I, Son of Tiamat

"First, in recent years, the mythical beast Humbaba has often run out of the cedar forest, went outside to capture humans, and then brought them back to the cedar forest. Although I don't know what it is doing, its behavior has seriously threatened this king. The safety of his people is in danger."

"Oh~ as expected of a sage king, he will think about his own people." Qiye said with a smile.

Gilgamesh rolled his eyes at Qiye again, "Secondly, cedar is an important building material for the Mesopotamians. As long as we get rid of the divine beast Humbaba, then we can cut down the cedar to build the city wall."

The cedar wood in the cedar forest is harder than walls, and has toughness. Compared with masonry, it is indeed more suitable for city walls.

"Although your idea is good, the mythical beast Humbaba is very dangerous. It doesn't seem to be an existence like the golden-eyed lion Lamasu. It should be the first mythical beast created by the gods."

"That's the challenge, isn't it?" Gilgamesh sneered, and he said slowly, "Although this king is half-human and half-god, the blood of a third of human beings flows in this king's body after all. This is doomed that I am a mortal, even if you have the water of your life for seven nights, you will not be able to escape the fate of death after all."

"So the third reason is..."

"This king wants to build a great cause that cannot be surpassed before his heart full of adventure factors stops, so that the world will always remember the name of Gilgamesh, the fifth king of Uruk."

Qiye looked at the determined look from Gilgamesh's scarlet eyes, and he shook his head helplessly. He was different from Gilgamesh. Compared with him, he was more vigorous, but he liked plainness.

If Gilgamesh is a restless volcano, then Seven Nights is a river flowing peacefully.

"So what are your thoughts on Qiye, do you want to go with this king to the cedar forest to slay the divine beast Humbaba?" Gilgamesh asked, "This king thinks that in this epic adventure, there are you and grace. Qidu's company."

"..." Qi Ye, who was silent, pursed his lips. He looked at the words 'Rescue Inanna' in the clay tablet, and sighed softly, "Jill, how long is it before we divide the gods? time."

"A year or so." Gilgamesh thought for a while, then corrected himself, "No, there's less than a year left, about seven months."

"Then I'll accompany you to go crazy once, and by the way, rescue the poor goddess who likes to mess around from the cedar forest, so that she can spend the last time in the world."

In the end, Qiye decided to go with Gilgamesh to the cedar forest to slay the divine beast Humbaba and rescue the Venus goddess Inanna.

Afterwards, Gilgamesh, who was overjoyed, immediately carved a clay tablet, and told him that the King of Uruk, the Seven Nights the Sage, and Enkidu the Disciplinary were about to leave for the Cedar Forest to slay the divine beast Humbaba and rescue the Venus goddess Inanna. It was engraved on the clay tablet and handed to the chief priest Siduri.

"..."

Siduri, who had just been summoned to the palace by the Uruk soldiers, looked at the clay tablet made by Gilgamesh, and she immediately fell silent.

After the silence, Siduri said quietly, "My lord, is there something wrong with your head, going to the cedar forest? To slay the divine beast Humbaba? It's too much of a nonsense."

The corners of Qiye and Gilgamesh's mouth twitched. They didn't expect that the high priest, who kept his words and deeds elegantly, would say such a thing.

It seems that Gilgamesh wanted to go to the cedar forest to slay the divine beast Humbaba, which shocked Siduri.

"What did you say, chief priest, this king went to the cedar forest only on the orders of the sun **** Shamash." Gilgamesh said loudly, "It's not a joke."

"If it's really just to save the city **** Inanna, you only need to negotiate with the **** Anu, you don't need to break into the cedar forest at all." Siduri said rationally.

"Even so, but negotiating, this king will not be able to take the treasure from the cedar forest in his pocket."

"What?! Are you planning to take away the treasures that the gods placed in the cedar forest??"

Facing Siduri's shock, Gilgamesh said as a matter of course, "What is taking away? It's really ugly. Those treasures are the reward for the king's solution to the Venus goddess Inanna."

Siduri knew that she could not persuade the king who likes to mess around, so she looked at Qiye, "Lord Sage, you also think the king's actions are crazy, so please dissuade him. ."

"Well..." Qiye scratched his cheek, "Siduri, don't put your hope of persuading Jill on me, because I have been persuaded by him, and I plan to go with Jill to the cedar forest."

"..."

Now Siduri has fallen into silence, because the sage who is most likely to persuade Gilgamesh to give up does not plan to help her persuade Gilgamesh.

Then Siduri bent down slightly, "King, please allow me to leave first. I'll bring something to show you. If you solve those things, then I will agree with your crazy idea."

"Huh? This king has given permission. Let this king see what the chief priest is planning to use to dissuade this king from going to the Cedar Forest." Gilgamesh said with a big smile.

Then Siduri with the tablet left the palace, and she came back soon, but what surprised Qiye and Gilgamesh was...

It wasn't just Siduri who came back. She was followed by a large group of people. Judging from the smooth clothes they wore, they should all be nobles and priests of Uruk.

"This is what I want to show you, King, and solve it." Siduri was smiling, and she was facing Gilgamesh with a very kind smile.

Qiye and Gilgamesh's brows twitched, this chief priest is so ruthless, he directly brought so many people into the palace to persuade Gilgamesh.

"King! Please give up that terrible idea!"

"That is to say, you usually like to mess around and take risks. We have no opinion, but this time is different! This time, the place where you go to adventure is the cedar forest of the gods!"

Looking at the group of nobles and priests who begged Gilgamesh not to leave Uruk, Qiye showed a soft smile.

The former Gilgamesh was a tyrant through and through, so the people of Uruk begged the gods all day long, hoping that a discipliner would come to discipline this tyrant.

Or let the gods replace the tyrant and let someone else take the position of king of Uruk.

But now, Uruk's views on Gilgamesh have long since changed.

Since Gilgamesh was surrounded by the 'Sage of Uruk' and the 'Enkidu the Disciplinary', he began to transform into a wise king and became the wise king that Uruk proudly loved.

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Since Gilgamesh changed, the residents of Uruk praised Gilgamesh's transformation with joy all the time. They began to praise Gilgamesh's wisdom independently, and began to sing about him and his two close friends. s story.

Therefore, the people of Uruk, whether they were priests, nobles, soldiers or residents, did not want Gilgamesh, who became the wise king, to go to the cedar forest to slay the terrifying divine beast Humbaba.

If Gilgamesh were to die under the claws of that terrifying divine beast, wouldn't they lose the wise king in Uruk?

Gilgamesh raised his eyebrows and looked at this group of extremely noisy guys. He didn't say anything, that is, he grinned, showing a rebellious smile, and then he snapped his fingers and turned on Uruk's treasure house.

And then... Gilgamesh, who was called the "Wise King" by the people of Uruk, drew a whip from Uruk's treasury.

It was the whip Gilgamesh used to beat lazy slaves during his tyranny...

"King! What do you want to do! King!"

Siduri exclaimed when she saw Gilgamesh took out the whip.

"Hahahahaha, what does this king want to do? Of course, it is to take out your group of noisy guys. This king will let you know that the decision that this king has made is not something you guys can change by making a fuss. of!"

Laughing wildly, Gilgamesh waved the whip in his hand. The sound of the whip blowing through the air made everyone feel a chill in their hearts, and Qiye helplessly watched this extremely headache scene.

Although Gilgamesh has the shadow of a wise king, he has not completely lost the habit of tyrants.

For those who dared to resist him, they were all beaten, so the priests and nobles who came to beg Gilgamesh not to go to the cedar forest were scared away by Gilgamesh.

Only Siduri remained in this empty palace.

Gilgamesh with a relaxed expression took the whip back into Uruk's treasury, and he said to the silent Siduri, "Okay, now this king has brought you the chief priest. The trouble is solved, then you will not stop this king from going to the cedar forest."

"Oh, yes, it can't be stopped anyway." Siduri sighed tiredly. She didn't expect Gilgamesh to use such a savage method to deal with the priests and nobles just now.

Although it is savage...but it is quite useful.

"But King, because the mythical beast Humbaba is different from other beasts and monsters, it is very powerful. Please allow me to let everyone prepare an army, weapons and armor for you." Siduri said.

"Yes, but this king will personally select fifty soldiers, and Siduri, you only need to prepare the weapons and armor of fifty soldiers for this king." Gilgamesh nodded and said.

"Okay, then I'll leave first."

"Ok."

The helpless Siduri withdrew from the palace, and just after Siduri left, Enkidu, who had already finished bathing, walked in, and he said to Qiye and Gilgamesh puzzled, "What happened just now? What's the matter? Why is everyone wailing outside the palace gate?"

"Shh~"

Recalling the excitement of Gilgamesh just now, Qiye couldn't help laughing, he pointed to Gilgamesh under Enkidu's puzzled eyes, "It's Gil who did a good job, Enkidu, you go ask him."

"It's nothing, it's just trivial things that are not worth mentioning." Gilgamesh said in a nonchalant tone, "Those guys just wanted to stop this king from going to the cedar forest, so this king beat them all out, it's that simple. ."

"...So that's what happened, that's why they cried and grimaced." Enkidu shook his head helplessly.

Qiye smiled and asked Enkidu, "By the way, Enkidu, do you know that Jill plans to go to the cedar forest to slay the divine beast Humbaba?"

"Yes." Enkidu nodded slightly, "After the tablet was delivered to Uruk, I watched it with Jill."

"Then you agree with Jill's messy decision?"

"Well, because I also want to go back to Cedar Forest to see what happened to Humbaba." Enkidu nodded and said.

Enkidu, before he met the goddess Shanhant, was a mud demon, and he was still a mud demon living in the cedar forest. He and Humbaba knew each other, and they could be considered good friends.

So Enkidu wanted to go back to the cedar forest with Gilgamesh. He wanted to find out what happened to the gentle divine beast Humbaba.

Because the mythical beast Humbaba has continuously captured humans and brought them into the cedar forest in the past few years, and the human beings caught in the cedar forest have never left the cedar forest, and do not know whether it is life or death.

So after Enkidu knew that Gilgamesh planned to go to the cedar forest, he immediately decided to go with him.

What about saving Venus goddess Inanna, cutting down cedar wood, these things are secondary in Enkidu's eyes, he mainly wanted to confirm why the divine beast Humbaba suddenly had such a change that puzzled him.

Enkidu has been with the mythical beast Humbaba for the longest time. He is very clear that although the mythical beast Humbaba is rumored to be very terrifying, it is a crazy and terrifying beast.

But Enkidu knows better than anyone that Humbaba has a gentle heart, and the reason why it threatens humans like this is just to fulfill the responsibilities given by the gods.

The duty of the divine beast Humbaba is naturally to protect the cedar forest and the treasures in the cedar forest.

Enki knew very well that Humbaba's duty was to prevent humans from stepping in and to guard the treasure, but he remembered that Humbaba was also ordered by the gods not to leave the cedar forest.

"I'm curious now why Fumbaba left the cedar forest, and also caught humans into the cedar forest." Enkidu said with a worried expression.

"Tsk, what's the use of being curious here, anyway, after the king has arranged the expansion plan of Uruk in a few days, I will take you to the cedar forest. When the time comes, what happened to the mythical beast Humbaba, I don't know. Well, there's no need to be curious here." Gilgamesh said, smacking his lips.

"Yes, so I will go to the temple of the goddess Ningsong to pray first, and see if the great all-knowing and all-powerful goddess can solve my doubts." Enkidu left the palace in a hurry. He just came out of the bath just now. Haven't been to Gilgamesh's mother's temple yet.

After Enkidu left, Seven Nights and Gilgamesh began to discuss plans and ideas for expanding Uruk, and several days passed like this.

It's time to head to the cedar forest.

Chapter 219 Chapter 114 Start to go to the cedar forest

On this day, Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, and his two best friends left Uruk and went to the distant cedar forest.

But it wasn't just Gilgamesh, Seven Nights, and Enkidu. They were followed by fifty strong and burly Uruk soldiers.

These Uruk soldiers are all warriors personally selected by Gilgamesh. They wear extremely hard armor, bows and quivers on the left side of their waists, and sharp swords on the right side of their waists. blade.

And in their hands they were holding an extremely heavy axe...

These are the weapons and armors that Siduri prepared for them, and if the weight of these weapons and armors is combined...about 300 kilograms.

Although it sounds very heavy, this weight is actually nothing to these elite soldiers of Uruk. After all, they can move thousands of kilograms of bricks and stones without panting.

And these Uruk soldiers, almost all of them have the appearance of giving their lives generously.

Because they all knew that the place where they followed Gilgamesh was the cedar forest. That place was a forbidden place for humans to be forbidden by the gods, so they were ready to die!

Now Gilgamesh and Qiye are in front of Uruk's city gate, and behind them is an army of fifty people, and behind them are Uruk's nobles, priests, and residents.

And the number of residents was large, almost the entire city of Uruk gathered in this place, and they watched Gilgamesh and the others leave with reluctance and worry.

This adventure is different from Gilgamesh's previous adventures, whether it's the place to go or the monsters he faces.

The place to go is the cedar forest, a forbidden place for human beings, and the monster facing it is the terrifying divine beast Humbaba, so everyone in Uruk who loves Gilgamesh is very worried.

Many women in Uruk are crying because of this, as if they are watching their lover go to a terrible battlefield. This shows how important Gilgamesh is in the hearts of everyone.

Gilgamesh and Qiye were all ready to go to the distant cedar forest. At this time, the priests headed by the chief priest Siduri approached.

"King, if you regret on the road, go back to Uruk. This is not something to be ashamed of." Siduri said sincerely.

"Ha, this king knows." Gilgamesh responded like this.

And everyone who knew Gilgamesh's character reluctantly shook their heads. Yes, Gilgamesh knew it, but if he knew it, he would do it or not is another matter.

Judging from Gilgamesh's arrogant and stubborn character, everyone knew that even if he died in the cedar forest, he would not be able to return to Uruk halfway.

Uruk's priests and nobles reluctantly gave up Gilgamesh's appearance, and they set their sights on Enkidu and Nanye.

"Dear Disciple, you are from the cedar forest, and you are acquainted with the mythical beast Humbaba. I hope that you will go to the cedar forest with our king, so that the king can return intact."

"Definitely." Enkidu nodded seriously.

Then they looked at Qiye on the side, and they pleaded, "Lord Sage, you have always been known for being stable and reliable, but this trip to the cedar forest is too dangerous, we can't help worrying about your safety, I hope you, the king, and everyone else can return from that forbidden area safely."

"Of course." Qiye nodded with a chuckle.

The final farewell was almost over, and then the priests headed by Siduri knelt down reverently in the direction of the Temple of Inanna and shouted loudly.

"I beg the city **** to bless the king with a smooth journey."

"..." Qiye's mouth twitched.

Because the urban **** of Uruk is the Venus goddess Inanna, she herself has been imprisoned in the cedar forest, and she is in a situation where she cannot protect herself, and she still wants her to protect them...