"This—"
Watching Tiamat and Abzu's "battle," Ereshkigal felt a chill run through her entire body, her palms beginning to sweat.
Th-this scene was simply...
Primal and savage, bloody to the extreme—even as the mistress of the Underworld, she had never witnessed anything this horrifying.
Annanu and Enkidu, however, both appeared calm.
They were incarnations of the earth, parts of nature given form. Naturally, they understood the laws by which nature operated. Nature had never been gentle or romantic; she treated every creature seeking to survive in this world with equal cruelty.
Just like what was happening before them now.
"Ereshkigal, this is for you."
Annanu took out his Key of Heaven, snapped off a piece, and handed it to Ereshkigal, giving it a little shake. "You should know how to use this."
As he spoke, he snapped off another piece and plunged it into Enkidu's chest. Enkidu had been watching Abzu and Tiamat's battle all along. Annanu paid no attention to Enkidu's reaction, snapped off one more piece, and this time drove it into his own chest.
The Key of Heaven... the ability to release power?
Ereshkigal nodded. Without much hesitation, she plunged the Key of Heaven into her own heart. In an instant, she felt nearly all her abilities increase by a tremendous margin.
No, it could not really be called an "increase." Was it drawing out all the power her Spirit Origin possessed but had been unable to use?
This was practically an ability akin to forcibly advancing one's Spirit Origin. So this was the principle behind the power of "Release"...
Ereshkigal touched the Key of Heaven embedded in her chest again, then came back to herself and looked toward the battlefield.
Tiamat still held Abzu to the ground with absolute strength, bombarding him with magical energy, tearing