My XX deal with Sister Nero

If this guy is Jin Gu, then...

"You just said that you are worthy of being the prince of the Roman Empire, right? You... know me?" Tony looked at Jin Gu thoughtfully and said, "No, you shouldn't know me. You should have heard of me from someone else. Is it Vologases I?"

Tony has always had doubts about the fact that Vologases I was able to summon Tiamat. Whether it was Type-Moon's history or his own understanding of the Parthian Empire in the past two years, Vologases I might have magicians under his command, but he himself is definitely not a magician, and... summoning Tiamat is not something that an ordinary magician can do!

So Tony had enough reason to believe that there should be an external helper beside Vologases I who helped him summon Tiamat!

Chapter 553: Surround and kill Tony!

In pan-human history, Vologases I was an ambitious king. The most amazing and boastful thing during his reign was defeating the Romans.

The Kingdom of Armenia was originally a buffer state between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic. After Augustus established the principal system, in order to stabilize the country, he chose to ease relations with the Parthian Empire. However, the problems of the Kingdom of Armenia have never been properly resolved, and the two sides have only temporarily stopped fighting and taken a break until... the appearance of Tiridates.

In 58 AD, Vologases I, the king of kings of the Parthian Empire, betrayed the agreement between the two parties and arbitrarily appointed his younger brother Tiridates I as the king of the Kingdom of Armenia without the consent of the Roman head Nero. He then used this as an excuse to occupy Armenia.

Of course, the Romans could not tolerate this behavior of the Parthian Empire.

Therefore, Nero sent the famous general Corbro to lead a large army to attack the Kingdom of Armenia. However, due to the civil strife in the Parthian Empire at this time, Vologases I was unable to send troops to help the Kingdom of Armenia, and could only let Tiridates resist the Roman attack alone.

Although Tiridates was considered to have some command ability among the younger generation, his opponent was Corbro, a famous general of the Roman Empire and a commander with rich experience in fighting the Germans several times.

Under Corbro's attack, the Armenian Kingdom was defeated within just one year, and Tiridates could only flee back to the Parthian Empire in a very embarrassed manner. From then on, the Romans completely controlled the Armenian Kingdom.

How could Vologases I give up so easily after finally gaining control of the Kingdom of Armenia? So in 61 AD, he decisively gave up suppressing the rebellion at home and personally led his army to attack Armenia.

After learning of this incident, Nero sent his favorite minister Paetus to lead an army to retake Armenia.

Like Corbro, Paetus's command ability was really poor. The new commander had just arrived in the province of Cappadocia, and without knowing the combat strength and terrain of both sides, he directly ordered an attack on Tigranokelde, an important town in southern Armenia. For convenience, he set up the camp near Landea, so that the commander fought the most successful battle during Nero's reign, the Siege of Landea.

Due to supply problems, Paetus led two legions and affiliated legions totaling more than 20,000 people to capture several Parthian Empire strongholds, but was eventually forced to retreat due to shortage of food and grass without even touching the Granokeld Walls. They withdrew to the camp, carried out passive defense, and waited for logistical supplies.

It must be said that Paetus knew a little about military tactics, and he knew that when he was stationed there, he should send some troops out to set up outposts to monitor the surrounding areas and prevent attacks from the Parthians. However, he overlooked one point. He had only a small number of people under his command, and not only did they not concentrate them together to guard, but they also divided their forces to set up outposts to form a corner for defense. This completely gave the Parthians the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

The Parthians who followed would certainly not miss this good opportunity. After defeating the small garrison around Rondea, the Parthians surrounded the Romans in their camp before they could react.

Paetus panicked.

However, he did not know at this moment that Vologases I was completely bluffing. Although they surrounded Rhondaia, the Parthians lacked heavy infantry and had no way to break through the fortress built by Paetus. What's more, their food situation was worse than that of the Romans. If Paetus had chosen to hold the fortress at that time, the final result would definitely be that Vologases I would withdraw his troops and abandon Armenia.

After all, the Parthians had no supplies and their morale was low, and they were not used to the terrain here. Once the two sides fell into a stalemate, Vologases I would have to guard against Corbro, who was stationed in Syria, leading a large army to cut off the Parthians' retreat. So in summary, Vologases I could only end the battle quickly in a short period of time.

At this moment, the cunning Vologases I realized that the Romans in the camp were like frightened birds, so he boldly decided to implement a fraud tactic.

He first sent cavalry to attack the nearby Roman garrison, and allowed these panicked Roman soldiers to run into the Randea camp, allowing them to spread the panic to Paetus' main legion.

Immediately, the Parthian army launched a harassing attack on the Roman camp. Vologases I intended to use this harassing attack to show off his own military strength and undermine the enemy's morale. At the same time, it also covered up the embarrassing fact that he could not break through the Roman camp head-on.

It is undeniable that Vologases I's tactics worked.

During the siege, Paetus looked anxious and unable to think normally. He misjudged the situation and thought that his hastily built camp was not enough to prevent the enemy's attack. He also thought that he did not have enough food. The fact that the other side could show off their power in front of him showed that they had sufficient logistics and morale. So, even though he knew that reinforcements were on the way, this general who had never dealt with the Eastern powers finally chose to surrender shamefully. Originally, the Roman Empire could have captured Vologases I and taken the Kingdom of Armenia or even half of the Parthian Empire through this war, but it was because of Paetus' surrender that the Roman Empire had to ruin the good situation and was forced to maintain the rules left over from the Augustan era, that is, the two countries jointly managed Armenia.

In pan-human history, although the Parthian Empire was in a state of internal and external troubles, Vologases I won the victory with his outstanding tactical command and his name was recorded in history. In this Lostbelt, because his opponent was Tony instead of Paetus, even though his start was stronger than that in pan-human history, he was still beaten to the ground by the Roman Empire.

It is undeniable that Vologases I was a capable monarch both in this Lostbelt and in pan-human history, but this does not mean that he had the ability to summon Tiamat.

"Of course I know you." Jin Gu smiled at Tony and said slowly: "Someone told my mother that the world line we are in is a Lostbelt, and it is a very special man-made Lostbelt. And you, Your Highness the Prince of the Roman Empire, you are the master of this Lostbelt. Killing you is equivalent to destroying this world."

As he spoke, Jin Gu raised his hand slightly. The next moment, Tony suddenly discovered that thousands or even tens of thousands of magical beasts appeared in this small town and on the surrounding hillsides!

Chapter 554: The Sons of Tiamat

"I see." Tony nodded, looking at Jin Gu standing on the city wall, his smile gradually turned a little cold.

Vologases I himself was not a magician, so he would not summon Tiamat himself. The only possibility was that someone was helping him summon Tiamat on his behalf, but now, the problem came.

What price did Vologases I pay to get a magician who could summon Tiamat to help him?

If it is money and land, then these mundane things probably cannot attract a magician's attention. After all, there are many unowned lands in the world now, and money... If a magician is really short of money, he can make a lot of money by just getting some.

Now, looking at the monsters all over the mountains, Tony finally understood what price Vologases I paid to get this magician to help him!

It's Tony's life! This magician must be someone who wants his life too!

From the very beginning, this Warcraft invasion was aimed at him!

"I see. I should have thought of it a long time ago." Tony clapped his hands and said to King Gu, "Vologases I is not a magician, so there must be someone else who summoned Tiamat. And this person should be a powerful magician, otherwise, he can't summon Tiamat, right? And I can think of magicians with such strength... There are only a few people."

Although he was not very sure, Tony could roughly guess that this matter was related to Solomon no matter how he looked at it!

According to the setting of FGO, Solomon...or Goetia is determined to destroy the world, but the problem is that the reason he destroys the world is...Mashu.

According to the plot description of FGO, the key to the burning of human reason is that Professor Leif became a demon pillar in 2016. The reason Leif became a demon pillar was that he met Mashu, was shocked by this inhuman experiment, and then felt that there was no hope for mankind. If Leif had not met Mashu, he would have felt that the world could be saved, so he committed suicide in 2015.

Then the problem is coming.

There is no Mashu in this world, and Professor Leif has not seen this kind of non-human sub-servant experiment, so... Logically speaking, the phenomenon of human incineration should not exist. Then why did Rosa encounter the Demon Pillar? You know, the appearance of the Demon Pillar can basically be determined as the situation of human incineration is happening!

What happened in the end?

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"Tiamat, Magic King Solomon." Rosa rode on a horse, tapping the saddle gently while galloping, muttering to himself: "The only one who can summon Tiamat should be Solomon. After all, Solomon successfully summoned Solomon with the Holy Grail in FGO, so it is understandable that he can summon Solomon again here... But what is Solomon's purpose? Or, Leif... What exactly made Solomon burn the human logic in this world line?"

To some extent, Leif is Solomon's "eyes". Just like the world view in FGO mentioned, the fundamental reason why Professor Leif turned into a Demon Pillar to perform the Incineration of Humanity was that he witnessed the non-human sub-servant experiments in Chaldea. But here, within the Roman Empire, let alone non-human sub-servant experiments, there are not even normal summoning of Heroic Spirits, so why does he want to Incinerate Humanity?

……

"Tony, Rosa." In an unknown forest, a young man with typical Germanic ancestry looked at the distance with a kind face, muttering: "People are really selfish. For themselves and the people around them, they can destroy the world. What about others? Will others do the same? This world... has really lost the favor of the king."

……

"It seems that you have the answer in your heart." On the city wall, Jin Gu looked down at Tony and laughed: "I admit that Your Highness, the Prince of the Roman Empire, you are very strong, or rather, the people around you are very strong, but... in order to deal with you, I am also prepared."

As Jin Gu spoke, a bearded man with a three-strand red belt, four to six curly hair and a huge axe in his hand appeared on the city wall, glancing at the people below with a cold expression.

"He... he is..." Looking at the man with very obvious features on the city wall, Ishtar's face changed drastically and said, "This is... Lahmu?!"

"Rahm? Who is that?" Tony was stunned at first, then turned his head and stared at Ishtar. This name was very unfamiliar, but looking at Ishtar's expression... this guy seemed to be very powerful?

"Huh..." After calming down a little, Ishtar stared at the bearded man on the city wall and said, "You should know, right? The leader of the Mesopotamian gods is Marduk."

"Yes, I know. Marduk, the patron saint of Babylon and one of the gods of Mesopotamia." Although he did not know much about Mesopotamian mythology, he roughly knew that because Marduk killed Tiamat, he was regarded as the successor of the god Anu. Later, after Anu abdicated, Marduk naturally became the leader of the Mesopotamian gods.

"Then do you know... who is Marduk's father?" Ishtar asked in a somewhat puzzling tone.

"This...you really touched upon my blind spot in knowledge." Tony opened his mouth, but finally shook his head.

"Marduk's father should be Ea, right? Ea, the god of water." At this moment, Nero, who had been standing aside without saying anything, suddenly interrupted.

"Yes, Ea, or you can call him Enki." Ishtar nodded and said, "Enki, like the god Anu, is the descendant of the sky father Anshar and the earth mother Kishar. And this Lahmu is the father of the sky father and the earth mother, and the eldest son of Tiamat!"

"...amazing!" After listening to Ishtar's description, Tony subconsciously took a breath and slowly exclaimed this word.

So... he must be Marduk's great-grandfather, right?! This guy... even if he is weak, he can't be that weak, right?!

Lahmu, the eldest son of Tiamat, the grandfather of the god Anu, the great-grandfather of Marduk, and also the oldest of the eleven monsters!

"These are a bit troublesome." Tony took a deep breath and turned his head to look at the wild beasts and magical beasts surrounding him. Although these were also very powerful, they were not enough to face the mixed formation of gods and demigods. But... if the opponents were replaced by Jin Gu and Lahem, then... it was really hard to say who would win.

PS1: According to the original plan, I should have updated at least one chapter yesterday, but... the temperature suddenly dropped in the middle of the night before yesterday and I caught a cold. I still had a low-grade fever yesterday, and then I had to work, so I didn't update. Actually, my condition today is not very good. I can only say that it is slightly better than yesterday. I will just write one chapter first.

PS2: Mesopotamian mythology is real... messy!

Everyone should know that we don’t know much about Mesopotamian mythology. Due to problems with translation and excavation, the Mesopotamian mythology currently circulating in the world is not very complete. In addition, Mesopotamian mythology is not the mythology of a certain country, but the common mythology of all countries in the region.

This leads to a situation where the Uruk version of Mesopotamian mythology is different from the Babylonian version, and the Babylonian version of Mesopotamian mythology is different from the Assyrian version! This is just like the Chinese mythology has the Xia Dynasty version, the Shang Dynasty version, the Western Zhou Dynasty version, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty version. The most important thing is that these versions are still in conflict.

For example, Anu. Some say he is the son of Tiamat, some say he is the grandson of Tiamat, and some say he is the great-grandson of Tiamat. Anyway, to sum up, if the root of the chaos in Greek mythology lies with Zeus, then everyone in Mesopotamian mythology is Zeus!

Chapter 555: Melee

I have to say, this time, may be the most dangerous one Tony has experienced since he came to this world.

Lahmu, grandfather of the god Anu, a former powerful god, the eldest son of Tiamat, and the leader of the eleven monsters; Kingu, the strongest son of Tiamat, one of the eleven monsters, was also the commander who fought against the Mesopotamian gods... It was obvious that the monsters and beasts around him... were a trap set by him.

Looking at Tony who was standing outside the city with a gloomy expression, a playful smile like a cat playing with a mouse appeared on Jin Gu's face. He raised his right hand, and then...snapped his fingers slowly.

With a light "pop" sound, dozens of cattle and sheep, urged by the monsters behind them, rushed towards Tony and his group like crazy. The double horns on their heads pointed at them like two scimitars, as if they wanted to pick them up and fly them directly.

"What the hell?!" Looking at these herbivores with horns on their heads rushing towards him, Tony almost jumped up on the spot like a little girl who was insulted!

What is this? Are you looking down on yourself? It's fine if you don't let Lahem go out, but you can just send a few monsters as a token of your appreciation! What's the point of sending me a bunch of herbivores? !

"Hmph!" With a cold snort, Ta Miao took half a step forward, drew the bow like a full moon, and then under Tony's stunned gaze, she drew the bow and shot arrows with her right hand as fast as a machine gun... and the dozen or so cattle and sheep charging in the front were all hit by arrows in just a few seconds, unable to get up again.

"...As expected of a famous hunter in Greek mythology!" Tony opened his mouth, and after holding it in for a long time, he finally uttered this nonsense.

Jin Gu never thought that these herbivores would cause any casualties on Tony's side, and he didn't even think about how much effort these herbivores would put in.

He had only one purpose in sending these herbivores to lead the charge. The first was to make those long-range archers consume as many of their arrows as possible. As for the second purpose... he just wanted to see what was going on with their arrows.

If it is a real arrow, then it can be consumed. If it is an arrow condensed from magic power... it will be consumed as well.

But it is obvious that at least the arrows of this cat-eared girl in a green and black skirt should be condensed from magic power.

"It's okay, just a few wild beasts." Looking at Ta Miao, Jingu chuckled and snapped his fingers again.

"Huh?" Tony subconsciously glanced at King Kong when he heard the snapping sound, then... turned his head to look at the group of beasts rushing towards him.

"Is that so..." Looking at this army of beasts composed of herbivores and carnivores, Tony's expression changed and he instantly understood Jin Gu's plan.

This guy wants to consume everyone's physical strength and magic power!

"Everyone...be careful!" Although Tony saw through Jin Gu's thoughts, he had no good countermeasures. The only way was... to get rid of these beasts in a very short time!

"Huh..." After taking a deep breath, Tamiao glanced at Artemis, then glanced at the Greek demigods around him, and nodded slowly to them.

"Complaint Arrow!" As he spoke, Ta Miao shot an arrow into the sky, and then... countless arrows fell from the sky, shooting towards the group of wild beasts and monsters in front of him.

"Hercules!" At the moment of bending down and rushing out again, Hippolyta turned her head to look at the big man standing not far away and shouted at him.

"The Twelve Glories, the Ninth Trial - the Military Belt of the God of War!"

As Hercules spoke, a plain belt appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The military belt of the god of war is the product of the military flag of Ares, the incarnation of the god of war. This belt was originally Hippolyta's treasure, but when Hercules went through the twelve trials, the ninth of them was to take away Hippolyta's belt.

Then…Hercules captured Hippolyta and took her belt.

Now during the war, Hippolyta cannot be without the treasure, so she has no choice but to ask Hercules to return the army of the god of war to her first.

Hippolyta took the military belt thrown to her by the god of war and tied it around her waist skillfully, then activated this treasure.

The military belt of the god of war is an auxiliary treasure. Its performance will be different depending on the way it is used. For example, Hercules is used to putting this treasure on his hands, wrapping the dense divine energy around his hands and using it as an offensive treasure similar to boxing gloves to enhance martial arts. Hippolyta, on the other hand, fixes it around her waist, injects the divine energy into her body, and improves her various parameters.

"Hah!" Feeling the powerful force filling her body, Hippolyta suddenly shouted and rushed towards the group of monsters in another direction.

"The Twelve Glories, the Eighth Trial o Diomedes' ogre horse; the Twelfth Glory, the Twelfth Trial o Pluto's Dog!" As the words were spoken, four ogre horses and a three-headed dog of hell jumped out of the ground, roaring and killing the other monsters.

Almost at the same time, Penthesilea in the camp suddenly took two steps forward. Then, she bent down and tensed her body as if she was trying to hold back something. After about ten seconds, she suddenly looked up to the sky and howled as if she had broken free of some restraints: "End in my rage, hero! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Achilles!!!"

Looking at the four demigods who launched an attack on the Warcraft camp, Artemis calmly drew her bow and aimed an arrow that seemed to be non-existent at Kingo himself on the city wall.

"The Moon Goddess's love arrow, Love Arrow!"

Four demigods, one god, and the Greek pantheon are now fighting at full strength to slay the army of monsters!

"Oh?" Facing the arrow shot at him, Jin Gu was not in a hurry. He just raised his right hand, and countless chains surged out from his white robe and covered the arrow.

"Chain of Heaven?" Looking at the somewhat familiar chain, Tony was stunned at first, and then his face changed slightly.

Damn it, forget about it!

Kingo's current body is the original body of Enkidu. As we all know, Enkidu was originally a weapon made by God to deal with Gilgamesh. In order to deal with Gilgamesh, a demigod with extremely high divinity, Enkidu's Heavenly Chain was given "special attack against divinity". The higher the divinity, the more effective the Heavenly Chain will be against it.

And now, among Tony's reinforcements, including Tony himself, everyone has some divinity to a certain extent, and they are all restrained by the Heavenly Chain!

PS: I've been cooing for two days...a bit embarrassing.

The day before yesterday and yesterday I was out, and I got home very late. What happened is, I have two classmates who are very poor and want to make money. One wants to buy a motorcycle and the other is getting married. So I said okay, and the three of us got together and pooled some money to start a small business, and then... My classmate didn't know anything, so he asked me. If you ask me, I will definitely answer, but most of the time he would ask me to estimate how much we can earn.

Originally, this is something that is not very certain. If you want me to analyze it, you have to give me some data, right? But now I don’t have any data, how can I analyze it? Aren’t you trying to make things difficult for me, Fat Tiger?

Every time I come back, I have a big head.

Chapter 556: The Final Battle with Jingu (I)

Anyone who is slightly familiar with the settings of Type-Moon should know that the Heavenly Chain has an extremely high restraint on divinity. The higher the divinity, the stronger the restraint of the Heavenly Chain. Therefore, in FSN, Gilgamesh can rely on the Heavenly Chain to lock Hercules to death, but for Shirou Emiya whose divinity is 0, the Heavenly Chain can only serve as an ordinary chain.

So, who on Tony's side possesses divinity?