Chapter 38: Distant Memories
Entering the deepest dark night, the Dongmu Bridge is silent.
Under the dim lights of the bridge street lights, no vehicles passed by.
At the top of the bridge, a golden figure appeared out of thin air. The wounded hero king sat tiredly on the top of the bridge, with his thin short golden hair covering the man's forehead.
Gilgamesh lowered his head to check the broken armor on his body, and took out the broken armor pieces that pierced into his skin with force, and threw them into the night sky. The golden armor pieces flew like butterflies in the cold dark night, extinguishing like fireflies.
After cleaning up the broken armor, the Hero King finally removed the golden armor that had been protecting him, revealing the red chamber flowing with blood.
Sitting alone in the dark shadow of the bridge, letting the cold wind cool the blood and scab it. On this lonely height, the hero king finally let out a silent sigh.
——Hero King, you have treasures from the whole world, but why are you empty and have no human heart?!
Once upon a time, some people also blamed the king of all mankind without knowing the height of heaven and earth.
——Gilgamesh, you don’t have to be so lonely.
The guy who was overestimating himself back then had turned into dust, and all heroes of a generation were in ashes. Only the oldest king in the world was sublime.
But in this battle where pain pierces his chest, the magnificent scene of countless heroes challenging the sky fearlessly under the leadership of the Knight King, which really reminded him of distant memories and his friends who had passed away in the memories.
Once upon a time, I also had many heroes following me.
The picture that I thought I had forgotten for a long time appeared so clearly in front of me.
The blue sky is vast and boundless, and the vast earth is only tall with the throne.
The resolute and handsome king, who is as strong as the sun, rests on the throne bored. The warriors who are in awe of the king challenge fiercely under the throne. The lucky minister clown tried his best to perform, hoping that their king could smile.
I have witnessed the boring performances of ugly humans countless times, spending the sunrise and sunset in the void, and that time when I have no value for even recalling is really too empty.
Because he is the king who occupies the highest point of mankind. Since his incompetent father occupied the throne for many years and finally awakened to offer the throne to him, there is nothing in the world that can be associated with him.
It is a natural fact that he is superior to all humans in the world. Gilgamesh was born so sure.
The prince, who was flowing with two divine blood, only chose a noble position in this ancient kingdom to wander around the world.
However, he did not expect that this human being was such a boring creature, suffering and happiness, emotional indifference, arrogance and humility... In the complex world formed by the interweaving of life and desire of all human beings, countless fleeting thoughts and feelings shine brightly, and the dazzling brilliance of fireworks, but it cannot stop the hero king from seeing through the insignificant nature of human beings under the gorgeous appearance at a glance.
Money, power, wealth, what mankind hopes, greeds, desires, and loves is nothing but such humble things, and even loses their true nature.
And the only one who can truly have everything is the only king in the world, and all humble humans can have is themselves.
Whether it is punishment or plunder, humans can only bow down and beg for mercy, or accept it with joy, fear and disquiet because of their king's moodiness, lose themselves, and understand the original intention of the noble king.
Then continue, so the king of tolerant, deep thought, fairness, and virtue became the most terrifying tyrant, which was just a rare pleasure that Gilgamesh found in boring time.
Until one day, the person who changed all this appeared.
It is close to green, with long hair that emits a faint glow. The sixteen-year-old human appearance is too beautiful if it is a male, and too masculine if it is a female.
For humans, the appearance of the visitor is too beautiful, slender and deeply confusing. For Gilgamesh, under the gorgeous shell is nothing more than mud and gravel.
That's the person of destiny.
The human beings who were both created by God strongly realized the existence of each other at the beginning of their birth.
But Gilgamesh is a wedge born on the earth in order not to lose his power, so that people can continue to regard God as a wedge born on the earth when God worships. The other party is just a soulless clay handicraft, a weapon created by God to restrain him.
When his mother cried and warned him of God's malice, the young Gilgamesh was fearless.
"Mother, there is never anyone in this world that can be compared with me, and there will be no one who can defeat me."
On this day, the trajectories of fate arranged by God finally met.
The beautiful clay doll knocked down the guards in full armor, defeated the tall and strong gladiator, and came to the throne.
"Are you going to come and warn me?"
"That's right, I'll take your mistakes with you."
The two sides were so clear about each other's goals that there was no need to communicate. The noble king finally stepped down from the throne and began this tide-like battle in front of the temple of Uruk.
From sunrise to sunset, from temple to city, facing enemies who can freely change everything, the strongest king of mankind has to take out all his treasures.
At first, he was helpless because he was chased to the end of his journey. But in the end he was quite happy and threw out all the treasures he held without regret.
Perhaps, this was the most enjoyable battle in his life as king.
The battle did not end with the victory of either side. After several days of fierce fighting, both fell to the ground exhausted, and Gilgamesh finally had to admit that the other party's strength could stalemate with him.
"You and I have only one last move left. If you don't want to protect things, you will only have two more stupid dead bodies."
——Would we end up with a tie?
The enemy, who was also scarred, fell back tiredly as he learned his movements, and looked foolishly at the king who fell into the dust. The doll who was not familiar with human affairs could see through the stupid expression at a glance.
Unlike human instinct to hide oneself, the man completely expresses himself from the bottom of his heart to express himself, and there is no simple expression of hidden concepts, which makes the hero king feel particularly happy and beautiful.
"What if you stop the battle? Before you can defeat me, I will allow you to put down your weapons. And, as an equal existence recognized by me, I will allow you to share everything about me with you before you decide on the victory or defeat with me."
“…”
What does that mean?
The doll's eyes turned into a huge question mark, and my stupid expression made me explain with interest.
"That is, my throne, kingdom, wealth, everything I have can be shared with you."
"But, but..."
Very uneasy, the doll said erratically.
"I came here just to want you not to treat your people too harshly."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The memory of the hero Wang Changhuai laughing was so clearly stirred in his heart that Gilgamesh, who was sitting alone in the darkness, still clearly remembered the mood he had back then.
"I want to share everything about me with you, and all you can share is this kind of kindness?"
In front of the silly doll, Gilgamesh smiled so happily, and his happy mood passed from the distant past to the present.
On that day, Gilgamesh's treasure house collected the most important treasures of his life.
Chapter completed!