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Chapter 1553: Chapter 280: God and Man (Part 2)

Seth, in Ancient Egypt mythology, is the embodiment of numerous divine roles.

Yamana knows him, not because Seth is the enemy worshiped by the people of the City of the Sun, but because through the system learning in the outside world, she learned about most of the myths of Ancient Egypt.

Yes, myths… In the eyes of people in the outside world, these are just mythological stories, many of which even carry an element of fun—yet in Yamana’s view, it’s evidently real… right here in this City of the Sun.

Seth… Seth!

Yamana instinctively looked at the hawk-headed humanoid Pharaoh guarding her side, her expression once again stirred, “Hawk-headed humanoid… Hawk-headed, the symbol of Horus… I should have realized it sooner. But why… why is it Father?”

Her two most important men in life now not only are fighting to the death before her, but these two men are respectively symbolizing the two gods in myth—who are naturally rival entities, the Hawk-headed God Horus and Lord of the Desert Seth!

Her mind was now a chaotic mess.

“If… if you truly are Seth, then what about the High Priest… Xie Jiatu? Was my foster father Xie Jiatu pretending to be you from the very start?” This was what Yamana feared at heart at the moment.

“You’ll have to judge that for yourself.” At this moment, “Xie Jiatu” revealed a hint of an evil smile, “That man who accompanied you in the civilization of the outside world for ten years, was it me, or your foster father Xie Jiatu… It’s such a complex issue… And before solving this riddle, you also need to find out whether you really are Yamana or Claudia. This is even more troubling than the Sphinx’s riddle. Isn’t that right, Yamana… no, it should be Claudia… oh no, it should actually be Yamana… or Claudia?”

“Yamana… Claudia… Yamana… Claudia…” she couldn’t help but fall into some sort of mire, her spirit suddenly became vague and lost, and she murmured the two names belonging to her, yet not belonging to her, “I am Yamana… no, I am Claudia… I am… Who am I actually? Who am I… Who am I…”

No physical strike is needed, the mental stimulus is enough to easily destroy the will of the most determined person… “Xie Jiatu” at this moment was full of smiles, then turned to look at the hawk-headed humanoid Pharaoh.

In his view, Yamana now needs no consideration, her mental state is already on the verge of collapse—what he needs to deal with is only the Pharaoh transformed into a hawk-headed humanoid creature… End it, end this mistaken reincarnation of the City of the Sun.

The hawk-headed humanoid Pharaoh was already fallen on the ground, beaten by the hammer-sword of the Golden Scales, bearing far more damage than when that flashing light was broken… “Xie Jiatu” came before it, reached out to grasp a piece of its fleshy wing, and lifted it up.

“Your left eye is your source of power.” “Xie Jiatu” at this moment looked at the dying Pharaoh, calmly said, “Without your left eye, even if your flesh was grown out of the left eye, you’re just a waste… Horus, I am the true Sun God, you’re merely a vile bastard who stole my divine position.”

Saying this, “Xie Jiatu” raised the hammer-sword in his hand once again, with the aid of the Balance’s strong power, the hammer-sword easily pierced through the Pharaoh’s body.

He discarded the gravely injured Pharaoh like trash on the ground… But his gaze was suddenly tightened—because, at the moment he threw the Pharaoh, the final secret room ushered in a few more uninvited guests.

“Xie Jiatu” swept his gaze over, “Are you Otto? My interest in you exceeds the interest in Xie Jiatu… As for you, Princess, how does it feel to see yourself?”

They were clearly the later coming Guardian Otto and the Princess hoping to receive support from the Temple, last but not least was Yiben—whom “Xie Jiatu” automatically ignored.

This was a completely unthreatening fellow.

…

Guardian Mr. Otto didn’t speak, his gaze flickered back and forth around the final secret room—he saw the fallen hawk-headed humanoid creature, aware that this creature was a transformed Pharaoh… This Pharaoh, during the more than half a year Otto was hidden in the City of the Sun, he had seen him more than once.

As for the slumped Yamana, with her vacant eyes and loss of action ability, Guardian Otto was not surprised upon seeing—he killed his own duplicate without any hesitation, naturally regards the fact of the Princess also having a duplicate with nonchalance.

He doesn’t care, but that doesn’t mean the Princess who followed him in does not care… The Princess immediately furrowed her brows, her expression heavy.

“High Priest… Why is here like this?” The Princess’s voice seemed somewhat low and restrained.

“Xie Jiatu” at this time collected his expression, as if reverting back to the revered High Priest, his voice softly stated, “Yamana, as you can see, your doppelgänger from the outside world found its way here, and accidentally intruded into the Oasis Temple… I presume that was because during the last memory exchange, there were some errors, thus causing her to recall some things. She became deranged, wanting to destroy it all… You know, your doppelgänger, after all, is the evil side split by the Balance.”

“How could…” The Princess shook her head at this point, “High Priest, we’ve always conducted psychological evaluations on Claudia… Even though she’s the evil entity of the split side, all education she’s received these years have been teaching her how to be kind. All these years, she’s consistently maintained kindness, without any evil thoughts in her heart, it’s not possible for her suddenly…”

“Because she learned all of this.” “Xie Jiatu” said blandly, “You should be aware, the truth is so cruel to her… Yamana, I am just like you, equally responsible for the tragedy. It’s us who personally drove Claudia insane.”

“Us…” The Princess at this moment exhibited a slight pallor, a flicker of pain crossing in her eyes.

“Precisely, us.” “Xie Jiatu” again softly remarked, “We ought to atone, Yamana… And now, the best way to atone is to let Claudia’s pain forever disappear.”

“Disappear…” The Princess instinctively glanced at the person slumped on the ground, spirit muddled, completely immersed in her own world, “Make her… disappear?”

“That’s right! Yamana, we don’t need two of you.” Xie Jiatu reached out to the Princess and said softly, “You are the perfect one, you are the kind side, you can become the perfect Vessel… Only you can truly save the City of the Sun. Come, come to my side, and together we will set her free and release her from this pain.”

The Princess slowly walked forward… and then she stopped, suddenly halting her steps under the influence of a peculiar sound!

The source of the sound—was the Carbon Fiber Black Knife in the hand of the Night Watchman, striking the floor!

This wasn’t just randomly hitting the floor but followed some special rhythm… The sound of the Carbon Fiber Black Knife hitting the floor pierced into the Princess’s brain like a needle, causing a faint ache in her head.

“What is this sound?” Xie Jiatu looked at Guardian Otto, a glint of cold light flashing through his eyes.

Mr. Otto the Night Watchman said unhurriedly, “This is a technique of controlling sound, from a mysterious family in a country in the Far East Region… Actually, it doesn’t have much effect, but it’s quite good at calming people down, especially when they are agitated and easily confused.”

The Princess was immediately shocked, realizing that her previous state was clearly abnormal, with her thoughts unable to process, “High Priest… you… you hypnotized me?”

She felt a surge of anger rise within her… she had trusted this man before her so much!

“I was merely guiding you to make the correct choice and saving you the time of thinking and hesitating,” Xie Jiatu said calmly, “We should seek more efficient means… Yamana, we shouldn’t waste time on indecision, but instead focus on creating the Vessel. You are no longer naïve, and you should understand what you should and shouldn’t do.”

The Princess remained silent… She looked at the unresponsive her, then at the Hawk-Headed Humanoid Creature Pharaoh lying on the ground, uncertain of life or death, and suddenly said, “High Priest, is the situation here under control now?”

Xie Jiatu, though somewhat surprised at the Princess’s question, nodded nonetheless.

The Princess hurriedly said, “The desert monsters have begun an uprising, now charging toward the walls of the City of the Sun… Without the protection of the inner border, the walls alone cannot possibly withstand the monsters. So please open the inner border quickly! Let’s deal with this situation after the crisis is over!”

“Monster uprising?” Xie Jiatu frowned.

This last chamber is completely isolated from the outside world—the so-called last chamber is actually in the passage connecting the outside world to the City of the Sun, itself an independent space.

“Yes, monster uprising!” The Princess said urgently, “Please open the inner border immediately, otherwise the entire City of the Sun will be destroyed, and all our hard work will be ruined!”

Xie Jiatu shook his head, “Since that’s the case, let’s allow it to develop naturally… Yamana, the power of the gods is limited, and can’t continue to hold the inner border. But it’s fine, as long as the people in the pool remain, we can soon rebuild an identical City of the Sun… hmm?”

Bang bang bang—!

Bullets directly hit the gold armor on his body, a scene that seemed to have happened not long ago—the bullets certainly couldn’t penetrate the Balance’s golden armor, but they made him frown, saying in a deep voice, “Yamana, what are you doing.”

“Not doing anything.” The Princess exhaled slowly, “Just making preparations for the worst… The High Priest, he, Xie Jiatu, my adoptive father, would never force me to do things I dislike, nor would he ever speak of abandoning the City of the Sun in my presence. He certainly wouldn’t harm the Pharaoh. Because he would know, this would only make me sad. The real Xie Jiatu wouldn’t make me sad. And you… are not him.”

“Hmph.” Xie Jiatu snorted coldly, “Raising you all these years seems to have been in vain… Very well, you, like everything here, return to the most primitive material. I will rebuild a new City of the Sun… Since the monsters outside are rioting, it saves me the trouble of destroying this place.”

At that, Xie Jiatu directly reached out across the air, an invisible force instantly gripping the Princess’s neck… she couldn’t struggle, no matter how skilled she was, how could she deal with such an already Non-Human power?

The Nightwatcher Otto saw this and moved without warning… leaping, the carbon fiber Black Knife slashing down in an instant!

The sharp blade struck Xie Jiatu’s golden Balance armor, the sound reverberating in the last chamber, surprisingly no less than the sound of gunshots!

The strike didn’t cleave through the golden armor but made Xie Jiatu’s steps falter slightly… Xie Jiatu looked at the Nightwatcher Otto in surprise, yet swung to grab him, but the Nightwatcher Otto deftly dodged, retreating continuously.

Xie Jiatu couldn’t grab the Nightwatcher Otto as he had done to the Princess.

“Just a mere mortal…” A hint of killing intent flashed in Xie Jiatu’s eyes, “Merely living a bit longer, learning a bit more, and daring to challenge the gods?”

The Nightwatcher Otto said calmly, “I have no intention of challenging the gods, since strictly speaking, I also live to this day because of a certain god-like existence’s power. I am more in awe of Transcendent powers than anyone… but I also said, if you want to trap me here, I will become crazy… You’ll never understand what a madman wants to do. If I’m insane, even a god I’d dare to kill… Whether it can be killed, let’s find out after trying!”

“Hmph.” Xie Jiatu laughed contemptuously, “The difference between gods and humans is that humans can never kill gods… while gods can kill humans with just a flick of a finger! Otto, my interest in you only stems from the so-called Lamp God that granted you longevity… It seems that the power of this Lamp God is quite good! Humans’ efficiency in working for me is too low, this Lamp God looks like it might be decent. If you’re willing to bring this Lamp God to me, I might consider granting you freedom, letting you return to the outside world.”

Upon hearing this, the Princess quickly looked at the Nightwatcher, knowing this was a significant temptation…