I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 459 Everyone Has a Chance to Be the Queen of the Gods

160 years ago, the city of Larsa was the hegemonic city-state in the Sumerian region. Utu, the sun god who guarded the city of Larsa, was also the king of the gods in the Sumerian region.

400 years ago, the city of Isin was the hegemonic city-state in the Sumerian region, and Gula, the goddess of healing who guarded the city of Isin, was the queen of the gods in the Sumerian region.

430 years ago, the city of Ur dominated the river basin, and Nanna, the moon god, became the king of the gods in the two river basins.

500 years ago, the city of Uruk dominated the Mesopotamia, and Inanna, the goddess of Venus, once again became the queen of the gods.

Now, 500 years later, the Venus goddess Inanna, the moon god Nanna, the healing goddess Gula, and the sun god Utu have all become ordinary city-state patron saints, no longer possessing the authority and divine power of the king of gods.

In order to defeat Aphrodite, Inanna not only seeks help from the moon god Nanna and the sun god Utu, but also seeks help from the goddess of the underworld Ereshkigal and the god of faun Dumuzi who have lost their status as patron saints of the city-state.

After Ereshkigal and Dumuz lent their divine power to Inanna, although Inanna's divine power was only increased by one-tenth, it also made Aphrodite feel great pressure.

"Goddess Gula! Goddess Ninghursag! Come and help me too!"

Accompanied by Aphrodite's call, Gula, the goddess of healing, and Ninhursag, the goddess of the earth and the sea, came to Aphrodite.

Seeing that Goddess Gula and Ninhursag wanted to help Aphrodite, Inanna immediately said dissatisfied.

"Gula! Ninghursag! You used to be the queen of the gods in Sumer, but now you have fallen to the point of helping foreign gods deal with your sisters?"

Inanna's words immediately caused Gula and Ninghursag to hesitate.

Aphrodite said with a smile when she saw Inanna using aggressive tactics against the two goddesses.

"Goddess Gula! Goddess Ninhursag! Now we are all goddesses of the Athenian Empire, and I am your true sister. Don't you choose to stand on my side, but on the side of the enemy gods? "

Goddess Gula immediately denied it.

"Of course we are not on the side of the hostile gods."

Goddess Ninghursag followed.

"Goddess Aphrodite, we will help you here."

As the goddesses Gula and Ninhursag lent their divine power to Aphrodite, Aphrodite's divine power overwhelmed Inanna again and gained the upper hand in the battle.

While the two goddesses were engaged in a battle of the gods, Loi and Gilgamesh were also fighting fiercely.

Because of the blessing of Aphrodite's divine power, Roy did not fall into a disadvantage in the battle, but he could not suppress Gilgamesh either.

Clang clang clang clang clang——

Accompanied by the sound of Roy's black iron gun colliding fiercely with Gilgamesh's golden spear, Gilgamesh had a joyful smile on his face, as if he was enjoying the most delicious food in the world.

"That's it! That's it!"

Gilgamesh laughed while fighting.

"1000 years ago, after defeating the overlord of the Mesopotamia, King Aga of Kish, what I longed for the most was to get an opponent of the same level as me. Although Enki in the myth is a fiction of human beings, you are real Enkidu, an opponent who can truly satisfy me."

Unlike Gilgamesh, who was enjoying the battle, Roy's face became more and more serious.

Because Roy still sees no hope of defeating Gilgamesh.

If this battle turns into a war of attrition, Gilgamesh, the hero god, will obviously have more divine power than Roy.

In order to defeat Gilgamesh, Roy took the initiative to speak to Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld.

"Goddess Ereshkigal, do you want to regain the throne of the patron saint of Kuta City?"

Hearing Roy's words, Ereshkigal, who was concentrating on providing divine power to Inanna, immediately responded.

"Hey—of course I want to become the patron saint of Kuta City again."

"Then you join the Athens Empire! As the emperor of the Athens Empire, I promise to make you the patron saint of Kuta City."

"it is good--"

Ereshkigal subconsciously wanted to agree.

But she immediately realized that joining the Athens Empire now was tantamount to betraying Inanna.

And as the patron saint of the Athens Empire, Ereshkigal has the responsibility and obligation to be an enemy of Inanna.

Seeing Ereshkigal's reaction, Roy said dissatisfied.

"What are you still hesitating about? I won't give you a second chance."

Ur, Uruk, and Larsa are three city-states that can form a triangle in the Sumer region on the lower reaches of the Mesopotamia.

The moon god Nanna, the Venus goddess Inanna, and the sun god Utu who guarded these three city-states are therefore regarded as the triple gods of the stars.

The city of Kuta is the Babylonian region in the middle reaches of the Mesopotamia.

The city of Kuta is thousands of miles away from the city of Uruk. The goddess Ereshkigal who guards the city of Kuta and the goddess Inanna who guards the city of Uruk cannot be real sisters.

The sister relationship between Ereshkigal and Inanna is completely a setting made up by the Amorites in Babylonian mythology.

Even if Ereshkigal wanted to please Inanna, the proud and powerful Inanna would not let a weak wandering goddess become her sister——

Thinking of this, Ereshkigal said with a firm expression.

"I accept your invitation, and I will become the patron saint of the Athens Empire."

"Very good! Then come and help me now!"

Roy didn't ask himself to fight Inanna, Ereshkigal was relieved first, and then lent her divine power to Roy.

Receiving Ereshkigal's divine power, Roy's divine power immediately overwhelmed Gilgamesh.

"Ereshkigal!"

This cheap sister actually defected to the enemy's camp in front of her, Inanna accused angrily.

"I knew you couldn't be trusted! If you'd been on my side, I was going to accept you as a sister—"

"Inanna, sister, I am not a fool."

Ereshkigal said with a smile.

"I know how proud you are. You will never let a down-and-out goddess who has lost her throne become your sister. Only when I become a goddess as powerful as you, or even stronger than you, will you be willing to call me sister."

"Do you want to be as strong as me, or stronger than me?"

Inanna sneered mockingly.

"You wishful thinking fool, your city of Kuta doesn't have the resources to establish hegemony at all, and you will never be as strong as me."

"That's not necessarily true!"

Roy interrupted at this point.

"Although the goddess Ereshkigal has just joined the Athens Empire, if she performs well, I don't mind making her the queen of the gods in the Mesopotamia."

Hearing Roy's words, Aphrodite, Inanna, Ereshkigal, Gula, and Ninhursag all widened their eyes in shock.

Ereshkigal joined the Athenian Empire one second, and may be regarded as the queen of the gods of the Mesopotamia by the Athenian Empire the next second?
Seeing the reactions of the goddesses, Roy said with a smile.

"Not only the goddess Ereshkigal! The goddess Gula and the goddess Ninhursag also have the opportunity to become the queen of the gods in the Mesopotamia. When the goddess Inanna joins the Athens Empire, I will also consider enshrining you as the Mesopotamian Queen of the gods of the watershed."

(End of this chapter)