Seong Jihan frowned.
In fact, after exposing it to the Dragon Lord, he had felt about 1g of guilt towards Gilgamesh until now, but
I guess I did the right thing by telling him directly.
That feeling also disappeared after seeing Gilgameshs message telling him to call him father.
Why does this guy keep telling him to call him father?
[Why are you obsessed with being called father?]
[I can no longer see my descendants.]
[You knew that before. According to Pythia, you have no seed.]
[Thats just her unilateral claim. I had hope. Yes. Until my youth was taken away by Martial God!]
Since Martial God gave Gilgamesh immortality, he must have been able to take it back too.
[But what does that have to do with being a father?]
[Since I can no longer see my direct descendants, shouldnt I pass on the throne to the most outstanding among humanity?]
[The throne Will you give me any useful abilities?]
If he gave something useful, typing out father shouldnt be too bad.
[Ill allow you to use my name. From now on, you will become Gilgamesh II.]
[Get lost.]
[You can also jointly own this Golden Tower. Then your ability to handle eternity will be enhanced.]
[Oho, is that so?]
Joint ownership of the Tower of Babel.
Suspicious.
Gilgamesh wasnt someone who would share the ownership of the Tower of Babel just because he was called father.
On top of that, wasnt this guy subdued by Martial God in the first place?
I could reject it outright But its better to pretend to agree and gather more information.
Seong Jihan made up his mind and sent a message.
[Joint ownership sounds good, but Isnt the Tower of Babel not yours anyway? Wasnt it taken over by Martial God?]
[Kuk Thats the case in Tuseong. But if the Golden Tower is summoned to Earth, there is a way to turn the situation around. If you cooperate, the probability of success will increase further.]
[Aha, and that cooperation is calling you father?]
[Thats right. If you acknowledge me as your father and join my family, it will be easier to retake the Tower of Babel. Then joint ownership will proceed as the next step.]
Given Gilgameshs personality, it was obvious that he would pretend not to know about joint ownership once he regained control of the Tower of Babel.
Seong Jihan came to that conclusion but continued to answer for now.
[Its not just about calling you father. But whats the point of calling you father through this message now?]
[Thats true. When this tower is summoned to Earth, you must come and acknowledge me as your father.]
[Then theres no need to do it now.]
[Still, practice in advance.]
[Enough of that, when is the tower being summoned?]
[Im not sure exactly, but theres not much time left. As soon as Martial Gods confinement is over, the summoning procedure will proceed.]
Last time, he said it was a month of confinement, and quite some time had already passed.
It seemed right to consider the summoning of the Tower of Babel to Earth as only a matter of time now.
[But theres one thing thats puzzling.]
[What is it?]
[You said you were caught by Martial God and your youth was taken away. But how are you sending messages? They would be monitoring you, right?]
[I find it strange too. Martial God definitely ordered Pythia to monitor me more, but shes not here now.]
To that question, Gilgamesh answered as if he didnt know well either.
They took away his youth for being exposed, but theyre not monitoring him again?
Theyre not that careless Is Pythia sticking by his side and censoring?
Seong Jihan thought so and sent a message.
[Ill consider calling you father later when I come to Earth, so tell me about the form of Martial God you saw before. Why is his head the same as the Dragon Lords? What was the situation when you made a contract with him before?]
If hes sending messages under Martial Gods surveillance, he wont answer the question asking to reveal his identity.
And just as Seong Jihan predicted,
The messages that had been coming in sharp replies didnt come for a while.
[Hmm Pythia has come. Ill organize and let you know about Martial God later.]
Suddenly, the message was cut off, saying Pythia had come.
I knew they were monitoring.
Seong Jihan smiled, looking at the cut-off message.
Then, it could be seen that the messages Gilgamesh had been sending so far contained the intentions of Martial Gods side.
There must be another reason why they keep encouraging him to call him father.
But if theyre trying to lure me, I thought they would at least roughly tell me Martial Gods identity Theyre deliberately hiding it.
Is there something that needs to be hidden other than the fact that his head resembles the Dragon Lords?
Seong Jihan had such doubts for a moment.
For now, lets organize the stats that have grown through this tournament.
To calculate the stats that had grown significantly thanks to the Dragon Lord, he opened the status window.
* * *
At the Golden Tower located in Tuseong,
The haggard Gilgamesh glared at Pythia.
To be precise, he glared at his cell phone that she was holding.
Pythia Doing this makes it look suspicious to anyone The identity of the snake has already been revealed, so you should just tell him!
No. My lord said not to pass on any more information about this.
Tsk That guy. Hes not stupid, so he must have noticed. He wont believe my words anymore.
At those words, Pythia stared at the messages on the phone.
Honestly, even to her, abruptly ending the conversation as soon as he asked about Martial Gods identity was extremely suspicious.
However,
Its fine. Our goal is to make him come to the Golden Tower anyway.
The Tower of Babel that will be summoned to Earth as soon as Martial Gods confinement ends.
Pythias purpose was to lure Seong Jihan there.
If we say that the Tower of Babel will bring disaster to humanity, Seong Jihan will come even if he knows its a trap. Try to assimilate him with the tower then.
Will you really return my youth then?
Thats what my lord said, right?
At those words, Gilgamesh recalled what had happened a little while ago.
After Seong Jihan achieved an overwhelming victory against the Dragon Lord,
[No matter how much of an avatar it is, I didnt expect the Dragon Lord to be defeated so easily]
Martial God, who reappeared in the Golden Tower,
[Gilgamesh. Contact Seong Jihan again and lure him to come to the tower. Then I will return your youth.]
He had given orders to lure Seong Jihan to the Tower of Babel.
However, the verbal promise of a snake cannot be trusted.
You dont trust My lords words?
Thats right. Look at my state. Can you trust his words?
Gilgamesh, who had been tricked into a fraudulent contract by Martial God and had lost his youth and fallen into misery.
He was living proof that Martial God did not keep his promises.
So you wont do it?
I have to.
However, even if Gilgamesh had no trust in Martial God, he had no choice anyway.
Yeah. Good thing you know your place.
Pythia said that and put Gilgameshs cell phone into her inventory.
I dont want to put this dirty thing in my inventory, but
However, to faithfully follow the masters orders, personal feelings had to be set aside at times like this.
As Pythia was about to turn her back and leave,
Pythia.
What?
Whats your real purpose? Is it to take revenge on me after all?
Gilgamesh asked in a very hoarse voice.
Im not targeting the likes of you. Its just fun to watch you fall apart.
Then, is your real purpose to extinguish the Reds fire, as you said back then?
Thats right. I have to interfere with the ultimate goal of the Blood clan.
The reason she had been reduced to Gilgameshs baby-making machine in the lab was
Because the Blood clan had done that to revive the Red Administrator.
Extinguishing the Reds fire inherent in humanity was the true path to properly take revenge on the Blood clan.
Furthermore, it would be the path to truly save humanity, Pythias descendants.
Do you believe in Martial God even after seeing my state?
I believe. Because he saved me.
While she gave an immediate answer to Gilgameshs words on the surface,
I have to believe.
Deep down, even she had no confidence.
However,
Excluding My lord, theres no one else to do this anyway
Who else could remove the traces of the Red left in humanity other than Martial God becoming the Administrator?
Pythia had no alternatives anyway.
I need to follow him more faithfully. Only then can I hope for salvation
After organizing her thoughts like that,
Smack!
I didnt hit you because I pitied you a bit after you became an old man, but youre running your mouth in front of my lord.
Ack, ack!
She struck Gilgameshs head, who had made her fall into agony.
Ah. Theres a palm print on your head since you have no hair. So this is the size of my palm?
You
Its really miserable to lose your youth. Right?
Pythia raised the corners of her mouth, looking at her palm print drawn in bright red on the top of Gilgameshs head.
So dont think strange thoughts and just listen well to my lord. Then youll escape baldness.
Kuk
Gilgamesh glared at Pythia, but there was nothing he could do for now.
Just you wait. Once we go to Earth!
He had no choice but to put up with it now, but once the Tower of Babel was established on Earth,
He would be able to turn the situation around.
Gilgamesh gritted his teeth and waited for that moment.
* * *
Dragon Lord, you really gave generously.
Seong Jihan smiled, looking at the level displayed on the status window.
Level 635.
His level, which was 595 before the start of the tournament,
Had risen by a total of 40 due to the Dragon Lords skin shedding.
This much is almost two months No, its a value that may or may not be worth challenging for a level up even beyond that.
In addition, the Red and Martial Soul stats had risen significantly as well.
Truly befitting a Great Constellation, the Dragon Lords generosity was on a different class.
Seong Jihan looked at the significantly increased stats and noticed the residual points that had greatly increased this time.
The residual points earned this time should be invested in Martial Soul for now.
Among the stats he could raise now, Martial Soul was the least likely to backfire.
Seong Jihan invested all the residual points he had obtained so far into Martial Soul.
It stopped exactly at 600.
After using up all the remaining points, Seong Jihan checked the status window.
Affiliation: Challenger League 6
Level: 635
Martial Soul: 600
Void: 595
Red: 497
Eternity (Incomplete): 40
With one more crack appearing on his face, the Void value that had grown quite a bit compared to before.
And thanks to the Dragon Lord, the Martial Soul and Red that had grown significantly.
Especially Red, despite having used 50 previously when upgrading the Phoenix Spear, was now close to reaching 500.
Around 500, the Reds hand might wake up, but theres still no reaction.
In the past, it used to say a few things even in a sealed state.
Now that Red had grown much more than then, strangely, the hand was quiet.
Is it trying to wake up all at once by gathering strength?
Its kind of eerie now that the noisy guy is quiet.
Seong Jihan was thinking of writing an ultimate skill to consume more Red, but he looked at the multi-line system messages.
Most of them were messages about breaking achievements.
[To be promoted to Challenger League 5, your level must be 640 or higher.]
Among them, he focused on the promotion condition for the Challenger League after seeing it.
I thought Challenger 5 was 650 or higher, but its 640.
Then, if he raised his level by just 5 more, he could invite Great Constellations, right?
He would be able to invite Great Constellations to the next tournament.
I should let this be known through the channel.
Seong Jihan turned on BattleTube and went straight to the point.
Everyone. Thanks to the Dragon Lord, Ive reached level 635.
-635?? Crazy;
-Is that growth rate even possible
-No, didnt it rise too little? Level 9 constellations died so much with their skins.
-They didnt really die, just their avatars disappeared, so it would have only risen that much.
-Still, it rose too little, the system is stingy.
Alien viewers arguing whether the system was stingy or not with the level 40 growth.
Seong Jihans channel, which had already become the most prominent player on BattleTube, was being entered by countless aliens.
Anyway, it seems Great Constellations will also be able to participate in the next tournament. I found out that level 640 is Challenger 5.
-Challenger 5 Does that mean Great Constellations can participate?
-The Dragon Lord opened the way for his own participation;
-This was all planned too
Around the time when there was talk of whether this was the Dragon Lords real plan,
Seong Jihan continued with a smile.
Yes. So please participate a lot in the tournament this time as well.
Then, question marks overwhelmingly popped up in the chat window.
-??
-Excuse me. I think youre misunderstanding something
-Who the hell would participate??