95. Imbibitor Lunae Dan Heng and Kevin: I Am The Rising Sun [6K]
Fujimaru Ritsuka told everyone what she had heard, and upon hearing the news, even the people in the chat group fell silent.
Within half a day, the goddess of creation would descend upon Uruk, completely disrupting their plans.
Even if Luo Tianyi disregards the depletion of her mental energy and accelerates the expansion of the Underworld, it will still take at least a day.
It seems like things are going well. As long as Kevin goes to stop Tiamat, everything will be fine. But... is it really that simple?
Even if those bred Kingu are not as strong as the original, they are not just any ordinary soldiers.
Countless Kingus have unleashed the Chains of Heaven in an attempt to shatter the city of Uruk. Currently, Gilgamesh's King's Cannon, the Tarnished' barrier, and the attacks of several divine spirits are temporarily holding back the chains. However, as time goes by, the chains are beginning to get closer. If this continues, the destruction of Uruk is only a matter of time.
The others, including Houraiji Kyuushou, Elaina, and the other Servants, were unable to stop the chains because their power was insufficient to join the battle; they could only stand on the city wall and watch it all unfold.
In the public eye, with Lemuen's guidance, Kevin navigated through countless chains of heaven, attempting to plunge the black sword into Kingu's body and bring him to death. However, Kingu was not weak, and countless reproductive beings blocked his path, hindering Kevin's approach and relentlessly attacking him.
This caused Kevin's decapitation plan to fail, and instead gave the enemy time to delay, while Tiamat was still getting closer.
With a single swing of his sword, he transformed into a blazing inferno, instantly obliterating the surrounding Kingus. However, these were merely reproductive forms. Surrounded by countless reproductive forms, Kingus gazed at Kevin with gentle smiles.
However, his gentle smile now seemed more like disdain.
"Give up, you can't bring me death, ah, of course."
Kingu's smile widened.
"If you can unleash that attack again, you can definitely destroy me once more, but..."
His gaze fell upon Uruk below.
"That would save me a lot of trouble, since you're really strong."
The relentless blazing sun exploded in the sky once again.
It instantly turned Kingu in the surrounding into ashes, but it was useless and had no effect whatsoever. More and more, Kingu was continuously emerging from the main body.
"How pitiful!"
Kingu's expression was no longer a smile, but a mocking one instead.
"Despite possessing immense strength, you are constrained and hesitant."
"If you had chosen to make that powerful attack again to strike me, perhaps you really could have killed me. Really, what a pity, what a pity."
Kingu was somewhat certain that there must have been some special conditions that enabled the other party to unleash that level of power.
It instantly killed three of them, which were approaching its own reproductive form.
Kevin sneered, his voice laced with disdain.
"How pathetic, Kingu."
This seemingly casual remark pierced Kingu's mind, instantly freezing his composed smile and causing his brows to furrow deeply.
"... Have you finally gone mad? You're starting to ramble on!"
As if wanting to hear what Kevin had to say next, the reproductive creatures stopped their attack and silently surrounded him.
Kevin looked at Kingu with pity in his eyes, which made Kingu frown even more.
Kevin pointed his sword at the Rahmu outside the city of Uruk, who were still frantically attacking the barrier.
"You keep saying they are your brothers and sisters, but when you send them to their deaths, you don't show any sadness."
"...So what? Their glory lies in sacrificing themselves for the new era."
"Glory?"
Kevin scoffed, as if he had heard the most absurd joke.
"You… have you even spoken with them? Given your status?"
Before Kingu could answer, Kevin continued, "No, right?"
"Have you tried to understand their thoughts?"
"No, right?"
"Looking down at them from your high vantage point, tell me, Kingu."
"What are they in your eyes? A new kind of human?"
Kevin suddenly swung his sword:
"No!"
"In your eyes, they probably don't even qualify as useful tools! They're just... cheap consumables that you can throw away at will!"
"What exactly are you trying to say?!"
Kingu could no longer maintain his feigned gentle demeanor and questioned angrily.
Kevin's voice, however, softened strangely at this moment, even carrying a hint of... sympathy?
"What I want to say is, Kingu..."
"You...don't have any friends, right?"
"Kingu, you don't have any friends, do you?"
These last few words, like an echoing curse, swelled, roared, and reverberated endlessly in Kingu's mind!
Friends? Friends...? What are those? Fragile lies woven by the old humans to keep each other warm?
A concept that... has never appeared in his core logic? Why does this word make him feel so... agitated? So... bewildered?
Kingu's facial muscles twitched stiffly as he tried to force a smile, but the curve of his lips looked so distorted and forced:
"This...this is a meaningless emotional bond that only you old humans, destined to be eliminated, need! I...I don't need it!"
Kevin's response to Kingu's self-explanation was...
"Oh"
That soft sigh was like the last straw that broke the camel's back! The string of reason in Kingu's mind snapped completely!
"Shut up! Die!!!"
Kingu let out an unprecedented shriek!
In an instant, the countless Kingu replicas surrounding Kevin ceased to be humanoid! They transformed themselves, undergoing ecological changes and fusion, like boiling black asphalt! This was precisely the ability Kingu gained after merging with the Sea of Life! The viscous black matter frantically converged, fused, and expanded! A black mountain range, formed by the dissolution and construction of countless replicas, rose from the ground before Kevin!
A shadow that blotted out the sky enveloped the battlefield! In the blink of an eye, a terrifying, colossal python, composed entirely of black mud and with a body as thick as the walls of Uruk, raised its ferocious head! Deep within the python's hollow eye sockets, two crimson lights suddenly shone—the presence of Kingu's true form! He abandoned his elegant disguise, completely merging himself into this behemoth forged from rage!
He doesn't need friends at all!
He is the leader of the new human race!
They are pioneers of the new era!
Those on the city wall witnessed this earth-shattering change and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, although there were still quite a few spawning creatures attacking outside the city.
However, the frequency of such attacks has decreased by more than half compared to before.
"I didn't expect Kevin to be this sarcastic," the Tarnished, relieved, couldn't help but complain.
He remembered Kevin wasn't like this before.
Lemuen's gaze was somewhat subtle.
She then began to recall how Kevin and the Tarnished had mocked Xiling. After the recollection ended, Lemuen shook her head with a smile.
"I haven't even started to exert myself yet, and you're already getting carried away!"
Kevin's lips curled up, even carrying a hint of... a triumphant smile.
The giant snake turned to look at Kevin, and the next second, Kingu's voice came from inside.
"Die, human!"
Without any warning! A terrifying torrent of magic energy erupted from the giant python's gaping maw, attempting to completely devour Kevin's tiny figure!
Facing this magical beam of light, Kevin... didn't even flinch! Not that he doesn't want to dodge, but it was because he couldn't dodge! Behind him lay Uruk! And more importantly—
Right now it's dusk.
A magical energy beam, powerful enough to destroy a city, struck Kevin squarely! No! It was Kevin who hit the beam directly!
Flames erupted from Kevin's body, and he actually withstood this torrent of energy that was capable of destroying everything, and went against the current!
The target is the core of the giant python's head—where Kingu resides!
Upon seeing this, Kingu, inside the giant snake's body, suddenly contracted its pupils.
He's been tricked! He's been outsmarted!
Was the speed and power the opponent displayed earlier all a disguise?
No...that's not right! It's not a disguise!
Is Noble Phantasm being unleashed? No! Absolutely impossible!
As the blazing sun drew ever closer and the temperature continued to rise, a crucial piece of information that had been overlooked suddenly came to light!
"It's the sun!!!"
Kingu's consciousness screamed. His power... was related to the sun! Dusk... the moment of dusk was his true peak!
Seeing Kevin standing before him, sword raised, Kingu's face slowly curved into a smile.
"I know! Your secret—!"
Just as Kevin was about to kill Kingu with his black sword, Kingu's body was a step faster—it self-destructed first.
Boom!!!
The devastating shockwave instantly engulfed Kevin's figure! The terrifying energy even reached the Uruk barrier below! The light curtain enveloping the city visibly trembled violently, and cracks spread out like a spider web!
"Kevin!"
Everyone called out anxiously.
Before the aftershocks of the thunderous roar had completely subsided, Kevin returned to the walls of Uruk, leaving a trail of blinding flames!
Kevin looked rather disheveled at that moment, with many charred areas on his body and gruesome burns from his left cheek to the edge of his forehead.
Kevin shook his head helplessly.
"Sorry, that guy got away."
"Don't blame yourself, your results have far exceeded expectations."
Gilgamesh stepped forward and reached into the Royal Treasury. The next second, a bottle that looked like a potion appeared in his hand.
"Take this; it will quickly heal your injuries."
Kevin reached out and took the bottle, uncorked it, and tilted his head back to gulp down a large mouthful.
Instantly, a cool torrent of life surged into his limbs and bones, and the emerald light covered every wound as if it were alive.
Feeling his body rapidly recovering from the injuries, Kevin touched his face first.
Yes, that's good, there's nothing wrong with it.
If his face gets disfigured, how will he face Mei?
"Hey! Stop chatting, what do we do now?" The Tarnished, who was still maintaining the barrier, asked.
The destruction of the main body of Kingu and its numerous core replicas did clear a large area, but... that was just a drop in the ocean.
As far as the eye could see, beyond the walls of Uruk, the despairing black waves continued to surge! And among them, a few clones of Kingu entities relentlessly assaulted the barrier!
Most importantly, the barrier has now developed cracks. Repairing it isn't as simple as just pouring magic power into it; they need to go to the broken area and readjust it.
Moreover, it takes time to adjust.
And their time is running out.
"How is Tianyi doing?" Kevin's voice broke the heavy silence.
Houraiji Kyuushou said with some worry, "Tianyi... she's completely disregarding the risk of exhausting her mental energy and is desperately expanding the gate to the underworld... but it will take at least a day! Tiamat..."
The crowd looked into the distance, where countless dense black Rahmu obscured their view. But there was a figure with an extremely terrifying aura there. Almost everyone here could sense that the figure would arrive here in less than half a day.
Everyone fell silent.
Time is too tight.
The clones of Kingu and Rahmu outside were still constantly attacking the barrier, and even with the support of magic power, the cracks in the barrier had begun to gradually expand.
While everyone remained silent.
"Ha."
A soft laugh suddenly rang out.
Kevin's lips curled into a smile.
Ignoring the gazes of the crowd, he walked to the very edge of the city wall, gazing at the churning black tide and the enormous, despairing figure within it.
"You..." Kevin began, his voice low but clear enough to cut through the surrounding noise, "...can you still hold on?"
The chat group members immediately understood his meaning. Elaina urgently reminded him, "But Kevin's sunset is probably only a little over an hour away!"
Elaina's meaning was self-evident: once dusk ended and night fell, Kevin, who had lost the daylight, would have no chance of stopping the Mother Goddess!
Kevin closed his eyes and helplessly scratched his cheek, which had just recovered.
When he opened his eyes again, something seemed to be burning deep within those icy blue eyes—a flame more intense and pure than twilight! All hesitation and all worries were burned away by that flame, leaving only firmness in it.
Kevin's lips curled into a smile.
"We should at least give it a try, and besides..."
"That bastard Xiling always says, 'Believe in yourself! Believe in your omnipotent self!' Although I strongly condemn that guy..."
After all, that guy's skills are still listed on the character panel in the chat group.
But he wants to give it a try.
Kevin wanted to see just how far that belief could push him!
A silence fell over the city walls. All eyes were fixed on Kevin…
After a moment of silence, Lemuen broke the silence first, her face beaming with her usual smile.
"Kevin, good luck."
The Tarnished who maintained the barrier shouted, "Losing to the Creator God isn't shameful! We'll just have to shift all the blame to Xiling and make him clean up his own mess!"
Houraiji Kyuushou nodded vigorously, "Go! Go! Kevin! I also cheered for Tianyi! Double the cheers!!"
"Give it your all! Go for it!"
Elaina put aside her worries, gripped her staff tightly, and gave a trusting and encouraging smile.
Dan Heng looked at Kevin and whispered, "Good luck."
At this moment, Quetzalcoatl stepped forward and said, "Brother, I'll go with you."
Most of the people here are aware of Kevin's change in strength in accordance with the sun, so Quetzalcoatl stepped forward. Her second Noble Phantasm could provide some assistance to him, and she might also be able to try to stop Tiamat.
However, Kevin shook his head.
"You're needed here more."
"Alright!"
Kevin waved his hand, his back to the group.
"This place... is yours to handle!"
The words had barely left his mouth!
"Boom--!!!"
Kevin instantly transformed into a raging fire, tearing apart countless Rahmu and galloping towards the figure in the distance.
"Mr. Kevin... are you really okay facing that kind of being alone?" Mash looked at the figure with a worried expression.
"Trust him, Mash." Fujimaru Ritsuka watched the departing figure as if comforting Mash, and also as if comforting herself.
Ereshkigal looked at Luo Tianyi with some worry. The other girl's face was pale, and large beads of sweat were running down her forehead. But she didn't tell her to rest, because time was of the essence.
Exhausted from her mental energy, Luo Tianyi took a deep breath. The throbbing pain in her head was something she had never felt before, but even so, she had no intention of stopping.
"I have to... be faster, this is something only I can do! Everyone is out there... facing the threat of death, I have to do it too!"
...
The whole world seemed to be surrounded by the black Rahmu, but in the center of this blackness, Kevin was like a sun that had fallen into an ink pool, burning away anything that came into contact with him to nothingness wherever he went!
Any Rahmu who dares to approach will be burned to ashes in an instant.
Kevin seemed tireless, carving a burning path through the boundless black waves.
Kevin conjured an extremely concentrated fireball in his hand, which he then crushed the next second. The merciless blazing sun, centered on Kevin, obliterated everything within a radius of several kilometers at the same instant by the extreme heat it produced! His vision suddenly widened, as if a huge hole had been burned through a black curtain!
Just then, applause rang out:
"Amazing! Truly amazing!"
Kevin looked up, and the black waves seemed to part to the sides, making way for a passage. Accompanied by crisp, rhythmic applause, Kingu slowly walked out.
"Truly awe-inspiring power."
"You actually dare to show your face in front of me?" Kevin asked calmly.
"Why wouldn't I dare?"
Kingu spread his hands, his posture composed.
"After all, I already... know your 'secret'."
"Regulating one's power limit by following the sun's rising and setting cycles...hmm~ somewhat similar to the blessings bestowed by deities upon their most favored children. However..."
Kingu tilted his head.
"The kind of blessing that can instantly boost your strength to such a terrifying level, even a god-level being would probably find it difficult to bestow, right? I'm getting more and more curious..."
"How...how did you do that?!"
Kevin didn't bother to answer; his gaze passed over Kingu and went into the depths of the black waves.
"Woo-hum---" A deep, long, and mournful horn sounded, shaking the entire world!
With that resounding cry, the black tide ahead split open! A colossal figure, bound by countless chains, surged forward!
"Tiamat…" Kevin murmured the name, his voice extremely solemn.
Kevin's figure went unnoticed by Tiamat, who simply kept walking forward.
"It seems your mother doesn't like you very much," Kingu said with a smile.
"Maybe..." Kevin took a deep breath, and the next second!
Kevin's voice echoed throughout the space!
"But my task is to make you stop!"
The words had barely left his mouth!
Boom!
It was as if the sky had been torn apart!
Kevin became the second sun in the sky! A blazing sun that will end all will!
Unparalleled light and heat erupted from his body! The air on the battlefield was instantly ignited, and space itself was violently distorted by the intense heat!
A sun several kilometers in diameter! It condensed and took shape above Kevin's head! Its light was so dazzling that it even briefly suppressed the light of the setting sun in the sky!
The earth trembled, the scorched land melted again, and the black waves in the distance boiled violently because of this terrifying energy fluctuation!
"Merciless... Sun!!!"
The sphere of light tore through space, carrying a trajectory that incinerated everything and instantly traversed the final distance!
Just as this god-slaying attack was about to hit its target!
Tiamat, who had been ignoring Kevin's presence, slowly... raised her enormous head.
There seemed to be no emotion in her enormous eyes.
However—
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Accompanied by a series of deep and unsettling buzzing sounds, materialized barriers appeared one after another in front of Tiamat, unfolding in an instant!
One layer, two layers, three layers... In the blink of an eye, an absolute defensive barrier, tens of meters thick and composed of countless layers of magical barriers, stood firmly on the path of the sun's destruction, like a wall of sighs!
But—it's useless!
Level 3 - Break!
Level 2 - Break!
Looking at the sun so close at hand, Kingu let out a cold snort.
The final layer—break!
The three barriers lasted for less than ten seconds!
The sun then descended directly overhead on Tiamat! At that moment, everything in the world was consumed by fire!
But at the base of the sun, a figure lay prostrate on the ground, emitting terrifying screams, yet there was not a trace of injury on the figure.
This is Tiamat, the goddess to whom the concept of death is nonexistent.
"Damn it," Kevin couldn't help but smile when he saw this.
"That guy really gave me a troublesome enemy!"
As the sun that had descended upon the earth disappeared, Tiamat slowly rose from her prone position, but in the next second...
A terrifying force suddenly came from her abdomen.
At that moment, the enormous Tiamat actually took a few steps back.
"So, take a few steps back!"
Kevin abandoned the greatsword and instead used his hands more rapidly, his fists becoming afterimages as he continuously pounded Tiamat's abdomen.
One step, two steps, three steps, four steps.
Tiamat began to retreat steadily.
It sounded like a roar coming from Tiamat's mouth.
A terrifying magical power instantly spread from her center.
Kevin's attacking figure was instantly blasted away into the distance by this terrifying magic.
Where the sun couldn't reach, Kingu reappeared in the black mud, sneering as he watched Kevin being sent flying by Tiamat.
"It's no use, Mother is invincible."
With a wave of his hand, countless Kingu clones began to multiply and appear.
"Go and wipe Uruk out completely!"
Following Kingu's instructions.
A large group of Kingu clones and Rahmu flew towards Uruk in the distance.
Kingu didn't leave. He wanted to watch that guy be crushed to death by his mother's own hands, or perhaps he himself would kill him.
Kingu looked up at the sun overhead, a dangerous smile playing on his lips.
"Your death is imminent."
...
The scene of the sun setting was clearly visible.
The sight of the goddess retreating also came into their view.
However, no one wore a relaxed smile, because their enemy had arrived.
Looking at those identical faces, Gilgamesh silently pinched the bridge of his nose.
The current situation seems to have truly reached a dead end.
Just as he envisioned the future.
Lowering his hand from between his brows, Gilgamesh looked around. Not a single one of his soldiers had retreated. Even as they saw the black torrent in the distance, they remained entrenched in their fortifications, ready to face their impending future.
Snort!
What am I doing?
Isn't this something he already knew?
But looking into the distance, there was a figure who single-handedly blocked the goddess of creation.
That figure is constantly resisting fate.
Gilgamesh, however, couldn't help but burst into wild laughter.
"Hahahaha!"
People didn't know why the king was laughing.
Under countless bewildered, astonished, and even hopeful gazes, Gilgamesh took a sudden step forward, standing atop the highest point of the city wall! Facing the entirety of Uruk, facing the approaching apocalyptic tide, facing the deep, seemingly all-consuming night, he issued a declaration that shook the heavens and earth! His voice, amplified by magic, resounded in the ears of every Uruk resident, piercing through the barrier and echoing across the scorching battlefield:
"I proclaim to all citizens who remain in Uruk! It is a great honor for you... to have survived until now in this world! I... feel immense joy!"
The citizens who had been huddled in the dimly lit underground shelters following the king's final command were startled by this soul-stirring sound.
Looking at each other in bewilderment, an inexplicable impulse drove them to rush towards the steps leading to the surface.
When they climbed to the surface, in the afterglow of the setting sun, there they saw—their king!
"Six months ago! The Absolute Demonic Front began construction! I told you then! No matter how desperately you struggle... Uruk... will eventually be destroyed!"
"You can run away, indulge in pleasure, or lament your fate and throw yourself into the underworld."
"But everyone said they would fight to the end. Even knowing the outcome, they still decided to fight against it!"
"How utterly foolish! Yet how glorious and magnificent it all is!"
"Without a doubt!"
Gilgamesh opened his arms wide, as if to embrace the entire city!
"Uruk!! Is a happy city! Including its history! It's life! It's people! And myself!"
"I once said... that Uruk was about to be destroyed! I once firmly believed... that this was an immutable law!"
"But now..."
"I was wrong!"
"My fate has changed!"
"Yes! You heard right! Fate... it has changed!"
"Even if the change is tiny! But it...it really happened! It happened right before our eyes! It happened in our struggle!"
"Look carefully!!!"
Gilgamesh's arm suddenly pointed towards the flame in the distance that was still struggling to block the huge black shadow!
"Fate can be changed! And the way to change fate is—"
He abruptly pulled his arm back, clenched his fist, and raised it high!
"It's in our hands!"
Everyone looked up at the shining figure high above! An unprecedented power was spreading through the crowd! Fear had not disappeared, but another, more powerful and pure emotion—the flame of hope—began to ignite in everyone's heart!
"Listen up, my elite troops!" Gilgamesh's voice reached its peak, like a battle horn!
"We are not merely fighting against gods! We are fighting against the shackles called fate!"
"We will break free from this shackle of fate! We will march towards tomorrow, the future!"
"Now offer your lives to me!"
"Oooh..."
The pent-up power erupted with a deafening roar! Above the city walls, below the city walls! Soldiers and civilians alike! The roar, a culmination of all indomitable will, exploded like a thousand thunderbolts over Uruk! The sound waves surged, even briefly drowning out the howls of the monsters outside the city and the roar of the sea!
Also captivated by the speech, Houraiji Kyuushou, hands on hips, laughed and said, "That king delivered a very cool speech!"
"He's handsome, but breaking fate and all that..."
The Tarnished was about to say something when a voice interrupted him.
"Isn't this exactly why we came here for?"
Lemuen said, looking at the crowd below.
Hearing the thunderous shouts, Dan Heng looked at Elaina, who was also watching the crowd and seemed lost in thought, and said, "Elaina."
"Hmm?"
Elaina turned to look at Dan Heng.
Dan Heng said earnestly, "I need rain."
Elaina blinked, and the next second, as if she understood something, she smiled and said, "Leave it to me!"
Dan Heng approached Gilgamesh earnestly and said, "King, I need water, lots of water."
Gilgamesh didn't know Dan Heng's purpose, but he didn't intend to ask. Instead, he immediately shouted to the crowd below, "Hear my command! Move all the water in the city to this place immediately! Do it now!"
"Yes, sir!"
People immediately sprang into action, loading everything they could with water and continuously transporting it to the foot of the city wall.
Just then, Elaina's wand emitted a magical glow. She waved it gently in the air, and the sky, already filled with dark clouds, began to rain. First, it was a drizzle, then a heavy downpour, and then finally a raging storm, the rain falling upon the entire earth.
Dan Heng closed his eyes and felt the raindrops hitting his body.
I recall what someone said that night.
And Gilgamesh's speech.
"Partners, Destiny"
Black waves and countless chains began to crash against the barrier, but the Tarnished gritted his teeth and persevered without urging anyone.
Because he knew that person would definitely make a move.
Just as those thousands upon thousands of Kingu clones were about to simultaneously swing their arms to launch an attack—
A sudden change has occurred!
The torrential rain that swept across the land, the pools of water that the people of Uruk had gathered and accumulated beneath the city walls... all seemed to have been given life! Infused with some kind of will!
They are trembling! They are resonating!
Buzz—!!!
A dragon's roar resounded through the sky.
The black waves and countless chains were instantly swallowed by the water!
A water dragon, formed from condensed water, guarded the entire city like a treasure. Above the dragon's head, Dan Heng stood with his eyes closed. At this moment, he had grown two horns, and his hair had grown longer, making him look completely different from before.
Dan Heng slowly opened his eyes. "I had no intention of using this power, but... for my friends, I must use it!"
...
The gods were actually forced to retreat by mortals!
Punch after punch!
Tiamat has already retreated nearly a hundred kilometers, but she is still retreating!
But it's time to stop here!
Kingu looked at the sun, which was already on the horizon, and a cruel smile appeared on his lips.
A terrifying magical beam shot out from Tiamat's mouth and instantly struck the figure.
A terrifying magical force enveloped the figure, which traveled to a distance, followed by a horrific explosion at the far end.
At the epicenter of the terrifying explosion, Kevin gritted his teeth and got up, his wounds still bleeding.
His power is not inexhaustible.
An hour of all-out effort resulted in the goddess of creation retreating nearly 100 kilometers.
He has every reason to be proud.
But he knew it wasn't enough.
Just then, a leisurely voice rang out.
"You really are terrifying," Kingu said, slowly flying through the sky, smiling as he watched Kevin.
"You forced Mother to retreat nearly a hundred kilometers, endured so many of her attacks, and are still alive and kicking... You..."
"Were you really a human?"
Kevin didn't look at Kingu; he took heavy steps! He stepped forward! He crossed the path where Kingu stood! His target remained Tiamat!
Kingu showed no anger at Kevin's indifference and silence. He even offered a friendly reminder:
"Keep going, your time... is really running out. Look..."
Kingu pointed to the horizon, at the setting sun, the world was about to be shrouded in night! Three minutes? Perhaps... even less!
Kevin stopped in his tracks, took a deep breath, and then slowly... turned around, meeting Kingu's mocking gaze.
Kingu's smile froze instantly. He saw a smile... on that young face! A smile that Kingu couldn't understand at all!
Kevin raised his hand, pointing to the sky. From Jingu's angle, he could see Kevin's outstretched finger steadily pointing at the last rays of the setting sun, about to sink completely into darkness! It was as if... the fading sun was right on his fingertip!
From Kingu's angle, you can see that Kevin's finger is right above the setting sun.
"Although it might sound arrogant to say it..."
"But in the last three minutes before the sun completely sets, I can do more than you can imagine."
As if to confirm his words!
The stars descend at this moment!
Kingu looked at the person in front of him with a drastic change in expression, and a golden halo began to solidify behind the other person's head.
Without further hesitation, Kingu instantly self-destructed.
He had a feeling that if he slowed down even a moment, death would be the only thing waiting for him!
Is the sun about to set? No!
Another blazing sun rose fiercely over this scorched earth in the final three minutes!
"I am the unchanging night..."
Kevin's voice rang out, "I am... the eternal sun!"
Tiamat looked at the figure waiting in front of her and immediately unleashed a terrifying beam of magical energy.
However, before she could even fire the light cannon...
Her body flew up!
She was sent flying!
Tiamat's body flew backward rapidly, and with just one strike, she was forced back five kilometers by her opponent.
But this is just the beginning!
An even faster attack! An even more terrifying fist! Unleashed by the figure entwined with stars and the blazing sun!
Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!
Tiamat, who had just paused for a moment, began an irresistible retreat once again!
In just 30 seconds, the opponent made her retreat nearly 100 kilometers again.
"Aaaaaa!!!!"
Tiamat seemed to finally react, and terrifying beams of light shot out from every corner of her body! They instantly hit Kevin!
However, Kevin, who was hit, only said, "Sorry, this time I won't back down!"
Despite the relentless attacks, Kevin continued to launch offensives.
Five kilometers! Fifty kilometers! One hundred kilometers! Two hundred kilometers! Three hundred kilometers!!! Tiamat's massive body, like a giant sandbag, continued to accelerate backward under the barrage of punches!
Tiamat was retreating, but that was all she was doing.
As if knowing that her attacks were ineffective against Kevin, she stopped all her attacks, letting Kevin's attacks land on her and knock her away repeatedly.
Just as Kevin's attack was about to strike her again—whoosh!!!
Tiamat transformed her entire body into a cannon barrel! A torrent of magic, several kilometers in diameter, instantly engulfed Kevin's figure, carrying him across a distance of hundreds of kilometers!
Boom!!!
This explosion became an unforgettable sight for all living beings on the Mesopotamian plain! A colossal pillar of light, connecting heaven and earth, rose from the ground!
It instantly dispelled the last vestiges of twilight before nightfall, and the earth convulsed and shattered violently like a boiling sea! The shockwave swept everything away at supersonic speeds! A massive hole was instantly emptied from the clouds in the sky!
Far away in Uruk, the city walls shook violently, and Dan Heng's water dragons roared deafeningly, trying their best to stabilize the city!
At the epicenter of the explosion, Kevin lay quietly on his back, looking at the sky. His clothes were completely torn, revealing his horrific body covered in charred cracks and burns. Blood almost stained the rocks beneath him red.
The sun... has completely set. The last glimmer of light disappears below the horizon.
"This... the distance should be enough, right?"
The distance of over 400 kilometers was enough to prevent the other party from reaching Uruk before nightfall.
As long as tomorrow comes.
He can stop the other party again.
As long as nothing unexpected happens.
Then the unexpected happened.
Kevin, who had just gotten up, stared wide-eyed.
The people on the walls of Uruk stared at the figure in disbelief.
That figure, which had just been driven back hundreds of kilometers away.
That figure, which should have been moving forward slowly.
Driven by magic, those figures are now rapidly advancing towards Uruk.
The other party seemed to have made up their mind!
Let's end all of this tonight.
No one knew why Tiamat changed her tactics, not even Kingu.
His mother felt threatened when she saw the figure.
She also seemed to know that the other party couldn't exert such strength at night.
So she set off!
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He should leave now.
Kevin took a deep breath and looked at the stars above. He no longer had the same power he had during the day.
Once faced with Tiamat's attack, perhaps a single blow would be enough to completely reduce him to dust.
"Trust your heart, trust yourself! Xiling, if you're lying to me, I'll haunt you even in death!"
He redeemed a piece of clothing at the mall.
Then switched to a different bottle of medicine that could treat the injury.
The points he earned from checking in during this period have been cleared.
Kevin was dressed in a knightly outfit, with a cape on his right shoulder.
Kevin started moving, running, and then sprinting.
He raced at Tiamat with speeds like a fighter jet.
The distance of over 400 kilometers can be reached in just half an hour.
Dan Heng tried to stop the other party, but he couldn't break free at all.
Once he leaves the city, it will be instantly breached, and the people in the city will die instantly.
What should we do now?
The group of people kept thinking about how to break this predicament.
However, no matter how they thought about it, they couldn't find a solution; it seemed like there was no way to resolve it.
However, when Tiamat was still 150 kilometers away from them, the other party... stopped.
...
"Hahahaha!"
Kingu seemed to have seen something extremely funny and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Because at that moment, someone blocked his mother's path.
"To be honest, you old humans are really quite interesting."
"I wasn't even planning on coming to find you, yet you came here to die on your own."
Kevin stood on a hillside, looking directly at the approaching goddess of creation. Kingu's sarcasm didn't shake Kevin in the slightest.
Kevin drew the black blade and silently pointed it at the enemy he was about to face.
However, his actions made Kingu burst into laughter.
"Do you think it's daytime now?"
Kingu's smile vanished abruptly, replaced by a look of utter disdain. He pointed at Kevin and said coldly...
"Your sun has set!"
Kevin ignored Kingu's words; at that moment, his mind was only focused on the sentence someone uttered after describing the impending crisis facing his world.
Believe me.
"I believe you, but..."
"Me too! I want to tell you too! Believe in me!"
As Kevin roared inwardly, his surroundings seemed to change.
"Wh...what's going on?" Kingu's originally cruel expression turned into disbelief.
A bad feeling arose in his mind! Something was about to happen!
At that moment, Kevin held the blade up in front of him.
"My heart! Respond to me!"
"Oh, the blazing sun!"
"No!"
Kevin suddenly opened his eyes, and a sun seemed to be reflected deep in his pupils.
He seemed to be making some kind of vow to Kingu, Tiamat, or perhaps to himself.
He roared! He made his vow!
"I am the blazing sun that will eventually rise!"
The world changed at that moment; some kind of erosion invaded it.
Gilgamesh, standing atop the city wall, gazed into the distance, a slow smile spreading across his lips before bursting into laughter.
"Hahahaha"
He saw something incredible.
He saw a person's longing; he saw into a person's heart.
Rewriting reality based on the practitioner's inner vision.
Its name is—Reality Marble.
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A/N [Author Note]:
From this moment on, night and day will be indistinguishable!
Xiling: Kevin, use your heart to rape the world.
Kevin: Okay!
Xiling: Holy crap, are you serious?