In Type-Moon, it all starts with adopting Sakura.

Unexpectedly, Lovi's shoulder massage made Ishtar sleep even more comfortably. She frowned slightly, then suddenly hugged him tighter, as if she were having a nightmare. Drooling dripped all over Lovi, and she continued to mumble sleepily, "Sakura, Sakura... when are you coming back... this time, I'll definitely protect you."

"..."

Hearing her sleep-talking, Rowe's expression grew increasingly strange. He then glanced at Ishtar's face, which belonged to Rin Tohsaka, and after careful consideration, he understood that she had completely merged with Rin's memories, which was why she looked like this. However, seeing her like this, Rowe felt somewhat reluctant to harm her. This girl was actually quite pitiful, and given her personality, if he really disturbed her sweet dreams, she would definitely become grumpy in the morning, and it wouldn't be easy to appease her then.

So what he was thinking about was how to wake her up relatively gently, without making her grumpy in the morning.

Seeing Lovi deep in thought, Black Gun's eyes sharpened, especially when she saw Ishtar clinging to his arm and drooling all over him; she frowned.

Black Gunner stepped forward to Luo Wei and said, "Let me handle this, Luo Wei. I know how to deal with this guy properly."

"Ah."

Rowe nodded, then smiled and instructed, "Then I'll leave it to you, Lily. Just don't let her come along and cause too much trouble. This place is, after all, the underground of Uruk. Gilgamesh has just passed away, so we shouldn't cause trouble for the residents on the surface."

"I know."

Black Gun nodded and said, then she reached out and grabbed Ishtar's hair, pulling her back sharply: "Stop sleeping, you shameful thing! Your father didn't send you down here to lie on the rocks and sleep all the time!"

"oops!!"

Feeling the intense pain shooting through her hair, Ishtar, who had been fast asleep, instantly opened her eyes wide and woke up, yelling in pain, "Who is it? Who dares to be so disrespectful to me! I will punish you severely..."

Just as Lovi had expected, Ishtar, who had just been awakened, didn't even see who it was before raising her fingers to gather magic power, preparing to blow the person who disturbed her sleep, along with the entire warehouse, into the sky.

until--

Swish! !

A flash of dark red gunfire passed by, followed by a cold touch on Ishtar's white neck, piercing a small layer of skin and drawing out a drop of bright red blood.

"what?!"

The sudden pain and sense of impending doom caused Ishtar, who had been noisy and about to lash out, to freeze in place. Even her angry eyes suddenly became much clearer, and she closed them tightly as if to escape reality before she could even see the enemy's face clearly.

"Gurgle..."

She hurriedly raised her hands, swallowed hard, her face pale and unable to look down, and said in a trembling voice, "Um, I was just joking. We can talk this out. Please don't resort to knives or guns, okay?"

Black Gun: "..."

Seeing this shameful fellow with his eyes closed, unable to face reality, Black Gunner felt speechless, and at the same time, his eyes showed even more contempt for this supreme god of Sumerian mythology.

After all, even gods can be shameful and anthropomorphized, but not to this extent—this behavior of not daring to even look at the enemy when threatened truly surprised her.

"But didn't you just say you were going to punish me?"

Looking at Ishtar, who had raised her hands in surrender, Black Lancer Alter raised her holy lance and coldly retorted.

"Um, I was just joking... Wait, wait, wait? Isn't that voice... that evil goddess who stole my temple?! And you... Lovi, what are you doing here?!"

Upon hearing the sound, Ishtar suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at the two people in the room, then continued to shout.

"What evil goddess? How dare you describe me like that?"

Hearing Ishtar's almost defamatory address, Black Lancer Artoria pulled Ishtar's hair with displeasure and said coldly, "With your behavior, you have no right to call others 'evil gods,' you're a piece of trash who can't even keep an eye on your own home. Remember my name is Artoria Alter, the Goddess of Storms."

"Not only did you steal someone's palace, but now you're disturbing their sweet dreams! What are you if not an evil god? Release my noble hair right now, or I'll consider this a provocation against my supreme god! You wild god who came out of nowhere, a third-rate goddess who doesn't even exist in the pantheon!" Ishtar cried out, clutching her hair in pain.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Black Lancer Artoria released Ishtar's hair, put down the holy lance, crossed her arms, and said sarcastically, "You have all that power but do nothing, you can't even hear the prayers of your followers, and you don't even know that your own city has been invaded. There's been such a commotion up there, and you're still sound asleep here."

“If you continue to sleep, you may end up disappearing into the annals of history without even realizing it. You are a great supreme god, but in my eyes, you are not even as good as a wild god, Ishtar.”

Lies are not sharp blades; the truth is the real weapon.

As the successor to the sharp tongue and unforgiving nature of the Black Saber, she directly and bluntly pointed out Ishtar's problems and expressed her sarcasm towards her.

Having witnessed firsthand that fleeing refugees could not receive Ishtar's help on Mount Ebif, where Ishtar resided; and that the king and inhabitants of Uruk were brazenly slaughtered by the gods of the underworld while under Ishtar's protection, Black Lancer felt absolutely no respect for her and thus directly revealed her true thoughts.

"Ah! You lowly wild god, you came here specifically to fight? Oh! I get it, did you get some benefits from Gilgamesh and come to attack me? Or... did you betray me?! And because you're jealous of my beauty and power, you want to attack me first! How despicable! I knew you weren't a good god all along!!"

Ishtar shouted, unable to bear being mocked like that, and reached out to grab Black Saber. Black Saber, seeing that Ishtar dared to attack, naturally reached out and grabbed her, then grabbed Ishtar's hand in return. The two then locked hands and faced off.

Then, even the surrounding air began to scorch.

However, since Artoria Pendragon's Strength was clearly A or higher, while Ishtar's was only B, the difference between them was very obvious. After all, not every Archer can fight in close combat. So, with Artoria Pendragon's continued force and a twist of her arm, she directly used her strength to twist Ishtar's arm into an arc, causing her to scream in pain. Then, taking advantage of this opportunity, she used her other hand to grab Ishtar's arm at the same time, lifted it onto her shoulder, and swung it over her shoulder in a very standard over-the-shoulder throw. With a "thud," Ishtar was thrown to the ground.

"Ugh..."

Completely outmatched in melee combat, Ishtar lay on the ground emitting adorable whimpers, her vision starting to blur.

The victorious Black Spear clapped his hands, glanced at the subdued Ishtar, and scoffed, "Is this the supreme god power you're so proud of? It's not even as good as the wild god you speak of. Now, aren't you even more of a wild god than the wild god?"

"Damn it! You violent woman, I'm not some wild god!"

Ishtar was angered by her again and tried to get up, but as soon as she stood up, she was in so much pain that she quickly rubbed her back and shoulders.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! How can you be so strong?!"

As she rubbed her body, she looked at Black Gun and said defiantly, "What kind of skill is it for a god to bully me in my possessed state? If you're so capable, fight my true form! You're just taking advantage of my vulnerability!"

"Then why don't you use it? Is it because you don't want to? You should download your main body first."

Black Gun Dai responded with another cold laugh.

Ishtar stared at him, her eyes wide: "You...!!"

Seeing these two goddesses who were extremely at odds and whose grudges were clearly deep, Lovi quickly spoke up to mediate: "Ishtar, Lily isn't here to cause you trouble this time. She has some things she wants you to help her with."

"what?!"

Ishtar, who was about to fight again to prove herself, paused for a moment when she heard Rovi's words, then raised an eyebrow.

"Her? She wants my help?"

After calming them down, Lovi gave Ishtar a brief talk about the current situation in Uruk and Gilgamesh's death.

I just finished listening to it...

"—Pfft, hahahahahahahaha!!"

Ishtar, clutching her stomach, sat on the ground and burst into laughter, tears welling in her eyes. She had completely forgotten her anger at being humiliated. As she laughed, she spoke.

"Gilgamesh... that golden angel, that arrogant guy who just cursed me, actually, actually, was taken away by [Death] in an instant. What is this? It's absolutely hilarious. This is the funniest thing I've heard in thousands of years, hahahahahaha—!! The guy who kept talking about conquering death was taken away by death, is this some kind of second-rate joke? Even the gods who make me laugh couldn't do this, I can't take it anymore, this goddess really can't take it anymore..."

"—Pfft, hahahahahaha!!!"

Unable to stop laughing, Ishtar even clutched her stomach and started rolling on the ground, showing no sign of stopping.

"You're the kind of guy who doesn't even know his own yard has been invaded, and you still have the nerve to laugh."

Seeing this, Black Gun couldn't hold back any longer and wanted to teach her another lesson.

However, Rowe stopped her, then walked up to Ishtar and said seriously, "Stop laughing. Tell us the exact location of the entrance to the Underworld, or take me to the Underworld. We're running out of time."

"Hahahaha... Ah? The entrance to the underworld? Oh, so you're looking for me because of the entrance to the underworld... Of course I know where it is, but—"

"I'm not telling you!"

Ishtar sat up with a laugh, then looked at Rowe with a nasty expression.

"Why?" Rowe asked in return.

"Why even ask? Isn't it great that Gilgamesh is dead? With him dead, I'm the ruler of Uruk. Heh heh heh... There must be a copy of his treasury key in Uruk. I'll go look for it in his palace right now. Even if there isn't, I can use his corpse as a wedge to slowly open the gates of the Golden City. Heh heh... What 20% of the wealth? It's all mine now! Rowe, right? Thank you so much for telling me this good news. You're much more lovable than that black guy."

Ishtar laughed so hard that her legs were shaking; she was clearly overjoyed.

At this moment, Luo Wei understood why this woman wasn't worried about losing her treasure if Gilgamesh died. After all, Gilgamesh's body was still there, and the Royal Treasury should have a spare key. She was simply planning to raid his house.

"—"

After glancing at the girl who was still wasting time on this matter, Luo Wei was too lazy to explain the importance of Gilgamesh at this moment.

"I'm too lazy to explain, you're not worthy to listen," he said, slowly standing up and sighing helplessly, "Looks like this is the only way..."

Oh? You want to ask me for something? Sure, you can…”

Ishtar stretched out her slender, long legs and said to Lovi, "Come lick my feet, become my follower, and if you increase the reward a bit, I might help you."

"Lily."

"I see."

However, Rowe ignored the guy in front of him who had a strange confidence in his feet and called out to the Black Lancer beside him. The next moment, a familiar figure appeared behind Ishtar and placed a hand on Ishtar's shoulder.

It's strong, very heavy.

"Wait a minute, what do you think you're doing?!"

Ishtar was taken aback and asked a question, but Black Gunner tightened his grip and pinned her down.

Her icy gaze said it all.

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

Ishtar tried to struggle and hurriedly called for Maana, who had been thrown into the corner of the warehouse. However, a large, crimson hand had already firmly held down her weapon, and the strength of the Black Gunner was increasing at this moment, causing her bones to crack from the pain.

She screamed and tried to get up. But then, with a piercing clang, a dark red holy spear was plunged into the ground between her legs, flashing a terrifyingly cold light, which startled her so much that she broke out in a cold sweat.

"lead the way!"

Black Gunner's voice echoed in her ears. Ishtar turned around and saw a murderous intent flash in Black Gunner's eyes. She realized that this guy was serious.

Realizing this, she was indeed a little scared.

But God's dignity wouldn't allow it to just give in like that.

"I just don't want to bring it."

So Ishtar decided to go all out and coldly snorted, "Fine, just kill me then. I've had my fill of fun anyway. Let's see how you manage to survive this disaster without me."

Death poses no threat to the gods; at worst, they can simply return to the heavens of Sumer.

Although Ishtar was humiliated, she still had the pride of a god. If she were to be threatened and subdued by a wild god from elsewhere today, her father would surely scold her when she returned.

"You've got some backbone, haven't you?"

"Hmph, I am a great god, unlike wild gods like you."

At this moment, seeing that the atmosphere was just right, the good cop, Lovi, stopped the black-clad Saber and said, "Alright, Lily, Ishtar has agreed to lead the way."

"—"

Black Gun glanced at Luo Wei, puzzled, but silently let go of his hand. Ishtar secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh? When did I say I agreed to lead the way..."