"Umu Dabrutu, one of the eleven offspring of our Mother Goddess, has been slain?" Gilgamesh looked at Zi Juan with unmistakable surprise in his eyes.
The offspring Demonic Beasts created by Tiamat possessed strength comparable to that of gods. That was no exaggeration—it was simply the truth.
"It was not I who slew it, Master." Zi Juan, who had already recovered, shook her head and said solemnly, "That vicious evil was slain by the goddess Nanshe."
Gilgamesh turned to look at Nanshe again.
Nanshe immediately panicked and hurriedly waved her hands. "N-No, that's not it! I only went up and struck the final blow! Before we arrived, Zi Juan was the one desperately holding it off!"
"Zi Juan had practically killed Umu Dabrutu by then. The credit definitely belongs to Zi Juan."
"No, I—" Zi Juan rose to her feet, wanting to say something more.
"Enough!" Gilgamesh interrupted their conversation speechlessly. "You are actually trying to pass off credit? Do you think this king will reward you over something like that?"
"Only one of the Mother Goddess's eleven children has been eliminated. Do you think the other ten require no vigilance?"
Nanshe and Zi Juan looked at each other, then both fell silent.
Gilgamesh did not dwell further on the matter and merely shook his head.
"Umu Dabrutu has been dealt with. Ushiwakamaru has yet to return, but intelligence on the other Demonic Beast has already come back with Mordred and Benkei."
"Zi Juan, rest for the night. Tomorrow, join the people of Chaldea and subjugate it directly."
Gilgamesh issued the order.
"Yes." Zi Juan's expression turned solemn. She did not mind in the slightest that, having only just recovered, she would have to face another Demonic Beast.
"What about Chaldea?" Gilgamesh turned to Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"We have no problem