“We were just seeking… asylum,” Elise protested to the witch priestess.“Asylum?” the priestess echoed in confusion. She looked at Elise and Zadi, back and forth.“Yes. You know, something like… of seeking somewhere to hide, for protection?” Elise’s eyebrows rose.“All the same! You should not have come into the temple of Osiris! You could have hidden somewhere else!” The priestess’ voice went harder.“My! She’s so selfish!” Elise complained to Zadi. “What shall we do now?”Zadi just shrugged.“Well then, can we ask for forgiveness and could you please wake my brother and the others up now?” Elise requested the priestess. She had no idea how to reverse the spell. And in Zadi’s condition, the teen was almost sure that the pygmy couldn’t do anything further.“They shall be my prisoners. And so sh

In the city, the soldiers continued to look for the Medjay’s group. The priestess and the general were resting in the governor’s house as they waited for the reports from the assistant general of Meru.They had already spent half a day looking for the elusive group. The foreigners were always able to escape and hide away again.Meru suggested that the witch priestess’ powers should be used to find them again. They should not let them get away and cross the River Nile. It would be a total disaster for them if the foreigners got away from their land and allied themselves with King Hor-Aha. They had to stop it from happening.“Please do your duty well, my priestess,” Meru said after his suggestion.He turned around and the witch priestess watched him leave the house. Her eyes were merely slits because of anger. She couldn’t get over with what had just happened before they entered the city gates. Not only for that reason bu

Priestess Nehes was in a bottomless rage. She curled her fists and marched out of the tomb. Her eyes caught Meru’s unconscious form lying on the pathway, near the pool. He looked all bloody and bruised. She kneeled at his side and healed his cuts. The blood vanished from his body in an instant and he woke from his unconscious state.He gazed at the witch priestess and touched her face tenderly.“Thank you, my priestess,” he whispered. **** Present day on Belmont Mound.The tents were so quiet without the kids. The Helmrick siblings’ parents were sleeping peacefully in each of their tent without a care in the world. **** Ta Shemau, Ancient Egypt.King Hor-Aha was seated on his throne. His fingers were slightly scratching his chin while looking at the priestess that knelt before him.“Ye

“Is it still far, Mazoi?” Eric inquired, feeling uneasy.“We’re almost there. It is like the resting house we paid earlier,” Mazoi explained. “I often go there whenever I have a mission given by the Scorpion King. The owner is an old woman who is a mute.”After Mazoi was silent, Elise saw some people challenging them in her mind’s eye. She read that they were not as powerful as them in terms of magic or normal people’s physical abilities. However, they were a band of vicious people.“We’ll meet a band of robbers,” Elise warned her brother and Kent.“Robbers? They have that here in the city?” Eric was suspicious, looking at his sister.Elise nodded.They figured out the robbers were sent by the general of the army of Lower Egypt.“I did not know he’s a low life punk!” Eric uttered with disgust.“I think they’re despe

It was around noon. The elite seer’s group was in the resting house for almost two days now. They were ready to set out to cross the River Nile tonight.Because Zadi complained of a stomach ache, the Medjay and one of Zadi’s guards went out to buy some medication for her.Eric tried his best to heal Zadi but it seemed to no avail.Diana also helped in trying to heal the pygmy by meditation. However, Zadi could not to feel better at all. She groaned time and time again.“We must cross the River Nile before it gets dark,” Zadi instructed in between spasms of her stomach ache. “I do not think that it is an ordinary stomach ache. As you can see, nothing has worked for me so far.”“I think, she’s right. We have to go now before it’s too late for us.” Elise decided to follow Zadi’s bidding.The others agreed, thinking she was right. Eric immediately took his bag with him, and the gu