"Have you found Basmu's location?"
Gilgamesh asked Zi Juan.
If one had to name the most dangerous of the Eleven Demonic Beasts, everyone would answer Lahmu without hesitation. And the second most dangerous was equally undisputed.
It was the Poison Dragon Basmu.
As a Dragon Kind Demonic Beast, it firmly held the top position in strength beneath Lahmu, the eldest.
"My apologies, King of Heroes." Zi Juan's face showed a hint of distress.
"The Poison Dragon can fly and move swiftly through water. It really is difficult to quickly pinpoint its location." Ushiwakamaru shook her head as well.
The last time Uruk had received intelligence on Basmu was when Lemoni had discovered it.
Lemoni had already been heading to Eridu with Merlin and the two goddesses for some time. Nothing should have gone wrong, right?
Gilgamesh glanced at his hand.
At the very least, his connection to the contract with Merlin was still clear. There should not be any problem.
"Ehehehe—ehehehe."
"Kin. Brother."
"Delicious. Nourishment."
Lahmu's strange mouth curled upward, as though it were searching for something. Combined with its words, however, the sight was utterly terrifying.
Tiamat and Abzu had awakened together in this Singularity and sensed each other's locations. Yet their foremost thought was not the reunion of husband and wife, but coveting the other's power and Authority, wishing to devour one another in order to achieve their own ascension—or to truly become a Beast with a place of its own.
However, Abzu and Tiamat had already lost their reason after becoming Beasts. Everything they did now was based solely on their most primitive instincts, pursuing whatever outcome benefited them. Nothing more.
But Lahmu was different.
It was the only one of the Eleven Demonic Beasts created by Tiamat with a god as its template. Thus, it was