The Fall of Venus, The Emergence of the Underworld

Of course, the gods ignored Luo Wei.

But what followed was a continuous roar.

Boom, boom, boom——

The people's cannon, formed by the courage of the citizens of Uruk and linked by Enkidu, continuously rained down from the sky.

The billowing flames struck heavily upon the advancing golden hooves of Gugalanna, igniting patches of fire amidst the dense cedar forest that surged forward, setting ablaze the thick forest.

Moo!

The bull of heaven roared in pain, staggering and shaking, its advancing steps faltering.

On the other side, in the cedar forest, Humbaba was similarly hindered, the rolling, boiling giant trees emitting indescribable screams beneath the cover of flames.

This was a torment that neither Gugalanna nor Humbaba had anticipated.

Under normal circumstances, even if the artillery were a thousand times denser, it would cause no harm to them.

But at this very moment, instigated by Gilgamesh, led by Luo Wei, and linked by Enkidu, the concept-filled cannon in the hearts of the entire population of Uruk represented, to some extent, the collective will of humanity on this land –

This was a power that even the gods could not completely offset

This was a battle of 'man' against 'heaven' and 'earth.'

"Can they really accomplish even something like this? .Those three people are completely beyond our control!" God Anu's words were full of solemnity.

As Luo Wei could feel, the eyes of the gods were spread like stars, appearing high in the sky, watching and communicating.

"The one who provokes the wrath of the gods will die no matter what!"

A clear voice that was different from Anu's sky-like voice echoed.

These were the words of the Venus goddess herself.

"It doesn't matter; as long as two out of the three remain, we can still achieve our goal. After that, I will use the bodies of the 'Bull of heaven' and 'Humbaba' to bring down a great flood, cleansing the earth, and let those who resist the gods know that the gods God's law cannot be overridden!"

This voice, like the howling of a storm and thunder, was the words of the god of storm and thunder, Adad.

Although they expressed their surprise at the might of humanity, but they still didn't care.

Because the gods knew that this courage could last forever.

This extraordinary 'cannon fodder' attack, was only a single round of bombardment.

It could only make the two mighty beasts feel pain, and delay their steps, but it cannot directly inflict serious damage.

However, what the gods knew, Luo Wei and others certainly didn't know.

(That's why they thought.)

For them, this was enough.

When the people of Uruk saw the defeat of Gugalanna and Humbaba, they realized that as long as their side united, they were not invincible.

Even if the previous courage had faded, the hearts of the people were now united.

A certain intangible concept was now integrated and manifested in this moment.

It could be used for Luo Wei's advantage!

This was just the first move in the chess game.

With the final drop of the Human's cannon, the immense divine and demonic beasts finally extinguished the flames on their bodies.

The golden right hoof of the bull was once again raised high, the bull's horn that reached the clouds broke through the layers of clouds and drew closer once more.

But the Bull of heaven Gugalanna, which had yet to take the extremely distant step that would seem close to ordinary people, suddenly stopped.

Those eyes that towered above the clouds, shining like stars, trembled slightly as if they had seen something terrible.

It——saw Luo Wei in the city of Uruk.

Mou!

A huge cry sounded instantly.

The Bull of Heaven suddenly turned around... and fled.

"???"

The people were bewildered, with puzzled expressions on their faces.

But soon, someone remembered Luo Wei past deeds... and recalled how he had once gone all out to try and defeat the not-yet-fully-manifested the Bull of heaven

Was it leaving a shadow——?

Inexplicably felt a little pitiful.

However, while the Bull of heaven wanted to run away, but some people didn't want to let it go.

An upraised elephant leg swayed suddenly.

Immediately after, just like sinking into the mud, the still-standing left hoof of the bull suddenly tilted and collapsed.

Beneath it, blackness covered like a tide, pervading with the color of an abyss.

It was the aura of the underworld that was used to imprison the Bull of Heaven before, but was shattered due to its complete appearance and breaking free.

It had not disappeared.

But it wasn't a deliberate fall, instead, it naturally plummeted to the ground.

At this moment, under the control of the goddess of the underworld, it transformed into the footsteps that bound the bull forward.

In the depths of the underworld, within the temple of the goddess of the underworld, which was piled up in the chaos of the world, the golden-haired goddess sitting on the divine throne opened her eyes.

In front of her, dots of blue fire flickered on and off, and the souls of all creatures resting here after death were all responding to the longings of the goddess of the underworld who protected them at this moment.

"I want to help him...the only person who admires and likes me."

at the same time.

Also, the one I love —

The goddess's face was firm and no longer as gentle as before.

The fire of the undead burned even brighter.

Providing her with powerfull energy .

As a result, the goddess of the underworld was finally able to manifest her own power.

"Reveal... the hooves of the Spirit Peak Embrace the Bellows of the Underworld!" The fierce wind roared, and the surging air lifted the crimson robe and golden hair of the goddess of the underworld, deathly charging into the sky of the underworld, as if it was about to crash this dim underworld into the human world.

Boom!!!

The Bull of heaven roared, but this time, what obstructed its path forward was no longer the abyss-like underworld, it was the gradually rising, dark mountains from within it.

The mountains of the underworld struck upward!"

"Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld, how dare you help someone who rebelled against the gods-" The voice of the god Anu's rebuke sounded in Elli's ears.

"My sister, why did you do this..." the true form of Goddess Venus was also angry.

But Ereshkigal just closed the channel for the gods to contact her.

For millions of years, they had never thought of her.

The current contact was only just to take advantage of her.

So she didn't care about them at all.

She only cares about the person who also cares about her!

The goddess of the underworld looked towards the human world again

The Bull of heaven was blocked by the mountains that emerged from the underworld into the human world, trapped within.

And in the West, the situation was the same.

The radiant stars falling from the sky directly covered the cedar forests with a loud, sharp sound of friction, instantly striking down the countless winding vines of Humbaba and pressing them to the ground.

The goddess who revealed the stars, Ishtar's embodiment, sat above the stars and made an impatient sound, "Ah, why do I have to deal with something I'm not good at!"

Isn't it just because you received a lot of gems from me...

Luo Wei chuckled.

"Ishtar, you..." the god-king Anu was angry and shocked.

Ah, no, it's not me - my incarnation has been interfered with by humans, and I can't control it. Really, you believe me!"

The god Anu was questioning, and the goddess Venus was explaining that to this day, Ishtar Rin has indeed become an independent individual with the power of the goddess Venus.

Ereshkigal blocked the way of the bull of heaven with the power of the earth, and Ishtar Rin used the stars in the sky to suppress the movement of Humbaba on the ground.

Earth and sky, the forces of heaven and earth collide on both sides.

The collision of opposites was undoubtedly part of the plan that had been agreed upon in advance.

During the meeting last night, Luo Wei asked Elli to block the Bull of Heaven now and bribed Ishtar Rin with a large sum of money to block the other one.

"And next—"

"It's our turn, the turn of 'humans,' to take the stage!"

Luo Wei, Gilgamesh, and Enkidu exchanged glances and smiled at each other.

Luo Wei had an expectant smile.

Gilgamesh had a wild and confident smile.

Enkidu had a gentle and serene curve at the corners of his mouth.

No one spoke; they simply extended their hands, bumped their fists, and silently agreed to go their separate ways.

Gilgamesh went to the Bull of Heaven.

Enkidu went to the beast of Cedar forest.

The collision of heaven and earth was missing the 'human' in the middle.

They would fill that gap.

Drawing on the immense power generated by the collision.

Just as before, in the magical forest.

Connected with Luo Wei, who remained in place.

Once again, they would soar into the sky.

Once again... shake the gods in the high heavens.