Monster Meets King

[Mako]

Eudocia plopped down on the soft bed. She was then overtaken with her drowsiness and closed her eyes. A blissful smile came to her face as she rubbed her cheek against one of the pillows on her bed. Eudocia had never really slept in a bed that was as lovely as this. She had been on the run for her entire life and never really slept without a worry however she felt like in the first time in her life she could sleep peacefully.

She heard a scream that sounded like her king's voice. The scream had echoed throughout the house! Gilgamesh must be in pain or is in danger. Eudocia jumped off the bed that had tempted her to stay. Nevertheless Eudocia moved and slammed the door open, she had saw four other figures moving down the stairs which she presumed to be Gilgamesh's servants.

They continued to move down the hallway, when they reached the steps Eudocia jumped down it getting ahead of the servants. Eudocia pushed the door open letting her see the hallway that led to the kitchen and the king's room. Eudocia continued down the hall not noticing the marble statue of Gilgamesh.

Eudocia reached Gilgamesh's room and slammed the door open. Anos called out to his king making sure that he was okay. Anos pushed past Eudocia and came to Gilgamesh scanning his body for any injuries. Anos breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that Gilgamesh was unharmed.

Gilgamesh was furious, he looked like his head was about to explode from how angry he was. A vein was noticeable on his forehead and Anos was calming Gilgamesh down.

"M-my king, that insolent wretch shall learn manners! Just calm down getting worked up over some petty scoundrel shall learn to cower when they hear your name. Just take a deep breathe king and we shall handle it from here. No need to worry your head over something so trivial as somebody as lowly as a peasant." Anos said a wry smile coming onto his aged face.

While Anos had been trying to calm down Gilgamesh, Eudocia had took the device that had mad her king so mad. Luckily the page was still pulled up and Eudocia was reading what a.... child? Had posted to Gilgamesh. Upon the first few tweets a smile came to Eudocia's face and she covered it up with her left hand. Her king was getting told off by a child! Eudocia still had a sense of humor and this was indeed hilarious.

Eudocia couldn't take it anymore and dropped the phone causing it to crack. She bent over clutching her stomach as her laughter filled the room. The mighty King Gilgamesh had gotten told off by a ten year old! All he could do was let out his angry, yet that didn't change anything. Ah, this was truly hilarious!

Gilgamesh pushed Anos against Eudocia and Eudocia pushed against the group of servants. Gilgamesh gave his farewell to the group with a somewhat of a forced look on his face. He then slammed the door behind Anos. Even then Eudocia's laughter was still heard, what Gilgamesh had done made the whole thing even funnier to Eudocia. The servants and Eudocia walked back to their rooms lazily, Eudocia's laughter had ended. Anos went beside Eudocia asking what was so funny.

"Ah, King Gilgamesh was using this strange app to talk to this child online. He was posting about him doing stuff and about his greatness yet this child had told him off! I guess that was what had made him so mad." Eudocia said, letting out another giggle.

To this Anos only let out a sigh, Gilgamesh was still the Gilgamesh that he remembered after all. "That seems to be just like King Gilgamesh." Anos let out giving a small chuckle. Nevertheless he did hope that his king wouldn't worry about it too much. He shouldn't be hinder over some child spouting nonsense after all.

The other servants went towards Anos and asked for the story. They each let out their own chuckle and commented that Gilgamesh shouldn't worry over it as well. However they all wanted some sleep since they were awakened from their own slumber to check on their king. Eudocia let out a yawn as they all lazily climbed the stairs, Eudocia's right hand trailed up the wooden rail.

The servants returned to their respective chambers while Eudocia was still walking down the hall. She continued to feel her drowsiness overtaking her. She could have sworn that her own bed was cooing her name. Eudocia slammed open her door and closed it back behind herself. She plopped back onto the bed her horns accidentally stabbing into the sheets and mattress.

Eudocia went wide-eyed as she felt her heart rate increase. Cold sweat was instantly seen on her brow. Eudocia quickly pulled her horns back as she wondered what she would do as she stared down at the holes. Eudocia let out a sigh of relief trying to calm down, she could worry about it tomorrow. Eudocia flopped back down onto the bed and went under the sheets. She closed her eyes and snuggled up with the pillow. Soon she entered her own little dreamland.

A knock was heard from her door awakening the sleeping Eudocia. Eudocia lazily rose from her sheets and slowly made her way towards the door. When she opened it Anos was standing there. Eudocia looked curiously at the servant wondering why he had came to her door.

"King Gilgamesh has requested that you attend breakfast." Anos stated. Eudocia gave a slight nod to Anos. She pushed past Anos, Anos knowing better to get near her sharp horns backed up so Eudocia wouldn't impale him. She was still tired from being awakened in the middle of the night thanks to her king screaming. However she didn't bring up such a topic to Anos or Gilgamesh.

Eudocia shuffled down the hall, her eyes still distant since she had just woke up from her sleep. She wanted to go back to bed but she knew that she had to go to breakfast or else she would be dealing with a angry Gilgamesh and she would rather deal with a lack of sleep.

Eudocia lazily walked down the halls while Anos hurried down the stairs. It appeared like he had something to attend to in the kitchen. Eudocia continued to walk towards the dinning area and pushed open the doors. She was greeted with the sight of Gilgamesh trying to fix his messy hair. Eudocia herself didn't bother to fix her messy bed hair and just lazily sat down next to Gilgamesh. She could see Gilgamesh glancing down at the cracked phone as if he was checking on something.

Soon their food came, the servants opening the doors and pushing a silver cart which had plates of food on them. The servants gave Eudocia and Gilgamesh their plates, laying out a plate filled with.....fluffy pancakes. Eudocia's eye twitched, she was definitely not a fan of...anything that wasn't meat. Eudocia started pouting however when the servants laid out a plate filled with crispy bacon her face instantly brightened.

Eudocia's body shivered as she tasted the well-cooked bacon. She was glad to eat the bacon, she would take bacon over a pancake any day! Eudocia continued to stuff the bacon in her mouth, when she ran out she looked at Gilgamesh to only see that he was glancing at his phone. Eudocia managed to sneak one bacon off his plate while he was distracted. They finished their breakfast in peace and quiet.

Gilgamesh had wanted to go back to Carrefore. Eudocia's face darkened, she would have to transverse against the awful, awful desert! Eudocia let out a faint sigh and gave a nod to Gilgamesh. She really didn't want to go across the desert but knew that it would be better to go with Gilgamesh.

Eudocia walked through the ruined town with Gilgamesh in front of her. Eudocia didn't think anything about it since Gilgamesh voiced no opposition to her walking beside him. The servants had walked behind Gilgamesh and Eudocia, taking in the surroundings of the town. Eudocia took this moment to look at her surroundings. Eudocia was ready to get more people to form Gilgamesh's kingdom, she was ready to make the place where she belonged.

When they were a fair distance away Gilgamesh had turned to Eudocia asking where the direction to Carrefore is. To this Eudocia let out a quiet sigh. "I have a faint memorization of it, it is better than nothing." Eudocia said trying to hide the despair in her voice. However when she said faint she really meant faint.

Eudocia had taken off in the direction she remembered and after ten minutes of walking she had a shout come from behind her back. She turned around to see a red faced Gilgamesh, his eyes twitching in annoyance. He looked as if he was on the verge of exploding with anger, Eudocia covered her mouth with one hand as she let out a short giggle that Gilgamesh didn't hear. Eudocia had guessed that Gilgamesh saw the new post that the child had said.

"My hair style is one of a king's!" Gilgamesh said abruptly, clutching the phone in his hand in anger. "My king! Don't let that insolent wretch insult your hairstyle. I can guarantee you that she is simply just jealous of your hairstyle since she simply cannot afford it! Remember King Gilgamesh that insolent wretches cannot understand your greatness, let them learn when it is simply too late." Anos said comforting his king to make sure that Gilgamesh didn't get too mad.

Soon Gilgamesh was calmed down again and Anos let out a mute sigh. Eudocia continued leading the group kicking up a small cloud of sand along the way. Sweat was already coating Eudocia's body, she wanted to turn back and head to the confines of the luxurious palace! However she knew that her king would simply convince her to continue walking since Eudocia was the only one who had a vague idea where Carrefore was.

"I wonder how many people will be willing to join us. I mean, they do have very little in that town however there is no guarantee that people will take too gladly to us for killing off a town member. Then again, that woman did come to beg Gilgamesh. I wonder how long it will take to find Carrefore, it did take us several hours to find this place hopefully it would be shorter." Eudocia thought to herself as the heat didn't let up on the group.

"My king are we there yet?" Eudocia asked looking back at Gilgamesh. "Pet, you are aware that you are the one leading us right?" Gilgamesh replied, his voice having a hint of annoyance at Eudocia's pestering. This had earned a blank look from Eudocia before she gave a nod. Eudocia face was in cold sweat, she could only hope that she was going the right way.

It had been a few hours since they had left. The heat had been unmerciful continuing to beam down on the group of wanderers. Their pace had slowed and they looked tired. Eudocia's shoulders lopped and her arms hanged lifelessly in the air. It was unbearable for Eudocia who was used to cool, relaxing temperatures the others were handling it better. Gilgamesh was giving his phone glances, checking to see what that girl had posted about him now. However he did let out a rage filled shout which indicated that she had replied with nothing.

"I wonder if we will see Gevi. Maybe I can meet his family, I'm sure they would have lots of fun with me. Uh, the blood inside me feels like it will turn into lava any second! Gilgamesh how far are we from Carrefore?" Eudocia asked, a layer of sweat coating her body. Gilgamesh threw a annoyed glance at Eudocia who was complaining. "I don't know pet. Just keep walking and hopeful we will see it." Gilgamesh said and a golden portal opened up above his hand. A golden grail came out of the portal filled with crystal clear water. Gilgamesh took a drink from the grail and let out a quiet sigh. The portal opened back up again taking the grail away.

Eudocia did what they usual did to survive the almost blood boiling heat. She had summoned water bottles and given them out to the servants and took some water herself. They knew that they wouldn't stop moving doing that would only waste time. They didn't even want to think of the journey back to the palace. Soon they came across a familiar sight, it was a field of monsters that had looked like weird horses. Eudocia brightened up at the sight.

"Look King Gilgamesh! We saw those monsters which must mean that we might not be too far from the village. Well... at least we are making progress!" Eudocia commented, cheerfully pointing at the monsters. "That or they could have moved quite some distance pet." Gilgamesh replied. Bringing down the cheerful Eudocia. To this Eudocia only continued onward, making sure to avoid the group of monsters.

In the distance of Carrefore six lone figures could be seen. The people had been on the edge. The word was keep tight from the storm troopers but they knew that Gilgamesh was coming back. Only a select few had known, the woman had been wise and went up to the ones who had been complaining about their lifestyle here in Carrefore. They group of people who had known about Gilgamesh's kingdom had been waiting for him to return from the deadly desert.

Soon Gilgamesh had walked into Carrefore, Eudocia and his servants following behind him slightly. He keep walking on the make-shift sand road till he went further into the town. Soon Gilgamesh stood in front of a crowd filled with dumbfound people. Gilgamesh materialized his golden armor, the glare coming from it blinding some of the people in the crowd.

"Citizens of Carrefore! I, your king has returned! Rejoice as I now stand before you all offering the chance of a lifetime. I will allow anybody who is willing to venture out into the desert with me and my servants to go to our palace. Once we reach there we can promise you all food and protection. No longer will you have to worry about starving to death or wondering if you will be killed by some bandit. In my kingdom New Babylon you all shall be equal under my rule!

Me and my servants have went into the unmerciful desert and came back to tell the tale. We Primes have a unlimited amount of resources, we can survive out in the desert by spawning water and food. We are strong enough to defeat any monsters we encounter. There is no need to fear my future citizens, you all shall be treated nicely for following the true king.

Those who want to join my kingdom, New Babylon, step forth! Let yourself be known. Let yourself be known that you are now a Babylonian!" Gilgamesh stated, crossing his arms against his chest plate. His crimson eyes scanned across the crowd, looking at them. The crowd had grown since others could hear Gilgamesh's loud voice booming throughout the street. Some of the crowd had split off. Some went to inform others while some went to go fetch storm troopers.

The woman and her children stepped up once more. They bowed deeply towards King Gilgamesh stating their absolute respect and submission towards him. "I would love to thank you once again King Gilgamesh for your benevolence." The woman stated still not lifting up her head. "No need to thank me for being a great king. Babylonians receive this kind of treatment." Gilgamesh stated waving off the woman's bow. The bow guided her children to stand a little behind the servants and Eudocia.

More and more people came up to Gilgamesh, stating how they wanted to be apart of his kingdom. In the past seven minutes fifteen people had gathered behind Gilgamesh. He was rather annoyed that the town didn't realize his greatness and come to New Babylon however it would look bad to yell at the insolent crowd right now. With a wave of his hand Gilgamesh turned around and started to head back into the desert. However he stopped to turn to his four trusted servants and his pet.

"Do....you remember the way back?" He asked the servants and Eudocia. To this Eudocia's body tensed and cold sweat was visible on her brow. However Anos stated that he remembered the way back which caused Eudocia to breath a sigh of relief. Soon Anos made his way to the front of the crowd along with Gilgamesh, Eudocia and his servants. With this the crowd was off.

It had been around a hour since they ventured out into the desert. Some of the children were complaining about how they were thirsted or needed to use the bathroom. At this time everybody would get to have a break from walking to eat, drink or take care of their other business.

Hours and hours of walking and slipping past the monster they were soon in the old ruined town. They had seen nothing but sand for miles and miles however now they could finally see something else. The New Babylon citizen's faces that were filled with despair were now bright smiling faces. Gilgamesh went in front of Anos and turned around to the group.

"My citizens of New Babylon. This shall be our kingdom! We shall raise it from the ground and create New Babylon! It may be hard at first but the rewards shall be great. Now let us show the Omniverse who the 'True King' is!"