The Holy Grail War of God's Blessing

The magic reaction that Z can measure is at the third-order planetary level, and it is still changing and growing, moving towards a higher level.

However, compared to the second-class planetary Goetia, although the Beast of Sodom can grow to a higher magic level, she does not have the huge output like Goetia that can exert all the magic power she possesses.

The great halo formed by Ugetia's treasure is still an incredible firepower. The Beast of Sodom can only use magic power on the power she possesses. Her own treasure is not a means that consumes too much magic power.

A "Go to that city, and follow my power to destroy all prosperity and make the brilliance of gold pale. This is the fate of all prosperous cities."

The servants who stayed in the fortress also received their missions at this moment. There were no more powerful forces in the distant city. Perhaps there were only the remaining dominated Egyptian soldiers and one or two servants.

ｑThe Beast of Sodom has fallen into her own golden cup, feasting on her long-accumulated desires.

When the Beast of Sodom rises again from the foul mud in the cup, she will probably undergo another transformation and realize her wish with even greater power.

The only ones still wreaking havoc were the seven snake-like monsters with worm or dragon heads.

: Before dealing with that thing, Manshu had to use his strength to smash the meteorites falling from the sky. The Beast of Sodom transformed into the form of god-eating sandstorms, and at the same time avoided the two lightning arrows shot by Manshu.

Although the power of this fake miracle was partially reduced, most of the power was still transformed into meteorites in the sky without loss.

⑼ But Anat’s divine bow had dissipated, leaving only the Ishtar Gate still making a rumbling sound, and the light of Baal’s temple gradually dimmed.

⑷ As a god of abundance, fertility is also considered a symbol of abundance. The worship of sexual organs is inevitable, which is an inevitable part of primitive beliefs.

０ In the ruins of the temple of Baal excavated in Shechem, the sacred pillars in front of the temple were engraved with symbols representing phalluses and figures representing female genitals, which were regarded as symbols of abundance.

The Four Baal Cycles are an extremely important part of Canaanite mythology. The Canaanites would hold ceremonies to reenact this cyclical myth, hoping to bring about the revival of the god Baal and the fertility of the land. This brought about the temple's prostitution system and various carnival rituals.

⒊ Unfortunately, there are not many people here, and Manshu is not interested in bringing extra people to participate in this battle.

It would be difficult for ordinary people to survive here, and it would be difficult for Manshu to protect them when the critical moment really came.

⒍Although he is not a selfless saint, he still chooses to be generous when he can.

Therefore, there was no one here to offer fertility to the temple of Baal and to reproduce the great cycle.

Without speeding it up through the ritual, which cycles through seven years of life and seven years of death, it would be difficult to repeat the power in a short period of time.

Then, the power that should be chosen to be used seems to fall on the other god held by Manjusri.

This should be the most profound power in the foundation of this building. After all, this entire tower was originally built to worship Marduk of Babylon, the eldest son of Enki, the creator of all things, the king of gods, and the king of all directions!

Who could be better than him? The great Marduk. Enki gave his power to Marduk and abdicated.

Enlil and Marduk battled for four centuries, but eventually Nippur declined and Babylon prospered.

Marduk took away the powers and attributes of Enki and Enlil, became the king of the gods, and ascended to the supreme throne.

The beastly conqueror was originally prepared here, but he was not there to defeat the Twilight of the Gods, but to defeat the beast that brought all of this.

The bottom floor of the tower began to emit magical light, and the magical power flowing from all over the fortress continuously climbed up the walls of the entire tower.

The bottom floor of the high tower in the desert was transformed in response to the beast of Sodom that came here in its entirety. It was still blank and only used to absorb magic power and then gather strength.

Because there was no need to worry about anything, even the gods painted on the walls of the high tower had no worries. They just exchanged wine glasses at the banquet and enjoyed the food on the table.

Of course there is no need to worry, because Marduk is here. He is the king of the gods and the lord of the gods. He should be called Baal.

Chapter 97 Star Tracks

Marduk did not appear very early, at least compared to the long history of the Sumerians.

At first, Marduk was as unimportant as the city of Babylon. The first city to rise was Eridu, and the royal power landed in that city before the flood. The city that took over the royal power later was Kish.

Nippur was the cornerstone built by Enlil on earth, a temple reaching the sky, a pillar supporting the sky, and the foundation of the earth. Babylon was not yet taken seriously.

The name Marduk first appeared in a fragmentary inscription from the Early Dynastic Period. The most accurate mention was during the Third Dynasty of Ur, the last Sumerian regime and the last time the Sumerians ruled the Mesopotamian region.

The name of Marduk really became important with the rise of Babylon. During the First Dynasty of Babylon, the name of Marduk began to appear more frequently.

During this period, the name of Marduk spread beyond the city of Babylon, and people outside of Babylon began to pray to Marduk.

However, during this period, Enlil was still in the position of the king of gods. Although Marduk was regarded as the ruler, he was still regarded as a messenger between Enlil and the king of Babylon.

The inscription of Hammurabi's son Samsu-iluna tells of his receiving orders from Enlil through Ishtar, Zababa, Shamash, and Marduk.

There is also a text that attributes the credit of Samsu-iluna's rebuilding of the walls of Kish to Zababa and Ishtar, noting that it was these two gods who helped the king defeat his enemies.

In the ancient Babylonian period, there is no evidence to prove that Marduk had a supreme position in the pantheon, but was still a secondary god.

However, as time went by, Marduk's status was gradually improving. Asaruludu was the first god swallowed by Marduk. This god of light and the owner of the flaming sword was classified together with Marduk in the list of gods.

The worship of Marduk became widespread, and in Nippur Marduk's temple was firmly established, and in Assyria Marduk even received sacrifices equal to those in Ashur.

⑼It was also during this period that the god Nabu, who had previously served as Marduk's scribe, became Marduk's son.

During the Second Dynasty of Isin, also known as the Fourth Dynasty of Babylon, the concepts of Babylon and Nippur began to merge.

8 The walls of Babylon were named after Enlil, and those of Nippur after Marduk, and a hymn from Nippur directly links the two cities together: "Nippur and Babylon, they mean the same thing."

⑵As time went by, Marduk was gradually identified as Enlil, and people called Enlil by Marduk's name, which became Enlil's title.

㈣ In the first millennium, Marduk was most often called Enlil of the Gods, and his statue, called the King of the Gods of Heaven and Earth, was placed in Enlil's temple in Babylon.

⒊ As mentioned before, Nippur is Enlil’s temple on earth, a holy city for worshiping Enlil, and an important city with the ability to crown kings. This city represents Enlil’s supreme status.

3. But when this city began to be confused with Babylon, how could the God-King, who was supreme because of this place and this city, continue to maintain his position?

Enlil stepped down from his throne, and Marduk became the king of the gods. Everything that once belonged to Enlil was inherited by Marduk.

5 The story then becomes as described in the Babylonian epic of creation, the Enuma Elish, a poem that would have been composed during the Second Dynasty of Isin and describes how Marduk defeated Tiamat and ascended to the throne as ruler.

Marduk proclaimed Babylon as the royal city and received his 50 names, while the previous name of the city was Nippur, and most of Marduk's names also came from Enlil.

Thus, Marduk became the king of the gods, and Enlil's existence was eliminated.

However, it is unknown what Marduk looked like in the beginning, and there are very few records of early Marduk.

Some scholars believe that Marduk may have originally been a minor god related to the underworld; some believe that his original role was the god of disease and death; some believe that he was in charge of spells and magic; some believe that he was originally a storm god; others think he was the god of canals, agriculture, or even fertility.

But in the end, Marduk, who became the king of the gods, got everything.

In the royal inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Marduk is revered as the king of the gods and the source of royal authority, while Enlil is not mentioned except to explain something related to Nippur.

In the late Babylonian pantheon, all gods will be related to Marduk, and they are all regarded as aspects of Marduk.

Ninurta was called Marduk of the pickaxe, Nabu was called Marduk of arithmetic, Shamash was called Marduk of justice, Tishpal was called Marduk of the army, etc.

Marduk is the almighty king of the gods. He is above all the gods. With him in existence, why should the gods have any worries? There is no need for them to worry at all.

The gods were only concerned with drinking and toasting in the banquet hall. All their worries were forgotten in the wine glasses. They only needed to praise loudly, shouting "Marduk is the king of gods!"

The King of the Gods will regain his former power in the tall temple raised from the ground, amidst endless, carnival-like praises.

The King of the Gods slowly woke up, bringing with him his violent and unstoppable rage.

No one could stop Marduk's wrath, and countless cities were destroyed by his wrath.

In the divine wrath of Marduk, Sennacherib destroyed Babylon and left the city abandoned for 70 years.

Under the divine wrath of Marduk, Naboneidu, who had turned away from God and was abandoned, fell before Cyrus, and the Babylonian Empire was reduced to ashes.

Strong winds were drawn down from the sky on all sides, and the cleared and bright sky was filled with clouds and rain. Marduk used storms and floods as his weapons to kill Tiamat.

The sky covered by clouds and rain did not lose its color. Instead, there were tiny stars that could shine through the clouds.

In the Babylonian creation myth, Marduk killed Tiamat and created the world with her corpse.

Marduk created the stars in the sky, set the laws of their movement, established the concept of a year, divided it into twelve months, and set up the day, dividing it into day and night.

The moving starry sky is a domain that is controlled and dominated by it. The galaxies running in orbit burst out with magical power, attracting meteorites falling from the sky in the opposite direction, trying to bring the fallen stars back to the sky.

Chapter 98: Release

The meteorites falling from the sky are constantly changing. Initially, they were accelerating towards the earth, which would have brought about the destruction of civilization. Now, the acceleration of the meteorites' landing is gradually slowing down.

Before the falling Apophis breaks through the clouds, its speed will actually slow down. In that case, even if it can touch the earth, the damage it can cause will probably be minimal.

If it were just a simple high-mass attack, it wouldn't be such a troublesome thing.

Although it was daytime, the gate to the starry sky had already been operating, casting a dazzling light into the sky, allowing the distant fantasy starry sky to exert its power and attract the stars that had deviated from their trajectory and were falling to the ground.

The Ishtar Gate simply opened the gate and projected the starry sky out from it without much burden.

The Wugao Tower, which exists as a temple, can also perform the same function as above, directing and coordinating the starry sky projected from the sky to resolve the falling meteors.

The fortress that was stopped here to deal with the attack was also restarted and began to move forward towards the huge monster rising from the ground in the distance.

The seven magical beasts have completely destroyed anything that is left of the Glorious Grand Composite Temple. They surround the huge golden cup summoned by the Beast of Sodom and spray magic power to stop the rolling tide that is eroding the golden city.

The surging tide that surged out from the edge of the city was only able to swallow the city unscrupulously at the beginning.

The black tide contains a rich scent of death, which is made up of the dead mixed together and kneaded into mud.

Countless resentful souls stretched out their hands to grab the magnificent building. The gold that was regarded as immortal faded layer by layer in this contact, and finally turned into black ash. One building after another collapsed and was merged into the torrent.

Then the deceased rebuilt the dark house belonging to the dead on the disappeared building, as if a part of the city had died and his soul reappeared here.

It was at this time that the Warcraft used up their remaining strength and dispersed around the city to prevent its destruction.

Then, the surging and roaring magic power blocked the dead hunters. The Warcraft He that appeared here in its true form still possessed considerable strength. The undead that had turned into ashes in the burning flames became even deeper ashes.

The monsters don't care about the damage they may suffer. They will never die before Beast VI dies. They have immortality.

At most, they will be silent for a short time due to the trauma they received, but it won't take too long for them to wake up again and return to the battlefield in a complete state.

"We have arrived. Once again, we are here, the golden city in the desert, the city where the disaster beast Beast VI appeared."

While dealing with Apophis, the god of destruction that fell from the sky, Manshu also dispatched his forces to send the servants in the fortress to the Golden City ahead.

The servants went ahead, and another angry snake under the tower was sent out to carry everyone through the desert in the middle and arrived at the land that had been swallowed by the golden city.

Mashu was the first to jump off the angry snake with a shield in hand, which made Ilia look a little annoyed and he quickly jumped down as well.

The remaining servants also stepped onto the street that turned into black gold. The dark torrent of the dead made way for them, opening a path leading to the demon beast He that was burning the black torrent in front.

"Our mission is to eliminate the seven beasts that are blocking the king's power from destroying this golden city, and to bring the beast of disaster to the table before she wakes up from her golden cup. The glorious city of ⑻∮＋瞴7√"Sulfur⑥⑶→…⑷4…⑵约`『飞∴‰群∈：city is reduced to ashes."

What we need to do next is to move forward, knock down the monster that is blocking the way ahead, and let the torrent that is also swallowing the city reach the bottom of the golden cup.

"I understand. Anyway, go ahead and crush the first monster."

As Mashu was speaking, a voice sounded in the front. The person who heard it looked up and saw a skull mask wrapped in black clothes.

"You are……?"

Mashu asked subconsciously about the strange Servant she had never seen before.

"Hmm? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there was death walking on this earth. Even my immortal body could smell the threat of death from it."

Elijah subconsciously drew out the sword in his hand. He could clearly smell the scent of death from the swordsman who suddenly appeared.

"First generation sir!?"

Although he knew that Manjusri had gone to the Azrael Temple to visit the first generation of the Old Man of the Mountain, when he saw Hassan the Cursed Arm with his own eyes, he still shouted out in surprise with a loud voice.

"Is that the first Old Man of the Mountain, the ancestor of all the Hassans?"

Through the voice of Hassan the Cursed, several people knew the identity of the visitor.

"I am nothing more than an undead spirit lurking in the darkness, coming from the Dark Valley just to lead the living away."

Wang Hassan just said lightly.

"What a fluke, what a blessing! I will savor this joy carefully to be able to fight together with the first generation of the old man in the mountains."

All the Hassans present were excited and jumped for joy, and Wang Hassan also turned his head.

"Okay, then you should fight as heroic spirits. When everything is over, you can hand over your heads."

"As ordered!"

At this point, the Hassans had no more regrets in their hearts. They were able to contribute their last bit of strength and fight side by side with the first generation of old men in the mountains.

In their minds, this is the last battle, and when the battle is over, everything will be over.

"It seems that I am a bit unlucky. It is hard to even think of challenging such incredible martial arts without being fully prepared."

Elijah had to shake his head. He was still thinking about making great achievements, but now it seemed difficult to compete with the black swordsman walking in front of him.

But it's not impossible to give it a try. Ilya just shook his head and continued to walk forward with his rock sword in hand.

The first monster blocking the way is Invidia, who represents jealousy. His body is composed of two huge monsters with a worm and a dragon-shaped head respectively.

The worm's head kept opening its huge four-petal mouth, and endless magic bullets were shot out of its mouth like meteors and fell to the ground.

The dragon-shaped head normally spews out flames, and the high-temperature flames melt both gold and the undead at the same time.

"Go ahead, the battle against the monster begins now!"