I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

"Who told them to be so ungrateful, daring to try and take Esther's place?" Gil slowly raised his hand. "Cold-blooded Steel Queen, holy sword that slays demons and monsters, transform into a steel blade here and grant me divine power!"

The obscure Elvish language flowed from Gil's mouth, and the cold, silver holy sword fell into Gil's hands.

“Est’s disappearance yesterday was their doing too—it seems they’ve been planning this for a long time—” Gillespie spoke with great conviction. “In any case, I need to have a serious talk with them—Enkidu, take Akatsuki Kojou and Himeragi Yukina over there. Astarothie, take Yase Natsune and leave—”

Jill wants to settle scores, and Akatsuki wants to regain his body; this arrangement is absolutely the most reasonable.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding crowd cheered and clapped.

"It's been turned into a festival!"

Xiao Gucheng made a comment.

“That would be even better—Enkidu, take them away quickly! Afterwards, we'll meet up at the last position!” Gil shouted.

“…Gil, be careful not to get hurt—” Enkidu said, and silver chains emerged from the ripples, wrapping around the waists of several people. Then Enkidu jumped up and left the chaotic scene with several screaming girls (lol).

“Come at me all at once,” Jill said, brandishing the Demon Slayer sword in her hand. “Otherwise, you won’t stand a chance.”

The men in black began to surround Jill cautiously.

Unfortunately.

"Not attacking? Then don't say I didn't give you a chance, you bastards—" Jill slowly raised the Demon Slayer, "One strike is enough—"

All the men in black rushed toward Jill from all directions.

They did not make a sound.

"Stupid—" That was all Jill could say about him.

The Demon Slayer unleashed a chilling light, tracing a cold, circular arc through space—

"Soul Flash - Full Moon -"

This is a move that Jill rarely uses because this sword technique has very limited applicability.

Sword techniques applicable only when surrounded.

The Soul Flash Sword tore everything around it apart—

The next moment, all the men in black who lunged at Jill were torn apart.

However, the surrounding people also realized that this was not a performance at all, but a cold-blooded killing!

Jill glanced at the "corpses" of the men in black—Jill frowned. These guys looked like so-called "undead soldiers"... It seemed someone was secretly controlling these corpses—

No, we have to find this guy!

The crowd screamed and scattered, and Jill had no time to deal with these miscellaneous matters.

He narrowed his eyes; the omniscient and omnipotent star relayed all the information to him—

……

"It's begun... I hear the echo of bells..." the figure in black armor murmured. "Is someone else about to meet their end..."

……

"This is a mess...this space..." The blonde girl frowned. "How strange, how did I end up here when I woke up?"

The girl patted her head. "How strange... Could it be that annoying guy Merlin again? If it really is him, I'll definitely give him a good beating!"

"Hmm...it feels like...I have so many more memories...what's going on?"

The figure in the shadows, seeing this, didn't dare linger for a moment and vanished without a trace.

……

"...What's wrong? I'm very busy here right now, and you still come looking for me?" Inside the golden space, the Wise King looked at the visitor and asked.

"...No, I'm just telling you that you need to come back soon." The visitor's voice sounded very serious.

"What happened?" the wise king asked.

"The Destruction Factor has attacked the [Nuclear]!"

"Alright, I understand." The wise king stood up. "Let's go."

I don't know what that "core" is, but I'm sure it's very important. Even the Wise King, who was usually so calm, showed a hint of panic when he heard that the Destruction Factor was going to deal with the "core".

A golden magic circle appeared beside the wise king, and then he stepped into the magic circle and disappeared.

The other person who came from the other side also disappeared without a trace.

A figure quickly appeared here.

"Sigh... In the end, I still have to take over this place..." The young man sighed, his pale golden eyes flickering twice. "There's no other way... I have to take it over..."

"I think we should change the environment back to normal first..."

Chapter 317 Son of Man, be bound to the gods!

In an instant, after the young man gained control of this space, the entire golden space trembled.

An inorganic voice rang out, "Welcome..."

"That title isn't necessary... Alright, template, thank you for your hard work." The young man smiled. "I'm back."

"It's not hard work. How about you give me a good rub to relax?"

“…Damn it, the person in charge of the personality module back then…” The young man rubbed his head. “Really…Alright, you can leave now.”

Then, the golden space began to change, transforming into a vast expanse—

An ocean of stars.

……

Avoiding the main roads crowded with people due to the festival, Enkidu led Kojou Akatsuki and Yukina Himeragi through the narrow alleys.

After navigating the alleyways, we'll soon be at our destination—

However, they encountered a gray wall formed by shield-bearing guards and armored vehicles, an obstacle created by the Special Administrative Region's security forces.

"Ugh, damn it...! Even this place is sealed off!" Looking at the huge building standing right in front of him, Akatsuki gritted his teeth in frustration.

Occupying the top of the inverted pyramid-shaped building that symbolizes Itogami Island are disgusting tentacles reminiscent of a sea monster, monsters that Himeragi Yukina calls the witch's "guardians".

The unit battling the monster was the Special District Security Force's mobile unit. Four armed helicopters circled above the building, relentlessly raining down machine gun shells and flares.

"They even sent out those military aircraft...!?"

Debris from the shattered buildings, ripped from the attack, rained down like hail from above. Ricochet and stray bullets also caused considerable damage to surrounding structures.

The traffic blockades and obstacles were probably set up to prevent ordinary citizens from being drawn into such a fierce battle.

“What a hassle—I’ll take you up.” Enkidu had just handed Yase Natsune over to another magic user—Natsuki Minami’s junior, who was also a teacher at Ayakai Academy’s junior high school, Sasaki Misaki.

Now, she acts with complete impunity.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that these two friends are remarkably similar in some ways...

"But we can't defend against those..." Xiao Gucheng said with slight worry.

"...Do you have a better idea?" Enkidu asked, frowning.

"This……"

Xiao Gucheng was somewhat speechless.

However, even those with the qualifications of attack magic users, such as Enkidu and Yukina Himeragi, would not be allowed to enter the battlefield where armed helicopters were flying around.

Not to mention, the ground-based mobile units also began shelling the monsters on the rooftops, firing anti-magic grenades in salvos. The highly purifying silver-iridium alloy, accompanied by explosions, hurtled towards the monsters' bodies.

However, the monster's movements did not show any noticeable change, and it looked as if it had not been harmed at all.

Enkidu frowned, then changed her outfit from a T-shirt and jeans to a white shirt and pants, standing barefoot on the ground. "There's no way they can handle that thing—leave this to me!"

"You guys find a chance to get in!" Enkidu chose to break through head-on. She crouched down slightly and then jumped out like a cannonball.

Her figure transformed into a white shadow, rushing directly towards the rooftop.

The silver chains, enveloped in golden light, soared into the sky.

[Awakened by the breath of the stars, I will walk alongside humanity—]

Golden chains bound Enkidu, transforming into the "Nails of Light," a form beyond human comprehension.

That is Enkidu's Noble Phantasm, the ability to transform Enkidu's body into a divinely created weapon.

That's the Noble Phantasm that even Gillespie would use against him, his ultimate treasure, Ea—

Enkidu transformed into nails of light, injecting the [restraint force] known as Alaya or Gaia.

Transforming immense energy into a form that the world can perceive, delivering a devastating blow to the opponent.

Its power increases dramatically depending on the amount of damage done to the planet or to humanity.

Enkidu was originally a weapon sent by the gods to bring Gilgamesh back to the side of the gods.

Gilgamesh was originally created as the "Wedge of Heaven" to prevent the separation of gods and humans, but he rebelled against the gods, and Enkidu's mission was to capture him and bring him back to heaven.

However, Enkidu became Gilgamesh's friend, causing this "chain that could bind even the heavens," like the thoughts of a close friend, to embark on a path for use by humanity.

This is her treasure—

Therefore—

The nail of light rose to a certain height and then pierced through the dark tentacle cluster—

[Son of Man, cling tightly to the God (Enuma Elish)!]

The golden chains of light that descended from the sky burned away those spotted, ugly tentacles!

“Ugly things—truly disgusting.” Enkidu’s face showed a displeased expression.

She had done her best to control the power and influence of her Noble Phantasm; otherwise, if it had struck, it wouldn't have just burned the tentacles to ashes.

Do you know what a meteorite crater is? I can build one (serious face).

"Ah, what a beautiful person." On the rooftop, the dark witch gently stroked her lips. "I really want to torture you slowly... make you scream in agony..."

“No, sister, it would be wonderful to see her head explode with a thud—” the Crimson Witch said, her eyes filled with undisguised killing intent as she looked at Enkidu.

The Maya sisters, belonging to LCO's first team [Philosophy], are a dark witch, with the older sister Emma being the black witch and the younger sister Octavia being the crimson witch.