Ishtar: Ryota, I want

　　Gilgamesh is meditating.

　　Merlin took advantage of this situation and asked Ryota.

　　"According to your statement, sooner or later Kingu will attack the Gorgons so that Tiamat can wake up?"

　　He frowned: "This is not good news… Judging from the current situation, we should probably take the initiative to protect her."

　　"You are kidding...!" Ushiwakamaru shouted angrily, "You want to protect the enemy... I don't agree with fighting like this."

　　"No, there's no need to protect the enemy." Ryota shook his head: "Our ultimate goal is to destroy Tiamat, so there is no need to be afraid of Tiamat's revival, because as long as the goal remains the same, sooner or later we will solve this problem. If we want to finish it, we can postpone it, and..."

　　After a pause, he reminded: "Kingu will not take the initiative to attack the Gorgons. Our enemies are not cruel, but also beings with thoughts and emotions. The relationship between Kingu and the Gorgon is not just a matter of using the relationship, if our side does not take the initiative to attack, he must let the Gorgon exist until it completes its goals."

　　"Is that so…" Merlin thought about it, then asked: "Then what is the Gorgon's goal?"

　　"Destroy humanity."

　　Merlin: "..."

　　"Isn't this not bad at all..." He sighed, "We still have to fight her in the end."

　　"This is a matter of position, and cannot be reconciled." Ryota said: "You see, she has created so many Demon Beasts and slaughtered humans everywhere, can you tell her purpose?"

　　"Irreconcilable..." Merlin sighed: "What about the other two goddesses? Do you know their destination?"

　　Ryota nodded: "The other two are good gods, and there is no direct conflict with our goals. Among them, Eli...Ereshkigal wished to protect the souls of humans in this era in her own way, and the one that remained, the Feathered Serpent God, had the same goal. Even though this goddess kills people everywhere, she will resurrect those she kills and place them in her own territory to live on."

　　"Oh?" Merlin showed a look of surprise: "The Feathered Serpent God, South America's Quetzalcoatl… The two goddesses are good gods, and there is a possibility of seducing them, which is good news."

　　"That's right, what we need to do next is to win over the two goddesses."

　　Ryota nodded, and continued: "They are an indispensable force for us to fight Tiamat, especially Ereshkigal, I will return with Ishtar to deal with them. For the Feathered Serpent… we have to pay her."

　　"There won't be any problem, right?" Merlin asked: "Are you sure she will join us? Let me tell you beforehand, I'm not good at fighting and killing. Facing the main god level, our advantage is not too great."

　　He actually wanted to trick Ryota into taking the initiative to solve the problems of the two goddesses.

　　After all, even the king of Uruk had taken an approving attitude towards Ryota's presiding behavior.

　　Presumably his strength should be very strong, he still has this insight. Too bad Merlin's wish didn't come true.

　　Ryota glanced at him and said: "It's up to you to do this, Merlin, I think you can do it."

　　"...You may think too highly of me, hahaha."

　　Merlin's eyes twitched.

　　"You don't need to worry," said Ryota, "The Feathered Serpent God's aim is to save the humans. If you explain to her about Tiamat's power and determination to destroy humanity, she will not refuse you. But..."

　　"But what?"

　　"I remember that the Feathered Serpent God is a madman who fights, she may beat you first, and then talk to you about things."

　　Ryota reminded "kindly".

　　Merlin: "..."

　　How does he feel that Ryota is after him?

　　These two must be meeting for the first time, right?

　　Could it be that he looks really ugly?

　　Shouldn't have...

　　Merlin didn't give up struggling and said: "I don't know about Goddess Tiamat's specific power."

　　"That's fine," said Ryota, "I just wanted to explain it to you in detail."

　　"..." Merlin showed an irritated look in his eyes.

　　Ryota ignored him and continued: "Tiamat is a Beast IV. It can easily destroy the existence of the surface world. I think you all have general expectations of her overall strength. I'm not going into details about her, I'm going to talk about some of her characteristics."

　　He raised a finger: "First point, the most troublesome double immortality! First of all, Tiamat, as the creator mother goddess, had no concept of death itself. Second, Tiamat, as the mother goddess who gives birth to life, will not die as long as there are living beings in this world. Putting her immortality aside, her massive body alone is beyond the range of normal attacks."

　 Ushiwakamaru was stunned: "Isn't this completely unkillable! How are we supposed to deal with her?"

　　"Break her dual immortality."

　　Ryota said: "For example, as long as there is life on earth, it will not die. We can compensate for this immortal by transferring her to the underworld."

　　"Oh? That's a good way." Merlin showed a look of approval: "As long as we win over the goddess of the underworld, this plan can be carried out successfully. The only difficulty lies in sending the Goddess Tiamat to the underworld… Although it is also very difficult, the strategic difficulty is undoubtedly reduced by a lot."

　　"There is still a layer of immortality, ally, what are you going to do with it?" Gilgamesh suddenly interrupted: "Although this king really wants to help, this king's treasury does not have such a decisive lethal weapon."

　　"Leave it to me," said Ryota, "I will weaken this layer of immortality."

　　"What would you do?" Merlin asked curiously.

　　"This is my secret, so keep it a secret."

　　Ryota shook his head, without any particular explanation, because he wasn't very confident.

　　Tiamat has no concept of death. In the original plot, this layer of immortality was removed by King Hassan.

　　King Hassan gave up his Grand and cut Tiamat's boundless blood bar from the upper bound, providing the most critical foundation for his next victory.

　　But now Ryota doesn't know whether King Hassan has come or not.

　　King Hassan was summoned by the protagonist Chaldea.

　　Now that the protagonist has not arrived, it can be concluded from common sense that King Hassan should still be at the Throne of Heroes.

　　In the worst case, if he couldn't wait for King Hassan, he would have to cut through Tiamat's immortality himself, and to do that, he would have to complete the Fifth Bridge.

　　He wasn't so sure now that he could successfully construct the Fifth Bridge next time.

　　So, it's a big gamble.

　　Ryota doesn't want to spread this tension to others and affect the battle situation.

　　He chose to hide it.

　　If that doesn't work...

　　He still had the final trump card.

　　However, there is a big risk in using it.

　　"You know the defensive attribute of Goddess Tiamat was mentioned."

　　At this moment, Leonidas, who had been silent all along, spoke up: "Defense, this is indeed a problem that we must solve. But before that, the first thing we'll face is the goddess' attack, right? Do you know the attack power? Can we hold it?"

　　"Attack..."

　　Ryota suddenly sighed: "In terms of attacks, there really isn't much need to worry."

　　"Why?" asked Leonidas. "Is this a problem that can be ignored?"

　　"Tiamat is a more complex god,"

　　Ryota explained: "She has the instinct of a beast, which is to destroy humans. But at the same time, she really loves humans. After all, in a way, humans are all her children. So the Tiamat that we are about to face is sealed herself…"

He stopped at this point, he sorted out his emotions a bit and stabilized his resolve.

　　If he really wanted to say it, he didn't actually want to attack Tiamat.

　　While playing the game, he "joined the enemy's party". It was just that because of his current position, he had to make a decision.

　　Before there was no powerful force to overturn the chessboard, position was something one couldn't avoid at any cost.

　　Ryota continued: "Tiamat has limited her own power, so her aggressiveness isn't really that strong. If there are no accidents, I should be able to block them all. You don't need to worry about this."

　　Even though it was only the Fourth Bridge, facing Tiamat who had sealed herself, Ryota had the confidence to block her.

　　After all, in addition to his extremely high direct defense, he can also use the domain formed by the "Bridge of Evil" to ward off enemy attacks, and at the same time has the "Time River Immortal Body", which can comprehensively use time to share damage, his defense actually far exceeded his attack power.

　　"Loving human..."

　　Everyone didn't expect that Tiamat still harbored such feelings. However, the problem of position makes them continue to strengthen their resolve.

　　"Okay," said Ryota: "My information is almost complete. If you have any doubts, you can ask them. I will answer everything I know."

　　"I'd rather know where you're from," Merlin said first.

　　"It's a secret, I can't tell you." Ryota refused very simply: "Any other questions?"

　　The others looked at each other without speaking.

　　Probably still digesting the information they just absorbed.

　　Ryota also thought about this, so he temporarily suspended this link: "Come to think of it later, you can ask me again. Now, I need to confirm one thing."

　　He turned his attention to Gilgamesh.

　　Gilgamesh watched him and asked: "What's wrong?"

　　"When will the people from Chaldea arrive?"

　　While asking this question, Ryota was nervous for some reason.

　　Gilgamesh, who was being questioned, showed a surprised expression: "Allies... This king suspects that you have the same eyes as this king, right?"

　　"I have no clairvoyance. Only you and Merlin are present." Ryota shook his head: "My way of getting information is different from yours, it only involves general ideas, not details. I know Chaldea will come, but I don't know when. "

　　"Two months later." Gilgamesh said, "This is the result I saw."

　　"Two months later," repeated Merlin, "I saw the same result."

　　"..."

　　Ryota couldn't help but frown.

　　Seeing this reaction, Merlin suddenly had a bad feeling: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

　　"Small problem," Ryota waved his hand and said: "But that's fine, it won't affect our plans."

　　He sighed in his heart, but didn't tell the truth.

　　This is really bad...

　　He could wait less than two months!

　　It seemed he could only rely on himself to eliminate Tiamat.

　　"Is this really alright?" Merlin asked with some concern.

　　He saw that Ryota was hiding some information. However, it was hard for him to draw a conclusion as to whether the information hidden was specific or not.

　　"No problem," said Ryota, "I originally planned to wait for Chaldea's arrival and work together to finish Tiamat. Now it looks like I can only give up. After all, I can only stay in this era for a limited time."

　　"Actually... forget it, it's nothing."

　　Ishtar seemed to want to speak.

　　But after meeting Ryota's eyes, she swallowed the words back into her stomach.

　　There is no time limit for Ryota's main quest.

　　The one who really has time is her.

The Guild asked her to eliminate the Gorgon within one month, and the moment of Gorgon's death was the moment of Tiamat's awakening.

　　Minus the past quest time, there were still 22 days left.

　　It is because of her that Ryota has to take risks.

　　She was still aware of this.

　　Looking at Ryota complicatedly, Ishtar held it back.

　　Take some time to talk to him later.

　　"Let's end this topic here, and I'll make some further arrangements."

　　Seeing that the information sharing point was almost here, Ryota said: "First of all, considering the lack of combat magic power of the Servants, your contract partner needs to be changed."

　　His eyes swept over Ushiwakamaru, Leonidas, Musashibo Benkei, and Meilin in turn. Including Ana, who is currently playing, is also a target for him.

　　Merlin was a little surprised: "You want to renew the contract with us?"

　　The others were also surprised, then turned their gazes towards Gilgamesh.

　　They didn't know whether this behavior of robbing underlings would cause the king's dissatisfaction.

　　Gilgamesh felt the meaning in everyone's eyes, and said disdainfully: "Hmph, are you belittling the king's majesty! If there is a better source of magical power, this king will naturally not enforce this contractual relationship."

　　He turned his attention to Ryota: "Are you sure you want to do this? Supplying so many Servants with magic power at the same time, the consumption is not something an ordinary person can bear."

　　"Don't worry, my strength is unlimited."

　　Ryota reassured.

　　This sentence caused everyone's shock.

　　"Unlimited? You are sure?"

　　Merlin was the first to express his doubts.

　　"Unlimited power... isn't that too much?" Ushiwakamaru also asked suspiciously: "Even though you are very strong, you can destroy all Demon Beasts, but..."

　　Ryota has unlimited power, but still needs to hold a meeting to discuss how to deal with Tiamat?

　　Isn't it enough just to carelessly pass through it?

　　Everyone has such doubts in their hearts.

　　Ryota saw what they were thinking, and explained helplessly:

　　"Don't get confused between unlimited power and unlimited energy, there is a True Magic called 'Heaven's Feel' in this world, which can embody the embodiment of the soul, and obtain unlimited magic power by obtaining unlimited life. But this doesn't mean that a Magus who has completed this kind of magic can explode the universe with unlimited magic power at once, because it takes time to convert vitality into magic power, and there is an upper limit to the output of magic power. My situation is similar to this."

　　After thinking about it, he figuratively said: "In layman's terms, if you think of me as a reservoir, the amount of water I hold is unlimited, but the gate to let water out is limited, so from the surface, my power is limited. But with my output limit, it's fine to provide you guys with enough magic power. You can waste as much magic power as you want, and you can never squeeze me dry. Including the two goddesses we will win over later, I will impart their magic power together."

　　"Is that so, truly a reliable ally." Gilgamesh laughed loudly.

　　"That is to say, the Noble Phantasm can be used casually..."

　　Ushiwakamaru showed an expression of anticipation and eagerness to make her move. She was behaving like a battle maniac.

　　Seeing this scene, even though he knew that theoretically he shouldn't worry at all... But Ryota still felt guilty.

　　He prayed he wasn't completely drained.

　　At this time, Ishtar patted him from behind.

　　"Why?" Ryota turned around.

　　"That..." Ishtar said excitedly, "May I also enjoy this treatment?"

　　She knew that Ryota's soul power could actually be used as magic power.

　　This has been verified before.

　　"Don't you have your own body?" Ryota glanced at his heavily exposed body, "Should you be able to extract magic power by yourself?"

　　"But I have to consider the matter of saving, and I have to be careful." Ishtar rolled her eyes: "You think everyone is like you, with such good conditions?"

　　"...Fine, there won't be anyone over you."

　　Ryouta agrees.

　　...

　　Because everyone has no opinion on rebuilding the magic power contract.

　　So with Gilgamesh's help, this problem was quickly resolved.

　　Feeling the power conveyed from the contractual causation line, Merlin and the others showed shocked expressions.

　　This was very different from the feeling brought by magic...

　　Of course, that doesn't mean it can't be used.

　　As energy, it was definitely no problem activating a Noble Phantasm.

　　It seems that it can also be converted into physical strength, and it can also repair wounds… This is really an almighty power.

　　It can only put people in the best fighting state.

Fighting continuously for seven days and seven nights might not be a problem.

　　This was a power that was more advanced than magic energyeveryone was well aware of this.

　　Merlin looked at Ryota carefully with doting animal eyes.

　　The research desire in his eyes is full, no matter how suppressed, he can't suppress it.

　　This made Ryota who was being watched want to punch him directly in the face. However, he held back his urges, considering that a newly formed cooperative relationship should have no accidents.

　　Facing everyone's eyes, he said: "Everything has been discussed, and I will make some further arrangements. The first is to win the two goddesses, the goddess of the underworld Ishtar is handed over to me, the Feathered Serpent God will be handed over to Merlin, and you will choose the appropriate workforce yourself."

　　"Humph… I really am not good at dealing with this kind of existence with the fighting madness attribute."

　　Merlin groaned a little.

　　Ryota ignored it very calmly, and continued: "Secondly, the matter of saving the people, after the matter of the two goddesses is solved, we need to gather the humans of this age to Uruk for protection."

　　"It's okay," Gilgamesh assured, "Just let me do this."

　　Now that the Demon Beasts have been annihilated, there is no need to maintain the Uruk barrier, and the Servant contract has been transferred to Ryota, he has no problem of lacking magic energy, and he can fully maintain his combat effectiveness in the heyday.

　　To be honest, after working hard at the temple for so long, he almost died suddenly.

　　Now that he had the chance to go out and vent, he couldn't pass it up like this.

　　Ryota nodded, "This is all prep work. After everything was done, we waited for the best time and took the initiative to attack. Before that, if a Gorgon attacked, we couldn't fight her head-on, we couldn't kill her. Otherwise, the decisive battle would come early. Don't worry, if she dares to come to Uruk, I will be responsible for holding her back."

　　"Wait..." Merlin asked, "How should we judge this best time?"

　　"After 21 days," Ryota replied: "We will do battle after 21 days. Before that, just quietly prepare."

　　"Why wait until after 21 days?"

　　The blunt Ushiwakamaru asked directly.

　　"I need to make some preparations to increase my combat effectiveness." Ryota said, "I need time for this."

　　The remaining time is 22 days.

　　But he couldn't wait until the last day to do it.

　　One day should be set aside to deal with Gorgon and Tiamat, in case of an accident.

　　Previously, all he had to do was continue to delay time, continue to improve his state of mind, and construct the Fifth Bridge.

　　Hope everything goes on time.