The raging roar echoed from the sky, as the Storm Lion Lab flapped its wings, unleashing the Authority bestowed by the Air God Enlil.
—The storm pillar connecting heaven and earth!
Criss-crossing pale blue columns of wind, carrying countless transparent blades, crackled and cut against the Divine Barrier surrounding the city walls.
In just an instant, the "Shield" that had protected Uruk City for six days and nights was utterly shattered.
Even the triple-god statue in the Royal Palace’s Divine Tower, serving as the barrier’s core, collapsed along with it.
The entire Uruk City and its tens of thousands of civilians were thus exposed to the torrential rain and furious winds.
Seeing the Storm Lion Lab had breached Uruk’s defenses, the Rock Giant Ulikume on the other side was not to be outdone, swinging the Stone Staff in its hands with a sweeping motion.
Black mud spots flew from the waters below, splattering all over inside and outside Uruk’s walls, transforming upon landing into stone giants over three meters tall, attempting to destroy this city that had angered the deities as quickly as possible.
Blood blossomed, bones and flesh shattered.
The cries of dying lives and the furious roars of desperate resistance rose and fell, merging into a dirge of apocalypse above Uruk.
Gilgamesh’s eyes burned with fury. His right hand grasped behind him, drawing out an exaggeratedly shaped, immensely lengthy Divine Armament from the open Gate of Babylon, shouting:
"Open a thousand mountains, green horizon—Igala!"
Igala, one of the seven Divine Armaments created by Zababa, the Guardian God and War Goddess of Kish City-State in Sumerian mythology, means "Green Blade" or "Bull Gate", also known as the [Mountain Cutting Sword].
This is a gigantic boneless sword that cleaves even thousands of mountains. It does not merely cut with its blade nor solely open the way with its heft. The concept of "horizon" is encapsulated within this divine sword, the outcome of the absolute separation between heaven and earth flowing from the sword itself.
The boneless giant sword swung forward, tearing through storm and giant waves, effortlessly forming visible spatial fractures.
The countless stone giants within its range were crushed into dust in an instant.
Dealing with the minions, Gilgamesh grabbed another Divine Armament with his left hand, shouting as he swung it forward:
"Burn away ten thousand seas, dawn horizon—Shurshagna!"
Shurshagna, one of the seven Divine Armaments created by Zababa, the Guardian God and War Goddess of Kish City-State, means "Red Blade" or "Beloved Young Man", also known as the Sea-breaking Sword.
The sword body composed of mountainous lava and pure fire burns and eradicates even ten thousand seas. The concept of "horizon" is encapsulated within this divine sword. It represents the ultimate of "melting mixed domains". If given the directional essence of dawn, it signifies a furnace that melts all. Good and evil, enemies and adversarial matters, heaven and ocean—all dissolve equally in the twilight.
Accompanied by dazzling sword light, the third and fourth waves crashing toward Uruk from outside the city were forcibly torn apart, turning into rain drops splashing everywhere and rising white mist.
The citizens who survived the calamity within the city couldn’t help but cast fervent and respectful eyes towards their monarch in midair, shouting thunderously:
"Gilgamesh! Gilgamesh! Gilgamesh!"
Yet, before the celebratory cheers could last for a few seconds, the roaring of lions and giants shattered the sliver of faith that had just risen in the hearts of mortals.
Majestic as mountains, the giant beasts crossed the turbid waters, descending like nightmares outside Uruk City.
With the Magic Power surging, twelve pale blue storm pillars and twelve purple-red Thunder Spears fell from the sky, delivering the gods’ verdict upon Uruk City.
—This city, must be annihilated!
"Don’t even think about it!"
A green silhouette soared into the air from the city walls, and silvery white light vortices appeared on the ground below. Thousands of silvery white chains shot out, binding the two Evil Gods who had declared the coming end tightly on the spot.
Even though Uruk City was already within sight, they were forced to stop, unable to advance even an inch.
The giant and the lion let out angry howls, the surging Divine Power slowly breaking the chains wrapped around them inch by inch.
Not enough! Still not enough!
In mid-air, Enkidu gritted her silver teeth, hardening her resolve as her body decomposed, transforming into massive silver chains that wound around the two Evil Gods once again, halting their offensive.
The Heavenly Lock, this was both her Divine Artifact and her essence.
In the name of heaven, it binds the deities, averting calamities for the people.
Therefore, this thing possesses the trait of "Law God", the higher the divinity of the captured target, the stronger its performance.
In battles alongside her friend Gilgamesh, both the Cedar Beast Humbaba and the Heavenly Bull Gugulan had once fallen prey to this item.
And now, these two Evil Gods as well!
"Well done, my friend!"
Seeing Enkidu had given her all and successfully restrained the Storm Lion Lab and Rock Giant Ulikume outside the city, Gilgamesh seized the opportunity to unleash his strongest strike immediately.
He took off a Gold ornament resembling a key from his chest, raising it high.
Thousands of Golden Vortexes behind him linked together using red-black Divine Patterns as veins, instantly covering the sky, water, and earth.
Subsequently, doors gathering supreme wealth, containing the strongest secrets of Babylonian civilization, assembled in Gilgamesh’s hand, transforming into a uniquely shaped Divine Armament.