Gilgamesh sat on his throne, tilted his body, held his face with one hand, and looked at the two clay figures below with a half-smile.
He knew what happened today. Ananu and Enkidu caused a lot of trouble in the city of Uruk. It seemed that it would take some time for his city-state to adapt to these two strange guys.
"Our questioning comes from the gods." Ananu shook his head slightly and floated up, reaching the same height as Gilgamesh.
Although he didn't know what he was willing to do, he always felt uncomfortable with Gilgamesh looking down at him.
"War will kill your people and consume your labor force. Why do you want to start a war?"
Gilgamesh: "...Before I answer your question, can I ask why you float so high to talk to me?"
Siduli also raised her head and looked at Ananu with a blank expression.
Enkidu knew why. He covered his mouth and chuckled, and floated along with him.
Gilgamesh:......?
He rubbed his temples.
"This question is very simple, because I think so."
Exhaling a breath, his voice echoed in the hall.
Scarlet light flashed in the red eyes.
"I am the king of Uruk and the ruler of this city-state. Because I want to do this, I do this." He spread his hands with a smile on his lips, "Is there any problem?
"
"This is the behavior of a tyrant." Ananu said with a frown, "And you didn't answer my other question."
"Ha, tyrant?" Gilgamesh seemed to be amused by Ananu, "Even if I am a tyrant, I am also the tyrant of Uruk."
"People will die and the labor force will be missing?"
"Sorry, I am not lacking." Gilgamesh stroked his golden hair with a wild smile on his lips.
"The war will bring more land and more loot to the king."
"More food, more population, more wealth, didn't you ask what the war can bring to me? This is what I can get!" He narrowed his eyes and looked at Ananu.
, the voice lowered slightly, "How about Tianzhi Key, is this answer... what you want?"
"No." Ananu shook his head, looking a little unhappy, "But it is indeed a legitimate reason."
"Huh?" Gilgamesh looked a little surprised.
He thought Ananu would refute his answer, but...
The smile on Gilgamesh's face disappeared and he fell into thinking.
...I see, because I'm not a human being, I don't care about human feelings.
All he wants is just a "reason".
Hum, the so-called key to heaven...
"However, I still don't agree with it."
Ananu's next words interrupted Gilgamesh's thinking.
"...Really." Gilgamesh sighed, stood up from the throne, and opened his arms, "So what are you going to do?"
"As you planned from the beginning, kill me? Or make me incapacitated and take me to see those gods?"
"You two can try it."
Gilgamesh's eyes flashed with a red light that smelled of blood. He looked at Ananu and then at Enkidu.
The atmosphere fell into a slight silence, and Siduli, who was standing next to her holding a clay tablet, almost suffocated.
"You don't have to be so hasty to take action. Besides, you can't defeat us, King Gilgamesh." Enkidu said, floating next to Ananu.
"The reason why you think like this is because you are powerful." There was a gentle light in his light green eyes, looking at the proud king.
"You are strong, stronger than gods, so you will be arrogant and think that everything should be stepped on by yourself."
"So you want to tell me, am I weak? God's weapon, answer me."
Gilgamesh's face turned cold.
Ananu and Enkidu looked at each other and shrugged together.
"You are weak, but you don't need us to tell you this."
The two said in unison, their voices overlapping.
"Everything in the world, even gods, are weak and aloof kings." Ananu shook his head, his voice seemed to be sighing.
"True strength does not exist in this world. Everything you have experienced may be false." Enkidu took up Ananu's words.
Gilgamesh frowned, wondering what these two clay figures wanted to say.
"We have seen with our own eyes, King." Ananu floated forward for a while and looked at Gilgamesh. "Although we don't understand humans yet, we can see that Uruk is a
A strong city.”
"It has all the hallmarks of being powerful, just like you."
"but......"
"If you have anything to say, just say it directly." Gilgamesh was a little impatient after being teased by the two people.
Ananu and Enkidu sighed together.
"We understand what you are thinking, the king who is neither human nor divine." Ananu shook his head, "Goddess Ningsong gave you the power and wisdom of a god, but deprived you of the right to have a human life.
"
"At the same time, you will not have the society of gods. For gods, you are destined to be unable to integrate into it with human blood."
The clay men fell beside Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh was inexplicably panicked.
"Violence is your way of resistance, but it will only lead you to destruction."
"We are proof that without Shamhat, Uruk would have been destroyed and you would have died."
"...So? Are you going to complete your mission now, or what?"
"Our results still need to be observed, but from a human standpoint, we will give you a suggestion." Ananu showed a smile.
"Stop your tyranny, and you will have a better way to resist the gods." Enkidu also said with a smile.
"We'll be waiting for your answer."
After saying the last words, the two brothers walked down the steps of the throne and walked towards their rooms.
Siduri glanced at Gilgamesh cautiously, bowed slightly to signal, and left.
Gilgamesh was the only one left in the hall.
Just like before.
Gilgamesh took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly.
The key to the sky and the lock to the sky are wrong.
His violence was not for resistance.
He sat back and closed his eyes.
He knew that it was not resistance.
Not even at first.
This is just an aggrieved child's revenge on his parents.
When revenge becomes a habit, it seems a bit like rebellion.