Lu Mingfei is transforming into the final boss.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu successfully reached the inner side of the temple.

What comes into view is the battle between Ishtar and Assassin. Based on Fujimaru Ritsuka's combat experience, Ishtar will soon win this battle.

Assassin's power is limited, and he is unable to break through Ishtar's defenses, nor can he even attack Ishtar's physical body.

"Ishtar!"

The girl with crimson-orange hair shouted at the white-haired goddess, while Mash stood by, ready to unleash her Noble Phantasm at any moment, in case Ishtar suddenly attacked and hurt someone.

"It's you...?" Ishtar unleashed her power, Manifestation of Beauty, to its fullest extent, deflecting all of Assassin's attacks.

"!?!?!?! Fujimaru Ritsuka!? Why are you here?" Ishtar's expression went from questioning to shock.

Others may not know who she is, but Ishtar does. Thousands of years ago, she fought alongside Fujimaru Ritsuka against Tiamat, the creator goddess, in Uruk.

Even if those memories are like a slideshow, they are still her own record.

To be honest, seeing that beautiful face with such a silly expression is quite a contrast.

Yes, Ishtar had realized the gravity of the situation when Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived in this world. The biggest issue then wasn't the Holy Grail War anymore; in fact, the Holy Grail War was the smallest thing.

"So that's why she came into this world."

She figured out why Lu Mingfei, the god of Bethlehem, had descended. She was there because of a "curse," which was fulfilled when Gilgamesh and Enkidu both appeared in the world at the same time.

The fragmented divine essence left behind by Ishtar will also manifest in the world.

But she couldn't understand why Lu Mingfei had appeared in the world. Now it seemed that it wasn't because of the girl who was afflicted by the plague, but because of a crisis of humanity.

"How about a temporary truce for that Assassin who likes to hide in the shadows? It seems humanity is in bigger trouble," Ishtar proposed.

Hassan neither said anything nor took any action, which seems to indicate that he agreed with my view.

Ishtar doesn't care what Assassin thinks, but it wouldn't be good if she accidentally hurt Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Why are you here?

These words immediately made Ritsuka lose her composure. Perhaps the Absolute Demonic Front had left a deep impression on her, causing her to be overwhelmed even after learning that the white-haired beauty in front of her was also Ishtar.

She couldn't help but think of that black-haired, foolish goddess, and even the beautiful face of this Einzbern doll seemed silly.

"Oh no, Gilgamesh has been taken down by me. I'm so sorry, Ritsuka." Ishtar said to Ritsuka with the air of a cool and aloof beauty.

"It's a crisis of humanity," Fujimaru Ritsuka said with a forced smile, as she kept hallucinating that stupid goddess.

Although they are both beautiful, they are definitely not the same style of beauty. This Ishtar is clearly more like Miss Minfe's aloof and cold style.

Although Miss Mingfei is not aloof at all, on the contrary, she is a very interesting person, especially after she heard that explosive news from Mashu.

It's best to keep it buried in her heart forever, otherwise she feels like she's going to be hunted down by the Holy Church.

"I knew it." Ishtar had more or less guessed, but starting with a crisis of humanity still left her speechless. "Did you hear that, Assassin over there? Tell your master to reconsider."

"It's about the Arctic," said Fujimaru Ritsuka. "A gigantic life form, thousands of meters long, seemingly from outer space, turned the Arctic Ocean into a no-man's land when it landed."

Meanwhile, Faldius was already drenched in sweat. As he listened to the sounds coming from Assassin's side, cold sweat poured down his back.

Although he had heard about some things happening in the Arctic, he was too preoccupied with stomach aches in Snowfield City to care about them.

Furthermore, the federal government's plan to destroy Snowfield City's "Aurora Fall" left him with little time to learn about other things in the outside world.

Once the Holy Grail War in Snowfield City gets completely out of control, countless missiles equipped with special warheads will bombard Snowfield City directly, carrying out a full-scale bombardment.

To be honest, he didn't think the warhead would actually hit the ground, especially after witnessing Lu Mingfei's battle with the Bull of Heaven.

He doubted whether those earthly gods would truly allow such a warhead to bomb their location.

"Why did alien life forms suddenly appear..." Faldius chewed on his cigar, trying to calm himself down with the smoke and nicotine.

From an astronomical perspective, we are still a long way from discovering extraterrestrial planets with life, let alone extraterrestrial life forms that can fly to Earth.

Faldius was an unusual magician, unusual in that he had a certain understanding of modern science and technology.

With a massive network of artificial satellites and radar monitoring all meteorites and asteroids that could potentially collide with Earth to prevent humanity from suffering the same extinction as the dinosaurs and leading to the destruction of human civilization, is it possible that a life form thousands of meters long could quietly descend upon the Earth's North Pole under such conditions?

However, considering the mysterious existence, it was possible that it could evade radar surveillance, so he ordered Assassin to stop and find out what was going on.

Intelligence is everything. Without an intelligence advantage, defeat is inevitable. It's like climbing Mount Everest with your eyes closed and no equipment. In this situation, refusing intelligence is no different from being a fool who blinds or deafens themselves.

"Arctic Ocean?"

That was indeed Ishtar's blind spot. Before completing her return to the Age of Gods, she couldn't extend her influence to that area, and she wasn't interested in a place where even finding people was difficult.

"So her arrival was also because of this? That Abrahamic monotheistic God?" Ishtar smoothed her long, beautiful white hair, trying to show off her charm in front of Ritsuka.

"That should be true." Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded.

"Didn't you arrive in Snowfield City? Why can't I sense your arrival?"

"Miss Mingfei said she would shield me from some unwanted people so that they wouldn't notice my arrival."

"Oh...it seems she likes you too." Ishtar's voice carried a hint of jealousy. "Ritsuka is such a sinful woman."

Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes showed a hint of fear. Now that things had come to this, she decided it was best not to say that she was being called her messiah, lest she bring trouble upon herself.

"It's probably not that kind of 'like'."

Mashu quickly added.