The Holy Grail War Blessed by the Gods

This land has been silent long enough. The Age of Gods has vanished, the connection between heaven and earth has been severed, and all that remains is a barely maintained thread of the Age of Gods.

Even the city where the god-king resided, the palace once teeming with gods, lacked the power to withstand the invaders.

But now Nippur has awakened, and the temple atop the mountain has regained its color, with abundant bull horns guarding it, and the sky-blue temple rising in pristine purity. ⑥

The land beneath Nippur seemed to breathe, pulsating with a terrifying power that flowed from the depths of the earth. 4

The sky had long lost its boundless clarity; dark clouds covered it, and lightning serpents, emitting terrifying magical light, constantly darted among the clouds.

The earth trembled, and the sky darkened. Manju used Baal's divine power to imitate some of the power that Enlil could use, and extended it into areas he had never mastered through the power of Tescatlipoca.

Thus, Nippur's rise to power was like a return to the divine age, where the ruler of storms and atmosphere stood over his city, each breath stirring up raging winds and bringing devastating violence.

"Now is the time for you to face me. I have truly returned to my domain and to my sacred abode."

While relying solely on the omnipotent power of Tescatlipoca can indeed stop Kingu, it is not without its price. The obsidian mirror that shimmers will one day cease to reflect external light.

Manshu was simply waiting for the city to be ready so that, one last time, with the power of Tescatlipoca, he could alter Enlil's identity for him.

Despite being merely a fake, in this city, at this very moment, Manju is undoubtedly Enlil; the false can be seen as the real, and no one can question it.

"Storm, go and sweep everything away!" (9)

The power to control the wind was used according to Manju's will; storms and air currents were created under the control of magic, forming devastating tempests on the earth.

Numerous storms, scattered across the land, are summoned, and these storms will continue to move forward, gradually converging and merging into a massive hurricane that will utterly destroy everything in its path.

Kingu commanded the clay artifacts that charged into the storm, using deafening explosions to halt its advance. 2

"O raging wind, tear everything apart!" Temple

Manjushri controlled the speed and direction of the storm, altering the nature of the winds and causing them to converge, instantly tearing apart any Noble Phantasms that rushed into the storm. (III)

Outside the storm, the golden chains that tried to hold back the gale were mercilessly torn apart. Only the magic cannons fired from afar, though torn apart, remained effective, their spilled magic disrupting the structure of the wind.

"Of all the magical beasts of the Goddess of Warcraft, how many can withstand this raging storm, Kingu? Since you've chosen this name and become Tiamat's vanguard, be prepared to fall here and become a sacrifice to what you call the old humans. They were perfected by Kingu's blood."

In the creation epic, Tiamat created Kingu and the other monsters after Apsu's death to avenge the gods. Tiamat took Kingu as her consort and gave him the Tablets of Destiny, sending him to fight Marduk.

Marduk killed Kingu, took the Tablet of Destiny from him, and, together with the blood of Kingu and clay, created humankind from clay and the blood of the great god Ea.

Of course, that shouldn't be the case here, but the current storm is indeed capable of halting the progress of everything on the entire plain. (Hedgehog)

The storms unleashed by the Lord of Storms are imbued with a tearing attribute; anything that steps into the storm is sliced ​​apart as it is blown by the wind. 4

Kingu clearly understood this; his Noble Phantasms flying into the wind no longer detonated upon contact with the wind, but exploded outside of it. Although this was less efficient, at least it was effective.

"Although I don't know why you know my real name, I'm not like King Gu, who was afraid of Marduk and chose to run away—a failure. There's no need to use that kind of person again."

I am a perfect being created modeled after Enkidu, the supreme masterpiece of the gods, designed as the perfect next-generation human. Don't confuse the two, you false god Enlil.

Kingu remained calm; how could the wind possibly stop the endless stream of treasures being forged from the clay?

Kingu didn't waste his energy. Instead, he picked up the Golden Dragon again, but instead of unleashing his Noble Phantasm, he used it to enhance the Golden Dragon's effect.

Even if the golden dragon is torn apart by the storm, its body, constructed from multiple Noble Phantasms, allows it to continue moving forward as it is being cut, still managing to rush straight into the heart of the storm.

Before the storms fully converged and formed that enormous hurricane, the Golden Dragon was already able to tear through the winds.

"Well done! It's time to hear my roar. Roar for me, my storm!"

The accumulation of thunderclouds in the sky is not merely an environmental prop; rainwater first falls back from the dark clouds, creating a powerful hurricane and torrential rain within the storm.

The falling rain, combined with the wind, becomes an even more ferocious blade, extending outwards like a rain of arrows, engulfing the location of Jin Gu in a storm.

However, this was only meant to disrupt Jingu's actions; the rain alone couldn't defeat him, at most it could only force him back to his feet.

However, whether in the air or on the ground, it does not affect Jingu's mobility at all; on the contrary, Jingu with his feet on the ground can better obtain the power of this land.

The storm couldn't stop the other side, so Manju didn't wait any longer and instead drew in the long-accumulated magic power from the sky.

"Roar, my thunder! The eternal judgment shall be carried out!"

The power of gale, torrential rain, and thunder fell together on the land in front of us. As the gale and thunder swept across the land, they tore and cut through the enemy's shell and defense, and the roaring thunder brought down the divine punishment.

This was an indiscriminate attack that swept across the entire area engulfed by the gale, making it difficult for Jingu's excellent mobility to be effective.

However, the goddess of monsters from afar had already arrived during this accumulated time. Gorgon's hundred-meter-tall body was much faster than expected, shaking the earth and bringing a terrifying sound when it moved at full speed.

When she actually got close to the city, the people of Gorgon witnessed the true terror firsthand.

This is an inescapable, primal fear stemming from the very core of a being.

This is a skill that Gorgon possesses; her roars instill fear, lower defenses, and inflict curses.

Even someone like Merlin couldn't avoid being paralyzed by fear, so how can we expect ordinary humans to do the same?

However, this was not a big problem for Manshu. As a god-king, how could he be afraid of the roar of a demon beast? He should just swing his weapon, cut off its head, and skin it as a boastful achievement.

"They've all arrived. Those who oppose me, this is the perfect battlefield."

The Gorgon's Eye of Deception flew in, carrying terrifying heat. The raindrops were evaporated into gas as they fell, but they rose into the sky and fell again.

This is a battlefield that requires serious preparation. There's no need to put any more pressure on yourself. This is a fair battle; neither side has an overwhelming advantage.

Therefore, we must not be careless, and we don't need to do much; we should simply demonstrate the power we possess.

"Awaken, O land I rule, tremble, unleash the fury you have endured!"

The land, under the control of the God-King, was also awakened, and the land in front began to tremble violently. Beneath Gorgon, huge cracks and faults instantly formed, drawing it into them for a violent impact.

However, the power of the earth was probably not enough to kill a mother goddess of the earth. Gorgon was caught off guard and swallowed up by the crack in the earth that was torn open in an instant. He was hit by the moving earth and made a painful sound.

But once Gorgon reacted, she stretched out her hand and pushed aside the moving earth. Her sweeping serpent tail tore through the layers of earth that bound her, shattering all obstacles, and she leaped onto the ground.

As beings who have fallen from hero or god to demon, Gorgon possesses a skill called the Demon of Transformation, which greatly enhances his abilities, granting him strength and endurance that are impossible for humans to achieve.

Gorgon's own strength and endurance are both extremely terrifying A++, not to mention that she also has A+ level monstrous strength. In terms of pure strength, it is probably difficult for anything to compete with her.

"Mother!"

Upon seeing Gorgon fall to the ground, Kingu immediately wanted to return to defend, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Gorgon jump out unharmed.

“The earth is your strength, but it is also the strength of me and my mother. It cannot harm us.”

A Jingu turned around and said, but still felt uneasy and came to Gorgon's side.

N: "My child, do not worry about me. Go forward and crush humanity's hope, crush any room they have to struggle!"

Q Gorgon saw that Jingu had returned to her side and indicated that she was alright, telling him to focus on destroying Nippur first.

Gorgon, who possesses the power of the Earth Mother Goddess, is not someone who can be killed so easily. At least she has an extremely good ability to recover, and the wounds left by the fierce impact of the earth have already healed.

"Enlil... Don't even mention that it's just a fake. Even if it were the real thing, it couldn't stop my hatred, my rage. Just die here!"

Gorgon unleashed his full power without mercy, using terrifying magic and immense light and heat to break through Manjus's defenses.

(9) Kingu, having received orders from Gorgon, launched another offensive to break through the blockade formed by lightning and gales.

(4) The earth-shaking tremors did not have much impact on the two of them; in fact, Jingu was still calming the earth's anger.

(8) This land may also sense the nature of confusion; it is under the command of the land's master, and then it feels the comfort of the atmosphere that is close to it.

(2) The real threat comes from the power of lightning. Manjus himself possesses the power of Baal, and even the power of Marduk can be used on lightning, while storms are much less important.

(4) The lightning, used as punishment, was enough to turn the earth into flowing liquid and burn the soil into shimmering crystals. Jingu used his own body to block it, and his arm disappeared without a trace, quickly regenerating thanks to his regenerative abilities.

(3) "How can we stop here? We must crush it completely! Under my Thousand Demon Eyes, let the storm and lightning turn to ashes!"

(3) Gorgon unleashed the full power of her eyes, and magic converged, striking the point with terrifying light and heat to pierce through the storm and lightning ahead.

Kingu followed Gorgon's Thousand Eyes, through the raging winds, and arrived below Nippur.

(5) "You can seize an opportunity with just a loophole, but I don't expect this storm to stop the two of you. It's time to get down to business."

Manjuscant quelled the storm, but strong winds still blew across the land, though no longer enough to kill.

Manjustra descended from the city of Nippur, letting the storm gather around him, stretching from the ground to the sky.

The gale formed a channel connecting heaven and earth, and the thunder roared even more fiercely from the sky, the converging lightning once again creating a brilliance like the sun.

“Enlil’s anger is not limited to storms; disasters, diseases, droughts, salinization, and floods are all God’s wrath.”

In the future, Ur was destroyed in Enlil's wrath, and the Akkadian Empire also proclaimed itself the ruler of the gods. After Sargon's grandson Naram-sin sacked the Enlil temple Ekul in Nippur, Enlil chose to bring the Gutti from the mountains, bringing plague, famine, and death to all of Mesopotamia, causing the gods to choose to destroy Akkad together to prevent disaster from spreading to the whole world.

In the hymns and prayers of Enlil, he is often compared to a wild bull and a raging storm. In various records, there is no shortage of descriptions of Enlil's violent acts against mankind.

The most famous of all is the oldest flood myth, the Napishtim, which destroyed the world and continued to bring down various disasters.

Of course, Enlil was also the creator of the world and culture. He created the earth, the tools for planting, and the gods of animal husbandry and grain.

However, he seemed to have a terrible temper, and therefore often showed no mercy in destroying this land.

And what is to come will not just be a storm or a lightning strike; all kinds of disasters will appear on the ground to punish his enemies.

The winter winds will bring devastating wails; the sobs carried on the wind are both fear and lamentation.

"The age of the serpent is over, and even the age of the gods is over. You have no choice but to accept your fate of destruction."

Chapter 152 The Torrent

In primitive times, even before the emergence of civilization, the Sumerians worshipped mostly animal-shaped gods.

Human-headed bulls, lion-headed eagles, winged lions, and other animal forms were frequently seen later and still exist today.

However, with the changing times, the terrifying images of beasts or half-beasts have indeed been largely replaced by natural spirits as the embodiment of phenomena.

In earlier times, the ancient Sumerians worshipped the snake goddess Amausumgar, and the worship of the serpentine mother goddess can be traced back to the very ancient clan period.

In their tombs, clay sculptures of women, sometimes depicted holding babies, are placed, and these sculptures are depicted with snake heads.

However, it is clear that with the development of the times, the status of the Seven Serpent Gods gradually declined, and Tiamat, the progenitor of the gods, only became the material for creation.

The age of serpents is indeed long gone, and even the age of gods has passed. Enlil has lost his position as king of the gods, and Marduk's Babylon is now nothing but ruins.

Manju can freely deny himself at this moment because he is not a god. He has only received a gift and become what he is now, but this is not his essence, nor will it become anything inherent.

"You cannot scale the cliff, nor can you overcome fate, so how can you shake my position?"

The Great Cliff is Kurgal, a high mountain below the temple Ekul. Enlil himself is the master of destiny, a god who controls fate.

Enlil, who became the king of the gods, had many titles, which, like those of other gods, were extensions of his power.

Just like the fifty names that Marduk later received when he became the king of the gods, many of those names were directly derived from the names Enlil had been called before being bestowed upon the new god-king.

Enlil's rule itself has become a name that refers not only to Enlil, but to the dominion of a powerful god over all the gods.

Marduk of Babylon and Ashur of Assyria both practiced the rule of Enlil over the gods.