Chapter 97: Gilgamesh, Wise King Form!

"Cath Palug?!" In the communication channel, Dr. Roman's voice suddenly jumped an octave upon hearing the name.

He looked at the petals dancing across the screen and shouted in disbelief, "Wait! That irritatingly frivolous voice, and those signature phantom flowers... Could it be?!"

"That's right!" The silver-haired man smiled and tapped his staff, introducing himself with extreme flair. "I am the famous Magus of Flowers—Merlin himself!"

"It really is you, you bastard?!"

Dr. Roman's voice cracked completely, filled with ghost-seeing shock. "You... you... how did you end up in this Singularity?!"

Merlin shrugged helplessly.

"It couldn't be helped. After all, this is the Age of Gods. If even I didn't come to help, everyone from Chaldea would have been wiped out here. After all..."

Merlin set aside his frivolous smile, his eyes fixed intently on the gritting Kingu ahead.

"Though you have a perfect skin identical to Enkidu's, the soul inside is just a piece of trash the Mother Goddess of Creation stuffed in on a whim. Right, Mr. Fake?"

"Shut up! A mere human magus dares to criticize Mother's creation!"

Kingu, struck in his sore spot, instantly flew into a rage. Red chains filled the sky, strangling toward Merlin.

"Anna, I'll leave it to you!"

"Understood." The purple-haired girl brandished a giant Death Scythe that was completely disproportionate to her size, turning into an afterimage as she clashed intensely with Kingu in the forest!

Taking advantage of the gap while Anna held back Kingu, Merlin waved his staff. The dancing petals turned into a teleportation circle, instantly enveloping the main party and the refugees.

"Quickly, let's go! With our current strength, we can't defeat him. Retreat to Uruk first!"

With a flash of light, when the PD and Viewers saw clearly again, they had been teleported to the edge of the forest.

Before them, a super ancient city that still radiated vitality amidst the desert sands, with walls reaching into the clouds and countless beacons burning with unyielding flames, finally revealed itself fully to everyone's eyes.

The oldest city of mankind—Uruk.

Although demonic beasts raged everywhere outside, the interior of Uruk displayed an incredible sense of prosperity and order.

On the massive brick streets, soldiers transported weapons in an orderly fashion; the blacksmith shops were brightly lit; one could even see children running along the streets.

To the Blue Star players who had been fleeing and had seen hell on earth, this was like a miracle in the desert.

"This city... is magnificent."

PD couldn't help but exclaim.

"Let's go, Master of Chaldea."

Merlin walked ahead with a smile. "To the top of the Ziggurat. The great king who rules this city, and the only one who can lead humanity against the gods, has been waiting for you for a long time."

Following Merlin's lead and passing through layers of heavy guards, the party finally stepped onto the highest floor of the massive, cloud-piercing pyramid temple.

"Brothers, we're finally going to see Gilgamesh!"

In the livestream, countless whales and veteran players who owned [Archer Gilgamesh] grew excited.

"I remember Gilgamesh is the most arrogant tyrant, always calling people 'mongrels.' This meeting will definitely start with him trying to put us in our place!"

"Maybe he'll just fire the Gate of Babylon at us first, then graciously allow us to speak while kneeling."

"Ready to be mocked by the tyrant?"

Amidst the expectations of being "mistreated" and "on a pilgrimage" from all the Blue Star players, the heavy stone doors of the temple hall slowly pushed open.

There was no blinding golden light, no high and mighty, peerless throne.

What greeted PD's eyes was a cluttered hall filled with Clay Tablets piled almost to the ceiling.

In the middle of those mountain-like tablets, behind a simple wooden table, was the Hero King Gilgamesh, who in their memory always wore luxurious gold armor and had arrogant slicked-back hair...

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