The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

"Ellie, do you love anything?"

"...So we've come full circle back to this problem..."

Ereshkigal sighed, his expression gradually fading, and then he stood up and looked down at Orpheus.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you with the answer. I'm not like my foolish sister... Let me reintroduce myself—I, Ereshkigal, am the goddess of the underworld, the mistress of the underworld, and the administrator of death. I despise all living beings, and love only what belongs to me—the souls of the dead. That's right, I'm only interested in dead humans."

"Yeah……"

Orpheus exhaled, stood up as well, and looked at Ereshkigal.

"Aileen is really not frank enough."

Then, this sentence suddenly came out.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?"

"It's nothing, just the literal meaning..."

"baffling!?"

Ignoring Ereshkigal's sudden agitation, Orpheus narrowed his eyes slightly.

“The foreigners have appeared, and the road to the future is no longer shrouded in mist.”

"……oh?"

Ereshkigal suddenly calmed down and stared straight at Orpheus.

"What are you trying to say, King of Uruk?"

"The gears that have stopped should start turning again. Don't you think the war should continue, one of the Three Goddesses?"

With a smile playing on his lips, Orpheus said this.

"Can I take this as you declaring war on me?"

Looking at Orpheus, Ereshkigal narrowed his eyes, emanating a divine aura that caused the surrounding vegetation to wither rapidly.

"Yes, Ereshkigal will wait for me in the Underworld. I will break through the Seven Gates."

Orpheus remained completely unaffected by the aura of death that could kill ordinary creatures instantly, still wearing a faint smile.

"What arrogance! Even my stupid sister will lose all her power of resistance after passing through the Seven Gates, and she won't even be qualified to fight me. What can you possibly achieve?"

Ereshkigal sneered, his blood-red eyes flashing with the light of death.

"Just wait and see... When I defeat you, tell me the truth, Ereshkigal's purpose, Ereshkigal's true thoughts."

Orpheus calmly accepted this gaze that seemed to send everything straight to death, and said with a light laugh.

Ereshkigal's body trembled almost imperceptibly, but he immediately let out a cold snort.

"Then let's give it a try. Let's make this clear first: if you perish in the underworld, I won't let you go like I did with that stupid little sister. Your soul will remain in the underworld forever!"

With a flick of his red cloak, Ereshkigal bypassed Orpheus and headed towards Kuta.

"I will be waiting for you on that Seat of Death."

"Just wait and see."

Without looking at Ereshkigal again, Orpheus turned his back to the goddess and slowly walked away from the hill in the direction of Uruk.

Chapter 75 Mythical Costume

"king!?"

Several days passed quickly. At dawn, Hiduri, who was going to enter the temple as usual to report the latest information, was shocked by what he saw.

Intense energy fluctuations permeated the entire interior space of the temple, filling every inch of the space with purple magic that slowly rotated around the center of the hall.

If the materials used to construct the temple hadn't possessed exceptional energy-blocking properties, the entire city of Uruk would probably be in complete chaos due to this unprecedented and exaggerated magical power.

Orpheus stood in the very center, his black robe stained with blood-red patterns, his eyes tightly closed, and dark gold armor visible through the exposed parts of his hands and feet.

In addition, beneath Orpheus's feet was a massive, constantly rotating purple magic circle. At the very center of the circle was a symbol representing infinity, which was Orpheus's symbol—a snake with its tail in its mouth.

"Your Majesty, what's going on?"

Although Siduri was unfamiliar with Orpheus's current appearance, he wasn't entirely clueless.

───Mythological Costume

Mythical Mystic Armor is not the name of some kind of high-level equipment or Noble Phantasm. Rather, it refers to the weapon formed by a powerful being with divinity who materializes their own divinity. It takes many forms and has no fixed shape, but most of them are in the form of armor.

This ability is quite rare even in the Age of Gods, but given Siduri's status, it's not exactly a secret to her.

The divine presence emanating from Orpheus, as radiant as the sun, allowed Siduri to determine Orpheus's current state.

However, Siduri could not understand why Orpheus would unleash his Mythical Mystic Armor at this time.

Does the disappearance of a five-year-old child on West Street really warrant such serious attention from Orpheus?

“Hidari…”

Some time passed after Sidduri asked his question, and the magic circle spinning beneath Orpheus's feet slowly sank into the temple's underground and disappeared. Orpheus then opened his eyes.

His dark gray eyes, which had been dull and somewhat lifeless, were now brimming with a bright silver light, making Siduri feel a little startled.

In this era, the Demon Eye is still a skill exclusively possessed by gods.

"Hidari, how are those people?"

Instead of directly answering Siduri's question, Orpheus asked this question.

"The people of Chaldea all possess exceptional abilities..."

Siduri paused for a moment before answering, but was interrupted by Orpheus.

"I don't want to hear this nonsense. How do their combat strength compare to the Servants on the front lines?"

Looking at Orpheus's eyes, which still gleamed with an eerie light, Siduri involuntarily lowered his head.

"Well... neither Lady Lily nor Lady Mash are quite as good as Lady Altira and the others."

Somewhat to Orpheus's surprise, at this point, Sidduri suddenly raised his head and continued firmly:

"However! I believe their true strength is not just that, and if they are combined with Lady Ritsuka's command and support, they are not without the ability to fight against the adults on the front lines!"

Orpheus nodded upon hearing this, and simultaneously withdrew the magic that had permeated the temple.

"That's good. Let them go to the southern forest to investigate, and let Merlin go with them... If they can't find that guy, so be it. Even if we don't notify them, they'll come running over on their own when the time comes."

"Yes..."

Siddharth bowed, but before he could accept the order, he was suddenly interrupted by a sound from behind.

"king!"

Hiduri frowned slightly.

It wasn't because of the interruption that he was unhappy, but because no soldier would dare to just barge into this temple like that.

If someone comes in without prior notice, it means that something so urgent has happened that even formalities are disregarded.

"king……"

A soldier, whose armor seemed to have been stripped off to reduce weight while running, rushed forward and knelt on the ground. Although still panting, he didn't stop and immediately spoke:

"Report! A woman claiming to be Quetzal Koyatl has just breached the city wall with her bare hands and entered Uruk through the south gate... She is now heading straight for the temple. Due to the presence of the monster front, Uruk's reserve forces are currently insufficient. We request Your Majesty to retreat temporarily. We will do everything in our power to eliminate the invading enemy!"

Orpheus frowned.

We'd just let our guard down in Uruk because we were making some preparations, and they managed to break in at that moment...

Upon hearing this information, Siduri's heart sank as well, and he bowed to Orpheus once more.

"Your Majesty, you can leave this to the soldiers..."

After closing his eyes and sensing the situation within the city through the Uruk barrier, Orpheus opened his eyes again and exhaled.

"There's no need for that."

"king……"

Before Hiduri could offer any further persuasion, another soldier ran into the temple and knelt down.

"Your Majesty... I am very sorry, the operation has failed."

"The details..."

Orpheus sat down, his expression unchanged, seemingly unsurprised by the soldier's report.

"Yes! Although we formed a battle formation and fought desperately to stop him, and even the reinforcements that appeared some time ago joined the battle, Quetzalcoatl's power was too great, and we really could not stop him. However, after killing three hundred people, Quetzalcoatl suddenly stopped."

"...Any other information?"

Seeing the soldier's strange expression, Siduri couldn't help but ask.

"In addition, Quetzalcoatl... that woman also said that at the same time the sun rises tomorrow, she will come again to kill three hundred more people, until all the people of Uruk are dead... Also, the bodies of the fallen soldiers were taken away by what appears to be the woman's men."

"..."

For a moment, silence fell over the hall.

"king?"

At that moment, Siduri saw that the wand had been taken by Orpheus, its tip shining with a purple light, and then it shot into the sky.

The burst of light did not directly pierce the top of the hall. Instead, it was absorbed by the suddenly appearing magic circle and shot out again from the highest point of the temple. It stopped in mid-air and then gathered together to form a small purple sun.

Then, the sun transformed into a shooting star and flashed off toward the southern jungle.

A few seconds later, a violent tremor swept in, which even the temple could clearly feel.

Only then did Orpheus slowly lower his wand.

"The Chaldeans should have arrived by now."

As if echoing Orpheus's words, the Chaldea trio, with Merlin and Anna accompanying them, appeared at the temple's main gate, their expressions somewhat unnatural.

Chapter 76 Discussion

Quetzalcoatl, meaning "feathered serpent" in ancient Nahuatl, is the supreme god of the sun in Latin America and is also known as "Kukulkan" in Mayan mythology, a god who represents the pinnacle of goodness.