Chapter 17: Deceiving the Ancients (Two in One)

[What on earth is going on? ]

Aknadi, who couldn't sleep, was in a mess. He left his room and came to the windowsill, looking at the full moon above the desert, but his heart could not calm down no matter what.

["Millennium Artifact", this is the secret treasure of this country, but not many people know how it was made...] The one-eyed Aknadi is the only first-generation priest who is still in office, and at that time, the manufacture of the "Millennium Artifact" was also presided over by him.

[The "Millennium Artifact" is a divine artifact recorded in the secret "Magic Encyclopedia" of our country, and is the essence of the "Dark Alchemy" volume...] Aknadi sat on a stone chair on the windowsill. The cold marble allowed this old man with too many unbearable memories to recall his past a little calmly. [Among the priests and soldiers who went to cast the artifact, I should have been the only one who came back... I should have been the only one who knew that step...]

The reason why Aknadi cast the "Millennium Artifact" was to deal with the attack of the Phoenicians. Back then, the Phoenicians who refused to serve the Pharaoh rebelled because they didn't know that the Phoenicians had been preparing for so long. The Egyptian army suffered a great loss: the Phoenician war elephant troops were invincible and defeated the Egyptian army - at the most dangerous time, they were only a week away from the Egyptian capital.

Seeing that the country was about to be lost, the former Pharaoh Akkanan had no choice but to place his hopes on his younger brother Aknadi, and Aknadi's method was to create a "millennium artifact".

[Artifact? Haha, artifact...] Touching the "millennium eye" on his face, Aknadi showed a self-deprecating smile - no one knew better than him what he had done to make these artifacts come into being, [If this is an artifact, then the god should be bloodthirsty, right? ]

Because in order to cast a "millennium artifact", a large number of humans need to be killed, and their blood, oil and even souls are mixed with gold as raw materials for dark alchemy, so that the "millennium artifact" can be summoned from the underworld.

Yes, "summon" the millennium artifact, not "cast" it!

For so many years, only Aknadi knew that the "millennium artifact" was not cast at all, but summoned! When human blood mixed with souls flowed into the magic circle, the gate of the underworld opened, and what appeared in front of Aknadi was the stone slab with the "Millennium Artifact"... and a powerful evil god behind the stone slab!

Fortunately, the evil god seemed to be injured and had not fully recovered, so Aknadi installed the "Millennium Eye" on himself in time and used the power of the Millennium Artifact to drive away the evil god... At that time, the evil god's words "I will come back" have never been forgotten by him for so many years.

[Artifact... Is this "God" referring to the evil god? ] Even if the cold wind blew in the middle of the night, it could not blow away Aknadi's tangled mood. He still remembered that in order to complete the artifact that could reverse the victory, Aknadi led his army to a place called "Kreierna Village". [Because some villagers there often assisted tomb robbers to hide in the village, and some villagers were even tomb robbers themselves. This is an unforgivable sin in our country that attaches great importance to tombs, so I chose this place as the place to cast the "Millennium Artifact"...]

This is what Aknadi has been saying to himself for so many years, but today, when he saw the white-haired boy in the nightmare doing exactly the same thing (in form), Aknadi suddenly woke up.

These... are all lies to himself! Massacre is massacre, even if it is a sinner, at least a trial is needed to take his life! What's more, in order to keep it secret, he not only killed the villagers, but also pushed his soldiers and followers into the mass grave...

[Since that time, can I... still be considered a priest? 】Looking at his hands, even though they were old, they looked very clean. Only Aknadi himself knew how much blood was stained on these hands...

A load-bearing wall in Aknadi's heart seemed to have begun to crack today. From behind the wall, Aknadi could see a hideous face laughing at him!

【I...】

When Aknadi was questioning his own existence, suddenly, a violent energy began to erupt in the palace not far away!

"What is going on?" Aknadi looked up, [That direction is the Pharaoh's bedroom! 】

"Ang!" The red dragon god leaped up and circled in the sky; at this time, another dinosaur possessed by ice raised its head from the ground. Facing the legendary Lord of the Underworld, it dared to raise its head and roar? !

Maybe because he was frozen stupid?

"What a powerful elf... This is the phantom of the Pharaoh!" Aknadi looked at the scene in shock, "And what is that thing? Why haven't I seen it before?!" The more Aknadi looked at it, the more he felt that he had to get the news as soon as possible, so he whistled into the sky, and then a shadowy figure suddenly half-knelt behind Aknadi. He knelt on the ground motionless, like a sculpture.

"Did anyone go to the Pharaoh's palace tonight?" Aknadi asked seriously - obviously, he has channels to learn about the Pharaoh's life at any time, and judging from his skillful appearance, this piece of information The channel has obviously been in business for a long time.

"Go back to Master Aknadi. Tonight, only Master Seth went to the palace to meet the Pharaoh."

The man in black replied calmly, but Aknadi, who usually remained calm no matter what the situation, was stunned after hearing the news.

"My lord? My lord?" Seeing that Akhnadi still had no instructions, the man in black began to take the initiative and said, "Is there anything that I need to do for you?"

He already felt that something was not right about the current situation, and planned to take a mission and run away quickly - he didn't want to suddenly hear something he shouldn't have heard today and be silenced.

"It's okay, you can go down..." Aknadi waved his hand, and soon the man in black left - he was a smart man and knew what he saw and what he didn't see tonight.

【Set... shouldn't it? 】

"Ang!" "Roar!"

At this time, the "Sky Dragon of Osiris" in the sky had already begun to attack: the "Thunder Summoning Bullet" from his mouth shot out and hit the "Frost Brachiosaurus" standing on the ground. Although the "Frost Brachiosaurus" had rough skin and thick flesh, it had no way to ignore the blow. It was shaken to the point of collapse, but it did not passively take the beating. Instead, it gathered all the cold power in its body and spit out an ice ball. He responded to the Lord of the Underworld!

[Is that the elf of Set? It's very powerful...but it's too early to take it out now! 】When "Frost Brachiosaurus" was attacked, Aknadi felt more distressed than if it was hit on himself, "If you hide this card, it's totally fine... Eh?" 】

But just when Aknadi thought the two were about to fight to death, the "Frost Brachiosaurus" suddenly wailed and disappeared; at the same time, the Lord of the Underworld also returned to his own country, as if these two guys just came out to fight. Just playing...

This development made Aknadi even more strange.

————The Great Disaster of the Evil God——————

On the morning of the next day, when the Pharaoh came to the main hall to face all the ministers and priests, everyone noticed that where there used to be six high priests, there were now only five people standing, and among them the most striking one. The young priest suddenly disappeared this morning!

However, Yugi's expression looked very calm, as if he had known about this for a long time; it was not until Yugi sat on the throne and Simon announced for everyone to start speaking that the great priest Aknadi asked with some confusion: " Great Pharaoh, what happened in the battle in your palace last night? Also, do you know where Seth went?"

Seth was not only the holder of the Millennium Artifact "Thousand-Year Tin Staff", which was recognized as the master of killing, but he was also an excellent general, leading one of the most elite troops in Egypt. His sudden disappearance often meant many things.

Among them, Akhnadi is the most nervous among all people - what others don't know is that Seth is his biological son, and Akhnadi is also the younger brother of the previous pharaoh Akkanen. In theory, Seth is his biological son. Te also has the qualifications to inherit the throne of Pharaoh.

After many years of operation and Seth's own talent, Aknadi finally made his son the holder of the most powerful thousand-year artifact "The Thousand-Year Tin Staff". At the same time, he also allowed Seth to control the military power. Originally, as long as he waited for the time to mature, Seth's becoming Pharaoh was almost a certainty.

But just last night, Seth suddenly went to find the Pharaoh alone, and he disappeared the next morning! This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Akhnadi. On the second day after the Pharaoh succeeded to the throne, the high priest fled, which made Akhnadi's heart suddenly shrink. tight.

[Could it be that Seth has already been with Pharaoh...]

In order to avoid the big trouble that the previous generation of pharaohs, that is, Akhnadi's brother Akkanen, eradicated Set, which could threaten his son's succession, Akhnadi never declared to the outside world that he had descendants. Fact; at the same time, Seth has always been considered the representative of civilian priests. Seth has always believed that his father had died gloriously on the battlefield for this country.

It is precisely because of this that Akhnadi has always been walking on thin ice when making his own plans. The person he has been most worried about is actually Seth himself! Aknadi was very worried that Set would swear allegiance to the current Pharaoh because of the preferential treatment given to the Pharaoh Akkanen's family.

In this case, my plan will be completely ruined.

And Seth's disappearance this morning, combined with his secret visit to the Pharaoh last night, and the weird elven battle, no matter what the young pharaoh discovered, he used the elven duel to deal with Seth in advance; Or Seth had sworn allegiance to the Pharaoh last night and then discussed the elves of both sides. Today, he went to perform a secret mission, which was not good for Aknadi.

[I hope it’s just because of the battle last night that I was mentally depressed or sick...] Aknadi prayed in his heart, and at the same time looked at the Pharaoh on the throne with his one eye intently.

"..." Faced with Aknadi's inquiry and the countless pairs of eyes in the hall, Yugi was silent for a while, and then he sighed and said, "Priest Seth, because of being affected by the evil spirits in the darkness. Last night, Priest Seth came to me looking for a way to break the evil spirit after he couldn't stand the torture of the whispers of evil spirits. However, when I couldn't break it using the 'Millennium Building Blocks', Priest Seth suddenly came to me. He attacked me crazily... Of course, after regaining some consciousness, he chose to self-exile."

"What... self-exile?!" When they heard the news, both the members of the priesthood and the ordinary ministers and nobles were surprised - they had long heard that the "Thousand-Year Tin Rod" was easy to possess because it was mainly used for killing. It drove him crazy, but no one could have imagined that Seth, who was so strong, would also suffer from this!

"..." Aknadi said nothing and silently pulled his collar - he actually did not completely believe what the Pharaoh said.

"So, the strange demon last night was the source of the temptation for Priest Seth to fall?" Isis said with a look of disbelief: "This...how could Seth...he is obviously so strong... …”

"No one can predict their own future, Isis." Mahad closed his eyes in pain, and then said: "Even your 'Millennium Jewelry', the future you see is not completely correct. Yes, isn't it? That demon can fight the phantom god without losing. Such a being... Seth is probably in danger..."

Isis stopped talking. She and the other priests prayed sincerely, hoping that Seth could find himself in this self-exile.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Yugi actually felt a little sorry for these priests.

Because he remembered the conversation between Haima and himself last night:

————The Swing of Memories——————

"So, Yugi, this will not only give me a chance to act alone, but it will also make the army and priests in the royal city nervous so that they can be mobilized in the future. If I'm lucky, it can also make the time bomb in the priests group go away." Jumping out on your own is a plan that kills three birds with one stone.”]

["The idea is good, but how do you make everyone believe that you are controlled by the devil?"]

["Replace it with a more powerful duel elf, let it fight with your Osiris, increase its majesty value, and make people think it is very powerful, and then it can take on the role of 'demon'." 】

["I see, is it possible to use the attack power reduction characteristic of "Thunder Summoning Bullet" to prevent Osiris from being really damaged in this scene? But, we don't have demon-type monsters of this level now?"]

["Who said it has to be a demon race? Isn't it easy to fool the ancients three thousand years ago? Don't the mechanical race, the dinosaur race, the thunder race, all look the same to them? Anyway, they all have incomprehensible appearances~"]

["(holding forehead) Kaiba...I noticed that your moral integrity has dropped a lot recently? Have you been infected by someone?"]

(A certain miko who is watching the show outside: Ahem!)

————The Swing of Memories——————

"He should have arrived at the Valley of the Kings by now." Yu Yu suppressed laughter after recalling and said seriously: "I asked Mana to accompany him there. If the ancestors and gods of the Valley of the Kings can forgive Seth, then he If you can't, then... tonight, Mana will bring back the 'Thousand-Year Tin Staff', and please... everyone prepare for the funeral ceremony."

After hearing the last words of the Pharaoh, the atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point...

At this time, Aknadi's body was trembling, as if he was desperately trying to endure something...