Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

However, there is something decisively different about its sword.

To confirm the true nature of that sense of unease, in that instant—"time" completely stopped.

Amidst the golden radiance of tens of thousands of lightning bolts, only the colossal World Tree remained, thickly obscuring everything.

Moreover, belatedly, she found it hard to believe that Venus had actually abandoned her, the manager, and that her all-out attack had caused her no harm whatsoever.

Therefore, the thunderbolts behind him should have formed a cross symbolizing the burden of sin.

"Goddess, and Little Calf, you should go back now."

Soon, in the form of an echo of sound, the 'moon' was born in the sky. It brushed past the sound that had reached the sky and gave birth to a 'phantom of the moon' of equal mass at an even faster speed.

In that instant, the goddess saw the birth of the 'moon' in the golden sky, which was obscured by the World Tree.

High above, in the sealed-off uppermost part, countless illusory images of the moon shimmered.

The goddess Ishtar and the Bull of Heaven already knew what that meant.

It was only by seeing this in this world of 'trials' that I realized it was the light of judgment that brought despair.

With a delay of a few seconds, countless phantom images of the moon fell, like a waterfall of light, the radiance of death showering down upon them.

"What is this... This is too big a problem. How can human rituals provide so much magic power...?"

Ishtar cursed angrily and resentfully, but had no choice but to change course to the orbit of the 'Venus' approaching from high above.

Countless moons collided with the single Venus, resulting in a burst of starlight.

But she understood that it was only a matter of time... no, it was entirely a matter of the other party's mood. Her powers were denied by so many powers on the other side, and she was even rejected by Venus. She was beaten up for no reason.

Moreover, even with the protection of power, there is nothing that can be done. This Novia in front of you is emanating an aura of death, enough to pull you into the underworld the moment you make contact.

The next instant, Novia, who had merged the Spear of Albion with the Demon Sword: True World, slowly spoke—

"Let me end you here."

Facing Novia, who was merely swinging her sword, it seemed as if they were far apart, as if she were joking around.

However, Ishtar's divine eye saw it.

That tiny patch of air was filled with the concept that could cause the goddess Ishtar to fall from the sky and meet her death.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it's a strike designed specifically to kill everything.

Why does he possess such a strange holy sword? How could this be? It didn't even exist in the Uruk era—

A surge of intense doubt rushed in before fear and anger could rise within her, making her want to risk everything to destroy this attack.

But it was all too late. The blow struck the goddess's heart silently and spread rapidly throughout her body.

"You're strong, I admit that, but why isn't Venus working on you? I'm clearly the real manager..."

After a forced smile, the goddess Ishtar's body began to fall. The wind, accompanied by distant thunder, blew from afar, but for Ishtar, whose five senses were gradually becoming numb, it felt like she was in another world.

"...Fine, humans, remember your words: take care of this child and countless children like her..."

After that, silence followed.

After nodding to the goddess's last words, Novia looked at the Bull of Heaven, who was driven mad by the goddess's death and was extremely loyal to her, and summoned Typhon's body to devour it. As for Humbaba, he had already been destroyed by the Pale Knight and Ghost Hassan earlier.

Thus, the first group to withdraw from this Holy Grail War was the True Berserkers, along with Athena and her pet Bull of Heaven, who originally sought revenge against the King of Heroes and the Chains of Heaven.

178: Is Typhon the mother? (4k5)

On the highest floor of the building that served as the challenge, after the departure of the True Berserkers and the goddess Ishtar, endless lightning still lingered around, declaring war on all the Servants in this Holy Grail War.

Presumably, the remaining Servants already know from the power displayed by Ishtar and the Bull of Heaven that once they overcome the lightning, Novia, who is located within it, will engage in battle with them when both sides can unleash their full power.

Novia believes that the remaining Servants will likely arrive as well, perhaps forming an alliance to challenge them.

"Wow, you're really amazing, Novia."

Having witnessed the whole thing, the blonde girl swiftly grabbed Novia's waist without her consent, just like before, and said this to Novia with a bright smile, as if she were radiating the brightness of flowers and the glow of fairies.

“You know, I really didn’t want you to come here, because I couldn’t do anything about the kind of danger we just faced. Luckily, you’re very capable.” Sajou Aika tilted her head slightly and smiled. “But now, I’m actually a little scared.”

"Fear?"

Novia was somewhat puzzled by the scope of the matter.

"Because I think Novia, you were really cool just now, and I really want to see you more. It wouldn't be impossible for the Gods to make a complete comeback."

"...The return of the gods, that's not a good thing. Aika, you'd better not think like that, it's not a good thing."

The silver-haired youth gave a genuine and sincere response.

“I don’t care, if you want to convince me to give up this idea, then—” Sajou Aika’s cheeks flushed red, and she puffed out her cheeks awkwardly, “Give me a reward, um, a reward as your Master.”

Right now, Ayaka Sajou is like a teenage 'beautiful girl' who, knowing there's absolutely no danger, decides to enjoy her entire vacation to the fullest and go on dates in nice places.

In the eyes of Melshin, who has transformed into a gun, this Sajou Aika truly embodies that kind of emotion, and even deliberately imitates her in using this method to get Novia to agree to her request.

It's alright that Novia throws herself at him like that; after all, she's just a weakling who doesn't need to be taken seriously.

What really annoyed Melsin was why, when the Bull of Heaven was defeated, Novia sent Typhon's mecha instead of her real body, Albion... And why did she have other weapons besides using her?

Although the cold wasn't enough to frighten the strongest dragon, it still felt warm when Novia held it. She quietly pondered how to persuade Novia to discard the sword, because—

If the "Unique Dragon" tag is no longer available, does that mean the "Unique Weapon" tag is also gone?

Damn it, I must make Novia agree to 'give me a day' later, and then I'll find an opportunity to explore the 'only' possibility.

Oh right, the tag 'only younger sister' is really good.

Speaking of which, that sword seemed to be the primordial holy sword, but it didn't seem to be, because it had some black patterns on it, as well as the conceptual ability to bring back the Age of Gods... Although Melsin thought she was indeed the strongest, this sword, with this ability, barely caught her eye.

"Phew, thank goodness, it's just a sword, not some kind of incarnation."

Melusin finally breathed a sigh of relief, but was immediately silenced by Typhon's words, who was now in armor.

"Hmm, this sword... Is Meryl coming?"

In Typhon's view, the flower magician was a creature who treated her well and was also quite trusted by Avia, otherwise he wouldn't have let her bring him out in the first place.

"...Huh? Typhon, who is this Mary you're talking about? Is she a man or a woman?"

Upon hearing this name, Melisandre had a very bad feeling. To put it another way, she felt extremely uncomfortable, as if even if she slept with Novia, this girl named Melisandre would still secretly do something.

“Well, Melly is a fairy, or rather, a nightmare—no, she should be called a succubus. This sword is in her possession.” Typhon looked at Mellyne, whose face was growing increasingly grim as he listened. Although puzzled, he continued, “By the way, even though it’s a lie, she loves to say that she’s Avia’s sister.”

With each word Typhon uttered, Melusine felt a growing pressure; just by saying it, she sensed that a challenger comparable to Nero was approaching.

Originally, in the strongest dragon's mind, Typhon was an idiot, Ayaka Sajou was an old guy, Shion was... well, it's hard to describe her, and Nero was as shameless as her. Most importantly, even as the strongest, she had to admit that Nero's part that attracted gravity was the largest among them.

Perhaps it was Melusin's words that suddenly brought back memories for Typhon, causing her to forget her initial displeasure upon learning that Avia had someone else besides herself. She then continued:

"Oh right, there's also Altruchi. Although she's a hybrid of a Dead Apostle and a True Ancestor, she looks similar to us. And Attila, she has brown skin... We should all mate with Avia. It's really unpleasant being with you, Albion."

Hearing this, forcibly suppressing her displeasure, Melousin looked at the dumbfounded Typhon and said 'calmly':

"Typhon, no matter how you look at it, you're still the same as ever, incredibly stupid! Ugh, why don't you just die of stupidity already!"

"........"

Typhon fell silent, as if Melusin's sarcasm had worked. Just when Melusin felt that Typhon was as stupid as ever.

Typhon, who had transformed into the Novia armor, suddenly reverted to human form.

So, as Aika Sajou's cheeks flushed red and she awkwardly puffed out her cheeks, wanting Novia to kiss her, the red-haired girl reached past her and hugged Novia's waist. Then, her originally dazzling golden eyes and somewhat terrifying crimson eyes both showed a wronged expression.

"Aaaaaah, Avia, Albion is here to scold me, she's bullying me again, waaaaaah, she's always trying to overpower me with her strength."

Typhon wailed as he pointed at Melusin, who had instantly returned to human form.

The silver-haired dragon girl gritted her teeth in anger. She had never imagined that this fool Typhon would pull such a trick on her.

What's going on? Shouldn't only I be able to use moves like this?! How did Typhon suddenly become so smart?

"Okay, okay, it's not a big problem."

Although Typhon disguised himself well, Novia was not stupid. From her observations over the past few days, she had seen that although Albion always had the upper hand in Typhon's interactions with Albion, Albion would at most say a few words like "Typhon is an idiot." However, given her limited vocabulary, that was the most vicious thing she could think of, or she would just keep repeating "I am the strongest."

"It's true, she insulted me—"

"She just called you an idiot, right?"

Novia helplessly stroked Typhon's long red hair.

"Yes, they're calling me an idiot. I'm not an idiot! I am the ancestor of all demons in Greece, the primordial dragon, the progenitor dragon, a dragon born from the slaying of a god."

Typhon, growing increasingly smug, glanced at Melusin with a provocative look.

"...Heh." Melusin seemed to be angered by Typhon's behavior, and suddenly said expressionlessly, "I wonder what Echid would think. By the way, what should Typhon call you... Mother or Father? Wow, you're really something, Typhon. You truly deserve to be called the ancestor of all demons, the primordial dragon, the progenitor dragon, the dragon born from the slaying of gods."

"...No, no, no, I don't recognize any of these. Those were just accidental data transfers, erroneous data. They have nothing to do with me. I don't know them, I really don't know them, and I'm not familiar with them. It's just...that's just..."

"Okay, okay, you don't know Typhon, but I do."

Novia could only offer this consolation to Typhon, who was now genuinely moved to tears by Melusin's words.

"I really wasn't close enough with Echidna to the point of touching her... I've never done anything so uninhibited in front of her, I've never spoken to her that close, and I've never smiled at her with that kind of expression... Waaaaah, it's true, I really really... Besides, Avia, you've already made a promise to me and done all that, you have to take responsibility..."

"I know, and I've said it many times. I will take responsibility."

At the same time, Novia suddenly felt a little confused, because it felt like a long time since any Servants had come here since the goddess Ishtar.

In his view, aside from a few Servants who might not be able to overcome the Lightning, Servants like Gilgamesh and Alcides should be able to.

But Novia soon noticed something: Gilgamesh's presence had vanished.

.......

The time was the moment Novia summoned the Primal Sword.

In that foreign land that has accompanied human history, yet is completely unrelated to it—Avalon.

In that desolate land, on the riverbank of the island at the end of the world.

The buildings, formed from thick rocks rising from the ground, have no ceilings, making them seem like towers without roofs.

The vertical walls stretch endlessly, revealing the magical flower that the inhabitants have been waiting for for many years. This is a paradise cage, divided into sections, covering an area of ​​about five square meters.

From the very center of the stone tower, through the only window, Melly gazed at the flower and the gentle spring breeze emanating from it—a paradise filled with the fragrance of flowers, a breeze that seemed to melt even the frozen sea.

Originally, she shouldn't have been imprisoned, because in the white-haired fairy's mind, Avalon was 'the ideal future in the hearts of mankind'.

Therefore, they will not seal off Avalon, where they reside, but rather designate it as an end point open to humanity.

The magic wand of the Flower Magician will always shine brightly at the far end of time, which is the 'hope' itself that drives people to run around.

“Hmm. Well, there’s nothing we can do about it.” Melly sighed. “Who told Vivian to be so stingy? All I did was make her unable to wield the Primal Holy Sword and force her to recreate the Mimic Holy Sword. The effects are pretty much the same anyway, and the main problem isn’t even with me.”

The Lake Fairy is the shimmering light of water, like a kaleidoscope with countless facets. One of her facets, Vivian, is extremely displeased with Meryl's behavior, which is the truth behind this barrier. It seems her purpose is to prevent her from ever leaving this tower.

But the white-haired girl knew it was a trap, yet she still stepped into it because she felt that as long as she was from the same era, she could see the whole world no matter where she was.

So she thought, well, let's just leave it at that. Anyway, I don't like to dream about anyone other than that person.

Although the girl was originally a being detached from the world, she was now completely excluded.

Just like a forgotten dream, she can no longer be called upon, nor will she die. Even if Merry is regarded as a hero, she will not be relied upon as a heroic spirit, since she is not dead yet, and even the end of death has passed.

The absolute condition for summoning heroic spirits, whether in the past or the future, is that only those who accept death become the foundation of people. As for guardians, although they are also souls residing on thrones, they are summoned by people's despair.

Therefore, she can't go anywhere now, but that's not entirely a bad thing.

For example, when he later gave some pointers to the white-feathered girl named Bradamante who served under Emperor Karl, he was just as happy as he was with the Knight King Artoria when he guided her... So, this is quite an interesting way of life.

It is precisely because of her human perspective, her human body, and the things that flow in her blood that the girl with the Nightmare bloodline acquired such values.

In the past few years, perhaps it was a sudden whim, perhaps it was to have some fun, or perhaps it was for some other reason.

In short, this is what Merry said to the white demon dog:

"Get lost, three-eyed cat! I can't afford to feed you anymore. You're practically as fat as a pig. Go back to your real owner. Oh, and I suggest you lose some weight before you go back, or your owner might stew you..."

Mary stood up because she was so happy, and the white demon dog at her feet ran around in a panic.

"Ahem, don't get excited. What I mean is, I'm fine here. You're free to go and experience truly beautiful things."

Then he threw the white demon dog out of the tower.

"Oh dear, Vivian, it's clearly your fault for mismanaging things, why are you blaming me for taking the Holy Sword? Besides, I got it back, didn't I? Sometimes you should think about whether you're not trying hard enough. After all these years, why can't you still lift the Holy Sword?"