Or, why don’t you find another savior?

"It's my own thing to love my disciple, but I don't want to see anything happen to you. I feel the same way." Scathach closed her eyes and glanced at the Lion King with her open eyes. "If you bear the Holy Lance alone like last time, it's hard to say what will happen."

"Please rest assured that my Holy Lance and Holy Sword will only be dedicated to the Master from now on, and will never harm him in return." Artoria placed her hand on her plump chest and responded gracefully, "As long as this spiritual foundation is still there, I will fight for the Master until my last breath."

"This statement is so unlucky..." Xi Jian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"That's best."

Morgan said, and after kissing Xijian goodbye in front of them, he was the first to leave the room.

"Wow... Can the one who stays behind kiss his beloved disciple goodbye? Why don't we cancel the drawing of lots next time? I also want to try this method." Scathach seemed to be thinking about something and said that it would be her turn to stay behind next time.

"Is it okay?" Altria was puzzled, as if she had forgotten what she had done last in the sixth singularity.

"You are so forgetful, Knight King." Scathach waved her hand.

“……”Altoria was stunned and smiled to herself.

Xi Jian couldn't complain, so he could only greet the two of them and walk outside:

"It's almost time to set off. This time, Siduri provided us with a carriage. In addition to exchanging bottles for seawater sampling, we also need to deliver supplies to the people at the observatory."

"This time we're taking the main road on the plains. There won't be any attacks from monsters or the like. It's almost like an outing." Scathach stretched lazily, unscrupulously showing off her well-proportioned body under her tights.

"Even if there are monsters, it's almost the same." Xijian said.

"But what if it's an attack by the Three Goddesses Alliance?" asked Altria.

Shiomi thought for a moment and said, "According to the Moon King, that observatory is the only place that the Three Goddesses Alliance will not attack. But the specific reason is unknown."

"It's really disturbing." Altria said helplessly.

Chapter 20: Dream of Origin

It was an endless deep ocean.

Shiomi floated in it like a sea fish and slowly sank.

--Don't go --Don't go --

A distant voice came from the darkness of the deep sea, full of sadness and nostalgia.

"Who is it?"

--Don't go --Stay --

——Don’t go…

—Come back... come back once more — come back to me —

The sound was intermittent, like a dream talk, repeating over and over again, sad and gentle, like a mother's words to her child.

Forcefully opening his eyes and looking towards the darkness where the sound came from, Shiomi saw a distant light.

Again... again... no... no -

Never again... again...

Can't--love me again...

The light flickered and swayed across the sea water. Shiomi wanted to get closer, so he stretched out his hand and tried to push away the sea water and swim towards there.

Snapped--

This hand was grabbed by someone.

"...Master? Master?"

Suddenly opening her eyes, Shiomi woke up from a strange dream, but could only see half of the sky.

The hand he stretched out was grabbed by someone, and the person who held his hand was Altria.

He slept under a tree with his head resting on her thighs.

An indescribable wonderful smell surrounded Shiomi's nostrils. He slightly shifted his gaze and could see the blue underwear that was tightly attached to Altria's lower abdomen, and the shape of her abdomen was clearly visible as a result.

The soft touch of the thighs feels like a ball of warm water.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Shiomi tried to sit up from Altria's arms, but he moved too hastily and his forehead accidentally hit her plump chest, causing Altria to let out a subtle groan.

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"...Sorry..." Xijian sat up and said to her.

"No, it's okay." Altria suppressed her shyness and raised her hand to signal, "The Master is awake."

"Am I... asleep?" Shiomi asked while sitting cross-legged next to Altria.

Altria shook her head, "More accurately, he was unconscious."

"Yeah..." Shiomi gradually recalled what happened.

This is the coast of the Persian Gulf, and the observatory is located on a rocky mountain on one side of the bay.

They set out from Uruk, drove their chariots at a steady speed, and finally arrived at the coast of the Persian Gulf near dusk.

Shiomi, who had never been to the third singularity, saw the sea for the first time in a long time, so she decided to take a walk on the beach before going to the observatory...

Then, he passed out until just now.

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"About fifteen minutes." Altria pointed to the communicator on Shiomi's wrist, which had a built-in electronic clock.

"...Where's the Master?"

"Because the Master suddenly fainted, Scathach is in charge of handing over supplies and exchanging seawater samples with the observatory staff. I will stay here to take care of and protect the Master." said Altria.

"Master really doesn't waste time." Xi Jian let out a long sigh, then teased with a smile.

But then he noticed Altria's worried look, and couldn't maintain his smile, so he restrained himself again.

"Master, are you feeling unwell? Why did you suddenly faint?" Altria asked with concern.

Shiomi lowered her head and looked at the grass at her feet: "It's not that I feel uncomfortable, it's that I heard a 'voice'."

"sound?"

"Very sad, very warm, just like..." Shiomi slowly described the brief dream, "--like a mother abandoned by her child..."

When he arrived at the beach, he looked at the wide Persian Gulf leading to the Indian Ocean, and then his mind seemed to suddenly go blank and he fainted.

"A mother abandoned by her child..." Altria looked at Shiomi, "Could it be related to your lost past?"

"If it were somewhere else, I might think so." Shiomi frowned and shook his head, "But here in the seventh singularity, I can't think so."

"why?"

"Do you remember what the Moon King said yesterday?" Xi Jian asked.

"The god Tiamat."

"In the Mesopotamian creation myth, the mother goddess Tiamat and the father god Abzu gave birth to children. However, Abzu, who was born in a peaceful world, decided to kill all the children because the children made the world noisy. But Abzu failed. Before he could kill his own children, he was killed by them. The world became more noisy, and the blame was directed at Tiamat. The mother goddess was also betrayed by her own children. The sad Tiamat gave birth to eleven children to fight against the gods, but ultimately failed—"

Shiomi briefly recounted the Mesopotamian creation myth, stood up from the ground, and stepped on the ground with his toes.

"After her defeat, Tiamat was torn apart by the gods. Her torn body floated on the sea and was relocated by the gods, eventually becoming the land of Mesopotamia."

"So Master, you think that the voice calling you comes from the sleeping god Tiamat?" Altria understood.

"Maybe..." Shiomi reached out to Altria, "The power I touched, if I think about it carefully, isn't it exactly the same as the power of the god Tiamat in mythology?"

Holding Shiomi's hand, Altria stood up from under the tree: "So for this reason, the Master sensed the goddess Tiamat, or was sensed by her?"

"Maybe. Maybe he was mistaken for her lost child." Shiomi looked at Altria's hands covered in blue gloves and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Looking at his hand, Altria turned her wrist slightly, wanting to hold it back, trying to calm the uneasiness that was rising in his heart at the moment.

However, before she could open her mouth, she saw in her peripheral vision a contrail passing through the clouds and streaking across the azure sky, traveling at a speed exceeding the speed of sound, heading towards the beach.

There were only a few seconds left before the two sides came into contact.

“Life Barrier!”

Without hesitation, Shiomi cast defensive magic and, at the moment the UFO fell, built a transparent barrier to resist the shock wave that was comparable to that of a meteorite impact.

"I didn't expect that after seeing the Demon Pillar, you didn't choose to hold on, but instead reduced the force going out to investigate... It seems that you have deep confidence in your own fighting ability."

The fake Enkidu stood up from the dust and walked over leisurely, his voice full of arrogance.

"One Master and one Servant. With so few people, even I can't help but take this opportunity to get rid of you."

"In this one-on-one contact, you can't even hide the aura of the Magic King, you fake one."

Shiomi held the red spear, and behind him, Altria had already changed into military uniform and held the holy spear in her hand.

"My intuition is correct. I am indeed an impostor of Enkidu. I just changed my master. Humans are really hopeless."

"Oh? How about you tell us your real name before we kill you?"

"How dare you say that, human. If you can do it!"

The fake Enkidu opened his arms, and with dense chains, he rushed out from the golden gate that emerged from the void.

Chapter 21: Battle with False Enkidu

Facing the densely attacking chains, Altria dodged and rushed in front of Shiomi, sweeping the holy spear in her hand forward. The compressed "Wind King Barrier" was suddenly released, disrupting the attack trajectory of the chains.

The strong wind blew the white robe of the fake Enkidu, but he was unmoved. He watched Xijian take a zigzag route, rush up to him in one breath, stab him with the red spear, and then he raised his hand to block it.

"You said he changed his master? Do you mean that the person he is loyal to has changed, or..." Shiomi pushed the spear blade forward, but was blocked by the fake Enkidu who turned his hand into a broadsword, "Is that body stolen?"

"That's harsh..." Fake Enkidu responded mockingly, "It's just a trivial matter. I will be the enemy of mankind until I am destroyed. No matter what happens, this will not change. I will prove it with your lives now!"

The power of the broadsword suddenly increased, pushing away Shiomi's red spear and slashing at his body diagonally from top to bottom.

This attack was blocked by Zhu Qiang, and the two swords produced violent sparks.

But the attack from the fake Enkidu was just a sleight of hand. The chains fired from the dozens of golden gates that opened behind him were the real attack.

Shiomi dodged backwards but didn't have time to adjust his posture in the air and prepare to launch a magical defense.

At this time, Artoria had already jumped up, and after accumulating magic power, the holy spear fired a golden torrent.

There is no need to release the real name, the Holy Spear can also launch an attack of a certain scale, and the fake Enkidu has to raise his hand to defend.

"Oh? Is that the 'needle' that fixes the world? It's quite powerful." He commented with ease, "Since you are also a goddess, why don't you continue to associate with humans? Joining the Goddess Alliance is the best option, right?"

"I reject."

Artoria brandished the holy spear, deflecting the continuous attacks while responding to the opponent's proposal.

"Now I will only fight for humanity!"

"Really? Then I'll have to ask you to come with us." The fake Enkidu pressed his hands on the sand, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly gathered huge magical power.

Hundreds of golden doors opened on the beach by the sea. What emerged from those doors were no longer chains, but various weapons.

"Gilgamesh's 'King's Treasure'?"

Although when he saw the fake Enkidu turning his arms into weapons before, and with the chains shot out from the door, Shiomi vaguely felt that there were some similarities between the other party's fighting style and Gilgamesh's.

"Make no mistake. Creating blades without limit and firing without reservation is the best fighting style for this body." The fake Enkidu raised his chin arrogantly. "That man is just a poor imitation of my fighting style."

Chains and various weapons were fired alternately from both directions. Unlike Artoria who was a Servant, the opponent was extremely efficient as a war machine.

While retreating, she activated the "Wind King Barrier" and used the power of the Holy Lance to interrupt the attacks of these weapons, but she still felt a little tired.

Xijian had a premonition that the battle might spread to the observatory at any time. He heard from his master that the people in the observatory were being evacuated.

It will take several minutes to fully evacuate.

Therefore, it is more necessary to narrow the scope of the battle within a certain area.

The other party will definitely not accept it honestly, and may even find out at some point that Shiomi needs to protect those ordinary people.

"What's wrong? You're having a hard time moving! I'm about to be chopped into pieces—"

A chain entangled the holy spear, interfering with Altria's next move. She drew out the holy sword and prepared to fight back.

Seeing this, the fake Enkidu grinned and laughed even more wildly.

At this time, Shiomi made a clear statement:

"A pseudo-inherent barrier is deployed, 'Eternal Orkney'."