"Roar—"
Boom!
Tiamat and Abzu's maddened battle made the entire Underworld tremble.
"Honestly, what a racket."
Having recovered some of his strength, Annanu held Enkidu's hand as the two rapidly plummeted toward the bottom of the Underworld. They were falling far faster than Fujimaru Ritsuka's group, Ishtar, and Nanshe.
This was not only because, as the Chains of Heaven and the Key of Heaven, their bodies possessed supreme durability, but also because Annanu had visited the Underworld while he was still alive. Although Ishtar had been here as well, her physical strength clearly could not withstand such terrifying speed.
Another reason was probably that Annanu had left his flowers in the Underworld.
"Hey, Annanu, Gil..." There was not much sorrow on Enkidu's face. Instead, he seemed to be deep in thought.
They would grieve for Gilgamesh, because when they had been summoned to this Singularity and saw him, they had keenly sensed that Gilgamesh's once overwhelmingly vigorous life force now resembled a candle flickering in the wind. Though he appeared fine and still called his body "a perfect physique," Gilgamesh had in truth already wandered along the edge of the Underworld.
Within Ishtar's terrifying Noble Phantasm, which could encompass all of Uruk within its range of attack, Gilgamesh, as Uruk's king, had undoubtedly stood at its very center. With his current life force, he would undoubtedly die.
But—
Both Annanu and Enkidu had the feeling that "Gilgamesh seemed not to be dead."
If only one of them had felt this way, it could have been explained as an illusion. But since the two brothers had both sensed that presence without consulting each other, then it meant—
"Perhaps he has plans of his own." Annanu also looked somewhat thoughtful as his descent reached its maximum speed.
"Mm." Enkidu nodded and did