Chapter 4763: What?! IV

She waved her hand dismissively.

"But really, what are you doing here again when you have to focus on not getting collapsed by an Absolute? Splitting your attention too much, especially while facing an Absolute, could also have detrimental consequences for you."

She said such words as if she was actually concerned about him.

Noah knew otherwise.

But he knew of the information hidden within her deflection. Different Absolutes had different capabilities. Different limitations. What affected one might not affect another.

He looked toward the entrance of the Stoa of Dogmata as he continued speaking.

"When I was moving around in The Earliest Folds, I caught the gaze of a particular tyrant who was curious enough about me to send his curiosity to nearly collapse me and my people some time ago."

His eyes burned with remembered fury.

"I made a promise back then that I would get him back. And he should be..."

HUUM!

Just as his words were finishing, space in the distance fluctuated!

Reality tore and reformed as something powerful forced its way into the Stoa of Dogmata! The ancient pillars trembled slightly. The inscriptions of Dogmata flickered with recognition of a new presence.

And a moment later...

Gilgamesh appeared!

The First Leader!

His figure was glorious and imposing, radiating authority that made the surrounding atmosphere compress. His form was humanoid but idealized, as if someone had taken the concept of "leader" and given it flesh. Golden armor adorned his body in patterns that spoke of conquest and dominion. His eyes were sharp, calculating, filled with the intelligence of one who had commanded legions since before most civilizations existed.

He looked around with those sharp eyes, assessing his surroundings with the caution of a veteran who had survived countless conflicts.

...!

Either he had followed the trail of the chase between Noah and THE Weavers, or THE Weavers had purposefully left a trail that brought him here!

He would have likely gone in and entered THE Agora of Primordial Judgment to continue his pursuit.

But Noah had other plans.

At this moment, he looked toward Gilgamesh calmly!

Because at this moment, he was doing a little thing the kids liked to call... divide and conquer.

The moment Gilgamesh appeared, he locked his eyes on Noah!

And Noah looked back calmly.

"You were looking for me this whole time, big guy."

His voice carried across the Stoa with steady confidence.

"You were curious about me since The Earliest Folds. At this moment, I wish to close off this curiosity."

BOOM!

THE Fundamental Depth of Gilgamesh burned with imperious brilliance!

His aura exploded outward, pressing against reality with the weight of countless victories and endless ambition! The pillars of the Stoa groaned under the pressure! The inscriptions of Dogmata blazed brighter as if responding to the challenge being issued!

And shockingly...

His eyes or gaze did not even turn toward THE Secretive Eon even once.

As if he did not know that she even existed here.

Noah only noted this with veiled interest.

Had this ridiculous being actually made herself imperceptible to anyone else right now? It seemed that Gilgamesh genuinely unaware that an Absolute sat mere miles away, watching this confrontation unfold with amused curiosity.

Well.

That was more than okay.

This was between him and Gilgamesh.

Noah looked toward the First Leader as behind Gilgamesh, golden pools of brilliance began to form like black holes in reverse! Vibrant tips of weapons began to edge out one after another from those pools! Spears and swords and axes and hammers, each one burning with immense Depth and power!

The glory of the First Leader!

Gilgamesh nodded slowly as he observed Noah’s calm demeanor.

"I have been curious."

His voice was deep and resonant, carrying the weight of one who had commanded armies since before time learned to count.

"I detest that my Weavings and my existence have been led by THE Living Paradox and THE Weavers. I detest that a being like me, a leader among glorious leaders, has been moving under the commands of another."

Something flickered in his sharp eyes.

"I actually envy you a little, Osmont."

The words came with surprising honesty.

"Nobody commands you to do this or that. You decide for yourself how you go about things. Like how you decided to be here right now, however foolish that may be."

His lips curved into something that was almost a smile.

"For that, I am truly envious."

HUUM!

His Depth spilled out gloriously!

The air of Unity and Paradox radiated all around him, the dual nature of his allegiance manifesting in visible auras that pressed against reality! Weavings of The First Tongue began to bloom over all of his emerging weapons, linguistic authority coating each blade and spear with enhanced lethality!

At this sight...

Noah’s eyes flashed dangerously.

"You fucking bum."

His voice came out domineeringly and commandingly.

"Did I say you could use The First Tongue?"

BOOM!

His words carried the weight of absolute authority!

The Thesis that had not been denied since Muspelheim was applied to Gilgamesh!

None who oppose THE Genesis Monarch may utilize The First Tongue!

The effect was immediate and devastating!

The weapons emerging from Gilgamesh’s golden gates dimmed greatly! The linguistic authority coating them flickered and died! The Weavings of The First Tongue that had been blooming across his arsenal simply... stopped!

He was cut off!

And the Way he expressed became noticeably dimmer!

His aura, which had burned with the combined authority of Unity and Paradox enhanced by The First Tongue, now burned with only its base components. Still powerful. Still dangerous. But noticeably reduced from what it had been moments before.

And yet...

Even when such a thing happened, the figure of Gilgamesh actually began to smile more and more!

An air of brutality and wonder permeated around his skin!

He laughed!

The sound was deep and genuine, filled with the excitement of one who had finally found a worthy challenge after eons of predictable victories!

The paradoxical light around him became more and more intense, his remaining authority surging to compensate for what had been stripped away!

"Good!"

His voice boomed across the Stoa.

"You are the real thing!"

His eyes blazed with something that looked almost like joy.

"I have always wanted to break away from Paradox and THE Weavers. Today, at this time, I pit every ounce of my Depth and being here!"

He raised his arms, and the weapons in his golden gates surged forward despite their diminished state!

"I lay all that Gilgamesh is... I lay all those I have led and all my accomplishments on this fight!"

His aura exploded to its maximum intensity!

"I either come out the other side glorious and with your Claim beneath my feet, or the name and the legend of Gilgamesh shall stop here now!"

His smile became something feral and beautiful.

"It can only be one or the other!"

HUUM!

The words were gloriously heavy and imposing!

After they were said, Noah looked at this being and nodded lightly.

Behind him, a magnificent blue-gold Seal began to rise.

THE Absolute Seal of Infinity!

It burned with patterns of boundlessness that made space itself groan! Endless designs conveyed the concept it represented, and the weight it carried pressed against Gilgamesh’s aura with force that demanded acknowledgment!

"Then fight."

Noah’s voice came calm and certain.

"Because this... will be the last fight of your existence."

...!

The Stoa of Dogmata trembled as two powers prepared to collide!

In the distance, unseen by Gilgamesh but fully visible to Noah, THE Secretive Eon watched with eyes that sparkled with genuine interest.

She had her chin resting on her hand.

She was smiling!

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