Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 125 I'll become a god, won't I?

While learning the language from the old man at the temple, Du Yi also tortured several priests. Through these two verifications, Du Yi gained some basic understanding of the current era.

Firstly, the people at present, or rather, the people as perceived by the old men and priests, mostly lived along the banks of the great river. The overflowing river brought vast tracts of fertile land, from which people relied on the fertile land for a bountiful harvest. These people living along the river were also divided into two factions due to their geographical location: the kingdom that worshipped eagles lived in the upper reaches of the river, while the kingdom that worshipped snakes lived in the lower reaches.
"This is Egypt, this is definitely Egypt."

Although Du Yi didn't know much about ancient Egyptian history, he still knew these relatively common-sense things.

"So the next step is to unify the two sides, merge them into one kingdom, and then..."

After that, Du Yi couldn't remember anymore, since the rest was no longer within the realm of common sense.

Similarly, there is another important aspect that is also outside the realm of common sense.

"Do these Egyptian myths contain any mention of the end of the world?"

Yes, that's the most important thing. After all, the Ignivas had already quietly pulled off something big before. If these Egyptians pull off something big again, then things might get a little complicated.

"Oh right, and my mammoths too..."

Thinking of those Ignivas, Du Yi thought of the mammoths he had left behind. He wondered what they tasted like now after all the iterations. This was another task for him; he still had to find his mammoths, even though he didn't know where they were yet.

However, although it seems like there are many things to do, such as preventing the Egyptians from destroying the world and finding the mammoth, in the final analysis, Du Yi really only has one thing to do.

"Information, the current information is not enough."

"We need more information to know what happened and what really happened."

Now is the time to gather information.

After a brief period of torture, Du Yi obtained the instructions on how to use the amulets from several priests. According to the priests, one only needs to have a devout faith in a certain god and understand the deeds of those gods to naturally know how to use the amulets.

What surprised Du Yi was that these priests were even more enthusiastic about his experiment than he was.

As for the reasons behind it, the priests did not hide them.

In the eyes of these priests, worshipping the same god meant they were one of their own, and they would be transformed from servants of the cobra goddess Vajit into servants of the sun god. Naturally, this drew the opposition of the old man in the temple, an old man named Bhutto who cried and begged him not to do it.

However, Du Yi completely ignored this matter.

Whether it was the old man in the temple, those priests, or any of those servants, it didn't matter to Du Yi.

He just wanted to test these amulets, to see if he could actually use their so-called magical power.

"It should be more convenient than the magic of those Ignivas..."

With that in mind, Du Yi began chanting scriptures.

These were taught to him by the priests, who said they were scriptures praising the sun god. They believed that by reciting and reading them more, one could feel the sun god's will within them. The scarab beetle was the sun god's representative in the world, and understanding the sun god meant understanding how to use this amulet.

"Horus of the horizon, you were born from the lotus!"

"When the first golden flame pierced Nutt's black robe."

"You cleaved through chaos aboard the Ship of Manget,"

"Your scarab wheels crush the eggs of the night."

“Every ray of light is a feathered garment woven by the goddess Matt.”

"We prostrate ourselves in your glory, like reeds suckling the milk of the great river."

Du Yi tried his best to recite, although his lack of fluency in the local language made it sound like a machine translation. But his heart was absolutely devout. Although he felt that the content was somewhat boastful, he did know the name Horus—which further confirmed to him that he had indeed come to Egypt.

"Since it's Egypt... no, I can't think too much about it. I should be more devout first."

Realizing he was getting distracted, Du Yi quickly refocused and continued reciting.

The scripture was recited seven times in total. Normally, three times would be enough. If it were a well-trained priest, he could even activate the power of the amulet as soon as he opened his mouth. But Du Yi had already started reciting it for the eighth time, and the amulet still didn't react.

"Is it because my heart wasn't sincere enough?"

Du Yi was quite puzzled; this made no sense at all.

He even untied the priests and returned the amulets to them, letting them demonstrate how to use them. In the hands of those priests, the amulets indeed displayed great power and exerted incredible strength.

"So why can't I do it?"

Du Yi was increasingly puzzled.

"Could it be that I am not sincere enough?"

Faced with Du Yi's questioning, the several priests who had been captured dared not speak for a long time.

The main problem was that none of them could figure out what was going on. After all, in their view, having another divine servant willingly come to their aid was undoubtedly a good thing for the Sun God.

But as things stand now...

Why didn't the sun god respond?
Despite the giant serpent reciting the scriptures more than ten times, the golden amulet, which should have been able to control the scarabs, failed to summon even a single scarab.

Even they themselves gradually began to lose control of the divine power on these amulets.

Ostrich feathers could no longer manipulate airflow, the goose-headed warhammer could no longer shake the ground, and even the red crystal inlaid on the scarab amulet gradually lost its luster.

"This……"

The priests suddenly felt an immense sense of terror.

The gods are abandoning them.

Their god is abandoning them. As priests, they can feel that their extraordinary power is gradually disappearing. They are no longer powerful priests, but are degenerating into ordinary mortals!

"Why!"

The priests became increasingly panicked.

Without divine protection, without that extraordinary power... how could they have survived the clutches of that giant serpent!
"Why!"

Du Yi was also puzzled.

He didn't know what had gone wrong; anyone could use the power of magic, but he just couldn't.

However, this was not a big deal for him.

"Since I can't worship gods... then I'll just become a god myself, won't I?"

Yes, that's what Du Yi is really planning to do.

Regardless of the true nature of those so-called gods, at least on his own side, in order to prevent these Egyptians from going mad like the Ignivas, he had to control these people first.

(End of this chapter)