I really didn't want to burn it.

Chapter 211 Ea: Isn't it good to be alive?

Eya, a name very famous in Mesopotamian mythology.

No, it shouldn't be described as famous; the status of this deity should be described as exalted.

Ea, also known as Enki, is one of the three founding gods in Mesopotamian mythology, one of the seven principal gods of Mesopotamia, and also the Sumerian water god, the Akkadian god of wisdom, the earth father god, and so on.

This string of titles is enough to prove the special status of this deity in the mythological setting.

In the Type-Moon universe, this god's prestige has been elevated to an even higher level.

Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm, Ea, which everyone is familiar with, was the weapon used by the god Ea, who was originally a pseudo-deity of planetary power, to create stars. From this perspective, this sword is not just a creation sword, but a sword that creates planets.

Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms related to the Aia are not limited to Ea. The name of the old Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm, the final sword Enki, comes from the Aia's disguise, Enki.

Of course, Gilgamesh's connection with the god Aia goes beyond this; two-thirds of Gilgamesh's divinity is also inseparable from the god Aia.

Gilgamesh's birth in Type-Moon involved divine intervention and can be seen as a "divine creation" to some extent.

The embodiment of the key concept of "wisdom" in its divine creation—namely, the EX-level [Clairvoyance]—is the embodiment of Aya's divine nature in terms of wisdom.

From this perspective, Aea wasn't wrong to call Gilgamesh an unfilial son. After all, Aea was practically Gilgamesh's father.

However, the supreme Aia in the Type-Moon universe was kneeling humbly beside Li Ang, his face full of flattery.

Li Guoshi felt that this old man was not like a creator god at all, but rather more like a lackey of the Taijun.

It's no wonder Gilgamesh was annoyed with this guy. Anyone who saw his cowardly appearance would feel disdain for Aea, let alone a proud guy like Gilgamesh.

“Utnabistim, brother, my request is simple: I don’t want to die.”

Ea pleaded in a low, humble voice.

Gilgamesh scoffed disdainfully, "Hmph, you old codger, you might as well die and find a place to bury yourself."

"Shut up, you unfilial son!"

Ea grabbed his shoe and threw it at Gilgamesh's head.

"You old devil!"

Gilgamesh was furious and immediately opened the Gate of Babylon to fight Aea.

Then--

Nothing happens.

"What the hell!"

Gilgamesh snapped his fingers, but the Treasury of Kings still did not respond to him.

Ea laughed smugly: "Hmph, your King's Treasury comes from the 'wisdom' I bestowed upon you. You can't use it without my permission."

"Alright, if it comes to physical prowess, I'm not averse to it."

Gilgamesh spat twice onto his palm and glared fiercely at Aya.

"You unfilial son, you dare to touch me!"

"So what if I touched you?"

"You dare touch me?!"

"So what if I did harm you?"

"You dare touch me?!"

"So what if I touched you?"

……

"You two have had enough!"

Li Ang, whose head was spinning from the noise, angrily interrupted Ea and Gilgamesh's rather "philosophical" conversation, which resembled the "chicken or the egg" dilemma.

Yes, philosophy in a dual sense.

Eya, who had been blushing and shouting, immediately turned into a husky, repeatedly assuring Li Ang, "Utnabistim, don't worry. If you want us to stop arguing, we'll stop arguing right away."

"Aya, what are you afraid of?"

Li Ang asked, displeased. To be honest, he looked down on this guy who was so afraid of dying.

"I'm afraid of my mother's revenge."

Eya gave a bitter smile, looking at Li Ang with an extremely unpleasant expression.

"Mother? Tiamat?"

Ea's words made both Leon and Gilgamesh unconsciously raise their eyebrows.

“Yes,” Ea said, her face pale. “You know Utnabistim, Mother is resurrecting. Once she wakes up, I’ll be the first to die. So you have to save me!”

Eya sighed deeply, grabbed Li Ang's trouser leg, and shook it hard.

Li Ang disgustedly pulled the pants out of the old man's hand: "What the hell? We're all in dire straits ourselves, who cares about you!"

“That’s easy, that’s easy,” Eya said with a fawning smile. “As long as you sign your agreement on this clay tablet, I can board your ship after my mother wakes up.”

Li Ang stared at the clay tablet that Eya was holding in her hands, his eyes twitching. He couldn't help but think of a line from a skit.

"Can I return this old ticket to your dilapidated ship?"

Leon shook his head helplessly. Instead of taking the clay tablet, he asked directly, "Ea, you are the creator god, are you really that afraid of Tiamat?"

Although in the myth, Ea performed just as poorly as he does now when Tiamat and Jingu launched their counterattack against the gods, Li Ang has always felt that it was an exaggerated portrayal in the myth.

In the myth, when Ea learned that Tiamat was coming, she hid in her room, crying and saying that they were doomed.

When Li Ang read the myth, he always felt that the myth was deliberately belittling Ea for using a scheme to kill his father.

After all, no one would believe that the mighty creator god would cry and beg for mercy.

Now, Li Ang discovered that this guy had actually knelt down and begged for mercy.

"This is a disgrace to all the creator gods in the world's mythology."

Li Ang thought disdainfully.

“How could I not be afraid? Of course I am afraid,” Eya sighed. “My mother is a very special being to us. I cannot fight her. Not only me, but most of the Mesopotamian gods are like this. It’s not a question of whether I can win or not, but whether a fight can even start.”

"hehe."

Gilgamesh chuckled coldly, his disdainful expression saying something.

Ea glared fiercely at his unfilial son, seemingly wanting to beat Gilgamesh up, but ultimately chose to give up.

"Sigh... It's true that I am the creator god, but so what? Who says that the creator god must be supreme and righteous? That's just wishful thinking on your part."

Eya said bitterly, "Yes, I killed my father, the ancestral god Apsu (Tima's first husband), but that was because my father had already decided to kill us. I was just retaliating to survive."

"No matter what you think, whether you consider me a schemer or a coward, all I've ever wanted is to survive. I have no interest in getting involved in anything else."

Li Ang opened his mouth, but found that he really had nothing to refute.

Faced with Tiamat's massive army of monsters, when Marduk jumped out and offered to become the God-King if he killed Tiamat, Aea immediately agreed.

Afterwards, when Marduk actually killed Tiamat alive, Eya immediately fulfilled his promise.

Throughout Mesopotamian mythology, aside from killing her own father, Eya really didn't cause any trouble, a stark contrast to Anu, who was always up to no good.

"So, please," Ea said humbly to Li Ang, "It's not easy for an old man like me to live so long, please let me enjoy my old age."

“We’ll have to think about it,” Li Ang said, shrugging.

Although her face was ashen, this "I'll think about it" seemed like a pretty good answer to Aya.

"Ok."

Eya nodded with a wry smile.

"By the way, Ea."

Li Ang spoke up.

Distracted by this cowardly old man, he almost forgot why he came here in the first place.

“Our purpose here is to capture the Bull of Heaven,” Li Ang asked. “Do you know where that beast is?”

"Huh?" Aya was stunned. "What did you say?"

“The Bull of Heaven!” Gilgamesh said irritably. “That woman Ishtar lost that beast. You should know where it is, right?”

Ea blinked, her expression looking like she'd just been punched.

"So you didn't come here specifically to see me."

Gilgamesh punched Aya in the face.

"Damn it! You old geezer, who do you think you are?!"

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Underworld.

"How can it be……"

Mashu stared in astonishment at Enkidu, who was standing right in front of her, as she struggled to attack him with her bare hands.

Unfortunately, at this moment she was bound by countless chains and hung from a stone pillar in the underworld.

Not only Mash, but all the other Servants of Chaldea were also tied to other stone pillars.

The only two exceptions are Ritsuka and Merlin.

Ritsuka didn't move at all from beginning to end, while Merlin surrendered with a French salute when Enkidu hung Mash and Cú Chulainn up.

"Senior! Run!"

Mash yelled at Rikka, she hadn't forgotten that Kingu wanted the Chaldea Master dead.

"..."

Ritsuka looked at Enkidu nervously, her hands clenched into fists.

Just then, a blonde girl appeared in front of them, yawning.

"Hey, what are you all arguing about? You're disturbing my sleep."

"Irene said angrily."

Enkidu bowed to Ereshkigal and asked, "Lord Ereshkigal, what should we do with these invaders?"

"Are you the goddess Ereshkigal?"

Mash shouted anxiously after hearing Enkidu's address.

"Goddess Ereshkigal! We've come to find King Gilgamesh! His soul is in the underworld, isn't it?!"

Still half-asleep, Ereshkigal ran her fingers through her hair and casually said, "Gilgamesh? Shouldn't he have left with Lord Leon?"

As soon as she said it, Ai Lei realized her mistake and quickly covered her mouth, but the words were already out and couldn't be taken back.

"Li Ang...it's you again!!"

Mashu let out a roar of resentment.

Ai Lei's lips twitched; she realized she had caused trouble for Lord Li Ang.

Chapter 212 Li Ang: My God!

At night, at the Ishtar mountaintop temple.

Eya prepared two rooms for Leon and the other two to rest in.

However, Gilgamesh did not go to his own room to rest, but stayed in Leon's room instead.

"Li Ang, what do you think?"

Gilgamesh leaned against the wall and asked Leon a question.