The Cursed Gamer, Book 3

340: One-Sided Damnation!

Chapter 340: One-Sided Damnation!

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Why must she stay in the underworld?

Why must she be the one to look after passed souls, in this gloomy place?

For the past millennia, why was it she who was stuck in this lonely place? Why couldn't she too have a friend or two like Ishtar?

Why must Ishtar receive all the glory and benefits, while she suffered alone?

The Goddess Ereshkigal didn't have an answer to any of those questions, for the past millennia.

Though Ishtar and Ereshkigal were the same Goddess, their powers and minds were different. So, their preferences too were different.

Ereshkigal didn't fall for Gil the same way Ishtar did, decades ago. She didn't have any romantic feelings for him, as far as Neji was aware. Due to her good-hearted nature, it wasn't as if she hated Gil either. She did see him as a younger brother—he who was millennia younger than her.

Goddess of the Underworld, Ereshkigal simply wanted someone to accompany her in her long-listed stay in this gloomy place. If that 'someone' happened to be her half-brother? She would be much more pleased.

So, this poor Goddesses wished for her own younger brother to die. As the ruler of the underworld, all it took was that 'wish' that moves the entire terrain to act against him.

The King of Heroes, Gilgamesh was about to die.

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The Underworld of Kur may not be a different dimension, but the entire place was still the domain of Ereshkigal.

The rocks, the air, the dust. Everything was under her control.

With that, she easily channeled her will onto the spiky rocks in the ground, on the ceiling, and on the wall.

The spiky rocks moved to obey her will and rushed toward the trespassers. A human, two servants, and two Gods.

– Shiuuung!

The rocks moved fast, cutting through the cold air of the underworld. They all centered on the group, about to impale everyone and destroy their existence.

Neji couldn't let that happen so easily.

Kamui was the easy answer for himself, but the others would die. So he would have to take the blow on his body. He had to keep them safe.

With a roar, his dragon transformation was already midway there. His instincts had kicked in before his brain had caught on, so he was already a huge 20 feet dragon.

– Chip-Chip-Chip!

The sound of something sharp entering wet flesh filled the area. It was such a sound that rippled across this vast area.

There was also the sound of something solid hitting something harder, and just bouncing off. However, that sound was lacking compared to the former.

"Grrrrgh-!"

Neji growled in pain at a sensation that imitated the feeling of getting shot, by a normal person. It's as if he was riddled with multiple bullet holes.

What's worse, the barrage didn't end with just that. The spikes continued shooting at Neji, the white dragon who had wrapped his wings around the four girls and protected him with his body.

– Chip-Chip-Chip!

The same sound reverberated around the empty domain of the underworld. It was accompanied by soft groans... that died out rather soon.