In Type-Moon, it all starts with adopting Sakura.

"I have met the goddess of the underworld."

"Greetings to the Goddess of the Underworld!"

"..."

Soon, the voices of the crowd rose and fell.

Luo Wei also looked in the direction of the sound.

Goddess of the Underworld?

Has Ereshkigal emerged?

No way, isn't she supposed to be unable to come out?

Could it be that Merlin desecrated her temple?

Rowe glanced at Merlin, then nodded to himself.

You know what, it really is something he's capable of doing.

Just as Luo Wei was pondering, a familiar voice suddenly came from the other end of the crowd.

"Why are you making such a racket in front of the altar?!"

"—Disrespectful, utterly disrespectful, truly utterly disrespectful!!"

The moment the words left their mouth, he immediately knew who it was.

Luo Wei's eyes immediately lit up with surprise.

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So what exactly happened?

Gilgamesh looked at Floros and Barbatos, who had just emerged from the spatial rift, with a puzzled expression.

"It's been a long time, Gilgamesh. You look quite tired."

"By the way, how did you suddenly die?"

Barbatos looked at Gilgamesh, who had appeared there, and asked curiously, "Shouldn't you be staying in your palace working endless overtime? What are you doing in the underworld?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Gilgamesh's face darkened. This guy really knew how to bring up the most sensitive topics.

However, because of his stubborn nature, his expression remained unchanged, and he instead asked a question.

"I am the king of Uruk, and I can go wherever I want. On the contrary, you two, the demonic pillars of Goetia, what are you doing here?"

"The Demon Pillars of Goetia? No, you've completely misunderstood, Hero King." Shaking his head, Rafe adjusted his hat and said elegantly, "What is that traitor Goetia? What right does he have to command us? We have only ever had one king, and that is the great Magic King. However, because of the King's mercy, the Seventy-Two Demons of Solomon have been disbanded, and we Seventy-Two Demons are now free. Therefore..."

“We two must do something big to please the King before the other seventy guys return, and then secure our positions as his right and left arms in the new group of seventy-two demons, so that we can serve the King more wholeheartedly,” Barbatos said. “So, Gilgamesh, we are not here to cause you trouble, nor are we your enemies. You don’t need to be so wary.”

"No, you two mean... all seventy-two demon gods have betrayed us?"

After listening to Barbatos and Floros's almost workplace-competitive speeches, Gilgamesh was momentarily stunned.

He had initially thought he was overjoyed that Luo Wei could use the Temple of Time, and even if he could control the Demon Pillars, it would only be a few at most. But judging from their words, it seemed that all seventy-two Demon Gods had submitted? This was truly an unexpected discovery…

While Gilgamesh was still marveling at the blindness of these seventy-two men, Lev had no time for idle chatter. He was focused on bringing the king's lover back; the king would surely be delighted. Not only would the king forgive him, but he might even consider him one of his most trusted subordinates.

Therefore, every second counts; this matter must be resolved before the other demons and Goetia interfere!

So, Lev and Barbatos bypassed Gilgamesh and prepared to explore deeper.

Seeing the two of them heading in that direction, Gilgamesh, knowing full well whose territory that was, quickly gave them a warning.

"Don't go over there, it's dangerous!"

"Danger?"

Upon hearing his words, Rafe replied dismissively, "What danger could there be for us Demon Pillars? Even the goddess of the underworld is nothing more than a pawn of Goetia. Why would she be our enemy?"

"Wait here peacefully for our return, Gilgamesh. Once we bring the king's wife back, we will send you back with us."

As he spoke, his dark green figure disappeared into the darkness.

"..."

Gilgamesh watched him walk inside on his own initiative and couldn't help but feel extremely speechless.

Good advice is useless against a damned devil.

Those two guys will find out once they go and try.

In some respects, Ereshkigal was even more terrifying than Ishtar; he would rather provoke Ishtar than provoke Ereshkigal.

only……

Watching the two guys leave, and seeing the closed spatial rift, Gilgamesh couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

He looked ahead and saw only endless darkness. He didn't know how long it would take to get out.

Hopefully, those guys in Uruk will step up their game... and hurry up and take me back.

Just as I was about to step out.

Suddenly, a chill ran down his back.

Immediately afterwards, a very familiar voice echoed in his ears.

"Huh? Isn't this Gilgamesh? It's been a long time. How did you end up in the underworld after all this time?"

Looking back, he saw a beautiful figure in purple standing not far behind him, watching him.

Chapter 251 The Tablet of Destiny

Today is a good day.

Today is a rare good day; Merlin, this non-combustible trash, has finally evolved into combustible trash.

In this scorching summer, snowflakes formed from Merlin's ashes danced continuously across the Mesopotamian plain, creating the magnificent spectacle of June frost. However, the June frost was a miscarriage of justice, while discussions about Merlin's deeds were entirely without fault.

All I can say is that it was a good death, a death that brought joy to everyone.

However, the saying "good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years" was perfectly embodied in him. Even though he was about to be roasted into a kebab by the flames, with Merlin's almost cockroach-like tenacity, he naturally wouldn't die so easily. He was just a little disheveled.

Especially after repeatedly confirming that Loew really wouldn't save him, Merlin burst into a tirade of curses, constantly accusing him of being heartless. Then, covered in freshly burned soot, he crawled out of the flames, silently shedding weak tears.

Therefore—

Couldn't they have gotten themselves out of this a long time ago?

Why insist on playing this self-directed, self-acted one-man show with ordinary people? Is it perhaps an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of humanity through personal participation and other means?

If that's the case, then his personality is truly twisted. If Mary is a sadist, then this guy is a masochist.

Although they are essentially the same person, Merlin enjoys watching others court death, while Merlin enjoys courting death in various ways. Their personalities are quite different.

However, Luo Wei was no longer in the mood to care about him. When he heard the rhythmic knocking sound coming from afar, and that familiar entrance line: "—Disrespectful, utterly disrespectful!!", his attention was completely drawn to it.

Those who had been watching Merlin's antics, along with the angry priests, all rushed towards the figure approaching them, bowing respectfully and praising the great goddess who was acting as Ereshkigal's representative in governing the city.

The priest, who was the victim, began to complain to the goddess before him. Upon hearing this, Nitocris, whose hair had turned completely white and who had merged with the divinity of Anubis, the god of the underworld, nodded solemnly and then spoke.

“Yes, rise, mortals. I know what has happened, and I will bring judgment upon the sinners,” she said.

A hint of anger flashed in her eyes. Under her Egyptian-style governance, the city was well-managed, and Ereshkigal was quite satisfied. Therefore, as the goddess of the underworld, she couldn't tolerate such a thing happening and felt it had to be severely punished.

Where is the prisoner?

After learning the whole story, Nitocris made a promise, then summoned the golden scales and prepared to uphold justice.

Meanwhile, instead of being surrounded by the crowd and listening to their cries, Nitocris didn't see the prisoner immediately. Instead, Rowe was leisurely chatting with Merlin, who had just emerged from the flames.

"It's really popular... It's completely different now."

He looked in the direction of the crowd, smiled slightly, and then sighed, gaining a new understanding of the changes in the city.

If it were only Ereshkigal, even with the alliance of the three goddesses, her inability to come to the surface would put even her city in danger. That's why she resorted to the terrible method of taking all her people to the underworld for protection. Now, with Nitocris Alter, also a goddess of the underworld, protecting her, there's naturally no need for that.

After witnessing this scene, Luo Wei finally understood why the city had an Egyptian-style layout and why it had differentiated itself.

Just as Gilgamesh had predicted, Nitocris had indeed been transported to the Underworld. The reason for her previous malfunction was precisely because of the isolation between the Underworld and the human world. Although he knew that Ereshkigal was not an evil god, he couldn't help but worry after learning that Nitocris had gone to the Underworld. After all, Nitocris possessed the divinity of Anubis and was the Egyptian god of the underworld. Her appearance in the Sumerian Underworld might be seen as an invasion or provocation. However, it now seemed that he had worried unnecessarily.

After all, she not only didn't seem to be harmed, but instead became the leader of this place, governing the city-state very well.

He truly lived up to his reputation as a pharaoh of Egypt.

Having experience in ruling a country is indeed extraordinary; what he lacked before was only confidence. No wonder Ramses II was always troubled by this.

Merlin: "Give me water..."

After glancing at the crowd and feeling completely relieved, Rowe looked at Merlin, who was lying dead at his feet like a dehydrated salted fish, turned him over with his foot, and said, "Merlin, quickly breathe with your gills."

Merlin: "???"

"Not only do you refuse to help someone in distress, but you also like to make jokes with me, huh?!"

Merlin raised his hand and issued a stern accusation.

"It doesn't matter whether you're saved or not, you're still alive and well, aren't you?"

Luo Wei blinked, glanced at the newly resurrected Merlin, and couldn't help but ask, "What exactly happened? Why are you messing around here? Didn't Gilgamesh tell you to go find the Tablets of Destiny?"

"What do you think I'm doing?"

Upon hearing this, Merlin immediately flipped over, did a sit-up, and sat back down next to Rowe, saying, "I came here to find the mud tablets..."

At this point, his tone became somewhat helpless.

“Your tablet of destiny is only half, so I took some fragments from it to locate the other half. The final direction it pointed to was this one, but my far-seeing eyes couldn't find the tablet anywhere on the ground, so…”

"so?"

Luo Wei raised an eyebrow.

"The clay tablets were probably lost to this city protected by the underworld for some unknown reason, or perhaps they fell directly into the underworld, which is why we haven't been able to find them. And Gilgamesh, he..."

At this point, Merlin sighed helplessly.

Although he didn't continue, Lowe certainly understood what he meant.