I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

"...You mean the purple energy around us?" Jill squeezed a white bottle in her hand, but the bottle had turned completely purple and was also tinged with a golden light.

He tucked the bottle into the small pocket of his sleeve. "These things can't get close to me, so I don't need to think about them too much."

Presumably because their power systems are completely incompatible, these Honkai energies simply cannot get close to Jill.

The so-called "Honkai energy" is the energy generated by Honkai. This energy has a wide range of uses. It is like Jill's magic, a "special product" of this world.

“Then… come with us first, we can’t stay here any longer,” Theresa said, staring at Jill.

"Alright, alright," Jill nodded.

Let's just follow their lead; we won't lose anything anyway.

"By the way, can I ask what happened here?" Jill looked around and asked.

The atmosphere here shouldn't be this cold; there should be researchers here, right?

“We suddenly lost contact here, and all the researchers have disappeared,” Theresa replied briefly.

Jill narrowed her eyes. "This is a place that researches Honkai energy, isn't it?"

Theresa nodded and said, "That's right."

At that moment, the three people who were moving forward suddenly heard some sounds.

"Help... help!"

"Is anyone there?! Help us!"

“…Oh my god! A ghost has appeared!” Theresa was so frightened that she immediately threw herself behind Patrick.

“…Idiot, listen carefully, that’s a human’s cry for help.” Jill sighed.

"Human cries for help...?" Theresa listened carefully for a moment. "It sounds like it."

“This way,” Patrick said, pointing ahead.

The place she was pointing to was where the sound was coming from.

Jill took the first step and then ran wildly down the passage.

"Wait, Jill, be careful!" Theresa immediately chased after them.

However, Jill was so fast that Theresa's short legs couldn't keep up with her at all.

Although Jill wasn't tall or long, his "agility" stat was A, giving him absolute speed. In just a moment, he arrived at the source of the sound.

“Where is this…!” Jill looked at the scene before her, her expression turning cold.

What came into Jill's view was a somewhat dim environment.

The purplish-black ground, though the space was spacious, made it look somewhat eerie due to the dim lighting.

On both sides of the wide corridor are rows of iron gates. The crisscrossing iron gates are very sturdy, and it is absolutely impossible for an ordinary person to break through them.

This godforsaken place is actually a prison!

“…Why would a research institute have a prison like this…It’s clearly a human laboratory!” Jill’s eyes turned icy cold.

Just then, a hand suddenly reached out from behind the iron bars, "Help...us..."

Jill saw the girl inside through the railing.

“Okay, wait a moment.” Jill stretched out her hand, and crimson and gold magic mixed together, forming a crimson rune on her hand.

"Kenaz!" Crimson flames erupted, instantly melting the lock!

Chapter 45 Anyway, it's not the first time they've done this.

"Alright, come out." Jill opened the iron gate and stretched out her hand to the children.

Jill looked at the wounds on the children, a hint of heartache in her eyes.

“Thank you…” one of the girls bowed to Jill and said.

Jill pressed on the child's wound, and the girl hissed, clearly indicating that Jill's action had aggravated her injury.

"Take these and share them with everyone. Apply them to wounds; they can help them heal." Jill sighed slightly, then waved her hand, and several coats appeared in her grasp.

He personally put the overcoat on the children who were dressed in thin clothes.

“In short, I will find a way to get you away…” Jill said to the children.

Those wounds were from needles or something... no wonder it hurts so much when I press on them...

'What's the point of just saying nice things...' A purple figure flashed past Jill.

Jill paused for a moment, raised her hand, and looked at the "full bottle" she had prepared earlier.

The bottle, which was originally purple with gold accents, now has gold patterns extending further towards the bottom.

“…A hallucination?” Jill glanced behind her and muttered to herself.

“Jill…you’re running too fast…wait, what’s going on with these kids?” Theresa asked, also looking surprised.

Seeing Theresa's expression, Jill sighed softly. It seemed that this girl was also unaware of the existence of such a place.

“Go ask Otto. Knowing his personality, he won’t refuse to tell you,” Jill said, biting into a chocolate bar.

Theresa bit her lip, her eyes dimming slightly.

Jill took in the scene, shrugged, finished her chocolate, and looked at Patrick. "Do you know anything about this?"

“…Yes, I know a little. According to the data on the computer terminal…they are experimental subjects from the Advanced Systems Department…the experiments conducted on them were probably experiments on human Honkai energy adaptability…” Patrick said, his eyes lowered slightly.

Jill looked at the children with pity and love in her eyes. "Honkai energy can enter a normal human body...it must hurt a lot, right?"

“...Yes.” For some reason, Patrick was a little afraid to look at the child leaning against the wall, and his voice was a little lower.

“No wonder they were covered in bandages and wounds… but why didn’t the mission file mention them?” Theresa also looked at Patrick.

Jill also turned her gaze to Patrick, who lowered his voice considerably, probably because he didn't want the children to hear him clearly.

“Because there’s no need for it… You know, Destiny secretly recruits thousands of these test subjects every year. Most of them are orphans, and nobody cares whether they live or die.” Patrick spoke such ruthless words.

It is indeed very cruel.

In order to combat the so-called "Honkai," all these orphans were used as experimental subjects...

Over the years, thousands of such orphans have died in experiments testing the human adaptability of Honkai energy.

Over the years, thousands of girls have cried and called out from the shadowy depths of the base.

All this pain was blown away by the Siberian cold wind, leaving only a series of equally cold strings of data in that cold computer.

Beneath these cold, hard statistics lies a trail of bloody deaths.

It was an inhumane experiment...

And the Destiny Organization's... cold indifference.

"Nobody cares whether they live or die?" Jill tilted her head, a smile playing on her lips, seemingly pleased. "Sorry, but I'll take care of it."

The boy's seemingly ordinary words did not give Patrick the impression of being "overconfident." Instead, Patrick felt that the boy's words would come true.

“I will build a home for these children.” Jill looked at the children. “I will teach them how to use this power… and I will protect them.”

Theresa looked at Jill.

So similar to my own dream...

“It’s not like this is the first time we’ve done this.” Jill straightened up, and as her gaze shifted, she inadvertently noticed the purple fragments remaining on the iron gate’s railing.

Jill stroked her chin and then squinted.

I think I've seen similar fragments before on Honkai reactors.

“…Oh dear…” Jill stretched out her hand, propping up her bangs with one hand, “This is really… troublesome.”

……

late at night.

A guest arrived at the Honkai energy reactor where Jill first came from.

She was a girl with long purple hair and wearing a white robe.

At this moment, the girl is reaching out her hand towards the Honkai energy reactor.

No, or rather, it's incredible that a girl even exists in this place.

It's important to know that the concentration of Honkai energy here is even perceptible to Jill's eyes.

It should be noted that Gil's eyes were originally only sensitive to magic power, and with this concentration of Honkai energy, ordinary people would probably become dead if they got close to this place; it's not impossible that the Honkai Beast eggs would hatch immediately here.

However, the girl showed no abnormality. Instead, she reached out towards the Honkai reactor and absorbed the Honkai energy overflowing from it.

“I almost used up all my power yesterday… but as long as I absorb more Honkai energy from the furnace, I can recover my power… no, I can become stronger!” The girl’s bright golden eyes shone with light and a violent emotion.

"So, the reason this place is deserted is because of you?" A childish voice rang out, and golden hair fluttered in the Honkai energy fluctuations.

The girl turned around abruptly, her bright golden eyes showing a hint of surprise. "When did you find out?"

"When did you discover it? There's too much Honkai energy residue, don't you think?" Jill tilted her head and asked.

The girl looked at Jill, then glanced around. "Are you all alone?"

Jill shrugged. "After all, I just wanted to see what you were up to."

The girl looked at Jill with a complicated expression.

He wasn't the object of my hatred... nor should I...

"Did you kill the researcher?" Jill asked, scratching her head.

“…That’s right,” the girl replied softly.

"Why did you kill them?" Jill asked, looking at the girl.

“Those damned research institutes once laughed and told me… that they were experimenting on us to create the marks on the Valkyries, and that we orphans should feel honored to sacrifice ourselves for the Valkyries of Destiny…” The girl looked at Jill, staring directly into his eyes, and said those words.

"To hell with glory! Today I will prove with my own strength that I am stronger than the Valkyrie!" The girl stared at Jill.

Like crazy.