I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

But just letting go of her hatred just like that couldn't be accepted by Ishtar. The Venus Goddess held her little head and thought hard about a way for her to get the best of both worlds.

But Ishtar, who used to ask his father directly for help when he encountered problems that he couldn't solve, found sadly that he couldn't think of any solution when his father couldn't help.

"Why did you make the 'Sky Lock' at this time, that stinky Gilgamesh always messes with me, if someone can give him a good lesson...if...'

Just when Ishtar, who couldn't think of any way, was furious and imagining teaching Gilgamesh a lesson, she suddenly realized something.

"That's right! Why didn't I think of it? Since both of them are guys I hate and can't fight, I will lure the two of them together and let them fight directly. No matter who wins or loses You can vent your anger on me! Of course, it would be better for Gilgamesh to beat the red-haired guy to death, and let me humiliate him after exhausting himself."

Ishtar, who became more and more excited as he thought about it, couldn't help laughing, and then immediately jumped on the boat of the sky, and flew out of Anu's temple without saying hello, leaving him sitting on the throne not knowing God Anu is thinking about something...

Chapter 18 Solutions

"The grilled lamb chops are paired with fresh barley cakes, and I feel like I'm alive." In the lobby of the hotel, the tall and tall Serius was enjoying the special food made by the owner.

"If the guests like it, there is still a lot of roasted mutton in the pottery oven. Call me when you are done eating, and I will serve it to you." Seeing his guests constantly praising his craftsmanship, the owner of the inn is also very happy. A jug of ale was placed on Seleus' table. "Come on! Try our self-brewed wine again."

"Thank you so much!" Seleus's face was full of gratitude as he easily grabbed the 'wine glass' carefully prepared by the owner with one hand. "However, give me all the meat, what do you do?"

"You can rest assured." After taking away the empty plate that was eaten up by Serius, the shopkeeper brought out another plate of mutton, and looked at Serius who was devouring it with a smile. "Just by looking at your size, I knew that you must have a lot of food, so I slaughtered the whole sheep directly, even if you can eat today's mutton, you can still eat enough."

"A whole sheep!" Seleus's face was full of astonishment, he didn't expect the store to spend so much to entertain him. "I remember that sheep are not very important property for you? I killed one just to entertain me, but isn't it a bit too wasteful..."

"What did the guest say?" The owner patted Serius on the shoulder. "It has always been our tradition to let guests who come to Eresh feel warm for the first time. And I have heard old Tim say, guest, you not only saved the patrolling soldiers, but also killed so many monsters by yourself. A sheep is nothing compared to what you have done for us Eresh."

As if he was afraid that Seleus would be embarrassed, the owner of the shop hurried to the back kitchen and filled two large plates of mutton and brought them to Seleus. "The sheep have been killed, and the meat is roasting on the earthen stove. If the guests don't eat it, it will be a waste."

Looking at the store owner's deliberately stern face in order to let him relax and eat, Seleus smiled. "Then I will enjoy this mutton feast with gratitude."

"That's right." The shopkeeper smiled again, and then waved to Serius. "I'm in the kitchen, call me if you finish eating."

Seeing that Serius, whose mouth was full of food, also waved to him, the owner walked into the kitchen with confidence.

"It seems that he is enjoying Eresh's enthusiasm." The old Tim who came to visit suddenly was carrying two sheepskin bags, one large and one small. He saw Serius devouring the braised lamb chops, The veteran seemed very happy.

"You're back, Tim." Seleus, who drank the beer next to him and swallowed the food in his mouth, looked expectantly at the sheepskin bag in Old Tim's hand, if he guessed correctly , which contained the gemstones he needed. "Is everything going well?"

"Fortunately, Serius." Going to sit next to Serius, the smiling old Tim threw the big sheepskin bag on the table, and then carefully put the other small bag on the table. The bag was stretched out in front of Serius and opened.

"When I went there, there were just a few lapis lazulis that were going to be sent to the Witch's Tower, so I exchanged those scales for three."

Inside the bag were three blue gemstones that were tightly textured without any variegation, crystal clear like stars in the sky, each of them was as big as a baby's fist, and Serius could still feel a faint wave of divine power from these gemstones.

"It's really a beautiful gem." Gently picking up one and putting it in front of his eyes, Seleus carefully observed these beautiful things that even the goddesses were obsessed with.

"Huh?!" Seleus suddenly felt a similar aura from the gem, and his eyes also vaguely saw a touch of azure hair in the blue gem, but when he looked again, he found that no matter what Whether it was the breath or the azure hair, it disappeared.

"What's wrong? What's the point of dissatisfaction?" Old Tim on the side looked nervously at Seleus's expression after hearing Seleus' surprise, for fear that he hadn't done what Seleus had asked him to do.

"No! I just can't imagine that those scales can be exchanged for such a good gemstone. I am so lucky that there is no impurity in such a big body." Seleus patted his head.

"I thought you found some flaws in the gems, but I was really surprised." Seeing that Serius was not dissatisfied with the gems, Old Tim heaved a sigh of relief, and then laughed and teased Seleus next to him. "If people find out that my old Tim cheated on my savior, my reputation in this life will be ruined."

"Hehehe, I'm really sorry." Serius let out a few silly laughs, and then pointed to the big bag on the table pretending to be curious. "What's in it?"

"Talk about this bag." Carefully handing the gem bag to Serius, Old Tim dragged the big bag on the table to him and opened it.

"This bag is the supplies I bought for you. Considering that with your strength, you should not be short of food, and you need to stay in this hotel for a while when you are away from home, I didn't exchange any food for you. Kind of inconvenient to carry."

Inside the opened bag were exquisite bronze daggers, the blades of which were wrapped in small leather scabbards to prevent these bronze daggers from piercing the sheepskin bag.

"Here, Jun, Weapon, I brought back all the newly made bronze daggers for you. One can be exchanged for a family of three's rations for more than a month. There are 37 here, enough for you to live happily for a while."

As Old Tim said, he picked up a dagger and scratched lightly on the mutton beside him. He saw that although the mutton had been carefully cooked, it was still quite tough due to the lack of spices, and it was cut off with ease. took a piece.

"It's really troublesome, old Tim." Seleus thanked Old Tim gratefully, taking a small bronze dagger.

In this era when currency has not yet come out and people are just bartering, small, easy-to-carry bronze knives with extremely high value are simply the best general equivalents for Seleus. Old Tim is treating Seleus I am really careful about this matter.

"To be honest, I'm quite ashamed." After hearing Sirius' thanks, Old Tim shook his head helplessly. "Although the quality of the gemstone is very good, if you mine too much, there will always be a few pieces. It is nothing more than more expensive than ordinary gemstones. The bronze dagger is only something that can be made with materials and time."

"But so many scale armors can completely create equipment that can arm two entire squads. With those equipments, soldiers will reduce a lot of casualties and save countless lives. Compared with those equipments, these things are nothing at all. what."

"You can't say that, old Tim." Seleus patted the depressed old man. "It's like a person who is dying of starvation has a small bottle of water, and a person who is dying of thirst has a large piece of meat. Are the values ​​of a small bottle of water and a large piece of meat the same?"

"Of course not. Normally, a large piece of meat should be exchanged for goat's milk equal in weight." Old Tim didn't understand why Seleus suddenly said this.

"But will the two of them not exchange because of unequal value?" Serius spread his hands. "Of course not. What they have is what the other party needs most. In this case, the concept of value will be very special. This is no longer as simple as exchanging a large piece of meat for a small bottle of water, but it is useless to yourself. exchange things that are useful to you.”

"It's the same with us. Gems and these daggers are what I need most now, while scales are useless to me at all. Contrary to me, scales are very important to you, while gems and daggers are to you But it's not that important." Seleus carefully wrapped the gem with the fur he carried with him. "Since they are all exchanged for needs, why bother to worry about their value?"

"That's right." Old Tim smiled again, and then helped Serius tidy up the sheepskin bag containing the dagger.

"Would you like a drink?" Seleus gestured to Old Tim, holding up the wine jar specially prepared by the owner.

"Well... let's have a small drink, it shouldn't get in the way." Old Tim hesitated, but finally picked up a normal-sized wine glass.

"What? Going back after completing the task without any time to rest?" Old Tim's performance aroused Serius' curiosity.

Although Seleus roughly guessed that the king of Uruk had turned from a wise man to a cruel man, he thought that he would not give the soldiers any rest time after completing the dangerous task.

And looking at the attitudes of those recruits, if the king really didn't give him any time to recuperate, even the most disciplined army would complain about it.

"No, in fact, this is a decision I made after discussing with the rest of the team. You also know that because Eresh is a long-distance patrol and full of dangers, our team has more veterans, so we have to go back quickly. Every The surviving veterans are all valuable talents, we still need to go back to bring recruits, if someone takes them, the casualties of the recruits will be much less..." Old Tim sighed, then raised his glass and took a sip of ale.

"Although under the leadership of the king, we have no worries about food and clothing, and life is much better than before, but it is still very difficult to survive. The threat of monsters is always there. Even a single soldier with equipment is difficult to deal with alone. Even the weakest Warcraft boy, many young soldiers don't even live to be 20 years old..."

"So we surviving veterans need to do our duty, bring more recruits while we are still active, impart experience and skills, and improve their chances of survival. When we veterans die, they will be new hope..."

Seleus felt that he could understand Old Tim's mood when he said these words, but he couldn't understand the determination and anticipation in his eyes.Although Old Tim was just an ordinary person without power, it didn't prevent Serius from respecting him.

"In this case, let's drink less and relax a little." Lifting the 'glass', Seleus gestured to Old Tim beside him.

"Then listen to you and relax a little."

He drank the ale in the glass in one gulp, and seeing that Serius had settled down, old Tim left directly, saying that he wanted to watch the group of young soldiers and prevent them from playing too crazy and delaying tomorrow's trip.

After saying goodbye to Old Tim, Serius, who was pretentious, speeded up his eating. He thought about finishing his meal quickly and then going back to the room to analyze the three lapis lazulis on his body that seemed to have strange powers.

"Different from the identity of a foreign god in Greece, the water of origin in Egypt, and the world tree in Northern Europe, the world of Sumer was transformed by the body of Tiamat, one of the origins." With the golden light in front of his right eye, Seleus obtained the Sumerian creation record.

"Tiamat's flesh and blood turned into the earth, and her bones became the various mineral veins buried under the earth, and the lapis lazuli was the bone marrow that contained her power."

"In this way, it makes sense that the gods like lapis lazuli. But?" Seleus touched his chin. "Why do I think Tiamat is of the same kind?"

The Eye of Truth did not give an answer, but Seleus knew the similarities between him and Tiamat, because the last question that the Eye of Truth could not answer was the physical change of Seleus himself .

"Tiamat?" Serius whispered the name of the Creator Goddess...

......

Early the next morning, Old Tim led his team members to gather at the exit of Eresh and began to return to Uruk.And it seems that because he was afraid that Seleus would suddenly want to go back with them, Old Tim did not say goodbye to Seleus when he set off.

However, the veteran could never have imagined that when they were packing their bags and equipment, Seleus would hide his figure and watch them from the side.

Serius didn't mean to go to Uruk with Old Tim and the others. It would be a very unwise decision to go to Uruk, who believes in the goddess, before solving the troubles caused by Ishtar.As for how to appease the mistress of the sky after being rejected by him, Seleus has an unreliable but worth trying method...

As the hostess of the sky, Ishtar seems to have no way to obtain the gems by herself. Otherwise, with the arrogant and domineering attitude of that goddess, she should directly order them to offer gems for herself when she sees mortals. Ask them for gems.

Therefore, Seleus infers that the attitude of mortals should be very important to the goddess, which also reflects the fact that the goddess cannot obtain gems alone.

In addition, being able to be hired by mortals using gems without getting angry is too inconceivable for a god of her character. Based on this inconceivability, it can be inferred that gems have a very high status in the heart of the goddess, at least to a certain extent greater than her being a god majesty.

Based on these two points, plus the fact that he felt the divine power of Tiamat from the lapis lazuli last night, Serius, who knew that lapis lazuli itself had a certain value to the Sumerian gods, finally decided to give it a try—using lapis lazuli Until the goddess won't cause him any trouble...

Chapter 19 Ishtar from the Sky

Hitting the goddess with gems until she loses her memory and forgets her dissatisfaction with herself, this method is really outrageous at first glance, but if the goddess in question is replaced by any other Serius, she will never try it, or even think about it Will think of this method.

But if facing Ishtar, Seleus suddenly had some very inexplicable confidence in this method - as a goddess, the existence named Ishtar itself is very outrageous, using outrageous methods to attack outrageous Goddess, does this seem to make sense?

As for what happens if you fail?It was nothing more than a waste of effort to find gems, and from the attitude of that goddess, she would never give up the gems that should belong to her in her cognition. You must know that Serius and Ish The spark of Tal's conflict is those gems that only exist in words.

And considering Ishtar's bad character, it is very likely that he will turn his face and deny anyone after receiving the gem.Serius made up his mind that once the goddess did such a thing, he would immediately snatch the gems back, and then crush them one by one in front of the goddess, giving Ishtar a deeper shock than being slammed. Lessons.

Of course, you need enough gemstones to implement this method, but there is no need to worry about this.After figuring out that lapis lazuli contains the power of Tiamat, Seleus can easily find a large number of lapis lazuli with excellent quality as long as he looks around for places with the breath of Tiamat with his eyes of truth.

It is also important to note that the location of the search for lapis lazuli should be far away from human settlements, so as to avoid too many dangers for those who need to mine gemstones to pay tribute to the gods.

"This solves the gem problem, but where is Ishtar going to find it?"

Serius scratched his hair, he couldn't hold up a lot of gems and shout Ishtar, and the mistress of the sky would appear in front of his eyes eagerly, right?

"Forget it, wait until you find enough gems before thinking about how to meet Ishtar..."

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"It's easy to say, and the results are very exciting, but the most critical question is how do I get those two people to meet?"

On Mount Abif, the highest spiritual peak in Sumer, wandering around aimlessly in a boat of the sky is Ishtar, the goddess of Venus who has just returned from the temple of Anu.

Contrary to people's impression of the goddess' noble posture and majesty, Ishtar is rolling on the sky boat with his legs curled up and his hands holding his small head.

"Although I'm the type who would rather regret after doing something than do nothing, how can I do something that I don't know how to do?" Spreading her limbs on the boat of the sky, the Venus Goddess felt a little Helplessly staring at the sky.

"Let's not talk about that red-haired warrior, with his terrifying power that I can't resist at all, maybe he will throw me again after seeing me, and how to find him is also a troublesome thing."

Thinking of the dizziness of the spinning sky, and the huge force that threw himself, the god of war, to pieces and lost his ability to move, Ishtar shuddered involuntarily.

"Although Gilgamesh doesn't know how to beat me, but with his wisdom, he can easily guess from the conversation that I was beaten and wanted to find him to avenge myself. With that guy's character, he must be crazy haha Laughed loudly, and then rejected me without hesitation."

Although he can't understand the stinky king, Ishtar is very clear that Gilgamesh's wisdom and power are far superior to most Sumerian gods. Among the gods, only Anu and Enki can stabilize Gilgamesh. And his mother, Ning Sun.

"And I will definitely say some very ugly words, such as 'Even my father hates you' or 'I can only die alone in the end'. It is obvious that Father God Anu needs to make the 'Sky Lock' There is no way to help me."

Ishtar folded his arms around his chest, imitating the appearance of King Twinkle in his impression 'hahaha' laughing and mocking in a tone that seemed to see through everything. After doing all this, the goddess of Venus put her hands on her hips again. He snorted coquettishly as if defending someone.

"Rather than let that guy know about my embarrassment, and then keep him talking about me, I would rather be beaten by that red-haired warrior again." A little discouraged, lying on his boat of the sky, a Venus goddess lost her dream.

"I can't take revenge even if I lose the gems. How could I, Ishtar, have fallen to such a state."

"No! I can't go on like this. I am the hostess of the sky, Ishtar who represents the harvest and beauty!" Ishtar, who had been blank-eyed for a second, suddenly became motivated, and the goddess of Venus clenched her fists. , the blood-red pupils seemed to burst out of flames.

Although extreme self-willedness is a very bad personality most of the time, it is precisely this personality that creates Ishtar's unyielding character.

In other words, Ishtar, who only allowed himself to take advantage and not suffer any losses, became more and more angry, to the point where he wanted to vent the anger in his heart no matter what.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Surprisingly, the angry Venus Goddess did not immediately look for the red-haired warrior who angered her, but aimed her finger at the Abif Mountain at her feet.

The arrows of light fired from the boat of the sky kept bombarding the highest peak of Sumer, which was cut off by the goddess Ishtar and wiped out its spirituality.For a moment, the rocks crumbled, the earth shook, and even though most of their spirituality was lost, the goddess' anger caused Abif to wail in pain.

"It's all your fault! It's obvious that your wealth and grace are incomparable, and even Father God Anu admired you for it, but why didn't I find a gem worth collecting in you?"

If the world were to embody and anthropomorphize the word 'unreasonable', its image would have to be what Ishtar is now.

The Venus Goddess venting her anger completely ignored the fact that it was she who took the initiative to destroy Mount Abif. I believe that in the face of burglary and robbery, no matter who the villain is, he will try his best to destroy the property.

But Ishtar didn't have this consciousness at all, and even the bombardment of the sky boat couldn't satisfy the goddess. The goddess of Venus took out a lapis lazuli from her collection, poured it with divine power, and detonated it directly on the mountainside of Ebifu.

"If you gave me all your gems, then how could I suffer such insults in the process of searching for gems, and you yourself will not bear my power again."

Leaving aside the arrogance shown in the goddess' words, this sentence itself is a lie. The goddess named Ishtar's greed for gems is endless.Even if she has all the gems in Mount Abif, she will still go down the mountain to find the gems as before, and she will also be taught a good lesson by Serius.

In other words, no matter what the original choice of Abif Mountain is, it will be bombarded by the goddess again, and even the reason of the goddess will make it even more aggrieved.

"It won't help to just vent your anger on Mount Abif, and if its last spirituality disappears, my temple will not be able to keep."

The consumption of lapis lazuli and the vibration of his own temple awakened the goddess' reason. Ishtar stopped his evil deeds and began to think about how to make the red-haired warrior meet and fight with Gilgamesh.

But before Ishtar figured out why, the sky goddess suddenly felt a strange divinity appearing near Mount Abif. Out of curiosity, the goddess stopped thinking, and immediately drove The sky boat flew towards the divinity she perceived...

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Departing from Mount Abif, Ishtar, who was driving the boat of the sky, quickly arrived at the location of the divinity she perceived, because this divinity was extremely strange, and in addition, she had been shot out of nowhere before. Because of the violent fall of the soldiers who came, Ishtar, who has always been arrogant and domineering, made a rare decision to observe secretly from the dark first, and then consider whether to show up after confirming the specific situation.

"It's that guy!" Ishtar's red eyes reflected the red-haired warrior she had been thinking about day and night, hating her tooth itchingly but unable to take revenge.

"Why is there still divinity in him? And it seems that he is still digging something?" The goddess was very curious about the divinity in Seleus and the significance of his current behavior, but this curiosity was quickly overwhelmed. The more intense anger in my heart was suppressed.

"It doesn't matter why he has divinity, and why he came here to dig." Ishtar's face showed a smirk like a child seeing a hand-held cabinet, and she didn't care what the soldier was doing. I want to vent out the anger in my heart.

As for how Ishtar, who knows he can't beat the opponent, should retaliate, the goddess of Venus has her own experience.

Utilize the maneuverability of the Skyship, rush over quickly and then run away regardless of 21 shots at Serius, so that no matter what he is doing, he will be destroyed by the bombardment of the Skyship, she is Tal really didn't believe that this guy could catch up to catch her and throw her violently.

Such a simple but extremely effective way of making trouble was thought up almost at the moment Ishtar decided to take revenge. The purpose, action, and escape after completion were all done in one go, and even where to escape was properly arranged.

But before the goddess was ready to take action, she noticed that the red-haired warrior's actions had changed. He dug out a whole body tightly wrapped by white stone film and gray rock from the rocks. Rough stone with bluish-purple hues.

"That... that is..." Ishtar, who loves gems, recognized at a glance that the lapis lazuli ore carefully placed beside the red-haired warrior, and the layer of stone skin wrapped outside was her Ishtar. Tal's biggest obstacle to obtaining lapis lazuli himself.

The sudden appearance of the lapis lazuli ore made Ishtar dispel the idea of ​​rushing up to make trouble. She landed on a surrounding mountain peak and carefully stretched out her small head to observe the action of the red-haired warrior.