131 Golden City Arnac (1/2)

Black haired wise man Chiyuki

Sekmetra, Queen of the Lion.

She is the sister of Ushalus, the god of the underworld, and the aunt of Halseth, the Gypseal god of light.

She is also the queen of the Winged Lionesses (Sphinxes) and all the Sphinxes are her attendants.

And she may be the true ruler of this gypseal.

She is the true ruler of the Gypseal, and she looks down on us from a high place during her time as King of the Golden Palace of Arnak.

She is adorned all over with gold, and all of her golden ornaments are inlaid with jewels.

A powerful pressure is felt from its superimposed lion and human forms.

Well, it seems that all the visitors are here. Now let's take care of business.

Sekmetra points the staff in her hand.

The golden staff has a beast-head ornament on the head and a stone thrust in two halves, called a wuas.

The staff means power and control, and is a symbol of power.

'I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Sekhmetra. I don't actually have any business with you. I came to see Bruul, who was supposed to be here today.

Ishtia looks over at the beast gods in line.

''Hou? You have business with my friend and ally, Bruul? Come forward, Bruul, you may come forward.

As Sekmetra says this, one woman comes out from among the beast gods lined up on the right.

She appears to be a human woman at first glance.

However, there is a large, long scorpion tail sticking out from underneath her one-piece outfit.

I guess she is Bruul, the goddess worshipped by the Scorpion Man of Serket's kingdom.

If you look closely, she resembles Gilthar before she took on her true form.

''Do you have business with me? What do you mean by that?

Bruul steps forward and looks at us quizzically.

Your brother Gilthal's poison has actually caused the deaths of our friends in Toles and Rage. Fana says that they need your poison to make an antidote to the poison. So I was wondering if you would be willing to share some of your poison with us.

'My brother did that ....... And I need my poison.

Bruul touches his own tail and ponders.

'Please, Mr. Bruul. I have heard that you have parted company with your brother. So you should not have any reservations about your brother. Could you please share the poison with me?

I ask Bruul for help.

'I believe it was Chiyuki, the black-haired wise man, wasn't it? It is true that I have parted company with my brother. But I have no righteousness to share my poison.

Bruul shook his head curtly.

'Hey, Bruul. Can't you do something about that?

Ishtia leans forward and begs.

A cheer goes up from the male beast god.

But Bruul is a goddess. There is no change in his expression.

''Please, Bruul! My people are in danger! Help!

Rage stares at Bruul with a serious expression on his face.

Huh? I think something changed in Bruul's expression for a moment.

''Well, well, I'm not ruthless either. I'd like to ask the Lord Alliance to make a decision here.''

Saying that, Bruul looks at Sekmetra to escape Rage's gaze.

Perhaps Bruul is a face-eater.

And, as the name ”ally” suggests, Bruul and Sekhmetra may not be master and servant.

All those present, all of them look at Sekmetra.

'Well, Bruul. ”Well, Bruul, you can make your own decision. Then I will not be able to ask you for a favor. You have hurt your brother, Zuto. And I am not related to your people. I have no business helping you.

Sekmetra giggles and refuses to do us a favor.

The word ”Zut” refers to Toles, the war god of Elyos.

Come to think of it, Toles was treated as an evil god in this gypseal.

As Sekhmetra, he would have no righteousness to help.

The story of Ishtia made it seem much easier: .......

That wasn't the case.

''Please! The Lion Queen! Don't say that, I need your help!

Rage asks Sekmetra to look as serious as he did with Bruul.

But he doesn't seem to be moved by it.

Maybe Rage isn't to his liking.

'Shut up, brave man of light. I will not do anything that does not benefit me.''

Sekmetra shakes her head.

There seems to be something in that smile that contains it.

'I see, I mean, Sekmetra. If it's going to benefit you in any way, I'd say it's a different story.'

Hmm. You talk fast, Ishtia. You're a very fast talker, Ishtia. To tell you the truth, there's a problem at Gipsyll right now. I need you to take care of it.

Sekhmetra points her Uath cane at us again, at us.

Her face is smiling. Maybe she was going to make us do something all along.

'Problem? What's that?

Ishtia tilts her head.

Yes, it is. What do you know about this pyramid that guards the Gypseal?

'I don't know ....... Do you know Chiyuki?

Rage looks at me.

'I know. 'I know, Raige. You mean the pyramid wards protecting the gypseal, right?

As I recall, there are nearly a hundred pyramids in the Gypseal, large and small, combined.

Those pyramids are magic power generators, and the entire Gypseal is covered by a ward.

In other words, the entire Gypseal has the same effect as the Labyrinth of Lavrus.

As long as they fought here, the Gypseal gods would have the advantage as long as they fought in this place.

It's not a limited place called a labyrinth, and the wards that are large enough to cover the entire region would only be found in Gypseal.

They do have a reputation for being wise. That's right. The Golden Pyramid of Arnak, built by Walla's beloved husband Heivos. The golden pyramid of Arnak, a facsimile of which Harses and Ithodes have reproduced in large numbers to create a warding that covers the entire Gypseal.

Sekmetra proudly speaks of the pyramids.

Her husband is Heivos, the blacksmith god of Elyos.

Both siblings have a strong connection to the god of Elyos.

It is said that there is a large temple of Heybos in the Kingdom of Ptahha in Zipshir, where many dwarves live.

Perhaps Sekhmetra is very proud of the pyramid that her husband built for her.

'I see. What's wrong with that pyramid?

Sekmetra's face clouds over when Rage asks.

What's going on?

To tell you the truth, that's one of the pyramids: ....... It was recently stolen by the serpents of Apophis.

Ishtia exclaims in surprise.

'Huh? What do you mean, Sekhmetra? I can't believe they took something so important from me. What's going on with your defenses?

Don't say that. Don't say that, Ishtia. The pyramid under construction on the border of Gypsir and Apophis was taken from me. Harses and Ithess wanted to build a new one because the snakes have been making a lot of noise lately. They were attacked by the unfinished work, which was not yet fully defended.

Sekmetra then looks at Harseth.

Harseth's face looks a little pale, though he's a little farther away.

Maybe he is the one in charge of the pyramid under construction.

They completed the 90% completed pyramid and used its magic to make a hole in the Gypseal's wards. As a result, the power of the warding covering the Gypseal has been reduced by half. Thanks to this, the snakes are now running rampant in the Gipsyre. It's a shame.

Well, now we know why Dahak and his men were there.

”So here's what we have to do. I want you to retake the pyramid. If not, I want you to take back that pyramid and destroy it. You can trade it for Bruul's poison.

Sekmetra finally says that and points her wand at me.

I see, you know that we came to Arnak for some purpose when you heard from Mart.

So Sekhmetra thought about letting us deal with the pyramid that was taken from us.

Bruul must have known the intention when he left the decision to Sekmetra.

What an utter mess!

I can't believe I'm being asked to do this, this awkward thing.

That means we've been caught up in a conflict between Gypseal and Apophis.

'All right! I'll take you up on that offer!