I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Hearing Anna's words, Ishtar also felt that it was a bit too exaggerated. After all, Ishtar had once entered the Underworld alone, and she knew exactly how long it took. However, Ishtar did not say it out loud.

The next day, Ishtar stared in disbelief as Yhaka in his third form dug a massive underground tunnel at a drilling speed. Fujimaru Tachibana, standing nearby, also stared wide-eyed at the enormous hole Yhaka had created and remarked:

"My goodness, I thought it was unbelievable how fast Youyou flew, but I didn't expect her hole-drilling speed to be so fast too..."

Seeing this, everyone nodded in agreement with Fujimaru Tachibana's words. Soon, they walked into the underground passage that Yuhaka had just dug. Yuhaka's figure quickly disappeared from their sight. After all, there was no light in the underground passage, and it was impossible for them to see Yuhaka in the dark. Merlin then cast a light spell to solve the problem of their visibility.

After walking for about five minutes, they arrived at a vast underground space. Looking at the cage emitting a cold, eerie light in the distance, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others realized that they had arrived in the underworld.

Meanwhile, Ishtar, who was with Fujimaru Tachibana, looked incredulous and said:

"Unbelievable! We got to the underworld in just 5 minutes?!"

Fujimaru Tachibana, who had been startled by Ishtar, recovered from her shock and scratched her cheek as she explained:

"Um... could it be because it's a straight line?"

In response to Fujimaru Tachibana's explanation, Ishtar waved her hands in rebuttal:

"How is that possible?! You know, it used to take several hours to get from Uruk to the Underworld!"

Meanwhile, Merlin, standing to the side, stroked his chin and looked curiously at the underground passage behind him, saying:

"Hmm... That's strange. It took such a short time to travel such a long distance to reach the Underworld, and the underground passage didn't seem to have any spatial or temporal power. It's really strange... Could it be the power of [Concept]?"

As the group discussed the topic, Mashu, standing next to Fujimaru Tachibana, timidly raised her hand and said:

"Shouldn't we go find Miss Ereshkigal first?"

Upon hearing Mashu's words, everyone realized that now was not the time to discuss this question, so they headed towards the center of the Underworld.

Meanwhile, in the center of the underworld, Miss Ereshkigal was stunned to see Yhaka swaggering towards her. She knew that when she shared a body with Ishtar, she had been beaten up by that monstrous little cutie (see Chapter 832 for details).

To say that my smell is like a burrowing rat is simply outrageous! If it weren't for the fact that the little one has the blessing of her mother, the blessing of death that is similar to but stronger than her own, and several elemental blessings, she would definitely—have a serious talk with her!

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Chapter 837 [Ereshkigal suddenly realized something...]

After Yuhaka and the others arrived in the Underworld, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others also looked curiously at the souls emitting a dark light in the gun cages standing on the rocky ground around them. According to Anna, these gun cages were made to protect the souls of these dead people, and the maker was the master of the Underworld, Ereshkigal.

To be honest, if Fujimaru Tachibana and the others hadn't heard Anna describe what kind of person Ereshkigal was (or rather, a goddess?), they might have thought Ereshkigal was a gloomy and terrifying goddess.

Led by Yuhaka, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others also met Ereshkigal. However, unlike the blonde girl Anna had described, this time Ereshkigal appeared in the form of a giant skeleton. The group was not frightened by this, since Anna had previously mentioned that Ereshkigal would turn into a large skeleton, so they did not pay too much attention to it.

As Ereshkigal, now in his skeletal form, was about to say something, Yhaka opened his mouth and spewed scorching flames at him. Seeing the flames flying towards him, Ereshkigal was momentarily stunned. He hadn't expected Yhaka to suddenly attack, which was the main reason for his initial surprise.

"Eh?!"

Ereshkigal, who only realized what was happening at this moment, also looked surprised. Then, realizing that something was wrong, Ereshkigal dodged Yuhaka's fire attack in a flash. Ereshkigal watched as the fire breath that roared past him hit the rock wall not far away and burned it red, as if it had turned into lava.

Upon witnessing this, Ereshkigal broke out in a cold sweat. If he had been hit by that attack, he would have been half-dead!

Fujimaru Tachibana and the others were stunned when they saw Yuhaka suddenly attack Ereshkigal. They quickly recovered and called out to Yuhaka, who was about to attack again. Yuhaka, having stopped, looked at Fujimaru Tachibana and the others with a puzzled expression and asked curiously:

Why not fight the monster OovvoO?

"monster???"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others were completely bewildered. Then they realized what was going on; Yuhaka had clearly mistaken Ereshkigal for a large monster. Well... Ereshkigal's current appearance made it easy for Yuhaka to mistake it for an ordinary monster.

Most importantly, Ehaka didn't know what Ereshkigal looked like. Although Anna had told everyone about this place last time, Ehaka hadn't listened carefully, which led him to mistake the skeletal Ereshkigal for an ordinary monster.

"Fine, that's outrageous! You suddenly barged into my territory and treated me like some kind of monster! You're incredibly rude!"

Although Ereshkigal said what he meant, he was actually panicking inside. After all, he couldn't afford to mess with a powerful and huge brat with a strong backing. He had to find a way to send these people back.

After thinking it over, Ereshkigal suddenly came up with a plan: the other party probably couldn't come up with any good ideas, and then they would have no choice but to obediently go back.

Ereshkigal almost had to give himself a thumbs up for his wisdom when he thought about all this.

Then, under everyone's gaze, Ereshkigal coughed slightly and looked at them, saying:

"Ahem, you Chaldea Masters from Uruk and visitors from another world, oh, you—"

Before Ereshkigal could finish speaking, Fujimaru Tachibana interrupted, saying:

"Oh! Ereshkigal! We're here to play!"

Ereshkigal, interrupted, was initially confused, clearly taken aback by Fujimaru Tachibana's words. After a moment, Ereshkigal blushed (though his skeletal form obscured this) and looked at Fujimaru Tachibana, saying:

"What, what did you say?! Who is Ereshkigal calling?!"

Upon hearing Ereshkigal's words, Fujimaru Tachibana scratched his head and said:

"Are you talking about Ereshkigal? After all, Ereshkigal's name is too long, it sounds like it'll make you bite your tongue. Calling her Ereshkigal is simpler, right?"

"Huh, huh??? Just for this reason?!"

Ereshkigal looked at Fujimaru Tachibana and the others with an incredulous expression. Fujimaru Tachibana and Yuhaka nodded in agreement. Ishtar, standing to the side, broke out in a cold sweat at their actions. "It's one thing for Fujimaru Tachibana to nod, but why are you nodding along, you little rascal?"

“OovvoO?”

As if hearing Ishtar's inner thoughts, Yhaka turned to look at Ishtar, who was startled by Yhaka's gaze and let out a scream.

Fujimaru Tachibana, oblivious to Ishtar's embarrassing state behind her, nodded at Ereshkigal and said:

"Yeah! And doesn't the name Ereshkigal sound kind of cute?"

Upon hearing Fujimaru Tachibana's answer, Ereshkigal covered his face with his giant bone claws, looking quite shy. However, it looked rather strange for a skeleton to act like that.

Ereshkigal, realizing what was happening, suddenly realized something was wrong. It seemed that this wasn't the time to talk about these things, and his current appearance was a terrifying skeleton, not at all cute.

"Cough cough! Hmph, hmph... Do you still think I'm cute now?"

In response to Ereshkigal's words, Fujimaru Tachibana scratched his head and looked at Ereshkigal curiously, saying:

"Eh? Let's leave that aside for now, but I really like the other blonde twin-tailed girl's look, hehehe~"

The thought of Ereshkigal's resemblance to Ishtar made Fujimaru Tachibana's expression turn into a chaotic evil. Seeing this, Anna quickly moved closer to Yuhaka. Ereshkigal couldn't help but recall the night he appeared in Uruk using Ishtar's body, and how Fujimaru Tachibana had made unwanted advances towards him... Hmm?

Something feels off.

Chapter 838 [Youyou: Anna, that older sister isn't wearing a skirt!]

Although Ereshkigal sensed something was amiss, the naive Ereshkigal couldn't figure out what the problem was. However, Ereshkigal soon realized something: had Fujimaru Tachibana discovered his identity at that moment?!

Thinking about this problem, Ereshkigal looked at Fujimaru Tachibana with a terrified expression and said:

"Wait! Do you realize that it was me back then?!"

Regarding Ereshkigal's question, Fujimaru Tachibana nodded and said:

"Yeah, after all, it's suspicious that Ishtar, who had black hair, suddenly turned blonde, isn't it?"

Speaking of this, Fujimaru Tachibana also recalled what Anna had told her before. According to Anna, the male version of himself in the other timeline was very suspicious when he saw the blonde Ishtar without any suspicion. With such a big change, he would have some doubts, right?

When Ereshkigal heard Fujimaru Tachibana's words, he was stunned, as if struck by lightning. After all, Ereshkigal never expected that he would be exposed so quickly. If he had been exposed that time, wouldn't he have been discovered by Fujimaru Tachibana long ago?!

The thought of herself later dressing up as Ishtar and chatting with Fujimaru Tachibana, with Fujimaru Tachibana smiling at her as if she were watching a child trying hard to act out a role, made Ereshkigal feel so ashamed that she wanted to commit suicide.

If Ereshkigal hadn't been unable to defeat Yuhaka, who was crouching to the side like a cat, he might have trapped Fujimaru Tachibana and the others in the Underworld to silence them.

After her true form was finally exposed, Ereshkigal transformed back into her blonde beauty form. Seeing Ereshkigal revert to her original appearance, Yuhaka, who was squatting nearby, blinked with wide eyes and then said to Anna:

"Anna, Anna! That lady isn't wearing a skirt, her panties are showing! OwO~"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, everyone was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ereshkigal, who was standing there in a daze—her lower body. Ereshkigal's clothing was different from Ishtar's, and was relatively more conservative. Of course, the conservative part was only from the upper body down, and the lower body only had a little more fabric, just a tiny bit more than Ishtar's.

After realizing what was happening, Ereshkigal looked down at her slender, white legs and blushed. After what Yuhaka said, Ereshkigal, who hadn't cared much about clothing before, suddenly became concerned.

Ishtar, who was standing next to Fujimaru Tachibana and the others, couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle when she heard Yuhaka's words. She had been said the same thing by Yuhaka before, and now seeing Ereshkigal being said the same thing by Yuhaka, Ishtar couldn't help but feel smug.

However, before Ishtar could gloat for long, she suddenly realized that Yuhaka had called Ereshkigal "sister," not "aunt" like she had.

Immediately, Ishtar also stood up, glaring at Yhwach and complaining:

"Wait a minute! Why do you call me 'Auntie' but that guy calls me 'Sister'?!"

Upon hearing Ishtar's words, Yhvaka turned around, glanced at Ishtar, tilted his large head, and then turned away from her.

"Eek—!! This little—Aba aba, right?!"

Upon seeing this, Ishtar was so angry that her twin tails flew up, and she let out a strange noise. Then, a bolt of crimson lightning descended from the sky and struck Ishtar directly, causing her to convulse.

Ereshkigal, standing in front of Yuhaka and the others, looked at Ishtar with an expression as if he had seen a cockroach and said:

"Please don't make such awful noises, Ishtar."

Ishtar, struck by a sudden bolt of crimson lightning from the underworld, glared fiercely at Ereshkigal with her hair now resembling an afro, and said:

"Huh!? Ereshkigal! Don't think I'm afraid of you now. Without the weakening, I won't be like last time!"

Hearing Ishtar's harsh words, Ereshkigal raised an eyebrow and gave Ishtar a slightly sinister smile, saying:

"Hmph... Still as arrogant and conceited as ever, Ishtar. You don't think I can't deal with you just because you don't have a 'door'?"

Upon hearing Ereshkigal's words, Ishtar immediately sensed that something was terribly wrong. Before Ishtar could say anything, several bolts of crimson lightning from the underworld struck down from above. Before this, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others had already moved far away to avoid being affected.

Ishtar, struck by lightning, convulsed and made embarrassing noises. After Ereshkigal's lightning strike ended, everyone saw Ishtar, now blackened by the lightning, though she looked much smaller this time.

After Ishtar stood up, everyone saw that Ishtar, who was originally about 160cm tall, had become shorter than a certain imperial general.

"what happened?!"

Ishtar, clutching her loosely draped clothes, stared in shock at the changes in herself. She could clearly feel that her strength had been reduced to one-seventh of its original value. Not only was her strength diminished, but why was she now shorter than a small monster?

Seeing the change in Ishtar, Yhvaka curiously went up to smell her, but the burnt smell on Ishtar irritated him, so he snorted and blew Ishtar to the ground.

Meanwhile, not far away, Ereshkigal, holding a twisted, spear-like weapon, looked at Yuhaka and the others and said:

"Don't even think about fighting me in the underworld! This is my home turf, and I am the very essence of the underworld!"

Ereshkigal also pointed his twisted spear at Yuhaka and the others, saying:

"Leave while I'm in a good mood, or I'll make you all my possessions!"

Upon hearing Ereshkigal's words, Fujimaru Tachibana, who was standing next to Mashu, covered her face and looked at Ereshkigal with a somewhat surprised expression, saying:

"Oh my, did you expect Ereshkigal to be so bold? He actually wants to add us to his harem, how greedy!"

"ha????"

Ereshkigal was stunned when he heard Fujimaru Tachibana's words; clearly, Ereshkigal hadn't reacted yet.

Chapter 839 [Youyou caught Ailei]

Upon realizing what had happened, Ereshkigal blushed deeply upon hearing Fujimaru Tachibana's words and looked at her, saying: