I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

Wait, why can Izayoi use the template's communication function?

"Hey, little guy, haven't seen you all day!"

Gil then noticed that Izayoi still looked very young. His lips twitched. The time flow rate in this world was about 5:1 compared to the flow rate in the Little Garden world. Almost five days had passed here, but only one day had passed there?

“That’s your experience. I’ve had it for almost a week now.” Jill closed her notebook. “Don’t worry, your physical condition won’t last long. It’ll be back to normal in three days at most.”

"Ah, so this is exactly the kind of thing you would do!"

"Izayoi said through gritted teeth."

"Thank you for the compliment," Jill replied with a laugh.

Chapter Sixty-Four: The Calm Before the Storm

"Let's not talk about that anymore. Chenxi said you're in a pretty interesting world right now, huh?" After learning that his body would soon recover, Izayoi put the matter out of his mind and turned to ask Gil this question.

"Interesting? I wouldn't say. If I had to say, I'm actually a little annoyed right now," Jill said, leaning back on the bed. "But this world might actually be quite interesting for someone like White Demon, right?"

Gil's words immediately caught Izayoi's attention, and he asked with some excitement, "Could it be a world where girls are everywhere?!"

Jill was silent for a moment, then slapped herself across the face. "You've always been too serious when you talk to me. I forgot you were that kind of guy too."

"Hahaha, little guy, that's not right. People should pursue their desires and make themselves happy!"

Izayoi retorted in this way.

However, Jill just shrugged. "I never said your behavior was bad. It's just that the girls here are all excessively innocent. Your and White Demon's behavior probably scared them, that's all."

The elves of this world only like pure and innocent girls, and these girls are usually well protected. In addition, they have almost never interacted with boys, so they are all incredibly innocent.

The way White Demon acts like a pervert towards pretty girls... honestly, it really scares those girls.

Furthermore, Gil vaguely remembered hearing Izayoi recount a passage from when the White Demon made Black Rabbit, Leticia, and Pest wear certain shameful outfits.

To be honest...

If that passage were read as part of a script, it would result in harmonious, muted "beep" sounds.

Hmm... It's terrifying to think about.

That dialogue was so bad it was unbearable to watch, so bad that even Gilles felt he couldn't say it—if he did, Enkidu would definitely parade him around in chains, really.

"Ugh... Damn it, the way you look makes me want to go over and see you even more!" Izayoi scratched his head in frustration, but given his current youthful appearance, the action only added to his cuteness.

"By the way, why can you use this?" Jill remembered that she was currently using a template to communicate with the other party, so she asked.

"What is it? You mean this [World Template] that Chenxi said he would give me?"

Izayoi's words caused Gil's train of thought to go completely off track, resulting in a train wreck.

"...Huh?" Jill looked completely bewildered.

"That's it. Chenxi said that giving this to me would allow me to communicate with you and several other holders of the [template]. However, the list I've seen so far only includes eight people, including myself, so I decided to communicate with you first?"

Izayoi answered in this way.

Jill remained silent for a long time, then covered her face and said, "How on earth did you manage to convince Chenxi to give you something like this in just one day...?"

The World Template, based on some of Otto's past statements, can be roughly inferred to be something given by a certain "world," possessing the ability to travel between different worlds, the power to distort time, and other miscellaneous abilities.

However, Chenxi actually handed this over to Izayoi so easily? Isn't he afraid that Izayoi will cause trouble?

"Don't worry, everything here needs to be rebuilt... I don't have time to come see you, I just wanted to chat with you, and..." Izayoi looked at Gil, "It's a promise, let's meet again someday in the future."

Izayoi looked at Gil and said, “I learned from Chenxi about the responsibilities you bear, as well as those two simulated star maps (Another Cosmology).

“Then it’s a promise. Let’s meet again at the front lines.” Izayoi said in an unusually serious tone. “I know there’s not much I can do to help you… but we’re partners, right? We’ll all help you.”

Gil stared at Izayoi for a while before speaking, "What is it? You just want to talk about this."

"You can rest assured." Gil looked at Izayoi. "I will not lose, absolutely not."

……

tread……

That was the sound of footsteps on the stone ground.

"So you really came?" Sitting on the stone throne, the Dragon King opened his eyes.

"I just came to chat with you for a bit. Aren't you bored by yourself?"

With her long green hair swaying, Enkidu slowly walked towards the Dragon King.

"He doesn't care about you?" The Dragon King looked at Enkidu with some surprise.

“We are best friends. We understand each other, or rather, we are the ones who know each other best.” Enkidu gently placed one hand on his chest and then spoke.

"..." After a long silence, the Dragon King finally spoke, "This is wonderful."

"kindness?"

"I'm just a little envious," the Dragon King said, a hint of melancholy in his eyes.

"..." Enki didn't know how to respond.

"Let's not talk about that. Let me ask you a question. Do you know why I, an elf, came to be the king of this country?" The Dragon King stretched out his hand, and vines suddenly sprouted out, transforming into a chair that appeared behind Enkidu.

Enkidu sat down, a look of doubt on his face. "I'm not quite sure."

Indeed, there is truly no other case in the world where elves rule a human realm. After all, elves generally don't have much interest in the human world, let alone actively interfere with it.

"I really want to understand the human race. The reason for this is that my lord, the Dark Elf King, is curious about humans, and I want to understand his feelings."

"The Dark Elf King is curious about humans?" Enkidu's eyes showed a hint of interest.

The Dragon King nodded. "The Dark Elf King saw a certain potential in humanity. Therefore, at the moment of his demise, he bestowed a portion of his power upon humanity, not upon the powerful dragons or giants."

Enkidu nodded instead; she understood the Dark Elf King perfectly.

No, or rather, she believed in her best friend, or rather, she witnessed the path her best friend and she had walked together, which made her understand even more.

"At first, I quietly observed humanity in order to bring my mind closer to that of the Dark Elf King. However, as I watched, I gradually fell in love with this fragile and short-lived race, and with this country called Doragonia. It's like looking at my own child," the Dragon King said with a gentle smile.

However, Enkidu could read a faint trace of loneliness in her serene expression.

No matter how much love is poured into something, the lifespan of the human race is ultimately finite. This dragon elf girl must have witnessed the deaths of many children in this city.

A long life... and the inevitable separations.

That is the tragedy of the "immortal species".

Chapter Sixty-Five: The Witch Who Charged In Head-On

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, Gil and his party have been staying in the Duchy of Doragonia for three months.

Claire and the other girls were sent to a special place for intensive training, while Jill continued to develop her own simulated star map (Another cosmology) during this time.

Jill felt that simply utilizing the power of the Destruction Factor and the Creation Factor was far from sufficient.

We need to utilize this power at a deeper level.

However, precisely because of this, Jill could feel that the power she could control and wield was becoming stronger and stronger.

For example, if Jill's previous use of the Destruction Factor's power was like direct, violent bombardment, now Jill's use of the Destruction Factor's power can be as precise as threading a needle.

During this period, just as Gil had predicted, Artoria was attacked many times, and on two occasions the Holy Kingdom even threatened Artoria with hostages, trying to force him to surrender.

But will a plan that has already been figured out still be useful? In addition, if it were just Artoria alone, there might have been a lot of trouble.

However, Gil had already instructed Kusanagi to keep an eye on Artoria's movements, so naturally, such trouble was unlikely to occur.

However, although Jill had been stationed in the country for three months, he had not relaxed his vigilance regarding certain intelligence matters.

“Actually, battles are essentially battles of intelligence. Whoever has more intelligence has a greater chance of winning—of course, there are also times when intelligence simply cannot make up for the difference in strength between the two sides.” This is what Gil told Kusanagi.

Kusanagi asked at the time, "When was that?"

So Jill looked at Kusanagi with the eyes of someone who loves a silly child, and said, "Let me show you how to take on a man with a starfleet head-on with just an iron sword?"

Kusanagi immediately indicated that he understood.

Of course, these are all digressions.

First, let's talk about the Holy Kingdom's movements.

Just as Jill had guessed, the matter concerning Fiana in the Austrian Empire was orchestrated by the Holy Kingdom.

However, the Holy Kingdom's plan went awry because they had not anticipated that Gil would rescue Fiana in that way. This meant that their plan was only half completed, and they were unable to fully control the forces within the Austrian Empire. Several of the Twelve Divine Generals sensed something was wrong and had already escaped from the Austrian Empire.

The Holy Kingdom's actions were also related to these elf messengers.

Then there's the aspect of the church.

On the other side, things were calm, but whether it was calm before the storm or just the calm before the storm was hard to say.

But without a doubt, the Holy Kingdom is planning something much bigger.

……

night.

Night fell over the sky above the Kebules Mountains.

There is a stream valley between Longdu and Longyan City, and there is a single bridge across the stream valley.

That bridge is the only and most important passage between Longdu and Longyan City.

And on that only bridge, at this very moment, an uninvited guest arrived.

"Tap—tap—" That was the sound of leisurely footsteps.

The footsteps were slow, but exceptionally clear in the quiet night.

"who?!"

Such obvious footsteps could not possibly be ignored by the guards on the city wall. The two elves had already moved towards the front of the bridge. One of them responded to the other, while the other was on one side of the bridge, holding a handle.

That handle allows the bridge to break directly in the middle, as a precaution.

"Who am I?" A somewhat childish voice rang out on the bridge. "There's no harm in telling you, after all, you're all dead."