"Why do you think that?"
Gilgamesh, who descended on Yoon Se-jin's body, stopped laughing and asked him with a serious expression.
"The fruits and leaves from earlier were from the World Tree. "Performance is much lower."
"Performance is poor… … "How inadequate did you feel?"
"About 1/5?"
"… … "Isn't that all that matters?"
Gilgamesh frowned after hearing Seong Ji-han's words.
"What is the answer to my question?"
"okay. "Your guess is correct."
It was confirmed that the Tower of Babel was related to the World Tree.
"Then the power of Destruction Determination and the Heavenly Armed God are ultimately related to the World Tree."
"Heh… … You will find out when you get up to the rooftop. but."
Jerk. Jerk.
Gilgamesh turned his back and went up the stairs.
"Unlike other species, Martial God's martial arts did not contain all of my power. "Your martial arts skills are only half compared to my power."
"okay? "Thank you for your kind explanation."
"You will find out more when you get to the end."
Gilgamesh encourages you to keep climbing to the top.
Seong Ji-han chuckled.
"I guess they hid something on the rooftop."
"Hehe, are you afraid? If you're scared, it's okay to log out. "I can either come up or not."
"Oh, I have to win."
"I thought you would answer that way. Then see from above... … ."
Ssssssssssssssssss.
Golden light extends upward from Yoon Se-jin's body.
His movements stopped for a moment.
"… … "Has he come and gone?"
"Yes, let's go up. "I'm waiting for you above."
The king of the beginning who turned all of humanity's rankers into his fanatics.
Whatever he prepared on the rooftop, it was definitely something out of the ordinary.
'I'll have to be fully prepared.'
Jihan Seong looked at the remaining time of the buff given by Sophia.
Buff with about 15 minutes remaining.
Before this was over, I had to go to the rooftop.
"I will go first."
"Yeah, really?"
"Yes, everyone else, please follow slowly."
"Ji, Jihan… … Then the king's gift is... … ."
In response to Seong Ji-han's words, one of the national team players asked with greedy eyes.
Even though Seong Ji-han said he would go up alone, the players instead of worrying about him only focused on the prizes.
Even though it would turn into a chain and disappear anyway if I ate too much, my greed showed no signs of abating.
"Eat everything you want. "I'm not going to eat."
Seong Ji-han glanced at the national team players and climbed the Tower of Babel first.
Next floor.
[Pay respect to the king and eat the eggplant. Then you can go up to the next floor.]"I don't have time for that."
Shoo!
Seong Ji-han found a gap in the steel giants blocking his path and broke through.
Clap. Clap.
To stop him, chains protruded from the steel giant's body.
[Let him pass.]As the steel giant's eyes sparkled with gold, the extended chain was withdrawn again.
Since there was no one blocking his way, Seong Ji-han quickly climbed the tower.
How many floors did you climb like that?
'This place is a little different from before.'
Unlike the floors of the Tower of Babel, which were filled with golden light.
A layer filled with blood appeared before Seong Ji-han's eyes.
There was only one steel giant, Enkidu, standing there.
Unlike the other Enkidus, he wore blood-red armor and was tightly bound by golden chains extending from the walls, floor, and ceiling.
[Who are you?]When Seong Ji-han came in, the eyes in his helmet glowed red.
'He is definitely a different and stronger being than the Enkidu of until now. But that power seems somehow familiar... … .'
Although Seong Ji-han thought so, he looked for the stairs to get to the rooftop before the buff ended.
"There are no stairs here."
Is it possible to climb up only by defeating the being in front of you?
Seong Ji-han frowned.
I think the buff will end if I fight that formidable being here, but should I just go through the ceiling?
When Seong Ji-han looked at the ceiling while thinking this.
[Seong Ji-han… … I don't know how I got here.]Slurrr… … .
Blood pooled behind the steel giant who recognized Seong Ji-han, and a huge blood sword in the shape of a cross appeared.
That's a cross sword that I had seen before in the Russian war.
[If you're going to fight, I'll fight you.]"you… … Are you Longinus?"
[Yes.]In response to Seong Ji-han's question, the blood giant confirmed this.
* * *
Meanwhile.
=Ah, it's clear that Seong Ji-han asked Yoon Se-jin if he was Gilgamesh, right?
=That's right. I never knew that the identity of the 'King of the Beginning' was the ancient king Gilgamesh.
=If he is a constellation, there may be more constellations among ancient figures!
The conversation between Seong Ji-han and Yoon Se-jin that was broadcast on the broadcast screen of the finals.
In five games, it has already become the United States, the Korean national team, and a gathering of pseudo-believers worshiping the king of the beginning.
Now, the only thing worth airing is Seong Ji-han, who is a normal person.
For some time now, the camera has been focusing on Seongjihan Bay.
And through this, people all over the world learned the identity of the king of the beginning.
-The 'king of the beginning' is Gilgamesh… … .
-But even though Gilgamesh was king a long time ago, isn't it right to say he was the beginning?
-Everyone, the monarchy comes first in Egypt.
-But what is the story about the Tower of Babel being the world tree?
-I don't know; Was there a connection between the World Tree Alliance and humanity?
-It turns out that there is a secret hidden among the lowest species... … .
Viewers are making speculations about the suddenly revealed facts.
-No, that giant is Longinus again?
-Longinus stabbed Jesus?
-But that cross sword was summoned by Vladimir during the Russian War. He said it was because his constellation descended… … .
-Then Longinus is also a constellation? Why are there so many constellations of human origin?
-I know;
When the blood giant's identity was revealed to be Longinus, confusion fell.
"Why are you in that giant?"
[He is recovering his strength with Gilgamesh's help. Because I have to come to Earth as soon as possible and kill you myself.]Seong Ji-han looked at the golden chain binding Longinus at those words.
Inside, a significant amount of life energy was entering the red giant.
"okay? "If I interfere with your recovery here, I will buy you more time."
[Interrupt me… … .]Swish!
At those words, the blood sword flew and moved alone behind the giant's back.
The sword came down between Seongjihan and Longinus.
[If you want to do something, try it.]pop!
Blood scattered in all directions, and the blood sword was instantly divided into hundreds of swords.
The momentum contained in each one was quite intense.
but.
Honwon Shingong Clean Yuan God Skills
Thunder Dragon Flame Heavenly Thunder Dragon Flame
dragon and thunder
Grumbling… … !
When the sword containing the power of fire sweeps over the sword, the blood sword begins to evaporate in an instant.
However, as much as the blood sample evaporates, it proliferates again.
The dragon attack was eventually stopped.
The first attack didn't go through like that.
'If I attack a few more times, I can definitely cause damage.'
From that first clash, Seong Ji-han understood the strength of his opponent.
Let him fire a few more lightning bolts.
pop!
The blood sword eventually pierced completely, and the dragon lightning reached the blood-red giant's body.
[this guy… … You've grown more.]Grrrr… … !
A bloody giant engulfed in flames.
But as the golden chains binding his body began to wriggle.
The giant's body was quickly restored.
Even though there is no damage from the dragon lightning, Longinus recovers immediately with the power of the chain.
[However, no matter how strong I become, it is not enough to hinder my recovery.]He looked at the restored body and confidently spoke to Seong Ji-han.
"What kind of confidence do you have when you're being beaten one-sidedly?"
[Huh, it's just because I can't move my body because of the chains. If this chain is released, I can kill you in one go.]"okay?"
[Yes. However, he is only tied up to restore his strength... … There would be no point in killing you in this space.]Rather than killing Seong Ji-han in virtual space.
After regaining his strength, Longinus descends to Earth and plans to kill Seongjihan.
Seong Ji-han thought.
'If you use the extinction code, you can definitely inflict damage.'
The most powerful technique Seong Ji-han can use now is the Vanishing Code.
If it was used against Longinus, it could certainly cause devastating damage to him.
but.
'Then, the power available at the top floor disappears.'
Even if you are a grown-up Seong Ji-han, it is a code of disappearance that is difficult to write even a single word of now.
Even though now there is Sophia's buff, you won't go into a groggy state like before, just by writing a single word.
Still, you probably won't have enough stamina left to use it here and then go to the top floor and use it again.
There is only one chance to use the extinction code.
'One way would be to use the extinction code here, damage Longinus and log out... … .'
The biggest problem facing Seong Ji-han now is Longinus, who will descend on Earth.
This constellation, which possessed the Spear of Godslaughter, was a threatening entity no matter how powerful Seongjihan was.
So originally, I planned to prepare for him by winning five games and becoming a candidate for the Holy See.
Here, one way was to block Longinus' recovery with an extinction code and log out.
If you do this, even if you don't become a candidate for the Holy See right away.
All I had to do was delay Longinus's descent to Earth and become a candidate for the Holy See during that free time.
'Of course, even if I don't succeed this time, I will soon become a candidate for the Holy See.'
A candidate for the Holy See whose deadline is not far away.
It would be best to win this game and be immediately selected as a candidate for the Holy See.
This second means of harming Longinus was also a method in its own way.
There is this method.
'You don't have to go to the top floor.'
The top floor of the Tower of Babel, where Gilgamesh may be hiding some evil plan.
Rather than even bother setting foot there.
It could be said that inflicting damage on Longinus here and then going to Earth would probably be a safer option.
When Seong Ji-han was thinking for a moment about what to do.
[What are you doing? attack… … Don't you do it anymore?]Longinus, who was tied up in golden chains, asked Seong Ji-han a question.
"why? Do you want to get hit?"
[If it's a trivial attack, it doesn't matter how many times you get hit.]"Hoo, really?"
Longinus taunts himself, saying he will get hit.
Seeing his opponent coming out like that, Seong Ji-han passed the second method.
If I think about it, I came to the conclusion that damaging Longinus, who was chained up, would slow his recovery because I only heard from them.
It was actually unknown whether there would be any actual damage to the main body of the constellation.
"I won't hit you because you're boring."
[…] … under. okay?]"Uh, on the way up. "Where are you?"
[I do not know either.]At the same time, the two eyes in blood-red armor flashed red and looked behind Seong Ji-han.
[He will know.]Jerk. Jerk.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yoon Se-jin came up the stairs.
His eyes were now filled with golden light, as if he had no sign of hiding anything.
"Seong Ji-han. You're careful. But that Longinus is a gift to you, his favorite… … Deal damage to him here and delay his recovery."
"why? "If you love me, you don't have to restore that guy."
"Hehe, members of the same species cannot harm each other... … This is a stage set for you to handle it yourself. If we hit him here, his arrival will be delayed considerably."
Gilgamesh boldly orders to strike Longinus quickly.
He then added:
"When he has taken the appropriate amount of damage. "I will build a staircase that leads to the top floor."
"That damn top layer… … When is it coming out?"
"They are all here. "It's right upstairs."
Yoon Se-jin's finger pointed straight up.
Go up one more floor, the top floor.
"If I don't deal with that guy, I can't go?"
"Yes. "Shouldn't you accept a gift?"
"okay… … ."
To Gilgamesh, who says that only by inflicting damage on Longinus will the path be cleared.
Seong Ji-han smiled.
"Then I will go up on my own."
Swish!
Seong Ji-han lunges towards the ceiling.
"It's useless. "The path inside cannot be opened without my permission."
When Gilgamesh saw that, he laughed out loud.
Formidable energy emanates from Seong Ji-han's body, and letters are drawn on the blood-red ceiling.
"What on earth have you done… … ."
For the first time, his expression hardened.