Outside the cedar forest, the three of them walked through the wilderness area where natural disasters were rampant. When they arrived at the outskirts of the cedar forest, Gilgamesh had this emotion.
He quickly shook his head to get rid of this ridiculous feeling.
He felt a little creepy and strange.
This is the first time he has experienced the emotion of "fear" since he was born, and he clearly knows that he is "fearful".
Gilgamesh tried his best to stop his body from shaking, and silently turned his head to glance at Ananu and Enkidu.
Ananu and Enkidu stood beside him, silently looking up at the cedar forest in front of them.
The smell is very familiar.
But...it shouldn't be this familiar.
Ananu and Enkidu glanced at Gilgamesh, who was holding his chest, and then walked toward the cedar forest without saying a word.
"Hey-hey!" Gilgamesh was already frightened, but when he saw Ananu and Enkidu suddenly walking towards the cedar forest, he shouted in horror.
But his call failed to stop Ananu and Enkidu.
They have gone far.
Gilgamesh glanced at the wasteland behind him, then at the cedar forest in front, and at the figures of Ananu and Enkidu who had walked away. He took a deep breath, exhaled tremblingly, and then hurriedly chased after him.
Go up.
He gritted his teeth and roared in confusion.
Why - why does he have this inexplicable emotion of birth fear - why!?
Obviously I haven't seen anything yet, and I obviously don't even know what the culprit is that caused everything - why did I have such a clear emotion of fear?
Gilgamesh couldn't figure out this problem for the time being. He only knew that if he continued to dawdle here, he would really be left behind by Ananu and Enkidu - he didn't want to be left alone in this horrible place.
among the fir trees.
This - a spooky, terrifying, weird cedar forest that makes people shiver to death!
...
Ananu and Enkidu were walking and looking for themselves.
The distance is already very close, and the direction of their hearts is guiding them.
They could even feel Humbaba's emotions.
She is calling, she is crying.
Yes, in pain?
boom--!!!
In the forest, there was an inexplicable loud noise like an explosion. Gilgamesh was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground and felt his heart beating wildly.
The feeling of uneasiness continued to increase sharply, and Gilgamesh was almost unable to breathe or think.
Why - why do you feel like this -!?
I should be fearless, just like my warriors!
My king’s... warrior?
...wait-wait wait!
Gilgamesh felt dizzy.
Something is working - working its magic - what is that!?
Ananu and Enkidu sighed together.
They stopped in front of Gilgamesh, in front of...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of violent roars erupted quickly in front of his eyes. Gilgamesh was unable to stand firm this time and sat down on the ground, trembling as he looked at the things in front of him.
That is--
A vortex.
The vortex bombarded the surrounding ground, bombarding everything around it. Everything was turned into powder under the vibration of pure magic power, and the beautiful cedar forest in the past fell into endless destruction.
He seemed to be aware of something in front of him, which seemed to be still alive. The huge formless vortex made a terrifying sound.
“﹉﹉____﹉﹉﹉..﹉––––_﹉..﹉﹉﹉..﹉––––﹉﹉____”
call------
Accompanied by the roar of the complaining voice, the rolling air waves centered on the vortex and swept outward crazily.
The trees were broken, the rivers were blown dry, and the remaining living creatures in the woods, whether they were ordinary animals, birds, or the powerful Ugal and Bashumu, were all destroyed by this terrifying atmosphere.
Lang Zhen's internal organs were shattered and his bones were broken. Even if he was not dead, he was still in a dying state.
Gilgamesh was also swept away, a large mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth and nose, and hit the ground heavily.
He trembled and struggled to lift his upper body, looking at the collection of complaining voices in disbelief.
What is that?
Gilgamesh couldn't resist at all, as if it was the most terrifying and irreversible thing in the world.
Only Ananu and Enkidu were able to stand still and not be swept away by the wind and waves that were a hundred times stronger than the storm.
Their feet seemed to have taken root, stepping on the ground without moving, and their hair and clothes were flying wildly.
Unlike Gilgamesh, they did not look at Humbaba with fear in their eyes, but...a trace of nostalgia?
But, what is it other than nostalgia?
"Humbaba, do you still remember us?" Ananu's voice has never been as gentle as now. His eyes seemed to be a little moist. He looked up at the whirlpool that exuded the sound of resentment and asked softly.
road.
"We are Ananu and Enkidu, the two clay figures." Seeing that Humbaba did not respond, Enkidu said the same thing.
There was pain in their voices, pain that they couldn't even detect.
Ananu and Enkidu moved closer to each other, grabbed each other's hand, and then raised the other hand.
The slender fingers pinched gently in the dark and impurity-filled air.
Light bloomed in their hands.
What emerged from the light were two garlands.
Beautiful pure white garland.
Ananu and Enkidu put wreaths of flowers on their heads.
"Can you remember us?"
The vortex did stop for a moment.
But it was only for a moment.
Ananu closed his eyes and lowered his head, and Enkidu's expression darkened instantly.
"...Obviously."
"I will never forget it."
Ananu and Enkidu quickly moved their steps almost at the same time and rushed straight into the vortex.
"Hey!" Gilgamesh looked at Ananu and Enkidu's behavior and was so frightened that he wanted to shout to them.
Under fear, the emotion Gilgamesh burst out was the most real emotion - he didn't want Ananu and Enkidu to die! He didn't want to lose these two people who could communicate with him on an equal footing, and maybe become friends with him.
Friend people!
But his call was a bit late, or in other words, even if it was timely, it would not help.
Seeing Ananu and Enkidu being swallowed by the whirlpool, Gilgamesh climbed up directly in such boundless fear, and golden ripples of the King's Treasure House appeared around him.
but.
The vortex has already been caused by the intrusion of Ananu and Enkidu——