I really didn't want to burn it.

Gilgamesh's scream brought everyone back to their senses.

Only then did everyone realize that Gilgamesh had been bound by Kingu's Chains of Heaven.

"It looks like you're recovering well."

Li Ang said to Jin Gu with displeasure.

He threw Kingu and the Holy Grail at Gilgamesh in the hope that Gilgamesh would subdue Kingu and preserve the Holy Grail.

Instead, it was Kingu who subdued Gilgamesh.

"Hmph, I told you you have no chance against Mother!"

Kingu picked up the Holy Grail with a smug look on his face, then walked up to Tiamat with an expression of adoration.

[Host, how about we make a bet?]

The system suddenly interjected.

“I never take bets I can’t lose,” Li Ang said, covering Ritsuka’s eyes with his hand. “Kid, don’t look, turn away.”

"Mother, this is the Holy Grail."

Kingu presented the golden cup to Tiamat, expressing his loyalty to his mother.

Then--

Pfft!

Unsurprisingly, one of Rahmu's feet pierced through Jingu's chest.

"Mother?"

Jin Gu stared blankly at his bleeding chest.

His bewildered gaze suggested he either didn't understand, or he did understand but couldn't believe it.

pat.

Kingu collapsed on the deck, and the Chains of Heaven on Gilgamesh disappeared.

The moment he gained his freedom, Gilgamesh attacked Rahmu, who had killed Kingu and seized the Holy Grail.

"■■■!"

Rahmu let out an unintelligible cry, then quickly spread its wings and flew towards the horizon.

"do not run!"

Gilgamesh was launching more Noble Phantasms, but they were blocked by a curtain of black mud.

"The Holy Grail is mine."

Tiamat, surrounded by black mud, announced to everyone.

"Fuck you!"

Releasing Ritsuka, Leon swung a short-handled iron hammer made of runic rays and slammed it heavily into Tiamat's face.

"Mj?lnir! (Crush everything, Thor's hammer!)"

Tiamat stood still and took the blow head-on with her face.

Boom!

A loud bang!

Lightning flashed and thunder roared on the ark deck, and powerful electric currents exploded on Tiamat's face.

However, the scene that Ritsuka had hoped for—Leon smashing Tiamat's clone to death with a single blow or turning it back into its original black mud form—did not happen.

Tiamat blocked the surging thunderbolt with her face.

Kaka.

Tiamat, having caught the lightning, slightly twisted her neck and made a strange sound.

Ritsuka then realized that the other person's physical structure was completely different from before, gradually shifting from a standard human female to a bizarre monster style.

"Is this self-transformation? This is really damn weird."

Li Ang landed in front of Ritsuka and shook his slightly numb arm.

Even though he was the one who smashed the hammer, Li Ang felt as if his hand had been hit by the hammer.

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Chapter 235, First Round Ends

On the deck of the Ark, the battle between Leon and Tiamat was still raging.

No, it should be said that it has entered a white-hot stage.

Since the Holy Grail has already been lost, at least we should take this clone off the ship.

Li Ang didn't want strange passengers on his ship when it set sail later.

"You're such a hypocrite," Li Ang mocked Tiamat. "Aren't you afraid of getting your hands dirty since you're not doing it yourself?"

"you misunderstood."

Tiamat replied calmly.

“The moment Kingu handed the Holy Grail to me, he had already completed his mission.”

"so?"

"Whatever happens to him now that he's no longer useful is none of my business," Tiamat said indifferently. "He was killed by the other children because they wanted to kill him."

"..."

Li Ang understood that Tiamat wasn't trying to demonstrate her strength by having a behind-the-scenes big boss kill a small boss.

Rather, she simply didn't care about Jingu. In Tiamat's eyes, her child was no different from a stranger.

In her worldview, there are only two kinds of people: useful and useless.

"And you call yourself a mother goddess... the mother of all gods!" For the first time, Leon felt anger towards Tiamat. "What kind of mother are you?"

"Utnabistim, do you think—I've never had feelings for children?!"

Tiamat erupted with countless streams of black mud, surging towards Li Ang with overwhelming force.

boom!

A barrier made of golden light appeared on the deck, completely isolating the black mud from the people.

"But I was betrayed, by my children!"

Tiamat punched Li Ang in the chin.

"That's no excuse for you to destroy everything!"

Li Ang caught Tiamat's fists with both hands and shouted at his mother, who had lost her maternal instincts.

"Save those words for when you beat me! Don't forget, the Holy Grail is already heading towards my true form. If you don't hurry, it'll be too late."

Tiamat was also annoyed by Leon, and her words carried a hint of displeasure.

"Hmph, I thought you were some kind of otherworldly, stone maiden." Li Ang laughed. "You still have feelings, don't you? Come on, give me a smile, how about it?"

"court death!"

Tiamat swung her fist at Leon again. But Leon jumped up and kicked her wrist.

boom!

The tremendous sound of the alluvial deposits could be heard even by the people of Uruk on deck.

In mythology, it is common to see a certain god fighting with someone else, and the battle can last for days and nights before a winner is decided.

It seems that every god is a Gold Saint, and they start a thousand-day war at the drop of a hat.

But in reality, a true life-or-death battle doesn't last that long; that's largely an exaggeration.

Just like in the comics, none of the Gold Saints actually fought for a full thousand days in a single battle—no, they barely lasted half a day.

Especially for those determined to kill their opponent, even if the two sides are evenly matched, they will seize every opening in their opponent's defense in order to determine the winner as quickly as possible.

Moreover, the difference in strength between Leon and Tiamat is not negligible.

boom!

With another loud bang, Leon was sent flying by Tiamat, crashing through the ceiling of the Uruk Palace and raising a cloud of dust.

"Ah! My palace!"

Gilgamesh let out a scream.

But his cries of anguish vanished on the battlefield, receiving no response from anyone.

On the other side, Tiamat opened her mouth towards the smoking palace.

“Aaaaa————!”

The sonic shockwave swept directly through the Uruk Royal Palace, physically destroying the already crumbling palace once again.

boom!

Li Ang knocked away the stone slab that was pressing down on him, and then swung Thor's hammer and spun it around.

A barrier of lightning blocked the path of the sound waves, scattering them.

"This woman... even her clones are this powerful?"

Li Ang, feeling pain in his hand, complained that even with his body enhanced by rune magic, he was struggling, which showed how ferocious his opponent was.

Tiamat's power was indeed as legendary as described in mythology, as strong as a monster.

No, the other party is a monster.

"Damn it, making enemies with this woman is such a huge mistake!" Li Ang complained bitterly. "Can I travel back to an even more distant past and find a way to conquer this singularity using a GalGame-style approach?"

[That's probably going to be difficult, host.]

The complaints from the commemorative system are always so timely.

Are you planning to become Apsu? Then you and Tiamat will tear you to pieces. And incidentally, you'll become the catalyst for this mother's descent into darkness.

"...That's enough, I already know."

After thinking about it for a moment, Li Ang gave up decisively.

[Host, upstairs!]

Li Ang, who had just received a notification from the system, suddenly looked up.

Tiamat had already leaped high above his head, and with the force of shattering the continent with a single punch, she slammed down on Li Ang!

"Namo————"

Li Ang quickly concentrated his magic into his hammer and then swung it upwards.

"----Amitabha!"

[Host! You're using a Nordic hammer to shout Buddhist terminology—what an arrogant display of officialdom!]

"It's my fault for not understanding the precious tools of Buddhism!"

Despite the thunder and lightning in his ears, Li Ang shouted loudly.

when----!!!

The fist collided with the hammer, unleashing a burst of azure lightning that flashed wildly in mid-air, like golden snakes dancing madly.

Tiamat pressed her fist down forcefully—

Kaka...

Li Ang saw the iron hammer he had conjured with magic trembling incessantly, and several cracks appeared at the tip of the hammer.

Click.