The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

Of course, Ea can be further liberated.

'EnumaElish' is the first line of the creation epic inscribed on the creation tablets, and it is also the name of the epic itself, meaning 'the height of the heavens'.

However, Orpheus didn't care much about how high the sky was, nor did it have anything to do with Ea. The real value of this statement lies in its concept as the name of the creation epic.

This statement can unleash Ea's true, groundbreaking power.

Of course, we should add a theoretical point.

After all, we also need to consider Gaia's mother's feelings, right?

And most importantly, there are issues of one's own strength and compatibility with weapons.

Orpheus is quite confident in this regard. Although it's not working out yet, after a period of adjustment, it shouldn't be a problem to fully unleash Ea's full potential.

Well, we still have to see how Gaia's mother feels.

Without touching the Ea, Orpheus simply waved her hand, and the two Ending Swords landed in her grasp.

Upon touching her hands, the once golden sword of finality seemed to be dyed, turning black from where Orpheus held it.

"Have you acknowledged me?"

Even the sword of finality can sense her will, right?

The black color does suit me better... but of course, that has nothing to do with it.

In Orpheus's view, the Ending Sword, as its name suggests, is a sword meant for destruction.

This is its positioning as a treasure of civilization.

It accumulated for seven days, and then destroyed the world with a flood.

Unlike the Holy Sword, which guides people towards the light of hope, and Evil, which celebrates the beginning of the world, the Ending Sword is a Noble Phantasm simply used for destruction.

Destruction is never something glorious enough to be celebrated or praised; if this word were to be given a color, it would certainly not be gold.

Black... is indeed more suitable.

Orpheus's expression remained unchanged. He swung the two swords around briefly, familiarized himself with them, and then put them back in their original positions.

She will probably unleash these Noble Phantasms very rarely in the future, right?

She had no reason to hold back for seven days to destroy the world; if it were just a simple instant release, her magic cannon could produce a similar effect.

However, in terms of hardness and sharpness, it truly lives up to its EX-rank Noble Phantasm status, holding its own against Excalibur.

It would be pretty good to use it to chop people up occasionally.

After all, these days, everyone, regardless of their profession, needs to know a few close-quarters combat skills to unleash devastating attacks.

In fact, dragons have higher physical qualities than other races, and they usually put more effort into close combat. At least they won't be caught off guard by someone's thirteen-hit combo of Black Tiger Heart Strike.

Putting all that aside, Orpheus briefly organized the information that had been flowing into his mind since he grasped the key.

'Gate of Babylon'

It has amassed a large collection, and also has the ability to launch the weapons within as ammunition and automatically recover and repair them, all while consuming very little magic power.

In terms of speed, although it involves three steps—opening the door, loading the ammunition, and firing—it is still much faster than the speed at which Orpheus currently uses his magic cannon.

In terms of power, it varies depending on the level of the Noble Phantasm being projected, but the power is more concentrated, and the area-clearing effect is far inferior to that of the Magic Cannon.

In fact, the most important collection in the Gate of Babylon is not the treasures themselves, but the concept of the original text of human wisdom. Based on the templates derived from this concept, theoretically, the Gate of Babylon can deduce and create anything that can exist in later generations, and even completely destroyed treasures can be reconstructed.

Although creating something from nothing would take an enormous amount of time, far beyond what a human could afford, the infinite Orpheus had plenty of time.

Overall, the experience was quite fruitful.

Putting aside the two sets of weapons that are easy to use and have high compatibility, Orpheus's favorite fighting style is actually long-range crushing.

However, relying on magic cannons still has too many limitations.

As Qi said before, if you encounter an enemy with too high energy resistance or even energy immunity, then this move is basically completely useless, at most it will have the effect of blowing away enemies like Shinra Tensei.

Even if such bugged opponents are not common, Orpheus often finds himself unable to use this large-scale ground-cleansing attack for various reasons.

At this point, using the Gate of Babylon, which has a more concentrated attack power and physical properties, can alleviate the above difficulties to some extent.

The extremely low mana cost also allows Orpheus to devote more of his attention to other things.

In fact, for Orpheus, these were all secondary things.

--- Reading the surrounding environment and then incorporating information that is beneficial to itself into its own cycle is a bug that the Ouroboros possesses, and it can even be said to surpass the concept of infinity.

That is the ability called self-reference.

Since the Ouroboros is a perfect being, it is impossible for it to become more perfect within its own cycle. That is why it has this mechanism of external self-completion.

Enkidu initially attracted Orpheus's attention, partly due to his instinct for self-reference... after all, Enkidu did indeed have value as a reference point.

But now that these treasures are available, things are different. Given enough time, Orpheus's innate abilities will allow him to integrate the powers of some of these treasures with himself...

One characteristic of self-reference is that if the reference object has similar traits to oneself, the effect will be multiplied.

Orpheus's greatest concept is infinity. If we were to define her image symbolically, Orpheus would be more like a simple ∞ than a snake biting its own tail. This means that she would be relatively weak in terms of concepts related to beginning and end.

Therefore, it was only because Orpheus obtained Ea and Enki, which were highly compatible with him and could complement his own abilities, that he was so delighted.

It seems that quite good results have been achieved...

With these feelings in mind, Orpheus left the Golden City.

but……

As Orpheus emerged from the cave, he was greeted by Enkidu's ever-present smile.

Looking at that smile, Orpheus was somewhat dazed.

Perhaps this is the best treasure she has gained in this journey of destiny?

Chapter 16 Human Principles?

"Give to ────"

Orpheus took the fruit from Enkidu's hand, which was quite similar to the apple in the knowledge, and took a small bite.

The two were currently in a small grove on their way back. Unlike their journey there, they chose to walk slowly on the way back.

Enkidu needed more time to fully recover, while Orpheus stayed with her.

It was still noon. The two were resting here not because they were tired, but simply because the weather was nice and the scenery was beautiful, so they stopped here.

They can go wherever they want and stop whenever they want; neither time, weather, nor terrain has any impact on them.

"Not sweet."

After taking a bite of the fruit in his hand, which he tentatively named an apple, Orpheus suddenly spoke.

"Hmm... this is probably the best of the fruits around here."

Enkidu smiled, sat down next to Orpheus, and picked up an apple to eat.

Orpheus loves sweets... the really sweet kind, which is probably her only little quirk.

Anyway, Enkidu himself quite likes this.

"Enkidu, are you alright?"

Orpheus quickly ate the apple, then used a simple magic trick to burn off the core, his eyes fixed on Enkidu.

Enkidu was both amused and exasperated by that look.

You wouldn't normally ask that directly, would you?

Having spent so much time together, she had a pretty good idea of ​​Orpheus's situation.

Unlike her usual expressionless face, Orpheus's mind is actually quite active, and she has a high level of analytical ability. However, she generally has no interest in external affairs and is quite naive and insensitive when it comes to matters of the heart.

To put it bluntly, they can demonstrate high knowledge, analytical skills, and keen insight in areas related to themselves, but their emotional intelligence is shockingly low, and their thinking is extremely naive due to laziness in thinking and a near lack of concern for the outside world.

Such a being, unless it has something that truly interests the other party, would probably be completely ignored, right?

Enkidu still finds it somewhat unbelievable that he was able to get Orpheus to respond to him back then.

Is this what they call fate?

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

With a familiar smile, Enkidu patted Orpheus's head in response.

Orpheus nodded, then took a red fire poker from a golden ripple and held it in his arms, returning to his absent-minded state.

For her, speaking up wasn't about starting a topic or for any other purpose; it was simply because she cared and wanted to ask.

Enkidu stared at the fire poker that appeared out of nowhere, his lips twitching (I've spent so much time conquering her, and she's lost to a fire poker?) (crossed out), but although he was a little curious, he didn't ask aloud... Once Orpheus enters a state of complete meditation, it's very difficult to wake her up unless you attack her directly.

However, Enkidu didn't seem to care at all about being left out by her 'best friend'. She just smiled more gently and stared at Orpheus, lost in thought.

She needs to think about it herself.

Why... did Finbaba completely lose his mind?

To be honest, there's not much to think about in depth about this issue itself...

Humbaba was originally the gatekeeper of the gods' treasure. He was a magical beast created by the gods, and unlike Enkidu, this magical beast began to develop intelligence on its own during its long life.

Such a divinely created monster, the only ones who could easily strip away its wildness are probably the gods who created it.

The key point is... Enkidu couldn't think of any reason why the gods would do such a thing.

While Orpheus herself did not fulfill her obligation as a wedge, she did not completely deny this responsibility either... Well, even Enkidu thinks she herself might not know about it.

Given the divine concept of time, it is impossible to draw conclusions in just a few months, let alone take actions that would further alienate humanity from the divine.

……wrong.

Enkidu suddenly realized that he had fallen into a misconception because of his own perspective.

The premise that people and gods will become more estranged is that 'people know that this is the work of the gods'.

In reality, even Enkidu, the divine weapon closest to the gods, has no conclusive evidence in this regard and can only speculate.

Besides, even if we knew, so what?

People will still come to know the power of God because of this, and then shrink back in fear.