I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

The longsword in his hand began to spin, and the sound of a storm began to emerge.

"—The void offers its blessing to the creation, and what cuts through this world is my sword of discord!"

"A vortex of swirling stars, a celestial hell, it is the end before creation! Be silent in death—"

As if announcing the end, the sword Ea in Jill's hand roared.

The wind howled, and space groaned.

Anyone who knows the legend of Karna will know what Karna's strongest Noble Phantasm is.

That's not the armor that would make Karna invincible.

It was a gun.

A god-slaying spear bestowed by the King of Gods.

In the Indian epic Mahabharata, when Karna is about to have his final battle with his destined rival Arjuna, a Brahmin monk visits Karna, who has now become the commander-in-chief of the army of Duryodhana.

The monk's goal was to ask Karna for the golden armor.

At that time, Karna had already made a vow that he would give the monk whatever he wanted.

Knowing the oath and that Karna was about to fight Arjuna, the monk still demanded the golden armor from Karna.

This is undoubtedly a setup against Karna.

Once the golden armor is removed, Nagarna is very likely to be defeated by Arjuna.

Not to mention, the golden armor is a Noble Phantasm that is integrated with Karna. Once it is peeled off, Karna will suffer pain as if his skin were being cut and flesh was being ripped off, and he will be injured as if he were being cut into a thousand pieces.

Despite this, Karna still kept his vow and stripped off the golden armor that was fused to his body, giving it to the monk.

The monk witnessed this scene and, seeing Karna covered in blood yet remaining unfazed, felt a deep sense of shame for his actions.

This monk was Indra.

Indra also knew that Karna must have seen through his desire to obtain the armor.

After all, this hero possesses the insight to see through the truth; even for a god, lying to him would be virtually impossible.

But even knowing that losing his armor would mean certain death, and that the person before him was deceiving him, Karna still kept his promise and gave away the golden armor.

Such noble behavior made Indra feel ashamed.

For this reason, Karna is hailed as a hero of charity.

Indra, who had received the hero's charity, then offered a spear to Karna.

The price for liberating this gun is the sacrifice of golden armor.

By offering the golden armor to Indra, Karna will obtain the most powerful spear, capable of killing even the gods.

An EX-rank Anti-God Noble Phantasm—

“Sun, submit to death (Vasa vi shakti) —”

"Om-!"

The space trembled when Karna suddenly thrust out his lightning spear.

A beam of destructive light, formed from fire and lightning, shot towards Jill!

The light that was directed at her made Jill feel a stinging sensation on her skin!

The Sun Wheel, succumbing to death (Vasa vi shakti), is itself a divine artifact, like Gilles's Chains of Heaven (Enkidu). The higher the divinity of the attacked being, the greater the impact.

Jill's divinity is B; taking this attack would be certain death.

Jill had no intention of taking the hit head-on.

He will use equal or even greater power, and his strongest Noble Phantasm, to defeat his opponent head-on!

Even though he had a shield in his Noble Phantasm arsenal that could stop Karna—the small world that surrounds the heavens (Achilles Cosmos)—he had no intention of using it.

The opponent has played their trump card; what good is all I can do—defense?!

This is his pride, his respect for an evenly matched enemy!

So, the sword that cleaved the world was swung once more—

"Enuma Elish!"

Chapter 343 It's not that I'm targeting anyone in particular, but all the spearmen here have a luck rating of E!

The wind was howling, and the space itself was groaning.

Storms, lightning, and flames intertwined, composing a symphony of destruction—

Where the two forces clashed, even space itself could not withstand such immense pressure and began to crumble inch by inch. Black marks even appeared at the point of clash between the two forces, but these marks were quickly repaired.

The surrounding buildings were affected by the force, and many began to collapse. If this were not an island nation where earthquakes are frequent and building materials are relatively lightweight, the impact of these two Noble Phantasms would have caused huge casualties.

In the end, the crimson storm overwhelmed the lightning—

The Servant who unleashed lightning fell down.

The golden figure suddenly unleashed its maximum speed, diving directly towards the figure that was landing.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh—" White phosphorescence flashed as the golden figure charged directly at the black figure.

"I have won. Now, leave this stage, you merciful hero Karna!"

"It's not over yet! Brahma, curse my body (Brahmastra kundala)!"

In the Indian epic, the great hero who gave alms began to unleash flames from his spear and hurled it at Gir.

Immediately, the divine spear, wreathed in raging flames, was hurled out with tremendous force.

"Zheng!"

A radiance comparable to the sun flashed in this space.

The divine spear, its entire body blazing with fire, instantly transformed into a fiery meteor, carrying an avalanche-like momentum, as if intending to completely burn away the space around it, before hurtling towards Jill.

"Demon Slayer!" Gilles revealed the true name of the Noble Phantasm directly.

In that instant, all his attributes increased by a small level, his speed surged, and the Demon Slayer in his hand, trailing a silvery light, directly severed the Noble Phantasm titled "Brahmastra kundala, curse me!"

"Varied--"

Even Karna, who had never shown any emotional fluctuations, was utterly astonished at that moment.

The Demon Slayer can destroy all magic—even magic imbued with fire.

Then, Gilles' figure caught up with Karna's falling figure like a shooting star.

"Leave here—!"

"Boom!" The two men crashed heavily into the ground.

Like meteorites falling, both of them were hit hard by the impact of the landing.

After landing, Jill slowly stood up.

Seeing this, Kusanagi let out a long sigh of relief.

Before him lay the great hero who had given alms, in the center of the pit.

Besides the bloodstains from the Ea sword, his body was covered in wounds from the peeling off of his integrated golden armor—most notably, the wound to his heart.

That was caused by being pierced by a sharp longsword.

“Zheng…”

Faint particles of light began to emanate from Karna's body outline.

This scene was told to Karna.

"Ah, I lost..."

Yes.

Karna lost.

His strongest Noble Phantasm, the God-Slaying Spear "Sun Wheel, Obey Death (Vasa vi shakti)," was countered by Ea. Gilles' second Noble Phantasm can even nullify "magic power."

Karna's spirit core has now been shattered.

In this battle, Karnatje suffered a complete defeat.

"So that's what losing feels like."

A faint smile finally appeared on Karna's calm face.

“…To be able to be mentioned alongside me and another proud emperor—you are quite good after all, Karna.” Gil looked at him quietly.

“…That’s right…King of Heroes.” Karna slowly closed his eyes. “You…maybe you really can do it. That Beast, it’s up to you.”

“I would have done it even without you telling me.” Gil also had wounds on his body, and his golden armor had charred marks and damage, clearly indicating that it had been severely damaged by the Spear of Godslayer when Gil charged toward Karna.

Even a powerful figure like Gilgamesh, who shared the same Throne of Heroes as him, felt a sense of dread towards his all-out battle—

That's enough.

Throughout his life, Karna experienced all sorts of chaotic situations and countless battles, but how many opportunities did he actually have to fight at full strength?

Karna endured Indra's deception, the Brahmins' curses, and even his mother's pleas for him not to fight anyone other than Arjuna. The number of battles he truly fought without any constraints was extremely limited.

This time, he went all out in a battle against a powerful opponent of equal renown, forcing the opponent to also unleash their full strength.

Since that's the case, even if the result is that he is slightly inferior in skill and is defeated by the opponent's sword, Karna would still be satisfied.

In this battle, Karna lost, and Gil won.

It's that simple a result.

"You're very strong," Jill said sincerely.

Over the centuries, no one has been able to inflict a decent wound on him.

He had almost forgotten the thrill of facing off against a strong opponent.

“Aren’t you the same?” Karna said, even with blood at the corner of his mouth.

"I know it's shameful for me, a defeated person, to say such things, but I still have a request that I hope you can fulfill."