Chapter 658 Dirty PY Deal
Defeated! Marduk was defeated!
Seeing with their own eyes the most powerful King of Kings reduced to ashes, the remaining Babylonian gods were completely terrified.
"Put down your weapons, and those who surrender will be spared!"
As Loen in the sky shouted loudly, the Babylonian gods no longer had the will to resist and raised their hands in surrender.
Even though there are a few die-hards with dim brains who are still resisting, facing the united coalition forces and the overwhelming God of Origin, Lorne, the only way waiting for them is to go down with Marduk.
Soon, all resistance was suppressed, and the surrendered Babylonian gods had their powers and authority sealed one by one and were escorted to the Hanging Gardens controlled by Queen Semiramis, waiting to be dealt with by the goddess Tiamat after she returned to power.
The dust has settled.
Loen raised his hand slightly, picked up the dull clay tablet of destiny, and handed it to Tiamat, who had transformed into a human form, behind him.
This is the destiny artifact of the Babylonian Age of Gods and also the secret treasure of Tiamat.
It is only right that things be returned to their original owners.
However, Tiamat shook her head slightly, turned the clay tablet into a golden life card, and put it on Lorne herself:
"You are my husband, and what's mine is yours."
On that wedding night, she had already given everything to the man in front of her.
This includes her divine power to rule and create all beasts.
It is also because of this that the war monster Behemoth and the doomsday giant eagle Sira were born.
Now that her children have survived the crisis, it doesn’t matter to a “mother” who holds the so-called “destiny”.
Luo En smiled and decisively accepted the gift. He then opened his right hand, revealing a light core composed of countless wedge-shaped divine patterns:
"Then you should accept this, right? I don't want to be rejected twice."
The Great Source of the World Stolen by Marduk!
Tiamat understood her husband's good intentions and did not refuse again. She opened her mouth and swallowed the source essence to make up for her own shortcomings.
As if sensing that the authority of the world had returned to the hands of the original mother, all things in the entire Babylonian Age of Gods made clear and pleasant sounds, and together offered congratulations to the goddess Tiamat.
However, due to the devastating flood and the war of gods, the entire Babylonian Age of the Gods was in ruins.
Both Tiamat's self-completion and the gradual recovery of the world require a slow process.
Since there was no result yet, Loen simply let the matter go and asked everyone about the battle damage and casualties on both sides.
At the beginning of the war, the gods of the underworld chose to rescue Nineveh, Ur, Babylon and other places first, so most of the residents of these city-states survived.
On the contrary, Uruk was in a miserable situation.
Not only was he isolated and helpless, but the presence of two diehard elements, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, attracted almost all the attention of the Babylonian gods, and he was dealt with by the gods one after another.
After the war of gods, there were only a few thousand people left in the entire city of Uruk. Even Gilgamesh himself was accidentally hit by a curse bullet and suffered "only a fatal injury".
However, Gilgamesh didn't mind it at all.
He had long been tired of the hard-working life of a king, and had no intention of continuing the so-called glory of Uruk, so he took the opportunity to resign and go to the Garden of Eden with Enkidu to retire.
Of course, lying completely flat is impossible.
After all, he still had the job of judge of the underworld, so the most he could do was to slack off and let the other six judge colleagues share more of the burden.
As for the defeated Babylonian gods, they were naturally even more miserable.
Faced with the combined efforts of the underworld, demons, descendants of gods, and angels, more than half of the gods with names and surnames perished, and even Anu, the god of heaven, and Enki, the god of earth, were not spared.
Only a few clever cats and kittens were left on the scene. Seeing that things were not going well, they raised their hands in surrender.
However, what Loen did not expect was that Enlil, the Lord of Air and one of the three pillars of gods, actually broke through the deadlock and escaped successfully.
This was due to the fact that the moon god Sin, a filial son, could not bear to kill him, and also because of Enlil's own ruthlessness and decisiveness.
He was the first to realize that the Babylonian gods had no hope of winning, so he decisively sold out the god of heaven Anu and the god of earth Enki and ran away quickly.
After all, because of the disputes over theocracy, he had had conflicts with the other two of the Three Pillars of God and with Marduk, the King of Kings.
The entire Babylonian Age of Gods was also the property of the eldest nephew's family and had little to do with him.
When disaster strikes, we naturally cannot expect him to die for us.
"As expected of the God of Storms and Air, he is good at changing his attitude and running away."
Loen sighed and simply observed a few seconds of silence for Anu and Enki, who were killed by him.
Then, he looked at the Moon God Xin in front of him with interest:
"Do you know where Enlil could have gone, sir?"
Feeling an invisible pressure looming over him, Moon God Xin thought of Marduk, the King of Kings who had turned into ashes not long ago. He couldn't help swallowing and felt a little uneasy.
Although they are father and son, his old father never cares about family affection at all.
And even if there is some blood relationship, he has already paid back what he owed in this war of gods.
Next, you have to consider your own life and future.
Moon God Xin made up his mind, lowered his head quickly, and replied respectfully:
"Sir, look at the direction, it should be the land of Canaan!"
"Canaan?"
Lorne's eyes lit up and a bright smile appeared on his face.
Good run!
He was worried that he had no reason to harm this old neighbor from the Babylonian Age of Gods and harvest the sixth portion of World Essence.
Enlil's escape gave him a ready-made excuse.
——My fellow countryman, open the door. One of the three gods of our family has disappeared in your territory. Let us go in and take a look.
Although he had prepared the negotiation lines, Loen did not intend to put them into action immediately.
The Babylonian Age of the Gods suffered heavy damage from this battle and needed to be rebuilt.
It would not be too late to wait until Tiamat absorbs the essence of the Babylonian Age of Gods and re-enters the origin before sending warmth to the Canaanites next door.
Loen nodded secretly and figured out the next plan of action in his mind.
However, fate has no fixed script, and things will never develop as one wishes.
Just as everyone was busy cleaning up the battlefield and repairing the damaged Babylonian Age of Gods, a purple-black beam of light appeared in the southern sky.
Dense thunder and fierce storms were constantly brewing and churning in it, and large patches of inky black clouds were spreading rapidly towards the city of Uruk.
Wherever he passed, the stars were extinguished and the sun and the moon were lost.
Are you going to take action so soon?
Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, then wait for the fisherman to reap the benefits, right?
Luo En narrowed his eyes and asked the gods:
"Who is the origin god of the Canaanite Age of Gods?"
"El the Most High."
Moon God Xin answered respectfully and carefully introduced the theocratic structure of his old neighbor.
El is the god of origin worshipped by the Canaanites. He is supreme, so he is also called the "Supreme One". He and his wife, Asherah, the Queen of Heaven, live together in the sky temple surrounded by storms and thunder, overlooking the world.
Below them were three sons and one daughter, namely Baal, the god of thunder and storms, Yam, the god of the sea, Mot, the god of the underworld, and Anat, the goddess of love and fertility.
According to the characteristics of theocracy, the three sons respectively rule the sky, the sea and the earth.
The daughter Anat is special in that she is responsible for mediating the relationship between her three brothers.
However, it is said that Anat prefers her elder brother Baal and has already hooked up with him.
With the help of his sister and the favor of his mother, Baal, the god of thunder and storms, has gradually defeated his other brothers, sidelined his father King El, and become the designated next god of origin and leader of the Canaanite gods.
Ignore the parents?
The next God of Origin?
Luo En's eyes flashed, and he turned to look at Moon God Xin:
“What is the relationship between Canaan and Babylon?”
“There have been disputes, but there have also been collaborations.”
"What you mean by [cooperation] is..."
"The Battle of Origin!" Moon God Sin added solemnly, "I heard from Father... Enlil that the reason why Enki and Marduk were able to defeat Father God Apsu and Mother Goddess Tiamat as the kings of gods was because they received help from outsiders. Otherwise, their victory would not have been so easy."
I see!
Lorne suddenly realized, and couldn't help but recall the words that the Mother of Origin had uttered in a daze when she first met Tiamat:
"...many people, children were instigated and became bad. They wanted to kill me..." (See Chapter 38 for details)
Obviously, the rebellion of the Babylonian gods and the defeat of Tiamat were inseparable from the instigation and interference of their old neighbors, the Canaanite gods.
Alternatively, it may be that the Babylonian gods, led by Marduk, were unwilling to be inferior to others and took the initiative to collude with the Canaanite gods.
After solving the mystery in his mind, Lorne quickly thought of another thing:
"So, the outsiders who attacked Babylon and Ur before were not coincidental? Most likely, Marduk and his men took the initiative to invite the wolves into the house?" (See Chapter 54 for details)
"That's right."
Moon God Xin nodded and continued:
“Those Chaldeans who built their capital in Babylon came from Canaan!”
really!
Luo En sneered in his heart and was about to make a few sarcastic remarks, but suddenly frowned:
"Wait, what about the Hittites and Elamites?"
There were three foreign armies that invaded the Babylonian Age of Gods!
Moon Goddess Xin shook her head blankly, obviously not understanding it very well.
But soon, the celestial phenomena gave the answer.
"Buzz! Buzz!"
Two new spiral bands of light shot up into the sky from the east of the Babylonian Age of Gods, piercing through the misty chaos.
A giant pillar of blazing flames, with countless spirits born from the flames dancing and singing praises;
Another black torrent that seemed to connect to death, with densely packed corpses floating in it, wailing and wailing.
Origin! Two!
Loen's eyelids twitched wildly as he quickly analyzed and integrated the information in his brain.
Elamites...Hittites...Eastern...
Iranian Plateau and Turkish Regions…
Could it be Persia?!
As Loen looked at the blazing pillar of fire and the fire elves floating and singing around it, his guess had been basically confirmed.
In the early days of human civilization, the Indo-Europeans spread from their original habitat to the Eurasian continent, forming multiple ethnic groups. One group entered Asia Minor and developed into the Hittites, while another group migrated to the Iranian Plateau and became the Elamites.
After experiencing glory and decline, both laid the foundation for a common civilization.
It is Persia!
The Persians worshipped fire and established Zoroastrianism, regarding it as the embodiment of light. The strongest among them was named Zarwan.
Meaning "eternal time", nicknamed "Da Ming Zun", he is the only original god in Zoroastrianism.
Under him, two twins were born.
One is the good god Ahura Mazda, who inherited the divine power of fire and light.
Another is the evil god Angra Mainyu, who rules over a realm of death and darkness.
The two are opposed to each other and interdependent, forming a Persian mythology system that is both contradictory and unified.
Loen turned to look at the side of the giant pillar of fire, and the black torrent with countless corpses and undead souls floating on it, and he couldn't help swallowing.
The location is slightly south, and seems to be the South Asian subcontinent.
So, the Age of Indian Gods?
The unity of opposites in Persian mythology is not only reflected internally, but also projected externally.
According to the Avesta, a classic Persian scripture of Zoroastrianism, at the beginning of the world, King Feridun had three sons, namely the eldest son Tuor, the second son Salem and the youngest son Aryan. The king divided the empire into three parts when he was old. The eldest son Tuor ruled the east and evolved into the Turanians, who are the ancestor of the Turks; the second son Salem ruled the west and is the ancestor of the Romans; the youngest son Aryan ruled the central and southern parts and evolved into the Iranis, who are the ancestor of the Aryans.
During the war, a race called Aryan-Punjabi moved south into the northwest of the South Asian subcontinent, forming the Aryans mentioned in ancient Indian documents. They drove the ancient Dravidians south, created the Vedic culture and established the caste system, and brought the language of the Aryan-Punjabi language family to India.
Eventually, the ancient Aryans and the ancient Dravidians merged into today's South Asian subcontinent people with unique physical characteristics.
The word "Aryan" in ancient Persian culture is older than the Avesta, the classic Persian scripture of Zoroastrianism. One theory is that it comes from Iranian Persian, meaning "people of faith"; another theory is that it comes from Sanskrit, meaning "noble".
It is also possible that both Persian and Indian civilizations are its origins.
That's right.
The caste system and mythology system that laid the foundation of Indian civilization is another reflection of Persian civilization. The two are originally one, like the two sides of light and shadow.
Canaan, Persia, India...
The three great ages of gods, each with origin-level combat power, sandwiched the Babylonian gods in the middle, taking turns serving them openly and secretly, and with the collective rebellion of the gods Marduk, it is no wonder that even powerful gods like Apsu and Tiamat would fall.
This is a big pit!
Fortunately, I was cautious enough. Not only did I instigate the new gods and humans of the Babylonian era to rebel, I also kept silent until the critical moment when I showed up and took action. Only then did I defeat the old Babylonian gods in one fell swoop before things got too bad.
Otherwise, Marduk and the others would have noticed something was wrong and would have requested off-field assistance.
Canaan, Persia, India, plus the power of the Babylonian Age of Gods itself, four origin-level forces put together. Even if I have two world essences, I have no chance of winning in this situation.
When Luo En thought of this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and felt suddenly frightened.
However, the most dangerous moment has been passed smoothly.
Now, the Marduk gods of Babylon have been dealt with by him in advance. Even if Canaan, Persia and India unite, there are only three world sources.
Loen estimated that as long as he delayed for a short while, until Tiamat had completely integrated the world source, he could regain control of the Babylonian Age of Gods.
Three against three, our side may not be completely powerless.
Once he had survived the first wave of attacks and entered a strategic stalemate, he could call in reinforcements from mainland Europe.
When the time comes, you will be attacked from both inside and outside, and the balance of victory will eventually tip towards you.
Just as Loen's ideas were gradually coming to fruition, the first round of crisis arrived amidst the rolling thunderstorm and dark clouds.
A god with horns on his head and arcs of lightning flashing all over his body, led three men and one woman, crossed the barrier of the world wall, and officially stepped into the realm of the Babylonian Age of Gods.
——El the Supreme! The Canaanite Gods!
Luo En sensed the approach of the unique breath of origin, narrowed his eyes, and decisively ordered the gods behind him:
"Abandon the surface and lead the Mother Goddess back to the Garden of Eden. I will buy you some time!"
"Yes, my God!"
The gods bowed their heads respectfully in response, as if they had already regarded Loen as the king they served.
Then, they protected the remaining human believers and creatures on earth, and followed the goddess Tiamat into the Garden of Eden in the underworld.
After watching the last figure walk into the gate of the underworld, Loen no longer hesitated and led an army of eleven magical beasts and three doomsday beasts to the front line to resist the Canaanite gods.
At the same time, in the Age of Gods in Europe.
A breeze blew across the sea, and wisps of golden threads in the air trembled violently. Aglaia, who was busy handling official business on the Ares Mountain, suddenly opened his eyes and looked into the distance over the Mediterranean Sea.
I saw a huge golden warship supporting the sun, sailing in the clouds;
Above the sea, a snake-like monster with a lamprey-like ring-shaped serrated mouthparts was swimming towards the land with its huge body that stretched for thousands of miles.
Aglaya stood up suddenly, with a look of surprise in her eyes.
Here we come!
A moment later, the disaster bell on the God of War Mountain rang out, countless stars fell, and teams of Pegasus Knights rushed to various ages of gods and city-states.
The Pure Land, the Pantheon, Avalon, and the Heath Island lit up with dazzling holy flames one after another. A series of tense or solemn voices rang out in the minds of all living beings:
"Everyone, the foreign enemy is coming, the war is coming!"
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
