That was no living creature. It was merely a crude imitation of other living things, a monster that had so far pursued only ever-greater speed.
Watching the monster, enormous even by his standards, Gilgamesh felt the magical power that made his scalp tingle and silently cursed.
Gripping Ea, Gilgamesh moved swiftly—toward the side of Uruk.
He might have been arrogant, but he was no fool. The magical power emanating from that monster was likely several times his own—and that was with Enkidu stopping the magical disaster it caused up in the sky.
Facing a monster like that head-on was sheer recklessness. Gilgamesh valued his life, at least somewhat.
On the city wall behind him, Shamhat was nearly frightened out of her wits.
"Th-that... what is that thing?"
She collapsed onto the wall, staring at the disaster blocked by chains in the distance, too shaken to speak clearly. The guards beside her were trembling all over as well.
Meanwhile, at the center of distant Uruk, someone was likewise quaking atop Gilgamesh's palace.
This was the highest point in Uruk. From here, one could take in the entirety of Uruk at a glance—and naturally, see the scene beyond its walls as well.
The newly appointed aide stood at the palace entrance, her pupils contracted as her body trembled uncontrollably.
Her younger brother, however, was not afraid. His eyes held only conflict and struggle.
In the end, Ruslan gritted his teeth and turned back into the palace.
BOOM!!!
As though the massive paw of a tiger had slammed into the ground, the earth shook. A huge crater appeared on the wasteland, centered around where that giant paw had struck.
Gilgamesh narrowly evaded it, his heart pounding wildly.
That blow had been laden with immense magical power. If it had struck him, Gilgamesh had