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 ==== Character Story: Part III ====
+Enkidu was dead.
+Everyone knew this was a curse from the Gods. Humans had long understood that defying the divine would carry a price; yet, when the toll was finally called, everyone seemed caught utterly off guard...\\
+Especially the king, who had once boasted that he "knew not the meaning of the fear of death."
+//"Absurd. How could I possibly shed tears over the death of a friend?\\
+Come to think of it, I am the one who reigns over all creation; how could I possibly possess an existence known as a 'friend'?\\
+Even if I did have one, I've forgotten their name."//
+... An answer that avoided the question.\\
+At any rate, as the epic tells: Gilgamesh departed Uruk. He crossed mountains and rivers until he reached a tavern at the edge of the world.\\
+The master of the tavern was Siduri. She interrogated Gilgamesh on his origins until she was certain the traveler was worthy of her guidance. Only then did she reveal the secret of how to cross the world's end to reach the land of eternal life.\\
+There dwelt the most ancient of men, Utnapishtim, known in Sumerian as Ziusudra. A survivor of the Great Flood of antiquity, he had lived in isolation until the present era.
+//"Ah, I remember him.\\
+One who obtained immortality by being inscribed into the divine registers. And for that very same reason, lost his form of flesh and blood, becoming an existence more wretched than even the flora of the earth...\\
+... Utterly foolish. Had this been the only cost of immortality, I would never accept it."//
+Left with no choice, the elder bestowed Gilgamesh another secret, so that he might obtain eternal life and youth without having to beg the gods for mercy.\\
+//"Even if that old fellow lied to me, it would still be a rare treasure, worthy enough to adorn my treasury."\\
+Thus, this king set out once more on a journey to find the 'herb of immortality'."//
+And so it was, but unfortunately...
+//"... There is nothing to be regretful about. I found the herb, sealed it in a bottle, and returned to Uruk. Exactly as the legend says, without a single lie.\\
+Now then, let this interview end here. My time is precious, and I must now see to matters regarding my banned streaming channel."//
+Unfortunately, O king, there is no escape.\\
+The true conclusion of the epic is as follows: While Gilgamesh was bathing and changing his clothes to return to Uruk, he watched helplessly as a common snake swallowed the herb...\\
+Yet in that moment, the king could not help but burst into laughter, laughing until his body and face were nearly distorted.\\
+By the time he came to his senses, the light of dawn had broken once more.
+Later, the king returned to Uruk, empty-handed.\\
+Future readers, please do not blame Gilgamesh, for the wanderer must always return home.
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 ==== Character Story: Part IV ====
+The epic concludes here. The contents of the final tablet are more akin to a brief encore performance following the fall of a grand opera's curtain.\\
+Times have changed. Millennia later, Gilgamesh became a Heroic Spirit because of this very epic.
+//"Fool! It is not that I became a Heroic Spirit because of the epic. It is that the epic, through my telling of it, finally attained such value!\\
+Before me, the world was ruled by gods. After me, the world was returned to humanity. It is true that Uruk has long since fallen to ruin, but no city can escape such a fate, not even __the Abzu of Enlil__.((The Great God's Aquatic Capital))\\
+Yet humans are unlike gods. They build new cities, allowing new life to endure in new lands. Therefore...\\
+Every city of man is my Uruk, and all are worthy of my dominion and my lash!"//
+... What on earth is this man rambling on about?\\
+And yet, unexpectedly, though his words are full of grievances, no trace of anger can be heard in the king's laughter.
+//"Enough. Return to the battlefield, security officer. We have much to do.\\
+The scarcity of food, the ravages of disease, the monotony of pleasure... You have gradually overcome these human deficiencies, yet the 'ego' continues to wither amidst sickly indulgences...\\
+This land is already diseased to the core. But as long as I stand here, this city shall not fall."//
+Good grief, the King of Heroes is still the same as ever. Fearless since the Age of Gods, forever holding his own standards as the absolute law.
+//"Of course, before that... you must reclaim every last one of my scattered treasures.\\
+Otherwise, by the time I personally raze this land in place of those foul things lurking in the abyss, it will be too late for regrets."//
+... There he goes again with the classic villain speech.\\
+Still, I have already found the answer I was looking for.\\
+Now, together with everyone else, let us head to the battlefield once more.