Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

Anubis of Egypt, the only one of the four grim reapers to resemble a dog, said, "Those like Ra, the four gods of Yama (or rather, the three gods), the suns of America, and Ahura of Persia, don't have this kind of trouble..."

The Nordic countries, Egypt, India, Aztecs, Persia, and Canaan—this is the current alliance of the Grim Reapers.

Anubis's reason for not mentioning Mote was simple: he knew that if Mote hadn't been held back by certain reasons, he would have been locked in a life-or-death struggle with Baal long ago.

Just as the Grim Reapers were discussing, a black liquid carrying the smell of decaying bronze rust gushed out from behind a door.

The rustling sound is the mournful cry of a living thing dying.

The four Grim Reapers immediately became serious, for this was a sign of the appearance of their current leader, Mott.

Soon, the silver-haired Grim Reaper emerged from the black liquid, glanced at the remaining door, and said without any emotion:

"Astuvidat, it has returned to its seat."

"……what?"

"The London plan has failed, and Moriarty has been exposed."

"Is London's combat strength really that high? Could it be that other divine Servants have appeared in this new era...?"

Yama and Anubis frowned bitterly. The two gods had a good relationship with Astuvidat because they both used dogs as symbols. As for Hela, they would not say it out loud. The symbol of Tikutri was the owl.

A few seconds later—

"The daughter of the underworld from Japan, she was in London at the time."

As if he were not trying to hide something, Mott said this, and then the gods’ gazes turned to Hela, because Hela had recently taken on the mission to bring back Eri, but she had failed.

"useless."

"Noisy!"

Hela retorted to Tikutri, who was looking down at her, "That guy has a very strange guy by his side. I can't say exactly what, but it's highly likely that guy is behind it all..."

Odin, Surtur, and herself? Hela couldn't understand why Utsumi Erise, the daughter of Izanami and a symbol of death in Japan, possessed such power. Could it be caused by some strange myth created by humans?

Ignoring the reactions of the remaining Grim Reapers, Mott entered the black liquid on his own and returned to the door.

"It seems there isn't enough time to summarize death."

he whispered.

Meanwhile, Yama and Anubis, watching Mote's departing figure, were having a silent conversation.

"Don't screw it up."

"Oh dear, you mean I might make some kind of mistake?"

In Persian mythology, Yama is Jamshid, so when Astuvidat returned, he was naturally able to perceive Astuvidat's reaction at that time.

So that's it, the Holy Spirit of Persia...

Wait a minute, that familiar aura... Astuvidat, are you mistaken? Isn't this the pure, supreme, eternally merciful Gavia, the god of divination in our Hindu pantheon? Don't try to fool me! But God of divination, you've finally been found! Lord Durga has been waiting for you for so long...

Yama's distracting thoughts vanished after just a few steps, leaving only his divine instincts.

The god Gavia could not possibly be an enemy of the world and humanity. In other words, only those who oppose Him are evil, and I could not be evil either. Therefore, the answer is obvious: this guy Mott is harboring some kind of evil intention.

As for Anubis, he was quite nonchalant, responding to Yama's request with the attitude of "Since you've said so, I'll grant your request."

Then Anubis crossed his forepaws and called to the desert.

Magic erupted from the wasteland like a volcanic eruption, releasing abrupt and immensely powerful energy into the air towards the 'gate' to which he and Yama belonged. The sound of the collision was not the sound of divine power colliding with the gate of concepts.

Instead, it was like a giant violently crashing into a building, or a deafening roar like witnessing a bomb exploding up close.

After the light dissipated.

Yama and Anubis have disappeared.

……

"Oh dear, what are you two doing? You're actually going to destroy the gate that supplies magic? Are you planning to return to your seats? But why didn't you tell me first? I would have given you a proper send-off, after all, we've known each other for so many years."

Mott raised one eyebrow with amusement.

"here it is……"

Yama gazed at the world beyond the door, a vast expanse of silver, with only an endless expanse of silver earth and a pitch-black sky as far as the eye could see.

"The Himalayas?! Mott, who gave you the audacity to trespass on the Himalayas, the abode of my god!"

At this moment, the doubts about the plan's failure were overshadowed in Yama's heart by the anger of Motte, the Canaanite god, atop the Himalayas.

In religion, the summit of the Himalayas is considered the center of the world, the axis of the universe, and the source of four great rivers.

"Heh. You really are loyal. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were actually Fritjof. But why should I answer you?"

"wrong……"

Anubis stopped in his tracks, a look of doubt on his face, and voiced his question.

He noticed it.

Yama, having regained his composure, also noticed it.

This place is gradually being transformed into a temple, equivalent to a human workshop.

Modern magicians build workshops, while magicians in the mythological era build temples.

This is not simply a matter of upward compatibility, because modern magic is fundamentally different from magic in the mythological era, which is inevitable.

"You actually transformed the Himalayas into your own temple!"

For this reason, Yama was furious.

"Damn it, Mot, you're utterly courting death! I'm going to strip your divine core off and use it to apologize to the gods Gavia and Durga!"

Yama's body became blurred.

That was an incredible speed that even the eyes of a god, amplified to their limits, could not capture. It completely disregarded the efficiency of continuing the battle, unleashing a divine strike infused with killing intent, attacking relentlessly and without any regard for the consequences.

It was just a little slow.

A click sounded.

A 'door' appeared before Yama, the very door that had once provided him with the magical power to survive in this world, from which a great deal of black liquid flowed forth.

“Fantasy and magic are different in nature, but my case requires fantasy, because to give form to power that is essentially formless can only be fantasy.”

Mott said calmly, "However, in my purpose, fantasy must resonate in everyone's heart. Although everyone has different fantasies, it is precisely because it is the number one thing that people's fantasies can be imbued with greater power."

Everyone knows that the world's highest peak is the Himalayas, and many people dream of climbing to the top.

"Moreover, it is a true place of ascension to heaven; there is no place in the world more deserving of this title."

Mott told the Grim Reapers that he wanted to end the 'false' era and allow humanity to return to its original perfection, which was why the Grim Reapers had previously joined forces with him. However, this was just a lie. The real reason was that Mott intended to consolidate the authority of all the Grim Reapers in the world.

In the 2011 Global Holy Grail War, he used the power of the contract he inherited from El to destroy the aviation mecca Cape Canaveral in order to block the spirit of human exploration and facilitate the collection of the Death Authority in the Holy Grail War at that time.

Unfortunately, the Holy Grail War was ended by Chitose Manazuru when they were just six short, and Izanami's mission didn't go smoothly, which is why Mott resorted to such measures.

Once the power of death is collected from all over the world, and given that Mott's years-long transformation of the Himalayas into the 'Tower of Babel for a new planet' is nearing completion, obtaining the final fragment of the Japanese Death God's power will create an inherent barrier covering the entire solar system and even the Milky Way.

Mote intended to use this to become the true eternal being of Canaan and even the New World.

Of course, he was unaware that El was still operating in the shadows.

El's appearance was due to Novia directly revealing herself.

Therefore, the most troublesome opponent for him right now is Amanominaka, who was originally allied with Akihabara but split due to their different attitudes toward humanity and is now stationed in the Holy Grail System. As for Eri and the others who have returned to Akihabara, he has already called on the underwater drones to attack them.

“The god who once lived here was indeed unparalleled, even Baal was not as good as him. It’s a pity that he is no longer here. This place has become a no-man’s land, the best sacrifice to represent the end. I never thought that he would be so foolish as to let the other three sit with him. How stupid.”

Mott snapped his fingers, and Yama looked up at him.

Many stars twinkled around the Himalayas, and the pure white sun appeared at the same time.

"You, a being whose divinity is merely approaching that of a major god, and who hasn't even been recognized by the Canaanite pantheon... how dare you criticize the god Canaanite?"

"is it?"

With a slight smile, Mote said, "If it weren't for Anat, I would already be the God-King of Canaan."

"But you are not, you never have been, and no one will admit it."

“I am the son of El, the rightful heir after Amar, and no one is more qualified than me. Even Baal fears me!”

After making this judgment, Mott calmly unleashed the magic of the Himalayas Temple, and tens of thousands of lightning bolts appeared. They were lightning arrays arranged in the shape of cumulonimbus clouds, and each lightning bolt had the destructive power to sweep away a first-class Servant with a light touch.

Mot, the embodiment of death and a storm of destruction, who spreads lightning around him, is a god who has usurped Baal's authority.

But Yama was not afraid, even though he and Anubis had been stripped of their authority over death and could only wait for their demise.

In the next instant, amidst the tens of thousands of lightning bolts surrounding the Himalayas, all the lightning vanished completely, and time stood still.

This doesn't seem like something Mott would do.

But besides 'Baal', who else could instantly stop those thousands of thunderbolts?

There is also Typhon, the dragon who rivals Zeus, whose power was seized from the chief god of Greek mythology and can be restrained.

"You are the thunder that tears the universe apart."

The swirling lightning ripped through the thunder, painted red and black, a tangible manifestation of the destruction that evaporated the world. The vortex, vibrating in a way that defied the laws of physics, allowed no existence to stand in its way. The moisture in the atmosphere instantly dried up, and everything decomposed into molecules.

Afterwards, the Himalayas returned to peace, leaving only Mott there.

After an unknown amount of time, Mott burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Dionysus, you won't be so lucky next time you devour the Typhon fragments. This time, I'll let you off the hook because everything I do is based on your plans. Son of Zeus, just watch carefully as I ascend to the eternal position that even Zeus couldn't reach!"

……

"call."

On the shore not far from the Himalayas, Dionysus, who lived on decaying wood and sat on a small fishing boat, looked at the paralyzed middle-aged man beside him and the unconscious Anubis with his tongue lolling out. Then he opened a bottle of wine and drank it down in large gulps.

"Is that guy Mott going to discard you after you've served your purpose? You two are long-time employees... I didn't expect him to even seize power. I think it's about time you two went back to your seats. I didn't expect to spend so little effort to save something of little value."

"...Go to Akihabara."

Yama spoke, "Dionysus, if you want to win, then listen to me."

"Oh? And the reason?"

"Because the god Gavia was there."

Chapter 500 The Tunguska Explosion.

"If you keep going in the sea, where will you end up?"

Countless adventurers have bravely challenged the final answer to this question in the past.

Although most adventurers are swept away by the fierce sea, some venture into distant new worlds or make new discoveries, connecting sea routes and linking the arteries of civilization.

Eric the Red, who came from Europe to colonize and develop Greenland.

And the son of Red Eric, they traveled all the way to the northeastern part of North America, to the land they called 'Vinland', to 'Leef Eric'.

There are also the ancestors of the Polynesians who traveled across many islands in the South Pacific in canoes that were not much different from rafts, and were sometimes carried by ocean currents for thousands of kilometers.

Christopher Columbus, the conqueror who never gave up on his dream, boarded the famous Santa Maria ship to the other side of the Western Ocean, reached the ends of the earth, and rediscovered a new world.

The Vasco da Gama crossed the Cape of Good Hope, pioneering the sea route to India. Speaking of the Cape of Good Hope, located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, it was one of the most dangerous seas during the Age of Exploration. It was there that Captain Dutch, a follower of Ahazulus, perished and became a ghost ship.

Next came Ferdinand Magellan, whose fleet circumnavigated the world. Although he himself tragically died en route, his great voyage led people to definitively declare that the world is not flat, but a sphere. Humanity finally realized that its own Earth, like the moon or Mars, is one of the stars orbiting in the same sky.

For humanity as a whole, the most representative 'navigator' is probably the first person in human history to set foot on the surface of the moon.

Unfortunately, the Holy Grail War swept the globe, and with the establishment of the new era, the grand dreams that people envisioned during the Apollo spacecraft era—the dreams of exploring the universe—were no more. The new world beyond the ocean, the distant horizon, and the boundless universe—humanity had explored the unknown time and again in the past. But now, humanity no longer has the opportunity to go to places more distant than the moon, and even the new world beyond the ocean remains unreachable.

Everything explored in the old era was transformed into legends that took place in the distant past within just ten years.

Modern humans can only understand the world of the past through surviving video interpretations, viewing it as mythology.

……

At this moment.

In the old Russian region, a large area of ​​Siberia has risen up, long since swallowed up by the rising sea level.

A colossal ship sailed leisurely forward, its sloping mast protruding from the bow, as if threatening any approaching enemy.

The gently curving hull appears very heavy, and the towering sterncastle gives it a fortress-like feel, creating a strong sense of oppression in its surroundings.