The next day, in the royal hall of the divine tower, a somewhat heavy atmosphere filled the air.
Luo Zhen, Matthew, Anna and Merlin stood in the royal hall, all frowning.
Gilgamesh also sat on the throne, folding his arms and looking unhappy.
Siduli was holding a clay tablet and making a report.
"...The above are the findings after statistics this morning."
Siduri said this with an expression of indescribable lamentation.
Everyone fell silent immediately.
Including Luo Zhen.
Luo Zhen silently used the abilities of "Wisdom Eye" and "Mind Eye" to observe the current Uruk.
According to the observations of the "Wisdom Eye" and "Heart Eye", Uruk is far more lively than before, and everywhere is full of life.
This is because the 100,000 humans who were rescued before have begun to settle down and have begun to integrate into Uruk.
With the addition of hundreds of thousands of laborers, Uruk will become very lively, which is a normal thing.
However, who knew that under this lively scene, there were dangers everywhere
At least Luo Zhen could notice that in the increasingly lively Urukri, the miasma that began to pervade yesterday had become more than ten times stronger.
Thanks to this, the number of undead active in the darkness and underground seems to have increased, making Uruk seem to be transformed into two realms of light and darkness, with a vibrant city above and a dark and dangerous hell below. tremble with fear.
Gilgamesh made a very unhappy sound.
"In just one night, a full one hundred and thirteen people actually died of exhaustion. They have really become wanton."
Gilgamesh said this.
Yes.
A full one hundred and thirteen people died suddenly of exhaustion last night and were not discovered until this morning.
"I'm afraid it's because of the constant loss of physical strength due to the influence of the aroma of death, and then the Galula spirit took away the soul, right?"
Merlin said this while touching his chin.
"Obviously the battle situation on the north wall and the south gate is getting better and better, but I didn't expect..."
Matthew had a sad look on his face.
Even Anna's complexion looked a little unpleasant.
Because among those who died of exhaustion, one had his soul taken away alive in front of Anna.
According to what I said, last night, when everyone went to sleep, she was the only one who was still thinking about things on the rooftop of the embassy. As a result, she witnessed the appearance of the Galula spirit and saw the messengers of the underworld entering with her own eyes. In a building opposite, the soul of one of the people was taken away.
Anna chased after him without hesitation, but failed to catch up. She watched helplessly as the other party disappeared in front of her eyes.
This put Anna in a bad mood since the morning.
"Why are there so many Galula spirits in Urukri?" Anna glared at Merlin and asked, "Didn't Merlin already set up a barrier? Can't that barrier be used to confuse the undead?"
It seemed that Anna took her anger out on Merlin.
"This is really unfair." Merlin sighed helplessly and said, "Even if my sea of flowers can confuse other necromancy monsters, the Galula Spirit is an accident, right?"
"Accident?" Anna was slightly startled.
"That's right." Merlin nodded and said: "Unlike other necromancy monsters, Galula spirits are messengers of the underworld, and their duty is to bring the souls of the dead into the underworld, so they have nowhere to go. No, as long as there is human life, they will definitely be there."
In other words, the Garula spirit cannot be expelled. Its own duty is to wander in the human world and take away the souls of the dead.
"If it were in the world after AD, existences like them would no longer be able to wander on the earth because of the disappearance of the true ether. But unfortunately, this is the age of gods, and they can enter and leave human cities unscrupulously, even if Even the strongest barrier cannot completely isolate them, because that means excluding "death" from the world where the barrier is located, which is something that is not allowed by the world and the gods."
Merlin said this.
"The only way to eliminate Galula spirits is to prevent humans from appearing in this place. If there are no souls that they need to take away, and there is no birth, old age, sickness and death, then they will not be able to show up. On the contrary, as long as there is birth, old age, sickness and death, then There is no way to drive them away no matter what.”
As a result, the war situation in the north and south continued to improve, and even the necromancy monsters at night were blocked by Merlin's flower formation. Now, only these Garula spirits can freely enter and leave Uruk.
They can't do anything to strangers, but at night, they will silently take away the souls of humans who have been corroded by the aroma of death and died of exhaustion, causing the citizens of Uruk to be taken away overnight. One hundred and thirteen people.
actually...
"This is not the first time this has happened." Siduli said appropriately: "Before this, many people in Urukli also had their souls taken away by Galula spirits, as if they were falling into a deep sleep. Died silently. The same is true in other cities. There have been varying degrees of death tolls, especially in Kuza City. After the appearance of the "Three Goddesses Alliance", all the citizens there seemed to be asleep and stopped. Breathe.”
"Kusa?"
Everyone immediately looked at each other.
Luo Zhen also raised his head.
"Kusa City?" Luo Zhen said calmly: "Remember, it seems to be a city located in the northeast of Uruk. It happens to be Ishtar's territory and adjacent to the Warcraft territory in the north, right?"
"Yes." Siduli nodded and said: "Although that city has a small population, it still has a developed society and civilization. It believes in the goddess of the underworld, so the patron saint of the city is also the goddess of the underworld, and Uruk, which believes in the goddess of life, is a place opposite each other."
"The goddess of the underworld..." Ma Xiu hesitated for a moment, and then said tentatively: "Well, does the underworld really exist?"
The person who answered this question was none other than Gilgamesh.
"If the underworld does not exist, then where did I go to find the immortal grass?" Gilgamesh snorted coldly and said: "In your era, the mystery faded and the underworld became history, but In this era, heaven and earth, earth and the underworld are all one."
This is something that has been said before.
In the Age of Gods, the world was one, with all the gods in the sky and the dead on the ground. These are descriptions of physical properties and there is no theory of phases.
That is to say...
"It is natural that the city god of Kusa is the goddess of the underworld, because the underground of Kusa is the underworld. This is where I entered the underworld and where I returned from."
Gilgamesh knocked on the arm of the throne.
"Now, the Galula spirit is wreaking havoc on the ground, Uruk is also shrouded in the aroma of death, the dead keep appearing, and their souls are constantly being taken away. This is absolutely inseparable from Ereshkigal."
——"Ereshkigal".
The owner of this name is the goddess of the underworld.