My mother's love song

The sun set, and Mesopotamia returned to silence and darkness.

On the open balcony of the ziggurat, Ishtar stood holding a clay tablet with the words "I am an impotent goddess" written on it.

After she lost her usefulness, she was immediately kicked out of the combat meeting. Goddess Venus, who fully experienced the fickleness of human nature, choked up silently.

“…Huh. Huh. Woohoo. Now even Rhode must be disappointed in me… Woohoo.”

Just then, the evening breeze from the north blew up the bangs of the goddess Venus.

The raindrops brought by the wind hit her body, making her tremble uncontrollably.

"It's so cold, wuwuwu... The ziggurat in Uruk is so cold at night... Rod, wuwuwu."

The wind is getting stronger.

Ishtar's long black hair fluttered in the strong wind.

Strong winds blew through the streets outside the ziggurat, leaving fallen signs and swaying trees everywhere.

"Ah...?"

The goddess suddenly noticed something was wrong.

The wind on the Mesopotamian Plain has always blown inland from the Persian Gulf. Why is there a north wind?

Ishtar endured the beating of raindrops, held down her hair that was blowing in the wind, and looked towards the north.

"…………!"

In the direction of Mount Ebifu, she saw a landscape that should never have existed in the human era.

The moving thunderclouds stretched for kilometers, majestically and magnificently blocking out the stars and the night sky, like a gigantic city.

What is even more shocking is the scene beneath the dark clouds.

Filled with the momentum to tear apart everything on the surface of the earth, four huge tornadoes fluttered from the sky to the earth, wrapped in lightning and striding across the earth.

“…Hey, hey, hey, what is that~!”

The people who were still in the God's Tower for a meeting also noticed the strange phenomenon in heaven and earth and came to the balcony one after another.

"I have never seen a typhoon of such magnitude, it could cover the entire Sumerian world!"

The scenery reflected in everyone's eyes looked like the feet of a giant beast that had crushed the entire planet and broken through the sky.

Siduri was surprised and asked, "And it's heading straight towards Uruk...!?"

"……Well."

A long-forgotten memory in the Hero King's heart gradually revived: "Wait... could that be..."

Ishtar was overjoyed and spoke to the incoming Storm Avenue.

"Gurgalana!!!"

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An hour ago.

After Rhodes delivered the [Tiamat Conquest Plan] in the God Tower, he rode his horse Anna back to Mount Ebifu without stopping.

He first returned to Ishtar's chambers, taking the Cup of Richness from the altar along the way, and then came to the highest peak on the mountain top.

"Um……"

In the summoning circle drawn by Rhodes, the beautiful goddess with silver hair and golden eyes stretched lazily.

"I had a lot of fun this time... Let me see how you're doing."

Inanna, who was summoned back from another world by Rhodes, looked at the red and black primitive ocean in the distance, and her beautiful eyelashes trembled slightly.

"What? Mother has already appeared! Are you guys doing your job properly? You actually let Mother wake up. Isn't this Game Over?"

"Stop talking nonsense. I'm going to solve the problem next. Hand over the Bull of Heaven." He stretched out his hand to the Goddess of Beauty.

"Well, if Uruk is destroyed because of an incompetent king, I will be troubled. Next..."

There was a flash of light behind Ishtar, and a black cub about the same size as Fufu jumped out from the golden ripples.

Gray horns like milk teeth, a plump body, harmless eyes, and short legs and tail.

Rhodes stared in amazement at the black cub in his arms that looked more like a mini pig than a calf.

"Hey! What's wrong with you, Gugalan? Did you lose to Gilgamesh and Enkidu again?!"

"How is that possible? Of course I won."

The goddess narrowed her eyes and smiled charmingly.

No way, Rhodes smacked his lips.

No matter how you look at it, he escaped back in disgrace.

Inanna said, "The child's magic power has simply run out. If anything, you were wrong to lend me the Bull of Heaven even though you knew who I was, weren't you?"

"...What kind of bandit logic is this?"

Still talking to himself as usual, Rhodes sighed helplessly.

But what Inanna said was right. When Rhodes lent it to her, he never thought that she would be able to return the Gugalana in good condition.

"So, what are you going to do next?" Inanna looked at the boy with interest.

"Is there a way to restore the Bull of Heaven to its prime?"

"any solution?"

"Just sacrifice me."

The goddess put her arms behind her back and smiled seductively as if she had nothing to do with the matter. "As long as you sacrifice my life and give my divinity to the other me [Ishtar], you can restore Gugalana to its heyday."

"..."

Rhodes held the calf, looked up at Inanna, and fell into deep thought.

In the plot of FGO, Ishtar once tried to resurrect the Bull of Heaven.

In "Summer Festival: Ishtar Cup", she places a Venus sticker on the land of Connaught and attempts to recreate Gugalana by having powerful heroic spirits offer thanks to the land (in the form of a racing competition).

By absorbing magic power from humans and heroic spirits through racing competitions, the more magic power is accumulated, the higher Ishtar's divinity becomes.

This is something only an evil god among evil gods would do. Perhaps she hasn't suffered enough.

But in short, as long as Ishtar's divinity leaves the realm of a servant and reaches its prime, she will have a way to revive Gugalana.

After a while, Rhodes asked, "Are you serious?"

"Hey, you're hesitating... What a surprise. I thought you didn't care whether I lived or died."

The goddess of beauty tilted her head, observing his expression with great interest.

Rod said unhappily: "I don't care whether you live or die, I just hate this practice."

“Haha, that’s so cute!”

Inanna hugged Rhodes and stroked his hair: "But, Rhodes, are you going to give up on the resurrection of Gugalana?"

“No, actually I’d like to try it.

In other words, as long as we collect enough Venus energy, we can restore the Bull of Heaven's strength, right?"

"Yes, that's right... But to fully open the Gate of Venus, the divinity required is far beyond what my other self and I can achieve."

"Not always."

Rhodes placed the little black bull in the center of the summoning circle and muttered to himself with a serious expression.

"Venus' power?... It shouldn't be a problem if I just move it a little bit. I don't think it will be discovered."

"Uh, you're going to use Venus energy to restore Gugalana to his heyday...are you serious?"

Inanna covered her mouth in surprise.

She knew very well that Rhodes was a young man favored by Venus.

But today's Mesopotamia is dominated by the Sea of ​​Origin, and it is absolutely impossible to rely on the earth vein ritual to gather the power of Venus on the scale of the main god.

"Indeed, all Sumerian deities are now dominated by the Mother..."

Since we can't use the Sumerian divinity, why not use other powers to open the gate of Venus?

Rhodes nodded with determination.

Then, under Inanna's confused gaze, he walked to the summoning circle and raised his right hand.

“This is hereby declared.”

In an instant, the golden light blooming from the summoning circle illuminated the entire mountain area.

Feeling the magic power flowing through his body like hot water, the young man recited mysterious spiritual words with a solemn expression.

"Origin·Dragon·Seraph·Lord of Hell·Son of the Dawn"

"In your name, from the other side of the waves that rise without wind, from the top of the dragon's fangs, the beast of disaster will descend."

"My name is the end, beast, human evil, king of the world, enemy of God"

The sonorous and powerful chanting echoed in the sky above the sacred peak for a long time.

Rhodes continued to inject magic power into the summoning circle, chanting the spell woven in Latin.

"Samael before me, Abaddon after me"

"My right hand is Beelzebub, my left hand is Belia"

"A Pentagram Burns Before Me"

"My Queen Shining Hexagram"

On top of the sacred peak Aibifu, a huge golden flame tore through the clouds and fell from the sky.

It was just like the scene in the Bible where the sinful city of Sodom was destroyed by God as punishment.

The next moment, a storm swept across the earth, and the roar of the divine beasts echoed through the valley.

Rhodes glanced sideways and gave a sly smile to the stunned Inanna.

"Actually, my father [half]...she happens to be somewhat related to Venus as well."

The young man ended the secret ritual with a resounding voice.

"Your son [seven heads and ten horns], your spirit [666], answer my call! Lucifer, open the gate of the star here."

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GloriaPatri,etFilio,etSpirituiSancto.

May the glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Sicuteratinprincipio,etnunc,etsemper,etinsaeculasaeculorum.

It was so in the beginning, it is so now, and it will be so forever and ever.

Amen…!

Amen…!

Chapter 196 The Eve of the Final Battle...Sleepless

After observing Gugalana's appearance, everyone in the ziggurat rode on Quetzalcoatl pterosaurs to the outskirts of Uruk.

"Wow, so awesome! Look, Senior! This is the legendary strongest beast of Sumer, Gugalana!"

The Gujarana, which is over two kilometers in size, just stood there, and the strong wind and heavy rain swept the area within a dozen kilometers around it.

But this still cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm to observe the majestic appearance of the mythical beast up close.

After bidding farewell to Inanna, Rhodes sat on the head of the Bull of Heaven and came to the wilderness near Uruk to meet everyone.