Gilgamesh gave his own evaluation of the ending of the story told by Luslan.
"I do not deny."
Lu Silan's face was calm and he shrugged.
He told Gilgamesh a story that happened tens of thousands of years ago.
A story about a hero who, together with his four companions, resisted the gods and finally killed the main god at the cost of his life.
Is this ending bad?
maybe.
"Why are you telling me this story? Are you trying to persuade me not to implement my idea?"
Gilgamesh looked at Luslan with an inexplicable meaning in his eyes.
"Not really."
Lu Silan shook his head.
"I just want to throw a question to you."
"I know you are calm, and you have not been completely blown away by the death of Ananu and Enkidu. But sometimes, the more you calm down, the more decisions you make will be contrary to your own ideas.
"
"King, see this world clearly, and also... see this era clearly."
"Only in this way can you be the real king."
Gilgamesh fell into thinking because of Luslan's words.
His original idea... was to use the Heaven's Lock to draw out his own power to the extreme, and then use the Heaven's Key to completely liberate this power.
Then, when he couldn't bear the power, he used the Sword of Deviation to give Anunnaki a hard blow.
He knew that under the influence of Heaven's Lock and Heaven's Key, he could do it.
But under Luslan's persuasion, Gilgamesh couldn't help but think.
Is it really worth it?
In the story of Lu Silan, the demigod hero had no way out and the gods actively wanted to kill him, so he chose to die with a smile and generously, and did not let the gods kill him until the end.
he.
But what about yourself?
The great god only wrote the names of Ananu and Enkidu on the clay tablets of destiny, and did not write his own. The other gods also celebrated happily because of the deaths of Ananu and Enkidu.
No time to take care of myself.
Isn't this my own, a perfect opportunity?
He glanced at Lu Silan, who was standing opposite, and found that Lu Silan was also looking at him with a smile.
"you......"
Gilgamesh wanted to say something else.
but......
Lu Silan just closed his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, the scenery suddenly changed, and Gilgamesh seemed to be trapped in a vortex of void.
"ah."
With a short exclamation, he opened his eyes.
Then it closed again.
When he lay down and fell asleep, he was facing the east, but now, it was morning, and the sun was particularly dazzling because of Utu's anger.
Standing up from the water, Gilgamesh still had a thoughtful look in his eyes.
That dream just now... was it real? Or was it fake?
Um?
Noticing something wrong, Gilgamesh turned his head and looked over.
When he was about to sleep, the magical herb of immortality given to him by Utnapishtim that he had placed in his hand was gone.
In his field of vision, a snake with rough and white skin was running away quickly. What was left in his hand seemed to be... a piece of snake skin?
Gilgamesh had never seen a snake shed its skin.
He seemed to have thought of something, leaned down and picked up the snake slough.
Watching the snake shed, his expression gradually changed from thinking to understanding, and finally——
It turned into a cheerful smile.
Holding the snake's slough and holding his forehead with the other hand, Gilgamesh laughed involuntarily.
"Hahaha - so that's what happened - that's what happened!"
He looked at the sky and cried with laughter.
The magical herb of immortality that he planned to use to prolong his life when he was dying was gone. So - what else was left on the road before him?
Putting away the snake slough safely, Gilgamesh walked towards his city with clear and fiery anger in his eyes.
Is everything doomed...
Then, walk with your head held high!
...
"Kulgalu, Galatulu, go and help me find Nanshe."
Returning to Uruk, after understanding the situation in Uruk from Siduri, Gilgamesh sat back on the throne he had been away from for a long time. He even changed his clothes.
And, the action started immediately.
After sending out Kurgalu and Galatulu, he called for Shamhat.
"Shamhat, can you bring back the god Ishtar?"
Shamhat sighed sadly, but in the end he did not angrily criticize Gilgamesh for his capriciousness, but just nodded slightly.
"My prayers will be made known to my God, King."
"Then call her here." Gilgamesh said bluntly, "Don't she want to overthrow the Anunnaki? I have a way!"
Shamhat and Siduri raised their heads in shock, and what they saw was indeed the serious face of King Gilgamesh.
"......yes."
Shamhat didn't say anything more, he just quietly retreated and did what he should do.
After Shamhat left, Gilgamesh took Siduri with him to the highest point of his palace, overlooking his city.
He just looked at it without saying a word, wondering if he could move his position and look at it from another angle.
Siduli has been following him.
"Siduri, Uruk has changed."
After a long time, Gilgamesh sighed and said these words.
"Yes, King."
The city of Uruk has completely changed.
In other words, because the king Gilgamesh has changed, Uruk has also changed.
Ananu and Enkidu changed him, turning him from an almost pure tyrant to the one he is now, able to govern Uruk very well——
Wise King.
At the beginning, Uruk was living under the torture of a man named Gilgamesh. Although he was rich, there was no happiness at all. Everyone seemed to have a huge mountain pressing on their hearts, and they did not dare to speak, dare not move, or dare to move.
Do it for fear of being killed by this tyrant.
But what now?
Uruk today can perhaps be described in one sentence.
A city-state where everyone can have a smile on their face.
This description is enough.
Gilgamesh stretched out his hands, and the Key of Heaven and the Lock of Heaven appeared in his hands.
Looking at his friend's last gift, Gilgamesh sighed.
He closed his eyes.
The Key of Heaven and the Lock of Heaven bloom together with golden light, gradually shining, and gradually... dazzling.
As if to replace the sun that is about to set at dusk.
"In the past, I had many ideas, perhaps extreme, perhaps crazy, but now, I know the only thing I have to do and what I must do."
"Ananu, Enkidu, you will always be with me."
"Now, help me-"
"Help me, this king, to end this era that shouldn't exist at all——!!!"