Chapter 1057: Letter of Invitation (1)

Anubis stroked a finger over the bright red enveloped in front of him in silence.

He was situated in a large temple that had been constructed in the classic Ma'at style of Aegypt. This was the earliest religion of Aegypt, and it was also the religion that gave rise to the likes of Anubis and Osiris, among other gods. As the anchors of religion in the Aegyptian Underworld, there was no way they would allow other religions to be present on their territory, and Rome was the only exception to this.

Around 1,000 years ago, after the Aegyptian Underworld conquered the middle east, the first thing that it did was wipe out all competing religions. Currently, most of the middle east followed polytheistic religions, and even this temple had been constructed in the ancient Aegyptian style.

Anubis was seated on the throne at the very center of the temple, and on either side of him was a row of seven tables and chairs. At this moment, four of those chairs had already been occupied, and their occupants were all death gods.

They were Osiris, Menes, Ramesses the Second, and Cleopatra the Seventh.

As one of the four pillars, the Aegyptian Underworld had three capital cities, which were the original capital city of Cairo, the city of Istanbul, which had been conquered along with the middle east, and the city of Baghdad in the east. They had been named the Sacred City of Atum, the Sacred City of Amon, and the Sacred City of Ptah, respectively, with Macbeth as the central capital city.

The three capital cities each corresponded with one of the Aegyptian Underworld's three major religions, with the Sacred City of Atum tied with the Heliopolis religion, which included death gods such as Osiris, Seth, Nephthys, and Anubis himself.

This was a religion worshiped by all of the high-end nobles of the Aegyptian Underworld.

The Sacred City of Amon was related to the Hermopolitan religion, which included many of the Aegyptian Underworld's death god level elders, and Marquess level grand priests.

The final one of the three major religions was the Memphis religion, and it was the most popular religion among the common masses because it perfectly explained the relationship between the Nile River and the sun.

The three religions were divided, but also extremely united, and that summed up the situation in the Aegyptian Underworld. As a result of this, it was mandated that when any decisions were being made, Anubis had to summon the death gods from the other two religions.

This was why there were four death gods and a ruler death god seated in this temple at this moment.

Anubis gently lifted a hand, and the letter of invitation opened up in mid-air. All of the words inscribed upon it were significantly magnified, allowing everyone to see the contents of the letter. "Take a look and tell me what you think, everyone."

Amid the silence, all of the death gods quickly read through the letter, and a grim look appeared on Osiris's face as he mused, "This is the first time that the Cathayan Underworld had actively invited everyone to attend an international conference held by them, right?"

"Could it be that their attitude is changing? I'm referring to their attitude toward the rest of the world," Ramesses the Second speculated with a contemplative expression. "On the past few occasions, they were forced to turn up due to the pressure we've exerted on them, but they're taking the initiative to invite us this time. Does this entail that the Cathayan Underworld has rested enough and is ready to bare its fangs at the rest of the world again?"

"Why do you have to always look at things in such an aggressive way?" Cleopatra the Seventh asked in a disdainful manner. "Instead of saying that they're baring their fangs at the world, why can't you say that the Cathayan Underworld is actively reintegrating itself into the rest of the world for mutually beneficial outcomes?"

"How naive are you?" Ramesses the Second countered in a cold voice. "The four pillars have been competing against one another for thousands of years. Who doesn't want to become the ruler of this world? There i