My mother's love song

Those souls will continue to suffer like this forever until she gets tired of playing.

The Queen of the Underworld who is in charge of death is such an extremely evil being.

Death, maggots, mold, and filth.

Ereshkigal was a woman who seemed like the air in a coffin had a body.

The people of the Sumerian city-states believed these rumors firmly.

After all, Ishtar, the oldest evil daughter of mankind, was already so violent.

Ereshkigal, as her evil side, is definitely even worse!

“…………Why?”

The goddess of death lowered her skull and looked down at the boy who was hugging her with her ghost-like eyes.

Rhodes' skin was almost purple from the coldness she released, but he still had no intention of letting go.

All living things are naturally afraid of me.

You know I'm an ugly monster, why do you still hold me tightly?

Rod: Because I'm afraid of death.

"...Okay, okay, I got it. Anyway, let me go first."

Although Ailei was still in dignified mode, her tone softened slightly.

"understood."

Rhodes nodded and obediently released her body.

Although his expression remained calm, he felt relieved in his heart.

If Ereshkigal had spoken a little later, he would have been frozen into pieces.

"You know I'm a monster, but you're still not afraid of me?"

The giant galula spirit of Ereshkigal looked down at the tiny boy and asked.

"Well, there is a familiar aura about the goddess. I don't feel scared at all." Rhodes replied.

This was not a lie, otherwise Rhodes would not have called Ai Lei mother for no reason.

"Impossible, what familiar smell? Don't try to fool me...

You didn't deliberately lie to me in order to escape the judgment of the underworld, did you? "

Unexpectedly, Elle was quite alert. Rod chuckled.

“…What are you laughing at!?”

"I'm not laughing."

"Absolutely, I saw it! Humph... In short, I will never acknowledge that a human like you is my child!"

After saying this, Ereshkigal stretched out her huge bony claws, grabbed Rhodes's small body and lifted it up.

"Be quiet and don't move."

Although he held his body, Rhodes did not feel any pain. Ereshkigal must have controlled the strength very carefully.

Rod looked at Elle and asked, "Mom, where are we going?"

"Go back to my fever temple... uh uh, you are not allowed to call me mom anymore!"

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After more than ten minutes of high-speed, unlicensed flight, Ishtar returned to her temple with the little ghost she had picked up.

Mount Ebifu, one of the highest peaks in Babylonia.

In the mythological era, this was a sacred peak that even the Sumerian supreme god "Anu" feared, but it was conquered by the goddess Ishtar.

"Mount Ebifu is rich beyond measure. So is its bounty, and so is its depth."

Anu once said this to Ishtar who was obsessed with Mount Ebifu.

"My daughter, the Maiden Inanna. It is the act of fools to rebel against Mount Ebif."

However, the advice of the father god made the goddess, who was spoiled because of her favor, very angry.

Legend has it that she stirred up a violent storm, ravaging the mountain from outside to inside, and walked towards the center of Mount Ebifu.

However, this is a sacred peak that all gods revere. Various wild animals, volcanoes, rivers, and cold air that live on the mountain all attack Ishtar.

Whenever she was attacked, Ishtar would complain: "Snake venom mist, falling rocks, scorching lava! I can't believe I'm being treated like this!"

Completely ignoring the fact that they are the intruders can be regarded as the oldest form of home robbery in human history.

The failure of Mount Ebifu is that it has always been tolerant.

Lingfeng had always been lucky enough to think that if she did this, she would be able to go back, so she only carried out a small-scale resistance.

But although Ishtar was spoiled, she was the kind of person who could show more perseverance when faced with more adversity.

Finally she reached the top of Mount Ebifu, the goddess grabbed Mount Ebifu by the neck and stabbed the blade deep into its body.

Mount Ebifu collapsed because it could not bear the weight, and its towering back slid down like a drop of water.

Thus half of Mount Ebifu collapsed, and from that time on it submitted to the Mistress of Heaven.

This great achievement also earned Ishtar the reputation of "Goddess of War".

The majestic mountaintop temple she now entered was built to commemorate the goddess' past bravery.

As soon as she entered the temple, Ishtar checked on Rhodes' condition.

Although his soul entered the underworld, his body was not dead yet, so he only appeared to be in a coma.

At this time, Ishtar did not know that Ereshkigal had been resurrected, and simply thought that Rhodes had fainted.

Since the person is not dead, it’s none of my business, the goddess said as she threw Rhodes to the ground and sat back on the jade throne high in the temple.

"This amazing carving and heavy texture are incredible... Even the god Enki couldn't make such a perfect treasure!"

She excitedly crossed her long legs up and down, carefully observing and playing with the Holy Grail in her hand.

“This gem inlaid on the golden cup… it’s a lie! It must be at least 13000 years old!?

Ahhhhhh! This is not good. I really want to go find Jin Shanshan and show off right now! That idiot will definitely be so envious that his eyes will light up and his mouth will water! "

Ishtar raised the Holy Grail high in the air and said with a smile.

"From today on, your name will be the Super Uruk Holy Grail...!

I will place you on the highest point of Mount Ebifu and worship you... eh?"

As Ishtar was naming her beloved treasure, she noticed that the golden cup had become heavier.

Something seemed to emerge from the inside of the golden cup in his hand.

"The red contents... is this blood? No, that's not right. There's no smell of blood at all, so is it wine?"

For some reason, the moment Ishtar saw the red transparent liquid in the golden cup, she felt a stirring deep inside her body.

After obtaining the vessel of the modern high school girl [Tousaka Rin], Ishtar also learned some legends of later generations.

In human legends, treasure is often the source of evil that leads to the downfall of heroes.

Ishtar felt that if there really was a cursed treasure in this world, then the golden cup before her was undoubtedly the supreme evil among them.

The wine in the cup, which was the same color as Ishtar's eyes, was now emitting an alluring luster and aroma.

"Are you inviting me to drink it? After drinking it, will I acknowledge that I am your master?"

The red liquid in the Holy Grail seemed to respond to the goddess' words, causing waves.

"it is good!"

Any normal person would never touch such a suspicious liquid.

But Ishtar is a complete fool.

Be it declaring war on Mount Ebifu or wreaking havoc in the underworld...the more dangerous things others forbid her to do, the more she wants to do them.

Ishtar took a deep breath and placed her lips to the cup with a solemn expression.

In this way, the contents of the Holy Grail [Holy Blood] were drunk heroically.

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle...mm."

The pink tongue swept across the wet lips, and the goddess swallowed every last drop in her throat.

"Normal...very delicious."

I was a little worried at first, but after drinking it I realized that it was just an ordinary wine.

"Well, now you belong to my Holy Grail!"

Ishtar rolled over in joy on her throne, holding the cup of wealth.

A few minutes later.

The slightly tipsy goddess carefully placed the Holy Grail on the most conspicuous altar in the temple.

Ishtar turned to look at Rhodes, who was lying motionless on the ground.

"I brought this guy back on impulse. What should I do now?"

She squatted down beside Rod and stretched out a finger to test his breathing.

"Tsk... He's still angry now. This is just a trouble. Should we send him to the goddess for treatment?

But those nagging witches will definitely think that I was the one who caused the trouble and injured the person, but I am obviously the victim!

I was flying in the sky, humming a song while sitting on Ma Anna, and suddenly I was attacked by the Sky Chain and crashed... Even if I say this, no one will believe it..."

Ishtar held her forehead with her hand, regretting the atrocities she had committed in her daily life.

"Wait, Heaven's Chain?"

Ishtar narrowed her beautiful red eyes suspiciously. Why did this child have the Heavenly Chain [Enkidu] in his hand?

[Chains of Heaven] are chains that bound the Bull of Heaven, the strongest divine beast that Ishtar released and caused Uruk to fall into seven years of famine.

In the [Treasure of the King], it is a treasure that Gilgamesh trusts as much as the Sword of Separation Ea, no, it is even more trusted than it.

Its ability is that of the "God of Law".

It is a treasure that increases in hardness the higher the divinity of the target it captures, and it can be said to be one of the few weapons that can fight against gods.

The only person who possessed this chain, besides the King of Uruk himself, was Enkidu, his close friend who shared the King's Treasury with him and the original chain of Heaven.

Are the recent rumors circulating in Uruk that a fake Enkidu has appeared true?

So he is the fake Enkidu who is causing trouble everywhere?

"If I hand him over to Siduri, can I get a share of the bounty?"

Ishtar's eyes lit up, and she held up Rhodes' face and looked at it carefully.

"If you look closely, she's actually pretty cute."

Ishtar pried open his eyelids. "Eh, not only the hair color, but also the pupils are exactly the same black as the girl I'm possessing now... East Asian?"

But age and body shape are nothing to worry about, this child doesn’t look like Enkidu, does he?

Although he looks like a girl, in a few years he will probably become a handsome man different from Enkidu.

Just then, Ishtar suddenly thought of something.

She looked around the temple furtively to make sure there was no one else there except herself.

then

She stretched out her beautiful white hand towards Rhodes' waist.

"!!!"

After confirming that Rhodes was indeed different from Enkidu, a brilliant blush blossomed on the face of the goddess of beauty.

"Yes, I have it with me, unlike that guy. And... it seems to be quite... gu."