The Holy Grail War Blessed by the Gods

Although some time was spent traveling and recovering, the time spent on these tasks was negligible, and it wasn't even dark yet.

2. It's estimated that the sun won't set for a while longer, so Manshu's journey will take at most about two hours.

9...

(4) Passing through the blood-red temple corridor, Kingu, draped in white clothes rewoven with magic, entered the center of the temple.

"I'm sorry I'm late, Mother."

4. In the center of the temple, the enormous goddess of the monster stood with her back to the entrance. In front of her, two other dark figures stood on high platforms.

3. "I apologize for not knowing that the three goddesses were having a meeting. I am truly sorry for returning empty-handed."

The two figures standing parallel to the Five Beast Goddesses were the other two members of the Three Goddess Alliance.

6. The three goddesses are discussing their next move here; their fragile alliance still exists.

Behind the goddess of monsters were human bodies crushed into pieces, with various internal organs and torsos scattered all over the ground.

"She crushed it before you came back, and it still smells fishy and stinky here. I feel like throwing up."

Aleshkigal's tone was full of dissatisfaction; she was disgusted by the stench permeating the temple.

Chapter 126 Intrusion

"A battle of strength, where the loser becomes mincemeat, is the kind of fighting style I like. But this is still not good enough. The class difference is too bothersome, and your killing method is too crude."

Quetzalcoatl smiled and shook his head, not particularly approving of the Warcraft Goddess's actions.

After all, it was meaningless; it was just pure slaughter. The goddess of war commanded her swarm of snakes, turning those kneeling on the ground begging for mercy into a bloody pulp.

"I think I've been very meticulous; it's just that humans are too fragile."

Gorgon scoffed at this and did not think there was anything wrong with what he did.

“Eshnana, Sipa, Kish, and Kazaru, all the cities in the north have now been swallowed up by me. The only remaining city, Nippur, is only a matter of time before it falls. It should take less than a month to destroy that abominable northern wall.”

Gorgon was riding high on her success. Her army of monsters was indeed unstoppable. One fortress city after another was destroyed by the monsters' onslaught. Kazaru was destroyed today, and Kish, the first city to gain royal power after the flood, had also perished.

In the north today, the only remaining city on the absolute monster front established in Uruk is Nippur, the great city that connects heaven and earth.

Nippur was no ordinary city; Enlil rose to power in this city, which was one of the oldest cities in Sumer and remained the most important city until Marduk rose to power and replaced Enlil as king of the gods.

Nippur is a holy city that worships Enlil. In the scriptures, it is described as the dwelling place that connects heaven and earth. The temple of Ekol in Nippur is the sanctuary of the most holy one, whose radiance reaches the heavens and whose shadows sweep across the world.

Historically, this city also held an extremely important position. Although it never enjoyed royal power, it had the ability to grant royal power to the rulers of the city-state.

When Enlil was the King of the Gods, this was the city of supreme divine authority, where he confirmed his identity as the incarnation of a god or simply as the king of a god in the name of the King of the Gods.

However, here, although it is still questionable whether Marduk has even risen to power or been born, the succession of the god-king has been completed, and Marduk has taken over the position of king of the gods from the god Enlil.

However, even during Marduk's time, Nippur's status did not decline much, because Marduk directly replaced Enlil's position and took over his city.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Nippur has been able to hold on until now. This great city, which once connected heaven and earth, once possessed countless glories and mysteries.

However, in an era when the gods have departed, those things could only delay the city's demise. Under the onslaught of the monster army, even the absolute monster front could not hold out for long.

"Oh dear, it seems you're not only big in size, but also quite arrogant. You've already wasted half a year, and you're planning to add another month?"

Ereshkigal wasn't too impressed with Gorgon's words and asked with a smile.

"Using magical beasts capable of covering the entire land, all they managed to do was suppress the north. Is it really possible to break that front line in just one more month? Do they really not need our help?" (2)

Ereshkigal chuckled and asked a series of questions. (9)

"Of course not. We have a non-aggression pact. Naturally, we won't rely on your power. Besides, it would be a terrible waste to wipe out all of humanity in one fell swoop." (iv)

Gorgon naturally wouldn't agree to let the other two goddesses interfere, and she was confident she could handle things on her own.

"I have instructed the magical beasts to do with humans as they please. They can drag them back to their lair and torture them to death, or eat them alive, or—use them as materials to build my temple, and so on." Hiss

"...Materials from the temple. No wonder it smelled even worse than last time I came. There was that fishy stench everywhere, it was nauseating. Death should be a pure existence, right?"③

Ereshkigal couldn't help but show a displeased expression, and looked at Quetzal Koyatell beside her, asking: "Noon..."

"You're the same way in this respect, aren't you? In your local mythology, death is an ever-present presence, isn't it?" Lu

“That’s absolutely right! To preserve something that should be killed is simply unimaginable!” (4)

Quetzal Koyatl nodded in agreement, but immediately changed the subject.

"However, this is the result of the survival of the fittest, and I have no objection to her policy. After all, what I do is the same; in the end, I will still eliminate them one by one, carefully and meticulously."

Isn't that exactly what it's all about? We were summoned here for this very purpose: to kill the king of this era, obtain the Holy Grail, and become the rulers of this world. Isn't that the covenant of our Three Goddesses Alliance?

Or what's wrong? Only now are you saying you're not interested? No matter how foolish humans are, you suddenly feel sorry for them when it comes to dealing with them? As the only legitimate Sumerian goddess remaining from this era?

Quetzal Koyater then changed his tone and began to question Ereshkigal.

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm more than happy to accept this. Uruk was originally mine. I only lent it to humans on a whim. Now that things have come to this, there's no need for mercy or leniency. As a pillar of the Three Goddess Alliance, I will wipe humans off the face of the earth."

Without hesitation, Ereshkigal put his hands on his hips and answered.

"Excellent! It seems everyone's will is very firm. Mother can rest assured now. The oath of the alliance is eternal."

Standing to the side, Jingu also spoke with a joyful expression.

"However, I still hope that you, Mother, will try to avoid meeting with them alone. Although they are reliable compatriots, they are also formidable competitors."

After all, in this world, only these two pillars possess the power to kill Mother. It's entirely possible that they would join forces to ambush Mother in order to obtain the Holy Grail.

Kingu changed the subject very quickly, and after the celebration, he began to warn Gorgon to be wary of the two goddesses beside him.

"I would never do such a thing. The goddess's alliance is not something so cheap."

Ereshkigal quickly denied it.

"Attacks on other goddesses will be reflected back as divine punishment. Anyone who dares to make a move will be destroyed."

Therefore, the only offensive tactic we can employ is to obtain the Holy Grail before our opponent; that's just how this game is, isn't it?

"Yes. The Holy Grail hidden by the King of Uruk. And the goddess who obtains that Holy Grail can control the world after humanity is burned away."

This is the only contract proposed by the being who brought the Holy Grail to this land—the Magic King. However, he did not specify the means to achieve his goal; everyone is free to pursue the Holy Grail in their own preferred way.

For example, like Mother, searching for the Holy Grail in Uruk after slaughtering all humanity and turning it to scorched earth. Or like you, the Forest Goddess, joining forces with nature to destroy Uruk with a visible threat. Or like you, the Goddess of the Underworld, suddenly causing all things to die one morning without anyone noticing.

Kingu nodded in agreement, saying that Kingu was actually the only one under the Magic King's command, and the current alliance of the three goddesses was achieved through his actions.

After all, even Gorgon, which Kingu himself created, did not have the ability to restrain him, let alone Quetzalcoatl, who was summoned in a chain. Quetzalcoatl, the strongest pillar of the Three Goddesses Alliance, was a powerful goddess who could actually kill Gorgon here.

Ereshkigal, on the other hand, was summoned by the locals and had little connection with Kingu. The fact that Kingu was able to form the alliance that is still functioning today has already taken a lot of effort.

"However, everyone should be careful. The strange tremors that were previously observed have led to the appearance of the last magician who was the guardian of humanity, as predicted by the astrologers of Uruk."

“I chased after the shockwave, intending to bring them to Mother in my guise as Enkidu, but I didn’t expect the wrathful serpent that always belonged to Marduk to appear and see through my disguise. There was also a god from the Americas who thwarted my plan, forcing me to return empty-handed, which was a real pity.”

The conversation between the three goddesses was coming to an end, and Jingu began to talk about his experience.

Kingu's knowledge all comes from the Magic King, and the knowledge the Magic King gave him is all related to Chaldea and this land.

He didn't really know much about the gods in the Americas, since the distance was quite far. He might be able to talk about the gods in Assyria, Canaan, Egypt, Asia Minor, or the Iranian Plateau.

"A god from the Americas? The one who could defeat you... hmm, wouldn't it be that annoying spider?"

When Quetzal Koyatl heard Jingu's words, her first thought was of her old rival.

After all, there aren't many gods who, when summoned from a land so far from the Americas, possess the power to defeat Kingu.

"Hmm...? It seems you don't need to guess. That person actually caught up directly and is now at the entrance of Mother's Temple."

Just as Jingu was about to describe the powers he had seen Manshu use to see if Quetzalcoatl could recall any information from the subject, his senses detected a familiar presence appearing before the gates of the Blood Temple.

"Hmph, they were so arrogant as to chase after me. And when they saw my temple, they still didn't retreat. Their brains are worse than a monkey's."

Gorgon let out a series of cold laughs upon hearing Jingu's words and turned toward the exit.

"boom!"

2 A loud noise came from the entrance, and the temple shook, with some cracks appearing in the flesh and blood.

"This is my territory. I can handle any intruders. Any targets that are worth my attention and can be annihilated will surely fill my hunger."

④ Having said this, Gorgon turned around and activated the Blood Temple, allowing her temple to begin functioning fully from standby mode.

"What a sturdy temple! It looks exactly the same from the outside. It's hard to imagine what kind of divinity the goddess who lives in this temple must have attained."

(4) There was a barrier at the entrance of the temple, so Manshu had no way of concealing himself and sneaking into the temple.

3. This is not an ordinary residence set up by a magician. Even if it is a magic workshop set up by a decent magician that reaches the level of a temple, Manshu could still sneak in secretly.

(v) But this temple of blood is the true abode of the goddess. Look at the Greek-style columns at the entrance; the divinity contained in the temple cannot be ignored.

(vi) Therefore, Manju didn't think too much about it. He grabbed the lightning bolt in his hand and threw it directly forward.

Destroying this temple wouldn't be so easy, otherwise they wouldn't have gone to use the axe that Marduk used to kill Tiamat to destroy it.

But for Manshu, he really didn't need to use Marduk's divine axe, because Marduk's power was already within him.

Although So had extracted all of Marduk's power to create the Noble Phantasm, he also mixed in excess divinity.

Especially when the heart of the mountain of Tescatlipoca greedily swallowed a portion of the divinity, this act actually left a portion of the divinity belonging to Marduk for Manjushri.

Therefore, in order to defeat the Beast of Sodom, Manjushri directly ignited his Noble Phantasm, turning everything into heavenly fire that burned the beast, without causing his Spirit Origin to collapse.

The lightning that is now being thrown is Baal's lightning, and Baal's power is used to assist Marduk's power, creating an environment that initially summons thunder and rain, preparing for the battle.

The power of Marduk that Manshu possessed was what made him dare to directly confront the Blood Temple at this moment. Otherwise, with the Goddess of Beasts and Kingu present in the Blood Temple, it would have been impossible for him to win.

Baal's lightning shattered the barrier at the entrance of the Blood Temple, and lightning continued to fall from the sky, where rain clouds had already gathered on the clear sky.

Manshu entered the Blood Temple, and the foul stench filled his nostrils. What he saw was the color of flesh and blood, and on the walls of flesh and blood, there were cocoons that looked like spiders.

Beyond what could be seen, an extremely intense dissolving sensation was applied to Manshu's body. Even he could not escape this power for the time being, and drops of blood seeped from his skin and were absorbed by the temple.

Manjusaka merely frowned, not caring about the dissolving effect of the temple, but rather feeling somewhat disgusted by the scene before her.

"It's really getting out of hand. Even a coward who isn't qualified should be given a quick death."

Manshu had no interest in looking any further. With a sudden wave of his hand, he unleashed a vast expanse of lightning, which transformed into countless lightning snakes concealing magical power, rushing forward to destroy all visible flesh and blood.

"What a noisy fellow, running rampant in my territory!"

Chapter 127 Magic Eye

A magical cannon, its eerie crimson hue contrasting sharply with the temple filled with flesh and blood, shot out from the depths of the passageway.

That was a magical attack spewed from the mouth of a hair-thick snake extending from behind Gorgon; it was a fairly ordinary attack.