The Holy Grail War of God's Blessing

All dangers are gone, and Nippur has regained its former glory. Our master, our God, has heard our prayers and has returned to the side of His servants. "

The soldier said proudly, his face full of joy.

"The god Enlil has returned to Nippur?"

Merlin on the other side was still looking at the city. Hearing the words of the soldier in front, he asked him.

"Don't you know? God Enlil clearly came from Uruk and returned to Nippur with the messengers sent by King Gilgamesh. I thought you were sent by King Gilgamesh to offer gifts to the resurrected God Enlil on his behalf."

The soldier turned around with a little surprise and said.

They still remembered that Mansu came from the direction of Uruk, with a messenger sent by King Gilgamesh to lead the way.

This is really shameful. In order to return to his city, the god Enlil still needs to ask others for the way.

This was probably all because of their lack of steadfast faith, which made the god Enlil unable to see the whereabouts of his believers on earth, and thus unable to find the location of Nippur, his palace on earth.

This is a matter of reflection, but the priests in the temple did not recognize the appearance of the returning god Enlil until the god restored his power and displayed his great strength in front of everyone. Only then did the priests realize that the one who walked into the temple was the god they served in the temple.

Even the worshippers did not notice the coming of the gods, let alone them.

"Oh, I see. King Gilgamesh was a little vague about this matter, so I didn't think at first that the god Enlil who came to the city was the one who had visited Uruk."

After hearing the soldier's words, the people present naturally connected the god Enlil, who was praised in the city, with Manshu.

"The god Enlil?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Mashu who was standing beside him.

Although they lived in Uruk for a month, they did not know much about mythology.

Gilgamesh said that he did not need to rely on gods and used all the temples in Uruk as his palace. Moreover, the only person he could learn from in Uruk should naturally be the god of Uruk, the sky goddess Ishtar.

Here, the god Enlil is just the king of gods before Marduk, and the probability of him being mentioned is not that high.

"In the very distant past, when Marduk was not the King of the Gods of Sumer, the King of the Gods at that time was Enlil, and the city of Nippur was Enlil's palace on earth. Therefore, the nominal kings of Sumer would basically choose to go to Nippur to be crowned in order to gain the recognition of the King of the Gods."

During the Early Dynastic period, it was quite common for kings to travel to Nippur to hold a ceremony to crown themselves king, as people believed that this city could grant the entire Sumerian kingship to the monarchs of other city-states.

The earliest records are that the last two kings of the First Dynasty of Kish, Enmebaragesi and his son Agga, and then Gilgamesh, the founder of the First Dynasty of Uruk, and his son and grandson, and Messanapada, the founder of the First Dynasty of Ur, and his son all performed the ceremony of becoming kings in Nippur.

This practice was interrupted during the interim period, until it was resumed during the Third Dynasty of Ur and continued until the end of the Third Dynasty of Ur.

"So the king's identity is the god Enlil? In the previous singularity, the architectural style of the fortress artifact is indeed similar to that of Uruk."

The two of them whispered in confusion here.

However, the city of Uruk they saw could not be used as a reference. Many aspects of the style of the city rebuilt by Gilgamesh had been replaced by Babylon a thousand years later.

"I can only know this after I meet the other party. After all, I have only met him once, unlike you who have had a previous relationship with him."

Merlin didn't give any definite answer, but just said vaguely.

"But compared to this, although Nippur City was defended yesterday, it still looks like it suffered a huge catastrophe. The buildings in the city look like they were just built."

When they first entered the city gate, there were no buildings even at the gate, only a simple road.

This crude appearance is definitely not normal. It is obviously destroyed and is still in the stage of being reorganized.

"This was all done by the abominable goddess of beasts and Kingu who pretended to be Enkidu. Fortunately, the god Enlil returned to his city, otherwise the city of Nippur would have repeated the fate of Babylon and all the cities in the north yesterday."

Although the most fundamental destruction suffered by the city was the flood called by Manjusri, this was indeed done to resist the enemies who destroyed the city. Ultimately, it was Gorgon and Kingo who were responsible.

"We understand that King Gilgamesh wants to live in the gods' presence because of the punishment from the gods, but please do not show this when you go to Ekur. Nippur is not Uruk, and we deeply desire the gods."

When the soldiers over there were about to arrive, they did not forget to remind the people behind them. After all, Uruk was indeed weakening the influence of the gods, and Gilgamesh himself expelled Ishtar, the patron saint of the city.

"We are all clear about this. God Enlil has just returned to this land to protect the city of Nippur and repel the goddess of monsters and the goddess of the forest. This alone is worthy of our respect."

Merlin said skillfully, "Then the soldier, just feel relieved." He nodded and pointed to the palace under the mountain that appeared in front of everyone.

"This mountain is the huge cliff that the god Enlil raised from the ground. It is a high mountain connecting heaven and earth. Enlil's residence, Ekur, is on the cliff.

However, even the priests cannot enter Ekur without God's permission, so you still need to go to the temple built by the priests at the foot of the mountain.

Enlil's child, his noble warrior Ninurta, is there. Enlil has given everything except Ekur to Ninurta to deal with. You still need to consult Ninurta. "

Naturally, there is no one here who can resist Manshu's orders, and no one will choose to refuse.

After the priests received the order from Manjushri and saw Ninurta descending from the mountain on the clouds and wind, they asked him about everything that had not been done or was about to be done.

The soldier led the group all the way to the temple under the huge cliff. When the priest outside the palace saw the soldier, he knew that he was leading people from Uruk.

After all, he was the only one sent to the city gate, and this was also decided by drawing lots. After all, no one wanted to go to the city gate, and they just wanted to gather under the huge cliff and bathe in the glory of God.

"Friends from the Absolute Warcraft Front, I am sorry to have you risk your life to come to Nippur again. Fortunately, Nippur finally has the opportunity to entertain you and express my gratitude to you. Please follow me and let us enjoy the joyful feast together and praise the power of God together."

The priests were all smiling, and what came from Uruk was a spirit of dedication and sacrifice.

Even during the intervals after the Warcraft's general attack, there were still a large number of Warcraft scattered across the field, and crossing the road to Nippur could still result in casualties.

But Nippur really didn't have much ability to thank them. The city was almost starving to death and on the brink of extinction, so how could it give more?

Today, they finally had a chance. The priest didn't even ask them whether they were here to protect the citizens of Nepal from going to the Absolute Warcraft Front or to pass on some information. He just pulled Merlin, who was in the lead, towards the banquet venue for the daily sacrifice.

The people nearby also came forward, holding wine or drinks, and led everyone over there.

The few of them couldn't even explain their purpose before they were dragged to the place of celebration by such great enthusiasm.

"Enthusiasm needs to be moderate. You are scaring the guests who have come from afar."

Fortunately, the voice of an old man rescued the people who came from Uruk in time, and everyone let go, but left the things that were offered here.

"Our elder, thank you for your timely teachings."

The priest hurriedly spoke to the old man who was walking towards him. That was the chief priest from before.

"To all of you from Uruk, I wonder what news the wise King Gilgamesh has brought us. We have received a deliverance from the wise king, and we are about to express our gratitude after our city has been spared."

"King Gilgamesh wanted to know what happened here. The king saw with his own eyes that the two goddesses returned in vain, so he sent us here."

"This is as it should be, but as servants of the gods, we are not qualified to open the way for you to see the gods. We are still learning how to become a true priest, so we can only trouble you to ask the god Ninurta first."

The chief priest nodded and said that he supported this matter.

"Please let King Gilgamesh's messenger go with me to see the god Ninurta, and the people accompanying me can go to the banquet hall over there to rest. It is the residential building in the city. Because of yesterday's incident, it may be a little simple, so please forgive me."

The accompanying soldiers followed them to the banquet hall, and Merlin, Mashu and Fujimaru Ritsuka followed the high priest to the temple at the foot of the mountain.

"The people from Uruk want to see the Father God? Have they been judged and cleansed? Wash away the dust from the outside world for them and let them go up the mountain. The Father God has explained this to me, so there is no need to stop them."

Ninurta did not even go to see the few people. In fact, they were allowed to go after the news was passed. The priests went to scoop up spring water for the few people to wash and stopped before the way up the mountain.

"Just keep going up. When you reach the top of the mountain, you will reach Nippur, the abode of the god Enlil on earth."

The priests stopped here and watched the few people walking up the mountain road, leaving only envious eyes, and left after a long time.

"The messenger from Uruk has gone up the mountain. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to be in the presence of God..."

"We had a chance. God was right in front of us that day, but we denied him. The fact that we did not lose our priesthood is God's kindness and mercy."

The chief priest just said it indifferently and continued with what he was doing.

It took a lot of time to climb this mountain. Although it doesn't look that high, when walking on the mountain, you can feel that the height of the mountain seems to be several times higher than it looks.

There was often a feeling that the distance they had just traveled did not seem to have allowed them to climb any height, but after a while, they still saw the top of the mountain and the sky-blue temple.

"That's Ekur. When I got here, I began to believe that the owner of this place was the god Enlil. But what I saw that day was clearly not the same."

But they were almost there, so there was no need to think about it. They walked to the door of the temple, and the door that had been closed at some point slowly opened a crack.

"Gilgamesh's actions are quite fast. It's just the right time for you to come. If you had come earlier, I wouldn't have let you in."

０Manshu rubbed his head symbolically to relieve his fatigue a little, and looked towards the entrance of the temple.

㈣ "If you have any doubts in your heart, you will not get them answered here. I also know that Gilgamesh sent you here. Go back and tell him that Nippur will not have any problems, no matter what."

Chapter 160: Commission

"There is nothing of use left in Nippur now; all its history, except the Temple of Ekur on which you now stand, was dissolved yesterday.

2. You can see from the city gate that everything is in ruins here. The reconstruction of Nippur is just beginning. Although the daily celebrations at the foot of the mountain have never stopped, that is my promise to them that they must not stop.

㈨Manshu said to the three people who walked into the temple. His fatigue was obvious, so much so that his tone sounded a lot kinder.

〇 "So you're taking it upon yourself to repair this city?"

㈤ "This is my city after all. Since I have taken up the name of the god Enlil and chosen this city as my palace on earth, how can I allow it to fall into disrepair?"

Manshu shook his head. There was indeed no one else who could do the work here except himself.

If we rely solely on manpower to do these things manually, who knows when the city will be repaired.

There is not much time to be given here, and even if they are repelled, the goddesses will not give up.

Therefore, in the final analysis, there is only one responsibility that can be taken on. After all, it is impossible for Manshu to let these things go, so he has to do it.

"Then for the city of Nippur, there is no difference between you and the god Enlil, or rather, no one is more suitable to be the god Enlil than you."

Merlin nodded and said.

"After all, Eridu has fallen into the hands of Quetzalcoatl, Babylon has been destroyed, and the remaining ruins of the buildings have been demolished to build the Absolute Warcraft Front. The only city left that can be used is Nippur."

There are not many cities left in the entire Sumerian land, and most of them do not have the heritage of cities like Uruk and Eridu.

Eridu was the first city where royal power fell, and Uruk flourished before the Early Dynastic Period. It once established a cultural circle known as the Uruk World System.

Moreover, Babylon and Eridu can at least be related to Mansu itself, but there is almost nothing to discuss about the other cities.

"After all, I chose this place. Otherwise, even if this place was destroyed, not even the traces of civilization would be wiped out."

Jingu would preserve the city he destroyed, killing the people inside, but still be able to preserve traces of the city.

But it doesn't seem to have much significance. After all, the people who lived here are dead, and the people who built this city will soon die. So what is the meaning of this city?

Even though Nippur has now been destroyed in the dust of history, there will still be people who will come to excavate it in the future. Now that it has been destroyed, there will be no way for anyone to come to discover it. It is just placed here like a specimen.

So it was just a joke, there's nothing much to comment on.

"Gilgamesh, this is what you are here for, right? He probably hasn't told you all what he has done yet. You might as well go visit the other two goddesses, which will also lighten my burden. As long as the only ones attacking Nippur are the Goddess of Warcraft and Kingu, the city won't be shaken at all."

Manshu suddenly thought of Quetzalcoatl who had been persuaded to come here before. Although that should have been just an impulse, or even an act of impulse, it was still necessary to be on guard.

If the Three Goddesses really came here together as an alliance, then Mansu really could not think that there would be no problems in the city of Nippur.

The power of the three goddesses is still fatal to the city of Nippur, so it is better to let Fujimaru Ritsuka and others get on the right track first. In this way, the threat of the two goddesses will disappear.

“Perhaps you don’t understand it clearly yet, but the Nightmare beside you and Gilgamesh should have understood that among the three goddesses who appeared in Sumer to annex the city-states, only the Goddess of Warcraft was doing this wholeheartedly.

Although you may not know it, more detailed information about other goddesses can essentially be used to judge their revealed personalities from the side."

This is not to exaggerate, but apart from the violent Goddess of Warcraft, the actions of the other two goddesses are not obvious.

Ereshkigal's movements were not even noticed, and Quetzalcoatl had never been caught in action before. All that could be seen was the ever-expanding jungle.

2 "Yes, before this we didn't know that the goddess in the jungle was Quetzalcoatl, the main god of South America. After all, the distance was too far, and it was not easy to associate that she could be called to the land of Sumer and still retain such a strong divinity.

And the two goddesses were indeed. Quetzalcoatl had been eroding the land of the city-state with dense forests. Although Ishtar, the god of the Uruk city-state, had been bickering with King Gilgamesh, she had not actually caused any damage to Uruk.

④Based on your investigation, Fujimaru Ritsuka, we can indeed conclude that the natures of the three goddesses are different. "

〇Merlin explained in agreement.

⒋ "At least as far as the jungle goddess is concerned, she has no desire to show off herself, no hatred, and only uses necessary things when necessary. She is friendly and perfect to us."

"There's no need to elaborate on these. Let me be brief. I plan to entrust you to win over the other two goddesses who are not so determined to destroy humanity, and transform them from enemies to at least neutral objects.

5 This is a job for a brave man. It may sound a bit unreasonable, but in this land, I am afraid there is no one more suitable to do this except you, Fujimaru Ritsuka."

⑹ "Are you going to convince the goddess? This sounds like it would be harder than defeating her, right?"

"But this matter is more constructive than fighting, and since it is a senior who has made contracts with many Servants, there must be a way."

Soumashu trusted Ritsuka Fujimaru beside him and agreed with this matter.

"So what do you think? Master Fujimaru Ritsuka from Chaldea, give us your answer!"

q "Leave it to me. I have seen the goddess Ishtar several times. Although she is a troublesome god, I think she is a kind goddess. I have the confidence to convince her. Although I have never seen the goddess in the dense forest, I think I should be able to do it."

Gundomaru Ritsuka had seen the goddess Ishtar three times before, and she sensed the true nature of the goddess who had merged with a human at this moment, so she took on this mission that belonged to her.

:Chapter 161: The Journey

Such actions are on the right track and are what should be done. The other goddesses should not be enemies.

"That's right. Now that we've come this far, how can we choose to live in a muddle? Let's keep moving forward until the end of our lives."

Manshu said happily that this way, he could devote himself to building his foundation in this land, and the Gorgon invasion would only leave one more attack that could shake the city.