In that respect, Ishtar was not a traditional Anunnaki god. Though she was one of the Seven Great Gods of Fate, like Enki, Ishtar had basically always lived in the human world.
Though she also treated humans as tools, she was not overly harsh toward them. She simply... did not care about humans.
That was all.
In any case, Annanu did not particularly like her. Perhaps because... Gilgamesh did not like Ishtar.
The reason was that simple.
Annanu had already walked some distance away. Ishtar's expression shifted several times before she finally chose to speak.
"The reason I came to find you was not to defend the actions of the gods."
"Even as one of the Seven Great Gods of Fate, I do not feel much attachment to that place called the Anunnaki. You know that."
"I just think that playing games with humans like this will not lead to any results."
"...What did you mean?"
At the words "playing games," Annanu's gaze turned dangerous.
He turned around and looked at Ishtar. His pair of yellow eyes fixed unblinkingly upon her, making her scalp prickle.
Ishtar felt an intense pressure emanating from Annanu.
This guy—
Ishtar could no longer stay composed.
Suppression. Complete, all-encompassing suppression.
From his presence to his strength, it was an all-encompassing sense of suppression and suffocation—
—What the hell had that idiot Utu created?!
Why, why could she feel from this freak the same—
Threat of death she had once only felt from Ereshkigal!
He could kill her—and it would not even be difficult!
Ishtar involuntarily took a step back and swallowed.
Ishtar had died once before. All of Mesopotamia knew that. Even after becoming the mistress of the sky and the mistress of the earth, she had still not been satisfied with her power, so