I was a priest in the city-state era

The day when Gilgamesh returned to Uruk with his triumphal army.

Roy took Semiramis and Andromeda to the outside of the city and saw tens of thousands of Uruk people spontaneously coming to the outside of the city to welcome Gilgamesh's triumph.

As Gilgamesh approached with his triumphal army, the Uruk people who greeted him all showed excited eyes of worshipping gods or awe of heroes.

Gilgamesh, sitting on horseback, seemed to feel these eyes and raised his right hand to wave at the crowd from a distance.

The Uruk people also shouted his name in response.

"Long live the king of Uruk--"

"Long live Gilgamesh--"

"Long live the king of Uruk--"

"Long live Gilgamesh--"

Looking at Gilgamesh's amazing personality charm and prestige, Roy immediately had the idea of ​​killing Gilgamesh in his heart.

But Gilgamesh had died long ago.

Not only was he dead, but he had been dead for thousands of years.

In other words, no matter how great Gilgamesh's charisma and prestige are, he can't threaten Roy.

When Gilgamesh came to Roy, he not only didn't get off the horse, but sat on the horse and looked down at Roy and said.

"Thank you so much for coming to greet me."

Roy asked expressionlessly.

"How do you feel?"

"It feels so good to be alive!"

Gilgamesh said with a sunny smile.

"Leading the soldiers of Uruk, conquering one city after another on the land of the Sumerians, this feeling is almost forgotten by me. Now, a thousand years later, conquering one city after another again, I feel alive again."

Found the feeling of being alive again?

Next, do you have to regain the ambition to fight for hegemony?

As if seeing Roy's thoughts, Gilgamesh said with a smile.

"It seems that you have a lot to say to me. Let's go back to the palace first!"

"Okay!"

After Roy agreed, he immediately took Semiramis and Andromeda back to the carriage.

Palace Hall

Roy held a small banquet for Gilgamesh to celebrate his triumph.

After Roy and Gilgamesh sat down around the table, Gilgamesh looked at the delicious food and wine on the table and said with a lost expression.

"As an immortal dead soul with only a soul left, I can't enjoy human food."

"Then let's get straight to the point!"

Roy said with a serious face.

"Gilgamesh, your heroic myth has been circulated in the Sumerian region for thousands of years. In the hearts of the Sumerians, your status is probably like the first emperor in the far east. I want to know now, when do you plan to disappear?"

"Disappear? Do you want me to return to the throne of heroes?"

Gilgamesh asked seriously.

"Why do you have this idea? As a dead soul, I am no threat to you, and you can use me-"

"Whether you are a threat to me is not decided by you, but by me."

Looking at Roy's expression, Gilgamesh said helplessly.

"As a hero god praised by the Sumerians for thousands of years, I have the power of faith accumulated as a hero god for thousands of years. These powers of faith are transformed into divine power, which can allow me to move for one year, and I will return to the throne of god after one year."

"You can still move for another year--"

Roy frowned.

"Gilgamesh! I will give you half a year to move, and you must return to the throne of hero god after half a year."

"Why?"

"Because the Athenian Empire does not need two heroes!"

Hearing Roy's answer, Gilgamesh first showed a puzzled expression, and then said suddenly.

"Are you going to deify yourself and shape yourself into a hero god? You are only twenty years old, it is not too late to do such a thing even if you do it ten or twenty years later! The existence of my hero god for one year will not have any effect on you."

"Ten or twenty years later? I can't wait that long."

Roy looked at Gilgamesh and said.

"After the summer grain harvest next year, I will start to deify myself. If you don't disappear by then, I will destroy your hero temple and let your soul fall from the hero throne into the underworld of Ereshkigal."

"You——"

Faced with Roy's threat, Gilgamesh said with a wry smile.

"Half a year is half a year! In this half year, I want to eliminate the Kingdom of Elam, the Kingdom of Assyria, and the Kingdom of Hurri for the Sumerians. I hope you can agree."

"Okay!"

The Kingdom of Elam, the Kingdom of Assyria, and the Kingdom of Hurri were all targets of conquest by the Athenian Empire. Roy had no reason to refuse Gilgamesh.

At this time, the Sumerian and Babylonian regions became the territory of the Athenian Empire, and only the Kingdom of Elam, the Kingdom of Assyria, the Kingdom of Hurri, and the Kingdom of Hittite remained in the Mesopotamian region.

In the past history, the Kingdom of Elam was once powerful and included the Sumerian region in its territory.

Under the leadership of Assyrian King Shamash-Adad, the Assyrian Kingdom once dominated the upper reaches of the Mesopotamian River Basin and formed an alliance with Babylonian King Hammurabi.

If Shamash-Adad had not died prematurely, Hammurabi might not have had the opportunity to conquer the Mesopotamian Plain.

Because when Shamash-Adad was alive, the strength of the Assyrian Kingdom was stronger than that of the Babylonian Kingdom.

The Hurrian Kingdom and the Hittite Kingdom were both powerful kingdoms with a population of over one million.

Because of the mutual restraint, the two kingdoms were powerless to control the middle and lower reaches of the Mesopotamian River Basin.

The Elamites of the Elamite Kingdom were indigenous people from the Persian Plateau.

They lived in the Karun River Basin in the southwest of the Persian Plateau and had been waging wars with the Sumerians for thousands of years.

The god worshipped by the Elamites was Issinak. Although he was the sun god, he was in charge of both light and darkness.

In the history of another world, the ancient Aryans who worshipped the sun god migrated to the Persian Plateau and made the sun god Mithra the king of the gods of the Persian Plateau. The indigenous people of the Persian Plateau worshipped the good god Ahura and the evil god Div, who were in opposition to light and darkness.

Perhaps Issinak, who was in charge of both light and darkness, was the prototype of the good god Ahura of light and the evil god Div of darkness.

The Assyrians of the Assyrian Kingdom were also a branch of the ancient Aryans.

During the period of Hammurabi, the Assyrian King Shamash-Adad established the once-powerful Assyrian Kingdom.

From the name of Shamash-Adad, we can tell that he is an Aryan.

Because Adad is one of the many names of the god of thunder worshiped by the Aryans.

Shamash is also the name of the sun god worshiped by the Aryans.

In the history of another world, the Amorites wanted their sun god Shamash to replace the Sumerian sun god Utu, but unfortunately they did not succeed in the end.

On the stone pillar engraved with the Code of Hammurabi, there is a relief of the sun god granting the scepter symbolizing the kingship to Hammurabi.

This sun god is not the Sumerian sun god Utu, but the Aryan sun god Shamash.

As a branch of the ancient Aryans, the Assyrians worshipped the god of war Ashur and named their capital city Ashur.

In the mythology of another world, the ancestor of Nineveh was regarded as the son of Zeus, and Nineveh was one of the capitals of the Assyrian Kingdom.

The Assyrian god of war Ashur may have the same origin as the god of thunder worshiped by the ancient Aryans.