The Holy Grail War Blessed by the Gods

Manshu, flying in the sky, can also avoid the monsters on the ground. With his stealth power, even the monsters that occasionally fly by in the sky cannot find him.

From the sky, one can see a large number of magical beasts emerging like swarms of ants. From this height, they appear as tiny black dots stretching out into a vast expanse, covering the barren land below.

The people of Nippur left the city at dawn and headed towards Babylon.

Babylon is currently located on the edge of the Euphrates River, at the forefront of the absolute monster front. Monsters rarely approach this area when attacking Nippur and the North Wall.

Even with such a large number of monsters, they should mainly be concentrated in the central region to launch an attack on Nippur, or split up on the flanks to head towards the North Wall. The flow of people on the flanks like Babylon should not be too large, which is why they headed to the Cedar Forest from here.

Of course, there are still some monsters left in the swollen [zHuAnQuN:⑼④？“8"＇⑵柶⑶③§↓], but this number of monsters cannot stop them.

Ishtar flew through the sky, dropping dazzling gems and eliminating the monsters that roamed the ground one by one.

Ninurta steered his chariot, wielding Sharur, crushing any monsters that stood in his way into bloody pulp under his wheels, or smashing them into mangled flesh with his club.

Instead of summoning the powerful Servants from the Spirit Origin Shadow, Fujimaru Ritsuka summoned Servants that consumed less mana, saving her mana for this final battle.

So warriors dressed in blue bodysuits and wielding crimson magic spears leaped through the ruins of Babylon, taking the lives of one monster after another.

"After confirming that all the monsters in the vicinity have stopped reacting, these are all the monsters that have settled in Babylon."

Dr. Roman's voice came after a barrage of questions, signaling the end of the battle.

"It's been almost an hour since we left. What's the situation on the front lines?"

Upon hearing Dr. Roman's voice, Merlin immediately appeared and asked him for information.

"Yes, the battle has begun. The first wave of monsters has reached Nippur City. As we expected, the vanguard of the monster horde is Kingu, disguised as Enkidu."

"Everyone must pay attention to the consumption of physical strength. After the main cannon on the city wall fires three times, we must retreat and rest."

The priests on the city wall were still repeating the same words to the soldiers over and over again.

"While God is leaving His dwelling place to save the land we live on, we must not allow Tiamat and her children to defile God's pure city! Now is the time to show your piety to Enlil. Everyone, prepare yourselves, Tiamat's monster horde is coming!"

The battle unfolded in the city and on the monster front behind it, with a massive horde of monsters covering the entire land giving their all to destroy the last two nails in the earth.

"These magical beasts have all been modified by Gorgon. In order to gain combat abilities, they paid the price of losing their reproductive functions. They are all tragic children who will become extinct after this battle ends."

Quetzal Koyatl and the Leopard Man also appeared on the battlefield.

"While I cannot judge whether it is good or evil, I would still choose existence with a future over existence without a future."

"Alright, let's go! Let's show them the power of jungle beasts!"

Two gods from Central America joined the battle. Ordinary monsters were powerless against such opponents, and the covered land even briefly regained some of its original color.

"Oh dear, I was just saying there's a Servant here... isn't this Quetzalcoatl? It's been so long since Mother's throne. Can I conclude that the Three Goddess Alliance has collapsed?"

As the commander of the monsters, Jingu could not ignore the situation that had occurred here. He immediately abandoned his original target and rushed to the goddess.

“Yes. Both Ereshkigal and I were planning to withdraw from Brook. Now, as you can see, we are both on the side of humanity.”

Quetzal Koyatl also stopped what she was doing. Compared to these magical beasts, Kingu was clearly a more worthwhile and meaningful opponent, which was also the task she was assigned.

"...Is that so? What a pity, you are a wise goddess. Leaving aside Ereshkigal, I thought you should at least be able to understand your mother's sorrow."

The goddess who nurtured the civilization she herself had cultivated was reduced to ashes by barbaric conquerors. Your vow to slaughter humanity one by one resonates deeply with me. This goddess possesses the fortitude to bear the weight of the world alone; she is the embodiment of slaughter. Where were you then?

Kingu genuinely regretted Quetzal Koyatl's choice; this goddess, in terms of both experience and power, was worthy of being an ally.

"Ah—8—you mean this face? 7 As you can see, 6 it's nowhere to be found."2"〖

Quetzal Koyatl's face contorted with the terrifying expression she wore when discussing the extinction of humanity, but she quickly replaced that expression with a warm, smiling one.

Jingu was clearly stunned on the spot, and then spat.

"Ugh...!"

"Just kidding~ I'm lying to you~! This is the last time I'll make this kind of facial expression~!"

"Recognize your mistake, Jingu. After you're defeated, it'll be Gorgon's turn. Continue your advance like this, tearing out the heart of that imposter who's impersonating Tiamat. Consider that my way of thanking her."

"Thank you...? What is there to thank her for?"

"Of course, it's because they haven't fought me yet, and because I've met such a wonderful Master. Yes, for that child, I can even disregard the goddess's contract. Gorgon's head will be mine, Quetzal Koyatl's!"

"I didn't expect you to be all muscle and no brains, not just brute force. I'm truly disappointed in you, Quetzalcoatl. The new world doesn't need a goddess with a faulty brain. Let me tear you and your pterosaur to pieces...!"

Jingu's face darkened. He stopped talking and instead summoned an attack from the ground.

"Quetzal Koyatl is quite adept at instigation; the operation is going very smoothly, and she has already tied down Kingu."⑨

Taking a temporary rest in Babylon, these people confirmed through a video sent by Dr. Roman that Jingu was bogged down on the main battlefield, thus removing their biggest obstacle.

After all, if another opponent of equal strength were to appear while facing the War Goddess Gorgon, the impact on the plan would transform the mission from difficult to impossible.

"The operation seems to be going very smoothly so far. Let's head towards the cedar forest! From now on, there's no rest; we must advance at full speed, everyone!"

"Jingu actually chose to go to Nippur alone, huh? Well, it makes sense; with me out of town, this is a perfect opportunity." 3

Manshu was now almost above the Blood Temple. Sensing the battle raging in the distance, Manshu knew that Jingu hadn't remained there.

This was a good thing for him; it was unlikely that Jingu could break through Quetzal Koyatl, and even without anyone present, Nippur wouldn't make any mistakes. Moreover, Manshu had left Nergal behind; even if they couldn't defeat him, they should be able to hold their ground.

Here, Gorgon Manshu didn't need to think too much; he could just raise his fist and smash it down. Gorgon alone couldn't possibly stop him. ④

"Then let's just start by punching them, we still have plenty of time."

Manshu's fists are not weak; the punches delivered with the speed of light are like the strikes of a holy sword, capable of destroying at least some barriers.

Then the blazing sun's footprints streaked across the sky, its magical radiance covering powerful fists, before crashing down upon the Blood Temple.

The numerous defensive barriers erected outside the Blood Temple shattered like glass the moment the attack struck, as the Light Speed ​​Fist directly broke through these obstacles and hit the stone pillars at the temple entrance.

The intense roar and ferocious power even shook the land, and those who had already entered the cedar forest knew that Manshu had begun his operation.

"Merlin! An extremely strong divine reaction was detected from the location of the impact just now. That's the Blood Temple. I've already sent you the location."

"Alright, let's speed things up, it's time to prepare for the final battle!"

"This temple is quite solid; it's probably impossible to dismantle it without a deep penetration. However, my task seems to be simply to open a path to the temple."

Manshu shook his hand, took a few steps back at the temple entrance, and observed the effect of his punch.

One of the pillars at the entrance of the temple was broken off, and the flying stone fragments even shattered several other pillars nearby.

The entrance was cleared up pretty quickly, but to diminish the divinity of Gorgon, the concept of this temple had to be completely destroyed.

However, roars could be heard coming from inside the doorway, so the owner of this place might soon come out to greet his uninvited guests, so we should hurry up.

After all, Manju had no intention of joining this campaign, so he still took out Marduk's Axe. He brought Marduk's Axe with him in case his destructive power was not enough.

The massive battle axe cleaved forward, severing all the pillars of the entire gate in one fell swoop, and the temple gate collapsed with a deafening roar.

Manju did not stop, but continued to swing the axe, chopping down the mountain that Gorgon used to build the temple, as if he were felling trees.

Since Manjustra does not intend to destroy the temple at the cost of the divinity within the axe, then let him destroy it with pure violence. If even the foundation upon which the temple stands is destroyed, what will remain of this temple?

The entire mountain, under the cleaving of the giant axe, was like a tree being felled by an axe, teetering on the verge of collapse under the continuous blows.

Chapter 170 Loss

"The Blood Temple, along with the mountain it was situated on, was cleaved in two. The progress was quite smooth, and such destruction is quite in line with my image of the god Enlil."

As the team that was fighting Gorgon followed the direction of the tremors, they arrived at a location about two or three hundred meters away from the Temple of Blood. The ravaged, or rather, ravaged, mountain peaks appeared before them.

Broken rocks even rolled down from the mountain right in front of them, and the entire mountain was almost chiseled open from the side, losing a third of its volume.

③“God Enlil has fulfilled his promise, so let us do what we should do. The final battle against these monsters is finally here.”

5. Manjusuke left after he had basically completed his mission, because he heard the angry voice had reached the door. He didn't want to get entangled with Gorgon, so he left directly from there.

⑹ It's more worthwhile to fight the Kingu who is currently entangled with Quetzal Koyatel in the distance; the Gorgon is indeed not an interesting thing.

The group of people under the Blood Temple did not stop at all, but instead quickened their pace and climbed up the broken mountainside, arriving at the temple gate, which had been destroyed so much that only the remaining pillars could be seen.

The Greek-style temple now looks like the ruins of a Greek temple, probably only slightly better preserved than the Temple of Artemis. At least there are more than just fragments of columns lying on the ground, so with some effort, we should be able to reconstruct a few columns.

The group scrambled over the scattered wreckage and entered the dark cave in the center, stepping into the Blood Temple of Gorgon.

Q Because of Manshu's attack, the interior of the Blood Temple was also affected to some extent. After all, even the mountain itself was severely damaged, so the interior space could not possibly be spared.

However, thanks to the structure of the temple itself, the passage was not blocked and could still be used.

"This is the temple of the goddess Gorgon..."

Due to the damage to the entire mountain, many of the cocoon-like objects that filled the temple were shaken off and shattered on the ground.

Therefore, the images inside the temple are even more nauseating. At least if you enter normally, all you will see is a dark red temple with a fleshy texture, filled with strange cocoons.

Only by looking closely can one discover the shadow-like things inside the cocoon. Without careful observation and contemplation, one may not even know what is inside the cocoon.

But now, the things were even naked and thrown to the ground, making the temple, which was being saved by the dark red flesh and blood, even more bloody.

"...To kill Gorgon, although I am not qualified to comment on the other goddesses. But this is too much. In order to take revenge on humanity, they pursue productivity that is greater than that of humans. It is putting the cart before the horse."

Even the capricious goddess Ishtar could not tolerate this. Flesh and blood were used as raw materials; living people constituted this temple and also formed the power of Gorgon's revenge.

“Gods do indeed demand things from people, making them offer what they need, but this is already trampling and toying with them. Even the gods worshipped by more remote barbarian tribes are not this bad.”

Ninurta turned his head away, unwilling to look at the filthy scene, and kept calling for the wind to blow away the unpleasant smell.

“Let’s go, Mash, let’s go find Gorgon.”

Fujimaru Ritsuka said to Mash, who was standing there in a daze.

"But, but...! They're all alive! Even if nothing has changed, they, the whole family, are still alive...!"

The creatures encased in the cocoon are, of course, living beings, because the cocoon is meant to nurture living beings, but it's hard to say that they are truly alive.

So while they can still be called alive, what about as human beings?

"Hurry up."

“I’ll lead the way; I know Gorgon’s quarters.”

Anna said from the side, "I've been silent since I entered here, and I've finally made up my mind."

"I'm sorry, Mash. But I still have to ask you for a favor. Now is the time for battle. In order to defeat Gorgon, please use your power to help me."

Anna led the way, passing through these nauseating things, and through a passageway to a wide-open space.

"This is... the deepest part of the Blood Temple... it feels like inside the belly of a creature..."

"She's right here. Her long tail curls around the cave wall. The Mother of Beasts, Tiamat. No, the composite divinity Gorgon. You've fallen to the bottom! Show yourself now!"

In the deepest part of the Blood God's Palace, in the dim light, accompanied by a slight vibration, the Beast Goddess Gorgon rose to face the warriors who were attacking her.