The Mother of Origin, Tiamat, who was supposed to be dead, is unexpectedly alive and leading a massive army of magical beasts towards the battlefield.
The three pillar gods of Babylon are shocked and enraged by this scene:
"No wonder there’s such audacity; turns out there’s a rebel god backing them."
Amidst three sinister roars, thousands of thunder spears descend from the sky, layers of gigantic waves rise from the waters, and dozens of tornadoes form from the wild winds, all aiming to destroy the human city-state that provoked the deities - Uruk.
Thunder roars, rain pours fiercely, wind howls violently.
Under the terrifying divine anger, the entire world trembles intensely, mudflows mixed with gravel, trees, and animal carcasses, surged towards Uruk.
This small city-state built and protected by humans, akin to a dilapidated small boat facing angry waves on a stormy night
- destined to capsize.
"Heaven has a vast ocean, earth has prisons, my heel is the wrath of the Netherworld - spirit peaks brace, Netherworld’s bridle!"
At this moment, a delicate rebuke emerges from the underground, and the submerged plains abruptly rise, forming seven towering peaks surrounding Uruk.
Thunder rumbles in the sky, muddy currents surge on the ground, and the wind howls over the water.
But ultimately, the tremendous divine wrath was successfully delayed by the defense line formed by the seven peaks, and Uruk once again survived the dire situation.
- Queen of the Underworld, Ereshkigal!
The three pillar gods are annoyed and decisively enhance their authority, preparing to obliterate this disruptive rebel god along with her Sin City.
However, new reinforcements have already arrived at the battlefield.
"The mountains tremble, the kindling of the stars!"
"Its source is light, its might is fire!"
"The dark side of the moon, the doom of life!"
Accompanied by three solemn chants, the illuminating Venus, the blazing Sun, and the eerie bright Moon rush out from the dark Abyss, galloping in the sky.
Countless stars are lit in succession, and the surging clouds, storms, and thunderbolt are swept away.
- Venus Ishtar, Sun God Utu, Moon Goddess Sin!
- The Triad of Stars!
Seeing the appearance of their adversaries possessing divine authority, the three pillar gods are deeply envious and decisively abandon temporarily unassailable Uruk, directly facing their respective opponents.
Ishtar and Anu compete to become the ruler of the skies, Utu and Enki contest the strength of wisdom and law, while Moon Goddess Sin and Enlil enact a scene from "Father’s kindness, son’s piety"...
After some exchanges, the three pillar gods are secretly alarmed.
This world-destroying flood seems to have almost wiped out all of the Triad’s belief foundations, yet, strangely, their power not only hasn’t diminished but seems even stronger!
Soon, they found the reason on the battlefield.
On the seven peaks surrounding Uruk, seven stone doors slowly open.
Hammurabi, Urnammu, and six other judges from the Netherworld emerge, shouting loudly:
"Everyone, it’s time for an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!"
"Death penalty! Death penalty! Death penalty!"
The Garula spirits clad in death armor, wielding bone blade and spear and sword and shield, roar out from the Netherworld, charging into the enemy ranks fiercely.
Facing the mighty Babylonian gods, they are not only fearless but even display a frenzied ferocity.
And under the death armor, those faces are none other than soldiers from various city-states who once saw their homes swallowed by the great flood and divine punishment, and their lives consumed.
Death merely erased their physical bodies but failed to devour their spirits nor extinguish their faith.
The flames of revenge not only ignite themselves but further strengthen the deities they worship.
The three pillar gods are both surprised and angry, hastily deploying their lesser deities and creations into the battlefield, attempting to swiftly eliminate these factors causing upheaval.
However, just as the gods’ army completed their assembly in the Lower Realm, they are met with thousands of sweeping magic beams, leaving them dizzy and disoriented.
The gods follow the sound and see a colossal hundred-mile structure made of a Floating Island with marble pillars, suspended at high altitude, where plant roots grow inversely, and water flows from low to high, defying nature’s laws.
On the spacious balcony, a stunning beauty completely wrapped in a black dress lazily holds a cup, drinks the crimson wine within, and then speaks with her lips moving, raising her hand to snap fingers:
"Praise my Mother Goddess Tiamat, mighty, revealed here! Destruction, descended here!"
Accompanied by the low chant of divine word, the entire [Courtyard] shudders intensely, eleven black slabs over 20 meters unfold like sails around this aerial fortress, beams of light soar to the heavens, spreading light patterns instantly tear the gathered clouds apart.
In the next moment, the dark and corrosive light beams merge into Empress Semiramis’s divinity, forming a dense and terrifying crossfire network.
Even nearly immortal deities hit by the sweeps can’t completely evade the fierce poison contained, their bodies and souls rot, their divinity withers.
The floating fortress [Aerial Courtyard], the magical weapon [Eleven Black Coffins], co-created by Luo En and Empress Semiramis, was inspired by the Babylonian mythology’s Mother of Origin, Tiamat, and her 11 children, and serves as a powerful battlefield suppression tactical weapon.
Besides offering strong assault capabilities, it is a gigantic refuge and troop transport vessel.
It can accommodate tens of thousands of people living within its internal space, equipped with 3000 Dragon Tooth soldiers and various magic puppets for operation, capable of mass-producing replicas of the Eleven Magic Beasts contained in the altar through the inscribed Demon Spirit Base Map, and deploying them to the battlefield.