When Gilgamesh woke up again, he found himself lying on a simple bed made of the bones of various sea beasts.
"You're awake, kid."
He raised his head and followed the voice to see which old woman was extremely thin.
He remembered that Ananu told him that this old woman was the wife of Utnapishtim, named Antratbebis.
"If you wake up and don't want to die, just leave now."
Utnapishtim also came closer. He looked at Gilgamesh with his deep eyes, his voice was low and hoarse, and he was leaning on a cane.
"You are strong, but you can't do anything to me, unless you want to go to the underworld."
"What? Are you going to die with that boy who has turned into dust? I think you have a pretty good relationship."
Gilgamesh did not respond to Antrat Bebis who was worried about him, nor did he respond to Utnapishtim who was simply a little annoyed. He just sat on the bone bed and looked down at his hands. .
Two golden rays of light gradually appeared from his hands.
Wrapped around his left hand, it was a golden chain, the Lock of Heaven.
What he held in his right hand was the golden key, the Key to Heaven.
These were the last things left to him by his two best friends.
They have passed away.?
Gilgamesh thought involuntarily.
"Hey, a weapon of this level is really terrifying. If used properly, it might be comparable to that beast Enlil's Destiny Clay Tablet? And it also has a special attack against gods."
Utnapishtim looked at the Heaven's Lock and the Heaven's Key, his eyebrows twitching slightly.
Are these the two friends of this boy?
"Does life have to come to an end?"
Looking at his friend's relics, Gilgamesh asked with a trembling voice.
"Are gods destined to control everything?"
The Key to Heaven and the Lock to Heaven were held tightly in his hands.
He could feel the tremendous power contained in these two weapons, but the greater the power, the sadder and angrier Gilgamesh became.
His question may be to Utnapishtim and Antratbebis, or it may be to himself.
Utnapishtim and Antratbybis looked at each other.
"I can't answer your first question, and I guess you don't want to hear my answer, but the second one"
Utnapishtim let out two ugly smiles.
"Yes!"
He raised one of his hands.
"The gods are destined to control everything. That's the rule of Mesopotamia!"
"Don't look at the horrible state I've fallen into now. You know, back then I could have built an ark that could preserve hope for mankind by myself, but what was the use of that?"
"In front of God, no matter how strong you are, it is meaningless."
Although he said this, Utnapishtim's words contained a strong sense of temptation.
Gilgamesh turned his head and glanced at Utnapishtim.
"Child, death will eventually come." Antratbebis, a kind and soft-hearted old woman, came over, sighed softly, and said to Gilgamesh, "You have to learn to be calm. mentality.”
"It's too sad. Your lost friend doesn't want to see it either."
Listening to Antrat Bybis's words, Gilgamesh lowered his eyes and pursed his lips.
Ananu said that he would not entrust any hatred or anger to himself along with the Key to Heaven.
But how could I possibly
"Ute, do something for this kid? Okay?"
Antrat Bybisi raised her head and looked at her husband with expectant eyes.
Utnapishtim pursed his lips.
"I knew you would be like this. You are always soft-hearted and always think this is pitiful and that is pathetic." He complained, but he still scratched his head and took out a piece of grass from his pocket.
Gilgamesh glanced at Utnapishtim blankly.
"Although I don't know what you are after, this thing was left behind by the gods when they gave me eternal life. What is it called? The immortal grass."
Seeing that Gilgamesh didn't answer, Utnapishtim simply pushed the spiritual herb into Gilgamesh's hand.
"Of course, it is said to be an immortal spiritual grass. Since I am already immortal, it can probably only extend your life a lot. You should leave quickly. If you continue to stay here, Ante will Let me do more things for you."
Gilgamesh looked at the Key to Heaven, the Lock of Heaven, and the spiritual grass that Utnapishtim had given him, and gritted his teeth.
He also knew that he could no longer stay here.
No matter what he did next, he had to return to Uruk.
and
Raging flames burned in Gilgamesh's eyes.
I still have a score to settle with the gods.
Rowing on the raft given by Antrat Bebis, Gilgamesh took one last look at the island where the gate to the underworld is located.
On the way back, without the help of Nanshe and Ishtar, Gilgamesh relied on his own legs to walk towards his city after landing on the shore.
From time to time he looked up at the northern sky.
That was the location of the Anunnaki divine realm, far, far away from me.
The one who lives there is the master of Mesopotamia, the master of mankind. Enlil is sitting there holding the tablet of destiny, enjoying everything in Mesopotamia.
He couldn't help but smile.
Gods are not worthy of being served, let alone believed in.
This is the most important thing Gilgamesh learned in his short life.
Gods are also lives. They are not a supreme being, let alone a benchmark for behavior. They are just a plaque, a plaque that may be very powerful.
He wanted to smash the plaque.
With a look of futility and fearlessness on his face, Gilgamesh looked at the sky and the Anunnaki divine realm in the distance, thinking about things that perhaps only Utnapishtim had thought about besides him.
God is not unchallenged.
This is not only because of the blood feud between Ananu and Enkidu, but also for mankind.
As long as the gods are pressing down on human beings, human development will not be able to grow stronger, and
Under the rule of gods, human beings suffer too many tragedies.
So if there is a chance.
If Gilgamesh wanted to do it, he might fail, and he would be nailed to the pillar of shame and reviled, the person who smashed the powerful plaque of God, as the King of Uruk, the Key of Heaven Ananu and the Heaven's Key A close friend of Enkidu.
"Just wait. Anunnaki."
"Wait for me"
There was a twinkle in his eye.
Uruk is almost here.
He now passed a river.
Uruk still needs him as the king, and he must return in a clean and tidy manner.
I accidentally filled in the wrong chapter numbers for the first two chapters, so I'll just make do with it.
(End of chapter)
