The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

Even through the thin veil, you could see that her expression was quite kind.

Orpheus nodded, looking directly at the High Priest.

"sorry."

A rare apology came from Orpheus.

The high priest shook his head.

"It's alright. Has Your Majesty chosen the path that is best for the people? In that case, I will not hesitate to sacrifice my mere aging life."

Orpheus chose to defy the gods. As the eyes of the gods on earth, the High Priestess, like Enkidu, had the duty to supervise the king. If she failed to fulfill her duty, she would surely die.

Even if the gods don't kill her, Orpheus, as the medium connecting humans and gods, will make her leave her current position.

The priesthood will not disappear, but priests who have too much interaction with the gods should not exist.

To put it in a slightly melodramatic way, the new era doesn't need the remnants of the old.

Orpheus didn't say anything more, and nodded again.

"Then, I'll leave the calculation of the Heavenly Ox's current location to you."

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"I never expected this... what a coincidence."

Standing on the original hill, Enkidu said with a wry smile.

"kindness."

Orpheus remained expressionless.

The place where the Heavenly Bull would appear, as predicted by the priest, was exactly the same hill where she and Enkidu had argued earlier.

It's like the two of them made a wasted trip back to Uruk. If they had argued for another half hour, they might have even waited for the sacred bull to come to them on its own.

Although they had made a wasted trip, neither of them cared about such things, so they returned to the hill and waited obediently.

"coming."

Standing on the earth, Enkidu was able to connect with the earth to obtain information about his surroundings. His perception was far superior to that of Orpheus, and he was the first to notice the anomaly.

Without a doubt, Orpheus immediately took a cylinder from the golden ripples.

"Location?"

"There."

Enkidu quickly pointed Orpheus in a direction.

Orpheus nodded, then pointed the Divergence in his hand in that direction.

“Enuma…”

Before the words of liberation could be finished, the rotation of the chasm caused the surrounding space to begin to crumble layer by layer, and also pushed the somewhat surprised Orpheus back several steps.

"how……"

Why has the inhibitory force become so weak...?

Don't be lazy!

Well, there have been enough strange things lately, and with the divine bull about to arrive, Orpheus has no way to investigate this strange matter for the time being.

Shaking his head, Orpheus could only silently put away the sword of Ea.

If Gaia's mother were to slack off now, it would be awkward if she accidentally bombarded Uruk.

Orpheus drew a black sword of finality, and several magic circles and golden ripples appeared behind him.

At this point, even Orpheus could notice the anomaly.

Without warning, a bolt of lightning struck from afar, landing precisely where Enkidu had just pointed.

...Can this be explained by aura sensing? You really don't have divine revelation?

Orpheus looked at Enkidu with some confusion.

"That being is something the earth fears. Wherever it stops, the earth will sense it. Based on this, I can roughly predict where it will land next."

Enkidu explained with a serious expression.

Something that can make the earth tremble... that means it's something that specifically destroys the earth...

He is Enkidu's nemesis.

No further words were said, for at that moment a huge bull emerged from the lightning.

The bull has glossy black skin, with faint crackles of lightning around its body, and its physique looks quite robust.

Judging from its appearance, it can be reasonably inferred that this thing is very likely the ancestor of the two who helped pull the emperor's chariot.

Of course, in terms of strength, they are worlds apart.

The pressure from the other side is far greater than it was with Finbaba before...

The Heavenly Divine Bull seemed about to roar as is customary for a BOSS, but Orpheus didn't have the habit of giving the opponent time to prepare.

Activating the magic array behind him, eight magic cannons immediately slammed into the face of the divine bull, causing waves of shock.

There's still some distance between here and Uruk, so as long as Orpheus doesn't unleash any powerful attacks, he doesn't need to worry too much about the battle affecting that area.

"Moo────!!!"

It was just an ordinary cow moo, but coming from the divine cow, it sounded like thunder, causing the earth to crack and the dust kicked up by the magic cannon to be dispersed by the shockwave.

Even Orpheus couldn't help but feel annoyed seeing the divine bull almost completely unharmed.

It seems that anything related to gods has a very high resistance to energy...

The previous Humbaba was already troublesome, but now it seems that this sacred bull's energy resistance is even higher than Humbaba's.

No, is it more like resistance to magic than resistance to energy?

Divine power is inherently superior to magical power, so it's only natural that there would be a restraint.

Orpheus is not yet able to convert the magic cannon spell into an energy cannon spell.

It should be said that it is impossible to accomplish this while simultaneously possessing both speed and energy intensity, thus rendering Orpheus's energy cannon virtually useless in actual combat.

Of course, if Orpheus had better control, he could concentrate a large amount of magic power into a single point for a penetrating attack, which would have limited effect even if the opponent had high magic resistance. Unfortunately, Orpheus did not have such control.

So, since the magic cannon is ineffective...

Under Orpheus's control, countless weapons emerged from the golden ripples behind him, smashing directly into the Heavenly Bull and triggering numerous explosions once again.

"Moo────!!!"

A thunderous roar erupted once more, this time accompanied by the bull's charge.

As the Bull of Heaven advanced, the lightning on its body grew stronger and stronger. In the end, the Bull was completely transformed into a ball of lightning, containing divine power capable of destroying all things.

Enkidu, standing behind Orpheus, shook his head as if he had expected this.

Although the Bull of Heaven possesses immense strength, its intelligence is quite low. Furthermore, bulls are not known for their fighting prowess, so the Bull of Heaven's fighting instincts are even weaker than those of Humbaba.

And it's much worse.

Such a gap could normally be bridged with experience, but you can't expect a pet kept by a god-king to have experienced many battles, can you?

Such a creature, possessing only power but capable of reckless rampage, was still no challenge for Orpheus and Enkidu to deal with, even though its strength far surpassed that of most gods.

"So, are you sure?"

At that moment, Enkidu's voice rang out from behind.

"kindness."

Orpheus nodded.

Her attack just now was merely an attempt to gauge the power level of the divine bull and what level of weapon could inflict what kind of damage.

“Nana, start.”

Enkidu and Orpheus leaped forward together, jumping over the divine bull and landing on its back.

"Moo────!!!"

The bull wasn't slow to react, nor was it foolish enough to stop, turn around, and charge again. Instead, it made a half-circle turn and continued to charge at the two.

"The soil has been laid out."

Enkidu said with a smile.

Orpheus nodded again, and sixteen golden ripples appeared behind him, each shooting out a weapon.

Sixteen A-rank Noble Phantasms.

Even without liberation, its penetrating power and inherent might should not be underestimated.

And so, the sixteen golden beams of light collided with the lightning ball that was flashing blue light.

Another explosion.

This attack failed to harm the Heavenly Bull, but Orpheus's goal was not to hurt it either.

After the collision, the divine bull's momentum has slowed down considerably, and the lightning on its body has been reduced to almost nothing.

That's enough.

Several golden chains suddenly appeared beneath the ox's hooves, binding it tightly with almost no gaps. Several B-rank Noble Phantasms descended from the sky and pierced the bull's back.

"Moo────!!!"

The divine bull let out a mournful cry, its already injured body unable to break free from Enkidu's grip.

"It's no use."

Enkidu smiled easily.

"After all, chains are one of the two weapons I'm best at transforming into. The 'Chains of Heaven,' created by the gods, are designed to be more difficult to break free from than to bind Orpheus, given that the higher one's divinity, the harder it is for them to escape."

While Enkidu was providing commentary, Orpheus had already walked up to the bull, looked into its ferocious eyes, and raised the sword of finality.

"Moo────!!!"

Suddenly, as if in a final struggle, the divine bull unleashed a burst of lightning, shattering the wreath on Orpheus's head as she ducked in time.