Northern Mesopotamia, Cedar Forest.
This was a forest that had existed for a long time.
If the tropical jungles in the southern part of Mesopotamia were the result of the manifestation of the goddess' authority and were artificially created forests, then the fir forest in the north was different. It had existed in this land since the beginning.
For Mesopotamia, cedar was a very precious resource. Moreover, it was in the Two Rivers Territory, where wood was scarce. Moreover, there were usually extremely powerful magical beasts living in the forests. It was extremely difficult for the Sumeer people to enjoy the benefits of wood.
In the past, Gilgamesh and Enki had fought together against the magical beast Finbaba that lived in the cedar forest. It was an extremely famous monster that even the gods did not want to provoke. It had once brought danger to both Gilgamesh and Enki. One could imagine how difficult it would be for ordinary humans to do anything to this cedar forest.
In the depths of such a cedar forest, there was a temple.
It was a Blood Temple, exuding the smell of blood. It was extremely ominous. Rather than saying that there was a god inside, it was better to say that there was a monster living in it.
In fact, there was indeed a monster living in this temple, or rather, a god that was no different from a monster.
And there was a person walking barefoot in this temple.
Impressively, it was Jin Gu.
Jin Gu walked along the dark and ominous corridor. There were cocoon-like objects hanging on the walls around him. There seemed to be a shadow moving inside them, but he didn't take a look at it.
Just like that, Jin Gu came to the depths of the temple and stopped in front of a place that looked like a pool of blood.
Looking at the pool of blood in front of him, Jin Gu spoke in a slightly respectful voice.
"Are you already awake? Mother? "
His voice reverberated clearly in the surroundings, spreading far and wide.
"Splash …!"
The pool of blood suddenly moved.
Upon a closer look, there was a huge figure in the pool of blood.
The figure seemed to be bathed in blood. As the water splashed, it slowly emerged from the pool. As if it could go straight into the clouds, it was as huge and terrifying as a mountain.
What was even more terrifying was that there were huge python-like shadows coiling around his body, causing his eyes to light up like blood.
"Did you go out again? Jin Gu. "
A deep voice filled with terror resounded.
"Didn't I tell you that you just have to stay here and leave the human matters to the magical beasts?"
The gigantic figure said.
"I'm sorry, Mother." Jin Gu lowered his eyelids slightly and said, "Because an unpleasant existence has arrived in this era, so I want to clean up a bit."
"An unpleasant existence?" The snake shadow said emotionlessly, "In this world, is there anything more unpleasant than humans?"
"Of course." Jin Gu sneered, "That's because they're already at the brink of despair. It's obvious that they only need to obediently accept death, but they still want to struggle at death's door. They're regarded as the dregs of human history, the so-called hope."
"This is indeed very unpleasant." Snake Shadow immediately said with a tone of annoyance, "Hope? That doesn't exist. Humans only deserve despair. Becoming fodder for my children like this, becoming flesh bags that have their blood squeezed dry. That's the only use they have. They don't want to accept such an ending. They think that they can be saved just because they're struggling on the brink of death with the title of 'hope'. Ugly, really ugly. "
"Yes." Jin Gu agreed while saying, "However, there are indeed some troublesome people this time. Even if they're just the dregs of human history, to be able to break through six singularities to reach this era, even if they're ugly, I have to say that we still have to pay attention to them."
"Huh?" Snake Shadow paused for a moment, then said as if he understood something, "Could it be that the so-called Chaldea, the last master of humanity, has arrived?"
"Yes." Jin Gu said directly, "If there's no accident, he should have already met with the stupid Uruk King."
"Is that so?" Snake Shadow's voice began to become unhappy. While stirring the blood pool, she said, "So annoying, so annoying. Why can't they just obediently be killed? They're obviously just a bunch of worthless lives."
As she said that, Snake Shadow seemed to want to come out of the blood pool, causing the blood to churn even more violently.
Seeing this, Jin Gu's expression changed.
"No, Mother." Jin Gu quickly stopped her. "Now is not the time for you to do it yourself. We still need time."
"But I don't want to wait any longer." The snake shadow's voice turned from calm to violent, causing the air to tremble. "The king of Uruk and the last master of the human race. If they are the last hope of the human race, then I will be the one to kill them. This way, the humans will realize how foolish their resistance is, right?"
"Indeed, as long as we lose these two, humanity will never be able to rise again." Jin Gu nodded, but still advised: "But please wait patiently, Mother. Don't forget, the reason why we don't destroy humanity is not because humans can stop us."
"What we are really wary of are the other two goddesses. They are our opponents who compete with us for the control of this land. For this reason, Mother and those two goddesses formed a so-called alliance, agreeing not to invade each other. In the end, whoever can get Uruk's Holy Grail will be able to control the future of humanity."
"If Mother takes action now, it's hard to guarantee that those two goddesses won't take action."
"After all, although those two goddesses are also encroaching on humanity, they are different from us. They don't want to take away the future of humanity. If Mother takes action, it will be troublesome."
Hearing that, Snake Shadow stopped moving.
After a while, Snake Shadow said in an extremely unhappy tone.
"Do those two guys already know that the last master of humanity has arrived in this era?"
Snake Shadow asked.
"Yes." Jin Gu said truthfully: "And with those two's character, they won't be able to resist contacting that master, right?"
After all, those two were different from his mother. They didn't hate humanity, but loved humanity deeply.
Knowing that the last master of humanity conquered six eras and arrived in this era, they would definitely be able to resist contacting him, right?
"In the meantime, we can take the opportunity to do what we want to do." Jin Gu advised earnestly, "Mother, please don't be impatient. Just bear with it for a while longer."
Hearing Jin Gu's words, Snake Shadow didn't say anything again.
This period of silence seemed to be expressing his own impatience, oppressive to the extreme.
After a long time …
"Forget it."
Snake Shadow said in a low voice.
"For the time being, let those two goddesses have their fun."
"However, my patience is limited."
"Human, don't challenge my limit."
"Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it in."
Leaving behind such words, the snake shadow stirred the water and dived back into the pool.
The pool rippled for a while before it returned to normal.
Jin Gu looked at that scene, turned his head, and looked at Uruk's direction.
"Actually, I'm also afraid I won't be able to hold it in …"
Such a voice was slightly fluctuating, but it was swallowed by the darkness of the temple.
From now on, Mesopotamia was destined to become more turbulent.
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