Or, why don’t you find another savior?

Shiomi used Gungnir as a staff and chanted the complete spell, guiding the strong winds in the sky to obey his will, turning them into shields and sharp blades, tearing apart the approaching Lahm.

Ishtar and Gilgamesh were fighting on their own, but both provided just the right amount of attack support. Even though they were surrounded by Lahmu, the pterosaur under his feet was still able to move forward.

Tiamat's huge figure further enlarged in the field of vision, and one had to turn his head to take in the entire body.

But even so, it would take time for the attack to reach Tiamat.

“You guys are rushing too far!” Quetzal’s pterosaur caught up with them. “How come my pterosaur can fly so fast… Wow?”

A rune stone was thrown into Quetzal's hands by Shiomi, and the power of the original rune immediately came to the pterosaur. The sudden acceleration made Quetzal almost lose his balance, and he was about to be carried by the pterosaur into Lahmu.

"This speed couldn't be better!"

Quetzal was delighted by the break from convention, and her fists and maqawite pierced through the bodies of one Rahmu after another.

This alone was not enough for Quetzal. He ignored the burden of his spiritual base and began to use the power of the Lord God, summoning the flames of the sun to burn Lahmu within his field of vision.

The damage that exceeded his spiritual base's capacity was also splendidly ignored by Quetzal, who transformed himself into a pure warrior and launched a series of attacks.

"Piercing through the heavens and the earth, is the steady approach of thunder, the 'Noble Holy War'!"

Noticing that Lahmu had begun to be able to deal with the wind-attribute magic, Shiomi instantly changed the nature of the magic, and the galloping thunder swept across the dark sky battlefield again.

"Master, I will temporarily leave the pterosaur! Please pay attention to the reception!" Altria exerted a little force with her feet and jumped up from the back of the pterosaur.

Using Lahmu's body as a stepping stone, she released her magic without hesitation. The light of the holy sword under the dark sky was like the last ray of light leading to victory.

Xijian couldn't help but feel excited.

I believe that the people and soldiers of Britain, as well as the Knights of the Round Table, must have seen this light and followed it without hesitation.

But since she was charging alone and had no ability to fly on her own, Altria's advance had reached its limit.

She revealed the golden light hidden by the "Wind King Barrier" and swept forward. The light of the holy sword further devoured Lahmu, opening the way for the pterosaur to Tiamat.

Having lost her footing and upward force, Altria naturally fell down, and was barely able to be caught by Shiomi's hand and returned to the pterosaur's back.

"It's too messy." This was all Xijian could complain.

"Even the Master likes to mess around, how can he ask his Servant not to do so?" Altria half-knelt on the pterosaur's back to avoid obstructing Shiomi's magic route.

“That’s right—!”

Seeing that Xi hadn't finished his words yet, he suddenly raised his gun and stabbed it, piercing through the big mouth of Rahm who was rushing over.

The mouth was still opening and closing, trying to bite Xijian, but he pinched it hard, and runes suddenly covered the body of this Lahmu.

Then he was thrown out by Shiomi as a throwing prop.

With the help of Rune's three-stage acceleration, Lahmu turned into a glowing cannonball, hitting many of its kind, and suddenly exploded when it flew into the Lahmu cluster.

"My Master is really not much inferior." Altria admired Shiomi's attacking style.

Although this kind of dialogue can ease the mood on the sky battlefield, it still cannot cover up the numerical gap between the enemy and us.

Following the initial breakthrough route, the pterosaurs on Xijian's side can now hardly move forward. It is like digging an underground tunnel with human power. They destroy the outer layer of Lahmu bit by bit while advancing inwards.

They were already close enough to launch an effective attack against Tiamat, but they could only watch as Tiamat ignored them and slowly but relentlessly advanced towards Uruk.

"Gilgamesh!" Hakuno saw the difficulty and gave instructions.

"Good judgment, let me respond!"

Gilgamesh laughed arrogantly, and using the power of the treasures in the treasury, he ignored the Lahmu and rose higher into the sky.

Upon discovering that Hakuno Kishinami was alone, Rahmu tried to approach Vimana to attack Hakuno, but was intercepted and destroyed by Ishtar's attack.

"Thank you, Ishtar," Hakuno said.

"You don't need to thank me. This is just a reward from the city god for your contribution to the governance of Uruk." Ishtar snorted.

She was very nice to Bai Ye.

After all, before Chaldea arrived, Ishtar had contact with Hakuno during the several times she harassed Uruk.

Ishtar was very satisfied with Hakuno as the acting king, and even said, "If you cut off the contract with Gilgamesh, I will help you protect Uruk."

Of course, this sentence remained just words in the end.

After confirming that there was no problem here, Shiomi gave up the plan of returning to support Vimana. He raised his head and looked at the sky covered with dark clouds, which was suddenly lit up by thousands of golden stars.

"The King's Treasure".

What do you mean only 10% left... Isn't there still a lot left? Xijian couldn't help but complain in his heart.

A torrential rain of treasures poured down, accurately hitting each Lahmu, and the Wall of Lahmu that originally blocked the flight path cracked again.

"It's now!"

Shiomi squatted down and controlled the pterosaur, and a colorless barrier made of magic power surrounded the pterosaur.

They approached Tiamat step by step.

There was clearly only the whistling of the wind in my ears and the noise of Lahmu's neighing, but it seemed as if there was a voice laughing wildly.

But these were all episodes, as they finally approached the effective range to launch an attack on Tiamat.

Shiomi prepares to summon the Axe of Marduk, allowing Quetzal to use it as a throwing weapon to repeatedly attack Tiamat.

"Wait a minute, Master!"

Altria called out to him.

The reason was simple, the treasure launched by Gilgamesh gradually covered the area of ​​Tiamat, but the resulting explosion did not cause any damage.

Still Tiamat moved forward.

"It seems that we have to stop Tiamat first, otherwise the axe of Marduk might miss the target." Xi Jian narrowed his eyes.

Quetzal slapped his fist.

"In that case, we can only evaporate the black mud below first!"

Chapter 1: Dialogue of Power ()

"evaporation?"

The method proposed by Quetzalcoatl made Shiomi stunned for a moment.

She is the South American sun goddess, and is undoubtedly able to use the power of the sun to create heat intense enough to evaporate the chaotic tides beneath Tiamat's feet and even melt the earth.

"Solar calendar stone?" asked Xijian.

"As long as the true name of that treasure is released and the black mud covering the earth is evaporated, Tiamat's progress can be stopped." Quetzal said, "Then -"

The answer is simple. Tiamat needed the support of the Chaos Tide to land on the Mesopotamian Plain from the Persian Gulf.

Tiamat, the symbol of the primordial mother and the sea of ​​life, cannot step directly onto the earth in her current form.

A mobile living factory, with enough magical power to launch interstellar travel, and a huge amount of life seeds stored in the body.

That is the Ark of God, which will take hundreds of years for humans in the 21st century to realize.

At the same time, it is the true face of the goddess Tiamat.

"Can it be that simple?" Shiomi was skeptical. "As long as it is something that was born in the correct human history, then..."

"That's just a one-sided statement. The divinity and power of Mesopotamia cannot hurt Tiamat, but I am the main god from faraway South America. If I attack with all my strength, although I may not cause fatal damage, at least I can get a chance to attack with the Axe of Marduk!" Quetzal clenched his fists, showed a hearty smile, and killed several Lahmu.

Xi Jian stood with legs apart on the pterosaur's back: "Even if you are the Lord God, how long can your current spiritual foundation support you in exercising that power?"

"..." Quetzal was stunned by this question.

"Then... should we use the Axe of Marduk directly?" Artoria raised her hand and fired a small-scale holy spear, bombarding Lahmu who was hovering in the sky.

"I think this method is safer." Shiomi stood firm, "But someone must attract Tiamat's attention, otherwise these Lahm will surround us and prevent the release of the Noble Phantasm."

As soon as these words were spoken, both Altria and Quetzal realized what Shiomi was planning to do.

"Master, you should understand that facing Tiamat, your power..." Altria felt a headache. She wanted to dissuade him, but turned around and saw Shiomi's determined expression.

Xi Jian smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter, the first time is new, the second time is familiar, I will not be swallowed up by my mother's will and power so easily!"

After looking at Xijian in silence for two seconds, Quetzal also acknowledged his determination.

"Then go ahead, and don't forget to summon the Axe of Marduk in advance."

"I will do that!" Shiomi patted Altria's shoulder, "The control of the pterosaur is now in your hands."

Altria crouched on the pterosaur's back and grabbed the reins: "Go, Master."

"...How about calling me by my name next time? Calling me Master, Master, doesn't sound equal at all." Xijian said with a smile, and jumped off the pterosaur's back.

He repeated the process of Artoria charging into the flying swarm of Lahmu just a moment ago, except that Shiomi, who was able to rely on magic to maintain low-altitude flight and floating, could more clearly circle to the front of Tiamat.

Although its speed is not as fast as Kingo who uses Enkidu's body and can exceed the speed of sound, it is still faster than Tiamat on the move.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

The roars of the Lahms were no longer unrecognizable syllables; they had gradually mastered the human language.

But even so, it cannot change the fact that the Lahms act with the consciousness of the entire species and are by no means new life.

Shiomi hovered in front of Tiamat, holding Gungnir horizontally in his hands as a staff, and no longer paid attention to the movements of Lahmu and others.

Because all the Lahms who were able to get close to him were shot down by treasure or holy spear before they could get close.

"From now on, it's time to talk with power, mother." Shiomi addressed the original mother with respect, "Your anger is justified, and your wish is deeply sad, but... humans must move on from childhood and leave the mother's arms, so--"

Tiamat's eyes were naturally fixed on Shiomi, who was obviously smaller than Rahmu's body, so small that he could be ignored compared to her.

But the Original Mother could not ignore Shiomi's existence.

In other words, it is impossible to ignore the power that is of the same nature as hers but is extremely immature.

“Aaaaa————!”

A voice like a song or a story echoed in the air.

"Unfortunately, I still don't understand it now."

After Shiomi sighed softly, his eyes widened with anger, and a drop of blood dripped from the hand that was holding Gungnir.

A drop of blood so small that no one could notice it did not dissipate in the process of falling. Instead, it was wrapped in magic power and merged into the tide of chaos covering the earth.

"AaaaaAaaaa————!"

Almost in an instant, Tiamat felt the presence of this drop of blood and made a more violent sound.

"As expected, even the smallest movement will be noticed." Shiomi's body has begun to collapse.

Blood oozed from his eyes, nose, mouth, and even ears.

He felt as if his body was being torn in a thousand directions by a thousand Lahms, and the severe pain almost deprived Shiomi of consciousness in an instant.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA –!!!!”

Shiomi let out a roar that was drowned out by the wind and explosion.

The first drop of blood is like a seed falling into the soil.

Sprout, take root, grow.

The surging tide of chaos gradually stagnated and transformed into towering trees that grew one by one.

The Mesopotamian plain, which had lost its vitality and had long since turned into a primordial hell, is blooming with life again.

Even if they are just giant trees and weeds that can't speak or walk.

The forest, which even the tide of Chaos could not swallow again, finally grew large enough in a short period of time to wrap around Tiamat and hinder her movements.

Of course, it's just a hindrance.

Tiamat did stop moving temporarily because she lost the Chaos Tide under her feet.

But this was because Shiomi was trying his best to fight against the backlash of power. Otherwise, in less than a second, these trees would be reduced to ashes and turned into endless black mud again, and he would repeat the failure of the day before.

How long can it last?

5 seconds? 10 seconds?

Xijian didn't know either.

But he knew that both Tiamat and Lahmu were attracted by him.

The star eyes of the Original Mother Goddess were staring at him, and an overwhelming surge of consciousness attacked Shiomi's spirit along with the resonance of power.