Chapter 85 The Last Goddess
While Kevin was talking, a message popped up on the chat group panel. It was from Xiling asking about their situation.
[I Don't Want To Be a Hero Anymore]: How are things over there? Do you need any support?
Dan Heng also replied in the chat group after seeing it.
[I Am Not Him]: Goal achieved.
Xiling briefly described the situation on his side. After reading it, Dan Heng looked up at Merlin, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and the others, and announced the news calmly, "News has come from Xiling: the Demonic Beasts Goddess Gorgon has been eliminated."
Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash exclaimed almost at the same time, and excited smiles instantly appeared on their faces.
One of the biggest threats to Uruk was eliminated in such a short time!
Anna, standing at the edge of the team, trembled slightly under her hood. Upon hearing the news of Gorgon's demise, an indescribable complex emotion surged in her heart, a mixture of relief and emptiness.
But in the end, she let out a sigh, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders.
This...maybe it's okay.
Quetzalcoatl was also surprised when she heard the news.
...
Just when people here were getting excited, things were a bit difficult for Xiling.
Something... feels wrong.
The Mesopotamian goddess of creation was trapped in a dream by Merlin and could not wake up. Therefore, Kingu designed to synchronize the consciousness and power of the Gorgon with Tiamat, so that when the Gorgon was killed, Tiamat, whose consciousness was synchronized, would wake up from her dream.
But the Gorgon has disappeared from this world, and Tiamat shows no signs of waking up. Kingu, holding the Holy Grail, disappears without a trace. The most crucial thing is that at the moment he swung the holy sword.
Someone attacked him by surprise.
Xiling looked at his chest, where there was a huge hole. If it were an ordinary person or some heroic spirits who were injured like this, they would have died long ago. But Xiling was not an ordinary person. Oh, I said it wrong.
Xiling is not a human at all, and the pain is real, but as long as he is not dead, it means that everything is fine.
"Okay, I'll keep this grudge for you."
Goetia.
Xiling took a deep breath, and the flesh on his chest seemed to be flowing backward in time. Even the clothes that were pierced were restored to their original state, as if the horrific wound had never existed.
Only a lingering, dull burning sensation remained beneath the skin, proving the ferocity of the blow.
Now, only the last one is left in the alliance of three goddesses above Uruk.
Ereshkigal, the mistress of the underworld and the ruler of death.
The original plan was for Fujimaru Ritsuka to take Ishtar with her and try to capture her, using her own affinity to impress the goddess of the underworld, just as it could have been. But now it seems...
"The efficiency is too low," Xiling muttered to himself.
The Gorgon's abnormality, Goetia's meddling, Tiamat's unresponsive silence...
"Who knows what kind of trouble will come out later..."
"As expected, we still need to deal with this last trouble as soon as possible. Today... let's put an end to this so-called Three Goddesses Alliance once and for all!"
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At the same time, in the abyss where the sunlight can never reach, only the dark blue underworld fire flickers.
"Huh... Great! Another one completed!"
A clear, melodious voice, tinged with a faint sense of accomplishment, shattered the deathly silence of the underworld. The voice belonged to a beautiful goddess with dazzling golden hair and crimson eyes. She gazed upon her newly completed work—a cage she had crafted with her own hands.
Ereshkigal nodded with satisfaction, then gently placed the newly made cage next to the pile of its kind.
That's right, this is the last of the Three Goddesses Alliance, Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld, who is now completing her daily work.
When it was known that Mesopotamia would eventually come to a devastating end
She chose a different path from others.
She wants to protect the human souls on this land in her own way.
Guiding the souls of the living to the underworld is the method she chose as the goddess of the underworld.
So now she was making cages for the dead for the upcoming day, and after finishing this batch, she would have to dig holes.
Digging a hole—this was a crucial part of her grand plan.
She will take vengeance on Uruk! When the final day arrives, she will suddenly open a huge passage to the underworld beneath the city of Uruk!
When she thought of the stunned expressions of Gilgamesh and the people of Uruk when they fell, especially the possible miserable look of that golden guy, Ereshkigal couldn't help but cover her mouth, "Puchi... Hahaha..."
She laughed with her shoulders shrugged, and the crisp and slightly complacent laughter echoed lonely in the empty and silent underworld.
However, the afterglow of that laughter had not yet completely dissipated-
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM -!!!
As if a giant beast had risen from the depths of the earth, the entire underworld shook violently! A deep and terrifying roar pressed in from all directions, and the entire realm of death wailed!
"Wow!" Ereshkigal was caught off guard and was almost knocked to the ground by the sudden violent vibration. She staggered a few steps and held onto the stone pillar to steady her body. The remaining smile in her eyes was instantly replaced by horror.
"What's going on?"
As the only ruler of this realm of death, her perception instantly locked onto the source of the change!
It's actually in front of the seventh gate!
Something... forced its way in! It wasn't a careful infiltration.
It is a pure, brutal, physical breakthrough!
"Damn it!"
Ereshkigal's rage instantly rushed to her head, her fair cheeks flushed with anger, and her long golden hair seemed to flutter slightly because of the rising divine power.
In her own territory, within the order she carefully maintained, such a blasphemous act occurred! A weapon instantly formed in her palm:
"No matter what or who it is... dare to trample on the boundaries of the underworld like this, I will absolutely nail you to the underworld!"
Ereshkigal gripped her spear tightly, and the magic power around her burst out, ready to annihilate this ignorant madman.
Just when she was about to go, she found that it seemed to be no longer needed.
Because... It's too fast!
There was no need for her to look for him! He had already... arrived!
Boom--!!!
A white light pierced through everything and descended before Ereshkigal like thunder.
Ereshkigal's entire body tensed, her pupils shrinking to pinpoints! She subconsciously held her spear horizontally before her, the tip pointing directly at the incoming enemy!
The visitor tilted his head slightly, a smile appearing on his face, a smile that looked like he had met a familiar face on the street.
"Hello, nice to meet you."
"Ereshkigal, goddess of the underworld"
"I have one last request for you."
Xiling looked at the girl in front of her with a smile.
"Can you surrender?"
Ha?
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A/N [Author Note]:
One of the easiest women to get