The Holy Grail War of God's Blessing

Ninurta still possesses power, and in mythology, his presence is perhaps second only to the goddess Inanna.

Ninurta appears in mythology perhaps more often than any other god, mostly as a warrior.

He conquered the demon Asad who was harming the rivers, and adjusted the mountains of the Sumerian world so that all lakes and rivers flowed into the Tigris and Euphrates.

He conquered Anzu Bird and took back the clay tablet of fate that was stolen from Enlil. He also got the talisman from the three Enki gods.

The myths about conquering those strange minor gods and heroes are mostly fragmentary stories, and no complete myth has been preserved. However, some scholars believe that the story about conquering many enemies and going through several tests may have influenced the creation of The Twelve Trials of Hercules.

However, the person who really had contact with Hercules in the back room was not Ninurta, but Ninurta's brother Nergal.

In the ancient city of Hatra in Iraq, there is a relief that combines Nergal and Heracleos, which is a product of the Parthian Empire.

During the Assyrian period, Nergal was associated with many gods, and the Elamite god Simut was associated with Nergal because of his relationship as the god of Mars.

Kurmar, the deposed king of the Hurrians, was associated with Enlil and Dagon because of his nature as an agricultural god, and of course because of his identity as the king of the gods, he was also associated with Enlil and Dagon in a later period.

It was not until the Hellenistic period that the worship of Nergar naturally merged with the Greek gods in cities such as Palmyra, Hatra, and Tarsus.

This is not something too strange. After all, this is what the Greeks loved to do most. They equated the gods of other nations and cultures with the gods in Greek mythology and called them directly by the names of Greek gods.

As Herodotus describes in his Histories, the Sumerian sacred prostitute culture referred to Ishtar as Aphrodite.

However, the story of the sacred prostitute was something Herodotus heard from hearsay, so it cannot be discussed as a real situation.

Urodotus himself was not so much of a textual researcher. Compared to writing accurate history, he was more inclined to record legendary stories in many cases.

Both Nergal and Hercules were also confused with the Anatolian god Sandas, a god of war and possibly associated with plague and possibly the underworld.

"Then continue to do your duty in the city, Ninurta. This mountain still needs you, and Nippur also needs you, which is incomparable to anything else."

"I know this well, my Father. Nothing is more important than the cliff upon which you dwell. Nothing is more sacred than your dwelling place on earth."

Ninurta said this and took his leave, returning to the palace at the foot of the mountain to continue dealing with affairs in the city and adjusting the mountains behind him.

Mansu naturally did not do anything more to the mountain, because there was no need for it anymore. Ninurta was created to share his worries, so since he could do it, why should he do it himself?

"Lakhim's first attack is over. Uruk's losses are smaller than I expected. I should also prepare to leave. There will be no collapse and destruction in Nippur."

Nippur is undoubtedly the safest city in the entire Sumer at this moment. It is not so easy for Lakhim to reach here. There are cities in the entire eastern region of Sumer blocking it. In the end, the number of Lakhim who can break through the absolute Warcraft line and reach here is quite small.

"Let the surviving citizens go to Nippur for refuge. In addition, there is no need to recruit soldiers from the refugees. Only warriors will stay in Uruk.

The day of destruction has finally arrived, there are probably only two days left. This day, which was brought forward by Merlin, is also the day when I saw Uruk collapse.

But you don't need to collapse with Uruk. If you can escape to Nippur, your fate will be different.

If you want to survive, go to Nippur. If you want to fight, become the foundation of Uruk. You understand, the deadline is dusk, go and say goodbye to your family and friends. "

All the survivors of Uruk went to the ziggurat in the center of the city. When the attack happened, the citizens went here first.

No matter how you think about it, the divine tower in the center of the city should be the safest place in the city. The king is here, and capable defenses are also here.

Gilgamesh also sent people to gather the refugees under the tower, and then he stood on the tower and announced this loudly to all the survivors of Uruk.

If you want to survive, go to Nippur; if you want to perish with this city, stay here.

"You're back, Chaldea. It seems you succeeded in conquering the Gorgons. Hmm? You don't look well? Are you tired? Or have you seen too many bad things? Do you want to rest for a while? I'm sure no one would object."

By this time, Gilgamesh had already accepted the Chaldeans, and what they had done for the city was obvious to all and could not be ignored.

"No, King Gilgamesh, please continue."

"Really? That's good."

Gilgamesh smiled faintly and continued speaking happily:

"Ishtar, Quetzalcoatl, and the legendary Leopard Man! Hahaha, are you the Leopard Man?"

Although the Leopard Man had previously planned to seek refuge with Manshu, she promised to help Fujimaru Ritsuka in the jungle outside Ur.

Of course, Manshu also refused her to stay in Nippur. Manshu really had no intention of letting her stay in his area. It would be better to let her follow Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, so that he could be more relaxed.

"Your popularity is so high that I don't know what to do. This is the first time I've received such a complicated hospitality."

"Don't say that. Please forgive me. I'm in trouble too. I want to find something to make me laugh."

This is indeed a lamentable and miserable situation. The opponent is the Mother Goddess of Creation, Tiamat, who has returned as the evil of mankind.

"Then report the situation, Fujimaru. Tell me everything that happened in the cedar forest."

Ritsuka Fujimaru briefly reported their experiences along the way to Gilgamesh.

"Really? Merlin is dead. He was so powerful in reality, but he was defeated in his dream. This ending is really his style.

Then, human evil——Merlin did say that, didn’t he?

"Yes, it is said that it is one of the seven evils of mankind that the Magic King awakened in this land."④

"The beasts that appeared on this land don't seem to have fully awakened yet. After all, there is no reaction now. You have already faced the beast of disaster once. Can you find the one from Chaldea?"

"Well, we also can't find Beast's spiritual reaction, but if there is, I think it must be there, right?"

"Is it in the black Persian Gulf? On my way to Uruk, I checked from the air and saw a large number of creatures emerging from the black ocean. What is that, Gilgamesh?"

Although he was not discovered, no matter who he was, he could guess where the other party was. It must be the place where the abnormality came from, the Persian Gulf that had been soaked in black mud.

"Oh, I don't know. Although we tried to capture them, the captured individuals all melted and disappeared. So we are looking forward to you. How about you, Romani Achiman of Chaldea!"⑶

"Hmm... Really, the analysis is roughly complete, although it is only within the scope of my ability.

There is no time, let me first say the conclusion, it is composed of the sand and soil of the Age of Gods, which can be called the foundation of the Mesopotamian world, that is, the mud of the gods.

This is an individual that does not exist in the phylogenetic tree of life so far. Judging from the lack of individual differences between males and females, it should reproduce through asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.

According to the internal structure, the current shape is still a juvenile, and those guys can change further. The reason why the magic power response is so high is that the internal magic power circuit is that of the God Age life form. They can be regarded as the mass-produced version of Enkidu.

Based on this I named that entity Lachem, as the first child of the god Tiamat, which also means mud."

Dr. Roman quickly reported the results of Chaldea's analysis, revealing the true nature of Laheem and even guessing his real name.

"Oh, you actually named him Laheem. Actually, the king thought so too. We are quite compatible doctors."

Gilgamesh also responded generously, causing Ishtar beside him to complain in her heart.

Chapter 174: Getting Up

"From now on, the life forms that appear in the sea will be named Rahm! Sidoo... No, the soldier over there is 啾［◇零④§［Target∥≥思♂〈迩久≮燯“^兀腫∪№ＺHUaＮＱUN:Ah, pass on Rahm's name to each department, so that communication in the future will be much easier."

When Gilgamesh made a slip of the tongue, everyone realized that there seemed to be something disharmonious in the king's palace, and that disharmonious thing was that Siduri, the head witch, was not by the king's side.

"By the way, where's Miss Siduri?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka asked directly the moment he realized it, but Gilgamesh had no intention of doing so.

"Forget about Siduri. Now we have to prioritize the countermeasures against Lahem. Those guys have spread across Mesopotamia and attacked many cities. Not only are they killing people, they are also kidnapping people.

Reports have been received that those captured by the Lakhim have been taken to Eridu, and that the Lakhim seem to have taken advantage of Quetzalcoatl's absence to build a lair in the forest."

"Really? Looks like I have to protest in my own name. Has Ur also been controlled by Lahem?"

The fate of Ur and Eridu is predictable. Although Eridu still has the ability to resist compared to the city of Ur, that is all it can do.

The 10 Lahm rising from the Persian Gulf would undoubtedly attack the two cities closest to the Persian Gulf first.

After a brief resistance, Eilidu was ultimately defeated, and both cities soon fell into the hands of the Lachems.

"It seems so. Although I don't know why, they flew to Eridu after attacking Uruk. The monsters have the habit of sleeping at night, and maybe they are the same. In any case, that is the nest of those guys, but we can ignore it this time. We should go to the black sea that has changed color.

Once Tiamat awakens, it will all be over... No, it has already died. But it doesn't matter, after all, everyone has already accepted this end."

Gilgamesh was still able to speak relatively calmly about the situation at this time, after all, this had been foreseen long ago.

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However, Dr. Roman obviously did not understand what Gilgamesh said and made a puzzled sound.

Gilgamesh ignored the voice and continued speaking:

"Master of Chaldea, once Uruk is destroyed, the foundation of humanity will completely collapse. The singularity will also be burned up, and your Chaldea will disappear in this vortex of fire. If you don't want this to happen, fight until the last moment. Go to the observatory on the seashore and investigate--"

"Wait a minute, where is Miss Siduri?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka did not listen to Gilgamesh's words and ignore the matter, but asked again.

"...As for Siduri, she was taken away by the Lahems in order to protect the citizens, that's all."

Gilgamesh finally paused, the expression on his face suddenly fell, and after a moment of silence, he told the truth.

"Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier? Although I understand King Gilgamesh's position, if Miss Siduri is captured, we must hurry...!"

Mashu widened his eyes upon hearing this and said anxiously.

"Even if you try to stop me, I'm going to save Miss Siduri!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka echoed from the side, showing the determination of both of them.

"How dare you say that, you idiots! Then I order you to go to Eridu to investigate! Since I cannot leave here, the liaison work will be handed over to the leopards over there! The deadline is one day, settle the matter within one day and return to this throne!"

Gilgamesh did not deny it this time. Mashu was surprised and said in astonishment:

"Hey... uh, weird? King Gilgamesh...!? Can we really go save her!?"

"Don't be so proud, you are just guests from a foreign land! I have said it before, you are redundant from the beginning! You were never considered as Uruk's fighting force! If you can't be used, forget it! Although I originally planned to send a survey team to Eridu, this will save me trouble!"

Gilgamesh just kept his stubbornness to himself and said it in a pretentious manner.

"Oh, you said you didn't expect them to become a fighting force, but why do I feel like you've been ordering them around and giving them orders all the time?"

Da Vinci couldn't help but speak from the side.

"Humph, these are two different things. It is only natural for the king to give orders to the people, right?

Listen, act quickly! It is entirely up to you to decide what to do with the abducted people! Go to Eridu and confirm the true intentions of the Lachems, which will surely be part of defeating Tiamat!"

Gilgamesh waved his hand, and Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others took over the task. They did not dare to waste time and left the palace, rushing to Eridu without rest.

What fate would one face if kidnapped by Lahem? This is something that might be hard to imagine. After all, if one thinks about it, one will probably be unable to stop thinking in the bad direction.

The scene in the city clearly showed that Lahem was completely hostile to humans, or rather, he had no malice at all, but was just acting like a child by nature.

But this is obviously even more terrifying. The fate of humans who fall into their hands will probably be no better than the torn human flesh lying on the ground.

So now they had no choice but to hurry up and hope to arrive and rescue the residents of Uruk who had been abducted from Eridu before they did anything more.

Otherwise, there is probably nothing more to do.

"Siduri... she really doesn't have a very good memory. Although she is following Gilgamesh's orders, she is also a kind person. I have seen this myself, and it cannot be ignored."

Mansu could certainly save what was happening in Uruk, and Ding'an could do it as long as he was willing to do it.

Nippur is not too far from Ujurg. It must have taken Lakhmid to reach Uruk from the Persian Gulf longer than it took Manjushri to get from Nippur to Uruk.

What's more, Mansu knew that this incident would happen in advance, so it was reasonable for him to come to Uruk in advance, or even go to the Persian Gulf to block the gate, which might not be impossible.

But what's the point of this? Mansu's feelings for the people of Sumer may be similar to the feelings he had when he saw the wind pterosaur of Quetzalcoatl soaring over Eridu.

These were inhabitants of a remote past, members of the earliest civilization yet discovered, and unlikely to be seen anywhere else except here.

In a few hundred years, the Sumerian regime will completely disappear, the Amorites will rule this land, and the Assyrian and Babylonian civilizations will occupy the upper and lower reaches of Mesopotamia respectively.

The Sumerian culture and customs will gradually be integrated into it, but the true style will naturally disappear over time.

If this were not the case, the stories of Sumer would certainly not have continued to be passed down to later generations.

Although other civilizations that continued to circulate in the Mesopotamian region inherited their stories, changed their appearance, and passed them on, their true appearance was never seen.

If we could see its true appearance, why would the entire Sumerian civilization have to rely almost entirely on archaeological discoveries to complete it?

The current situation of Sumerian civilization can only be said to be better than that of Indus Civilization, also known as Harappan Civilization.

After all, the Sumerian civilization also had an impact on the subsequent civilizations in Mesopotamia. Although the Sumerian language died out early, the Akkadians at least passed down the cuneiform script to a later period.

Cuneiform influenced Elam in Mesopotamia, and indirectly influenced Media and Persia after Elam, and then the subsequent civilizations of Babylon and Assyria. ⑵

People use modern Iranian to trace back to medieval Iranian and ancient Iranian (Iran is Persia, and the name Iran was given by the Greeks) to decipher the cuneiform script of ancient Iran.

Next, we will decipher the Babylonian and Neo-Elamite languages through multi-textual artifacts from the same period. The most famous artifact is Darius' Behistun Inscription, which is written in Neo-Elamite, Old Iranian and cuneiform. It records Darius' experience of suppressing the Persian rebellion after he seized the throne when Cambyses died of illness during the rebellion. ⒋

Then, through the deciphered Babylonian language, we traced back to the early Akkadian cuneiform script, and finally to the decipherment of the Sumerian cuneiform script.

The first discovery of the Indus Civilization was in 1921 when the ancient city of Harappa was discovered. Between 1992 and 4000, a total of objects believed to contain writing were unearthed.

The characters used by the Indus Civilization were still quite primitive and ancient. They basically appeared in strings on flat rectangular seals and various vessel decorations. Most of the strings were relatively short. The longest inscription discovered so far only has a total of 34 characters.

However, the number of symbols discovered today has exceeded 400, which is one of the reasons why it is recognized as text.

However, this script still cannot be deciphered. There is no record of the Indus Civilization in the existing historical records, and no bilingual materials have been unearthed. It is even impossible to determine the language family. In addition, due to the short length of the inscriptions, some people even think that it is questionable whether the Indus script can be expressed orally. ⑥