Chapter 1232
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Chapter 1232 The Three Gods Deception
Ur City.
The dying fire silently danced in the deathly stillness, as the blood-scented cold wind swept over the devastated ruins, making a low moaning sound.
In a remote alley, a slight clanging sound arose as a delicate figure carefully lifted a stone slab. After scanning the surroundings to confirm no one was nearby, she supported herself with both hands and climbed out from the cellar.
She was a little girl, not very tall, wearing traditional Uruk attire. She turned back and called softly into the cellar:
“The invader is gone, you can come out now!”
One by one, figures climbed out from the cellar.
These people were mostly elderly, women, and children.
When Number 22, wielding the [Scepter] and [Holy Grail], went on a killing spree in the city, the men living nearby took up divine artifacts to fight against him, having hidden their families in this cellar beforehand.
Now, they were the last survivors in this city.
The little girl who came out first summoned her courage and walked ahead a bit. Every street, house, and ruin was completely empty, without a single person in sight.
“Where are dad and the uncles?” a child asked in confusion.
The little girl stared at the devastated battlefield and the scattered remnants of clothing everywhere, her face turning pale. “It’s the [Holy Grail], the [Holy Grail] took them…”
“Tali!” An old man interrupted the little girl. He glanced at the child who was barely four or five years old, and silently shook his head at the girl.
Looking at those innocent eyes, the little girl fell silent.
They were all natives of Ur City, having lived in this treasury for generations. Except for the very young children, everyone else basically knew the types and numbers of divine artifacts in this treasury, including the [Holy Grail] and [Scepter].
Despite having endured a great battle, not a single corpse or drop of blood remained. It could only mean that after killing those men, the invader had offered their remains as sacrifices to the [Holy Grail].
“Maybe some of them survived,” someone in the crowd suddenly spoke up.
“Yes, with so many divine artifacts used together, they should have been able to kill the invader, right?”
“Let’s search around the city, we might find them!”
“May the three gods bless them…”
Clinging to their last hope, they searched the entire city along the pitted roads but found not a single person.
Just as they were about to give up all hope, a faint clamor could be heard from beyond the city walls.
“There’s sound outside the city!”
“They’re still alive! Some of them must still be alive!”
“Quick! Let’s go up to the wall and see!”
Everyone’s expressions brightened as they quickly ran up to the city wall, but they all froze when they saw the scene in the distance.
Under the dim sky, a figure in white robes descended from the clouds. In the distant desert, dozens of Ur City residents were frantically fleeing, as if being chased by demons, their screams and cries echoing through the clouds.
The white-robed figure coldly pursued the fleeing survivors. With a wave of her hand, a long spear shot across the sky like a meteor, instantly crashing into the panicking crowd. A terrifying divine power swept through, causing dozens of figures to explode simultaneously, shattering into a rain of blood in the air.
The screams and cries abruptly ceased.
The white-robed goddess standing in the air lightly curled her fingertips, and the shattered flesh and blood automatically flew up to the crescent-shaped vessel in the sky, merging into the [Holy Grail].
Tali and the others who witnessed this scene from the city wall turned deathly pale, their legs trembling uncontrollably, their faces filled with terror.
“They… they…” An old man’s eyes rolled back, nearly fainting on the spot.
“That’s not the invader…” Tali stared blankly at the three divine figures converging in the sky. “That’s… the three gods?”
“The God of Wisdom and Moon, the God of Love and Beauty, the God of Fire and Hope… those really are the three gods!”
“But, but why are the three gods killing us?! Aren’t they the deities under our king?”
“Yes, weren’t they our king’s confidants when he was alive? They knew so many secrets from the Uruk era and understood everything about our king… they even had our king’s tokens!”
“They blessed Ur City with peace and prosperity for a hundred years on behalf of our king, why would they kill us?”
“…”
The surviving residents of Ur City looked on in shock and confusion. These words reached the ears of Lin Qiye, who had just hidden himself within the city wall, causing his brows to furrow involuntarily.
The three gods? The king’s confidants?
Earlier in Ur City, Lin Qiye had heard the term “three gods” from the residents, but at the time he thought it was just some belief or saying left over from the Uruk era. He never imagined that the “three gods” they spoke of were actually those three figures in the sky.
And the “king” they mentioned was undoubtedly Gilgamesh.
Those three gods were Gilgamesh’s confidants?
What a joke!
Even though Lin Qiye wasn’t very familiar with the history of the Kingdom of Uruk, he clearly knew that Gilgamesh and the Sumerian pantheon were absolute enemies. In fact, Gilgamesh’s entire life was spent fighting against the Sumerian gods, and even after death, he specifically hid his king’s treasury to prevent the Sumerian gods from obtaining it.
From the words of the Ur City residents, Lin Qiye could roughly deduce that they had been deceived by the three gods who had infiltrated a hundred years ago.
Thinking carefully, it wasn’t surprising. The ancestors of Ur City were the two great forging families of Uruk, and they had moved into the treasury before Gilgamesh’s death, completely isolated from the world for thousands of years.
Gilgamesh’s natural death, the fall of the Kingdom of Uruk—they knew nothing of these events.
After thousands of years of reproduction and development, everything from ancient Uruk could only be preserved as ancient cuneiform characters inscribed on clay tablets.
When the three gods descended upon the treasury with tokens taken from Gilgamesh’s corpse and numerous secrets from thousands of years ago, the people of Ur City had no way to verify their identities. They could only be deceived and manipulated. With a few small favors that allowed the residents to experience their benevolence, the three would quickly be worshipped as savior deities.
God of Wisdom and Moon, God of Love and Beauty, God of Fire and Hope… they certainly knew how to beautify themselves.
“The three gods… betrayed us,” Tali murmured.
“Look, doesn’t that floating corpse resemble the statue at the entrance of the governor’s mansion?”
“The king… it’s our king Gilgamesh!”
“How did our king’s body end up in the hands of the three gods?!”
“…” The surviving residents of Ur City exclaimed as they recognized Gilgamesh’s appearance.
Above the moonlit pool, mysterious light poured out from the [Holy Grail], flowing over the surface of Gilgamesh’s body.
Gilgamesh’s tightly closed eyes trembled slightly, and after a moment, slowly opened…
