Chapter 1,384 The Mistress of the Underworld, Ereshkigal
desolate.
This was the first feeling after Ananu opened his eyes, got up from the ground, and saw the scene in front of him.
What caught his eyes were only huge bluish-gray stones, which were either sharp or regular, but in the final analysis, they were just stones.
Apart from these stones, there is nothing else.
Ananu looked up and saw that that was the direction he came from. He tried to fly up and look up, but he didn't find any place to get out.
Ananu sighed and swallowed.
This is... the underworld.
Came in on his own.
The temperature on the body completely disappeared and became cold and hard. Ananu felt that the clay figure himself was about to turn into frozen soil.
There was no road in front of him, but Ananu knew where he should go.
That means going down.
The underworld goes all the way down, and the further you go down, the closer you get to the core of the underworld, which is the residence and throne of Ereshkigal, the god of the underworld.
However, the residence of Ereshkigal is not the deepest part of the underworld.
Under the throne of Hades in Ereshkigal, there is still a huge space, which is the deepest part of the underworld, where Abzu’s body remains. There are still the original Rahmu and
Lahamu continuously produces and consumes red mud.
After finding the path, Ananu began walking downward.
There was no way out from above, and he realized one fact——
If he wants to truly return from the underworld and leave this extremely deep underground world, he must obtain the permission of the owner here.
This is also the attitude of the owner here, Ereshkigal, the god of the underworld.
[I didn’t invite you, but you came to my home. Why don’t you come and meet me? 】
Ananu had no other choice but to go down to find Ereshkigal, the god of the underworld, the terrifying queen who even the great god Enlil could not defeat as long as she was in the underworld.
Ananu walked down amidst the unchanging scenery. After walking for about seven days, he saw a door.
A huge stone door was set up on the way down.
Ananu understood.
Next to the gate, stood a Garula spirit in black robes, holding a birdcage burning with blue flames in his hand. It seemed that he had been waiting for Ananu for a long time.
"Utu's weapon, I am waiting for your arrival on behalf of my mistress, and I will ask you a question - why did you come to the residence of Irkala?"
This is the real gatekeeper of the underworld. As for Utnapishtim, that is just for him. The underworld does not need living life to protect him. He only stays there because he can only stay there.
"I came here to leave." Annanou truthfully reported his plan, although it seemed a bit contradictory.
"I see, that's it." The gatekeeper nodded.
He took a step back, bowed slightly to Ananu, and then said in a hoarse voice: "I will go to the mistress's residence and ask for her opinion. If she is willing to see you, you will see me again."
"I understand." Ananu nodded.
He actually felt that this gatekeeper, who was the Garula spirit, was more kind than Utnapishtim, his voice was not that unpleasant, and he would not be afraid.
"Then, please wait here for seven days. If I do not return after seven days, it means that the mistress has rejected you. Please find your own way out of the underworld."
After the gatekeeper finished speaking, he left, passed through the huge stone gate, and headed to Ereshkigal's residence.
Ananu, on the other hand, leaned on the stone next to him and took a nap.
He leaned against the stone and remained motionless for seven days, as if he was really dead.
However, Ananu's waiting is not meaningless.
Seven days later, around early morning, if nothing else happened, the sun would have just risen in the world of the living, and the gatekeeper returned.
"The mistress is willing to see you, Tianzhikey, please come with me."
After the machine recovered, Ananu moved his stiff body and nodded to the gatekeeper.
"It's time to work."
Under the leadership of the gatekeeper, Ananu stood in front of the stone gate, which was already open.
But when Ananu was about to step through the stone gate, the gatekeeper's hand that looked like a bone claw grabbed Ananu's clothes, and then directly pulled the white robe off Ananu's body.
The white robe is part of Ananu's body, so naturally it will not be really pulled off. The new white robe reappeared on Ananu's body, and the white robe held by the gatekeeper turned into a
A small piece of shiny gold.
That's the fragment of the key.
Ananu frowned: "What are you doing? Why do you want to take away my clothes?"
"Please come in, Heaven's Key, the rules of the mistress of the underworld have always been like this." The gatekeeper didn't care that the clothes turned into fragments of the Heaven's Key. He just stretched out a hand and invited Ananu to continue.
Move forward.
Ananu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but nothing came out. He could only nodded and continued walking forward.
After walking for seven days, they came to the second door.
When Ananu was about to pass through the stone gate, the white robe was taken away again.
"Why take it away again?" Ananu really didn't understand.
He could feel that the vitality in his body was being weakened step by step. If his power continued to be taken away like this, he would really die in the underworld.
"Please come in, Key of the Sky, the rules of the mistress of the underworld have always been like this." The gatekeeper gave the exact same answer and motioned for Ananu to continue walking.
Ananu pursed his lips. He had no choice but to move forward.
Then, Ananu experienced this kind of thing seven times. His white robe, that is, his vitality, his fragments, were taken away by the gatekeeper seven times.
He is already quite weak.
Now around him, on both sides of the road, were black birdcages, blue Galula spirits, and cold flames.
His pace was a bit like a walking zombie, moving forward with difficulty.
But, he knew that it was not far away.
Ereshkigal, the mistress of the underworld, is just ahead. There is no eighth gate in the underworld.
If there really is an eighth gate, Ananu really feels that his vitality may not be enough for the gatekeeper to plunder. After all, although he is a clay figure, he has no concept of immortality. As long as he causes enough damage, he is also
Will die.
Also, Enkidu doesn’t know what’s going on... If his life is taken away, Enkidu will also become weaker. They are one, which is inevitable.
However, it's no longer a problem.
Because Ananu has already seen——
That giant Galura spirit, the mistress of the underworld——