I really didn't want to burn it.

Having said that, Ishtar strode through the stone gate with an air of indifference.

"Hey?"

DD stared at Ishtar in surprise.

"what happened?"

Noticing the maid's surprised gaze, Ishtar curiously turned to look at DD, who was still outside the door.

"My Goddess, your earrings."

"What happened to my earrings? Oh! My earrings!"

Ishtar touched her ear, only to find nothing there.

Her earrings are gone.

"How could this happen?! Did it fall on the ground?"

Ishtar quickly looked around, trying to find her expensive earrings on the ground.

However, no matter how hard Ishtar searched, even when she had to put her nose to the ground, she still couldn't find the earring.

"How could this happen? My earrings!"

Ishtar stared at the bottomless cliff beside the road and wondered anxiously, "Did it fall down there?"

“Probably not,” DD said. “They were still there before you passed through the stone gate.”

"No way……"

Ishtar's face darkened as she considered a certain possibility.

"Um... Lord Utnabistim, is there anything you're missing?"

Ishtar quickly confirmed with Leon.

Li Ang glanced at him from head to toe, then shook his head.

"No, all my things are here."

Upon hearing this answer, Ishtar slapped herself in the face.

"What the hell? Why me?"

"Owner?"

DD, on the other side of the door, was also a little scared. She hesitated and asked Li Ang for confirmation.

Li Ang thought for a moment and then replied, "Hmm... Come over here first. If you're missing something, don't continue on the way."

"Ok."

DD took a deep breath and then slowly walked through the stone gate.

To Leon and Ishtar's surprise, DD was still wearing all her clothes, even the white ribbon in her hair.

"Am I the only one? I...I..."

Seeing DD walk through the stone gate unharmed, Ishtar's lips twitched wildly.

"Could it be the same as last time? No... I can't let her succeed!"

Ishtar looked up and gave Leon a very formulaic smile.

"Lord Utnabistim, my stomach suddenly feels unwell, so I can't continue with you. I'll go back to the human world and wait for you."

Ishtar awkwardly laughed and retreated towards the outside of the stone gate.

The underworld is too terrifying; she should go back to the human world.

However, just as Ishtar's foot stepped through the stone gate—

boom!

A bolt of lightning, seemingly from nowhere, struck Ishtar.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Ishtar fell to the ground inside the door with a thud, her body charred from the electric shock. Leon could even smell the burnt scent of her hair.

[Come whenever you want... leave whenever you want?]

A deep, woman's voice came from the stone gate.

Li Ang nodded seriously: "Indeed, this place is not a public toilet."

“Lord Utnabistim!” Ishtar complained, her voice trembling with tears, “Whose side are you on?”

"Well... I just have a habit of making sarcastic remarks."

“You’re so mean, Lord Utnabistim, you’re really too mean.”

Ishtar got up from the ground, looked into the depths of the underworld, and let out a furious cry.

"This is unbelievable, you stinky sister! I swear, I'm going to catch you! [beep—!] And [beep—!] And [beep—!]"

Li Ang rubbed his temples, his head aching: "Even if you've given up entirely, you don't have to spout three censored notes in one sentence, do you?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Ishtar was probably really too angry. She pointed at Leon and shouted, "I'm going all out! Even if it's humiliating, I'll make her pay! Let her never show her face in front of me again!"

Li Ang didn't respond to this; he decided to simply be a bystander and quietly watch the two sisters battle it out.

The next few doors were nothing special; Li Ang opened them all with a simple push.

Perhaps because they had been informed beforehand, Ereshkigal did not make things difficult for Leon and DD, and the two of them passed through the stone gate without encountering any special circumstances.

Ishtar was completely different from them. With each door she passed through, some of her clothes or accessories would disappear, such as her gold jewelry or her black stockings.

Li Ang didn't say much about it, but calmly led the way, treating it as a Mesopotamian religious ceremony.

Actually, this isn't entirely wrong. Ishtar's undressing before entering the gate was a very important part of the Mesopotamian rituals when she was worshipped.

However, this program was usually done by the priestess, but this time it was done by the goddess herself.

When the three arrived at the sixth gate, Ishtar was no longer as irritable as she had been at the beginning. However, she was fidgeting and pulling at her hair, her expression a mixture of shyness and anger.

Because she no longer wears any accessories or other unimportant clothing, only a white tube top and black shorts for basic cover.

It has to be said that Ai Lei's calculations were just right; there were two doors left, one for each door.

"U...Lord Utnabishtim...could you bring Ereshkigal here?"

Ishtar asked with a hint of pleading.

There was no other way; if she went through another door, her clothes would be gone.

Neither the top piece nor the bottom piece could satisfy Ishtar.

Now Ishtar is attached to the body of a human girl. Between human shame and revenge against her sister, she obeys her body and chooses the former.

"Hmm... I'll give it a try."

Although Li Ang was watching the show, he was unwilling to anger the two goddesses and cause things to escalate to an irreversible point.

Moreover, stopping Ishtar before her bottom line is breached can win her favor.

Although this goddess is useless, she is still a goddess, and she can contribute some strength when fighting the Beast.

Unfortunately, Ereshkigal, sitting in the Underworld, was far more persistent than Li Ang had imagined.

When Li Ang reached out to push the sixth door, the stone door did not open.

"Ok?"

Li Ang felt something was amiss, and then he heard the Gates of the Underworld make a sound.

[Question]

"Has this been changed to a question-and-answer format?"

Leon and Ishtar exchanged a glance, both feeling a hint of surprise.

Are we only starting to ask questions at this stage?

Ignoring them, Ereshkigal in the underworld asked her own question through the stone gate.

[Between Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld, and Ishtar, the goddess of the sky, who is more beautiful?]

"Hey?"

"what?"

"puff……"

The three people who heard the question showed completely different expressions.

DD was confused, Ishtar was surprised, and Leon burst out laughing on the spot.

“What kind of problem is this?” DD looked at Ishtar. “This is the first time I’ve ever heard of a problem like this.”

Ishtar nodded repeatedly, agreeing with DD's words.

"How could you ask such a question? Has the Gates of the Underworld short-circuited? It's only been a few hundred years, and it's already broken like this?"

[Please answer!]

The Gates of the Underworld spoke again, exerting a terrifying pressure on the three of them.

DD was startled when he suddenly felt his body become heavy.

Without a doubt, this was the underworld mistress's way of intimidating them.

"Oh dear, oh dear. How should I answer this question?"

Li Ang, stroking his chin, asked with a smile.

"Is that even a question?!" Ishtar tossed her hair and said confidently, "As the goddess of beauty, I am of course the most beautiful goddess. There's no need to hesitate about a question that even a three-year-old could answer, right?"

"Indeed... I think so too."

DD also leans towards the answer that Ishtar is more beautiful.

Based on her observations of several Greek goddesses, Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, was indeed the most beautiful, but as a goddess, her beauty was naturally perfect.

Aphrodite's beauty was at most a fraction of a point higher than the other goddesses, not even remotely different.

Whether it's Athena or Chloris, these goddesses each possess their own unique charm.

In a true comparison, they each have their own merits and are equally matched.

DD thinks it's about the same to compare Greece with Mesopotamia.

In terms of pure looks, Ishtar is undoubtedly superior, but when it comes to who is more "beautiful," it depends on personal preference.

Out of rational consideration, DD still chose Ishtar.

"Is this so..."

Li Ang maintained a smile throughout.

Frankly speaking, asking who is prettier, Ishtar or Ereshkigal, in the Uruk singularity is pointless, because they are "the same person".

If we really want to determine a winner, then it depends on whether the person being asked the question is a fan of black hair or blonde hair.

Therefore, Li Ang offered another solution.

"This is the Underworld, after all... Ereshkigal's home turf. I think she asked this question with all sorts of intentions..."

Before Leon could finish speaking, Ishtar grabbed his shoulder tightly.

"Which of us is prettier... there's absolutely no need to hesitate, right!"

Ishtar had no intention of compromising on such matters of principle, nor would she allow it!

Leon gave a wry smile and replied, "Alright, then... Ishtar."

Then--

Snap! Boom!

A flash of lightning and a clap of thunder were seen.

Ishtar was struck by lightning again.

[You big idiot!]

The Gates of Hades mocked a certain arrogant goddess.