[Comprehensive] Enkidu

On the other side of the River Styx, it seemed even more gloomy.

The piercing cold wind roared past, and even the radiance covering Enkidu's body seemed to be taken away by the wind.

It's hard to imagine how the gods of Hades are willing to stay in the eternally dark Hades.

The boat behind him had disappeared, and Enkidu looked around, but he also didn't find those wandering souls.

"That voice is getting clearer."

Compared to the barrenness outside, the other side of the river bank was full of swaying black flowers, and the flowers buried Enkidu's bare ankles.

The flowers stretched to the far end, and a rare dim light appeared at the end, illuminating Enkidu's sight.

"It must be the palace of Hades."

Pluto, who is in charge of a hell, his palace is naturally tall and majestic, different from the gorgeous and exquisite Sun Temple, it has a sense of oppressive and dull momentum.

Because the distance was too far, Enkidu could only vaguely see part of the buildings. In such a deep, invisible abyss, it was like a giant beast guarding the darkness.

Even if Enkidu is essentially a heroic spirit, he cannot rush into this forbidden area rashly.

[Only innocent people can pass. 】

The towering city gate is engraved with the words of the Age of Gods, and the lifelike sculpture of the blindfolded goddess holds a long sword and a balance, judging everyone who comes and goes.

After seeing the content of the narrative clearly, Enkidu couldn't help but muttered to himself.

"With such a demanding requirement, if I go in, I'm afraid I will be doomed because I don't meet the requirements."

Enkidu still remembered all the sins he was judged by the gods before his death. According to that standard, he could be said to be full of sins, not to mention that there would be no truly sinless people in this world.

The real saint in Enkidu's cognition is only Arthur, and Arthur's residence after death is not the underworld, but the sea within the stars.

I don't know the angle of judgment for sinners. When Enkidu stepped through the door, a sharp light penetrated his body, and the goddess's head drooped slightly, as if she was looking at Enkidu without putting down the sword in her hand.

The world behind the door is the real realm of the underworld.

Enkidu guessed that the guarding God of Hades did not appear, it looked deserted, so quiet that there was no noisy sound, just like a dead place without people.

After walking for a long distance, in a garden full of thorns, Enkidu found three beautiful goddesses sitting in the thorn bushes, cuddling each other with an intimate look.

They are dressed in light Greek-style robes with slender hem and complicated shapes, which outline their graceful and plump bodies.

The three goddesses performed their own duties, and the leading goddess was spinning silk threads. The goddess among them measured the length of the threads, and when they reached the proper position, the youngest goddess waved the scissors to cut them off.

The goddesses didn't stop their movements for a moment, but they seemed to be able to see Enkidu standing in the garden of thorns. They whispered to each other, as if discussing an interesting topic.

"You are a hero."

The leading goddess raised her head and made a solemn voice.

Then she quickly lowered her head and was busy with the things in her hands. The silk threads condensed by the moonlight flowed on her knees, and her younger sister calmly took them over.

"You'll get what you want."

The goddess with a solemn face holding a ruler did not even look at Enkidu, she replied firmly.

Only the youngest goddess looked at Enkidu curiously, unwilling to leave her sight for a long time.

"I saw the sea of ​​blood of the gods, it's strange, why did it disappear again?"

"Atropos!"

"You're talking nonsense again."

The scolding of the two sisters wrinkled the goddess' facial features into a ball, but she still listened to her sisters very much, and kept her mouth shut to do the cutting work.

The goddesses stopped making any noise after speaking the prophecy to Enkidu, deliberately ignoring his existence.

Passing through this garden of thorns, Enkidu also saw a huge three-headed dog lying lazily on the ground, blocking his way.

But fortunately, he stroked its chin for a while, and it enthusiastically gave way to him.

In front is the main hall of Pluto.

Even Enki has extremely fast speed, it still took a lot of time to reach this place.The vastness of Hades is beyond his imagination, and it is no wonder that there is such a wide environment if he wants to accommodate the souls of the dead.

Compared with the underworld, which only has rough prototypes in the other age of gods, it already has the prototypes of various organs in later generations. In addition, the wealth of the dead belongs to the king of the underworld. Although it will not be as magnificent as the gods, the infrastructure is far more complete than the gods.

"Perhaps that voice was trying to lure me to Hades."

After pushing open the door of the main hall, Enkidu suddenly had a strange thought.

Every word of the three goddesses of destiny can cause Enkidu to think deeply. In fact, he did not expect to meet them when he came to the Age of Gods.

After all, he was the one who replaced Arthur and took away the "thread", so that the spirit core has not healed yet, and his strength still has an impact.

"Getting what you want... Does she mean, even if the 'lines' appear again, I can change them and not be affected by them anymore?"

Thinking about it, the first thing Enkidu saw was the woman sitting on the throne and smiling gently at him.

"We've been waiting for you for a long time."

The crown on her head is not made of precious stones but flowers. The delicate petals still contain the morning dew, but the ornaments on the crown still prove her identity—the wife of Hades, Persephone .

The male god sitting next to her had a rather gloomy and terrifying aura, his handsomeness was like the ice of the bottom of the sea, without any warmth at all.

With the blending of spring and winter, the atmosphere in the hall also became unstable. When the Empress of Hades gently held Hades' hand, the cold atmosphere disappeared suddenly.

"Entrusted by that god, we are here waiting for you."

Pluto's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he seemed to see through Enkidu's essence in an instant.

That's why Enkidu didn't meet a guarding God of the Underworld along the way.

"god?"

Even in the face of the majesty of Hades, Enkidu never bowed his back to surrender to the mighty god, he straightened his body and asked questions.

"I think you will know her purpose after seeing her, and we are just your guides."

Persephone didn't care about the disrespect of the god's creation in front of her, but admired his tenacity. She and her husband looked at each other and showed a shy smile.

"Hades, I can't go to that place, I can only ask you to take this little guy to meet her."

Pluto nodded, the scepter in his hand shook slightly, and a black portal appeared in the empty hall.

"go in."

Pluto did not follow, and Enkidu walked to the other end of the portal alone.

For some reason, he always felt that the unsmiling Lord of Hades looked hostile to him.

I can't figure out what these weird gods are thinking.

Enkidu stopped, facing the goddess who was sitting on the abyss with her back facing him and shaking her legs, and calmly called out the name she had already guessed.

"Gaia."

"Huh, it's okay, you didn't make a mistake after all."

The face that turned around was as childish as a child, not like the mother of the earth at all, but more like a newborn creature, and every move was full of childishness.

The long white hair hangs over her shoulders, slightly covering the magnificent red eyes like jewels. It is not only innocent and noble of a princess, but also sweet and clear like a child.

"Got wrong?"

Doubt flashed in Enkidu's eyes, carefully recalling all the things that have come to this era, it is indeed full of indescribable sense of disobedience.

"Come and sit down."

Gaia waved to him, completely ignoring the bottomless hell under his feet.

Seeing Enkidu obediently listening to her and sitting on the edge of the abyss, she curled the corners of her mouth quite proudly.

"Perhaps you will know in the future. It has no effect on you now, so why go after it?"

"Since you don't want to say it, forget it."

Mother Earth blinked slyly.

"You don't know how to use honorifics for the gods here, let me guess, you discovered some secrets about me?"

Enkidu's light green eyes flickered with a faint smile.

"Sorry to leave you so suddenly."

His apology was not to the strange Godmother, but to the restraining power of the real planet. After leaving the heroic spirit space, he hid this sentence in his heart and could not convey it to the other party for a long time.

"I can't accept such a perfunctory apology at all. Unless you come back again, I will consider whether I can forgive you."

Just like a little girl acting like a baby, with her immature appearance, no one will be angry with her request.

"Did you cut off the connection of the suppression force to me? No wonder I can't go back after so long."

"Belongs to my child, I can't let other things take him away."

Gaia tilted her head, her sweet smile carried an imperceptible frost.

Enkidu is a very special collection item for "Gaia".

His particularity probably lies in a beautiful prop discovered by the strong observation desire derived from the will of the newly awakened planet. From ignorance to wisdom, from birth to death, she has been observing him tirelessly, and can't wait for the moment of his death. send invitation.

【Are you willing to become a Heroic Spirit? 】

How much I want him to stay by my side and listen to his whispers praising the earth. The planet's restraint is naturally emotionless, but it can also appreciate beautiful things.

[I can't leave. 】

Watching the green-haired boy fall into the dark abyss of the afterlife world, Gaia still got such an answer even though he had a chance to escape from the terrifying Hell.

Countless inquiries were rejected countless times. It seemed that there were more important things blocking him and preventing him from leaving.

Fortunately, it finally waited for him.

"Obviously I finally waited for you, but why did you make the choice to betray me again?"

It's not like something a world-consciousness with no desires or desires can say.

When it comes to this world line, the body to be requisitioned must be the goddess Gaia who has a certain connection. The only disadvantage is that emotions will also be affected by the owner of the body. Gaia is a goddess with passion/desire, so strong emotional fluctuations Certainly some of its characteristics will be changed.

"Because what I want, you can't do."

Enkidu watched her quietly with gentle and tolerant eyes.

"As long as you want, you can pursue the Holy Grail. As a wishing machine, it can fulfill most of your wishes. If you are so powerful, you don't need your body to obtain it. Why bother to become...a puppet of that kind of thing."

Gaia's chest rose and fell, and when she mentioned the restraint that bound Enkidu, her red eyes rarely showed disgust.

"I know, you won't let me see him again."

It's not that Enkidu has never responded to the call of the Holy Grail, and even has enough magic power to imbue him, he is the universal wishing machine that can grant all wishes.

But every time there are always various problems, and then he understands that there is a force blocking him, and he can never escape the control of that force.

"And you don't have to worry, I didn't become a puppet, even if I have a master, I get along as equals, and no one wants to drive me."

His sincere words only cared for her, making Planet Will laugh happily.

"Enkidu, I really like you. For humans, that's fine."

"You, like me, don't have normal human emotions. I think you just think I'm special. After all, I'm the first sinner to escape from the Seat of Heroes in your countless years."

"No, absolutely not."

Gaia shook her head firmly.

The feelings that come out are not just special.

Maybe a long time ago, maybe in the distant future, some unknown bond between her and him disappeared in the vast world line, which made the machine follow the planet's instinct to move forward, and at the first sight decided to let him Belonging to its Heroic Seat.

Stubbornly waiting for him to spend year after year in the afterlife world, even deliberately blocking his route, let him stay in the age of gods to meet her.

If only a few words can explain clearly, Gaia will not separate a part of consciousness to appear in front of Enkidu.

She didn't plan to hunt him down, didn't plan to punish him, she just used this god's body, with the help of a body with real emotions and six desires, to experience strange feelings that she never had, and came to see him.

"But since you don't plan to go back, I won't restrict you to stay here."

"Have you made up your mind yet?"

"Anyway, sooner or later, you will come back."

The girl's pure face was full of reluctance, and it was unclear whether it was her real reaction or the emotion automatically simulated by her body.

Because the emotions flowing in her bright red eyes are so gentle, as clear as a mirror lake.

"However, before driving you away, I have to make some preparations. Otherwise, I won't be able to rush over to help you when you are cheated again."

The childish fingers touched Enkidu's brow, followed by a sharp pain. The seemingly slight but irresistible force caused Enkidu to lose his sense of balance and fall to the hell below.

The world of Enkidu quickly sank into the familiar darkness, and the power that had been associated with it for a long time pulled him back. He raised his head and looked at the planet Restraint, which was looking at him in the distance.

She seemed to be smiling, her lips slightly parted in a mouth shape.

"Goodbye, my lock."