To become a king and a magician

"Eh... um..."

After recovering from her initial shock, Tomoe Gozen nodded and immediately drew her naginata: "Was it an enemy attack? The Forest Goddess?"

"Goddess of the Forest? Yes! That's right! I am the goddess of the forest!"

The smoke and dust suddenly dissipated, and with the sound, the attacker's figure finally appeared completely in Tomoe Gozen's eyes.

That was someone who was truly indescribable; at least for the serious Tomoe Gozen, it was difficult for her to describe what kind of creature the person in front of her was.

In short—

"tiger?"

"It's not a tiger! It's a leopard-man!"

Wearing a tiger mascot costume, the divine servant who looked remarkably like a certain Fuyuki Tiger proudly announced his real name!

"If I had to put it into words, I am the embodiment of the dense forest, the manifestation of a great warrior! The Leopard Man!"

"Smack!"

Seeing the leopard-men posing like the Super Sentai group in their tight-fitting, perverted stance, Natsukawa Torato, unable to bear the sight, raised his hand with a look of disgust and fired a magic cannon at her forehead.

(Ah... even knowing it wasn't the same person, I still acted on impulse.)

Natsukawa Torato and Fujimura Taiga could be considered close friends, and he often suffered because of her antics and liveliness during high school. He had almost forgotten about her over the years, but he immediately remembered her when he saw this leopard-like person.

It was only at times like this that he genuinely felt that Type-Moon couldn't be so lazy as to repeatedly hire the same actor.

After taking a direct hit from Natsukawa Tora's magic cannon in the face and lying there for a few seconds, the leopard man immediately sprang to his feet and continued to taunt the group of tight-fitting perverts, striking exaggerated poses and shouting, "Hahaha! This kind of attack can't hit me, the agile and swift leopard man! I just bent over too much when I bent down to dodge! It didn't hurt at all!"

"..."

Looking at the large bump on the leopard man's forehead, Tomoe Gozen couldn't help but say, "But you look like you're in a lot of pain, and you've even shed tears."

"This is just eye drops! It doesn't hurt as much as Kukul's punch! Compared to this—"

Suddenly, from who-knows-where—or rather, from between his legs—he pulled out a huge toy stick, twirled it around several times, and then slammed it into the ground: "You guys really have some nerve! Daring to barge into this dense forest! Don't you know you're supposed to bring a gift when you come here!"

(Is that what you're focusing on?)

"No, Lord Natsukawa, upon closer inspection, we did indeed force our way in. According to etiquette, it is customary to bring a gift when visiting someone's residence..."

"Don't let her lead you astray."

With a helpless sigh, Natsukawa Tora looked at the leopard-man in front of him: "So, you suddenly came to us just to ask for souvenirs? You're really arrogant as a local."

"That's necessary etiquette! That's what the so-called law of the jungle is all about!"

"This rule definitely doesn't exist in the law of the jungle!"

“Kukur did make a plan—it was I who suggested it to her!” The leopard-man pounded his chest with considerable pride. “Well, in short—you two incredibly impolite barbarians, for the peace of this forest! I, the righteous leopard-man, will drive away your darkness here!”

"The struggle between light and darkness that has spanned a thousand years comes to an end today, woohoo!"

Another magic cannon shot flew from Natsukawa Torato's fingertips, but this time, the leopard man perfectly dodged the attack by leaning back at an angle long enough to afford a barbecue dinner, even landing with a backflip—

"Whoosh—!"

With a whooshing sound, the leopard-man, who was nearly ten meters away just a moment ago, was now standing right in front of Tomoe Gozen! He slapped out the cat paw toy stick in his hand!

(So ​​fast! I can't stop it—)

Just before Tomoe Gozen could move, a powerful force suddenly came from behind her collar. Natsukawa Torama grabbed her by the collar and threw her behind him, then took the leopard man's heavy blow head-on!

"boom!"

Taking advantage of the impact, he retreated to Tomoe Gozen's side and helped her up. Natsukawa Torara asked, "Are you alright, Tomoe Gozen? The situation was urgent and I was a bit rough with you."

"No, Ba is alright. Please focus on the enemy, Lord Natsukawa—"

"You two still have time for sweet nothings?! I, the Leopard Man, hate nothing more than young couples showing affection in front of me! FFF God's Punishment!!"

The leopard-man's roar, filled with inexplicable grief and anger, came down from above, followed immediately by a falling attack!

(Where did you, an ancient deity, get so much modern knowledge?!)

An ice sword appeared out of thin air in his hand, and Xia Chuanhu slashed at the cat paw toy stick that was coming down!

however--

"Shh-!"

The leopard-woman, who should have been hit, suddenly vanished. The next moment, she appeared without warning at point-blank range, even closer to Xia Chuanhu.

"That's my afterimage, meow~~~ Leopard Man's Fist!"

"Well!"

With a friendly punch delivered right to the face by the leopard-man, Natsukawa Tiger and Tomoe were forced to retreat dozens of meters.

The leopard-man shoved the cat's paw into the ground and looked at Natsukawa Tiger's figure. His expression became slightly more serious: "Oh ho ho ho~~~~~ You blocked it with your palm at the last super limit moment, huh? Impressive!"

"You're the one who's ever been able to create afterimages at such close range. This is the first time I've ever met someone like that..."

Shaking off the hand that had been used to block the punch to his face, Natsukawa Tora sighed softly.

Although she is a comedic character, she is indeed a true deity, an incarnation of one of the main gods of South America. In Uruk, among the current Servants, only Oda Nobunaga should be able to fight her. No matter how many others come, they would not be enough to defeat her.

To exaggerate even further, being able to withstand one of his magic bullets and then fight back as if nothing had happened, even gaining a slight advantage, is already quite impressive.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Natsukawa."

Nestled in Natsukawa Torata's protective embrace, Tomoe Gozen lowered her head with a hint of self-reproach: "I caused you to be at a disadvantage while protecting me. Please don't worry about my safety; fight with all your might."

"Huh? No, no, there's no need for that, and you don't need to blame yourself. I can handle this situation with ease." Xia Chuanhu laughed. "However, it's not my style to be embarrassed in front of women, so let me show off a little."

The moment the words left his mouth, Tomoe Gozen clearly felt the surrounding temperature plummet!

next moment--

"Crack crack crack crack crack—!"

The Realization of Imagination: The Ice Age.

The rapidly spreading, extremely cold air swept across the entire area in front of Natsukawa Tiger, freezing the ice field outside the north wall of Uruk and reappearing in the dense forest.

The leopard-man, along with the dense forest, was transformed into an ice sculpture.

Even if she is fast enough to leave afterimages, she has no way to avoid this kind of map-wide attack that doesn't distinguish between friend and foe.

20. Please use your magic eye to turn the leopard man into a rag.

"Whoo~~~~"

With a soft exhale, Natsukawa Torama released Tomoe Gozen from his embrace.

"Yes, that's fine. For fleas that like to jump around, freezing them is the best way. They shouldn't be injured, right, Tomoe Gozen?"

Tomoe nods: "Yes, thanks to you, I am not hurt at all. I am really ashamed that I have troubled you to protect me again."

I've been a complete failure as a bodyguard.

Natsukawa Torama gently patted her shoulder: "It's alright. The enemy is a divine servant anyway. Although Japanese warriors in the Heian period were full of monsters, divine servants are even more than that. You don't need to worry about it. This part is my responsibility."

Ishtar, Ereshkigal, the Leopard Man, Quetzalcoatl, Gorgon, Enkidu... or rather, Kingu—Natsukawa Torara plans to take on these god-level enemies himself. The only Servant who can help him is Oda Nobunaga.

The other Servants only need to focus on dealing with the monster horde.

Of course, this situation will collapse after Tiamat is resurrected. At that time, god-level Rahm will roam everywhere, each with power surpassing that of the Demon God Pillars, and their numbers will be so great that they will blot out the sky.

Even Oda Nobunaga and Natsukawa Torara would have struggled under such circumstances.

However, that's a long way off, and there's no need to think about it now. The more important thing right now is—

"Snapped!"

With a snap of his fingers, he thawed the ice from the leopard-woman's head and slapped her face hard: "Hey~~~ wake up, you comical character, you're still alive, right? A god can't just freeze to death like that, can he? Wake up and answer a few questions for me."

"If you don't wake up, don't blame me for using hypnosis magic to brainwash you into a heartless, always-answering alien with no self-awareness who only knows how to answer questions."

"What is that?! It's absolutely terrifying!!"

The leopard-man, who was pretending to be asleep, was suddenly awakened by Xia Chuanhu's threat!

"A demon! Are you a demon! You must be a demon! How dare you try to use hypnosis magic on me!"

"No, it's obvious that that won't work on the gods, right? It's super low-level of mystery. I'm not a specialist like Merlin or Merly. I was just fooling you."

"Meow!!"

Realizing he had been tricked, the leopard-man screamed and instantly turned ashen.

After waving his hand, Xia Chuanhu asked, "Then let's get down to business. About the goddess in this dense forest... to be precise, one of the pillars of the Three Goddess Alliance, the sun god of South America, Quetzalcoatl, do you know where she is now?"

"!"

"Oh wow~~~"

Unlike Tomoe Gozen's surprise, the leopard man's expression instantly became interesting after hearing what Natsukawa Torama said: "Hmm, hmm, judging from your tone, it seems like you have something to discuss with Kukul."

"Hmm, I'm planning to have a soul-crushing showdown with her, knock her out of the arena in style, and then invite her to fight the Goddess of Warcraft."

Xia Chuanhu smiled and said something that would shock anyone in the know.

Incidentally, the leopard-man did indeed lose its color.

"You...you ...

"Yes, is there a problem? Are you a local? Could you show me the way?"

"Please, please wait a moment! Lord Natsukawa!"

Just as the leopard-man was about to say something, Tomoe Gozen suddenly interrupted, "This is far too sudden, Lord Natsukawa. To start by fighting a pillar of the Three Goddess Alliance and even say you want to turn them against your side... Are you really serious? This is almost impossible, isn't it?"

“No, it’s possible,” Natsukawa Tiger laughed. “I believe in the benevolent nature of the South American gods—if all else fails, I’ll just make her sign a devil’s contract, swearing an oath that if she loses, she’ll obey all my commands for life, and then I’ll beat her half to death with all my might to make the contract work.”

Did this man, with a sunny disposition, actually engage in some rather dark practices?

"But the enemy is that South American god... If it's a god-level enemy, wouldn't it be too much for you to challenge it alone? Wouldn't it be better to go back to Uruk to discuss countermeasures and gather more combat power?"

This is also for safety reasons.

The leopard-man also affirmed in an unusual way: "That's right, that's right. With your fearless attitude, Kukul will definitely beat you into a pile of minced meat and then eat you with a smile!"

"Well, how can we know who is stronger if we don't try? I'm quite confident in my own power. After all, I've faced several world-destroying crises. At least I don't think that South American god can compare to the power of a world-destroying crisis."