How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

What's the difference between this and asking the warden for a cell?

Everyone else would avoid it like the plague, but you, on the contrary, have delivered yourself right to their doorstep.

Ereshkigal deliberately put on a threatening act, but she knew that Yudo wouldn't be intimidated by her, so she could only purse her lips and ask him what he needed a gun cage for.

After Yudu said he would use it as material for alchemy, he clearly saw an indescribable expression flash across Ereshkigal's face.

"...I just happened to have freed up the souls of those humans in Kusa City, which freed up a batch of gun cages. I'll send them over to you in a bit."

After saying this, Yudu saw Ishtar close her eyes again and fall down, her head hitting the stone steps next to her with a sound that was hard to describe as either crisp or dull.

Yu Du: "..."

Could it be that Ereshkigal is using this account specifically to get revenge on Ishtar?

……

the next day.

Uruk, ziggurat.

"Well done, Fujimaru Ritsuka!"

Gilgamesh was listening to Yudu and his companions report on their journey to the underworld.

Upon hearing that they had not only rescued the souls of all the citizens of Kusa, but had even brought Ereshkigal into our camp, I couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Only a few days have passed, and two of the three goddesses in the alliance have defected to their side, leaving only the Beast Goddess Gorgon as a lone commander.

Of course, this is also because Quetzalcoatl and Ereshkigal are biased towards humans, so Gorgon is unlikely to become part of their fighting force.

Gilgamesh glanced at the Destiny Tablet in his hand, then, as if losing interest, was about to throw it aside when he suddenly noticed Fujimaru Ritsuka below the throne.

"Speaking of which, have you ever seen this Destiny Tablet, Fujimaru?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed to herself: "Eh? Me? I haven't seen it, but Yuu Watari seems to have..."

She remembered that when she first received the Destiny Tablet, You Du seemed to have been looking at it for quite a while, but she didn't know if he had figured out anything about it.

"That won't do! As the hero who retrieved my lost Destiny Tablet, you have the right to examine it! Siduri!"

Gilgamesh smiled and handed the Destiny Tablet to Siduri, who understood and passed it to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't know why Gilgamesh insisted on showing her the clay tablet, she still curiously examined the Destiny Tablet in her hand from beginning to end.

Yeah, I really can't understand it at all.

Before half of her thoughts could even form in her mind, Fujimaru Ritsuka's consciousness was interrupted, and she promptly fainted on the spot, only to be caught and placed on the ground by Yuuto, who had anticipated this.

"senior!"

"Fujimaru!"

Mashu and Dr. Roman from Chaldea both gasped in surprise.

"Calm down, Master is alright." Yu Du reassured the frightened group. "She is probably receiving the future foreshadowed by the Destiny Tablet in her dream. She will wake up soon."

However, Yu Du was also a little frustrated when he said this. They were looking at the same clay tablet, so why did he not have any reaction when he looked at it?

The souls of the 900 citizens of Kusa City have now returned to their bodies and are currently being cared for in the basement of the Divine Tower. After confirming that nothing had been overlooked, Yuuto and the others moved the unconscious Fujimaru Ritsuka back to their residence.

Lying back on the bed, Yudo picked up the gun cage that Ereshkigal had given him.

[Gun Cage: A]

[A gun-shaped cage controlled by Ereshkigal, the mistress of the underworld, it has the power to imprison souls. It is said that Ereshkigal also uses it as a weapon to pierce the bodies of her enemies.]

"Hmm... the gun cage's rating is indeed quite high. What other materials should I add..."

Yuuto lay in bed thinking about the card he wanted to create, and unknowingly drifted off to sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, all he saw was a blue flame.

Chapter 86 The So-Called Crown

Once upon a time, there was a king with the ability to see the past and the future, who clearly understood all the tragedies and sorrows of the world, yet he did nothing about it.

[If it were ignorance, that would be one thing, but that Wang clearly knew all of this, yet he still kept laughing.]

You Du heard a deep male voice say this in the darkness.

Goetia...

Knowing the true identity of the voice, Yuto frowned, realizing that he was now, like Fujimaru Ritsuka, watching the contents recorded on the Destiny Tablet through a dream.

In the voice's narration, he saw a scene of utter devastation.

It was war, famine, disease, death...

He saw King Solomon sitting on his magnificent white throne, covering his face with his hands and laughing wildly, as if he were enjoying the pain and tragedy he had experienced in life.

At this moment, the voice was filled with indignation, as if it were angry at the king's actions.

This man must never be forgiven.

Blue flames flowed like liquid from around the throne down the steps below it.

Build temples to leave a legacy for those who will follow in the future! Accumulate rays of light!

The flowing flames coalesced into a pillar of fire, rising from the ground in an illogical manner and spreading towards the sky, burning out a hollow that looked very familiar to You Du as if following some invisible trajectory.

King Solomon on the throne stopped his maniacal laughter, opened his eyes which were white with black pupils and crimson, and spoke in the tone of an NPC in a game introducing quest details.

"Find the path to the Final Singularity, where the throne of the Magic King lies..."

He opened his palm, and the seven golden chalices floating in his hand transformed into seven azure planets in the light, which were then burned away one by one by blue flames.

"That cosmic realm is called Solomon, the extreme of the end, the altar of the time vortex, the hope of reaching the origin—"

The dream abruptly ended at that moment.

Yuto opened his eyes and saw the ceiling of the room. The gun cage was placed next to him, in the same position as it had been before he went to sleep, proving that no one had entered his room while he was asleep.

The light streaming in from the window had turned a dim yellow, clearly indicating that it was already evening.

"Tsk, did I actually sleep for this long?"

Hearing Mash's voice, "Senpai, you're finally awake," coming from the next room, Yuuto shook his head, regained some clarity, put away his gun cage, and went into Fujimaru Ritsuka's room.

It just so happens that Merlin was explaining the Grand Caster to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Unlike ordinary Servants summoned by the Holy Grail and used as tools to fight other Heroic Spirits, the Heroic Spirits with the Grand rank are the true seven chosen by the Root.

In terms of combat power alone, there is an insurmountable gap between them and ordinary Servants.

However, whenever Yuuto thought that Merlin was also one of the candidates for Grand Magus, he couldn't help but subconsciously think that Grand Magus were weaker than other Grand-class Servants.

He single-handedly lowered the overall evaluation of the class...

Merlin, what a terrifying fellow...

Having absorbed too much information at once, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who appeared somewhat listless, noticed Yuuto entering the room and raised her hand to greet him.

This information was merely a review for Yuuto, but for Fujimaru Ritsuka, it was entirely new knowledge. Coupled with the fact that she didn't yet understand the meaning of the words she heard in her dream, she felt a sudden tightness in her head.

This is probably what it feels like to be filled with knowledge.

Fujimaru Ritsuka gave a bitter laugh to herself.

The others only then realized that they hadn't seen Yuuto for a day, and Mashu asked him curiously where he had gone.

"...I'm in the next room."

No, not one of you actually thought of looking for me?

Feeling somewhat speechless, Yuuto revealed that he had also had the same dream as Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Yudou, did you have that dream too?!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka felt somewhat delighted. There were still many things she didn't understand about the dream, and now she could ask Yuuto, who had the same dream, for help.

Before she could even speak, she heard a cacophony of noise from the crowd outside the house.

What happened?

……

Quetzal Coyatter is back.

And they brought back the citizens of Eridu and Ur together with the leopard people.

The brief period of chaos and noise was caused by the large influx of people into Uruk.

They are different from the 900 citizens of Kusa City. The citizens of Kusa City were initially carried into the city as corpses, and even though they have been resurrected, they still need to recuperate in the basement of the Divine Tower, so they will not cause any chaos in Uruk.

The citizens of Eridu and Ur entered Uruk while fully conscious, so they were not as still as corpses. It is normal for a large influx of outsiders into a city in a short period of time to cause such chaos.

However, things quickly returned to normal thanks to the arrangements made by King Gilgamesh after he learned of the incident.

"Hi everyone! Big sister is back!"

Lifting the curtain of the building, which had been designated as the Chaldea Embassy, ​​Quetzalcoatl greeted the people inside, and then saw Ushiwakamaru, King Leonidas, and Musashibo Benkei.

"Oh dear? It seems there are some new faces here."

Ushiwakamaru and his companions had just returned from the front lines to rest today after changing shifts. Upon hearing news of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others from Chaldea, they immediately came to pay them a visit.

After all, the speed and corresponding strength of eliminating two of the three goddesses in the Three Goddess Alliance in just a few days is truly astonishing.

Even Leonidas, who had only glimpsed a corner of their power, found it difficult to remain calm, unable to believe that the Three Goddess Alliance, which they had struggled to resist, was so easily defeated by them.

They even heard that the two goddesses who had been defeated had joined their side...

To be honest, if King Gilgamesh hadn't told them this news himself, they probably wouldn't have believed the accuracy of the story about turning the goddess against her.

You know, she's a goddess!

It can be said that they are completely different species from humans. In their eyes, humans are no different from ants in the eyes of humans. The fact that a goddess could be turned by them is as absurd as saying that humans could be turned by ants.

However, when Quetzalcoatl appeared before them, the accuracy of this information was no longer in doubt.

They actually managed to win over the goddess?!

Chapter Eighty-Seven: Farewell! The Cage!

With a somewhat strange feeling, like a battlefield general drinking and chatting with an enemy king, Ushiwakamaru and his companions hurriedly bid farewell and left the Chaldea embassy after enjoying a delicious dinner with Quetzalcoatl.

There was no way around it; having dinner with a goddess, especially one who had been their enemy just a few days prior, made them feel quite uncomfortable.

Maybe I'll get used to it in a few more days?

"But I didn't expect that King Gilgamesh had summoned so many Servants..."

Mashu said to Fujimaru Ritsuka while clearing away the dishes.

"Yes."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded, her mind racing with thoughts.

Although she had learned from Merlin that the one who summoned him was King Gilgamesh, she had always thought that King Gilgamesh had only summoned him as a servant.

Unexpectedly, seven Servants were summoned according to the specifications of a regular Holy Grail War.

However, before their arrival, most of the other Servants had either sacrificed themselves in battle or fled, leaving only Merlin, Ushiwakamaru, Musashibo Benkei, and Leonidas.

Then there were Anna and Yuwatari, who were summoned to this land by the Holy Grail... or rather, by the Counter Force.

Based on Fujimaru Ritsuka's experience with previous singularities, the appearance of wild Heroic Spirits like Anna and Yuwatari must be because there is something they need to do within that singularity.

For example, Siegfried and Fafnir, who possess anti-dragon abilities, are the most classic examples in the first singularity.

Therefore, normally, these summoned wild heroic spirits are either enemies that need to be dealt with specifically, or things that only they can do.

But what could a little girl like Anna possibly have that she absolutely had to do?

Even knowing that the other party is a Heroic Spirit, and that this small body is only one aspect of her, Fujimaru Ritsuka still can't help but regard her as a child in her heart.

Hmm... a little kid who often runs off to places where nobody notices him.

However, Anna's situation is one where we know too little about her, making it impossible to make a judgment, while Yuuto's situation is one where we know too much, making it impossible to determine why the other party was summoned.

After all, he is just too omnipotent.

It travels fast, is strong, has a gentle temperament, and can fight and support. Apart from consuming a tiny bit more magic power, it has almost no flaws!

Having successfully dismantled two of the three goddess alliances in just a few days, Fujimaru Ritsuka even suspects that the other party was summoned by the Counter Force to speedrun her through the game.

You know, if it were one of the previous six singularities, she might still be on her way in just a few days.