I was a priest in the city-state era

Three thousand years ago BC, the ancient Aryans migrated to the Mesopotamian Basin.

During this era, a great disaster called the Great Flood occurred by the Sumerians.

The great disaster called the Great Flood may be a real flood in the Euphrates or Tigris River, or it may be the invasion of the ancient Aryans, which is called a flood-like disaster.

After the Great Flood, the city of Kish, guarded by the god of war Zababa, became the hegemonic city-state in the Sumerian region.

Archaeological evidence from another world shows that the King of Kish once mediated the border dispute between the cities of Umma and Lagash, and once led the various city-states of the Sumerians to organize a coalition to fight against the Kingdom of Elam.

The last hegemon of the Kingdom of Kish was King Agha of Kish, who was a contemporary of King Gilgamesh of Uruk.

In 2650 BC, King Gilgamesh of Uruk seized hegemony by defeating King Agha of Kish, making Uruk the hegemonic city-state in the Sumerian region.

Now, a thousand years later, Roy came to Uruk with an army of 10,000, ready to conquer the greatest city in the history of the Sumerians.

One hundred and forty years ago.

In order to suppress the rebellion of Larsa, Uruk and Ur, the Babylonian Kingdom demolished the walls of these three cities.

Under the rule of the Kingdom of Haiti, Uruk built a new wall.

Outside Uruk.

Roy observed the new wall of Uruk and found that it was a wall with an average height of more than five meters.

Legend has it that during the reign of Gilgamesh, Uruk built a nine-meter-high wall.

In other words, the current wall of Uruk has not reached the level of a thousand years ago.

In the [Epic of Gilgamesh], Gilgamesh was called a tyrant because he forced the people of Uruk to build this tall wall.

Later, Gilgamesh defeated King Agha of Kish with the tall and solid wall, proving that building the wall was the right decision.

Just as Roy was about to attack the north gate of Uruk, the north gate of Uruk suddenly opened.

Unfortunately, the messengers who came out were not surrendering messengers, but fully armed Uruk soldiers.

One thousand... two thousand... four thousand... six thousand...

Under Roy's surprised gaze, tens of thousands of troops emerged from Uruk to confront Roy.

The population of Uruk was only more than 50,000, so under normal circumstances, the strength of Uruk was only about 5,000.

Now there were tens of thousands of soldiers in Uruk, which was obviously reinforced by Larsa and Ur.

"Are you the emperor of the Athenians?"

Along with the voice questioning Roy, an Uruk man who was out of tune with the battlefield walked to the front of the Uruk defenders.

He had a young face of about 20 years old, and his cheeks were beardless like a teenager.

Although he was on the battlefield, he was wearing a gorgeous cotton robe and black leather strap sandals, looking like he was on a picnic.

Seeing this Uruk man with black hair and handsome face, Roy's eyes widened instantly.

Because of the distance of hundreds of meters, Roy could also see that this Uruk man was not an ordinary human.

"Are all humans of this era as rude as you?"

Seeing that Roy did not respond to him, the Uruk man complained dissatisfiedly.

"Before observing what kind of opponent I am, you should respond to my greetings. Am I wrong, you are not the emperor of the Athenians?"

Feeling that the Uruk man's eyes were always on him, Roy said immediately.

"I am Roy, the emperor of the Athenian Empire, and you are the governor of Uruk City in the Kingdom of Haiti?"

"Governor? How can this identity be worthy of me? My name is Gilgamesh, and this city of Uruk - to correct, I am the only king of all Sumerians."

Gilgamesh?

Gilgamesh!!!

Hearing the name of this Uruk man, Roy immediately widened his eyes in shock.

Although he had long seen that this Uruk man was not an ordinary human, Roy had never expected that his identity would be the king of Uruk who was deified a thousand years ago.

Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, was a great king who really existed in the history of the Sumerians.

After Gilgamesh's death, he was deified as the son of a goddess and a human, a demigod with two-thirds of his body being a god and one-third being a human.

Gilgamesh has the wisdom of gods and humans, but not the immortality of gods.

Now is the era of a thousand years after Gilgamesh's death.

A thousand years is enough for Gilgamesh to become a heroic god after his death.

"Gilgamesh..."

Looking at the protagonist in the [Epic of Gilgamesh], Roy said, suppressing his excitement.

"I didn't expect that not only the Amorite hero god Hammurabi would come as my enemy, but also the Sumerian hero god Gilgamesh would become my opponent. King of Uruk, your era has ended for a thousand years, and now it belongs to the king of Athens. I am different from King Agga of Kish who lost to you. I will conquer the city of Uruk that you guard."

"How enviable!"

Gilgamesh was not angry, but smiled brightly.

"This is the difference between people living in the present and those who have passed away thousands of years ago. If possible, I really want to exchange identities with you."

"Are you envious of me?"

Roy said puzzledly.

"I regard a hero god like you as my goal, and I long for eternal life and the throne of the hero god like you, but you envy humans whose lives are short?"

"You long to become a hero god like me?"

Gilgamesh looked at Roy with pity.

"When you really become a hero god, you will definitely regret it. Although I have eternal life as a hero god, in the past thousand years, I have been like a sculpture on the throne of the hero god, with no freedom of movement at all. After I really became a hero god, I realized that hero gods and real gods are completely different. Gods are only restricted by the rules of gods and cannot interfere with humans. Hero gods are dead souls who have lost their bodies and have no body to support their actions. I can appear in front of you like this because Inanna, my main god, wants me to protect the city of Uruk."

Dead souls who have lost their bodies--

Hearing Gilgamesh's evaluation of himself, Roy smiled and said.

"Although I want to become a heroic god, I don't intend to give up my body. I want to become a heroic god with a body. To this end, I want to build an unprecedented huge empire. The Mesopotamian Plain is one of the goals I must conquer."

"A heroic god with a body?"

Gilgamesh said with a surprised expression.

"You are such an interesting guy. You actually want to become a heroic god with a body. Do you really want to be on par with the gods?"

"If I can only become an immortal dead soul, I would rather give up immortality. The immortality I pursue is the immortality with freedom."

"Hehehehe——hahahaha——"

After listening to Roy's words, Gilgamesh couldn't help laughing.

"I've decided! Come and have a one-on-one duel with me! Behind me are 5,000 soldiers from Uruk, 3,000 soldiers from Larsa, and 3,000 soldiers from Ur. As long as you can defeat me, you can get Uruk, Larsa, Ur, and these soldiers behind me."