Chapter 574:
"Huh, forget it, don't know if you don't know me. If you know who I am, you'll probably be frightened. That's not right, you don't have any respect for God at all."
For some reason, Ereshkigal watched Roman and began to mumble, his tone was full of resentment.
Feeling uneasy, Roman quickly changed the subject: "That... Ereshkigal, what are you doing here? Looking for Ishtar? Or find Quezal."
"No, I'm just..."
As he spoke, Ereshkigal's voice became smaller and smaller, until it was completely inaudible. Roman, who was so close, couldn't hear Ereshkigal's voice. If she hadn't seen Ereshkigal's lips moving, she would probably have thought that she was silent.
"What are you talking about? I can't hear you."
"I mean…"
Ereshkigal's voice finally disappeared, and this time even that cute face lowered.
"What are you talking about? The voice suddenly dropped."
"I was kicked out of my house!!" Ereshkigal shouted out in despair, causing Roman's ears to be hit hard.
Before Roman could react, a voice came from outside: "Who is there?"
It was David's voice. He heard the movement here and rushed over here immediately.
"It's alright, leave me alone."
"That's it, then forget it, be careful yourself." David didn't plan to continue approaching Roman's tent, but he didn't leave immediately, "By the way, did you see Ishtar? She seemed to be heading here just now. I came over, but I couldn't see her going back."
"I didn't see her, maybe she ran to where. The Command Spell is still being maintained, and there is no abnormality."
Has Ishtar left? Roman didn't feel it, maybe it was the special nature of the goddess, and the Command Spell did not have a strong control over the goddess.
"You should rest early. By the way, be careful, if you need help, just shout it out."
After finishing speaking, David's footsteps gradually faded away, and he quickly left Roman's tent.
It is impossible for David not to feel the existence of Ereshkigal. Ereshkigal is not an Assassin. No matter how hard he tries to hide his spiritual foundation, for the king chosen by God, David can still easily Feel the Spirit of God.
The communication between the two is very obscure, and both are based on a certain understanding of each other. Roman knew that David had sensed the existence of Ereshkigal, and David also understood that Roman did not need help, so he would leave with confidence. If there was a conflict, I believed that as long as Roman called, David would be able to Appeared around Roman with a group of Servants.
As for Ishtar's presence here, it probably means "a **** as powerful as Ishtar appears here".
Roman turned his head and saw Ereshkigal stretched out her two hands and covered her lips with ten fine fingers. It looked like a small hamster, which was really cute.
"Don't you want them to know you're here? Don't worry, they're all good people... Even Black Joan and Black Saber are just a little weird, and they won't be hostile to strangers for no reason. I need to introduce you to everyone. ?"
"No, no, I don't want to be in contact with them." Ereshkigal's eyes widened, seeming to be very resistant to contact with strangers. But it's not right, isn't it the first time she and Roman have met? There doesn't seem to be much emotion in it.
"Let's go back to the topic just now. As you said, you were kicked out of your home? Can't you go back? Are you going to stay on the earth next, or do you have other ideas?"
"..." Ereshkigal's lips moved, she didn't say anything, she didn't seem to want to mention this shameful thing again.
"If you're not going to tell me, I'm not reluctant, just want to remind you about the situation in Mesopotamia. Maybe you know more or less, Mesopotamia is in disaster right now Period. Not long ago, Mesopotamia was messed up by the 'Triple Alliance' consisting of the 'Beast Goddess' Gorgon, Uruk's Patronus Ishtar, and the Sun Goddess Quetzal. Now The 'League of the Three Goddesses' has disbanded, but a more powerful goddess Athena has emerged."
Roman looked at Ereshkigal's face and found that she was biting her lip lightly, without showing any doubt or surprise, and seemed to understand the current situation.
"If you are running around now, there is a good chance that you will be attacked by Athena and her subordinate Jin Gu. A powerful goddess like you is too conspicuous and too dangerous, so I hope you think carefully. Maybe you can also put Tell me about your situation, maybe I can help you. I have self-knowledge in terms of ability, but I still know many friends who can help."
After Ereshkigal listened to Roman's words, she silently looked at Roman's face, and did not see any evil intentions in Roman.
"I can't go back, because... the person who is sure to drive out is the goddess Athena."
"Huh? What did you say?!" This answer is unbelievable, what is Athena doing? Open to other strange goddesses in one day, is this the rhythm intended to offend the entire Mesopotamian pantheon?
But what she did was no different from declaring war on the gods. After all, her goal was Tiamat, and if Tiamat returned to Mesopotamia, she would never let go of the people who drove her away in the first place. god.
"Excuse me, where is your home?"
"I am the mistress of the underworld, the ruler of death and the undead, Ereshkigal."
When Ereshkigal said this, Roman suddenly remembered that he had heard Ereshkigal's name there.
Ereshkigal is the native **** of Mesopotamia and the **** of the underworld in Sumerian mythology. He is in charge of the growth and corruption of plants, and can enslave snakes and dragons. It is worth mentioning that Ereshkigal is actually a sister to Ishtar, but she is stronger than Ishtar.
In mythology, Ishtar once entered the underworld and fought with Ereshkigal, and finally Ishtar was killed by Ereshkigal. Although Ishtar was later resurrected, why did Ishtar enter the underworld, why Ishtar angered Ereshkigal and was killed by him, these are unknown secrets.
Don't think that Ishtar (Rin Tohsaka) is always weak because she is weak, the goddess who can enter the "Three Goddess Alliance", her strength is evident. You must know that Ishtar is also the goddess in charge of war in mythology. None of the main god-level gods are weak, but they were still killed by Ereshkigal, which shows the power of Ereshkigal.
But now, Ereshkigal was actually kicked out of his house (underworld), and almost fled using Roman as a coordinate transfer, from which we can judge the power of Athena.
And more importantly, Athena's power will be further strengthened after she gets the underworld, because that goddess is also the **** of darkness who dominates the underworld.
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The underworld is not a dark world. Perhaps this is the case, but after all the living beings in the world die, the souls are extradited to the underworld and become the guests of the underworld, and the souls entering the underworld will emit different brilliance because of their different souls.
Most of them are ordinary creatures, exuding a faint blue like phosphorous fire. The light of the soul of the good will be biased towards white, while the person who kills too much is biased towards red... The soul of a living being makes its essence invisible, and any camouflage is meaningless.
After driving Ereshkigal away, Athena became the temporary master of the underworld. Although Ereshkigal has not lost control of the underworld, she cannot return to the underworld to exercise her power, because Athena stayed there until she took it.
The reason why Ereshkigal was able to kill Ishtar was not only that he had enough power, but the more important point was that Ishtar had entered the underworld.
As the master of the underworld, Ereshkigal, who was born in the underworld, can use the omnipotence of the underworld, and its power is not much stronger than Ishtar, probably only the willful goddess of Ishtar will know how to live and die. Annoy the powerful Lord God who already controls a world.
But this advantage disappeared in front of Athena. Although Athena, who is also the master of the underworld, could not immediately take away the underworld from Ereshkigal, the influence of the power of the underworld on her was very small, plus she had the power beyond the general main god, Athena Ereshkigal could be easily defeated in battle, and in the end Ereshkigal had to flee.
If you slow down any more, you may not be able to escape anymore.
When Athena was satisfied with the current underworld, she also had some dissatisfaction. The satisfaction is that the underworld is well-organized by Ereshkigal, not as chaotic and disorderly as the ground, so neat that Athena can master the underworld at a faster speed. The dissatisfaction is that there are too many souls in the underworld.
After any living being dies, its soul will enter the underworld. After the soul enters the underworld, it will stay for a period of time. After this period of time, the soul will leave. If the body of the deceased is still retained during this period of time, the soul can be recovered from the underworld by some means. Then the dead can come back to life.
Most of the mythological legends of resurrection originate from this principle.
But it's been different recently. Because Gorgon, the goddess of monsters, allowed Jin Gu to lead the monsters to conquer Mesopotamia, killing all the human beings wherever they went, and all creatures became the belly of the monsters, which led to the death of There are more living beings than in the past ten years, and there are more souls in the underworld all at once.
Simply put, it is overcrowded, and it is almost impossible to make room for the hostess of the underworld to repair the back garden. In this chaotic moment, the gods affected usually run to the ground to join in the fun, but Ereshkigal did not. One is because of Ereshkigal's character, and the other is that Ereshkigal is too busy and simply can't make time for it.
Both Hades and death belonged to Athena's sphere of responsibility, but she was not happy at all. The era of the Earth Goddess has passed. The gods in the sky and the gods on the earth have forgotten the grace of the former Earth Goddess, so even though they have died and become souls that Athena can control, Athena is not happy. .
Of course, Athena will not do anything to them. After all, managing the underworld is also Athena's work scope. If you disturb the order of the underworld without authorization, won't this cause trouble for yourself?
She remembered the battle just now. Ereshkigal didn't cause her much trouble. The goddess' vocation was very simple. In front of the experienced goddess Athena, Ereshkigal was probably able to get the evaluation. Only "difficulty" remains. No threat however.
The problem was that she ran away. After Ereshkigal knew that she could not defeat Athena, she left cautiously in order to save her fighting power.
Ereshkigal used the people on the ground as her escape coordinates, which meant that she was now on the ground. In order to grasp the underworld faster and summon Tiamat, the oldest goddess of the earth, Athena could only abandon the enemies on the ground.
But the one who was the coordinates—
"Do you still care about Ereshkigal? I have to admit that Ereshkigal is the goddess who has been in control of the underworld since its establishment. It's not an easy task to take the underworld from her, right? ."
After Athena's victory, Jin Gu also entered the underworld from the earth. He did not participate in the battle just now. Although Athena could defeat Ereshkigal, it was too dangerous for him to rush into the battle for the underworld, so he could only appear after the battle was over.
Chapter 906 Chapter 416 "Sun Goddess" Quezal
Jin Gu did not really surrender to Athena. It is not an easy thing to want one **** to surrender to another. If only the strength of power represents everything, then the world would have been a mess. But I have to admit that Jin Gu admires Athena very much, whether it is her strength, command, or duties, but the real reason why Jin Gu obeys Athena is that Athena has planned how to call back her mother Tia from the very beginning. Matt.
The purpose of the two is the same, both for Tiamat. Jin-gu is disgusted by this chaotic world, and he hopes that Tiamat will return to remove all obstacles and create a new world. Athena also needed a new world, a world that belonged to the Mother Earth.
It can be said that they hit it off, and the reason why Ishtar thinks that Jin Gu surrenders to Athena is just because Athena has great strength and excellent wisdom, and personally is more inclined to Athena's plan, mainly Athena's plan resulting illusion.
But how much difference is there?
"Ereshkigal is nothing to worry about. It only takes seven nights for the concubine to become the sole master of the underworld. At that time, no one can stop the concubine's actions."
"What you need to do now is to not allow anyone to disturb you and control the underworld during these seven days, right?" Jin Gu understood what Athena meant as soon as he heard it, "You need me to protect Cusa during this time, right? Cusa? Now it is the chassis of Quetzal, and if you enter Cusa, you will definitely be attacked by Quetzal. Although Quetzal has been injured by you, she is not an easy goddess to deal with.”
"Of course, that combative goddess will not be discouraged by this level of injury, but her danger has been inspired, and she will never give up."
Athena faced Ishtar and Quezal at the same time, and could clearly distinguish the difference between the two. Compared with Quezal, Ishtar seemed easier to deal with.
"Seven days is not a long time, so leave it to me. According to the report of Warcraft, the magician and Servant of the observatory have approached Kusa, and Ishtar is also with him. It seems that they plan to join Quezal. If Ereshkigal also arrives, I believe it won't be long before they start attacking the underworld."
Isn't this the new "Three Goddess Alliance"? This is not easy to handle. It is really difficult to resist the attack of the three goddesses only by Jin Gu and the beasts that have stopped increasing. Even if Ishtar and Quezal cannot return to their prosperous state in a short time, even Ereshkiga Er also made Jin-gu feel tricky.
"Don't let more than two goddesses enter the underworld, so you must at least be one of the goddesses." Athena paused, then smiled lightly, "Maybe the battlefield is not in Cusa and the underworld, you go to the Warcraft front. "
Jin Gu was stunned by Athena's words, and then she understood what she meant: "You mean you want me to attack the Warcraft front? If Uruk is attacked, it can really hold back Chaldea's fighting power, but now The number of monsters is not enough for the goddess to stay there too."
"It doesn't matter, now that the concubine has returned to this earth, there is now the underworld - the ancient snake and dragon, which will regain control of the sky and the earth."
The voice fell, and the air in the underworld began to move, rolling like boiling water. The air, the land, the magic, all came alive, constantly combined and deformed, and finally turned from clay into living things.
They are all snake-shaped, but they are different kinds of snakes. Winged snakes floating in the air, water snakes breathing water vapor, fire snakes flushing red, poisonous snakes spilling corrosive liquid from their cores... In the underworld, you can create all this with a wave of your hand. This is the almighty possessed by Athena after winning the underworld.
If you have them—
"Then don't worry, during these seven days, no one will disturb you to rule the underworld."
"You better be careful, those magicians are not easy to deal with."
"Don't worry, whether it's Gilgamesh or Meili, I've seen it all."
Jin Gu showed a confident smile, got new subordinates, and he had absolute confidence in breaking the Warcraft front. The dragon and the snake are more powerful than Gorgon's production of a child, and Athena's production is faster and more numerous. Jin Gu really can't think of the possibility of his failure.
In his opinion, victory is an irreversible result, and Tiamat's return is just around the corner.
Athena watched Jin Gu leave the underworld, and she didn't say anything else. She got Gorgon's memory in this era, so she knew that Roman appeared in this era, and in the battle just now, she also recognized that Ereshkigal used Roman as the coordinate to transfer, and these were not told to Jin Gu.
There is no special reason, just to repay the kindness of being saved when he was about to die. If it wasn't for Roman who kept her at that time, perhaps she could no longer keep the Mother Goddess and fell.
Therefore, even if the position of the two is now the enemy, Athena is willing to repay this kindness, because if this opportunity is not seized, there may be no next time.
But that's all. After this time, the two will never owe each other, and when they meet again in the future, Athena will never show mercy.
"We will see you again, Romani, right here."
Athena retracted her thoughts, and then, her magic power continued to pour out of itself, as if it were endless. The magic that belongs to Athena is spread to all corners of the underworld with her as the center. When every position in the underworld is branded by Athena's magic, then it is time for Athena to completely control the underworld.
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When the time came to midnight, Ereshkigal left.
Come quietly, and leave quietly, the whole process only David knew she had come. As for gods like Ishtar and the Leopard Man, no goddess ever appeared at all.
Ishtar was killed not without reason.
The goddess Gu said that she had planned to go back to her dormitory to sleep for the night, but she got lost halfway through and did not find her way back until the middle of the night.
Roman felt that he might have entered into a contract with a fake goddess.
It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter anymore. Although the purpose of the contract with Ishtar is to increase the power that can defeat Athena, the worst possible thing is not to make Ishtar an enemy.
Waking up in the morning with the heavy humidity all over me is not a comfortable option for a night in the woods, but overall it's fine.
Roman raised his head and glanced at the sun. Today was another bright day: "Maybe we should go back to Kusa to clean up for the night, and wait until the sun goes down before going to Quezal."
"Why? What does this mean?"
Lixiang didn't know why, and Mei Li explained on the side: "Is it because of the sun goddess? Quezal was once worshipped as the sun goddess, and the sun may give her special power during the day. According to Shtar, Quetzal will suppress his own strength in order to challenge her opponent, so the power Quetzal receives from the sun will be negligible."
"That's right. It's more dangerous at night, because Athena is also the goddess of darkness."
Roman will not continue to struggle in this regard. But having said this, Roman felt that if he really faced Athena, he could only choose daytime. The underworld in Mesopotamia is a real place where even living mortals can enter. Of course, whether they can continue to live after entering the underworld is another matter.
Although Ereshkigal said that Athena uses other methods to enter the underworld, the only way for others to enter the underworld is probably the underground of Cusa, because Cusa is the entrance to the underworld. Therefore, we must find a way to transfer the citizens of Kusa to Uruk. Mortals participating in the battle of gods are simply suicide.
At noon, I saw a pyramid, which is Quezal's Sun Temple and her current residence.
When a group of people approached the temple, they were suppressed by strong pressure. They felt as if they had entered the deep sea, and their movements were also stagnant.
"It's finally here... What's going on? Is Quezal so powerful under this powerful pressure?"
There is a golden stone on the top of the temple, shining under the sun, it should be its power affecting the people around the temple of the sun.
"The last time I saw it, I didn't feel such a powerful force, meow, why did Kukul suddenly become serious!" The Leopard Man looked at the stone above the Temple of the Sun in surprise, then became shivering, "No, if you get close If I do, I will definitely be killed by the serious Kukul. It’s too bad, if I get involved in the battle, I will definitely be slaughtered first, and I have clearly foreseen that future.”
"Of course, I don't have any good feelings for the Leading Party. So if your opponent is you, I will definitely not release water and cut you into eight pieces!"
A heroic female voice came, and then a tall woman walked out of the pyramid. She was tall, over 180 centimeters, so many ladies of average height could only look up at her. There is a strange headdress on his head, like a crown and like a potted plant, exposed like green grass branches and leaves. Her clothes are South American, and her skin is full of healthy colors, giving her a warm feeling.
"Quathered Serpent God" Quetzal Coyatl swept his eyes in a circle in front of him, and finally looked at Ishtar and smiled: "I didn't expect that, Ishtar, you will be tamed one day. Let me see who has this ability. The Master of Chaldea... No, not this little girl, but a man who can't help but teach her a lesson."
- Seems like we're meeting for the first time, right? Where is it that offends you?
Roman knew to a certain extent that he was not favored by well-ordered Heroic Spirits, and although he occasionally obtained individual Heroic Spirits, there were various reasons for this.
"But what a surprise, you actually have excellent sacrificial potential. This kind of potential is rare even in this era. If it is an ancient era, it may become the object of competition among the gods. Ishtar is also attracted by this reason. Is this yours?"
"Dang, of course. How is it, I have good eyesight?"
Ishtar even shamelessly admitted, completely forgetting that the reason why she signed a contract with Roman was because she was frightened by Gilgamesh and Roman's double reed.