She grew up in this place. Because she would wander around without telling the adults when she was young, she was much more familiar with this place than the others. Her Royal Highness walked so fast that the little maid behind her had to jog to keep up.
It was almost dawn.
From the princess's palace to the Pharaoh's palace, they had passed through quite a number of palaces. It was not just because of her rebellious youth, but the distance between the princess's palace and the Pharaoh's palace could be said to be the farthest combination of buildings in the entire palace.
This kind of distance seemed to be silently telling the story of a child's rebellion against the elders.
"Your Highness, we are almost there." The little maid said while panting. Finally, we are almost there. We can stop and rest. It is so tiring to keep up with the princess's pace.
She always walked in front of everyone, like a guiding light, illuminating the road ahead.
But it is really tiring to keep following her like this. The little maid thought to herself. Probably, everyone feels the same way. Isn't the princess tired?
But she did not dare to say it out loud. Even if it is really tiring to follow her like this.
"This place … is it not fixed yet?" The princess suddenly stopped in front of the Pharaoh's palace. She frowned and looked at the statue in front of the Pharaoh's palace.
It wasn't a statue of a god, but something that the craftsmen were ordered to create for the effect of decoration.
The princess remembered that three years ago, she had a quarrel with the Pharaoh. When she left, she directly used the [Artifact] to break the statue's horn.
— I will decide my own fate. Even if you are the King of the desert.
— Yamanlana.
"Your Highness? Your Highness? "
The little maid's voice sounded, pulling the princess' thoughts back from a faraway place … The princess shook her head, lifted her skirt, and stepped over the threshold of the door, quickly walking in.
From here on, the little maid was not allowed to enter the Pharaoh's palace. It had always been like this. Even the guards, the other maids, and even the new concubine chosen by the Pharaoh could not enter without the Pharaoh's permission.
Except for the princess. Only the princess would not care about the Pharaoh's order.
The little maid looked into the distance and gradually lost sight of Her Highness' back … She turned around and sat down in boredom. Before Her Highness came out, she could only wait here.
She yawned. In fact, she didn't sleep well last night … This night was really very long, as if many strange things had happened.
Perhaps because she was really tired, her eyelids gradually became heavy … to the extent that she could not open them. In a daze, she seemed to see a figure walking out from behind her.
Walking out from behind me …?
Behind him was the Pharaoh's bedroom … But why did he look like he was wearing the guards' uniform? Didn't Patriarch Choi forbid anyone from entering?
"It's almost dawn, and the weather is especially cold … Don't catch a cold."
"Oh … okay …" She replied in a daze.
That's the voice of the guard who walked out of the Pharaoh's bedroom … I can't see his face clearly, but I feel like I'm covered by something, and then I'm enveloped by a warm feeling.
It's like a dream … In the dream, someone gently covered me with a blanket and then left.
She opened her mouth and wanted to ask who he was … but in the end, she fell into a dream. The little maid leaned against the door and fell asleep sweetly.
Did someone really pass by her? She probably couldn't say for sure after she woke up — except that the blanket on her body seemed to prove something.
But that would be something she would know when she woke up.
…
The Pharaoh's bedroom was darker than what the princess remembered … She had not set foot in this place for a long time.
When did she gradually become estranged from this place … She remembered that after a quarrel three years ago, she did not take the initiative to come here again. But she could not think of the source of her estrangement.
Looking back, the princess realized that in the past ten years, she had been thinking about how to eliminate the giant beast in the desert. As for other things … If the country's crisis could not be solved, and the people were always shrouded in the shadow of death, how could there be happiness?
And … what was home?
Creak —!
The princess pushed open the inner door of the Pharaoh's bedroom … Who was this tight door resisting? It took her so much effort to push it open … The sound of the door's axle was so loud and clear.
She frowned and walked in the middle of the hall. There were oil lamps all around her — the outside of the bedroom looked dark, but the inside was as bright as day.
There were a total of 999 oil lamps placed here.
She could easily see the man sitting on the stairs on the throne … His head was lowered, as if he was the Pharaoh of the kingdom in the past.
The Pharaoh did not wear his crown at this time. As for the scepter that represented the royal power, it was just casually placed at his feet … In the princess's impression, it was rare to see the Pharaoh of the kingdom without the scepter in his hand.
In her impression, this seemed to be … the second time.
The first time … was when she was ten years old.
The Pharaoh lowered his head, his hair was messy, and there were more gray strands than what the princess had imagined … She actually knew that this man had not been sleeping well for the past ten years.
Every night, 999 oil lamps were lit. Who could sleep in such an environment?
The princess looked at him silently and walked to the stairs … She hesitated for a moment and did not step on the stairs in the end. She just looked up from below and said in a deep voice, "I just came to see if you are okay … At least, it seems that you are okay."
The Pharaoh of the kingdom did not seem to hear her.
The princess was silent for a moment and then said indifferently, "Since you are okay, then I will leave … I still have something to do, I need to go to the temple."
The Pharaoh still lowered his head.
The princess sighed and turned to leave … Before she left, she turned back and said, "Also, if there is nothing important, don't send your people to my side … In this desert country, there is sand everywhere, I don't want to rest in a pile of sand."
"Yamanlana …"
Finally, the Pharaoh of the kingdom had some reaction … His voice slowly came.
The princess turned around and saw that the Pharaoh of the kingdom had stood up and then slowly walked down the stairs … His body was shaking, as if he had lost his backbone.
Looking at the Pharaoh's shaking body, the princess could not help but frown and said subconsciously, "You … What happened to you? Is there something wrong with your body? "
"Yamanlana …"
The Pharaoh of the kingdom called this name again, his hair was disheveled and he did not look normal at this time … His body was still shaking, and the shaking was a little more violent.
He suddenly stopped, his hands tightly grasped his face, and his body began to shake as if he was twitching.
"What happened to you?" The princess could not help but be shocked, she quickly took one step … two steps, three steps — She ran to the Pharaoh of the kingdom, "Your … father? Father? "
"Yamanlana … Yamanlana … Yamanlana … Ah —!!!!"
Sharp … Sharp and mournful, the Pharaoh let out a roar that sounded like the cry of a ghost when a strong wind passed through a canyon.
At this time, his hands actually tore open the skin on his face … Blood also splashed on the princess' face at this moment — Warm blood!
"Fa … Father?"
In a flash, the Pharaoh of the kingdom, whose face was covered in blood, suddenly rushed out and pushed the princess to the ground like a beast … His hands even tightly choked the princess' neck.
"Eyes …?"
She was shocked … What she saw with her contracted pupils was not a pair of eyes of a normal person — Not only because the left eye on the face was missing, but the remaining right eye looked like … like the eye of a giant beast!
In the past ten years, she did not know how many times she had fought the giant beasts in the desert, and how many times she had fought with the giant beasts in the desert — No one knew the eyes of these giant beasts better than her.
"In the end … what … happened …"
The princess, whose throat was choked, had a look of horror on her face. Instinctively, she resisted and grabbed the hands of the Pharaoh of the kingdom — She had never thought that this man's strength was so terrifying!
The elite white-robed guards of the temple could not be compared to him at all. If he said that this was the transformation of a giant beast, no one would not believe it … Giant beast?
The princess' eyes were completely filled with fear!
The back of the Pharaoh of the kingdom completely split open at this time, and then a pair of huge and ugly fleshy wings that looked like the claws of an animal suddenly bloomed in an instant … Something was about to break out of the Pharaoh of the kingdom's body!
Hiss —!!!!
The terrifying scream sounded again, and the Pharaoh of the kingdom became extremely painful at this moment. He suddenly let go of the princess who was choking him, and began to howl with his hands on his head.
When the princess was released, she did not have time to take a few breaths, and in a panic, she instinctively took out the [Divine Artifact] that she kept close to her body … She was not sure whether this thing in front of her was the real Pharaoh of the kingdom or not.
When she woke up, the first thing she heard was the little maid telling her that there was a giant beast in the banquet hall that took her appearance and invaded the palace — If this was true, then it seemed possible for the giant beast to take the appearance of the Pharaoh.
"What … are you?" The princess asked sternly.
The Pharaoh of the kingdom suddenly stopped howling at this time … His hands drooped down, and then directly fell to the ground — The princess finally saw clearly what exactly it was that came out of the Pharaoh's body!
An eagle head, a human body, and huge fleshy wings in the shape of claws … A grayish-black one-eyed monster!
Instinctively, the princess pulled the trigger of the [Divine Artifact] directly … A loud gunshot sounded in the hall, and time seemed to slow down … The moment the bullet was about to hit the shoulder of the [Thing], its hand moved!
At a very fast speed, it directly caught the bullet!
The princess' expression changed, and when she was about to launch another attack, the [Thing] moved … With a flap of its fleshy wings, it appeared in front of the princess at a very fast speed, reached out and grabbed her neck, and lifted her up.
She had never felt that she was so small … It was as if this body was not hers, and the explosive power of her muscles was not even half of her usual strength!
However, she did not have time to think about the changes in her body at this moment. She only thought about how to get out of this desperate situation. She grabbed the wrist of the [Thing] tightly and kicked its body, "What … did you … do … to … my … father …"
The [Thing] suddenly said something in a low voice, "Yamalana …"
"You …?"
Suddenly, the monster that broke out of the Pharaoh's body directly swung its hand and threw the princess to the side! The huge force made the princess's body suddenly hit the pillar that supported the hall … This made the princess spit out two mouthfuls of blood!
After that, the eagle-headed monster roared, opened its huge fleshy wings, and rushed out of the hall.
The princess gritted her teeth and stood up, rushing to the entrance, but she could only see the back of a figure that had rushed into the night sky, flying into the distance.
That seemed to be the place where the temple was!
At this time, the princess held her head and slid down … She looked at the hand that was covering her head, and it was full of blood — when she was thrown away just now, she seemed to have hurt her head.
The princess's consciousness began to become blurred … Gradually, the things in front of her became distorted. Blood fell from her forehead and flowed into her eyes, turning everything into the color of blood.
It felt like … it felt like she had experienced this scene somewhere before.
When she was very, very young.
It was like in a dream … In the dream, something was close to her, and when she opened her eyes, she seemed to see a ferocious and horrible face — something was also strangling her neck.
She couldn't move … couldn't move — no matter how she struggled, she couldn't move …
The princess finally fell in front of the Pharaoh's palace.
…
…
The palace. In the forest between the palace and the temple, a young guard who had just arrived in the palace was currently looking up at the night sky ….. On his shoulder, an injured but bandaged bird was obediently standing there.
He looked at the figure flying in the sky, then withdrew his gaze, and at the same time opened his palm … In his palm, there was an eyeball.
The eyeball slowly floated up in his palm, and then began to rotate … After a while, this eyeball completely turned golden.
"Horus's left eye …"
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