The Nuclear Sword Fairy from a certain cartoon

Originally, with the power of the divine costume, Ishtar could fight Ai Lei in the underworld. However, under Ai Lei's deliberate design, Ishtar had to pass through seven gates to enter the underworld. One of the divine costumes on Ishtar's body will be stripped off. By the time Ishtar enters the underworld, all the divine costumes on his body will have been stripped off.

Without the support of the divine costume, Ishtar was naturally unable to become an enemy of Airei, the Lord of the Underworld. She was brutally killed by Airei, and was later resurrected by the other party, and her soul was left in the underworld forever.

It wasn't until a scapegoat was found to accept the punishment on his behalf that Ishtar was let go by Ailei and returned to his own territory in despair.

In fact, as a high-ranking god, Ishtar can summon the Bull of Heaven to supplement his combat power, and he can easily crush Aile, a middle-ranking god, outside the underworld.

If Ishtar had planned enough to lure Elle out of the underworld, she could have easily won.

It's a pity that Ishtar's temper is even more willful than Tohsaka Rin, and she just wants to fight with her sister on other people's territory.

This kind of "torture" behavior is the easiest to overturn. Ishtar was stripped of her divine costumes piece by piece when she was in her prime, which led to a huge embarrassment in the end.

Chapter 35 Coaxing and cheating

Ishtar, who was stunned by Mashu's sudden words, his expression froze for a few seconds, and then he answered directly.

"Okay! I've been to the underworld, okay! I didn't want to say it...!"

"Ah, so that's it." Matthew suddenly realized. "I'm so sorry..."

Hearing Mashu's apology, Ishtar sighed helplessly.

"Well~ I was just playing with my temper. Let me tell you, I failed to go to the underworld that time, and I was very embarrassed."

"That's it. No wonder you don't want to mention it." Mashu nodded.

Ishtar continued.

"Since then, I have been very bad at dealing with that guy. What we are going to next is the territory of such a guy."

As he spoke, Ishtar looked at Shirou.

"This is the underworld. As the 'Goddess of the Underworld', Ereshkigal is very powerful here. Even you may not be her opponent."

"Really..." Shirou said,

At this time, everyone came to a closed stone door.

The next second the four of them stopped here, a female voice came from the stone door.

"The living who have fallen into the underworld, please answer the way of existence of their souls."

Ishtar explained to everyone: "Well, here comes the question of choosing one of the two. The gate of the underworld will question the good and evil of the soul. It is a fair and rational gate of good and evil."

"The good and evil of the soul?" Gudazi asked doubtfully.

"That's right, there are seven in total. These are the doors that took away my power before." Ishtar replied.

At this time, the female voice inside the stone door sounded again.

"Then let me ask the sinful Shirou Orihara a question."

Hearing those words, Ishtar couldn't help but be startled, "Are you still bringing nominations!?"

The female voice came out again.

"Although the standards of beauty are diverse, they are still absolute. Black can beat white, and earth can beat sky. So which one is more beautiful, Ereshkigal or Ishtar?"

"Hey! Wait, is this different from the previous question?!" Ishtar was confused when he heard the question.

female voice

The voice is still coming: "Quick, answer me! Answer~answer~me~"

"There is no need to hesitate about this kind of question!" Ishtar cast an anxious gaze on Shirou, "Of course I am more beautiful! Right!?"

"No, I choose Ereshkigal." Shirou said directly.

Upon hearing this answer, Ishtar's face immediately dropped and she stared at Shirou with gritted teeth. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat him, he would have rushed to bite him.

At this time, Shimen's voice seemed to become excited.

"The answer is correct~"

Along with the trembling sound, the closed stone door slowly opened to everyone.

"Let's go." Shirou walked in first.

There were six more stone gates next. When they arrived at the second stone gate, a familiar female voice sounded again.

"Which one is more beautiful, Ereshkigal or Ishtar?"

"..." The four people present fell into silence.

"Ereshkigal!" Shirou answered again.

The closed stone door slowly opened.

Ishtar's expression became angry again.

After that, I went through three more questions and answers, and the questions were exactly the same every time.

Every time Ishtar passed through a stone door, his body would shrink. After five times, Ishtar's body was as big as the palm of his hand, like a living figure.

"Miss Ishtar, are you really okay?" Matthew looked worriedly at Ishtar sitting on Fufu's furry back.

"It's already the sixth door, and there's still the last door left. Even though I've become like this, I can only go up!"

Ishtar's body floated in mid-air.

"Although I can't fight, it was expected. I will protect myself from being crushed to death by Ereshkigal."

"But after shrinking, it looks a lot cuter."

Shirou stretched out his hand to hold Ishtar's headdress, lifted her up to his eyes, looked at the girl at this moment, and then raised his other hand.

Under Shirou's gaze, Ishtar's cheeks suddenly turned crimson.

"You... what do you want to do?!"

"Nothing, I just thought it was fun."

Shirou stretched out his index finger in front of the villain-like Ishtar, and immediately found it quite interesting to see her trying to push his finger away with all her strength, but she seemed to be massaging her finger because she was too weak.

At this moment, high-pitched laughter came from the shadows in front.

That joyful laughter full of recognition was undoubtedly Gilgamesh's.

"Thank you for coming to pick me up." King Xian waved to everyone.

"You... weren't you imprisoned by Ereshkigal?" Mashu asked in surprise.

"Hmph~ Although this death was a result of carelessness, this is not the first time that the king of the underworld has come. It is easy to hide away! Before those Garula spirits came, I hid in the dark and held my breath. Breathe, enter into meditation, aura interception, escape perfectly from under their noses, and plan to wait for the opportunity."

As he said that, Gilgamesh looked at Ishtar who was placed in Shirou's palm, and immediately pointed at her and burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha! Do you want to laugh me to death? Hahahaha?!!"

"So, now that we see you here, can we go back directly?" Gudazi asked.

"No." Gilgamesh shook his head, "I am already dead now. There is no way to leave this underworld without that guy's permission."

But then, he smiled.

"In that case, then go and teach Ereshkigal a lesson, and then go back!"

With that said, Gilgamesh walked towards the stone door ahead.

"Is this the stone gate? There is no need to ask, the answer is me!"

"It's not~ you~!"

In the end, Shirou said the "correct answer" and everyone passed the last stone door.

"If Ishtar is not used, our battle with Ereshkigal will probably become very tense."

said the wise king Gilgamesh.

"Goddess Ereshkigal, what is her fighting power approximately?" Mashu asked.

"Well...if you want to compare, she doesn't have the divinity like Ishtar." Gilgamesh replied.

"Does King Gilgamesh also know about Ereshkigal?"

Gudazi spoke doubtfully.

"Well, I still know. If Ishtar is the goddess who can get whatever she wants, Ereshkigal is the goddess who desires nothing."

Chapter 36 Ai Lei’s joining

Gilgamesh's answer surprised Demash.

"You don't crave anything?"

"That's right, when the underworld was created, she was dedicated to the existence of the underworld as the cornerstone. Because one of the gods had to go to the underworld to take up a post, this responsibility was pushed to Ereshkigal. The newborn Ereshkigal became the god who has been managing the souls of the dead for thousands of years.

And was stuffed into the underworld. Gilgamesh replied.

"This is too sad." Gudazi sighed.

"It's not that I feel sad because I can't go out, but that I feel sad because I can't experience a new world and encounter new encounters." Matthew continued.

Gilgamesh then continued.

"In exchange, Ereshkigal is invincible in the underworld. Heroic spirits and gods will lose their power in this underworld."

After these words, Ishtar spoke.

"But if the opponent is a living person, it's a different matter. First of all, he will not be bound by the law of the underworld that 'must kill'. In other words, even Mashu can handle it."

Gilgamesh also crossed his arms and said.

"From the perspective of divinity and power, she is considered a mid-level opponent, with a high chance of winning."

"Okay, let's stop chatting here." Ishtar said, looking forward, "This is the palace of Ereshkigal."

"Hiss...it's so cold..." Gudazi suddenly felt the chilly air that filled the air.

At this time, Roman's anxious voice came from the communicator on the girl's wrist.

"The air pressure has actually reached 500hpa! The temperature drop caused by adiabatic cooling, the body temperature is probably only -6 degrees, which is close to the limit of life activities. You guys, get out of there quickly!"

However, it was too late.

A huge, scarlet humanoid skeleton appeared.

"Fear, pray, fall into despair, humans! I am the manager of death, the mistress of the underworld, the one who steps on the spiritual peak - Ereshkigal!"

"The earth without light, the sky without light, the soil without flowers, there is nothing here."

The huge scarlet skull raised its arms and condensed a red spear.

"I can't even understand what those human souls are saying, I don't understand, I don't understand. Even so, I will create! Create a kingdom of death that will not lose to any world!"

"Is that why you want to dominate humans?" Shirou asked.

"This is my choice!"

Ereshkigal replied.

"No, Ereshkigal."

Shirou's body began to glow with golden light, and the entire dark space was illuminated by a god-like light.

"As a goddess, you deeply love humans who have the fate of death. You do not debase death as a disgusting fear, but instead respect it and try to protect the remaining souls after death."

"The reason why you joined the "Three Goddesses Alliance" is to bring as many souls as possible to this kingdom of death for protection. Even if no one understands you, even if you are the only one among the tens of thousands of souls in this country. Isolated. "

"You essentially love humans. You were forced to come to the underworld, but you couldn't leave this country and could only stay here alone forever. So, are you lonely?"

"..." Ereshkigal suddenly fell silent.

"As long as it can save you from the fate in the myth, it can solve the current situation, right?" Shirou said.

"No... this is impossible, even you can't do such a thing..." Ereshkigal's voice was filled with tears, which was a desperate reply.

"How do you know if you don't try?"

Having said this, Shirou raised his right hand, and a huge golden sword appeared on his palm, blooming with brilliant golden light.

"Free this prison today, Ereshkigal! This sword - cut off fate!"

Shirou declared so loudly that he lowered his sword.

That sword not only split the underworld in two, but also cut off Ereshkigal's fate.

The underworld was already within Shirou's control, so he added the power of Hades, the 'King of Hades', to the golden sword and displayed it.