Sword Art Online Crossover: They're all close friends, how did I become a player?

"Powerful, excellent, all-knowing king! Gilgamesh forbids brides from returning home to see their grooms, Gilgamesh will not allow fathers to see their children... Day and night alternate, his arrogance and rage never cease. Is he the master of Uruk?"

"…Gods, please save the people of Uruk! The merciful gods have decided to help these people living in misery. They ask me to create a man to match them, a man with the same wild heart, with similar abilities, so that peace may be brought to Uruk."

"...So, why are you telling me this?" Yu Bai stared blankly at the goddess in front of him who was reciting to him.

“Because you are Enkidu,” said Aruru, the goddess who created humans, staring at Yu Bai.

"I'm not."

"No, you are. Fate led you to become Enkidu, you are him. Time is a closed loop, isn't it amazing?"

Just now, she was busy creating Enkidu, the legendary divine weapon specifically created to kill Gilgamesh.

According to destiny, Enkidu, a divine soldier born from clay created by the gods, was given the mission to kill Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk. After fighting the king of Uruk, they became close friends and best buddies.

Gilgamesh willingly shared everything he had, even his throne, with Enkidu, and the two ruled Uruk together.

In the end, Enkidu died as divine punishment, and at the same time, his own death allowed Gilgamesh to transform into a true hero-king amidst the pain of losing his dearest friend.

Everything was supposed to go in a certain direction, but from the very beginning, things took a different turn.

Due to the fluctuations in time and space, Yu Bai traveled from the originally planned Hakodate to 2900 BC, during the First Ruuk Dynasty.

He happened to arrive at the scene where Aruru created Enkidu and became the legendary Gilgamesh's close friend, Enkidu.

After sensing a power system completely different from the Gugu Sect's internal energy, he glanced at Aruru, who was staring intently at him.

...Yu Bai's heart died.

"...I do not have the ability to transform my body into any weapon."

"But you now possess Enkidu's power, don't you? You are from another world; perhaps this is fate's choice. Please shoulder the responsibilities that belong to Enkidu and go to Uruk," Aruru said to the boy before him without any emotional fluctuation.

Hehe, it was this guy who startled her when he appeared just now. Just now, when she was about to use her divine power to deal with him, she was hit by a strange force.

Ouch~ That hurts. No, I absolutely cannot lose face in front of a human.

Thinking of this, Goddess Aruru's face grew even colder, and her tone became even more indifferent.

"...Transfer to manual intervention."

"Can I say no?"

Yu Bai wanted to struggle a little longer. He had to properly become Enkidu, the Chains of Heaven in Mesopotamian mythology, and follow the predetermined path. For Yu Bai, this was no less than working overtime.

Although part of the reason for working overtime was his time travel, he still wanted to see if there was any chance he could be saved.

"This is the world of the Age of Gods. I can sense the power within you that doesn't belong to the gods. But this power is suppressed because the era and space are different, isn't it?"

"..." Yu Bai, who had been told the truth, silently put the Fu Jin back into his game backpack.

Indeed, from the moment he arrived in this era, Yu Bai felt that his strength was being suppressed, just like the incompatibility between the systems of a certain fruit and a certain Zhuo, where his internal energy was suppressed to the point that he could only release a little bit.

Even the contract with the sword spirits was intermittent. This made it impossible for Yu Bai to communicate with Yamanbagiri and Kitsunenosuke, let alone summon them.

Conversely, Enkidu's power was surging within Yu Bai's body, eager to make a big splash.

"Okay, I see."

Although he didn't want to work overtime, his sudden appearance had indeed caused a change in events. Besides, while he didn't have strong feelings towards the government, he was still a contracted, full-time employee. As a full-time employee, he couldn't very well start going against his company right after starting work, could he?

Enkidu is an important second male lead in the Epic of Gilgamesh. If he were to lose this role, I wonder if the Time Government would consider him to be in league with the Time Retrograde Army.

"Then please head to Uruk as soon as possible. Enkidu was created to kill the King of Uruk: Gilgamesh."

"I know, but like I said before, although I have Enkidu's power, I don't have a body like his that can freely transform into weapons. What if I can't win a fight against Gilgamesh?"

There's overtime pay for working overtime, so I should get something in return, right?

Aruru clearly understood the meaning behind the human's words, but what could she do? She was desperate too.

It was tasked by the gods with creating a divine creation, but before it could even begin, the gears of fate began to turn. The core power of creation automatically surged towards this person the moment he appeared, resulting in its current weakened state.

It wasn't that they hadn't considered dealing with the human in front of them, but this strange human seemed to have a layer of protection around him.

Even when he had just made a probing move, he was fiercely countered, leaving even himself, a god, helpless. Helpless, Aruru could only extract the purest natural power from the clay that created humans and stuff it all into Yu Bai's body before disappearing into the air without looking back.

Yu Bai, caught off guard and smeared in the mouth by the power of nature, found his originally silver-white hair subtly transforming, strand by strand, into a natural emerald green. The flowers and grass at his feet seemed to whisper a welcome, and the trees around him surrounded him with an inexplicable sense of affinity, giving him endless warmth and closeness.

His fingers traced the green strands of hair, the cool, smooth touch lingering in his hands. Yu Bai had a feeling he was about to get into some trouble.

Exhausted, he turned and left. He couldn't stay any longer; every second he stayed would only increase his regret. He was terrified that he might uncontrollably skip work.

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