"My name is Elijah, and my life changed when I met who would become my future Lord, to whom I would swear eternal loyalty..."
Elijah, aboard a magical ship floating among the clouds, headed towards the dome that hid a mini-city within it. If all went well, the magical explosion would occur in a few minutes. "My Lord, I wish you the best of luck."
After getting to know Gilgamesh, he realized how different he was from the rumors about the Red Prince; there was no comparison between the two aspects. He never thought of Gilgamesh as a child; no one believed it, and secretly, they considered him a good man who came to this world to be their governor.
It was natural to the sense of things; only those who had met the true Gilgamesh had the right to bow before him. And as if luck smiled upon him for the first time in his life, Elijah was taken in by the one who was now his Lord.
"Look, those are the clouds!" A child pulled Elijah out of his thoughts, and he smiled as this group of children was the last to be directed to the Dome.
As a con artist, he resorted to those shameful skills to deceive all the parents of Roa into sending their children on a free trip to the Dome, where most of the citizens were heading.
That was his only act of kindness before taking refuge. Since he knew it was impossible to fail, there was no chance the parents would deny this happiness to their children, so they agreed to it after seeing even Philip's wife among the children.
"Why are we all going on the same day?" asked a well-dressed man as the ship left the city of Roa.
"I wonder if that will make it easier for thieves to enter our homes. Well, with that thought in mind, I brought all my belongings with me," said an elderly man as he looked at the breathtaking views this trip was offering them.
To Gilgamesh's eyes, they were all naive. They had tried to give the coins to the younger ones, but some of them ended up selling the coins to the elderly, something that he respected in a way but didn't value.
In Elijah's eyes, there were many bad people in every kind of place. Having grown up on the streets, he knew perfectly well the kind of people one could find in each place.
"Rich people complain about the poor, those with a middle-class life complain about the rich, but they commit the same sins toward the less fortunate, and those at the bottom aspire to be rich but hate those living a middle-class lifestyle," Elijah thought with a stern look.
Humans are complicated, and he wasn't here to understand them; he simply did what he was ordered to do and aspired to be much better than his previous version.
"These ships have been loaned to us by the Uruk Tower to showcase their new method of product distribution, something much more effective and revolutionary for our terrestrial systems," Elijah walked ahead of the children and explained some things that might interest them slowly.
"And how do they fly, sir?" asked a brave child who was being encouraged by his friends.
"Well, that's thanks to magic and runes," Elijah looked up at the sky and said, "Magic can be used in many effective ways, and this is one of them. With manipulation and air magic, the ships can fly at a speed greater than that of a horse running at full power but infinitely."
"I can't believe they allowed children to come. They're a damn nuisance," said an old noble who seemed to belong to the city of Roa.
"We came on the children's ship because we bought those coins from their parents, for God's sake, I never thought they would ask for a hundred Asure Gold Coins..."
"Well, we can afford it."
Boom!
At that moment, the air made the ship's wood creak, which made many feel afraid. After all, they were high up, and there was no safety measure that would allow them to survive an accident.
"What's happening?" Elijah descended to the command room and saw with his own eyes the knights and mages controlling the ship.
"The mana gauge is increasing; we'll accelerate to arrive on time." One of the mages could only increase the speed because possibly their calculations were miscalibrated.
"It's starting..."
Elijah quickly assumed a commanding posture and ordered, "Increase the speed to the maximum; we must reach the dome in less than two minutes."
"You heard him, let's go!"
Boom!
The ship's speed increased, and they soon reached the dome. As they descended, the ships entered through the large gate and hid in the center. Everyone could see with their own eyes that the surroundings were becoming more chaotic.
"Why is the sky purple?"
"It doesn't make sense; it's happening above the city of Roa..."
Elijah's heart was pounding, his skin was sweating, and his lips murmured, "My Lord, we are in your hands."
But at that moment, as if Elijah's words had been answered, Gilgamesh's voice was clearly heard in the sky.
"Enuma Elish!!!"
Boom!
From the dome, everyone could see a huge shockwave shaking the earth and splitting the ground. The shockwave shook the dome, leaving clear crack marks. However, the mages who were prepared quickly repaired the damage and reinforced the surroundings with magic.
On this day, someone superior to a God saved more than a million lives, and few would know, but that was secondary to what would happen next.
After the shockwave, the dome held strong, and everyone was safe. However, they now knew that something very bad had happened in Fittoa.