Fierce winds whipped sandstorms into a massive vortex from every direction. Mortal eyes could not penetrate the wall of wind, but the blue sky and blazing sun remained visible overhead.
Sunlight shone straight down, like a stairway to heaven, creating an incomparably sacred atmosphere.
Yet no one present looked reassured or relaxed. Instead, they held their breath, watching what stood before them in trembling dread.
Below the god's hideous jackal head was a powerful, muscular body three meters tall. Every muscle and every curve looked as though it had been carved by a master craftsman, a physique no human could possess.
One glance made people feel they had seen a god, so terrifying and yet so enthralling.
But like the returned mummy priest, his skin was dustlike, dull and pale, without a trace of luster.
"Set! It's the god Set!"
Although Anubis was better known worldwide as an Ancient Egyptian deity with a wolf-like head and a human body, Set, one of the Ennead, was equally well known to everyone in this land.
From the features of his ears and muzzle, and the flying sand, stones, and storm that accompanied his appearance, everyone was certain of his true name.
Set!
Ancient Egypt's god of storms, deserts, and seas, the embodiment of every natural disaster opposed to the oases, black soil, and Nile that the Ancient Egyptians loved. He was the god of destruction who dried everything up and laid it to waste.
Such a savage and brutal god naturally also came to hold dominion over strength and war.
The family of the famous pharaoh Ramesses II had worshipped Set for generations. The name of his father, Seti I (Seti), was derived from Set.
Under the command of Ramesses II, the Ancient Egypt Empire of the Nineteenth Dynasty had reached the