I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

After her conversation with Ann, Jill fully understood the nature of the [Fragment of the World].

If we compare the world to a painting, then the "world fragments" are the pieces left after that painting has been torn apart.

Even if it is restored, it will still be different from the original painting.

The best example is the world of Shakugan no Shana.

Yuji Sakai, as a survivor, escaped that world and became a being similar to a "legacy person".

However, after that world was repaired, the [world line] was restarted, and no matter what, Yuuji Sakai was unable to re-enter that world and undo everything he had wanted to do.

Even worse, they can only watch as their loved ones lose their memories.

That was such...pain...

Gilgamesh flicked his fingers, and a blue phantom danced on his fingertips. "I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes from another world—another world without the [Collapse]."

“My existence is rather special. I can’t really be considered a pure Hero King—that’s enough. The original Hero King wouldn’t have been as kind as I am to help you.” Gil pouted and continued, “Now I can say that I’m traveling between different worlds, collecting these fragments, and fighting the culprits who turned the worlds into these fragments.”

Theresa's brain CPU overloaded once again, but this time it wasn't because of emotions, but because Jill's words were simply too unacceptable.

“Theresa, do you remember Sirin?” Jill continued to ask.

The Second Herrscher, Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void—

"How could I forget..."

"At that level, among the people I know, they wouldn't even be considered impressive."

Jill grabbed Arthur's fur, flipped over, and sat on Arthur's back. "Didn't I tell you where I'd been for the past two months? I really did go save the world, you know?"

Theresa desperately wanted to tell herself that this wasn't real, that it was just like a story from a book—

But this is the truth—

The man in front of me is the type who hates lying the most.

If he were to lie, that would be almost impossible.

"That……"

Theresa stared at Jill, the girl looking even more endearing in the moonlight.

Even so, are you still going to insist?

Jill turned her head slightly to look at Theresa and asked, "I will rest in this world for quite some time. Before I leave, just give me an answer—"

Theresa paused, then asked, "How much longer do you need to rest?"

“Hmm… I don’t know, maybe two years, maybe three years—in any case, I will ask you this question again when I leave.” Jill ended their conversation with this sentence.

Chapter 133 Improvement and Design

Something big has happened at St. Freya Academy.

Someone saw a giant dragon in the grove of trees on campus.

This news reached the ears of Lord Otto, who was still at the headquarters of Destiny in Europe.

"A dragon? Hmm... That's interesting. He's still over there, yet a special creature has entered St. Freya Academy?"

After reading this intelligence, Otto couldn't help but burst into laughter.

“But… it seems like it’s been a while since I’ve seen her…” Otto tapped the table lightly, then stood up as if remembering something. “Oh well… let’s just relax for once.”

Then, he activated the communicator.

……

The time is Monday.

Because he was on leave, Gil is currently in his dorm room. Since he's bored, Gil has decided to play games with Enkidu.

Enkidu and Gilgamesh were sitting on the sofa, each holding a controller, playing a two-player game.

The two worked together seamlessly, and the game that had driven Kusanagi and Ren crazy for two days, unable to pass even three levels, had already passed twenty-four levels thanks to their excellent teamwork.

"Well, all the games Theresa gave us back then were super difficult..." Around noon, after Gil and Enki finished the thirtieth level, "So much malice."

"Roughly the same……"

Enkidu roughly understood what Theresa wanted to do.

The idea was probably to distract Jill with this extremely difficult game so she wouldn't have to work so much.

Although there is a single-player mode, for this kind of game...

"It's a pity I finished the single-player version in three hours back then." Jill pouted. "The two-player mode is quite interesting, but the single-player mode is too easy."

With Jill possessing the All-Knowing and All-Powerful Star, this game couldn't be easier, especially since Jill didn't even use the All-Knowing and All-Powerful Star to play.

"SAO is much harder than this."

Jill reached out, and a helmet fell out of the Gate of Babylon. "Moreover, the VR technology in this world seems to be much more advanced than that world's. However, the games are probably still under development; the current games tend to be simpler."

Actually, this game is already quite challenging, after all, it's the kind of game that can make even the most clumsy players die at least forty or fifty times on the eighth level of single-player mode before they can successfully enter the ninth level...

Yes, I meant an average of forty to fifty attempts per level...

You think you only die forty or fifty times? That doesn't even qualify as a nightmare for those with poor hand-eye coordination!

Theresa's plan was well-thought-out, but she overlooked the fact that Jill's reaction time and physical abilities were not those of a normal person...

“This game is ridiculously simple compared to SAO, which completely restricts physical strength.” Jill tossed the game helmet. “Although I can’t program, there should be someone in the [Gate of Babylon] who can. I’ll give him the game chip in this helmet and see if he can replicate the world of SAO. Then I’ll import the data of Honkai Beasts and zombies into it, turning this game into a training device. Every ten floors’ boss will be a King-class Honkai Beast, every twenty-five floors’ boss will be a Judgment-class Honkai Beast, and the final floor’s boss will be a copy of Sirin from my memories.”

Although Sirin was killed by Jill before she could even use any of her other abilities, it was also because of Jill's fierce attack.

"In addition, there have been more happy things happening lately."

Jill stroked the silver, crossed swords engraving on the back of her right hand—

"The little girl should be waking up soon; I can sense it from the contract."

"Really... Then when this game is finally designed, you'll have to play it with me?"

"Okay, I understand..."

……

After lunch, Jill took the helmet to the Babylonian Gate Research Institute.

"Wow! This...this data compilation is amazing, it's at least ten years ahead of our data compilation!"

The programmer who received the data widened his eyes in excitement.

"Calm down a bit. Can we copy the data inside, manufacture different styles of helmets, and remove some of the internal components?"

Although she had been transformed into a little girl and was being held by Enkidu, Jill still asked the programmers questions with an extremely dignified demeanor.

The programmer picked up the helmet and found the interface on it. Although the data cable interface was completely different, the Babylonian Gate was still very efficient. A few minutes later, a data cable that could perfectly match the interface was taken out from the manufacturing room.

"Hmm... this device is dangerous. It's actually linked to the game's health bar data... If HP reaches zero, this device will activate, killing the person wearing the helmet with high temperature and electric current..." The programmer's hands clattered across the keyboard. "Hmm, then cancel it..."

The programmer backed up the data and then transferred another part of the data to another chip.

"Alright, the first finished product should be ready in about two days..."

"Wait a moment, I need to request that some data be replaced."

Jill took out a USB drive. "Here are some combat data from frontline personnel—don't worry, these are all combat data from retired personnel, as well as data from Honkai Beasts, Death Squads, Emperor-class Honkai Beasts, and Judgment-class Honkai Beasts—I hope to replace the combat data of the characters in this drive with this data, and also replace the data of the monsters and their AI."

The programmer rubbed his hair, then thought for a moment, "How much time do you want?"

“There’s no deadline. I hope to do my best,” Jill said earnestly. “This is a training-oriented gaming device that will only be used at St. Freya Academy—of course, if Schicksal Headquarters wants it, we can make a couple more helmets as backups, okay?”

"Okay! Done!"

"No problem, this is for you, consider it an early reward."

Jill casually tossed over a piece of purple crystal, one of the few amethysts in his collection, which would probably fetch an astronomical price if sold on the black market.

"...emmmm...Lord Gil, I only hope you can provide me with another copy of this data. This kind of thing is so enlightening, so..."

The programmer's envious look prompted Jill to think it over carefully, and then she nodded, "Okay, I'll go back and look for ways to improve the helmet design. I'll leave that to you guys."

"We will definitely fulfill our mission!"

Chapter 134 Otto's Visit

When I got back to the dorm, Kusanagi had already left.

The training of Kusanagi Village has now been handed over to Ren.

Although I've been getting a severe beating from Lian these past few days...

The reason is simple—even with that armor, Kusanagi no Gakuen couldn't defeat his opponent.

Ren received a high evaluation from Gil. Even Kasukabe Yo or Asuka who only used Dean couldn't defeat Ren in a short time.

That was still the lotus that hadn't yet obtained the treasure of [Demon King Solomon].

Lian has now regained the treasure of the Demon King Solomon, which includes the seventy-two summonable spirits. Even Gil, unless he uses the Demon Slayer (Est's incarnation) or the Gate of Babylon, will likely have a tough time dealing with Lian's offensive.

Although Ren hasn't signed contracts with those elves because of Restia, they are still inside Ren's [Ring of Solomon], and Ren can sign contracts with them at any time if she wants.

Among those seventy-two elves, some possessed magical equipment with power comparable to A+ level anti-city Noble Phantasms.

There are elven magical armors that are far stronger than Grevas's [Vlad the Dragon Lord], which could continuously absorb the blood of dragons to grow stronger.

"Ugh, so sleepy." Jill rubbed her eyes. "Is it because my body has shrunk? I feel like I get sleepy even more easily than before..."

"Then lean on me and get a good night's sleep?" Enkidu asked softly, holding Gil in his arms.

"Okay, thank you." Jill nodded and then closed her eyes.

Enkidu examined Gil's hair carefully.

I think I saw some white hair on Jill's head last time, but... I can't find any trace of it no matter how hard I look.

Enkidu frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

Jill is a special being, half-human and half-god. Even as he ages, his hair will not turn white like a normal person's, nor will his appearance become aged.

Moreover, Jill was at the age where she was between adolescence and youth, not quite old...