I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

"Master, stop immediately!" Lian's expression changed drastically when she saw the petite girl appearing in the direction of the doorway. "Sword Technique: Initial Form - Purple Lightning!"

Like lightning, the pitch-black demonic sword and the silver holy sword clashed in an instant. Lian used all her speed to barely block Gil's slash.

When Jill saw Lian rush out, she almost instinctively slowed down the speed of her sword strike, which gave Lian a rare opportunity to barely block Jill's attack.

“…” Jill didn’t speak, but instead focused her gaze on the small figure protecting Lian from behind.

"Ugh..." As if sensing Gil's overly sharp gaze and the murderous aura permeating the air, the girl couldn't help but shrink back and hide behind Lian.

Jill only glanced at the girl, but he still managed to see what she looked like.

The girl had a pair of emerald eyes and dazzling platinum blonde hair, giving the impression of a fragile girl who would be destroyed at the slightest touch.

However, a shadow seemed to have fallen over those beautiful, emerald-like eyes, making them appear empty and hollow.

and……

Jill's eyes flickered and turned completely black.

In his vision, two jet-black strands of light completely enveloped the girl's eyes, seemingly clinging to them entirely.

"Well……"

And, more than that.

His body bore the marks of being corrupted by destructive factors and otherworldly darkness, though only superficially. It seemed that a considerable portion had been removed, with only a small part remaining. The eyes were particularly badly affected, almost completely covered. No wonder even those who had removed the destructive factors from the child's body couldn't solve the problem.

Jill glanced at the girl, then sheathed the Demon Slayer sword in her hand. "Sorry, it seems I was reckless."

"..." Lian was somewhat dumbfounded.

Her arrogant master actually obediently chose to admit his mistake?

"Yudia?" At that moment, Linslet's voice rang out. She rushed to Lian's side and carefully looked at the girl. "How are you? Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

"Sister? I'm fine..." Yutia smiled, as if to comfort her.

The other girls also ran over, and Alice looked at Jill with a hint of reproach in her eyes.

Clearly, Gilles's behavior displeased the overly upright knight girl.

But Gil didn't seem to have any intention of apologizing; instead, he looked at Yutia.

Lian whispered to Jill, "She's Linslet's sister..."

At that moment, Jill suddenly remembered something, "The child who was frozen for four years by the rampaging Water Elemental King?"

"Master, you know?" Lian asked, somewhat surprised.

“…I just remembered, and I don’t really know…” Jill looked into the girl’s eyes, “However, I understand now why Isalia used [Cursed Ice] to seal this child… She was corrupted by the otherworldly darkness mixed with destructive factors… Although it was only a very shallow corruption, considering the danger, Isalia still chose to freeze the child.”

Jill's eyes involuntarily turned into a black sclera and white pupils once again. "I see it. There's something left in this child's eyes... She's still almost blind, isn't she?"

"And it even caused a small commotion when it first came out..."

Lian said helplessly, "Then Master, do you have a solution?"

"In fact, if I can't do it, then no one can."

Gil lifted his foot and walked towards Yutia.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Troops Surrounding the Academy

"Woo!"

As if sensing something, Yutia shrank back behind Linslet.

"Let me see your eyes."

Jill crouched down and said this to the girl.

"...Huh?" The girl looked in Jill's direction with a hint of disbelief.

Jill looked into those eyes, narrowed her eyes, and said, "It's a little tricky... but not too difficult..."

As Gil looked into Yutia's eyes, his own eyes turned black and white once more, and in his eyes, the world returned to its black and white hue.

The dark light that clung to Yutia's eyes was reflected in Gil's eyes.

Jill raised her hand, and the shimmering white light transformed into a needle-like beam of light.

"Don't just stand there, Lian, create a dark space for me; Claire, prepare an eye patch; Alice, watch the door and make sure no one disturbs me." The white light in Jill's hand, which had been trembling, slowly calmed down and transformed into the shape of a complete needle.

Upon hearing Jill's words, the girls sprang into action. After Lian whispered a few words in the ears of two of the girls, their speed immediately increased.

(...In a way, Lian is really amazing.)

Jill turned her gaze back to Linslet.

“Hold your sister tight…” Jill looked at Linslet, “She might be in a little pain right now.”

Linslet looked at Jill nervously, "You're going to..."

“Since Lian asked me to do this, I’ll just do my part and help heal this child’s eyes,” Jill said, then turned his gaze to Yutia. “It might hurt a little afterward. Can you handle it?”

Use the power of the creative factor to decompose and erode the power of the destructive factor, and then reclaim that power.

This was the first time Jill had ever done this.

Perhaps it's more accurate to say that this is the first time I've done something so delicate using my own strength.

The collision between the creation factor and the unconscious destruction factor is absolutely one-sided. All that's left is to be careful not to let the force generated when the destruction factor and creation factor collide damage Yutia's eyes.

“Ha, this is probably my second time being a doctor. I’m about to begin. Are you ready?” Jill asked Yutia in a slightly gentler voice.

Although Jill's first heart exchange surgery was extremely difficult, its success was largely due to the "Fairy Heart" artifact she possessed. Jill's job was simply to remove the heart and then quickly place it in the new heart.

But this time, it's different.

The difficulty of the surgery has increased by a level.

But Jill is confident she can accomplish it.

“Um… Big brother… I’m ready.” Yutia nodded.

Jill smiled. "Good, good girl..."

Gil inserted the needle, created from the power of creation, into the corner of Yutia's eye, and at the same time began to activate his magic, causing the power of the creation factor to spread towards the dark area.

Jill's eyes remained black and white, but in his vision, a golden light had begun to erode the black light.

Moreover, the progress is going quite smoothly. If nothing unexpected happens, it should take about five or six minutes to help the child eliminate all the remnants of destructive factors on her body.

Jill quickly cleaned away the remnants of the destructive factor from Yutia's left eye, and then he began to clean away the remnants of the destructive factor from Yutia's right eye in the same way.

The whole process went quite smoothly, except...

(...It still hurts...)

Jill could feel Yutia's body still trembling slightly, perhaps because the stinging sensation was making her uncomfortable.

but……

"Just a little longer, ten more seconds!" Jill said firmly.

It doesn't even take ten seconds...

Jill unleashed her power in one go, and the vast, ocean-like magic became the source of the power of the creation factor. Like a hot knife through butter, Jill instantly cleaned up all the remaining remnants of the destruction factor.

"All right……"

Jill took the blindfold Claire handed her and put it on Yutia, allowing his eyes, which hadn't seen for a long time, to adjust. At the same time, his pair of black and white, menacing eyes turned crimson again.

"Hmm...tsk, such a huge drain on mental energy...? Luckily, I have the perpetual motion machine rhombus, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to last long..."

Jill felt slightly dizzy, probably because the power that allowed her to directly see the destructive and creative factors had consumed a lot of her mental energy.

"Fortunately...it went relatively smoothly..." Jill stood up. "Alright, now we just need to wait for her to adjust..."

At that moment, Jill sensed that something was amiss.

Because he was in the dark space created by Lian, and because Gil was completely absorbed in using his power to destroy the remnants of the destructive factor, he didn't feel it.

At that moment, a cacophony of noise suddenly erupted.

Jill listened intently and could hear the rustling of armor and the breathing of over two hundred people.

And this was accompanied by an extremely strong hostility!

As a former assassin, Ren naturally sensed this hostility and turned to look at Jill.

"...Are we surrounded...?" Gilda frowned. "Is it the army?"

"Not only that, there's also the pesky aura of the Holy Elves..." Restia suddenly appeared behind Lian, "The Holy Kingdom's elf envoy... is also inside!"

As if struck by a sudden thought, Lian looked at Restia and asked, "Their target... is still you?"

"Hmph, then let me go take a look." A cold glint flashed in Jill's eyes.

A silvery-white phosphorescence flowed up as Gil held the small sword that Esther had transformed into in his hand, his divine power already gathering.

He slowly walked out of the dormitory gate, and then, what came into view was a neat and orderly army.

"The Second Princess attempted to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor. Arrest her associates here!" The leading female knight brandished her longsword, pointing it in Gil's direction.

The second princess must refer to Fiana, right? Assassinating the emperor? Perhaps she was framed... after all, that girl isn't the kind of person who would dare to do something so audacious.

Moreover, these knights before us...

Gil looked at her with interest. "Oh, you recognize me?"

"Shut up! How dare you call yourself a king!" an elven knight roared at Gil. "You're nothing but a mere traitor!"

"Hmph... Haha ...

"The ruthless Steel Queen, the holy sword that slays demons and monsters, here transforms into a steel blade, granting me divine power!"

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Don't think I wouldn't dare do such a thing...

As Gilles chanted, the silver holy sword was once again grasped in his hand.

"Come at me all at once, you bastards," Jill said with a sneer. "Do you think you can defeat me with just the two of you?"

"on!"