The Infinite Dragon God Cannot Find Silence

Both monsters and other magical beasts share a troublesome aspect: they don't need to foolishly confront the shield wall head-on. With their powerful jumping ability, they can simply leap directly into the formation.

On the main battlefield, Uruk had enough manpower, which could be compensated for by other means. However, this small square with only fifty people was attacked from the sky. If it were just ordinary soldiers, it would probably collapse instantly.

What's even more despairing is that as the monsters leaped over, even more monsters climbed onto the nearby buildings to bypass the formation. Some continued forward, while others jumped down into the formation in the same way!

Fortunately, these soldiers were the elite of the elite.

Under the command of the middle-aged priest, in just a few seconds, the original shield wall was transformed into a hedgehog formation, firmly withstanding the monsters' attacks from all directions.

However, the attempt to stop the monster's advance with a shield wall also failed.

The middle-aged priest merely watched the monsters disappear into the distance with indifference.

The next second, countless golden rays, slightly weaker than the previous one, streaked across the sky, and all the monsters were completely melted away in the light.

Several priests flew in from behind and landed at the front of the formation, raising their swords to attack the monster.

And so, the priest, using the warrior's battle stance as a base, unleashed a flurry of sword energy, relentlessly reaping the monsters.

Even so, a large number of monsters bypassed them and invaded the temple.

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At the main entrance of the temple, eight temple guards stood ready.

Although they didn't know why all one hundred people who had promised to help them defend the temple had run away, their sense of responsibility kept them there, determined to live and die with the temple.

At this moment, they could sense that something completely out of place with the atmosphere of Uruk and the temple was rapidly approaching.

The spears held by the eight temple guards gleamed with a golden light, subtly echoing the magical runes engraved on the temple.

The next moment, countless monsters burst out from the road in front of the square. Almost at the same time, eight thick beams of light shot out from the tips of the temple guards' spears, instantly annihilating the first wave of monsters.

The monsters seemed to know nothing of fear. Even after being hit so hard, they showed no sign of retreating and continued to charge towards the temple knights.

Even when faced with monsters that outnumbered them by hundreds or even thousands of times, the temple guards showed no fear.

In fact, having undergone the most rigorous training and long-term baptism of divine power, these eight temple guards alone are more than enough to contend with an elite force under Orpheus's command, not counting their captain, of course.

After unleashing the Holy Spear three more times, the remaining distance was insufficient for it to charge again. The temple guards huddled together, preparing for close combat.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

The enormous ouroboros magic circle in the sky, which had become semi-transparent, shone brightly once again, and the magic runes on the temple behind the temple guards seemed to respond, suddenly bursting forth with a strong red light!

The next moment, the monster at the forefront was suddenly crushed into black mud by the giant object falling from the sky.

Less than half a second later, several more huge objects fell to the ground, causing repeated tremors.

The temple guards exchanged glances, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes.

The true form of those colossal objects was the golden armor that Orpheus had placed throughout Uruk a few months ago!

Then, an even greater tremor erupted beneath their feet.

The ground cracked open everywhere in the square, and countless identical suits of armor began to emerge from the ground.

These armors are about three meters tall and have considerable defensive capabilities... at least the monsters can only leave shallow scratches on them, and each armor comes with an axe-spear made of the same material as the body.

Then, with the sound of orderly footsteps, two rows of identical armored figures filed out of the temple—only then did the temple guards realize that the temple had the largest number of armored figures.

The armor's attack speed was quite slow, but with each swing of the axe, at least three monsters were knocked back into the black mud. Combined with the armor's powerful defense, the monsters were almost unstoppable.

The temple guards exchanged another glance, relaxed, and returned to their posts on either side of the temple gate, but the resolve to die in their eyes had been replaced by hope.

Uruk has been saved!

Similar scenes are happening all over Uruk.

The middle-aged priest cleaved the monster in two, watching it turn into a lump of black mud. Then, with an air of superiority, he sheathed his longsword at his waist, turned around, and walked between two armored figures, slowly leaving behind the armored army to reap the monster.

His troops and other priests had already retreated under the cover of the armored army; he was the last man left behind to cover their retreat.

At the end of the Uruk contingent, the young priest breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the fifty sword-wielding warriors who had come to his aid alleviate the pressure that had been mounting due to insufficient numbers.

After all the armored troops were activated, the ouroboros magic circle in the sky gathered a mysterious purple mist, from which lightning continuously fell, each time wiping out a large number of monsters. Countless spells appeared on the walls throughout Uruk, constantly firing beams of magic to harvest enemies. Hundreds of magic cannon arrays appeared on the southern city wall, relieving most of the pressure on Ishtar and the others.

This is the true form of Uruk, the fortress city, as designed by Orpheus!

Chapter 108 Human Evil

"That's amazing..."

At the very top of the pyramid temple, Siduri watched in astonishment as the armored army and various mechanisms relentlessly reaped the disgusting monsters.

"Actually, Siduri could also use it, but he fainted too early and we didn't realize it."

The sudden, straightforward remark made Siduri's lips twitch.

Standing next to Siduri, Orpheus held a monster in his hand that was baring its fangs and claws but could not penetrate the magical membrane covering Orpheus's body. He was about to examine it when the monster suddenly collapsed and turned into black mud.

After failing on his third attempt, Orpheus casually burned away the black mud that was trying to erode his magic with his magic, shook his head, and then slightly raised his head to look at the sky.

A white horse galloped through the air to the outer perimeter of Uruk city walls and lingered, seemingly hesitant about whether to come in directly.

Orpheus nodded, realizing just how overpowered that so-called 'intuition' was in reality, and then temporarily suspended the anti-air mechanism... Why emphasize 'in reality'?

Sensing that the crisis had passed, the white horse flew past at high speed and landed next to Orpheus and the others.

"King Orpheus, I have some final information to report to you regarding Master Merlin."

Lily gave Orpheus a brief, serious greeting before getting straight to the point.

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"Really? Merlin is dead?"

After listening to Lily's words, Orpheus seemed to be deep in thought.

Merlin's true form is a nightmare, and it's almost impossible to kill him in reality, but it's a different story in a dream.

Dying in his dream, perhaps that was a fitting end for him...

I see. So, can we try doing that when dealing with the Great Red?

After deeming the death of Merlin, the servant who had paved the way for him, as valuable, Orpheus set the matter aside and turned to more important questions.

Are humans evil?

"That's what Teacher Merlin said. Do you know anything about it?"

Orpheus nodded.

She certainly didn't know what human evil was, but judging from the fact that he could kill Merlin in her dream, that guy must be very powerful.

Although she herself was unaware of it, there was a seemingly all-knowing creature residing in her consciousness...

[Human evil has different meanings in each world, but most of it is something very dangerous... Of course, that's obvious. However, the danger of human evil is usually directed at humans and doesn't affect you much. But by the same token, human evil is either something that can only be eliminated by humans, or something that can't be eliminated as long as humans are alive. So you can't do anything about it. This is probably why you intuitively feel that you can't fight Tiamat directly?]

After calling out, Qi's lazy voice reappeared after a long time.

As for the evil of humanity in this world... I'll just transmit the specific information directly into your mind. This is data I retrieved from fate; you can look at it yourself. After all, you can't have too much water.

Ignoring the last nonsensical sentence, Orpheus read the information to Lily verbatim.

"Evil abandoned by humanity?"

Lily frowned.

"Nothing is out of our control."

Orpheus shook his head.

Is your Master on the North Wall?

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Lily's face.

Seeing Lily's expression, Orpheus tilted his head.

"On the way to Uruk?"

"..."

Lily's embarrassment deepened.

As she strives to become the perfect knight, she can't quite tell a lie naturally yet, so she can only stand there silently.

Orpheus frowned slightly.

"Could they have gone south?"

Lily could only nod.

Orpheus's brow furrowed even deeper.

Ideally, Chaldea would be blocked at the northern wall, and a forced return to Uruk would also be expected. But what's with this sudden trip to the south? Those people shouldn't be aware of the current situation...

Suddenly, Orpheus thought of the Servant he had paid the least attention to.

Because her task was simply to assist and heal, Orpheus, who didn't know much about those things, couldn't give her many instructions. This also meant that Orpheus rarely paid attention to the girl who was always working quietly by herself.

If it were her, it wouldn't be impossible for her to bring Ritsuka and the others over.

Setting aside these unhelpful speculations, Orpheus looked at Lily.

"Take me there."

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Medea looked extremely pale.

Behind her, the faces of everyone in Chaldea, including the goddess, were clouded with gloom.

In front of the group of people, a naked woman lay on her side on the ground, showing no signs of life and confirmed to be dead.

But if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would hardly believe that just minutes before, this woman was a disgusting monster who could only scream and launch suicide attacks at them.

"My feeling is right, this is quite a sad thing for us."

Medea spoke with her eyes closed.

"Based on my observation, there should still be a very small number of monsters who retain some consciousness from the past, but my Noble Phantasm cannot restore them to life. There are two possible reasons: one is that they are essentially dead, and my Noble Phantasm cannot reverse life and death; the second possibility is that... the power to modify them is far greater than my Noble Phantasm."

"Could it be that 'human evil'?"

Worry flickered in Ritsuka's eyes. Beside her, Quetzalcoatl looked at the once vibrant city, where countless monsters were now toying with human lives.