After making the decision to form a group to go to Hamnatta, a very practical question was placed in front of them: Where will the money for the group come from?
"We need camels, horses, supplies, weapons, tents. In short, a lot of things. But we brothers and sisters don't have that much money." Jonathan said straightforwardly. "In short, if we don't have enough money, we may
We have to recruit others to join us. For example, the director of this museum, or some wealthy people I know. But in this way, our gains will definitely be greatly reduced, and the risk will also be greatly increased."
"Money, that's easy to talk about." Ryan took out a few gold bars from the space bag. "We don't have the pounds here, how about gold? You use these golds to prepare, and the rest will be treated as a tip for you.
My only request is that you buy the most suitable equipment as quickly as possible."
"Of course, no problem. I'm very familiar with this place in Cairo. I guarantee that everything will be done properly for you." Jonathan kissed the gold bar, then swaggeringly greeted his sister and left to make preparations.
"Oh, you are too generous. There is really no need to give so much money." Evelin looked at Ryan and the others and said, "The amount of gold just now is enough to organize an expedition team of more than a dozen people with luxurious equipment."
"It doesn't matter. With more money, we should be able to do things faster. Besides, the money is not very important to us. What is really important is the ancient ancient Egyptian magic knowledge left in the ruins." Ryan said.
In the following time, Ryan and Hermione helped Evelin use magic to quickly clean up the messy library she had just made, and then went with her to a nice hotel to wait for Jonathan to get ready. As expected
Yes, Hermione and Evelin quickly found a common language and started chatting. Evelin began to teach Hermione some archaeological knowledge about ancient Egypt. Fortunately, Hermione had a foundation in ancient Egyptian sacred texts, so she learned it quickly.
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When the time came in the afternoon, Jonathan came to the hotel and asked them to set off. Unlike the camel ride he imagined, Jonathan was preparing for a boat trip on the Nile River.
"You must know that the ancient Egyptian civilization developed around the Nile River, so their important cities were all on both sides of the Nile River, and the place we are going to is no exception." Jonathan saw Ryan's puzzled eyes and quickly explained, "So while watching
After passing the map, I think we can take a boat first and then ride there on horseback. This will not only be faster, but also the journey will be much more comfortable."
"It's okay, you can come whatever is convenient for you." In fact, if it were just Ryan and Hermione, they would choose to fly over directly. However, considering that neither of them understands ancient Egyptian culture very well, in order to avoid all kinds of things appearing in the ruins
Such trouble. Taking Evelin with you became a good option. And in this way, Jonathan, the worried sister who became an older brother, went out on an adventure with two strangers and insisted on following. Fortunately, as a man in various places in Cairo
For those who have good food everywhere, bringing him along can also provide a lot of help during the journey.
Although the boat they took was just a river boat, it was not too small. After putting their luggage in place, Ryan and Hermione walked to the deck to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river.
"This really feels like being in an old movie." Hermione said, holding on to the railing of the ship. "An ancient steam river ship sails on the beautiful Nile River that looks golden in the sun."
"That movie is called "Tragedy on the Nile," right?" Ryan thought for a moment before he figured out what movie Hermione was talking about. "But don't you think it's a little unlucky for us to think about this movie on a passenger ship on the Nile?"
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Hermione burst out laughing. At this time, a young white man who looked like a European came over. "This beautiful lady, can you please go to the bar on the ship for a drink."
"Sorry, my fiancé and I have something to talk about here." Hermione said to this guy with no eyes in a somewhat bored tone. But instead of leaving, this guy started to talk nonsense. "Get out of here, chink, and stay away from this white guy."
Stay away, miss."
Damn racial discrimination, Ryan tightened his grip on the wand hidden in his pocket. To be honest, this was the first time he had faced such direct racist discrimination in so many years. The elementary school he attended before was a relatively high-end private school.
In the school, racial discrimination was expressed in secret at best. After graduating from elementary school, he went directly to Hogwarts. Since black Africa and East Asia are not any weaker than the West in the wizarding world, so in the wizarding world
On the contrary, there is no racial discrimination, only blood discrimination.
Hermione was very angry at such remarks, and she immediately petrified the guy. Then she pointed her wand at the guy's face with his horrified eyes.
"Legilimency." Soon the expression on Hermione's face became more and more angry, and finally there was even a trace of murderous intent showing from her eyes.
"What's going on? Are you okay?" Ryan asked, pressing Hermione's shoulder.
"This guy is a member of the Ku Klux Klan and has participated in five to six killings of innocent people of color." Hermione turned to Ryan and said, "In addition, he has many more murders of people of color.
Injured, this time he got together with a group of Ku Klux Klan scum similar to him. As a bodyguard, he protected a scholar looking for Hamnatta."
Ryan suddenly remembered that these Americans should be the group of guys who took the sacred urn containing Ansuna's internal organs in the original plot. Think about it, there are not many people in this era who can leave their hometowns and take the initiative to venture to such dangerous places.
Good people, and at the same time, this is the era when the Ku Klux Klan is at its most rampant. So it is normal that these people are trash who kill innocent people. Ryan feels that he can do something for God now, and kill this group of people and his own group to seize the opportunity.
guy.
Thinking of this, Ryan and Hermione whispered something. Then they magically attacked these scum of the Ku Klux Klan and threw them into the river to feed the Nile crocodiles. By the way, they used the forgetting spell to make the other party's guide Benny forget about Hamna Tower.
All memories were completely wiped clean.
As a result, shortly after Ryan and the others returned to their room on the ship, the ship vibrated, slowed down, and finally stopped.
"What happened?" Evelin asked curiously. Soon Jonathan heard the news from outside. "I heard that several Americans on the ship were missing, so now we need to dock at the nearest dock. Now we need to
It’s a lot more walking.”
Soon the ship docked at a small pier, and the passengers on the ship left after being briefly questioned by the police who boarded the ship. When Ryan and the others got off the ship, they happened to see the American historian and a group of local workers led by the guide Benny.
He walked in another completely wrong direction. It seems that Cunning Benny decided to take the American professor for a walk in the desert after discovering that he couldn't remember the location of Hamna Tower, and swindled some money along the way.
The next journey is to ride on horseback in the desert. To be precise, the surrounding area should be regarded as the Gobi, so horses can also be used in this place. After leaving the human settlement on the edge of the Nile River, Ryan made the rose crystal appear.
And introduced this other member of the expedition team to Evelin and the others.
"This magic is really magical." Evelin exclaimed as she looked at the puppets that flew up to high altitudes from time to time to survey the surroundings. "This way we don't have to worry about things attacking us at night."
Although the place where they disembarked from the ship was further away from Hamna Tower than the place where the protagonist and his group jumped off the ship after the ship caught fire in the movie, the distance was still limited. Because in this era, ships did not have enough navigation lights and radars.
Generally speaking, ships in rivers will not sail at night to avoid running aground on rocks or being stranded.
This is why the group of Pharaoh guards in the movie can have so many people lurking on the ship silently: because the ship was at anchor at that time, otherwise it would be impossible for a motorized ship to catch up with an oar, and with a
The same motorized boat would be too big to chase the noise.