"The Vain Hanging Gardens" and "Adam, the First Human"

Gilgamesh stormed furiously into his side's Caster's workshop.

The longsword in his hand glimmered with an uncanny light. The barrier Caster had set up was as good as nonexistent before him; with a casual slash, he shattered every barrier in front of him.

Inside the workshop, all manner of strange magic circles and alchemical instruments cast warped shadows beneath the dim yellow light. The air was thick with a complex scent blending metal, herbs, and ancient magic.

Caster stood before his workbench, occupied with his work. Gilgamesh's arrival did not move him in the slightest.

"Avicebron!" Gilgamesh's voice boomed like thunder. "Are you provoking this King? You actually allowed those vermin to run rampant in this King's garden!"

Avicebron slowly raised his head and calmly replied, "My Noble Phantasm is nearly complete, and I had no hands to spare. I sent golems to stop them, but they were no match for them."

Avicebron, also known as Solomon ibn Gabirol, was an eleventh-century poet and philosopher. In the Moon World, it was said that he had created the foundation of Kabbalistic magecraft.

"Enough. Are you trying to make a fool of this King?" Gilgamesh paid no heed to his explanation, merely threatening coldly, "You had better hope your Noble Phantasm brings this King a surprise. Otherwise, this King will show you the consequences of disrespect."

"Rest assured, my Noble Phantasm will disappoint no one." Avicebron paid Gilgamesh's threats no mind, but when speaking of his Noble Phantasm, his tone brimmed with pride.

"Let us hope so." Gilgamesh said no more. He merely snorted coldly, turned, and swept out with a flick of his sleeve, heading for Kotomine Kirei's location.

Having lost the mana obtained by exploiting children's souls, he needed another source of mana if he wanted to fight to his