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

Anna stretched her limbs to make sure there were no problems with her body, and then wanted to go back, but the two of them shook their heads in unison.

"Not yet. The reason your body is normal is because it has been stabilized by my power in the underworld. If you go out, you will still be in a soul state, which will not be able to work. So you will have to wait a while."

Somewhat puzzled, Anna was led by Ereshkigal to the very center of the courtyard, which was shrouded in a cloud of black mist. Inside were tens of thousands of humans who had been brought there for refuge.

“Because we need to build a shelter here, we can’t leave at will. As for you, although your spirit origin has disappeared, you can still find a vessel to possess, just like Ishtar and I did.”

"Keep up the good work, Anna!"

-

"Wait for me here."

After sending Gudako and Mash away, Lovi didn't rush to find Gilgamesh with Merlin, but instead sneaked back into the ruins of the Blood Temple.

Each with a shovel, they groped their way down the ruins of the Blood Temple, reaching the lowest level beneath the structure. Hateful roars, like those of wild beasts, echoed continuously, and terrifying resentment coalesced into a crimson substance.

"Oh dear, oh dear, I really didn't expect it to still be alive. This is really troublesome—"

Sensing the immense resentment and individual beings below, even Merlin couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

When he saw Ritsuka off, he sensed something was wrong, so he came back with Luo Wei to check on the situation, only to encounter this unexpected incident.

At this moment, Gorgon, who should have been sealed by the Temple of Ten Thousand Demons, lay sprawled among flesh and blood. Although her body had been ravaged by the Noble Phantasm released by Anna, due to her immortality, the gaps in her flesh and blood were still healing rapidly.

Upon seeing this, even Merlin, who was known for his laziness, became extremely serious. As he spoke, he drew his holy sword, preparing to find a way to kill Gorgon here.

As long as Anna is alive, Gorgon's regeneration and immortality are too strong. She can withstand several Holy Lance releases and still be full of energy. It is really not an easy thing to kill her completely.

However, just as he was about to dismember Gorgon, Rowe raised his arm to stop him, which surprised Merlin. He asked, "What's wrong?"

"You can't kill her, and neither can I. To kill her, we need the right person."

"Love replied."

"The right person?"

Upon hearing this, Merlin paused, then asked with some confusion, "But Anna isn't..."

The only suitable person Merlin could think of was Anna, who had died not long ago, but Anna wasn't here now, so who could kill Gorgon?

Although Loewy didn't provide an answer, Merlin soon found out.

—Ta-da!

A dark shadow swayed in the darkness, and a deep, resonant chime echoed in my ears.

"This is?!"

Upon hearing this sound, Merlin's eyes narrowed, and he immediately understood what was happening.

"It was him? If it was that person who ended it all, then it would certainly be acceptable..."

However, Loew did not answer Merlin. He simply strode up to Gorgon and looked into her eyes, which were still filled with blood and tears and venomous resentment.

"I am not a savior, and your sins are not worth my efforts to save you—"

His words fell softly, and then a pitch-black death knight wielding a greatsword appeared before Gorgon at some unknown time.

"But please remember, Jingu has always regarded you as a mother figure. Even at the last moment, she begged me to save you. She has never betrayed you, and I can guarantee that."

As Lovi finished speaking, King Hassan beside him silently raised his sword, aiming it at Gorgon's head.

"Your life has been full of tragedy, and after this final madness, it's time for things to calm down, Gorgon. Your anger and hatred will then disappear completely."

I hope you have a good next life.

"I—I know—"

At the last moment, the answer was no longer malice or resentment. A calm appeared in Gorgon's eyes, and his mind, which had been twisted by hatred, gradually calmed down because of the previous battle with Anna.

To this, Lovi gave a calm smile, gently touching Gorgon's forehead with his palm, as if bidding a final farewell to the earth goddess whose life was filled with tragedy.

"Then, I'll leave the rest to you, King Hassan."

He turned around and spoke to the Death Knight behind him.

"I know now, and my sword shall sever his obsession."

When the Death Knight saw that Gorgon had finally submitted to his destiny, he nodded in satisfaction and then prepared to swing the sword of death in his hand.

Wang Hassan: "Earth Mother Goddess, whose eyes are blinded by the fire of hatred, you exhaust all things, burning the earth, but what will you ultimately gain?"

"Is it foolish to give up on oneself and then annihilate oneself?"

"However, at the end of the game, he was still able to let go of his grudges and resolve his past grievances. This sudden enlightenment is truly commendable."

"Now I will draw my sword and grant you liberation!"

"—Azrael, the Angel of Death!"

Death's words fell softly, and then a ghostly blue light illuminated the dark cave.

With the slash, even Anna, far away in the underworld, could feel that a part of herself, or rather Medusa, had been severed.

"rest in peace."

Watching the Gorgon perish, Lovi nodded slightly to King Hassan before him, expressing his gratitude.

After doing all this, the dark Death Knight nodded to Rowe behind him, and then his figure once again turned into a wisp of black mist and disappeared in the wind.

Chapter 283 Rahm

"So where exactly is it? The location Gilgamesh mentioned."

"Go to the coast, follow the direction of the waves, and you'll be right on the way to Tiamat."

"So that means we're going to go straight for Tiamat?"

"Okay, let's go straight to the lane."

"Can I not go? I don't think I'd be of much help in this kind of thing, would I?"

Merlin said with a forced smile.

"What do you say?"

In response, Luo Wei gave him a look that you can guess.

"I'm really impressed with you. Alright, but I need to make some things clear. I can help with things like clearing out mobs, but I'm not the real me. I'm just a regular Servant in Caster form with my Spirit Origin. Most of my abilities are support-oriented. If it's a battle against a really strong enemy, I'm afraid I can't be of much help to you."

Merlin frowned, then spoke more seriously. Although he always liked to present himself as a cynical and frivolous person, he had actually been doing what he was best at since he arrived at this singularity—thinking.

How can we help Gilgamesh make the best use of the summoned Servants, persuade him to give up the urge to go to the battlefield himself, help him work overtime, deal with the Three Goddess Alliance, protect her female body to prevent her from causing trouble, and strengthen Tiamat's own seal to buy time?

It can be said that Merlin has always been thinking things through in his own way, which is why he can always appear at the right time. However, no matter how much he thinks, in the end, it still proves the saying that plans can't keep up with changes. The current changes have exceeded any of the developments he had anticipated.

"Do you remember what you told me before about Gorgon and what would happen next?"

Long ago, because Rowe didn't have the habit of being a riddle teller, he could say he was telling everyone directly what was going to happen and explained everything that might happen to others. Naturally, he also knew very well the connection between Gorgon and Tiamat.

"That Gorgon can be considered an agent of Tiamat's will. Because of his own resentment towards humanity, coupled with inheriting Tiamat's negative emotions and hatred, he became so insane. After all, she was a goddess, and no matter how she changed, she shouldn't have become the miserable person she was not long ago. Her appearance was too different from that of a goddess. Quetzalcoatl and Ereshkigal also described Gorgon, and they described him as a rational avenger, not a madman. Therefore, I think Gorgon's change was too abrupt."

Merlin analyzed the situation carefully, saying, "After seeing Gorgon, you should be able to deduce more details from her condition, right? For example, Tiamat's situation. Although they are not the same person, Gorgon is still connected to Tiamat's evil side. The rational avenger we saw before symbolized that although Tiamat had anger, she still possessed reason, which is the side we saw being suppressed. But now Gorgon has become a complete madman, which means that there is almost no possibility of reconciliation with Tiamat's evil side. You must have realized that."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Luo Wei remained silent and did not reply.

However, as the vehicle moved forward, their path was blocked by the corpses of several enormous monsters. Due to the urgency of the situation, they were unable to dismount and move the road.

"Get off the bus and walk. Your Warcraft is too conspicuous in this situation."

"Okay, I understand. Then come back first, Hot Sand Sphinx."

After hearing Merlin's words, Lovi immediately recalled the Sand Sphinx, preparing to walk the rest of the way with Merlin, who continued to share his conjectures.

"Your intervention has changed too much. Tiamat, Jingu, and even Goetia. You could say you've completely shattered the original development. This isn't something that can be explained by the butterfly effect. You've essentially rewritten the script. Whether it's good or bad, we're all characters in this new script now, and we can only act alongside you until the end. Romani, you should be very clear about that, right?"

This wasn't just a monologue; Merlin tapped his livestreaming equipment as he spoke, inquiring about another crucial party involved. Meanwhile, on the Chaldea side, Dr. Roman, overwhelmed with numerous troubles, also appeared on the screen.

"I understand everything clearly, and you could even say that I've solved everything I wanted to do and everything I should have done. Everything is in complete chaos. I've gone from being a parent who should take responsibility for solving everything to a complete outsider."

Romani said helplessly, "Without the ring, without the spirit origin, and without wisdom, even if I really jumped out to prove my identity, the final result would definitely be that I would be slapped back by Goetia and humiliated again, right? This kind of script is really like God's sadistic humor."

"While watching my children call someone else 'father' to my face is indeed a complex feeling, you've done a better job than me in every way. At least I couldn't have made Floros and Barbatos forgive me so easily, nor could I have made Goetia repent. The incineration of humanity has stopped, and I've detected that the distortion of spacetime has been repaired. Goetia did indeed stop because of you, which makes me very gratified. So even if you really replace me, this irresponsible guy, as Solomon, it's a good choice. Although it might sound a bit easy to say this from a position of privilege, I still hope you can treat the demons I've hurt kindly. They are all good children, even Goetia, he's not bad..."

Because Chaldea's communication equipment was broken, all the other staff were sent to repair Chaldea, leaving only Holmes, Da Vinci, and Roman, who knew the truth, in the control room, which is why they were able to express their true feelings so frankly.

However, before he could finish speaking, Holmes, who was sitting to the side organizing intelligence, suddenly spoke up loudly.

"Mr. Roman, although I really don't want to interrupt your heartfelt moment, I still have something I want to remind you of."

"Merlin! Mr. Lowe, I've detected more than a dozen unusual life force reactions over there. Be careful! They're right next to you!"

"Beside you—?!"

Upon hearing Holmes's sudden voice, Merlin's eyes widened. He turned around and looked around, searching for the target Holmes had mentioned. However, the next moment, the monster's corpse suddenly burst open.

Bang--!!

--puff!!

A spray of dark red blood, carrying steaming entrails, splattered out and obscured their vision. As Merlin watched in astonishment, a dark, twisted monster crawled out of the monster's corpse.

clang!

Although his vision was momentarily obstructed, Luo Wei still managed to launch a counterattack in the instant the crisis arrived. Ignoring the splattering blood, his crimson hand grabbed the suddenly appearing black monster, gripped it tightly in his palm, raised it high, and ignited a ball of flame, turning it to ashes.

But on the other side, or rather all around, more and more sounds of ruptured chests and spurting blood rang out like firecrackers, and for a moment, a rain of blood began to fall from the sky.

"Ugh! What a disgusting entrance! Is this how the monster you predicted makes its debut?!"

Because of his slow reaction, Merlin, covered in blood, complained as he tapped his staff on the ground a few times. With the activation of flower magic, the filthy blood on his body instantly turned into petals and scattered. At that moment, he finally saw what the enemy that Lovi had mentioned, who had crawled out of the monster's belly, actually looked like.

That can hardly be called a "living thing" at all!!

"@@/!!##——￥&&&!!

The mouth was emitting indistinct, strange noises, which could be from the mouth itself, since Merlin couldn't biologically determine whether the organ was actually a mouth.

A series of strange, chaotic sounds seemed to be speech, but their meaning was unclear. Just hearing them made people feel physically uncomfortable and nauseous. The extremely twisted, pitch-black body writhed and twitched like a spider, while crawling rapidly toward the two people with extremely grotesque movements.

"Although I had expected it, seeing Rahmu in person still made me feel physically uncomfortable!"

Cleansing himself of the filth, feeling as if his eyes had been polluted, Merlin drew his longsword and swiftly parried the sneak attack coming from behind.

"￥￥！@@！——＃＃！！"