Bzzzz—
Whoooooosh—
The sky and earth trembled and roared.
Those enormous wings, vast enough to blot out the sun, beat once. The earth shattered, and the sky was torn apart.
The gale wailed, and black clouds howled in grief. Centered around that colossal monster, storms and thunderclouds gathered into an almost solid mass, humming as though the end of the world had come.
Dirt, water, trees, boulders, and living creatures—everything visible to the eye was swept up and dragged into the storm.
Within the thunderclouds, the power of lightning and ice gathered, crashing down upon the earth as torrential rain ravaged everything alongside it.
So... what was that?
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!
The sound of lightning striking the earth jolted Gilgamesh awake as if from a dream. The bolts, as thick as columns of water, felt as though they were striking directly against his heart, forcing him... to take a step back.
Naturally, Enkidu saw the same sight Gilgamesh did.
Enkidu's gaze turned grave.
"Brother."
He swallowed.
Annanu was different from him.
Shamhat had touched his heart and exchanged wills with him, trading nearly ninety percent of his strength for the precious intelligence belonging to humanity.
But Annanu had not.
Enkidu could sense it. Although Annanu, whose soul was connected to his own, had been affected somewhat because Shamhat had touched Enkidu's heart, that influence held no real significance for Annanu as he was now.
The apocalyptic scene before them made that clear enough.
"Hey! Do you know something!? That thing is about to reach us!"
Gilgamesh had not completely lost his reason.
A bead of cold sweat still hung on his brow. Catching Enkidu's earlier murmur, he asked.
"What exactly is that thing!"
"That is—" Enkidu had just begun to speak when the approaching