How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

Well, it's probably similar to the sense of security she gets from drawing her first limited five-star character in a game.

Regardless of the character's strength, he is definitely much more useful than the four-star team you have.

Judging from Yudo's performance during this period, the strength of this limited five-star character she drew might still fall into the category of the Trisolarans among five-star characters.

Just evaporate your rationality and mindlessly choose to let Yuuto deal with the enemy!

Yu Du: "..."

No, why are you getting more and more excited about it?

His neck was almost chafed red by his clothes. Could it be that Gudako is planning to fall into the chaotic evil and use him, one of her own, as a sacrifice to awaken and get rid of him by herself?

What kind of heroic spirits are offered up for the birth of chaotic evil?

Putting aside the Master and Heroic Spirit currently engaged in a fierce battle, everyone else, including the goddess, focused their attention on Merlin after Kingu's voice fell.

Merlin, who was just about to shield everyone in front of him, suddenly froze and awkwardly scratched his hair.

"Hey, I've been exposed..."

"What 'heh heh'?" Dr. Roman's shout came from Fujimaru Ritsuka's bracelet. "You bastard, how many things have you been hiding from us?!"

That's the goddess of creation! If she were to return, wouldn't she destroy the entire land of Mesopotamia?!

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god... How could this nightmare be hiding such a huge secret?!

"Hehehe, well..."

Merlin frantically winked at Gilgamesh on the throne.

Gilgamesh: "...Calm down, Romani, Merlin's concealment was done with my permission!"

There's no other way; until a solution to Tiamat is found, having Merlin immerse Tiamat in a dream world is the best course of action.

The reason for keeping it a secret was simply because they were worried that if the Three Goddess Alliance found out about it, they would come and cause trouble for them.

After all, if those goddesses were to specifically target Merlin for killing, it could easily lead to an accident with Tiamat's seal.

Dr. Roman's voice suddenly stopped, as if a connection had been lost.

Compared to the unreliable Merlin, Gilgamesh, now a wise king, is obviously much more reliable and unlikely to do anything suicidal, so he is naturally trustworthy.

Moreover, it seems that Tiamat is currently trapped in a dream by Merlin's illusion, so there's really nothing to worry about...

As long as Merlin doesn't cause any problems, he can relax for now—what a load of rubbish!

Thinking about how the other party had followed Fujimaru Ritsuka everywhere a few days ago, even making a trip to the underworld, Dr. Roman's heart, which had just settled down, suddenly jumped back up.

I can't trust you at all!

Even if they've been exposed now, Gilgamesh and his group don't have much information about Tiamat. Kingu might know more, but he's made it clear he won't tell them, so they have no choice but to give up.

The group could only keep the matter to themselves for the time being.

Anyway, Tiamat might not be able to get out of trouble, right?

Gilgamesh arranged for Kingu to remain inside the Tower of Gods, where he was cared for by the goddesses Ishtar and Quetzalcoatl.

Although the Chains of Heaven are said to restrain beings with divine power, they still need to be able to bind these two goddesses!

He can't use EA yet, and if he relies solely on his King's Treasury, he can still contend with it, but he might not be able to subdue it.

In addition, the warehouse where Yudu usually stays is nearby, so even if the relationship with that stupid goddess falls apart, he will know immediately.

With multiple layers of insurance, there's absolutely no need to worry about Jinguhui sneaking away unnoticed!

Ishtar initially appeared very reluctant, but she agreed without hesitation after Gilgamesh agreed to give her 3% of the gems in his treasury.

Even 0.5% of it was obtained through Ishtar's own bargaining, which stunned Fujimaru Ritsuka. She never expected that Ishtar, as a goddess, would have such a down-to-earth side.

Could this also be due to the influence of the body that possessed it?

Chapter Ninety-Seven: You're actually a pretty nice person.

"Your Majesty...who is that...?"

After Ishtar and Quetzalcoatl left the throne with Kingu, Gilgamesh calmly picked up his clay tablet and continued to handle the remaining affairs of state.

Siduri hesitated for a long time before finally unable to resist asking Gilgamesh a question in a veiled manner.

Although Kingu had revealed his identity, Siduri still couldn't help but have some doubts because the other person's appearance was so similar to Enkidu's.

Gilgamesh paused for a moment in the hand holding the clay tablet.

"...After Enkidu died, I personally buried him in the underworld."

He put down the clay tablet in his hand, got up and walked towards the platform of the tower. Siduri quickly tidied up all the clay tablets and followed him.

“Enkidu and Ereshkigal had a fairly good relationship. Because Enkidu had treated her with respect, she agreed to bury him in the underworld.”

"But the night before last, before Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others set off for the North Wall, I asked Ereshkigal about it, but..."

Gilgamesh turned to look at the room next to him that had been assigned to guard the King.

"Enkidu's remains, which should have been buried in the underworld, have disappeared."

"This... does that mean that Kingu really is Enkidu?"

Siduli immediately tensed up. She couldn't quite describe her current state of mind.

He both hopes the other person is Enkidu and seems reluctant to believe it...

However, Gilgamesh shook his head, denying her guess, and gazed down at the city of Uruk in the dead of night, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

"...No, Enkidu's soul has been destroyed by the gods, that is an undeniable fact. Even if that body is his own...he is not Enkidu."

……

the next day.

Inside the Temple of Blood.

"Jingu! Jingu! Where have you gone? Jingu?!"

Awakened from a nightmare, Gorgon went berserk, wantonly destroying everything around the blood pool while constantly calling out for his child.

Gorgon's massive body thrashed in the pool of blood, its half-human, half-serpent form lashing out at the surrounding area again and again.

The echoes of her words reverberated throughout the vast temple, but she still couldn't see the green figure appear before her.

Jingu, who should have returned by last night, has yet to be heard from at all.

Anxiety, impatience, shock, anger, hatred...

Countless negative emotions piled up in her heart, making Gorgon unable to suppress the murderous intent and destructive desire that were growing within her.

She remembered that Jingu had gone to the North Wall to command the newly born monsters to launch an attack...

Gorgon looked up to the south, as if he could see the monster battle line standing on the north wall through the temple walls.

Worried about Jin Gu's safety, she was unwilling to wait here any longer. Her thick snake tail slowly crawled out of the blood pool and slid along the winding road inside the Blood Temple, which had been noticeably raised and widened.

Its hundred-meter-long body moved at an extremely fast speed, crushing countless trees in the black cedar forest, advancing towards the north wall with an unstoppable momentum.

……

"Now that Jingu has been captured and all the survivors in Nippur have been rescued, it is the perfect time to carry out the decapitation strike!"

Inside the tower, apart from Ishtar and Quetzalcoatl, who were in charge of guarding the Kingu, everyone else had gathered to discuss when to launch an attack on the Gorgon located in the Blood Temple.

The doctors in Chaldea and Leonardo da Vinci also joined the meeting remotely through Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Finally, after he proposed to immediately head to the Temple of Blood to launch a surprise attack, no one raised any further objections, and they directly decided to head to the North Wall to carry out the strategy of defeating Gorgon!

Since this time the mission was to launch a surprise attack on Gorgon, rather than carrying supplies for the North Wall as before, Yudu and his companions returned to their original mode of transportation.

Although Dr. Roman did not approve of Merlin continuing to go to the dangerous front lines, he knew that given Merlin's personality, he would not give up even if he tried to dissuade him, and would definitely use illusion magic to secretly follow behind. So he simply let him go.

So why is it that this unreliable guy has to shoulder such an important responsibility as sealing Tiamat?

"Ah, okay, okay, I know, Merlin-nii-san, I'm going to be tied up again, right?"

Before Anna could even make a move, Merlin, who was familiar with the whole process, skillfully used Anna's chains to bind himself to the D-Wheel.

Anna: "..."

Anna remained silent, only tightening the chains binding Merlin, as if worried that he hadn't tied them securely enough.

Merlin: You're actually a pretty nice person...

This time, Ishtar and Quetzal Koyatl were guarding the Kingu, so only Yudu and a few others went to fight the Gorgon.

After spending some time getting to the North Wall, Yudo originally didn't intend to land there, but instead planned to go directly to the Blood Temple located deep in the Black Cedar Forest.

However, when he saw the enormous figure that suddenly appeared outside the north wall of the city, he knew that his plan needed to be slightly changed.

How did Gorgon manage to run away on his own?!

"Senior, next!"

Mash, who was holding the chains behind, also noticed the situation on the north wall and shouted towards Fujimaru Ritsuka, letting the wind rush in.

Fujimaru Ritsuka then tugged at Yuwatari's clothes, pointed down, and Yuwatari nodded in understanding, driving the D-Wheel towards the north wall below.

……

North wall.

Even before the Gorgon appeared, the soldiers inside the North Wall had felt a gradually intensifying tremor.

Just as Leonidas, Ushiwakamaru, and Musashibo Benkei, who were in charge of guarding the city, climbed the city wall to check what was going on, a long crack appeared in the ground outside the north wall.

Then Gorgon's massive body emerged from the deep valley of the crevice, its purple pupils coldly staring at the soldiers on the city wall.

"fire!"

Without the slightest hesitation, upon seeing that Gorgonna, once erected, was half the height of the northern wall, Leonidas immediately ordered the use of the Royal Seal to launch the treasures of Gilgamesh's Treasury as ammunition after a period of illusionary collapse.

Such a physique is definitely not something an ordinary opponent can possess!

Gorgon could crush most soldiers with a single tail whip, and because of its enormous size, ordinary attacks were practically useless against it. Leonidas even noticed that Gorgon's body was covered in scales.

Ordinary soldiers probably couldn't even pierce Gorgon's scales.

boom!

Bang bang bang!

One sound was followed by a series of cannonballs bearing the royal seal hitting Gorgon.

However, after a round of shooting, no one could find a single scratch on Gorgon's body.

How can we possibly defeat such a monster?

Chapter Ninety-Eight: Avenue of Stars

"Hmph, rude human..."

Gorgon coiled its massive serpentine body, its smooth, unblemished scales seemingly implying that everything Leonidas and his companions had done was a futile resistance.

Her long, dark purple hair transformed into several snake heads beside her, their gaping maws filled with sharp teeth wide open beneath golden wings that blotted out the sky.

"Tiamat, the nemesis of mankind, the leader of the Three Goddess Alliance, and the mother of all beasts, has personally appeared here. Shouldn't you all prostrate yourselves on the ground and offer your prayers?"

After saying that, several snake heads formed from her long hair spewed out deep purple beams of magical energy, which swept across the surface of the north wall, leaving several deep marks that looked like they had been burned.

For a moment, even the soldiers responsible for handling the royal seal were so frightened by the scene that they stopped what they were doing. It wasn't until King Leonidas shouted that they came to their senses.

Gorgon's gaze swept over the fearful faces of the soldiers guarding the city, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

Ah, so insignificant...so insignificant...so utterly insignificant!

Will Jingu really be in the city of these tiny humans?

But apart from Uruk, there was nowhere else in present-day Mesopotamia worth visiting for Jingu.

The three goddesses divided the great horn into three parts: Quetzal Koyatl in the southern rainforest, Ereshkigal in the northeast, and Gorgon in the northwestern black cedar forest.

Apart from Uruk, the monster front on the North Wall, and the lonely observation post by the sea, all other places have fallen into the hands of the goddess. Kingu would never do anything that would be tantamount to a provocation by venturing into the territories of the other two goddesses.

After all, on the surface, Kingu belongs to Gorgon's side. In the current competitive relationship among the three goddesses, he is, like Gilgamesh, an enemy to the other two pillar goddesses.

Therefore, after failing to find Jingu within his own territory, Gorgon believed that the only places where Jingu might still exist were the Monster Front, where humans still remained, and Uruk City.

She then came to the north wall, wanting to confirm whether Jingu was there.

However, even after she caused such a commotion, Jin Gu still didn't come out from the North Wall to see her... It seems that Jin Gu is probably not on the North Wall side.