Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"Anyway, let's go back to the north wall first. Fujimaru and the others are probably getting impatient."

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Warcraft Front North Wall.

"Fujimaru, Mash...!?"

Seeing Gudao and Mashu return with their soldiers in a somewhat disheveled state, Leonidas I and Musashibo Benkei, who had successfully retreated, hurriedly stepped forward to greet them and inquired about the details of what had happened in Nippur.

After listening to Gudao's story, the atmosphere fell silent.

The citizen rescue operation has completely failed. The Beast Goddess and Kingu have appeared simultaneously. News of the second-generation Beast has arrived. Ushiwakamaru, Merlin, and others are responsible for covering the retreat...

"...I see..."

Finally, Leonidas I's voice broke the silence, his tone as always, devoid of any emotion.

"Although I would love for you to rest, there is probably no time for that now. The Goddess of Beasts and Kingu may lead the beasts to attack at any time, so please be prepared."

Then, he gave the order to the soldiers who were standing by listening:

"Return to Uruk as quickly as possible and report the current situation to King Gilgamesh."

"Yes!"

"..."

Gudao clenched his fists, and traces of blood were seeping out.

He understood what Leonidas I meant: to prepare for the annihilation of Merlin and his army, and for the Beast Goddess and Kingu to pursue their victory.

If they really didn't come back...

"Speaking of which, Lord Fujimaru,"

However, at that moment, Musashibo Benkei spoke up and asked him:

"Gudako-san should have followed Ushiwakamaru-sama to Nippur to provide support as well. Haven't you seen her?"

"Eh?"

Gudako and Mashu were stunned for a moment.

"Miss Gudako, has she also gone to Nippur to provide support?"

Dr. Roman asked with some doubt:

"But if Gudako came right after Ushiwakamaru, we should have been able to run into her, right?"

Musashibo Benkei shook his head:

"Since even you don't know, I have no idea either."

At this moment, Gudao suddenly spoke up:

"Perhaps, Miss Gudako went to support Merlin and the others."

As he spoke, his tone became slightly agitated, and the more he thought about it, the more convinced he became that this was indeed the case.

With Gudako's help, perhaps everyone could...!

With this expectation in mind, Gudao and Mashu quickly regained some energy and went to the positions arranged by Leonidas I, ready to meet the arrival of the enemy.

This time, however, they hoped that the first to arrive would not be the enemy.

However, as time went on, the situation gradually became somewhat strange.

Because neither the figure they longed for nor the figure they loathed appeared on the wasteland, not even a single magical beast arrived.

"..."

This unusual situation caused everyone to start having wild thoughts, and their mood gradually became somewhat anxious.

But just then, a few small figures finally appeared at the edge of the wasteland.

"!!!"

The moment she could clearly see those figures, Mashu exclaimed in delight:

"Senior, look over there!"

"—I saw it!"

Gudao's voice trembled slightly.

The direction Mashu pointed to led to the group including Fujimaru Ritsuka, Merlin, Ishtar, Ushiwakamaru, Anna, Fou...

Everyone returned safely!

Seemingly noticing their gazes, Fujimaru Ritsuka also looked up at them slightly, waved with a smile, and Gudao and Mashu could not contain their excitement and waved back vigorously.

Seeing this, Leonidas I and Musashibo Benkei breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled knowingly.

Just as Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others reached the front of the monster battle line, the city gate was quickly opened, and Gudao and Mashu immediately rushed forward excitedly.

"Ushiwakamaru, Merlin, everyone...you're back!"

"I'm so glad everyone's alright!"

"Yes!"

Ushiwakamaru also responded happily:

"We are also very happy to see Lord Fujimaru and Miss Mashu again!"

"Fu~!"

"Fufu!"

Mash was delighted to see Fou rejoin the group, and then she looked at Anna with concern:

"Miss Anna, are you alright?"

"……ah,"

However, after a while, Anna seemed to realize what was happening and nodded somewhat slowly:

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."

"?"

Mashu tilted her head in confusion, noticing that Anna seemed a bit strange. It looked like Anna had been staring at Gudako the whole time.

What happened?

"—I'm sorry, although I didn't mean to spoil the warm atmosphere, but,"

At this moment, Dr. Roman, who was in Chaldea, apologetically broke the atmosphere and asked:

"How are things going with the Warcraft Goddess Gorgon and Kingu?"

"As for that, please rest assured, they should not continue their attack on the North Wall for the time being."

Merlin glanced at Anna beside him and replied with a smile:

"In a sense, the Goddess of Warcraft seems to have suffered a rather severe psychological blow and probably needs to recuperate for a while."

"...?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 455 Post-War Summary, New Goals

It is indeed a joyous occasion that everyone has returned safely.

However, as the joy and excitement gradually faded and rational emotions returned, everyone immediately realized that now was far from the time to be happy.

In any case, their rescue operation ultimately ended in complete failure.

Furthermore, some information that Gudao inadvertently revealed during his conversation with Kingu is also quite noteworthy—

That's what they call the second-generation monster.

The monsters that exist today do not exist for fighting; their purpose is merely to provide nourishment and resources for the birth of the next generation of monsters.

More importantly, according to the other party, there are only ten days left until the birth of the second generation of monsters.

On the day the second generation of monsters is born, the Goddess of Monsters will lead the monster army to launch a real attack on them.

Later, the goddess of war beasts appeared in Nippur City, which seemed to be an unexpected situation for Kingu.

Back to the point.

The existence of the second generation of monsters was clearly not good news for them.

It should be noted that even a generation of magical beasts that did not exist for the purpose of fighting had already caused terrible damage to the Sumerian civilization.

If the first generation of magical beasts was already so powerful, it's hard for people to imagine how terrifying the second generation of magical beasts, created as weapons of slaughter, would be.

Kingu was able to share this information with them so easily, probably because he had absolute confidence in the strength of the second-generation magical beast.

So, how should they respond?

"...In any case, let's go back and report the situation to King Gilgamesh first."

According to Merlin and Gudao, the Beast Goddess is unlikely to launch an attack for the time being. However, just to be on the safe side, Ushiwakamaru and Musashibo Benkei will stay on the Beast front and work with Leonidas I to defend against the attack.

As for the others, they immediately returned to Uruk to report the situation to Gilgamesh.

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"...Goddess of Warcraft...Second Generation Warcraft..."

"Is this so..."

Inside the Divine Tower, after listening to the information brought back by Gudao and the others, Gilgamesh rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a moment.

Then, he looked at Gudako beneath the throne and said:

"Thank you for your hard work on this mission."

"……Eh?"

Gudao and Mashu looked up in surprise, while Gilgamesh, with a calm expression, said:

"The failure of the mission is not your fault; it is because I misjudged the enemy's cunning."