No One Understands Being the Villain Better Than Me
Chapter 149

Veteran Driver Princess on Mount Akina 4k

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At dawn, the Solar Calendar Stone shimmered with light, and above the dome, Projection simulating celestial bodies coalesced and took shape, as the lingering night gradually faded away.

Inside the embassy, the table was littered with cups and plates Jaguar Man, who had pulled his head out of the floor, curled up like an earthworm with his plump buttocks sticking out, fast asleep.

Siduri, who needed to transfer and relocate supplies, left early.

The Feathered Serpent God before the steps gently swirled his wine bowl, gazing elegantly at the scenery both within and beyond the heavens.

On her lap, little Anna, her face flushed, lay carelessly on her lap, a gentle smile on her lips, as if she were having a sweet dream.

Merlin, the criminal who tricked the little girl into drinking, was bound and hung from the rafters by the black chains released by Anna, and left to air dry.

At this moment, on the upper floor.

The Shepherd King and the God of the Underworld sat side by side.

As the sunlight fell on the goddess's shoulders, the serene gold in her hair gradually transformed into a vibrant black.

"Is it almost dawn?"

Ishtar stretched lazily, as if waking from a deep dream.

"Um..."

As Samael pondered, a gentle look appeared in his eyes.

"And... thank you..."

Ereshkigal's ability to raise her consciousness to the surface and freely control her body was largely due to Ishtar's concession.

"Um, by the way..."

The goddess raised her index finger, touched her delicate pink lips, and affectionately put her left arm around Samael's shoulder, then whispered in the Shepherd King's ear.

"Her kissing skills are terrible, right?"

"You can feel it?!"

Samael coughed violently, and his face turned ashen.

"Certainly!"

Ishtar wore a smug, triumphant smile, her upturned lips resembling those of a fox that had just stolen a chicken and was grinning slyly.

"I am the dominant one in the body on the ground. As long as I am on guard, even if my consciousness is dormant, I can still perceive the changes in my body from a third-person perspective."

"Oh ho, you're quite the flirt! No wonder I taught you!"

"However, tsk tsk, after all these years, she hasn't made any progress at all. This kind of thing always requires others to take the initiative again and again."

"Such a troublesome woman, I don't know what she's good for. You might as well dump her. If you want to learn something, I can continue to teach you."

The goddess leaned over and cornered Samael against the wall. Her playful expression suddenly turned into one of restless desire.

However, unexpectedly, the raised fingers and palms from the other side slid up Ishtar's slender neck, and in a tingling sensation, stopped at her earlobe and gently rubbed it.

"Mmm..."

"You... you... how could you!"

The Great Goddess of Uruk instantly blushed on one side of her face, and her earlobe gushed blood. Like a startled rabbit, she hurriedly darted a few steps away, shrank into a corner, and stammered.

It's a sensitive spot, and it seems to react even more easily Ereshkigal.

Samael rubbed his fingertips, which were still suspended in mid-air, with lingering interest. Looking at Ishtar, who was full of vigilance, he rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"That's it? You think I'll learn from you?"

"Tch, you underestimate me! Does having a lot of theoretical knowledge not work?!"

Ishtar stubbornly defended herself.

"Heh, you think you can teach me the theory? Do you really think my 10GB of learning materials were for nothing!"

"Huh? Study materials?"

"Want to know? Classes are charged by the hour."

"Dream on! This goddess is notorious for taking but not giving! You won't get a single penny out of me!"

The eccentric, greedy goddess with a mad love for gems instantly snapped to attention upon hearing about tuition fees, clutching her purse tightly and instantly forgetting the romantic encounter she had just experienced.

After easily puncturing Ishtar's old fox facade, the ancient serpent smiled contemptuously and strutted arrogantly.

Of course, what the goddess of love, who was fooled, didn't know was that the serious people had already been putting their skills to the test.

Not being a single woman in her thirties, how could she possibly develop such a reserved and passionate personality? Who wouldn't download so many study materials?

On Mount Akina, true veteran drivers never bother with words; they rely on their hands to make precise judgments and assessments.

Samael understands this all too well.

Buzz...

As the last vestiges of night faded, Quetzalcoatl threw down his wine bowl, and the crowd downstairs, who had been maintaining a vigilant distance from the outside world, instantly sobered up and stood up abruptly.

"Phew, is it time?"

Ishtar exhaled a long breath, her delicate hands, hidden in the corner, trembled slightly, and her heart pounded violently.

In the soft morning light, a hand gently grasped her slightly trembling hand. The goddess was taken aback and turned her head, only to see the Shepherd King beside her, smiling and winking at her.

"So, are you ready to protect your people and your city-state, Your Majesty?"

"Certainly!"

Standing before the railing, Ishtar, bathed in the light, overlooks the entire Uruk, taking in everything.

The goddess gradually tightened her grip on that hand that held her dependence, her tone firm and her expression proud.

"Even if the Father God himself comes, he will not be able to harm my property or lay a finger on my kingdom!"

At this moment, in the fortified city that had become an isolated island, there was silence and solemnity. Inside the houses, relatives and friends embraced each other to say goodbye.

The last group of Uruk warriors on their rest day received their gleaming spears and shields from their families, and spontaneously lined up in the streets to reinforce each other's lines.

The remaining able-bodied men and women went to the sacrificial site as the first echelon, responsible for transporting supplies and ready to fill gaps in the battle line at any time.

The elderly, weak, women, and children, who had little fighting ability, picked up their packed belongings and, with the help of the Leopard Beastkin, moved towards the Royal Palace Divine Tower, which had the most stringent protective spells.

The entire city was like a tightly wound machine, its gears meshing and turning, exuding in silence the terrifying resilience and endurance of the human species.

Outside Uruk, the height of the Great Flood reached the city walls, and the abyss was dark and deep, merging heaven and earth together.

"Boom!"

Thousands of crimson lightning bolts raged forth, striking the Solar Calendar Stone power circle that protected Uruk.

Under the flash of lightning, tens of thousands of grotesquely laughing Lahmu floated on the black water.

Dozens of towering columns of wind, carrying a fierce torrent of water and swarms of corrupted evil spirits, slammed violently against the outer wall of the defensive line.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a terrifying Aether Tide surged from the north, unleashing a furious wave of crimson and black, quickly staining the waters with a sinister hue.

The ground trembled violently, and even the city walls, which were frantically layered with protective spells, shook.

Amidst the flashes of lightning and thunder, a massive shadow rose from the water and the earth's strata, and an indescribable terror spread.

Looking towards the rising waves to the north, everyone's hearts clenched, their expressions were solemn, and their palms were soaked with cold sweat.

On the seventh day, the Creator awoke!

Leonidas slammed his spear heavily to the ground, the veins bulging as he let out a hysterical roar.

"High alert! Prepare for an attack!"

The soldiers and Magecraft, whose minds had been stolen and whose bodies were stiff and trembling, gradually warmed up under the illumination of the Solar Calendar Stone, their consciousness, which had been frozen solid as if submerged in the deep sea.

The nerves of the city's defenders, hardened by countless trials, paid no heed to the surging black tide sweeping in from the north. Like dutiful soldier ants, they buried themselves in their formations or activated Magecraft.

Amidst the metallic trembling that made one's teeth ache, the cannons bearing the Divine Authority Seal rotated autonomously.

As the Sorcery Array guided the cannons, the colorful array of the port became even more dazzling.

"King's Cannon, open all gun ports! Target: Black Tide to the north! Sorcery Array activated!"

"Warm up! Fire volley!"

When the lapis lazuli and magic crystals used as ammunition were filled, they turned into dust and scattered, and the converging Sorcery Array vibrated and hummed.

Thousands of beams of light pierced through the darkness beyond the barrier, forcefully shattering and tearing apart the surging black tide.

It's done!

The initial test was a resounding success, and everyone was thrilled.

However, moments later, large clumps of roots and branches, resembling fleshy tendrils and human limbs, drifted down from the upper reaches of Mesopotamia.

The decaying Fir Forest that advanced with the black tide to the North Wall stretched out the branch-like arms of the divine god, saturated with divine blood, spreading wildly across the earth and water like ink spreading outwards.

In the blink of an eye, a vast expanse of roots and vines had invaded the Northern High Ground. Nourished by the waters of the abyss, the Fir Beast Humbaba, serving as the outpost, appeared even more ferocious and enormous.

This demonic monster is tirelessly engaged in a fierce battle with Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

The fact that its roots could regenerate endlessly when inserted into the abyss waters made the Chain of Heaven and Wedge of Heaven, which wanted to uproot it, quite troublesome.

However, while they were slowing down the undead monster's advance, Gilgamesh and Enkidu also secretly freed up their hands to wipe out the nearby Lahmu.

The earthquake trembled, enveloping the outer walls of Uruk, shaking violently, and the light patterns flickered and faded.

One by one, the Lahmu broke through the blockade and leaped onto the city walls. The Sparta phalanx, which was ready for battle, moved in an orderly fashion and cut them off and surrounded them.

Immediately afterwards, along the Mount Epiph, layers of surging waves pressed in with overwhelming force.

The long-awaited Bull of Heaven, accompanied by a vast storm of thunderclouds, revealed its ferocious and majestic silhouette from the darkness.

The first wave of the Kuroshio Current has arrived!

Sensing that Gilgamesh and Enkidu seemed to be deliberately holding back, the Fir Beast Humbaba, who had appeared earlier, also avoided the first wave of floods and was lured to the outside of the northern wasteland.

Inside the Royal Palace Divine Tower, Samael, who was observing the entire situation, immediately understood. He then moved his chess piece forward and murmured to himself while looking at the Sorcery Array connecting all the pieces.

At this time, on the outer side of the North Wall.

The earth trembled, and the cracks in the outer soil layer of Uruk closed.

Towering red and black gun barrels, each a meter tall, rose from the ground around the Fir Beast Humbaba, crisscrossing upwards to form a birdcage-like prison.

That large plate, which occupied one-third of the wasteland and was confined, was forcibly separated from the earth's strata under the manipulation of some kind of power, gradually rising above the water and into the sky.

As the enormous Spear Cage continued to shrink and compress, the tangled, half-beast, half-plant mutated monster Humbaba, resembled a narcissus bulb embedded in the soil, its branches rubbing together and emitting a nauseating crunching sound.

The roots and vines that wanted to break out of the Spear Cage climbed and intertwined with a rustling sound, hoping to break through the thing's blockade.

However, these tendrils, upon touching the outer red and black gun wheel, quickly shrank and decayed, until they turned into dust and ashes and scattered.

The Death Authority —the withering of life! This is the nemesis of the living!

Squeak... squeak!

Inside the Spear Cage, Humbaba's space to move around was constantly compressed by the converging Spear Cage, and the screams from the monster's mouth, like those of a rat, became increasingly violent and shrill, as if countless babies were crying in pain.

The mass, enveloped by mud, branches, vines, and black tide, showed signs of constant withering and decay, but also traces of subsequent healing and regeneration.

Life and death, vitality and decay, constantly cycle and alternate within this monstrous body, forming a resilient balance that prevents the outer gray mist from penetrating further.

Almost immediately, the purple-haired loli who had been waiting on the city wall carefully placed the withered flower wreath into her bosom.

Anna Ra her hood, leaped onto the back of the Quetzalcoatl, and charged out of Uruk's defensive perimeter. In the darkness, the crimson scythe in her hand quietly revealed its ferocious edge.

Hepal, Godly Artifact that Cuts the Undead!

This thing is enough to destroy the life-and-death balance that the Fir Beast Humbaba is barely maintaining, and completely kill it!

Gilgamesh and Enkidu, who were replaced, tacitly withdrew immediately and retreated to the North Wall of Uruk, whereupon they transformed into streams of light that stretched across the sky above.

At this moment, piloting the Sky Ark Ma'anna, scattering gems, she halted the advance of Ishtar by Gugalanna and decisively retreated.

Enkidu, having completed the relay with perfect coordination, became ethereal, and thick Chain of Heaven pierced through the Sorcery Array, binding and locking the Bull of Heaven Gurra was charging forward, within the dark thunderclouds.

"Moo!"

A deep, suppressed roar came as Gugalanna stomped his hoof, unleashing the divine power of his innate abilities.

A storm pillar connecting heaven and earth!

Intersecting pale blue wind pillars, carrying thousands of piercing blades, slashed and crackled against the Chain of Heaven.

However, the thick chain not only remained unharmed, but after absorbing this divine power, it grew even stronger and tighter, completely embedding itself into the steel-cast muscles of the Bull of Heaven.

You bastard! After all these years, you still haven't learned your lesson!

Gilgamesh smirked and raised his sword high— the Shulshagana, Divine Construct whose blade was composed of lava-like peaks and pure fire, capable of scorching even the ocean of ten thousand seas.

My friend's Chain of Heaven become harder and more powerful the higher the divinity of the opponent he is bound to, and can even absorb divine power as nourishment.

Therefore, the more you struggle, the faster you die!

Once, this Bull of Heaven was killed by the two of them together using the same method.

Afterwards, in order to teach the troublesome goddess Gugalanna into Uruk a lesson, Enkidu even threw the severed leg of the Bull of Heaven in front of her as a threat.

"Be careful, if it catches you, it'll tie you up and hang you up with its intestines!"

Perhaps, after punishing this beast, we can revisit the classics and give Ishtar a cow leg to try.

Gilgamesh wielded Divine Construct with demonic wings, carrying scorching waves that could burn mountains and boil seas, and slashed towards Gugalanna's head and neck.

At the same time, the Fir Beast Humbaba, who was imprisoned and suppressed by the Underworld Spear Cage, also had a purplish-red blade light shining above its head.

"Boom!"

Just as the two top-tier monsters who had caused chaos were about to fall completely under the blades of the Uruk guardians, a series of purple and white lightning bolts exploded in the sky.

A bolt of lightning, as thick as a bucket, snaked downwards, striking the Chain of Heaven and the Underworld Spear Cage in succession.

Bang! Bang!

In an instant, the blade of immortality Hepal, and the sword of sea-severing Shulshagana were swung down, clashing with lightning.

The turbulent ether currents crashed and tore apart, and the spreading halo illuminated the pitch-black night sky as bright as day, with terrifying layers of distortion sweeping around.

At the same time, violent tremors of the earth's crust were felt from both the north and south lines, and black waves surged upwards.

The third and fourth waves of the Kuroshio tide are here again!

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