Chapter 35

[Year 7, June 5: Your soul is guided into the Underworld, and you see a beautiful goddess. She says that because of you, the world has suffered the misery of war, especially the city-state of Kutha, which she protects, which has been drenched in blood because of you. You deserve to be punished.]

[You do not refute.]

[Year 7, June 6: You chat with Eresh and tell her the story of Hades and Persephone.]

[Year 7, June 7: You chat with Eresh and tell her the story of Osiris and Set's wife.]

[Year 7, June 8: You chat with Eresh and tell her the legend of King Yama.]

[Year 7, June 9: You chat with Eresh and tell her the story of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.]

[Year 7, June 10: This day, you suddenly cover Eresh's eyes and take her hand to a place in the Underworld. When you let go, what appears before Eresh is a sea of incredibly beautiful flowers!]

"What!"

Eresh immediately inherits the memory of this day. She doesn't understand how a sea of flowers could appear in a lifeless place like the Underworld!

[Lin Ye takes you, dumbfounded, into this sea of flowers. You feel everything nearby and reach out to pick a fresh flower. However, she discovers that although these flowers are lifelike, fake is fake. They cannot deceive your divinity, so you say in disappointment,]

["Fake, huh. As expected, how could real flowers bloom in the Underworld."]

[Hearing your lament, Lin Ye shakes his head. He looks at your face and says with extreme seriousness,]

["These flowers aren't here for you to admire. I just wanted to use them to set off the most beautiful flower in the Underworld. Who says there are no flowers in the Underworld? Of course there are flowers in the Underworld, though there is only one."]

"Ugh!"

In an instant, Eresh blushed. How could she not understand what Lin Ye meant!

This woman, who had been holed up in the Underworld for who knows how many years, had never heard such words. She was instantly at a loss.

"No, no, this can't go on!"

[Year 7, June 11: You suddenly find Lin Ye and tell him he shouldn't be in the Underworld, so you drive him back to the human world. Before Lin Ye leaves, he takes your hand and tells you the last story with extreme seriousness: the story of Manjusaka.]

[He tells you that Manjusaka, also known as the Higanbana, can grow by absorbing soul power, and he will definitely bring the seeds of this flower back for you!]

[You just smile at Lin Ye and tell him not to be so serious; the phantom flowers he left behind are enough for you. Then you throw Lin Ye back to the human world.]

Watching this scene, Lin Ye is also quite helpless.

"Actually, it would have been fine not to throw me back. After all, compared to accompanying Gilgamesh on expeditions, staying in the Underworld to accompany Eresh-chan is much more interesting."

But Lin Ye is just lamenting. After all, the target of this simulation is Gilgamesh, not Eresh-chan. If he doesn't come back, it'll go off track.

[Year 7, June 11: You suddenly come back to life! And the first thing you see when you open your eyes is Gilgamesh's nervous face. However, his face turns cold the moment he sees you wake up.]

["To actually work yourself to death, how shameful."]

[You look at Gilgamesh and curl your lips in disdain.]

[Year 7, June 12: Many subjects loyal to you suddenly find you in secret. They tell you they are willing to assist you in becoming the new King of Babylon and ask if you are willing to rebel with them. You choose:]

[Option 1: Are kings and nobles born with high status? Gilgamesh can sit on this throne, and so can I, Lin Ye!

Option 2: Whoever wants to be this village chief can be it; I have more important things to do!]

"Choose 2." Lin Ye looks and makes his decision directly. After all, the King of Uruk is really not worth being; just feeling it and having a good time is enough.

[Year 7, June 13: Gilgamesh obviously knows about the unrest in Uruk. He finds you and says he wants to spar with you one more time. Whoever wins this time will be the King of Babylon. However, you refuse him directly.]

[Subsequently, you formally propose to Gilgamesh that you are leaving. You tell him that compared to being the King of Babylon, you have more important things to do.]

"What! This guy! Why won't he fight me again!" Gilgamesh looks at this simulation unhappily. He is super strong now, and he was planning to spar with Lin Ye again, pin him to the ground, and tell him that he is the boss from now on!

As a result, this guy actually ran away?

That's too much!

[Year 7, June 14: Lin Ye leaves Uruk silently. You are quite helpless.]

[Year 8: The Goddess Ishtar suddenly finds you and claims she wants you to be her husband. You choose:]

[Option 1: Ishtar is so beautiful and a goddess, not a loss.

Option 2: Ishtar is worthy of being this King's woman? Refuse directly!]

"Choose 2!"

Gilgamesh chooses 2 without hesitation. Does he even need to ask? If he chose 1, he wouldn't be Gilgamesh!

[Hearing your words, Ishtar leaves in a rage. Before leaving, she tells you she will definitely make you pay the price.]

[Year 8, May: You receive news that the Bull of Heaven has appeared in Babylon. It can spew fire when it opens its mouth, its appearance is accompanied by thunder, and its anger is a monstrous flood.]

[Countless warriors attack it, but all return in defeat!]

"The Bull of Heaven! Have those gods finally stopped sitting still?"

Gilgamesh looks at this scene, his face full of anger. See that? They bring down divine punishment at the slightest disagreement! This! This is what they call gods!