In the cold underground world, there are only lighthouse-like gun sills standing in all directions, with will-o'-the-wisps burning inside, illuminating the surrounding area.
Luo Zhen and his party stopped fighting and looked at this scene with a heavy heart.
because...
"The things in those gun sills are human souls."
Ishtar said this in a tone that seemed to have nothing to do with her.
"The gun thresholds created by Ereshkigal are all prisons used to imprison souls. The human souls trapped inside cannot leave or be liberated. They can only stay there forever and be cold. Torture.”
The underworld is a place without sunlight. The aroma of death is extremely strong and the temperature is so low that ordinary humans can't stand it, let alone a soul that has lost its body. There is no so-called warmth at all, so they can only continue to be exposed to this. A cold attack.
Therefore, the goddess of the underworld needs to create a gun prison, not to imprison the soul, but to preserve the soul and give the soul a comfortable place to live.
But from Ishtar's tone, she seemed to think that Ereshkigal would not do such a thing.
After all, the other party was the one who cruelly killed her. In Ishtar's mind, Ereshkigal must be a cruel and ruthless goddess, right
That's what I said.
"Since you have already arrived in the underworld, it is too late for you to regret it. I will tell you first, if you really die here, this will be your fate."
Ishtar pointed at the gun sills and said so.
"If you don't want it to be like that, then just fight hard."
After saying that, Ishtar walked forward on his own.
Seeing this, Ma Xiu quickly followed.
Luo Zhen also followed, but was still confirming the current situation.
for example...
"How do you feel? Attila?"
Luo Zhen asked another rider who was silently guarding him in spiritual form.
"No problem." Attila's voice rang out, and she said calmly: "Although I also appear as a heroic spirit and possess divinity, due to my own particularity, the laws of the underworld can have an impact on me. The effect is limited.”
Atila's words finally made Luo Zhen feel relieved.
After all, if even Atila cannot exert her strength in the underworld, then when facing Ereshkigal, Luo Zhen will have to show his true ability at all costs.
Now that it is confirmed that Atila still has fighting strength, Luo Zhen is half relieved.
but...
"Speaking of which, if those gun thresholds are prisons for imprisoning souls, aren't there too many?"
“Indeed, just walking along the way I saw so many things that I’m too lazy to count them.”
"Are there already so many dead people on the ground?"
In the communicator, the voices of Olga Marie, Leonardo da Vinci, and Roman sounded out one after another with confusion and depression.
Originally, after entering the underworld, everyone was worried about whether Chaldea's communications would be disconnected, but fortunately, the underworld in this era was just the underground of Kusa and was in the same realm, so communications could still be maintained.
However, this may not be a good thing.
Just like now, everyone in Chaldea felt depressed when they saw the real underworld.
Ishtar was not surprised at all.
"What do you think the situation is now? There are countless humans killed by the pets of the Goddess of Warcraft, right? So why is it so strange that this place is filled with the souls of the dead?"
Ishtar led the way and talked freely.
"You should be lucky. All the undead monsters in the underworld seem to have been sent out by Ereshkigal. Now it seems that there is no obstruction here, so as long as you follow me obediently, you can reach it after passing through the seven-layered door. The palace of Ereshkigal."
Hearing this, Ma Xiu couldn't help but speak out.
"Seven gates?"
Obviously, Matthew didn't know about this.
In the end, it was the people of Chaldea who gave the answer.
"You are referring to the seven doors of trials, right?" Da Vinci's voice rang out, and he said enthusiastically: "In the underworld in Sumerian mythology, there are seven doors that can interrogate the good and evil of the soul, right? ?”
"That's right." Roman's voice also sounded, saying: "Those are seven fair and rational doors. Everyone who comes to the door will face the questions raised by the door."
"I see, depending on the answer to the question, people's good and evil will be different, right?" Olga Marie said as if she understood: "After all, whether it is good or evil, their value is equal and will change. The only ones who choose them are humans, so depending on the answer, the value of the human soul itself will be different, right?"
"Well, that's it." Ishtar said without interest: "The seven doors used to interrogate the good and evil of the human soul are the seven doors. Only through those seven doors can you see Eli. Shikigal, otherwise he will only end up being frozen in the underworld and even his soul will be wiped out."
Speaking of this, Luo Zhen also glanced at Ishtar and made a funny sound.
"According to the records in the myth, when the goddess Ishtar went down to the underworld, the first thing she encountered was the seven-fold door, but she ended up having bad luck, right?"
"Uh..." Ishtar's pretty face suddenly stiffened slightly.
"What's going on?" Mashu asked without knowing why.
"It's very simple, because the seven-layer gate is not just a question, it is also a test in itself." Luo Zhen said without any concealment: "According to the different answers, the gate will make different judgments. If it is against one's will, If the answer is yes, evil, will be hated by others and jealous of God, the door will be punished. On the contrary, if the answer is sincere, kind, and can satisfy the goddess of the underworld, the door will open automatically. , be allowed to pass.”
In this case, the situation Ishtar encountered when she descended to the underworld is relatively easy to understand.
"Faced with these seven gates of trials, the answer given by the great goddess Ishtar, who did not know how to advance or retreat, was naturally not a good thing. As a result, every time he passed through a gate, he would be deprived of a power. If he passed through the seven gates, he would Seven powers were taken away.”
Luo Zhen shrugged.
"And Ishtar carried seven powers at that time, so after passing through the seven doors, the goddess lost all her powers and became extremely fragile. Even when she saw Ereshkigal, she only It’s just an insect that can be easily crushed to death.”
Under such circumstances, there is no doubt what will happen to Ishtar who breaks into the underworld with no self-esteem.
The final result has also been given in the myth.
Ishtar was brutally killed until Dumuzi, the shepherd god, took action and was resurrected.
This is the myth of Ishtar going down to the underworld.