My XX deal with Sister Nero

She hasn't been on the ground for a long time.

After Gilgamesh stopped offering sacrifices to the gods and defeated the Bull of Heaven, the gods almost stopped practicing with the human world. She only knew that Uruk was destroyed, Babylon rose and then perished. After that, it seemed that the Assyrian Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Seleucid Empire appeared on this land. Now... the country that rules this land seems to be a country called the Parthian Empire.

Well, no matter what country it is, anyway, they have never offered sacrifices to the Mesopotamian gods. Considering that the other party has the protection of Persian and Greek gods, the already declining Mesopotamian gods dare not bring down divine punishment on the Parthian Empire. Anyway... let's just live like this.

But now, Tiamat has been resurrected, and this life of getting by is over.

Nearly three thousand years have passed, and the once glorious city-state of Uruk has long since turned to dust. Unable to find the city in her memory in mid-air, Ishtar could only choose the largest city she had seen in the sky before. Perhaps this city could provide her with the information she wanted.

After slowly landing next to this huge city and instantly understanding the Parthian language with the power of God, Ishtar entered this huge city called Ctesiphon.

Almost no one had heard of the news of Tiamat's resurrection. Only senior generals like Tiridates received news from Isfahan that the ancient Greek philosopher Archimedes had summoned a giant monster to guard the sea and destroy the Roman Empire's maritime supply lines as much as possible.

Although he didn't know why Archimedes would help him, Tiridates, who had already known about the existence of heroic spirits, was not too surprised by Archimedes' appearance.

Anyway, there are several precedents, right?

Therefore, Tiridates did not announce the story of Archimedes, nor did he announce that this great man summoned a monster to help him. It was precisely because of this that Ishtar did not find out any useful information in the city of Ctesiphon.

"Could it be... that the coming of Tiamat is fake?" Standing casually on the street, Ishtar looked around with some boredom. It was obvious that this city was too peaceful and harmonious. If Tiamat really appeared, the people in this city should have run away long ago, right?

Besides, there don’t seem to be any monsters around this city. In short, this land... looks very normal.

Chapter 525: The Decision of the Mesopotamian Gods

"Well, let's take another look. If there is no other valuable information, then we can only go to the sea to look." Ishtar spread her hands helplessly. She had originally planned to ask someone if anyone knew any specific details, but no one here seemed to know any news about Tiamat. Since no one knew, then... she could only go to the sea to look.

But the ocean is so big, and compared with the size of the ocean... it's really like looking for a needle in a haystack, isn't it?

However, just as Ishtar was standing on the street, wondering whether to ask a few more people to try her luck, in a small hotel on the street, Tony stood by the window, somewhat stunned, looking at the woman on the roadside not far away, and fell into deep thought.

Well... Logically speaking, the Mesopotamian gods would definitely be restless after Tiamat's resurrection, so they sent the goddess of fertility to the human world to investigate. This was expected. After all, according to mythology, Ishtar is not only the goddess of fertility, but also the goddess of war.

As mentioned before, wars in the Age of Gods are not quite the same as modern wars. Starting from Alexander the Great, Western warfare has been all about teamwork, so there was the Macedonian Phalanx. But more than two thousand years ago, during the reign of Gilgamesh, when the Mesopotamian gods were still connected to the human world, the so-called wars were all about personal bravery, and tactics and methods were very crude. So Ishtar, who was in charge of war, was, to some extent, not weak in personal combat power. It was precisely because she had enough ability to protect herself that she was chosen by Marduk to investigate the matter of Tiamat.

Just as Ishtar was about to leave to ask a few more people, she suddenly felt as if a claw was pulling the hem of her dress.

"Who?" Ishtar turned her head away in shame and anger. Just as she was about to scold the other party, she suddenly discovered that the person pulling the hem of her dress was a very handsome and harmless little boy.

"Hey, sister, are you... Ishtar?" Tony asked Ishtar with an innocent smile on his face and his big eyes curved into beautiful crescents.

"Eh? Little brother, do you know me?" Ishtar looked at Tony and asked.

do not know!

Although he still had an innocent smile on his face, deep down in his heart, Tony was complaining madly.

As mentioned before, in terms of spiritual foundation, gods are stronger than heroic spirits. If gods want to be summoned as servants, the easiest way is to possess someone.

Therefore, in FGO, Ishtar's appearance is exactly the same as the devil muscle Rin. The reason is that Ishtar possessed Rin.

But this time it was different, Ishtar came to the earth as a god. In other words, Ishtar's appearance at this moment was nothing like Rin.

Tony, I recognize people by their clothes.

Well, although he was complaining deep in his heart, Tony looked at Ishtar with an unchanged expression and said, "Of course, although not many people believe in Mesopotamian gods now, but... I happened to see some murals of Mesopotamian gods, so I recognized the goddess~"

"So that's how it is." Ishtar nodded thoughtfully.

Perhaps it was because Tony was still a child, or perhaps it was because Tony's pretty face was extremely deceptive, anyway, Ishtar did not doubt Tony's words too much.

"Well... little brother, do you know anything about mythology?" With the attitude of trying everything possible, Ishtar planned to ask Tony if he knew about Tiamat.

"Eh? Are you talking about Mesopotamian mythology? This... I don't really understand it." Tony scratched his head awkwardly, looking a little restrained.

“I don’t know much about it…” Although this answer was within Ishtar’s expectations, Ishtar decided to make a final struggle: “Then do you know Tiamat?”

"Tiamat?" Tony tilted his head and asked curiously, "Goddess, are you talking about the big monster in the sea?"

Eh? !

I had just asked casually with the mentality of giving it a try, but I hadn't expected that this little guy actually... really knew Tiamat?

"You...you know?" Ishtar looked at Tony in disbelief, opened her mouth and asked.

"Yes, I know." Tony nodded as if it was a matter of course, and suddenly reached out and grabbed Ishtar's right hand, saying to her: "This is not the place to talk, Sister Ishtar, let's go talk somewhere else~"

Without waiting for Ishtar to answer, Tony grabbed Ishtar's hand and dragged her towards the small hotel nearby.

After returning to his room and signaling Mary with his eyes to guard the door, Tony took a deep breath and said slowly, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Tony, Tony Claudius Augustus Germanicus, Prince Odenius of the Roman Empire... Ah, you may not understand my identity very well, so let me briefly explain. My Roman Empire is currently at war with the Parthian Empire, and I happen to be the commander of the Roman Empire, so... I can't stay on the streets for a long time."

"Oh..." Although Ishtar had never heard of the Roman Empire, she could still roughly understand what Tony said, so she nodded and said, "So, Tiamat..."

"Tiamat really exists, and she is on the sea. Half a day ago, Tiamat attacked a warship of my Roman Empire. It is because of this that I learned the news of Tiamat's appearance." Tony shrugged and said to Ishtar.

"Hmm..." Ishtar nodded thoughtfully. There was no obvious loophole in Tony's words, and... he probably wouldn't deceive herself in this regard.

"So..." Tony looked at Ishtar, whose appearance and figure were no less beautiful than Rin Toosaka's, and said calmly, "I need to know the attitude of you, the gods of Mesopotamia. I need to know, do you want to fight or retreat?"

Fight or retreat?

This... Ishtar really couldn't give Tony a definite answer.

After all, the power of the Mesopotamian gods today is not as strong as it used to be.

Only when gods accept the faith of human beings can they continue to become stronger. The Mesopotamian gods gradually declined after the fall of Babylon. Whether it is the Persians or the Greeks, they all have their own gods to believe in. Those Mesopotamian gods that were absorbed into the local religions are still okay. After all, they have an identity in other pantheons, and there are still people who believe in them. They can still gain strength from mortals, and go to other gods... and maintain one-tenth of their combat effectiveness, which is very good.

Chapter 526 Ishtar and Gilgamesh

After Marduk became aware of Tiamat's resurrection and informed the Mesopotamian gods of this news, the Mesopotamian gods split into two factions.

Some Mesopotamian gods believed that if we could defeat Tiamat back then, we can do it now; but other Mesopotamian gods believed that they no longer had the fighting power they had in the past, and if they were to fight Tiamat again, it would be hard to say who would win.

After all, there are gods who don't want to die.

The Mesopotamian gods did not have time to reach a consensus, and it was precisely because they did not have time to reach a consensus that Marduk sent Ishtar to the underworld to see and confirm whether Tiamat really appeared.

After obtaining the approximate location of Tiamat from Tony, Ishtar said goodbye to Tony and flew towards the Persian Gulf.

"Huh~" After Ishtar left, Tony let out a long sigh and collapsed on the bed.

During the conversation with her, Tony realized that the Mesopotamian gods might not have reached a consensus yet and were unsure whether to fight or not. The reason might be that the fighting power of the Mesopotamian gods at this moment might not be as good as when they defeated Tiamat, right?

Tony wasn't wrong, or at least he wasn't completely wrong.

The reason why the Mesopotamian gods failed to reach a consensus was indeed because their fighting power was not as good as the last time they killed Tiamat. However, Tony guessed that those peak fighters were dead, not that the gods had lost the faith of mankind and were not able to maintain their previous strength.

"When Ishtar comes to Ctesiphon again, should I tell her about Gilgamesh?" Tony rolled around on the bed and suddenly raised his head and muttered to himself.

Ishtar was favored by the gods back then, so when she found out that she could not reach Gilgamesh, she decisively asked for Gugalanna, the Bull of Heaven, intending to use this guy to destroy the earth, and then... she was killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

Therefore, Ishtar and Gilgamesh can be said to be a pair of bickering lovers who turned from love to hate. But now, Gilgamesh is with Sefalu and his position is unclear. Is it necessary for me to reveal the news about Gilgamesh and use Ishtar to restrain Gilgamesh?

Forget it.

Before confirming what the Mesopotamian gods are thinking, it is best not to create unnecessary complications and open up new fronts. It would be troublesome if the war situation collapsed due to lack of manpower.

And…where is Gilgamesh now?

Just as Tony was lying on the bed thinking about this, his door was suddenly pushed open, and Tamiao walked in quickly with a happy smile on his face and said, "Little Tony, I have good news to tell you. Mount Olympus plans to send Hippolyta and Penthesilea as reinforcements to help you deal with Tiamat!"

"...Huh?!" Tony stared at Atalanta blankly for a few seconds, then suddenly realized what was happening and looked shocked.

Hippolyta and Penthesilea?

In a way... isn't this my ancestor? !

Hippolyta and Penthesilea, demigods in Greek mythology, daughters of the god of war Ares, and queens of the Amazon tribe. Well, Ares is a conceptual god, the incarnation of the god of army and war. He is called Ares in Greece and Mars in Rome.

In other words, Hippolyta and Penthesilea, as well as Romulus, were half-siblings with the same father.

And as a descendant of the God Ancestor... Tony has two more ancestors.

But...why would the Greek gods help me? And how did they know about Tiamat?

As if seeing Tony's doubts, Ta Miao gently touched Tony's little head and explained: "Sister Ata's treasure, the Complaint Arrow, do you know it?"

Tony nodded. As a futanari player, how could he not know?

"The Complaint Arrow is actually a way to contact Apollo, the god of the sun, or Artemis, the goddess of the moon, through an arrow. I used this treasure to tell them what is happening here. After discussing with the gods, they plan to send two demigods to help you first. After all... you once helped me capture Katniss." Tamiao explained simply.

"Got it." Tony nodded.

The Greek gods' meaning was very simple. On the one hand, Tiamat was indeed a threat. Human evil was a threat to any pantheon. At the same time, Zeus and the others might also want to return the favor. After all, Tony had helped the Greek gods capture Katniss before... although she ran away again.

Well, although Tony was somewhat touched by the Greek gods' act of returning the favor, the identities of the two demigods sent to help him... were indeed a bit embarrassing.

Just when Tony was feeling a little embarrassed about the identities of these two Greek demigods, on the other side.

After obtaining the approximate range of Tiamat's location from Tony, Ishtar immediately decided to go to the Persian Gulf first. If Tiamat was really there, she would go back and report the news to Marduk to see what he planned to do.

While flying in the sky, Ishtar lowered her head and looked down at the earth while muttering to herself: "This land is quite peaceful and harmonious. It seems... no monsters or anything like that have appeared?"

As mentioned before, Tiamat, as the goddess of creation, created all things in the world, including the Mesopotamian gods and monsters. Tiamat was killed by the gods, and now she has finally resurrected to destroy the world. Shouldn't she desperately produce monsters and let them destroy the world?

Until now, she hasn't seen any magical beasts on earth. What... is going on?

Just as Ishtar was thinking about this question, suddenly, a golden figure on a cliff by the sea successfully caught her attention.

"This is..." Ishtar stopped and looked carefully at the golden figure floating in the air, then slowly frowned.

"This is... Gilgamesh? How come he is still alive?!" After carefully confirming that she had not recognized the wrong person, Ishtar looked at the golden figure on the ground seriously with a somewhat excited expression.

After all, Ishtar had liked Gilgamesh... Well, it was not clear how much of this liking was true love.

Just as Ishtar was about to go down and say hello to Gilgamesh, she suddenly saw a beautiful girl with brown skin standing next to Gilgamesh.

…Who is this person? !

Chapter 527: Do you have another dog?

Type-Moon history, whether it is pan-human history or Lostbelt history, these histories have certain similarities with the world Tony lived in in his previous life, such as the last dictator of the Roman Republic was Caesar, such as Wang Mang’s army was killed by meteorite showers, such as... the story of Gilgamesh and Ishtar.

Gilgamesh first appeared in the Epic of Gilgamesh. According to legend, he was the fifth king of the ancient Uruk Kingdom. At the beginning, Gilgamesh committed many evil deeds, which led to the people praying to God to deal with this half-human, half-god hybrid. So God sent Enkidu. After the two fought, they found that neither could do anything to the other. Gilgamesh thought Enkidu was very brave, so he became sworn brothers with him and governed Uruk together. During this period, they also took risks together and killed the famous monster Humbaba. Such a heroic move directly captured the heart of the goddess Ishtar. But obviously, our Gilgamesh was not interested in Ishtar and decisively rejected Ishtar. What about Ishtar? When she was in heaven, she was very favored and had never been rejected. In anger, Ishtar summoned the bull of heaven, Gugalana, and then... the bull was gone.

Gugalana, later known as Taurus, was killed by Enkidu and Gilgamesh. The gods were very angry, so they cursed that one of them must die, and then... Enkidu was gone.

It was because Enkidu was gone that Gilgamesh was afraid of death. Of course, in the end Gilgamesh accepted his fate and calmly faced his death.

This is the general content of The Epic of Gilgamesh.

Well, there are several key points in the whole epic. First, the relationship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu, second, the relationship between Gilgamesh and Ishtar, and third, Gilgamesh’s death.

As an important supporting character in "The Epic of Gilgamesh", Ishtar is now very confused. On the one hand, it is because the Gilgamesh in front of her is alive, and on the other hand, it is because... who is this guy next to him?

She had seen Enkidu before, but this person was definitely not Enkidu. Or to put it another way, this beautiful girl with brown skin was not anyone she knew.

Does Ishtar like Gilgamesh?

Mount seven cages!

In that era, no matter if it was a god or a human, as long as she was a woman, she would have a certain liking for heroes. Even now, if a peerless hero appeared in front of you, you would like him.

What's more, this unparalleled hero is extremely rich.

It is certain that Ishtar likes Gilgamesh, but besides liking him, Ishtar has another feeling towards Gilgamesh, which is "getting". She... wants to get this hero.

Originally, Gilgamesh died, and Ishtar was sad for a while, and then the matter could have been let go. But now, Gilgamesh has been resurrected, and there is an unknown girl by his side. For Ishtar, it is as if the toy she originally wanted was suddenly taken away by another unknown person. That kind of discomfort... made Ishtar dizzy.

"Gilgamesh!" Ishtar shouted the name with gritted teeth, and smashed to the ground like a cannonball.

With a loud "boom", Gilgamesh subconsciously turned around and saw a very familiar figure descending from mid-air onto the land.

"Ishtar?!" Seeing this extremely familiar figure, Gilgamesh frowned subconsciously.

How could it be this guy?

Just like what is described in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is not very fond of Ishtar. He may have a little affection for this goddess, but this affection has not risen to the level of boyfriend and girlfriend. Even after the incident of the Bull of Heaven, this little affection makes it unlikely that Gilgamesh and Ishtar can become friends.

Well, anyway, for Gilgamesh, Ishtar is... quite annoying.

"Why are you here?" Gilgamesh asked coldly, frowning and looking at Ishtar carefully.

"Then why are you here? And who is this woman next to you?" Although Isdal's expression was also very cold, Gilgamesh could sense that this guy seemed to have some anger underneath his cold expression.

This guy...what happened again?

"Hmm?" Gilgamesh turned his head to look at Attila who was standing beside him, and then looked at Ishtar who was standing in front of him. This idiot... doesn't he know Attila?

But if you think about it carefully, it is true that when Attila attacked the earth twelve thousand years ago, she was still in the form of Sefalu, which is somewhat different from the current Attila in appearance. It is understandable that Ishtar could not recognize that this was Sefalu who defeated many gods.

But Gilgamesh witnessed with his own eyes how Cefalu transformed into the giant god Attila. Although the heroic spirit Attila beside him was only a clone of the giant god Attila and her combat power was far inferior to that of the giant god Attila, if a real fight broke out, her strength would be considered quite powerful among the heroic spirits.