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

"This behavior is out of character for Ishtar...! Could it be...!!"

Upon hearing this, Ereshkigal was suddenly stunned, immediately recalling how he had been attracted by the blue rose and completely ignored the choice of the gold brick.

“Indeed, if it were Ishtar, she would choose the gold brick without hesitation even if there were a hundred more beautiful blue roses in front of her.”

To confirm his guess, Lowe smiled and gave his answer.

'Yes, that makes a lot of sense...'

After receiving the answer, Ereshkigal looked at Lovi with a face full of grief and indignation, and said, "Damn it... you actually tricked me with roses, making me make such a low-level mistake! You're right, with Ishtar's greedy nature, how could she possibly choose flowers and give up gold bricks..."

“That’s right, exactly. Once you notice that, even an idiot can tell you’re not Ishtar.”

Just as Merlin popped up, ready to make his presence known and ask the Lord of the Underworld if he could return Gilgamesh and the Holy Grail to them, hoping to skip the rest of the story...

Suddenly—

The ground beneath their feet began to tremble violently.

This unexpected change startled everyone on the hillside. "This, this is...?"

"The entrance to the underworld has been opened."

Merlin said this while looking at the deep crack that appeared on the ground in the distance.

"It's open? But didn't Ishtar say that you have to use the Holy Lance to pierce through the surface to reach it?" Black Lancer Artoria, who was prepared to use the Tower of the End to directly pierce through the Underworld, said with some surprise.

"Why was it suddenly opened, Merlin?"

"I do not know either."

Merlin immediately shook his head; as a nightmare demon, he didn't know much about the underworld.

“You humans who have no manners, how dare you try to break through my underworld?! Ishtar is right, if you are a living person or an outsider, you can enter like that under normal circumstances, but since I am here, the gates of the underworld can be opened without so much effort.”

At that moment, a voice with a slightly different tone from Ishtar's came into view.

"Ok?"

Lovi and Nitocris looked at Ereshkigal together; at this moment, she had completely given up on continuing to pretend to be Ishtar.

Merlin and Black Gunner Alter also turned their heads, and were slightly taken aback.

Because they saw that Ereshkigal, who was tied up, not only did not curse, but actually laughed.

Yes, she was actually laughing.

The next moment, Nitocris seemed to realize something important, and she hurriedly reminded, "Leave quickly! This is Lord Ereshkigal's power, and the area beneath our feet now belongs to the Underworld!"

“It’s too late to warn them now, Nito. Since they want to enter the Underworld, I will grant their wish myself.”

The earth trembled even more violently. The instant Nitocris finished speaking, the crack beneath their feet widened to tens of meters. Then, the deathly aura of the underworld enveloped them like a thick fog rising from a jungle at dawn. The dark earth surface churned, and many enormous underworld skeletons appeared. Afterward, one after another, huge, mountain-like giant corpses charged out madly, creating a terrifying and overwhelming spectacle.

"The death aura of the underworld? And these are... the death legion of the underworld..."

As the goddess of the underworld, Nitocris naturally recognized the true nature of the entire army at a glance. She looked at Ereshkigal and asked somewhat anxiously, "Lord Ereshkigal, releasing death energy here will affect the surrounding towns. It might cause the entire land and all life to wither away overnight."

"I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do about it, Nito..."

Upon hearing Nito's words, Ereshkigal's smile immediately turned somber, and she said to her with a touch of sadness, "The world is about to be destroyed. Even with your protection, these humans will inevitably face death. So rather than let them die in pain and despair, it's better for them to die peacefully in their sleep, like in a dream. This is something I decided long ago. As long as their souls come to my realm, I can continue to protect them. Giving humanity such a painless end is the limit of what I, as a goddess, can do."

Sensing the coming of the end times, Ereshkigal chose to kill all life on the Mesopotamian plain and imprison all souls in the underworld, which was also her way of showing love for humanity.

"A peaceful death...?"

Upon hearing this, Nitocris paused slightly, and not only her, but also Artoria and Merlin felt that Ereshkigal's words sounded familiar, especially for Artoria. As Artoria herself, even though the worlds were different, she shared similar desires and a past. Therefore, she naturally prayed that Britain could peacefully await its end, as if asleep.

Originally, this wish had been forgotten during the Lion King era because of the other side of the gods' thinking and what she had seen too much. She also realized that it was an impossible delusion and had long since put it out of her mind. But now, suddenly hearing this familiar, peaceful death that sounded like someone asleep, Black Gun Dai suddenly remembered her past self.

She glanced at the legion filled with the deathly aura of the underworld in front of her, then at the wide-open gates of the underworld, and then at the city-states that were already fast asleep behind her. Black Gunner unconsciously frowned.

Before witnessing it with her own eyes, she had never truly imagined the full picture of a peaceful death. Now, Ereshkigal has fulfilled her dream, allowing her to see everything with her own eyes and clearly understand how ridiculous her previous fantasy of a peaceful death was. It turns out that being harvested by the underworld in one's sleep is what a peaceful death is. What was she fantasizing about in the past?

"Alright, Lovi, and all you followers and gods. The time is almost up! These armies were originally created to transfer all life on Earth and to protect the Underworld. Today is the perfect time to use them. So—die obediently! Humans and goddesses alike will all become my subjects!"

Ereshkigal said firmly, "As long as everyone hides in the Underworld, they will definitely be safe!"

As her words fell, the dark earth continued to overflow with the deathly aura of the underworld, and more armies of the dead continued to emerge from the ground, quickly occupying the land outside the city.

"Stop thinking about resisting. Once you enter the realm of the Underworld, you will be punished by it. Your divinity and magic will be suppressed by the Underworld." Seeing the resistance, Ereshkigal continued, "As long as you remain in this area, you are no match for these legions."

"Um……?"

As Merlin and Black Gunner felt their magic and divinity weakening, they knew that Ereshkigal's words were true.

In any mythological world, there are generally three layers: the heavenly realm, the human realm, and the underworld.

In these three realms, the ruler of any realm, the god-king, possesses immense power to suppress and weaken any gods or humans who enter it. This is also true in Sumerian mythology. As the mistress of the underworld, Ereshkigal is the god-king of the underworld. While in the underworld, she is the most terrifying being, even suppressing the god-king of the heavens, An.

Because they were right next to the entrance to the underworld, they were also bound by the power of the underworld, and their own power was being constantly weakened.

"It's no use. No matter how many goddesses you have, they are no match for me."

Ereshkigal was already popping champagne at halftime.

But things are indeed as she said, so what should we do now?

Seeing Ereshkigal laughing happily, Nitocris sighed helplessly, then stood up to prepare for a fight with her boss.

Because she also possessed the divinity of the Sumerian underworld, she was not among the targets of the underworld's weakening efforts. Therefore, she prepared to hold off her leader and create opportunities for others.

only--

Before she could even summon Libra to fight, the unaffected Lo Wei had already placed his hand on her shoulder and said, "Let me handle this."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ten rings on the fingertips of Luo Wei, who had just stepped forward, began to flash. The next moment, a golden, blazing special ring appeared behind him, like a huge halo, directly illuminating the darkness of the surrounding environment.

"what?"

Ereshkigal, who had seemed quite relaxed, was taken aback when she saw the halo behind Lovi, as she sensed the terrifying heat contained within it.

"This, this is..."

Before she could finish speaking, the golden halo behind Luo Wei began to spin rapidly, then dissolved and split into several golden streams of light that shot towards the Underworld Legion.

Boom! Boom!

Several golden streaks of light, imbued with terrifying heat, were like an unstoppable divine punishment. In an instant, they tore apart the newly emerged, seemingly unstoppable army. With their unparalleled heat, they shattered Ereshkigal's Netherworld authority and finally, like heavenly fire, completely engulfed the entire army.

Bear! Bear! Bear!

Golden streaks of light formed a blinding meteor that pierced the sky. In the blink of an eye, it reduced Ereshkigal's proud underworld army to ashes. All the bones vanished the moment they touched the heat that could melt any material on the planet, leaving not even a trace behind. The land that had been completely evaporated by the light remained, calmly telling the story of what had just happened.

"I, my... army...!"

"Stop! That's something I spent countless years building!!"

Ereshkigal stared in disbelief at what was happening before his eyes.

This was a legion of death that she had painstakingly built over at least several thousand years, drawing upon the magic and bones she had extracted from the underworld, along with the authority of the King of the Underworld, to protect the underworld. Yet, it was instantly evaporated before her very eyes by the golden light, without even having played the slightest role it was supposed to.

"What is this?!" she couldn't help but ask loudly.

"—The time of birth has come, thus correcting all things (Ars Almadel Salomonis)."

Luo Wei spoke silently, uttering the name of the weakened version of the Human Reason Cannon he had just unleashed. At the same time, he raised his hand, dissipating the heat he had just generated. However, his palm was still burned by the force of concentrating his power, causing a wisp of white smoke to rise.

After obtaining the Ten Commandments, he had been analyzing and deducing, and finally, outside the Temple of Time, he grasped some information about the energy manipulation of the halo above his head. The occasion just now was the perfect opportunity for this Noble Phantasm to come in handy, and the result did not disappoint him.

As long as something exists on this planet, its authority has a limit. In the face of absolute heat, even the weakening power of the underworld and immortality can be broken. This is what is meant by "great strength makes bricks fly."

He barely managed to mobilize the magical energy in one corner of the light wheel to launch it, and the effect was comparable to releasing hundreds of curry sticks at the same time, directly demonstrating to the underworld goddess in the countryside what heat is like.

Unfortunately……

Without the support of the Demon God Pillar and the Temple of Time, and lacking a beast-like body, directly manipulating this heat through his own body in the outside world was too risky. Even that small amount of heat had given him a burning sensation, like being near the sun; expanding it further would undoubtedly be dangerous. Fortunately, even a single band of light contained enough power to shock Ereshkigal for centuries.

"Are you alright, Rowe?"

Merlin examined his palm and was somewhat worried to see that the flesh was almost cooked. However, he was relieved when Rowe quickly used magic to heal him and said that he was fine.

Afterwards, Luo Wei wiped his hands, and the halo behind him completely disappeared. He glanced at Ereshkigal, who was standing beside him and had just broken free from Merlin's restraints when the gates of the underworld opened. He smiled slightly and then stood there quietly watching her.

"Well……"

As Ereshkigal looked at the figure in front of him who had wiped out his entire army in an instant, he couldn't help but swallow hard. He then silently picked up the pink rope he had just broken free from and quietly lowered his head to re-tie himself around the waist.

"Hmm, very obedient, Goddess Ellie."

Luo Wei nodded at her performance, feeling quite satisfied.

"Thanks to you this time."

When Merlin saw that Lovi could actually use the power of the light wheel, he couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder.

It's incredibly reliable.

He was already ridiculously strong, and then he inherited Solomon's legacy, making him a complete Solomon second generation, possibly even stronger than the original Solomon.

Solomon possesses the Temple of Time, the Wheel of Light, and the power to control the seventy-two demons. He himself is an absurdly powerful near-godlike being, making him a true trump card. It is precisely because of Luo Wei's presence, with someone to back him up, that he is able to fully utilize his initiative and continuously strive to bring the team closer to victory.

After completely eliminating the enemy, Lovi turned to Ereshkigal and asked kindly, "Goddess Ereshkigal, could you now hand over Gilgamesh's soul and the Holy Grail to us?"

"what?!"

Ereshkigal asked with a pained expression, "Are you robbing me?"

Lowe answered without hesitation, "Yes."

Ereshkigal: "If I don't give it to you, will you go in and take it by force?"

What do you think?

Lo Wei gave a very kind smile.

Ereshkigal: "..."

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"I'm in Bengbu, Miss Xia Die, please kill me one more time!"

Hang a book.