It took Gilgamesh mere seconds to reach his home. Ignoring everyone waiting for him in the living room, he swiftly retrieved Sebas, still unconscious, from the [Imaginary Room] of [Azathoth, God of the Void] and carried him to a bedroom.
The butler remained unconscious, but thankfully, his body bore no wounds.
Even Gilgamesh could hardly believe the old man had been reduced to such a state, but the King of Heroes had to acknowledge the power of the other reincarnated being.
Gilgamesh's eyes narrowed as he processed what he had just learned. Another reincarnated being existed in this world, and if Nyx's information was correct, they were allied with Angra Mainyu and had Servants by their side.
Lost in thought, the leader of Avalon didn't notice he had already reached the room where his companions were gathered.
"Gil, what happened?" Enkidu was the first to speak, noticing his leader's demeanor.
Gilgamesh let out a long sigh, sitting on the sofa and looking at everyone.
"Sebas found the one responsible…" Gilgamesh began, as all eyes turned to him. "They fought, and Sebas was defeated."
At Gilgamesh's words, everyone's eyes widened in shock, even the stoic Karna showed surprise.
Sebas was someone they all recognized as immensely powerful, even by Servant standards. He could hold his own against any of them, surpassed only by Gilgamesh himself.
"Is this for real?" Tiamat murmured, stunned.
"Is Sebas-sama okay?" Asia asked, receiving a nod from the King of Heroes.
"Yes, I arrived in time and healed him."
"Damn, but for someone to defeat that old man…" Achilles muttered before grinning. "I really want to fight this person!"
"You bet!" Mordred agreed with a wide grin.
"No!" Gilgamesh's firm voice snapped the two Servants out of their thoughts, their leader's serious expression silencing them. "If you fight him, you'll die. You're no match for him."
Everyone was shocked by Gilgamesh's grave tone. He wasn't one to praise or speak so highly of another's strength.
"But you could," Enkidu said, drawing everyone's attention. "Your power has grown tremendously lately, and you haven't told us anything about it."
Hearing his friend's words, Gilgamesh sighed. It was his fault for not sharing details about his evolution to [True Hero] or his [Ultimate Skills].
Calmly, Gilgamesh explained everything: acquiring the [Hero's Egg], evolving into a [True Hero], and awakening his [Ultimate Skills] to his companions.
They listened intently, each lost in their own thoughts.
"Gil…" Valerie called, drawing the King of Heroes' and everyone's attention. "If you, with this evolution, can match beings like that, couldn't we evolve and gain something similar?"
Gilgamesh's eyes widened slightly at Valerie's words, but he quickly adopted a thoughtful expression.
"Theoretically, it's possible, but evolving into a [True Hero] is only available to those who obtain the [Hero's Egg], which is exclusive to humans or those with a good alignment. Karna, Achilles, and I are part divine, so it's feasible for us. But you, Valerie, being part vampire, would make it more difficult."
"The other possibility is evolving into a [True Demon Lord], but that requires the [Demon Lord Seed] and human souls to make it hatch," Gilgamesh explained calmly.
Everyone nodded at their leader's words. In that sense, it would be challenging.
"What do you think, Raphael?" Gilgamesh asked his advisor. "Could we recreate the [Hero's Egg] with [King of Pride Lucifer]?"
[Response: When the Ultimate Skill "King of Pride Lucifer" was acquired, the "Hero's Egg" had already vanished, making it impossible to copy.]
[However, based on its remnants, it is possible to create an artificial version of this skill, though it will be far more limited than the original, and the evolution process would only work if the user has a sufficient level of power.]
[The most logical option would be an Ultimate Skill capable of creating abilities for this purpose.]
Gilgamesh pondered Raphael's words. He didn't possess such a skill, but he knew someone who might.
"Very well, create this artificial version."
[Understood.]
Everyone watched as Gilgamesh lost himself in thought before he turned to them.
"While I think I may have a solution," Gilgamesh said, drawing their attention, "you'd have to be my guinea pig, Enkidu."
The Weapon of the Gods chuckled. "I have no problem with that."
Gilgamesh smiled, raising his hand as a golden glow emerged, directed at Enkidu's body, where it was absorbed.
"Raphael, use [Lord of Domination Melchizedek] to force the evolution."
If the [Hero's Egg] required only willpower to evolve, then Gilgamesh would use his Ultimate Skill to impose his own will, forcing the evolution.
The [Hero's Egg] could only be used by humans or those with a good alignment, and Enkidu's nature as a being created from clay allowed the skill to work as intended.
A golden sphere slowly emerged from Enkidu's body, generating a massive wave of pure power that forced everyone nearby to step back.
[Report: The ascension of the individual "Enkidu" to a "True Hero" was successful.]
[Abilities acquired: "Universal Perception," "Hero's Haki," "Infinite Regeneration," "Physical Attack Immunity," "Natural Element Immunity," and "Mental Attack Resistance."]
[The individual "Enkidu" has evolved into a "High-Level Elemental Divine Spirit."]
As the aura enveloped Enkidu, Gilgamesh's mind was instantly alerted to the evolutions.
Even as the evolution continued, Gilgamesh could sense Enkidu's raw power increasing exponentially, along with his physical capabilities.
The abilities Enkidu gained were very similar to those Gilgamesh had acquired.
Moreover, instead of becoming a [True Hero] like Gilgamesh, Enkidu's existence was transforming into a [High-Level Elemental Divine Spirit].
In a way, it was similar to a [True Dragon] but slightly inferior. Enkidu had become a divine being embodying an aspect of nature. Even if killed, he would simply be reborn elsewhere in the world, becoming a perfect spiritual existence, unlike Gilgamesh, who wasn't fully spiritual.
[Warning: The individual "Enkidu" has acquired the Ultimate Skill "Goddess of Nature Gaia."]
[Warning: The individual "Enkidu" has acquired the Ultimate Skill "Lord of Creation Ahura Mazda."]
Gilgamesh's eyes widened, and he immediately sent a mental command to Raphael to analyze these skills.
[Name: Goddess of Nature Gaia]
- Description: An Ultimate Skill acquired by Enkidu through Gilgamesh, representing Enkidu's connection to nature.
- Abilities:
- **Thought Acceleration**: Accelerates thought processing by a million times.
- **Natural Element Manipulation**: Grants complete and absolute control over nature and all natural attributes.
- **Multilayer Barrier**: A series of barriers created from dimensional gaps, providing near-unbreakable defense.
- **Multiplication**: Allows the creation of clones with the same power as the original.
- **Animal Control**: Enables communication and mind control over animals.
- **Spatial Domination**: Allows teleportation to any location with known coordinates.
- **Natural World**: Enables the user to manipulate space to prevent energy dispersion, reabsorbing used energy. While active, the user expends no energy in attacks, and the opponent's energy depletes faster, absorbed by the user, weakening the enemy while strengthening themselves.
- **Law Manipulation**: Allows manipulation of the world's laws, magical or scientific, depending on the user's affinity and knowledge.
- **Self-Modification**: Grants complete control over the body's anatomy (skin, nails, fat, muscles, blood, nerves, etc.), allowing free alteration and manipulation.
[Name: Lord of Creation Ahura Mazda]
- Description: An Ultimate Skill acquired by Enkidu, evolved from their Noble Phantasm "Age of Babylon."
- Abilities: Can create anything—objects, abilities, living beings, or entire worlds—as long as the user has sufficient knowledge and power to fuel it. However, to use this skill to its fullest and create anything, the Ultimate Skill "King of Information Akashic Records" is required.
Gilgamesh's eyes gleamed as he reviewed Enkidu's Ultimate Skills, especially since his friend had acquired the skill he desired.
Gilgamesh quickly commanded [King of Pride Lucifer] to copy them.
"Did it work?" Enkidu asked as the aura dissipated.
He could feel he was far more powerful than before—stronger than ever in his life.
"Yes, it was a success," Gilgamesh said with a smile, standing up.
In his hand appeared several orbs filled with energy, created thanks to his newly acquired Ultimate Skill [Lord of Creation Ahura Mazda].
"So, shall we continue?"
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The evolutions continued as Gilgamesh distributed the orbs to everyone present to observe their transformations, and the results didn't disappoint.
Some took longer than others, but in the end, it worked.
Even non-humans like Fenrir, Tiamat, and Valerie evolved. Gilgamesh created the [Demon Lord Seed] for them, modified so they didn't require human souls, using his magical power as a sacrifice. They didn't evolve into [True Demon Lords] but into other beings.
Fenrir became a [High-Level Elemental Divine Monster Spirit], like Enkidu. Tiamat evolved into a [True Dragon], and Valerie into a [Transcendental Vampire].
Each also gained their own [Ultimate Skill]. Tiamat acquired [Lord of Chaos Nyarlathotep].
[Name: Lord of Chaos Nyarlathotep]
- Abilities:
- **Thought Acceleration**: Accelerates thought processing by a million times.
- **Appraisal**: Allows evaluation of anything with a glance.
- **All of Creation**: Grants comprehension of all non-hidden phenomena in the world.
- **Probability Manipulation**: Enables manipulation of event probabilities, making unlikely events occur more frequently or instantly, or preventing likely events. Can cause or prevent luck, misfortune, sudden deaths, natural disasters, or apocalyptic events. Protects the user and allies from nearly all attacks (physical, energy, mystical, etc.) by reducing hit probabilities and enhances the user's attacks by increasing their hit probability.
- **Parallel Existence**: Allows creation and control of clones, requiring energy distribution for each copy.
- **Truth Seeker**: Allows the user to uncover the truth about anything, even if hidden, provided conditions are met.
- **Space-Time Control**: Enables instant travel and all forms of temporal and spatial manipulation at will.
- **Multidimensional Barrier**: A constantly active, multi-layered barrier using dimensional gaps for absolute defense.
Fenrir acquired the Ultimate Skill [Lord of the Stellar Wind Hastur].
[Name: Lord of the Stellar Wind Hastur]
- Abilities:
- **Thought Acceleration**: Accelerates thought processing by a million times.
- **Weather Control**: Allows sensing, altering, and controlling weather patterns, manipulating elements like air, water, and electricity to create phenomena (heavy rain, storms, blizzards, etc.) and control intensity in small or large areas (rooms to continents).
- **Spatial Control**: Enables instant travel and all forms of spatial manipulation at will.
- **Multilayer Barrier**: A constantly active, multi-layered barrier using dimensional gaps for absolute defense.
Gilgamesh also noticed Fenrir gained [Gravity Control] and [Law Manipulation (Earth)], allowing him to control gravity and all earth-related elements at will.
It was an immense leap in power for the God-Devouring Wolf.
Valerie's evolution was one of the most surprising for Gilgamesh, transforming from a [Dhampir] to a [Transcendental Vampire].
[Name: Transcendental Vampire Physiology]
- Abilities: The user is or can become a vampire transcending all others, achieving divine-level power through extraordinary magic or divine sources, surpassing typical vampire limitations. Unlike common vampires tied to darkness, reliant on blood, and vulnerable to weaknesses (sunlight, garlic, holy artifacts, etc.), the user transcends these, gaining unique advantages like an otherworldly beauty, a commanding and captivating presence, and the ability to enslave others. They can eschew dark magic ties, drawing power from superior sources, vastly enhancing their abilities and accessing powers unavailable to other vampires.
Valerie's power surge was staggering, even for Gilgamesh. Her magical and physical capabilities increased dramatically, and her new physiology allowed her to use any vampire-related ability effortlessly. Likely due to her soul's strength from her two Longinus, she gained two [Ultimate Skills]: [God of Darkness Erebus] and [King of Lust Asmodeus].
[Name: God of Darkness Erebus]
- Ability: Grants absolute control over the "Law of Darkness," manipulating darkness in all forms, including its concept, allowing consumption of anything in existence.
Gilgamesh admitted this skill was dangerous, with its ability to freely control and modify the concept of darkness.
[Name: King of Lust Asmodeus]
- Description: An Ultimate Skill representing one of the "Seven Deadly Sins."
- Abilities: Governs Life and Death, allowing control over Life Energy and Death Energy.
- **Life Energy**: Rejuvenates anything it touches, with immense healing power to cure any wound, stimulate plant and being growth, and revive the dead.
- **Death Energy**: A highly corrosive energy that destroys anything it touches, living or inanimate.
- **Resurrection**: Allows Valerie to resurrect those around her or use it as immense healing.
- **Death's Blessing**: Instantly transforms a target's life into death, a rapid, unavoidable killing strike.
Gilgamesh could imagine the chaos Valerie would cause with these abilities, especially as she fretted over why someone as innocent as her got a skill named "King of Lust."
Others evolved too. Arturia became a [True Hero] and gained the Ultimate Skill [Tyrant King Susanoo].
[Name: Tyrant King Susanoo]
- Ability: Allows the user to "bring about the desired outcome," granting complete control over the Law of Causality. The user can manipulate cause and effect, deciding what happens, when, and how, without needing a reason, as causality itself is under their command. Specific changes are temporary, ceasing upon realization, while systemic changes permanently alter reality's causal structure until the user decides otherwise. All existence and phenomena depend on causality, making this power override others, as they rely on causality to function.
Gilgamesh nearly had a heart attack seeing Arturia's skill, akin to his [Telos Karma] but taken to an extreme.
Though happy for her, Arturia wasn't thrilled, disliking the name "Tyrant King." Mordred laughed heartily at her expense.
Mordred also evolved into a [True Hero], gaining the Ultimate Skill [Lord of Slaughter Sandalphon].
[Name: Lord of Slaughter Sandalphon]
- Abilities: Enhances all physical and magical abilities, growing stronger with each kill, and can destroy enemy souls. Attacks empowered by this skill are immensely powerful and nearly impossible to defend against.
- **Thought Acceleration**: Accelerates thought processing by 100,000 times.
- **Frenzied Aura**: Generates an aura that corrupts enemies' hearts, driving them to madness, bloodlust, or despair.
- **Evolution**: Allows Mordred to grow stronger with each kill, enabling continuous evolution.
- **Wrath Conversion**: Converts wrath and negative emotions into physical and magical power.
- **Multilayer Barrier**: A near-unbreakable defense using dimensional gaps.
Gilgamesh admitted this skill suited Mordred's battle-loving personality perfectly.
Other Servants evolved too. Karna became a [True Hero] and gained [King of Flames Amon].
[Name: King of Flames Amon]
- Description: Considered "fire beyond fire," representing total mastery over the fire element. Its flames are unmatched, capable of burning anything, including souls or concepts, in a single strike, the ultimate attack against the ultimate defense of [Lord of Patience Gabriel].
- Abilities:
- **Thought Acceleration**: Accelerates thought processing by a million times.
- **Law Manipulation (Fire)**: Grants absolute, unmatched control over the fire element.
- **Flame Barrier**: A near-absolute defense that incinerates anything attempting to harm the user.
- **Spiritual Body Manifestation (Fire)**: Manifests the skill's essence as fire, allowing the user to become the embodiment of fire, incinerating anything, even abstract beings, at will, while retaining all techniques and weapons.
- **Spatial Manipulation**: Allows travel to any location with known coordinates.
For a fire-user like Karna, this was ideal. Gilgamesh was curious how it would fare against his [Lord of Patience Gabriel].
Merlin gained the Ultimate Skill [Lord of Illusion Mephisto].
[Name: Lord of Illusion Mephisto]
- Abilities: The greatest authority over illusions, making the user unmatched in their use.
- **Thought Acceleration**: Accelerates thought processing thousands of times.
- **Space-Time Control**: Enables instant travel and all temporal/spatial manipulation at will.
- **Multidimensional Barrier**: A constantly active, multi-layered defense using dimensional gaps.
- **All of Creation**: Comprehends all non-hidden phenomena in the world.
- **Mental Domination**: Uses illusions to completely control or destroy a target's mind.
- **Illusion World**: Creates and manipulates illusions so powerful they can convince the brain to replicate their effects, potentially killing targets. Can turn reality into illusion and illusion into reality.
Gilgamesh noted this suited Merlin, making the Flower Mage nearly uncatchable, much to his boastful delight.
Achilles gained the Ultimate Skill [King of Defense Goliath].
[Name: King of Defense Goliath]
- Ability: Transforms the user's spirit into indestructible armor, only surpassable by another Ultimate Skill or greater willpower. Its true value lies in adaptive defense, granting invulnerability to any phenomenon after being hit once (e.g., immunity to fire after a fire attack). The only way to defeat the user is a single attack that eliminates them before adaptation.
This was an evolved version of Achilles' invincibility, with few defensive skills able to rival it.
Arthur didn't gain an Ultimate Skill naturally but acquired [Spiritual Body Manifestation (Holy)], granting immense control over light and holy attributes, embodying them fully. Gilgamesh created and granted him [King of Purity Metatron], further enhancing his affinity.
Xenovia gained the Unique Skill [Goddess of War].
[Name: Goddess of War]
- Abilities: Continuously enhances Xenovia's physical strength while channeling energy to her soul, making her colder and more ruthless. Generates a protective aura, making it extremely difficult for opponents to touch her.
- **Desired Outcome**: Allows overwriting an object's nature. Even if opposed, the user can override with a stronger desire, countered only by a similar skill.
This skill massively boosted Xenovia's attack and defense, fitting her fighting style, with the ability to rewrite an object's nature.
Rossweisse gained the Unique Skill [Analyst].
[Name: Analyst]
- Abilities:
- **Thought Acceleration**: Increases thought processing speed by a thousand times.
- **Analytical Appraisal**: Analyzes and evaluates targets.
- **Chant Nullification**: Removes the need for chanting in magic.
- **All of Creation**: Comprehends non-hidden phenomena, with additional information inferred based on the user's knowledge.
- **Law Manipulation**: Manipulates the world's laws magically or scientifically.
This skill complemented Rossweisse's magic and will.
Le Fay gained the Unique Skill [Magic Mode].
[Name: Magic Mode]
- Ability: Enhances magical aptitude, enabling greater magical feats.
- **Thought Acceleration**: Increases thought processing speed by a thousand times.
- **Analytical Appraisal**: Analyzes and evaluates targets.
- **Chant Nullification**: Removes the need for chanting in magic.
This skill enhanced Le Fay's access to her magical power, useful for the young mage.
Asia surprised Gilgamesh by gaining the Ultimate Skill [God of Healing Asclepius].
[Name: God of Healing Asclepius]
- Abilities: Heals/restores anything to its optimal state—people, objects, environments, powers, souls, worlds, natural forces, concepts—undoing all damage and potentially enhancing them.
This supreme, unmatched healing skill surpassed even Gilgamesh's own healing abilities.
Leonardo and Meredith didn't gain skills. Leonardo, wielder of [Annihilation Maker], was too young to withstand one, and Meredith declined, still wary.
Beyond Unique and Ultimate Skills, everyone gained basic resistances and abilities like [Universal Perception] and [Haki].
As the group trained with their Ultimate Skills, Gilgamesh stepped out to the garden.
He realized [Raphael] had successfully copied Alester's Ultimate Skills [King of Gluttony Beelzebub] and [King of Investigation Faust].
Gilgamesh also gained two more Ultimate Skills: [Evil Dragon Lord Azi Dahaka] ([Thought Acceleration - Parallel Thought - Organic Matter Control - Mass Duplication Production - Skill Absorption - Spatial Control - Multidimensional Barrier - Absolute Domination]) and [Lord of Harvest Shub-Niggurath] ([Skill Creation - Skill Duplication - Skill Gifting - Skill Bank]).
"Speaking of which, Raphael, I think it's time to give you a name. Since Alester has Velda, how about Ciel?"
[! ! ! ! ! ! ! !]
Suddenly, Gilgamesh felt an overwhelming surge as if [Raphael] were going wild, with a flood of information pouring into his mind.
[Notification: Manas (Divine Wisdom Core): Ciel was born from the Ultimate Skill "King of Wisdom Raphael."]
Gilgamesh knew naming his skill could trigger its evolution.
[I am Ciel, the Skill Integrator, Manas. I will support my master, within the soul of the True Hero Gilgamesh. Master, please treat me well‼️]
"I'm counting on you, Ciel," Gilgamesh said, laughing.
As he smiled, Gilgamesh paused, looking at the sky as a bright light appeared. When it faded, two angels were revealed: Michael, the Prince of Heaven, and Gabriel, the Strongest Woman in Heaven.
The moment Gabriel's eyes landed on Gilgamesh, she broke into a wide smile.
"Gil!!!!!!!"
Before Michael could react, Gabriel shot toward Gilgamesh, wrapping him in a hug.
The King of Heroes laughed, feeling Gabriel's arms around his neck. He gently held Heaven's favorite daughter, kissing her.
Gabriel smiled into the kiss, feeling the arms of the man she loved holding her with care and affection.
"Ahem, if I'm not interrupting…"
Gilgamesh and Gabriel parted, seeing Michael watching with an amused smile.
Gabriel's face turned beet red as she stepped back from Gilgamesh.
"How's it going, Michael?" Gilgamesh said, grinning.
"I'm doing well. Glad to see you and my sister doing so well," Michael said with a smile.
He didn't mind their relationship; in fact, he was happy to see them together, both deserving the best.
"So, why did you call us here…" Michael smirked. "Maybe about a wedding?" He teased his overly innocent sister, though he wasn't lying.
"W-W-W-Wedding, that's… that's… I mean, it's not like I'm against it or anything, but-but…" Gabriel's face resembled a tomato, her hands waving frantically. Michael could only laugh at his naïve little sister.
Gilgamesh chuckled too.
"Well, I wouldn't mind. I bet Vasco would be thrilled to officiate the ceremony," Gilgamesh said with an amused smile.
Michael laughed. "True, he's been talking about you a lot lately. Maybe you should visit."
"Who knows," Gilgamesh said. "But we should get to business before Gabriel faints."
The demigod and angel turned to see Gabriel's completely red face, steam practically rising from her head.
"Agreed. What's your plan now, Gilgamesh? After Hades and everything happening, from what I've heard, the Greek Pantheon is already mobilizing," Michael explained.
"Don't worry, I called you here to give you something."
Gilgamesh raised his right hand, and a golden orb floated to Michael, a blue one to Gabriel.
"What are these?" the Seraph asked as the blue orb entered her body.
"You'll find out soon," Gilgamesh said with a mysterious smile.
"If you say so," Michael nodded, fully trusting the King of Heroes.
"As for the Greek Pantheon, don't worry about them. I'll handle everything."
The confidence and seriousness in Gilgamesh's voice gave Michael absolute certainty in his words.
If it was him, there was nothing to worry about.
Michael only felt a bit of pity for the Greeks for what might befall them.