I really didn't want to burn it.

"Miss Sidury, wake up!"

"Go away!"

Siduri grabbed the shield, intending to throw it and Mash together.

“Mash Kyrielight, show no mercy. She is no longer Siduri.”

Gilgamesh swung his axe at Siduri's arm, forcing her to release her grip on the shield.

"But, Your Majesty! Miss Siduri, she!"

Mashu cried out in frustration.

“You’re too sentimental, Mash Kyrielight.”

Gilgamesh seemed to have forgotten who had shown mercy earlier, and directly reprimanded Mash.

Mashu didn't speak, but just looked at her with a determined gaze.

"Even if you want to spare her, wait until you've defeated her!"

As Gilgamesh used his magic bullet to force Siduri back, he added softly.

"I see!"

A moment!

Mashu had already vanished from the spot!

When Siduri came to her senses, she found that Mashu had appeared above her without her noticing, holding two huge black shields that were shining down on her!

"Haaaaaaahhhhh!!!"

In Mashu's opinion, her move was perfect in terms of power, speed, and angle of attack.

With such a perfect strike, there should have been no doubt that Siduri would be defeated.

But the truth is often more bizarre than what we imagine!

Siduri simply stood there, stretching out her two hands...

Snapped.

Siduri caught Mashu's two shields perfectly!

boom!

The shockwave from the impact of the shield and hand spread outwards, blowing away the surrounding Uruk guards.

"What exactly happened to Miss Sidury?"

Ritsuka, watching the battle she couldn't interfere with, quietly hid behind Gilgamesh's throne.

Knowing her own vulnerability, Ritsuka understood that her primary task on the battlefield was to protect herself.

Compared to Ritsuka, the remaining Uruk palace guards on the deck were quite pitiful.

At first, Siduri easily took him down, just like a lowly soldier in a game being hit by a Musou attack.

Gilgamesh, Mash, and Siduri really started fighting, and these people became the background figures for them once again.

"What the hell!"

The humiliated guards could only watch helplessly as the battle on the deck escalated, unable to intervene.

"Captain, are we just going to stand by and watch?"

a soldier asked.

"……So be it."

The captain of the guard let out a heavy sigh.

"Perhaps this is for the best; let the king and the high priest resolve it themselves."

The captain said, deceiving himself, as he gripped his spear tightly with both hands.

"Is this all the Servants Chaldea have?"

Over there, Mash and Siduri's battle continued, and the two seemed poised to dismantle the entire deck.

Gilgamesh looked anxiously to the north, hoping that Leon's signal would arrive soon.

"Li Ang, you'd better hurry, or who knows what disgusting things your mother might do next."

"Gilgamesh, how could you say such a thing about me? I'm really hurt."

A slightly childish yet somewhat aged voice suddenly rang out from behind, causing Gilgamesh's heart to skip a beat.

"impossible--"

Gilgamesh turned around abruptly.

A woman stood prominently on the bow deck. Although she was a head shorter than Gilgamesh, her aura of superiority was even stronger than that of the noble Gilgamesh.

Her long, silver-blue hair resembled the ocean; her mature and beautiful face; her enormous horns; and especially her bewitching eyes with "X"-shaped pupils...

That's Tiamat!

"Mother……"

Gilgamesh's hands trembled slightly.

He couldn't understand why the other party, who should have been at sea, would suddenly appear here.

Tiamat glanced at the deck expressionlessly, then opened her small mouth and spoke softly.

"Kneel down."

With just a simple command, all the guards on the deck knelt down without thinking.

Only Gilgamesh, Mash, and Ritsuka escaped.

Tiamat slowly walked towards the three people, ignoring the kneeling mortals, and looked at Ritsuka and Gilgamesh with great interest.

“I see. No wonder Gilgamesh and Utnabistim placed their hopes on you, someone who has no reverence for God.”

"Fujimaru, come here!"

Gilgamesh pulled out a chain and wrapped it around Ritsuka's waist, preparing to pull her behind him.

Tiamat extended her finger and gently touched it, and the chains binding Ritsuka disintegrated instantly.

"Gilgamesh, do you think the Chains of Heaven came from somewhere else?"

Although Tiamat's tone remained emotionless, the meaning behind her words made it seem as if she was mocking Gilgamesh.

"Mother, do you really hate us that much?"

Gilgamesh stared at Tiamat and asked.

“Isn’t it obvious?” Tiamat waved her hand dismissively. “I’m the one who’s been ruthlessly abandoned.”

"But that has nothing to do with humans."

Gilgamesh's blood-red eyes meet Tiamat's X-shaped eyes.

"The Age of Gods will eventually end, and we will eventually become history. Neither you nor I will have a place in the future; we will only exist in stories! Mother, it's time to let go of hatred and return to the Imaginary Number."

"Well said...but I'm happy."

Tiamat replied.

"what?!"

Ritsuka looked on in disbelief.

Tiamat laughed and said, "Yes, I am very happy. This is the joy of my return as the Mother of All Things, to create the world once again with my own hands."

"Pleasant? ...It's a bit ironic."

Gilgamesh gave a bitter laugh.

He has always been the one teaching others to be happy; now he has become the one being happy.

"Alright, Chaldea Master, come here."

"what?!"

Tiamat's sudden attack caught Gilgamesh and Ritsuka completely off guard.

By the time Ritsuka came to her senses, she was already being held in Tiamat's hand.

"Fujimaru!"

Gilgamesh was utterly shocked.

It was at this moment that Siduri was knocked away by Mash's shield counter combo after she seized the opportunity.

Siduri, who had been knocked away, glided across the deck for a while before coming to a stop right at Tiamat's feet.

"senior!"

Seeing Ritsuka being subdued by Tiamat, Mash, who was in mid-air, rushed towards Tiamat.

Her goal was clear: to save Ritsuka if possible. If that wasn't possible, she would take Siduri hostage and negotiate with Tiamat.

Although Mash doesn't know Tiamat's attitude towards Siduri, they are undoubtedly on the same side now.

Tiamat's eyes narrowed as she saw Mash rushing over.

"unreasonable."

No one saw what Tiamat did, but Mash flew solidly in the opposite direction from her.

Gilgamesh quickly dodged and caught Mash, who was flying backward, with one hand.

"Sorry, mother."

Siduri said with some regret.

Mashu held back in her attack, so she wasn't seriously injured, but Siduri was deeply ashamed to have been defeated by a Servant.

“It’s nothing,” Tiamat said dismissively. “I’ve already gotten what I wanted.”

Then, Tiamat looked at Gilgamesh and Mash and spoke slowly with a blank expression.

“Utnabistim. The Master of Chaldea is in my hands. You must exchange the Holy Grail for it.”

"Huh? Li Ang?!"

Mashu looked shocked; she didn't immediately understand what the wicked woman in front of her was saying.

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Northern Fortress.

So...you're on my ship now?

Looking at Jingu, whose body was half covered in black mud, Li Ang narrowed his eyes.

“One for one, I think it’s fair.”

Kingu, or rather Tiamat, said this.

“That’s certainly fair,” Li Ang said sarcastically. “I’m quite curious, why are you so obsessed with the Holy Grail?”

"This has nothing to do with you."

Tiamat did not give an answer.

But sometimes, no answer is also a form of answer.

At least, Li Ang noticed Tiamat's attitude toward the Holy Grail.

"Alright, Utnabistim."

The Leonidas said in unison.

"Now,"

"Give us the Holy Grail!"

"If you still want the Masters of Chaldea to be safe."

"It would be best to do as we say."

Li Ang tapped his ear; the Spartans' loud voices were almost noise pollution.