Chapter 015: Escape

When the last rays of the sun disappeared over the horizon, Wang Bo felt the evolution within him temporarily cease. Although his strength had increased slightly, defeating Imhotep was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Imhotep simply wouldn't care about such a trivial amount of strength.

Fortunately, Wang Bo was self-aware enough. This time, he followed the group to Hamunaptra precisely to prevent Imhotep's resurrection.

As long as Imhotep does not resurrect, no problem will remain a problem.

When they finished eating, everyone gathered together.

O'Connell drank his soup as he spoke. "I've already heard from Evelyn about the descendants of the Pharaoh's Guard. Are you sure they will attack us?"

"Definitely." Wang Bo nodded and said.

"You say I once met a descendant of Pharaoh's guard, but I don't remember it."

"Because at that time you had no idea at all that they were the descendants of the Pharaoh's guards," Wang Bo said while eating dinner. "Could you have forgotten the group of people standing on the cliff when you left Hamunaptra back then?"

O'Connor's expression shifted, and suddenly he remembered.

Yes, when he had narrowly escaped from Hamunaptra back then, he had indeed seen a group of people staring at him.

He had originally thought that this group of people would make a move against him, but until the very end, they never appeared before him again.

But…

"I have never told anyone about this matter," O'Connor said with a grave expression. "How did you know? Could it be that you were there back then?"

“Haven't I already said that I've never been to Hamunaptra?”

"Then how did you know."

"Well..." Wang Bo was silent for a moment. He wanted to say that he knew it from watching movies, but even if he said it, these people might not understand and would think he was lying.

"I naturally have my own way of knowing, but I cannot tell you what it is."

Having no other choice, Wang Bo could only brush it off with such a perfunctory remark.

O'Connor gave Wang Bo a deep look and did not press further. Like Evelyn, he found this man too mysterious, as if he knew many things but was unwilling to reveal them all at once.

This made O'Connor quite unhappy.

However, he could also sense that the other party seemed to have no ill intentions, so he couldn't be bothered to pursue the matter.

Instead, he asked, 'When do you think the descendants of Pharaoh's guard will appear?'

"Of course, when it's dark."

Jonathan couldn't help glancing left and right, and said in a low voice, "But now, it's already dark."

"So they're about to appear." After saying this, Wang Bo turned to look at Evelyn and brought up the old topic again. "As for the key, you'd better give it to O'Connell. He can keep it better than you."

Evelyn said, "Don't worry, I've already put the key in a very safe place."

Wang Bo saw that the other party was confident and couldn't help nodding.

Jonathan kept looking left and right, afraid that the descendants of Pharaoh's guard would appear at any second. He asked nervously, "What should we do now? Just wait here for them to show up?"

Wang Bo said calmly, "Of course not. After we eat, we'll take a small boat and leave here."

O'Connor frowned. "You mean, we're going to run away?"

"You're unwilling?"

Although Wang Bo used an interrogative sentence, his tone was very affirmative.

As far as he knew, O'Connell was absolutely not someone who was good at escaping. At the beginning of the story, when O'Connell's unit found Hamunaptra, they were attacked by the locals.

At that time, the enemy outnumbered them several times.

At that time, the commanding officers could not withstand the pressure and turned to flee.

But O'Connor withstood the pressure, commanding his soldiers to fight all the way, never fleeing even at the very end. Now if Wang Bo accused him of fleeing without a fight, O'Connor would absolutely refuse to accept it.

Sure enough, O'Connell said, "I think we should join forces with the Americans on the ship to fight the enemy. Their goal is also Hamunaptra. If the enemy really are the descendants of the Pharaoh's guards, they will never let them go. We are natural allies."

"That's true enough, but are you sure you want to take on several times our number of enemies with just the few of us?"

"How many times?" O'Connor asked.

"Not too clear, maybe about ten times."

"Alright, then we'll leave after dinner."

Although O'Connell was brave, he was no fool. The reason he hadn't run back then at Hamunaptra was that the place was in the middle of nowhere—once he fled, there wouldn't be any cover, and sooner or later the enemy would wipe them all out.

So it's better to stay in Hamunaptra and fight it out with the enemy.

But times have changed; the enemy's strength is about ten times his own, and he himself is capable of running. Only a fool would stay and fight it out with the enemy.

"Should we warn those Americans?" After deciding to flee, O'Connor thought of the Americans again. If they left them here without a word, he felt it would be hard to live with himself.

Wang Bo said, "If you want, you can give a reminder, but are you sure they won't betray our whereabouts in front of the descendants of the Pharaoh's Guard?"

O'Connor thought for a moment and said decisively, "Well, may God bless them!"

After the meal, everyone began to pack their luggage.

Half an hour later, Wang Bo, Laura, O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan, and the warden, a group of six, quietly left the ship in a small boat.

The warden said with a displeased look, "I don't understand why we have to do this." Was it really necessary to give up the comfortable steamship and board such a small, shabby boat?

O'Connor said, "For safety."

“Shut up.”

Suddenly, Wang Bo gave a soft shout, as he heard the sound of oars stirring the water in the distance.

"I heard a voice, row faster."

O'Conner nodded and paddled together with Jonathan. The small boat rode the wind and waves, growing farther and farther from the steamship.

Taking advantage of the night, O'Connor looked out and saw small boats rushing out of the darkness, rapidly approaching the ship.

Soon, intense gunfire came from the ship, shattering the quiet night.

The warden couldn't help but open his mouth wide, saying, "This is really bad."

O'Connor said, "It's really bad. If those people came for the key and can't find us, they will definitely chase after us."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's row faster."

When the crowd reached the opposite shore and looked back, they saw that the steamer was already on fire. The raging flames had engulfed the entire vessel, illuminating everything around it, a spectacle on the Nile.

Jonathan couldn't help but make the sign of the cross over his chest. "My God."

He really wasn't sure if he would have been burned to death on the boat if he hadn't run fast enough.

"Let's go." O'Connor withdrew his gaze. "We need to get out of here quickly. It'll be bad if the enemy catches up."

Including Wang Bo, everyone nodded in unison.