Chapter 333: Inside the Gate of Babylon
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If you ask anyone, what's Gilgamesh's most popular power?
A few would say it's his Noble Phantasm, EA.
However, most would admit that it's his Gate. The Gate of Babylon.
Throughout his life, Gilgamesh has been making a treasury for himself. This hobby of his stretched back to even before he met Enkidu, and has stuck to this date.
Over his 50 years of life, he has gathered an unimaginable amount of material treasure. Making the Treasury of Babylon the biggest treasure mine of all time.
From simple gold and diamonds to Noble Phantasms of many kinds. The treasury had everything.
"Whoa."
Neji entered this treasury for the very first time since becoming the King of Heroes.
Wrapped around his right arm, was the greatest genius humanity has ever seen. Leonardo Da Vinci. The woman who was busy leaving her name in all forms of art and literature, enough that she didn't have time for marriage. In the era where she lived, that was a legendary achievement. [1]
"Whoa is indeed an accurate expression for this sight."
Da Vinci said from his side. With his arm wrapped around her waist, she made herself comfortable in his grasp and observed the scene ahead.
The two of them were standing on top of a hill made of gold coins. Before their eyes lay a terrain of endless treasures.
The sky was a deep, dark red as if the very air was ablaze with a fiery light. The landscape below was a veritable treasure trove, filled to the brim with countless riches.
Gold glinted and glimmered in the glow of the red sky, reflecting the light back up into the darkness. It was a scene of extraordinary abundance and wealth, a true sight to behold. The gold stretched out endlessly in every direction, a never-ending sea of glittering treasure. It was as if this entire dimension was built upon a foundation of gold and all kinds of other jewels.
With Neji's Jōgan active, he observed the area in a bird's eye view. He was surprised by just how massive the treasury was.
'The things in my inventory are separated in another part of this place. By a barrier of some kind. Everything is well-kept. Separated into presentable sections.'
Most major items had a separate barrier. For example, the best Noble Phantasm here– Ea– was treated differently than the best item in Neji's inventory.
Speaking of Ea, Da Vinci wowed.
"That must be your iconic weapon? Ea."
"Seems like it."
On a straight line far from them, Neji and Vinci could see a black-and-red color sword poking out of a tall hill of gold. It shone with luminous lights, more illuminated than any other Noble Phantasm in the area.
Sword of Rupture, Ea. The most powerful Noble Phantasm contained in the Gate of Babylon and the pinnacle of all those used by Servants.
The Gilgamesh before Neji took over, was of the Caster class. That was because he had suppressed himself, willingly, to turn weak. He did so because he didn't want humanity to rely upon him. Since they were slowly forgetting the Gods, Gilgamesh wanted them to forget about him too one day.
So that humanity can sustain itself on its own.
What did that mean? That meant that indeed Caster Gil was weak, however he still did have all the Noble Phantasms that he was known for. Except he couldn't get them out due to his self-assigned weakness.
Sadly, a bigger weakness currently applied to Neji. Due to the debuff. So he too couldn't get EA out. Thankfully, after 54 days, the Debuff would end. Then, Neji will be a force that nobody would be willing to face.
Not even the likes of Tiamat and Goetia.
"...What is that ominous thing?"
Da Vinci suddenly asked. Her finger was pointed to the opposite side of the terrain than where Ea was located.
In that place, a dark red ominous glow illuminated everything. Coming from a sword of white and red color that was floating in the air. That thing both looked and felt very gorgeous yet eerie. Even from here, that was miles away.
That's right. If Ea was the strongest possession of the Gate of Babylon, that thing over there was the strongest item inside Neji's Inventory.
The Status Cutter.
Created from the soul of the Primordial God, that was certainly one of the strongest items in the entire Omniverse, let alone this small dimension.
It was the only thing that Neji had come across that his [Observe] didn't work on. Due to that, he didn't know much about it. Yet, he could easily feel just how strong that thing was even against enemies who weren't The Gamer.
"It's nothing,"
Neji waved it off. He wasn't willing to talk about that.
"It's better we ignore it."
Da Vinci clearly was curious, but she gave an easy nod hearing him.
The couple chatted for the next few hours as they observed the area. Neji flew around with her, his hand around her waist to keep her closer to his body.
At one point he learned that Vinci was a woman, even when she was alive. Contrary to his first assumption that the Throne of Heroes genderbent her, just as it was the case with Artoria (King Arthur).
Chatting about their history, with Neji revealing a bit about his true self, they checked the place out from one corner to another.
Neji showed her the ham-axe of Prime Thor, the Stormbreaker. At this point, he was bragging a little, but Da Vinci clearly didn't mind. She was rather absorbed in all these fine artifacts, which too appeared to be arts in her eyes, and the stories behind obtaining them interested her just as much.
A few hours later, they finished reviewing the area. Neji wasn't just showing off until now, he was getting familiar with the NPs here.
He couldn't get the weapons out, and even though he thought of some ways to cheat and take them out either way, he knew he didn't have the power to use them at the moment. So there was no point.
Yet, Neji found it better to get familiar with the Noble Phantasms' powers and description. So that he could take them out when he was unsealed.
At this point, they were finally done. At this moment, they stood in front of a large, round bed.
It too was a Noble Phantasm.
[The bed of a Forgotten Goddess of Sex]
"You remember why we came here, right?"
"I nearly forgot."
The main dish for Vinci's eyes was yet to be presented.
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[1] As Fate is weird on the genderbent part, I am just making this Vinci a woman from the get-go. Click this paragraph for a Vinci image.
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