"You stinky..."
I started and cursed. But then I said with a small growl, "Fine! I'll give you their bodies once I kill them. Oh, and don't blame me if they were a bit too charred, I may not be able to control myself as I am losing my patience."
Thoth smiled, and his face wrinkled heavily. He nodded his head several times and said, "Osiris has been revived by Nephthys."
"I can't sense his energy," I said with a frown.
"That's because he is in the Underworld branch in Egypt. In fact, the undead jury has made him the primary judge, and Anubis swore eternal servitude to Osiris."
"Eternal, huh? I wonder about that... Nephthys has really overcomplicated things for me now..."
"Nephthys didn't really have much of a choice in this," Thoth replied.
"What do you mean?" I frowned.
"Well, Osiris, being a special life-form like most gods, has quite a bit of control over his and other humans' fates. Nephthys was just there to breathe life into him again, but he didn't really die in the first place.
"At the moment, he's in an undead state, unable to leave the yellow spring."
"What about the others? I'll have to deal with them before heading into the yellow spring," I said, the frown still on my face. Things got really complicated all of a sudden...
"Nephthys is hiding within a Phoenician city under the protection of the chief god there. I will not lie to you, chaotic one, but she has made ample preparations to escape from your clutches."
"I noticed that!"
"As for Isis and Horus, why won't you take a guess about their location?" Thoth smiled weirdly and even grinned a little.
"Stop fooling around, old man." I drew my flame in preparation to attack him.
"Calm down, Set. I will tell you." A hint of fear flashed across Thoth's face when he talked. However, he quickly covered it up with his usual unnerved expression.
"Isis and Horus went on to summon the great ancestor Ra from his slumber. Even now, they're already on his sun ship!"
"You've got to be kidding me..." This is beyond bad. Isis once tricked Ra and forced him into exile. Soon after that, Osiris was appointed as the new Pharaoh according to her plan. But if she plans to bring back Ra… She is truly desperate. I cannot let her do that. Of all the gods of Egypt, Ra is the most terrifying one. Were it not for his consent, Isis would have never been able to trick him, which makes me wonder what he was thinking when he allowed her to do that.
"Even I did not expect Her Majesty to be so crazy. But you have driven them to the brink of despair with your actions, my fiery friend," Thoth said with an amused smile.
"Will grandfather help them?" I asked. Now I was really worried, Osiris wasn't too much trouble due to his simplistic and trusting nature. But if I had to fight Ra... Troublesome, too troublesome.
"To be perfectly frank with you, the great ancestor's choice is unknown, even to me. After all, Isis was the one who demanded that Ra sleep on his sun ship or else she would destroy everything he had built. She is quite protective and an ambitious one, I have to say."
I turned around without saying anything and left towards space at the fastest speed possible to me. Even that boy's wings were unfurled.
I had to reach Isis before she wakes Ra!
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Updated on 3/7/2026