Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Its massive body swept past Yan Ming and shot into the woods behind him, instantly blasting the ground and trees in the distance apart.

"This is…"

This wasn't Yan Ming's doing. If that's the case, then it could be...

Yan Ming leaped into the air, mounted the Fiery Dragon, and rode it deeper into the forest.

And so, he witnessed this scene firsthand.

Further ahead in the city of Ur, there appears to be a very mysterious building.

It was an altar, and on top of the altar was a giant golden axe, and below the altar was a magnificent temple.

It doesn't look like a product of Mesopotamian civilization... more like a product of Mayan civilization.

"Hey ya~!"

Boom—!! With a whooshing sound, Yan Ming, who was flying in mid-air, saw a monster's shadow suddenly thrown up to his right.

But the person who accomplished this below... was someone else.

A gorgeously dressed woman with long, golden hair...a goddess.

"Hmm~ Perfect score, a home run!"

She stood there happily, while behind her... was a mountain of monsters.

"Looks like my pitching technique has gotten better this time, hee hee~!"

Volume 8, Mesopotamia Absolute Demonic Front: Chapter 335 The Feathered Serpent Goddess of Venus

That was the woman who appeared before me.

No… she shouldn’t be viewed with the same standards as an ordinary woman. After all, not everyone can do something like throwing a monster several meters tall into the sky.

"Kukur! I have too many here, some are about to break down!"

"Oh dear, that's why I said you should let your older sister handle it. You don't need to try to be a hero, Leopard."

"But, but I really want to help too! Besides, Kukul, you've already taken care of these guys at least several times, and I haven't had a chance to do it even once!"

"I'm so sorry!"

As the blonde woman spoke, she launched her attack in an exaggerated manner.

She first hurled countless monsters into the sky, then took a few steps back herself.

Then, she began to run.

"After all, for me, the greatest form of entertainment is wrestling with others—!!"

BOOM—!!

With a back kick, the woman sent countless monsters flying in an instant.

The monsters' enormous bodies were as fragile as rubber balls, and they were kicked away, creating several craters in the distant mountains. The high speed at which they were kicked also caused high temperatures and explosions.

"That was really satisfying, so..."

The woman stood with her hands on her hips, squinted, and looked up at the sky with a grin.

She whispered in an incredibly soft voice.

"Who are you, uninvited guest who flew in from the sky riding a little caterpillar?"

boom--!

A crimson figure plummeted from the majestic flying dragon, during which several more monsters attempted to attack him.

During his descent, Yan Ming simply turned his body around.

He wasn't simply free-falling; rather, he allowed his body to be affected by gravity and airflow, causing it to spin irregularly like a top.

At the same time, his hands and feet were engulfed in extremely high-temperature flames.

The Fiery Dragon roared in unison, swirling erratically around Yan Ming at high speed, creating a hurricane that drew all the monsters in mid-air into it.

A stream of light, as hot as a star, burned up in the sky.

When Yan Ming landed on the ground, all that fell around him were the ashes and remnants of the monsters as they were gradually burned away.

"Nine points~! That's a really nice fancy water landing move, but unfortunately we're on land, so I'm sorry, I can only give you nine points~"

Slowly rising to his feet, the dragon knight, clad in crimson armor, looked directly at the woman before him.

"…I see."

After observing the surrounding temples and altars, and considering various factors, Yan Ming came to his own conclusion.

He seemed to have confirmed the identity of the person in front of him.

"So, you are Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god of South America?"

"oops."

Upon hearing Yan Ming's words, the woman opposite him... Quetzal, clearly showed a somewhat surprised smile.

"Your identity was seen through so quickly, I'm quite surprised, big sister."

By observing the temple there, Yan Ming discovered that the patterns on the top layer seemed to resemble the solar calendar of the Mayan civilization, but in fact they came from the Aztec mythological system.

Considering the current state of the era and the situation of the Three Goddesses Alliance, the answer is quite simple.

The person standing in front of him was another member of the Three Goddesses Alliance, Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god of Venus.

According to legend, she also seemed to have held power over the sun for a period of time, making her a goddess who sounds incredibly powerful.

Quetzal also looked at Yan Ming with a similarly interested and amused gaze.

"Judging from your voice, you must be younger than this older sister, right? Then I'll call you little brother for now~"

"Hmm~ But on another note, your big sister is still very curious, why would a little brother like you run into this forest all by yourself? Could it be that you came out to play alone and couldn't find your way home, and got too scared, so you got separated from your parents?"

"Hey Kukul! I've finished everything here~!"

Besides Quetzal, there seemed to be another voice in the distance.

Thump! All the monsters fell around them like corpses. Some were roasted to a crisp by Yan Ming's Fiery Dragon, while others were beaten to death by fists and feet. That must have been the work of this Quetzal.

"What on earth happened here? And what are you doing?"

"Oh dear~? Big sister is the one who has always lived here, so why is it you, little brother, interrogating her?"

“I have already seen the people outside.”

Recalling the reactions of the people in Ur when they saw him, Yan Ming spoke directly.

"They told me that a goddess would constantly torment them, and if I'm not mistaken, that goddess is you."

"Ugh! That's so mean! Big sister loves humans so much, why would she say such things about them!"

Quetzal then made a playful gesture.

"However, the eldest sister is just playing wrestling games with a few people every day. That shouldn't be considered abuse, right?"

"There's someone over there—?!"

Just as Quetzal was speaking, Yan Ming heard other voices coming from his right.

He turned his head and saw a group of middle-aged men, shirtless and wearing straw aprons, hiding over there.

They all shouted to Yan Ming in a pleading manner.

"Please! If there's any way, please escape back quickly and inform King Gilgamesh! Please ask him to rescue us from, from this goddess's clutches!!"

"Rescue them? Are you from Uruk?"

"We are soldiers of Uruk! But not long ago, we were all captured by this guy, and every day he forces us to do that kind of fighting with him, and he also sacrifices people every day—"

"oops."

A voice rang out, and all the Uruk soldiers were so frightened that they shut their mouths.

It was Quetzal… Her expression suddenly turned incredibly cold, filled with a sinister smile.

"While I won't take your lives, that doesn't mean you can say whatever you want about me."

Just then, Quetzal sensed a hostile force coming from directly in front of him.

It's this person wearing armor.

He seemed to have immediately labeled himself an enemy after hearing what he had just said.

"So, what do you plan to do, little brother?"

Quetzal's smile returned to its gentle, cheerful form, as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusion.

Yan Ming glanced at the people of Uruk, then looked at Quetzal.

"I will take them back to Uruk."

"…Hey."

"Anyway, these people begged me to take them back, so I will definitely help them."

"Is that so? Even so, there must be a reason why you left them here."

Quetzal waved his finger.

"Are you really going to be this unreasonable? Little brother, can't you let them stay for your big sister's sake, and have them join me in some exciting gladiatorial games?"

"They just mentioned sacrifice... Did you use living people as offerings for this temple?"

"Hmm~ What's the truth? I think you should decide for yourself."

Yan Ming didn't say anything more.

However, he reached out his hand directly to those who wanted his help.

"...That won't do."

For an instant.

Quetzal Koyatl's expression immediately turned incredibly dark.

"Without my orders, no one can take them away from here."

boom--!!

She moved instantly, creating a sonic boom as she charged menacingly towards them.

"Eek—! Waa ...

Upon witnessing this scene, the Uruk soldiers were nearly terrified, but—

The mercury-like curtain swallowed their bodies whole.

When Quetzal reached out to grab at the curtain, it had already vanished, and she could only grasp at empty air.

"Tsk..."

After clicking her tongue in displeasure, she glared directly at Yan Ming and slowly began to speak.

"Leopard Man".

"Here it comes, oh oh oh oh—!!!"

In the distance, the corpses of several monsters were blasted apart in the dense forest. As the earth trembled, a flying figure rushed towards Yan Ming in an instant.

"Kukul rarely calls us! So this time we have to do our best, and whoever it is, get a taste of our own medicine first!!"

Whoosh—! The figure that leaped into the air, nearly ten meters high, was a woman wearing a leopard skin suit.

She wields a huge, toy-like ladle, but despite its comical appearance, the power and speed it contains are far greater than those of an ordinary Servant.

That was not an opponent to be underestimated; this thought instinctively arose in Yan Ming's mind.

Then, in the next instant.

The aurora curtain swallowed the leopard-man's body whole.

"—Huh?"

By the time the leopard-woman came to her senses, she had already stepped out of the aurora curtain and returned to the ground.

Just as the leopard-man was looking around in great surprise—

She felt a very hot breath coming from behind her.