I, Goldie, Am Going to Be a Foolish King! [10]

Gilgamesh sat quietly upon his throne, doing absolutely nothing except rhythmically tapping his fingers against the stone armrest. The steady drip-drop of the sound drifted through the air. The palace was completely empty.

And in the heavens where the gods dwelled, a heated discussion was underway.

“Anu, are we really going to be all right doing this?”

The god Enki admonished the chief god Anu.

When Gilgamesh had been knocked unconscious by that meteorite, they had glimpsed a terrifying power within it. At their level of existence, they could not understand what rank that power belonged to, but they knew this much: if that power made a move against them, the gods would have no way to fight back.

Yet strangely enough, neither the meteorite nor Gilgamesh had shown any obvious abnormalities afterward. The only change was that Gilgamesh had become even wiser.

No matter what, even the smallest disturbance had to be observed carefully. After all, this concerned their lives and fortunes.

Anu waved a hand, utterly unconcerned. “It’s fine. I refuse to believe an accident could happen in a land ruled by our pantheon.”

It was not only those two gods. The other gods of the Sumerian pantheon had all gathered as well, staring at the screen of light floating in midair. Displayed upon it was Gilgamesh, seated motionless upon his throne.

The gods looked at one another. “Why isn’t Gilgamesh moving?”

Anu spoke up. “Quiet. Just observe.”

Recently, Gilgamesh had come to believe that his actions as a foolish king kept failing because his dignity was insufficient, so he had decided to cultivate stillness and temper his mind through seated meditation. In the end, however, he could not hold back.

“You mongrels… are watching, aren’t you?”

Gilgamesh suddenly shouted.

“You dare fix your eyes upon this king, upon Gilgamesh?”

The gods were greatly shocked. A slightly timid god immediately prepared to cut off the connection, but Nuhada stopped him.

“It may be a coincidence. With Gilgamesh’s abilities, he cannot possibly discover us! We are gods! Supreme gods! Do not jump at shadows!” Anu explained.

The timid god lowered his head in shame as well.

“You… are looking down upon me?”

Gilgamesh rose from his throne, his voice even louder than before.

The gods spying on him looked at one another, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, one god jumped out.

“Anu, this… this can’t be that much of a coincidence, can it? You sensed that power too, didn’t you? To be safe, we should cut off the connection!”

Anu’s expression shifted several times, but in the end he stood firm.

“A coincidence. It must be a coincidence!”

Gilgamesh was finally starting to get angry. He was hungry. He had called for people for so long, yet his meal still had not been brought in. He really had raised a bunch of useless trash. Or could it be…

Gilgamesh flew into a rage.

“You wretches! Have you mistaken this king’s silence for tolerance?”

His voice thundered through the empty palace.

“Or do you wish to test the newly acquired authority of this king—the Power of the King?”

“The Power of the King.. what is the Power of the King?” Anu asked.

Not a single god around him could answer his question, but one god raised a question of their own.

“Are we really continuing? I keep feeling that something extremely bad is going to happen!”

“Silence! We are gods!” Anu used his authority as king of the gods to forcibly suppress the dissatisfaction around him and continued keeping the water screen open.

Gilgamesh could no longer endure it. Normally, at this hour, all his food would have already been served up for him to enjoy. Not this time. That meant those servants must have decided today’s dishes were especially delicious and stolen a few extra bites. Truly outrageous!

At that thought, despite the blazing heat, Gilgamesh felt a chill run through his entire body, while his heart began to pound powerfully beyond his control.

THUMP, THUMP.

THUMP, THUMP.

THUMP, THUMP.

That deep, forceful heartbeat shot straight into the heavens. Even when the gods tried to block it with divine power, they could not stop it in the slightest. The sound passed through their ears, entered their minds, and shook their hearts.

The gods were shocked. “Is he about to start a war? What a terrifying heartbeat! What a terrifying presence! Gilgamesh, Power of the King—how dreadful!”

Gilgamesh had already taken out the great axe of Uruk he had named “Power of the King.”

“You mongrels… you insolent mongrels!”

He gripped the great axe, his eyes burning with fury.

“You dare defy this king, who now holds the Power of the King in his hands?”

The gods were afraid. They cut off the connection, but their hearts were still pounding nonstop. They could not make them stop.

With fear on their faces, they looked toward Anu, king of the gods. “Anu, you have to think of something! Truly! I am still young. I have not been alive as a god for very long.”

Anu looked at this bunch of trash gods, whose legs had gone soft and who had lost all combat ability just from the pounding of their hearts, with complete disdain. Although his own legs had also gone soft, he had at least managed to think of a solution.

“Perhaps his presence alone is terrifying.”

Anu struggled to offer an explanation.

“That’s what you said when we were looking through the water screen too!”

Unfortunately, the gods did not buy it.

“That is different! A method devised through the wisdom of a god—could it be the same?” Anu said stubbornly, forcing himself to hold firm.

The gods still chose to agree to Anu’s plan.

Anu let out a breath of relief. He had truly been afraid they would rebel against him. “First, we need to send a god to battle Gilgamesh, who has obtained this so-called ‘Power of the King.’”

The gods’ eyes suddenly became terrifying. Most of their gazes turned a wolfish green as they stared at Anu, like a pack of wolves ready to tear a hunter apart.

The king of the gods understood the meaning in their eyes: If you dare choose me, we’ll kill you! Fighting you would be a thousand times better than fighting Gilgamesh, whose heartbeat alone can make my legs go soft!

Anu swallowed, then wiped away his sweat. “As for the candidate, I have a recommendation. The Goddess of the Underworld, Ereshkigal, has always worked too hard handling the affairs of the Underworld, and the environment there is also extremely harsh. These years must have been very difficult for her. Why not take this opportunity to let her out?”

“I second it.”

“I second it.”

“I second it.”

Anu finally relaxed. “Since everyone agrees, then it will be… Hm? Ishtar, why have you not agreed? Don’t you hate Ereshkigal the most?”

Ishtar curled her lip. Without looking at the gods, she prepared to turn and leave.

“Then this order will be delivered to her by you! O goddess beloved by the gods! You must not disappoint them.”

The Boat of Heaven Maanna shot beyond the horizon, but the voice still drifted back from far away. Ishtar’s eyes were a little red.

At that moment, Ereshkigal, who was in the Underworld, sneezed. She was wondering strangely who could possibly be thinking of someone gloomy like her, someone who could only remain in an Underworld without so much as a single flower.

Gilgamesh was eating strawberry cake made by the chef he had personally taught.

A/N: It won’t be tragic. It absolutely won’t be tragic. Please rest assured, everyone.

Also, this is the author’s alt account. An alt account can’t comment or reply, so it’s not that the author is ignoring the readers’ opinions!

The author has been reading them all seriously. Things like the pacing being too fast, the issue of the style leaning too Chinese, and so on and so forth.

Just because the author does not reply does not mean the author has not seen your opinions.

T/N: i removed the spoiler in the author notes teehee also bro name his axe the power of the king………………… thats crazyyyy

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