Type-Moon Simulation: Starting with Conquering a Greek Goddess!

[Even though, if her goddess self came, it would be easy to seize the treasure.]

[But she doesn't want to do that.]

[Ishtar feels that she's becoming increasingly strange, and wonders if she's been infected by you.]

[Regarding this subtle change in herself,]

[She feels both uneasy and afraid.]

[What Ishtar can't understand the most is that the hatred and resentment in her heart no longer sting for some reason.]

[Only the jealousy towards Ereshkigal continues to increase.]

[Compared to her usual willful antics,]

[Ishtar enjoys adventuring and seizing treasures with you, and tinkering with new and interesting things.]

[At first, she played Ereshkigal with resentment, but later the resentment changed.]

[The resentment gradually turned into anticipation.]

[The goddess is terrified by this emotional change. In her eyes, you are someone who gives her things she cannot understand.]

[But the most fatal thing is that she can't leave.]

[She enjoys this kind of happiness.]

"… Ereshkigal?"

"Eh? Enkidu, are you calling me?"

Ishtar came back to her senses from her chaotic thoughts.

Her appearance made Gilgamesh sigh, as if silently condemning the goddess.

They were supposed to be going to war.

Yet, the goddess was still spacing out.

"Ereshkigal, are you sure you want to fight Humbaba with us? You're the goddess of the underworld. Aren't you afraid of causing a diplomatic incident by fighting against the living on the surface?"

Gilgamesh is quite grateful for the goddess's assistance.

However, it's not right for the goddess who rules the underworld to come to the mortal world and cause a ruckus.

"Don't worry, it won't cause trouble for Uruk.

Even if the gods want to cause trouble, they can just go to the underworld. Anyway, it's not a problem for me."

Ishtar's voice is beautiful and clear.

However, it also makes people feel cold and chilling.

Moran wanted to retort.

Of course Ishtar doesn't see it as a problem, because she plans to pass the buck to Ereshkigal.

Fortunately, Moran has a backup plan.

He won't let Ishtar be so unscrupulous as to trick his own wife.

Ereshkigal isn't afraid of these things either.

Few gods in heaven and earth can find fault with Ereshkigal. Once they enter the underworld, everyone is a lamb to be slaughtered.

Only a great god like Tiamat

can compare with her.

"In short, I will mercifully give you fragile humans my support. Humans wanting to overcome their fears, such interesting things, how could I, Isht… Ereshkigal, be absent?"

Ishtar smiled sweetly.

That goddess's elegant charm is fully displayed.

[On the way to the Cedar Forest,]

[Ishtar revealed all the information she knew about Humbaba, without any intention of covering up for the gods.]

[She really thinks this is very interesting.]

[After all, she was the one who ravaged the Ebifu Mountains in the first place.]

[Now seeing humans doing something similar, she would pay any amount of money to watch this grand spectacle.]

[The animals regard Humbaba as a god.]

[Just as humans worship the god-king Enlil.]

[To humans, Humbaba is like a world-destroying flood. It can breathe out blazing flames, and its ears can hear the sound of pine needles falling from dozens of kilometers away.]

[Its eyes are like the ghostly lights of death, and anyone stared at by it will fall into the abyss of death.]

[Humbaba is not only physically powerful.]

[It also possesses the seven splendors bestowed by the god-king Enlil, each of which can manipulate the spirits of nature.]

[If these seven splendors are not taken away,]

[Then, it will be incredibly difficult to defeat Humbaba, even if the three of you fight together, it's not certain you can determine a victor.]

[More importantly, if you want to determine a victor, it is very likely that the god-king Enlil will notice it before that happens.]

[If this great god knows that his beloved beast is being attacked and targeted by humans, then this matter will be difficult to handle.]

[Therefore, you must first destroy Humbaba's seven splendors.]

[The difficulty of the challenge is undeniably high.]

[From your perspective, Humbaba's strength is about that of a chief god. Its power is not very troublesome, but its characteristics as a god of nature will be very difficult to deal with and it is very durable.]

[And you have to pursue a speedrun.]

[Even having experienced the Great War of the Gods, you feel that this battle needs to be planned carefully.]

[Fortunately, Ishtar provided information.]

[Although Humbaba is powerful, its mind is not as sharp as that of humans. It can even be said that its mind is as pure as that of a child.]

[When Gilgamesh knew this,]

[He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.]

[However, Humbaba's existence itself is evil, and it is to humans like a plague or famine.]

[It is an object that must be eliminated.]

[Ironically, the only advantage of this monster is a breakthrough that you can exploit.]

[And you have come up with a solution based on this.]

[Humbaba is very playful.]

[As long as you offer something that doesn't exist in the forest in exchange, the simple-minded Humbaba will be willing to lend out the splendors.]

[This has happened before.]

[Once, when you were previewing government reports, you read about merchants and hunters who were lucky enough to survive in its hands in this way.]

[Anyway, it is always fighting humans every day.]

[Missing one or two makes no difference to Humbaba.]

[Even the most severe natural disaster cannot guarantee the extermination of all humans. It is not strange for one or two people to survive.]

"Alright, alright, you just want this king's treasure, right? You commoners, this king will take it out."

Gilgamesh felt a chill down his spine from the gazes of the three.

With a wave of his hand, he opened the Gate of Babylon.

Since this information was provided by Ishtar, she also charged Gilgamesh an intermediary fee.

This immediately made Gilgamesh burst into curses.

For a moment, he thought Ereshkigal was possessed by Ishtar.

No matter what, they had to defeat the monster Humbaba, and you can't catch wolves without putting out bait.

He paid the money.