Type-Moon, joins the Lion King at the beginning

Chapter 235 Bribing the Goddess
When Li Ye, Fujimaru Ritsuka and others left the underworld, Gilgamesh's soul returned to his body in Uruk under the influence of the rules of the underworld, waiting for Li Ye and others to return.

"Let's go!"

After successfully dealing with the trouble caused by her half-body, Ereshkigal, Ishtar, the mistress of the sky, awaited her spoils with great anticipation.

Without giving Li Ye, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others any time to rest, he dragged them back to Uruk quickly to find Gilgamesh who had just resurrected.

Li Ye, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and Mashu had no choice but to quickly board the Sky Boat and speed towards Uruk at Ishtar's maximum speed, which could be considered speeding.

It flew across the blue sky at high speed, its light was as vast as that of stars.

More than ten minutes later, the few people who rushed back to Uruk did not even have time to rest, and they directly chased Ishtar into the sacred tower.

Outside the divine tower, the flower magician Merlin raised his palms to his brows and chuckled, "Wow, it seems that things are going smoothly. It only took a short while to solve the problem."

Anna beside him was also speechless, just watching the dark light falling straight onto the Uruk ziggurat.

From the farewell to Li Ye to Li Ye's return, the two of them, who had no time to do anything, just looked at each other silently and soon headed towards the Uruk Tower.

At this moment in the Uruk ziggurat, Gilgamesh, who had just come back to life and whose body had not yet fully recovered, looked at the uninvited guests.

Or rather, there was only one uninvited guest, the sky goddess Ishtar, who had forcefully entered the ziggurat of Uruk. She had no time to waste on talking to Gilgamesh, and said decisively, "Gilgamesh, you should pay me for saving you!"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Gilgamesh raised his eyebrows, and then he saw the helpless expression on Li Ye's face behind Ishtar, and immediately understood the reason.

"Ishtar, well, I don't have the time to discuss this with you, so listen carefully—

This king can give you 20% of the gemstones stored in Babylon's treasury as a condition for you to officially join us, and the reward for your trip to the underworld is also included."

"Eh?"

Ishtar, who was originally in a rage, was stunned when she heard Gilgamesh's words that could not be rejected.

"The Treasury of Babylon? Your treasury that is said to be built for the future and to house all the treasures of the world? And you also said that the Treasury of Babylon will be equal to the wealth of all mankind by then?
Or is it 20% of the gem reserves? ? ? ? ? "

Ishtar's voice began to tremble, and her eyes suddenly rolled around.

The sudden huge sum of money was not only difficult for Ishtar herself to bear, but the biggest impact was on the container itself, whom Gilgamesh called a money-collecting slave.

The vessel, who was particularly obsessed with gems, naturally knew the importance of the Babylonian treasury after merging with Ishtar. The amount of 20% of the ore reserves was so huge that it completely exceeded the container's tolerance.

"Yes."

Gilgamesh looked indifferent and snapped his fingers casually.

Snapped.

With the sound of a crisp snap of fingers, a golden gate blossomed in front of Ishtar, and the gems that flowed out continuously emitted a dazzling light, taking away Ishtar's mind.

"So many gems—"

How many times would I have to collect protection fees to get so many gems?
"If you agree, 20% of the ore will belong to you, Ishtar. If you don't agree, then forget it."

Gilgamesh seemed to be in no mood to bargain with Ishtar, and his cold words did not allow Ishtar to refuse.

But it was this attitude that interrupted Ishtar, who was attracted by the gem. When Ishtar was about to explode, she said, "Ishtar, gem, gem or face?"

The voice that sounded like the devil's whisper echoed in Ishtar's ears, directly hitting her troubled heart.

Li Ye stood silently beside Ishtar and whispered in her ear: "These are all gems, infinite gems -

If you refuse, it will be gone—"

"Ahhhhh, I agree, don't take the gem away from me!"

Ishtar held her head and howled to the sky, looking like she was struggling, but after getting the gem, she immediately smiled happily, as if she had no objection to becoming a partner of Li Ye and others.

Seeing that Ishtar was so easily bribed, Li Ye immediately looked at Gilgamesh on the throne and said, "King Gilgamesh, was this your plan before?"

"Yes, but I didn't catch up in time."

Gilgamesh, who was weak, held his forehead with his hand and raised his hand to signal Siduri beside him not to panic, and continued: "After experiencing the Sun Goddess, the Underworld Goddess, and the Venus Goddess, the only thing left in front of us is the last Pillar Goddess.

But the day of the decisive battle is still in the distant future. Li Ye, you can move freely for this month. Just don't go to the north wall.

No matter how many casualties there are on the north wall, you should not go there. Even if the Gorgons attack, the six servants are enough to stop them."

Hearing this, Li Ye was startled, as if he could not understand Gilgamesh's intention. If he had just done so before, he would not have acted too quickly and interrupted Gilgamesh's plan.

But what is the purpose of this happening now?
Before Li Ye could ask, Gilgamesh, who seemed to have anticipated this, stopped Li Ye and said, "Don't ask about the reason. This is my decision, you just need to obey it.

Okay, Siduri, take them down, I need to take a rest for a while."

Gilgamesh, looking tired, waved his hand and asked Siduri to take Liye, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others to leave the Uruk Tower. Even Ishtar, who was holding the gem, was dragged away.

Only Gilgamesh was left, sitting in the sacred tower and falling into a deep sleep again.

After leaving the Uruk Tower, Li Ye happened to run into Merlin and Anna.

"Hey, Merlin—"

As usual, Li Ye greeted him with a bright smile.

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A month is neither long nor short.

More than ten days passed in a flash, and Gorgon's monster appeared again, and attacked the north wall defense line again with more ferocity than ever before. Even with the presence of six servants, the casualties on the north wall increased greatly!

The secret weapons that Gilgamesh had designed after working overtime for more than ten days without sleep were finally put into production and spread throughout the outer areas of Uruk.

Not only Gilgamesh was trying his best, even Li Ye, who was ordered not to go to the north wall, never stopped for a moment.

The refinement of one's self is an urgent task, and more important is the [Solo Manifestation] learned from Merlin.

This special ability, which should not be learned or taught, was successfully taught to Li Ye by Merlin.

(End of this chapter)