Doing Big Things, Inviting Big Trouble!

Ishtar left the room in shock.

She truly hadn't expected—

Even when faced with such direct and powerful divine intervention, neither Gilgamesh, nor Rovi, nor even that Divine Construct Golem showed any fear.

Weren't they afraid?

Although they had acted recklessly before, this time was different.

At the two extremes of the strongest "Beasts" of the Mesopotamian plains, the Mythical Beast Bull of Heaven and the Demonic Beast Humbaba, represented the strongest interference the Gods could currently exert on the mortal realm.

As a vessel descended upon by one of the mistresses of Heaven, Ishtar Rin found the mere thought terrifying.

"I hope they can hold on..." Outside the house, on the sun-drenched streets of Uruk, the Goddess paused, then glanced back.

Her bare feet swayed slightly, her graceful body wrapped in a red coat looking rather uneasy.

For some reason, she hoped Gilgamesh and the others would win.

Perhaps it was because of Rovi's "uniqueness."

Or maybe... it was the influence of "Rin Tohsaka," unwilling to witness a tragedy of a thousand miles of scorched earth and corpses strewn across the land.

"I should probably inform that Goddess of the Underworld..."

With that thought, Ishtar Rin completely left Uruk.

But inside the house, After she left, an ancient silence fell.

No one spoke—it seemed they were worried, at least on the surface.

But in reality, Rovi was contemplating...

How to die a tragic death.

Should he challenge the Bull of Heaven or Humbaba alone?

Or... should he completely transform into the "Key of God," achieving a different kind of demise?

What is Rovi thinking? Enkidu blinked. Seeing Rovi silent, she didn't know what to say either.

However... her slender, delicate hand, which she had quietly extended, clasped Rovi's palm at the same time.

Rovi snapped back to attention, feeling the soft, delicate touch of her fingers. He turned his gaze and saw her exquisite face, so close, her features like a painting, her red lips slightly parted, her emerald eyes reflecting the starlight.

Enkidu?

What was she doing?

The young "Advisor" couldn't react.

His gaze, which instinctively lowered, simultaneously pierced through her cloud-white robe, catching a glimpse of the fair, rounded skin beneath. Her waist was slender, curving down to a gently raised hip, and her long legs slowly closed beside Rovi's, the space between them deepening into an abyss.

It was breathtakingly beautiful.

Yet it also exuded a strangely comforting aura.

"Rovi, it's okay. Don't worry... we will win," Enkidu said, holding Rovi's palms and looking directly at him. "No matter what... I will stand with you."

"Because we are friends, aren't we?"

I've never seen a friend like this... Rovi glanced sideways at the softness just inches away.

The innocent Enkidu obviously didn't have such thoughts and didn't understand such things.

But clearly, She mistakenly believed Rovi was genuinely worried about the Gods' methods.

"Hahahaha, that's right!" Gilgamesh laughed again. It had to be said, his laughter had a certain charm; it either annoyed or soothed people.

He sat on his chair, arms crossed, his red eyes beneath his falling golden hair gleaming with astonishing sharpness.

"As an honor to have fought alongside this King, I bestow upon you the status of being called by my side, as my friend!" he declared. "Therefore, from now on, this King will not allow anyone to harm his friends!"

"Siduri!"

He suddenly called out loudly.

"Here, my King!" a crisp response came from outside the door. The young female advisor, wearing a long dress and a veil over her face, walked in slowly.

Having rested all day, Siduri appeared to be in much better spirits than before.

"Tell them what preparations this King has made!" Gilgamesh waved his hand.

"Yes!" Siduri faithfully fulfilled her duty as an advisor. Although, in Rovi's opinion, this advisor seemed more like Gilgamesh's mother, doing everything for him.

"As per the King's instructions, I have dispatched scouts to the east and west."

Siduri spoke, then looked at Gilgamesh before continuing, "According to the King's wise revelation, if the Bull of Heaven and Humbaba appear, they will inevitably be in these two locations."

"The east is the land of sunrise, the initial divine manifestation, and the west is the place of sunset, the boundary of death."

"As the strongest Mythical Beast and the strongest Demonic Beast, the descent of either the Bull of Heaven or Humbaba requires the most suitable place to absorb the atmospheric ether to shape the vessel that will carry their activities. These two locations, east and west, are the most suitable."

"As soon as they appear, the scouts will report back!"

"Meanwhile—"

"Meanwhile," Gilgamesh picked up the conversation. "I've also sent word to the temple, instructing the priests to announce my decree to their gods: I am considering their counsel."

"Those decadent fools will surely believe it and momentarily ease their power supporting the Bull of Heaven and Humbaba's materialized forms."

"That will give us more time to prepare, won't it?" Enkidu, not Rovi, spoke up, continuing his thoughts.

"Exactly, worthy of my recognition as a friend!" Gilgamesh said, looking at Rovi. Seeing that he remained silent, seemingly deep in thought, Gilgamesh didn't mind and continued, "The Bull of Heaven and Humbaba are 'Beasts' of the same caliber, but Humbaba, who the gods have imprisoned in the darkest parts of the Heavenly Realm, the snowy mountains and forests, is far more troublesome than the Bull of Heaven."

"So my plan is—deal with the Bull of Heaven first, then Humbaba. Start with the easier one!"

"As much as I hate to admit it, facing those two beasts, even someone as glorious and great as myself, and you who are worthy of sharing my brilliance, would find it difficult. That's why I'm also considering winning over and dividing the gods to gain their aid!"

"Those decadent guys have never been united!"

For example, the Sun God, Gilgamesh's grandfather, Shamash, is in opposition to Anu, the god currently in charge of the Heavenly Realm.

And then there's Gilgamesh's mother, the all-knowing Goddess.

Gilgamesh's strategic thinking was very clear, with no flaws in his broad approach.

One could say he was worthy of being the king who ruled a nation.

As long as he didn't make any foolish mistakes, he was quite reliable.

However, Rovi's thoughts drifted elsewhere, following his words.

According to Gilgamesh, they still had time.

According to this young King of Uruk's thinking, after making thorough preparations, defeating the two great beasts seemed not impossible.

However, this was not what Rovi wanted.

After several previous failures, Rovi now profoundly understood one fact.

To court death, one must first do something grand!

After all, having received the protection of the Goddess of the Underworld, he wasn't directly immortal, but rather no longer affected by the Underworld Realm. In this realm, normal methods of courting death might no longer work.

So, in this instant, what he thought of was no longer defeating the Bull of Heaven and Humbaba.

But rather... to completely deal with the gods in the high heavens who presumed to control everything.

This was impossible before.

It would be difficult for just the three of them to achieve this.

But if they could gather the strength of the entire Mesopotamian plain's mortal realm, if they could unite all the forces of this ancient civilization... plus the three of them, and the support of Ereshkigal, the Goddess of the Underworld, perhaps it was worth a try.

This was not impossible.

Humans of ancient civilizations would unite in the face of a crisis that could destroy everything.

The Bull of Heaven and Humbaba could serve this role.

By leveraging the situation, They could also turn the crisis into an advantage!

Yes.

At this very moment, Rovi's thought was to once again use the Key of Heaven he possessed as a gate, the Lock of Heaven as a rope, the Chains of Heaven as a path, and the Underworld Human Realm as his strength...

To complete unfinished business.

To truly shake Heaven's Might.

And drag the gods down to the dust.