Ancient Egypt's Imperial Guards

Without Bai Xiaowen saying anything, Ramses naturally knew who "that person" Bai Xiaowen was referring to was.

In fact, after the battle, Ramses was also pondering Sammet's motives and what kind of conspiracy and Undercurrent were hidden behind it.

What Bai Xiaowen said corroborates some of the intelligence Ramses currently possesses, and most of it matches, making it highly credible.

However, what Ramses didn't expect was that Bai Xiaowen's lies were all reasonable speculations based on facts—the collusion between Sammet and the Hittites was almost a certainty, beyond any doubt—except that the Silent Tongue Sect was dragged into it...

"Can you take responsibility for everything you've said?" Ramses asked.

Bai Xiaowen did not make any guarantees, but cleverly replied, "This is a deduction from the higher-ups of the Memphis Temple, and there is no conclusive evidence yet. Therefore, Great Pharaoh, I volunteer to investigate the inside story of this conspiracy. Whoever is hiding behind it, I will definitely find them for you."

The Pharaoh remained noncommittal.

Bai Xiaowen secretly told herself to stay calm. Ramses was not easy to fool. Right now, all she could rely on was their "friendship" level of Affection Level. Because of this, Ramses would likely make some biased judgments.

After a long silence, Ramses finally spoke:

"I can entrust you with investigating the Hittites spy matter, but I require you to do so covertly— Sammet still has considerable influence within the country, and we cannot be too obvious before we eliminate his supporters."

Bai Xiaowen nodded in agreement.

Ramses continued, "I can understand your conflict with the Silent Tongue Sect. However, I hope you will not let personal grudges override the affairs of the kingdom. If they have no connection with the Hittites, they should not be implicated."

"Your will will be fully carried out, great Pharaoh."

Bai Xiaowen thought to himself, Ramses is a sensible man. Judging from his attitude, he only believed half of what Bai Xiaowen had just said, and that was only the part about Sammet. As for whether the Silent Tongue Sect was colluding with the enemy, Ramses must have had a question mark in his mind.

However, Ramses's entrustment of the investigation to Bai Xiaowen was itself a sign of trust, highlighting the importance of the Pharaoh's Affection Level. Otherwise, the case might have been handed over to an outsider.

Ramses took out a gold-carved token with ancient hieroglyphs on it.

"This is a token representing my identity. With it, you can act freely within Egypt. Show it to the local official, and you can obtain authorization to mobilize no more than one hundred troops..."

Ramses said slowly, "I hope you will use this power cautiously and give me a satisfactory answer as soon as possible. The Hittites spies must be eliminated before we can completely win this war!"

Bai Xiaowen accepted the token with great excitement.

This is the Egypt version of the imperial sword, the legendary imperial envoy... Oh, the Pharaoh ordered a secret investigation, so he's one rank below an imperial envoy, but still at the level of Egypt's "secret police," wielding the royal mandate, able to deal with whoever he dislikes without prior approval...

The Pharaoh's Affection Level is extremely important. Is the C-Tier Hero Quest worth it? Absolutely!

Of course, the experience and merit rewards from the Hero Quest themselves are already quite good.

Speaking of merit points, Bai Xiaowen's heart skipped a beat. With the prospect of leaving the front lines to cause trouble in Ancient Egypt, it was only wise to exchange the merit points he had acquired first, just to be on the safe side.

After taking their leave, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi subtly inquired about the quartermaster's location before heading straight to the military camp in the southern part of the fortress.

The quartermaster's Narmer Narmo, and he was a clerk. It seems that the Spirit Realm Rules have always designated civil servants as quartermasters, but that doesn't matter. After Bai Xiaowen asked to open the exchange list, Narmer automatically entered the state of a human ATM.

"Rough, dry rations... uh, the same kind of food dropped by the Hittites, no thanks."

"Purified Nile Water, food when not in combat? Drinking it restores Divine Might. 50% restoration within 20 seconds?"

Bai Xiaowen had seen many psionic foods (drinks), but very few specifically required to be used outside of combat. This particular water required the user to be seated and to continuously eat/drink, while being protected from attacks—once attacked, the drinking action would be interrupted, and the effect of restoring Divine Might would be lost.

After frowning and thinking for a while, Bai Xiaowen roughly understood the purpose of this thing: it was mainly used in frequent combat scenarios. After disengaging from combat, if Divine Might was exhausted, one could sit down and drink water, and would be ready for the next battle in just 20 seconds.

However, this food is still pretty useless... mainly because it takes up the cooldown time of combat food!

According to the Spirit Realm Rules, the use of food and combat potions is divided into two situations: "In combat state" and "in non-combat state".

First, let's talk about combat status. In a battle, food can be used once, and combat potions can also be used once; the two do not conflict with each other. The term "battle" refers to the process from "entering combat" to "leaving combat," whether this process takes one minute or one hour, it still counts as one battle!

However, if food or combat potions are used while "out of combat", a cooldown period will be triggered.

This cooldown time is a fixed 30 minutes and will carry over to the next battle!

Take the KOF King of the Hill Mode in the league as an example.

After Bai Xiaowen defeated an enemy on the stage, he was in a non-combat state until the next enemy stepped onto the stage.

If Bai Xiaowen eats a piece of food that restores Life Value at this time, it will trigger the 30-minute cooldown period.

In the next battle, Bai Xiaowen was unable to use combat food, including the crucial debuff-removing food, Green Lotus Seed, for at least 30 minutes!

The same principle applies to combat potions.

Therefore, in KOF's King of the Hill Mode, it's impossible for a player to rely on a few seconds of downtime before the next opponent enters the ring to eat and replenish their strength and achieve a one-versus-many victory...

Bai Xiaowen continued flipping through the pages.

"Huh, this is... a specialty of the Ancient Egypt Plane? Divine Runes?" Bai Xiaowen's eyes widened, and he perked up.

Ancient Egypt was a polytheistic society, and hieroglyphs possessed an ancient and unique magic. Through the prayers of priests and the blessing of divine magic, hieroglyphs evolved into a unique product of Ancient Egypt — Divine Runes.

For example, the protective shield that appears on the pharaoh's Golden Chariot in times of danger is a type of Divine Runes.