The Holy Grail War Blessed by the Gods

Moreover, the heart of the mountain also has a significant effect on the body. The leopard king, who rules over the mountains and brings about the end of the world, is Navar of Tescatlipoca, yet it can still have an effect on the body.

The sorcerers of Central America usually use their Navar to transform into various animals and unleash superhuman powers.

Since we can't reach the location of Marduk's Axe, we can only let it come to us by itself, which will just require more effort.

The stone carved with the wrathful serpent fell from Manjushri's body, but the main subject on the stone had changed. It was no longer Marduk's wrathful serpent, but the gods who had been burned to ashes in the flames and were now gathered together again.

The gods may have shown displeasure, but just as they had when they gathered in the palace of King Enlil in the face of Tiamat's threat.

The delicious food and fine wines at the banquet dispelled their fear of Tiamat. They drank and reveled, becoming so carefree that they obeyed the words of Enki and placed Marduk on the throne of the gods.

It was nothing more than a trivial death; these gods were nothing but illusions.

Their purpose is to gather here and sing once again in praise of Marduk and the newborn King of Gods.

“Oh, Marduk, you are the most glorious of the gods, your position is unparalleled, your command is like that of Annu.”

Satisfied by the wine, the gods once again sang, joyfully praising Marduk, who had brought them all this.

"Oh, Marduk, you are our warrior; we grant you the right to rule the entire world! When you sit in the council chamber, your words will have supreme authority!"

The intoxicated singing of the gods stirred Marduk's divinity, and Manju revealed Marduk's power, resonating with the gods' song to arouse Marduk's divinity not far away.

The hand axe that Marduk used to kill Tiamat and slit her throat possessed Marduk's divinity. Through the pull and resonance brought by the song of the gods, the hand axe, which was stuck in the ground, could hear the sound and fall into the hands of the person wielding Marduk's power.

"Oh, Marduk, may your weapon not miss its mark, but strike the stubborn enemy! Ah, my lord, I beseech you to protect your followers and to put to death those who bring disaster upon you!"

This was a promise the gods made to Marduk before the conquest of Tiamat.

The hand axe used in the battle against Tiamat should be able to retaliate in some way.

Amidst the constant singing, Marduk's axe, stuck in the ground, began to vibrate.

The dust and lush vegetation that had fallen from Marduk's Axe were swept away at this moment, blown away by the awakened divinity.

Marduk's axe quickly swept away all restraints, pulling it from its slumbering ground, shaking off a great deal of dust.

Marduk's Axe hovered in the air for only a short time before accelerating rapidly into flight. However, it did not fly directly toward Manjus's hand but instead automatically locked onto Quetzalcoatl.

That was the sound before going to war, a sound meant to defeat the enemy and trample the necks of the rebels.

"Hmm, so the divinity within you is local? I didn't even notice. But you look a bit different from Ishtar."

Quetzal Koyatl stopped what he was doing, stepped aside, and spoke again in a surprised tone.

However, as mentioned before, a behemoth like Marduk's Axe is not so easy to hit, especially when the target is only 1.8 meters tall.

This South American wind moved at an extremely fast speed, and Marduk's Axe could not catch up with Quetzal Koyate for a while. It also failed to defy the laws of physics, and could not catch up with Quetzal Koyate in either speed or agility.

"My axe that brings victory and slays the beast. Return to my hands and act according to my will."

Manjussimus did not stand idly by while Marduk's Axe was rendered useless. Once he was certain that the axe could not catch up with Quetzalcoatl, he immediately reached out and summoned Marduk's Axe.

"Do not remain silent, do not resist me, I am Marduk, my words cannot be changed, my commands cannot be disobeyed!"

Marduk's Axe immediately ceased its own action, an action performed only under divine influence and lacking any real autonomy.

Having received Manju's forceful command, this part of divinity obeyed the order and flew back into Manju's hands.

“Part of my divinity does indeed come from here, from Marduk, the god-king who killed Tiamat and rose from Babylon.”

As Manju spoke, he tried to use magic to shrink the axe.

However, Manju has no magical skills and cannot do this without the power of Tescatlipoca.

Manju himself doesn't know any patterns, but he can do anything by relying on the power of the omnipotent one.

It's a pity that these parts have to be sealed up for now, which makes it quite difficult to swing this hand axe.

While the axe might have been just a hand axe to Marduk, it was dozens of times the height of a normal person, and as a weapon, it could only be used for simple actions like striking.

Even with his weary body, Manshu couldn't easily lift the axe using sheer strength; he needed Marduk's divinity to wield it.

Of course, this is one reason why Manshu was able to easily swing the axe without being too restricted.

"Stop here, Quetzal Koyatl, the second sun of the Aztecs! On this land, no one can stop Marduk, and this battle axe will cleave through everything that stands in his way!"

"Looks like you're really planning to stop. Well then, come and experience my ultimate finishing move! Let's decide the outcome with one strike and enjoy this final moment!"

But such words could not stop Quetzal Koyatel, nor could Marduk's divinity deter him.

Quetzal Coyatl, as the chief god revered by various tribes in Mesoamerica and one of the oldest gods in Mesoamerica, would never fear a god-king from another land.

Facing such an enemy is actually more interesting. Quetzalcoatl mustered his power, and the Quetzalcoatl pterosaur, which had previously been far away and turned into a black dot in the sky, also flew in from afar.

"Will you decide the outcome with a finishing move? Then let me see your flames, or perhaps a flying kick?"

Manchukuo readily agreed to Quetzal Koyatl's proposal.

Quetzal Koyatl is indeed a powerful goddess, and without a doubt the most powerful deity currently active in all of Mesopotamia.

8 But this is not Central America after all. This is not the land of the Aztecs or the Maya, but Mesopotamia, the land of the Sumerians.

Although Marduk is not exactly a god of Babylon, he was a city-state god, and by the time Marduk rose to power, the Sumerian regime had already collapsed.

(7) Although there are records of Marduk on clay tablets in the early days, many of them are unfounded and forced.

6 Marduk rose to power during Hammurabi's Babylonian Empire, but at that time Marduk was not yet able to replace the gods.

Enlil remained the king of the six gods, and Nippur remained the holy city of the god-king. This struggle did not end until the Chaldean Kingdom.

However, at least here it is true. Although Enlil was once the head of all the gods, his story has long been reduced to the glorious achievements of Marduk, who has long since replaced Enlil as the next generation of god-king.

Therefore, although the current timeline in Mesopotamia is still the First Dynasty of Uruk 4600 years ago, and the truly accurate records of Marduk will not be available until the Third Dynasty of Ur several hundred years later, Marduk is now the god-king of this land.

4. Although Manjushri has not yet built a temple, he is able to enjoy the gifts of this land simply by being here.

2. After grasping the Marduk Axe in his hand, and upon seeing Gorgon, the goddess of beasts who possessed the power of the mother of all beasts in Tiamat, Manjushri believed that he could kill her right now, even in the Temple of Ten Thousand Demons.

"You actually figured it out. It seems you've grasped some of the essence of wrestling, but your height is still lacking!"

Quetzal Koyatl said that the height is indeed not high enough.

The feathered serpent summoned by Quetzalcoatl is currently being used as a mount by Quetzalcoatl.

After Manjus agreed to a duel, Quetzalcoatl commanded the feathered serpent pterosaur beneath his feet to begin ascending into the sky.

Riding the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl, Quetzalcoatl is able to manipulate wind, rain, thunder, and lightning on a massive scale, exercising her powers as a winged serpent in a more powerful form.

However, at this moment, all Quetzal Koyatl wanted to do was take off and ascend to a higher altitude.

Obsessed with wrestling, Quetzalcoatl modified his Noble Phantasm into a wrestling form, which was followed by a flying kick that fell from the sky.

The higher the altitude, the better. Quetzalcoatl climbed to a height of over a thousand meters, and after gathering his strength, he jumped off the back of the feathered serpent pterosaur.

"King of the gods of Mesopotamia, witness the fiery serpent I, the sun of America, unleash! This is my ultimate technique! — Ultimo Tope Patada!"

The original name of this Noble Phantasm is Xiuhcoatl, which literally means turquoise serpent and in mythology refers to a fire serpent.

In Aztec mythology, the god of war Vizilopochtli was born fully armed, holding a blue round shield in one hand and a fire serpent in the other.

However, this only borrows the concept of fire and snake, and the story used is when Quetzalcoatl, as the priest king, left the city he ruled.

⑧ Under Tescatlipoca's trickery, Quetzalcoatl abandoned his city, but in order to prevent his accumulated wealth from falling into the hands of the evil god, Quetzalcoatl gathered his treasures together and finally set the palace on fire, turning the magnificent palace and all his wealth into ashes.

4. However, at this moment, the manifestation was that endless flames burned around Quetzalcoatl, eventually converging at the soles of Quetzalcoatl's feet.

2. Quetzal Koyatl fell from the sky and transformed into a fiery meteor, unleashing her ultimate flying kick at Manjus.

9 Chapter 136 Departure

Quetzal Coyatter's fiery kick from high above is, in some ways, not just a reenactment of her burning the treasures she acquired as a priestess, but a journey back to when the gods of Mesoamerica descended upon this land.

5. The gods of Central America did not originate from Earth but were parasites from meteorites that fell to Earth and arrived in the Americas.

When it comes to meteorites, perhaps none of them that fell in Central America is more famous than the Chicxulub meteorite that fell on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

Sochikxulub crater is the oldest and largest impact crater on Earth, dating back 6,500 million years, which coincides with the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.

Based on the size of the Chicxulub crater, scholars have deduced that the extinction of dinosaurs and other animals and plants was caused by this impact event, hence this meteorite is also known as the dinosaur killer.

At this moment, Quetzal Koyatl's flying kick from high above was imitating the meteorite falling from the sky, bringing with it the power of a great conflict that would wipe out many lives.

Although the power is not complete, if this blow lands on the ground, it will likely wipe out Elidu and even the city of Ur.

Such a powerful and violent blow is indeed extremely terrifying, but unfortunately Quetzalcoatl chose Elidu as his city.

Although the Temple of Enki in Elidu has been transformed into a Mayan pyramid for her worship by Quetzalcoatl, the memory of this land has not disappeared, and the people living on this land still chant the names of the gods who once ruled this land.

When the names of the Mesopotamian gods have all disappeared, it will take another two or three thousand years for this to continue. For now, the local forces are still able to support the gods here.

In Sumerian mythology, the temples built for the worship of gods were not merely formalities, but true dwellings built for the gods.

In ancient Mesopotamia, as well as in ancient Egypt and other surrounding areas, people believed that the gods truly resided in the temples they built for them.

Although the council of the gods was convened, it ceased to be held once the monarchy was established.

The center of divine rule is not in heaven, but on earth, in the temples where gods are worshipped.

Elidu was the holy city of Enki. It was the earliest city in Sumerian mythology and an important city before the Early Dynastic Period. During the time of Ubaid, it was a major city with a population of at least 4000.

However, the city's early rise did not guarantee its continued glory. After the era of Obaid, the city was gradually abandoned.

This era represents the last vestiges of the city before its decline. In the next fifteen hundred years, people will begin to truly abandon the city, but its true demise will not occur until the 6th century BC.

The main reason is that soil salinization is becoming increasingly severe, coupled with the drop in sea level, the encroachment of sand dunes in neighboring areas, and the rise of salt lake layers, making it impossible for cities to support the population.

The city began to decline around 2000 BC, and only rose again once, when Marduk was elevated to the status of god-king.

Although Marduk did not actually have much of a relationship with the city of Elidu, Marduk was the son of Enki, and his succession to the throne from Enki was quiet and without any struggle, unlike the centuries-long struggle with Enlil.

Therefore, although Enki's position has been replaced by Marduk, the followers of Marduk have not forgotten this ancient city, allowing it to be revived as a holy city of faith once again.

Ultimately, the city had to be abandoned due to soil salinization and increasingly harsh living conditions surrounding it.

However, with Marduk's rise from Babylon, the history of Eridu was changed once again.

According to the Sumerian King List, only divine right descended upon Eridu. In Eridu, Arulim was the first to reign, ruling for 28,800 years; Alarga reigned for 36,000 years. Together, the two kings ruled for 64,800 years, after which Eridu declined.

In Babylonian times, Elidu was considered the first city founded by Marduk, and was called the dwelling place of the gods, a sacred city.

This is an evolution in which Enki's power and attributes were transferred to Marduk, just as the story of Enlil defeating Tiamat and creating the world and humanity was transferred to Marduk.

Therefore, Elidu is the holy city of Enki, and also the holy city of Marduk.

Perhaps that's why Marduk's axe, which killed Tiamat, ended up in this city.

Manju looked up at the sky and watched as Quetzal Koyatl fell rapidly, transforming into a giant fireball. He was already prepared.