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Chapter 1706 The only victim of the power struggle

It was an incredible tragedy, an incredible atrocity, and any human being would feel boundless anger upon learning about it.

The gods needed slaves, so they created humans, a race that was born to be slaves.

That is a race that will not die unless murdered or infected by disease, so their population is growing.

The gods didn't care about this at all, and there was nothing wrong with the increase of loyal slaves. There were so many slaves who bathed and dressed them, dug food for them, offered sacrifices, and praised them.

Especially the sixth and seventh generation gods who were originally slaves. They did not oppress humans just because they were once slaves. It was precisely because they were once slaves that they did not want to go back to the past.

But there was only one god who was dissatisfied with this, and that was Enlil, the king of gods who separated heaven and earth.

The reason for his dissatisfaction is very simple, that is, human beings disturb him, so he wants to destroy human beings.

Enki, the water god who was responsible for creating mankind, did not want his creation to perish in this way, so he repeatedly reminded mankind of what kind of disaster would occur, and mankind thus escaped three times.

Enlil, the king of gods, was furious when his oracle of destruction was repeatedly deciphered. He used the legendary Tablet of Destiny to demand that all the gods swear to him that they would destroy mankind.

Even so, the water god Enki secretly appeared in a dream to a devout believer, a pure young boy, and told him that the fourth destruction would be a devastating flood.

The young man did as he was told and built a huge ship, loading it with birds and beasts. Human beings finally survived the fourth natural disaster.

But the king of gods was still furious. He didn't care even though the gods were starving because no humans were cultivating the land. He just wanted to destroy humans. At this time, the great god of wisdom, the god of water Enki stepped forward and used the water of life to fight against the king of gods Enlil, and finally won the right to survive for mankind.

This is a mythological story passed down by mankind, in which Enki, the water god who stood up for mankind and confronted Enlil, the king of gods, is the true savior of mankind...

But that’s all bullshit.

From the beginning, it was just one of the most ancient political struggles, and humans themselves were just the battlefield.

Enlil, the king of gods, is the god who created the world and is truly the king of gods. His power extends from the sky to the earth and even to the underworld, Kur, but there are only two places he cannot reach.

One is the sea and water which is far wider than the land, and the other is the hearts of living beings.

When Enlil, the king of gods, separated heaven and earth and blew across the earth, the water god Enki was born. No matter how hard Enlil blew, he could not dry up the water that overflowed from the earth. From that moment on, the open and secret struggles between Enlil, the king of gods, and Enki, the water god, began.

What intensified the struggle was the birth of mankind. For Enlil, the king of the gods, he did not need food or offerings. He was born at the pinnacle of power, and all the gods were his subordinates. He enjoyed the tranquility of the pinnacle of power.

It was not until the sixth and seventh generations of gods asked him to create a new slave race in order to avoid being slaves that the water god Enki willingly became the creator of mankind.

From that day on, humans created by the water god Enqi sang praises to the water god, and the gods who enjoyed humans' offerings praised humans' hard work and thanked the water god Enqi for creating humans. The tranquility at the pinnacle of power was thus disturbed.

So the King of Gods wants to destroy the human beings created by the water god Enki. As for what the water god Enki wants to do, is he a kind and honest god on the surface?
Impossible. Wisdom may appear in kind people, but it will never be linked to honesty.

The four times that Enlil, the king of gods, destroyed humans were just the results of Enki, the god of water. When the gods felt the inconvenience and hunger after losing humans, and when the last humans appeared and Enlil, the king of gods, was still going to destroy humans, Enki, the god of water, stood up and became the only one who resisted Enlil, the king of gods.

He knew very well that the gods were reluctant to give up on humans, but were afraid of the power of Enlil, the king of gods, so he took out the water of life to fight against the tablet of destiny of the king of gods and successfully won over all the gods.

It’s just that the power of Enlil, the king of gods, was too great. Even if he won over all the gods, he only got the right to have an equal dialogue.

However, the water god Enki had achieved his goal. He was unwilling to engage in a head-on war with Enlil, the king of gods, so he gave the option of "each taking a step back."

When that choice appeared, the water god Enkidu won no matter what. Enlil, the king of gods, disagreed, which would mean making an enemy of the gods. Enlil, the king of gods, agreed, and the concession of the king of gods was an incomparable success.

In the end, the King of Gods chose to take a step back and stopped destroying humanity. However, the water god Enki's concession was a complete curse on humanity.

He first deprived the last human of his ability to reproduce, and then used the scraps of the mud of life to create new humans.

The new humans are burdened with the shortcomings and curses bestowed by the gods from the moment they are born.

They are more prone to joy, anger, sorrow and worry, and their life span is limited to only a hundred years. Their bodies are easily deformed due to illness and overwork, and giving birth to children is more painful and may even result in death during childbirth. Children born are also more likely to suffer from mental or physical illnesses.

And what did the young man who, under the guidance of the water god Enki, accomplished the great feat of saving mankind get?

Immortal life.

That is something that is said to be a reward but is actually a curse. The young man with immortal life can neither ascend to the sky palace where God resides, nor is he rejected by the new humans because of his eternal immortal life.

When the last old human he saved, his wife, died, this gift called immortality finally began to tear at the boy's heart with the sharp blade of loneliness.

Why do you treat the young man like this? Because someone will always have to bear the wrath of the King of Gods, and someone will always have to pay the price for resisting the oracle of the King of Gods.

Is it Enki, the water god, who is responsible?

No, it was not him. He had sworn to the Stone of Destiny that he would not protect mankind during the fourth destruction. It was the young man, as a wise man, who discovered from some signs that the fourth destruction would be a flood, and built a big ship to guard against the destruction of Enlil, the king of gods.

The water god Enki is just a kind and well-meaning god who couldn't bear to see humans destroyed after seeing how hard humans had managed to survive.

So it was the young man who made Enlil, the king of gods, unhappy, and that young man had to pay the price for rebelling against the king of gods.

So does the water god Enki love humans?

The answer has already been revealed: human beings are merely creations used by the water god Enki to satisfy his desire for creation.

Why is Nick Itarion so sure? Because he is the one who received this award.

(End of this chapter)