I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

"...How strange...How come there are no signs of damage after such a serious battle..." Luca looked at the land in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"Luca!" Rebecca finally arrived, her hands on her knees, catching her breath. "Are you... alright?"

"President? I'm fine now... or rather, I'm very happy." Luca stroked Gawain's fur, and Gawain also showed affection towards Luca, which made Rebecca feel somewhat relieved.

All in all, the outcome was good, wasn't it?

Rebecca looked in a certain direction and sincerely expressed her gratitude to someone in her heart.

"Thank you... Jill."

……

"...I thought you'd encountered something that caused you to activate the seal." In the grove, Keitel stared at Jill with unfriendly eyes. "I didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter..."

Jill chuckled softly twice, then looked at Keitel. "I'm just doing things for my own reasons. You don't seem to have any reason to target me like this, do you?"

“Oh?” Keitel’s eyes turned fierce. “That’s because you don’t know, but a Destruction Factor has already infiltrated our world—by the way, it’s an EX-level Destruction Factor.”

"EX level...!" Jill's eyes twitched. "Is it a Primal Species or a Devouring Species?"

“A Devourer, EX-level Destruction Factor Sequence 8, Devourer Sequence 2, named Carlos Ander.” Keitel leaned against a large tree, his expression extremely gloomy. “That’s my enemy.”

“An enemy?” Jill raised an eyebrow. “But if I may be frank, your abilities are not only useless against the Destruction Factor, but they will also become nourishment for it.”

"No, my ability can suppress the Destruction Factor!" Keitel suddenly became agitated, grabbing Jill by the collar and pulling him towards her. "That's my enemy, the irreconcilable foe of us Will-Bearers! My purpose in life is to kill him! To turn him into pieces!"

The fierce tone stunned Jill; this extreme hatred...

“…Sorry, I lost my composure.” Keitel released her hand and said, “As expected, I still can’t count on you.”

Jill watched Keitel's retreating figure. "What are you carrying as you fight?"

“…Is there any need for further explanation…” Keitel turned his head, his dark eyes revealing a wolf-like glint in them. “What I bear on my back is the destruction of my homeland, and the hatred of an entire world!”

“That’s the world I love so much…” Keitel clenched her hands tightly. “That’s the world that gave me life, raised me, and led me to my salvation, my angel, the most important person in my life!”

Keitel screamed at the top of her lungs, "I am the avenger who carries such hatred!"

"The meaning of my remaining life is solely for killing that monster!"

By the end, Keitel's eyes were almost filled with madness.

After a moment, Keitel, having calmed down, slumped down. "I'm sorry... I really am... just that..."

“…I’ll help you.” Jill closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were filled with a firm will. “The purpose of my existence is to destroy the Destruction Factor.”

“Anyway, EX should still have ten Destruction Factors left… I’ll help you reduce it to nine!” Jill reached out and pulled Keitel up. “Don’t forget, we still need to go back to the Little Garden and check on the current community—before that, I’ll help you fulfill your wish!”

Chapter 144 Keitel's Past

Jill's words brightened Keitel's eyes a little. "You're willing to help me?"

“What you’re saying…” Jill gave a wry smile. “Didn’t I already say that you saved my life once, so it’s no problem to help you out… Anyway, tell me about Carlos Ander’s weaknesses first.”

“Speaking of which… it would be best to call Kevin along,” Keitel said. “I already know their weaknesses, but I still need Kevin’s cooperation.”

“And… what about Kevin?” Jill asked.

"……do not know."

Keitel's response instantly cooled the atmosphere, creating an extremely awkward moment.

"I'll go get him back. Wait for me for twenty seconds." Jill scratched her head, then disappeared from the spot.

Twenty seconds later, Jill carried a bewildered Kevin back into the grove.

“Look, we caught a Kevin,” Jill said, putting down the thing she was carrying.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! You did this on purpose, didn't you?!" Kevin, who had been thrown around, immediately lost his temper.

“…No, that’s not true.” Jill glanced at Kevin. “What have you been doing these past few days?”

"First, we need to lay low for a while... then we need to find something." Kevin handed the blue crystal to Keitel. "Here you go."

“…Thanks.” Keitel took the crystal and nodded to Kevin. “I owe you one.”

Kevin glanced at Keitel in surprise. "So... are you sure?"

“Yes… he is in this world…” Keitel said with such certainty, “and I came here after him.”

“The omniscient and omnipotent star has no way of detecting the other party’s location…” Jill shook her head. “There’s nothing I can do about that.”

Jill's omniscient and omnipotent star is unable to perceive the fragments of the world and the destructive factors.

So... there's nothing Jill can do to help find that EX-level Destruction Factor.

“I’m alright… Although I desperately want revenge… I’ve already waited for five hundred years… Waiting a little longer won’t hurt.” Keitel closed her eyes and said.

"Shouldn't we just let things take their course?" Jill scratched her head. "But I have a feeling about this."

Jill looked at Keitel. "We'll find him soon."

“…Hmph, that would be best.” Keitel chuckled and said, “Then I’ll be going.”

Keitel quickly disappeared from sight, and Jill grabbed Kevin. "Kevin, wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" Kevin asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Keitel, what’s going on?” Jill asked Kevin in a serious tone. “I want to hear his story carefully.”

"..." Kevin was silent for a moment, "Let's go to your dorm first."

Although it sounded strange, Jill knew that Kevin wanted only the two of them to know about this.

Because Ash and Eko, a dragon and a human, make a lot of noise every night in the room next to Gil's, making it hard to fall asleep, Gil specially set up a soundproof magic circle in the whole room. No sound from outside can get in, and no sound from inside can get out, making it the perfect place to talk about secrets.

Jill nodded, reached out and grabbed Kevin, and the two of them disappeared from the spot in the next moment.

……

Kevin and Jill entered the room, and Kevin began to tell Keitel's story.

……

That was hundreds of years ago, a time when the Destructive Factor was rampant.

At that time, Keitel lived in a world that was not very mysterious, and in that world there were three great powers.

Although they have clashed with each other, the three major powers have maintained a relatively harmonious relationship.

Keitel was a prince of one of the great powers who ascended the throne very early.

After he became king, he had only one wife—that is, only one queen—and his only offspring was a daughter.

Keitel adores her daughter; you could even say she spoils her.

But on the day his daughter turned six—

Destruction has come...

Kevin didn't say how it happened, but Jill could guess a little...

And the result is beyond doubt—

That world was destroyed.

Before that World Cup shattered, all the remaining power of the entire world, along with all the "mysteries" of humanity in that world and the "mysteries" of the world itself, were entrusted to him—

Or perhaps Keitel was just incredibly lucky. Of the hundreds of relatively intact souls that remained in that world, Keitel was the one chosen.

The stories Kevin knew were only the parts Kettle had told him; the rest... were undoubtedly Kettle's deepest pain.

“And that destructive factor that destroyed Kettle’s world—three hundred years ago, Kettle recognized it immediately on the front lines…” Kevin paused, “Without a doubt, I believe that even if it had turned to ash and been mixed in with the soil, Kettle could have accurately found each and every one of them and torn it to shreds…”

“But the question is, why does Keitel hate Carlos so much?” Jill asked, frowning.

“…This is actually quite easy to guess.” Kevin shook his head. “Don’t forget, who Kevin loves and cherishes the most… is.”

"...His wife and daughter... also died in that disaster..." Jill paused for a moment before finally saying.

Kevin nodded. "Let's make a hypothetical scenario—if Enkidu were killed by the Destruction Factor—would you do everything in your power to avenge him?"

Without a second thought, Jill replied, "Do I even need to ask that question? I will use every ounce of my strength to hunt him down!"

“The same applies to Keitel,” Kevin said. “That was his last wish.”

“And what is the ‘Last Man’?” Jill asked.

"A person who inherits the will of a destroyed world—of course, only a world with [mystery] can do this at the last moment, and this person essentially inherits the power of the entire world and becomes extremely strong."

Kevin replied, "It's just that it's very difficult to find survivors now, and the few survivors that are left are already fighting on the front lines..."

“…Well, I understand.” Jill nodded, then looked out the window. “One last question.”

"Carlos Ander, how many worlds has he devoured?"

“Countless,” Kevin said in a low voice. “The reason that Destruction Factor is at Sequence Eight is because it has devoured so many worlds that they are almost countless… Of course, Sequence Seven is even worse!”

Chapter 145 Unfortunate Kevin

The next day.

Kevin yawned, groggily got up, and looked up at the blue sky above.

The sun was shining brightly, and the sky was cloudless; it was clearly a beautiful day.

Kevin rubbed his glasses, then jumped straight down from the tree and landed on the ground.

"Hmm, it's alright, it wasn't too cold last night..." Kevin nodded in satisfaction.

At that moment, a girl saw Kevin.

"Lord Kevin!" The sharp cry startled Kevin.

However, troublesome matters can't be solved by simply being startled...

Well, first of all, it has been proven in this world that the abilities of dragon breeders have a high probability of being passed on to the next generation.

And the exceptional talent of a dragon breeder can naturally be passed down to the next generation…

Kevin, having just woken up, was still groggy. Although the fright had made him a little more alert, he wasn't fully awake.

Oh, there's one more thing...