To be king and magician

In the end, after giving the answer of [Ereshkigal], Xia Chuanhu and Ishtar were released by the gate of the underworld, and the same was true for the six gates after that.

After stepping through the last door, Xia Chuanhu sighed slightly: "It's really a lot of trouble, I asked seven questions in a row about which is better, Ishtar or Ereshkigal - this is you A fair and rational door?"

Even if he knew this would be the case, Xia Chuanhu still couldn't laugh or cry. Ereshkigal really likes to compete with Ishtar. He obviously hasn't met her yet, but now he can evolve into this Condition.

"How do I know, I haven't encountered this kind of problem before in the underworld."

Beside Xia Chuanhu's ear, Ishtar, whose body had shrunk to only the size of Xia Chuanhu's palm, also looked helpless and dissatisfied.

The problems she accepted in the underworld last time were not these at all. The conceivable situation is that Ereshkigal changed the mechanism of the gate of the underworld by virtue of her power in the underworld, or directly intervened in the gate of the underworld. trial.

No matter what the situation is, it is expressing her resistance and disgust to herself.

(Sure enough, I shouldn't have gone to the underworld this time... Even so, I can't leave now.)

Because of passing through the seven gates of the underworld, Ishtar's power and divinity have been completely deprived. Only by getting Ereshkigal's return can he return to his original state, even if it is for himself, Ishtar Tal also had to accompany Xia Chuanhu to the end.

Floating to Xia Chuanhu's shoulder and sitting down, Ishtar patted his face: "I will be useless from now on, you can do your best on your own, and do your best to protect me."

"You should pay attention to self-protection yourself."

"Then what use do I need you for?"

Ishtar naturally regarded Xia Chuanhu as his bodyguard, and at this moment, another chain was thrown from nowhere, and it hit Ishtar straight, scared She quickly slipped into Xia Chuanhu's clothes.

"Snapped!"

Xia Chuanhu frowned after breaking the chain with a punch: "I've wanted to ask since just now, is this chain also a punishment mechanism for the underworld?"

In Xia Chuanhu's impression, this kind of mechanism should not exist in the underworld, and the pattern of the appearance of the chains is also a bit strange. Except for the first time he was beaten, the rest of the occasions where the chains appeared were in Ishtar. When Ishtar and Ishtar fought each other, and every time Ishtar was hit.

It's like an attack on Ishtar.

And the more he looked at these chains, the more familiar Xia Chuanhu felt—not that he was familiar with them, although there was a little bit of them, but it was more of a sense of familiarity in contact, as if he had been with this chain before... ..or rather familiar to those who use chains.

But this is the underworld, so his acquaintances should not exist.

In addition, the question asked by the Seven Gates of the Underworld just now is also a bit strange, with a lot of abrupt parts mixed in, and it looks like it is obviously implying something.

"Who knows?"

Ishtar, who poked his head out from Xia Chuanhu's collar, shook his head: "At least I haven't seen this kind of chain, it doesn't seem to be a product of the underworld itself, but since it is attacking me, then I will I've been hiding here with you, so I won't be blown away all of a sudden."

"Rather than being pumped, you should be pumped right now—don't bite my flesh, it hurts."

"Humph!"

Ishtar snorted coldly, and pointed to the distance: "Follow this road and you will reach the deepest part of the underworld, Ereshkigal is there, although goddesses can build Your own temple, but she probably doesn't have one, so you don't have to worry about her being strong, just get rid of her cleanly."

Goddesses have their own temples, either to collect beliefs or to strengthen themselves, especially at the end of this age of gods, temples can also help goddesses to better exert their powers.

But Ereshkigal does not have her own temple, because she is the hostess of the underworld, she is already an invincible existence in the underworld, and does not need the strengthening of the temple, if she has to say, the underworld itself is her temple.

Therefore, the deepest part of the underworld has always been barren, and there is nothing there. In fact, when Ishtar came to the deepest part of the underworld, there was nothing there. There was only one lonely gun prison. , the dark goddess who imprisoned souls for her own enjoyment.

Logically, this should have been the case.

However, limited by the characteristics of the underworld itself, Xia Chuanhu's perception ability as an elf is also hindered, and it is not enough to perceive the actual situation in the deepest part of the underworld.

Therefore, Xia Chuanhu can only think about the situation in the deepest part of the underworld that he knows.

However, just when the two came to the place where they could see the deepest part of the underworld, the scene that came into their field of vision made them freeze in place suddenly.

"flower?"

Ishtar's tone was unbelievable.

The bottom of the underworld, where there should be nothing, is now filled with a vast sea of ​​flowers?

how can that be?Could it be that Ereshkigal used his authority to create it?But not to mention that she is not the god of plants and has the ability to make the underworld bloom. As a major premise, Ereshkigal does not have the knowledge of flowers at all!

She is an existence that was dedicated to the underworld as a cornerstone since she was born. She has never left the underworld for thousands of years. She doesn't know everything on the ground. Of course, she doesn't know what flowers are.

It is impossible for such an Ereshkigal to create such a vast sea of ​​flowers in the underworld.

"This sea of ​​flowers..."

And like Ishtar, looking at this Xia Chuanhu was also shocked for a while, but his shock was not entirely because this sea of ​​flowers would exist in the underworld, but more because he knew this sea of ​​flowers.

In other words, he has seen or even been to this sea of ​​flowers.

More than ten years ago, in the dream world where the red moon hung, he had accidentally stepped into this sea of ​​flowers, and had the first contact with one of his most important people there.

"Arquite...?"

Xia Chuanhu subconsciously said the name.

The next moment, in the sea of ​​flowers, a blond girl in a long white dress slowly appeared. Under Xia Chuanhu's gaze, she gradually switched to the familiar girl next door in a white dress and black dress. Appearance, smiled and waved to him.

"Well, I've been waiting for you for a long time, idiot tiger."

"Long time no see~~~"

33. Ai Lei, who can't even open a vest

Air Quite.

The princess of the true ancestor, the spirit of the earth, Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Moon, known as Bai Ji.

The last time Xia Chuanhu and her met was in the night of Wallachia eight years ago. After that incident, she returned to the thousand-year-old city where her fantasy was realized, and sealed herself in order to suppress her blood-sucking impulse fell into a deep sleep.

This separation is eight years, although for the two of them, eight years is just a snap of the fingers, even in the past thousands of years, there will be no change between the two of them, it's just that they haven't seen each other for eight years, but it's not a long time.

But Xia Chuanhu was a little surprised that she would appear here.

Jumping down from the road to the sea of ​​flowers, Xia Chuanhu looked at Alquite: "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the Millennium City?"

"It's a problem from the very beginning. I thought you would give me a long-lost reunion hug."

Alquite pouted, but soon laughed again: "Well, the reason is very simple. After all, the situation outside is like that. Everything has been burned, even my Millennium City. Although I can't die under normal circumstances, but it's uncomfortable to be burned all the time, so before the Millennium City was burnt to collapse, I used my fantasy to run at full speed to the place where I can feel the most mysterious. "

Is it because of the influence of manpower burning?

That's right, even for Alquite, it's impossible to resist the anthropogenic burn, and the result is that in order to protect himself, he ran all the way to this singularity and came to the underworld?

"You really ran far enough."

"It's not too far away. The place where I slept was in a deep mountain in Western Europe. It won't take long to run at full speed seriously."

Alquette explained with a smile.

Seeing that the two looked very acquainted, Ishtar raised his head halfway: "Why, is she an acquaintance of yours?"

"Well, she is a very important person to me." Xia Chuanhu said with a smile, "Let me introduce you, she is Erquitt, Erquitt Brunstad, a true ancestor. Then Alquiet, this little one is Ishtar."

"I know her, please teach me more, little goddess."

Alquette played the pocket version of Ishtar while laughing, which made her flustered again, and shrank back into Xia Chuanhu's clothes.

(True Ancestor...Elf...What kind of monsters do you know, man?)

With Ishtar's eyesight, it is natural to see the real situation of Alquite. It is reasonable to say that the two people who are the touch of each other know each other, but even so, it is still a bit surprising.

After all, things like elves have basically disappeared in the surface world and moved into the inner side of the star. It's okay to say that Xia Chuanhu is an acquired one, but it's a surprise that a natural elf like Elquite still exists on the surface.

And after teasing Ishtar for a while, Alquet suddenly looked to the other side: "By the way, I almost forgot—Ai Lei! Come out, don't hide!"

"Woo-!"

Suddenly there was a trembling cry somewhere in the sea of ​​flowers, and then near the two pillars in the sea of ​​flowers, another figure gradually appeared in the sea of ​​flowers.

Just as Xia Chuanhu thought, it was a girl quite similar to Ishtar, except that it was different from the revealingly dressed Ishtar. The goddess with beautiful blond hair in front of her was wearing a gorgeous black dress , with a black cloak on the outside, which looks quite handsome.

But the somewhat raw and shy look on her face completely destroyed this handsomeness.

She is the goddess of the underworld, the target of Xia Chuanhu's trip - the hostess of the underworld, Ereshkigal.

Trotting to the side of Ereshkigal, Airquet smiled and said, "Let me introduce you, Tiger, she is Eileh, Ereshkigal, my friend, who took me in with good intentions." Goddess!"

When Alquite first came to this singularity, the place where she landed happened to be the underworld, and it was Ereshkigal who extended a helping hand to her who was unfamiliar with the place of life. Although there is no good place in the underworld, But she also worked hard to help Alquette settle down.

After getting along for about half a year, the two are now very good friends, and Alquette often talks to Ereshkigal about things on the surface.

Xia Chuanhu smiled and stretched out his hand to Ereshkigal: "Hello, Goddess Ereshkigal, I am Xia Chuanhu. It has been really hard for you to take care of Erquette during this time, and she will give it to you." It must have caused you some trouble, I am really sorry."

"Hey! Stupid Tiger! Who do you think will cause trouble!" Airquite poked Xia Chuanhu angrily, "It is you who will cause trouble, well, even if I am in a deep sleep, I am awake It's time to know everything about you right away! You are a super problem child!"

"Do you have the right to say that about me?"

The two of them habitually started their familiar routine.

And looking at Xia Chuanhu's hand stretched out in front of her, Ereshkigal knew what Xia Chuanhu meant because she was popularized by Alquitt about the ground, but she didn't hold it. The voice sank a little, and then he asked pretendingly indifferently: "You should know that I am a member of the Three Goddess Alliance, right? What is the intention of expressing kindness to me like this?"

"Eh? Ah...seems like this?"

Xia Chuanhu smiled: "But it is true that you took care of Alquite, right? I really want to thank you for this, goddess Ereshkigal."

"In addition, it is said that it is the alliance of the three goddesses. In fact, I know all about your situation-you are different from the goddess of monsters. You are not a goddess who really wants to destroy human beings. Like Zalcoatl, she is a kind goddess who intends to save mankind in her own way, right?"

"Eh? How do you know..."

"Because Tiger has reached the root once." Airquit explained with a smile, "No, it should be said that he has been in contact with the root. At that time, he obtained all kinds of things from countless parallel worlds. Knowledge and memory, among them, should be related to you, Ai Lei. Right, Tiger?"

Xia Chuanhu nodded: "It's almost like this, so please don't continue to cover up and pretend. Goddess Ereshkigal, I know everything you have done."

"Then, as the representative of Uruk and Chaldea, I am here to make a formal request to you, who is kind-hearted - can you please lend us your strength to resist the greatest enemy that will eventually come?"

34. Sky Lock: Shadows Die Twice

Goddess Ereshkigal.

In the mythological records, she is a dark goddess who will imprison the souls of the dead in her own gun prison and play with her so that they will never be reborn. She is a very cold-blooded and ruthless goddess.

As a victim who had been severely taught, Ishtar expressed his affirmation of this.

But in fact it is not the case.

Ereshkigal was a goddess of incomparable tenderness.

Her attitude towards souls is not indifferent, and the purpose of making the gun prison is not to imprison, but to provide a comfortable home for souls who have nowhere to go. After all, the underworld is a barren land, and there is no comfort at all. Let the souls of the dead settle down, but Ereshkigal is busy making the gun prison every day, and then has to consider various issues such as whether it will make the soul feel uncomfortable.

She is simply a kind goddess who is extremely caring and extremely gentle to the soul.

And the reason why she would join the Three Goddess Alliance is also based on her own self-esteem and concern for human beings.