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1.13 狂澜

Instead of exercising his right to sleep, Gilgamesh moved into the tent next to Enkidu.

By day they grazed and raced together, by night they drank and sang together. Never had Gilgamesh been so free and happy.

The night, he walked to the mound near the south side of the tribe. Moonlight was like water, softly sprinkled on the body, bringing a touch of coolness to his hot heart. He sat cross-legged on the ground and practiced Tempered-light.

Not long after, Enkidu came over, looked at it for a while, and asked curiously, “What are you doing, brother?”

“Practice Tempered-light.”

“Sitting still and basking in the moon?” Enkidu wondered.

Gilgamesh laughed, “Of course not, we consume our bodies all the time. The Tempered-light can absorb energy from the light, even if you do not eat, you will not be hungry, and you will not sleep without sleep.” He then told Enkidu in detail the method of cultivating Tempered-light and his own experience.

Enkidu listened carefully, thought for a while, and practiced. He studied hard, but his heart could not be calm, and his thoughts were running like wild horses. He stood up, touched his chin and said, “ Brother, I can’t learn your method, it’s better to eat to get energy. There is also a set of exercise methods in the tribe, and you should practice it.”

“Look carefully.” As he said that, he took a deep breath, his naked bronze muscles swelled twice, and raised his palms above his head as if to hold up the sky, then drew a circle, took a lunge, and punched with a fierce, sharp punch. The sound of breaking air was like a whistle. Then he turned his hands into palms, calm and relaxed, as if drawing one circle after another.

His hands sometimes turned into fists and sometimes palms, fierce and dexterous. He accomplished it in one breath and still stood in the starting position.

Enkidu took seventy-two steps and threw eighty-one punches, for a total of sixty-four styles. Gilgamesh observed carefully and memorized it all.

“Everyones talent is different, I’m the only one in the tribe who can play all sixty-four styles. After practicing this method, you can jump a hundred steps, swords can’t hurt you, and there will be no disease.” Enkidu said with a smug smile.

“The only one? It doesn’t look difficult.” Gilgamesh said.

Saying that, he began to imitate Enkidu’s example, and within halfway he felt a force rising from his lower abdomen and running around his body, and he suddenly felt the blood churning, the pulse surging. He had an urge to run around the hill, to use this way to defuse the swelling in his body.

Enkidu shook and said, “ This may not seem difficult, but it is necessary to breath coherently, from beginning to end can not be interrupted, with the foot to drive the knee, with knee to drive the waist, with the waist to drive the shoulder, with the shoulder to drive the elbow, with the elbow to drive the fist….” As he slapped his joints, he told Gilgamesh about the way to exert power.

Gilgamesh took a step as he said, and the internal force immediately reached the center of his foot. Then he slapped, and the internal force immediately slid into his fingertips. At this time, his internal breath can still be barely coherent, and he was impossible to coherently continue until the next type. He tried a few more times, either with a confused move or a disordered internal breath, and a few times he almost fell. He thought, “No wonder Enkidu was so proud.” But he also touched the doorway and understood that this is a set of methods that use external movements to stimulate and guide the internal power of the human body. He staggered and finally managed to finish.

Enkidu still shook, “No, your external breath was unstable, internal breath was uneven, your external force was too strong, and your internal force was completely empty. It doesn’t matter, don’t worry, I practiced for three years when I was a child to master it.”

Gilgamesh didn’t answer, he was already preoccupied with the concentration at the moment, and he kept repeating the movements he had just made. To Enkidu, he was like a slow-moving old man. Because of the foundation of practicing the Tempered-light, his concentration and composure are far beyond ordinary people. He had never looked at his body from within in this way, and at the moment there was no one around him, no mountains, no earth,no sky, no world, or his own body was the world. His internal power constantly swim away, and finally merged into all the limbs and bones body. He stopped moving, stood with his eyes closed, unspeakably cheerful, as if every pore was breathing. He was astonished, because he found that this method was actually in line with the changes in star and earth. The Tempered-light is to absorb energy(One of the easiest to absorb is the mental power of human ) from the universe to refine the ghost, while Enkidu’s method is to see his body as the universe, change it, and stimulate internal energy to exercise the body. How a arrogant! He vaguely felt that although these two methods were different, they were the same to practice to the highest realm.

He told Enkidu what he had found and understood. Enkidu had been practicing for a long time, and he had already experienced it deeply, and he was inconceivable to see Gilgamesh progress so rapid, it was incredible, and he had such extraordinary insights. “ You are such a genius!”, he said in awe.

Gilgamesh shook, “ No, the person who created this method is a genius! Who created this?”

“I don’t know either. According to the elders, this method is very old and passed down from generation to generation in the tribe. Almost everyone can exercise it. I guess it was created by a previous leader.” , said Enkidu.

The age is long, there is no way to verify it, but Gilgamesh was particularly entangled with the words “passed down from generation to generation”. He frowned “Brother, we are facing a serious problem. According to my observation, there are more men than women, more old people and less young people. If things go on like this, I am afraid that population will wither and eventually perish.”

Enkidu said “Yes, we have also thought of a lot of ways, but there is no improvement.” Saying that, he raised, “Anyway, I have to open up a path for the tribe to survive, by the way, how did you solve these problems before?”

Gilgamesh looked at the moon and said ashamed, “ My old idea was to conquer the world on behalf of Willer and kill all the heretics, make the world no longer have disputes. Several kings before me should have the same idea and never paid attention to this kind of problem.” He paused, “I was wrong!” Seem to be repenting and seem to be talking to himself.

Enkidu listened half-understood.

“We can move east.” After a while, Gilgamesh said.

“East?”

At this moment, the earth trembled slightly, and there seems to be a roar, which came from afar. They looked north. Under the moonlight, the dust was flying in the distance, and there was a hill-sized object sliding down the hillside and quickly approaching the tribe. The trees in the forest collapsed, and there were gusts of cold wind blowing, and the cold wind was mixed with a strong rotting bloody smell.

The thing was extremely fast, and it had rushed into the tribe in a blink. This behemoth was also gradually revealing its shape. It’s black and purple scales reflect a terrifying light under the moon. It was actually a giant rock python with nine heads! These heads were not only different in size, but they also have different beast appearances, some one like wolf, some one like lion, tiger, leopard, etc. Only the middle head was the largest and looks like a human, with eyes glowing. Red light, bared fangs, indescribably weird and terrifying.

The tribal people had long been awakened and fled in all directions. The place where the rock python passed was a mess, and some people couldn’t dodge and were crushed by the huge swinging body, the raised abdominal scales were cut off, and the howls go hand in hand with the sound of broken bones. Some people shot arrows to counterattack, some raised their knives to slash, and they were all bounced off by smooth black and purple scales. The python was very fierce. It waved its head and bit a man with a bow. The man couldn’t dodge and his right leg was swallowed and dragged into the air. The wolf-faced head next to him bit the man’s head,and the fangs penetrated the his chest, pulling each other.A cloud of blood fell from the air and spread to the ground. Seeing this, the surrounding people rushed towards the giant python with their knives and roars. The tail of the python suddenly swept over the surrounding tents and pulled over.

At this time, Gilgamesh and Enkidu had arrived, and they both punched it at the same time to block it. The hard scales shook like rock and Gilgamesh’s arms went numb. Enkidu rolled over and jumped onto the tail, running along its back towards the head of the python in the middle. The leopard-faced head, the tiger-faced head, and the wolf-faced head swooped in from the front, right, and back, respectively, trying to surround him. Enkidu went up to meet the leopard-faced head, and saw that he was about to fight with it, but he feinted a punch, exerted force under his feet, turned and jumped towards the tiger-face, kicked it on its chin, and kicked it away, and crisp bones came from the air. Immediately, he tapped the ground on his toes, turned and flew to the wolf-faced not far away, clenched his fists in both hands and smashed it. All of which was as fast as lightning, and it was difficult for ordinary people to react, even the most rapid leopard-faced among the heads slowed down by half a beat.

The leopard-faced reacted after swoop, roaring and swooping down from the side to Enkidu, suddenly feeling the mana fluctuation, abruptly dodging downwards, a fireball swept from above, and then be hit the face by the oncoming rock. The rock shattered and the leopard-faced head was bounced back. Gilgamesh threw fireball and rock one after another, fireball was false move, and rock was real move. Apparently, he had anticipated the python’s movements, which made the python extremely angry. He grabbed a long sword and ran to this side.

Seeing the pupils of the python head in the middle shrank and the red light spread out to everyone. The crowd stopped moving in an instant. Gilgamesh also felt a powerful spiritual attack, and his body was on longer under his control, as if petrified. This attack was familiar, similar to the means used by Willier that day, except that he was in the Divine Tree at the time, and it was not known whether the two were the same.

The rock python turned its body around, and the flick of its tail drew Enkidu towards the hill in the distance. Its head poked at Gilgamesh.

Nine heads wrapped around Gilgamesh spitting out long tongues, and the leopard-faced head slowly opened its huge mouth to swallow him, and the middle head stared at him with contempt, like looking at a dying little white rabbit, letting it slowly feel the fear of death. It was a treat for it.

Gilgamesh stared dead at the crison pupils, he laboriously pushed the tip of his tongue into the teeth and hit hard, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, and his body immediately returned to control. He waved sword at the python’s neck, and the blade hit the python’s scales,sparks flew, and the sword broke into two pieces.

Before the python could surprise how Gilgamesh had freed himself from its shackles, it saw a golden flash in the air knock it over and collapse to the ground, while a cold voice appeared in his head, “Fuck off!”.

The golden light was fleeting, but Gilgamesh could see clearly, this blow was the same as the way Istar repelled him that day, and it seemed that she was merciful to him that day. Only to see the menacing rock python struggle to stand up and withdraw.

The spirit pressure in the air receded, and the crowd resumed their action, and not long after, Enkidu ran back, unharmed, and saw the python fleeing, turning around to chase.

“Slowly, brother, help me save people first.” Gilgamesh stopped and said.

He asked the people to help the lightly injured to the public tent, found that the seriously injured such as the fractured did not move, and called for him to go to the scene for treatment. He also asked people to look for strong, straight branches, ropes and mugwood.

Since the experience of the shaman tribe, he had acquired the ability to understand the medicinal properties of various plants. Combined with the methods taught by Enkidu, his understanding of the human body was more profound, so his medical skills were greatly improved.

He burned the mugwood into ashes and applied it to the wound, and then he reduced the bones of the broken wounded and tied them tightly with hardwoods, warning them not to exercise vigorously in the short term. But some people had too large wounds, and others had collapsed chests and lie on the ground groaning in pain. Faced with a blur of flesh and blood, for the first time in his life, Gilgamesh felt that it was far more difficult to save people than to kill people.

Gilgamesh was busy until dawn, after healing the last wounded, when he noticed that there was a song outside the tent, and the song was thick and desolate.

“ With the red dust galloping in the world

Farewells to the light moon and the cloud

Life be a reverse tour

Everyone be a passer

Living people be boarder

The dead be homeward”

The crowd dug deep pits to bury the dead, and Enkidu led people on horseback to repeatedly stomp on the dirt to compact. This song was from the people on horseback.

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1.12 心狂

The sky was clear, the moon was in the sky, and the stars were shining. Campfires had also been lit in the tribes below, like a little starlight, and the people were busy with joy.

Enkidu took Gilgamesh with him and paced as he introduced the situation of the tribe. According to him, it was a long-standing tribe that had been nomadic from the far east.

Enkidu sad, “We wander the world, everywhere is our home, the sky as the blanket, and the earth as the seat.”

Gilgamesh thought to himself, “Everywhere is nowhere, although it sounds dashing is actually equal to homelessness, this is a group of people wandering in the wild world.” He also found that these people are difficult to survive, scarce, overstretched, and rather backward primitive social structures. Although Enkidu is the leader, it does not represent a kind of power, it is completely the trust and respect of the clan. All tribes are equal, there are no nobles, no commoners, no slaves, the able worked more, they are distributed according to needs, and the more they contributed to the tribe, the more respected they are. People are very harmonious with each other, and the whole is like a big family.

He also found that they have not only no class, but also no faith. Although survival is cruel to them, they are still simple and optimistic.

They didn’t speak politely to him, but he could feel their sincerity and kindness. From time to time, someone ran up to him and stuffed something into his hand, and then turned away with smile, and the things were all ordinary things such as eating and drinking.

“Oh! I didn’t even know that they usually hid so many good things!”, Enkidu said.

During the pace, Gilgamesh saw that the tents in one area were unusually large, more than ten times larger than the others, and the material was better and thicker. “That’s your tent over there, isn’t it?”he asked.

“No, this kind of tent is a public tent for the elderly and children of the tribe, who are raised by the whole tribe. My tent was over there and we had just passed by.” He said and pointed to the back. Gilgamesh looked, it’s no different from other tents.

At this time, Rock ran over to greet Gilgamesh and said to Enkidu, “All ready.”

“Let’s chow down.” Enkidu said.

Gilgamesh put his things in the public tent and followed.

The middle of the tents is a circular area, with a huge bonfire in the middle, and the outer circle was grilling meat of different shapes. The people around them stopped busy and watched the arrival of Gilgamesh.

They walked to the bonfire, and Enkidu said to Gilgamesh, “Man, today’s battle, fortunately you have to help, otherwise our elderly and children will be slaughtered. On behalf of all the people, I thank you.” Then he said in a loud voice, “welcome to you! We haven’t been so lively in a long time, let’s begin now.”

After a burst of cheers, the crowd ate, drank and talked around their campfire, and wandered between the campfires, singing and dancing.

The crowd sat on the floor on Gilgamesh’s side, and he noticed that only his seat was covered with a blanket.

Across the bonfire stood a woman and five men walked toward to him. The woman held a crying swaddling in her arms, the man was led by Rock, holding a plate of roasted golden lamb in his hand, and the rest carried many leather sacs in their hands.

“I and my husbands thank you for saving our little son.” The women said. The men put their things down and sat down in front of Gilgamesh.

Enkidu smiled and grabbed the leather sac and poured it into the bowl, handing it to Gilgamesh , “My friend, I salute you. Try our special kumis.”

Gilgamesh took it, the color of the view was transparent and yellow, smelled slightly fishy, tasted spicy like fire, slightly choked, and drank and spread the chest cavity like a knife cut. He drank it all, took a long breath, there was a slight milk aroma between his teeth, he had never drunk such a strong wine, “good wine!” he praised.

The roast lamb on the plate was still sizzling, and Gilgamesh skillfully cut and took the seasoning from his arms and sprinkled it evenly on it, and the aroma was overflowing. He took a piece and put in his mouth, and the rest was sent to the public tent by him.

The baby had been crying during the conversation, and even thought the women’s efforts to appease her had not helped, Gilgamesh asked, she said the baby had been like this since he came back from the battlefield.

“Give him to me.” Gilgamesh said. He reached into the bowl and dipped some wine, only to see the wine condensed into beads hovering above the baby’s eyebrows, and before long, the crystal clearness fell into between the eyebrows, and suddenly the baby stopped crying. He cast the requiem spell used by the shaman priest of that day. He took out a vine again, turned it into a bracelet, and put it on the baby’s left hand. He said. “This bracelet can keep the spirit.” And return the baby to the woman.

At this time the baby emitted a “aba….aba” babbling sound.

“Haha, he’s calling you Daddy.” Enkidu patted Gilgamesh on the shoulder and smiled. “A woman here can have many husbands, and you can sleep in her tent if she would.”

“But my heart was already filled with a girl.” Gilgamesh said.

“It doesn’t matter, what she wants is not your heart.” Enkidu teased incomprehensibly.

The woman bowed her head and said, “This son has not yet been named, please give him a name.”

Gilgamesh thought for a moment and said, “Abel.”

The woman took the baby and smiled at him, “Abel, Abel, wish you grow into a man macho.”

Gilgamesh held up the bowl and said to Enkidu, “After drinking this bowl of wine, I will leave.”

Enkidu was surprised, “We clicked immediately. Let’s drink till all’s bluef. Don’t you consider me a friend?”

Gilgamesh shook his head, “No, I will cause you trouble if I stay a long time.”

“Trouble? Haha…” Enkidu laughed and said, “We’re just fucking trouble! Since ancient times, we have had a rule that who comes to our guests, no matter what trouble he has, the host must entertain him and protect him, no matter what the cost. Those people just now, if they dared to come again, we would still beat them up. Friend, don’t worry, rest assured that living here is.”

The crowd echoed, “yeah”

“They are not my enemies, my enemy is their god.” Gilgamesh briefly told his identity and circumstances.

The crowd listened quietly. They were speechless and immersed in the undulating story, and some unknown did not know how to ask.

“If I stay here for a long time, you will be in danger of extermination.”

The fire made a beeping sound, and above the night sky loomed a figure, with a serious look, his eyes always staring at Gilgamesh, not knowing what he was thinking. Just as he was about to make a move, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

“He’s mine.” The sound was pleasant, and a beautiful figure emerged, it was Istar. “I can’t believe that great god Enlil’s wishful thinking could be so thoroughly destroyed by a kid.” She scoffed.

“You played tricks in secret.” Cold words.

“Same to you.”Istar laughed.

Enkidu listened with excitement, patted his thigh, and said seriously, “I don’t fucking want to be friends with you! I’m going to be a brother to you! Brother, do you know why we are wandering around? It’s because we don’t want to be enslaved by others, not even by god.”

“Yes, never be a slave.” The crowd shouted.

Gilgamesh was touched by this arrogance, stunned, warm in her heart, and still wanted to politely refuse.

“Don’t mawkish, born, senescence, illness and death are the norm of people, why be afraid of it? Could it be that you look down on us?”

As a king and considering himself a highly civilized person, Gilgamesh did have some contempt for the tribe of Enkidu at first, whether from culture or regime.But later he was moved to be real, the warmth of family, the feelings of all for one and one for all. In his upbringing, there was never such treatment and warmth, although he was a king, but it was a feeling of superiority similar to being anesthetized by glory, never really integrated into life, eating and living, everything was prescribed, he was just a tool of war.

“Haha…screw fucking Willier! screw fucking Istar! Brothers I have a home!” He raised wine bowl to the crowd and drank it all.

“Screw fucking Willier! Screw fucking Istar!” The people around him raised their bowls and shouted in unison.

Istar wrinkled her brows in the sky.

“Yours?” Enlil sneered and disappeared.

Soon Istar also disappeared.

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1.11 投緣

Just as the crowd closed in, a man jumped down from the cliff and threw a lasso at Gilgamesh, shouting, “Take that, friend!”，and with that blew a loud whistle.

A strong tug on the lasso pulls them upwards, and they kicked at the wall to keep their bodies from hitting the rocks. The ascent was very fast and it only took five kicks to reach the top.

The soldiers watched in amazement as the cooked duck flew away, with some remorse, but on reflection there was a hint of gratitude.

After arriving at the top, the brawny man blew another long ,loud whistle, and saw two steeds galloping int the distance, with the same rope wrapped around their necks. He nimbly unloaded the saddle between the sturdy tree branches, re-installed on the horses, and handed one of them to Gilgamesh and said, “My name is Enkidu, come with me, friend.”

With that said, they turned on their horses and rode away.

Kevin watched as the cooked duck flew away. He was ashamed into anger miff and gritting his teeth. “ Those barbarians were in cahoots with him! Go back and destroy them. Gilgamesh must be caught! Alive or corpse! After this is done, I will take out all of my land to reward you!”

The scouts reported that the nomads had fled to the north-west, so the army chased to the northwest.

Gilgamesh and Enkidu were moving fast, Gilgamesh was amazed by the horse under his crotch, which was better than any horse he had ever seen before. It was reddish-brown, the fur was soft and shiny, the body was strong and slender, the neck was high and rump wide, and the hoof was larger than other. Its sweat moistened the mane as if it shed blood.It was very rare. Generally, the better the horse, the stronger the temper and the harder it is to tame. Gilgamesh had the ability to empathize after practicing Tempered-light. He can communicate with it emotionally, he can go fast when he wants to, stop when he wants to, jump when he wants to, he can do whatever he wants. This horse was very spiritual and understanding. It walked lightly and steadily no matter the mountain road or the grassland.

Enkidu was skilled in equestrian. At first, he deliberately slowed down to look after Gilgamesh, and was surprised to see that he kept close, gradually pinking up speed.

As they rode on for a while, Gilgamesh said to Enkidu, “You shouldn’t help me.”

“I have never been favored by others for nothing.”

“They’ll be after your people for sure.”

“I have to get back before them, so we’ll part ways, this horse is for you. ”

“I have never been favored by others for nothing.”

“Haha, let’s go.”

When they reached the tribe, the people gathered around. They all smiled and greeted him. Once it was already known that he saved their child. Secondly, they saw his bravery and admired him very much. A man stepped forward and said, “Thank you for saving my son.”

Gilgamesh dismounted and nodded in greeting.

“He is Rock.”Enkidu said and explained the situation to the group.

“This is not a place to stay, for we have made an enemy, and they will definitely come. I’ve just checked out the road, and I see that it’s a narrow meandering footpath to the west and a plain to the north, we are slow with our family in tow. If we go west, we may be able to rid of them by nightfall. It is up to you, my brother, to decide which way to go.”

“what do you think? My friend.” Enkidu asked.

“Go back, attack them where them are unprepared, appear where them are not expected!” Gilgamesh answered crisply.

“Haha, nice! Just what I wanted! Now is exactly the right time to attack.” Enkidu’s eyes was shining.

“We don’t care, but what about the elderly and children?” Rock asked.

“You ask everyone to set up camp here, call the stronger men to come with me, the rest will guard the community. Tell those who come that if we fail, the people will be enslaved.” Enkidu said.

A short while later, a group of about 500 people turned back.

Kevin’s army traversed the valley and followed the trail to the northwest. He saw that it was getting late, if they can not catch up before dark, it will be difficult to find the trail.

“Speed up!” Kevin shouted to the orderly.

Sunset, a low and thick sound of horn suddenly came from the side of the army. Enkidu was blowing the horn and rushed to the front with Gilgamesh, the dust flying behind, in the sunset behind the shine, dimly showing the rushing and galloping the black shadow.

“I——, Gilgamesh——, have been waiting here for a long time!” The shout rang through the wilderness, resounding in everyone’s heart.

The open terrain here was very beneficial to Enkidu’s attack, and in a few breaths he rushed to the enemy.

They never expected these barbarians to counter-attack without fleeing, and in haste could not arrange the formation. Five hundred people impacted ten thousand people’s army, as if a sharp blade into the butter, repeatedly penetrating. The morale of Kevin’s army was not high, and with the panic in the ambush, the situation was in chaos in an instant. Both sides feel that the other side’s combat power is completely different from before.

Kevin’s soldiers now have only one thought in their minds: “How can I escape the clutches”. In this way, the war evolved into a race to see who could run faster.

Gilgamesh found that although these nomads have no organizational discipline, they were very brave and good fighter. One person equivalent to five or six ordinary soldiers. Such a powerful strength really puzzled him.

Kevin was caught off guard by the sudden change, and turned back in a hurry, but it was too late to organize an effective counter-attack. “Hold on! Don’t mess! Stay in formation!” He roared.

In the midst of the chaos, two men responded to him, one with a sword and the other with an axe. They cooperated and killed Kevin and the priests.

Gilgamesh tossed Kevin’s head high into the air and shouted “Kevin is dead! Who want to live, drop your weapons!”

As if they were amnestied, put down weapons, abandoned armor, turned around and run away, completely unlike an army.

Enkidu laughed out loud, “Well done!”

The crowd didn’t expect to win so easily and cheered on their horses, picked up the loot and return with a full load.

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1.10 解圍

The rushing army marched to the valley, and Kevin received a report that a large number of barbarians were stationed in front of the army.

Kevin drove out of the army and said loudly to the front, “We have important matters to pass, so get out of the way!”

On the opposite side a man rode out on horseback. This sturdy figure, short black hair, beard, piercing eyes, naked upper body, muscle knotted, bronze skin like copper armor, wearing a tiger leather shorts, holding an ancient giant bronze sword pressed horizontally on horseback. This sword is long but not sharp and has no decorative patterns.

The brawny man said, “We were here first, so you take a detour.”

“Nonsense！What we are going to do is a major matter related to Willier God. If we delay, we will kill you all and it will not be able to compensate. Get lost!” Doug, the priest standing next to Kevin, said.

The brawny man sneered, “Hey, my people are resting and will have to eat and probably take a shit in a bit. As for your some God’s trivial things, it’s not worth mentioning!”

From annoyance to anger, Doug yelled, “Hillbilly, take it to death!” With that he ordered Kevin to lead army to attack, and the opposite barbarian men stood in a row with scimitars and stood at attention.

Kevin drove the chariot to take the brunt of the attack. Doug stood by and waved his staff, a blazing ball of fire shot sharply and flew towards the brawny man.

The brawny man leaped up from his horse, and leaped towards the fireball with his toes on the ground. Then something strange happened. He flicked the bronze sword and slashed the fireball in half and it dissipated into the air. He didn’t change his momentum and ran towards the chariot. Kevin stabbed at him with his spear. He sidestepped it and jumped onto the yoke , his longsword stabbing straight at Doug. Kevin drew his sword and slashed at the brawny man’s armpit, which he ignored it. At the same time Doug had cast his magical shield. It belongs to the intermediate magic, it is stronger than metal armour.

With a “Clang”, Kevin’s sword struck the brawny man, but he felt as if he had chopped a rock, and his hand went numb with shock, and he amazed, “What kind of monster is this?”

In this stupefied effort, the brawny man’s sword had already penetrated Doug’s chest, and both of them were incredulous that this man could pierce the magical shield! Kevin roared and thrust his sword at the brawny man with both hands. The brawny man drew his sword horizontally, blocked the tip of Kevin’s sword with the side of his sword, and leaped back with the help of Kevin’s strength, and fell back on his horse.

Kevin was furious that he as one of the best chiliarchy in the kingdom, and the priest beside him was killed by a barbarian so easily under his nose. He led dozens more men together and charge at brawny man, vowing to fight him off.

The battlefield is not a personal struggle. The military order had been issued and Doug’s death did not affect the overall march.

The two armies met and fought together.

The place is not very narrow. One army can barely pass, but two armies against each other is very confined.

The nomads live on hunting and their folk customs are sturdy. They were evenly matched for a while, but the geographical position was not dominant, and they had no experience in the matchup. After all, brute force alone would not work, so they soon lost ground.

Both sides were caught up in a melee and the scene was very chaotic as neither side had a leader.

The nomadic tribe included not only had men, women, old and children, but also shepherded some sheep and cattle, very passive.

In the melee, they were divided into several parts. In the middle of these were the old, the weak women and children, sheep and cattle. The strong men surrounded the outside to protect and the outermost circle of Kevin’s soldiers besieging them, tangled up in each other and fighting.

Suddenly a small part of it was breached and a stream of soldiers instantly poured in, adding to the chaos as the nomads were pummeled and turned upside down.

A woman among the nomads with a baby in her arms, was hit by someone while hurriedly running, tripped under her feet, fell over her body, swaddled out, and flew into the air. She scrambled to her feet and saw that the baby had already crossed the crowd. She yelled anxiously, tears rushing from the corner of her eyes.

The mother’s scream and the baby’s cry are insignificant compared with the fighting in the war, no one cares.

Just as the baby was falling, a figure flashed by and took the swaddling into his arms, and quickly tied it to his chest with a wide cloth strip. The figure was dressed in animal skins and held an axe behind his back.

A chariot approached from the side, and a soldier on it stabbed him with a spear. The man was extremely agile, grabbed the spear with one hand, pulled the soldier sideways and pulled he to the ground, leaped onto the chariot, swung his arm and elbowed the diver down, drove with one hand and held the spear in the other. The whole process gone smoothly.

His series of actions attracted the attention of those around him. The nomads saw this person in a similar attire, but no one knew him. All that could be heard was someone from the chariot over there pointing this way while shouting, “Gilgamesh— Gilgamesh is on that chariot!”, and quickly moved closer to this side.

The words “Gilgamesh” seemed like a magnet, and the surrounding soldiers gave up fighting and rushed towards him in unison.

Before they set out, they had received the order, anyone who killed Gilgamesh would be promoted three level in rank, rewarded with the vast hectares of fertile land, and gain supreme glory. They heard the shouting, as if hungry hyenas saw the prey and all rushed over.

The chariot gradually approached, Gilgamesh pre-emptively, yanked on the reins, thrust his spear through the chest of the soldier opposite and lifted it into the air, yelled at the surroundings, “Who stop me——die!”. He threw the body into the side diver and smashed him out of the sidebar. The chariot overturned under force and was dragged by the horse to move on, knocking down a dozen soldiers.

The shock was short-lived, and they still gathered around regardless of life or death.

A spear through the wheel, and Gilgamesh immediately cut off the shaft and jumped onto the horse, riding onward to kill.

He mistakenly thought it was Luna who led the attack. As he approached the battlefield, he realized that this troop was not from a shaman tribe. They didn’t have beasts to fight, but there were old and women, children and sheep. He was puzzled, “How can there be such a troop in the world that drags the family to fight. In any case, if it weren’t for them to block, my plan would not be so easy.

After rushing for a while, Gilgamesh saw a brawny man not far away who was surrounded by more than a dozen experts but was not in any way defeated. So he rushed forward, threw the baby in his arms over, and shouted, “take your baby!”

The brawny man took the baby with one hand and held it in his arms, and saw that the baby was staring at him, faintly glancing towards Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh shouted, “Gilgamesh is here!” While roaring, he rushed to the opposite side. As the soldiers swarmed up, he swung his battleaxe and advanced right and left, like a fish going upstream.

Kevin shouted, “Ignore the barbarians! Get Gilgamesh! Stop him! Let the arrows! Let the arrows!”

The brawny man also said to his people, “Don’t get attached to the battle, quickly retreat!”

Not long after, Gilgamesh broke out of the line and rode towards the valley, the army in hot pursuit. The horse under him was injured in the abdomen and ran slower and slower, finally falling to the ground with his front hooves bent and part of his internal organs was come out. Gilgamesh knelt on one knee, stroked its neck, drew his dagger and struck it down.

By this time, the chasing soldiers had surrounded him.

Kevin ordered “trap him, don’t tangle, take turns, exhaust him!” The soldiers not fight for their lives, they just followed Gilgamesh’s movements and blocked in reverse, like a pack of hyenas hunting a lion. When he attacked forward they defended and retreated, with someone sneaking up behind him to attack, and vice versa.

Gilgamesh had to hack his way up the cliff, breaking the arms and legs of any blocker, and then face the enemy with his back against the cliff.

Kevin told the priest to use the delay spell on Gilgamesh. He felt the air around him turned into a viscous liquid, and after several rounds, his movements became slower and slower, and his breath became heavier and heavier.

Kevin said with glee, “Gilgamesh, do you imagine you have today? I still remember you were indisputable before. Look at what you have fallen into now. Dressed as a savage, a disgrace! You can’t escape today even if you grow wings!”

Gilgamesh was struggling. A soldier sneaked up from the side and stabbing Gilgamesh’s heart with a sword. Gilgamesh moved slightly to avoid the danger, clamped the opponent’s forearm with his armpit, turned his body and twisted it. The soldier was felled to the ground. Gilgamesh stepped on his neck and a howl came to an abrupt end. Gilgamesh’s face was ruthless, his battle axe on the ground, his hands on the handle, his head held high, still disdainful of Kevin, said “Who else will come to die?” Like the low roar of a lion before it dies.

At this point Kevin stepped out of the chariot arrogantly and walked across to Gilgamesh with his longsword in hand. “Killing he will make me a king just right.” He sniggered in his heart, but said righteously, “ Today I will rid you for God Willier and all the people. Let’s duel!” However, he did not ask the priest to with draw the spell.

“You are as hypocritical and shameless as the god you believe in!” Gilgamesh sneered.

“shut up! Until now you are still unrepentant, take your life!” Kevin rushed to Gilgamesh.

Suddenly a ball of fire came head-on, and he quickly rolled to the right. His calf was hit by the flame. He kept slapping his calf and rubbing on the ground to put them out. Instead, he found Gilgamesh already standing beside him, raising his battle axe and slashing at his neck, and he was too defenseless to react.

“Hum!” Gilgamesh was bounced off the magic shield. Fortunately, the priest next to him found something was wrong and reacted in advance, otherwise Kevin‘s head would have left his body.

The priest hurriedly cast a healing spell on Kevin and said in surprise, “You can use witchcraft?!”

The so-called delay spell is a magic that affects the reflex nerves of a people through magic power, causing an illusion of perception and resulting in slow behavior. For people like Gilgamesh who had broken through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch to perceive the world, it is totally ineffective.

“This is ridiculous! The same thing, you use it as divine magic and I use it as witchcraft? It is clear that I use divine magic and you use witchcraft.” Gilgamesh laughed.

Looking at Gilgamesh again, he didn’t look tired anymore, Kevin knew that he had been tricked, and the more he thought about it, the more anger but he still had lingering fears at the moment, and he could only shout,”Come on together, kill him, cut him into pieces!” He didn’t expect that Gilgamesh would become so strong after a year’s absence, and he no longer dared to duel.

For a moment, no one dared to move forward. After all, no matter how many rewards he have, he must have a life to spend.

Kevin roared, “What are you doing? Let’s go! Death to those who disobey!”

The crowd gathered around again sluggishly.

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1.9 鑠金

After Willier’s body was destroyed by Gilgamesh that night, his ghost flew towards Will city and wanted to attach to the statue.

Suddenly golden light appeared, a force blocked him and trapped him in a small enchantment, and Istar appeared in front of him.

Willier panicked and shouted, “what do you want to do? There’s a covenant, you can’t kill me!”

“Yes, of course I will not break the covenant, but I can trap you forever!” Istar laughed.

Willier said angrily, “Taking advantage of others‘ peril, you are despicable!”

“I just to treat you in your own way.” She disapproved.

“What do you want!” He asked again.

“Give up all the Deity Domain.” A strong tone.

“No!Even without me, they may not believe in you. Why don’t I serve you as the Lord God and I am a subordinate?”

“You don’t deserve! There is only one chance, whether you agree or not, I have a way.” She was full of disgust, and turned around to leave.

“Wai.. wait! You win! I’ll admit it!”

****

Gilgamesh fell from the air on a hill in the countryside with an somersault, staggering a few steps before reluctantly standing still, and found himself unscathed. Before he considered himself lucky, he saw Istar standing in the shade of the tree opposite, holding a white lamb in her arms. She stroked the lamb’s head with her right hand and smiled at him.

Gilgamesh rushed forward, his axe cut through the air and made a sound. Istar was unmoved.

He found that Istar in front of him was different from just now in ziggurat. There was no golden ornament in her right arm and no staff in her hand. The main thing was that she gave a different feeling. The appearance was the same, but the temperament was different. Standing in front of him was a shepherdess with a beautiful face and a weak body. He doesn’t feel the slightest malice, which was really hard to kill. The axe blade stopped when it was about to touch her neck.

Istar seemed to see his thoughts and said softly, “Don’t be surprised, what I’m in front of you was my numerator, you can understand it as my other side. My primordial spirit was still in the Will, you can’t understand the existence of God, convert to me, I can guide you.”

Gilgamesh didn’t answer, but asked “ Are you Willier’s accomplice?”

“He was not worthy.” , Istar disdained. “He barely counts as a demigod, how can he compare with me!”

“You lied, then why did you speak for help him?”

“ No, I didn’t help him. You don’t understand gods at all. Gods can’t lie, or they can’t become gods if they lie.”

Gilgamesh looked at her, put away his axe and asked, “You killed him?”

“No, I can’t kill him, he ran away. So he will still avenge you, I can protect you.” She gave a sly smile.

“For your protection, I would rather die.”, Gilgamesh turned and walked away.

Istar stroked the lamb in his arms and said, “Yon can’t get out my palm!”

***

Twenty-one days later, the Will city was still shrouded in blasphemous haze. The people——especially some noble girls still mourned for Gilgamesh’s depravity.

The tavern was bustling with hustle and bustle, and merchants from other cities were terrified when they heard the situation on that day. After getting confirmation for an unknown number of times, they made a meaningful sigh, “Such a hero was so depraved, he must have been demonized by the shaman witchcraft!”

All at once someone came out panting and said, “He…he cut off the statue of Eye-city and Ear-city again, and the statue of Eye-city was cut in half from the middle of the head, while the statue of Ear-city was cut into two from the waist, and the words ‘ Gilgamesh’s work’ were carved on the stone pillars, which was too arrogant!”

“It’s outrageous! He’s going to harm the country and the people! Didn’t the priests stop him?”

“The priests were praying at the time, and the stone statue suddenly broke in two. They were all shocked. It was only when they cleaned up the rubble afterwards that there was a word engraved on the stone pillar.”

“Someone saw him going east, he must go to Tongue-city. I heard that the priests had already deployed troops to stand ready, vowing to defend the statue to the death.”

The tavern and the whole city were talking about it.

Three days later, the news came and Tongue-city’s statue was saved.

Because Gilgamesh didn’t go, but went to Nose-city to the west. After splitting the statue into three sections from its shoulder in the “X” manner, he left the same words.

Nationwide uproar! Since Gilgamesh killed the high priest in the main city, people have prayed to Willier god day and night, hoping that Willier god can stop Gilgamesh’s blasphemous behavior and punish him. No one thought that Willier god didn’t show up, allowing Gilgamesh to trample on his statue even more aggravatingly.

Now there are only two statues of Body-city and Tongue-city. Just as people were in panic, Istar showed up in Tongue-city and showed a miracle, and people bowed to her. At the request of everyone, she promised to them regardless of previous complaints, she was willing to give help, and she also used spells to soothe their bodies and sent blessings. After all, it was obvious to all that she knocked Gilgamesh into the air with a single finger. At this time, the priests and the army were still stationed here, and they also came to visit and held a grand ceremony to express their respect and gratitude. After another day, she asked them to station in Body-city in the north, and here was safe and secure with her.

From then on, the story of Istar fighting Gilgamesh and knocking him into the air has been pass from mouth to mouth with approbation in the streets and lanes. People gradually prayed to her to build a temple and statue for her.

And yet, Gilgamesh was not so well treated, he was not only notorious, but also circulated for thousands of years.

There were two main reasons for this:

• First of all, most of the current slaves were the original believers of Istar God. After Istar is in power, these people will inevitably be liberated and converted from slaves to slave owners or nobles. They are naturally grateful to Istar, so they use a powerful voice to vilify and degrade the opponent of the goddess.

• On the other hand, the powerful class who originally believed in Willier were severely affected. Not to mention their loss of status, some were secretly revenge and purged by former slaves, and in the end they didn’t even quality as ordinary city dwellers. It all started because of Gilgamesh, and the resentment towards him in their heart can be imagined.

To put it bluntly, Gilgamesh caused the redistribution of power and benefits.

Later, no matter what bad things happen, everyone will blame Gilgamesh. For example, someone who accidentally falls on the street will shout abuse at Gilgamesh, “ It must be the evil Gilgamesh, or how could I be so unlucky!”

When the army went from Tongue-city to Body-city, people stood at the top the city and sang:

Geez! Gilgamesh! Deicide!

You are so brutal and bloodthirsty!

You are so insidious and cunning!

Geez! Gilgamesh! Evictor!

You are so greedy and fierce!

You are so savage and overbearing!

***

Now of course Gilgamesh didn’t think that he would be famous throughout the ages. He just smashed the statue of Body-city and was walking out of the city, intending to destroy the last statue.

In fact, he has no need to destroy the last statue, or he has already destroyed it. His purpose isn’t to destroy the statue, but to cut off Willier’s image in people’s hearts so that people no longer believe in him.

Facing Gilgamesh’s various humiliations and provocations, Willier dared not show up, like a tortoise with a shrunken head, and finally relied on the Istar goddess to save the last statue to save a trace of dignity. The image of Willier in people’s hearts has disappeared in ashes. Who would pray to a coward for protection?

When Gilgamesh was walking through the woods on the hills, he found that the valley in the distance was dusty, as if two armies were fighting each other, one with gold helmet and silver armor, and the other with animal skins.

Gilgamesh was astonished, “Did Luna bring the army to avenge?”, he then thought of , “No, it can’t be her.” .

However, he quickly ran to the distant battlefield.

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1.8 信仰

The east dawn,the sun flooded the square in front of the ziggurat, the Will was holding a grand new king enthroned. The square was full of people and spread to the surrounding streets. They looked solemn and stared at the ziggurat. The high-ranking slaves around all looked down at their toes. If anyone dared to look up or steal a glance, they would be beheaded for blasphemy.

High priest Flam was leading them to pray to God Willier. The scene was extremely quiet, but Flam felt a little nervous. He hasn’t received the oracle for many days, and he hasn’t had it since Gilgamesh’s departure. This kind of disconnection has happened before, but the difference was that this time the statue has undergone a subtle change. He could no longer feel the “light” on the statue, “Is my cultivation regressing?” He suspected.

According to the previous plan, the candidate crown should have long been appointed as the new king, but Willier God did not reply for a long time. The country cannot be without a king, he thought. Act as planned for the time being, if God Willler is dissatisfied with the new king, he can issue an oracle to abolish him.

After the prayer, Flam stood on a high platform and said loudly to everyone, “The old king Gilgamesh is dead, today the new king will succeed him and continue to take over the will of Willier God.”

A man in a robe knelt towards the statue, and Flam stood between him and it. Flam held his staff and hit the man’s left shoulder hard and said loudly, “Don't be afraid of hardships and dangers, have the courage to make dedication, can you sustain it?” The sound was spread to everyone’s ears by mana.

“I can!” The man said loudly.

Flam slammed staff on his right shoulder again, “Diligence and love for the people, fairness and justice, can you sustain it?”

“I can!” The sound was almost roaring from the high platform.

Flam hit the man on the head with staff, then turned sideways to let the statue behind him, crossed his hands on his chest and knelt down towards the statue, “ Serve the lord loyally, unswervingly till death, can you sustain it?”

“Noway！” before the new king could answer, a voice came from the crowd on the street. Although the tone was not high, it was crisp and neat, and it was very ear-piercing in such a quiet environment.

Everyone was shocked, and at the same time focused on the source of the sound, even the slave who bowed his head couldn’t help but want to take a peek.

A man dressed in leather and a battle axe on his back, strutted towards the ziggurat——It’s Gilgamesh.

The city people around him were surprised and happy, puzzled in their hearts, and subconsciously gave up a way.

“Willier is despicable and shameless. He avenged his benefactor, deceive the people and steal fame, a beast in human clothing, and still being a god?” Gilgamesh said as he went up the steps, his eyes fixed on the Flam.

The soldiers around didn’t stop him, after all, his prestige in the army was very high.

The crowd began to whisper.

Flam squinted his eyes and saw that it was Gilgamesh, and he was also suspicious. But he looked calm, looked down proudly and said, “How dare you blaspheme!”

“I didn’t blaspheme him, I‘m going to kill him.” Gilgamesh said coldly.

Everyone was horrified, with incredible expressions on their faces.

Gilgamesh took the scroll from his arms and threw it at Flam. “The map back to you!”

Flam’s expression changed suddenly and he ordered the new king beside him, “Kill him quickly, I‘ll enchant you!”

The new king drew the sword from the guard next to him and ran towards Gilgamesh. Under Flam’s enchantment, he felt as light as a swallow, his speed and strength were several times higher than before. He jumped up full of confidence and swung his sword towards Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh stared at Flam intently. When the new king came close to him, he dodged the blade slightly on his side. Before the new king landed, he exerted force with his right foot and hit with his left shoulder, knocking the new king off the stage.

All this happened extremely fast. It seemed to everyone in the square that the new king quickly rushed down the steps and then jumped down from the side, just landed his head first.

“wimp!” Flam thought. Even with the magic, Flam can’t let him fly back to the stage.

Just listen to Gilgamesh’s vicious words, “You really know the truth, more than 1,200 blood debts, let’s take your life to pay it.” He rushed to the stage, raised the battle axe, and slashed towards Flam.

Flam’s eyes were full of contempt, and his figure disappeared when the axe blade was about to touch the top of his head.

“Stupid, how could you hurt me, you and I are not on the same level at all, you have not understood what space is.” The voice came from behind Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh didn’t answer, didn’t turn his head, hit the ground on his toes, and bounced back.

Flam teleported to the side like a matador playing with a bull. Always unable to reach Flam’s body.

Gilgamesh suddenly turned around and threw a vine with his left hand and put it on Flam’s wrist.

The vine was not thick but extremely tough. The point was that Flam suddenly found that he could not perform any magical skills!

Although Flam realm is high, compared with Gilgamesh in physical skills, it’s like the difference between cloud and mud.

Gilgamesh exerted force under his feet and shook his left arm forcefully. Flam was swung onto the stone statue.

Flam had a sharp pain in his back that shook him out of breath, but the feeling did not last long. With a flash of silver light, his neck and the statue behind him were cut off.

Under the gaze of everyone’s eyes, the statue was broken in two, and accompanied by the blood spurted from the body that lost its head, it crashed down.

Flam’s head rolled down onto the square, with an expression of unbelievable horror on his face.

Gilgamesh stood on the high platform, looked around and shouted at the people, “Anyone who believes in Willier or prays to him will end up with such a scum.”

The people was solitary, only the loss of God was out of the wits. Although everyone was shining in the sun, they felt bitterly cold, as if their bodies had fallen along with the statue, and the scene was silent, lest they would be punished by Willier God.

Then, the golden light in the ziggurat flickered, dazzling brilliance, and a woman floated out from it, like a blue cloud covering the sun, falling on the platform and walking towards Gilgamesh.

She was dressed in a light blue dress, has a graceful figure, with rippling shirts, her black hair scattered on her white shoulders, a gold armband on her right arm and a lapis lazuli bracelet on her wrist, peaceful and mild steps. She was so beautiful and radiant. Everyone felt the warm spring breeze blowing in their hearts.

Gilgamesh was confronted a formidable enemy. Because the woman’s appearance was exactly the same as the god in the ziggurat of the City-Inana that he conquered some time ago.

She walked closer with a smile, laughed like a silver bell, glance at the vine on his hand, and said " The stray lamb, you really surprise me! How to use such a common Magic Tools to kill high-level mage, so good capability! I guess he never dreamed that he would die so egg!”

Gilgamesh didn’t know what she want, without a word, he just looked at her coldly.

Then she said softly “I’m the Goddess Istar, convert to me, pray to me, deify me as the god of Will, I can fulfill all your wishes.” The tone was sacred and solemn.

“scram!”

Istar’s face was frosty, “ I kill you as easily as crushing an ant!”

“Then what are you waiting for! Come on!”

The conversation between them was blocked by Istar mana, and everyone didn’t hear.

“I have a question, since you were born, who raised you, counseled you, and who protected you, taught you, and made you king? God Willier esteemed you so much and gives you glory, how can you be without him? And you blasphemed him! Who avenged benefactor? Who was inferior to a beast?” Istar returned to the sacred and solemn tone she had just now. Although his tone was not high, it reached everyone’s ears.

The square started to be noisy.

“He betrayed his race because of his own selfish desire to become a god, and because of his own advantage, thousands of people died.” Gilgamesh said through gritted teeth.

“Well, why was the army of more than a thousand people wiped out, but only you can come back?” Istar challenged.

Someone in the square suddenly realized, as if they knew something, and immediately whispered to others.

At this time, Gilgamesh had been unable to send Divine-mind, unable to pass on the situation at that time to anyone. Even if he can, they are difficult to believe that the god they believe in is so evil.

“You shrew, a lot of nonsense, talebearing, are you Willier’s concubine….”

Before he finished speaking, Istar raised her right hand to the Gilgamesh, and a golden light burst out. Gilgamesh blocked with a side axe, and the surging mana instantly knocked him into the air. He was like a stone on a trebuchet, thrown out of the city, the scene was very embarrassing.

For a moment, everyone was stricken dumb with astonishment.

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1.7 心照

The evening breeze flew into the secluded valley, blowing the ponytail of a girl sitting cross-legged. She slowly opened eyes, looking at the bright moonlight on the ground, feeling a bit of loneliness.

The girl stood up, her figure was well-proportioned, and under a short dress, she looked uneven and formed a graceful curve. She walked towards the entrance of the valley, her black pony tail swaying from side to side after her sassy and heroic posture.

The black panther named Beste lying at the entrance, looking up at her, then turned to look at the precipice. Following beste’s sight, she saw Gilgamesh standing on the edge of the precipice. He was looking down at the little lights below the mountain thoughtfully.

Gilgamesh had been here for 49 days. He had already said everything about the cultivation, after all, both of them were just getting started. In recent days, he didn’t talk about cultivation, but instead told about his views and experiences on marching and fighting, as well as the operation mode, management structure and customs of each country he saw when he fought far away. Perhaps because of the acquisition of Asource’s divine mind, Gilgamesh felt he also has the responsibility to protect and help the shaman tribe. So he wanted to tell Luna all the things he thought useful in a short time.

Luna walked up to him, stood shoulder to shoulder, for a moment, she asked “What is thinking?”

“Those who died innocently.”

Luna knew he was talking about not only people from Will. “What do you want?”

“Kill Willier.” He said coldly.

Luna was silent for a moment, “Can be sure?”

“No, but I have to do.” Gilgamesh was determined.

“I go with you.” Luna said right away.

Gilgamesh turned head to look at her.

“He is also my enemy…” Then she added.

They stare at each other.

“No, the tribe had lost the protection of Asource and the great shaman, now you can’t leave. “ His tone was a little tender.

“In fact, you can stay and take revenge when your realm improves. Wouldn’t it be more certain? What is the difference between going back now and to die.” Her tone was a bit agitated.

“Of course different, I can expose his true face in front of the people. Don’t let him confuse the people anymore, don’t let people pray to him. His follows were very wide, and with the help of everyone’s mind power, no matter recover or cultivation, he will definitely be far better than you and me, only then will be more difficult to deal with. This time he was careless. Taking advantage of his serious injury is the best time to kill him.” Gilgamesh explained patiently.

“Don’t lie to me.” She sat down the edge of the precipice with her hands around her knees. “You and I understand, now you can’t even beat that high priest Flam.”

Gilgamesh didn’t answer, and sat next to her, asked instead. “What about you? What are you plans?”

“Asource is our first and last god.” Luna was equally determined. “From now on we will no longer have god and no shamans. In the future, I will lead everyone to explore together.” She raise her right hand, the same flame came out from the palm of her hand. “ I will pass on Asource’s story and divine-mind and let everyone know.” Then looked at him, “ The [tempered-light], I also have to let everyone know, so that as many people as possible can learn the magic.”

“Great!” Gilgamesh praised. “I have a suggestion, where we are fighting, the terrain is flat, which can be used to consolidate troops and build cities.”

“Built the city?”

“Yes, your population base has now expanded, so living in the mountains and forest is not a way. Perhaps your ancestors came here because of refuge, but now it is time to go out. If live like this, they will eventually be destroyed or conquered. Then plains are more conducive to farming than the mountains, and then you can set up a pass in the west with the help of natural barriers. At that time, it will be easy to defend, and then trade can be carried out. Wood and spices can be exchange for iron and armaments from Hattate Empire…”

The silver moon hung like a hook in the night sky, and a cloud floated under it, and the shadow enveloped them.

Luna raised her head and said, “ life is like the moon，cloudy sorrows, clear joys, full encounter, grievous separation..”

“Always like this.” Gilgamesh said.

Luna looked sad “Alas,If the moon is always perfect and bright, how beautiful it would be.”

“However, no matter how far apart we are under the same moonlight, the heart not separated from each other.” He added.

Dark clouds drifting by moon. Moonlight shed again from his side.

Luna leaned against him unconsciously, with a strange look in her eyes.

They sat on the edge of the precipice and looked up at the stars, letting the evening breeze linger in the mountains.

The star shifted, the sky was getting brighter. The cold morning dew fell like tears from the green leaves to the ground.

Outside the forest, by the road.

Luna handed the package and battle axe on Beste’s back to Gilgamesh, and said “You have a great kindness with my clan, but I can’t repay it.” Speaking to untie the necklace from the neck, lifted up, the pendant jumped out of her chest. “ You can wear it to protect yourself.”

Gilgamesh took a closer look. The pendant was a regular octahedral green gemstone, crystal clear, but the eyes cannot penetrate it. It and the net buckle woven by the vine rope cleverly form a necklace. He realized that this was something that could not be detected by the Divine-sense of the mountain god that day. “This should be what Willer tried so hard to obtain.” He thought.

He immediately refused, “ It’s priceless! I can’t…”

Before he refused, luna tied the necklace to his neck and gave him a hug, then whispered a few words in his ear. “Not as much as that you gifted me your heart.”

The looked at each other in silence for a moment. Gilgamesh put the pendant in the neckline, smiled slightly, lifted the battle axe and set off on the way, disappearing into the rugged mountains without turning back.

This is the first time Luna has seen him smile.

On the way back, the scene in Gilgamesh’s mind came up with his troops, hovering around the person killed by him. He wondered, did I kill them because of hatred? No, I don’t even know them. Is it because of preference?

No, I’m not interested in killing.

Why?

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1.6 靈樞

Dusk of the next day, Gilgamesh saw Luna walking slowly from valley entrance.

With a dull expression and tears in her eyes, she came to the tree. ” The great shaman has passed away this morning, and just buried her at noon. It turns out that she was exhausted that night, and she has been barely supporting the tribe. She knew she was going to die.”

Gilgamesh stood up he heard the words, did not speak.

“She told me not to be sad, said she would follow Asource, and asked me to thank you, thank you for solving her many years of confusion. She said‘ it’s better to die clearly than to live unconsciously.’ She shed tears as she spoke and continued, “But I am still sad. My parents have died since childhood. She raised me, taught me and encouraged me. For me, she is my mother.” She walked to the tree, sat on the ground, leaned her back against the tree, folded her hands on her knees, and rubbed her tears against the clothes on her arms.

Gilgamesh also walked over and sat with his back against the big tree.

Maybe she was too sad, or maybe she had never expressed her heart to others. At this time, she was a bit incoherent, showing a panic that she had never had before, telling her childhood experiences like this. It’s like memorial and mourning.

Gilgamesh listened quietly without interrupting. Silent for a long time, he said”I don’t know who my parents are. I have been raised by priests since I was sensible. I was taught to fight, kill, march and platoon troops.” He exhaled and smiled wryly, ” But who can think that this loved one wants to kill me. It seems that in their minds, I am just a disposable tool.”

Luna looked at him with big wet eyes. Although Gilgamesh’s tone was flat, she can still taste the bitterness of it. It seems that my fortune is much better than that of the young man in front of me. “Have you ever wondered about your life experience?”

“I only thought about it secretly in my spare time. I also investigated when I grew up, but I didn’t get any results. I got used to it over time. There are other children adopted in the temple. After I die, it is estimated that they will choose someone to replace me among them.” Gilgamesh was expressionless, looking up at the starry sky.

“The bones of the warriors who accompanied you, I had buried them as you requested.”

“Thank you.”

“Why did you choose a dead end to retreat?”

“Stupid.”

In this way, they whispered under the night sky. The stars in the sky seemed to be embellished, and it was dawn unknowingly.

Luna stood up reluctantly, “I’m going back, the great shaman just left, there are still many things in the tribe that I need to deal with. I’m afraid I won’t be able to ask you about [tempered-light] these days. You…”

“I wait for you.”

“En.” Luna seemed to have got a look of motivation, regained his former fortitude, and wa“lked firmly towards valley entrance.

He saw Luna again in the early morning three days later. After she dine with Gilgamesh, she handed him a newly made clothes. She said shyly, “I saw your clothes are torn, put on this as a gift for you to teach me [tempered-light].”

Gilgamesh didn’t refuse, so he changed his clothes when he got to the tree.

Luna sat cross-legged on the ground in accordance with the breathing style and posture taught by Gilgamesh, closing her eyes but unable to stay still. Distracting thoughts were turbulent like a river. The more she wanted to control, the more she can’t control it. Fragments of past events keep appearing in her mind. She had just tried to push one thing down, and then another thing emerges. The more she wanted to be peace, the more chaotic she was.

After every effort, she said “I can feel the realm you said, but I can’t get into it, I can’t hold it, it seems I’m not suitable for cultivation.”

Gilgamesh sat cross-legged opposite, thought for a moment, and said “Since you can’t get rid of all thoughts, then try to concentrate your mind, such as praying to Asource.”

“Yes, the best thing in life that can make oneself focus and peaceful is to follow the shaman to pray to Asource at the sacrifice.” She thought.

So she focused on praying, no matter how the outside world changes. What’s different was that this time the image of Asource in her mind had turned into Gilgamesh. Maybe she had assimilated them in her heart, this feeling was very strange.

In the prayer, she felt a soft light shining in front of her, her heart was warming, and the rhythm of her heartbeat and pulse coincided with the light. Then the whole ghost was intertwined with it, and finally entered that mysterious realm.

In the evening she opened her eyes and said to Gilgamesh in surprise with her ruddy cheeks, “Oh, my! I have a new understanding of this world! This realm is really true, but it can’t be explained by words.”

“Congratulations on crossing the threshold of cultivation.” Gilgamesh said.

“It’s no wonder that the great shaman can stay young and live forever without much diet. It turns out that it’s because of the light.” She said.

“The great shaman may not practice it, but this method should be similar. If you want to be like a great shaman, you have to practice to a higher level. No need to sleep if you are full of energy. No need to diet if you are full of Qi.” Gilgamesh said.

All kinds of questions were also coming, Luna asked first “If I keep practicing like this, can I live forever?”

“According to Asource’s theory, it is possible under ideal conditions. The ghost will transform virtual to real under constant tempering, and then live the same life as the universe.” Gilgamesh pondered. “However, one’s life is rarely smooth, and it’s not easy to improve realm.”

“Alas! It would be great if Asource and the great shaman were not killed by Willier.” Luna sighed with emotion.

“Asource may not be killed by Willier. When I fought with him, I found that he had not yet reached the realm where his ghost transform virtual to real. The reason why his appearance is different from that in Asource’s [Divine-mind] is that his ghost may have occupied others’ body.”

“Why did he occupy the body of others and how did he do it ?”

“Either because of body aging and decay, or just like this time——the body was destroyed and the ghost escaped. Before the ghost transform virtual to real, it needs to rely on the body to cultivation. As for how to occupy, I think it should be related to the spiritism used by the great shaman. These were just my guesses.” He paused, “All in all, he is far from the realm of Asource, that’s for sure.”

“Moreover, the shaman or priest can use divine magic, it’s not from God, but a certain method that has been learned to inspire their own power.” Saying that he stretched out his left hand, “pop” , A beam of flame burned on the palm of his hand, and he waved his hand to light a bonfire beside him. “You can also.”

“Are you saying that everyone can use divine magic? Can all become gods?!”

Gilgamesh shook his head, “Not only human, I think all creatures who have crossed the threshold of cultivation can do, such as Asource. But even if someone have a god-like means, it may not be able to become a god.”

“I do not understand.” Luna frowned.

“For example, if a shaman performs divine magic in a closed and uncivilized tribe, he will definitely be worshipped as a god. Just as Willier used to be a shaman, but he became a god when he arrived in Will.”

Luna was lost in meditation.

Just listen to Gilgamesh sigh, “I have been thinking these days, Asource is actually pathetic.”

“Uh?” Gilgamesh’s words shocked her thoughts once again. “You say the god is pitiful?”

“En, becoming a mountain god is not Asource’s choice, but people’s will. When she became a mountain god, she was also bound in this world of mountains.”

“You…your thought is very special, and… and…you are amazing!” Luna’s heart jumped.

“Asource may also felt that her cultivation was wrong. So when Willier asked her the secret of becoming a god, she refused to answer, actually trying to protect him. But Willier thinks she was hiding it, and he felt resentment. Human’s heart is really unpredictable!”

“Requite kindness with enmity!” Luna angrily.

“Now it seems that Willier has found another way to become a god.” Gilgamesh said.

“The prerequisites for becoming a god, the focus is on people ?” Luna is also a wise, she naturally found the key.

“According to the current situation, yes.” Gilgamesh sure.

“God’s power comes from people?” Luna asked.

“Not at all, but there must be a connection, otherwise Willier won’t let people attack the city and plunder the land, and build statue in the temple.” Gilgamesh said.

“What is a temple and what’s ‘statue’ mean?”

“The temple is equivalent to your altar, as for the statue…” Gilgamesh paused, “I probably know Willier’s way…”

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1.5 同 塵

Seeing them walking away, Gilgamesh finally couldn’t hold it back and lay down again. His head dizzy and his body was sore and weak. He was afraid that he will fall asleep, and he couldn’t stand up, so just sit.

Although he has lost magical ability, he still remembered. He remembered that there was a cultivation method of sitting in Asource’s divine-mind. So he sat cross-legged, his eyes closed slightly, restraining himself from being lethargic, and focused on his breathing. The long breath knew the long, the short breath knew the short, slowly the breath became longer and longer, so that the last breath is like death. The breath seemed to go from the nasal cavity to the lower abdomen down to the back, along the spine, through the back of the head, to the top of the head.

At first he felt fever in his limbs, numbness in his back, and then swelling one the top of his head. He didn’t care, he entered extreme silence, and he could even hear the sound of his heartbeat and blood flow, and he could see his bones and internal organs. He still didn’t care or think, so that he forgot the body, leaving only the Qi-veins like the outline of the body immersed in the light. He forgot about time and space and entered an unspeakable realm.

He didn’t know how long it took, the light suddenly diffused to illuminate the surroundings, and the world appeared in front of him again. As if new door was opened, he could see everything around him without opening his eyes, and he could see farther than he could with the naked eye, his observation was clearer, and his hearing was much more sensitive than before. Although not as omniscient and omnipotent as in the sacred tree, but compared with his before, it is almost two people. He was the world in the sacred tree, and at this moment, he perceived the world with his ghost, and this perception will continue to expand with the improvement of power and realm.

When Gilgamesh was immersed in this experience, he happened to see the Shaman Queen put her finger under his nose in a flustered expression. He frowned subconsciously and opened his eyes.

The queen withdrew her hand and said, “Whew! I thought you…”

Gilgamesh felt like he had just sat down, but he didn’t expect it was late at night. He stood up and felt refreshed, which seemed to be the effect of Asource’s magic method.

He said to the queen, “I have rested, bye.”

He stepped forward and saw a straw mat spread on the ground with roasted lamb and fruit on it, with a fragrant aroma, and pottery pots on the side. He did’t know if it’s because the breath didn’t mix well just now, or because he’s instinctively reacted, his stomach gurgled and he walked quickly to valley entrance to avoid embarrassment.

The shaman queen laughed, “Macho man was scared to run away by only roasting lamb.” She imitated Gilgamesh’s tone.

“What did you say?!” Gilgamesh turned and said angrily.

“I mean eating a meal, and it’s not a poison. Are you afraid that I will eat you?” The shaman queen sat on the edge of the mat, pulled off a leg of lamb and handed it to him.

Gilgamesh walked back and sat on the opposite side to take the leg of lamb, chewing on it and he was really hungry! The leg of lamb was crispy on the outside and tender inside.The heat was very good, and the taste was also very peculiar. He has never eaten this kind of roast lamb before.

The shaman queen smiled and watched him feasting, she said, “This is my newly hunted antelope. It is roasted with fruit trees and bay leaves. It is also smeared with honey. Beste likes it the most.”

“Beste?”

“She’s the big black cat I rode, my best friend.”

Gilgamesh was taken aback, seeing that she didn’t seem to be sarcastic, and thought, “Maybe she didn’t think that the black panther was different.”

The queen opened the seal of the pottery pot, poured a bowl of wine and handed it to him, “You try this again.”

Gilgamesh took it, and a scent came, and he took a big sip. It was cold, sweet and a little sour, with endless aftertastes, and it was very refreshing.

“Delicious? It’s made by the great Shaman using magical power to refine juice. Specially used for sacrificial worship, most people usually can’t drink it at all.” The Queen said proudly when she looked like he liked it very much.

Gilgamesh sincerely said, “Thank you for making you bother.”

The queen picked up an apple and took a bite, trying to hide her shyness. She changed the subject and said, “Unexpectedly, you gave up being an immortal god and chose to be an mortal.”

Gilgamesh drank a bowl of fine wine and said, “I would rather be a tire self and die than be a hypocritical god for eternal life!”

“Well said!” The queen got up and picked up the pottery pot, knelt down to fill it up for him, and poured herself another bowl, smiling at him, admiring him and said, “Although to be a mortal, you are worthy of being a man, and even a mortal, you are not ordinary. I toast you.” She picked up the bowl and drank it all.

After a while, wined and dined to satiety，Gilgamesh was ready to get up and leave.

The queen suddenly asked, “By the way, the way you rested just now is very special, do you usually sit and sleep?”

“Of course not. Just now it was a kind of cultivation method that I realized based on divine-mind of Asource.” Gilgamesh replied.

“Interesting, can you tell me something?” The queen asked.

“Haven’t I already given you all the divine-mind of Asource?” Gilgamesh said.

“Yes, but I don’t understand what it means, so I want to ask you for advice. If you don’t want to say it, then forger it.”

“Asource said, ‘The life of a mortal is either in a realm of messy or a realm of drowsy.” Gilgamesh said.

“Yeah.” The queen echoed.

“So as long as you enter a realm that is neither messy nor drowsy, you can cultivation. This is also Asource’s original method of choosing a shaman.”

In the tribe, when girls are 7 years old and boys are 8 years old, they go to the altar to participate in a ceremony presided over by the great shaman. During the ceremony, all children who can hear the voice of the goddess Asource will be guided to enter the sacred shrine to cultivation and become shamans.

“A woman can only accept guidance at the ceremony when she is seven years old. Now I am nearly twenty and I have missed the opportunity to enter this realm.” The queen said regretfully.

Gilgamesh shook his head and said, “Not necessarily, the younger person is, the less person is affected by the world, the more Spiritual Sense person is, and the easier it is to enter the realm. I’m twenty-four years old and I just entered this realm.”

The queen surprised, “Just now? Is it okay without God’s guiding ceremony?” she speculate, “Is it because you accepted the ceremony when you were eight years old?”

“Willier should also use this method to select the priest. But the king does not participate in this kind of ceremony, so I can enter this realm has nothing to do with the ceremony.” He affirmed, “I think the ceremony is just a form. Asource’s presence or absence, the realm is there, neither increase nor decrease, neither birth nor death. It’s just that without Asource’s guidance, they don’t know if they have entered.”

“What realm is that?”the queen asked curiously.

“The same origin with the universe, the same root with the sky and the earth, the same light with the sun and the moon, and the same dust with the stars…meditate to forget yourself. ” he pondered aloud.

The queen stared at him and said, “Your tone is really like a god!” She thought about it and said, “What is the name of your method of self-realization?”

“Name?” Gilgamesh pondered for a moment and said, “tempered-light”

“Can you teach me?”

“Sure, when I …”

The queen pointed at moon in the sky and interrupted him. “That’s settled then, it’s getting late today, I’ll come to learn from you tomorrow, and my name is luna.” After speaking, she got up and ran towards the valley entrance.

So hurriedly, Gilgamesh was at a loss for a moment.

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Introduction

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1，4 天 良

Under the night, Gilgamesh saw the fire spreading in the mountain col to the east，lighting up the night sky. There was a person wearing a black cloak on the altar, and one shaman-like women sat paralyzed around him. The man said in a hoarse voice, “Hand over Divine-Vessel obediently, I can consider leaving a whole body for you .”

This man looked exactly like the statue of Will City, it is Willier.

One of the female shaman said “Pooh！You are an ungrateful traitor. Even if we are dead, we will not give you the Divine-Vessel. You will never want to enter the Holy Land!”

“Oh? Do you still recognize me?”

“I know you all turned to ashes!” The female shaman said viciously.

Suddenly a few sharp arrows shot towards Willier’s back, and when they were still an arm’s distance away, they were instantly frozen and fell to the ground. The shaman queen came riding a panther, “Swagger! Kill him!” With a wave of her hand, the warriors on both sides rushed forward.

Willier raised his hand and pointed, the air in front burst, creating a huge wave of air, blowing up everyone. He smiled weirdly, “Why are you anxious to die? All of you will not survive tomorrow if you don’t hand over Divine-Vessel.” The hoarse voice echoed in the air, making people chill.

The queen saw that he could mana-attack at without using a wand or using a spell guide. She knew that there was a huge gap in strength and it was difficult to match. And saw the big shaman sitting on the ground should, so she stopped acting rashly.

“Your army has been defeated by us, you can take the prisoner of war, but you must make sure not to invade again!” After all, a group of prisoners of war tied up by cane were brought forward.

Willier snorted, “stupid!”. He controlled the sharp arrow that had just landed and shot it at the prisoner. He instantly passed through the neck one after another, and blood sprayed all over the ground. “They are just sacrifices for sacrifice, you want to use them as bargaining tools?”

The queen was surprised, “You slaughtered your own people?!”

Willier had no expression, “ They are no different from the cattle and sheep killed during the sacrifice. Hand over Divine-Vessel as soon as possible, or the end will be worse than them!”

The queen despised, “Poo! You don’t deserve!”

“See how hard your mouth is!”, saying that Willier took out a wand from his robe. The wand is black, with a skull on the top, and red gemstones inlaid in the eye sockets.

The blood on the ground floated to the sky to form a light ring. It continued to expand, and finally disappeared invisible. Immediately the corpses on the ground became dry and decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and carbonized into dust. And all the people and animals in the tribe seem to be caught in the fixation method. Although they can speak, they can’t move, and panic sounds everywhere.

Gilgamesh witnessed the whole process, from the initial joy to shock, collapse, anger, and the whole ghost became irritable. He never expected that the god he worshipped would be so despicable and cruel. The warriors who were life and died with him did not die in battle, but were killed by the god they worshipped. This series of changes made he schizo. Thousands of years of experience and knowledge gave him extraordinary composure, and soon he calmed down.

At this time, as the god of this mountain, he had a clear understanding. He discovered five different magic circles were set up at five equidistant points around the tribe. Their energy operation modes respectively showed:[metal] , [water] , [wood] , [fire] , [earth].

Originally they had nothing to do with each other, but just now Willier used blood as a medium to connect them with his magic force, forming a big magic array——-[metal]->[wood]->[earth]->[water]->[fire]->[metal]. The tribe was in the center of the circle, all creatures in it were locked by the supernatural powers and consume vitality very quickly.

The shaman said to Willier, “ You swore to the goddess Asource that you will not kill anyone in your clan!”

Willier smirked, “Yes! I swore to Asource that I will keep the promise, but I have no obligation to protect you. One last chance, otherwise your entire tribe will disappear!”

Gilgamesh learnt that once the magic circle is activated, it will connext the creatures in the circle to as one, and by consuming their vitality until all the creatures in the circle are extinct. Even if he is a mountain god, he cannot stop it. If he forcefully destroy it with god’s power, all creatures in the circle will be destroyed.

The shaman’s face was awe-inspiring, her eyes closed slightly and chanted, “The great goddess of Asource! We will return to your embrace, please take away our bodies and comfort our souls!” The chanting was melodious and long, echoing in the valley, and everyone prayed with it.

Willier used magic power to communicate everyone, “Stupid! You were deceived by her. Asource had been dead three hundreds years ago. Now, only I can save you. Whoever told me the whereabouts of Divine-Vessel can be my people and accept my guidance.”

Chanting and prayer did not stop because of Willier’s words, as if he didn’t exist at all.

Willier said angrily, “Go to die!” The skeleton wand red lighter.

Suddenly there was a drizzle in the sky, and the raindrops fell on people’s skin, refreshing and relaxing. People regained their mobility and felt more energetic than before, and the sense of weakness was wiped out. Everyone looked up, the moon and the stars were shining, and there were no clouds in the sky. The shaman exclaimed, “This is a miracle, the power of the goddess Asource! Asource-Rain! She did not abandon us!”

Willier was taken aback and flew up into the sky, and found that the [Extinctive-Formation] he had laid was changed : [water]->[wood]->[fire]->[earth]->[metal]->[water]. Form the original extinction of all things to vibrancy. He was stunned, he thought: I could not stop the Extinctive-Formation, it was broken, but also avoided my Divine-Sense. This is simply a god’s means. He felt someone was staring at him, and his heart was in a state of shock.

At this moment, the tree-vine below rushed to the sky, like an octopus’s tentacle shot at Willier. He waved his wand and a giant fireball flew out. The tree-vine wrapped it an instant, a thumping sound, and the tree-vine wrapped around Willier’s legs. He used the magic to turn the skeleton wand into a fire blade and cut it into the vine. The vine was unscathed, and he felt the majestic mana in it, as if the entire mountains and rivers were tied to him.

The vines slammed Willier to the ground and fell in front of the bodies of the prisoner of war. The other tree vines turned into long whips, with divine power lashed to him. He used a magic shield to block, but there were too many vines to withstand.

“Pa!” Willier’s face was red-stamped. Not long after his whole body was smashed, and he was very embarrassed. A vine tied his neck, tightening it tighter and tighter. Seeing that he would definitely not be able to escape, he gritted his teeth and poured all mana into the skeleton wand. The jewel in the skull’s eye was cracked, red light was emitted, and it sounds. The vines instantly wrapped Willier and the wand.

There was a loud bang, the earthquake trembled, houses collapsed, people almost fell, and even the altar floor was shattered. All the vines went limp and fell to the ground, a red light rushed to the sky and flew northwest without a trace.

This explosion almost blasted Gilgamesh out of the sacred tree. He couldn’t hold it anymore. Although people’s prayer have always provided him with energy, they were all gone at this moment.

The sun rose, people were escaping from the dead, and they all feel rebirth. Everyone was busy fighting the fire, saving people and cleaning up the village. The queen ran to the altar to pick up the shaman, and the shaman excitedly said, “Take me to sacred shrine, hurry!” The queen and shaman galloped away on the panther.

Gilgamesh watched them coming to the valley where he was. Arriving at valley entrance, the queen took something from her neck and handed it to the shaman. Gilgamesh knew everything as a mountain god, but he couldn’t detect this thing unexpectedly. The reason for knowing that something was inferred through action.

The shaman took this thing and was about to open the barrier, but was surprised to find that the barrier was missing. She returned the thing to the queen, and they walked quickly into the valley. The panther consciously lie at the entrance of the valley.

They came to the tree, bowed and saluted, the shaman wept on both cheeks, and said sincerely, “The great goddess of Asource, my god, thank you for your protection, I and the queen are here to greet you, please respond to us.”

Long silence, it seems that this time as usual, the shaman’s expression had declined, and the queen was about to pick her up, when suddenly they hear a voice at the same time. “I’m Gilgamesh, the king of Will city, not Asource.”After words, he turn his own undergo into divine mind and pass them into their minds. The so-called divine mind is similar to the way Asource left a information, including sound, image and feelings. As real as own experience.

When shaman heard this, it was like being struck by lighting and sitting limply on the ground. She received a response for the first time in 300 years, but she did not expect this answer.

“If you don’t believe me, my body is behind the tree.” Gilgamesh continued.

The queen got up and quickly walked around the tree, and she found a person in gold armor lying on the side of the stream, took off the armor and hugged him to the tree, laying beside the shaman.

For a while, they didn’t know what to do, they looked at each other for a long time, and their eyes gradually became firm.

The shaman said, “Thank you for telling me bluntly, today you saved our ethnic from catastrophe. No one from generation to generation can integrate with the sacred tree. No matter who you are, you will be inevitable and the one recognized by Asource, you are ours…”

“I am a macho man, not Willier!” Gilgamesh interrupted her and said, “My body is still alive, do you have a way to get me back into the body?”

The shaman replied respectfully, “My clan has a spirit call, which may be useful,” She hesitated, “However, if you enter the body, you may never have the opportunity to enter the sacred tree. You will lose divine power and we will lose god.”

“There is no such thing, how can say lost? Today’s matter, my divine power came from the power of your mind when you pray. To be precise, you saved yourself. There is no divine power in the sacred tree. The goddess Asource has been missing for more than 300 years, why do you still pray to her?”

The shaman said, “The inheritance is not lost.”

“Well.” After words, Gilgamesh passed the remaining power and divine mind left by Asource to them, without any reservation.

After a long time, they came back to their sense, as if they had passed away. The shaman paid a respectful salute to Gilgamesh, got up and drew some strange symbols around his body with a staff, which formed a circle. Then she muttered a word, cast a spell, took out a drop of water from the lake, circled the tree, and fell into between his eyebrows.

Gilgamesh seemed to see the dazzling white light, followed by a dizziness, then a cold brow, and opened his eyes along the way, his vision gradually changed from blurry to clear, as if waking up from a deep sleep. Accompanied by endless fatigue, he can’t even speak.

The shaman performed healing on him again. His limbs gradually regained consciousness, numbness, itching, pain and fever, warmth.

For a moment, the shaman sweated on her forehead, her fighting with Willier , and there was a sudden change. At this moment, she was already exhausted. She weakly said to him, “The tribe suffered a sudden disaster, At this moment, no one presides over the overall situation. We can’t stay here for long. Let’s go back and settle down a bit. Later, we will take you back to the tribe for recuperation.”

Gilgamesh sat up on the ground with great effort, the queen came to help and was gently pushed away by him. He said, “No, the resentment and gratitude between us is over, I will leave after a short rest.”

Seeing his uneven breath, they knew that he barely supportive and did not force it. The queen helped the shaman and left, and slowly walked away. During the period, the queen kept looking back, her face full of concern.

When approaching the entrance of the valley, the queen asked the shaman “After returning home, the people asked how to answer the situation of the Goddess Asource?”

The shaman said seriously “Respect God, whether God is present or not.”

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1.3 神機

Gilgamesh fell face up into the valley , the wind was blowing in his ear, and the stone walls on both sides rushed into the sky like rapidly growing bushes. Suddenly his back received a huge impact, followed by continued sinking and suffocation. At this moment, he has no strength to struggle as much as he can do to hold his breath and avoid drowning. The current was cold and swift, drifting along the way sometimes accompanied by rocks. He tried to protect his head with both hands and let him bump. But in the end, he was hit in the back of the head and fainted completely.

He didn’t know how long he gradually regained consciousness and wanted to support himself, but found that he could not even lift his head, move his fingers, or even open his eyes.

He quickly adjusted his flustered consciousness. The body was as heavy as be filled with lead. So he focused on opening his eyes and still failed. He didn’t give up, tried again and again. Unexpectedly, he felt relieved, a dazzling light flashed, and he finally saw. It is more accurate to say that he “known” it rather than “saw” it.

What had he known? Everything! As large as the mountains and gully, as small as everyone, every tree, every grass, every insect, etc. With a radius of thousands of feet, he had known it all through the ages. This feeling was unprecedented. How to describe it? He felt that he is the god of the thousands of feet! This made him feel deeply shocked, but something that shocked him even more——-He changed into a big tree! To be precise, his ghost entered the body of this tree and gained its knowledge and memory.

Gilgamesh speculated that this memory should be from 3000 years ago. First It knew the day and night, then the four seasons. After more than 1,000 springs and winters, It had the consciousness of “I”. It realized the difference between himself and the surrounding things. It relied on the luxuriant foliage to absorb sunlight and moonlight to gain energy. 500 years later, It was thick and tall, and It was aware of the thing within a thousand feet, and could easily distinguish the characteristics of plants and animals. However, in the 500 years since then, Its scope of awareness had never expanded, as if it had stopped, no matter how tall or big It grew.

Until one day a group of terrifying creatures It had never seen appeared on this land. They not only eat the genitals of plants, but also kill insects and animals as food to sustain life and cut wood to fire, to building. They had no natural enemies. They reproduced very fast, and their numbers were increasing. In just a few hundred years, the number had doubled several times. “I will be cut down by them in the end.” It thought.

What It was worried about didn’t happen, but another magical thing happened.

These creatures prayed to It, and they told It their troubles and sorrows, happiness and joy, and regarded it as part of them. They thought It protected them and gave them a good life. At this moment, It found that It had grown again, and Its scope of awareness had expanded again. Not only that, It also found that It can gain energy in this way, the more people praying, the greater the energy and also gained their insights. When they prayed sincerely, It could clearly understand what they saw and heard, what they thought, and what they felt.

Since then, It had merged with the world of mountains and rivers in a radius of thousands of feet. It was this world of thousands of feet. They called It——Mountain Goddess Asource.

As the flood receded, their descendants were all over the mountains and plains. At first this place became a holy place, only their leader can enter. Their prayer had been passed on, and her cultivation base had been advancing by leaps and bounds.

Asource wanted to communicate with them, but found that he could not. Because the way of prayer is unidirectional. And she found that everyone’s spiritual root was different. The spiritual power of children is generally higher than that of adults, and the spiritual power of women is generally higher than that of men. For the next 300 years, she guided everyone, and only three women of them could communicate with her. People who can communicate with Asource are called shaman.

In the process of guiding shaman, she was surprised to find that their bodies were very suitable for cultivation. She cultivated a thousand years to reach the realm they could only cultivate less than a hundred years to reach. “Can I be like them?” With this thought, her soul came out of the tree. The soul changed from Yin(virtual) to Yang(reality) to take shape a girl’s appearance.

Three hundred years after the Taking-shape, a gifted child was born in the tribe. His parents were shaman and warriors. They asked Asource for his name. Asource named him Will. Will’s childhood showed extraordinary insight and great spiritual power, and became a shaman as a teenager.

Asource summarized the experience and taste of thousands of years of cultivation, and condensed a set of methods to cultivate soul. She passed this method to the shamans. Will was the fastest improvement and most mana among all shamans. He made outstanding contributions to the tribe’s external expansion and the fight against natural disasters. People respected him very much.

As time went by, he gradually expanded, thinking that he had the power on par with the gods, but he had to pay for these ignorant ordinary-person like a cow or a horse.

One day he prayed to Asource for a way to become a god. “I don’t know.” Asource said. Will felt resentment, wounded Asource and escaped from the tribe.

Divine mind stopped here.

How long Gilgamesh knew these things took? In a flash, he knew when he knew. As if he had experienced it before, forgot, and then suddenly remembered.

Gilgamesh recovered and started to understand the current situation. He “saw” his body lying next to the river not far behind, wearing a tattered golden armor. He didn’t pay attention to his body, and instead looked to the west of the jungle where he was separated from Peter. Unfortunately, his withdrawal plan failed. There is no way out on the map. Instead, there is a large area of venomous miasma filled with venomous snakes. It is impossible for troops to pass through there.

He was very lost and was about to find the position of the troops. Suddenly he was attracted by a powerful charm, and the voice of prayer came from deep in his soul.

“Great Goddess Asource! Please save us …”

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1.2 犧牲

Flam pronounced the oracle in front of the ziggurat, “Shaman is a small, ignorant, stubborn, backward and uncivilized. Now order you to lead 2000 elite soldiers to conquer them.” After that, he stepped forward and handed Gilgamesh a parchment roll and said that this is a map drawn by me according to the oracle. Wish you an early victory. Gilgamesh took the map with both hands, bowed and prayed to the statue.

According to the usual practice, a sacrificial ceremony is held before the expedition, and fresh lambs and calves are used as sacrifices. After the ceremony, Gilgamesh led the army to the northeast.

The shaman tribe lives in the mountains and is the oldest and most mysterious tribe. Legend has it that they lived there before the flood, but their social nature is still stuck in a backward matrilineal society.

Out of the frontier fortress, it was a barren land, Gilgamesh thought while looking at the map on the chariot, “ It’s not worth to drag in many people to educate a savage tribe.”

Marching for a few days, through the wilderness, and our the hills, the terrain is getting higher and higher.

On this day, the chiliarchy Peter came to report, “Your Majesty, our army will enter the valley, and the scouts ahead will detect the ridge, and the top of the mountain will not be seen. This man fought with Gilgamesh everywhere, cooperated tacitly, and had rich experience.

Gilgamesh looked around. The mountains and ridges were staggered, cliffs and cliffs, straight into the sky, two walls facing each other, it looked like a door, it was natural and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. He nodded and said, “Even so, we must pass quickly, not to stay dangerously long. You go back and I will lead the soldiers forward.”

After passing through the valley, there is a vast plain. The map shows that the front is not miles away from where the tribe is located. Gilgamesh was secretly surprised, “When I take the shaman tribe, I must set up a city here, set up a fortress here. It’s good for offense but also good for defense.

The army continued to advance, and within half a day, a vast forest appeared in front, blocking the way which in the map. It’s branches are luxuriant and lush. The forest was dense and dark, like a row of black holes.

Gilgamesh was puzzled, “Forest is such an important military terrain. There is no drawing on the map.” He did not dare to neglect, ordered the troops into an attack formation, sent scouts to explore the way in the forest.

For a long time there is no signal and no one returns. Gilgamesh known there must be something wrong. At this moment Peter stepped forward and said, “Your majesty, the situation is not normal. I will first take five hundred soldiers to explore the way, if …”

Gilgamesh reached out to interrupt him, “No. You tell them to push the trebuchet up and put the kerosene barrel on it.” Peter took orders and left.

After trebuchets were in place, he ordered the surrounding soldiers to ignite the fire arrow. He took out the longbow from the chariot, gathered his arms, bent the bow and used the fire arrows. “Fire!”,he shouted.

“Pum” A kerosene barrel flew over the forest. Gilgamesh loosen his grip, “Swoosh”. A fire arrow was shot out, and it was about to hit the barrel. The archer beside him was about to applaud. Suddenly, the forest shot a arrow, which hit Gilgamesh’s arrow. The barrel fell silently into the forest. He snorted and asked the soldiers ignited all the fire arrow, and shouted “Throw them together, and prepare for battle.”

“Pum, Pum…” A dozen barrels flew into sky almost at the same time. Gilgamesh shot three fire arrows at once, and in rapid succession. The arrow was not false, and the barrels was shot through. It was like a curtain of fire pouring down over the forest.

Meanwhile, killing everywhere in the forest, with tidal-like crowds, they were dressed in animal skins, armed with sharp blades, most of them riding on beasts and attacking very fast. There is a steady stream of enemies rushing out of the forest. Unknown the exact number but it’s definitely not a small tribe‘s military strength and the number far exceeded Gilgamesh’s.

Gilgamesh shouted “Continued to throw!” A dozen barrels burst in the air again. Archers released arrows.

However, the enemy did not charge head-on. Instead, they split up and dived from both flanks.

Seeing this situation, Gilgamesh’s heart sank. Not only was there a large number of people, but they also knew the military strategy and tactics! Immediately instructed Peter “You go to the right flank to switch the defensive formation, gather the troops, don’t be dispersed, hurry!” Then he said, “Stop the attack and get back to the formation!” After all, he derived the chariot to the left flank, and shot left and right while driving , and the opponent will fall to the bowstring. Suddenly a feather arrow flew to the side, and he waved and grabbed it. Looking in the direction of the incoming arrow, he saw a woman riding a panther towards him. He didn’t have time to take care of it , so he left the arrow and drove behind. There is only one thing in his mind now. It’s how to retreat.

To observe the strength of an army , in addition to its combat effectiveness when attacking , the more important thing is its performance when it is defeated. If it is as orderly as usual when it retreats , it must be a first-class army. It’s the apprentice who knows how to attack, the master who knows how to retreat.

Judging from the enemy’s quiet performance and offensive method in the ambush forest, the opponent is a master soldier. At least it’s a hunting expert, not the ignorant savage Flam said. They also deliberately left a gap in the rear side to shake the military confidence. Here the north is high and the south is low. If they now retreat to the rear, the high mobility of the opposing light cavalry can kill their own side without any effort.

When Gilgamesh came to the left flank, the two armies had already fought each other. The enemy’s combat power was strong. The beasts moved quickly and they could still bite desperately even if they were injured by a knife and can bite leg through the armor. Gilgamesh found that the team had been broken, he drove over, and a smilodon in front of him snapped off the war-horse’s neck,the chariot rolled over instantly. He picked up the battle axe, kicked his legs and flew over the encirclement by inertia, and fell into the troop.

He yelled “Don’t panic, let me break through.” Everyone saw the golden light shining, their confidence was shaken, as he charged and chopped all the way, return to the front troop. He said to Peter, “We have to go the other way and move forward and enter the forest against the wall of fire.”

As the sky darkened, the pikemen and swordsmen wrapped in engineers finally advanced into the forest, and Gilgamesh’s troops had nearly half casualties.

With the occlusion of the fire wall, the attacked area is reduced by half, but the opponent’s attack intensity remains unchanged. A huge black bear broke through the line of defense and ran behind Peter. He was fighting with people and can’t dodge. Suddenly a silver light flashed, and the black bear’s head was cut to the ground. Gilgamesh stepped over the black bear’s body and said to Peter “There are too many enemies, so consumption will surely wipe out the whole army. We are divided into two groups. You take the troop retreat westward while defending. After you go back, you can tell Flam about the situation here. I led one hundred soldiers continued to attack northward to lead them away.

Peter said anxiously, “No, you lead the army, I will pretend to attack!”

Gilgamesh said in an unquestionable tone, “You order me?” Peter bowed his head and said nothing. Afterwards, he led the Hundred Man Group to break through northward with great fanfare. The tactic worked, it may be that the opponent was eager to defend home. He successfully attracted most enemies. But they were surrounded again as soon as they broken through, so stuck between the breakthrough and the siege. The terrain was getting higher and higher up to the top of the mountain.

The dawn, Gilgamesh looked around and there were only ten soldiers left. Everyone fought fiercely all day and night, exhausted and panting heavily, staring at him. They all know it’s the last moment. Gilgamesh put his battle axe upside down on the ground, put his hands on the handle of the axe , his face was firm, and said to everyone “For Willier God!” Everyone said “The glory of light shines on my body!”

The enemy slowly approached and stopped in front of a cliff not far away and aimed at them with bows and arrows. The team separated, and a woman came out riding a panther. The woman has long jet-black hair, her skin is the color of mature wheat, her temperament was extraordinarily heroic, and she wore short animal skins. She said in a cold, arrogant tone, “You can avoid death by putting down you weapons.”

As soon as the voice fell, Gilgamesh picked up his battle axe and rushed to her. Bows and arrows shot from both sides. He swung the axe to parry, roared, and jumped up, gathering his last bit of strength to slashed towards the woman. Two big men sprang out from the woman’s side, one resisted his attack, and the other held a big mace against his belly. His golden armor was strengthened by magic, twice as hard as ordinary armor, but only half the weight. Even so, the stick shook him to spit out blood, bounced him into the air and fell into the valley…

At this time, huge mana fluctuations came from the northeast. The woman frowned and said, “Go back to the altar.”

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1.1 凱旋

Gilgamesh was standing on the chariot in a golden armour . He was leading his troops through the gate into the crowd. Cheers of the crowd are like boiling water, because their king—Gilgamesh—just conquered a nation again. The girls screamed loudly, hoping to attract his attention when his chariot passed by them.

Gilgamesh is an extremely handsome young man. He was upright and majestic, holding a battle-axe and enjoying people’s scorching eyes and praise.

The people sang hymns,

Aha, Gilgamesh, my king!

No one is as wise and brave as you!

No one is as gutsy and strong as you!

Aha,Gilgamesh,my dear!

Bless you preferable!

Bless you invincible!

The troops marched forward in front of the grand ziggurat. Gilgamesh got out of the chariot while singing and walked up the steps , kneeling in front of a huge statue, folded his hands on his chest and bowed his head in prayer. The surrounding crowd calmed down and prayed together.

At the same time，among the clouds above the ziggurat stood a man in black robe. He was pale, with an eagle nose, and eyes with red pupils. Opposite him stood a young woman who as white as marble and dressed in a blue dress. She was graceful and charming.

“Why violated the agreement? Have you forgotten the vow back then? Willier!” She scolded angrily.

“Dear Istar goddess, it is agreed that our gods will not violate each other, but it can’t restrain or mortal people’s strife. if you want to complain, you can only blamed that the people you guide are too weak.” Willier’s voice was hoarse and unpleasant. “I have a suggestion. We are bonding with each other, so that you and I can build the statue in the temples together. We share the deity sources and domain, jointly promote to the lord of the Crescent land. How is it?”

Istar sardonic grin, “It’s easy to bond with me, just become a people who worship me and pray to me.”

Willier angrily said, “ I’m talking about true union, not your trick to fool mortals!”

“humph, do you think you are qualified? Don’t forget that you are just a little envoy, dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods!”

“Don’t try with me, how do you know it’s not suitable.” Willier jokingly said. “Now I have cultivated to the realm which my ghost is immortal, only one step away from becoming a god. Why not worthy?”

Suddenly, Willier felt he was locked in by Istar’ s divine power, and felt like he will be torn apart. He found himself unable to resist unexpectedly! He was anxious and immediately said, “The agreement!”

“See? This is what you call a step. At this step, you may not be able to take it in this life!” Istar despised, “Do you think that Deity Domain is bigger than me, and Deity sources are more than me, so you can overcome me? These are all the human kings who can fight for good, not you. I am interested in him.”

“Without me, he is nothing!” Willier said.

Istar dismissed him,unlocked, turned and disappeared as if she had never been.

Every conquered place must build ziggurat and statue for Willier, and pray to him every dawn and dusk.

After the prayer, the high priest Flam led the priests out of the ziggurat, stood on the high platform and said to Gilgamesh and the surrounding people, “ Thank God Willier for his blessing! The God of your ancestor’s generation has graced another piece of land. Brave king, your ancestor shine because of you. These conquered pagans, women and children rewarded the families of the fights as slaves, and the virgins were sent to the ziggurat, and the conquered land was distributed according to the ziggurat’s law.” The crowd cheers again.

Flam went on to say, “The surrounding land has been illuminated by Willier God, only the northeast shaman tribe does not civilize. Willier God has just issued an oracle, and choose another day to conquer.” The cheers of the crowd reached its peak and resounded across the sky.