"…"
Moran endured Ishtar's malice.
He didn't intend to respond in any way.
Currently, Ishtar was in a frenzy, and no matter how much he said, it would only anger her further.
However, the more Moran kept silent.
The goddess's anger would only become more intense.
However, the power of bewitchment was nothing in Moran's eyes, even if Ishtar had used it to its peak.
But he didn't care about it.
"Hmph!"
Moran raised his hand and sprinkled blood, transforming the surrounding dozens of kilometers of land into a singularity, first constructing his own domain.
Magnificent and tall walls rose from the ground.
Like a cage, trapping the goddess and himself inside.
[After that, like competing for the ownership of this land, the power struggle between the True Ancestor and the goddess.]
[Earth, nature, storms, thermal energy.]
[Various natural phenomena collided one after another.]
[You are slightly inferior in terms of natural authority. Among the principles you currently possess, there is no principle of inheritance that is most suitable for you. It is not so easy to use the wall principle alone.]
[However, you also have Marble Phantasm.]
[When you unfold the field of Marble Phantasm, the double pressure of the field is on the thin layer of this world.]
[Ishtar felt the pressure.]
[Because she has been with you for several years, she has long anticipated this power of yours, and she can also accurately feel the power you possess.]
[You have always had the opportunity to gain an advantage.]
[However, every time you discovered Ishtar's flaws, you didn't strike a killing blow. Although you say you regard her as an enemy, you can't really be so ruthless as to kill her.]
[However, your inaction.]
[Doesn't mean her resentment will weaken.]
[Even in your singularity, Ishtar spread her hands, and she tried to devour your singularity with her authority.]
[The scarlet world and the brilliance of Venus competed with each other.]
[The words she uttered even surpassed the realm of incantations, and were about to turn into heavenly principles. Its power had the strength to contend with you.]
[Gods are the embodiment of natural phenomena.]
[It doesn't matter whether it is ideal for humans or other animals and plants. The words she speaks are the imperial edict of the star's surface.]
[As long as the goddess Ishtar says that crows are white, crows will disappear from this world. Even if the result is that the species of crows disappears from the earth, no one will notice.]
[The authority of gods is so unreasonable.]
[And there is no reason at all.]
[If ordinary humans faced such a god, they would not have the strength to resist at all. But you are different, the power you possess is not weaker than these gods, and is even the nemesis of gods.]
[Ishtar's authority is in your singularity.]
[Although she can contend, she has always been at a disadvantage. Your Beast Emperor's blood is specifically aimed at enemies with divinity.]
[Countless magical beasts and divine beasts are conceived and born in the blood pool.]
[They roared rebelliously at the goddess.]
[This world stained with blood does not belong to the goddess; Ishtar within it is like entering your very core.]
[Here, she merely possesses the ability to resist.]
[Whether victory is achieved rests in your hands.]
[In terms of compatibility, Ishtar has lost to you.]
[There is only one reason why the battle has been prolonged.]
[You cannot bring yourself to kill her.]
[Compared to you, who cannot bring yourself to kill her, she is serious.]
[From the moment she appeared before you, her caution has been unprecedentedly high.]
[In this state, you cannot win against this Venus goddess who is constantly venting her emotions.]
[Even if you could win, you wouldn't want to.]
Rumble rumble rumble—!
Two figures crashed violently to the ground.
Moran's head hit the floor, his shoulders bearing Ishtar's weight.
He was pinned down by Ishtar.
"…"
Ishtar straddled Moran.
Silently glaring at him.
From a third-party perspective, Moran was subdued.
In reality, Ishtar knew better than anyone that she had never posed a life-threatening danger to Moran.
[This man is stronger than anyone.]
[He speaks heartlessly, treating her as an enemy, but in truth, he shows mercy everywhere, never dealing a fatal blow.]
[His love for her is genuine.]
[Ishtar is delighted by this.]
[However, it is also true that he does not want to give up Ereshkigal, which makes Ishtar jealous and hateful.]
[These conflicting emotions leave Ishtar speechless.]
[She has never experienced such feelings.]
The atmosphere between the two was silent.
—Like a tightly stretched string.
Like a pale moon, a maddening silence.
"…"
Moran gazed at Ishtar before him, speechless for a long time.
Ishtar pinned him down.
Looking back, how many enchanting nights had he spent gazing at her face while lying on his side.
Ah, he unconsciously held his breath.
He felt her breathing as if it were his own.
Although they were close enough to embrace, their distance felt like that between the Earth and the Moon.
"…Are you just going to keep looking at me like that? If you're going to kill me, now is the best chance."
Moran couldn't help but break the silence.
To be honest, being in this terrifying silence,
Looking at the woman's expression before him, was too painful.
"Kill… I don't think that would kill you.
But, yes, I did want to give you a fatal blow just now, even if it couldn't kill you, it could at least seriously injure you…"
Ishtar gave a self-deprecating smile.
However, she didn't do it.
Moran's emotional intelligence wasn't so low as to ask why; the goddess's pained expression said it all.
She truly loved the man before her.
Still longing for him.
That love couldn't disappear even half because of resentment.
"Don't you want to take back your words? If you accept my conditions now, I can still accept it. I won't be as unreasonable as before; just allow me this once, only once.
After that, I will listen to whatever you say. As long as you abandon Ereshkigal."
"What… is this something Ishtar would say… The you I know is one who would act spoiled, be willful, and never give up…"
Moran was still joking in this situation.
Unfortunately, Ishtar's expression showed that she was serious.
This made Moran silent for several seconds again.
She had really compromised a lot and improved a lot.
To get the proud Ishtar to say something like listening to others was as difficult as the Big Bang.
But she said it for Moran.