Chapter 42: Kingu

Even with its brain and heart pierced, the abnormal dinosaur, not a normal creature, continued to struggle and convulse until more chains completely dismembered its body, stopping its movements and turning it into ashes.

“I wanted to observe and study it more.”

Adam turned to look at the attacker, who was being guarded against by Jeanne d’Arc · Alter with drawn sword.

He/she had soft green hair and a face of androgynous beauty, wearing a white robe and barefoot, giving him/her an air of transcendence and sanctity.

“Your eyes are purple… Even though the Chains of Heaven have not yet been born, you have appeared? Kingu.”

“It seems you know me. Although I’d like to immediately ask you how you know who I am, before that, you are an Edenite, or at least related to them, right?”

The person Adam called Kingu showed excitement that didn’t quite match his/her demeanor.

Even under Jeanne d’Arc · Alter’s wary gaze, he/she instinctively stepped forward, wanting to approach Adam.

Like a castaway who has been stranded on a deserted island for years seeing a rescue ship.

Moreover.

According to the director’s personal observation, Kingu’s microexpressions fit those of an amnesiac, and they didn’t seem feigned, at least to Adam, who had a considerable understanding of acting.

But if that was the case, the situation became even more complex.

Kingu, as introduced in FGO, is an entity that borrows the name of the ruler of Tiamat’s children from Babylonian mythology, possessing a body stolen from the legend designed to bind Gilgamesh, created by the gods, with the goal of destroying “old humanity.”

But as Adam mentioned, the “Chains of Heaven” Enkidu has not yet been born in the current timeline, yet he saw Kingu, who bears a resemblance to Enkidu and even acknowledged the name Kingu.

“Listen, I must warn the Edenites, before I forget what little memory I have left.”

“I am Adam, the progenitor of the Edenites, and I can represent our entire race. You can speak freely.”

“You’re not lying… But forgive my verbosity, this matter is of great importance, please ensure it is accurately conveyed… When Edenites become the pinnacle of primates, then the beasts will follow, their evil, their sin, their love will bring disaster. One of the beasts, embodying ‘difference,’ the false Mother of Creation Tiamat is awakening, and she will inevitably return within a millennium.”

The “great figures” summoned by the system, although similar to servants, have many differences, the most obvious being they are not endowed with knowledge beyond their own era and lifetime.

Thus, Jeanne d’Arc · Alter did not understand the implications of Kingu’s words. However, when she looked to Adam for clarification, she found him deeply furrowed in thought, wearing a grave expression.

The last time she saw him like this was during the Star Harbinger’s invasion.

“Even I have to complain now, first meteors, then the Star Harbinger, and now beasts, it’s truly an era of calamity.”

Beasts. Beast. The evil of humanity.

Their defining trait is that they are born from human civilization and grow with its expansion, eventually becoming the final trial if left unchecked.

What made Adam more uneasy, or rather troubled, was that his information advantage was further compromised.

If Kingu’s information is accurate, then the first beast, Beast I, is Babylon’s Mother of Creation Tiamat, representing “difference.”

In FGO, Tiamat, also a beast, embodies the principle of “regression” as Beast II.

This means that the Edenites’ significant impact on human history has completely altered the list of “beasts” related to civilization.

Tiamat’s original power, “Anti-Genesis (Nega Genesis),” manifested as a barrier capable of refreshing existing concepts with strong resistance to Noble Phantasms, able to withstand several attacks even from the chief gods.

In addition, she had various abilities as the Mother of Creation.

From a god’s perspective, Adam knew some countermeasures.

But now, those might be useless.

Due to changes in the “evil of humanity,” the beast form of Tiamat is likely to gain new powers and traits beyond Adam’s knowledge.

What could it be?

The principle of difference… difference… what difference… stemming from the sins of the Edenites…

Adam began to connect and speculate based on the available information.

The mutated dinosaur they just encountered was clearly linked to Tiamat.

Considering this angle.

He thought of a possibility.

In the original FGO story, a character with the potential to fill the vacancy of the fourth beast, Gorgon or Tiamat, was actually a gathering of spirits of animals that died in a meteorite explosion in early 20th-century Russia.

She didn’t dissipate and could further become a beast due to the special circumstances of that time.

So, is there a chance that the Edenites’ domestication of dinosaurs, enlightening their intelligence, and connecting them with the planet also created conditions that allowed spirits to persist?

Dinosaurs, killed as planetary killers, not taken to paradise, became spirits and, being creations of Tiamat (at least conceptually), were absorbed by her, likely harboring some rejection towards the Edenites, not her creations.

On the other hand, “difference” could also refer to the disparity between Sumerians and Edenites, or between life originating from Tiamat and life that emerged out of nowhere.

“A specialized ability against Edenites is almost certain… This is troublesome… All previous plans must be scrapped.”

Adam massaged his temples.

Before knowing about the beast’s arrival, his plan involved subtly influencing the Sumerian city-states through education.

But now, time was of the essence, and he had to quickly consolidate all available forces to confront Tiamat’s awakening.

“Thank you for the warning. However, I’m curious about something, you know your name is Kingu and remember to warn the Edenites, so do you recall your relationship with Tiamat?”

Adam gazed intently at Kingu in front of him.

Undoubtedly, Kingu’s existence and actions were a mystery.

Why he lost his memory and why he came to warn the Edenites remained unanswered.

To this, Kingu showed a somewhat melancholy and indescribable expression.

“Unfortunately, despite the turmoil of emotions within me, I can’t remember. I only knew I had to find you, and if possible, I wish to stay among your people.”

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