Archer Rin's Noble Phantasm, Tiamat Refuses to Enter the Underworld, a Change of Events Arises Again

"Watch closely!"

"As you can see, the goddess Tiamat stands before us!"

"With only a few more steps, this temple will be reduced to ashes!"

"Ha~ But she must be unwilling to take them. Each step is so unbearably heavy."

"Though the restraint will last only a moment, it also seems like an eternity too long to endure."

As Gilgamesh spoke, the Light Screen showed the goddess Tiamat crying out "Aaaaa," struggling to break free of the chains and making the Chains of Heaven emit a piercing wail.

Witnessing this, Gilgamesh smiled. "Farewell, child abandoned by heaven! This performance is no less magnificent than your former self."

"Chains of Heaven, at last, even the power of the god of creation can be restrained."

"This King has witnessed the death of his friend twice."

"The first time was amid sorrow and lamentation. But this time is different. That valiant figure, worthy of pride, has been forever seared into this King's eyes."

There was reflection, joy, wistfulness, and exhilaration!

His words conveyed an attitude of regarding Kingu as a friend—or rather, in his eyes, Kingu and Enkidu were the same person.

The only difference between them was that Enkidu was an individual from before the system reset, while Kingu was an individual after the system recharge.

Then Gilgamesh turned and looked at Fujimaru Tachibana.

Under Fujimaru Tachibana's slightly astonished gaze, Gilgamesh said, "This King must thank you, Ritsuka."

"Without you, even if we mobilized everything in this era, we likely could only have come this far."

"You are an outsider, and an anomaly of this era—a 'superfluous thing.'"

"But it is precisely because you are superfluous that you can launch the final counterattack against the destruction we were powerless to avert!"

As he spoke, not far away, the goddess Tiamat continued struggling,