Stupid Odin

Their production, aside from leaving behind the basic grains that barely kept their families from starving, was entirely handed over to the Anunnaki gods.

Then, all their work was related to serving the gods.

Yes! The Sumerians were humble to this extent.

Now, Downs announced that they only needed to pay at most half of their income. In comparison, Downs was the number one god-king of all time.

Sure enough, even the title of god-king relied entirely on the contrast provided by his peers.

Originally, Downs thought that it would take some effort for this outsider god-king to subdue the millions of Sumerian mortals.

But what happened?

Regarding the collapse of the Sumerian world, even if I, Downs, was 1% at fault, didn't you, Enlil, bear 99% of the responsibility?

The joy of reaping the rewards is just that simple and unadorned.

As of today, the Aesir gods, who have learned to release clones, have long evolved from mere god-level barbarians towards a composite of [World God] and [Faith Deification].

The divine power provided by the world itself is certainly vast, but no god would complain about having too much divine power. Once the power of chaos invades the world, the power of faith of mortals is also a powerful supplement to divine power.

On the other hand, Downs himself actually detests slavery.

As a transmigrator, no one knows better than him how backward the productivity of slavery is.

Relying on forced labor is destined to prevent productivity from increasing. Only a certain degree of private ownership and encouragement can promote the development of the entire world's productivity.

On the other hand, he is a god-king and exercises a high degree of centralization over the world.

He had tried to implement feudalism, but unfortunately, his attempts to enfeoff his two brothers, Odin and Vili, both failed. With the Rainbow Bridge allowing instant access to various small worlds, this vertical rule is not too inefficient. Thus, it became a situation where each realm had a主管 (zhuguan, person in charge), but no kingly title.

For example, Frey is responsible for managing Alfheim, the Land of Light, but he is not the King of Alfheim.

In fact, apart from Downs' brothers, the other gods would not accept anyone being crowned king.

Perhaps on the day Thor takes office as god-king, Thor will enfeoff his own brothers as kings.

Or perhaps the Jötunheimr world is too large, and Downs cannot manage it completely, so he will enfeoff his sons as kings in advance.

The problem lies here. As a transmigrator god-king, Downs' ruling skills are too strong. As it stands, it is far from Downs' limit.

This is still under the condition that Downs hasn't used clones. His clones, which have been injected with soul fragments, also possess high administrative abilities. He can even be flirting with girls while several clones are reviewing documents.

That's what's outrageous!

Not to mention that this time, in the annexation of the Sumerian pantheon, Downs caught an excellent tool god, Enki.

Such a large elemental domain like [Water] will certainly not be given to a降神 (jiangshen, descended god).

Enki's new divine duty is [God of Irrigation]. Yes, this guy doesn't even count as an agricultural god; he only took a portion of [Fertility] from Frey's hands.

This divine duty is a typical chore. Frey is also happy to be free.

Ereshkigal was stuffed with a death-related divine duty of [Eternal Slumber], becoming Hela's assistant. This further liberated Hela, allowing her to work only five hours a day.

As for Ishtar, her original divine duty of [War] certainly couldn't be given to her; that's Tyr's domain.

Originally included in the category of [Love and Beauty], Freya was unwilling to give it up. Thus, Ishtar became a freeloading goddess of [Venus].

She retains a small, world-level celestial body as a source of divine power and continues to be her astral scout.

Time passed day by day.

Ten months later, Ishtar and Ereshkigal actually gave birth on the same day.

When Downs felt the world's summons and learned the divine names predetermined by the world's will for these two babies, Downs completely couldn't hold back.

The world's laws of Jötunheimr have always been like this—it's not like you, the god-king, can give birth to a divine child just because you want to. The world must have this vacancy before you can give birth. As for which goddess or mortal helps you give birth, that's not important.

Originally, Downs thought that Ereshkigal would give birth to Namtar or Ninazu from mythology.

Now it's good.

The two goddesses looked weak, holding the wrinkled babies with shy expressions, asking Downs what names to give the children. Downs spit out two names with extreme heartache: "Let's call them Gilgamesh and Enkidu!"

It's a mess!

It's all a mess!

Ishtar and Ereshkigal couldn't understand why His Majesty the God-King looked so disheveled in the wind.

Ishtar always acts directly. Seeing Downs' tangled little expression, she asked very directly, "What? You don't like these two children?"

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"No, I have the divine duty of [Prophecy]. I have already foreseen that Gilgamesh will be a very arrogant god. Therefore, if he doesn't listen to you in the future, you can use this belt to spank him."

"Ah?" Ishtar was stunned.

"This belt is made from the toughest fur of the seven [Fenrir's Offspring], specially designed to cure rebelliousness. Therefore, this divine item is called [Seven Wolves]!"

Downs was talking nonsense with a straight face.

These days, anything that falls into Downs' hands, with a little divine power stuffed into it, can easily become a low-level artifact.

Ishtar was dubious, but Ereshkigal believed it completely.

No one knows better than Ereshkigal that her sister Ishtar likes to mess around. The son of a troublemaker also likes to mess around; it's indeed a chip off the old block.

Only Ishtar's heart jumped fiercely. She felt an aura of fate rushing towards her.

For some reason, she suddenly had a strange, karmic feeling of love and hate for her son.

Gilgamesh, the Hero King who was given the nickname 'Golden Sparkle' before Downs transmigrated, is destined to have a different start in this life.

Originally, in mythology, this half-human, half-god, who claimed to possess the prototypes of all the treasures in the world and was incredibly wealthy, actually became the son of Downs and Ishtar. This meant that he was a standard pure-blooded god. Moreover, Downs' marriage with a goddess of the Anunnaki pantheon to give birth to a divine child was a great comfort to the Anunnaki pantheon.

This means that the god-king will not liquidate them.

Relatively speaking, Freya and Gullveig were a little resentful. After all, as remnants of the Vanir, they failed to give birth to a divine child. Once something happened, the entire Vanir remnant would be in a rather disadvantageous state.

Fortunately, Crown Prince Thor is a very hearty and honest god. His cheerful personality is deeply recognized by the gods. The only small problem is that Thor is more than one dimension behind his father, Downs, in terms of internal affairs.

On the other hand, pure-blooded Aesir gods have a lifespan of over five thousand years. If they don't fall unexpectedly, there are even guys who live for ten thousand years.

In a sense, God-King Downs, who is extremely excellent in internal affairs, diplomacy, and martial power, can completely rule for tens of thousands of years.

Downs didn't care much about other trivial matters. He was bound by the world's will to refine his eleventh divine sword.

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