Guardian deity

On the banks of the vast Euphrates River, an old man in a straw raincoat was fishing. His face was covered with wrinkles, like a dried-up riverbed. Not far away, several monsters were beside him, but the usually bloodthirsty beasts seemed not to see him at all.

Footsteps sounded behind me, and a pair of delicate leather shoes made a hoarse sound as they stepped on the dirt. A young girl, dressed in a way that seemed out of place in this era, walked over. She wore a light blue dress with several red stripes that stretched from the dress to her neck, giving this pure girl a unique charm.

She smiled and said:

"Hi, your skin looks terrible! How can it be so dry even though you're by the water all the time?"

Sajyou Manaka's voice was as gentle as a violin, but the old man didn't turn around at all. He just stared intently at the riverbank in front of him and said:

"Chaldea's Magecraft, you just arrived like this?"

"After all, they are just wild beasts; their strength doesn't make them a threat."

The old man's eyes dimmed; he knew, of course, that these wild beasts posed no threat to the woman before him. Uruk's situation was far from optimistic, and if she wanted to help Uruk, she shouldn't be here. The old man's voice was low as he slowly spoke:

"So you're not going to help Uruk anymore? The guy who's supposed to save Human Order, is he really this kind of person?"

Sajyou Manaka glanced at Uruk in the distance, frowned, and said, "I've already given you the maximum help you can. Human Order and such doesn't really matter, right? Besides... you don't seem to have the right to talk to me like that."

"Compared to the trivial matter of Uruk, could you please tell me what the source of this power is? Even a stray dog on the street possesses this power; isn't that going too far?"

The river gurgled, creating a splash, and the old man's figure disappeared, leaving only a single sentence behind.

No comment.

Manaka watched the old man leave, shook her head, and said, "How stubborn. It seems I can only go find one of the Three Goddesses? Sigh, what a headache. Even wild beasts by the roadside have this power, but I don't."

However, the longing for love is also quite nice. After helping Chaldea for so long, I've finally encountered something meaningful.

After obtaining a fragment of memories, Manaka relentlessly searched for Bai Mo's whereabouts. However, Bai Mo, who did not belong to this world at all, vanished without a trace.

Like a fish returning to the deep sea, it simply cannot find its way back.

Finally, she appeared quietly in Chaldea in Antarctica, not for any grand ambition to save Human Order, but because Shiki would occasionally visit the library there to read. Also, when Chaldea encountered unforeseen and insurmountable obstacles, Shiki would calmly resolve them.

Although Manaka's loathing for this woman was enough to turn her into an avenger, Shiki was the only clue to finding her beloved prince.

She worked for free in Chaldea, and was constantly teased and played with by Shiki. Shiki was quite ruthless towards this little princess who had her eye on Bai Mo.

Until she arrived at this Singularity.

Overjoyed to find out that all the magical beasts possessed this power, she was eager to know the reason and obtain it herself. After giving Gilgamesh some magic power and exchanging it for some resources from the Gate of Babylon, she left immediately.

As for Human Order? That doesn't matter what it is.

Meanwhile, in Uruk, a city in a forbidden world for humans, a maidservant hurried up a spiral staircase. She was inside a tower, a tower built in the city center, taller than the palace of Gilgamesh, the king of this city.

This seems like a great act of disrespect, a direct challenge to Kingship, something that should never have existed, yet Gilgamesh tacitly approved of its existence.

This is because the guardian deity of Uruk resides in this tower.

The maidservant, panting, climbed to the top of the tower, where it was resplendent with gold and Gilgamesh gems scattered everywhere like empty bottles left by drunkards. The curtains at the entrance were woven from strings of gems. Inside the room, on a large, round bed woven with gold thread, lay a goddess as golden as gold.

"Lady Ishtar, the monsters at the North Gate are launching a fierce attack, and the guards are no longer able to hold them off. Please, intervene!"

The maid knelt on the jewel-encrusted floor, ignoring the cuts on her legs from the gems, and bowed her head to hand over the slab of clay.

"Is that so? We just made a move the day before yesterday. Are you humans completely useless without us?" The goddess stretched, her clothes were very revealing and even daring, you could even call it a swimsuit.

Her graceful figure shone brightly under the jewels; it was hard to tell whether the brilliance of the treasures adorned her beauty, or whether the treasures shone because of her beauty.

Ishtar held up a finger, gesturing for someone to come forward, and then said, "What do you take me for? A mercenary you can order around at will?"

The maidservant quickly lowered her head, saying anxiously, "Lady Ishtar, the situation in the north is dire. The city walls are severely damaged, and many magical beasts have already invaded."

"Alright, alright, you don't need to tell me. Didn't I say before that I can easily read the thoughts of a human like you? Your family is in North Wall, right?" Ishtar stretched out her lotus foot and stepped on her head.

"I can help this time, but Gilgamesh's promised reward must be doubled."

The maid trembled all over. This had far exceeded the maximum limit that the king and she had promised, but what choice did she have? Thinking of her family still in the Northern Wall, she was prepared to have her head chopped off by the king and nodded.

Seeing this, Ishtar touched her chin with her toe adorned with a ring and said, "Your family has a fine daughter."

She vanished from the spot with incredible speed. She emanated a power that didn't belong to this world, and it was precisely because of this that she had the right to ask for prices without any limits.

Even if she relentlessly demands wealth, the people of Uruk, if they want to survive, must not only offer her treasures with utmost respect, but also venerate her as their guardian deity and provide her with palaces more magnificent than those of kings, and residences of higher status.

Ishtar transformed into a streak of light and landed on the city wall. The sturdy wall had been blasted open by the power of the magical beasts, and countless magical beasts poured in. Ishtar raised her hand and swooped down, unleashing nearly 400,000 horsepower in her hand, like a circular saw, slicing all the magical beasts in front of her into pieces.

"It's the goddess!"

"Wow, it's true! We're saved!"

"Long live the Goddess! Long live the Goddess!"

The surviving soldiers around her cheered. Ishtar tossed her hair, revealing a proud expression, making no attempt to conceal her beauty. It had been a long time since humanity had praised her like this, since the incident with the Bull of Heaven.

A perfect dwelling, the people's love, endless wealth, and Magnetic Field Power!

Ishtar felt that as a god, this was the most perfect life a god could have! She seemed to dance among the beasts, and wherever she went, the monsters were killed instantly, their flesh torn to pieces.

That's it, cheer for me! Ishtar thought joyfully.

Even if some people think I'm tyrannical and oppressive, so what? In this world, only those who possess this Magnetic Field Power are qualified to enjoy everything. If the people of Uruk want to survive, they must respect me, love me, and fear me.