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Chapter 831

~8 min read 1,510 words

What do you take other people's lives for, you jerk.

Kitahara Iori complains in his heart, swallows his saliva, and carefully opens the box.

The next moment.

Everyone looks over in unison.

Inside is actually a clay tablet that looks plain and unremarkable.

It looks quite old, and there are even many cracks spreading across it, full of the traces of the vicissitudes of time.

Inscribed on it are characters exuding an ancient aura; looking at them for a long time gives one a feeling of blurred vision and dizziness.

"That is…"

Akagi Ritsuko says hesitantly: "Cuneiform?"

"Correct, this is a book from the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, the 103,000 mysteries of the world recorded by a Wise King who possessed the divine eye to see through the future, and it is also the prototype of the 103,000 forbidden books of magic in later generations."

Luo Shu looks at Kitahara Iori, who is using all his strength: "The weight that makes you feel strenuous is not the clay tablet itself, but the knowledge recorded upon it."

"The mysteries recorded by the Wise King who sees through the future…"

Kitahara Iori is stunned, and it takes him a long time to react, his eyes widening in disbelief: "Gilgamesh? The Wise King?!!!"

(Image: The Wise King Gilgamesh, who has to care about and ask about every family's childbirth, and has been exhausted several times. Lol).

449. Everyone: Could Chaldea be some kind of dark and evil force?

Gilgamesh!

Gender: Male, Race: Wedge of Heaven, 12,000 years old, lives in the West Courtyard of the Uruk Palace in ancient Babylonia, occupation: King.

Likes: Humanity, Interest: Testing humanity.

Catchphrases: "Mongrel," "It's mine, it's all mine, all the treasures in the world are mine."

Nickname: "The Oldest and Strongest Gian."

He is the son of Lugalbanda, the legendary king of ancient Babylonia.

Legend says he possesses divine power and divine wisdom, is a demigod who is two-thirds god, and the only thing he lacks is the eternity of the gods.

Even the gods in heaven fear his majesty.

But in fact, before the Sky Curtain descended, not many people knew of this king, and his fame was not very great…

Uh.

After all, at that time, for most people, transcendence did not exist, and myths were all fictional.

The so-called legends of being able to challenge the Babylonian behemoth and rival the gods had no meaning.

It wasn't until now, two years after the Sky Curtain era descended, that his wild posture, his beautiful appearance with golden hair and red eyes, his arrogant nature, his tyrannical and peerless strength, and that treasury that is like a cheat code have become imprints widely praised in many worlds, engraved in the historical torrent of major worlds.

He is consistently ranked in the top three in popularity across major worlds, deeply loved by hundreds of millions of teenagers, girls, the elderly, kings, humans, non-humans, and aliens.

In the main world alone, he has long occupied space in various news and online media.

Various analyses and excavations of him are enduring; at least millions of people make a living by studying his life, Noble Phantasms, inherent abilities, parameters, etc.

He is truly the source of livelihood for millions of people.

One can fully imagine how astonishing the charm of this Servant is, who has not fallen from the top tier even now as the version is constantly updated.

But…

No matter how astonishing, no matter how much people love him, Gilgamesh and the word "Wise" have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

At this moment.

Whether it is Kitahara Iori on the scene or the billions of viewers in the live broadcast room, everyone is dumbfounded.

The image of that Gilgamesh wearing brilliant golden armor, red light flashing in his eyes, laughing wildly, and full of madness appears in their minds, and they are all stunned.

If you called him a tyrant or a capable king, everyone could still understand.

Wise?!!!

"Damn, could it be that the Shi Shi of Gilgamesh is right? Did Gilgamesh really pray to the gods and then repent?"

"I don't want that kind of thing to happen!!!"

Many people have their fantasies shattered.

The 【Shi Shi of Gilgamesh】 is the oldest existing heroic narrative poem.

But the Gilgamesh recorded in it is completely different from the one they saw on the Sky Curtain.

He is not anti-god; he is even constantly praying for the help of the gods.

For example, in order to pass through the Cedar Forest guarded by the monster Humbaba, who has seven bodies and seven rays of light.

He prayed to the sun god Shamash, which brought eight hurricanes to blind Humbaba, and then the heroes swarmed up and beheaded him.

Another example is when he finally found the herb of immortality, but it was stolen and eaten by an ancient snake, he was disheartened and had no choice but to return to the city of Uruk.

Because he missed his deceased friend Enkidu, he prayed to the gods again to meet Enkidu's lingering spirit.

He also asked Enkidu to tell him the "laws of the earth," and only then did he understand that humans cannot be immortal.

So he repented and became a Wise King who ruled the country honestly under the illumination of the gods…

No.

Does this stuff have anything to do with the Gilgamesh they know who is wild, unruly, doesn't even put the gods in his eyes, and is fearless?

So as early as the Fifth Holy Grail War, the official authorities had already listed the Shi Shi of Gilgamesh as unofficial history, only possessing a certain reference value.

It is roughly the same nature as the Investiture of the Gods.

As a result, you tell me that the clay tablet might be real?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, I don't believe Gilgamesh would bow to the gods."

Many people cannot accept it.

A very important reason why they like Gilgamesh is that arrogance of "I am the best in the world."

Not some guy who prays to gods and Buddhas whenever he encounters something.

(For the people of this world, the Gilgamesh compiled by the protagonist is the official history, and the Gilgamesh of the Type-Moon world itself has nothing to do with the Gilgamesh in history.)

"Of course it's impossible, but something must have happened after the herb of immortality that caused Gilgamesh to mature."

"The death of Enkidu?"

"I don't know, but didn't you hear Brother Luo Shu say it? This is the 103,000 mysteries of the world summarized by Gilgamesh with his own divine eye and divine wisdom, and it is also the prototype of the 103,000 forbidden books of magic that contain all the mysteries of the world in the future.

Does the Gilgamesh we know have this kind of patience?"

The crowd falls silent.

Unable to refute.

Brother Luo Shu said it is the mystery of the world; you know how high the level is without even thinking.

103,000 kinds.

Even Gilgamesh would probably need a long time to refine it; it is definitely not a matter of ten or eight years.

Does that fun-loving Gilgamesh, that chuunibyou Gilgamesh, have the patience?

Obviously not.

The Gilgamesh of the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail Wars should be the Gilgamesh before Enkidu died, or before he searched for the herb of immortality, the Gilgamesh of his youth.

Something happened in the future that caused the Gilgamesh of his prime to settle down and step into a level in the field of magecraft that ordinary people cannot imagine.

He became mature in many aspects and became a Wise King who combined the great sage and the king.

Oh my god, it's still hard to imagine…

Billions of people felt a shock that shattered their worldview.

It feels like when the Fourth Holy Grail War Sky Curtain opens again, if you say it out, not many of the many worlds will believe it.

But the ultimate achievement of Gilgamesh settling down in the field of magecraft?

A group of people's eyes become fiery.

Even those who don't like Gilgamesh won't deny his talent.

That is definitely one of the most heaven-defying and incredible existences in history, the Wedge of Heaven that transcends the gods.

What kind of treasure would the magic book born from his life's work be?

"……."

Kitahara Iori on the scene looks as if he has been silenced, his face twists for a while, and it takes him a long time to take a deep breath: "103,000 magic books?"

"Correct, to the ignorant, it is just an ordinary clay tablet engraved with characters of unknown meaning, but to those who can perceive this mystery, it is indeed an unbearable weight.

The more you know, the wiser you are, the greater the weight you feel."

The young man smiles lightly: "At least it's that guy's; although he became much less interesting after maturing, the results of his half-life are still worth looking at, containing almost all known and unknown mysteries of the universe.

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