I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

"That's how it was. Master deliberately missed three times, and I almost died." Lian recounted Jill's physical training method, her face still showing lingering fear.

"...That's terrifying..."

Kusanagi gave a wry smile. "I'm really lucky."

“You’re lucky my attacks aren’t as strong as Master’s.” Lian shrugged. “Master is very strong, extremely strong—alright, we should go back now, don’t keep Master waiting.”

"I know, I know..."

……

“That boy… he called the Hero King ‘King,’ could he be one of Gilgamesh’s former subjects?” Otto stared at Kusanagi’s figure. “I have a feeling that he’s dangerous…”

Although it sounds a bit mystical, Otto had this feeling: the black-haired boy, though he didn't seem as strong as the girl in the black haori, had a genuine sense of danger about him.

Moreover, one of these two people is definitely a killer who has committed murder before...

Otto's gaze fell upon the girl in the black haori; her aura certainly resembled that of an assassin...

However, Otto noticed that the girl's gaze had already turned towards them—

Then, the screen in front of him turned into a static display...

Clearly, that surveillance drone has completely vanished into the dustbin of history.

“…So alert…” Otto stroked his chin, then smiled slightly. “If used as a base body, wouldn’t it be even better than K423?”

Beside him was a storage container.

Inside, there was a gemstone, shimmering with a faint light, submerged in a pale purple liquid—

Otto turned his head, looking at the storage container, his eyes flashing with an unfathomable light, seemingly lost in thought...

Chapter 139 If you can handle it

Time comes on the third day.

Jill looks to be in a great mood today.

The reason is simple—because she can soon turn back into him.

Although this might not be something to celebrate in some people's eyes... after all, looking at handsome men is never as pleasing to the eye as looking at cute girls (probably).

And Jill, who was in an exceptionally good mood, was naturally happy in some ways as well—

For example, playing video games.

After defeating Kusanagi Gakuen in a clean sweep for the thirteenth time, Gil raised an eyebrow amidst Kusanagi Gakuen's somewhat resentful gaze, "Too young, lad."

"...Wang, it really feels so awkward for you to address me like that at this moment..."

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it." Jill put down the game controller. "I'll give you a little surprise test tomorrow."

To prevent a recurrence of this situation, Jill had already stuffed all the anti-aging and gender-reversal drugs at the very bottom of the Gate of Babylon, and weighed them down with countless Noble Phantasms—

And they would never normally take out those two vials of potion, and then they even took the template and gave it a good thrashing...

Although the more you clean up that masochistic template, the weirder the style becomes.

"Let's see how well you've trained these past three days... By the way, Lian—has the curse on that dress stopped causing problems?" Jill asked, turning her head.

“No problem—in fact, this garment even has a spell similar to acceleration imprinted on it…” Lian tugged at her haori. Originally a dark coat, it had been fitted with beautiful gold trim and patterns after Gil took it over, making it look even better than before.

“Really? That’s great if you like it… How about you cook lunch, Lian?” Jill leaned back in her chair. “I’ve always been the one cooking, and it’s hard work for me too.”

"Hmm... alright, but Master—when my junior and I went to spar yesterday, it seemed like we were being watched by someone." Ren recounted the feeling of being spied on when she returned yesterday, and her subsequent actions of sabotaging certain devices.

“…I understand. So, let’s go back to what I said—” Jill turned and sat back down in her chair, “If it’s not someone you know, a staff member, or someone who’s hostile towards you, someone you don’t know—”

She slowly sat up straight, stared at Lian, and then said, "I allow you to be ruthless to a certain extent. If the other party dares to kill, I allow you to kill them too!"

Lian glanced at Restia beside her. Restia nodded, her expression quite composed. "It's alright. Anyway, the other party came with murderous intent. So if you want to kill, you have to be prepared to be killed..."

"Hmm, that makes sense, doesn't it?" Jill tilted her head, a hint of fierceness on her cute face. "I will not offend others unless they offend me; if they offend me, I will retaliate."

"And I reckon the person spying on you is that Otto guy. If you want to beat him up, you can just throw a friendly punch at his face without hesitation," Gil said mercilessly. "That guy is probably targeting you now—anyway, my apprentices and my subordinates aren't just for show. If he dares to send anyone, I'll take them all out—understand?"

Otto's idea was wonderful—but now that Kusanagi has obtained the driver, she is already comparable to those S-class Valkyries, not to mention that Kusanagi also has those Mystic Eyes that bring about the end of things, and the Noble Phantasm given by Gil—Gil believes that even an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, Kusanagi can take it down alone.

Moreover, the Hunter's Grim Reaper armor set is still under design. Compared to the armor set that is still being refined, the Hunter's Grim Reaper armor set is more suitable for Kusanagi.

Even if it's not as powerful as the Rogue Armor, the Hunter's Grim Reaper Armor, which is designed to increase speed and provides the "Time Fracture" system, can definitely provide more help to Kusanagi than the Rogue Armor.

Needless to say, Lian's side is even worse.

The current Lotus can be said to be even more powerful than some Heroic Spirits.

Seventy-two spirits that can be summoned and contracted at any time, equivalent to multiple spirit magical armors for a castle-defense weapon...

In short, looking at the world, even for a Herrscher, it would be extremely difficult to withstand Ren's attacks!

Even if Sirin gets back on her feet, she probably won't be able to withstand Lian's onslaught—

Among those spirits, there are also "space-type" spirits.

In addition, with the "Robe of the Supreme" that can absorb energy and reflect physical attacks, which was personally remade by Gil, even if Otto sent out his own Undying Blades, they could only all return lying down.

“However, I remember that Walter seemed to have discovered a ruin last time—the exploration of that ruin will be left to you.” Jill adopted a self-deprecating attitude, “As for the ruin exploration, Yin, you can go with them.”

"……what?"

Kusanagi was dumbfounded. "Why me?"

“Because you’re the only one who still needs training—if Lian goes to explore the ruins, she’ll probably just be seen as someone to rely on, which isn’t good.” Gil said this in a matter-of-fact tone. “Your strength is just right for you to go—that’s it.”

"Hmm... okay, okay, I understand!"

Kusanagi, looking utterly resigned, clutched his head and exclaimed, "Anyway, I'm the weakest!"

"Well, that's about it~" Jill stuck out her tongue. "Don't worry, you won't die anyway. I'll lend you another driver later. It consumes less energy than the one you have. As long as you can handle it, I'll give it to you."

The first-generation Build Driver was actually easier to control than the squeeze driver in Kusanagi's hands; however, the bottles that Jill used were all "fantasy" bottles.

Even if you use it, it will definitely not be easy.

When Kamen Rider Build Kiryu Sento first used it, the Dragon Lock form, which was transformed from Dragon Fullbottle and Lock Fullbottle, was extremely taxing on his stamina and put a heavy burden on his body.

Moreover, although the bottles in Jill's hands are also dragon bottles, one belongs to the Crimson Dragon Emperor and the other to the White Dragon Emperor...

Only someone with a physique like Jill could handle it so easily.

"And then, this is it..." Gil produced a paper document as if by magic and tossed it to Kusanagi. "Go and write your own plan. I can protect you for a while, but I can't protect you forever. Even a king has his limitations—good luck."

Jill toyed with the star-filled bottle in her hand, "Stars, and snow... which world are you an incarnation of..."

Chapter 140 Give it a try!

"Rita, are you ready?"

Sitting in his office, Otto squinted at Rita in front of him.

“Yes, Lord Otto—” Rita bowed slightly to Otto, “Lord Shigure has also arrived here with the Black Abyss White Flower.”

"...In short, we must not let him discover this operation."

Otto narrowed his eyes. "If we get caught, that person will go crazy, so we have to act as soon as possible."

“But…that person knows everything.” Rita paused for a moment, then said with some worry.

"...No, no one can know everything, not even a god."

Otto said this with a tone of certainty and self-reassurance, "Besides, as long as we don't kill him, he definitely won't. All we need to do is invite Miss Lian over, that's all."

Unfortunately, Otto didn't know that even for Lian, breaking into the Schicksal headquarters and fighting her way in and out seven times wouldn't be a problem.

Even if several Divine Keys were deployed, it would be impossible to stop that Demon King.

If Izayoi doesn't have the ability to shatter the Gift, then Ren can definitely put her in an extremely difficult battle.

Otto squinted. "In short, proceed with caution. We have five days left, and that's our bottom line."

"Yes, Lord Otto."

……

The time is 15:00 PM.

St. Freya Academy - Simulation Training Room.

"Awoooooo..."

Kiana stretched and then walked out of the training room.

This training room contains records of several particularly formidable enemies who have been defeated in the past—because the data was provided by Jill and Theresa, as well as Schicksal's database, some of these enemies are quite troublesome.

Kiana, on the other hand, failed against the Herrscher of the Void for the twelfth time.

Because, in a true sense, only Gilles has ever defeated the "Herrscher of the Void".

This data was compiled by Jill herself. Although it is not entirely based on actual combat data, the additional data are all Jill's guesses about his abilities.

While it cannot be said to be 100% accurate, it can at least guarantee that the restoration is around 90%.

"Why is she so strong... that Herrscher..." Kiana rubbed her sore neck, "She's a monster..."

"Because Herrschers are originally called 'walking natural disasters,' right?"

A slightly childish voice came from in front of her. The girl sitting on the chair by the training room door laughed, her crimson eyes flashing with an unusual light, "If it weren't for me back then, your mother might have had to go to the battlefield herself, you know?"

"Your mother, who was recovering from giving birth to you, would probably have died if she had gone to the battlefield."

Jill jumped off the chair with a "thud." "However, as expected of Siegfried's daughter, her martial arts skills are quite good, but she hasn't grown a brain at all."

Kiana, whose intelligence was being questioned, instantly flew into a rage: "You damned devil teacher! Take this, deadly scissor kick!"

Kiana attempted to use her height advantage to strike Gil, but Gil easily dodged to the side. Kiana's legs flew directly under the chair, and her head slammed into the chair.

"Ouch!" Kiana cried out, clutching her red forehead.

"...Tsk, troublesome, come here."

Jill sighed and grabbed the careless girl, then helped her up and casually cast a healing spell on her head—a flick on the forehead.

"Ouch! Eh... it doesn't hurt so much anymore..." Kiana touched her forehead in confusion, then looked at Gilgamesh again, "Devil Teacher... when can you tell me about my dad?"