My Knights of the Round Table

Arthur sighed and continued walking.

In Sumerian mythology, Ishtar symbolizes the "hostess of the sky", while Ereshkigal, Ishtar's sister, symbolizes the "hostess of the underworld".

As the goddess of harvest, Ishtar is the mother goddess of earth who represents human life.

In contrast, Ereshkigal, the hostess of Hades who represents human death, is the mother goddess of fear.

And in this way, if Ereshkigal cannot leave Hades, then...

"It must be Ereshkigal who chatted with me at night."

Arthur muttered, feeling a little more confident in his heart.

"It's just a lonely little girl with no one to accompany her. I've taught her for so long, so it shouldn't be a big problem... right?"

There are blue flames hanging in cages all around the road.

One soul after another wailed inside.

Here are filled with the souls who died on the ground, and the souls who fell into the underworld and were imprisoned carelessly were not allowed to disappear and could only be imprisoned here forever.

"It's really, miserable." Arthur shook his head, "It's hard for her to stay sane after being alone for thousands of years in this environment."

Arthur didn't stop much, and continued to walk forward after watching for a while.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, he saw a stone gate in front of him blocking his way.

Arthur's expression froze.

"Why, there is still a door?"

The door flashed an eerie light as he stepped in front of it.

"Answer, answer."

"The living who fell into the underworld."

"Answer the existence of its soul."

A stiff and cold female voice emerged from the door, and then the weird pattern on it also flashed.

Arthur's expression became more and more rigid.

He knew that there was such a gate in the underworld in Mesopotamia, and he knew more about its function.

The gate of the underworld.

The underworld of Ereshkigal has seven of these gates, which question the soul about good and evil.

Those who answered correctly were allowed to pass, while those who answered incorrectly were punished.

According to legend, after conquering Mount Abif, Ishtar was so confident that he broke into the underworld alone and wanted to break his wrist with his sister Ereshkigal, the hostess of the underworld, but he has not seen Eresh yet. Kigal was deprived of all her powers by the seven gates of the underworld, and then simply dragged to Ereshkigal for torture.

In the end, if it wasn't for the intercession of the gods, maybe after Ereshkigal tortured Ishtar, the goddess among the goddesses favored by the gods and narcissistic to the extreme would become a cage in a certain cage on this road An unknown blue fire.

but...

"Why does the dead have to answer questions?!"

"Ask the sinner."

The cold female voice continued to speak monotonously and stiffly.

Arthur could only lift his spirits.

"Hopefully the history of Mesopotamia that was crammed in before was useful."

When he got here, he was completely unable to return to land alive without the permission of Ereshkigal.

Ereshkigal's permission must be obtained to return alive.

In other words, after he handed the Holy Sword of the Stars to Eunice, he had no way out. He had to meet Ereshkigal and abduct her to Camelot's camp.

Arthur raised his spirits and listened carefully to the question.

The only thing that reassures him is that the gate of the underworld is a fair and rational gate.

As long as he answers correctly, there is no possibility of failing.

"Although the benchmark of beauty is varied, it is still absolute."

Arthur's expression gradually became slightly subtle.

"Black can overcome white, and earth can overcome sky."

Arthur's face gradually stiffened.

"Then Ereshkigal and Ishtar..."

Arthur's expression collapsed completely, and he raised his hand to cover his face, obviously he had no eyes to look at the 'just and rational' gate to the underworld in front of him.

"Which one is more beautiful?"

The gate of the underworld asked a question, and Arthur also adjusted his mood and put down his hand.

"Ereshkigal!"

Arthur said without hesitation.

"bingo."

The door opened.

......

After seven questions in a row, Arthur passed it unharmed.

His expression was also completely relaxed.

All seven questions asked how he thought Ereshkigal compared to other women.

Arthur was very polite and waited for her to say 'Ereshkigal' as soon as she finished speaking.

As a result, the seven doors, which were also natural, quickly passed through without exception.

Arthur couldn't believe it was going well.

"I can't look straight at Mesopotamian mythology anymore."

Thinking of Ishtar rolling back and forth on the mountain of gold and precious stones he piled up in the room, and thinking of the seven gates proposed by Ereshkigal to control the 'just and rational' gate of Hades. An outrageous question.

Arthur sighed helplessly.

"It's also a good thing."

Without further hesitation, he walked straight along the long passage.

After walking for a long time, he reached a circular field at the lowest end.

Surrounded by countless rocks floating in the air and he walked over and stepped on the passage, the circular field does not have any palace appearance, but is empty like an abandoned square.

The cold temperature made Arthur have to use magic to protect around his body, so as not to mess up the battle that might happen later because of his stiff body.

Arthur walked into the circular field.

"Ereshkigal."

He looked at the empty field ahead and shouted the name of the mistress of Hades.

As his words fell, a large amount of blood poured out from the round altar that looked like an altar in front of the two pillars in front.

In an instant, the temperature of the entire site dropped to the limit acceptable to the human body again.

Countless bright red blood circled upwards from the altar, defying gravity and traveling upwards, forming a blood-red ball between two tall white columns.

The blood kept boiling and burning on the ball, plundering the surrounding temperature.

'Boom! '

As the bloody ball exploded, a pair of huge skeletons appeared above the field.

The skeleton is completely composed of blood, and the most frightening thing is that its body is covered with a face with only bones left, just like its head. It's not the structure of the human body, but it's made of long tail-like bones, with several bone faces on it.

All the faces seemed to be looking at Arthur standing alone on the ground.

A icy chill blew against where Arthur was.

The light golden shield kept all the cold outside, and Arthur still looked at it calmly.

"Fear, pray."

The cold and stiff female voice uttered from the huge bones.

"Fall into despair, human beings. I am the administrator of death, the mistress of the underworld, and the one who steps on the spirit peak."

"Ereshkigal!"

Chapter 432 Chapter 31 Always With You

The icy cold air was blowing and destroying the light golden shield protecting his body.

Arthur looked at the magic around him.

The magic power of the underworld is constantly trying to erode his body, as if trying to integrate him into a soul that is locked in a cage with the outside world.

"is that so."

Arthur suddenly felt as if he had returned to twenty years ago.

"It's been a long time since I fought anyone."

The nobles of Camelot have changed a group, and even the Knights of the Round Table and Camelot’s knights and army, the group of knights and soldiers who followed him, retired early and replaced them with their descendants.

And since then he hasn't shot even once.

In front of outsiders, the sword of the vowed victory is as unmistakable as the sword in the stone, the symbol of victory and the throne, and no one has seen Lungominiad.

Most of his stories have become legends and anecdotes.

The golden light condensed in Arthur's hand.