A Father Beating His Son (Continued)

The three onlookers frowned upon seeing the punch.

After all, there is a kind of pain in this world that is painful just to look at.

This punch was incredibly powerful; it could potentially send a Servant back to the Throne of Heroes. Furthermore, it didn't have any special mechanics whatsoever; it was all about stats and critical hits. The only reason Kingu could withstand it was because he was Kingu Enkidu's body.

Are you convinced now?

Looking at the brat in front of him who was clutching his stomach and couldn't stand up, Rovey asked coldly.

"Gulp... Kill me, I will never submit..."

At this moment, Kingu could no longer utter a complete sentence. Instead, she calmly accepted her fate. For her, the current feeling was worse than death.

"Looks like you're not convinced yet..."

"—Killing Whale Slaughtering Fist!!"

Seeing that Kingu was still stubbornly defiant, Rovey raised his hand and continued to use the Whale Slaughtering Fist, which was full of numerical and educational significance, to hit Kingu, trying his best to teach her what it means to be a good child.

Bang!

Are you convinced now?

Bang bang!!

"Still not convinced?"

Bang bang bang!!!

"You're so stubborn... are you going to tell me or not!?"

Bang bang bang bang!!!

The sounds of fists striking the doll were incessant, accompanied by screams of pain. Because they could feel the pain just watching, the three people nearby all turned their heads away.

Finally, after being seriously beaten for more than ten minutes, Jingu, who had been stubborn and had the Kingu of "go ahead and kill me if you dare," could no longer stand up.

"What exactly do you want to ask? You really don't just want to beat me up?!"

Despite taking countless Kingu finally succumbed to sheer numerical superiority.

"Yes, that's certainly true. After all, unruly kids need to be properly educated."

"You--!!"

When he saw that Rovey had actually admitted it honestly, Kingu's eyes widened, but when he saw the powerful iron fist, he silently swallowed the curse that was about to come out, turned his head away and snorted coldly in displeasure.

There was nothing we could do; circumstances forced us to back down.

She wasn't afraid of death, but she was afraid of living a life worse than death. Rovey's punches were perfectly timed, each one causing her excruciating pain without killing her. This experience was nothing short of torture.

"Finally behaving yourself, huh? You should have done this a long time ago. You had to bring this on yourself."

Seeing that the brat had finally behaved, Rovey felt he had vented his anger.

He then stopped wasting time and directly asked Kingu what he wanted to know.

"Can you get in touch with Tiamat?" Rovey asked.

"Mother! What are you trying to do now...?"

Just as Kingu was about to get excited at the mention of her mother, Rovey's fist stopped less than a centimeter away from her cheek.

"Answer me, can you?"

"No, no... I can't."

Kingu swallowed hard.

"Really not?"

"It's true."

Kingu nodded painfully, then said, "Ever since you came into contact with Mother, she has been completely sealed away, and I have been unable to contact her."

"I see..."

"Then... do you know Tiamat's location?"

"???"

Upon hearing this question, Kingu gave a strange look.

Although she didn't answer, it was easy to tell from her expression that he was saying, "If I could go see my mother, who would want to mess around with you guys here?"

"..."

Following that, Rovey asked Kingu some more questions.

However, upon questioning, she discovered that this guy knew even less than she did. Having been resurrected by Goetia, she only knew that her mother was about to break the seal; nothing else.

Originally, she could join Gorgon in attacking humans to resurrect her mother, but now that she's forbidden from attacking humans, Kingu has been completely taken over, except for directing Demonic Beast to play along.

As for her, let Gorgon do whatever he wants; she wouldn't disobey her mother's orders. That's why she kept wandering around the wasteland until she sensed Tiamat's presence on Rovey and came looking for him.

She really didn't know anything else about that.

The purpose of capturing Rovey this time was to obtain information about Tiamat from Rovey.

It can be said that these two people shared the same goal.

Kingu: "..."

Rovey: "..."

After confirming this, the two of them stared at each other in the woods, both speechless at the stupid things they had done before. It turned out they were all on the same starting line.

Having failed to obtain any useful information from Kingu, Rovey sighed helplessly, thinking to himself, 'Things are indeed not that simple.'

Although I had already prepared myself for this, I was still somewhat disappointed after hearing it with my own ears, yet I felt helpless about it.

So...

Rovey looked at Kingu, who was sitting on the ground to the side, and began to think about how to deal with this guy.

All the information that needed to be obtained through interrogation has been gathered, so this guy shouldn't be of much value anymore.

If she were still an enemy, killing her would reduce a potential threat. However, she no longer helps Gorgon; she's just a typical Mesopotamia street urchin and won't help the Demonic Beast attack humans, since Tiamat always obeys her.

Although killing her completely and returning her body to Gilgamesh would not only eliminate future troubles but also do King Gilgamesh a favor, but—

"..."

Looking at Kingu to life and death, Rovey couldn't help but hesitate.

In the Imaginary Space, Tiamat mentioned Kingu to him more than once, praising her for being obedient and sensible, and although somewhat stubborn, she believed she could get along well with him.

Although she didn't match Tiamat's description at all, Tiamat did value this child highly, so it was really difficult to kill her. Moreover, Kingu himself was connected to Tiamat, and Rovey felt that the moment he killed Kingu, Tiamat would sense it and would definitely fall into grief and lose her mind, possibly even breaking the seal.

So, this guy is really hard to kill now...

What if we tie them up and take them back?

No, if he were to enter Uruk with a being that had taken over Enkidu's body, he felt that Gilgamesh and other beings who worshipped Enkidu would find it unacceptable and it would definitely cause considerable trouble.

So how to handle it has become another problem.

"What are you waiting for, human! Kill me or torture me as you please, it's just another death and returning to the mother's embrace."

Having already resigned himself to his fate, Kingu glanced at Rovey in front of him, still maintaining a stubborn demeanor.

"..."

Rovey didn't say anything, but continued to hesitate about whether or not to kill the guy.

However, just as he was thinking about sealing this guy away somewhere, suddenly—

'Aaaa, aaaaaaa.'

Don't fight amongst yourselves; family members must get along well.

The familiar voice echoed in his ears, causing him to pause for a moment in surprise.

"My mother's voice! Is that you, Mother?!"

Kingu, who had been determined to die, became agitated at that moment, clearly having also heard Tiamat's voice.

Don't fight, don't fight, we must... get along well... we're family...

The fragmented words echoed in her ears, appearing and disappearing intermittently, sounding extremely unstable. Clearly, this exchange was forced upon Tiamat because she sensed the mutual slaughter among them.

"... Is this your wish?"

[Um...]

"Then forget it. I have no interest in bullying children. But you have to promise that she won't do anything bad again, okay?"

[Aaaa...]

Tiamat responded happily.

"Is that so? You're doing well. I don't need to worry about you... The seal can last for a long time. I see. I see. You've really worked hard."

[Aaaaaa...aaaa]

"Don't worry, I'll figure something out. Just leave things here to me."

[Goodbye...]

"Okay, goodbye."

Gently close your eyes, and the sounds around you gradually weaken until they disappear.

Rovey knew that Tiamat's energy had reached its limit and needed to return to seal away Evils of Humanity side. Therefore, this conversation had to end abruptly.

"Honestly, how could I possibly feel at ease, living alone in a place like that?"

With a helpless sigh, Rovey glanced at Kingu, who was crying his eyes out after hearing his mother's words again, and gently shook his head.

"I'll let you off this time, but remember your promise to your mother, and watch yourself."

He could tell that Tiamat had spoken a lot with Kingu and had told her his thoughts. After all that had happened, Kingu might not be willing to help humanity now, but he had completely lost his original threat, so it wouldn't hurt to let him go.

So he turned around, waved to the three guys who had watched him beat up the child, and said, "I've done most of what I wanted to confirm. Let's go back together."

"Huh? Is that all?"

Merlin pointed at the weeping Kingu and said with some surprise, "Aren't you going to take her back with you?"

"If you want to take her back to curry favor, you can go and catch her yourself. I made an agreement with her mother that we will let her go this time."

Rovey shook his head, and then said.

"Me?"

Merlin hesitated when asked to capture Kingu, then pointed to himself. He glanced at Merry and Anna, noticing that neither of them were willing to help, while Kingu, standing to the side, glared at him with murderous intent.

Merlin had a premonition that if he dared to get close, the Chains of Heaven would definitely turn him into a skewer.

So he shook his head sincerely and said righteously, "It's alright. Since you've made a guarantee, I'm completely at ease. Let's let her go this time!"

Anna said, "... You're just too scared to mess with that guy by yourself, aren't you? How cowardly."

Merlin said angrily, "How can you call it cowardice when it comes to the Magus of Flowers? That's called following your heart!"

At this point, Merry chimed in, "But you don't have a heart inside your body."

"Ugh, you guys are so hurtful!" Merlin clutched his chest, feigning a sorrowful expression.

Merlin and Merry didn't dwell too much on letting Kingu go.

They thought the same as Rovey: it would be best to eliminate the trouble forever, but since the mother had spoken up, they had no choice but to let it go.

If we actually kill Kingu and make Tiamat angry, causing her to go berserk, that would be far more terrifying than a mere Chains of Heaven.

Although Anna still wanted to defeat Gorgon, Merlin, Merry, and Rovey all opposed the idea of this little devil directly helping them enter the "Manifestation of Evils of Humanity." In the end, they could only coax and trick the unwilling Anna into picking her up and continuing on their way.

However, not long after they left, Kingu was still sitting on the ground, continuing to cry.

Sasha—!

The bushes on both sides of the forest suddenly rustled, and then a very tasteless green-hatted guy popped out from them. If Mash were here, she would definitely shout "Professor Lev!"

Lev had covered in an hour what others took six hours to do, pulled the exhausted Ibaraki-dōji out of the bushes.

"The king's presence is drawing ever closer... My king! The most loyal minister of the Demon God Pillars, Flauros, has come to see you!!"

Lev leaped out of the bushes with a shout, then greedily absorbed the king's aura. However, when he used his obviously poor eyesight to see his surroundings, he was momentarily stunned.