That protagonist is trash; I could do better!

In the sky, Jin Gu, who was standing in mid-air, watched the fleeing group disappear into the distance and snorted: "Doing all this meaningless stuff, oh well. The North Wall is just a place where humans gather, it doesn't matter whether we escape or not."

Rumble~

The Euphrates River whipped up a waterspout, its internal currents swirling at high speeds, carrying stones from the riverbed and the bones of monsters. Any creature swallowed up would be torn to shreds the moment it entered.

With a casual wave of his hand, King Gu unleashed a shower of golden light that severed the massive waterspout, a faint sneer still gracing his face: "A mere inferior weapon created by a magician."

His pale purple pupils were indifferent and cold. Behind him, layers of golden ripples spread out, and dozens of golden streams of light disappeared into the Euphrates River, accurately hitting the spirituality that Hall had given to the water elemental familiar.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

After being bombarded by a burst of golden light, the Euphrates River, with its towering white waves, quickly returned to calm, and the level of the swaying water dropped by more than a meter.

"The game is over, Magician. Now let's discuss your fate. It would be a waste to kill you here. You're excellent material, and Mother seems to 'like' you quite a bit."

“Jingu, I knew you would be here.” Hall gazed calmly at Jingu on the other side of the riverbank.

"Oh? So you're here to die? Or are you hoping I'll take pity on you and spare your life?"

Hall shrugged and said jokingly, "If you have to say, it's both sides."

Jingu tilted his head: "I will blind you, cut off your limbs, and finally dig out your tongue so that you can never sing again."

Hall maintained his composed smile and asked, "Is this really a good idea? Without my help, the remaining humans won't last long. You're not the only ones who want the Uruk Grail, so you're more wary of the other two goddesses than humans. Are you confident you can defeat them?"

Jin Gu's handsome face stiffened. "What do you want to say?"

"There are only two ways to free the true Tiamat from her slumber: either kill the Gorgon who is connected to Tiamat, or obtain the Holy Grail from Uruk."

Jin Gu could no longer remain calm. He stepped forward and demanded sharply, "How did you know that!"

“At least in terms of awakening Tiamat in this world, our goals are aligned. Let’s make a deal, or rather, cooperate. I will go along with your plan, gather enough power to kill Gorgon, and complete your plan.”

"・・・"

"Hahahaha! I thought you were going to say something! You mere ants, you mere humans, the very existence of your mothers is the original sin you humans cannot escape!"

Hall shrugged indifferently: "Let me put it another way. If I die here, my familiar will send all the information about Tiamat to King Gilgamesh, Ereshkigal, one of the three goddesses and the goddess of the underworld, and Quetzalcoatl, another of the three goddesses. Do you think your plan will still succeed then?"

Of course, most of what he said was nonsense; Hall did not have the means to contact the two goddesses.

"you!"

Jin Gu's face darkened, and he lowered his head, his long green hair obscuring his vision.

The voice grew deeper and colder.

"Don't get too cocky, humans. Even if the plan fails, it will only delay Mother's awakening."

Hall sensed danger and said slowly, "It's always better to have one more friend than countless enemies."

“Friends? Then let’s see if you’re qualified.” Jingu pointed at Hall and coldly declared, “This is the first time I’ve felt murderous intent towards a human. Although I’ve been killing humans all along, it’s just an obligation. I feel fear from you. I don’t know where you came from, I’m not sure how much you know, and I can’t determine your purpose.”

"This is the first time I've felt that the situation is out of my control, so I will do everything in my power to defeat you, with murderous intent, and spare no effort to eliminate this dangerous existence. If you can survive my full-force attack, I will acknowledge you as my collaborator."

Jingu chuckled contemptuously, opened his arms, and a vortex of magic rippled out from beneath his feet, causing the earth to weep and altering the flow of magic along with the earth's veins.

"It's troublesome."

Hall's Eyes observed that Kingu's spiritual foundation was rapidly changing, its own properties were constantly weakening, while the earth's magic was rapidly gathering.

The weather changed rapidly; the clear sky quickly disappeared, leaving no dark clouds but also no sunshine.

Changes in the earth's veins affect the operation of the world's rules.

Kingu is unleashing the full power of the weapon the gods created, named Enkidu.

Noble Phantasm!

Hall's expression was solemn. To be honest, the situation before him was somewhat unexpected. The killing intent he felt from Kingu was genuine, and this attack would be the strongest attack method of the weapons created by the gods.

"Although we set up an elemental barrier here in advance, it is still a bit difficult to directly confront the power of a Noble Phantasm of the Ea sword level. Moreover, it is not clear whether Kingu will use the power of the Holy Grail."

"But... there are solutions."

"Gorgon, since you are watching, lend me your power."

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"Why!"

"Impossible! This shouldn't be happening!"

"I am Tiamat!"

“Jin Gu…”

Panic, confusion, and an uncontrollable, strange impulse.

The enormous beast with the body of a snake and the body of a human trembled like a frightened lamb.

This was the unusual feeling Gorgon sensed when she saw Hall, and it was this unusual feeling that fueled her murderous intent towards Hall.

She had never met Hall before, yet she felt a sense of familiarity with him.

Gorgon knew that it was probably at some point in time, in some era, that she met this human.

Despite knowing this, Gorgon, who had transformed into a vengeful goddess, did not intend to treat Hall differently; since he was human, he should be eliminated.

It should be so.

Just now, Hall's conversation with Kingu plunged her into an even deeper purgatory, forcing her to confront an even crueler truth.

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Uruk, the palace.

King Gilgamesh, who was dealing with state affairs, looked up in astonishment towards the direction of the Northern High Platform. The familiar feeling and magical fluctuations told him what had happened there.

King Gilgamesh put down the stone tablet in his hand, his crimson eyes revealing a look of nostalgia.

"That direction..."

"He was able to put you in this situation; hmph, he's definitely not some third-rate magician."

"Since you were able to defeat me in a certain era, you can't possibly lose to me."

Chapter 364 The Gorgon Contract

The more the power of the Demon Eye is unleashed, the stronger the resonance phenomenon becomes.

Hall's attention was completely elsewhere from the apocalyptic landscape before him. He calmly watched the golden light unleash its powerful artifact, then his consciousness suddenly felt a strange incongruity, and he fell into a lucid dream.

Through the resonance of the Magic Eye, Hall sensed the call from the monster Gorgon.

Understanding this, one allows consciousness to be forcibly stripped away and pulled into the dream realm of consciousness, the origin of the Petrifying Demon Eye.

······

The rain pattered on and on, growing louder and louder. A bolt of lightning ripped through the dark sky, stretching to the distant horizon. A brief flash of white light illuminated the world and revealed the surrounding environment.

Hall gradually awoke from his numbness and turned to look at his surroundings. It was a dilapidated temple, its dome torn off, leaving only waist-high broken walls with half of strange murals carved on them.

The torrential rain began to fall rapidly.

Around the temple were various life-size stone statues, the details of their armor and the expressions of the figures were so lifelike, filled with astonishment and fear, as if they had seen a terrifying monster and were frozen in the moment when they wanted to escape but it was too late.

Some of the stone statues were covered in cracks from the wind and rain. When rainwater washed into them, what flowed out was bright red blood, which mixed with the rainwater on the ground and stained the entire floor of the dilapidated temple blood-red.

The murmurs were faint yet incredibly clear, so faint that even the sound of the downpour couldn't drown them out.

"Save me! Zeus, the supreme god! Answer my prayers, slay the monsters on this island, and free our souls!"

"Please, kill me now!"

"Monster... Monster... Monster!"

"Why did this happen? I should never have come to this island!"

The sound emanated from these petrified human figures. From the moment their bodies were petrified, their souls were also imprisoned here, as if banished from the earth. Their only fate was to have their spirits worn away until they gave up thinking.

Hall looked around at the familiar scenery, stroked his chin and muttered, "It's here again... the temple of the Invisible Island."

There are differences, though.

There are more petrified human figures, and the aura of violence is stronger. The timeline of this invisible island should be after Gorgon ate his sister's remains and completely transformed into a monster.

This is a dreamlike world, and through the resonance of the Demon Eye, she was sealed into the consciousness by Gorgon.

"The time in this dream world should be independent of the time in the real world."

The problem is...

Rumble~

The ground trembled violently, as if a colossal object was moving around nearby.

In fact, Hall had already seen it: the dark body swam by, crushing all the human figures along its path.

Splash splash ...

The rain was icy cold, and the sound of the torrential rain was drowned out by a sharp, rhythmic hiss, like the flicking tongues of multiple venomous snakes in one's ear.

Hall stood quietly in place, his keen senses emanating a terrifying, inhuman aberration from behind him.

Lightning surged, followed by a deafening explosion that seemed to cleave the world in two. The lightning revealed a massive shadow that completely covered Hall's body, slowly writhing.

A thick snake tail coiled around Hall's legs, gradually tightening its grip and leaving no gaps, like a python constricting its prey.

"Well."

Hall groaned, frowning as he endured the suffocation and the pain of his body being constricted. He heard a cold, magnetic voice in his ear: "Human."

"What should I do with you? Maybe I should twist your head off. The little guys are hungry too, look how excited they are."

Hiss~ Hiss~ Hiss~

Two dark figures passed over Hall's shoulders; their heads resembled fierce venomous snakes, and their bodies were covered in long, deep purple hair.

Hall calmly said, "You should have seen my conversation with Kingu. In the end, it's not just humans who caused you to become a monster; the gods are the biggest culprits. So why do you want to take revenge on humans and cooperate with the gods?"

Hall was completely oblivious to his situation, and his words were full of biting sarcasm.

Hall's body was suddenly lifted and turned around, facing a full, luminous white body, which was even more alluring against the backdrop of black leather armor.

It was large and white, making Hall feel an urge to bury his head and feel its softness.