The Amen-Ra people preserved the stories about their children, their leaders, their gods... and also the culprit who destroyed their homeland. They sealed them here, waiting for future generations to discover..." Kevin was very excited. "The slaves and craftsmen who built this place were buried with their masters, the survivors of Amen-Ra. After the last Amen-Ra survivors who knew everything about the past died and were sealed in the tomb, this place was forever isolated from the outside world. The fire priests regarded this place as a burial place for saints and followers of the gods, but they didn't know that what was truly buried here was the past of the gods they served. Oh my God! We are the first people in thousands of years to enter here and know the secrets within! This is a secret that even those great beings of the past, who are equal to the Gray King, including the wizards of the White Tower, have never understood!"

Knowledge and power are not something that anyone can master. There are thresholds, and talent and opportunity determine the upper and lower limits. Kevin is not a very good wizard. He has devoted his entire life to the system of nine-ring arcane magic, and it is estimated that he can only stop below the fifth ring.

But history is different.

Anyone who can read and has normal intelligence can understand the secrets hidden in history.

And at this moment, this is a unique achievement belonging to Kevin. He feels that he is standing at the highest point of the White Tower. The ultimate of magic is to walk your own path, and archaeology is to unearth those unknown secrets buried in the past on the basis of everything that has been learned, so that they can see the light of day again.

As the discoverer of ancient secrets, Kevin will undoubtedly become a giant in this field, just like the white-robed wizards in the field of magic...

As he was immersed in the intoxication of discovering a shocking secret and his curiosity was greatly satisfied, someone among his companions who had been silent all the way finally spoke.

"Strictly speaking, we're not the first 'visitors' to come here since the 'Tomb of Amen-Ra' was sealed." An elegant woman in the group raised a finger, looking at Kevin who turned away, and said, "Before us, there was another very important visitor."

Kevin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said, "Yes, yes, this place was mentioned in the Book of Ancient Kings. Apparently, even though Amen-Ra was closed off, many people knew of its existence and special status. They more or less passed this information on, so it's not surprising that some people later followed the map and came looking for it."

The woman's name was Anna. She looked like she was from the western continent of Tartarus, just like Kevin. She had short hair as black as ink and eyes as deep as the night, which made Kevin secretly guess that she might be a pure Aegean woman. She was also an "archaeologist" like him, and she was very capable in all aspects. Kevin had a good impression of her and had always planned to try to have in-depth contact with her after discovering the secret of the Tomb of Amen-Ra.

But Anna shook her head slightly. They were now on the main road of this maze of tombs buried under the yellow sand and isthmus.

The Tomb of Amen-Ra is a complete replica of the form of Amen-Ra before it was destroyed by the Gray King. It is even larger than the original Amen-Ra.

Their destination was the great temple in the heart of the town, a temple dedicated to the King of Ashes and his immense power—and a temple dedicated to their compatriots who had been affected by the disturbances caused by the power of the incarnate god who could have led this city-state and this tribe to supreme glory during the destruction of Amen-Ra.

Some Amen-Ra people regarded the appearance of the Gray King as a revelation, as a blessing bestowed by the supreme destiny; and this was indeed the case. Although the Gray King had a violent temper and treated the Fire Worshipers who considered themselves to be "of the same race" as the gods, foreign enemies, and even slaves without any distinction, he did use his violent and fiery power to lead the "Fire Worshipers" who were not called that name at the time to the pinnacle of all mortal races, and became a glorious civilization that has been passed down to this day.

Therefore, the destroyed Amen-Ra and its compatriots who were affected and burned to death in the "fetal movement of the gods" were considered "martyrs" in the process of the birth of the gods from this perspective. They sacrificed them together with the Gray King to commemorate them and the "great sacrifice" they made.

"I'm not talking about those scholars like you, filled with curiosity. Some of them did find traces of this place, but they never truly glimpsed the true appearance of Amen-Ra's Tomb. Strictly speaking, we were the first 'outsiders' to set foot here. But after the coffin of the last remnant of Amen-Ra was brought into this city by slaves and placed in houses that were intentionally modeled after the style of the former Amen-Ra, the slaves were killed, and the rest were transferred south to participate in the ancient empire's foreign wars. After this city was isolated from the outside world, someone who once 'belonged' to this place came here."

"He is not an outsider to 'Amen-Ra'."

Anna's eyes swept across both sides of the street. In the coffins placed in the courtyards and in the middle of the houses lay skeletons from thousands of years ago.

Almost everyone who once belonged to Amen-Ra is here. Even if someone died in battle, his body would be brought back at all costs.

This is what the remnants of Amen-La, who hold great influence in the ancient empire, are doing with all their might.

But there is definitely one missing.

......

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Kevin's breathing suddenly became rapid, his eyes widened, and he stuttered with a bit of uncertainty: "You, you mean, He, the Gray King, the King of Ashes has been here before?!"

"Yes, that's right, he must have been here! This is his home, his past, and all his people are buried here! This is the burial place of the supreme god, the Ash King, the only connection between him and the mortal world! How could he not have been here!"

151: The War of the Ancients and the Legacy of the Witch-King

The White Tower, the white-robed wizards, and the "Witch Kings" who once towered over all mortal beings are undoubtedly the two opposing factions of good and evil in the mainstream thinking of the world of Il today.

They all have one thing in common, that is, they are the pinnacle of power in this world and the highest combat power of both the enemy and our camps.

But compared to the old kings who were called gods, the power of the white-robed wizard, who was a "near god", was undoubtedly weaker.

Even the fanatics who revered the white robes and disparaged the ancient kings had to admit this:

In the process of the mortal beings uniting together, led by the white-robed wizards, to launch a subversive war against the ancient kings who were engaged in a brutal civil war, there has never been a single case in which the "justice" side won a one-on-one battle with the Witch King.

The coalition forces have always been in groups, but the ancient kings who have been at the top for thousands of years, or even longer, dating back to the beginning of intelligent life, have long been accustomed to the days of "being alone as a god".

They are worshipped as gods by mortals, and they indeed regard themselves as true gods, although this "god" still has seven emotions and six desires, just as Ai'er pursues, and is a personal god, rather than the personification of natural laws.

In that war whose cause and outcome are unknown, the witch kings fought against each other in a brutal battle. Their families and countries suffered heavy losses in the war. The worst-case scenario is that some of the once-prominent ethnic groups and countries even disappeared in the dust of history, turning into a historical term, or only a few bloodlines were left to survive in some corner.

The elves have a rare bloodline, and due to various reasons, only one in ten survived a major change. As a result, they can still live a comfortable life as a "rare ethnic group" under the White Tower order today. They have branches in various places, and there is an independent elven island country overseas as the last pure land of the ethnic group. They even have the ability to support the Goths in waging war against the Kronos Empire... They are already very lucky.

Some rare ethnic groups that once existed in the world, whose talents and expertise were no less than or even better than those of the elves, ended up in a much more miserable situation than the elves.

For example, there's a tribe with a third eye between their eyebrows that can detect situations, cast special spells, and live a long life. They can also communicate with each other telepathically. They appear taller than ordinary humans. They are a tribe of followers transformed by a witch king. Because they remained loyal to their gods during the war, they were almost completely slaughtered. Only a small number are said to have been taken away by the witch king and exiled to the endless void...

The Witch King undoubtedly failed in the War of Subversion. For these high and mighty mortal gods, their believers were slaughtered, their palaces and temples were occupied and burned down, they were either besieged and killed, or they packed up and ran away... There is no other word to describe it except failure.

The wizards of the White Tower broke the "Old Bindings" dominated by the Witch King, liberated magic, and overthrew the slave owners who were high and mighty in the name of God. They then built the White Tower and re-integrated all the laws of the world into one... Ai'er did not pay much attention to whether this war was just or not, or whether there would be a situation where the dragon slayer turned into an evil dragon afterwards.

He only focuses on one thing:

the Witch King;

the power of the Witch-King;

It was not stated explicitly in the White Tower era, but the term "exile" was used instead. However, it is also possible that the ancient kings packed up and ran away before others came to their door to cut their losses in time.

The power these beings possess is greater than that of a single White Tower Mage. During the Exile Campaign, it was often necessary for several, or even multiple, White Robe Mages to join forces to fight against an Ancient King, with hundreds or even thousands of less powerful warriors assisting them in order to win.

The Witch Kings were expelled from the world of El, but they did not disappear completely. In the past, there have been several incidents of "exiles" counterattacking the world of El. In Tartarus and the Eastern Continent, they secretly worship the ancient kings and hope that they will come again. Like the "Father Honor Sect" of El, the cult organizations recognized by the mainstream official have never been cut off and are still growing tenaciously all over the world. When the Father Honor Sect was active in the Alan Empire, it came into contact with many such cult organizations. Of course, some of them cannot be called "organizations" at all. They can only be regarded as some kind of special circle of like-minded people?

Some "pure-blooded" White Tower wizards may secretly learn and study knowledge about the Witch King out of a pursuit of power, or simply out of curiosity or anti-establishment sentiment.

To the Four-Armed people, the existence of the Witch King is as great a threat to Ai'er as those White Tower wizards who travel the astral plane. From several events that have happened in the past, it can be seen that these former powerful ones have not given up the "temptation of returning home" because of the passage of time. The previous few times were more like tests. When they found that they were not easy to deal with and were not completely sure, they temporarily stopped.

The mages have obtained many treasures and knowledge from other worlds in the astral world, while the sorcerer kings who were also "exiled to the void" have no reason to

Chapter 300

For thousands of years, it has been complacent.

It's hard to say whether these once-destined sons of the Il world, overthrown by indifferent mortals and instantly reduced from lofty gods to defeated dogs who lost their homeworld, have learned their lesson and united to form a counterattack organization. And what new adventures have they encountered in the Outer Realm Void over this long period of time?

Their power alone is greater than that of a single White Tower Mage. According to common knowledge, such exceptional individuals might be more suitable for exploring the Outlands...

If Ai'er had not descended upon the small village of Devangel, then the next "main line of the world" of the Tartarus continent and the entire Ai'er world might be the "return of the old gods" or the "return of the exiles to their homeland."

But now...

In order to fight against the strongest possible force in this world, El must understand, and even... seize the power they possess.

No one knows what the backup plans and "legacy" the white-robed wizards left for this world are, and no one knows how much they are. But it is obvious that those things will only be placed on the floating city and controlled by the direct descendants of the great wizards. In the short term, Ai'er has not thought about confronting the floating city head-on.

Apart from this, all he could think of and obtain was the legacy of the powerful people from the previous era who had been defeated in the struggle.

The "Lord of Ashes", the son of Amen-Ra, is an ancient king revered by Zoroastrians as the "Eternal Sun" and the "Sun God" - the Ancient God.

According to various descriptions of deeds, in the Zoroastrian mythology, the Gray King "Mithras" was definitely a moody, cruel and violent god. For example, forcing mortal nobles and kings to perform fire sacrifices was considered a good thing. There were also several times when he directly set fire to the city because of anger, which was regarded as "God's punishment" by people at that time.

Even if such a person had a twisted "childhood", his bad temperament might have its roots in it, but he was definitely not an easy person to get along with. Even among the group of the Witch King - "the Gods", he was the least popular and the least welcomed. In the War of the Old Times, the Grey King almost never joined forces with anyone. He was a loner from beginning to end, except for those clansmen who crawled at the Grey King's feet and obeyed his orders.

This situation is also easy to understand:

The King of Ashes hates everyone, including himself. He may never have figured out whether the power in him is a "blessing" or a "curse", so naturally he has no good feelings towards those who are equal to him.

But such a capricious god, when he retreats in defeat, doesn't even care much about his own clan, but he will definitely have a "special liking" for a place.

Amen Ra.

Where his past was buried.

It is his tomb and also the tomb of his people.

It took the Four-Armed Man a lot of effort to find this place, but it was definitely easy for mortals, including archaeologists including mages.

After Al personally came and confirmed that there was indeed something here that involved another powerful existence, the descendants who had already controlled Sylvain made discovering the secrets here their main agenda.

As for Al?

When it comes to another extraordinary person standing at the top of the world, even if he can use his psychic power to sense the time a thousand years ago, he is no longer afraid of the possible threat posed by a Witch King. However, the Gray King has been gone for too long. The mark he left in Amen-Ra is like a room with "traces of habitation" left by an immortal who settled somewhere for a period of time a thousand years ago. If we want to infer the situation of this person a thousand years later based solely on this, it is obviously like looking for a sword in a boat and trying to catch fish in a tree.

He naturally wants to be more cautious.

What if the Gray King left some mark on Amen-La, and He sensed it as soon as he moved, and rushed out on the spot to catch Al off guard? That would be bad.

He let his descendants explore the way first, and he used psychic power to monitor remotely. In this way, if a giant really rushed out from the other end and Al was not sure he could deal with it, he would have time and room to deal with such an emergency.

Of course, this is the worst case scenario.

This means that Ai'er's power is far from being at the pinnacle of the world. He can't even deal with the wizards who travel among the stars and the Witch King who may make a comeback at any time, so he has to take it step by step.

152: Door

Through psychic deduction of the past and the future, Ai'er learned that the King of Ashes had "visited" the land of Amen-Ra at least twice.

The first one is the farthest, and the second one is a little closer, but it is also thousands of years ago.

During these two visits, the Gray King left something in here. As for the details... he is still waiting for his descendants to discover them.

......

"He first came here when all the remaining people of Amen-Ra had passed away and the Tomb of Amen-Ra was isolated and sealed."

Anna looked at the words carved on the stone slab and slowly told a story from the past.

Kevin was puzzled as to how she could be so sure, but then he thought that since she had the ability to lead him to discover a place like Amen-La, it was not surprising that she knew more secrets.

"As the only surviving Amen-Ra, it's not unusual for him to come to his own people's cemetery to commemorate the past." Kevin continued Anna's words, "But, could there be a second time?"

"How do you think Amen-Ra was buried beneath the earth?"

"The yellow sand, the cracks, the underground world, the ingenious creation of nature, just happened to allow this city to be submerged and buried, while avoiding countless invasions over the long years and remaining undiscovered?"

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She took the board off, picked it up with one hand and handed it to Kevin, who quickly took it, only to find that the weight of the board was beyond his imagination, and the woman could actually pick it up with one hand...

"The Gray King, who hates everything, including himself, has mixed feelings towards Amen-Ra. He came from here, yet he destroyed this place with his own hands..."

"His past is buried here. The Gray King was already a god when he left here, but here he is still just a mortal. He neither wants to face his past nor does he want this place to be seen by outsiders. So he used his power to personally seal off the city of Amen-La and bury it beneath the yellow sand."

"You thought this desert in Sylvania was caused by environmental changes, but in reality... it was entirely created by the might of the Ash King."

"Back then, the White Tower hadn't yet been built, and the Il world was still in its ancient, barbaric state. The Gray King was one of the most powerful beings of the time. He put a lot of effort into accomplishing all of this, silently and without leaving any obvious traces. Therefore, no one ever discovered the problem with this desert."

"Then, as time passed... When the Gray King returned to this place again, the coalition of white-robed wizards had already declared war on the declining Witch Kings. They overthrew the Witch King's temples, slaughtered the gods' followers, and defeated the Witch King's forces, whose strength had been weakened after the brutal civil war..." As they spoke, everyone came to the center of the town.

A pyramid-like building appeared in front of everyone.

The group of people were in perfect harmony and without any communication, they split up into several groups and headed in different directions. Kevin followed Anna's group and began to climb up the huge stone steps.

At the top of the pyramid is a platform.

A huge ancient bronze door stands on it.

"Even among the almighty gods, the Ash King is notoriously capricious. He regularly sacrifices his elites and ruling nobles to please the gods... This kind of cruelty is rare among the gods."

"The Grey King's power is undoubtedly among the strongest among the Witch Kings, but because of his harsh personality and hatred for his own kind, he clearly resents and envies those like the Elves' Radiant Queen, who grew up 'happily', guided by the elders, and supported by their tribe... Therefore, he has no allies among the Witch Kings, and even those with whom he has a decent relationship and can cooperate are few and far between."

"Apparently, the Zoroastrians were deeply influenced by their masters, and their diplomatic performance was a disaster..." Kevin followed up Anna's words and made a joke. Anna turned her head and looked at him with a faint smile.

This made Kevin feel quite encouraged.

In terms of professionalism, he was confident that he could rank among the best in the world, and this was true, otherwise the Four-Armed Man would not have specifically sought him out.

"The Mortal Alliance was wise. At the beginning of the war, they didn't attack everywhere and blindly expand their enemy forces. After the war broke out, they prioritized raising their flags in the western continent and establishing a solid foundation. Then, they targeted those enemies with weaker strength and clans, and those lacking allies... But the King of Ashes had the honor and misfortune of being a 'powerful individual' and being considered a priority target by the White Tower mages."

"The mages established an anchor point in the northern wilderness of the Kipchak Steppe, quietly gathering there, and then swiftly rushed south to execute their decapitation plan. They fought a fierce battle in Iskhanfar with the Ash King and his army. The battle ended with casualties on both sides. The White Tower mages escaped unscathed, but the Ash King realized how dangerous it was to act alone. However, his pride would not allow him to cooperate with his own kind, whom he hated and envied. He would rather die in battle like those losers, or..."

Anna looked at the bronze door and said with emotion:

"Exiled into the void."

"I don't know which outcome is better, a soul that died in battle or a dog that has lost its home, but it's clear that the Gray King chose the latter."

"The records of the White Tower clearly state that after that war, the Grey King essentially gave up control of the empire he had built in the mortal world, allowing mortals to manipulate it. He only took a few close relatives—or, in the Grey King's opinion, tools that were still useful to him—with him and left for the north."

"After their failed operation, the mages reorganized a massive expedition. For this operation, and also out of revenge against the Grey King, the elves provided massive support, enabling the mages' army to cross vast rivers and mountains and reach the heart of the Grey King's empire."

"During the pursuit, most of the Gray King's followers were killed, leaving only a few survivors. However, some followed their master and successfully escaped the White Tower's pursuit."

"Where they went, no one knows, but the mages announced that they had ended the tyranny of the Ash King and supported local forces to divide up the Ash King's legacy. They were no longer hindered by the Fire Tyrant, which clearly confirmed this fact."

Kevin's eyes suddenly widened as he listened: "So, what does this have to do with us coming here... Wait!"

"You mean, that door... where the Ash King last came? This is where Amen-Ra is?"

Anna, who was almost parallel to Kevin at this time, nodded.

"Yes."

"He left the world of El through Amen-Ra and escaped into the void...