Chapitre 332: 332: To Not Use it Just Against Any Dragon…
Chapter 332: To Not Use it Just Against Any Dragon…
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What makes an enemy dangerous?
Their overwhelming strength?
Their unmatchable persistence?
Or would it be their ability to overwhelm an opponent so much that, after the fight ends, the opponent will submit to them?
Well, whether the third case really made an enemy dangerous or not. Whether it's the opponent who is just mentally weak. Are up for a debate.
It's only the result that's undeniably the truth.
Neji had won. Against Quetzalcoatl. She, who had the power of a Tier 15 individual. Neji won against her by using a particularly crafty ability.
After the fight, both of them had fallen unconscious. Neji woke up just a while before her. When she too woke up, he found that she hadn't just submitted, but was willing to do a lot more.
"Shall I call you my lord?"
"Perhaps, will my liege suffice?"
"If not, may I call you A~na~ta~?"
The Aztec Chief God, Quetzalcoatl was a giggling mess as she stayed on her knees.
…Neji reckoned, perhaps he shouldn't use this ability against just any dragon he came across.
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The setting sun cast an orange glow over the ancient city of Uruk, on this fine evening.
As the sun set, the sky turned a deep blue and the stars began to twinkle. Temple bells and the chanting of priests were heard in the distance as evening rituals were performed.
The air was filled with the scent of cooking fires and the aroma of spices and incense. Music and laughter filled the city as people gathered in homes and taverns to socialize. It was a vibrant evening full of the sights, sounds, and smells of ancient Mesopotamia.
Amidst all this, a recent disaster that took dozens of lives, Quetzalcoatl, was kneeling in front of the King's throne.
"Oh my,"
Quetzalcoatl's nose twitched and she put a finger on her chin.
"What a sweet aroma… Anata, may I go fetch some of that?"
Neji sighed from his throne as he heard her gentle, seductive tone. It was too tempting…
But no, he had the promise to live up to.
"First of all, no, you cannot go fetch that. That's being cooked on the southern corner of the city. Where you caused havoc and killed people earlier."
Neji said.
"You can't go there, they'll be scared. You're just weird to have smelled that scent from this far. Second,"
Neji continued.
"You're the defeated party. You'll be punished for killing the civilians; after which you'll accompany me on my conquest to take down a strong foe. Stop acting so carefree."
Quetzalcoatl tilted her head at that. As if she was confused about something.
"Hm? I didn't kill the civilians though?"
She said,
"I thought you'll be able to tell with those eyes of yours?"
Neji's eyelids twitched as his Jogan activated to focus on the dead bodies. He blinked seeing that, indeed, their Status was floating above their heads. They were not dead yet. Their hearts weren't beating and such, but they were alive.
"Aha."
"Yup~ I never kill. You said so yourself, I find it boring to just call upon a sun and throw it on my enemies. Otherwise, you would have been dead from the start—and I would have missed my opportunity to see that lovely divinity~"
"Right," Neji sighed. "Anyway. It seems they'll wake up soon. I will send a message to their crying family members via telepathy. You will not be punished for that, but because of the emotional damage and also because I defeated you, you will still have to accompany me on my conquest."
"Of course, anata~ I'll do whatever you tell me to do."
"Alright, then. Shut up."
Neji ordered and watched as she closed her mouth and just smiled.
"How do you even know Japanese, by the way?"
Neji asked as she kept smiling. She kept her mouth shut, as asked.
"Don't play with me. You can talk when I ask you a question."
Her closed lips parted to reveal her sharp teeth as she shrugged her shoulders.
"No idea~ It was just in my head when I appeared in this world. What about you? I didn't know the King of Heroes was a Dragon? Such a fascinating one, no less."
Around the room, the other girls were also present. Ishtar frowned upon hearing the question, while Fujimaru too paid attention.
Fujimaru had used the Sage Seal on her neck earlier, when subduing Jaguarman. The result of that was a draconic transformation. So she and the others on the team knew that the current King was a dragon. They were sure it was the other soul who had merged with Gil who was a dragon.
"Basically,"
Neji sent a packet of information into Quetzalcoatl's head via the magic spell, [Telepathy]. He was bored explaining the same thing over and over again.
"That. The other soul just happened to be a fascinating dragon. I suppose why I am so fascinating is because I killed a horde of Gods not long after I first became a Dragon."
Ishtar gave him a cold glint from the side upon hearing that. Remembering what Sisty had said earlier, she sighed in her head.
'I suppose that girl was on point.'
Ishtar thought, not sure if it was a good thing or not.
The other girl, Sisty, was in a seat below the main throne's staircase. She had a plate of fruit in her hand, that she ate from. She had been eating since ever, trying out all kinds of things as if this was her first time eating.
'She said these two are too similar. She was right. They are both God Killers, too.'
"Mhm,"
Quetzalcoatl tilted her head with a finger on her lips.
"It makes sense now. Anyhow, anata, the strong foe you mentioned. Who is that? I don't think you're particularly talking about Tiamat?"
Tiamat. The mother of all life, the Goddess of Creation. Gods called her 'mother' and the reason the Goddess Alliance was formed to begin with was that such a holy creature was the center of it all. By the formation of their alliance, the three Goddesses planned to awaken Tiamat. Namely, Gorgon planned to awaken her.
"Also, you know about the current 'Tiamat' right? That's actually Gorgon, if you didn't know. She is the person in charge who'll awaken mother. I and Ereshkigal are just managing the sides. I am mostly just having fun, though~"
In truth, the Three Goddess Alliance forbade the three participants from harming one another. That was all to it. When Quetzalcoatl said 'managing the sides', she meant she was doing nothing at all. Along with Ereshkigal.
The alliance was just there so that they didn't halt Gorgon, who was doing all the work. Along with her child, her knight, who went by the name Enkidu.
Enkidu. Gilgamesh's only friend in the entire world, who was supposed to be dead.
"By the way, about this Enkidu fellow."
Quetzalcoatl said carefully.
"I don't think it's your friend. I can't explain, but my Wisdom makes me believe that it's not the real deal."
"I know. It's a doppelganger."
Neji said.
The doppelganger. That would be 'Kingu'. It was a creation of Gorgon who was born within the broken body of Enkidu.
Since Enkidu was just a magical android bot to its core, and it's that core that was replaced by Gorgon, the best way to describe this situation would be that Enkidu received a hardware update. Even though the software, the memories, were the same. The hardware made him act very differently.
'Maybe I can fix that. It should be as simple as removing corruption from the core, which is like a corrupted hard drive. Though I will have to think of how.' Neji thought.
Neji wasn't Gilgamesh. He had no lingering feelings for this clay creature. However, it was true that Neji had Gilgamesh's memories, in their entirety.
Neji's first experience with Gilgamesh's memories was like seeing a short movie. However, over time, the details of said memories began to place themselves in his head. If he tried to recall a date, he clearly could.
So, with the name Enkidu, he recalled some pleasant memories.
He didn't feel the emotions that must have been with the memories, most thankfully to Gamer's Mind which didn't want him to get absorbed in other people's memories.
However, even as an outsider, it was a sweet memory indeed.
Now that he was Gilgamesh, and he will go down as Gil in this entire timeline, Neji supposed he should give himself a good ending if he had the chance.
"Anata?"
Suddenly, Quetzalcoatl's voice rang out and brought him out of his daze.
She wore a worried frown and inclined her head.
"I am sorry. I shouldn't have brought up that name."
"It's alright, don't worry."
Neji waved it off.
"Rather, you just gave me a wonderful idea to try out later on.
He stood up and waved his hand.
"Now, shoo-! Go back to your rooms, or go roam the city. I don't care. Leave me alone."
All the girls in the hall exchanged glances before nodding.
"Except you, my artistic friend."
Neji pointed at Da Vinci who was just about to leave.
"I thought we had a deal earlier?"
Da Vinci stopped at her feet and turned around.
"Oh. Yeah, that's right."
She smiled.
"There was that. I thought it was scrapped due to all that happened today."
"I don't scrap my date nights, my painter dearest."
Neji raised an arm as Da Vinci was pulled there, via a telekinetic force.
Quetzalcoatl's eyes sharpened with a frown, while Sisty asked if she could watch. Mash screeched with a blush, as Ishtar trembled on her spot.
Neji ignored it all and snapped his finger to open a portal to his inventory.
The inventory was now not only filled with items but had transformed into an enterable dimension. It was filled with the Treasury of Babylon.
"I believe an artistic intercourse requires an artistic background."
Neji said. and jumped into the portal. It closed right before anyone could slip in.
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