I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

"Lord Otto, I can't see inside anymore. He must have used some means to completely block our view from the outside network..."

On a large tree, a beautiful girl dressed in a black maid outfit with rose accessories, a beautiful stocking on her right leg, and a cow horn rose Katyusha on her head, with gray-gold hair and wine-red eyes, was looking in the direction of Jill's house through binoculars, while talking to someone on a communicator.

"Then, like this, I'll take your communicator." A voice naturally picked up on the girl's words and took her communicator.

"Hey, Otto, right?" Gil ignored the girl's cold sweat and spoke into the communicator.

If Jill hadn't intended to take the communicator but rather to kill someone, then without a doubt, the girl crouching in the tree would already be a cold corpse.

“Mr. Gil, it’s been four or five years since I last heard from you. You still sound quite healthy,” Otto said with a hint of teasing.

"Because I won't die before I've finished everything I'm going to do."

Jill glanced at Rita, put her index finger to her lips in a shushing gesture, and then continued, "So, what about you? What's the purpose of sending this little girl here this time?"

Although Jill looks almost exactly like Rita, both around seventeen or eighteen years old, the word "little girl" that comes out of his mouth doesn't sound out of place at all.

"What do you think?"

"Don't joke around, or I'll show you the power of the Sun-Shooting Bow or the Ending Sword." Jill's voice carried a hint of impatience.

"It's kind of a test, after all, it's been five years since we last met, and I miss my old friend a bit," Otto said in a half-joking tone.

After listening, Gilles paused for a moment, then said, "...You still won't give up? I already told you that there's nothing like that in my Gate of Babylon, otherwise why didn't I use it to resurrect Enkidu?"

“I know,” Otto’s voice was elegant and slow, “but I think you have a way, you have the means to do that thing—”

“I can’t resurrect her. Even if Kallen’s body is intact, if her soul dissipates, there’s nothing I can do—and it’s too late. If it were twenty or thirty years ago, I might still be able to help, but it’s been a full five hundred years—do you understand?”

Jill's expression gradually turned cold. "If you don't give up that crazy idea, we will only ever be enemies, and you will only end up dead."

"I will not die," Otto said, emphasizing each word. "I will not die until Kallen is resurrected!"

Gil paused for a moment, "...Sometimes I really don't know how to describe you."

Otto is a very complicated person.

To resurrect Kallen, he could transform himself into a devil in human skin.

To revive Kallen, he was willing to give everything, even bear the infamy of being condemned by everyone.

He took on the destiny in order to revive Kallen, simply because Kallen wanted to save the world.

This is Otto Apokalis.

A man who goes crazy for what he loves.

A man who would sacrifice everything for the one he loves.

“This affection is admirable, but… I don’t think what you’re doing is right. Just like I asked you before, do you think Karen would be happy to see this world? At that time, she would only choose to be your enemy!” Jill’s voice grew colder.

"It doesn't matter. If Karen wants my life, she can take it. I already owe her a life, so taking this one won't bother me!"

Otto's words silenced Jill for a long time. Finally, he tossed the communicator back to Rita, leaving her with the words, "Otto, you're really crazy."

……

"crazy?"

On the other end of the communicator, Otto chuckled and covered his face with his hand.

Ah, yes, I really have gone mad.

Just when he was unable to protect Karen, he watched as Karen was sent to the execution ground.

He was powerless to stop Karen and watched as she went to save the civilians.

Just as he was looking at Karen in his arms, with not a trace of life left, he realized that Karen had died.

The life of the man named Otto Apocalypse had long since collapsed because of the death of Saint Karen Kaslana.

And Otto had already gone mad around that time.

“I’ve been mad for a long time, King of Heroes.” Otto chuckled softly, but his eyes held an indelible sorrow and pain. “You were like this when you lost Enkidu… weren’t you?”

"Lord Otto...?"

“Rita, you can come back now. You don’t need to go to the Far East Branch for the time being. This was my oversight.” Otto gave the order. “With him here, the Far East Branch will not be in any danger.”

Chapter 101 The Power in Jill's Hands

"Good morning, students. Whether you slept well or not, please lift your heads. Today we're going to talk about something important."

During the first class in the morning, Jill walked into the classroom with light steps and then began to speak.

Jill's words made the students look up at her.

“Our class has seven spots this time.” Jill flipped through the booklet in her hand. “You’ll be going on a mission internship, led by Colonel Himeko, and I’ll be going with you as the vice-captain of the Hyperion. The mission will last about a week… which means you’ll be spending about a week with Professor Welt, okay?”

"However, the decision on the number of places was made by us teachers after discussion."

First, regarding Kiana Kaslana, if she can score 210 points this time, we will allow her to participate in the mission internship. Otherwise, the top seven students in our class, or the top six students plus Kiana who scores 210, will be the mission list for this time.

Incidentally, this time we're participating in a mission involving seven regiments.

A "regiment" is a term used to describe a team formation mode. Typically, a regiment consists of three people, but this time seven regiments were deployed simultaneously...

Jill closed the booklet. "We won't reveal the details of the mission for now. In short, your two mentors will, as always, ensure your safety, but don't do anything too reckless, or we can save you—that's all. Turn to page 199, let's start the new lesson."

"What we're going to talk about today... tsk, who wrote this textbook? Honestly, I don't think this is something we should be discussing with you... Anyway, I'll just say a little bit. It's about the organization you all belong to, called 'Destiny.' You should all know a little bit about it by now..."

……

When get out of class ended, Fu Hua, who was sitting in the front row, adjusted his glasses and said, "Teacher, I have a question for you."

"Huh? What's wrong, Fu Hua?" Jill asked, taken aback.

"Why are seven squadrons being deployed for this mission?" Fu Hua adjusted his glasses.

After thinking it over carefully, Jill was certain that Fu Hua was one of the team members for this mission. So she stroked her chin, then suddenly pulled out a notebook from behind her back, scribbled a line of words, and showed it to Fu Hua.

"……Understood."

Very good, as expected of Fu Hua, mature, calm, obedient and sensible, unlike some white fluffy dumpling...

If Kiana were in the hatching position, she would definitely read out everything Jill wrote on the note at a high volume... or something like that, right?

As expected, Fu Hua is the most sensible student.

Jill nodded, then casually tore the paper off the notebook and turned to leave.

"...Senior Lian, I feel that if we don't get among the top students as the teacher suggested, we..."

"It might get cold."

The two people in the back row immediately became depressed.

This is basically asking them to be in the top five!

One is half-baked and the other is half-baked. Although they share the common trait of being exceptionally skilled in combat, Lian only knows Elvish and the common script. If she hadn't exchanged for language proficiency, even communication in the Little Garden would probably have been a major problem.

As for Kusanagi, if he hadn't been able to communicate with people during both of his time travels, and if he hadn't already possessed considerable martial prowess, he probably would have been sold off long ago.

Even if they were originally high school students, their grades in class wouldn't be very good; they would be average or below average, which is what people call mediocre.

"...So I say."

"As expected..." The two immediately reached a consensus to some extent.

"I'll leave it to you then, Senior Lian."

"No problem, Kusanagi junior!"

Reaching a consensus in a strange place?

No problem, but don't they know that if Mr. Jill sets the exam, the exam will be divided into version A and version B?

Fu Hua, sitting in the front row, gave a slightly amused look, then continued to review the contents of her textbook.

……

"Hey, it's been a long time, my friends."

Meanwhile, Jill arrived at a secluded location within St. Freya Academy—

"Long time no see, Mr. Gil!? What are you making this time? How are the materials you provided?!"

A researcher wearing a coat suddenly jumped in front of Jill and shook her shoulders vigorously.

Then, with a whoosh, a group of researchers all gathered in Jill's direction.

"This time, I brought design blueprints for the weapon and design concepts for the armor. However, this armor is for male use. Is it alright to give it to you?"

Jill gave the researchers Kusanagi's physical data and a model of the short sword he was known to use.

This is a secret organization of St. Freya Academy, and it's the location for weapons and armor research that Jill has invested in.

Jill is only developing one set of armor this time.

In this world, although Honkai energy armor is common, Jill is developing a special armor powered by magic for Kusanagi, not a Honkai energy armor.

It's not that this research institute doesn't research Honkai energy armor, but rather that this type of armor is not suitable for Kusanagi Village, that's all.

As for Lian, Gil has complete confidence in her.

In Jill's estimation, the "God (Honkai)" in this world, at most, only has a peak strength of four digits, while a fully grown Herrscher would probably have a mid-four digit strength.

At that level, if Lian goes all out, she could fight God to a standstill.

Kusanagi is probably lacking in one area: defense.

If Kusanagi possesses a Mystic Eye like the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, then he is essentially an indestructible blade, and the only thing he needs to consider is his defense.

So this set of armor, designed by Jill after a sleepless night, is designed to comprehensively enhance the body and strength. It includes a system that can trigger "time fracture", a jet device that can greatly enhance movement speed within twelve seconds, twelve small knives hidden in the mechanism, and an enhancement device that can enhance magic power by about 1.5 times.

The name is...

“The name of this armor…” Jill pondered for a moment, then said, “Let’s call it Hunter Reaper.”

"The Grim Reaper who brings fear and calamity to the enemy." Gilles looked at the dagger, a design he had based on his Noble Phantasm.

The materials used were almost identical to the short sword Kusanagi used at the beginning, only not as powerful, but more suitable for Kusanagi.

Injecting magic power will greatly enhance the slashes for the next twenty seconds. Although Gil has a better design, releasing magic power for too long is not good for Kusanagi.

Furthermore, due to the materials used, wounds inflicted by this short sword are difficult to heal.