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

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"Now... do you understand?! Why things turned out this way?"

Clang! Clang!

The piercing sounds and bursts of fire continued to erupt in the forest.

"If you hadn't stirred up your mother's emotions, she wouldn't have completely abandoned her rationality and appeared in this world prematurely—leaving behind this thing!!"

More chains erupted from Jin Gu's palm, her attack far stronger than ever before.

However, in the face of her continuous attacks of the Chains of Heaven, the crimson hand behind Lovi, covered with massive magical power, directly smashed them, breaking them in half in mid-air. Even the earthen weapons that formed beneath her feet were shattered by Lovi's magic without causing any damage.

'This guy is still so strong! There's absolutely no way to resist him!!'

Since that's the case—

"You bastard who deceived someone's feelings and caused my mother to make this choice, take this!!"

Seeing that he had no way to deal with the chain attack, Jingu withdrew the chains, and then his palm transformed into a golden longsword again, which he slashed at Luo Wei.

“Be rational, Jingu. Your mother wouldn’t want to see you do something like this, and—”

Facing Jingu's increasingly furious attacks, Luo Wei calmly asked, "Why didn't Tiamat tell me about this herself?"

As he spoke, Lovi projected a weapon in his hand, which steadily blocked the golden longsword that Kingu was slashing down, ending the chaotic battle between the magicians. The two then began to compete in terms of strength, but it was not Lovi who lost; instead, it was Kingu, who was using a divinely created body, who was steadily countered.

"You stupid scum! Precisely because you understand each other, shouldn't you understand this even more?! How could Mother possibly tell you! Would you tell someone important about your own death?"

Seeing that she couldn't gain any advantage with her weapon, Jin Gu suddenly reached out with her other hand and grabbed Luo Wei's neck. However, before she could deal with Luo Wei's body, Luo Wei reacted even faster and grabbed her other arm with a backhand. Then he suddenly slapped Jin Gu's hand holding the weapon, causing her to drop the weapon due to the sudden pain.

Seeing her weapon slip from her hand and Luo Wei's attack coming, she hurriedly disregarded the weapon and aimed at Luo Wei's heart. At that moment, the finger sword formed by Luo Wei's two fingers had already reached Jin Gu's fair neck. With just a little force, Jin Gu's throat would be pierced. However, Jin Gu's hand was firmly grasped in mid-air by Luo Wei's other hand.

The outcome is decided.

"...I lost."

This time, Jingu didn't argue or struggle; he simply accepted his defeat calmly and withdrew his hand, saying...

"[In the upcoming battle, please help Luo Wei kill me. I believe you can defeat a wicked mother like me and achieve victory.] — This is all the message my mother asked me to convey to you."

"Ah."

"Humph!"

Luo Wei withdrew his fingers, and Jingu, having vented his anger, sat down on the ground without any regard for his image.

After venting her anger, Jingu's mood calmed down considerably, and she continued.

"That's about all the information your mother wanted me to convey to you."

“…I understand.” Luo Wei nodded, then looked at Jingu and asked, “Is there anything you want to say to me privately?”

"Me..."

Upon hearing Luo Wei's question, Jingu lowered his head and then took out a piece of black bread from his pocket, although its shape was somewhat different from the bread Luo Wei was carrying.

This is a sample that Jingu left behind when she first tasted Tiamat. She said she wanted to take it back to eat, but she couldn't bear to part with it and carefully preserved it with magic, always carrying it with her.

For Tiamat, it might just be a simple piece of bread, but for Jingu, it was the first gift her mother had ever given her, a testament to her mother's love, and she naturally couldn't bear to eat it.

Holding the bread tightly to his chest, Jingu lowered his head and spoke slowly and deliberately, his expression heavy with sorrow.

"Although this was my mother's wish, and I shouldn't have gone against it, but—"

"I simply cannot accept that my mother suffered such an end. She was so great and kind; she should never have been treated like this by the world. Therefore, I want your help to find a way to save my mother!"

"..."

Luo Wei was stunned when he heard Jingu's heartfelt request.

At this moment, Jingu raised her head. The expression on her face and the tear stains were enough to prove that she was serious. Seeing this, Luo Wei reached out and pulled her up from the ground, then nodded to Jingu in front of him.

"Don't worry, that's exactly why I came here."

"You bastard..."

Upon hearing Luo Wei's reply, Jingu glanced at his eyes in surprise, and in those eyes, she saw pure determination and hope.

This also made her recall what happened with her mother that day.

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"Mother, although it may be a bit presumptuous, I have a question I would like to ask you."

After accepting Tiamat's request to convey her last words with a heavy heart, Kingu roused himself, looked into Tiamat's eyes, and suddenly spoke.

"Aaaaa~"

Tiamat tilted her head, her face still bearing her unique serene smile.

"Are you happy in Uruk? Have you found happiness during this time?"

"..."

Tiamat didn't answer, but the genuine smile on her face, like the dawn breaking through the darkness and comforting people, was the best answer.

'I have already achieved my wish.'

"I understand."

Upon seeing that smile, Jin Gu's last doubts were finally dispelled, and she slowly lowered her head to make a final promise to her mother.

Chapter 268 Donating a Heart

In the forest surrounding Uruk, Rovi and Jingu, two somewhat forlorn figures, sat neatly atop a large tree that had been knocked down by the aftershocks of their recent battle. Both were bowing their heads, gesturing wildly with the branches they held, seemingly exchanging words.

But before that—

Here, do you want some more?

Rowe put the amulet Tiamat had given him around his neck, and at the same time took out the remaining pieces of black bread and shared them with Kingu, and they began to eat together. For a moment, the atmosphere between the two became very strange.

"..."

Jingu expressionlessly accepted the black bread that Luo Wei handed him, and then kept stuffing it into his mouth in front of him, closing his eyes to enjoy the taste that his mother had left for him.

Each of them held a piece of black bread, enjoying the experience of eating dirt. Then they both lowered their heads and calmly began to think. The atmosphere between them suddenly became exceptionally harmonious. If it weren't for the messy land and the fallen trees that formed the battlefield, it would be hard to tell that a fierce battle had recently taken place here.

If outsiders saw them, they would definitely mistake them for close friends, companions, or even lovers. After all, their actions were so synchronized, and the atmosphere between them was so harmonious that there was absolutely no sign of them not getting along.

In fact, even Jingu never imagined that one day he could sit so peacefully with the guy next to him, eating bread baked by his mother. You see, her prejudice against Luo Wei was practically written all over her face. Although she had just vented her anger and realized the harsh reality that she was no match for Luo Wei, the main reason was that Jingu had truly accepted it.

After all, no matter how you look at it or how the battle goes, the final result is that Luo Wei is far stronger than himself, and he is also the person his mother trusts the most. If he cooperates with him and entrusts his hopes to him, the probability of saving his mother will be much greater.

After having this thought in his mind, Jingu tried hard to convince himself again and truly let go of past grudges and prejudices.

Since the other party is stronger than himself, he will listen to Luo Wei for the time being. Although they are partners, the principle that the weak listen to the strong is beyond question.

However, whether this is a way for her to save face is completely unknown.

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Time passed slowly, and the two continued to sit side by side.

"Have you calmed down a bit, Jingu?"

After a long silence, Luo Wei spoke up and asked.

"It's alright now, I'm sorry..."

King Gyu also gave a polite reply.

"I just did something a bit too aggressive, but it seems you're not hurt."

Kingu, who had almost gone berserk because of Tiamat's entrustment and the last words his mother left for Lovi, finally calmed down and returned to his original state.

"Yes, I'm fine, but if it were anyone else who had taken that barrage of attacks from you, they would probably have been pierced through by now, right?"

Luo Wei looked at Jingu and spoke.

After all, as someone who had personally experienced it, he had naturally felt Kingu's rage and attack. If he hadn't been there, with his own Divine Right and close-combat abilities countering Kingu, even Gilgamesh might have suffered a great loss.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I was too impulsive and went against my mother's wishes."

"...Anyway, I'm sorry."

Realizing what he had done because of personal grudges and even ignored his mother's instructions, Jingu completely lost his usual temper and transformed into Siegfried, beginning to apologize for his actions.

Seeing this, Luo Wei did not pursue the matter further but continued to discuss the main topic with Jin Gu.

"If you've calmed down, then continue telling me about Tiamat's situation. I know exactly what you're after; you want to continue discussing how to save Tiamat, right?"

"Ah."

Jingu nodded obediently.

"Then tell me what you know first. As Tiamat's child, you certainly know more about her situation than I do."

Although Luo Wei was unclear about the specific changes in Jingu's mindset, there was no doubt that this child of Tiamat was now a comrade on the same side as him.

"Actually, I don't know much about my mother, but I do know some information that is hard for you to know."

After a long silence, Jingu spoke up: "First of all, there is Mother's current state—Mother, although she was gradually devoured because she couldn't suppress the Beast, she definitely did not completely disappear."

"It didn't completely disappear...?"

Upon hearing this important information, Luo Wei raised an eyebrow slightly, then turned to Jingu and asked, "Why are you so sure?"

"Because I can still hear my mother's voice."

"sound?"

"That's right, it's the sound."

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Upon hearing Jingu's words, Luo Wei immediately thought of the [Voice of Heaven] that he had shut down. He had tried to turn it back on not long ago, but this time he could not connect with either Heaven or Tiamat's imaginary space.

“Unlike you and other humans, because I am a mother’s child, I have a certain connection with my mother. I can faintly hear her voice. Long ago, I heard my mother crying in the darkness, but since you appeared, that voice, which was originally full of pain and sorrow, suddenly turned into a melodious tune, and it still exists to this day. Although it is extremely faint, it still exists.”