To become a king and a magician

This is the name of the enemy that everyone is about to face again.

Mashu frowned: "But, wasn't Tiamat already defeated by my brother? Just now, the Beast Goddess was confirmed to have been destroyed."

“That’s just a fake,” Gilgamesh scoffed. “Synchronization, copying, transplanting, imitation… I’m afraid it was one of these methods that gave that serpent god power similar to Tiamat. If it were the real Tiamat, Uruk wouldn’t be able to hold her off for even a day, let alone half a year.”

This was even after Gilgamesh had actively sealed Ea, using all his power to protect Uruk.

(Fake...)

Hinako Akuta realized something was wrong: "Judging from your tone, and considering the attitude and behavior of these two nightmares, could it be that the current situation was exactly what you expected?"

“After all, there are three clairvoyants here,” Merlin laughed. “My other self and I came here early to deal with Tiamat. We wanted to trap her in a dream using the Dream Prison to delay her awakening as much as possible, but we’ve reached our limit now and can no longer keep her trapped.”

"The only thing we can do now is to fight her head-on and defeat her—there is no other way to end this singularity."

Fujimaru Ritsuka gritted her teeth: "Is it not even enough to retrieve the Holy Grail, which is the reason for the birth of the Singularity?"

"Tiamat itself is a more terrifying singularity than the Holy Grail. Moreover, in terms of the sequence of events, it was not the Holy Grail that created the singularity, but rather the Holy Grail that brought Tiamat back to the material world, which is why this place became a singularity."

The reason why the singularity won't disappear even if the Holy Grail is retrieved is because the true source of the singularity has only just emerged.

【Beep beep beep!】

Just then, the communication device on Fujimaru Ritsuka's wrist suddenly rang, and Roman's anxious voice came from it.

[Fujimaru, Mashu, Akuta, Emergency! Unidentified magical energy reactions have been observed in the Persian Gulf! The magical energy of each individual is greater than that of the magical beasts you previously dealt with, and the total exceeds one hundred million! Furthermore, it continues to multiply!]

"One hundred million?!"

The sheer number was so unbelievable that Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but shout it out.

They were already fighting so hard with just 100,000 magical beasts, so if it were 100 million... that would be a thousand times more enemies!

"This quantity..."

There was absolutely no way to stop them. No matter how powerful a person was, there was absolutely no way to withstand 100 million magical beasts. Moreover, in the instant everyone was surprised, these 100 million magical beasts had already multiplied to an even more unbelievable level!

Of these, approximately 100,000 have already landed, while 20,000 are heading to Uruk. Although their speeds differ, the first batch should arrive in Uruk within a few hours!

"Tch... Nobunaga!" Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Oda Nobunaga. "You can fly there, right? Could you please go and eliminate as many monsters as possible? We'll get there as quickly as possible! Ushiwakamaru's agility level is also very high, so please accompany Nobunaga!"

Twenty thousand magical beasts, though not as many as the previous one hundred thousand, were still an extraordinary number. Moreover, Fujimaru Ritsuka knew that the reason they were able to hold off the one hundred thousand was purely because of the support of the Divine Authority Seal and Natsukawa Tiger's thunderstorm. In reality, they probably only dealt with about ten thousand magical beasts on their own.

In addition, Fujimaru Ritsuka could tell that everyone was exhausted. The long battle had left everyone mentally and physically fatigued to varying degrees.

Even so, we can't just stand here and wait to die!

"Yes, I understand."

"Then I'll go first!"

Oda Nobunaga and Ushiwakamaru immediately prepared to leave the tower, but just before they set off, Roman's voice rang out once again.

[No, wait... wait, wait, wait! The 20,000 magical beasts heading to Uruk were instantly wiped out?!]

"what?"

[A magical reaction is rapidly moving towards the Persian Gulf! It's Natsukawa!]

minister?!

Fujimaru Ritsuka subconsciously looked at Merry: "Teacher... was the captain's departure just now because...?"

“Yes, he’s stalling for time.” Meryl nodded. “We have a way to defeat Tiamat, but that method takes time, at least two days from now—and Tiger will buy us that time.”

"This is outrageous!!"

Without any intention of suppressing her voice, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but exclaim, "Even if the captain is incredibly capable, it's still impossible for one person to gain two days—"

"Not just one person."

Akuta interrupted Fujimaru Ritsuka: "Fujimaru, haven't you noticed? One or two people from the group that were with us at the North Wall have already disappeared."

"Huh?"

After being told this by Hinako Akuta, Ritsuka Fujimaru noticed that the number of people in the God Tower was not right.

(Kingo and Senior Zero have disappeared!)

“That’s it.” Meryl patted Fujimaru Ritsuka’s head. “Calm down, Ritsuka. Hope is still in our hands. While Torato and the others are doing their best to buy us time, we must also do our best to complete the preparations for fighting Tiamat.”

"This is our mission."

"I understand."

Taking a deep breath, Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded vigorously: "So, what should we do?"

55. The Holy Sword Wielder Begins to Save the World

The Persian Gulf.

When Natsukawa Tiger came here a while ago, this was a beautiful bay. However, now, the bay has been occupied by a black ocean.

From the depths of the Indian Ocean, as if a lid had been lifted, black seawater continuously flowed out, assimilating and even replacing the surrounding ocean, gradually raising the water level of the entire ocean.

The observation post, which was originally located on a cliff near the Persian Gulf, is now completely submerged by the black seawater.

And in this ocean, one after another bizarre-looking alien creature keeps crawling out.

They had sharp, spear-like feet, long, slender bodies, and heads without eyes or facial features, only long tongues and large mouths with white teeth, making them quite unsettling to look at.

——【Rahim】

Although not their official name, we can use this name to refer to them as the children of Tiamat, created from the sand and soil of the Age of Gods through the power of the womb of the beasts.

Ever since the black sea erupted and spread in the Persian Gulf, Rahm has emerged from the sea and, after landing, traveled in all directions along the Mesopotamian landmass.

Although Gorgon was defeated in just a few minutes, and it has only been ten minutes since then, the number of Rahm has increased so much in those ten minutes that it has almost filled most of Mesopotamia.

"Boom—!"

Above the beach in the Persian Gulf, Natsukawa Tiger floated silently in the air, looking down at the continuously released Rahms below, without attempting to eliminate them all.

Those are impossible to completely eliminate. All he can do is deal with all the Rahms heading to Uruk. He doesn't have the strength or energy to waste on the rest.

He had already sensed the world's lament on his way here, and it became even stronger after arriving in the Persian Gulf.

Please go and defeat that beast.

Please go and destroy that evil.

Deep in my consciousness, I can vaguely sense that the world is conveying this idea to me.

The opponent is Tiamat.

Tiamat, the womb abandoned after creation, was both the ocean and the soil from which life was produced. After the Earth's environment stabilized and the ecosystem was established, it was banished as something unnecessary.

Therefore, the so-called goddess of creation is merely a false title; her true form is a great calamity abandoned by humanity and rejected by human history, one of the seven evils of humankind, and a beast possessing the principle of "return"—[BeastII].

Undoubtedly, she is the evil that destroys the world, the evil that destroys humanity, the evil that attempts to eliminate humanity as it is today, to completely alter the Earth's ecosystem, and to return it to its former state as the mother of all things.

"Om..."

Particles of light converged in Natsukawa Torato's hand, and the Star Holy Sword appeared, radiating a unique light beneath a gray sky and before an endless black ocean.

The Star Sword is the holy sword that saves the world and can defeat all evil.

The Star Swordsman is also destined to be the savior of the world.

"It's time for me to fulfill my duty."

Gripping the holy sword tightly, Xia Chuanhu gazed into the depths of the black ocean before him. He knew that the enemy he truly needed to face was there.

Just then—

"wftckydrgojpsukbdrgovkhxdrgovkhx!"

"vbgany! vbgany! kakwgkwgkwgkwgkwgkwgkwgkwg!"

"wwefcbgavckcpdonefcbtelbrhrhjgikgipcekhq"

Countless chaotic and incoherent cries came from all directions, sounding like several children babbling incoherently, leaving one completely baffled.

Hearing these sounds only evokes a physiological sense of rejection and discomfort.

That's Lahm's cry.

Unbeknownst to him, countless Rahms had surrounded Xia Chuanhu. Although they had no expression, no eyes, and no way of knowing what they were thinking, it didn't matter to Xia Chuanhu.

We're going to kill them anyway.

The wind began to gather around Xia Chuanhu's body.

On the way here, Xia Chuanhu had already wiped out 20,000 Rahms in an instant, so this number is practically negligible.

However, at this very moment—

Get out of my tiger's way!

With that angry shout, a figure suddenly descended from the sky, and the impact of the fall, like a meteorite impact, instantly slammed countless Rahm back into the Sea of ​​Life! The entire seashore was instantly blasted into a huge crater!

From the bottom of the pit, the pure white Moon Princess leaped out and smiled at Natsukawa Tiger.

"I'm here to help you, Tiger! Looks like I've come just in time!"

"You're really punctual."

Before returning from the Underworld, Natsukawa Torama asked Arcueid if she wanted to go back to Earth with him. Arcueid replied that she would not go back for the time being, as she planned to stay in the Underworld with Ereshkigal. However, if it came to fighting Tiamat, she would definitely come to fight alongside Natsukawa Torama as soon as possible.

Now is the time for her to fulfill her promise to Natsukawa Tora.

Like Natsukawa Torata, Arcueid, as a True Ancestor, is now truly feeling the lamentations from the world and the extremely ominous magical entity existing deep in the Persian Gulf.

"That must be the enemy we're going to defeat, right? They look like they'll be a tough opponent."

This was probably the first time Arcueid had ever taken a battle so seriously. It was also the first time she felt that even if she gave it her all, she might not be able to defeat him.

“Don’t even think about defeating it, Arcueid,” Natsukawa Tora said. “The conditions for defeating it haven’t been met yet. We’re not here to defeat it, but to hold it off. With just two days, all the preparations can be completed.”

Realizing fantasy.

The two possess this ability, which is key to holding Tiamat back from heading to Uruk, but before that—

“These prisoners’ Rahm needs to be dealt with.”

Rahm, who had just been sent flying by Arcueid's attack from the sky, was surrounded again in just a few words, forming a dark encirclement. His sharp limbs twitched constantly, as if he was gesturing where to start cutting the two of them apart.