Chapter 618
Amun-Ra, the Sun God
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There are seven days left until the final offensive.
Nan Yi left the tent, intending to familiarize himself with the campsite first.
This place is only five kilometers from the entrance to the Valley of the Kings, completely far from the safe zone. It could be said that it was constantly under attack by demons. The fact that Luxor's army was able to set up camp in this place is the result of Luxor's army advancing step by step from the outer perimeter of the safe zone using a wave-like attack method.
The so-called "wave-push" tactic, simply put, involves having the vanguard clear out the undead in a certain area and then setting up a temporary camp at a specific location.
After holding the line, another wave of mages will arrive at the temporary camp and continue advancing, like waves pushing the previous ones forward, pushing them even further...
In this way, as the campaign progressed, the camp and the city maintained a relatively unobstructed road, allowing supplies to keep up and the wounded to be sent back, preventing a situation where the momentum waned after a few attempts.
Such tactics are practically commonplace for Egypt.
It's important to know that Egypt has to deal with undead uprisings that break out all over the country every year. However, the actual undead situations in Egypt and China are quite different, even though they are the only two countries in the world that need to face undead disasters.
The spirits of the ancient capital rely on the energy of death, which is closely related to Qin King Ying Zheng's search for immortality. His so-called immortality meant rejecting sunlight and living in darkness forever!
The Egyptian undead seem to have originated from curse magic, which was created by the Egyptian pharaohs. The pharaohs derived the undead from the curse system, which coincides with the immortality technique of Qin King Ying Zheng.
It is possible that because both of the world's two ancient civilizations created the necromancy system, modern times have incorporated this magic system into the orthodox magic system.
Because the Egyptian spirits were completely subservient to the pharaoh, the pyramids or various pharaohs' and noble tombs served as the center of the curse, effectively confining the movement of the Egyptian spirits to the area surrounding the tombs.
Therefore, to get closer to the center of the curse, one must proceed step by step, otherwise one will only be dragged down by the massive army of the undead.
Therefore, the wave-push tactic is the optimal solution for Egypt's clustered undead.
The route that Nan Yi took from the city was a route that pushed forward wave after wave, turning what should have been a dangerous wilderness into a relatively safe and fast passage.
The camp was large, not only occupied by Luxor's army, but also by a large number of hunters and even aid mages from other countries.
Nan Yi even saw the apprentice maidens of the Parthenon, which was also the area with the highest concentration of wounded. After all, the maidens from the Parthenon possessed unique healing magic that could cure many difficult and complicated diseases that ordinary healing mages could not cure.
For example, the poisonous golden mummies that terrified countless Egyptians could not be cured of their toxins by ordinary healing mages, but the Parthenon could.
However, Nan Yi didn't recognize the waitress, and he had no intention of getting closer. He glanced at her and walked towards the trading area.
The trading area was more crowded and busier, with shouts everywhere. Many hunters would sell their newly acquired materials here, and only those that couldn't be sold would be recycled by the military.
When you're lucky, you can indeed find good things, but after looking around, Nan Yi didn't see anything that interested him.
Most people were selling low-level servant necromancer crystals, which were normally very cheap, let alone during this turbulent time. Everyone was selling them off at rock-bottom prices, basket by basket, afraid they wouldn't be able to sell them.
Even the normally precious Warrior-level Undead Crystals have become much cheaper. These can be used to instantly restore mana, restoring about a quarter of mana in one go, which is quite astonishing.
Of course, this method of instant recovery has its limitations; if used repeatedly on the same day, the effect will be halved each time.
However, as an emergency item, Warrior-level Undead Crystals have always been the first choice for many mid-to-high-level hunter teams. They have more challenging mission requirements and can afford them. Nan Yi also bought some, even though he rarely encountered a shortage of mana, he still bought some just in case.
There's nothing else that's appealing.
The undead bones of the warriors and servants were of little use to Nan Yi, while the bones of the commanders were completely invisible.
Nan Yi simply left the trading area and headed straight out of the camp, intending to visit Emperor Valley.
But just as Nan Yi was about to leave, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the camp exit.
"Are you new here?" the military magistrate asked, sizing up Nan Yi.
Nan Yi looked slightly surprised: "That's right, but how did you figure that out?"
The military mage was relatively young, and upon hearing this, he spoke up: "You don't have the aura of the undead, and your clothing doesn't resemble that of a hunter. Please show your identification; we need to register you."
Normally, this procedure does exist, but during times of turmoil, there are simply too many people coming and going, making it impractical to register everyone. Most seasoned veterans would turn a blind eye, but this young military magistrate was the only one who kept a close watch and stopped those who were too conspicuous from registering.
Upon hearing this, Nan Yi had no choice but to show his identification as a member of the National Guard team; his ID card had long been confiscated by Feng Li.
"You're from the Chinese Nationalist Army!" the military magistrate exclaimed in surprise.
"What's wrong? Are you not letting us through?" Nan Yi asked.
"No, no." The young military mage quickly shook his head and gave way, "The Pharaoh's tomb still needs to rely on your country. If you need any help, please let us know at any time."
The young military magistrate spoke with great sincerity.
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Five kilometers is not far for mages. They had barely left the camp when sporadic battles broke out nearby, with small teams of novice mages fighting against the undead servants wandering on the edge.
Soon, Nan Yi arrived at the entrance to the Valley of the Kings. On both sides were towering, steep desert slopes, on which swarms of undead were roaming, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.
From the outside, it doesn't look like a pharaoh's tomb at all; it's just like an ordinary valley, only with more rugged terrain.
However, the Valley of the Kings was not built on the ground, but underground, which is closely related to Egyptian culture.
The sun held an extremely high position in ancient Egypt. They worshipped the sun god Amun-Ra, and the pharaohs even claimed to be the sons of the sun god, a typical example of the divine right of kings.
The pharaoh believed that the earth was the world of the living, while the underworld was the eternal realm of death, and that the rising and setting of the sun was a continuous cycle between life and death.
Therefore, they believed that the Valley of the Kings, located at the end of the sunset, was the entrance to the underworld. When a person's life came to an end, they would enter the world of the dead, and being buried here would guide Amun-Ra and allow them to wait for the opportunity to be reborn with Amun-Ra.
...(End of this chapter)