Tiamat: Do you lose your temper when you are old!

　　Merlin stared at Ishtar's back and sighed softly.

　　He suspects Ryota asked him to stay here as an "alarm".

　　As long as the Gorgons were killed by Ishtar, Tiamat would wake up soon.

　　At that time, his Servant's body would definitely be crushed to death by Tiamat, and the clones on this city wall would also disappear.

　　Doesn't this act as an alarm?

　　Merlin looked at Ryota beside him somewhat complicated.

　　He could never understand why Ryota was prejudiced against him, not only using him as a tool, but also always trying to trick him in ways that couldn't be explained.

　　Although he also had the same idea here.

　　"Merlin, don't look at me like that."

　　Seeing Merlin's irritated eyes, Ryota knew what he was thinking, so he said:

　　"I'm not a bad person. If you wish to escape now, just allow your Servant's body to return and merge with you."

　　"No need," Merlin shook his head and said, "Once I stop the magic, Tiamat will wake up immediately. With her horror, how could I escape so easily. However the result is the same."

　　"There is no way to escape..." Ryota couldn't contain his curiosity: "Then how did you hypnotize Tiamat?"

　　"This is the secret of the succubus." Merlin's tone became slightly mischievous. "Besides, if Shiro wants to know, you can exchange secrets with me."

　　"No, I just asked casually, if you don't want to say it, forget it."

　　Ryota waved his hand, looking very relaxed.

　　"Aha... The temptation failed." Merlin sighed, "Even if I, I can't hypnotize the 'Beast' directly. I did it before, but this opportunity was fleeting. Luckily I got lucky and made it."

　　"Why do I feel like you are hiding your clumsiness?"

　　Ryota was a little suspicious and said: "Tell me the truth, how far can you limit Tiamat? If you can get her trapped in a dream, our plan has a 100% success rate."

　　"I can't do such a thing," Merlin hastily shook his head, "The balance between my magic and Tiamat's deep sleep is very fragile. Any attack would immediately destroy this balance."

　　"That is to say, you are not reliable at all?" Ryota comments: "What a loser."

　　Merlin was a little skeptical, Ryota started this topic only because he wanted to hurt him.

　　He withdrew his gaze, looked ahead, and decided to ignore Ryota for now.

　　The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

　　Ereshkigal in the mirror only glanced at Ryota surreptitiously, but did not speak.

　　"Cough...!"

　　Merlin suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and knelt on the ground with one knee.

　　"Hah!? What's wrong with you?"

　　Ereshkigal was shocked when she saw this sight.

　　Merlin didn't explain anything, just muttered: "Oh... It seems my time is up, and the rest, Shiro, I'll leave it to you."

　　"Okay," Ryota nodded and said, "Go, and I'll stay with you on your share."

　　"..." Merlin said speechlessly, "I just left the stage temporarily, didn't really die."

　　"I know," Ryota cautioned, "If you want to see the end, see it from Avalon yourself."

　　"You really know a lot about me..."

　　Merlin looked at Ryota suspiciously. Then the body turned into magic power and disappeared.

　　"Um… Is he okay?" Ereshkigal asked Ryota.

　　"It's fine," Ryota explained, "Merlin was in charge of hypnotizing Tiamat before. Now that Tiamat was awake, she would naturally crush him to death. But don't worry, his real body is in Avalon. Not even five True Magic can interfere."

　　While speaking, his expression became slightly serious: "Ereshkigal, are you ready?"

　　"En," replied Ereshkigal: "I have connected the Underworld and Uruk. When Goddess Tiamat arrives at Uruk, you only need to pierce the ground to make her fall!"

　　After answering, she asked a little anxiously: "What about you? Are you alright?"

　　"No problem," replied Ryota, "Now we just have to wait."

　　...

　　"As expected of an ally of the king, he sure creates a spectacular sight!"

　　Upon arriving at the watchtower by the sea, Gilgamesh looked out over the frozen sea and let out a heartfelt cry.

　　In his opinion, this could be called a mighty force.

　　"Could freeze the sea. No wonder he has the confidence to face Tiamat's second level immortality."

　　Quetzalcoatl echoed and said: "My evaluation of the younger brother seems to need updating again."

　　"Even with that much power, Shiro is still making such detailed plans, so he must be unsure about facing Tiamat head-on."

　　The mature and steady Leonidas also spoke: "Judging from this, what we need to update is probably God Tiamat's judgment. Her strength is far beyond our expectations."

　　"Dropping your morale before going into battle is a big taboo!" Gilgamesh waved his hand "Stop saying such insecure words. For the sake of the decisive battle, I pardon your ineffectiveness this time. Leonidas."

　　"King, I was just being careful."

　　"Hmph, you're worried that this king won't be able to see through it? There's no need to think too much, just focus on your own mission."

　　Gilgamesh released a powerful aura, as if boosting everyone's morale.

　　Ahead is the frozen ocean, land of ice and snow.

　　Everyone starts waiting.

　　Shortly after.

　　A slight tremor spread to everyone's feet.

　　"This..." Ushiwakamaru hesitated.

　　"It seems the allies have succeeded, and Gorgons have been eliminated."

　　Gilgamesh half closed his bloodshot eyes.

　　"Pay attention to this king! Goddess Tiamat had awakened, and it was only a matter of time before she broke through the icy sea. Get ready for battle! Try to delay the time to reach Uruk as much as possible."

　　Hearing this, everyone stopped the urge to tremble, and suppressed their tension and excitement within their hearts.

　　Strong fighting spirit immediately surrounded the watchtower.

　　Half an hour passed.

　　An hour passed.

　　The tense atmosphere gradually increased.

　　At the same time, there is tension.

　　Finally, with a loud sound, the entire ice sea was torn apart.

　　The flying pieces of ice were swept up into the sky by the shockwave, obscuring the clouds and sun.

　　The shattered chunks of ice appeared to form a tsunami of ice, surging in all directions.

　　Under the avalanche-like impact of magic power, a figure with long horns appeared in the flying ice storm, and immediately became the focus of everyone's vision.

　　The cracked ice sea gradually melted and became extremely dark.

　　The heat wave of chaos started to contaminate everything around it.

　　Soon after, pitch-black spots emerged from the Black Sea.

　　That is definitelyLaḫmu.

　　They swiftly emerged from the Black Sea, forming a sight sufficient to make the patient of the secret terror faint with fright. However, none of Laḫmu can compare to that girl floating in the Black Sea.

　　It is one of the seven evils of mankind.

Beast IV, Tiamat.

　　The terrifying oppressive might made the Servants feel as if a mountain was in their hearts.

　　Gilgamesh frowned: "The icy sea didn't even delay for two hours. Goddess Tiamat is not that simple, allies miscalculated. Everyone, we can only rely on us!"

　　He started issuing orders: "Don't pay attention to Laḫmu, try to delay Goddess Tiamat, the battle begins!"

　　...

　　A dense crowd of Laḫmu appeared on the ground outside the city walls of Uruk.

　　Not going in one direction, Uruk is surrounded in all directions.

　　A seemingly devastating siege begins. However, a strange sight appeared.

　　All Laḫmu who dashed towards the city wall in vain to climb were reduced to ashes in a few seconds.

　　Like a moth to a flame.

　　On top of the city walls, Ryota frowned slightly.

　　The elimination speed is too slow!

　　The Generation of Demon Beasts created by Gorgon couldn't survive even half a second under its domain.

　　But Laḫmu is strong enough to last for a few seconds.

　　If Laḫmu had not entered the domain, they might be able to escape if they seized the opportunity.

　　Sure enough, any Laḫmu who can rival Servant is not easy to kill.

　　Thinking of this, Ryota once again added the "time slowing" domain to his domain.

　　Laḫmu who was slowed down couldn't move, and could only wait to die in the dominant.

　　With a two-pronged approach, the death rate instantly doubles.

　　"Ugh... these things are disgusting!"

　　Ishtar had returned from the Temple of the Blood, showing a disgusted expression

　　"Still making strange noises, this is just mental pollution! Why did mother create such a disgusting thing!?"

　　"Stop complaining, go out and kill, it counts as points."

　　Ryota knew that apart from killing Gorgon within one month, Ishtar's main quest also had the condition of surviving for one day after Gorgon's death. Otherwise, he will not have time to complete side quests. Now can be said to be a good time to score points, so he took the initiative to alert the other party.

　　"I know!"

　　Ishtar flew away from the city walls and came to the outside world, complaining softly: "But it's really disgusting..."

　　A complaint is a complaint, and she wasn't ambiguous at all to begin with.

　　Liberating divinity, attacking like cannonballs, raining down on Laḫmu group.

　　At the same time.

　　Beside Ryota, Ereshkigal in the mirror watched the scene of Laḫmu's siege, and said in shock:

　　"This is too exaggerated! Shiro-chan, do you want to come to the Underworld now, I will use the Underworld's counterattack to help you kill, if there are so many, you won't last long."

　　"I can hold on, you don't have to worry about it."

　　Ryota looked calm and unmoved.

　　Unlike the psykers of the third stage, he uncovered the domain without consuming the enormous soul force stored in his soul.

　　Because the soul power flowing from the four bridges can always defend the domain. In addition, all four different domains are fully unlocked.

　　In other words, this was an A rank skill of his, and it didn't drain one bit of stamina.

　　It was precisely because of this skill that he had the confidence to take care of Uruk alone.

　　Now he only shows two different domains, and has created a canopy wall to protect the city.

　　As for why not use the remaining two, to further increase the destructive power. The Servants' consumption was not small, he had to continuously draw out soul power for them to use.

　　For example, the current Ishtar was going to kill with his soul force.

　　Perhaps never wasted power so comfortably.

　　 Ryota continued, "if I enter the Underworld, Uruk will not be guarded, and casualties will easily occur."

　　"I can take their souls first, you freeze their bodies, and after the battle is over, just resurrect them."

　　Ereshkigal did not give up and persisted.

　　"You really don't need to worry about me," Ryota shook his head, "Ereshkigal, do a good job of matching the phases between the Underworld and Uruk."

"But..."

　　"Relax," Ryota smiled at her: "If I really can't take it anymore, I will lean into the arms of the beautiful Goddess of the Underworld."

　　"Y-You..."

　　Ereshkigal's cheeks turned red and she was unable to speak.

　　Ryota looked away from the mirror, turned his head and lowered his head, his face darkened.

　　His mood naturally wasn't as relaxed as his words.

　　Laḫmu's intelligence is very high, and they won't always die after encountering trouble.

　　Before long, Laḫmu would definitely change their tactics and adopt ranged attack methods.

　　He just didn't know what their ranged attacks meant.

　　If this happened, he would have to expand the scope of the domain to include all distant Laḫmu.

　　Expansion of range naturally means reduction in power.

　　It might be even more difficult to kill Laḫmu.

　　(Tsk...Why did Tiamat endow them with intelligence.)

　　Ryota couldn't help but complain.

　　At the same time, he estimated it in his heart.

　　Must be able to withstand.

　　...

　　The fact was as Ryota expected.

　　Realizing that they would perish if they approached the city walls, Laḫmu adopted the tactic of attacking from afar.

　　It's just that before the battle started, they were quickly killed by the expanded domain.

　　Seeing this scene, Ryota knew that he had underestimated the power of the domain.

　　Facts had proven that he was still quite strong.

　　Laḫmu who was sent in the first wave was quickly finished off by him.

　　Ishtar also flew back to the city walls, almost dancing with joy, she seemed to have gotten a lot of points. Then, the waiting begins again.

　　At noon, Ryota and Ishtar await the second Laḫmu wave.

　　Unlike the first wave, the Laḫmu who attacked this time all had wings and launched attacks from the air.

　　(There are more numbers... It seems that Kingu and Tiamat have managed to merge, or Laḫmu snatched the Holy Grail from Kingu and handed it over to Tiamat to make all 100 million Laḫmu active.)

　　Ryota couldn't help feeling excited.

　　He quickly adopted the same fighting method as before, while defending the city, while eliminating the ever-flying Laḫmu.

　　After the excitement was calmed by the blood of countless enemies, the melancholy in his heart began to rise again.

　　The Fifth Bridge... At the moment, it seemed that there was no way to build it before Tiamat came.

　　Even the collection of "love" emotions is not finished.

　　Time is too tight!

　　As time slowly passed, Ryota couldn't help but feel anxious.

　　Although killing Laḫmu made the system point record keep increasing, it didn't bring him much joy.

　　(It's been a long time, not a single human has died, and I don't know if there will be any changes to Tiamat.)

　　Ryota felt a bit uneasy.

　　He didn't forget that Tiamat always added the negative buff "self-seal" to herself.

　　Because she loves humans so much, she doesn't want to hurt humans.

　　This desire that went against her instincts, had become a shackle that restricted her from exerting all of her strength.

　　Ryota doesn't know if this slavery will always exist.

　　He didn't have much faith in his heart.

　　If Tiamat's instinct to destroy humanity trumps her love for humanity since no one has died so far, the results could be dire.

　　After all, even the passive skill "Black Mud" that came with it could destroy the existence of the surface world. After attacking with all his might, it would become everyone's nightmare.

　　"Bah! Thinking of the constellations is a big taboo on the battlefield!"

　　Ryota quickly shook his head vigorously, removing the dangerous guess from his mind.

　　"What taboo?" Ereshkigal immediately asked.

　　She is now focused on Ryota's every move, so as not to miss any chance to support.

　　"Ah... I'm just talking to myself, please don't pay attention."

　　After Ryota answered, he fell silent.

　　He started reviewing his next plan in his mind to prevent himself from making a mistake.

　　After defending Uruk for a day and completing the main quest, it's time to launch a general assault on Tiamat.

　　Unfortunately the Fifth Bridge is not finished yet.

　　But the trump card is still there.

　　A technique that can strike from a conceptual level and bypass the target's immortality.

　　He just didn't know if he could use his current strength to use the [Blade of Execution] against Tiamat, and whether he could achieve his goal in one strike.

　　He roughly estimated that he couldn't, but this was just a guess and needed to be verified.

　　In other words, no matter what, he had to try first.

　　As for the last "trump card"… It can't be used unless absolutely necessary.

　　After all, to injure a thousand enemies, and hurt oneself without limit. Make a mistake and he will surely die.

　　Ryota quickly put together a plan in his mind, and the anxiety in his heart was much less.

　　It's all up to now, and it's useless to be nervous, just take the picture slowly.

　　At this moment, suddenly a strong sense of crisis emerged from his heart!

　　Threats like death cut through his mind like a sharp knife, Ryota's eyes widened instantly, and a bad premonition welled up in his heart.

　　"Ishtar! Come back!" He hastily roared.

　　Under his control, the sound left the domain and entered Ishtar's ears.

　　"Shiro!?"

　　Ishtar, who was enjoying the thrill of killing enemies, immediately turned her head and looked towards the city walls.

　　Out of confidence, she flew back without hesitation, and landed in front of Ryota.

　　"What is it? What happened?"

　　It wasn't Ishtar who asked the question, but Ereshkigal.

　　She also noticed Ryota's strange expression.

　　Just as Ryota was about to speak, his sense of crisis suddenly increased!

　　Looking ahead along the horizon, his astonishing vision picked up distortions in the atmosphere hundreds of kilometers away.

　　It wasn't like he could see this far in an instant.

　　On the other hand, the distortion range is too large.

　　It seemed that an enormous energy was distorting time and space there, causing terrifying catastrophic phenomena like calamity.

　　"Move!"

　　Ryota screamed softly, his eyes gave off a frightening aura.

　　Ishtar was surprised.

　　Before the exclamation was finished, she found that her body was being pulled violently and fell behind Ryota.

　　At the same time.

　　Ryota communicated with four emotional bridges in an instant.

　　All the soul power that came out mobilized, spread and covered all of Uruk.

　　Four different domains revealed!

　　Freeze, burn, destroy, slow down time...

　　The external defense was formed in an instant.

　　The next second.

　　The magical brilliance of the sea erased hundreds of kilometers in the blink of an eye.

　　It seemed that a billion heat scorched the plains, mountains and rivers, and melted a huge canyon that surpassed any record on the mainland.

　　The impact is fast.

　　Energy that was enough to distort time and space collided with Ryota's domain.

　　The light dispelled the world's true colors in an instant.

　　The terrain within a dozen kilometers is easily altered by the after energy.

　　The quadruple domain created by soul power and rules collapsed under this distortion.

　　In the end they were still destroyed.

　　Ryota's eyes were sharp, and he blocked the lingering attack damage with his powerful body.

　　The second defense of the "Time River Immortal" activated instantly.

　　The damage is spread over a long period of time.

　　Finally, the earth-shattering nomentum calmed down.

　　All the dust was evaporated by the attack just now, and the front of the field of vision became clear.

Ereshkigal and Ishtar had regained their composure and were looking ahead.

　　Land disappeared.

　　In front of Uruk was a huge hole, as if it had just been hit by a giant meteorite.

　　Ahead, hundreds of kilometers of trenches of earth were like the longest gorge in the world, cutting through the entire Mesopotamian plain.

　　Beast IV, mankind's seven evils that can destroy the surface world in no time.

　　Existence above natural disasters.

　　Part of her power to drive all of humanity into despair is exposed during this attack.

　　The two goddesses stared at the earth-shaking changes in horror, unable to recover for a long time.

"Stay cool."

　　Ryota's voice brought them back to their senses.

　　At the same time, his four bridges began to flow soul power again, rebuilding the domain.

　　"Shiro, are you okay?"

　　Ishtar turned her head in dismay.

　　The corners of Ryota's mouth filled with blood, which was not a good sign.

　　He who possesses the "Time River Immortal" should not bleed!

　　Unless the injury is too serious, even if it is allocated over a long period of time, the damage allocated per unit time still exceeds the speed of soul force repairing the body. Only in this situation will he bleed.

　　"It doesn't look like there's a serious problem?"

　　Ereshkigal carefully observed and found that it was only a minor injury, and immediately relaxed her tense nerves.

　　The attack just now was terrifying!

　　Luckily it was blocked.

　　"Stupid! This is the appearance of a very serious injury!"

　　Ishtar couldn't help herself and shouted at Ereshkigal.

　　"Uh, what do you mean?" Ereshkigal was a bit confused.

　　"I don't have time to talk about this now," Ryota ended the topic loudly, "It should have been Tiamat who attacked just now, and was shot with terrifying precision and power from hundreds of kilometers away. This is the true meaning of 'Beast'."

　　"What should we do now?" Ishtar gritted her teeth: "This kind of attack shouldn't be the only one."

　　Ryota wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and replied in a serious tone: "Let me talk about the conclusion first. If this kind of attack happens a few more times, I'll have to leave early."

　　"Very serious!?"

　　Ereshkigal was surprised, and quickly took a closer look at Ryota, but still saw nothing wrong.

　　She could only say all the way: "Then we cancel the plan to defend the city and move on to active attacks?"

　　"No," Ishtar reminded her sister, "Shiro's main quest is to defend the city."

　　"No, defending the city is not a limitation. As long as Tiamat could be defeated, all problems would no longer be problems. At that time, even if I casually drank tea in Uruk and did a day of shopping, I was still able to complete the main quest."

　　After Ryota explained, he felt a bit heavy.

　　He didn't expect such an accident to happen...

　　Sure enough, he couldn't completely rely on the information from the original plot.

　　Tiamat wasn't a doll, after his plan caused the butterfly effect, she changed her mode of action. Now he won't be stingy with attacks anymore.

　　Very dangerous!

　　Ryota realized the seriousness of the matter, and quickly said: "Ereshkigal's proposal is correct, we can no longer defend the city, otherwise we will become the target of Tiamat's life. Hand over the task of defending the city, and we will take the initiative to attack!"