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"In other words, who stuffed the spirit base of [Enqidu] into the body of the [Fenbaba] he was destined to defeat, and through external pressure, prompted the young king to go on a crusade, turning his best friend into a mortal enemy, well, I see." Tosaka said as he polished the new gem.

By this time, Ryunosuke and Matthew had already returned to Uruk and informed Prime Minister Uruk of the details of the operation.

As for the young Gilgamesh, after realizing that he seemed to have fallen for someone else's deception, his aura became very dangerous, and he took out a "skateboard" from the king's treasure and stepped on it without saying a word.

"I'm a little strange, the Ancient King should have the [All-Knowing and All-Powerful Star], why didn't he find this problem?" Although Ryunosuke had some guesses, he still raised this doubt.

"Yes, of course, omniscient and omnipotent," Tosaka put down the polished gem and picked up another rough embryo: "But only below the demigods, and if they are not deliberately concealed by other demigods or above, after all, this is the [Age of Mythology], and with only two-thirds divinity, you can only guarantee that you will not be monitored or misled by the senses at any time." ”

"It's like Yard, there's nothing else to do here but GPS." Ryunosuke glanced at the blue-gray cube.

"Hey! Yade exclaimed dissatisfiedly, "[I can still monitor the reaction of the demonic beast and the spiritual power, can the GPS do it?] 】”

He's really compared to GPS......

"But......" Matthew said hesitantly, "you don't seem to be depressed, and you seem to feel a little happy?" Did you find something? ”

"Of course there are discoveries," Tosaka put down the sapphire and diamond file in his hand and chuckled: "If this crusade against Finbaba goes very smoothly without any accidents, I will be vigilant, because the other party's purpose of interfering with Enkidu is completely unpredictable, but the other party uses the characteristics of Finbaba and Enkidu to fuse it and them together to frame the young king, which is equivalent to showing the tip of the iceberg of his own purpose, and is no longer completely hidden under the surface of the sea, Then the next plan can be formulated in a targeted manner. ”

"That is to say, just as the two sides play chess, when each other's chess pieces are in place, it is completely impossible to guess the opponent's chess style and ideas, but as long as the opponent makes a move, even the most common moves have entered the range of speculation and analysis." Ryunosuke answered.

"You're nice, are you interested in being my student? Of course, it's not just about being a lapidary. Tosaka nodded approvingly.

"Teacher." Ryunosuke nodded without hesitation.

This is not a snake beating with a stick or kicking his nose in the face, just judging from the words and actions of this Tosaka, we know that he has something to do with Mr. Tosaka of Fuyuki, and that Mr. Tosaka, who once "did not exist", very generously gave Rin a magic mark that surprised Rin very much when "himself" came to the door to ask for help because of the awakening of the magic circuit, and the effect of that magic mark on his journey was also obvious.

Ryunosuke boldly guessed that Mr. Tosaka was probably the prime minister here before he "appeared", but I don't remember, this matter does not need to be pointed out, and it cannot be pointed out, otherwise it is likely to cause the [Time Paradox] or something.

"So, what's next for you?" Matthew glanced at the second floor of the jewelry store, "Do you want Rin, well, Miss Ishtar to confess to the young Jill?" I don't think I can do it. ”

"Not likely! Yes, by all means! With the voice of the little girl, which was clearly irritated, little Ishtar floated down from the second floor from her huge harp-like bow: "You two! First to help the savage Quetzalcoatl goddess in the south, and now you want me to confess to that nasty Jill? I'm going to strip you of all your riches! Let you die poor! ”

Obviously, she was unaware of the previous crusade against Finbaba, and her memory was still parked after she took away the car, before she fainted due to the conflict of divine powers.

Although he said that he would make "you" poor to death, the little girl's eyes never took off the golden sword behind Ryunosuke's back.

"Don't think about it, it's a treasure, even if you take it away, Ryunosuke can make an exact one out of other strips." Tosaka stood up and walked over to Ryunosuke, pressing the freshly carved blue-green gem to the hilt of the golden greatsword.

Huhuhuhu-

With a faint sound of wind, the entire golden greatsword vanished, but if you looked closely, you could still see subtle distortions and divergences in the air where it had been.

"Cut...... Noble Phantasm, how much does Gil want," Ishtar pouted, and looked at the street outside the door: "Just now I sensed that a lot of wealth is approaching, has someone discovered a new gold and silver mine?" ”

Wait a minute, does it matter how much Jill has in there?

"That's true, since we just finished cleaning up a fierce demon beast, and just happened to bring back the backlog of production over there, and the gold, silver and gems will be transported directly to the temple according to custom, does the goddess want to go and see it?" Tosaka held out his hand to Ishtar.

"Yes!" The little goddess jumped down from her bow and took Tosaka's hand in a beautiful way.

This is a strong atmosphere of a father coaxing his daughter...... In order to avoid any strange looks, Ryunosuke tilted his head to the side and walked out after Tosaka.

Obviously, the teacher's teaching is not only words but also examples, and when it is inconvenient to explain the meaning of action at this time, he can only let Ryunosuke figure it out by himself.

So far, what you can see is ...... This goddess can only coax, it is best to be treated as her own person, and the behavior pattern can be guided by words, but don't directly go against her wishes.

As soon as he walked out of Tosaka's gem shop, Ryunosuke saw a series of loaded manpower or animal-powered carts coming from the direction he had defeated Fenbaba, but judging by the fact that the Uruk people who were pulling the carts or driving the carts were somewhat injured or tired, it was clear that they were not doing well in the days when they were cut off.

As Tosaka said, the reason why this Fenbaba had to be removed was that it blocked a "corner" of Uruk's "eye", directly cutting off the import of minerals, livestock, timber and fresh water in that direction, as well as the support of conventional forces to those resource points - the three Gilgamesh could still support that side from a distance.

Causing chaos in Uruk, undermining the confidence of the inhabitants outside the city, and destroying the friendship between the young Gil and the young Enkidu, can be described as killing three birds with one stone, and it can be said that the main messenger who drove Finbaba there was quite clever.

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"Ahh Dislike! How can there be the breath of Warcraft again? Is that old woman in Gorgon so idle? ”

In the temple of Ishtar, the little goddess was sitting on the throne, kicking her calves while inspecting the gold and precious stones sent to the temple, which was her favorite part, but at this time she was obviously not in a good mood, and she had already knocked over several plates of gold presented by the temple maids.

"Next." The priest, who was not moved by the goddess's chaos at all, said lightly.

It was a woman with a gentle temperament and a calm attitude, as if everything was under control, she wore an elegant and exquisite one-piece dress, her long black hair was coiled up at the back of her head, and her face was covered with a thin light green veil, revealing only a pair of gentle eyes.

"That's the goddess's chief priest [Aoi]," Tosaka, who remained outside the temple gate, listened to the movement inside and introduced Ryunosuke, "who is responsible for collecting the tribute offered to the goddess and delivering the oracle." ”

"Convey?" Ryunosuke was a little puzzled, this goddess is alive and doesn't have a mouth, can't she express what she wants to say?

"Of course she can express it, but everyone in the temple will only listen to Siduri's interpretation." Tosaka seemed to guess Ryunosuke's doubts, and his blue eyes bent slightly before he spoke.

Hey? In this case...... Well, guessed it......

"Frame, Goddess of the Sky?" Matthew didn't seem to have figured it out yet, and asked with slightly widened eyes.

"Heh, you keep listening." Tosaka shook his head and smiled.

"Kish, Lagash, and your, the gems and gold offered in these three villages all have the smell of magical beasts! To be asleep at the switch! Arrest their village governors and the people in charge of mining! In the middle of the conversation, Ishtar overturned another plate of gold and issued an "oracle".

However, no one moved inside or outside the temple.

"Convey the 'oracle' to the kings," Siduli's gentle voice sounded: "There are a large number of demonic beasts wandering near the three villages and towns of Kish, Lagash, and your, and they may attack in the near future, please immediately send troops to support or organize the transfer." ”

Two voices immediately rang out from inside the temple, and a temple maid and a guard walked out quickly.

"Hmph, it's cheap," Ishtar sat on the throne and dangled, seemingly unconcerned about Siduri's tampering with the oracle in front of him, and instead turned his gaze to the next batch of treasures: "The red one!" Bring it to me first! ”

"This ......" Matthew didn't seem to turn the corner yet, looking confused.

"Half of the goddess's personality is what you and the chief priest of Siduli are used to......" Ryunosuke looked at Tosaka with a complicated expression.

"No, the goddess is like this, as the patron saint of Uruk, she wants to care about mortals, but she can't let go of the goddess's shelf, so after discovering the problem, she often thinks that some orders can solve the problem, which often makes things more complicated," Tosaka shook his head: "For example, just now, she saw that there were demonic beasts trying to attack the mine or mine, so she ordered all the miners to be arrested, so that the attack would fail, and the village governor was arrested to prevent him from giving the order to resume work, and if the chief was caught." Naturally, Uruk City needs to send temporary officials, so there must also be accompanying escorts, so that the defense of the village and town itself can be strengthened. ”

"......" Ryunosuke was speechless for a while, after making so many detours, it's a shame that you two can understand.

"There's also a blind spot that the goddess doesn't think of," Tosaka continued, "she thinks she's right, she thinks of mortals, and she doesn't think about whether her own unjustifiable actions will lead to her being treated as an evil god who wants to be fun, and gives orders indiscriminately." ”

"And that's just words, and to cite the fact that she once passed by a pasture and noticed that a third of the sheep were infected with some kind of plague that could only be spread in a latent state, and if left unchecked, the entire flock would die, so she killed the infected sheep and flew away without explanation," Tosaka shrugged, "What do you think a herder who has lost a third of his flock for nothing?" ”

Ryunosuke really had nothing to say this time.

"However, as the saying goes, things must be opposed, otherwise the extreme Tailai, Ishtar's behavior with a very bad reputation among the people almost completely branded herself as an evil god, so she was invited to the [Goddess Alliance] who vowed to destroy Uruk, and she also chose to join out of righteous indignation at the fact that most of the Uruk citizens did not trust her, and as a result, after seeing that the situation of other goddesses was not misunderstood like her, but really wanted to destroy Uruk, she panicked and asked me and Siduli to discuss countermeasures-the face was at a loss at that time, a goddess who wants to cry out at any time, it is probably impossible to see it a second time. As he uttered the last few words, Tosaka lowered his voice, but a fatherly smile appeared on his face.

It turns out that those kings saw this, and they would allow her temple to be in the middle of the palace of the Three Kings, you know, whether it is an epic or a historical fact or a fact, Gilgamesh is very unkind to see the existence of gods - except for his mother, the goddess Ningsun.

“…… If the goddess took all the gold and precious stones, wouldn't it have any effect on Uruk's economy? Although he understood, in order to prevent Tosaka from continuing to show his "daughter", Ryunosuke decided to forcibly change the topic.

"Remember, this is the god generation," Tosaka repeated the concept, "gold and gems are very high-quality materials in the field of magic, and it is impossible to let them circulate as currency, and the gold and gems selected by the goddess, except for a few for her own use, most of them are plated on the armor and weapons of the soldiers defending the city with blessings, and as for the ones circulating in the market, they are basically silver coins minted from silver with very poor magical effect, but similar to the price." ”

"Hmm......" Ryunosuke listened to Tosaka's explanation, and slightly verified his previous guess: insulators such as wood and ceramics are very well adapted to magic infusion, while copper and iron are relatively poor, and at that time, due to time constraints, he did not find silver with excellent conductivity to test, but now it seems that it has been completely abandoned, that is, he has proved his inference from the side.

A physics teacher who can't cross is not a good magician, huh......

"Ahem, ahem! What is this? Choking! Ishtar, who was in the temple, suddenly coughed loudly.

"Returning to the goddess, the donor calls it 'chili'."

"Ahem! Scratch me, catch—sneeze! ”