Stupid Odin

The decorations outside the Palace of Joy had been the same for decades; the Æsir and giants both liked that style.

Music, wine, and food, coupled with some bold and generous beauties, were their everything.

Entering the inner hall was a different style altogether.

The Ael sisters were surprised to find magical murals hanging every few steps in the inner hall's corridor.

The goddesses in the paintings were animated, draped in light veils, either dancing gracefully or displaying their exquisite figures alluringly. Some had dreamy eyes and smiles playing on their lips, holding a glistening green grape; others had fingers like willow branches, gently caressing themselves…

The always serious Ael blushed crimson. Ishtar, who was already quite lewd, was very interested, and she was surprised to find that one of the dynamic paintings prominently featured the guiding spirit, Gullveig.

This goddess, who came from the Vanir, was performing actions in the painting that even Ishtar, a professional goddess, considered outrageous.

"Gullveig, this is…"

Gullveig's face was slightly red: "The Allfather's favor is hard to come by."

Ael's focus was on another painting; she was surprised to find Skadi inside. In the dynamic painting, Skadi, wearing a backless sweater, was facing away from the viewer, appearing lazy, but the aloofness on her face and her nonchalant little movements, combined with the beautiful curve of her back, created an irresistible urge to harass her.

Ael couldn't help but ask, "Wait! His Majesty is so large, how can a mortal body withstand it?"

The Æsir were generally three times the height of humans and the Anunnaki gods, not to mention Thuns, who was considered tall even among the Æsir. That style… was a bit too brutal.

Gullveig smiled mysteriously, "Shapeshifting is a talent of the Æsir and Vanir. Ignorant fellows will suffer a bit."

Soon, Ishtar and Ael knew what suffering meant.

…

Thuns was quite surprised that the goddess Ishtar didn't match her divine role at all. He learned that Ishtar hadn't been forcibly married off by her elder brother, the sun god Utu.

In mythology, Ishtar became licentious precisely because she was forced to marry Dumuzid, the shepherd god she hated.

In fact, Dumuzid was no saint either. This divine couple each played their own games. Later, when Ishtar arrogantly challenged Ael and died, Dumuzid was still reveling every day. As a result, when Ishtar returned from the underworld and had to find a scapegoat to die in her place, she found Dumuzid still partying every day, so Ishtar simply allowed the evil spirits to take Dumuzid's soul.

The current Ishtar was actually a virgin with perfect theoretical knowledge but zero practical experience.

This was hilarious.

Thuns even used a little more force on purpose.

As for Ael, she was the other extreme, cold on the outside but passionate on the inside, secretly flirtatious. She was the kind of traditional goddess who would obediently accept her fate once the rice was cooked.

Thuns enjoyed himself for once.

…

The Sumerian world was quite large. Even after being ravaged by Tiamat once and having the stone barrier of the sky god Anu's world dismantled, Sumer's size was still about the same as the previous Jötunheimr.

If Jötunheimr hadn't eaten the Celts in advance, this would have been tantamount to annexing a world of almost equal size.

Even now, it was not a simple matter.

The best news was that the top three generations of gods who formed the cornerstone of the Sumerian world had all lost their self-awareness due to the severe destruction of the world by chaos. For the Jötunheimr world will to encounter a powerful god-king like Thuns, it could be said to have hit the jackpot, like eating six meals a day, making it hard not to get fat.

Dealing with things on the world level was a minor trouble, but dealing with the remaining Sumerian city-state mortals was easy.

Thuns never thought things would be so simple.

In the city-state of Uruk, which worshipped Ishtar, hundreds of thousands of people came from all directions, prostrating themselves before Thuns's hundreds-of-meters-tall illusion. Every mortal's face was filled with extreme fear.

For them, the sky had truly fallen. Enlil, the supreme god-king who ruled them, had also been killed by this new god-king.

Who knew how terrifying this new god-king was to be able to abuse Enlil, who had destroyed the world three times, until he had no temper and fell.

Thuns's grand voice spread throughout the Sumerian world:

"All the blame lies with the arrogant former Anunnaki god-king Enlil! He paid the price for his ambition. But his sins will not affect you mortals. Arise, mortals! Since you have joined the Æsir and become my people, I will treat you all equally."

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Thuns quickly issued a series of decrees.

After hearing this, the mortals cheered and praised Thuns for his wisdom.

First: Those who perform meritorious service for the Æsir or serve for twenty years can regain their freedom and enjoy the same status as other Jötunheimr mortals, and will only have to pay the [Trinity Tax] to Asgard in the future. That is, one-third of their income will be given to the Æsir.

Second: Mortal rulers and local officials are prohibited from adjusting the total tax revenue to more than 50% in any form, including the [Trinity Tax]. Mortals can report any officials who violate the rules directly to the temple, or even pray in their hearts for a cross-level report.

Once Asgard confirms it, the corrupt officials will have their three clans exterminated!

Third: Only the orthodox gods of the Æsir can be worshipped. Those who worship other religions or existences will be killed without mercy!

…

In fact, Thuns already felt that it was outrageous to enact these decrees. If it were before his transmigration, he would have thought he should be hanged from a lamppost.

This kind of terrifying 496 life, getting up at 4 am and working hard until 9 pm, six days a week, actually made him a [Saint of All Times] in the ears of the Sumerian mortals!

Did humans have an 'iron will' from birth?

Thinking about it, it made sense. The medical level in the Sumerian world was extremely low. Once humans got sick, they had to rely on themselves to resist, and if they couldn't resist, they died.

Don't forget, the tragic Sumerians were almost wiped out three times because they disturbed Enlil's sleep. In the end, the wise water god Enki had to give in and agree to weaken the mortals, so that they would be born, age, get sick, and die, and their physique would weaken with age, and only then was it over.

As a result, the Sumerian mortals later refused to serve the gods, actually because they were afraid of being wiped out again, and everyone was so frightened that their legs trembled like chicks seeing a fox. It was not until they received Ishtar's guarantee that mortals would not be killed at will that they ran out to happily become slaves.