The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

The march to defeat the goddess must not stop.

Chapter 97 The Real Beginning

"You've arrived."

Seated on the throne of the underworld, Ereshkigal spoke calmly.

"..."

Orpheus slowly emerged from the shadows of the underworld, remaining silent.

"You shouldn't have come."

Ereshkigal shook his head and sighed.

"..."

Her response was still silence.

"Now that you're here, you must have been prepared for what's to come, right?"

Ereshkigal gave a sly, enigmatic smile.

"..."

A continued silence.

With an awkward cough, Ereshkigal rose from his throne.

“My goal is to obtain the Holy Grail of Uruk and then imprison all humans on earth in the underworld, making them my possessions. This was chosen by the goddess Ereshkigal, the first decision made solely by herself. But your goal is different; you chose to protect humanity. It seems that our battle was already destined long ago.”

After calming down, Ereshkigal said with a sense of relief.

Orpheus still did not respond.

Ereshkigal smiled faintly, then took out his uniquely shaped weapon.

"Not going to answer? Looks like there's nothing more to say. Even facing you, I won't hold back... Let me introduce myself one last time. My name is Ereshkigal, the mistress of the underworld, the guardian of the silence of death, a goddess sacrificed to the gods. This hatred, this pain..."

The aura of death emanated from the earth, and Ereshkigal's expression was solemner than ever before.

"Let you try it too!"

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Jin Gu jumped away somewhat awkwardly, dodging the attack from both the axe blade and the God of War sword, but still paid the price of having his shoulder pierced by an arrow of light.

Even so, Kingu quickly swung his hand blade, repelling Hercules and Altira's pursuit, and nimbly took a few steps back.

At this moment, blue flames were still burning on the wound on his left shoulder, fighting against the golden energy and preventing Kingo from successfully healing himself.

"This is getting a bit troublesome..."

Suddenly, Jin Gu laughed.

If it were the normal Jin Gu, being injured by lowly 'old humans' would have been enough to ignite her considerable anger, right? But at this moment, she showed no such reaction whatsoever.

Just after the sudden burst of immense magical power, Altira's strength surged as if she had been injected with adrenaline, with all her attributes skyrocketing, while Arjuna's support was greatly enhanced in both power and frequency.

Hercules almost made King Gu swear.

His strength didn't increase much, but his twelve lives were instantly restored to full.

This feeling is like fighting a boss until you're almost dead, then having to start over because your computer crashes. Even if you're actually much stronger than the boss, it still makes you feel like screaming "Wow!"

Moreover, although King Gu was able to defeat Hercules, she wouldn't be able to handle three of them with the same ease.

Her original plan was to find an opportunity to kill the brainless Hercules first, and then deal with Altira slowly, but now it seems that's impossible.

Twelve might be a small number, but if that's the number of times a giant who could go toe-to-toe with gods could be resurrected in his prime, then it would be a real headache. What's more, even though the number of resurrections has been restored, the previous ways of dying haven't been reset, and ineffective attacks are still ineffective. So King Gu has already given up on attacking Hercules.

Let's deal with Altira first.

At this moment, Jin Gu's expression was quite calm, without arrogance, anger, or mockery.

If the people of Uruk could see her at this moment, they would probably all be shaken.

Because the aura that King Krush exuded at this moment was almost exactly the same as Enkidu's.

Jin Gu seemed unaware of his own strange condition, instead crouching down and letting an arrow of light pass over his head.

She didn't even realize that, although she sensed that her mother was about to make contact with Chaldea, she had no desire to go back and help.

Then, golden light began to flash in Jin Gu's emerald green eyes.

"Being suppressed like this isn't good, so let's get a little more serious..."

The earth began to tremble.

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"Have we finally entered the Gorgon Temple...?"

Mashu frowned as she walked through the eerie 'cocoon'-like space.

The atmosphere here is completely unlike that of a temple, which should be filled with a sacred aura...

Ritsuka, on the other hand, was also frowning, for a different reason than Mashu… Although Ritsuka didn't particularly like the environment here either, as she wasn't a Servant, she wasn't as sensitive to such unpleasant atmospheres, and therefore wasn't greatly affected…

The problem is, this time the singularity...

Everything went smoothly. Under the cover of the soldiers, they easily reached the temple without alerting a large number of magical beasts, and the soldiers who formed a tight formation suffered almost no casualties.

On Merlin's side, while ordinary Dingir couldn't throw the massive Marduk Axe that far, it's unclear what Orpheus did... In any case, using the power of the Marduk Axe, they successfully reduced Gorgon's divinity.

Speaking of which, the reason we learned that the goddess was Gorgon was because of Jeanne d'Arc's explanation earlier... The Chaldea members truly felt their place in this singularity... how should I put it...

The intelligence that should have been collected long ago was only discovered now.

Everything feels like it's moving too fast.

They had barely gotten used to the environment of Uruk when they suddenly encountered the goddess, not just once, but twice, and they kept taking turns... After dealing with one, they immediately faced the other without any rest.

Thinking about it carefully, there was almost no element of trial and error in this singularity. Everything was arranged by Orpheus from the very beginning, and apart from King Gu playing around with them at the beginning, there were no enemies who specifically targeted them.

It went too smoothly.

"I hope there won't be any problems..."

Finally, Ritsuka sighed.

Did I develop a masochistic streak from those incredibly difficult singularities? Things are going too smoothly, and I'm starting to feel something's wrong...

In short, I heard that Orpheus has personally gone to deal with the final goddess. In other words, as long as the current goddess is dealt with and everything goes smoothly on Orpheus's side, the matter should be over soon.

"Keep going..."

Ritsuka composed herself and, together with the Servants, headed towards the location of the enormous magical energy source that even she, a mediocre magician, could easily detect.

The three battlefields are now truly beginning!

Chapter 98 The Invitation of the Goddess of Warcraft

The most famous aspect of the Mesopotamian underworld is its seven gates.

The goddess of Venus, Ishtar, once ventured into the underworld. The exact circumstances of that time are difficult to ascertain, but it is certain that the seven gates of the underworld weakened Ishtar's power to an extremely low level, ultimately leading to her defeat by Ereshkigal.

This time, it was Orpheus who invaded the Underworld, and under Ereshkigal's guidance, she naturally went through all seven gates.

The actual feeling is... not much of a feeling.

The primary function of the seven gates is actually to suppress power. The average amount of suppression at one time is about one-seventh of Ishtar's divine power... In reality, each gate increases in power, and this amount is indeed quite large for the currently incomplete Orpheus... If we take the last gate, which consumes the most power, as an example... it would probably take about two minutes to fully recover.

So Orpheus would wait a minute or two after passing through one door before continuing through the second.

As for the guards in the middle, they couldn't even break through the automatic defense mechanism of the Royal Treasury, so it naturally didn't take much of Orpheus's effort.

In fact, Orpheus's biggest worry was that he would be attacked by Ereshkigal as soon as he stepped out of the last door. Now it seems that Ereshkigal, as a goddess, still has a certain level of integrity.

Her cryptic words at least gave Orpheus time to recover.

While on the ground, Ereshkigal was almost completely overwhelmed by Orpheus.

But now, although the situation hasn't exactly turned 180 degrees, it's pretty much the same.

Orpheus was suppressed... and not even by the magical cannon barrage she was best at!

In compensation for Ereshkigal's sacrifice, the gods granted her supreme authority.

Ereshkigal is able to manipulate the underworld, achieving true and complete control.

If they were far apart, Ereshkigal could at most cause an energy explosion around Orpheus, causing her some trouble. With Orpheus's infinite mana supply, a single defensive spell would suffice.

but now……

Orpheus truly understood what it felt like to be at odds with the entire world.

The free-floating death energy kept condensing and unleashing barrages of fire at Orpheus.

There was no room to dodge, no time interval, and they were launched endlessly from all directions without any blind spots.

"What's wrong? You can't defeat me just by hiding inside your shell, you know?"

At this moment, Orpheus was completely enveloped in a purple sphere of magic. The energy of death struck Orpheus's magic, and although it could not break through, it was slowly eroding it.

At the same time, Orpheus's magic was constantly replenishing itself.

In the present state where Orpheus is incomplete, this game will end when Orpheus's magic is exhausted, and the outcome will be self-evident.

It seems we need to find a way to break the deadlock...

Orpheus narrowed his eyes.

In fact, Orpheus was not worried about the current situation. Although Ereshkigal's power was beyond expectations, she also had a way to break the deadlock.

Ea...

However, if it were actually used, it could cause changes to the next steps of the plan, so it's best to avoid it as much as possible.

Given Ereshkigal's current abilities, a direct confrontation is certainly not a good option. Even if the complete Orpheus were to come, a direct confrontation would only be an endless road, and even if there were a result, it would not be what Orpheus wanted to see.

Since that's the case, let's solve it like a snake...

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