In Sumerian mythology, Ishtar was undoubtedly a person of universal love. He had sought love from many gods and heroes. He was rather willful and unrestrained.
Then, how could Ereshkigal, who was the other half of Ishtar and who was one with him, not be a philanthropist?
However, unlike Ishtar, Ereshkigal's love was directed towards ordinary humans.
As the Goddess of the Underworld, she did not love heroes, nor did she love gods. She only loved ordinary humans.
"Because I am the Goddess of Death. I embrace death and accept death. This is my divinity.
"For someone like me, what I see the most is not the death of gods, nor the death of heroes, but the death of you, weak and ordinary humans."
"Perhaps, to you humans, death is something that you fear and fear. But to me, death is something that is worthy of respect, and something that I must protect."
"In that case, how can I not love you humans, who are destined to die one day?"
At this moment, Ereshkigal revealed her true feelings.
"To not let death fall into detestable fear and show respect to it. At the same time, I must protect the souls left behind. This is me, the Goddess of the Underworld — — Ereshkigal.
"So, when I learned that human history had been destroyed and that humans would eventually disappear from the earth, can you imagine how sad and painful I was?
"Seeing the number of humans on the earth dwindling, either to be captured by the Goddess of Magical Beasts as fertilizer to create new magical beasts, or to be brutally torn to death by magical beasts, how could I not feel angry?
"But I could not change anything, because I could not leave the Underworld. I could only stay here and manage the undead forever."
Under such circumstances, it was obvious what decision Ereshkigal would make.
"What I said before wasn't completely a lie. At the very least, when I saw humans being so cruelly murdered, I was indeed thinking that if this outcome couldn't be changed, I might as well grant humans an eternal sleep without pain and silence, and then do my best to bring all human souls into the Netherworld for protection."
"Even if no one understands me, even if the millions of souls in this world isolate me, I will protect this silence.
"This is my insistence as the Goddess of the Underworld. At the same time, this is the only help I can give you."
"That's why I joined the Three Goddesses Alliance."
Ereshkigal's words silenced the crowd.
"Miss Ereshkigal …"
Matthew had a complicated expression on his face.
“.....”
Attila, the two rituals, and Ishtar all looked at the determined Ereshkigal. No one knew what they were thinking.
"This is really …"
Even the people in Chaldea couldn't help but be speechless.
Rozen could understand what everyone was thinking.
It couldn't be helped. If these were the heartfelt words of this goddess, then this goddess was really too pitiful.
"You've clearly been given this responsibility by the Gods, and you've even lost everything because of it. You've been staying in this world with nothing, managing the undead for thousands of years, tasting loneliness and silence by yourself. But in the end, you're still willing to sacrifice yourself for others?"
Rozen couldn't help but ask.
In this regard, Ereshkigal only had one answer.
"Yes, because this is the Goddess."
Yes, this was the Goddess.
No matter which Goddess it was, they all had their own persistent love.
Perhaps this love was twisted, perhaps it was cruel, perhaps it wasn't directed at a person, perhaps it was directed at an object. It could be said that it had everything, and each was different. However, in the face of this love, they would treat it as the greatest obsession in their lives, and they would persevere until the end.
For his own love, Ishtar once trampled on the earth, ravaged human beings, played with the Gods, and trampled on people's hearts. Even if it was cruel and cruel, it was for love after all.
The same was true for Ereshkigal.
Even if she couldn't get anything.
Even if she didn't want anything.
She still wanted to stick to her love, her duty, and her mission.
If Ishtar longed for love in order to obtain everything, then Ereshkigal could only obtain love in the case of losing everything.
That was the relationship between Ishtar and Ereshkigal.
Now, Ereshkigal had confessed everything.
She didn't want to live, but to die.
"I am the Goddess of Death. I will never deny death."
Ereshkigal declared frankly.
"You can defeat me here and free all the souls here."
Her words rendered everyone speechless.
They could only focus on Rozen and wait for Rozen to make the decision.
In the end, everyone was stunned.
Because at this moment, Rozen had a smile on his face.
"Senior?"
Matthew couldn't help but call out.
"Hey."
Ishtar also tugged at Rozen's collar.
But Rozen only looked at Ereshkigal.
"Why … why are you looking at me like that?"
Being stared at by Rozen, Ereshkigal's expression became unnatural, and her pretty face blushed.
But Rozen still wanted to look at the Goddess.
The reason was simple.
"I finally understand why you used Ishtar's body to talk to me, divulged the information about the Three Goddesses Alliance to me, and even helped me in the fir forest, and even asked me to defeat you."
Rozen said softly.
"All of this is for me to save humanity, right?"
Because Ereshkigal couldn't do anything, couldn't get out of the underworld, and couldn't stop the coming destruction, she naturally put her hope on Chaldea's master, who saved the six singularities.
When she was in the embassy, Ereshkigal wanted to hear about Rozen's story in the six singularities, not only because of her own curiosity, but also because she envied and longed for Rozen, who had the ability to save everything.
Therefore, Ereshkigal did not hesitate to violate the covenant and revealed the information to Rozen.
Therefore, Ereshkigal also hindered the other Goddesses and prevented Rozen from falling into their hands.
In fact, Ereshkigal even wanted Rozen to defeat her and gradually disintegrate the Three Goddesses Alliance.
Furthermore, the reason why she attacked Uruk like Gorgon and Quizar was because she wanted to be one step ahead of the other goddesses in collecting human souls and protecting them, even if she could not change the decision of the goddess of their alliance.
Everything that Ereshkigal did was for the sake of humanity.
That being the case …
"I won't let you die just like that."
Rozen said firmly.
"Then … then what do you want?"
Ereshkigal couldn't help but ask.
"It's simple."
Rozen reached out to Ereshkigal.
"Make a contract with me."
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