Ares, God of War

In the past, the twelve main gods of Mount Olympus held at least five powerful godheads in their hands, plus countless miscellaneous godheads. It was the divine power brought by these godheads that supported Olympus. The twelve main gods have an unbreakable position among the gods.

The same is true in Mesopotamia. Take Enlil and Marduk, the two most powerful gods in this region, as an example. The former is the god of the earth and the air, and the master of the world. At the same time, he also mastered the terrifying godhead with a large coverage, and the latter, as a strong god who can challenge Enlil's status in the future, naturally there will be many similar godheads, such as war, thunderstorms, weapons, martial arts, magic, etc. But they are all first-class godheads.

It is precisely because of these godheads that Enlil and Marduk are so strong. If these godheads are stripped away, Enlil and Marduk will inevitably decline to the point of being a city-state patron saint. Especially where the limitations of pure natural gods lie.

That's why Dumuzi was so hesitant. Although he was the husband of the Queen of the Universe, Ishtar, when he got married, he only had three godheads, spring, the patron saint of Uruk, and the most important godhead of the shepherd.

The status of the patron saint of Uruk had already been surrendered by Dumuzi when Lugarbanda was in contact with the goddess Ningsun. There is no way, she is the second generation of gods, the most beloved daughter of the god Anu, She was going to parachute to Uruk for love, how dare a door-to-door son-in-law like Dumuzi dare to say no.

So later, Dumuzi lost his status as the king of Uruk, and was forced to surrender a godhead, becoming a "great god" with only two godheads. This was also when Anu held a banquet. The reason why he is next to Ares is that he, who has only two godheads, is actually only slightly stronger than the general patron saint of the city-state, not even as good as Ares, who has plagues and wars in his godhead.

Although after being thrown by Ishtar to his sister Ereshkigal to take the blame, Dumuzi inexplicably had a "resurrected" godhead due to the allusion of being resurrected every six months, but this godhead But it can only be regarded as an addition, not a normal godhead at all.

In order to please Ares, he gave him his second most important Godhead, the Godhead of Spring, so now, Dumuzi has become a pure shepherd. He is a shepherd, and he is just a shepherd.

But on the other hand, his wife Ishtar has the goddesses of nature, agriculture, love, fertility, war, and Venus, and her divine power is much stronger than him. His family status is already very different from that of his wife. If Ares took away some of his powers and made his faun godhood incomplete, then he might not be as talkative as some Ishtar servants at home in the future.

The goddess Gashtinanna next to her saw the hesitation and wavering in her brother's heart, and knew what it would mean for him to agree to Ares' request, so before Dumuzi could speak, she told Ares said:

"Honorable Pluto Nergal, please forgive us for not being able to agree to your conditions."

"Sister." Du Muzi said anxiously: "Are you going to stay with me in this underworld forever?"

"I think it's not bad."

Gashtinanna looked at the bustling scene around her, and said seriously to Dumuzi:

"Listen, Dumuzi, my sister can use her divine power to build a house in the future, and she can have a shelter from the wind and rain in the underworld, and you can rest there even when you come, but you can't become an incomplete god. With the power to control animals, you can't even keep the title of Mu Shen!"

"Sister..." Dumuzi's voice sounded a little choked up, and he looked at his sister with emotion, not knowing what to say.

"Really? That's the way it is. It seems that this matter is a bit difficult to handle."

Ares also showed a look of regret, he took a step back, and then said to Dumuzi and Gashtinanna:

"In this case, let me work harder, Ai Lei, look..."

Ares turned his head to look at Ereshkigal beside him, and then winked desperately at her where Dumuzi and Gashtinanna could not see.

"!"

Ai Lei, who had just been confused by the conversation between Ares and Dumuzi, finally reacted when she saw Ares' face that was almost squeezed into one piece, and then she took a blank look. Face, in his coldest voice, said to Dumuzi and Gashtinanna:

"no!"

Hearing Ai Lei's words, Dumuzi's face turned pale, while Gashtinanna said to Dumuzi with a little joy:

"In that case, Dumuzi, you should go back and continue building that house with me."

"Don't tell me, since Dumuzi is back, it's impossible for you, Qashtinanna, to stay in the underworld."

Ares said to Gashtinanna:

"Life and death are ordered in the underworld. The dead cannot go out, and the living cannot come back. In theory, after Dumuzi meets you, you have completed the exchange of lives. You must go out now."

"Ah...that's it."

Gashtinanna looked very disappointed. She shrugged her shoulders and said to her brother:

"That can't be helped, Dumuzi. After I leave, you have to continue to build our home. Don't build me a small or ugly house."

"elder sister……"

Dumuzi hesitated to speak, but at this moment, Ares interrupted their conversation.

"Dumuz, Gashtinanna, wait a moment, I'll discuss it with Ai Lei."

After finishing speaking, Ares stretched out his hand to embrace Ai Lei's shoulder and walked aside. The two pretended to be very close, and whispered there.

Of course, this so-called "whispering" is actually a ventriloquist performance by Ares alone. In fact, when Ai Lei was hugged by his shoulders, she curled up like a frightened bird, let alone She spoke to him fluently, and even walked with his support.

After a while, Ares pretended to be very angry again, yelled, then separated from Ai Lei, left her where she was, and walked back angrily.

He came to Dumuzi and Gashtinanna and said to Dumuzi, "Brother, don't worry, I will let you out this time!"

"Hmm." Dumuz nodded very touched, and then carefully glanced at Ai Lei, who was facing her back and exuding a gloomy aura, and asked cautiously: "Ereshkigal, she Are you okay?"

"Don't worry about her, I'm the one who has the final say in this family."

Ares waved his hand and said to Dumuzi:

"How about this, Dumuzi, I know you don't have many godheads, so I'll exchange the godhead with you, what do you think?"

Chapter 64. Big Business

"Swap Godhead for Godhead?"

Dumuzi and Gashtinanna were taken aback when they heard the words, and then said in astonishment:

"What does it mean?"

"It means that I exchange my godhead for your godhead."

Ares glanced at Ereshkigal, then pointed at her with his thumb, and whispered to Dumuzi and Gashtinanna:

"You don't know, but Ai Lei actually wants Dumuzi's godhead."

"why?"