Gilgamesh's face was filled with pain and struggle. He sat silently beside his bed, with the two goddesses Ishtar and Nanshe standing behind him.
Besides the two goddesses, Siduri and Shamhat were there as well.
Lying unconscious on Gilgamesh's bed were Annanu and Enkidu.
Only the two of them were worthy of being worried over by so many people.
Of course, Ishtar did not have any such concern in mind. Yet sorrow filled her eyes as she looked at Annanu and Enkidu.
Their revenge against the Anunnaki still required the power of the Chains of Heaven and the Key of Heaven, yet Annanu and Enkidu had now fallen into this state.
"King Gilgamesh, what exactly happened to Annanu and Enkidu?"
Nanshe asked anxiously.
Annanu and Enkidu had run into trouble at the same time, though there were slight differences.
Enkidu had been searching for Siduri when he pushed open a door and suddenly collapsed. After passing out, he had fallen into a state of extreme pain, frightening Siduri and Shamhat so badly that they hurriedly called for Gilgamesh.
When Nanshe found Annanu, he seemed to still possess a trace of consciousness. But it did not last long. Under the intense pain, Annanu still fainted. Nanshe held him in her arms and went to find Gilgamesh, only to discover that Enkidu had also collapsed.
Gilgamesh summoned Uruk's finest physician, but the physician could not diagnose what had happened to Annanu and Enkidu. They were not human, after all. Gilgamesh had only called for a physician because he was completely panicked.
The physician trembled as he withdrew beneath Gilgamesh's murderous gaze. And now, no one had any idea what to do.
Even Ishtar and Nanshe had no solution. Nanshe could only plead in a trembling voice to Gilgamesh, who was just as