1. The underworld

When I opened my eyes in the darkness, I saw a barren and dead place where there was no life.

The breath of death filled the air, and the sound of wails came from afar.

Occasionally, blue dots of light appeared in the chaos in the distance, and in the blink of an eye, they were engulfed by darkness again.

This is the underworld, the underworld that belongs to the Sumerians.

Stunned to stroke the chest that had been intact for some time, subconsciously following the habits of the body and wanting to breathe, but suddenly noticed a heartbeat that disappeared for no reason.

"Sure enough, it's dead."

Sighing, Qi Wuce examined his condition.

The body is the state of the soul body, and as for the physical body, it is probably because it was completely infunctional before the transmission began, and it was not able to be teleported to this era.

"Well, this kind of situation always feels a little familiar......"

"Oh! Isn't that what he's good at! ”

Pounding his palm, Qi Wuce looked like he had suddenly realized, as for the fact that his body was dead, he had already been thrown out of the clouds.

Anyway, the physical body cannot be preserved in the process of rebirth, so there is not much difference between dying in Rome and dying in the Sumirian underworld.

"Well, anyway, I'm here, let's go see my old acquaintances first."

Thinking like this, Qi Wuce wandered around the stone bridge of the underworld where his teeth were intertwined.

In the underworld of Sumer, it is not the first time that Qi Wuce has come, because Enkidu's relics and clothes were buried here by Gilgamesh, so in previous years, Qi Wuce would always come here to pay respects.

This habit was maintained for a long time, until he saw Enkidu who had turned into a heroic spirit again.

The Sumerian king of the underworld, Eleshkigal patrolled the empty underworld as always.

The underworld is a place where all the filth of the world, such as corruption, death, and plague, gathers in such a place, and no living thing will like such a place, not even the gods, and no decent thing will ever want to come to such a place except the souls of dead creatures.

It was such a lonely and desolate abode, where the goddess named Elishkigal had worked for immeasurable years.

Compared to the priesthood, which is an abomination to all things in the world, the colleagues who live in the heavenly realm and enjoy the sincere worship and worship of the people will undoubtedly make her jealous in her lonely years.

Especially her sister, the one who was favored by the gods as a jewel in her palm. When she understood why she was so disgusted, the hatred that came from her heart burned like an eternal flame.

Obviously they are sisters born together, why can the woman of Ishtar enjoy the admiration of all the people and the favor of all gods in the human and heavenly realms.

And she can only be accompanied by endless death and decay, and feel lonely in this barren underworld for the rest of her life.

It's unfair to think about it, right?

With such resentment, with hatred of the gods. The goddess named Elishkigal waited for the end in her disgruntled but diligent work in the underworld.

Even the gods are not eternal, and when that day comes, this never-ending boredom will cease, and the death that the world hates will no longer be her.

Day after day she waited, and one day, Eleshkigal felt death descend from the heavens, and the gods who had been fearing and ostracizing her all her life inexplicably came to her embrace.

Was it a miracle that answered my prayer?

But I'm just thinking about it, but don't you really all die!

Fearful of her wishes, Ereshkigal once again prayed for a miracle.

However, it was all for naught, and the gods eventually disappeared one after another on that day.

"Yo! Are you the god of this underworld? ”

One day after the gods disappeared, a young man appeared in the underworld and greeted the mistress of the underworld in the tone of a visitor.

At the end of the memories, Elle used the lightsaber created by the Divine Spear Heating Temple in her hand to guide the last soul who came to the underworld to a warmer place, and then began her occasional leisure time.

Operating the joystick to control the villain on the screen to constantly jump from the platform to the next, Ereshkigal's mind slowly immersed himself.

It's not that the game is fun, it's just that it's fresh enough compared to the things in the underworld that haven't changed for countless years.

Unfortunately, time is constantly passing, and the fragile creatures in the world are always passing away in the progress of time.

"Wait, don't drag me! It's about to break the record! Wait a minute, please wait a little longer, just a little longer, and I'll be going to work right away. ”

Games can make people depraved, and gods are no exception.

Qi Wuce stood silently behind Ereshkigal, looking at the other party's face that was fully engaged in the game and concentrated, and couldn't help but feel some remorse in his heart for doing something wrong.

If I had known that the other party would be addicted, I shouldn't have given this thing away in the first place.

That being said, seeing Elle who was addicted to the game, Qi Wuce still couldn't bear to disturb the other party, after all, this was one of the few entertainment items for Elleshkigal.

Half a day later......

Looking at the goddess, go down a hundred floors" was infinitely renewed in Elle's hands, and the speed of each floor when crossing the screen has reached more than ten times the speed of sound.

At this time, the picture is already dizzying just by looking at it, and if you describe it with the human eye, the screen is completely just a cloud of white light that looks like it is flickering.

Of course, the fact that Elishkigal was able to play so vigorously was also due to the many distractions that Qi Wuce added to the game.

Not counting the dozens of additional traps added to the game, there are no less than ten types of obstacles that can be triggered by the console.

"Whew! Finally broke the record, and the next thing was to work happily. ”

Due to the mistake caused by the distracting aura emanating from the handle, Eleshkigal finally put down the handle without getting enough of it.

Remembering the feeling of tugging behind her back during the game before, Eleshkigal looked back behind her, and ......

“……”

“……”

Looking at the old acquaintance who was greeting him, Elishkigal's cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hmm...... Wow!!! You...... When the hell did you come here! Actually peeping at me behind my back without saying a word! ”

"Voyeurism? No, no, no, I just chose to remain silent because I agreed to a goddess's request, 'Just a little while, I'll go to work right away'. ”

Qi Wuce, who felt funny because of the goddess's blush, couldn't help but regenerate the idea of teasing the other party in his heart.

"So, does the hard-working hostess of the underworld actually have a time when she is lazy?"

"Lazy? Fishing? What are you talking about! I only take a break once in a while! ”

A goddess of the underworld struggled loudly.