In Sumerian mythology, Ishtar is an undoubted philanthropic person who has courted many gods and heroes, and is quite willful and unrestrained.
So, as the half-body of Ishtar, and the existence that is one with its exterior and interior, how could Ereshkigal not be philanthropic
However, unlike Ishtar, Ereshkigal's philanthropy is aimed at ordinary humans.
As the goddess of the underworld, she neither loves heroes nor gods, she just loves ordinary humans.
"Because I am the goddess in charge of death. Embracing death and accepting death is my divinity."
"For me, what I watch most is not the death of gods, let alone the death of heroes, but the death of you, fragile and ordinary humans."
"Perhaps, for you humans, death is a fearful and terrifying thing, but for me, death is something worthy of respect and an existence that must be protected."
"In this case, how could I not love you humans who are destined to die?"
At this moment, Ereshkigal revealed his true feelings.
"Don't let death fall into the abominable fear, show respect for it, and at the same time, you must protect the remaining souls. This is me, the goddess of the underworld - Ereshkigal."
"So, can you imagine how sad and painful I feel when I learn that human history has been destroyed and that humans will eventually disappear from the earth?"
"Seeing that there are fewer and fewer humans on the ground. They are either captured by the monsters of the goddess of monsters and used as fertilizer to create new monsters, or they are cruelly torn to death by the monsters. How can I not feel angry?"
"But I can't change anything, because I can't leave the underworld and can only manage the undead here forever."
Under such circumstances, it is already obvious what decision Ereshkigal will make.
"What I said before was not all lies. At least, when I saw human beings being killed so cruelly, I did think that if this ending cannot be changed, then I might as well give human beings a painless and silent eternal sleep. Then take as many human souls as possible to the underworld for protection."
"Even if no one understands me, even if millions of souls in this world isolate me, I will still protect this silence."
"This is my insistence as the goddess of the underworld, and it is also the only help I can give you."
"This is the reason why I joined the "Three Goddess Alliance"."
Ereshkigal's words caused everyone to fall silent.
"Miss Ereshkigal..."
Matthew's expression was complicated.
"..."
Atila, Liang Li, Ishtar and others also looked at Ereshkigal with a determined look on their face, wondering what they were thinking.
"This is really..."
Even everyone in Chaldea couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
Luo Zhen can understand everyone's thoughts.
There is no way, if this is what this goddess really says, then this goddess is really heart-wrenching and pitiable.
"Obviously you were just unilaterally denied this responsibility by the gods, and you lost everything for it. You have been staying in this world with nothing, managing the undead for thousands of years, and independently Tasting loneliness and silence, in the end, are you still willing to sacrifice yourself for others?"
Luo Zhen couldn't help but speak.
Ereshkigal had only one answer to this.
"That's right, because this is the goddess."
Yes, this is the goddess.
No matter which goddess she is, she has her own love that she insists on.
This love may be twisted, it may be cruel, it may not be directed at people, it may only be directed at objects, it can be said that it is all different, but only in the face of this love, they will regard it as their whole life. The greatest persistence among them is to persevere to the end.
Just for her love, Ishtar once trampled the earth, ravaged humans, played with gods, and trampled on people's hearts. Even if it was cruel and cruel, it was still for love.
The same goes for Ereshkigal.
Even if you get nothing.
Even if you don’t desire anything.
She still wants to stick to her love, her responsibilities and mission.
If Ishtar longs for love in order to gain everything, then Ereshkigal can gain love only after losing everything.
The exterior and interior are one and opposite to each other. This is the relationship between Ishtar and Ereshkigal.
Now Ereshkigal has confessed everything.
The purpose is not to survive, but to die.
"I am the goddess of death and will never deny death."
Ereshkigal declared calmly.
"Knock me down right here and free all the souls here."
These words made everyone speechless.
Everyone could only focus on Luo Zhen and wait for Luo Zhen to make this decision.
As a result, everyone was stunned.
Because, at this moment, Luo Zhen had a smile on his face.
"senior?"
Matthew couldn't help but speak out.
"Hello."
Ishtar also tugged on Luo Zhen's collar.
But Luo Zhen just looked at Ereshkigal.
"You...why are you looking at me like that?"
Being looked at so directly by Luo Zhen, Ereshkigal's expression became unnatural, with a slight blush on his pretty face.
But Luo Zhen still wanted to look at this goddess.
the reason is simple.
"I finally understand why you took Ishtar's body to talk to me, revealed information about the Three Goddess Alliance to me, and helped me over there in the fir forest, and even asked me to defeat you."
Luo Zhen spoke softly.
"These are all for me to save humanity, right?"
Because Ereshkigal could not do anything, could not get out of the underworld, and could not prevent the coming destruction, then she would naturally place her hope on the Master of Chaldea who had saved six singular points.
While at the embassy, Ereshkigal wanted to hear Luo Zhen's story among the six singularities, not only because of his own curiosity, but also because of his envy and longing for Luo Zhen, who had the ability to save everything.
Therefore, Ereshkigal disclosed the information to Luo Zhen at the risk of violating the covenant.
Therefore, Ereshkigal also hindered other goddesses to prevent Luo Zhen from being poisoned by them.
Ereshkigal even wanted Luo Zhen to defeat him and gradually disintegrate the power of the "Three Goddesses Alliance".
What's more, the reason why she attacked Uruk like Gorgon and Quetzal was to be one step ahead of the other goddesses and collect human souls as soon as possible without changing the decision of the alliance's goddesses. Protect them.
Everything Ereshkigal did was for mankind.
In this case...
"I won't let you die like this."
Luo Zhen said this categorically.
"Then... what do you want?"
Ereshkigal couldn't help but asked.
"It's simple."
Luo Zhen stretched out his hand towards Ereshkigal.
"Make a contract with me."