To become a king and a magician

"Buzz—!"

Just as the Gate of Babylon opened, ripples of light appeared in the space behind Kingu. However, unlike the Gate of Babylon, the ripples behind Kingu did not contain various treasures, but rather a large number of Chains of Heaven.

"This quantity should be enough, right?"

As Jin Gu said this, the countless Heavenly Locks transformed into unbridled wild horses, shooting towards Xia Chuanhu with incredible speed that was beyond the reach of the naked eye!

It was like a silver snake dancing wildly.

however--

"Crack!"

Just as the Heavenly Locks shot out, a sudden cracking sound rang out. Then, the countless Heavenly Locks mysteriously stopped in mid-air, and then turned into ice pillars that crashed heavily onto the sand!

Surrounded by a chilling aura, Xia Chuanhu, standing on a patch of frost, exhaled a breath of freezing air: "Phew~~~~ That was really scary. It's better not to make too much noise at night, or it will disturb people's sleep. Be quiet."

(It froze all the chains in an instant... It was that ability that froze the plains outside the North Wall.)

The ability to freeze the Chains of Heaven so quickly is indeed noteworthy, but in King Gu's eyes, it's nothing special; chains and such...

"Whoosh—!"

The frozen chains disappeared into the ice, and more new chains emerged from the ripples.

Jingu itself is the lock of heaven, and there are as many chains as you need.

A large number of Heavenly Locks were hurled at Natsukawa Tiger once again!

"It really gives me the feeling of dealing with Gilgamesh."

Using the freezing air to freeze all the chains once again, Natsukawa Torama couldn't help but sigh, "When I fought him ten years ago, he also kept throwing out his Noble Phantasms like this. Whether we dodged them or burned them, it was all useless. Are you two just wasting them like this?"

"It's just the most effective use of this body," Kingu sneered. "Unrestricted transformation into blades and launching them is the most suitable way to fight for this body. The foolish King of Uruk is merely imitating me."

In response to Jingu's words, even more Heavenly Locks surged towards Xia Chuanhu like waves!

Although they would be frozen the moment they got close to Natsukawa Tiger, the increasing number of icicles had left little space around him to freeze.

Looking at Natsukawa Tiger, who was gradually being surrounded by his ice pillars, Kingu smiled and said, "What's wrong? The freezing speed has slowed down. Are you already starting to have trouble holding on, stranger from Chaldea?"

"No, I was just thinking about some things."

As he said this, Natsukawa Tora suddenly reached out and grabbed one of the Heavenly Locks.

“Gilgamesh told me before that if he encountered you, he shouldn’t worry about his feelings or thoughts, he should just destroy you cleanly and efficiently. Regardless of his true intentions, breaking the Chains of Heaven is actually quite difficult, isn’t it?”

The body of the golden statue is made of clay. He is a puppet created by the gods. Even if he is injured, he can recover instantly. In fact, there is no concept of injury. The only way to completely destroy him is to take out the Holy Grail inside him, so that he loses his power source and heart.

Even so, King Gu will not die immediately.

So Natsukawa Torato was thinking about how to completely destroy the King's Gate.

And his conclusion was—

"I'm saying, you can be considered to have a soul now, right?"

After removing his Demon Eyes, Natsukawa Torato revealed his Demon Eyes after many years, gazing at the puppet before him.

In that instant...

"Ugh—!"

Standing behind Natsukawa Torato, Ishtar suddenly trembled for no apparent reason!

Something terrible is coming.

Such an impression appeared in Ishtar's mind without warning. Although she did not understand why she had such thoughts, she could at least understand that her feelings and thoughts were genuine and undisguised.

The same applies to metal.

"Ugh—!"

A sensation like being electrocuted instantly spread throughout Jin Gu's entire body!

The body, which should not have felt pain, suddenly experienced intense agony without any warning the moment those eyes saw it! It felt as if the body was being slowly devoured by a wild beast!

(No, that's not right, it's not my body, the source of this pain is... my soul!)

Kingu soon realized that his soul was being attacked.

(Is it those eyes?)

Without meeting Xia Chuanhu's eyes, Jingu, feeling increasingly pained, immediately withdrew all the chains and flew into the sky!

Following the gaze with his demonic eyes, Natsukawa Tora asked with a smile, "Hmm? What's wrong? Is this not enough? The greatest masterpiece of the gods?"

"Ugh—!"

The sarcastic words caused Jingu's face to visibly contort, and at the same time, as his body fell into the range of the demonic eye once again, Jingu felt his soul being constantly attacked—no, it should be said that it was being eroded!

(Those eyes... are they Mystic Eyes? And Mystic Eyes that target the soul?)

Staying within the field of vision of those demonic eyes is not a good idea!

In just those few seconds, Jin Gu's mind had already begun to race with thoughts that weren't even his own. If he continued to stay here...

"Tch! Damn it!"

As if cursing Xia Chuanhu, or perhaps cursing himself, Jingu, having ascended into the sky, immediately fled from Xia Chuanhu's sight at full speed! He disappeared into the horizon in an instant!

Looking up in the direction where Jin Gu had left, Xia Chuanhu put his Demon Eye Killer back on: "He ran away, that's right. If he hadn't run away, he really would have died here. That's an unacceptable outcome for him."

Jingu's encounter with Xia Chuanhu was purely accidental and impulsive, not a deliberate attempt to ambush Xia Chuanhu. Xia Chuanhu probably came to the Persian Gulf to check on Tiamat, and just happened to spot him on the way, thinking, "Let's see if I can take him down," so he launched an attack.

However, they suffered a great loss in front of Natsukawa Torata's demonic eyes.

"Thirty percent of the soul has already been corrupted. Although we don't know if the Age of Gods has a way to repair the soul, it should buy us a lot more time for the monster front."

While it's not impossible to catch up and completely eliminate Jin Gu, but...

(I should go and tell Gilgamesh first, that I should just destroy it decisively, but actually...)

Thinking of this, Natsukawa Torama turned to Ishtar: "Alright, I'll handle this—why do you look like a timid girl scared by bugs? What scared you?"

Ishtar: "......"

38. Gilgamesh's head sank.

The following morning.

After parting ways with Ishtar in the Persian Gulf at dawn, Natsukawa Torara returned to Uruk with a truckload of water tanks packed by the people from the observatory.

Perhaps Gilgamesh had already mentioned it. Upon returning to Uruk, Natsukawa Torara immediately encountered his contact, who had been waiting for him. After handing over the water jug ​​and donkey cart, Natsukawa Torara immediately headed to the Divine Tower.

It has been almost five days since we left Uruk. As usual, the tower is still bustling with people: soldiers, ministers, priests... Every time Gilgamesh issues an order, many people leave the tower, and then another group comes in to await the next order.

This has been the case since the Warcraft Front was founded.

Xia Chuanhu did not disturb Gilgamesh's work. Compared with the situation he needed to report, the most important thing now was to maintain the stability of the monster front to a limited extent.

"Okay, that's fine. Siduri, give this list to logistics and make sure it gets to North Wall by tomorrow."

"Understood, Your Majesty."

After waiting for more than an hour by the wall of the Divine Tower, Natsukawa Tora handed the last clay tablet in his hand to Siduri, and Gilgamesh pinched his brow.

This is the eighth day he has worked through the night. His last rest was two days ago. Even though he is the Wedge of Heaven, who is two-thirds a god, working like this is really a bit too much. Not to mention that he also has to maintain the barrier protecting the entire Uruk and the presence of the five Servants. The consumption of magic power is also a huge burden.

The moment he finished handing over his last task, Gilgamesh couldn't help but bang his head hard.

"Hmm...are you a little tired? I've been pushing myself a bit these past few days..."

"It's less about being reluctant and more about you working yourself to death, isn't it?"

Taking advantage of this extremely brief rest, Natsukawa Torato approached Gilgamesh: "If you keep going like this, you'll die from overwork. Just think of it as a matter of Uruk's well-being, and let yourself take a nap every now and then. The current battle situation allows you that kind of leisure, doesn't it?"

As Natsukawa Tora said, the previously balanced Monster front, which Gilgamesh had to work himself to the bone to barely maintain, now has some advantage over the Monsters due to the addition of new forces.

For defensive battles, there are Leonidas I, Oda Nobunaga, and the Divine Seal. If we want to take the initiative to rescue other cities, we have Ushiwakamaru, Musashibo, and Tomoe Gozen, plus Akuta Hinako and Xiang Yu—especially the latter.

Originally created by Xiang Yu to pacify the world, this weapon of war has now been put to its fullest potential on this monster front, greatly relieving the pressure on the monster front.

Thanks to this, the morale of the Uruk soldiers was higher than ever before, and everyone could see the dawn of victory was just around the corner.

Gilgamesh sighed slightly: "If the opponent is only the Goddess of Demonic Beasts, then I can indeed take half a day to rest as you said, but you also know who our greatest enemy is, and our current preparations are far from sufficient."

"Fear of insufficient firepower... But then again, with Tiamat, you can never have too much preparation."

"If you know that, then don't say such tactless things—you've completed the tasks I assigned you, haven't you?"

Xia Chuanhu nodded: "Merlin already brought back the Destiny Tablet, didn't he? I've also handed over the materials from the water quality survey in the Persian Gulf to the soldiers."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work. Go and collect your payment from Siduri later. Is there anything else? If not, I have other official business to attend to."

"There are two more things to say."

Gilgamesh, who was about to pick up the stone tablet, paused: "What is it?"

"First, there's the matter of the Three Goddesses Alliance. Merlin should have told you about it, right? After I parted ways with him, I went to the Underworld, where I met Ereshkigal, the last pillar of the Three Goddesses Alliance."

(The last pillar of the Three Goddess Alliance... Well, that silly goddess has never called herself that.)

For Gilgamesh, this was unexpected, yet reasonable, intelligence.

"Due to a number of factors, I negotiated with Ereshkigal, mainly to explain the matter concerning the goddess Tiamat and her actions."

"Oh ho ho~~~ Could it be that you're telling me that, after the Goddess of the Forest, you've also secured a peace treaty with the Goddess of the Underworld for me?"

Xia Chuanhu smiled and shook his head: "No, it's only half true. Ereshkigal doesn't trust me, but if Tiamat really appears later, she has promised to provide us with assistance."

"The promise of aid from the goddess of the underworld... Hahahahahahahahahaha!"

Gilgamesh burst into loud laughter, slamming his hands on the armrests of his throne: "Very good! Well done! Holy Sword Wielder! You really know how to bring me unexpected surprises! Hahahaha!"

Although the situation in Uruk is gradually improving, there is still more bad news than good news. Gilgamesh hasn't heard such pure good news in a long time. The last time he laughed so heartily was when Natsukawa Tora reported on the matter of the Forest Goddess.

Now, Quetzalcoatl and Ereshkigal, two of the three pillars of the Three Goddesses Alliance, have temporarily lost their threat thanks to Natsukawa Torato, and may even become potential allies in the future.

This is truly fantastic news.

After laughing heartily for a while, Gilgamesh slowly stopped: "Oh my, you really did a great job, Holy Sword Wielder. Your outstanding abilities make me want to keep you in Uruk. Would you be interested in becoming the chief general of Uruk?"

"Let's skip that. I'm from the future, so I'll leave once this singularity ends. I won't stay. I appreciate your kindness."

"Yes, that's true. It was my oversight."