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"I knew it was different from what I saw. Turns out it was you. I never expected you to choose to come to Uruk."

Luo Bai smiled slightly: "As expected of Gilgamesh, your ability to see far is extremely powerful. However, although we don't like you very much, we are only Gilgamesh, the Servant summoned in the Holy Grail War. So you can rest assured that we are here for the survival of civilization and will not deliberately trip us up because of personal grudges."

"Hmph, I know that without you saying it. As for me, your servant, that's none of my business. I wouldn't stoop to such a thing. So, Merlin, where is what I asked you to bring back?"

"The Tablet of Destiny? I'm sorry, King Gilgamesh, we haven't found it."

Gilgamesh was not surprised by the result. He slowly stood up and said, "Let's leave the matter of the clay tablets at that for now. Since you guys are here to help, then let's test your quality first."

Seeing Gilgamesh's actions, the priestess Siduri stared wide-eyed: "King Gilgamesh, could it be...?"

"Hmph, isn't that obvious?"

Gilgamesh smiled confidently, and a stone slab that opened like a book appeared in his hand. Behind him, light screens appeared one after another, from which golden wands of various shapes began to emerge, aimed at Gudako and the Chaldea group.

"Well then, you guys from the observatory, let's start with you."

After he finished speaking, a series of powerful golden magic bullets were launched from it.

Mash instantly drew her Noble Phantasm shield and appeared in front of Gudako, blocking all the attacks.

Emiya Shirou reacted quickly, appearing behind the two with a longbow and a longsword formed from magical energy in his hands, nocking it on the bow, ready to fire at any moment.

Seeing the battle begin, Merlin looked at the girl in black robes beside him: "Anna, could you please help me one more time?"

Anna glanced at Merlin, then at Gudako, sighed softly, and took out her scythe.

"You're making us fight unnecessary battles again. Merlin, you should just die."

He spoke sharply, but before he could finish, he had already launched an attack on Gilgamesh.

Watching the battle ahead, Luo Bai asked Artoria beside him, "How do you feel? What is Gilgamesh's strength in this era?"

Artoria looked at Gilgamesh, who was effortlessly and casually facing the two attackers, and fairly commented, "Not bad, but if that's all, it's not enough."

As soon as Artoria finished speaking, two attacks came from Gilgamesh's direction.

Volume 1: Chapter 628 Ishtar Arrives, Rin Makes Her Move (2/2)

"I cannot pretend I did not hear your whispers."

It's clear that Gilgamesh is quite unhappy with Artoria's assessment.

Faced with the sudden attack, Luo Bai was not nervous at all, and neither was Artoria. In fact, at Luo Bai's stop, she put away the holy sword.

Then, Luo Bai raised his right hand, and the space in front of him instantly froze. The two incoming attacks were also stopped less than half a meter away from Luo Bai and Artoria.

Looking at the two light blasts ahead, Luo Bai carefully observed them before turning his gaze to Gilgamesh, who had already stopped fighting Mash and Anna.

"Hey, aren't you being unfair? When you fought Mashu and the others, you didn't use attacks with this much power."

With that, he flicked his finger, sending one of the light bullets flying back.

Gilgamesh fired a beam of light to cancel out the attack, and chuckled, "If you can't even withstand an attack of this power, then you don't need to stay here."

"Yes, that makes sense. If it really doesn't work, I won't pretend to be something I'm not."

Looking at Gilgamesh, Luo Bai smiled and said, "So, shall we test our strength next?"

Gilgamesh waved his hand: "Wait a minute, a messenger is coming."

After saying that, he walked back to his throne and sat down.

As soon as I sat down, a messenger came in.

"My lord, someone is approaching Uruk; it is Ishtar, one of the goddesses of the Three Goddesses Alliance!"

Upon hearing the name, Luo Bai couldn't help but laugh.

"It arrived much faster than I expected."

Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes, glanced at Luo Bai, and then at Rin standing next to Luo Bai, understanding the meaning behind the other's words.

"Hmph, it's that guy."

What a stubborn idiot who can't learn.

"What did you say?!"

Hearing the angry sound coming from the ceiling, everyone looked up.

Rin did the same thing, but she felt extremely strange after hearing that voice.

"boom!"

The ceiling shattered with a crash, and a magnificent figure, riding a huge golden bow, flew into the palace.

Upon seeing the other person, Rin's eyes widened: "No, really?!"

Appearing before everyone was a scantily clad, serious-looking girl surrounded by a powerful aura.

But this face... makes everyone unable to help but compare her to Rin.

Shirou Emiya lowered his weapon and said to Gudako, "See? It's exactly the same. No wonder I mistook her. But I never expected that she would actually be Ishtar."

Ishtar noticed the strange expressions on the faces of those around her, and after looking around, she saw a girl staring at her in disbelief.

"Huh? Eh?"

Ishtar was completely stunned. She got off her weapon, Maana, and walked barefoot to Rin.

"You look exactly like me, Magician... I see, so you're from another timeline? You're the same person I possessed. No wonder I sensed a strange aura and was thinking of speeding up my journey to Uruk. So that's it."

Rin finally realized what was happening, gasped, and pointed at Ishtar, saying, "You are Ishtar, and you actually possessed another version of me?"

“Isn’t that obvious?” Ishtar said, hands on her hips, in the same tone as Rin. “I am a goddess, I cannot be summoned normally, so I can only be possessed and become a pseudo-Servant. The woman I am fused with now has a similar wavelength to us, which is why I was able to descend smoothly! Hmm, speaking of which, it might be more suitable if it were you. You are younger, and your strength as a magus is also stronger, which is quite surprising!”

Ishtar, chin in hand, seemed quite interested in Rin.

After she possessed the body, she did not merge with the memories of Rin, the owner of this body, but only merged with some of her personality and style of doing things.

Logically speaking, although they are the same person from two different worlds, there should be some differences, but the difference in strength should not be significant. Generally speaking, the older one should be stronger.

But now it's completely different; the young Rin in front of us is even stronger.

While Ishtar was observing Rin, Rin was also looking at the goddess before her.

Rin was quite satisfied with what Ishtar said about how her wavelength was similar to Ishtar's, which allowed her to perform possession summoning.

But then she thought about it again, and even if they were allies later, Ishtar was still the enemy for now, which made her a little unhappy.

I don't know what happened to me in this world, that I was chosen as the object of the summoning, and I don't know if I was captured or if I did it voluntarily.

If he was captured, then once this is over, he will definitely find his counterpart in this world and teach her a lesson.

However, it's not impossible now.

Rin then said to Ishtar, "So, what are you doing here? You can probably guess, right? We're all here to fight against the Three Goddess Alliance."

"I have no interest in any of you. My purpose in coming here is that golden glitter."

With that, Ishtar waved her hand, "Besides, I am a goddess. Even if there are many of you, you are definitely no match for me."

This arrogant demeanor made Rin even more annoyed.

"Oh? Is that so?" Rin narrowed her eyes and looked at Gilgamesh on the throne. "Gilgamesh, since the enemy has arrived, let's just take care of Ishtar now. I'm a little annoyed with this guy."

Gilgamesh was also interested in the appearance of the two Rin, and snapped his fingers, saying, "I grant permission."

"Wait, what are you all doing making decisions on your own..."

Before Ishtar could finish speaking, she saw Rin appear in front of her in a flash, her fierce fist aimed straight at her face.

Ishtar quickly leaned back and sat on Maana, flying into the air to watch Rin punch the ground, creating a crater.

"Hey! You actually made a move? This is another version of yourself from another world!"

"So what? After all, Ishtar is in charge now, not me. It's a disgrace that a pseudo-Servant can't even hold the reins!"

After saying that, he pushed off with his feet and charged directly towards Ishtar in mid-air, scattering a shower of gems that transformed into beams of magical lasers that shot towards Ishtar.

"boom!"

The attack hit Ishtar directly.

Looking at the huge cloud of smoke that erupted, Mashu said to Gudako beside her, "Senpai, as a magician, your skills seem to be quite lacking."

"Ugh... Mashu, please stop talking!"

Volume 1: Chapter 629 Victory (1/2)

As the smoke cleared, Ishtar's expression turned serious.

Looking at Rin, who flew to her using magic, Ishtar said, "I'll say it again: I'm here to find Gilgamesh. I can ignore the rest of you."

"That won't work."

With a few gems between her fingers, Rin smiled and said, "We're here to help Uruk overcome this crisis, and you're naturally one of our targets. Ishtar, how about we make a deal? You and I will fight. If you win, we won't interfere with any trouble you cause Gilgamesh afterwards; you two can fight it out. But if I win, you'll have to join our side!"

On the throne, Gilgamesh laughed after hearing Rin's words.

"Hahaha, isn't this great? Ishtar, do you dare to agree? If you win, I will allow you to challenge me and let you see the difference between us!"

"shut up!"

Ishtar roared at Gilgamesh, then looked at Rin and said, "Looks like a fight is inevitable? Then let me show you just how big the gap is between a mortal and a goddess!"

After saying that, he also released a burst of light, and a series of dazzling magic bullets shot towards Rin.

The way the two were throwing jewels at each other made Gudako, who was watching from below, drool with envy: "So rich!"

Mashu's focus wasn't on the jewels. She looked at Luo Bai and asked worriedly, "Um, is it really okay? Letting Tohsaka-san fight Ishtar, no matter what, it's not easy for a magician to fight a Servant, especially a goddess."

Luo Bai smiled and nodded: "Normally, the gap between humans and gods is indeed vast. However, Ishtar has been degraded and possessed a mortal body to be able to come to the mortal world, so her strength is worlds apart from the real her. Without a Master, Ishtar would have a hard time unleashing her Noble Phantasm with her current strength alone. As for Rin, although she is only a magus, she has learned a lot from me and Medea these days, so she still has a chance of winning against Ishtar in this situation."

As they spoke, Rin, under Ishtar's surprised gaze...

He stared at the barrage of gems, came up to her, and kicked her out of the palace.

"It's better to fight outside than inside!"

Once outside in a spacious area, Rin was able to move more freely. She raised her right hand and unleashed a series of dark red magic bullets at Ishtar.

Ishtar did the same thing, except that the magic bullets she fired were golden.

Both of them use the Gandra technique, but Ishtar relies on the power of the goddess, so the form she displays will be different.

In terms of power, Ishtar hadn't expected that Rin, as a human Master, could be compared to her.

She quickly discovered the problem by glancing at the palace gate, where a woman with pointed ears and long purple hair, dressed in a black robe, stood.

"Your servant is a Caster, huh? They actually gave you a buff."

Rin smiled smugly: "What, is that not allowed? Master and Servant are one, and I'm already being very lenient by not having Medea help me. Besides, I only had her enhance my flying ability. I've been learning other things before, and I'm not very proficient at this yet. But in the current situation, it looks like it's enough to deal with you."

Taking a deep breath, Rin's body erupted with surging magical power, and she charged forward in one go.

The technique he used was Bajiquan, which he had been practicing for many years!

Combined with the Sun Breathing technique taught to her by Luo Bai, and the magic power that erupted in an instant, Ishtar could only retreat hastily.

"It's useless!"

As she spoke, Rin took out a silver-white gem from her pocket with her left hand and threw it out, detonating the concentrated magic power she had stored.

"Boom!!!"

A strange fluctuation erupted, causing Ishtar to pause in her movements, and the artifact Maana beneath her feet suddenly became uncontrollable.

"This is?!"

In desperation, Ishtar took out the last five gems she was carrying, and was about to throw them away when they slipped from her fingers.

"Ah! My jewel!"

Inheriting Rin's tendency to falter at crucial moments, this unfortunately occurred at this time.

Rin naturally wouldn't give her a chance to retrieve the gem. She punched Ishtar in the abdomen, sending her flying. Ishtar streaked away like a shooting star, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.

"Oh no! We're doomed! We were planning to recruit her!"

Rin covered her head, wondering if she should go and find Ishtar.

At that moment, Luo Bai's voice came.