My XX deal with Sister Nero

"I remember you told me about Tiamat last time, right? This goddess wants to know, how much do you know about Tiamat?" Ishtar raised her head slightly, almost looking at Tony with her nose, and said with a haughty look.

"I... don't know much." Tony scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed: "I just know that she... is not a good person."

Tiamat belongs to Mesopotamian mythology, and Tony was a pure Chinese in his previous life. Why would he care about Mesopotamian mythology? The little knowledge he has about Mesopotamian mythology is what he learned from FGO.

"Not a good person? Hmm... that's a very insightful summary." Ishtar glanced at Tony with an approving expression, nodded and said, "Yes, Tiamat is not a good person. It can even be said that her existence itself is a hazard to the world. I heard that your Roman Empire is vast, so I guess... your navy should be strong as well, right?"

"Just say whatever you want to say." Just as Tony was about to answer, Nero, who was standing next to Tony, suddenly spoke first and said to Ishtar.

This guy... looked at his brother inexplicably. Nero gritted his teeth secretly. It seemed that something was wrong with his brother looking at this goddess! They... should have met before for more than just a simple matter!

My brother...does he like this goddess?!

Humph! As expected, all men are pigs!

Of course Tony wouldn't like Ishtar. After all, according to mythology, Ishtar had a bad personality and she had her own husband. Our little prince was not Boss Cao, so he wouldn't like her.

However, the reason why he paid more attention to Ishtar was, on the one hand, because to some extent, she and Artemis were the same person, and on the other hand, Tony was a little curious. If Ishtar knew that Gilgamesh was resurrected, how would she react?

"To be honest, my Mesopotamian pantheon is declaring war on Tiamat!" Although she was a little surprised why this woman suddenly interrupted, Ishtar still chose to tell the truth and told everyone what the Mesopotamian gods were thinking.

“Declare war on Tiamat?” Artemis chuckled, “Yes, if Tiamat is resurrected, you Mesopotamian gods should be the ones who are most panicked. After all, it was you who killed Tiamat in the first place.”

"You are..." Ishtar frowned and glanced at Artemis. This person... I should have never seen her before. Judging from her attitude just now, this person should have a better understanding of Mesopotamian mythology, and her status... should not be too low!

"This is Artemis, the goddess of the moon in the Greek pantheon. They are here to help me defeat Tiamat." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Tony spoke quickly.

"Assist you in defeating Tiamat?" Ishtar's eyes lit up when she heard Tony's words. She nodded to Artemis and said, "Marduk was planning to contact you, but I didn't expect you to come here on your own."

"Marduk? The king of gods in Mesopotamian mythology?" Orion stood up from Artemis' shoulder and said thoughtfully, "Yes, with the current strength of the Mesopotamian gods, they are completely insufficient to fight against Tiamat. It is inevitable that they will need external forces... Well, but Miss Ishtar is indeed as lovely as the rumors say~"

yeah? !

The flow has changed!

Looking at Orion's serious expression, Tony almost choked himself.

This guy... never changes his bad habits!

Chapter 547: Why is the gap between sisters so big?

Orion, a famous demigod, the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea, a famous hunter in Greek mythology, the husband of the goddess Artemis, and at the same time, he is also a very famous...playboy in Greek mythology.

Of course, in Greek mythology, how many people are not playboys? After all... this was started by Zeus.

Well, a hero, a hero in myths and legends, certainly can’t have only an ambiguous relationship with one beautiful woman, right?

Although Orion is very fickle, his wife, Artemis, is a very devoted woman. She loves Orion so much that she cannot extricate herself. Even in FGO, you clearly summoned Orion, but Artemis... she occupied Orion's spirit base and appeared in the world with Orion. From this point of view, our goddess really loves her man very much.

Then... the philandering Orion began to flirt with Ishtar in front of the devoted Artemis.

Tony is not very interested in such things. He has already eaten enough dog food in FGO, and there is no need for him to continue eating dog food here.

Looking at the strange-looking Ta Miao next to him, Tony quietly approached and stood beside Ta Miao and whispered, "Sister Ata, do you feel like... your faith is collapsing?"

"This... is true." Although he was somewhat surprised that the little guy in front of him could actually see through his thoughts, Ta Miao still nodded and spoke to Tony truthfully.

Mount Olympus is very large, more than enough to accommodate hundreds of gods and demigods. Generally speaking, the gods in mythology and legends live on the mountain, while those great heroes and demigods live at the foot of the mountain, such as Tamiao, who usually lives at the foot of the mountain.

So how could Ta Miao, who usually lives at the foot of the mountain, know what the daily lives of Artemis and Orion, who live at the top of the mountain, are like?

And now, she saw it.

"Go back and rest before your worldview is completely shattered." Tony looked at Ta Miao with some pity, sighed, patted Ta Miao's arm gently and said.

……

After returning to his room, Tony lay on the bed. Judging from the current situation, the nearly 500,000 troops on the Roman Empire's front line have now stopped their attack on the Parthian Empire. On the one hand, as he said before, he planned to use Tiamat to consume the population and soldiers of the Parthian Empire. On the other hand, and most importantly, deep winter is coming. Except for the Mesopotamian region, the battles of the other two armies are not going smoothly, especially the Armenian Front. They are fighting in mountainous areas, and the mountains there are often blocked by heavy snow, and they can't even walk on the roads. How do you think they can fight?

So it’s better to just not fight at all.

This way you can not only rest and recuperate temporarily, but also gain a good reputation as someone who does not take advantage of others' misfortunes. Isn't that wonderful?

It's just that due to insufficient intelligence, Tony didn't think that Tiamat was summoned by Vologases I. After all, the reason why Vologases I was able to leave his name in history was because he was the king of kings of the Parthian Empire, not because he was a magician.

This King of Kings is just an ordinary man.

The topic has gone too far.

In short, he now has two gods, four demigods, several heroic spirits and Rosa's subordinates. Even if this combat power is not enough to kill Tiamat, it should be enough to protect himself!

After resting for a night in this small town, at noon the next day, Tony left Shen Xiaofan and Mary in the town, and then set off with the rest of the people to the Persian Gulf!

Tiamat is also constantly on the move.

When Tiamat woke up from her slumber, she gave birth to her cubs while moving slowly towards the Mesopotamian River Basin guided by her instinct. She wanted to destroy all humans, she wanted to kill the Mesopotamian gods who had betrayed her, she wanted... to destroy the world!

According to Archimedes, this world is not an ordinary world? This world seems to have a "core" called Tony. I heard that if we kill him, we can destroy this world?

……

"There are more and more magical beasts around, which means we are getting closer to Tiamat." After firing a beam of light to eliminate several magical beasts in the distance, Ishtar landed from mid-air and spoke slowly to Tony.

……Too.

Tony moved his shoulders slightly, looked at the sea monster's corpse on the ground, and shook his head slightly.

Fortunately, this is not FGO, and fortunately there is no class restraint, otherwise... if a sword-class character like me goes to fight a bow-class sea monster, won't I be beaten?

"Brother, are you okay?" Just when Tony was feeling a little emotional, Nero, who was not far away, suddenly ran over with his Primal Fire. He first kicked the body of the sea monster next to Tony away, then asked nervously while holding Tony and looking him up and down.

"Ah? I'm fine." Tony, frightened by Nero's action, subconsciously raised his hand to look at his body. It seemed that he was indeed... not injured?

It seems that although I don't have any Noble Phantasms after obtaining the power of the Heroic Spirit, I have indeed made great progress in other aspects such as fighting skills.

If it were me in my previous life, relying on the little skills I learned at the customs... I'd better just go to bed.

Holding his brother in his arms and turning him over and over, Nero carefully checked him. After confirming that Tony was not injured, Nero breathed a sigh of relief, patted Tony's shoulder gently, frowned and scolded: "Little guy, don't do such dangerous things again in the future!"

"No." Tony stuck out his tongue at his sister and sheathed the dagger in his hand. "Don't worry, sister. This is just a small monster, not Tiamat. It's okay. If I encounter a powerful monster, let alone fight, I might just turn around and run away when I see it from a distance."

"You..." Nero stretched out his hand and scratched Tony's nose. He looked at his cute brother with some doting and said, "No matter what, you'd better not do these dangerous things in the future. You are my only brother and my only relative. If something happens to you, what will you let me do in the future?"

Well...looking at his sister's doting look, Tony almost couldn't help crying on the spot.

This... How great it would be if my sister could be so nice to me in my previous life!

When I think back to my previous life when I was in junior high school and stayed at my sister's house during the high temperature holiday, my sister, who couldn't cook, made a boiled egg for Tony at lunch time. Then I think of Sister Nero standing in front of me now...

Alas, why is there such a big gap between people?

PS: There are four versions of the myth about Orion. The version mentioned here is the one with mushrooms, which is the one in which Orion and Artemis are together.

Chapter 548 What the hell is this?!

Nero is good to Tony, and Tony has always noticed it. Nero is so good to Tony that sometimes Tony subconsciously compares Nero with his sister in his previous life.

In his previous life, when Tony was not yet called Tony but Xiao Yun, he had a cousin. In the era of family planning, when there were no biological siblings, a cousin was basically equivalent to a half-sister.

Because the two families lived far away, Tony didn't have much impression of his sister when he was in elementary school. The only time he could be said to have an impression of her was when he was in the first grade of junior high school. The school was on a high temperature holiday at that time, and Tony's home was too far away, so his parents simply let him live with his cousin.

Xiao Yun, who was still a real little boy at that time, went to his sister's house with great enthusiasm, and then... nothing happened.

He will remember the incident of that egg for the rest of his life!

Unlike Sister Nero, who really holds me in her hands for fear of dropping me, and holds me in her mouth for fear of me melting.

……

After his sister confirmed that he was okay, Tony looked at the body of the sea monster that was kicked aside by his sister with a serious expression.

The sea monster, as the name suggests, will only appear near water, such as oceans and rivers. However, the land under the feet of Tony and his friends, let alone oceans and rivers, there is not even a stream within a hundred miles. Why... is there a sea monster here?

Unless... there is some powerful magical beast that is driving these magical beasts forward!

"The eleven children of Tiamat..." Tony couldn't help but mutter to himself as he looked into the distance anxiously.

According to Mesopotamian mythology, in order to deal with the siege of the gods, Tiamat created eleven monsters as her own children, intending to use these eleven children to deal with Marduk and other Mesopotamian gods. Of course, everyone knows the result later. The Mesopotamian gods killed these eleven monsters and Tiamat, and exiled Tiamat's body to the imaginary space.

Now that Tiamat has been resurrected, she must have recreated these eleven children of her own. To some extent, Tony... is not sure he can defeat them.

Especially Jingu!

According to mythology, Kingo should be the strongest among the eleven monsters. According to Tony's calculations, Kingo's combat power must be stronger than that of ordinary gods. If... if Kingo uses Enkidu's body like in FGO, then... how strong would he be?

Most of the people around him are gods or demigods. If the other party uses Enkidu's corpse...the Heaven's Chain is something that is specifically designed to counter divinity.

Well, anyway, let's first see who my opponent is. Even if I meet Jingu, I still have a few of Rosa's men on my side. These guys are not gods and do not possess divinity. By then... they may not be completely powerless to fight back, right?

After taking a short rest to recover some strength, Tony continued to direct everyone towards the Persian Gulf.

……

Along the way, Tony and his crew killed countless monsters. Near dusk, they finally arrived at an abandoned village.

"Not bad, there is still some food here." After dealing with the monsters entrenched in this small village, Ta Miao brought over a few jars from somewhere, which contained some pickled kelp and a few live fish. He said happily.

"Kelp, fish, and there are some jars, bowls and firewood next to the stove in the kitchen over here... Well, there's salt in this jar, not bad." Tony said as he took out a jar of white particles from the kitchen next door. He carefully stretched out his finger, dipped a little and licked it. Tony nodded. There was kelp, salt, and fish. It seemed that he could make a bowl of delicious fish soup today.

"Let's just rest here tonight." Tony said to Nero and others, clapping his hands casually.

"Well, this house... can accommodate several of us and can be used as a place to rest temporarily." Nero nodded, agreeing with Tony's suggestion.

As long as it doesn't hurt himself, Nero basically agrees with all the decisions Tony makes.

Except for Tamiao and Tony, almost everyone present can be said to be the kind of people who have never done housework. They are either gods or demigods, or at least former kings or current heads of state. Among these people... who can cook?

Ta Miao can cook because she is a hunter, and Tony can cook because it is a skill he learned in his previous life, so... letting Tony cook is undoubtedly the best choice.

He took a few fish and some pickled kelp, and asked Hercules to fetch some water from the well in the center of the village. He boiled the water to kill the fish and sterilize it. Then he asked Tamiao to kill the fish. After the fish were killed, Tony threw the fish and kelp together and started to make fish soup.

It is undeniable that this fish soup is quite fresh.

……

After eating and drinking and resting for a night, Tony and his party set out again early the next morning, heading towards the Persian Gulf.

"You... have you noticed one thing? The number of monsters we encountered in the past half day is much less than the ones we encountered before." After killing a monster that looked a bit like a lion, Tony shook the blood off his dagger and said in a serious tone.

"Now that you mention it, it does make sense..." Ishtar looked around and touched her chin. Logically speaking, her group was heading towards the Persian Gulf, which was basically equivalent to heading towards the heart of the Warcraft army, so there should be more and more Warcraft, but this morning... the number of Warcraft they encountered was surprisingly small. In the past, they would be attacked by at least hundreds of Warcraft in a morning, but this morning, it seemed... there were only a mere twenty Warcraft attacking them.

"This is a little unusual." Tony clenched the dagger in his hand. Logically, there should be a lot of monsters here, but there are only twenty of them... There must be something wrong here!

Just as Tony was lost in thought, suddenly, the ground began to shake in a regular pattern, as if a huge monster was approaching Tony and his group.

"Be careful, it seems...some huge monster is approaching us!" Feeling the vibration of the ground, Ta Miao was the first to speak, shouting to everyone.

Just as Ta Miao finished his words, a huge snake-like head popped out from the woods not far away. The head was so huge that our little prince was scared to death and almost jumped up on the spot.

“What…is this?!”

Chapter 549: Warcraft, Bashum!

The huge snake head and the ferocious appearance scared Tony, who had been afraid of snakes since his previous life. Even Nitocris and Cleopatra VII, who were not afraid of snakes and even liked them a little, were frightened!

What...is this?

Seeing this huge and ferocious tongue, Ishtar's face changed at first, and then she reacted and shouted: "Everyone step back! This guy, this guy is Bashum, one of Tiamat's children!"

Bashum? One of the eleven children? Although I am not very familiar with Bashum, from Ishtar's brief introduction, this behemoth... is quite powerful!

"Prepare for battle!" If it's a blessing, it's a disaster. If it's a disaster, it's unavoidable. Since they have entered its territory, this matter will not be so easy to solve!

"Ah!!!" With a roar, Hercules grabbed the axe and sword in his hands, stomped his feet hard, and then jumped high, and smashed towards the direction of Bashum like a mortar shell, drawing a beautiful parabola.

Looking at Hercules smashing towards him, the demon snake named Bashum was also not vague. As an existence standing at the top of the fantasy species, he just opened his mouth wide, and a purple mist that looked very dangerous quickly sprayed out of his mouth and attacked Hercules in mid-air.

Hercules was very powerful. Back then, Heracles passed twelve trials, the second of which was to kill the famous mythical monster, the nine-headed Hydra. It was in this war that he gained super resistance to poison.

But this time, his opponent is Bashum, a Bashum whose toxicity is far superior to Hydra.

Hercules, in mid-air, had nowhere to gain leverage and could only watch himself crash into the poisonous creature, and then... turn into bones.

“Hey!” Seeing Hercules turned into bones, Ishtar shouted, “Retreat! Basium is too strong. You… are no match for it!”

Having killed so many monsters along the way, Ishtar had a general understanding of the strength of everyone present. The Greek demigod named Hercules, in terms of combat power... was probably enough to rival many genuine gods!

Such a strong man was killed instantly by Bashum. Why does Bashum... seem to be much stronger than when he attacked the Mesopotamian gods before? !

"It's okay, you don't have to retreat for now." Tony waved at Ishtar and said calmly.