I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

However, there are too many strange things about it.

Estelle's voice echoed in Gil's mind, "Brother Gil, that's not a living body, it looks like metal."

"Can you confirm?" Jill asked, slowing her pace.

“It’s similar to some of the Steel Elves from before, but much more durable.” Est’s words made Gil raise an eyebrow.

Ester is the highest-ranking Steel-type Pokémon and possesses the power to nullify "mysterious" abilities.

Moreover, once Jill's soul power began to awaken, Esther's side effects became completely useless to Jill.

Do you think a curse would be effective against a destructive force that has wiped out several worlds?

Even the resentment and curses of an entire world might not be able to harm Jill.

Moreover, Gil, who possesses the power of "creation," cannot be harmed by curses.

However, Esther said it was even stronger than some steel elves, and that there was only one type of metal in this world.

Soul Steel —

It's a very special metal, one that possesses "nanotechnology" properties and extremely high hardness. Just now, when Esther slashed at it with her sword, it didn't even break.

Gilles estimates that only Noble Phantasms of rank B or higher could achieve that level of hardness.

"Damn it—there's no other way..." The clown suddenly pulled out a smoke bomb and smashed it on the floor, purple smoke instantly filling the surroundings.

Jill's vision was momentarily obscured, but soon the smoke cleared and the clown was gone.

"...Have they left?" Jill sensed the surrounding space begin to fluctuate before gradually returning to normal.

However, by the time Jill sensed that the space had been restored, the entire Tower of Babel was completely empty.

"Where is everyone?" Jill pulled the bottle from her waist, put it away, and observed the surrounding situation.

“...There?” Although the Honkai energy environment compressed Gil’s perception range, he quickly located Theresa and Yang’s location.

Jill quickly took a step and chased after him.

……

"...Hiss...I'm completely powerless...Even my newly adjusted body can't help me..." The clown rubbed his head. "Tsk, judging by this power...The Second Herrscher is definitely no match for him..."

"But never mind... this is fine too..."

……

At this very moment, in the world of miniature gardens.

Chenxi and Otto were chatting.

"Otto, is there anything you particularly regret in your life?" Chenxi asked, looking at the stars in the sky.

Otto pondered for a long time before speaking, "There are two things."

"One regrets not catching Karen, right? And the other?" Chenxi poured a glass of wine and asked.

“…I kind of regret letting Cecilia get involved in the Second Honkai…” Otto picked up his glass and took a sip of his drink. “Because of that, my relationship with Theresa became strained… I didn’t mean to do that… but Sirin became too strong, so I had no choice…”

“I think you know the first thing better than I do.” Chen Xi took a sip of her drink. “Kallen doesn’t love you at all. Even the Karen from the parallel world doesn’t love you.”

Otto was stunned for a long time, then picked up his wine glass and drank the remaining 80% of the wine in one gulp. "You don't understand, Chenxi."

“She…she is my salvation…” Otto covered his eyes with his right arm, “Even just looking at her…I feel…she is an angel sent by heaven to redeem me, a sinner…”

"She likes Yae Sakura and stuff... I don't really care... I just hope I can keep watching her... that's enough..."

Chapter Fifty-Three: Won the grand prize!

Looking at Otto, Chenxi sighed softly, "Are you willing to accept this?"

"Any man would be unwilling to accept this, right?" Otto poured himself another large glass of wine and then drank it in big gulps.

Indeed, any normal man would feel cheated on by a woman... and he would feel resentful.

"Well, the feelings of a 500-year-old virgin are really different," Chen Xi said with a hint of teasing.

"What..." Chen Xi smiled at Otto's somewhat embarrassed and angry expression.

Looking at all this, Chenxi asked, "If it weren't for us helping you find Kallen, would you still be looking for a way to revive her?"

“That’s been my lifelong obsession.” Otto wiped the wine from his mouth, a slight blush on his face from drinking too much. “After all, she was my salvation in this life… and the only person I ever loved…”

……

"Hmm...it's starting to snow?" Jill glanced at the previously clear sky and frowned.

It's important to understand that the difficulty of moving around when it's snowing is on a completely different level compared to moving around when it's not snowing.

Jill transformed the Demon Slayer back into a silver dagger and tucked it into her lower back.

There's still a battle ahead, let's give Esther a short rest.

As Gil walked out of the Tower of Babel, her face was covered in snow.

He quickly stepped back, wiped his face, and removed the snowflakes.

What terrible weather!

Jill disliked that cold feeling from the bottom of her heart.

Jill stretched out her hand, and golden ripples appeared beside her hand.

"It should be here." Jill reached into the golden ripples and felt around for a while.

Then, he pulled out a pair of goggles and a scarf.

"Luckily, I bought some as a precaution, so it should be fine..." Jill put on her goggles, wrapped her scarf around her neck, and then summoned her golden skis.

Previously, when Gilles was in the world of Strike the Blood, he considered the possibility that the Noble Phantasm from Gate of Babylon might become unusable, so he bought some equipment for temporary use.

For example, the equipment used in this freezing weather.

Jill pulled her collar up and then began to follow Theresa and the others.

The heavy snow did not impair Jill's senses, and Jill was also quite fast. So, he quickly caught up with the group's footsteps and arrived deep in the dense forest.

Sometime later, the heavy snow stopped, and Jill also stopped walking.

Countless scarlet lights also lit up around them.

Countless low growls echoed through the dense forest.

The figure gradually emerged, and its features became so obvious they couldn't be more obvious...

Here, a huge horde of Honkai Beasts had gathered!

Logically speaking, the irrational and unintelligent Honkai Beasts actually formed an encirclement, trapping Gil inside.

Jill glanced around.

Several of them were quite distinctive, wielding large, seemingly very sturdy shields.

"...Hmph, a bastard is just a bastard."

Jill stomped her right foot hard, and golden ripples engulfed the skis.

"If you want to stall for time, at least bring us something that's worth the money..."

Then, several centaur-riding Honkai Beasts appeared from the Honkai Beast horde, their bodies flashing with a dark blue-green light and their hands gripping long spears.

There were even a few assassins carrying bows and arrows.

Incidentally, those assassins also have dark blue-black bodies.

Jill: "..."

Isn't this when luck comes into play?

These Honkai Beasts and zombies are clearly variants influenced by the environment!

"...This is like winning the lottery..."

Jill glanced at the surrounding Honkai Beasts and estimated that there were more than two hundred of them.

"...Delaying time?"

Many of these Honkai Beasts are clearly not the weak, newly hatched kind.

Putting everything else aside, there are a few of those "Temple-level" Honkai Beasts over there with shields; they should be able to block one of Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm attacks.

Golden ripples began to appear in the space.

"...I'm sorry, Theresa, Walter, it might not be possible to get there so soon."

The Honkai Beasts and zombies spawned by the Honkai are mindless creatures. It's astonishing that they can form such an organized and disciplined group and surround their target—

There is only one possibility—

"The Herrscher...has awakened...?" Gilles gripped the golden knight's sword with one hand. "We can't delay any longer..."

The golden knight's sword gleamed with a cold light, and a vast aura of magic began to surge from Gil's body.

"Dong..." It sounded like a giant drum being struck.

Countless golden specks of light floated up.

Gil, seemingly enveloped in points of light, exudes a peculiar sense of holiness.

"Oath...Excalibur!"

A torrent of golden light instantly engulfed the Honkai Beasts.

……

The torrent of light that reached the heavens and the earth was clearly seen by many people.

"What is that? Can Honkai energy form a pillar of light like that?" Siegfried noticed the pillar of light from Excalibur and turned to ask.

In the snow, those beams of light were very conspicuous, like lighthouses in the night.

"Honkai energy isn't that color... If you ask me, it could only have been created by that Gil." Yang stared intently in that direction. "He's buying us time, so let's hurry..."

Since Honkai energy couldn't possibly create that kind of commotion, it can only mean that it was the commotion created by the only one of them who is missing.

Although I really want to deny it, the only person capable of creating such a commotion is probably that boy who calls himself the King of Heroes.