Why fight the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

The blonde girl paced anxiously. "How could this happen? Even if I go all out, I won't be able to pull everyone down in time! What's wrong with that Kukulkan? Didn't we agree to hold each other back? No, I have to find a way to stop her! Otherwise, if both sides attack Uruk at the same time, even that pesky guy won't be able to hold out!"

"In that case, I'll bring down the culprit! If we trap him here, the Servants he summoned will disappear, and Kukulkan will have no reason to attack again!"

The blonde girl activated her power and locked onto a target with all her strength.

With two days left before the general offensive, Jiang You suddenly had the idea to ask Matou Sakura for Medusa. Since he was quite familiar with Medusa, Jiang You easily obtained her card and filled it up to three.

Now, in a cold drink shop in the (fake) fairy kingdom, two Medusas, big and small, are staring at each other.

Medusa was very envious of Anna because she dreamed of becoming as petite and cute as her sister. She kept touching Anna and rubbing her head.

"My self before the curse? That time was so fleeting, no matter how hard I try to recall it, I can't quite remember it. It's truly magical, completely different from my existence, like having a younger sister."

Completely different from Euryale and Stheno, Medusa treated her childhood self very gently, as if she was afraid of bursting the bubble of fantasy.

Anna didn't resist much in the face of her mature self. She let Medusa hold her in her arms. Unlike her sisters' embrace, it was quite warm, though a little crowded.

"When you're done here, take little Medusa with you. Um, now tell Anna to come live with you."

Jiang You also tried to improve his favorability. He had tricked Anna into giving him her Noble Phantasm card with a sundae before. It can only be said that Anna is easy to coax when she is not hostile.

"If you can, your two sisters can go there too. But I really can't figure out their personalities. I mentioned it when I duelled with Anna to summon them, but they didn't respond directly. That's why I hate the Riddler the most!"

Of course, it wasn't without reward. Jiang You got one card each for Euryale and Steno. As long as he got the Gorgon card, the only remaining Medusa card left in the entire deck would be the Sword-class Medusa. Jiang You was in a great mood right now; a complete set of items was always a joy to play. I could live without one of the main cards, but I couldn't live without it.

"That's definitely the personality of my sisters. But living with them is..."

Medusa was a bit conflicted. It wasn't that she didn't want to live a peaceful life with her sisters, but if she lived with them, her life wouldn't be peaceful. At the very least, it would be a bit troublesome.

When Jiang You mentioned this, Anna recalled with some concern what happened when she met her sister before: "Do you think my sister will forgive me for becoming like that?"

Jiang You knew Anna was talking about the Gorgon. He planned to have Euryale and Stheno give the Gorgon chemotherapy. There was no need for elaborate words; just a few words would suffice: "Don't worry. Although they often bully you, they truly love you. Even if you become a Gorgon, in their eyes you are still Medusa, their sister. Well, their love is quite seven-faced."

"really?"

Although she felt that Jiang You, as an outsider, was unreliable and her sisters had always been very strict with her, Anna still wanted some comfort.

Jiang You scratched his head. Children are difficult to deal with. "Don't worry. If these words are not from my heart, I will go to hell now and never…"

In front of the Medusas, Jiang You suddenly disappeared silently.

"What happened?"

Anna only felt that she had sensed a very strong breath of death just now, as if Jiang You had been taken away by the underworld.

Jiang You felt his eyes go dark and the surroundings fell into endless darkness.

"Huh? The game crashed?"

Jiang You tried to call out the menu and found that there was no bug.

"Hey! Why is a living person here?!?"

A sudden cry of surprise erupted from the darkness, followed by a flurry of activity before a blue flame slowly began to illuminate the surroundings. A gigantic white ghost appeared before Jiang You's eyes, enveloped by a deathly aura so intense it felt like a physical presence, filling the air with terror.

Jiang You looked in the direction of the blue fire, where there were strangely shaped gun-shaped cages.

The ghost's identity was self-evident. Jiang You waved at the giant ghost and beckoned, "Hey, Ai Lei. Thank you for your hard work."

255

Chapter 255: I want to elope with you after just two sentences when we meet.

Logically speaking, Ailei had never appeared in front of Jiang You, nor had Ishtar, so Jiang You should not have used his treasure to capture her within range.

However, the three goddesses' alliance stipulated that whoever killed Gilgamesh and obtained the Holy Grail would gain control of Sumer. The Holy Grail was the goal, forming the conditions for the Holy Grail War, so Jiang You's Noble Phantasm automatically took effect on all three goddesses.

So Ailei's treasure was regarded as an invitation to a duel, and it pulled Jiang You to the underworld where she was.

"Ai, Ai, Ailei?"

The big ghost made a sound of surprise but also a bit of shyness. Calling someone by abbreviation is a very ambiguous way. She had never met such a familiar person in her life.

"Ereshkigal is called Ai (E)re (Le), is that okay?"

The main reason is that Ai Lei's full name is too difficult to pronounce and is not as friendly as Ai Lei.

"No... No, that's not the question!"

Ailei's current goal was to pull Jiangyou's soul down to stop the massive attack on Uruk by the Heroic Spirits. She didn't have the time to chat with him.

Although Ailei is the goddess of the underworld, her power is currently affected by other goddesses and the Burning Humanity. Not all humans will come to her underworld after death. Otherwise, she would just have to wait for everything to be over instead of dragging the souls down one by one here in pain.

Since Jiang You recognized her, Ai Lei removed her disguise.

Elle, who descended using Tohsaka Rin's body, looks exactly the same except that her hair is golden.

"Do you know what you are doing? And why would Kukulkan agree to do such a thing?"

Ai Lei came up and questioned Jiang You. Although it was very strange to appear in the underworld with a physical body, this was the underworld, Ai Lei's home ground. She had power infinitely close to the main god here and was not worried about encountering any danger.

"Of course it's because she lost to me. Actually, she refused at that time."

Kukulkan launched an attack directly at that time and intended to kill Jiang You.

"She lost to you?"

Ai Lei didn't expect the reason to be so simple. She carefully looked at Jiang You and secretly began to be on guard. Jiang You looked like a third or fourth-rate Servant on the surface, but he could ignore her power and hit her through the network cable. There was definitely more to him than he seemed.

"Even if that's the case, she shouldn't be helping you!"

There are two traitors among the three goddesses. This is a tacit knowledge except for a certain Gorgon who is not aware of it.

"Because I am capable of handling Tiamat's affairs."

Although he wasn't sure if he could win, Jiang You felt he could. At worst, he could just try again and play a countermeasure card. Anyway, Wang Ha was in his hand, so he didn't panic.

"So it was Tiamat? That's true."

Elle nodded, then frowned. "Are you kidding me? Tiamat's spiritual base is too large for a mere Servant like you to handle."

"Kukulkan is clearly capable of confronting Tima head-on. I've already defeated her, so why can't I?"

Jiang You didn't react for a moment and realized that Tima didn't actually use her full strength. Kukulkan was attacking a beast that had no desire to attack.

"You don't understand the Beast. Even Kukulkan and I, who are now in the underworld, are no match for her."

As soon as Elle emerged, she sensed the terrifying presence of Tiamat's spiritual power. The Three Goddesses Alliance ostensibly existed to fight for the Holy Grail and control of Sumer. In reality, it was also to stabilize the Gorgon, who had reunited with Tiamat's divinity. "And didn't you just say something outrageous?"

While it was common for players to call Tiamat "Tiama," to Ailei, it meant more than that. She began to have some doubts about Jiang You's identity.

"Anyway, I won't let you out. You'll stay here until this is over. You can move around, but you can't leave the underworld without my permission. The underworld will be cut off from the living world... Of course, if you get bored, you can come chat with me."

Ai Lei pretended to mention it casually, but in fact there were no intelligent creatures here, and she was the one who wanted to chat.

"Although I do like you very much and want to have a good chat with you."

For someone like Elle, you should just go for it. She and Ishtar both have tsundere traits, but unlike Ishtar, who tends to be more tsundere, she's more of a spoiled brat.

"But I won't be manipulated. Everything is ready, and I can't stand still because of something like this, so I refuse!"

"Like...like?"

As expected, Ailei blushed. As the Goddess of Death, she had never encountered anything like this before. She had always imagined being praised for her hard work, not being openly admired like this.

Jiang You glanced at the email and revealed a disappointed expression. It really wasn't that simple. Shyness was shyness, and favorability was favorability; they couldn't be confused.

Ai Lei quickly recovered. She pretended to be tough and used her gun to control Jiang You: "Even if you say so, I won't let you leave the underworld! If you think about escaping again, I will lock you in a gun cage!"

"Escape? I won't run away! Of course I'm going to defeat you fairly and get out of here."

Jiang You changed the deck to Hassan's. As the Grim Reaper, Elle should need to use the exclusion.

Ai Lei snorted softly. She felt that Jiang You was too confident. This was the underworld, her kingdom. "Just accept your fate. I'm different from Kukulkan, who appeared as a Servant and played away. This is my home turf. You can't be my opponent in the underworld. If you behave yourself, I can still treat you as a guest."

"It's not good to talk too much. Let's start the duel!"

Jiang You opened up the duel space.

"Not only do I want to go out, I also want to take you out with me. It must be lonely to stay in such a dark place all the time, right?"

"how do you know……"

Ai Lei regretted it as soon as she said it. Didn’t she admit it herself?

She quickly covered her mouth, her face turning slightly pale. Now her dignity as a goddess was about to disappear.

"You even secretly used Tōsaka Rin, the body you and Ishtar share. You even went out for a stroll while Ishtar was asleep. There's no need to hide something like this. Just tell me if you want to. If you promise, you can walk around normally."

Jiang You is very much like some villain who uses the weakness of others to make profits.

"So, it's not that you leave me behind, but that you come to me."

256

Chapter 256: Beating Ai Lei to her knees.

"But this is my duty after all."

Ai Lei lowered her eyebrows and rejected Jiang You's proposal in a hypocritical manner.

"I didn't think about going out."

"Then let me take you out by force."

Jiang You felt that she was still being stubborn even though her feelings had been exposed to this extent, so he could only take the initiative. "This is not something you want to do, but I force you to do it. The Age of Gods is over, and you should take a long vacation."

"but……"

Ai Lei wanted to tell Jiang You that this was impossible. As the goddess of the underworld, she couldn't leave the underworld. This rule was part of the workings of Sumerian mythology, unless Jiang You possessed power that surpassed that of An, the chief Sumerian god. But she soon realized that something was wrong. It seemed that Jiang You had led her astray.

"No, why did the topic veer off into this?! I'm clearly here to stop you from doing anything reckless!"

"Isn't this good? We are not enemies anyway."

Jiang You said that Ai Lei had jumped onto his face, so how could he not pull her out?

"That's not good! We are enemies, you better be serious!"

Ai Lei yelled. She had no idea how to deal with Jiang You's personality. "We've only met for a few minutes! Please don't say those things right away! Also, don't act like you've already won! I'm a goddess! A goddess!"

"Then let the winner decide!"

Seeing that the CD for the duel interruption had passed and Ailei's attack would be judged as a duel invitation, Jiang You roared and pounced towards Ailei.

Ai Lei watched Jiang You launch an attack on her. Even though his movements were full of flaws, Ai Lei did not let her guard down and used all her strength. This was the guy who defeated Kukulkan. If she underestimated him, she would suffer.

"If I let you die in my hands, I won't apologize!"

Ailei channeled her magic into her weapon and swung it at Jiang You. She then quickly retreated. If Jiang You approached her, he must be a melee fighter. Her combat style was more spellcasting, and using the underworld's terrain, she could easily restrict Jiang You's movements.

Just as she was preparing her magic to launch a large-scale attack, she discovered that Jiang You hadn't dodged the attack at all. You have to know that this attack was just a feint. Although it was powerful, Ere didn't use much magic power. He just wanted to trick Jiang You into dodging.

"you……"

Just as Ai Lei was about to say something, she saw her weapon being deflected. This thing was a divine weapon after all, and yet it didn't even scratch Jiang You's skin!?

"Conditions met, let's duel!"

Jiang You successfully achieved his goal. Now he has more and more servants, and soon he will be able to duel without using decoy attacks. At that time, he can directly shake people out and kill them without a duel.

Jiangyou LP 4000.

Airey LP 4000.

"Is this your Noble Phantasm?"

Ai Lei discovered that the laws of her underworld had been covered. Although she was still in the underworld, this area was no longer under her control.

"Building a deck based on the owner's experience... No wonder you were able to defeat Kukulkan. You don't need great power in the conventional sense. Everyone must abide by the rules of your world."

Even the main gods had to abide by the laws of the world. If they didn't use magic or tools to maintain flight, they would also be captured by gravity. But Jiang You was different. He could turn gravity into a card with effects written on it.

"That's why I said to take you out too."

After going through so much, Jiang You also knows that the duel setting is above any rules, and he is quite confident about this.

"How about coming to my side?"

Ai Lei's heart was a little moved. Having never left the underworld, she really wanted to walk on the earth and see the scenery she had never seen before. But wouldn't it be too cheap to accept another man's invitation so easily after just meeting him?

"You are indeed qualified to fight Tiamat, but your Noble Phantasm is also related to your own strength! So, defeat me first!"

Ai Lei felt that if she could win, then she could ask Jiang You to take her out in the attitude of a winner, which would be the best outcome.