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Of course the shortcuts still work.

It's even convenient.

In Ishtar's words, originally she wanted to take a shortcut and had to go to the city of Kusa, where the underworld is located underground.

But because Ereshkigal and Uruk are not dealing with each other, since she came to the world, she has been extending the concept of the underworld to Uruk - this is also the reason why the phenomenon of abnormal deaths has increased sharply in Uruk in recent times, and even The reason even Gilgamesh fell for it.

Now as long as you go outside the city of Uruk, the shortcut can be opened directly.

However, the only person who would go to the underworld to search for Gilgamesh's soul, apart from Ishtar who could cut shortcuts and had been to that place before and had some experience with it, was Si Chen who took the initiative to speak.

Among the remaining people.

In view of the fact that the goddess of the underworld suddenly dealt a heavy blow to Uruk and directly took away the soul of the King of Uruk.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was worried that something might happen to Quetzalcoatl, decided to immediately head for the dense forest city of Eridu with Mashu, Anna and the others.

Merlin and Artoria stayed in Uruk. The former could provide some help with magic before Gilgamesh returned, such as stabilizing the large barrier surrounding Uruk, and the latter could provide help when there were strong enemies. Fight it when attacking.

After Ishtar controlled the giant bow she called Maanna, she fired a magic cannon toward the ground.

One person and one god followed the opened path and came to the underworld.

……

Hades.

There is no natural light source in this underground world, and only the faint blue light emitted by the souls locked in the long gun cage can provide illumination.

On a seat made of several stones.

The king with blond hair and red eyes slowly opened his eyes, and after a brief period of confusion, he understood his situation.

"The king woke up from his nap and found that he was deep in Hades.……"

One of his hands was resting on his chin, and the other hand was raised to support his forehead.

"……So he decided to take advantage of the fact that he was dead to escape?"

A voice suddenly sounded not far away, adding the second half of the sentence to the king.

"I thought that even if someone came to the underworld, it would be someone from Chaldea who would come to find me. I didn’t expect that it would be you who came."

Gilgamesh raised his head and saw Si Chen looking at him a few meters in front of him, with an Ishtar floating next to him.

"Isn't this because someone wants to escape the debt with death and comes here specifically to collect the debt?"

Si Chen said half-jokingly.

"I don’t think that if a being like you wants to collect debts, a mere death can hinder it. If you come later, I may be waiting for you in your store."

Gilgamesh shook his head, raised a hand, and golden ripples slowly appeared, sending a card to his hand.

That was the key card to the mysterious store.

Go to the mysterious store and use it as At the transfer station, Si Chen was asked to take his current soul state back to Uruk. This was the method he thought of to escape from the underworld after clarifying the current situation.

"Are you really a businessman?"

Hearing the exchange between the two, Ishtar on the side thought of the conversation between Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu not long ago, and looked at Si Chen curiously:"What are you selling?"

"There are so many of them, I can’t finish them all in a short while. Anyway, I just sell a little bit of everything."

Si Chen gave a relatively"conservative" answer.

"What about gems?"

Ishtar asked directly what she was most interested in.

"This kind?"

Si Chen raised his hand, and a brilliant diamond several meters high fell to the ground.

Seeing that Ishtar was unmoved, he nodded to express his understanding and replaced it with a raw ruby ​​of the same size and containing high-purity energy.

"！！！！"

Ishtar's eyes were fixed directly on the gem, and her pupils even turned into the shape of a heart for a moment:"This, this, this……"

"Stop it, no matter how good the quality of the gems are, can you afford them? Gilgamesh twitched his lips:"Excluding Fujimaru Ritsuka sent by the king, do you still remember the last time someone made an offering to you?""

"Long-winded, isn't it okay that I look happy, and no one offers me sacrifices? Isn't it because you and the people of Uruk are ostracizing me, so I can only go to Mount Abifu to build a temple! Ishtar glared at Gilgamesh, then came to the giant ruby ​​and touched it to make sure it was not his hallucination. He looked at Si Chen obediently and said,"Can you lend me this gem for a while?" I promise to just take a look and not mess around.……"

Si Chen:"……"

Before making such a guarantee that you may not even believe, you should first calm down that Yan Yi's expression!

"Shall I send you back first?"

Ignoring Ishtar, Sichen looked at Gilgamesh

"Won't you come together?"

"Well, I found something interesting, so I just happened to help you deal with this pillar of the goddess in the underworld."

Si Chen looked in a certain direction, then looked in another direction after a few breaths, and finally said

"That's up to you."

Gilgamesh nodded and did not ask any more questions.

He stretched out a hand and put it on Gilgamesh's shoulder. Sichen directly took his soul back to the Uruk Palace through"teleportation" and waited until Gilgamesh After Mish's soul returned to his own body, he nodded to Siduli who came in a hurry, and used teleportation to return to the underworld.

"Damn it, it seems like I want it……"

As soon as he came back, Ishtar's thoughts reached his ears while he was floating in the air, hugging his knees and staring at the ruby.

"As for what?"

Si Chen shook his head and walked over to put the gem away under Ishtar's eyes that were three parts unwilling, three parts nostalgic, three parts coveted, and ninety-one eager.

Then, he noticed Ishtar's disappointed look. , Si Chen thought for a while, and then released the gem.

Ishtar's pupils instantly"changed" into the shape of the gem.

When he put the gem away again, her expression returned to loss.

Release it, salivating, and put it away , with a face full of disappointment, released……

"Can you tell me how much influence she had on you when you were in this body?"

Si Chen looked at Ishtar in surprise.

After coming to this era, he also learned about some myths from the Mesopotamian region while he and Tiamat were comprehending the true meaning of the origin of life.

Other worlds or Of course, the myths of later generations cannot be fully applied to the real Age of Gods. For example, although Ishtar in this Age of Gods also had a conflict with Gilgamesh and even released the Bull of Heaven that she obtained from God the Father, the Bull of Heaven did not He was not directly killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu as in the myth, but was simply repelled by the two. The cause of the conflict was not that Ishtar's proposal to Gilgamesh was rejected, but purely these two. If the compatibility between the guys is too low, it will be difficult to avoid conflict when meeting.

But some framed information can still be used as a reference.

Still the above example.

Although the Bull of the Sky was not killed, Gilgamesh and Enkidu were seen. The converging gods still took away Enkidu's life, which led Gilgamesh to search for the elixir. After finding the elixir, he wanted to take it back to Uruk to share with the people, but was eaten by a snake on the road, and then completely awakened. From the tyrant in his youth to the wise king today.

Refer to Gilgamesh's three stages of"childhood-youth-present" and the"virtuous-violent-virtuous" character transformation in the epic. It can basically be inferred that Ish Tar's character of being completely irresistible to gems comes from the girl she fused with.

In addition, she is different from the willful in the myth. Even if she is alone with the gems, she just drools when she looks at them. Take the opportunity to do something small……

"The ratio is about seven to three, I account for 70% and she accounts for 30%. Ishtar gave him a strange look:"Why do you ask this?""

"Maybe just curious?"

Si Chen thought for a while and said:"I remember the principle of cgeh is the fusion of spiritual base and physical body. There is no priority between the two parties, nor is it simply borrowing the body, but is similar to the being. The possessed individual becomes a new Servant...like the new Ishtar?" (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"More or less, I can become the leader because the status of gods is superior to humans, but even so, she is still talking to you as me."

Ishtar nodded.

It is precisely because of this that every time the giant ruby ​​appears, even though she knows that Sichen is teasing her, her eyes are still involuntarily attracted.

"So I'm curious, you said that if I use this gemstone... no, a gemstone of the same quality but a hundred times more in quantity, do you want me to do whatever I want you to do?"

Putting away the gems for the last time, Si Chen did not continue to release them, but asked[]

"Of course...impossible!"

Ishtar snorted heavily:"Let's not mention that I am the leader. It is impossible for her consciousness to surface., even if she is taking the lead, I still have confidence in my vision of selecting people!"

"Forget it, I just said that casually anyway……"

Si Chen shrugged.

With that free contract, if he really has this intention, when he can take Ishtar just depends on when he wants to

"Let's go and meet that sister of yours.

Glancing at a certain corner, Si Chen gestured in the direction of the depths of the underworld and said,"We've all arrived in the underworld. If I don't take anything with me, I'll feel like I've been missing out on this trip.""

"Clam? See her?

Ishtar flew back more than ten meters and said,"Are you kidding me?""

"Scared?"

Remembering the description of Ishtar's descent into the underworld in mythology, Si Chen looked at the few pieces of fabric on the goddess's body and said,"Don't worry, I'm actually blind and can't see anything."

"You guy...what are you thinking! A few blue veins stretched on Ishtar's forehead:"

Although I have a body to rely on, I am still a pseudo-server no matter what. Even if there are really those Seven Paths, I will be the one who will be affected." It’s just a spiritual foundation!"

"Okay, I'm not blind.

Si Chen took back his previous words:"In addition, the first door has arrived.""

There are two long boulders standing on the left and right, with a boulder of the same size capping the top. It seems simple, but unless you choose to use the violent method of"breaking the rules of the entire underworld" to break the level, you can only continue by passing its test. The portal forward appeared in front of them

"answer it——

"answer it——

"The living ones who fell into the underworld——

"Answer the question of how his soul exists.——"

"This is a fair and rational gate to the underworld that questions the good and evil of the soul."Seeing this thing that reminded him of some unpleasant experiences, Ishtar curled his lips in disgust, but still introduced Si Chen:

"Since good and evil are equivalent, only the value of human beings who make choices will change, so there is no absolutely correct answer to the question of the gate to the underworld. You can just choose one that suits your eyes."

In the final analysis, for this kind of theoretically fair test question, there is a question maker behind it, and among the people who answer the question, there is someone who has no dealings with the guy who set the question, and the question maker is ultimately responsible for scoring. , the outcome completely depends on the other party’s will.

"So, a question to the companions of the sinful goddess Ishtar——"

In Ishtar's slightly surprised reaction, the Gate of the Underworld asked:"Although the standards of beauty seem to be diverse, they still exist absolutely. Black can defeat white, and earth can defeat sky. In this case——

"Who is the most beautiful, Ereshkigal or Ishtar?"

"Hey, hey, is your question too much?"Ishtar's face darkened, and she raised her arms directly. One hand stretched forward, making a shooting gesture with the palm of her hand. The other hand hugged the upper arm of the forward hand, and magic power condensed in her hand:"Believe it or not, I’ll just smash the door down for you?"

"……"

The Gate of the Underworld did not respond to Ishtar's blow, but just repeated itGo over the previous question

"Then I’ll choose Ishtar. Si

Chen thought for a while and said,"After all, I haven't even seen Ereshkigal's face yet. If I insist on admitting her beauty, wouldn't I be lying to God?""

"Even though you said that, thank you~"

Ishtar restrained her magic power and put her hands on her hips:"After all, it's weird for someone to ask such a question, right? One is the goddess of plants and corruption, the other is the goddess of beauty and harvest... Is it really necessary to have a contest about beauty?"

"……"

The Gate of the Underworld still did not respond to Ishtar, but Si Chen could feel a rule from the underworld binding him and Ishtar.

Even if the seventh-sense microcosm in his body only maintains its normal state and is not burning, the rules of the underworld will collapse on their own the moment they touch his body.

Ishtar, on the other hand, was in a happy mood and prepared to accept the punishment.

After a few breaths, she looked at Si Chen who seemed to have not changed much:"Did that guy make you smaller too?"

"……It's you who haven't become smaller."

Si Chen shook his head slightly.

"What do I do……？"

When she was confused, and reminded by Si Chen's eyes, she realized that the long middle-finger glove originally worn on her left arm had been stripped away by the rules of the underworld, exposing her slender jade arms.

Ishtar fell silent..