I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 463 Kingdom of Elam and Kingdom of Assyria

The day Gilgamesh returned to Uruk with his triumphant army.

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

As Gilgamesh approached with a triumphant army, all the Uruk people who greeted him showed excited eyes of worshiping gods or awe of heroes.

Gilgamesh, who was sitting on the horse, seemed to feel these gazes, and raised his right hand from a distance and waved it at the crowd.

The people of Uruk also shouted his name in response.

"Long live the King of Uruk—"

"Long live Gilgamesh—"

"Long live the King of Uruk—"

"Long live Gilgamesh—"

Seeing Gilgamesh's amazing charisma and prestige, Roy immediately had the idea of ​​killing Gilgamesh.

But Gilgamesh was long dead.

Not only did he die, but he died for thousands of years.

In other words, no matter how much charm and prestige Gilgamesh has, it is impossible to threaten Roy.

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

"You came here to greet me, thank you so much."

Roy asked blankly.

"How are you feeling?"

"It feels so good to be alive!"

Gilgamesh said with a sunny smile.

"Leading the soldiers of Uruk to conquer one city-state after another in the land of the Sumerians, this feeling is almost forgotten by me. Now, 1000 years later, once again conquering one city-state after another, let me find Back to the feeling of being alive.”

Got the feeling of being alive again?
Next, is it necessary 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!"

"it is good!"

After Roy agreed, he immediately returned to the carriage with Semiramis and Andromeda.

Palace hall.

Roy throws a small feast for Gilgamesh to celebrate his return.

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

"As an immortal 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 Sumer for thousands of years. In the hearts of the Sumerians, your status is probably the same as that of the first emperor in the far east. Now I want to know when you plan to disappear?"

"Disappear? You want me to return to the throne of heroes?"

Gilgamesh asked seriously.

"Why do you have this idea? As an undead, I am no threat to you, and you can use me—"

"Whether you threaten me or not is not for you to decide, but for me to decide."

Looking at Roy's expression, Gilgamesh said helplessly.

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

"You can still be active for a year—"

Roy frowned.

"Gilgamesh! I'll give you half a year to be active, and after half a year you have to return to the Hero's Throne."

"why?"

"Because the Athenian Empire doesn't need two heroes!"

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

"You plan to deify yourself and shape yourself into a hero god? You are only 20 years old. Even if you do this kind of thing ten or twenty years later, it won't be too late! My hero god exists for one year, and it won't hurt you. have any effect."

"Ten years, 20 years? I can't wait that long."

Roy and Gilgamesh looked at each other and said.

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

"you--"

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

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

"can!"

The Kingdom of Elam, the Kingdom of Assyria, and the Kingdom of Hurit were all the targets of the Athenian Empire's conquest, and Roy had no reason to reject Gilgamesh.

At this time, the Sumerian region and the Babylonian region became the territory of the Athens Empire, and there were only four major powers in the Mesopotamia, the Kingdom of Elam, the Kingdom of Assyria, the Kingdom of Hurit, and the Kingdom of Hittites.

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 Mesopotamia and formed an ally with Babylonian King Hammurabi.

Had Shamash Adad not died untimely, perhaps Hammurabi would never have had the chance to conquer Mesopotamia.

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

Both the Hurit Kingdom and the Hittite Kingdom were powerful kingdoms with a population of over one million.

Because of mutual restraint, the two great kingdoms are powerless to control the middle and lower reaches of the Mesopotamia.

The Elamites of the Elamite Kingdom are aborigines from the Persian Plateau.

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

The god worshiped by the Elamites is Isssinac. Although he is the sun god, he is in charge of both light and darkness.

In the history of another world, the ancient Aryans who worshiped the sun god migrated to the Persian plateau and made Mithra, the sun god, the king of the gods on the Persian plateau. Hula and the evil god Dev.

Perhaps Isu Shinak, who is in charge of light and darkness at the same time, is the prototype of Ahura, the good god of light, and Diver, the evil god of darkness.

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

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

From Shamash Adad's name, it can be seen that he is Aryan.

For Adad was one of the many names given to 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 failed in the end.

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

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 worshiped Ashur, the god of war, and named their capital city Ashur.

In the mythology of another world, the ancestor of Nineveh, one of the capital cities of the Assyrian Kingdom, is regarded as the son of Zeus.

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

(End of this chapter)